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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21

Colonel John G. Park, an old and prominent
Georgian, died at Indian Springs on Wednes-
day. Thousands of citizens of the State knew
the deceased intimately. He was native Of
Greene County, Ca, where he resided until
admitted to the bar. when he removed TO Gwin.
nett County, and was chosen clerk Of the Su-
perior Court Subsequently he moved to
Miledgeville, where he engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession, and also in the editorial
management of the Federal Union. The latter
position he filled many years. He also served
several terms as comptroller general of the
State.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21

The following clause of law in regard to
the income tax seems to be botherlng some
honest and other sort of people: THAT the
taxes on incomes herein imposed shall be
levied on the lst day of March, and be due
and payable on or before the 18th day Of April
in each year, until and including tile year 1870,
and no longer" Now, what is the purpose OF
this clause 1t is to define and declare at
what time in the year the Income tax is due
and payable And it declares very plainly
that the tax shall be due and payable by the
18th day of April In each year, until and in-
Guiding the year 1870, and no longer" No
paymcnt of the tax can be demanded later
than April, 1870, and ut that time we pay The
tax on our incomes of 1869. On the income of
1870, therefore, no tax is payable.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21
w HIN CT o N.
BOLDEN APPEALS FOR MARITAL
LAWN EORTH CAR0LINA.
TsrEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.l

WASHINGTON, March 20.
Governor Holden telegraphs to Senator
Abbott urging him to use his influence to- In
duce President Grant to suspend the writ Of
ha1eas corpus for Alamance County. He says
that the Federal troops are already there, but
that they can do nothing until martial law
is declared
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21

Mr.. Joseph Fa 1t, of Union, died suddenly on
Thurs lay from an apopleclic attack.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21
RETRENcHMENT AND REFORM.
LOW TAXES AND EQUAL RIGHTS.
There is Hope for the State.

THE ro1cE OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21
From the orangeburg News.l

IErOm the OrdUBcUuiS HNS"S'i
The sentiment of the people OF South Caro-
lima is unanimous. From the seashore to the
mountains, voice comes spontaneous from
the neonle of the State, and it speaketh mighty
tbinrs-thinrs of high import, and pregnant
with bright hope. The people Of South Caro-
lima have repudiated Democracy. Significant
omeni Its name and its natlonl issues arc re-
linquished. This is a fact.
The colored man has o natural and constitu-
tional right to his freedom and MS cltlZensh Up,
and this right is really and heartily admit ted
and recognized by the white people Of the
State.
Great things must come from this There is
hone for the STATED Hope that the honest men,
those who are citizens Of the State, and who
have exhibited the intention and desire OF
becoming her good citizens, Will unite, AND
that their concert OF action and community oi
interest will result in breaking up the ''rinS
of corruption the nest of robbers that have
settled upon US, and will secure the govern
ment to those who are citizens ana VINO are
worthy.
Another grand effort is about to be organ
lied. and it Is to be made upon the basis of fact;
upon the fact that the colored man Is our fel.
low-citizen and our equal In c.Vu ana political
Disguised as the colored people are with the
deception and dishonesty OF the party that
has controlled their sympathy and ballot for Its
own purposes of robbery, they will hear with
astonishmelt that the people OF South Caro-.
lima are ready to guarantee to them their right
of voting ald holding Office.
They do guarantee to him these rights, and
they ask him to use these rights to purify, to
redeem their State, of which they are citizens,
and in which they have the deepest and truest
interest. :,
And we believe that they will respond to
this movement. They will free themselves
from the CALLING shackies of the party that has
ruled them, and will exercise their rights In
favor of the honest aRd worthy OF her citizens,
white and black.
There is hope for the State. With commu.
nity of rights and OF interests, the white men
and the colored men Of South Carolina Will
make the effort together, and honest men Will
be put in office.
The intelligence, the elevation, the refine
,,, mt which have ever been the characteristics
of the Southern people, and the labor, the In
dustry of the colored men, the best adapted to
our climate and toour great product, united In
a community of the truest and deepest inter.
eat, hopes and destiny, present IN their union
q tableau of hope In the future, the brightest
and most glorious Of any people.
We shall be as one. The same rights, hopes
destiny belong to both. And in its e1ulgence
of brightness, the carpet-bagger will skulR
away, Yes he must pack up! When honest
men agree rogues must clear out. That the
people OF South Carolina have resolved tc
make this grand effort, upon this true basis, Is
shown by the action Of the press Mt their late
conference at Columbia.
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Work! Work! Work
rTrom the Union Tlmes.I

