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TWO DOLLARS l'EU ANNUM, j. GOD _A_TS 3D OTJR ?SOUNTRY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME 8. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1S7L NUMBER 23
Celebration of the Fourth of July
by the Militia?The Campaign?
Speeches, &c.
Early on tho morning of (lie Fourth
the members of the Militia Companies
composing Col. T C Andrews' Rcgi
. incut commenced to gather at the
armory which is kept in one of the
lower rooms of the County Jail. Lieut.
Col. A F Rrowning was active in gating
op a -good display, and succeeded re
markably well.
After the Regiment formed into lino,
they inarched up and down ltussol street,
beaded by the baud of music belonging
to Capt. Abrain Dannerly, hud thence
down Rrougbtcn strc :t to the grove in
front of Mr. Rowc's, where the speak
iug commenced.
Lieut. Col. Browning was elected
tl.nitnipn, and on n.otion appointed J
Felder Meyers, Esq., Capts. Rufus
"Whetstone and Aikcn, and Lieut's
Craves and Jefferson as a committee on
the selection of speakers. The follow
ing gentlemen were recommended to
?address the meeting : Col. T C
Andrews, Capt. Abrain Dnnncrly,
Lieut. Col. A FFrowning,Gco. Holivor,
John II Livingston, W N .Mount,
JcfTerson Craves, Rufus WhoUtoui, J
Felder Me3'ers, J F- M Fouros.
Col. Andrews not being present, a
commit tco was appointed to escort hi in
to the meeting. Lieut Col. Rrowning
made a strong and effective speech,
?showing clearly the noeosssity ot a
thorough unity of action in the llepub
lican party, und a faithful defense of.its
principles.
Coli Andrews was here intrjduKod
:ninl said it was not his intention to
it.tike a political discourse. In the
?course of a month or so the camp ti gu
would be IiiMy upon and then be hoped
no be able to enter into a full di.-quisi
lion on tie status of the Statu (! overu
ncnt. Advised those present to pre
] arc their minds lor n hard fight, for
there were men in the p.irty who would
?do nil they could to break it up. Ol
?course vote for who you please , but you
will do it upon your own responsibility
The Democrats were preparing to make
A despurate effort to get the State back
into their bauds. They are organizing
tax unions mid hope to trap some of the.
Republicans. Bewarb of them ; they
mean the destruction of the Republican
party audits principles. After express
ing a hope to meet his friends short!)
under moic favorable auspriccs, Col.
A ndrews retired amid pro'onged yells of
applause. v ?
The Rand gave the crowd a lively air.
?and then listened with patiuuee to Capt
Abram Dannerly.
He said Moses tvas a thief ; that he
had fallen out with Senator Andrews
because lie. Andrews, bad refused to be
made a tool of; that Scott stolen a great
deal of money from the State and what
little was Jeft had been cleaned up by
Moses. Said be would go for Chamber
lain and any other honest Republican
tiominatcdby bis party.
Mr. J Hermann W?hlers having
anived lrom Eranchvillc was requested
to speak which he did for over un hour
in n very impressive and instru :tive
manner. "Wo make tho following
extracts :
* * * *
"On the 4th day of July 177(5, just
98 years ago to-day, the principle was
loid down that 'all men are created
equal; that they arc endowed by their
Creator with certain inalicuublo rights;
that among these are life, liberty, and
tho pcrsuit of happiness.' Upon this
the friends of freedom commenced to
think of liberty upon n larger and
broader scale, until finally their eyoa
were turned to the condition of Ameri
can slavery and its evi's and oppression
'If,' they argued, 'men are created
equal, und endowed with the right of
enjoying the pursuit of happiness, (hen
tho institution of slavery is radically
wrong, because no man can bniiiol
liberty whilo environed in the shackles
of slavery.' Hcoco you will see, that
thero is a strong and instructive les-on
to bo gained from celebrations of this
kind.
