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know that the negroes were secretly transported
overland via Kordofan. Yet such it Is known
the case. repeat here my belief that the Vice.
roy's government will repress slavery and all ooIn-
merce relating to it with great rigor. am con-
vinced tnat His Highness is determined to
arrest the traffic, not only because It con-
stantly involves him with the civilized Powers
and deprives him OF the worlds sympathy, but
because he believes its abolition will be the swift
est mode Of reviving the material prospects OF his
Central African domains. The Europeans who have
lived here have, with very few exceptions, been
engaged in the commerce. European money has
supported and sustained it. and II the doctors OF
divinity knew what use the name Of Christianity is
put to-that is to say, II am trader and Chris
tian, by treaty stipulation you cannot touch met
they would not be proud Of their savage proselytes
here arragn every European and American
Consul, every missionary, every Christian and
white man for the evils have described deter
mined persistent and thorough agitation OF the
slave trade question In Africa would have killed 1t
stone dead years ago. II could not have
nonrished Sir Samuel Baker has been In
this region its only vigorous European combatant,
and more to him than any other man will be due
the praise OF its utter eradication. The consigna-
tories Of the treaties by which Egypt maintains
here almost imperial independence could require
the viceroy to maintain the closest surveillance
upon the actions Of notorious traders. Sir Samuel
Baker is doing nobly. He is throttling the mon.
ster. He hates the slave trade as Wendell Phillips
hated slavery. He s mighty, too, and he is to-day
the most resolute Pacha OF the Turkish Empire. |
Though he has been overwhelmed by Turkish dis. |
tnctions, he first esteems the good opinions OF the
Anglo-saxons and the world may not be sur |
prised TO learn et the conclusion Of his expedi- |
tion that he has punished with generous allow. |
ance all the rascals who have fattened on their |
kind He believes In the lash, and, wherever
necessary, In summary executions. HIS name |
Justly deserves to be enrolled upon the brightest |
page of the benefactors OF his country The more |
hear OF Sir Samuel Baker the more ike to write |
about him In vein Of deserved praise. He ia a |
TQpgA EpgliahWap Eho, N order " hsstep matters
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/ knocks down vicious interIoper between the two
pufs OF cigar; on, to engender healthy spirit OF
industry, heoten applies the bastinado on the bare
person. Compared with the feebeness and indie.
ciscn ofalmost all other African exTAorers his career
here has inspired O respect which comes at once
from fear and admiration He has written and
fought and dplomatized against the slave trade.
and now, to his eternal honor he goes to strangle
1t as the Governor OF OF the largest sections of
territory on the earth Lady Baker, with her great
Hungarian heart, is q noble companion for the
lIberat0r Of AFRICA.
BLOODY REVOLT ON THE WHITE NILE.
Under date OF April 23 there appears In my jour.
nal:-"Rather fresh news from Fachoda. Seventy
five Egyptian offlcere and soldiers butchered. Nice
time In Bakers rear. How is he going to get sup
pliesi Soudam getting warm" The detail indi-
Gates that all the negroes are not easy victims.
The Governor OF Fachoda is In the habit OF making
annual levies upon the beeves and muttons OF that
great negro people, the shillooks; and, OF course.
without invitation or permission. but in defiance
Of their aboriginal ideas Of rights. troop OF 100
soldiers therefore prepared for O foray. They
marched gallantly nom their camp mile into the
INTERIOR The Shillo0ks heard OF the approach: they
massed their cattle far back from the stream: 1000
or the stalwart blacks formed In rude lines OF bat
tie, each rebel behind his ample rhinocerous. hide
shields. with ances, bows and poisoned arrows.
