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?10 ' TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. } ;v. i -r/ cr^QX) -A.TST D OLT^B QPUNTRY. VOLUME 9. ; ^SMiraSM AUGUST 21 1875. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 2? Ji. F.' MtJtJlfcENFUSS., ]>out>i8t OF CHARLESTON, cau be found at h.ia ? OFFICE above Captain HAMIL- i - XON^S STORE, on Mer ket Stroet Kef^?o^TJi^Bilj^'?.^^R.OK, B. A. Nrbbks. Pklmr, Rosasus & Co. ;::IOT" rt?^r'c k^,^^ QrV ?RANGERURGV : MOSES M. BROWN, the Barber pledges liimseif to keep up with the times in all Iho "LATE IMPROVEMENTS; as his business is hiiflicicnt to gnrnntce tl(o above. He will he louiul at his old stand, ever ready to s?rvc his uQstu'n.er? ut the: shortest notice, apl 11" T T ' ? ' ' ? '? 30 Nine Years'. Exprience in DRUGS and MEDICIENS. TAINTS, OJLS, M BIIUSIIFS, AND ; il'ATENT MEDICIENS, TOILET ARTICLES, CAN DIES, ' t I . CUTLERY," SEGA US, ? TOBACCO.S ran.td ?t: 5 . i? o\ > *??r on.baud also a Buply of ii'EDS And ONION SETTS", rercriptioufi carefuly totnpounded, orders from the country strlckly attended to at the-; Poplar Drug Store of DR. A. C. DUKES jan 22 11874 ly ~~ NOT! C B. ; All persons having claims against tho Kainte of Peter W, A vinger. deraaed, will present tlic same pToperly attested, and all wf those indebted will make p iyrnent to. ANNAViNGJiR, - ,j Executrix. julyl7 1875 4t Per Djiy at SIoilIC Tcrtna free. Address ' O. ST IN SON k CO., Portland, Mtiine. -... _ 187J . ly.. I have notice. I hereby give notice to all interested and concerned, tliat Kin ma Goodwill widow of James (Joodwin, intends to have her Home stead, for herself and her minor Children, xct oil" in thu personal property of her late husband in said County, thirty one days from the date hereof. ., a. a. Know'lton, , Probate Judge, o.C. - Oraiigcburg, C. II., July lQ?i 1875. july 10 1875 lm. Dental Notice THE undersigned takes pleasure in an' nounciug to his many friends and patrons that he has permanently located at Orangc lmrg, C. U., S. U., where he-will devote his en tire time, froiii every Monday till Saturday noon to tho PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY in .nil its Departments. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed in all operations entrustedto his care. Charges very' moderate. Office at Dr Persner's old stand over Will cockj? Store. :A. M. SNIDER. D. S. L. S. WOLFE. josJm ogren C?CCHB?OB OF> ROBERT JENNY.1 SADDLB AND HARNESS MAKER. Had on hand -., , ... . i< ? , n . * SADDLES, > . . HARNESS, And BRIDLES, Of all descriptions. A fine assortment of,, FJLY jNTETS nt very LOW FIGURES. Call and two for yourself next door to Mr.,C. D. Konijohn, R?ssel Street. THE NATIONAL BOARD OF Fire Underwriters ; . ? .? .HKUKDY OFKJSKH ? A ' Reiiird'-nf : TWO1 TIDNDRED and FIFTY DOLLARS for the detection, con viction and punishment of the. party or parties charged with the crime of arson, in firing the'{?refnises sintate at Orangebnrg 8. C, belonging to (i. S. SHIREH, on Jnne fith 187?; said Reward will bu paid only o?i due proof being furnished the Executive Committee of the conviction and actual ^>uni?hmeut ofsaid criminals. Ry Order of the Executive Committee. : j k i /STEPHEN CKOWELB; Chairman. New York, June 28-187*. . ^ &e&~ For further information apply to KIRK ROHINSON, Insurance Agtl July 3 J875, '2m (Joing Oat, with i?o Tido; * Raine mo up in bed, niy wife, There's the hoiiihI of tlie .nea in my ear, ktid it singsvta myxoid in a Minnie * j ?? [ That fifrlii'liriot mofcsyd to heu*.''? ? * bpen the little window: wife, \ j Then coir.u and ait by my nidb; We'll wait G?tl'? sweot llood-vf *ter >. j To take uio out with the tide. I see the harbor-bar, wif**^ ' And mv deat> l?de bop fin. ?uahay;? >. ? But who ?h#4VJ*PM8!wJlll ?| I fi When her master hath pasaed away 7 t know that her helm, ho trusty, ., Will answer no other hand As it linawcred mine when I knew, wife, You were- waiting for me oUThq strand.^ j i ?.w2A/: A. ?* rV! & ? *f Our boya were all before us, wife; Wee Jack im beneath tlie wave, And .blue-eyOd' Freddie Hh'eps, wife, | In yonder yewrbowercd crave. ,;, Wlicfe the early daisiea ernster Around his Imby bed, And the thrush sits chanting sofcer j In yon tree that shaded the dead. There's a chill runs through our heart, wife, ; When iby harbor-barxlolh moaiu ^ ... But a ikrtter^fiet wilt-bo .yojra; wife,' /; When you're left in the cot atone. Iiift d'f^V tinVrfc llows'ofthfc sea, wife} ' And a few more ebbs of the tide, t ? Then God's sweet flood shalMiring you j \ * I Again to your old man's side ! The rcd&\m is.lnw'in the west."wife, f^i' ? And the UOvMuks duw.n .wi^Uje HUnj ?