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ConuMB1A, s. O., August 30. 1870.

Mr. EDITOR: In your issue for this
morning appears labored effort, from
the pen of ga Citizen and Tax Payer"
to vindicate the extraordinary and un-
warrantable course pursued by the City
Council in the contract with Mr.. Pearce
and Senator Sprague concerning the
Water Works; albeit said writer assures
US that he docs s'not believe that the
Council needs any vindication." In his
article he quotes n report made by
Alderman Mckenzie in 1866, in refer
ence to the same subject. After quoting
this report, Taxpayer says that 'hs
(AIcKenzie's) report states in most un-
qualified terms that the supply furnished
by the springs was utterly inadequate,
even ut that time"
Now, sir, 1 have read that report, us
quoted, over and over again. with all the
eyes I have, aided by pair of Glazes
best eyeglasses, and am wholly unable
to find the unqualified statement to
which Taxpayer refers. Will he have
the goodness to inform me in which,
paragraph of the report it may be found?
Will he then be kind enough to allow mo
the use of his nicely adjusted optics to
enable me to see it; for
"Optics nice it takes. wccn,
To SEQ that which cannot be SEEM"
But Taxpayer makes quotation from
another report of Mr.. NIcKinzie's that
furnishes rather damaging element for
IN article in vindication of the recent
action of Council. Tho quotation last
named informs us that of the 50, 900
spoken of as being necessary to furnish
an adequate supply of water, between
81, 600 and $4,000 year was for the
single item of wood If, now, n means
of obtaining a supply of water is re-
sorted to which will dispense with nearly
So, 900 of the $4,000 outlay necessary to
the procuring of supply by the present
expensive menns, what pretext is there
for the present Council contracting to
pay, not only the 50, 600 proposed to be
paid by former Council, but an addi-
tional sum Of $1,000 over and above
that, being nearly eighty per cent. more?
Taxpayer goes into Il calculation in
which, by inserting some things for
which do not think the former Council
proposed to pay, he makes it appear that
poor Pcarce aud Spraguc will only get
$500 a year for call the risk and re-
sponsibility in the erection, management
and maintenance Of said works" Now,
sir. as believer i'll the Justice of the
injunction laid upon the people of
Israel, when living under theocracy:
"Thou shalt not oppress stranger"-I
protest, i'll the name of common hospi-
tality, against the laying of such an
onerous burden upon the shoulders of
these friendly sons of an inhospitable
New England cline, who propose to cast
their lots in the "sunny South" From
the yaunted hospitality of South Caro-
linians they have right to expect better
treatment Let this burdensomc con-
tract be rescindcd rs quickly rs possible.
Let GA Citizen and TaX-Payer" pick his
flint and try again. am poor man
who pay heavy taxes to help support
plundering officials, and who only de-
sires JUSTICE.
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NEGRO DROWNED. Sunday morn
ing. about 10 o'clock. q colored boy,
named Edward Jackson, about seventeen
years OF age. was drowned while bathing
in the river, near Hawks Gully. Hi,
body was recovered Sunday afternoon,
and an inquest held by Coroner Rhodes
yesterday morning, the jury returning n
verdict of accidental drowning.
Augusta Constikationnlisk
A Pittsburg druggist sold woman
some laudanum, and then sent n man
right to the house with q stomach-pnmp,
which arrived just in time to save her.
He then charged ten dollars for pumping
her out. "There is cheating in all trades
but ours"
The subject before church council in
Cincinnati is, whether one Of its mem
bers was justified in thrashing another
of its members who came courting his
daughter after being forbidden. Mean
time the courting goes on.
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Carolina Manufacturing Company,

