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iwceu KVKRY 8atukday morning BY tjij5 oiiAKOEmmo ?Ewa company._' THAD 0. ANDRKWS, Editor._ jlKO. DOLIVKn, mistaeas Manager._ SATU K1>A Y, AUIC.I471875/ The Mountain Meadow Massacre. After an interval of eighteen years, the trial of the alleged perpetrators of the Mountain Meadow massacre has commenced in fhc courts of Salt Lake City. That the reader may have a proper understanding of this tragical event, we will state, that in 1850 Utah was organised ne a Territory, and President Fflmoro conferred tho office ef Governor upon Briglmm Young. Prrts years afterward, 'President; Hetee. taudo oa aaeSVetuai attempt to Jm* tWsH^l St?J?leO, of th? Ucguinr Ajany, into tli* gabernatorial chair, 5n tho plAco of Yeuwg. A good deal of bad feeling grow out of this, Young declaring to tbo Mormon 'labcrnaclo: "I am. nad will bo, Governor, and no power ean prevent it, until the Lord Almighty says, 'Brigham, you need not be Governor any longer.'" In April, 1875, Governor Young expell ed from the Territory a number of United States officers. For this offence President Buchanan deposed Young, and appointed Alfred Gumming in his stead, and orderod a strong military force to Utah to sustain the Govern ment. On the 24th of July, 1857, when tho Mormons heard of the in tentions of tho President, they dcelnr od their independence. This day they had celebrated for ten years in suc cession as a white one iu their history. Ten years before, having been expell ed from Nauvoo, the Mormons first entered Salt Lake Valley, and after ward kept the anniversary ns a holi day, and tho declaration of their separation and independence added new zest to the festival. During tho demonstration which was held in Cottonwood Ganon, ono of "** iheTnouniain gbrgesj where the. wciftT" and subliue scenery presents a picture which defies the skill and genius of the painter and the inspiration of the poet, two tired and travel-worn messengers rode up the glen and anuounccd thai tho troops had begun thoir march from tho Iroulier of tho Missouri. The news fell like a thu?<Jerbolt from a blue aUy *oung made a fiery speech to tho two thousaud auditors before him, and defended his demand for independence, and asked that the name of Utah be blotted out, and that the panto of Dc*erct be substitu ted in its place. At onco the Mor mon militia wero put under arms, lortifications wero erected, and the Territory placed in an attitude of defonfo. Wheu Van Vlict, the Quartermas ter, arrived at Salt Lake City tomsko Arrangements for the reception of tho United Stale! tree pa, ito wii informed 4%M iheuF advance would be resisted bf (orqtz ef areas*, cod a fortnight later | tirebr ?reis? were attacked- by the Veme* soldier*, their wagom* were buraetS, aad their teamsters arrest* d and dhiaruied. It was in this condi-1 tion of affairs that the Mountain Meadow massacre occurred in Septem ber, 1857. While tho troops were marching toward Utah over the old road along the Sweet Water, one hundred aud fifty Arkannses cmi grants, men, women, and children, on their way to California, were attacked by a band of Indians, and of whites disguised ns Indians. For eight days they defended themselves in a corral made of their wagons; but on Tues day, September loth, they surrender eel, and wero at once exterminated. Lee, the Mormon leader of this hand of murderers, has made a confession in which he gives a detailed account of the revolting massacre, stating the names of persons connected with the outrage, what was done by the mur derers aTter the commission of the crime, the disposition of the children saved, and the particulars of their removal to Missouri. lie explains how and why tke tragedy was execu te?!, nnd fixes tho responsibility on Height nnd Higbce, the former stand ing on un eminence and giving the signal agreed upon for llie slaughter. When the emigrants had been decoy ed from their stronghold by nllag of truce, they were despatched by thirty white men and a large number ofr 11;dinns. He adds to his confession the following statement: "Injustice to Brigham Young, I must say that when he heard my story he wept like a child, walked the floor and wrung his hands iu bitter anguish, and said it was the most unfortunate affair, the . west unwarranted ercnt that had ever happened to the Mormon people. Ho said 'This