>.,?' iWo will part with each other in luve, wife, For sweetly our lives have run. (Jive me your hand, my own love, As you gave it in days of yore; iWc will el aap them, ne'e:'to be sundered, When we meet on the far-Offshore lf f A STOKY OK TUE SU EU IFF. A well trained hotel- elerk, .who t. ? ' 1 knows his dqty rightly^ considers that Itho accented guest in the hotel is as much in his own castle as in his own house, and will not permitliiiu tobt ( knowingly disturbed by uqpkasant or unauthorized iutruders. This,some times;?is of service? and prevents dis agreeable consequences; as will*be seen in the history ,here about tobe given, the scene of which was at the Tru ruont house in Boston several years ago, and ono of the actors therein a woiV-iVuiuwu merchant of Boston, who,' over llmi hom de phnnc of'Acorn,' used to furnish some of the liveliest skctclftcs of humor,, and sharpest ot dramatic criticisms to the old New York/ Spirit of the Times, whom we shall,/tR-signale as Jim Bines; the other a we4ll-known business man of our sistc^'ehy of Portland, whom, lor cd:i veni'ence sake, we will call Short, inas much us he was short when one of the hctofts in the scene wc are about to recount. . It-.chanced one fino evening-that a stranger .entered-. the' Tremont, and addressing himself to the 'gentlemanly clerk,' inquired if Mr. Short of Port land was stopping at the house ? 'He is/ said tho clerk, referring to the register. 'AYell, 1 want to see him; show me up to hia room, if you please.' !lf you will send your card, I will see :f he is at home,' replied the elerk. The visitor produced a card, which was hauded to a bell-boy, whom lie waa about to foliow up stairs, when lie was restrained by the clerk. 'Be kind enough to wait, till we see if Mr.-Short is iu and will see you.' . The. bell-boy returned with word that Mr. Short 'would see the gentle man to-morrow morning.' 'Where'u his room ?' said the visi tor. 'I'll go right up myself.' 'Excuse me, s:r! Mr. Short has al ready sent word he does not wish to see you till to-morrow, aud I cannot permit him to be disturbed. 'Well, sir, I think 1 shall go up if I you will give me the number of the room, for I'm the sheriff, and I intend to arrest hi in.' At these words Jim Pines, who was silting in a little room behiud the key board where he had heard all the con versation, and who is always ready to aid a man in difficulties?Jim, know ing this to be a case of-latc-at-night arrest to force a claim, rose aud re marked that 'he was going to see if his supper was ready,' and slipping through the dining-hall up to Iii? room he took from thence an old pair of buots and went to Short's room where he was at once admitted. 'Take your valise und duds, old boy, and come along with me.' 'What's up, JimV asked Short. 'Not much, but the sheriff will soon be, so come along.' Tim pair left the room, locked it be hind them, and riues dropped the old pair ''''of boots outside tbc door, after which tlicy passed over to another wing of the hou.se, to Pines' room, where Short was left, und the former descended, where be found the hotel clerk still engaged in conversation with tho.aheri?'.- .... 'I've seen about my supper, and it's. 4% Ml4*,iBsed 1,18 clerk with a wjnk. r see this room against Mr. Short's name on the register is 20; is that w-fioro yoju put {Kmi ^a?e?lf?heriff of the clerk. ., 'Yes,, sir.' . .. , .. ,.- . I 'Then I dcniand to be shown to that room, immediately.' !?> , 'All right, Mr. SueriH. Boy, show the gcn'lemun No. 20. ??: ' /.. '" Tlic unwelcome visitor was con -duchsd- up stairs to the desired room.' 'Inhere it was, surccnough, number on the 'door, pair of li??fs"^tling'biiLsiiuT.' The sheriff looked at his watch. Half pusc nine. 'Humph!' goes to bed early.'-.. He knocked; no ..response, j^japlfcfid atlittloi.jl)4(\i.r; ^Il'ilW'i'Qp.ly. 'Boy,' said he to the bell-boy who .still stood near, him,'isjdiere: any door opening out of this loom to the chain-: bora ci^lfCr-side ?' \ o^N'o, tir; you? call sec for yourself there's nobody iu this one/ The sheriff looked into the unbeeu 'pied robins od each side, and satisfied himself that there wiu> norcommuniea tion, and then, with a grim smile, took a chair from one of them and satdown beside the door of number 20. 