HAVING opened Branch House in
.aoa The city Of Columbia, offer for sale tho
AF-tfa latest patented aud best made STOVES;
SsSthc most improved patterns and rcgu-
lar sizes of all kinds Of TlN-WARE, and
verythihg i'll thcsc particular lines, with
confidence OF their merit.
GUTTERING, ROOFING and all kinds of
job work done with despatch, by superior
workmcn. Plumbing, in all it's branches, cx-
ccutcd. Ii you want Water carried to all
convenient points about your promises, VIC
Will do your work ut such prices as will enable
all to afford it,
The public are invited to call. Store III
Ehrlich's Building, fonr doors below Bryces
corner. Aug Is I
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The attention I'll the reader is respectfully
invited to til" advert iscmrnt of Bradfield X
Co., in another column. They are undoubt-
ediy selling the best remedies out for the
diseases they are recommended for. BRAD.
FIELDS FEMALE REGULATOR and Dr.. PpuPHITT's
CELEBRATED LIVER MEDICINE, has certainly
cured more afflicted persons than any two
medicines Of their age. Try them and be
well, ns these gentlemen guarantee satisfac
ton ormoney refunded. AT
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these robbers were criminals long before
the war, and exercised their nefarious
profession then and since without the
least reference to politics, and in addi-
ton, these bands aro composed of Gu
bans, Spaniards aud negroes.
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Unless the food, after passing into the sto-
mach is thoroughly diSestcd, both body and
mind suffer. The digestive organs are OPP
pressed, the bowels constipatcd or irregular.
the brain lcthargic, the nervous system unna.
turaliy sensitive, the animal spirit depressed
and the pulse unequal, heart burn, fatulency
Of indigestion. Therefore. how necessary
must 1t appear to the candid reader that the
digestive organs should be kept in proper
tone to perform the functions nature rcunires
of them. For this purpose, nt better or more
palatable preparation is in existence than
LIrpMAN's GREAT GERMAN BITTERs. A21 12
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Mr.. EDITOR: A Reform meeting Of
considerable interest took place on
Wednesday, the oath inst, at Dunan's
Creek, in this County, fifteen miles
Northeast Of the Court House a large
number Of whites and colorcd having
arrived at an early hour, the meeting
was called to order by Mr.. Calmcsc, the
Chairman Of the occasion. Addresses
were delivered by Y. j. Pope, ESD, Rev.
Jonas Byrd, (colored,) Mr.. - Calmcsc,
and Rev. G. B. Tucker-in the order
mentioned.
AS your readers arc familiar with the
leading principles at issue in the i'm
pending eau rass, it is needless to alludc
in detail to the exhaustive arguments
which were SO forcibly presented by
these gentlemen. The speeches were
attcntively listened to by at least 500 per-
sons, (onc-half Of whom were colorc,l, J
with that cagerness which the vital i'm
portance of the subject demands; and,
we hesitate not to say, that decided
impression for good was the result.
In this neighborhood, the radicals held
an opposition meeting, on the same day
appointed for the Reform meeting ut
Wadlington's, and thus succeeded in de-
coying many of The colorcd people, who
would doubtless have attended the for
mcr. In view Of this and several other
similar events, a strategem was adopted
by several gentlemen-promincnt among
whom, We may mention AIessrs. Robert
Briggs and Joseph Duckett-who, aided
by the contributions of their ncighbors,
prepared for the occasion barbecue,
rcscrving the designation Of the time to
within few days OF the event, thereby
furnishing no opportunity to the radical
leaders to resort to their former expedi-
onts The plan succeeded admirably,
and though MS large q representation as
might have been desired was not obtain
ed, yet we feel that the expectations Of
the most sanguine were realized. The
colored in this vicinity have hitherto
been noted for their extreme radical pro-
cllvties, and this was tho first successful
effort to inculcate the teachings OF the
Reform movement. They have arrived
Mt that point in their history in which
they exhibit q willingness TO hoar the
advice Of the true white men Of the
country. We heard several of them as
sort that the party in power would not
receive their support in the coming cleo
ton. The speeches ended about o'clock
p. M, and all retired to beautiful
grove, n few PAGES distant, where two
tables, one for the white. the other for
the colored, were groaning under the
weight Of their burdens more than
sufficient for the necessities of the ply
sical man. The feast ended, the meet
ing re-assc.ablcd aud organized Reform
Club.
Tho powerful King OF day" was now
rapidly vanishing in the West, and nil
repaired to their homes; thus terminal
ing ono of the most orderly meetings we
have ever attended, for which the cause
and the community deserve oongratuln-
ton. NOVICE.
WHlrMTnE's, S. c., August 26, 1860.
Some of the omnibus routes of London
ere fourteen miles long.
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AN INDELIEiE Misunderstanding will re-
store the skin Of tho head to it's original fair
ness, aftcrit las been turned of copper col.
or with hair dye But none of them will pro-
duce the rich l,n' ral hair shades brought out
by the use OF !nhLoN's E1TALIA, OR SALVATION
FOR THE HAIR. 4 preparation clear and trans
Sold l'y all tie druggists and fancy goods
dealers. AlS "a
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A BEAUTIFUL 1HoUGHT.--It may be truth
fully said that the greatest OF all blessings is
health, for without it the joys vouchsafe are
turned to sorrows. 70 all health is essential
10: life's enjoyment and pursuits, to the
young and old, to the rich and poor Are you
in search of wealth? Health is necessary.
% you desire Office and worldly honors
OF what avail would these be without health?
The beauties of spring, the song of birds, the
deep blue sky, the rolling ocean, all have a
poetic fascination which charms only the
what arc these but mockeres. The body dis
eased the mind sicky DER with the eaddest
Of thoughts. Oh! that l may live to appre-
ciatc the blessings OF health. Thisrich boon
is within the reach of all. The remedy at hand
in HElHIr-Hs QUEENS DELIGHT, the health pa
nacca. Now is the time to try it. A2
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COLUMBIA.,.sS IS. G.
Wednesday Morning. August 81, 1870.


