Orancowtrrg, s. fiarch 13, 187?.
0. S: HEYSvAKD, Editor.
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY
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All articles intended for publication in
the TiMfcs, must be accompanied with
the re>\l name of the author; not hecc^u
vily for publication but -as* guarantee of
g<?od faith.
"The'"News" in its issue of-Saturday the
?dj made, a rather unwarranted attack
upon our "War Grumble." It was In
fact quite a sensation article that it got
up on the subject.
What we said :
*'If there, is any chance (of war), how
ever,we do fio'not see why the South should
grieve. In fact we. ought rather to be
indifferent spectators in any contest that
woidd interrupt the System of brutal
legislation that the United States Con
gfess has been peacefully brooding over
since the war, together with its cowardly
tyranny. If England be the contestant
We need not be over anxious that her
success in crippling Uncle Sum should be
speedy, provided she does'eventually suc
V<WdJ"
What the "News" says :
'"Let all men who lo%-c fiheir country
ponder well this language, 'and let every
Republican know it by heart!
"Let every former slave within these
States remember that he was made free
by the power of the United States Gov
ernment lilbtio, and that the Democracy
of South Carolina boldly 'declares itself
Unfriendly to that government*?
*"Lct every other evil come sooner than
?the success of a party whose avowed doc
trines strike at the very life of the nation 1
""Rut,?
"If this is onlv Times' Democracy, let
the other Democratic journals say so !"
We also say, "let all men who love
their country ponder well this language"
of ours. Let them, in doing so, not mis
take their love of self for love of Conn
er}-?:cwt remember that the unpatriotic
'conduct, the selfish 'malignant treatment
by the North of the "South" 'has 'des
troyed Southern interest 'in the present
dynasty at Washington, D. ('.'., except
such as is aroused by the application of
Sra power to grind us in the dust. This
is the natural result of the "cowardly
tyranny."
This is all that we intended to say. It
is all that we have said. Read for your
selves carefully and see. Then remem
ber. 'IV.ke. it to bed and pray to God to
?give you charity, if not honor and honesty,
?to induce you to refrain from counten
ancing such outrage as tends naturally
to make those men, who were once the
boast and ornaments of our government,
objects of ?fear and suspicion. This state
of affairs, together with its effect of es
tranging the South, is recognized as true
?by the whole-press of the country, North
and South, Republican as well as Demo
crat. We claim no discovery of a mare's
Ti est.
The "News" nor nobody else ear. make
a party question of'it unless first they
father the brutality. The liberal Re
publicans of the. North have, already
recognized the brutality, and avowed
4heir intention to have it stopped, and
wc are with them, yet by no means Re
publicans. Is the "News" too illiberal to
entertain this move and its motive? If so
we would gladly hear. Wc arc chari
table enough to believe that, it is simply
behind the "Times." But this is not the
unwarrantable, use to which wo refer. It
is this : his sensational appeal to "every
former slave within these (Southern)
States." Let the "News" recognize that,
led by suoh men Ks Schurz and 'Blair,
this move is grand and imposing; that
his appeal to colored men in behalf of
South Carolina Radicalism is but whist
"ing to fctem Ithe current of the whirl
wind. That every such appeal is worse
than Useless, it can have no weight abroad
except'to class the writer ?f it with those
.pnvtisan leaders who warp a fact so-as-to
jarouse most evil passions which might
rhg>l?i. f.?lit i -i ii il,<liU^vr.l ni. Tumiiii-- ri
otherwiso rest, and had best drift into
oWivioiiT?and it arrays, tue colored man
against the white.
Tho judgment that uses such appeal
is, we think, unpatriotic and unsound: of
the taste that prompts it, we call only
say "ehaeun a son gout."
By the way, the "News" dhl not tell
his "former slaves" that "tho power of
the United States Government" offered
to sell them out to the. Confederate au
thorities at Fortress Monroe. We sup
pose this -must be Radically dead history.
Another editorial freedom of the
"News," licit quite so unwarrantable as
the above, is the appeal to "other Demo
cratic journals," we.suppose, iu second Iiis
appeal, for there is nothing cither un
democratic or uwrcpohliotiu in our "War
Grumble." If be thinks to get their
countenance in his fin-warding of South
Carolina Republicanism, he can also
know thai they will be met with all the
zest of "opposition that is at the. command
of tiro Times.
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The "News" of last Saturday has in its
lending article the following:
"And bero we must beg the Times,
should it again honor our editorials with
its consideration, to reply to our sugges
tions in the form in which we put them."
In this the presumable sarcasm is killed
in effect by our experience, H?tt to notice
Republican editorials is most certainly to
tin more for some of them than they'de
serve at the hands 'of gentlemen. It is
therefore "only to draw a distinction of
personal respect which we have, for Mr.
