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Tax Notice.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, R1CnLASp Co.,
COLUMBIA, 8. G., June 28, 1871.
y PWT5Hanoe OF ali act OF the General AS.
Il sembly, ut it's last session, nv Office in Co
iumbia M will be open OH and after the 1ST DAY
Ot July !cxt, to receive the returns Of Per-
sonal property Of the Taxpayers Of this Coun-
ty for the year 1871. '--'i .N
Blanks can he obtained at this offico.
Taxpayers arc required to enter on blanks
al transfers or purchases OF real estate, ond
also all new buildings erected since last re-
turn. EI7l ~
Where taxpayers neglect to make their re-.
turns, the County Auditor is compelled, bv
law, to charge them with the return of the
previous year und add fifty per cent. thereto
as penalty. Nj. 7. CaINNN
June.29 Auditor RichlRnd County
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GPECIAL ATTENTION given to thoooI-
- 81 lection ct ot Commercial Paper, Interest
Conversion Of Stale Securities. by A'''
NOV ~ ono Z GAMBdLL, Broker.
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For Sale,
e1.OOV on tho Edisto.
foo AGNES IN Kerehhw--in lots to suit
paw Mill and 600 acres OF Land in LcxinG-
ton, on Hofth Edipto, s., 900.
2'eU0 acrea Watcrec Bottom Land, So pr acre
40 oo0 acres creek bottom and Pine Land, at
"a per acre. House in this city, S. OGO.
.HOt'SE and thirteen acres LAND, near lie
CITY. sS.500. Apply 10 JOHN BAUSkETT,
Attorney at Law and RcRl Estate Agent
,Io ocu, 20 1y
TOUNTY CLAIMS AND JURY cEitTI.
OEFIcATE:s bought by
Fob D. GAAIBRILL. Broker.
frosh supply OF Bremen Lager at Pol
LOCKS. >''
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nno summon tonic is Hattort's Bitters-
can be had at PoLLocK's.
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sfENHUusE, MAOAULAY & CO..
urocers and Commission Merchants.
CHARLOTTE, ". O.
So1LlcIT orders for COTTON. Corn, Flour
~ noca,a9sH nsG9En dad, haTd, &E and Family Groceries
=. ---- Feb 1yr
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
Call for Convention of the National
Labor Party

At meeting Of the National Labor Congress,
held at Cincinnati, in August 1870, the follow :
ing resolution was adopted
Resolved That the President of this Con.
gress be empowered ard instructed to appoint a
committee of one from each Stale and territory
and the District Of Columbia. whose duty It
shall be to call st the earliest practicable mo
ment a national Convention, in order to com
pIete the organization Of the National Labor
Party"
Ia pursuance whereof, The committee appoint
ed for this purpose, met in the city OF Washing
ton, D. c January H. 1871, and fixed the rule
Of presentation in sail convention as follows
Each State TO be entitled to one delegate for
each member and senator in the Congress of
the United States and one delegate from each
Territory and the District of Columbia.
Delegates shall have the certificate of the
chairman and secretary Of the Convention, ap-
pOinti e anu also the endorsement of the mem
ber Of the national committee OF their respect
i've States and Territories that were duly elect
ed, and that they endorse the principles and
purposes Of this call Delegates coming from
districts where no convention has been held, or
no member Of the national committee resides,
will be subject to the action of the National
Convention when organized
The delegates thus qualified will meet at the
City Of Columbus, OGiO, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ Oh
the third wednesday OF October 1871, for the
purpose Of nominating candidates for the offices
Of President and ' ICE President of the United
States, and the trans ,ction Of such other busi-
ness AZ may properly come before them. Pro-
vded, that the chairman Of the national com
mittee may, on the written request Of maiOri-
ty Of the nat onal committee, appoint differ
ent day Tor the assembling Of the convention
A. NJ. PUETT,
Chairman Committee, Greencastle, Ind
A CAAPBELL, Secretary, La Sale, III,
Washington, D c Jan 25. 1871
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
THE MINER

