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The Orangeburg Democrat* ?A. I*? i>?.\i* lb.r tlio Peo|>lo. . * J Proprietors. Jami s L. Sims, j 1 SI nsCUll'TlON. One Year.*?l r?<) Six Mouths..-....I OO Mh.lsterkbf thft GospeU......1 OO a1 > V Ki i T181N <J ,Jl A.r ES. Ehst. I list rt Ion. per square.1 OO Each subsequent Insertion.?"><> $>{iP*d.iheral contracts mudo for three months and longer periods, u All Jintisli'id advertUei'ienls must be paid for In'advanced Marriages and Notices of Deaths, not making over one square, inserted free, and solicited. ?-0? 't??W'o nro not responsible for the vif.?ws,o( our.Correspondents. Ah business Communications. Letters wir Publication!, aiid Orders for Subscrip tion. :ik well as. all Adverliseiuents. should be addressed to SHERIDAN & SIMS, Orangeburg. S. C. ; OitANOKumtG, S. C, .Ian. 31, 1870. . Tho Investigatlon^at Charleston, , The Teller Committee, appointed by Congsess to investigate^ Southern elections, is in session from day to day in Charleston, and will probably, ? remain there for weeks. The work thus far has been confined to the ex amination, of witnesses representing both political parties from llichland, Williamsburg and Sumlcr. Those examined on the Democratic side i seem to .express a general sentiment ;.as to the quietness of the election and the success attained, and do so In a cool, frank and confident man ner without any effort to suppress facts on the one side or to exaggerate ^faults on the. other. The colored Democrats who testify, do so with the same confident reliance in the truth of what they say as their white fellow Democrats. They multiply rapidly testimony against their color ed neighbors giving positive evidence Of innumerable acts of intimidation practiced by Republican negroes upon both their person and property.' In some cases Democratic colored men and their families were ostra , ciscd, denied church privileges, social intercourse and in every possible I manner made to feel the burden of such exclusion. All honor and cred it ore due these noble colored men for the bold and defiant stand they have taken, for the honest and truth ful evidence given, for their strict ad herence to the Democratic cause, and for tho incalculable good such mnni : fest faith rwill ha\e c:: the future suc cess of their party. ]t cannot but excite the well-done of their white friends and eventually extort praise and commendation from their colored itaduccrs. On the other hand one cannot but notice the studied efforts on the part of Republican witnesses, both while and colored, to make their side ap pear the belter cause. An unblush ing exhibition of spite on the part of some, and a deep rooted, religious Hatred on the part of others, seem to characterize their testimony through out whether it be against tho white or the colored Democrat. Many of these witnesses are preachers?politi co-gospel preachers, and seem to think their position as such will give dignity and weight to their testimony, but the fruits of the flesh appear more manifest in them than the fiuitsof the spirit. Our opinion is that the whole inves tigation will prove to be a meaning less farce developing nothing more than is known to the world already ; that frauds were committed in the iast election by both parlies, that the Republicans have the greater sin be cause they ripen the school and ? taught their Democratic neighbors, that there would have been no inves tigation bad the Republican party been victorious, and that both ought to be heartily ashamed of the crimes committed against the time honored institutions of civil liberty and self government. If there be any worthy facts added to the history of that period, promi nently among them will appear the proof that thousands of ihe best and most reliable colored citizens of the State voted the Democratic ticket and are true, unflinching Democrats from principle to-day, and the proof that the Democratic party is the stronger of the two, and, by a consis tent course of conduct toward our colored citizen, will lie ablo to per petuate its power indefinitely. No more patent a fact will appear upon the record than that these investiga ting committees arc nothing more than vents for the escape of political hatred of party leaders to lie paid for out of taxes extorted from an over oppressed people. We trust the time will soon come when this gov governmont will have done with these new appliances of fraud and tyranny. ' Till then there will be no I ?genuine unity among our people or j political prospciily for the country. "Bury the Past." There is n proposition before Con gross, reported' by the Senate judicia ry committee, to take the place of the Constitutional amendment passed at lust fcessien, which provides that no claims or pension shall hereafter be allowed by Congress or any depart ment or court of the United States, 01 money paid for damages sustained du ring the late war, or compensation foi any property distroyed, used or in jured by troops or others acting for the United States, unless the owner thereof was loyal in fact to the g ?vern ment of the United States ami gave neither aid or encouragement