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cover the speculations of some
enterprising men. The swamp
lands are nominally given for inn
provement, but are really dOUcearS
to the States. With little excep-
ton these swamp lands are among
the richest lands in the country,
and want little improvement, ex-
cept the gradual settling up of the
country, which dries the land
On the other hand, all the land
given to railways go toward the
actual settlement of the country.
At the rate of twenty sections, or
$4,000 acres, per mile for the
Northern and Southern Pacific
roads, averaging 1,400 miles each
through the public lands, the
whole amount consumed by rail
ways will be 33,6OO,OOO acres, or
-thirtieth part of the public
domain.-[0ftciGI Railaoay Nea0s.
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mo. IL.
Joint Resolution

Proposing an Amendment to the Con-
stitvtion of the State of Louisiana.
Be 1t reso!ved BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of The State Of
Louisiana, an General Assembly con-
vened, thirds of the members elect
ed to each House agreeing thereto.
That the following amendment to the
constitution of the State of Louisiana
shall be submitted to the people of the
State at the next general election for
representatives of the General Assem-
bly,, and if approved and ratified by a
majority of the voters at said election,
the same shall become a part of the
constitution.
ARTICLE -. Thatp prior to the first
day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, the debt of the
State shall not be so increased as to
exceed twenty-five millions of dollars.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker Of House Of Representatives.
(Signed) ORCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of Senate.
Approved March Is, 1870.
(Signed) H. Z. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. E. BovEE,
Secretary of State.
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lively assisted the loyal men of the
State in their efforts to restore Louisi-
ana to her position in the Union. shall
be held to be included among those
herein excepted. Registrars of voters
shall take the oath of any such person
as pri0,a facie evidence of the fact that
he is entitled to the benefit of this pro
viso," shall be stricken from the Con-
stitution, and be null and void, and
the article herein above set forth and
proposed as an amendment, shall be q
part of the constitution, and shall be
published in all official copies of the
same, in place of the article ninety
nine, SO stricken out and declared null
and void.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of House of representatives..
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of Senate.
Approved Feb. 10, 1870.
(Signed) H. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. E. BOvEE.
Secretary of State.
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by a majority of 9O7, in favor of
subscribing S200,O06 to the Air
Line Railroad. Greenville Dis
trict has voted upon the same
question, and is to subscribe, SO
says a majority of 1894, 100000
to this Road. The name of the
Road is to be changed to erich
mond and Atlanta Railroad
\ The Union Times says: owe
are reliably informed that 300
stands of sixteen-shooters have
arrived in this county, for the use
of the negro militia.
VIM. Robert Atkinson, of Co
lumbia, won the first prize in moral
philosophy, at the late University
of Virginia.
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mo-. 81.
Joint Resolution
Proposing an Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State.

stitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be 1t resolved By the
Senate and House Of Representatives.
of the State Of Louisiana, an General
assembly convened, two third of the
members elected to each House agree
ing thereto, That at the general cleo
ton next ensuing the passage of this
resolution. the following amendment
to the constitution of the State shall
be submitted to the people of the
State, and if majority of the voters
at said election shall approve and rati
fly such amendment, the same shall
become part of the constitution, to
wit:
ARTICLE -. No person who, at any
time, may have been a collector of tax
es, whether State, parish or municipal,
or who may have been otherwise in
trusted with public money, shall be eli
gible to the General Assembly, or to
any office of profit or trust under the
State Government, until he shall have
obtained discharge for the amount of
such collections aud for all public
moneys with which he may have been
intrusted.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of House of Representatives..
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of Senate.
Approved February Is, 1870.
(Signed) IL. G. WARM0TH,
/ Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. E. BovEE,
Secretary of State.
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II.
Joint Resolution