THE miners employed at the Key
stone, Little Amador, Hayward's Pound
stones, Downs, Mahoney's and the
California mines, in Amador county,
California, recently struck for $3.50.
We have not learned the issue.
A SAN FRANCTsCo despatch announ-
ces the discovery on the mainland Of
Alaska, and in the Aleutian Islands, of
"immense deposits Of camel coal Of
the most valuable description" IN the
immediate vicinity of a good harbor
A company to work the deposits has
been formed in San Francisco.
"IN surveying the coal statistics the
world over, | am satisfied that the coal
crop of Iowa, in the next decade, will
increase faster than her average of corn
and wheat, writes Professor ]. ID. But
Ter, Of the Vermont University, to the
Montpelier Chronicle.
COLUMBIA COAL.-The St. Louis Re-
publican of last Sunday contains the
following: "The block coal recently dis
covered near Columbia, in Monroe
county, Illinois, has been ascertained to
be a lower vein than has heretofore
been known or believed to exist in this
vicinity. 1t is pronounced by every
examiner to be of very superior quality,
and an assay has been made of a spec
linen showing less than one per cent. of
ashes and scarcely perceptable trace
OF sulphur. 1t is known to be beneath
the twotoot vein which has long been
known to exist below the Belleville coal,
and which has always been supposed to
be the lowest of the coal series. Being
a lower vein, it may be reasonably ex-
pected to be Of considerable extent. and
other developments will doubtless be
soon made, sufficient to ensure our fur
naces and manufactures a supply of
coal equal to that Of any other point.
Competent judges pronounce it equal
10 any they have seen.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24

Of the American and Eu. I
rOpean bourgeoisie. This condition Of
things. notwithstanding the efforts of
the Russian nobility to institute the in
termediary aristoeracy, continues to
this day and now that the international
question has arisen which in Russia.
strange to say, is conservative on those
very points on which it is in other
countries, teorfully revolutionary it will
be difficult to establish an intermediary
system % the great prejudice of the
communes. Their customs and barriers
have always been direct. Hucksterino
and cheating have never been known
10 their civilization; and the introduc.
ton Of system of trucking merchants
with all their interminable iewry and
corruption, is repudiated with an alb
horence that smacks OF rebellion and
vengeance. Such are the signs of the
great politico social upheaval, which
begins family bursting through the
chornic veil of despotism, to agitate The
slavic race, and kindle fresh animus
against the Muscovite.
The struggle then is purely between
the working classes and the drones.
The same fostering gangreen, with its
morbid intermittency Of extraneous
healing, and fresh rupture the same
Jagged roots of land monopoly, and
tenantry the same aggression of hate.
ful legalized privileges the same
irroads Of merchant thieves, with their
concomitants Of vitiated morals and
adulterated merchandise distrust,
recrimination ard party organization,
all over that vast domain, as we are
experiencing in the United States, and
as here, so also there, the monstrous
expressions Of monopoly, monocratic
and collective, must be met and wiped
out by a virtuous public sentiment,
conducted by wise and reciprOcatiug
and probably international organiza-
tions of the industrial eements-and
not by blood.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
FROX NEW YORK.
New YORK. June Is. 1871

NEW Okht June ID 1c 4.
70 the Editor Of the woRKneMAs's ADVOCATE
CAMERON, my dear fellow, presume
Trevellick does not intend to call the
fifth session of the National Labor Con
gress together until after the political
convention Is held at Columbus. Ohio.
This may appear very broad, but it
is hardly possible for it to appear
broader than it is intended. If it was
the intention to disorganize the Ma
uonal Labor Union it ought to have
been made manifest at Cincinnati, and
adjourned sine die then and there. But
the movement won't suffer in cOnse-
quence. II will only have the effect
of purifying and bene6tting, as ex-
perience is a bitter teacher, but there
are none so effective and thorough.
"A movement is now on foot TO or
ganize a National Association of Work
ingmen, composed Of the officers or
representatives Of the National or
State Trades Associations, whose duties
it shall be to seek out and discover the
cause of the present state of society and
government, and find true remedy
for such evils. We must admit that
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
THE TRADES

