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b TUESDAY, Aug. 1S.

AoEoDAf, aug 10.
Hon. Geo. s. Bryan presiding.
The Court wss opened at 10
o'clock, A. M. - - .....,
.r The Grand, Petit and Pleas Ju-
rors answered as on preceding
days. ,.'.'.. n.r.a ..''a :
Criminal Docket. ...'
United States VS.. Marion Hamet.
Violation of Internal Revenue
Laws-distiller without paying
special tax, section 5 and 6, Act
20 July, 1868. ......... .',a......
The defendant plead guilty and
was sentenced'to o fine of one thou.
sand dollars, and six months i'm.
prisonment.
The Grand Jury returned into
Court with the following bills and
findings as follows, to wit:
True Bills. No., .....
United States va. r. J. w
Hit. Peddler of distilled spirits
without paying tax. '... n-
United States va. John Chap
man. Distilling without paying
tax. |.-.T
United States vs.. Andrew J
Patterson. Removing distilled
spirits contrary to law, section 3
6, Act 1863. ,s ..,.
United States vs. John Chap
man. Distilling without paying
tax. s- r. ..... ....... ....'
United States ys. r. J. w. Hit
Peddler of distilled sp rits, without
paying special tax. $500. .a,..aE
True bills having been found
in the above cases, ordered, tha'
bench warrants do issue for arres
Of Defendants. ". ..''. . DBL. y .a'
In Bankruptcy. a.,
Elk parte w. F. Redding, o
Charleston. Petition for final dis
charge. r. Chisolm, Jr., pro pet
Petition referred to j. @. Carpenter
Register, and final hearing order
ed, to take place before the Court
at Charleston, on 4th day Of Octo
Der next. ,.... .".'-. ... -an
Ex partc VIM. N. Hell of Alb
beville. Petition for final dis
charge. s. MCGOWAN, pro pet.
Elk parte John r., Moore of Alb
beville. Petition for final dis
charge. T. @. Perrin, pro pet,
Ex parte Jeptha Gwinn, o
York. Petition for final discharge
Hart, pro pet sroi sss1aisI ,-5 w
Register, CIawson, reporting ia
vorably in each of the above cases
the Judge on motion, signed certi
ficate and orders discharge. =
Ex parte Dennis McGuinnis, o
| Newberry. Petition for final dis
charge. 8. w. Melton, pro pet
Register. O. g. Jaeger, reported
in favor of discharge, ION the re
port Of the late Register, Summer,
was read and the Cours, on motioi
of 8. w. Melton, signed under sea
the certificate and order Of dis
charge
=, Thursday, 26th August.
Court opened at 10 O'Clock A
M. Grand and Petit Jurors an
| swered TO their names. "a
The Grand Jury returned int,
Court with the following bills an,
findings !: No Bills. s.g,
United States vs. Isaiah Mur
ply. Distilling without payin,
tax, sections s, 8, 2 and a., Ac
Goth July, 1858.
United States vs.. VIM. Low
and james Love. The same a
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GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA SEPTEMBER .l.Iesa 49,