Submitting an Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State, to the effect
that Article Fifty of the Constitution
shall be abrogated and stricken out
SECTION l. Be 1t resolved By the
Senate and House Of Representatives. o.
the State Of Louisiana, an General As
Sembiy convened, two thirds of the mem
bers elected to each House agreeing
thereto, That at the general election
for members to the General Assembly,
which will take place in November,
eighteen hundred and seventy, an
amendment to-the constitution of the
State shall be submitted to qualified
electors of the State for their ratifca-
ton or rejection, in hewords following:
ARTICLE fifty of the constitution,
which reads as follows: THE Govern
or shall be ineligible for the succeed
ing four year after the expiration of the
time for which he shall have been
elec'ed,' shall be abrogated and strick
en- out Of the constitution of the State"
/ Sec. 2. BE 1t further resolved, etc,
That at the said general election the
said proposed amendment to the con-
stitution of the State shall be submit
ted to the qualified voters of the State
for their ratification or rejection, in the
manner following, to wit: Each voter
shall have printed or written on tick
ct the words "Abrogate and stricken
out of article fifty of the constitution"
or the words retain article fifty of
the constitution" Upon the closing
of the polls the tickets shall be count
ed, the returns made and the result de-
clared in the manner and form of re-
turning the elections for State officers,
precribed by the general laws relative
to elections.
SEC. 8, Be 1t further resolved, etc.,
That this joint resolution shall take
effect from ard after its passage.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR.
Speaker of House Of Representatives
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of Senate.
Approved March Is, 1870
(Signed) H. C.. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO Z. BovEE,
Secretary Of State.
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Commercial Statistics.

Mr.. Edward Young, Chief of
the Bureau of Statistics, has kind
ly favored us with synopsis of
the statistical report, now in press,
which gives details of our CONNER
cial operations for the first ten
months of the current fiscal year,
or up to April 80, 1870. For these
ten months the imports amounted
to 3S1,726,S5S; the domestic ex-
ports to $3.50, 1853, 1858, and the for
eign exports to $50, $50, 1914. These
respective amounts, compared
with the corresponding ten months
of the preceding year, show con-
siderable enlargementinour trade.
The sums respectively for the ten
months, ending April 80, 1869,
we're: Imports 1856, 1898, $40; do
nestle imports, $361, 1857, 4SO, and
foreign imports, S18,914,715. Of
the trade represented by these
figures, nearly two-thirds were
carried by foreign vessels.
For the ten months ending
April 80, 1870, the excess of i'm
ports over exports was So, 707, 81,
while for the corresponding pc
Rod of 1869, it was $75,926,755.
The value of foreign commodities
remaining in United States ware
houses April 80, 1870, was $685.
74S,6S4, against S51, 214,O20 April
30, 1869. The following statement
will prove interesting to mer-
chants and business men gener-
ally:
The values of the principal ar
ticles imported during the ten
monthsended April 80, 1870, were:
Free of duty-Gold and silver
coin and bullion, 1924, 49S, h.
utiable-Barley, $4,64S, 0O5; all
other breadstuffs, $500, 15S; cot
fee 19,560,564; manufactures of
cotton, $20,666,694; flax and man.
ufactures of, $14,735,24 fruits,
$6,k27,773; hides and skins other
than furs, $11,939, 139; iron and
manufactures of, $27,216,079;
leather and leather goods, $3, 0O8,-
954; silk and manufactures of, $780,
571,719; brown sugar, $40, 1852;
molasses, 80, 766, $50; tea, $1O,829,
239; tin and. manufactures of, 81,
648, AIT; wines, spirits and cordials
So, 1913, Jos; wood and manufac-
lures of, $6,S30,665; wool and
manufactures of, S37,O22, 591.
The values of the principal do.
nestle commodities exported du-
ring the same period were: Wheat
$40, 294 40; wheat -four, $18,O29,-
872; all other breadstuffs, $3,019,-
sol; raw cotton, $193, 1874, 1873;
gold and silver coin and bullion,
S32, 1874; refined petroleum,
1913, 623, 341; crude petroleum, ST.,
373,0S0; bacon and hams, S., 1885,.
40; cheese, 81 ,493,677; lard, 3d..
1919, 125; leaf tobacco, $17,193,O25;
wood and manufactures of, GIL.
! 464,632.
The values of the principal for
eign commodities exported were
Gold coin, $4,501, 1922; silver coin
S7,915,022; provisions and tallow
81, 10000; tea, 81 1854, 1853.
During the quarter ending
March 81, 1870, the passengers
who arrived in this country mum
bered A. 02, of which $4,000 were
females. Of these, $500 were
immigrants, 11,654 being females
1921 had trades of various kinds
and ia had professional callings
| Considerable more than half O
the whole number came from the
British Isles and Germany, mos
of them being between the ages
of Is and 49, N. O.. Times.
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Gen. Humphrey Marshall has
announced himself a candidate
for Congress in the Louisville
District. In a public speech he
declared that be opposed repu-
diation, and that the govern
ment owes it to its plighted
faith to pay every dollar of it's
debt.
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It's said that a New Yorker
will finish Edwin brood. Will
notsome one in the interest of
the late Dickens finish the New
Yorker
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Those who keep a good con.
science may confidently trust God
with the keeping of their good
names.
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Proposed Amendments to the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana.