to the South. If this becomes a law it closes the door upon the South forever, and millions of property, distroyed as a war measure or used by the United States troops or otherwise' injured by ollleers under government sanction, will be lost to the South. Whatever may have been the animus born of the war there has been sufficient time for it to disappear?there has been mfflcicnt atonement made to entitle our citizens to all the rights and prlv-; ileges of the government; yet it seems that our enemies then are our enemies now, and every effort is still to be made to keep the South poor and her pcople'.subjugated. "Let us have Peace" and "Bury the Past" have been the Northern cry, and even Grant in his wisdom saw fit to add his mite to the echo, yet the //eace is to be at the sacrifice of principle and the burial of manhood. If there be a breach between the South and North such nets as this will never span it. If a oneness of interest, of aim, of sentiment, and of destiny is to be characteristic of the different sectionsjof this great country bitter memories and treasured hatred will never unify her people. Col. Ellison's. Keitt. The New York Times brings us a full account of the libel suit institut ed against that paper by Col. Keilt, of Newbeny, in 1877. The suit was based upon the publication of a dis patch in the Times from a Washing ton uews gatherer, which was adjudg ed by the plaintiff as roflecting injur onsly upon his established character. The dispatch set forth that 4'onc Col onel Keitt, of Newberry, had been arrested and held to await the action of the grand jury at that place, on a charge of bigamy." The trial re vealed the fact that the Colonel Keitt meant was a negro member of the Legislative, who was once a slave of Colonel Ellison S. Keitt, and whose name he adopted. The jury rendered a verdict giving the p'.ain tiff six- cents damages. Colonel Elli son S. Keitt, is a native ol Orange burg Cour.t3', a brother of the lament ed Lawrence M. Keitt, and too well known to mos? of our citizens for his reputation to snimr from the publica tion of such an uncalled for slander, and the petty subterfuge by which its responsibility was dodged by the New York Times. The dispatch in question lias very much the appear ance of a concocted scheme lo assail the'jharacter of a worthy gentleman and the name of a family of historic fame in our State. Such poisoned shafts always fall short of their aim. The Newspaper. There is probably nothing so com mon of which so little is known, or about which there is so much curiosi ty, as the newspaper. Men rend it every day ; they abuse !t, threaten o give it up, praise it, advertise their wants in it, write to it, search it to see if their letters are in it, call it haul names, pay for it year after year?and still to ninety-one out of a hundred of them its production is a mystery. To them it is a business ollice, a newsboy, or a postolllce, who arc simple carriers, and that is all. It is the exemplification of effect without cause?an impersonal insti tution with plenty of vitality, and sometimes even with genius ; but it is always mysterious, even to those most intimately connected with it. The whole of its secrets are known to' no single individual. Its personality is swallowed up in the editoral "we," into whose depths no man penetrates, and even the inquisition of the. law never gels behind its innermost cur tain. TflERE is a remarkable Jewish sy nagogue in the ancient city of Prague, with walls so thick with dirt as to be absolutely black. A local tradition says that somewhere on its walls the name Jehovah is inscribed, and ii is believed that if the walls aro cleaned the name will bo effaced. What a beautiful lesson is here taught. Tub Mobile News has olfercd a one hundred dollar silver cup for the best poem by a Southern author ex pressing the gratitude of the South to the North lor iU charity shown in the recent epidemic. Manuscripts to by sent in by February 10. Faiher Ryan is one of the judges. Tho Slanderer. From the Spin-lnnbuvg Herald. Of all the various characters among men the slanderer is most despicable. Tho murderer is surely more tolera ble, lor when be strikes the fatal blow ho aims to put an end to the earthly existence of his victim, While the slanderer's only aim is to end the happiness of his uiifortunate victim, and leave him to endure a miserable present and anticipate the torture of a blasted future. How utterly intol erable then is he who would, without provocation, or the least degree of justice, attempt to take away that from his neighbor which is dearer to him than life itself? He would come like a thief in the night and prick him to the heart, and then, as if his desire to do hellish deeds were insa tiable, would faugh at the stream of happiness as it flows from the life of the unfortunate. Lie exults' in the downfall of another, for certainly when reputation is gone tho greatest fall incident to human existence is made, save the loss of character? that gift which no slanderer can take away. "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and a lov ing favor rather than silver and gold/' Tho