We must work work work zealously and
constantly. We mist not let the enemy get
nossession of the outp0sts while we are stand
Inc with our arms folded. "Up, guards, and
at them." must be our watchword. One more
decade OF such rule as has cursed South Caro-
lima for the past two years, anu every vestlSe
of our former rights and the honor and pride
of orr State will be legisated from us. The
prize to be won or lost Is too great to admit of
iaqrards or towards in our rlnks. The State
expects every man to do his duty, and he who
does not should be met with sclrn from every
true Southern heart.
The ranks OF the Radical party are broken
and In confusion. The leaders know this, and
are assiduously at work to heal the breaches.
Now is our time TO Invade tllelr ranks, but
rest assured, if we make no ellort now, they
will rally their forces and defy us:
Harmony, also, must characterize our party
Let mo personal considerations distract ns, but
with a united front, and bearing alolt the
bright banner of truth. honesty and justice to
all. let us commence our march against the
enemies of Cur State at once, anu victory must
be OURS at the next election.
Again, we say, let lis organize our party.
and be prepared to meet inc enemy wherever
and whenever he shall show himself.
The Right to Vote and to Hold Office.
From tile Abbevile Press.]
The right to vote carries with it necessarily
the right to hold office. The voting class form
the body polite; they are the state really and
essentially They are the sovereigns, for suf
trage is the highest act OF sovereignty. SUI
frage sets the complex machinery Of govern
ment in motion, and keeps 1t In operation. 1t
creates the executive, the legislative and the
judicIal-they who make the laws and they
WHO administer them Can annT 5ny4F 10 IT, be rGs more
class the RIGHT to select from their own
body those whom they may deem
worthy to hold the offices in their glit? Negro
to deny all of its legitimate consequences. If
the negro Is the ruling power in the State, can
we deny him the 5gt s,aoy to sa0Hse rhn his office office
Sr Snt s we SS are to show that between
own race, and those who are properly denomi-
mated "scalawags" and "carpet-6aggggers"-
meaning by the one mere unprincipled adven-
turers, and BY the other those who are recre-
ant to the instincts Of race-it is right which
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21
Ono Question which Cnnd
Must Answer.
From the Columbia Guardian.l

In the coming campaign, one question must
be asked of every candidate: Is he honest?
When an affirmative answer can be given. we
shall be ready to examine his fitness for office
But If the answer be negative, he must give
place to botters
AS one of the Journals represented in the
press conference, we fully endorse the spirit
and letter OF the four resolutions, and we In
tend to push the principle Of honest govern
ment to its legitimate conclusions.
We mean business.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21
Accept the Issues.

IVIVIII tfFT 17'111S'@''S' 11e16N''I
Heretofore there have been reasons for op-
position to the measures of reconstruction, and
Tor attempts to defeat them; but having failed
in this 1t is now the duty OF oil good citizens
to unite their efforts to make the best govern
ment possible out of the form Of the one which
has been established over US. And therefore
we hope. should the convention adopt q plat
form, that 1t will accept the Issues against
which we have struggled and been defeated,
as fixed facts, and agree upon policy that
will nromise more success
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The Citizens Party.
tp.,, ,ho coorra.oun TImao


The elections in the coming fall afford us an
opportunity to bring the State out of the slough
of Radicalism, and certainly the experience Of
the past two years is such as to induce US to
make efforts as have never been made before
in the cause of honesty, decency and good
government. The accomplished facts of the
present are to be dealt with In their full reality
a.. must now recognize the situation as crltl-
cal ore. Reconstruction, with its results, negro
suffrage and Fifteenth amendment, are upon
MS whether we desire 1t or not, and sincere
acceptance of situation that we could not pre-
vent seems to be the part of prudence as well
as policy; and we concur In the views of THE
CHARLESTON NEWS in shaping our course In such
manner that ,oliLe ICE make Of no sacrifice
principle we should act for the best interest OF
the State. Abolish party distinctions and let
the honest and intelligent OF the State, White
and colored, unite for the overthrow OF Radl-
calsm under the banner Of the "Citizens Par
ty." AS regards national politics let the Northern
people settle the issues among themselves, and
on their decision we will be compelled to
rest, but the Democratic party OF the State Is
unable to effect objects which through recon-
strucllon have been set aside. and orr atten-
tion should be turned against this demon Rad
icallsm that is sapping the foundations of socl-
ETY. and good government, and checking our
progress and every means OF prosperity. We
admit the task will be a hard one, but The pres
ent should nerve us to work for the future.
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* rRlEEN.W.o.ofD1H.oaTlEL-,
Business Gar1s..