On Saturday next. Reform Mass
Meeting will be held at the Ridge, Edge
fed County, on the Charlotte, Colum-
bia and Augusta Railroad. A general
invitation to attend is extended to all.
An extra train will leave the Charlotte
depot at a. No., and return by Up. NJ.
Fare for the round trip-$2. 90.
Messrs. Carpenter, Butler, and other
prominent speakers, will address the as
sembly.
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We invite attention to the communi-
cation of our correspondent "Property
Holder" An acute and distinguished
lawyer, his vicws are entitled to consid-
Grafton.
Mr.. Secgers, who enjoys tho distin-
gnishcd qualification of having intro
duccd the first ice machine into this
State, requests US to extend Il general in
vitation to the citizens at large to visit
this rd" aris IN ferris in the shape of an
Reproducing apparatus, and witness its
7notlus opcraatH
The following appointments have been
made for Judge Carpenter and General
Butler:
Sumter, Wednesday, August 81.
Ridge, Edgciield County, Saturday,
September 8.
burlington G. e.. September S.
Chesterfield G. H., September 7.
Bennettsvllle, Friday, September 0.
Florence, Saturday, September 10.
Marion G. H.. Monday. September IL.
Kingstrce, Wednesday, September Il.
Midway Church, Thursday, Sept. IS.
Manning, Friday, September 16.
Liberty Hill, Saturday, Sept. II.
Orangeburg G. H., September 10.
Barnwell G.. f., September 81.
Walterboro, Collcton. September %.
White Hall, Colleton, September "a.
Beaufort, Monday, September &C.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, August 2O.-Niche,..
ersom House.-J. Stommel and wife, q.
s. A.; r. NJ. Earnis. Ala; DR.. j. F. En-.
sor, city; j. L. McAboy, Spartanburg;
A. J. Langford, Ncwberry; Fl. G. Wins.
low, Wadmalaw; s. II. Banks, Char
lotto; Rev. G. A. Toy, s. c.; J. s. Vass,
Va; a. +. Red and wife, Lexington; j.
Z. Boone, w. l.. Maget. N. c.; J. W.
Greene, Lenoir; G. T. James, Loudon:
II. a. Saunders, Jr., Pittsboro, N. c.;
@. n. G. Butts, Doko.
Columbia Hotel-A S. Douglas, Ches-
ter; W. FL. Evans, Mrs. Welsh, MIR.
Armstrong, p. NJ. Hamilton, Miss S.
Lee and child, Charleston; G. Phifer,
Concord; A. M. Aiken, Greenwood; L.
l.: Green, Pcndlcton; J. Jonathan Lucas,
wife. two children and servant, Society
Hill; ". d. Kennedy, y. NJ. Kirkland,
Augusta.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
j. " I. II. Agnew-Chcese.
j. 9. Secgcrs-Ice
w. Mullcr-School Notice.
Edward lIope-Sced Rye.
\. G. Railroad.- Change of Schedule.
Meeting Of Columbia Chonter
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Change of Schedule.
OFFICE NORTH CAROLINA AR r. C(

COMPANY Suors. N. G., August 30, 1870.
Ea "a @@assgg on and after THURS
easf es,de dea3zRR--zHsDAY, September l. 1870,
trains will bc run over this Road in accordance
with the following timetable:
Trains East Trains West.
ARRIVE. LEAVE. ARRIVE. LEAVE
Charlotte 7.0O III TAO III
Salisbury 9.3i p m $50 M 500 n III S 05 4 m
Greensb'ol2. 30p M LIS m 1.10 n nj 200 m
Raleigh .G.32 p m 700 m 6.5S p III 715 M
Goldsboro 1880 p m 800 p IN
Freight and Accommodation Train lcaTcs
Charlotte daily. ut 800 p. m, and arrives at
800 q. M. ". II. GREEN, Mas. Trans.
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If IT Is THROWN IN YOUR TEETH that YOU
do not keep your dental appartus in proper
trim, 1t is yonr own fault, for all the world
knows that YOU might do so by using the
matchIcss Vegetable dcntriiice SoZopoST
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Wanted,