The troops advance, little dreaming OF the strength
Of the demonstration. They were suddenly assailed
BY the negro army and the soldiers began TO fail,
pierced BY arrows and lances. In great elee the
following m thsi! SUCCESS, precipitated
upon the unfortunate band and slaugh-
tered seventy-nve officers and soldiers. Tne rest,
dsmayed threw down their arms, took to night.
and hurried in panic to Fachoda only to 6nd that
the Egyptian military post was besieged by CO.
operating negro army; that ingress and egress
were impossible, and that Q successful revolt had
placed Egyptian interests and lives at the mercy Of
the natives. The Governor Of the post, 1t seems,
was not In hot haste encourage his subordnates,
and so, from q general laxity and pusilanimous
fear, Sir Samuel Baker was for the moment cut
~ " ~ yeaE. lMWso"S I,Nps were tskel j
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cause they have no aspirations that are inord date
The girls are delicate, and not built for severe
labor They are tender, sentimental beings, who
in another atmosphere, would adorn the loftiest
ideal of wonanhood. Though born and bred in q
country where concubines are as legitimate and as
much honorei as wives they revolt against the
terrors of pol,gamy. They are never happy where
their peace in the affections OF their master Ia du-
plicated in another. AS a testimony of their gen.
tleness and puTity will mention that Peney, Han
sci, La Forque De Bons and others purchased young
Abyssnan girls, and afterwards married them
Ibrahim Peney came to see me yesterday, and we
discussed the question, and he told me, "Am not
an example9 My mother was Abyssnian slave
and my father married herr" Young Peney and
his brothers as well are highly educated, speak
French and Italian, and are respected by ali who
know them. This is no uncommon case.
SLAVES VARY IN PRICE,
according to age, beauty and accomplishments, end
l submit the following table as nearly exact the
money here being in dollars:-
For raw negro boys from the White Nile. eight years
For negro girls from the white Nile eight years
For men taught to work twenty five years Of $50
E Eor wSmsn negrSss g years Of @
For Abyssnan GIRL twelve years old, ordinary look
For Abyssnian girl fourteen years old, beautiful ,oo
For Abyssnian girls concubines, not virgins 10
Women beyond seventeen are not In demand, but -
when sold, II concubines bring g................. 100
Old slaves seldom sold It being point Of honor not
to send an aged servitor adrf ................. 80
For eunuchs ordinary, coal black .........,., $50
For cunuchs of the first class 800
There are slave brokers here who make regular
commissions upon the buying and selling Of slaves;
but there are not great slave marts here as In
oldcn times. Every transaction must be done with
secrecy. There is great competition for handsome
slave girls, who are used as wives.
SIR SAMUEL BAKER,
perceive by the British press, says that no slaves
were brought down the Nile during the year 1871.
In this he Is mistaken, according to numberless
statements made to me here. or course Sir Samuel
believes what he said; but from his isolated stua-
lion RmQpg Q swarm 0l baypsgiaps he copA not
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exterminati ng all tribes they could not easily re-
duce, has di 1ven the peoples In vast herds to the
great centra Il pateaux of the Continent The game
has flown fr pm the hound. The arrow, unable to
repress the rine, has been turned upon the huge
beasts frequ, snting the zone OF the Equator The
occupancy, t hen, Of these piateaux by embittered
sayages in closely packed masses has postponed
the civizatit in OF the Continent, rendered travel
hazardous in, the middle tropics, and depleted
territory which needed all the industry which God
had supplied ~ it. Happily the slave traders are
relaxing, and ,tne m0ment0us evils which have
traced TO summation as their offspring will ere
long hage been greatly amellorated. The loss of
great markets like Brazil and the United states
has stopped the clandestine tranic on the western
coast while Egypt Is doing the best she can under
her unchrissian institutions.
WHERE THE SLAVES GO TO.