transaction will briug sor row and treoblft upon uj in Utak. I ' would to Qed it bad aavcr happen ed.' M Lee, p Mormon Biakop, is repre sented in his photograph, as about seventy years of Hge, with short, coarse gray hair, a merciless mouth, high cheek bones, a hard forehead, an unsympathetic and uuintcllcctual face. He is of ordinary height, heavi ly built, nnd clad in homespun. His appearance marks him as a man of inflexible purpose, obsequious in bis servility, aud unflinching in his devo tion to his religious sentiments. Scientific Observations. The highest point in the world where arrangements are made for scientific observations is the summit of Pike's Peak. There, 14,30b' feet above the level of the sea, is a rudely constructed stone house, where live three men, the observing sergeant and his two assistants. During seven months of the year these men arc shut off from all in teniour.se with other hu man beings. Early in November they house themselves, and live on the pro visions they have stored up and the meats they have buried in the snow. When tho atmosphere is in a proper condition for the telegraph to work, some scraps of news aro obtained, but they cannot reach the world below u?rtho woTirf get tn thron?ThTTT^cF^ vations made from this lofty point are sent to almost every enlightened European nation. The station was established here in ?ugest, 187?, the special object being to learn some thing about 'he upper currents of the atmosphere. The principal instru ments used aro the barometer, ther mometer, hygrometer, anemometer and tho rain gauge. One of the most remarkable phenomena seen on Pike's Peak is the electrie storm. A corres pondent of the New York Tribune re cently visited ihe summit signal sta tion, and to him Mr. Brown, the ob serving sergeant, thus describes these storms: "They generally hegiit with bail, and last from half nn hour to four hours. The whole atmosphere is full of electricity. Sheets of fire arc every where. Sparks crackle about your clothes and in your hair, nnd fill the buffalo-robes aud the bedding. The electricity comes through the roof, through tho windows and up from the floor. It veor?K ax though you aro in a hnttery. Tf yon go out-door?, a cloud of electricity rsstssn the whole Peak. It eemea from the rocks; the clouds are full of it. Th? lightning plays belew in fearful intensity. One's hair literally stands en end." Mr. Brown also stnted that he had seen the frost a foot deep all over the summit, on windows, doors, rocks, and particularly on metaU. Sometimes it gathers on the telegraph wires to the doth of eight inches, and frequently breaks the line and Htops communion tion. Such are f-omc of the features of life on Pike's Peak. Parson Brownlow, llie lite-long po litical antagonist of Andrew Johnson, in speaking of the deceased, says that "in one nspeet, at least, ox-President Johnson was a model statesman; he was honest." Mr. Brownlow further remnrks that this was one of the principal reasons why he was so strong with the mntses: "His personal integ rity nlways gave hi* political policy special weight." In concluding his excellent and magnanimous article on his old political antagonist the ex senator says : "What he had was justly his own, and be came by every dollar of it honestly. This trait iu his character is worthy of emulation by all public men. His boundless success is evi dence that the American people ap preciate honesty in their rulers, ami that when they find such reward them with their conlidence and support." State News. Bamberg is building a bank^ There have been more watermelons shipped from Aiken this season than over before. A goodly number of Augus#a's Citi zen? arc spending the summer season in Aiken. The expenses of the June term of | the Union Court were $2,18&37,ex cl usi ve of the judge's salary. Allen Roden, the murderer, has entirely recovered from the wounds received when captured, and patiently awaits his trial in the Aiken guard house. There aro two murder casoa to be tried at tho next iarm of the'Court of j Gnu oral Session? for Aikca County, which convenes en the first Monday iu September. A gentleman from Fair-field statt? that in oigut years ther* have been eleven burials of whites in Winusboro and one hundred and forty-seven of negroes. In a small section south east of Winnsboro. where there were seven hundred