ted on the rivers, the corpses aafs
thrown into pits, which, from time
to time, are fifled tip with auick
lime, The activity ,.of European
missionaries is powe,less against
this practice in fact, their efforts
are entirely without fesult.n Still,
in spite of this moral degradation,
the author says, the Chinese are, in
some respects, q very interesting
people. Their shops offer to the
foreign visitors ,innumerable OBJ
jects of attraction. /, -rgs =.
:" Their enthusiastically gottefi.tip
tea services, their carvings In ebo
ny wood, their chairs, sofas, tables
and bedsteads, made the costliest
woods and inlaid with q curious
mosaic, composed Of small pieces
of white and red marble, cannot
be too much admired. In their
agricultural pursuits they excel
any other nation in economy. Ev-
cry third man carries manure on
his back from the towns even the
shavings of the boards and the
trimmings of the finger nails are
bought up and turned to account
by the gardeners and ,farmers in
the neighborhood of the cities. In
teresting is q dinner at the house
of q Mandarin The 8 tTschau-
Tschau' c, insisted Of at least thirty
or thirty-five courses. Hard.boil-
cd eggs, which had been preserved
four or five years under ground, /,
Indian birds nests, shark fins, pick.
led and dried rain. worms swim.
ming in blush sauce, hachees OF
large and small caterpillars were,
with many others, the dishes with
which the travellers were regaled.
Our thirst was quenched with a
light luke-warm wine. A quanti-
ty Of confectionery, composed of
sugar, almonds and hogs lard, con-
stituted the desert. lie rat is the
favorite game Of the Chinese.
Gourmands know how to appre-
ciate the difference between land
and water rats more that biologists
can do. The former are said to be
superior in flavor, and bring con-
sequentlys o higher price. They
are in such demand as to form an
article of trade, 30 that the news.
papers of Hong Kong habitually
quote their market price in their
price currents. The literary and
scientific knowledge of the Chinese
is of the lowest order; their judi
cial proceedings are barbarous,
their punishments inconceivably
cruel and loathsome. Nor Is there,
it seems, any hope that this nation
will ever attain to q higher degree
of mental culture, owing to the
strange stability Of Chinese
character and customs."
| With such accounts before us, ii
behooyes those among us, who do
not look merely to the immediate
advantages of an increase of man
nal labor, to consider. well before
they act whether, by bringing in
such a set OF man amongst us, they
are not preparing q worse cnrse
for our children and children's
children, than African importa.
tions proved to be, and wbeth.
! er it is not well to weigh the truth
| of the maxim, that o bad citizen is
worse than no citizen at all. and
that base, low and immoral in.
habitant will eventually prove q
cursc and not o blessing to the
community in which b g lives,
whatever his capacity for physical
labor or the cheapness of obtaining
it may be. ~. A. s.
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The ODp FELLows AND THE Pa
cIFIo RAnRoAD.-It is announced
that the wives of representatives to
the Grand Lodge of the United
States of the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows, which meets in Sep,
tefnber next at San Francisco, viii
be passed over the Union Pacific
Railroad at one and one.fifth of the
regular charge, with d free return
passage, and at half fare either
way on the Central Pacific.
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Mfs So.

2 l tits So. 7a-s5n=
r'vs seen many girl, -
~ Who would marry churl, tt~
Providing he'd plenty Of gold, e. .rNf-
Aud would live to repent t... B.
.. Whom the money was spent,
When she found that her heart had been sold
It is sol II Is so!
You may smile, II you like,
But IT'S sol III,
I've known many q lass
7s.7'-7 Who would thoughtlessly pass 7'aar0r
WAole hours promenading the street, s,s
While her mother would scrub
a. All the while at the tub, .-..--, .sr
Never minding the cold OF the heat. Al
raFay tits sol Itis sol ir
You may smile, n you Ike, ~
But It's sol
There Is tnanya man
Who will" dress" II no can, .JaN
No matter how empty his purse, 1fE =
And his tailor may look, 2. ...
... When he settles his book, .....
But bis patron has vamosed or worse.
II Is soi It Is soi ..... g..
You may smile, II you like.
But it's so!
.- I know people so nico
.Ua z They will faint In q trice, .-, r,.. ~
If you mention hard labor to them,
,. Yet their parents were poor
Aud were forced 10 endure u
Many hardships life's current to stem.
II is so! 1t is sol
You may smile. II you like,
But It's so
There are many about .
With . face long drawn ou.,"
Who win prate for the harm Of q laugh,
Yet they'll cheat all the week,
Though Sundays quite meek.
TO my mind they're too pious by half
It Is so! It Is sol
You may smile, II you like,
d" But It's SO! ... '.... ... .
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Proceedings Of the United States
81 District Court, for the Western
n District Of South Carolina Au-
gust Term, 1859. 81. 90 gr l..E
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DANIEL WEBsrER used to saw
that the word wonld," in Rufus
Choate's handwriting, resembled a
email gridiroh' struck by lightnibg,.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-22
REGISTER TODAY
Greenville.