OF the 25,Dao annually forced into slavery their
futures maybe thus tabuated, 15,00e being boys
and 10, 600 giIls:-
S1 AZ. 70 maSs aSs sodis.s finally
sina'Iy become esns%H,nsn sar1y al the woen 5000
Racer Hooss s'd ana
bic from the climate 10000
fnsy fns %aSs Sscome ednc.ied 100
OBTAIN SSssin sr pspers r
Sre nts With their fnal lot because ignorant
OF a,keter existence. 10000
IhaYe thus attemptet to show BY what channels
the poor sages are borne out upon the stormy
ocean OF life. They are dispersed over 100000
square miles Of territory, and their blood finally
mipgles with that Of the Turk, the Arab and the
European. Tfpusands upon thousands go 10 Per-
sIa where they are better cared for than here and
some OF them ultimately reach destruction through
The dark intrignes OF the Eastern courts
THE FINEST BLACK SOLDIERS
are recruited from the Dinkas, who are strong
handsome negroes. the finest OF the White NiIe
The other races are fhckly built and clumsy, and
are never ornamental: the Abyssintans, for what
ever service and OF whatever class excel all their
rival Victims 10 slavery. They are quiet and SUP
dned, and seldom treacherous or insnbordinate. I
They prefer alayerE many NJ tlsae ~ GssdQms 10: J
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them; and it shall be the duty of the
Town Marshals to arrest and commit all
such offenders, when required to do SO,
and who shall have power to call to their
assistance the posse con,itatuS, if need be,
to aid in making such arrest; and upon
the failure OF such persons to perform
such duty rs required, they shall, seye-
rally, be subject to such fines and penal
ties as the Town Council may establish; !;
and all persons so imprisoned shall pay
the costs and expenses incident to their
imprisonment: Proritiel, That such i'm
prisonment shall not exempt the party
from payment Of any fine the Council
may impose for the offence for which he
may have been committed.
SEC. Is. That the said Town Council
shall have power to collect the taxes
from oil persons representing publicly,
within the corporate limits, for gain or
reward, any plays or shows, of what ma
ture or kind soever, to be used for the
purposes of said corporation.
SEC. 10. That NIL fines which shall
hereafter be collected by conviction in
the Court Of Sessions, for retailing
without license within the corporate
limits of said town, shall be paid one
holt to the informer and the other half
to said Town Council, for the uses of
the corporation.
SEC. II. The said Town Council shall
have power and authority to abatc all
nuisnnces within the corporate limits,
and also to appoint board of health
for said town, and to pass all such ordi-
nances as may be necessary to define the
powers and Cuties of said board.
SEC. Is. That the Intendant aud Ward
4 ,a1,o 80, L. e L.
exempt from street duty; and each Town
Council shall, within one month after
the expiration of their term of Office,
make out and return to their successors
full account of their receipts and ex-
penditures during their term, and shall
pay over all moneys in their hands be-
longing to the corporation, and deliver
up all property, books, records and other
successors; and, on failure so to do, they
shall be liable to the punishment pre-
scribed in the twentieth section of this
Act.
SEC. 10. That all ordinances heretofore
passed by the Town Council of Williams
ton, i'll conformity With the authority
granted by existing laws, shall be, and
they arc hereby, declared legal and
valid.
Sec. 20. That for any wllful violation
of duty, malpractice, abuse or oppres-
sion, tho said Intendant and Wardens,
Jointly aud severally, shall be liable to
Indictment in the Court of Sessions, and, Z,
upon conviction. to punishment by fine,
not exceeding ono hundred dollars, be-
sides being liable for damages to any
person injured.
SEC 81 That all Acts md norts of
Acts, heretofore passed in relation to the
incorporation of the town of Williams
ton, be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed. And this Act shall be deemed
and taken to be public Act, and con-
tinue in forco for the term of twenty
years, and until the end of the session
of the Legislature then next ensuing.
Approved March Q, 1872.
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The Legend OF Easter Egg.

By FITz.JAaIES o'DnIEN.
dearest papa" says my boy to me,
Az he merrily climbed on his fathers knoc,
"Why are those eggs that you see me hold
Colored 80 finely with blue and gold?
