Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. "On wi move ik'diss?lub'ly fikm; dob ?'S? na^ue's bid tUb same.*' A IN ADVANCE OfeklVfcfeBIJlitjV SOUTH CAR?H^?V foltmg^^ Wie obargeburg times J>HANGE?URa,'lC, H./f?OtJTlf CAROLINA *iMMi;?*y//.j'nv. ?RAIMGEB?RG ^IHBS COMPAWY. - I I ? I I '/.'<:'i if) : : . ? ' ? RATES OF ADVERTISING. spack. ^ . 1 In sertion 12 In sertion 24 In-1-13 In sertion jscrtlon I .1 50 300 4 00 6 00 iet in arc, ^? suuarea, - 4 equarc.T, - 1 column," - column, - - . 8 60 33 00 60 00 .76 00 column, - - i 13 00t 55 00| 83 00|125 Otf - 6 00 11 DO 15 00 18 00 20 50 10 00 18 00 25 00 30 00 83 00 12 27 37 00 45 00 67 00 uubsciuftiox rates: . $2 a year,' in' ndvancc-^-Sl for "six mouths. r,JiW PRINTING in its oil depaitmcnts family executed. Give us rt call* : R. JAMISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW XVIJA. practice in the courts of or . >*iio&$itd ^ijDl-B?iBNWFXl^ iter ^nljce in Court Hops* Square, ^cb.2^,iS?S '? t CO WL.AJV1 G RA V ELEY. mnix-t iMi'ouTKus of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLE* ' MENTfv. Nb< .62] East Bay, South of t'c old Post Office, Charleston, S. C. 4 GENT for the snle of the MaghbUlt Cotton -fV 'Gins - At .the M Iicl.t at-Sav?nhnb, Go. l.it?t rijonth, the V-Magnolla'' coltOM Giu ginned 160lbii'?&&c<Uton in tluce minutes ami fortv ti\^'He^m?s!trtJth'klbc premium, and also tfie Iirlx^of One'Hundred Dollaro ofllrcd by the toard of Trade for the best GIN. Several have been sold tins season which gin a bale un hour. The same gin aho took the premium at the Cotton State? r'air at Augusta, last October. 1'Vb. 13, 1873 51 Vy iV'ijf? ?eTrevi?e, A I TORNEY AT L A W. ?ftice nt Court House Square, Orangeburg, S. C. mchlS-lyr FERSNER. ?fc DANTZLER; I S T S Orangeburg, S. 0., Office ever MeMastervs Brick Store; F. Feknjek. P? A. Dantzlxk, D..D. S ch 12-3inos Kirk Robinson PEAbER 13 .'.It ihr" f / B Doles, Music and Stationery, and Fancy Article*, AT THE ENGINE HOUSE, 9 ORANGEBURG, C. H., ?. C. mcb fc XZ?aA.:R & DIBBLE, ATl&ft&feYg Sr la^j ' i RUSSfeLL STREET, Orangeburg, 8. O. a*. V. i/.'.\u- S. Dibble. mcb 6-ljr Pmrnn.i M; >?i-LUID_ DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE. ?53 NT AXi SURGEON*, .TSraduato, Baltimore College Dental Surgery. Qf te; ffnrhetifrett, Orer Store o/J. A. Hamilton 14 Mi vuenky tfAKMOR, ix vr. rekiUxo. HttfelttlMl k HERRIPJO. MANXJFACTtf?if? ^^OOWFECI ionkr8, and Wholesale Dealers in FANCY GROCERIES, OrtACKERS, FRUITS. NUT?, CIGARS, CANNED GOODS, ENGLISH * ANT) AMERICAN PICKLES, Ac., No. 7, South Liberty Street, Baltimore. Feb. i, 1P73 50 . 3m I [ra?ir our cHAiu/FJvroN cbniucsroMoeMi*.] Charleston Letter. Ca aklk8ton, ^farch 19, 1873. Since our good old,city-by. the sea first commenced her municipal career, which was, as wo are informed by ari: pld and reliable citizen, nearly .203 years ago? "St. Patricks"-day, (the 17th March) lias been among the" lilost prominent holidays, and a day dear to - tho heart of every Irishman, only during the war was its enthusiastic celebration interrupted for a season, to be renewed.however s.tijl more, joyously in time of peace. The blessed old saint Vftioeo personal history, like that of moat other (divinities is shrouded in a .veil of;mystery?lived about A, -D, 372, anel is said to have built several re ligious bouses, outside of this, little is known of him, eccept, that some one once 8aid he drove all the snakes out of Ire laud, but as neither the snakes nor St. Patrick are hereto testify, this statement must be received with caution.?1 The Hibernian element is pretty strong hers, findlVPot" isTnoVonly always fendy. but always determined^-to have a good time, whenever a chance occurs. Tho old gentleman him&elf, old St. Patrick, would have been delighted at the dis play which was gotten up in his honor on Monday lust, four clubs of Irish Rifle men, with much music, and many flags, paraded through the streets, making- a nautical display, which did credit to its organizations, while solemn service, with a discourse concerning the saint, took place in tho Cathedral. . And in the evening great was tho culinary arrange ments, for your dry St. Patrick is not tolerated, (tftd dpep and overflowing are the cups quaffed to his biessed: memory. What the Shutzcnfcst is to a German, St. Patricks day is ,to n native of the Green-Isle; tho only difference-being, that "Old Rye" carries the one, while ?'Lager" conducts the other. The Music Loving portiofi of our com munity; are to be regaled with a repeti tion of Haydeti'g tfrtUidns of tho crea tion, which was so successfully rendered a short time since by Mrs. P. J. Burbot, and her Amateur choir of fifty ladies, nud gentlemen, whom she hrts trained in a remarkably short space .of, time, fo do justice to a-production;' which is seldom well performed even by professional*.? "It Is" not too much to say that Mrs.