?First. They teach ua that our fore
fathers felt the evil consequences of a
subjection to otbors, and rosolvcd and
did, throw off their yoke of oppression.
Second. That in doing so they do
dared (hot nil men were born free und
equal and endowed with certain inalien
able rights.
Third. That in doing this they
planted tho socds of a doctrino that was
destined to become universal, and
ultimately culminate in the liberation of
more than Tour millions of slaves.
Had this principle never been laid
down by Jefferson, you, my Cello.v chi
zciis, might- have been still the humble
hewer.* of wood and drawers of water
that you wore twenty years ago.
What started in the breast of your
white friends the idea of your eiuancipa
liou from slavery ? I answer, it was
the do trine laid down in the instru
tncr.t that made your former masters
free j the Declaration that liberated
them from the galling tyranny hell
over thciu by George the III. and his
* * * *
Parliament.
But, the hand of God is in
all things, and when Titos. Joffers >n
declared that till men were born free
and equal, it was ordained that that
sentiment should never be smothered in
I reo America. No creature of Gell
earth should be permitted to look upon
his lot and that of his children a
an interminable bondage. The feel
ing might sleep for awhile, the friends
of liberty might forget the condition of
their brother fellow man in their jubilees
over their victory over Great Britain,
but the eternal wheel of justice was
moving, and, sooner or later the last
vestige of slavery must bo blotted from
American history forever. And in the
breast of Charles Sumner, William
Loyd Garrison and olhcis *vere planted
the seeds o( a genuine love of th it liber
ty. which when it should become ripe in
alter years, would traverse this country
from fc?d to end ; take form and body
from the justice orits caino au 1 risi ? in
the oars of every friend to liberty. Your
cause was Hlill for along fime, but the
spirit which had been ordained the
guardian of )our liberties, was never
sleeping.
It was the intention of the founders
id' this Government that you should be
free, and none but interested ones
doubted the final consummation of the
full meaning of the Declaration of
Independence.
+ * * *
Let us now turn our attention to the
present and future, and discourse of
them, drawing what lessons we cm from
the past, to assist us in our Calculations.
We find then the Republican party
occupying a very peculiar position, not
only as to its standing throughout t!i j
nation, but at home.
Alter the war, when all men were
free and equal, according to the true
intent of the founders of our country,
tho former slaveholders, instead of
assisting the newly enfranchised blacks
in reconstructing this State, th .iy hold
themselves haughtily aloof fro n any
communication with the m.ost protnin
cut of the leaders of the new idea.
What alternative was left to the colored
voters then but to go upon thoiro.vn
resources and take in such white men a s
they could find willing to join them*?
Their former masters had no use for
them, and in many instances drove thorn
from their places. In fact, many colored
families had to emigrate t> other
counties because they wore denied a
shelter under the roof in which they
had lived for many years, while work
ing as a slave for their master.
I say thou that che condition of the
Republican party is a peculiar one ?
first, because tho bitter porti >u of tho
white men opposed, and still opposo an
enlargement of the black mil's privi
leges, second?bceamc of this Opposi
tion they caused the debt of this State
to he terribly in creased which neccssarl
I}'brought about high taxation.
It may be asked how arc tho white
men responsible't I reply, that if they
had come forward acknowledging them
solves whipped and ofTerod to take, a part
in the rccotntructi m of South Carolina,
that wc would not have had one half the
burdens of which wo now grumble and
complain of. Our government would
huvo been innre honest, and taxation a
great deal lighter. Rut. no, they muH
stand by such man as Jeff I) avis au d
tho impractical Toombs of Georgia.
They said the now order of things could
not last long, the white man was born
to rule this country, au 1 uot m my year-i
would olnpse before tho negro would
show himself entirely and absolutely
unfit for self government. Those pre
dictiouists were mistaken. More thau
six years have transpire 1 s'kicj yi)ti took
charge ol South Carolina,.an! eery
year has been an improvement over the
one which preceded it.