TEH President of the Machinists' and
BlackSmiths International Union, Mr..
John Fehrenbatch, and the President
of the Coopers' Interna tisnal Union,
Mr. A. NJ. Foran, are now travelling
through the South and West OIL an or
ganizing tour.
LABOR Unions are multiplying beyond
the Rocky Mountains.
THE factory girls Of Lowell, if ranged
in a line, would extend nineteen miles.
SEVEN members of the New Haven
Typographical Union have been arrested
for conspiracy against the office of the
Morning Journal and Courier IN that city.
They are al out On bond.
The last white cigar maker having
been driven from San Francisco by the
Chinese; the National Union of that
craft is working hard in the Anti-Chinese
movement.
AT the last meeting of the New
York Workingmtn's Union, Mr.. Banks
charged that the condition of the pre-
tended cooperative enterprise, known
as the Burlington, Atlantic, Cape May
and PhiladelI hia Glass Manufacturing
Company, is swindle. It was report
ed that The International Union had Civ
en- $500 TO the miners, and the Crislins
5000 The painters complained of the
employment Of policemen as painters IN
the police department, and OF non socie
ty men in other departments.
THE MoLDERs.
THE following named, who we're mem
bers of Iron Molders' Union No. p, in
1867, whose whereabouts are at present
unknown at the Office of the Intefna-
tional Union, will confer a favor on
themselves by addressing the Pres of
the /. u, and any Union having claims
against any of said parties for any
cause. will please present the same to
the Pres Of the ! IT,, on or before the
18th day Of July, 1871: VIII. Cow
an, Peter Vollz, Barney Coyle, Rich
ard Finley, Joseph Pyatte, VIM, Meg
engert, Simon Tracy, VIM. Allen, each
Of whom drew cards from No. IA. The
following did not draw cards, and a
full explanation as to their whereabouts
for the past four years, will be expect
ed. Reso Brown, Matt. Lewis, VIM.
Graham, WIN. Adair, John Snyder,
John Dougherty, w. j. Davis, John
Murphy, John Matthews, John Merrick,
Mike Bonhort, Matt Harbinson, Phil.
Phictor.
The last issue of the Journal says
We have just received a report from
Jersey City, representing the condition
Of affairs in that city as deplorable.
Molders in Savery's (Scab) foundry
are working for seven, dollars, ($7.)
per week. Union men are working on
the streets in preference to this worse
than Chinese jungle. Molders are re-
quested to steer clear of this Point, as
tile Savory disease is contagious.
IN Norwich, Conn, they are five
machine foundries and one stove foun-
dry. The stove foundry employs thirty
five molders. and yet there are not
enough men among them to start a.
Union. Look out for the Norwich
tramps.
The machine mOlders union No. so,
of St Louis, has gone to the dogs. 1t
is a pity some Of its late members
didn't follow its example.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
FROM NEW YORK.
HUSTER's PoINT, L. l. New York, June 4th
70 the Editor Of the WoRKSeEAE's ADVOCATE.
STEP FORWARD.


STEP FORWARD.
The Workingmen's Unions of this
and other counties have succeeded in
legally limiting the time of labor day
to eight hours. The justice and expe-
diency of such limitation has been ad-
mitted by our national government, aud
also by the authorities Of many of the
States Of the Union. Although public
officers may neglect their duties, and
the statute in too many instances re-
m ain dead letter, still, the public &C
Acknowledgement of the right of the work
ers to FIX the time Of labor day, is, in
itself, great victory. The writer of
this article, in an address to the mem
bers ofthe New England Labor League,
called attention to an advance upon this
great and legally successful Labor Re-
form. and demanded that the same pow
er which had fixed the time should al
50 fix the money value Of the human
labor day, instituting equal justice to
all faithful toilers.
Although our Unions estimate the
services of their members as different,
in some cases, very different prices, it
would be difficult for them to give sat
isfactory reasons for so doing The
needs of men are alike, so should their
rewards be. Does not this inequality
of value prevent unity of action on the
part of the Unions? Can Just reason
be given why the mason should receive
for days work twice as much as the
miner, or four times as much as the ag-
riculturist But in the readjustment
of the value Of the labor day, by those
who perform the worlds labor, there is
no reason why even the present high
priced and comparatively well paid
workingmen should hang back. There
are statiscians who assert that working
men at present do not receive more
than one-tifth of the real value Of the
pr Oducts of their labors. The reason
tor this is they have not yet dictated
the price. To prove this look at the
late strike Of the Pennsylvania miners.
One thing has been abolished by it, !
viz. that the miners "does nOt'-but
the capitalists does" fix the money
value of daily labor in the mines. In
other words idlers FIX the wages of toll !
ers. Are the intelligent unionIsts OF
this great country satisfied with this ar
rangement? No! a thousand times.
no But how can we overturn it?I
The Miners Benevolent Association is,
or was, the largest Union in the coun-
try-a tithe of the force of money ap-
Piled against that can conquer any
other Union. The money changers have
determined to take the Unions separate,
beat them in detail, and have conquer
ed the largest first. To do this combi- |
nation was necessary,-sO a Union of
railroad magnates, operators, and mine
owners, was formed, representing one
hundred millions Of dollars in one hun
dred hands, and the poor miners had
to surrender. The only way to meet
this is to fight the Devil with his own
he. We must unite the Unions. We
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24