Gin Thursday last there was a picnic given
for the benefit of the Friends Of Temperance,
in grove near Greenvile, in this county. The
assemblage was addressed upon the subject OF
Temperance by the State Lecturer, Rev. Mr..
Young.
At o'clock the same evening" in the Church
in Greenville, able and eloquent addresses upon
the political issues of the day, were delivered
by A. B. Cochran, ESD and Col. Bolivar Chris
tan. At the conclusion of these addresses, in
response to calls upon him, R. Mauzy made a
few remarks, urging the vital importance of
registering and voting. The good people of
that neighborhood, we are encouraged to be-
lieve, will do their duty on the day of election
by voting for Walker and against the disfran-
chising and test-oath clauses of the Constitu-
tion
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-22

The Washington IN c. lntelligencer of the
Sth contains the following: THE tidings COM
ing to US constantly from Jones county, are
enough to make the marrow freeze in our
bones. Murder. rapine and arson are the Or
der of the day. The sheriff Of that county gives
himself to tyranny and injustice, and is then
murdered in the wild woods like beast of prey
In the meantime, an indiscrinlinate war of re-
talation, fired up by passion and bounded On
byreyenge, has commenced against the supposed
criminals. Thus innocent men, for the defense
of their own homes and their own wives and
children, are drawn into the vortex. Where
will this end? Can any one see.
This is grim, but not overdrawn picture -
1t shows what the militia system of North Car
DINA is doing in that gallant old State, and
gives us fair warning of what we are to except
in Virginia unless we succeed in electing the
best officers within our reach to administer the
State government With Mr.. Lewis Lindsey
and Specs Hodges and such like men in the ac-
tive militia, with negro companies armed, and
oficered by the most dangerous Of that class,
what other result can ensue than that exhibited
in North Carolina? 1t is folly to expect any
other consequences here than those upon which
We are called to look in our sister State But
We can evade it. Defeat Wells, and Mr.. Walk
er will never call out the militia --NorfoM FIR
giniop
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Appeal to the Tunkers.

From an appeal by Geo. Fl. Chrisman Esq,
Of Rockingham, to the Thinkers of that county,
we make the following extract:
''It is agseed on all hands, that the constitu-
ton will be adopted, in one shape or another,
and it behooYes you to reflect most seriously up
on what will be our condition. if the constitu-
ton shall be adopted Ia its present shape, with
large class of our most intelligent citizeus ex-
Guided from voting, and almost the whole
white population excluded from all the offices
and from serving on juries. The taxing power,
too, in the hands Of the black man, who having
but little property to be taxed, it would not be
manifest to them, that they would suffer by
high taxes; and those who would have control
would have direct interest in high taxes to
lavish the money upon themselves
Can YOU live under such Government as
that? It almost takes the breath to think Of it.
And we appeal to you, as you regard your own
interest, and the welfare of your children, not
10 stand idly by whilst we are struggling, but
to come forward in all your strength, to help US
to avoid this great calamity. You can have no
higher duty than that of self preservation and
if you stand OFF now. and for want of your aid,
this constitution with the two clauses, which
we now have it in our power to strike out, shall
be fastened upon us, you will reproach your
selves as long as you live Ifw strike out
these two Objectionable clauses, and elect con-
sentative Governor and conservative legislature
to administer the Government, We can live I'M
der it, and in short time, we may ameiorate
1t so that we may prosper.
Some thinking alen are very apprehensive
that this constitution in its present shape, will
be fixed upon US. [ do not, and will not de-
| spair. If the white men of Virginia do their
duty, the Conservatives will not only be sue
cessful, but they will be triumphant. But to
do our duty, every man must register, who can
register and he must vote.
| No man must think that his single vote is
not important. The result is made up of in
dividual votes, and though we may be in the
middle of harvest, that must not stand In the
way better, far BETTER that the whole harvest
should be lost, than that the Constitution should
be fastened upon us in it's present shape. Let
us amend it. and then adopt it,
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REGISTER TODAY
The Valley Railroad.