'Boy,' said the officer of the law, 'do you u-unt to earn a dollar?' i 'Yes, Bir7 ^aid* the '^waiter,"as his eyes sparkled. 'Well, take tliis Woto for md,'snid the officer, as ho hastily scribbled on tho back of an old letter, 'aud bring me nu answer, and you shall have it.' The waiter was otFlikc a shot, and returned with an answer, which was nothing less than a deputy officer, to whom the other in a whisper explained the situation. 'He's in here, aud no way of getting out; we can't break in the door; you must watch here till morning, a.AI when he comes out to breakfast arrest him. Boy, there';; your dollar.' Thusi left, the deputy settled him self comfortably down iu his chair, and the .sheriff walked oil', satisfied that lie had trapped his bird. Next morning about eight o'clock, he reappeared. There sat the watch man,, looking a little red ab.nit the eye-lids, and there stood the boots, a* when he left the night before. 'Any movemeut, Linx?' 'Not a bit as yet; quiet as a church yard.' 'Ah, ha! Thinks to tire us out. Go down mid get some breakfast, I.inx, and I'll mount guard while you're absent.' < n *\? The deputy went away, and in halt an fionr returned invigorated and re freshed, and resumed his post, which he faithfully held till lioon, when his principal again made his appearance ou the scene. ?What! Not up yet?' 'Not'a motion !' The two me'u looked at each oilier (Ipubiingly. At this moment one of the chambermaids came along, with broom aud a bunch of keys in baud. 'Ciot a key that'll opeu this room y' said the sheriff. 'Vcs, sir,' said the maid. Applying it, the door tlcw open, and the two officers rushed in. 11 was emptj'. The bed was undressed; a 1 it-1 f snioked cigar and a nowsptper oi the day before lay upon the table, which were all the traces of its having'been occupiod. From force of habit the deputy guarded the door, whij? bjs principal looked into the shallow closot, under the bed, out of the window (.it was forty feel to the pavement), and had even taken off the blower fit the little j fire-place, with the vague iu as that the man sought might have vanished, in sonic mysterious manner, up the chimney, when his eyes caught sight ot the boll boy, standing outside tho j door. 'Say, Iboy, do you know where Mr. Short is, who occupied this room.' 'Sure, sir, ho ihuitt he in Portland,' paid tho boy, with a grin, 'he left in the seven o'clock train, arid it's twelve now.' \ Tho sheriff glanced at hi* watch. 'Yek,! bnt whose box/ts aro tho?c at the door^^*1' : ' j \/X^fBc,\ sajd the boy, takiug.tbom up; .'those be Mr. James Piues' boolo, here'u his name on the lining.' And so itwaB, and the officers had never thought to look in them. .? 'Are you afraid any one would stale 'em, that ye sit by 'cm so ?' asked the waiter, maliciously. The sheriff made no answer, but strode oiit of the room, send tug Iii?; boots aside with a vigorous kick as lie passed towards the s?nir-case. When he wnshalf-wdV down, Ko was stoppi-d by the voice 'oFthe bell boy.' who, lea. - nig over tho. ban: utters, called ouL: j 'Sir, jista.moment, pla/.c.', 'Well, what is ill' replied the officer, turning tip his lace. 'Would-you tell'mo, plaze, how much it is Mr, Pines pay? an hour for the Watchin! ay his boots ?' The sherifl'-vuitchsafed only an in dignant 'humph,' and passed on. ILj ;and his deputy had passed out upon the front steps of the hous ? wdion another waiLorj running after him, tapped him on the shoulder with the inessageithat the hotel clerk wished to speak with him. Hastening back with the thought-that be was to heal* something^ ijejppe$fing J\is lost"game, [hot was met with a bland smile by the ilerk,:who remarked : . 'b'lieve you [forgot this iittle bill.' 'Little bill! What little bill?' The clerk presented a paper bear ing the pictorial representation of the. Tremont, and beneath which was the chat^oj^ Stkimi kn Graham, Estj., To proprietors Tremont House. Dr. Lodging. SI 00. 'Do you mean to say that you intend charging me a dollar lor my man's, .sitting up in a chair here all ;.ight ? said the officer of the law, ted and irritated. 'Can't tell how he passed the night; all 1 know is that we gave him lodg ing, and one dollar's our price,' re plied tins clerk icily. 'Say, Charley, have you seen .v.y old boots?' asked u gentleman at this juncture w ho appeared to be acci dentally standing near. 'I've missed 'em from niy room, I hope some one has kept an eye on 'em, lor I would rather give a dollar than lose 'em.' 