4 DAMS, DAMON & CO., ls BROAD. ST.,
II Dealers In Stoves, Ranges, Crates, &c. Agents
for the Automatic Washing Machine and Wringer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-10-07

MODEsTY in woman is like color on
her cheek-decidedly becoming, If not
put on.
WHY are a shoemaker's plans always
frustrated? Because his attempts al
ways end in de feet.
A LITTLE Iowa boy memorized l 400
Bible verses, but died with brain fever
before he could use them.
A GUEST at hotel in Leavenworth
ate over Il dozen ears of corn at one
meal the day before his funeral.
A GENTLEMAN in Boston lately COM
mitted suicide because his garden was
devastated by his sons chickens.
A PRISONER in Jail at York, Pa, has
been confined over nine years for refus.
ing to answer question in court.
FUNERALS and seedlings are regard
ed in this country as special vehicles of
family vanity, pride and ostentation.
A JAvANEsE potentate, twenty-eight
years old, has promising family of
thirty-three sons and fortyeight daugh-
ters.
A YOUNG fellow fond of talking, re-
marked, 81 am no prophet" "True,"
replied lady, "no profit to yourself,
or any one else."
A YOUNG man recently married in
Beloit, Wis, helped his wife, while
courting, to sew together rags enough
to make 60 yards of carpet.
A TRAIToRoUs woman avows the be-
lief that if all the men were in one
country and all the women in another,
with big river between them, lots of
poor women would be drowned,
"YoU don't do work enough to earn
your salary" said the head of a depart
ment in the New York Custom House,
to one of his clerks. "Work !" eXclaim-
ed the young man, 81 worked to get
here; you surely don't expect me to
work any longer"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-10-07

THE other day, says the New Orleans
PicCy,ne, a very pretty blue.eyed co.
quettish-looking creature made her ap.
pearance at the Office of the Chief of Pc.
lice and demanded an interview.
"In what can oblige you, madam ?''
inquired the polite official.
"Are you the Chief, sir"
"I have that honor"
"Are you married man ?"
Now, this is question which modest
bachelors find it difficult to reply to,
without blushing. Nevertheless, the
officer bravely answered in the mega.
tive.
81 am sorry for this" continued the
lady, "for desire to consult you on {
delicate subject"
The Chief balanced himself, first on
one foot, and then on the other, looking
furtively the while at his visitor, and
finally inquired:
GLOW delicate ?"
"Why, sir, my child has been stolen
by its degraded father, whose abuse ol
me has compelled me to seek other pro,
lection. Unless yOu hare been a mOthe,
you cannot understand my grief"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-10-07
Imperishable.

The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to q worldly prayer,
The dreams of love and truth;
The longing after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry;
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in gref's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed
The plea for mercy softly breathed
When Justice threatens nigh;
The sorrow Of n contrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand
The pressure of n kiss,
And all the tritles sweet and fral
That make up loves first bliss;
With firm unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasped, those lips have me
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it fell,
| The chilling want of sympathy
| We feel but never tell;
The hard repulse that chils the heart,
Whose hopes are bounding high,
| In au unfading record kept
| These things shall never die.
| Let nothing pass, for every hand
| Must find some work to do;
| Lose not a chance to waken love,
| Be firm and Just and true.
| so shall light that cannot fade
| Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee,
| These things shall never die.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-10-07