Of course our party has mad.; great
blunders, but 1 charge hern that we are
not responsible lor them. You know
yourselves that the men whom you first
elected to office were too p ?or to buy a
decent suit* ol clothes. If they made
money, who is responsible for it, tho
tempter or the tempted? My belieF is,
that had the Democrats refrained from
trying to buy our first Legislators the
charge of corruption could never havo
been laid at our doors. The members
went to Columbia perfectly ignorant,
not knowing b..w they would p iy their
board, and least dreaming of bribes, and
but lor Democratic villainy would hive
been stainb' -s to day. 1 charge that for
the corruption which exists to day the
opposition is responsible. And what
must we do to prove it up in them. I
will tell you. We must go on in our
course. We must stau 1 by our colors
and elect none but Republicans to office
whose honesty will redeem whatever ol*
error has been committed by Our party
heretofore.
The advice of men in our own midst
to make a compromise is unsound.
None but cowards ever suggest such
measures, lie who is couscious of the
j uprightness of his own c iulrsc, ujvor
.vunts any such thing.
We were now about to entering upon
another campaign', and need I say that
the enemy is better prepared than ever.
They have their tax unions where we
used to have our Union Leagues, and
every colored man they can decoy into
them they will do so If be will not
come willingly they will use fo.*ce as
they did iu G')-7(). What must we do?
Show ourselves firm and tin daunted.
The threats of Democrat-!, the declarn
tion that you mus-t do tho bidding of
midnight workers must be disregarded
and set at defiuanco. The Republican
party has been trampled under foot long
enough; its leaders must stand by its
colors once again, the bone an 1 sinew
of the country?you my fellow citizen?
? will not see its flag railed in the dust,
ai.d we must say to the opposition once
f:r nil, way with your compromises.
Let each man stand by his party, and
ere b ug these struggles of ours will be
come u thing of the past, and letlhccol
nrcd voters take courage and fight their
buttle out. Let them remember that
as f ir back as 1770 was sown the seeds
of their liberty and tint to day they are
enjoying the fruits thereof in n manner
which skeptics never thought of.
Cipt. Rufus Whetstone was next
introduced, and made one of his strong
and characteristic speeches. Ho was
followed by Mr .lohn II Livingston
who was listened to with marked at ten
tion. Mr L told the colond people thai
he thought emancipation day should be
nearer their hearts than the Fourth of
July; that from that period many of
their race commenced to enjoy the
sweets of liberty, and finally, all of
them were endowed with its privileges,
lie expected to address his friends
more filly after a while, and closed by
cougiatuluting them upon the success of
their celebration.
Mr \\ X Mount was the last speaker.
Ho was proud to meet such a large
crowed, but thought if it had not been
for the Republican party n much larger
one would have turned out Hentern
bored the time whon n call from any
body would summon hundreds of men to
a meeting. Times had changed and it
was now bard to got up a respectable
number Told the colored people to
watch their leaders more scrutuni/.iugly .
He declared that he was disgu sted with
many things that were carried o n in his
party Had warned bis friends of the
danger of electing Moses in 1872 ; his
predictions bad booh verified. Moses had
disgraced himself and almost ruined the
party, and was the last man to try again
to lead it out of the wilderness Thought;
there were good men enough iu the
Republican ranks to fill every ollice iu
the State.
At this stago of the proceedings a
committee from the Comet Fire Engine
Company arrived to escort Messrs Emvu
ing, Andrews, Movers, Mount and others
to partake of a eolation they h id prop ir
cd, a full account of which will bo found
on the inside of the News. The day
passed off. quietly, and did credit to
Col. Andrews, Lieut Col. Drowning
and the various militia officers.
The Kemblcs.
?j' _
The Gre*t Sidhoxs who Starred
the potatoes?the g re at ii am
let w;;o had Pains amp Aches ?
a i \ e m a it ic a u i. k Family and all
A uo?v Them.