and fifty negroes, there are now but two hundred and fitly. They nrc dying of consumption. On Sunday, the 1st instant, Cynthia Quick, widow of the late J. Stafford Quick, was found dead iu Red Blufl'| Township, Marlboro County. The deceased was at the house of Charles I). Quick on tho night of Tuesday, and left to return to her own house, a short distance ofE Nothing more was known of her wdiorcabouts until the finding of the body on Sunday afternoon. Both the upper and lower jay/a were broken, ard a large pool of | blood was lying near. The murderer is not known. A CARD, I si.iceruly thank the Fire Engine Com panion, the Hook and Ladder Company, and my neighbors and friends for their efficient aid, cheerfully rendered, in saving my hmue, at the fire, lust Saturday night. August 12th 1875. T. W. GLOVER. The subscriber hogs to give his heartfelt thanks Iu the Fire Companies (hoth White ami Colored), and to the IBank & Ladder Company, as well as many citizens, for their earnest cflorts to save his dwelling, on the morning of the 12th inst. JOSEPH STUAUSS. We desire to express our grititude to the Fire Department, and the many kind friends, through whose exertions our Mill wasshveil on ihe 12th inst. Their manage ment of the tire won most admirable, and it is owing to their noble elforls that wc have lieon saved from heavy losses. J. STUAUSS &CO. The State of South Carolina. CotlKTY OF ?KAMOKBVKU. Know all men by these present*, that a ?<ma11 piece of Land, lying, and being on the old Orangehurg and Charleston Road, in IMiddlc Township School District No. 0, County and State aforosaid, having been purchased, hy School Trustees for Public School purposes, (Colored,) according to Law, any intcrfcrance with the'.raid arrange in en is, will call in force Act 41, Section j Schcol Law. J. P. M. FOUR KS, J. P. PHILLIPS, QUKNTAIN MOOREK, Heard of Trustees. August 5th 137o. &ii|,' 14 1375 3t 6in-Geari ig and Cottoa Pres. for Sals. I oftr for sale, my<HIf*QEARIHO, marly new, with IRON Segraeata and Pinion complete. Also, ene UTLEY COT TON PRESS in complete order. The above are for Salo Choap, as I propose to discontinue Cotton ginning at my place. JA8. II. FOWLES. a tig 14 1875 3t NOTICE. OFFICE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, Oka no kbv ku, County, Orangcbiirg, S. ('., August 10th I87?. Iu accordance with an Acl'to establish and uiaiitain a system of the Free and Com mon Schools in the State of South Carolina. The Hoard of County School Examiners will hold a meeting at this County Seat, commencing September Gth, and continue during tha month, to examine candidates desiring to hecome Teachers in the Free Common School of this County, who present themselves to the Hoard for Examination. THOMAS PHILLIPS. County School Commissioner. augM 1875 7t Administrator's Sale. Hy virtue of an nrdar of the Probate Court. I will sell at Orangehurg, S. C, at the. Store oi' Luther Han-da!.?. deceased, on the first Monday in September next, at pub li:i auction, till the CJoods, Wares and Mer chaudi/.e in said stoic, belonging to said deceased. Also tin; Car pen torn Tools of said deceased. Tcrnia cash on delivery. JOSEPH F. ROBINSON, uug 14?4t Administrator. NOTICE. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, ?RANUEI1U110 County. OuAxaishuitu, S. C August 11th 1875. TO DAVID PALMER: Take notice, that Peter Prophett has paid in tu the County Treasury the tux, costs and penalties, together with 50 per cent, on his Real Estate purchased by you ut the Delinquent Land sale held May 3rd 1875. JAS. VAN TASSEL, Co. Auditor, aug 14 . 1875 It For Sale. A FINK MILCH COW. Apply to W. A. MEROENY. COTTON BLOOM COTTON GIN, Price $4 00 per saw. MAGNOLIA COTTON GIN, Price $4 00 por saw. HALL'S PATENT, COTTON GIN, Price $4 00 per caw. HALL'S PATENT COTTON GIN with Feeder Attached, Price $5 50 per 8aw. The above arc priuea in store at Charles ton. Send for Circular. C. GItAVELEY, No. 111 East Hay Street, Ncrth of the PoslolBee, aug 14?2 Charleston, S. C. NOTICE CHARLESTON STORE Will be OPENED in Orange burg on the 1st September, 1875, next door to T. W. Albergotti, Baker, J. L. MORRISON. A well selected Stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC., ETC., Constantly on hand, aug 14 1865 tf TiiC Cordial ISalm ofKyricum and Tonic Pill?. NERVOUS DEBILITY, However obscure the cause may be winch coritrijjiilg .Jg.