- P>. is one of the best executive musicians in our State. In aspirit of liberality worthy of imitation, the proceeds of the present performance will be given to tbc ''Coufede rato Home." The days of glass-cutting with the dia mond would seem to bo drawing to a close. The most wonderful "glass man" has lately "turued up" in our town. lie uses a litilc tool ^ery similar to the old "diamond cutter;" but ih plhco of the stone is a small wheel, which, as it re volves, separates ibe glass, much more effectually than the old process. Com plete circles of glass, as well as every vai;t,y of figure, are mado almost as rap idly as oiic can follow the hand of the designer. Thai "patent itinerant glass cutter" vends his wares on tho side walks, aijdilectures (oron admiring crowd, as ho practically exhibits his. invention. ConsfdSrfnl m-Rch, set down our friend a "down Easter, A SNODGRASS. ?.j- ? Villi y - Farming as a Business. A man who is not smart enough to run a store is not smart enough to run a farm. Farmers are not to,be .maderoUt of wblit is left after lawyers, doctor?, ministers and merchants are sorted and picked out. And if a man fails on a farm he is not likely to succeed in a store, for it requires more talent to be a thriving farmer than to be an average merchant. The one great failure . is the disproportion . be tween a man's farm and his capital. A farmer's capital is skill, labor and his ihonoy. If he has little cash, lie must haveinb Jhbre linti tbah he can thor?ugh ly manage by his personal labor. Every acre beyond that is an'encumbrance. One acre well worked is moro profitable than twenty acres skimmed over. It is this greed of land by farmers that have ndt the capital td work it; that keeps so many poor. Small farms are better than iarge ones, simply becauso they are bet ter suited to the capital of common far mers. How, Ho Earned A Wife. BY MART GRACE iiAf.PlJtf. "And so you want to marry my daugh ter, young man ?" said farmer Blif kius, reihoVirifg the pipe from hirf' mouth nnd loxddng at'the young fellow sharply, from head to too. Despite his rather indolent, effeminate air, which was mainly the result of his education, Luke Jordan was a fine-loo!i ibg fellow,*and not easily n^bVed'from his self-possession, hut he colored and grew confused beneath that sharp, scrutinizing look. '..Yes, sifY I spbkb to Miss Mary last evening, and she?she referred me to' you." The old man's face softencdl "Molly is a good girl?n very good girl," ho said, stroking his chin, with a thoughtful air, and she deserves a good husband. What can'you do ?" The yquug?man looked rather blank at this abrupt inquiry. "If you refer to my ability to support a wife, I can assure you?" *T know that you uro a rich man,Luke Jordan, but I take it for granted that you ask my girt to marry you,' uot your property. What guarantee cap you give me,.iii case it should be. swept away?as it is in-thousands of instances?that you could provide for her a comfortable home ? You hnve hands and brains?do you kuow how to use them? Again I ask,' what can )*ou do ?" . , This was a stylo of catechism for which Luke was quite unprepared, nnd he star ed blankly tit the questioner without speaking. . '*I believe you managed to get through college?have you any profession ?" "No, 6ir; my father thought that, with the wealth.I should inherit; I shoal., not need any." ' - "Your father thought like a fool, then. He'd much better havo given you some occupation and cut you off with a shil liug?it might havo been the making of you. As it is, what are you fit for ?? Here you are, a strong, able-bodied man, twcnty-foiir years old, nnd never earned a dollar in your life! You ought* to be ashamed of yourself." "Now, I've given Molly as good ad vantages for learning aa auy girl in town, and she hasn't thrown 'em away ; but if she didn't know how to work, she'd be no daughter of mine. If I choose; I could keep more tban one