The marriage of President Gran't
daughter lo Mr. Sartoris brings hi m and
his ft milt in direct conncctio n with the
Kembles.
their fame as players,
No faiiiily that has over .strutted its
fretful hour of celebrity behind the foot
lights has equalled in pre eminent his
trionic ability that ot the Kemblcs.
Mrs. Siddons, greatest of her raffe, and
her brother, Jobu Philip Komble, shone
as the brilliant particular star in the
dramatic firmament of their da)*, and
that day is regarded by grave stage au
thorities as tho golden ago of the En
glish f-.tagc. As Garriek, Rcttcrton,
Peg Woflington and 31 rs. Abington
went out, the great Sarah .Siddons Hash
ed rui'thc world like a meteor and snuff
cd out all minor recollections. Nor did
her brother, tro^statoly John, take a
much lower rank among men. He held
the stage as the Hamlet par axcellencc
and the representative of characters in
the higher range of tho drama during
Iiis continuance of the boards, and it j
was not until the elder Kenn rushed be
fore the people with his fierce natural
ness-'-lhc very antipodes of Kcmblc's
stiltr?'l dignity?that the world learned
to kijjw the true distinction between j
art aid nature. While this may be
saidvof John Kemblo's peculiar style
and multitudinous mannerisms, the
charge docs not exist nor hts ever cxis
ted his sister, and while at this distanoa
of time we are unable personally to
judge by how much or little the censure
of unnatural stiffness was dessrbed, we
know that in his time he stoo l without
a rival i.i his profession. We als > know
that to .lohn Kctublc the honor is jdue
of introducing correct cos'.umo on the
stage; that while David Garriek, the
French English Roscius, played Mac
beth, Caesar and the other heroes of
Shakspcaru, classic and otherwise, in a
court suit, silk stocking*, bag wig and
diamond shoe buckles, Kc-mblc moun
ted the Highland costume and the llo
man to .':o, and by so much lent a gran
dor completeness to the illusions of the
.scene.
Till'. first stack kemule.
When Hoger Kcmbl? managed his
little company of strolling "vagrants"
so they were styled by the act of parlia
mcul ? the profession of an actor in the
provinces of England was not as it is
now. Roger was said to have been *a j
hair dresser before his vaulting ambi
tion rctirtcd to the stage. He hosted
of belonging to .1 good old Catholic fami
lv, and some of the Kumblc biographers
claim that one ancestor fought stoutly
for the king at Worcester, and another,
j a pricot went bravely to his death lor
his religion. While thrre^is said tobe
110 direct proof of this, there is the in
direct cvidencc~ofgentle blood?dl" we
tuny admit of such a characteristic in a
republican land?sin J)C severely el issie
facial outline, majestic J'orm, imposing
dignity and 'stately courtesy of every
member through three full generations
In the opinion ol many, these [talents of
good birth will stand the test, without
further warrant from the horald's col
lege.
roger kemule an j) sally ward*
In 1752 Roger joined John Ward's
company, at Coventry, and fell gin love
with th*\ manager's daughter. Sally
Ward was very handsome, and is said
to Iiavc "once been tempted by a coro
net. *'a conceit which though it may
read well of tho future mother of ;the
Kemblcs, is quite unlikely to have Joe
currcd to the daughter of a f pour stroll
ing manager, without acceptance. Ro
gcr was bitterly opposed by John Ward !
?a respectable Irish actor and man? j
but when the father saw the further
objection, was u-clcss, bo very judicious
ly gave way ami they wcro married.
Ward made the match the occasion of a
joke against liin son in law. Ho had
declared that Sally should never marry
an actor, and in marrying her to Kern
ble, be bad kept his word. They were
married at Circnccslcr. Hoger was a
Catholic and Mrs. Kcmble was a Pro
testant, and the agreement was made
that the girls were to be brought up in
the nmthcr's faith and the boys in that
of the father. In due course of time
they bad a family. Four boys and
tight girls. Sarah, afterwards Mrs.