To be submitted to the people Of the
people of the State at the nert
General Election to be held the
Seuenth day Of November, Ammo
Domini One ThraSand Eight
Hundred and Serenity.
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Laurens Railroad---New Schedule.
CH3SHEsHG MAIL Trains on this Road run to
gsEzi1z--Ey gNa1-SfE return same day, to conuect with
up and down Trains on Greenville and Colum-
bia Railroad, at Helena; leaving Laurens at s
A. NJ, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
and leaving Helena at 1.30 p. NJ same days.
July rs. BOWERS Superintendent
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TRUST Rudolph, you are like Won OPP
,penheim in every respect save one" 81

H. = : =
,penheim in every respect save one"
Ais uanspp5iiinSsas. @ 5iiS 81 ROD haven't s Seen en-
him, suppose. eince that unfortunate
misunderstanding with his Rdytloyep'' q
.No-it is now about two years since
T saw him last" ,,
.'Whati is the nature Of 'the; mmissunider.-
standipg?" inquired Eugenia.
From all can learn, there is some
other girl mixed up in the affair, and
most 'unjustly, too, for I could swear
that he has loved her and her alone,
from the, time he frat met her at his
sisters Wedding. However, in assuming
this, as the cause Of the present desegre-
Insent, I speak merely from hearsay, for
.Non Oppenheim has continued to pro-
serve rigorous, inexorable reserve. I
think it would do the fellow world of
good If he would out with his trouble
and give his friends chance to condole
with him; but instead, he locks it up in
bis own heart, and broods over it, in soli-
tary agony, until he is almost mad with
unshared misery. You would scarcely
recognize him rs the same person. His
health is deplorable-his spirits at the
lowest ebb. He is moody and saturnine,
whero he was once the most genial, free
aud rry-hcarted fellow in christen-
DOM"
TO. DE CONTINUED.
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The North and South United,

The North and South United,
fzs3 Il Qezssfss..sSsSa Qasf&Ssa tan Through Passenger
Route. SEQ that your Tickets arc good uia
Petersburg, Weldon, Raleigh and Charlotte.
NORTH CAROLINA II. II. TIME TABLE.
Trains East. Trains West.
ARRIVE. LEAVE. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
Charlotte. 415 p m 10 90 m
Salisbury G IA p m G 10 m 7 81 a m SC m
Greensb'o.8 81 p m o2 p m 06 m IA IN
Raleigh ;. L 90 M LAS m IL co m n Ito a IN
Goldsboro s. 80 m 8 80 p IN
A Freight and Accommodation Train leaves
Charlotte daily, at $40 n. NJ, and arrives at
IL 25 p. m. ALBERT JOHNSON,
March II Superint endcnt.
Schedule on Blue Ridge Railroad.
rsszzszss.azu1 Leave Anderson. -. 4 20 P. NJ.
G1ESs22saSssJ g Pcndleton. 20
Perryvilo. -. 90
Arrive at Walhalla. a............7 100
Leave Walhalla. ..-............ 3 10 a. III.
IerryFlilc. ~
Pcndlcton. .................. b 10
Arrive at Anderson. ......... :. 10
Waiting at Anderson one hour for tho arrival
OF the up train on the Grconville and Columbia
Railroad, except on Saturday, when they will
wait until the train arrives.
March w. II. D. GAILLARD, Sup,
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The Train will return from Bolton to Ander.
son on Monday and Friday mornings.
JAMES q. MEREDITH General Sup't
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Spartanburg and Union Railroad.

sNfMHEIIN ON and after the 18th October
- - Passenger Trains will leave Spar
tanbprg Q. b: on Mondays, Wednesaays and
1.35 p. M, connecting with Groenvillo down
train. Returning Tuesdays, Thuradays and
Saturdays, leave Aston so M; arrive Spar
tanburg $40 p. M, as per following Schedule.
Doom Train. Up Train.
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Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta r. r
g. q sza.a ESsg EEaSSEae..lssE gsa Rgg|gl
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Patent Office.