And what is the beautiful bird that LAYS
Such beautiful eggs on Easter days?"
"You have heard, my boy, OF the man who
died,
And how Joseph, the wealthy-whom God re-
Cared for the corpse Of his martyr'd Lord,
And piously tombed it within the rock,
And closed the gate with mighty block.
Now close by the tomb fair tree grew,
And deep IN the green tree's shadowy breast
A beautiful singing bird sat on her nest,
Which was bordered with mosses like mela-
chite,
Now, when the bird from her dim recess
Beheld the Lord in his burial dress,
And looked on the heavenly face 30 pale,
And the dear feet pierced with the cruel nail,
Her heart nigh broke with q sudden pang,
And out Of the depth Of her sorrow she sang.
All night long, till the morn was up,
She sat and sang in or moss-wreathed cup,
song OF sorrow as wild and shrill
AS the homeless wind when it roams the hill;
So full Of tears, so loud and long,
That the grief OF tho world SCENE turned to
song.
But soon thero came. through the weeping
night,
A glimlnering angel clothed in white;
And he rolled the stone from tho tomb away,
Where the Lord Of the heavens and the earth
lay,
And Christ arose in the cavern's gloom.
Aud in living lustre came from the tomb
Now the bird that sat in the heart Of tho trco
Beheld the celestial mystery,
And it's heart was filled with sweet delight
And it poured song on the throbbing night.
Notes, climbing notes, still higher, higher,
They shoot to Heaven like spears OF fire.
When the glitterIng white-robed angel heard
The borrowing song Of that grieving bird,
And heard the following chant of mirth
That hailed Christ risen from the earth,
He said: Sweet bird, be forever blest;
Thyself, thy eggs, and thy moss"wreathed
nest
And ever, my child, since that blessed night
sMhere death bowed down to tho Lord OF light,
I The. eggs OF that sweet bird changed their
hue,
And burn with red, and gold, and blue;
Reminding mankind, in their simple way,
CT the holy marvel Of Easter day"
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Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the
General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular session, 1871 and 1874.
AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHAR
TER OF THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSON.
SECTION l. Be it enocted By tie Senate
and House of Representatives o. the State
Of South Carolina, no,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority Of
The same, That from and Immediately
after the passage of this Act, all and
every person or persons who may have
resided within the corporate limits of
the town Of Williamson for one year,
or who may own freehold therein, and
their successors, are hereby declared to
be members of the corporation hereby
intended to be created.
SEC. 2. That the said persons and
their successors shall, from and after the
passage of this Act, become q BODY
polite and corporate, and shall be
known and called by the name of the
town of Williamston, aud it's corporate
limits shall extend one mile in the direc-
ton OF the cardinal points from the pre-
sent brick hotel as u centre, and form q
circle.
SEC. 3. That the said town shall be
gc7ernod by IN Intendnnt and four
Wardens, who shall be persons that ac-
tually reside within the limits of the COR
poration, and have so resided at least
twelve months Immediately preceding
their election. The said Intendant and
ssM&dens shall be elected on the second
s1t6hday in September in each year, ten
days notice having been previously
given, and shall continue in Office for
one year. and until the election and
qualification of their successors. And
all male inhabitants OF the said town,
who shall have attained the age of
twenty.one years and resided therein
sixty days Immediately preceding tho
election, shall be entitled to vote for
said Intendant and Wardens: Provided
That no person shall be allowed to vote
at any such election who shall not have
registered his name as q voter with tho
Clerk of the Council, in book or books
to be kept by him for that purpose, by
10 O'Clock a. NJ, on the day preceding
every such election.
SEC. 4. That said election shall be
held in some convenient public place in
said town, from o'clock in the morning
until O'Clock in the evening, and when
the polls shall be closed, the managers
shall forthwith proceed to count the
votes, under oath, publicly, stating the
whole number Of votes cast for each car
didate or person voted for, and shall
transmit their report for tho same, in
sealed envelope, to the Intendant of the
town, and If there be no such Intend
ant, the same shall be transmitted to the
Clerk Of the Court of Anderson County.