-fe.'Aller^Jjeryons debility a -ilTKt'asc so prevalent, a fleeting, as it docs^n nearly one-half of our adult population, it is a melancholy fact that day uy day, and year by year, we witness a most frightful in crease of nervous affections from dm slight est neuralgia to the irtore grave ami extreme forms of N ERYOlTS PROSTRATION, Is characterized by a general languor or weakness of tho whole organism, especially ?if the nervous system, obstructing and pre senting the ordinary functions ofnatnre; hence there is a disordered state of the secretions; constipation, scanty and high colored urine, with an excess ofearlhy or lime sediment, indicative of wastcof brain and nerve substance, frequent palpitations of the heart, loss of memory and marked irresolution ?f purpose, and inability to carry into action any well-defined business enterprise, or to fix the mind upon any one thing at a time. There is great sensitive ness to impress, though retained but a short time, with a flickering ami lluttering condi tion of the menial faculties, rendering an individual what is eommonlv called a whifile-minded or flickle-minded man. This condition of the individual, distress ing as it is, may with a certainty becured by THE CORDIAL BALM OF* SYRICUM AND LOTH HOP'S TONIC PILLS, Medicines unrivaled for their wonderful properties and remarkable cures of all Ner vous CnmplaintF. Their efficacy is equally great in the treatment and cure of Cancers, Nodes, Ulcer*, Pustule, Pimples, Tetter, lover, Sores, Ringworm, Erysipelas, Scald head. Harbers' Itch, Scurvy, Salt Rheum, Copper-Colorod Hlotchea, Glandular Swell ing*, Worms and Black Spots in tho Flesh, Discolomtionn, Ulcers in the Throat, Moath and Nose, Sora Lego, and Sorea of every rhareoi^r, becanto these s?ed!cin?aarethe .very best BLOOD MEDICINE Jhvdr placed before the people, and are war ranted to be the moBt power full Alterative ever originated by man, removing Morbid Sensibility, Depression of Spirits, Dementia Mid Melancholia tOT Sold by all Druggists, and will be sent by express to all parts of the country qy ad- | dressing the proprietor, G. EDGAR j LOTHROP, M. I)., 143 Court street, Iloston, i Mass., who may be consulted free of charge either personally or by mail. Send 25 cents ami get a copy of his Rook on Nervous Diseases. aug 14 1875 ly NOTICE OFFICE CO. COMMISSIONERS, puAKOfinukd Cocntv. OllAKtraiiuno, S. C, Augusts, 1875. AH persons having claims against the County will present the same, made out in items properly sworn to, on or before the 14th day of September 1875. GEO. BO LIVER, Clerk of Board of Co., Com'ra Orangeburg County, aug 7 1875 2t Estate Notice. All persons having demands against the Estate of Luther Rnnsdale, deceased, are requested to hand them, properly attested to the undersigned, or to Messrs. Izlajr & Dibble, Atterneys; and all persons indebted will make payment to the undersigned, or to U. Addison RaiMulale, my Agent. J. K. ROHINSON, Qual i tied A d in i n ist rat or. Ornngehurg, S. C, July JJrd, 1875. july 10 1S75 1 in. aug 14 , PlllCE REDUCED FROM $1.00 TO 50 Cents Per Box TO MEET TUB DEMAND FUR A SAKE AND RELIABLE Fever and Ague Antidote AT A. PRICE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL. 'ENTIRELY VEGETABLE. NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL. Ml YSICIANS PRESCRIBE TUEM JS&- Never was Medicine so' Deservedly Populvr. 1875 3m JOHN G MILNOR. THEO. A. WILBUR. JACOB J: MARTIN. JOHN G. MILNOR &lo?l/ !WHOUESAL?E DEAJ^IiJH IN ? ; - Dry Ooods, Fancy Groods, Clothing, Hatsj Caps, and Sraw Goods, Ladies Trimmed Hats, Etc., ' f - No. 148 MEETING St., Opp. Hayno St., CHABLEBTON, S. C. NEW YORK OFFICE, 46 WEST BROADWAY. Prices guaranteed an LOW as any house in the city, and Terms, to .responsible houses an accommodating. Ordern will meet our prompt and careful attention. 1 aug 1875 2m D. F. FLEMING. JAMES M. WILSON. JAMES UILFILL1N. AUGUST, 1875. -:o: We have received, and are now opening, a LARGE and NEW STOCK of BOOTS, SHOES, and TRUNKS. FOR FALL TRA.DE. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED, and all Goods with our BRAND Warranted. D. F. FLMlNG & CO., Wholesale Dealers in and Manufacturers of boots, shoes and trunks, No. 3 MAINE STREET, Cor. ofClinrcIi Street, CHARLESTON, S. O. aug 14 1875 2m DR J. G. WAN MAKER & CO, Will be pie ased to seojtheir friends and the publio generally al ii i Next door West of T. KOHN A BRO. The Carolina Star Cotton Press. The Undersigned are prepared to bcII County Rights, Township Right* and Farm Rights for the ahove Press, which is the Best and ( heapest Press that has ever been offered to the public, it can be built for fifty Dollars, and will last longer, and pack more Cotton with more ease, than any other Screw in the world, one man can very easily pack 750lbs of Cotton with it, it can be worked cither by band, or horse power, or steam. Call and examino tho Press, and purchase a Farm Right. FARM RIGHT . $25 TOWNSHIP RIGUT . $150. Yf S. LEWIS & CO. Vances Ferry, S. C. aog 7_1875_l?a The State of South Carolina, ORANGEBURG COUNTY, In Common Pleas. E. Rosa C. fjliveros, widow and" Executor of the will of Eeidro J. Oliveros, deceased, Plaintiffs, against Clifford Oliveros, Ella Rosa Oli ros, Nina Ferdinand Oliveros and Bnrtolo Oliveros and Thom as W. Glover, Defendants. Pursuant to the order of the mid Court, the creditor of the said Esidro J. Oliveros arc hereby notified to present and prove their several and respective demand before Charles B- (Hover, Esquire, Referee, at Orangeburg, South Carolina, oil or before the first day of September, A. D. 1875, and that they are enjoined from proceeding in ?eparate * suits against the plaintiff, and arc required to present and prove their respec tive claims before sind Referee in this action, or he debarred payment, GEO. BO LIVER, C. C. P. Notice of Dissolution. ~ There having been a dissolution by mu tual consent, of the Copartnership hereto fore existing at this place under the firm name of W. P. DUKES & Bro. All parties 'indebted to the late firm, arc here by notified that the Hooks of the firm are in the hands of W. P. DUKES at the old stand, and all parties are requested to make prompt payment to him, as the business has to he closed. Rowes Pump 8. C, June 2Slh 1875. W. P. DUKES, T. C. DUKES, july ?1 1875 Om TUE SAVANNAH M0KN1NG NEWS Is generally recognized as (he trading Democratic paper in Georgia. This distinc tion is the result of the promptness with which it has defended the South and her people, and of the vigor and thoughtfohieM with which questions of public polier have been discussed in ita columns. The Mous ing News is not an organ; it is an independ ent Democratic paper of the most pro nounced stripe, and it lose? no opportunity to advance and advocate the principles of government held and propounded by the fathers of the Republic. In regard to news, the Morning Nswg makes specialty of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida affairs, the latest market reports, telegrams from all purta of the world, nn?* fresh correspond ence from all quarters of the South. Price, $10 for 12 months; $5 for 6 months. ^ $ ONLY ; ONE DOLLAR U r The Savannah Weekly Morning News Will be aent to any addreM six months for One Dollar. This ib one of the eheapett vxtklitf published. '? It is not a blanket sheet in which all sorts of matter is promiscuously thrown. It is a neatly-printed four-pago paper, compactly made up, and edited with great care. Mothing of a dull or heavy character is admitted into the columns of the Weekly. It ia an elaborately compiled compendium of the best things that appear in tho Daily Newb. The telegraphic dio !Pitches of the week arc re-edited and caro ully weeded of everything that is not strict ly of a ne ws character. It also contains full reports of the markets; thus, those who have not the advantngo of a daily mail, can get all the news, for six months, by Bending One Dollnr to the pnblisher; or for one year by sending Two Dollars.. The Tki-Wkkkly News ha* the same features bb the Daily News. Price, $6 for 12 months; $3 for 6 months. Money for either paper can be sent by P. 0. order, registered letter or Express, at publisher's risk. Tho Morning News Printing Office Is the largest in the State. Every di? cription of Printing done at the shortest notice. Plank Books of all kinds made to order. Hook Minding and Ruling executed with dispatch. Estimates foi work promptly furnished. Address all letters, J.II.ESTILL, Savan nah Ga. McMICHAEL HOUSE, ORANGEBURG, S. C. This HOUSE is now open for the recep tion of BOA UDERS. GUESTS well taken care of. The TABLE amply supplied, and a HACK meeting each train at the Depot. Terms Moderate. may 29 1875 ly