slanderer derives, it seems, a peculiar pleasure from tho suffering of his victim. With no higher end or aim in view than the ruin of anoth er, he breathes a spiiit burdened and tainted with indignities, and hurls upon him whose character he would attack and reputation destroy. Poor child Of the devil! Unlike other men, aye like unto a demon himself be would make no effort to embrace the happiness of one, or make this world as near Paradise as possible, but un scrupulously bends his energies to ward changing it into a temporary hell. Porn of envy and begotten by the devil, lie is simply and unequivo cally the exponent of the disintegra tion of social happiness, and the en sign of misery. With no respect lor the laws of morality and no regard for common humanity, he is constant ly leveling his fiendish howitzer at the corucr-stonc of society, aud but for the laws of the land, would raze her to the ground, and then, with un furled banner, walk over her ruins giv ing vent to his never ceasing vitupera tions. Slander in any of its phases is bad enough, but the odium thereof is as the motive which prompts it. Doubly odious is the slanderer and his infa* raoiis design when, for t.he sake of political triumph or personal aggran dizement, he attacks the reputation of a man whose character is untarnish ed 1 Doubly odious is the foul perpe trator of such Oeedishness wdien un der the cover of a sickening smile and pretended friendship, he would acquaint himself with one's intentions, and thwart his plans at the expense of his good name und position in soci ety, convicting himself of duplicity, branding himself a poltroon and a coward, and, under the shadow of se crecy, defying all efforts to discover the whereabouts ol such an infamous biped. A stranger to charity, too mean to be liberal, too low to be truthful, he prowls around like a sneaking cur too worthless to die with hydrophobia, mouthing his black re ports, telling them too to those who are too ignorant and credulous to de tect the calumny in his 03 c? and re ject bis sayings as insignificant and contemptible as he himself is damna ble and debased. Surely life itself most be a burden to such a creature and to be allowed to shufllo off this mortal coil and go to his place in the fernal regions rather than live in awe Ot SHCii ti tiling ?? inii'i-uii. 'Louive not with a man without cause if he has done thee no harm.'' uIIe that hidelli hatred with lying lips, and he that ultcrcth a slander is a fool." Observer. Something Nice to Read. We are under obligations to the Hon. C. G. Williams for half a dozen volumes of the Congressional Re cords. We have already several hun dred of these interesting volumes in our little library, but they have been read and reread so many limes that we know every page of them by heart. These new volumes came op portunely on New Year's morning, and that night we gathered our little family around the bright fireside, and read one of them through to then). The affecting talc, entitled "A bill to change the name of the Braid wood National Bank," seemed lo touch every heart, and when weeatne to the climax ofthat little story about "Tue bill to define certain legal terms," there was not a dry eye between the front door and Add in Kayo's stables. We can never snfliciuntly thank Air. Williams for the innocent amuse ment thus furnished us. The memo ry of that happy evening will linger long after the present Congress shall have been adjourned. [ Wisconsin Herald. A Bloody Tragedy in Mississippi Memphis, January 21.?Tho fol lowing particulars of a bloody trage ly committed Tuesday, at Sun Flower Lauding, Coaboma County, Missis sippi, was received this afternoon. The statement of two eye witnesses is as follows: Luwsou Wool ridge and R. N. Glover, two young men, had a difficulty last Saturday, which resulted in Woolridge felling Iiis an tagonist. Peace between the two was apparently made, as they parted friends. Tuesday, Woolridge, who is clerking in E. L. Henderson's store, at Sun Flower Landing, had returned from the interior whither he had been sent on business. When about to enter the store, William Glover, brother of the man with whom Wool ridge had tho difficulty tho Saturday previous, deliberately, and without warning, (hod a double-barrelled shot gun at Woolridge, killing him in stuntly, nine buckshot taking effect in Ids breast. After the assassina tion, William Glover and his brother coolly walked out of the store, the brother remarking he was sorry he had not been permitted to do the killing. After the excitement was over and the murder had partially subsided, a pasty went in pursuit of the murderers, and, it is thought, will effect their capture. Wool ridge's re mains were brought to this city this afternoon. Many relatives of the deceased reside hero. The Buller-Corbin Contest. Somo surprise has been caused among the stalwart Republicans of the Senate by a declaration from Mr. Blaine that he will not vote to unseat Mr. Butler, of South Carolina. It is rumored that Mr. Edmunds is of the same way of thinking. It is believed that this determination arises from the genernly conceded fact that it