Ivnowlton that we make this brief
but fair and honest cflbrt to reply to his
suggestions in their original form.
Wo first understood the "News" to ask
why we had here no coalition. This
question WO answered, and were told we
wore irvaiionul and unsound. In its
next article we have understood the
"News" to ask why South Cnrolinans ob
jected to Radicalism; and are-accused of
"bringing in cxttaucous matter," and
making unfair use of its article, coupled
with a slur (of taste more than doubtful)
on the time we have taken. The "News"
certainly believes in the justice and good
taste of its charges. Fortunately for
us we go-before the public and they de
ride for'both.
Its questions now arc: "Are they
(South Carolinians) opposed to the prin
ciples of Republicanism?* We answer
categorically. Yes. We add "extran
eously" to the heart's coro.
Next;?"To which of the principles of
Republicanism is Democracy opposed?"
Now we speak only for South Carolina
De*iioeraey, and if that explanation
be regarded as "extraneous," it must
be ruled out by the "News." We, then,
object to specious legislation, to corrup
tion, to non representation of white men,
to burdensome taxation, amounting to
robbery. These are maintained here,
and at the head-centre of our government
on principle by the ?Republican party.
We quote again from the "News":
"It is the earnest desire of the "News,"
in all serious discussion, to settle facts
first, and then apply principle." We
subscribe to such sentiment, and recom
mend the following publicly patent facts;
1st. South Carolina Republicanism is
Radicalism.
2d. Radicalism means a casting aside
of all principle.
3d. Apply principle to these facts !rmd
the result is rampant blackguardism.
C0Mln^*ICATI0N.
Mr. Edltor Orangeburg Times:
Dear Sir : I havenoticed in your Speak
ing of parties, you generally use the
words "native citizeu." Do you mean by
that, that till adopted citizens, belong to
the .Radical party ? If you do, you aro
mistaken, and do injustice to them.
F. D.W. BltKiOMANN.
We. got the above in the forenoon of the
day of our last issue. Wc called to see
our friend Captain Briggmann, and told
him what'-wc would now say publicly,
vi.ts: That we meant to draw no such in
vidious distinction as he thinks imput
able to our language; that personally,
we have some very warm friendships
among our "adopted citizens," and arc
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well aware that most of them arc not
Radical.
We must thank the Captain for afford
ing us opportunity of public expression,
by his frank and prompt note.
O -?. > m?
The agricultural portion of our citizens
ivill be pleased to hear that the bill for in
corporating the Orangeburg Count) Fair
Association has passed both brnaehos of
the Assembly and has been ordered tobe
engrossed.
Tbc incorporation of this association
places the Annual Fair exhibition of the
THVunty upon a firm basis, and in a fair way
of becoming a permanent success. Last
year, the expenses of the fair were borne
entirely by individ-uals; and unless so aid
ed, would not have taken place at all.
Now the fanners lmvo at their command
for this purpose, an established Stock
Company. We understand a meeting is
soon to be called, at which the preliminary
steps will be taken for organizing and
opening books tor the subscription of stock
to this all-important undertaking. Not
only fanners and merchants, but citizens
ot all occupations in our midst should
gladly second this movo. Our county is
second to none in wealth, width aud fer
tility. Let her also be in the van in her
"public institutions.
F. V. BEARD, Associate Editor.
Owing to the great.amount of original
matter in this iscuc, wo are compelled to
omit the Sheriff's sales and notices of our
advertisers, besides various other matters
which we bad intended to speak of.
~bHAuT~
The first shad of Ute .season was caught
in the Edistu,Jl Jew days ago, at mis
place, by Mr. Smiouk. liow is mat for
high.'
KELlGiUUS.
The Reverend Mr. Mclliclihinp will of
Hciate at the Episcopal church, I). V., < n
uwxt Sunday, it being the third SubUun
in the monui.
ACCIDENT.
A colored man in the employ ot' Mr.
Ilarpin Riggn hud his hand fearfully
mutilated on Monday, by its coming in
contact with a saw when in operation.
NEW RAILROAD AGE NT.
We understand that Mr. M. C. M< r
odit.li, the ofHcicnt railroad agent at this
place bus tendered his resignation to the
company, and it has been received; and
that Mr. Thos. <). 1 )awsoii, who is well
known in tliis community, has been ap
pointed tp succeed him.
TREASURER'S SALE.
The sale of the'property advertised Ivy
the County Treasurer to be sold yester
day for taxes, has been postponed.
A bill is before the Legislature to alter
the condition of subs made for taxes, and
-this is the reason urged for the postpone
ment. The public will bo duly in
formed when the sale will take place.
PUBLIC HALL.