A LEXaNDER d MASON, Solicitors Of Ame-
"a rican and European Patents, and Conn.
Heiiors at Patent Laws, tfifteon years expert
street, opposite tho Patent Oilico. Washing
ton, d. O. Papers carefully prepared, and
Patent secured without delay. Examinations
in he Patont Offioe free of charge, and no in
is allowed. Charges as reasonable as any
other reliable Agency. Send for oirculnr Of
terms, instructions and reference. Jan 80
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The sulphur Acid Company
u tmns
OF
United
othr
in
. he rtsemcnt
Of
ybe
at Q January rynsxt. G.
Pres
No.
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~ y What would this sman7-Pope.
.Theodorel'asSfao called Miss sRawleigh,
she had, been doing away the sultry
afternoon over@ Consuelo. "Theodore!
what are you doing?"
':Doing naught," was the drowsy ro-
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4 Iefreseniville and Columbia Railroad I

SS I'm IG ON and after WEDNEs-
Is! ~ DAY, January 19, the fol.
lowing Schedule will be run daily, Sur day
excepted, ), onEecting with Night Trnin on
Night Train on Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
ptlsta Road going South. ~ |l'F = = =
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Murray & Lanman's
Florida Water,

The most celebrated and
most delightful Of all per-
fumes, for use on the hand
kcrchicf: at the toij.'. Hnd
III the bath, for sal, ~
Druggists and prrt',nltrH.
Jan ~ 5mot
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WHOLE No.ll68

.
that you viii no longer act with this mon
grel, negro-wOrshiPping party. sr,s
The speaker then proceeded to discuss
the financial questions and other taxes,
showing. the iullacs of the arguments
made BY bis opponent, and in Language
which I am utterly unable to report, made
enc Of The nj st eloquent and convincing
appeals to the people have ever heard,
dld took his seat.
General Wi.cher then, for about twen-
ty minutes, rehashed the old, old story Of
the roar, turmoil and bloodshed, and the
discussion was over.
The'resnlt as seen and heard in the ac-
tons and declarations Of our Radical
friends, was most encouraging to us, and
you may count on q good report from
Braxton. There were about 800 people
present, and but for the length of my let
ter Ishould have been glad to have given
you an account Of the incidents of the
day: Victory pcrched upon our banners,
and The STRIPPING Was but pigmy in the
hands Of his able aud eloquent opponent.
More anon, YoRlcK.
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DIssoLuTIoN OF PARTNERSHIP.
LAND SALE.

TN pursuance Of decree rendered by the ulr-
y cult court OF Upshur County etths Nay
I Term, 1870, In the q ancery cause OF John ,,
Fisher, commissioner, IS. Edward J. Coleridrr
aud Jossp'rD gapp. Twill, on the io'il day Of
octoler 1870, thai being a court for said soun,
Is, ii The front door Of the Court House Of sal'l
county, sell for casi, Ia hand, 10 The tishe'
bidder, the htuse aud LOT in the bill and pro-
eocdinga 10 ninl cause mentioned. Tue house
snd lot will bc sold subject 10 tue lie estate o.
Eleanor coleridrr.
JOHN s. FISHER, Commissioner.
scpiomlsr 1ii, lsTO.--nII
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liccrsiof reg ;s;faiion that they may cor
ruptly riolate the law and refuse to regis
terany citizens who will not vote for
them. without fear of punishment under
.tbeaetof Congress- editors Of newspapers
,herctoforecommirted to opposite views as
we'll as those all the time consistent in er-
ror-all now declare and proclaim and
urge upon boards Of ofregistration that the
late republican Congress ofthc nation has
no regard for the right of white men to
participate in the government, but that on
the contrary when they deliberately con-
sidercd and legislated on the subject, they
confined their action to the negroes, and
purposely excluded white men from the
scope Of their protection-and thus in the
face of honorable men they shamelessly la
Dor to induce the officers of registration
and election to drive from the polls citi-
.zens that they know are qualified to vote.
who will not vote for themselves.
Hounds and greyhounds. mougrels,
spanicls, ,eurs and demi-wolves" all howl
in hideous unison that -none-but
negroes and white men worse than negroes
shall rule this tceming land.
Time was, at no remote period. when
men of English. Irish. Scotch, German
and French extraction. with transparent
skins, tall and erect figures. high and
massive foreheads, and educated minds
that comprehend all things comprehend
bic. were supposed to be wiser and more
capable Of governing the country than
black, lcv-browed, sensual, thoughtless,
uutaasht negroes. Later. it was urged
that Notwithstanding the superior capacity
and cultivation of the whites, and their
deeper interest in the country in which
they own the property and pay the taxes,
thss uhiie men. should participate equally
in tho administration Of the government.
But neS i is deaantly proclaimed that
the negroes alone are secured in the exer-
cise, sf tho sovereign elective privilege.
and that white men enjoy it only ut the
option Of officers appointed BY, tho chief
candidate for election. No comment can
illustrate the bare statement of such an
outrsgco polity.
The issue is now made. Letit not be
misunderstood. Radical chariatans have
already sought to coniound this with tho
question whether persous WHO aided In the
rebellion shall,yote; and theysuill doubt
less continue to do so. That however. is
entirely outside of this issue. However
Intellectually and falsely the lalc amend
ment to the State Constitution was adopted
aud proclaimed, the Democratic q party has
acqaiesced in it; and since the act Of Con.
gress in question has been at all UNDER
stood. no one pretends that until the con-
provision is modified, persons
who gave substantial assistance 10 the re-
bellion should be registered. The question
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I9AEEs s-oF-4vfsRrIsiyu.

