V v * T?ltt*T OJJM HC5M|S; TI-IEN OTJI1 ?TATE; FJ^^LT^IT TEf NATION; THESE CONSTITUTE OTJTt COUNTRY; VOLUME 1. SATURDAY M()RND$jjr, APRIL 20, 1867. NUMBER 9. *THE ORANGEB URG NEWS. ?:o:?- . jy> " Published at pit an ceburc?; s. c Every Saturday Morning/ 'SAMUEL DJZIELE, Editor. "V ^ ' For further particulars, npply !o Mu.'CilAttXSB II. Hall, or address SAMUEL DIBBLE, EniTon OuAXtiEBCiia Njews. Orangchurg, S. C. f.L 23 * o . ly CARDS. W. W, LEG ARE, Has resumed the PRACTICE OF LAW at Orange burg Court House, and may be found ut his Office ?Ter t'-erncbron, Krasser & Co.'s 3Tev.- St-?..?e, licssoll Stroet. mar 23 if Frederick Fersner, M E C II A XI C A L , I) E X T I S T, Will attend to those who wish his services id their residences, by being informed through Ilm Postoftice or otherwise. TEETH on GOLD and SILVER PLATE; also the VULCANITE WORK. All work done Warranted to give satisfaction. Residence: at Mr. JOSEPH FERSNEICS, Orange bnrg District, S. 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Office near the Rnilrond, on Russell street, where he can bo found at all hours. All calls upon him will be met with prompt at tention. ! Inat-39 Im POETRY. [From (ho Richmond Inquirer.] Concerning the liaising of the Bronze Statue of Chief Justice Marshall. Wo arc glad to see you, .lohn Marshall, my hoy, So fresh from the chisel of Rogers! Go take your stand on the monument thcro, Along with the other old codgers; ? Wkli Washington, Jviterson, Henry and buch, Who sinned wit ho great transgression, In their old fashioned notions of Freedom and Right, And their hatred of wrong and oppression! Yon conic rather late to your pedestal, John, Far sooner you ought to have boon here, For the volume you hold is no longer tho law, And tins is V.o longer Virginia. The old Marshal] law, you expounded of yore, Is now net at all to the purpose; And the martial law of the new Brigadier Is stronger than Habeas Corpus. So keepyotithe Yoluriiosluu with care, . For the days of the law arc over; And it. needs all your brass to he holding it thcro With "Justice" inscribed on the cover. Could lifo awaken the limb of bronze, And blaze in the burnished eye, What would you do with your moment of life, Vc men of tho days gone by ? W.ouJJ/c chide us or phy us, blush or weep, Ye of (ho days gone by ? Would.JclferPun tear up the scroll beholds, Thai tiino has proven a lie? And Marshall shut the volume of law, And Jay it down with a sigh? Would Mason roll the Bill of Rights From a race unworthy to scan it? Ami Henry dash down the eloquent sword And clang it against the granite ? And Washington, seated in massy strength On the charger thai paws the air. Could he sec his sons in I heir, deep Usjj: .ice, Would he ride tin proudly there? Ho would gel him down from his h'.t V,-.;<; horse, Aits' novcr his fucc at our shmnc; For the hind of his birth is now "If.,-.riet Oul" ? VinctNiA was once the namv! LITERARY. S E L E C T i: )>. Bank Notes; * ? AN KNClilSIJ STONY. The month ?f February had nearly reached its closu, and primroses and early violets \v? re up?peeping in the country j and in small town-gardens pale- snow-drops, more delicate and fragile than the wild flowers, were lii\ing their heads too, as if to sue what the world looked like after the winter, and then drooping them permanently, u.s though they felt shy and timid at finding themselves till alone above ground and exposed without any protection to the notice of the many who stopped to giizc at the first flowers of the spring. Hut if they had not been I'sj .shamefaced to observe how. kindly were the glances which bade them wel come from every passer-by, they would have felt rewarded for the effort they had made to appear as early as possible, and in despite of chilling salutations from the cold winds, and of unfriendly demonstrations on the part of snow, sleet and hail?brethren of the cold-weather family whose free/dug reception is often more than sufficient to counterbalance the effects of a cheery smile even from the great sun himself. The littlo snowdrops might have known that all welcomed them, as they came to proclaim the good-will of mother Marth, and appeared as pledges of her intention to continue through the new year her usual annual bounties of which these were the earnest and the delicate reminders. But in the heart of the great metropolis wlicrc lived Kate niitl Archie Neville there WCl'e no snow-drops to tell them that winter i.ntiti'i tit lighfen it, as few sunbeams seemed to think it worth while to take the trouble of calling there. There were some neatly hound books, too. and children's lesson bin ks. which Katie ranged in order on the trunk, and a writing desk and small ink-stand, which all looked ns if they , were unaccustomed to suc h quarters; and a ; clock on the mantelpiece licked out a reminder I 1 to the little maiden that her lather might be Si on expect cd. Your conjectures would have been true, good reader. \ few years before the commencement of our story, the Neville family bad their abode in a pleasant little hot:: s near a park so bright and green that the two children bad I thought it must be almost as good as the coun try of which they had hoard so much. Their lather had held the situation of bead clerk in a large mercantile house in the city, and was laying by yearly a sufficient, port ion ol Iiis sala ry to enable him to look forward to giving his children a good education, besides setting something in store- against a rainy day. These hopes, however, had been thrown t > t lie ground by the failure .of the bank iu which all his savings had been deposited ; whereupon ho and his wife had been obliged to leave their first home, and. dismissing their one servant, to re treat to a smaller abode in a less desirable neighborhood. Here little Rose had been born, and as her father still retained his situation, her parents hoped that by-and-by they might once more look forward to brighter days. Meantime Archie and Katie were- being in structed by their mother, and by their lather himself when lie returned from his long day in the counting-house, whilst they early learned to make themselves useful within J^mrs. Hut a greater trial had conic about a month h?forc the opening of our story, 'flic large t .'.uine'. vial house in which Mr. Neville'held his clerkship, uiifispcetedly failed, through'thc dishonesty of one Of partners, and its ser vants were dismissed, ni?J?y aould state that nothing planted in them was ever Known to grow to maturity. This abode where had been spent many happy days it became necessary to h ave, and the oiler for a few months, rent free, of two or three dingy rooms in the city formerly occupied by one of tin- now discarded warehousemen, which was made to Mr. Neville from the directors of the lately flourishing conce rn in which he had been employed wa; at once accepted. Tether one dreary day at Christmas time he removed his wife and family. They felt the clmngo in nu small degree; they missed favouritepossessions, which had of necessity bcotraeld with the greater part of their mode rate fuipply of furniture, in order to their be ing chidjled to leave their former home without a debt) ? und the parent saw with bitter anxiety that while their small fund of ready money rapidly diminished, though ckod out with the mostjrigid economy, their children's stock of healtu and spirits was diminishing too. The confinement in the close unhealthy atmosphere was visibly affecting them; and as he observed this,4ucreasingly urgent became their farther's search" after fresh employment, in quest of which .he daily sallied forth, to return, how ever,^ depressed, weary, and disappointed. If it ha<^ not been that the little family circle was rich in the treasures of home love and unior^, there would have been yet more to suf fer.. ?But as it was, the trial seemed to bring the husband and wife yet nearer to each other; and Katie and Archie sought bravely, children though they were, to prevent thuir parents from thinking how much the)- missed the in terests and amusements of their former home, exercising their invention must successfully in devising new plays for little Uosa, in order to prevent her from feeling the change as much as they did. And while we have he-en tolling you all this. Katio has finished her task of setting the room in order, and is proceeding to lay the cloth for supper in readiness for her lather's return, doing all in her power to avoid disturbing her mother, whose fingers, often stiff and weary, still pursue their busy employment of needle work, by which she cams a small sum to meet the present need. Laying the cloth seemed a dreary sort of I ceremony to Katio. who knew exactly the state of things within the cupboard. The four tea cups and Rose's gilt mug with "A present for ?a good girl" inscribed upon it, looked very well, and the plates were rnuged very nearly, but-j^ and (Jib but was one from which there was no escajie-Tt-'tca-cups and plates alone make* out t?.J?L.-..i iniOrj-a ^j?..