Siddons, was the eldest; John Philip
came next, then Stephen, then six girls
in succession and Charles the eleventh.
Eight of these grew up. Sarah Kcmble
I was born at JBrccknock in Wales, in
17.r)2,ata little tavern in the High
street, knowu as tho
"shoulder oi" mutton"
It was a droves' house. John Philip
Kcmble was born at Prescott in Lan
casbire in 1757. Connected with the
birth of Stephen there is an incident;
Hoger and his company were still stroll
ing, and at Kingston, Mrs. Kcmble had
to play Anne Boleyn in Henry the V III
during which the birth of Elizabeth is
to take place. When she reachel her
lodging that night Stephen saw the
light which surrounds his birth with
dramatic interest.
SARAU ICEMIJLe's FIRST A PPEARANCE.
Was as an infant plienomconon. She
was led down by her mother to the ftj it
lights to recite the fible el*' The Hoys
and the Progs." Her first dramatic
appearance is said to have been in a
barn at the back of an old in. By
some authorities the G reci.t 1 Daughter
is named as the play, while by others
Leonora in "The Padlock" is claimed.
John Ketnble, being intended for thc
pnesthood, was sent to Sedgly Park, a
Catholic seminary, where ho remain cda
four years, and then left for , the En
gli.-di college :it Eouii, in order to per
feet himself in theology by a regular
divinity course. John had before this
frequently appeared iu his fathers com
pany, indeed although place 1 at school
while the sompnny remained in town
for a few weeks both Sarah and John
were utillizod whenever the cast requir
cd it,
enter siddons.
In the company was a young act>r
named Siddons, to whom Sarai: bocams
much attached. The father disapprov
ed the mother grudingingly consented ,
but Siddons was paid off with a bjnefit,
at which he sang four or five verses
about a discacded lovor, and bad hts
ears boxed by Mrs. Keinble when he
came off. Then Sarah was sent to be
? lady's maid" to a Mrs. Grcathoad in
Warwickshire, to gat If cr out oftlie way
of Siddons, but he siw her fre]Uontly
in her dependent position and they
married Jut Coventry in 177J. Her
first appearance as Lady Mebcth was
at the age ol twenty, and she says that
her terror was so great, in Iiot stu ly of
he* part, that she threw herself on the
bed without the power to unrobe or
blow the candle out.
TlIK LIFE OF ft STROLLER.
J nil ti Komblc, while concluding his
studies at Douial, discovered after six
years of stu ly, that he had no vocation
for the priesthood, aad rettirne 1 to En
gland His father would not receive
bsni. the company made up *a subscrip
tion and he joined a strolling company.
He did not slay long, but for several
months led a vagrant, strolling life jbc
iug turned out of lodgtng.s and reduced
to very uiip'casant straits for living and
clothing. Application was made to bis
sister, at the time preparing for hor
debut at Drury Lano theatre, and be
joined the theatre at Liverpool.
Sarah Siddons, went to London, and
was a failure. Some say, and sho her
self soys that sho .vas made the victim
of Gar rick's jealousy. Sho returned to
to tho provinces, and among other parts
played Hamlet. In the year 1782 *sho
returned to Dury Lane under the man
agement of Sherdaia and in Isabella ro
versed tho verdict by a brilliant tri
umpb.
CHARLES It km RLE AND MISS DE CAMP.