] Saarc, len lines or less, one inssriios 81 90
, For each subsequent Insertion : 30
lRqlnTe iweye months, -e,,..-- IN oo
gaS'a rtl' ofa column, 10 months 25 oo
One half COLUMN, l?nionhs So. az o6
One column Il months ~ nj
Local noliees twenty cents per line, which
must be paid in advance. ,iirs =" ".''.. ~ .
FIVE dollars will be charged for annoupcin.
'e.'aiididatss for county, aud ten dollars for
State and United States Offices. =.
n Leag,hy Obituary notices must be paid for
-o- Al Legal notices are charged 10 Tic nj.
torneys presenting th'm.-- si0l Ii!Si y.
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4 - eaN AaNAaShto Va hhS
day: Victory pcrched upon our banners,
and The stripping WAS but pigmy in the
hands Of his able aud eloquent opponent.
More anon, YoRlcK.
a NEGRO GOVERNMENT.
Radical oflcers and Candidates
"a s.a5a 'i ybrque.
!, IFAe republican pattyof this State have
been grieyously perplcxed as to what con-
struction they should give to the Act of
eOngressito secure the right Of citizens to
vote. 1t wcs reaecnabfs that .ae white
men ofthe countrywide have the capacity,
Iodacatiou and experience. and own the
sropady that ia mostly tho subject ofleg-
iHlatioa, md yay the taxes that support the
go7crnncat, shcald b. protected IN their
participation ;aliss administration, AZ we'll
as the negroes; and the lsa IN auertion SO
plainly provided for such protection to call
citizens aiike that at FIRST it was not con.
troverted. The contention, for time,
was whether. by the act. this right Of sufI-
rage was secured torebelsAnot whether it
was secured to uhite men who under the
laws we're entitled to enjoy it, as well as to
she'negroes, or tothe negroes alone. The
equality of ftho latter had been zealously
maintained--their superiority to q numer-
Gus class Of our best and most intelligent
citizens ana largest propcrty-holders aand
taxpayers, who base the deepest interest
in the vell-faTc and prosperity Of the
State, had been effeotually enforced; but
the exclusive right OF the negroes to the
protection ofthe Government and the ex-
eIciss OF the elective franchise. and the
denial Of the Ike right of prote ction to all
white men, was too shocking to common
~
sense and common deceDcy to be urged, Till
1t was ascsrtalnedito DO Indispensable .l in
order 10 affosd the tyrants in power short
respite from the doom that inevitably
awaits them at no distant day.
: ltDecame manifest, however, ,thatif the
REGISTRATION Jaw was fairly enforced-ifall
xhisemen andincgroes otherwise qualified,
Who gayeiho aid TO the rebellion-all who
eseuianderst the existing Proscrip.ive con-
f'tllu'ion. arc entitled to vote, were allowed
todoso, 1.-THE minority party IN power would,
atthe approaching election, by an over
whelmlng gngority'oe hurled from usurped
places and their despotic power wrenchcd
Dy the hands OF an outraged people from
thelf conyulsiye grasp-Ihe equality Of
negroes With white mon Will not save them.
1t has become necessary. to their contiuu-
aneo 10 once to assert the paramount N su-
premacy OF the black over the white race in