servant; but I don't, uo more than I choose that ray daughter should be a pale, spiritless creature, full of dyspepsia, and all manner of fine lady ailments, instead of the smiling, bright eyed, rosy-cheeked lues she is: I did say that she shbuld hiariy ho lad that had beeu cursed with.a rich father; but she's taken a foolish liking to ye. and, I'll tell ye what I'll do; go to work, prove your self to be a man ; perfect yourself in some occupation?I don't caro wlidt, bo it be honest, then como to mo, and, if the girl is willing, ebo is yours." ? As the old man said this, he deliber ately knocked the ashes out of his pipe against oue of the pillars of the porch wbVre he was sitting, tucked it into his vest pocket and went into the bouse* Pretty Mary Blifkins was waiting to sec her lover, down nt tho garden gate, their usual trysting place. The smiling light faded from her eyes as she noticed his sober, discomfit ted look. "Father means well," she said, as Luke (old her tho result of his application.? "And I'm not suro but what he is about right," she resumed, after a thoughtful pause, "for it Seems to mo that every man, be he rich or poor, ought to have some occupation." Then, as she noted her lovers grave look, she added, softly: "Never mind, I'll Svaitfbr you. Luke." Luke Jordan suddenly disappeared from his Accustomed haunts, mdch'to fhe surprise of his gay associates But, wherever he went he carried with him, in his exile, these words, and which were likoa tower of strength to his soul: "I'll wait for you, Luke." One pleasant, s?iish'iney morning, late in October, as farmed Bliftihs Was prop ping rip the grftpo vibe, in tfee front vird; that threatened to break down with tho weight of its luxurious burden, a neat cart drove up from which Luke Jordan ?lighted, with a quick, elastic, spring, quite iu^contrast to his former easy, leis urely movententsl. "Good:morning, Mr. Blifkins, I'uhder?| stood that you wanted to buy some butr | ter-tubs and cider barrels. Think I have some. .Here tliat will suit you.". "Whose make are they?" inquired the old man, opening the glfctfcVhe paused by ihc wagon. ' "Mine," replied Luke, with an nir of | $ttrdoriable pride, and JL: challenge;any <H)opef hi ;ho state to beat thorn"." Mr. Blifkins examined theui.criticnlly, pne by one. > "They'll do," he said, coolly, as lie set jlown the last of the lot. " What will you take for them T" . "What I nsked you for six months ago $o-day?your daughter, sir." . '.' THfe roguish twinkle in the old man's ?ycs Drondencd into a smile. * "You've got the right kind of m?lal in %on after all," Ke 6ried. . **Come, in lad ;jpcqmo- hi } I shouldn't. wonder .if.vro .made a trade, after all." -r-r ?Nothing loth. Luke obeyed.' ? "Molly 1" bawled Mr. Blifkins, tlirust big his head into the kitchin door. . M"olly trippod out into, the entry. The found, white arms were bared above the Elbows,' and b?re traces of flour she bad h sifting, tfer dYess was a nentrging m, over which was tied a blue check apron ; but she looked winning ami yeiy as she. always ^did wherever she She bmslied ana* smiletl ria she saw kc, aud then turning her eyes upon it father, waited dutifully to hear what chad.to sayi ? r'. ? bid. man regarded the daughter zically. tlolly^ this young man?mayhap you seen him before-rlms brought me a lot of tubs aud barrels, all df his owni ;nicvkc?a right good article; . too: He it pretty steep price fur 'em ;. h?t if yon are willing to give it, well and good. A.nd, hark ye, my girl, whatever bargain you make, ydur old father will ratify;" As Mr. Blifkins mid this; he consider ately stepped out of the room, and we will follow hi? example. But the kind of bargain the young people nmdc can rendily be imagined by the speedy wed ding which followed. Luke Jordan turned his attention to the study of medicine, of which profes sion he became a useful and influential member, but every year, on tho anniver sary of his marriage, lie delighted his father-in-law by some specimen of the handicraft by which be won what ho de clares to be "the best and dearest wife in the world." Tho Beginning of tho find. Practical. Emioratio? and Immi gration.?The exodus'of laborers from our Slate to the West continues. A day or two since, we noticed some twenty or thirty leaving by the C. and A. train for Musfcsippi? and we arc informed that tirtothcr company of about one hundred and twenty more arc