Groat effort is being made by the Elliott
Hook and Ladder Company to secure
the means necessary for flic erection of a
house for their truck. The plan, as ad
opted, is to erect it large building, just to
the right of Captain Hamilton's store,
for the use of the.company, with a com
modious and roomy store on the first
floor, aud on (ho second, to build
a public ball. We think this a
good move. Oiangcburg needs a ptiblic
hall, and we hope our citizens will con
tribute their influence and means in this
undertaking. Several hundred dollars
have already been subscribed, ami the
prospect bids fair to be a success. Let
us have a public hall.
COUNTY MASS MEETING.
The mass meeting with reference to
the lease of the Court House'Squnro to
Mr. Ezokiel, was held on Wednesday
evening, at the Court House.
'It was resolved, by the citizens of'Or
angchurg County in public meeting as
sembled; That-a committee of thrco be
appointed by tVe chair, to wait upon our
Board of County Commissioners and the
lessee, and to earnestly proes np./n them
tVc inconvenience to the public, And the
danger to the public records which would
arise from the lease of the Court House
grounds for store keeping, ami to respect
fully request them to reconsider and re
scind the said lease if it has been already
executed.
The following is the committee, as ap
pointed by the chair.
Messrs. T. R. Legare, T. H. Cooke mid
Joseph McNunwirn.
We under?taud that the committee
have already called on Mr. Ezckiel; ivlio
rcfered them to the County Commission
ers, nnd meanwhile hns commenced, and
continues to html his taniJding material
to the spot, To?urdloss -of this public
?sentiment, thus respectfully presented to
him through their committee.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
On Monday evening last, Orar.gcburg
Division, No. ?, Hons of Temperance,
was instituted by D. G. W. P., Brother
F. P. Beard, and the following officers
installed-:
Brother T. A. Elliott, W. P.
O. I I. Mnnrow, W. A.
V. S. Dibble, R. S.
" S, S. Walters, p. S.
T. M; Worten, C.
" Jas. J. Cwn-uon, A. C.
W. II. Bryan, Jr., L&
" ? W. X. Mo*rovt;Q. S.
Oraugeburg, has long IVlt the necessity
of such an organization; and now that
then: is one here., wo "hope it will receive
the approval of our citizens, and that
their sym path ?es .may be enlisted in a
cause which looks to the advancement of
morality and rctbjpnn.
CRANCEBURG DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.
The Oraugeburg 3*wtriet Gm,creme
of the M. E. Church, South, will be held
in the Methodist Church, in Or.aiigebtilg,
commencing April 11th. Ilisbop liier.ee
is expected to preside. The opening sc -
nioii will be preueiiod by Rev. lit. J.
Siuim.ithi.
A committee, consistingofCMbiiCrP.
IS. Ft hier and II. C. Wnnnuiuukcr., has
been appointed to act in concert with
the pastor, in providing Lomes tor the
delegates lk> the Confeivi?:*.. The fnmilic
cf the community are re?o?jetfnlly invited
t?> aid his in this. Those who tie.-ire to
take company during theKJonforcnce will
|)lt?as.-ircpori to me,-or t*? tmcof the (com
mittee, the fiiuuliot mhey can-entertain.
F. Af i.D.
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Arrivals at ?eroney's Hotel.
A. .1. Frederick, Win. E. McMichnel,
Ornngeburg: 11? nry < Sntver, L. I?. Frank,
( halb.-ton; P. X. Wheeler, X. C.
List o r 1. k i t Kits R km a i n i no in Oh a no k
v.uko Post Oi'fick to Maiumi
Pith, 1?72.
(!?B. A. ("orbett. K?Clarisa Knnscy.
M?Mrs. Polly Murphy, Mrs, Keheeca
Martin. S?Miss Nellie C. Scott, Frank
K. Sumnvers, Sarah Smith. U- Miss
Barbara l.'tsev.
Persons calling for the above letters
will please say they are advertised.
CONSIGNEES PER S. C. R. R.
T. D. Wolfe, J. E. Bo/.ard, J. M.
Avers, W. T. M?ller, S. D. Dantzler;C.
Ziegler, G. K. Pierson, T. A. Jeffords,
I). A. Way, Kirk Robinson, J. C. Whet
stone, Cbaarpv & Doyle, J. 1', Addon,
P. R. Pierson, W. ?1. Mack, C Thorn, L.
Bozard, W. M. Dantzlcr, S. S. Haigler,
B. E. H. Pearson, ?. Louis, M. Riley,
J. P. (rlarlcy, W. H. Chamny <fc Co., B.
S. & Pike, il. B. Nettles, T. Collier, G.
IT. Cornelson, Mrs. A. E, JJnrville, Fel
der, Vosc ?fc Izlar, D. G. Rome, D.