-iijjis?xr.UJ(v!a.negative re ply to the inquiry, "Is rticro nothing butD.tud for father's supper, mother ?" Was not cheering when Katie remembered that he had eaten nothing but bread and the last little portion of cheese (or dinner. She took the remains of the loaf from the shelf, and placed it on the table. It had never been an attractive loaf like the home-baked oiies of their former abode, und now it looked less inviting than e\>r. ? i wish T had a penny." she whispered to Archie, "to get a little bit of butter, or a piece of bacon for lather and mother. It doesn't seem to matter so much for us for them?the having nothing but dry bread." '?There's test left." replied Archie, "and mother bought a penn'orth of milk from the man ; l?ut still?it comes to dry bread still." "It would look something more to make sonic toast." suggested Katie, suddenly; "I'll make some before father conies in." Whereupon, cutting the loaf so carefully as not to waste a crumb, she proceeded to make some slices of toast which were hardly ready when Mr. Neville's step was heard at the door. :,Wcll, William?" said his wife, looking up wearily with a glance which said. - What suc cess .' ? Nothing hotter," Le replied, wiping the rain-drops uff bis coat, and throwing himself on a chair. "I've been out miles to tho West Knd. thinking to get a situation I'd heard of. The gentleman saw nie himself, for a wonder, and then, when he found I'd belonged to the Maelcaue firm, fold me the place was filled up. It's that name that sticks in my way so." '?Didn't they oiler you something to oat?" asked his wife, with ti glance from her tired husband to the loaf of bread on the table. "No; (here a( the West Knd they're loo grand t-> have braid of any one coming hungry to hlok altera place; but there?it's no use complaining; one sometimes feels too weary to look up as we should, though it seems so dark now." And he look little Hose on his knee, thankft.l that one of their party was too young (0 u.'.'di'rslaiM.l all he bad said. Iloso nestled sntu'ly into bis arms. "We've been p'ayiitg 'cool," she said. "l'laying school, RosieJ and who taught you ?" ? Kate and Artie ; me learn hymn to say 'on. fitther." Well, lei me bear ; Katie and Archie know a great many." "Tah'l remember all." said Rose, sitting up gravely, and then trying to recall dimly the manner in which Katie bad insisted on her pro nouncing every word; " the cud is? ?We'll praise IUm for all Ihn) is past. Vnd i rust II int for all I lint's to conic,' " "That'll do by itself, little one," said her father, while his sad face sonn what brightened; '?father wants to learn it too? ?We'll praise Him for all Hint is past, And tin t Hiai for till ilj.n':- to conn-.' Sarali, don't be down-east; lot's oboor up with Hose's words. Conic, it's tea time." So they sat down somewhat silently, to the tea-table, and yet the hotter for the thought of trusting the i'uture to higher bauds. Mrs. Nc villo broko the silence. ""What's to bo done for to-morrow, WMlinm ? All my money's gone." ? "I might warn something by carrying," he replied; "bat that wouldn't oonio in till night. What's in tho houso, Sarah?" "That," she replied, pointing to tho portion of crust whioh romaincd on tho table. They glanced at the children, and thon to wards the clock. "It would only fetch a trifle," she continued, answering his thoughts, "it's bo old fashioned, and not good of its kind." "There's my desk" bor husband rejoined; "but that would bring next to nothing." The cloud was coining back to* his brow. His wife looked for a moment-at the ring on berieft, hand, but turned away, as if to give it up. would be too hard. "If only we had friends!" she said sadly; ' it seems strange we should both of us have been orphnns nlono in tho world before we' married, William. Isn't tHotvj any one we could go to? Those directors should do some thing." He shook his head. "They're worso oft' themselves," ho replied; "we have no debts. I suppose by this time they're out of England for the most part. Here Katie, child. 3-011 may put away the things." Kate obeyed silently and sadly. She had understood what her parents had said, and vainly pondered as to what she might do to help them. Afi she put up the cups and sau eev3, her little Bible received an accidental push ami fell from the shelf. Her father ?sto,.'r.. .? to pick it up, hut it had fallen open, and his eye caught the words on the page ex posed to view, lie leaned towards his wife, and pointed them out to her. "J/y God shall suyply all your need." "That's our bauk-uoto. Sarah ; and the bank's a Bafo one?'acrordiny toHis riclietingloryby Christ Jesus.' Let's agree, doar wife, to 'trust Hin\ for all that's #to come-' % aTe^i^tural, &c. [From the "American Farmer."] Poltttocs.