We learn from the Baltimore San, that, on
the 18th inst, in the first branch of the City
Council of Baltimore, Mr.. Carter, from the
joint special committee appointed to take into
consideration the petition Of the Virginia Val
ley Railroad Company for aid to the extent Of
81 900, 900 from the city of Baltimore, sub
mitted lengthy report favorable to extending
the said aid An ordinance accompanied the
report containing the provisions under which
the investment is to be made in conformity
with the provisions of the State Constitution
One Of the provisions is that the Legislature i
first to empower the City Council to make thu
investment, after which the matter is to b.
submitted to the vote Of the people of Balti
more. The report and ordinance were received
and ordered to be printed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-22
REGISTER TODAY

As far as registration is concerned says the
Petersburg Lnder, the argument may be said to
be closed and the case gone t, the jury, which
in this instance consists not of twelve men, but
Of almost the entire white population of the
State.
Ii there be any man yet unconvinced of the
fact that it is his sacred, political, and We might
add, religious duty to register, we know not by
what new argument to address him or by what
novel plea to seek to shake stolid determine
ton which has 50 long resisted every form Of
argument or entreaty. If We could but hear
one good reason for not registering which, though
it could not ccunteryail the hundred good rea-
sons on the other side, yet, we confess that il
would enable us to feel some sort of respect fol
the man who was guided by even one good rea-
son, and we would not be compelled every time
we looked upon non-registering white man,
to think, that against stupidity even the Gods
contend in vain
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MeG;cOL.
'sNO THE AFFLICTED
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If you would be relieved, the remedy is in YOUR
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, August Il. 1868
NJ. j. f. Benson DEAR SRI have had
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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
RICHMOND, July 20, 1868.
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L. H. Chandler.

The Inconsistencies of Mr. Chandler are not
matter Of much Importance; but as he has ap-
peared very prominently of late as a debater
and supporter of Wells, it may be as well to
give little space to one point in his tergiver-
sations. Of course he is thorough Wells
Radical now; yet for some time after the war
had ended he decidedly opposed negro suffrage
The following is an extract from speech he
delivered in Petersburg on the 10th of Deem
Der, 1865:
Il am opposed to negro suffrage, aud always
have BEEN
''Ihe privilege Of voting, exercised as right
by on Intelligent man, as q vatuable one; but
when this lever Of power is thrown into the
hands of the ignorant it becomes worse than
uscless--it is dangerous. No one believes that
any of the northern States, now SO loudly clam
orous, would let them vote any more than he
believes that the sun will rise tomorrow morn
ing twenty-four pound green cheese.
< :; s# =
I'm many counties of this and other South
ern States the negro population is in the ma
jorty. Let them vote-and the right to hold
office following the right to vote as naturally as
day comes after highland you will have black
sheriffs. black magistrates, black delegates,
who cant read and write. [ don't mean to say
that there are no intelligent colored men; but
that, like angels visits, they are few and far
between. From Florida to New York there is
not now one in thousand Of them capable Of
holding Office, and the people won't give office
to them.
You may talk of it and argue it, but con
Meier get over the feeling ecisting against these
people Call it a prejudice if you please. "A
national prejudice, says Bulwer, is stronger
than law. 1t may be only prejudice, but
you aoM never obtain the consent of the Amer
lean people to this measure. Fifty years will
not eradicate this prejudice, as fifty Crimean
alliances would not remove the prejudices Of
England and France"
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The Other Side of the Picture.