Smoak, W. llarley, J. II. Amnker, L. J.
Zeigler, Ileyward & Heard, G. W.
llarley, J. A. ITamilon, W. T. Knotts,
J. -II. Phillips, Martin Livingstou, D.
Livingston, Ziinsmnmn tfc B. James Mc
Namarti, N. C. Riley, W. Oakman, D.
W. Snell, B. F. Thompson, J. Snider,
F. IT. W. Briggmann, T. O. Dawson, C,
F. Gehrels, A. M. Bicklc, V. M. Smith,
A. MoriU.
An
Ite belauf duW^?bmittcd to the juif
ries nt the court hrChoster were scaled tdf
thirty three cents on itho dollar.
"The dearest spot on earth to mo"?Th?
etorc whose curd 1 never sco; There ovcry
price mark seems -to cryt "I tay old b ryj,
how's that lor high?"
Economy and Reform,"'is to be the
rallying cry in Ihc next election, and un
less ji change is brought abort nt the polls,
the State is irretrievably ruined/
The Rcpablican State Convention o f
South Carolina, alter choosing a delega
tion to the Philadelphia Convention, ad
opted resolutions endorsing Governor
Scott, the untortouspluudcrcr, and Gener
al Grant. It is eminently consistent of men
who up-bold the unlimited robberies of
the South Carolina carpet baggers?rob
beries that oven the Ku Klux Committee
denounce as the most infamous that have
occurred in auy *?f fke Southern Slates
?to express at the same time their grat
ification with Grant's peculiar udinimstra
tion of affairs. The carpet, bag thieves
know that their only hopes for a contin
uance of their opportunities for plunder
'lies in the re-election of the great Gift
Taker.
Kt/llnnorr Sun.
The Right Rev. W. B. W. Howe, ad
ministered the rite of continuation to
seven persons on last Stuwiey, at Sumter,
in the Church of the Holy Comforter.
It is not enough that you are praised
by the good: you have i'ailed somewhere
in your duty if you are. not cursed by the
bad.
Denouncing knavery in the abstract
is like tossitrg peSmlcH into the ocean; it
is only wbon siinuxlrels arc specifically
collared amU- Iht -hi op to public scorn and
ieitfRiig flia't i*n? waters arc troubled t?#
some juu'pose."
"u'uMHJuuy .and Reform,'! h to be the
r. Hying cry rn the next el"c i n, und i n
1 ss u clurrge be Irun bt uthfftil at t'c.
poll,?, 'he Stale is irr. tri. vr.bl;. rubiifl.
The \V&?h%rVgton Ib-publicrit says loyiil
v, before t?ic war, "haH vuv little LuM
upon flu? Southern nature."" Perhaps it
!uld, but since the war, it has had a hold
upon a vast amount ofSoutheni plunder,
\Va-h.in?:t<in Invv?; .t*ays.: "I think
it an invaluable advantage tob.- born and
brought up in the neighborhood of>.bmc
grand and noblo object in nature?it
river, a lak ?, or a mountain. JkV.o make
a friendship with it; we, in a niuniier, ally
ourselves to it for life. It remains um
object id'our pride and affections; a rally
ing point to call us home .again, alb r ail
our wand?, rings. * * * I thank (io?l
I was born on the Hudson! It has ever
hucn toauc u river tif delight. In tlU
warmth of my youthful enthusiasm, 1
used to clolhu it with moral attribute;,
and almost to gwe iit a soul. I admired
its frank, buhl, honest character; its noble
sincerity and perfect truth. Here was
no specious, STmTrug surface, covering the
dangerous sand-har -or insidious rock,
?but u stresvo? deep as it was broad, and
bearing with (honorable faith the bark
that trusted to irts -wave/. I gloried in
its simple, quiet, .majestic, epic flow, ever
straightforward. Once, indeed, it turns
aside for ?a moinont, forced from its course
by opjvosing mountains, but it struggles
bravely .through them, and immediately
resumes its straightforward march?an
emblem of a good mum's course through
life, ever simple, open and direct; or if
overpowered by adverse circumstances,
he deviates into error, it is but momen
tary; ho soon reoovcrs hist onward and
honorable career,, and continues it to the
end of his pilgrimage."
A difarcspoctful correspondent of the
Now York Tribune spoakB of theg South
Carolina Radical administration as "that
den of thieves in South Carolina, whoso
grotesque carioature and criminal traves
ty of rqutesontative government are a
'disgrace to modern civilization." If the
stnunch Republican who wrote this weru
to say tho samo thing in Columbia, h??
would nt?once'be denounced by the Ctatc
Radiealsas a lying Democrat or abloody
Ku-Kloi