expected to leave to-morrow. . They are from the counties of Union, Laurens, and Newberry, and 'go west" for tbo purpose of improving their couditiou in that moro fertile re gion, where they can "make a bale of | cotton to the acre without any trouble." As an offset to this, wo learn that the firm of Monteith, McMpster & Co., havo contracted for thirty whito laborers, for eigu immigrants, mostly Germans, to be employed at thestavoand shingle factory of the firm in the Fork of Richland, and the immigrants are now on their way to Charleston on the steamer Manhattan, and will be hero in a fow duyn. This is practical solution of the question of labor for the development of our resources which it will bo well for our people to consider.?Carolinian. [From tho Edg'eficld Advertiser.] ' Whittemore Works ?s the Crowning Evil. The new constitution of South Caroline requires that a State Normal School sbrtli be established. And tho Governor, in his lato message, very properly recom mended that, for reasons of economy, tho 3-^id school should uii eugrnileu upon the Claflin tjniversity at Orangeburg. The Olallin University is a school for negro I men, subsidised, if not entirely supported, By 'the State. It is named, We suppose, in honor of a Massachusetts man, famous for his zeal in the promotion-of Free and xTormal Schools;. . . But this recommendation did not' suit the Radical maguatca of our degraded State. A Normal Scnool at Orangcburg would bo too modest for tliem. Cdrise: quently, their Legislature' (for whose is it but theirs?)- has passed a blll-Hhe oftf spring of one Whittemoro, a . Methodist preacher, once kicked out .of Congress for dishonesty, and now State Senator from ' Darlington county?-"-gi vi ng the Board of Regents Created under it, the right to take entire possession of the State Univerity buildings, without any consultation whatever. Of course they will affect to choose only certain of the buildings, knowing full well that no de cent gentleman of South Carolina would for one moment harbor the thought of propinquity. The University of South Carolina is dead; nnd, as the South Car olinian observes, tho while people of tho. State who pay three-fourths 01 the taxes, have no place left them to educate tlieir children. Struck by a Whale. While the schooner Watauga was run ning up the Gulf stream with a six or seven knot breeze a sudden and heavy shock and jar was felt, and all. supposed that the vessel had scudded into a sei I with violence. The next moment a pair of whales were seen close alongside ti leeward. One of them was frisky enough asd made of rapidly, but the other seem ed lo^gy, moved with apparent difficulty, ' and presently- disclosed a. huge gash :'iu in his side, from which the blood was issuing and coloring the sea about. The Watrtuga passeo. on, and' soon' lost sight of $ho" whale,-When it. Was.diBcnvered tha? the false stem was torn'bff, her main stem split, and tho wood ^ends:;started. ? The i ^h'-r, ^nd, M t^'^flfcWfifo1 and the bowspirit vas .adrift., She was after wards found to be leaking, and was with difficulty kept free, until she made Point Peter, where temp?rary repairs were made to enable her to reach home.' Up on her arrival at Washington she was repaired, and the damage found to ex ceed. 8700. Her stem bolts, of 11 inch iron, were I bent down, evidently by tho vessel's ef fort to rise clear of the v.-hale. - If that fish survives, he will probably avoid further contact with crafts of every description, and inwardly chuckle over the last disaster to the Wataugu. Sensible.?During the past four or five years a great many peoplo bave left the county and gone Weist?tlie greater number to Texas, A goodly number are returning; completely disgusted. They report that riches are just as deep down in the ground out there as in South Car olina ; and that a dollar to double itself requires just as much nursing. Here is the evil with many of our young men. They seek something easy, a way of making mohey without labor. It can't he done. "By tho BWcat of thy brow," was the Deity's fiat. It cannot bo re versed.?Anderson Intelligencer. flSP" Many an unwise parent labors hard and lives sparingly all his life for the purpose of leaving enough to give his children a start iu the world, us it is called. Setting a young man afloat with money left him by his relatives is ty-W bladders under the arms of thr^e who cannot