must oppose one hundred millions Of
dollars in one hundred hands with one
hundred millions of dollars in a million
hands. We shall then fight mammon
on his own ground with the balance of
men on our side to the good.
But in order to win this fight we must
have justice on our side, and take in all
the day laborers Of the community.
We must endorse fully the value Of all
kinds of human labor, agricultural,
mining, mechanical, intellectual and
moral. We must assert equality of
payment for all kinds of useful labor.
We must fix the value Of the labor day
as well as the time of it ourselves, and
If present Governors cannot enforce the
laws and States Attorneys dare not do
their duty, we must change them and
put in those who will. That twO-thlrds
Of both houses Of Congress are lawyers
is credit 10 that profession, but dis
grace TO workingmen. | know not how
it is with you at Chicago, but here in
New York | think we could well ex-
change such representatives as Brooks
the "knOwnothing"-MOrrissey "the
ex-pugilist" Wood the adroit
arithmetician"- Harding, Jessup,
and Reid, or many other wOrkingmen
| could name. But alas the time for
such changes is not yet.
1t has ever been the opinion OF the
writer that the cause of the wealth-pr
ducers would be best advanced by first
attacking the evils existing among
themselves which assuredly they can
control. If we can ordain a just re-
word for labor performed no man
amongst us will be the loser, although
the lower and more necessary kinds Oi
laborers will be the greater gamers. Ii
the mason thinks himself q worthier
man than an equally industrious tailor,
or deserving of higher reward than
an agricultural laborer equally faithful
TO his work, it would be as well for the
two latter to let things remain as they
are, for in reality they would have few
er rulers and oppressors. But, IT the
skilled workmen of our cities are will
ing to use their knowledge to elevate
the condition of all toilers, and institute
Democracy of LabOrers," they
would soon be able to form a Union
strong enough TO overthrow the money
changers, land grabbers and specula-
tors, now running, by their peculations
and robberies, the Republic Of the
United States. r. W. II.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
A QUERY

A California correspondent, writing
from San Francisco, Of 3Oth May saws i:
What is the object Of the nine and
ahalf millions Of memorial fund, collected
by the Presbyterian Church, on the
eve of a Presidential election
would like TO see an article in YOUR
paper explaining satisfactorily its OBJ
ject or, if that cannot be done, let
the tocsin be sounded at once. This
large sum in the hands of men, most of
whom are known to be strong political
partizans of the now dominant party,
cannot tut view with alarm, Being a
frequeDter Of the weekly meetings of
that sect, | have listened to express
sions at times which have led me to
fear that there is an organization among
them which cOntemplates crushing the
laboring classes of our country. This
is publicly exhibited in the strong
sympathy evinced towards Cinnamon,
and the animosity displayed towards
the Irish. The latter feeling l have
imputed always to sectarianism until
very lately. suspect that the idea of
converting these heather Chinee is
held up to deceive religious en-
thuslasts."
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24

society il as corrupt as government
and the social and labor question can.
not be separated for a moment. W.
have been dealing too long with effect,
and not with causes, and the succasa
oil the National Labor Party would NJ,
secure all the rights 10 which labor 4
entllled. II we are going to reform u,
US 20 10 the root Of the matter. sn5
once having discovered the trns
remedy we shall proceed safely ana
surely to the end. This will be tba oL
ject OF the new organization-It vii
not deal with ordinary questions IL
wages and hours, but rather with VI
science Of things, and by that EObt
will learn which is best. A false odr
cation has taught US to seek after richa.
power and influence as a means 20
atfording comfort and happiness: bnt
1t has missed its mark, for the bumbIa
laborer il happier IN bis lowly cottage
than the millionaire 10 lis palace and
why is it? 1t has occurred to ma
tnat we are too selfish, and became
there is not enough humanity IN ne.
we all desire to be happy aud have
plenty. / do not deny hat, but AZ
deny that these are secured by riches
power or influence. Before ali peonla
can be happy We must learn that no
member Of society can be miserable
without the whole community being
affected. We must also learn that tbs
settlement OF the labor question means
a complete and thorough revolution N
society, religion and government Il
means a religion that will make peonla
do right, and not in consequence Of a
fear OF punishment: or, in other words
we must put down a religion that
teaches how we may sin in the light Of
the Bible, and yet 20 to Heaven. Buv.
bears and the wild fancies of men Il.
vented 70 scare people into supposed
decency and order must give place to
a purer and better religion,
Interest Is wrOng-the National Labor
Union say 1t is right. There shou a BE-
freedom and equality. These, the Na.
tiOnal Labor Union deny to the woman
| know | am as much to blame for that
as any one, and that is one reason whv
| wanted the Congress to meet in
August, so that we could arrange 70
have female delegates at the Columbus
convention, if they desired to 90 there.
Eight hours a day is not the thing. II
will be better when we work eight
hours than It is now, but eight hours is
more than We would be obliged TO work
all things were as they should be. We
must teach that all must HCe and all
must labor who can and, this is the
true text to cur whole movement.
Whoever can find out how that princi-
pie can be applied and carried out will
have rendered a great service.
A call for the new association will
shortly be issued-Yours,
LABOR REFoRNER.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
st. CLAIR, June 10, 1871