The said Intendant, or Clerk of The
Court, shall open the report of the said
managers, and shall announce and pub
lish the whole number of votes cast, and
the whole number cast for each capdi-
date, when the several candidates re-
Owing the highest number of legal
votes for the Offices which they were
voted for, shall be declared duly elected.
The Intendant and Wardens, for the
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CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
SOUTH CAROLYN "A
Deposits Of S1 and Upwards Received,

INTEREST A LLONEU A r TIE EATEui
SEVEN PEN CENT. PER ANN UM,
On CER1IFiCA 1ES Of DEPOSl1,
IND SII pEE CENT. coz
FOUNDED EVERY SIX
MONTHS ON ACCO UNITS.
OFFICERS.
YIN. Martin, President.
John Is. Palmer. Vice-Prcsidtnt.
y. q. BrcnlZcr, Cashier.
J. II. Sawyer, in general charge.
John q. B. Smith, Assistant Cashier
Directors.
Wade Hampton, William Martin, A. c. Das.
kohl, +. ". McMaster, +. il. Heinitsh, Iohr q.
Palmer, Thomas f. Gregg, Columbia
j. Eli Gregg, Marion.
G.. L. Scott, Newberry.
VIC. Mayes, Newberry.
B. II. RutledEo, Charleston.
Tauiol Rayenel, Jr.. Charleston.
Mechanics, Laborers, Clerks, Widows, Or.
phans and others may here deposit Their say.
ings and draw liberal rate of interest thore.
on. Planters, Professional Men and Trustees
wishing to draw interest on their funds until
they require them for business or other puy.
poscs: Parents desiring to set apart small
,uns for their children, and Married Women
and Minors whose deposits can only he With.
lrawn by themselves, or, in case Of death by
thcir legal reprcscntativCs,) wishing toIay
aside funds for future usc. aro here afforded
an opportunity of dcpositing their means
Shcre they will rapidly accumulate, and, at
thc same time, be suhicc! o wi.hGrawalwhe,,
1ecaec' Aug 1S
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Atlantic Acid Phosphate.

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O interest. november
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ATLANTIC PHOSPHA HATE.


NOVEMBER AA-AD"'
du Noyem
those who have n the Atlantic
Agent
harf Charcst SC
Jan 3mo
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Change Of Schedule.

W1LMINGToH, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA r. i. Co.
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE,
WILMINaToN, y. e., March 70, lo72.
lr;sss J3y EIoaJ,ls.,aEE1 AFTER tLis date the
taSfsss 4xsa4 sza12f@e-as following schedule will
be run BY trains on this road:
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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
OF COLUMBIA. SC.
Present Capital, $15O,000.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $500. 900.

AUTIIOKIZED CAPITAL, S5OO.OOO.
TNIIIS Dank is now open for tho transaction
i Of q general banking business.
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, bearing interest
ut the rate OF seven ~ per cent. per annum,
will be issued.
Notes, Bills Of Exchange. and other evil
denccs OF debt discounted, and money loaned
on coilaterals.
Stocks, bonds, Gold, .snuer boug1i and sold.
MutHated Currency purchased al small
discount.
Sight Drafts dra,rn direct on all the promi-
ncnt places in England, Ireland, Scotland,
France, Germany, Eei9ium, Holland, Den
mark and ne Orient. Letters Of Credit issued,
ayable in any of he above places.
Drafts on all the promnent cities in the
limited States bought and sold.
Banking Nouee opposite Columbia Hotel.
Open from 3. Feb 28 "
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Change of Schedule.

SOJTu CAKOIISt NAl1 ROAD lCAilhNY,
COLUMBIA, :. c., J"nc q 1871.