DIDN'T "BLEss" THE WHIsKEY.-A
Kentucky lawyer on circuit was ask.
ed to dine with the judge. AT table
the judge, as was his custom, asked 6
blessing, and shortly after took from
the sideboard bottle of old Bourbon
of which he asked his friend to Iartake
partaking freely himself, as is also his
custom. After dinner the lawyer said
"Judge, will you permit me to ash
you question ?"
so, certainly" replied the judge
"what is it?"
81 Observed" replied the lawyer,
"that after you had asked a blessing,
you set on the bottle. Now / wish tC
ask whether you are ashamed to ask a
blessing on the liquor, or whether you
thought it good enough without !"
The judge took the case under advise
ment.
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Ghoitt poGtrp.
Only a Word.

a frivolous word, n sharp retort,
parting in angry haste,
The sun that rose on q bower of bliss
The loving look and the tender kiss,
Has set on n barren waste,
Where pilgrims tread with weary feet
Paths destined never more to meet.
A frivolous word, n sharp retort,
A moment that blots out years,
Two lives are wrecked on stormy shore,
Where billows of passion surge and roar
TO break in spray OF tears;
Tears shed to blind the severed pair
Drifting seaward and drowning there.
a frivolous word, a sharp retort,
A flash from passing cloud
Two hearts are scathed to their utmost core,
Are ashes and dust for evermore.
Two faces turn to the crowd
Masked by pride with n lifelong lie,
To hide the sears of that agony.
frivolous word, sharp retort,
An arrow at random sped,
1t has cut in twain the mystic tie
That had bound two souls in harmony,
Sweet love lies bleeding or dead
A poisoned shaft with scarce an aim,
Has dono n mischief sad as shame.
a frivolous word, sharp retort,
Alas! for the loves and lives
SO little q cause has rent apart
Tearing the fondest heart from heart
AS q whirlwind rends and rves,
Never to reunite again,
But live and die in secret pain.
A frivolous word, n sharp rctort,
Alas that 1t should be so!
The petuant speech, the careless tongue,
Have wrought more evil, and done moro wrong
Have brought to the world more woe
Than all the armies age TO age
Records on hist'ry's blood-stained page.
All the Year Round.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-10-07

How MONKEYS ARE CAUGHT.-Tho
following plan to catch monkeys beats
the old trick of pelting the same ami
mails with stones to make them pick up
cocoa nuts:
Monkeys arc such cunning creatures
that one woul suppose them much more
difficult to catch than other animals.
Pitfalls will take lion, and the fam
ished monarch of the forest will after a
few days starvation, dart into the cage
containing food, and thus be secured.
But how are the monkeys caught? The
ape family resemble man. Their vices
are human. They love liquor and fall.
In Darfour Sennarr, the natives make
fermented beer of which the monkeys
are passionately fond. Aware of this
the natives go to the parts of the forest
frequented by the monkeys, and set on
the ground calabashes full of the enti-
cling liquor. AS soon as monkey
sees and tastes it, he utters loud cries of
Joy that soon attract his comrades.
Then an orgie begins, and in short
time the beasts show all degrees of in
| toxica ton. Then the negroes come.
The drinkers are too far gone to mis-
trust them but apparently take them
for large species of their own genus.
| The negroes take some up, and these
Immediately. begin to weep and cover
them with maudlin kisses. When
negro takes one by the hand and leads
him off, the nearest monkey will cling
to the one who thus finds support, and
endeavors to 60 off also. Another will
grasp him, and SO on, till the negroes
lead staggering line of ten or dozen
tipsy m onk eys. When finally brought
to t he village they are securely Gagged
and gradually sober down, but for two
or three days gradually diminishing
supply of liquor is given them, SO as to
re concile them by degrees to their cap
| tiyity
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-10-07
How Dreams are Caused.