David Gnrriek brought some dancers
from Vienna, and iu the troupo was a
Miss Do Camp. Tho daucors wero hiss
cd /rom tho stage and returned to
Fraccc or wherever they belonged but
Miss DcGamp, who was Frcnob,rsmaia
ed in England, learned tli3 "English lau
guage, became a pleasing actress and
also Mr3. Charles Kcmble. The issuo
of this marriage wc* Frances Aone
Kcmble, afterwards Mr3. Pierce Butler,
and Adelaide Bemble, afterwards Mr3
Satoris and the mother of the young
Sartoris who has just married our 'Prin
ccrs Nellie. Charles Kemble *vas edu
catcd at Douai, and was a ripe and ao
complished scholar, imposing in ^figure,
though without tho stilted dignity1 03
his brother John. He was the youn
gent but one of tho family, and wa3
horn in 1771, the year of his- sister's
first appearance at P/rury Lane. Iu
1792 3, he made bis first'appearanco, as
Orlaudo, at Sheffield aud in 1795,
through the influence oT bis brotheY, at
Drury Lane as Malcotn in Mcbcth. His
comedy was superior to bis tragedy,
but bis brilliancy as an actor liqed with
him until ^bc ioft tho stage in 1836.
In IS 10 he reappeared for a few nights
at Lovcnt Garden, which was then
under the management of Mma, Vestris
afterwards married to lindes Mit
thews, still ^'living. He came to the
United States iu 1832. On tno first ap
pcarance of his daughter Juliet he was
the Itomco, and her mother was tho
nurse Mr barles Kemblo, oi his rj
tirctnent, wa3 appoiotcd examiner of
plays, in which position ho romiinei
until his death in 1844. Mrs Fanny
Kcmble was a grand suctess as a trugo
diune and might have equalled her
great aunt; but she married Mr Pierce
Butler of Philadelphia and lert tho
stage, from .whom Gnally sli3 w.t3 Bopa
rated and divorced. She is still living,
wc believe, cither in this country or
with hersistcr, Mrs Sartoris, in England
Miss Adelaide Kcmble received a throng
musical education, and modo her first
appearance at Drury Lane theatre, eith
cr in SomiramiJe or Normn, Eiu nglish
opera. Her success was stampod at
once, but her career oa the lyric utaga
was of brief duration- She mirried
Mr Sartoris, left it immediately and has
never returned.
Of John Kemble nod Sarah Siddons
it may be said that their lives were
made up of a series of professional and
social triumphs. The greatest in tho
laud in arts and letters were their friend
and associates. West has immortalized
John Kcmble in his celebrated painting
of Hamlet and Sir Josua Reynolds, in
his portrait of MrsSiddoas as the Trag
ie Muse, did her the honor to affix his
name artistically in the embroidery of
robe, the only picture except oOc to
w hich he ever placed his name in all
his lifetime MrsSiddous died iu 1831
at the ago of seventy six years. John
Kcmble retired from the stage iu 1817,
and died at LausAuno iu 1823,,a rain of
learning, of elegant accomplishments
and of unblemished honor. Take them
all iu all, as a family distinguished for
pre eminent ability, personal worth and
personal attractions, the Kemblcs wcro
as remarkable in their time as tluy ora
remarkable to read oi" now.
A company has recently been formed
in London, w hich from the florid graudi
loqueuco of its prospectus, might sup
posed to have Montague Tigg, Esq , for
president. Tho document states that
the company has been formed "to supply
a want which had long been felt by tha
provisions of hearses and carriages of
elegant construction and appropriate
noss, with such symbolical adornments
as were calculated to doprivo tho sur
roundings of death of their ghastiy and
repulsive features, and to assist in the
i uspirat ion of bright hopes and elevating
thoughts of the future" k
The Brooklyn, N. Y., superintend
cut of public schools having niado a
report that iu his opinion the co-oduoa.
t ion of the sexes in tho schools was
dangerous and tended to immorality,
the board of education, through a com
mittcc, investigated tho matter, and at
!heir last mcctiug discussed the whole
subject. Tho committee reported that
tho system is simply dangerous, and ro
commended that he realtor the sexes bo
separated. The report of the committee
was fiually adopted by tho board, whioh
made an order iu accordance with the
recommendation of tho committee.