In reply to the frequent charges of cruelty
to Union prisoners in the South during the
war, the Integencer publishes some statistics,
which ought to be generally circulated The
number of Confederates in Northern prisons
during~the war, is stated in round numbers, at
10000 of Federals in Southern prisons, 270,-
600. Of the Confederates in Northern prisons,
$4,000 died of the Federals in Southern pris-
ons, $4,000 died. 1t will thus be seen that
while the South held preponderance of So
600 prisoners, there were 5000 more deaths in
Northern prisons than in those of the Confed
eracy.
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Incendiarism.

We stated last week that Rockingham was
in blaze. This language was fgurative, of
course, and had reference to the interest mani
tested IN the present important canvass but,
1t seems, that the remark was partially, at
least, literally true, for On Saturday, the 10Th
inst, the Tunker Church on Beaver Creek, in
that county, was burned, and thai, on the same
night, attempts were made TO burn the Union
Church on Briery Branch, and the old Metho-
dist Church in Bridgewater, and on the Thurs
day preceding the barn ofMrs. Polly Solomon,
within few miles of Harrisonburg, was
burned with its contents.
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TAUNTON SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.

we shall enjoy his welcome presence at our an
nual assemblies
For the Committee.
G. A. WALKER, Chairman.
DIR. Stribling rose and said
Mr.. PRESIDENT feel deeply the compliment
paid by your resolutions to the citizens of NV
native town, to the State charities located in
their midst, and TO myself Individually and as
member of your specially. / cannot trust
myself to say more.
The body then adjourned to meet in Hart
ford, Connecticut, on the Bird Wednesday in
June 1870.
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Z OF Cn6 Sp6cFhtor
An important Matter

MEssRs. EDITORS Il wish you would urge
all the colored people of the county to register
promptly. The Commissioner of the Revenue
will soon be making out his lists of persons liza
bic to taxation aud TO work on the roads He
often finds it difficult to ascertain which of the
colored people are liable to tax and to do road
duty. Now if they will proceed to register at
once, the Commissioner will know exactly in
what district they live, and when the Sheriff
goes around to collect his tax, he will know ex-
actly where to lay his hands on the men who
are liable to be called on to pay
PUBLIC.
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Virginia, in her PROSTATE and forlorn condi
ton, calls every true son to hasten fast to her
rescue, and save her from the thongs and chains
OF her enslavers. Men of Virginia, true sons
of a noble mother respond to no call of pleasure
and no suggestion of interest, till you hear and
heed. her appeal Register and vote, are the
peaceful means of her safety and redemption
and who falls to do so, becomes in part re-
sponsible for her shame
THAT which man planteth the same he
shall reap which, being interpreted, means, to
have crop Of new voters you must make them
register before the election.
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REGISTER TODAY

Remember the new settlers, in hunting up
the unregistered ALL not aliens, who will
have been in the State twelve months on the
9Th of July are entitled to register. Where
they are real settlers and not carpet baggers,
they will ali vote for Walker. See that they
rnniokor
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-22

/, M. Harvey Efinger, Cashier of the First
National Bank of Staunton, Va, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true, to the
best of my knowledge and belief
Nj. HARVEY EFFINGER Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18th
day of June. 1859
THOS. A. BLEDSOE.
Correct-attest Notary Public
Alex Fl. II. Stuart, !
VIM Frazier, Directors.
JAS. Walker
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For the Spectator.
Churchville Horse-Thief Detective Club,

The Constitution of this club provides, that
in the event of horse being stolen from one
of its members, part, or the whole of the
club (as the case may require1 shall go in pur-
suit, and to any one mot member) who shall
recover the horse and capture the Thief $500
Reward shall be paid in the event of his con-
vction
A reward of from $40 to 5000, I'D vazorens,
will in all cases be offered for the apprehension
and conviction of any party perpetrating theft
or burglary upon any member of this club
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-22

But two more days for registering remain
Thursday, the oath, is the last day. See that
all shall register. Go after your unregistered
neighbor and do not leave him till he agrees to
register. IF needs be go with him. Lend him
horse, if he needs one, After Thursday, it
will be too late.
REGISTER TODAY!