A MAN TO take charge of Machinery for
n the manufacture Of Doors, Sash, Blinds
&c. TO sober, competent pcrs0n, good
wages and constant employment will he given.
Apply to JAMES NJ. ALLEN,
Aug % Columbia, S. &.
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"SrALDING's GLUE" Cheap, Convenient
and Useful. Mcnds everything. A2S rs
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ICE! ICE! ICE!!

HAVING put my machine in operation, l
Ill now inform tho public that am ready
to supply any and all orders for ICE. Price two
cents per pound by tho retail. For 100 pounds
or more, agreements will be made. The leo
can be obtained at other Tho upper OF lower
store. j. g. SEEGERS
Aug 81
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list OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
J. " 7. r. Agnew-Chcese.
j. 9. Sccgcrs-Icc
w. Mullcr-School Notice.
Edward Hope--Sced Rye.
\. Q. Rallroad.-Change Of Schedule.
Meeting of Columbia Chapter.
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Notice.

Notice.
THREE months from date, application will
Il be made to the Columbia bridge Comra-
ny FOR renewal OF Scrip No. -, for forty
seven ANA Il half Shares in said Company,
standing i'll the name of DR.. Thomas Wells
the original having been lost in transmission
by mail. G. II. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY.
Junc2 3no
TF YOU WANT a FIRST-CLASS GOLD OR
l. Silver WATCH and CHAIN, call at
ISAAC SULIBACHEKS
IF you want FINE SET OF JEWELKY,
Il call ut ISAAC SULIBACIIEWS.
TF YOU arc in need of SOLID SILVER or
Il PLATED WARE, call at
ISAAC SULXBACHEHS
l. BEST SpECTACLES, call at
ISAAC SUT.XBACHERS.
IT you want a good and reliable TIAIE-plECE
il or CLOCK, Gail ut
June1 ISAAC SULZBACHERS
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We invite attention to the communi-
cation of our correspondent property
Holder" An acute and distinguished
lawyer, his vicws are entitled to consid-
Grafton.
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Some of the omnibus routes of London
ere fourteen miles long.
Pancake and Michigan fine.cut Chew
ing Tobacco, to be had at PoLIocK's.
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For the journal.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

Statistics have always proved that the
hanging of the criminal has no tendency
to lessen crime On the contrary, it only
serves to arouse and harden the aggres-
sive spirit of the embyro criminal.
The convict is as dead to the world, in
the prison as in the grave, at least, so far
as any harm may come OF him; for l
doubt if the instance was ever known of
convict breaking Jail and committing a
murder before being re-taken. Then why
will men hold up to view the safety of
society" while they enact laws, the entire
spirit of which is retaliation and revenge
the expression of the lowest passions
of the hnman hearth
Charles the XII of Sweden, when hit
by cannon ball, instinctively grasped
the hilt OF his sword as if seeking for re-
venge; and when murder is committed,
we instinctively turn the pages Of the
written law, to assure ourselves that the
punishment will be swift, sure and severe.
Just then we are not troubled for the safe
ty of others. The burdenIof our thoughts
is punishment, and revenge lies coiled be-
meath it all.
The severest punishments are inflicted
by the most uncivilized nations, aud ma
tons mode of punishment of criminals,
is the test by which we judge OF their
status in the scale of civilization and
humanity.
In the early history of our race, the ex-
ecutioner's block and axe Were in use.
Later. through increase of light, punish
ments have been less bloody.
The high civilization of to-day points
to still better things, but when shall We
have the realization? How much longer
will enlightened nations sustain laws, the
execution of which causes humanity to
shudder. How much longer will the State
of Maine with her thousands of churches
and school houses, tolerate the hangman's
halter9 We certainly, can lay no claim
to the highest civilization SO long as re-
vengeful laws compel the murderer TO
expiate his crime upon the gallows.
... aui~4& w. L.AG.
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GENERAL NEWS.