In order to prove that almost any
dream can, with tolerable certainty, be
excited by special classes of stimulants.
Mr.. Maury caused series of expert
ments to be performed on himself when
asleep, which afforded very satisfactory
results.
First experiment--He caused himself
to be tickled with feather on the lips
and inside the nostrils. de dreamed
that he was subjected to horrible pun
ishment. A mask Of pitch was applied
to his face and then torn roughly off,
taking with it the skin of his lips, nose
and face.
Second experimental pair of tweez-
ers was held at little distance from his
ear, and struck with pair of scissors.
He dreamed that he heard the ringing
of bells. This was soon converted into
the tocsin, and this suggested the days
of June, 1913.
Third experimental bottle of eau de
Cologne was held to his nose. He
dreamed that he was in perfumer's
shop. This excited visions of the east,
and he dreamed that he was in Cairo,
in the shop of Jean Marie Farina.
Many surprising adventures occurred
to him there, the details of which were
forgotten.
Fourth experimental burning luci-
fer match was held close to his nostrils.
He dreamed that he was at sea (the
wind was blowing in through the win
dows), and that the magazine in the
vessel blew up.
Fifth experiment-He was slightly
pinched on the nape of the neck. He
dreamed that a blister was applied.
And this recalled the recollection of a
physician that had treated him in his
infancy
Sixth experimental piece of red hot
iron was held close enough to him to
communicate slight sensation of heat.
He dreamed that robbers had got into
the house, and were forcing the Inmates
by putting their feet to the fire, to re-
veal where the money was. The idea
of tho robber suggested that Of Nine.
dAbrantes, who, he supposed, had
taken him for her secretary, and in
whose memoirs he had read some ac-
counts of bandits.
Seventh eXperiment-The word para
| I.JdgdramftS was pronounced in his ear.
He understood nothing, and awoke
with the recollection of very vague
dream. The word man,an was next
used many times. He dreamed of diff
fcrent subjects, but heard sound like
the humming of bees. Several days
after, the experiment was repeated
with the words Azor, Castor, Leonore.
On awakening, he recollected that he
had heard the last two words, and had
attributed them to one of the persons
who had conversed with him in hi!
dream
Eighth experimental drop of wate
was allowed to fall on his forehead. HI
dreamed that he was in Italy, that he
was very warm, and that he was drink.
ing the wine of Oryieto.
Ninth experimental light, surround.
ed by piece of red paper, was repeat.
edly placed before his eyes. He dream.
ed of a tempest and lightning, which
suggested the remembrance of storm
he had encountered in the English
channel in going from Merlaix t,
Havre.
These observations are very instruct
i've, inasmuch as they show CONCLUSIVE.
ly that one very important class ofoui
drea ms is due to our bodily sensation
Once q Woek.
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How Sen Wafer Came 10 be
Saline.

.-..,
inV ee" 10 supl"'oou " nt'Vo a0quiio'
i'' S"i'"o prinoiPie Wi'o'' 'no s'ooo was
~ tilo ,r nct VI aup9iurnE itoiii saSeot,0
s'"'e' @ Inv, Inc uei'si'y Vi sea water uei'enos
upon 'ne Iu"h'i'y Vi eiii'io lia''er II
ooh'"'nS' A"e pioioi''oi 10 sener"is
'Do.'V 'iii'o ',,o, oa ioui po, cent ,nousn ~
Vaiie. III u'iioio"t piaoe'' tho ooe"i
coi,"'n' i''oie sai' in 'iio southern ','ah
III 'le hor'i'ern nerli9piiere, 'he A'i''i, I,
'ic more '''''' 'ne iac'he' hho siea'e"'
proportion OF salt III the racine Is III
paraileiS OF - N. L'' anu 10 o. ~,
near lhe equator IL Is less anu III the
Polar seas 1t is least, from the melting
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Sunset,
BY MATTE WEAVER.

Dreamily stand watching
The glow in the western skies;
Tho the breezes softly WOO me,
Yet the tears are in my eyes,
Perhaps tits the mist that blinds me,
For the sunset seems rot so fair;
The scene not half so lovely,
Nor so soft and sweet the air.
AS when, In the far away past
l have stood in the sunsets glow,
And watched the crimson glory
Break over the fields OF snow;
All, yes, tits the mist of tears,
That makes the picture less fair
miss bright form from my side,
And glory OF golden hair
And far in the west sec,
A fair face all sbrouded in woe;
All the sunset was never thus Swallowed,
In the beautiful Long Ago.
Then my eyes shrink away from the sunlight
And close them to shut in the tears;
But they cannot shut out the wailings,
That come up the aisle of dead years.
Tho summer winds bring loved voices
On their wings "a broken prayer
A sobbingI open my eyelids-
A glmmer of golden hair;
And ever thus in the sunset,
When stand in the fading glow.
II brings me weary pictures
OF that bright aisle, long ago;
How the brightness waned and faded
That clustered around me of yore;
All me, It's death in life" to think
OF the days that are no more.