IT. CLAIR, June 10, 1871.
TO the Editor OF the WoRKISONAss ADvocArE
Wadesvile shaft is still on Ere and
they have turned the mil creek into il,
and i has stopped the Hickory already
and it is very likely to stop the old ST.
Clair shaft. 1t 1t does it will altogether
throw over a thousand men and BOYS
out Of employment. A great many Of
the Vaudeville men are moving away
to other parts, and it comes very hard
on them, for il worked only four months
and eight days last year, and has tbs
year worked none. have been lucky
enough to get work near home, but the
places are all crowded with men 30 that
we can't make very good wages.
MINER
The workingman's advocate., 1871-06-24
PREJUDICE VS. REASON.


AT the session Of the National Typo
graphical Union which has recently
closed its session in Baltimore, it is
stated that
Il - Delegates to the Labor Convention held
al Cir ciuuat presented q report, in which they
st,t,d d that thy had attended several meetings
OF th,i Iudy h1t found it filed with SO many
isms that they had arrived az the conclusion
that il was useless 70 send delegates to its
meetings a. il wAs OF no bene ft to the object
fur which itWas formed, the advancement Of
the interest OF labor
VIII! ch statement does not surprise us,
knowing that neither of the delegates
referred to had or have any genuine
sympathy with the principles or objects
Of the National Labor Union. 1t is
difi:ult to say however, whether the
parties presenting such a report are
more worthy Of pity Or contempt, be-
cause, independent Of the utter falsity
Of the charges contained therein, it j.
gratuitous, wanton insult to as intelli-
gent and earnest a body Of working
men as ever assembled in this or any
other country. The ''iSms" discussed
and adopted are the same as those
which had at previous sessions Of the
Congress, received the sanction Of
Messrs. Whaley, (twice elected presi-
dent Of the National Labor Union) Ca
Wis, Troup, Brown, McKechnie, (Pres-
idcnt of the National Typographical
Union) Nelson W. Young and WcIch,
all of whom were delegates from the
National Union, and regarded as rep
resentative n en- among the tyPograph-
zeal fraternity. These "isms" had also
received the sanction Of Messrs Me-
Lain, President of the Plastcrer's In
ternational Union; Gaul, President OF
the Bricklayers National Uuiob Sylvis
and Satin of the Molders' Internat,on-
al Union Trevellick, e1-President of
the Ship.carpenters and Caulker's Ma
tional Union; Cummings and Nc
Laughlin, Of the 81. Crispin's DAILY
and Fehrenbatch, Presidents Of the
Machinists and Blacksmiths' National
Union Phelps, President Of the Car
penters and Joiners' National Union; and
Junio, President Of the Cigar Makers
International Union besides lit Of
trades officials, men who represent the
cream of the intelligence of the work,
ing classes.
We refer to these facts simply to
weigh the value Of the recorded testi-
mony of these delegates, with the mere
ipse Dirt Of Messrs. Collins and his col
league. gentlemen who, in our opinion,
were the last representatives who should
have been selected, and who must part
with their prejudices and party feeling
before they can render any service to
the National Labor Union. Men who
wont or can't see what the rates Of in
terest or "gold basis" has 10 DO with
the rights or wrongs of labor, are GER
fanny poor specimens of "progr, So to
send to labor reform convention.
Charity, however, covers a multitude
of sins, we are willing to believe that
your statement was made through ig-
norance rather than design, and in that
belief we propose to briefly examine for
your especial benefit the 'isms' which
"are of no benefit to the advancement
of the interests Of labor"
Do you realise that labor-phssical
and intellectusl-is the only source of
wealth do you realise that by our pres