'Ah! right, the boots is safe, sure didn't tlie ..gdntloiuuu sit by Jem all night,' answered the grinning w.dler as the shcrifftiirucd around. 'Ah ! Graham, good morning? much sbli.'od to you?here, let me pay this, lodgiugbill, for 1 priv.a ihosr booLs,' saii Jim Pine*, as be took the slip of paper fVom the shori!! "s hand?, who stood staring' ni hii?. 'Mr. Pines, 1 givu ilup- I'm euchr ed,' said the officer,'and that's the lim p'air of boots I ever knew that helped a man to run away without his being in 'em.' 'Ah,'said J im, 'there's nothing like leather when there's business afoot.'? fio&tun Commercial Ifiifletuiv The matrimonial market has, since the pauic, been extremely dull, and heads of families are in a most des pondent inood. It had been hoped last Fall that tho Winter's festivities of marriage fairs would have witness ed a revival in trade, aud every legi timate effort was made by those hav ing on hand .stock held ovor from the previous season to force off good; that were rapidly growing out of fashion and depreciating in value. Prices, were liberally marked down; young ladies who, before the panic, were held (by themselves) at a Fifth avenue house, a Newport villa and an Opera box, modestly hung out signals of distress and openly avowed their predilections for love in a cottage, Lat so depressed was the general feel ing that ovon with these concessions vory little business was transacted. There was much skirmishing, but few serious engagements, DK?il'l'iMlUlKK. An?tj Bkn Ajmikms Mo it a l, D k a w n FkOM a PrOTKAGTKO session at A Pi?UHIA N A M L H KM KNT. One of tho liest things in D. 11 Locke's humorous book, the*Morals i?f Ahn Hen Adheiri,' in the following travestie <>u u popular American amusement : Abou Ben A'tBi'em1, Iii an nnplssunt frame of mind one morning, was ap proached by a long-nosed, sad-looking man, who propounded to him the query, 'What is remorse ?' To which Abu replied, 'The ltumi liating sense of an abject failure.' 'What!' exclaimed the seeker after truth, 'is there no such tiling as sor row and regret for wrong-doing?' 'Frequently, my aged infant, fre quently. There are minds so sus ceptible to proper impressions, so spiritualized, if 1 may use the express ion, as to feel a pang or two after they ha ve done a wrong thing; b ut they are not common. 'Listen to my own experience. A great many years ago, in Persia, I made the acquaintance of a party of men who mot frequently to indulge in a game played with cards, which I presume; you know nothing of here, ciillcd; in Persia, drah-poquicr. It is a curious game. The cards arc dealt one at a time, till each has five; then those who are playing, put on the centre of the table a coin, stub as has been determined upon?say a kopeck; then they are allowed to throw away as many cards as thoy choose, taking from the pack an equal number, then I the man who sits next to the dealer remarks sarcastically, 'I am the aged one, impoverish me,' aud the bi tting begins. It is a curiousgumcaud is fluctuating, tho players being kept in a pleasant statu of uncertainty as to what the othci-s have, till they conio to what they call a 'show-down.' 'Well, I learned this game, ami played it with unvarying success for some days, winning, on tin average, four or live dirhems at a silting. As I gathered in my spoils I saw nothing wrong in the game. Jlsoemed tu me a most desirable and, in ali respects, a gentlemanly game. 'I am sorry,' I said to myself 'for I Infix, tlie bei lows-maker, and for Nadir, the seller of shawls; but Allah knows I risk my substance on the cards as do they, and had they my luck they would ha\c my money. Be ehesm, it is a highly moral game, and had 1 - an hundred children I would tea ell it them. What is thera wrong in it? It is my money which 1 risk; it is their money which they risk. There is no trickery or cheating hi this game for the cards are fairly dealt, and we make wagers on out judgment or our luck, So docs the merchant who buys tho wheat of I KhurdisUin, believing that tha crop will be short, and thai it will go up. So ddee the merchant who. sells the corn of Kohmul, believing that the crop will be heavy and the pried will go down. What is this but gambling ? If thvy pLy with wheat aud corn, why should not Ilaliz and 1 play with cards? And then it strengthens the mind, it develops tho judgment, quickens tho reasoning powers, and broadens, widens aud strengthens the mental man. It is a noble game and a great pursuit.' 