Americans are the champion skaters on the
aristocratic Paris Bots pond.
Out of $4,000 English clergymen, all but
5000 are said to be High Church.
San Francisco is shipping fresh salmon east
via the Pacific Railroad.
Milwaukee is to have an Irish daily and
weekly paper. The company has been char
tered.
Boston shipowners are signing q petition
asking Congress to abolish the laws allowing
extra pay to seamen.
George Butler of California, nominated to
be consul general at Alexandria, Egypt, is a
nephew Of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.
The City Council of Baltimore is taking
steps to prevent trapeze performances in that
city
The adoption of the fifteenth Amendment
adds two hundred to the voting population OF
Elizabeth, N. J.
correspondent believes that many of the
girls remain single only because they cannot
find money aud brown-stone house, with q
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Clerk, b. F. Richards; Auditor and Town
Agent, r. NJ. Mills Treasurer, Gilman
Halves; Collector, NJ. Whittier. All the
officers elected arc republicans.
At the annual Town meeting held in Skow-
hogan, Monday, March 7th, the following
officers were elected:
Moderator--Wm Philbrick. ~
Town Clerk--C. X. Turner.
Selectmen, Oversecrs of the Poor and As
sessors-L. II. Folsom, Daniel Snow, and
Peter Malbon.
Treasurer and Collector-James B. Das.
comb = It.t. Il. ItL'r.IH
Town Agent. II. Folsom.
Supt. School COMMUNICATION. X. b. Shep-
ard.
From the catalogue of the Theological Sem
mary in Bangor, we learn that the total num-
Der of students, the past year. was 81. The
officers and faculty remain as heretofore, viz
President of Trustees, Rev. Stephen Thurs
ton, d. D. Vice President, Hon. George W.
Pickering; Secretary, Jos. s. Wheelwright.
Enoch Pond, President Of Faculty and Pro-
fessor of Ecclesiastical History; Daniel
Smith Talcott, Professor of Sacred Literature
John r. Herrick, Professor of Christian The
ology; w. M. Barbour, Professor Of Sacred
Rhetoric; Thos. H. Rich, Assistant Teacher
of Hebrew.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.

The members of the cadet committee, on
Saturday, satisfied themselves that there is no
case whatever against either Mr.. Covode of
Pensylvania or Mr.. Churchill of New York.
Hon. John A. Peters of Maine discovered
a burglar in his bedroom on Friday night
rifing his pockets, but the fellow escaped.
He had stolen five hundred and sixty dollars
from Senator Morrill, of Vermont and two
gold watches and seventy-fve dollars from
Senator Ferry, who board in the same house.
A Washington special says that the majority
of the House Reconstruction Committee will
report bill this week to provide for new
registration and election for all State officers
under the present Constitution Of Tennessee,
on the ground that the present State govern
ment does not protect the citizens instheir
life, liberty and property.
Four of the five democrats on the Commit
tee on Elections, with three republicans. were
against giving the seat to Colonel Segar as the
representative at large from Virginia, while
four republicans and one democrat were in his
favor. The Colonel believes the committee
were entirely influenced by political consider
atoms and that the case was not decided by
them on legal grounds exclusively. Both the
majority and minority will make reports to
the House, when the question will be finally
decided by that body.
Disabilities reported formally the bill of Mr.
Ferry to repeal the test oath requirement, and
simultaneously Mr.. Revels presented the res
olutions of the Mississippi Legislature, ask
ing a general removal of the political disabili-
ties of the citizens of that State. Mr.. Sum-
ner also withdrew his motion to reconsider the
Omnibus Liability BILL which passed the other
day, and that bill will be at once presented to
the President The era of good feeling seems
to be advancing rapidly, and the existence of
Amnesty, indicated above, is very apparent
Officers of National Banks in all parts of
the country are writing to the Treasury De
partment and to Congressman to ascertain
how they are to be permitted to effect the ex-
change of the bonds which they now hold and
those of the proposed new loan, should the
latter be fixed at lower rate of interest
They say that if they are forced to sell the
bonds which they now hold at the stock boards
it will so glut the market as to reduce prices,
and it has been proposed by some of the New
York bank officers that the. United States
make the exchange of bonds, paying the diff
ference in value.
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The final hearing before the Committee on
Railroads. on petitions for charter for Ban
gor and Houlton. and for Nothern Aroostook
railroads, came off yesterday afternoon. The
committee voted to charter company on the
following route: To commence at some
point on the European and North American
railroad at or near the town of Bancroft,
thence running northerly to some point at or
near lIoulton village, thence north to Presque
Isle. 1t is not the route asked for by either
Of the petitioners, but is a compromise be-
ween the two. On.