-Sced vs. Butt Eiflls. With some cskxf.ual. kkmakks. Render, have you ever tested the matter, to ascertain which will yield the largest crop. Seed or butt ends, cut so as the weights will be about equal. If so, you doubtless ascertained that the butt ends had considerably, the advan tage, both iu quantity und quality, and were also some two weeks earlier. Why is this so? I answer, simply because the seed ends have more eyes and send forth a superabundance of shoots. Some years ago, I read in a Patent Olflcc report where a parcel ofpotatoes that had been cut three or four days, and as a conse quence considerably shrivelled, exceeded largely in amount a parcel that were planted fresh. My curiosity being excited upon this subject, L was led to try a number of experiments in order to asertain the cause of this singular phenomenon. Without giving a detailed history of my operations. 1 ascertained that the cause was simply owing to the fact that the shriv el'.*d portion sent forth fewer tubers. Under this hame principle we can readily nccount why butt ends exceed seed ends. After this, I improved my product largely, hefh in quan tity ami quality, by drawing ouLth; tubers, leaving but a single stalk at a place. I have thus had seven single plants to fill a half bushel, eight would heap it, and the joint pro duct of two plants weighed eleven pounds, 'fhe extra tubers can readily be transplanted anil make a line yield. They are more hardy for transplanting than tho sweet potato, and yield equally as well. Potatoes, as a general thing, are crowded too much for a large yield. A single tuber for every two feet square I think is sufficiently close, where the ground is rich, and I am not certain but a greater distance would result advantageously, 'fhe most, however, that can be> done now is to thin out your present crops. MAX t'U KS. Common wood ashes and barn yard manure. . pplicd separately, perhaps suit the potato as well as any other manure. J15x? rt.ANTl.NC. In the province of Hcquador, in South America, they, perhaps, raise the finest pota toes iu the world. The climate there, gener ally, is about 80 degrees, varying but few over or under throughout the year. Hy planting iu dune, from the loth to the 20tli, and littering heavily, so as to protect, the ground from the heat of the sun, we approximate tho requisite temperature of SO degrees, as the potatoes acquire the most of their growth in September and October. Potatoes planted at this time, and covered with leaves or straw to the depth of six or cedit inches, will present u much smoother appearance than those nia?uin# ft iu mid-summer. I am uIbo confident that tha yield is much larger, other things being equal! preparation OV the land. A green^erop.of rye, outs, clover, or any "" thing of the kind turned under about the mid dle of May, will greatly iooroaso the potato crop. If this same crop bo guauood heavily, ' so as to make a largo growth, so much thb'boV^ *? tor. I havo iriod guanoed for tha grean ei^p and barn yard manuro and mkm Wura pvfe** ing, -with the boot of results. In fao^ by taif * method of manuring and thinning acodfdirijr^ to directions olescwhoro givon, 1 lnvurn?bly took the first promium wherever I entered.: my articles.' For a large yield, June phurt?vj*? '? lias decidedly the preference. Respectfully, &c, N. fJ Geranium Slips.?It is said, that if ger anium branches, taken from luxriunt and- . healthy trees just before tins winter sets in, be cut in slips and immorscd in soap water, they will, after drooping a few days, shed their leaves, put forth fresh ones, and oontinuc in' the finest of bottles thus filled iu a-;-flower-" basket, with moss to conceal the bottle*, n show of evergreen is easily secured for (he winter. MI8GELLA >T E O U Extraordinary Revelation in Connection - with the Wirz Tragedy. The astounding revelation made by Rutler . concerning the suppressed diary of Booth and the consequent official murder of an. inuoccut. woman, is followed by another little less astound ing or disgrace fid to the parties embraced iu it, conccrninir tho lawless trial und execution of: the unfortunate Wirz. The disclosure i|madc in a letter from Washington to the New York World, bearing date March 27th. It is as foL Jows: ? . , . . ? . _ a It is, perhaps, not generally known tha? auTIrig-Tne-iitvi.r^*-?^u?? _ rJ!AVIrx-^ind._.iyiaji>r_ Windor in the Capitol Prison they occupied adjoining cells, and enjoyed facilities of commu nication, one to the other, by word of writing!, through an aperture not observed, doubtless, by the jailor. No one was permitted to sec either, unless by special privilege from the Sccratary of "War. On the night previous to. the execution of Wirz three men entered his cell, of course hy permission of Stanton, and proposed to him, that if he would agree to implicate Jeff. Davis iu the alleged conspiracy to starve the Norteru prisoners confined a; Audcrsonvillo, his life would be spared. Wirz replied that he would not save his own life b-vTi sacrificing that of another 11111000111 man. The parties thereupon left the cell, and Win im mcdiatcly communicated all that transpired t