'Thus reasoned I, joyously.' 'I had no remorse, nor did it occur to me that it was gambling.' 'But one night it so happened that I bad a certainty on ilaliz. I had three cards alike in my hand? that is to say three aces?and when the Card? were helped, as the phrase is, I took another, llafiz drew one card to the four that he had in his hand, and the belting began. Now, four aces is a strong hand, there being but one that can beat it, namely, a strate-phlush. I wagered a kopeck to help Ilaliz on to his ruin, llow I gloated over those four aces ! 1 saw nothing wrong in those four aces, nor in making out ol Ilaliz, thebcllows*mendop,all that lie should make by his trade for a year* 116 saw my modest kopeck nnd said that he wouhj wngjr a diyhsm m nib ditiori. Exulting iu the strength of riiy fnur av.es, I gladly put up the dtrhcm, und remarked that such was my faith in my hand that I would impoverish him to tho extent of ten ' dirhems more, llafi/.?on whose iiead " light curses!?saw the ten dirheiu, and boosted me (^b no* tod?is u. Persiau . phrase") one hundred dirhemv. I moda sure that the four aees wus uotnn ontt-'i cal delusion, and wont htm one thous - and dirhems, which he sutv, and carat*, back at ma five thousand dirhews, ? wnich, feeling that it would be cruel to utterly ruin hini, I called, without further gymnastics. '.Smilingly 1 laid down my four aces arid reached fur the property. Smil- ; ingly he put away my outstretched and eager hand,and laid dowu beside., my four aces his accursed hand, which was asinttc-phlush. 'The property is mine ?' said ho. 'It is!' said I. 'TIku I experienced a foiling of re morse. Then I fell that drab poijuier was gambling, and tbnt gambling iu any form was a sin of the most hein ous nature, and that I bad been guilty of a crime. 'Oh, why,' I exclaimed, 'did I ever permit myself to become infatuated with the desire for gaming !' If I win, it is my neighbor's dirhenis; if I Ipso, it is my owu. In any case, there i*( nothing of actual value that passes. While we use capital in gambling, wo produce nothing. One side is richer, the other poorer, and there has bceu a waste of precious time. BWidee.it is terribly demoralizing. It .infatuates ? a mar and enfoobles bis mind. His mind dwells*.n the game to the exclu sion of everything that is good; it crushes out everything that is high and noblef and develops everything I that in mean and Munll iu one's nature, i.It ruins the loser financially and ruins the winner morally. Wretch that I am ! why did I ever permit myself to play at all ! Why did I permit this cursed infatuation to grip me ? And remorse sat on me, and I beat my breast and pulled my hair. Bewailing my wickedness, I deter mined to purge myself of the uuholy thing.' 'Would I have so thought and so done had 1 held the strate-phlnsh, and the accursed bellcjws-mcnder th? four aces ? I do not know.' j The pretty playfulness with which, i little children charm away the cares of their parents was Wlusttated by a touching occurrence iu Indiana. A ; boy of six years after watching tho laundry proceedings, and especially the way in which the wrinkles in the linen disappeared before the fiat-iron, retired to meditate iu the room whoio his father was taking his after-dinuer I nap. There, gazing upon the furrows which years of struggle had mado.up; on the marble brow of his parent, bo was seined by u beautiful idea,. In less thfttl a miaute that devoted little boy was smoothing out those marks of tisno and sorrow with a very hot flat iron. Lifo doesn't seem go happy tu his young heart now as it used to. j lit Detroit, recently, when a crowd had col eetrd around a boy who had been run over ami badly butt, a man rose up at d said: "I am sorry enough to cry, but I haven't time. I want to call your attention to my new patent clothes-wringer, which is warranted to?." At this point he came down on the pavement, several parties step ped on him, and us he was being sponged oil'in a drug store, ho inquir* ed, "Is this Texas or Michigan V Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship;?Hazlitt. What arc they which, though al ways drunk, arc never intoxicated ??? Toasts, Why is a compositor like a crippln ? Because he can't got on without a stick. An Alabama man has been trying ? tu lead a church and manufacture Lad nickels at the same tima. A lady in Memphis says she dosen't want any jewelry, hasn't a looking gln^s in 0>? house, and wouldn't take, a silk tiwsj- ite a gift.