swim J ten chances to o ie, ho will lose his bladders and go to toe bottom. Teach him to swim, and he will never need tho bladders. Givo yodr child ? sound education, and you hnvo done enough for him. See to it that his mor als aro pure, his mind cultivated, and his wholo naturo made subservient to laws which govern man, nnd you havo given thrtt which will be of m'ovo value than tho wealth of tho Indies. tA. A man at brand Rapids, Mich., lately paid fob an axo which he stole twenty years ago. His conscience was slow but sure. Lost wealth may be replaced by indtutry; lost knowledge, by study ; loct health, hy t#;s perance; but lout titno is gone forever. Accustom youraelf to. eorae employment for every hour you can prudently nnatch from bus incan. brevities. agu An Irishman, fresh from the ??5d I couothry, found ? tree full of green per ! si mmo11s, cKmUiog to-. the top helped, ! himself to the fruit. A passer by heard ! him say: "Be the powers, arid I'm the lad that corf knock the socks off the man that poured vinegkr on these plums." 1 11SST \VHen Dr. Johnson asked the wid ow Porter to be hie Wife> he ? told her candidly that he wjis of mean extraction; that he had an uhclb hanged. The wid ow replied thaf she had no money herself, and though she had not'a relative hanged she had" fifty who;deseTvt}d' banging/ So they made a match of ik An' intoxicated' man saw two cars pass ing him tho.other evening-With red and blue lights in front and- rear* His fud dled brain cotapreherided colored lights, and jhfli was,. heaW to] say te \ fcunaelf/:? ".Must fcaV pretty siek-^-sIcki^ ljere: they axe running- drug* stores round on wheels." A Pno?jD Spaniard* who1 edits a paper published in New "Yoirk,' foteerts/i'thoibV lowing notice in his journal* "An anony mous liopr is being printed in thp city against the editor of this paper, who* when he meets' the writer, will shoot him in the hand with which he wrote the libel in broad daylight, and in the iniddle of the street.- No more notice will bo giv en." The trembling author of. the libel in question had better walk about with hii jia'tds l?^ta pVolrets7 &n til the wrath Of the avenger -subsides.' '--? A *SK Andrew Jacfcsotf Was once mak ing a stump speech in '? AWnhtry Village out-West. - Jusi as be was concluding, Amos, Kendall, "who sat beside him whis pered, VTipMem a litile Latin, General; they won'toe satisfied without iL" The "hero of N.ew Orleans" instantly thought of a few phrases he knew, and, in a Voice of thunder,' wound up his speech by ex claiming : "E PluribtiS ?num, Sine qua non,' Ne pl?'s Ultra, Multum in Parvo." i'ho effect, 1Mb tremendous, .and tho shouts could be heard for miles. BguThe following episode occurred recently':' -'iNVo l?dies wero?chattiiig gaily, when tho conversation turned upon the subject of dress. Lady No, 1, nvre ply to a facetious romark of No. 2, said: "I am in no mood for trifling to-day, and am backed op' in my good intentions by tho presence of Zion's Herald in say paunier." No. 2 remarked, "There's no use in ^our feeling so particularly good about that, I have the Christian at Work in mine !" hii-):i - "' mi ihn? i ? Bo? MoTc?As one of our' fast-travel ing Radical citizens, dashed through Main-street, the other day, behind his gallant, high stepping, arch-necked steed, sbmc otic expressed bis admiration, (for tho horse, not the driver,) and wondered where he got him. A ready-witted old gentlemen, who overhead the quasi ques tion, replied promptly, that the animal was sired bv "the State Treasury," out of the dam "Taxes." We call that reply a central shot, striking the axle of the target, and transfixing the pupil of tho Bull's Eye.?Sura tor News. AST A few days ago a pair of Bis marcks wero playing a duet on a card table, with an accompaniment by Gam briniis, in an uptown saloon, when a third Teuton entered excitedly and addressing oneKif the players* said: "Shinglediddler, your hoss and vagon has run- awny!" "Ish dat so ? Vy you' not sthop liim von lettle?" , "Cos, ho vos haaf a sqearo away before I see him." "How you know he was my hoss and vagon V* "Vy, he had your name on de vagon." "Ish dat so ? Veil, you diuk you put* ty shornrt, ain't it? But dat ish not my vagon?it ish mine vife's hoss'n vagon. Hurry up Shake, (to his partner,) Way out dish game. If "dat hoss'n vagon git smashed up von X git.homo to-night, my vife give mc hell Colungus I"