GH @ H aG!ss to caaHSs as s,S Of ssh; hs; :'ss al,
ind after Sunday, 9th instant:
MAIL AND PASSENGER TLAlN.
Leave Columbia at... 10 IL
Arrive al Charleston at 49,. ....... 9. % ! L!
Leave Charlestonat... ............ 80. e..u IL nj
Z Irrivo at Columbia aat............... $50 J Fl
NIGHT EXPRESS, FREIGHT ASn A,,vsiMorAIit:,
TRIM, [Sundays eXccptcd.l
Loavo Columbia ut. -. .......r r { q !, IL
Arrive at Charleston al. go a M
Leave Charleston at. ZIG y III
Arrive ct Columbia Observation-Disclosures. .G.tC /; II
Camden ACCOMMODATION Train will con
time to run 10 Columbia q former, ~ Mon
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
a. l.. TYLER, Eicc-rroeidtrt.
s. 4. rIcSlSs, General Ticket Agent.
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta K r
SUPEEINTENDENTS OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, S. G., March %. 1872.
e. ss pH "na 1Isr 'ns t.ils%;Hys; Ilg@ay;
schedule will be run over this road
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Charlotte. ....7.10 AN. 7.25p. NJ
Leave Co.nmbia. ~ =. y. ll9A n.
GOING NORTH:
Leave Columbia. is 4. ii. li.I0 i. A.
Arrive Charlotte. $40 T. N. SEQ A. 81.
No. Train daily, No. 2 Train daily, sun
nection to all points North, South and West
T.. p. ALEXANDER, General Sup
E. r. Dorsey. Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent
Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
COLUMBIA, $. c., MAEcu ], 1871.
Esm ssiEa ,,.}s on ard ND AfST .n;,e,:;;s :a;s =
schedule will he rui: dsiy, Sundays excepted:
Jeavc Colnmbin A. 7 IN a ~,
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SOUTH CAKUIINA IAII HOtD (UMlANY,
COLUMBIA, =. c., J,nc9, 1871.
fsss .ss., a5A EW EmarEH- Change Of Sch, Guile
p2kf sffssR EN- sssExM-Hx2 to 60 int" t!i.c, Oh
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ant and Wardens, duly elected and quail
ned' Shall not have power to grant any
licenses to keep tavern or retail spiritu-
GUS liquors to extord beyond the time
for which they shall have been elected.
SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of
the said Intendant and Warlens to keep
all streets, roads and ways, within their
corporate limits, open and in good re-.
pair; and, for that purpose, they arc in
vested with oil the powers granted for
merly to the Commissioners of Roads
And they shall have power to compound
with NIL persons liable to work the
streets, ways and roads in said town,
upon such terms ms they shall, by ordi.
nance, establish; the moneys so received
to be applied to the public use.
SEC. 8. That the eaid Town Council
shall have power to impose al animal
tax upon tho keepers of NIL billiard
tables and ten pin alleys, or othor pin
alleys, within the discretion of said
Council; and to grant or refuse licenses
for the same, upon such terms and con-
ditions, and subject to such regulations,
as they may, by ordinance, establish.
They shall also have power to impose q
tax, within their discretion, on oil sales
made by itinernnt traders and auction
GERS, on all public drays, wagons,
carriages, omnibuses, and other vehicles
kept for hire, and on the owners or pro.
prietors Of oil dogs. hogs, sheep, goats
and cattle kept within the corporate
limits Of said town. The said Town
Council shall have power to impose m
annual tax on the amount of all sales of
goods, wares and merchandise, and also
upon the amount of income arising from
all factorage and merchandise, employ
mcnts, faculties and professions, inolud.
ing the profession of dentistry; also
upon the amount Of income from all
moneys loaned at interest, and from
dividends received from banks and all
other stocks: Proriled, That no tax
shall be imposed, in any one case, to cx-
ceed the rate OF thirty cents OIL each
hundred dollars Of the value of such