will not be possible to get Butler out between now and the fourth of March, and if the leading Republicans coun tenance the attempt they will set a precedent by which the Democrats may unseat Kellogg after the fourth of March. Senator Edmunds said a day or two ago that if the Democrats should undertake to eject Kellogg when they obtain control of the Sen ate he will make it so hot for them that they will be glad to abandon the attempt.?Baltimore Sun. Any person v ho will get us up a Club of Ten Cash Subscribers at 1.50 per annum will receive Tub Demo crat one year free. Go to work at once, and secure your Club. We know you can do it if you but half try. Send to this office for specimen co pies, which wili be furnished on ap plication. Notice. School Commissioner's Office.) OiiAKOKBUitu County, > OrakGrBUUO, S. C, Jan. 17. 1870.) rrM IE Trustees ol the Public Schools of JL this County are hereby ordered to close ibe School* in their several Districts on the 1st of February. 1870, unless orb wise specially instructed from this oillce. D. L. GONNORy School Commissioner O. C. Jan 17-2 A. it. Kkowlton. a. Latukop. KNOW LT ON & IA1HROP, Attorneys and Counsellors; ORANGE BURG, S. C. Dec-13-tf Notice to Delegates to the State Q-range* npiIE next annual meeting of tho State JL Grunge will be held in Charleston, S. C. commencing on Tuesday the 4ih of February, 1879. at 10 o'clock A. 51. A full delegation is desired. D. W. CROOK, See'tv Pomona Grange No. 17. Jan 17, 1879. Notice of Dis?mission rnmrc UNDERSIGNED GIVES NO TK'E that he will his final r.c count a* Committee of ltachscl Cast in, deceased. With the Hon. Judge Ol Pro bate for Oraiigeburg County, on tliciMih day of February next, and ink for letters dismissnry. J. W. CAST1N, ?Ian 24?4t Committee. NOT ICE TO CONTRACTORS Offick County Commissioners, } OitANOEiiuito County. > OrANOKUUKO. S. C.Jan. l(i, 1S7!>. ) TJdlE LAKE OR HOLLOW BRIDGES "j (id)out sixteen in number) at the Bamberg Crossing on South Eilisto Div er, will he let out, to be built, lo the lowest, bidder, on the 18th day of Febru ary next, at 12 o'clock M., at the bridge by the County Commissioners. Bv order of the Board. Jan 24-4t T. R. MA LONE, Clerk. ]Notie? of Dismiasiuu, r Pi IE undersigned Hereby gives notice X that lie will file bis final account as Guardian of 1?. D. Til ley, D. E. Til ley and M. S. Tilley, with the Honorable ?lodge of Probate for Orangeburg county on iho 17lh day of February, 1879, and ask for Letters Dismission. J. B. LIVINGSTON. Jan 17-td Guardian! rpilE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JL Shareholders ol the Orangeburg Ag ricultural and Mechanical Association will he. he'd on the 81 h day ol February, 1879, ut ten o'clock, (being the second Saturday.) for the purpose of electing seven Directors to serve as such for the year commencing oil I he second Satur day in February, IS7f). and ending on tho second Saturday in February. 1SS0, and lor such other and further business as limy he brought before the meeting. N. I! ?All Shareholders are requested to lie present. By order. J L. IIEIDTMAN, See. and Treas. O. A. anil M. A. Januray 24?3 D. E, SMOAK & 00. HAVE MADE Great Reductions I? the price of COME AND SEE OUR LARGE AND well assorted stock of Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, lints und Cups, Groceries, Tinware; Hardware, Tobacco, Cigars, vvioKlih'K. Branilies, and Wines, MUCH LOWER than they havo yet been sold in thlc place. TOBACCO and CIGARS, of the best brands, wo are selling by the box, at Factory prices. Call and examine our goods, we have attentive salesmen who will bo pleased to wait on you. Thanking you for past favors, wo solicit tli6 same in the future. Very respectfully, D. E. SMOAK & CO., Orangeburg, S. C. Jan. 17, 1879. OLD AMERICAN HOTEL U Established about 1830 Resucitated on the European Plan for Gentlemen only. TERM8. Rooms each person per day.50 per week.$3.00 per month...8 and 810 According to location of Rooms paid n advance*. BOA III) TERMS i ? Board and lodging.81 ?0 per day ! Hoard and lodging.(5 ~>0 per week I MEALS, Breakfast.25c Dinner.f>0c Supper.25o MKS. M. J. ARCHER. Pproprictress, 29 George st, comer King, scp 27 ly Charleston, S C. SAMUEL DIBBLE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law (Cor. Church & St. Paul's Street.) ORANGEBURG, S. C. Dec 13-tf % a week in your own town. $'y outfit free. No risk. Reader if you want a business at which persons of either sex can make great pay all the time they work, write particulars to II. Ballett Dissolution, ol Co-part NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Partnership between JOHN C. PIKE and JOAB W. MOSELEY was dissolved on the First Day of January. A. D. 1870, by mutual consent. All debts duo to the said Partnerushlp are to be paid to. and those due from the same, discharged by JOHN C. PIKE, who will continue the business at the old stand under his.own name. J. C. PIKE. J. W. MOSELEY. Orangeburg, S. C, Dec. 2, 1S79. MaHter'H Sales, W. A. MAC KAY, Auctioneer. State of South Carolina?County of Or angeburg?In the Common Plea*. \iy virtue of Judgment Orders of Foreclos ure and Side and Decretal Orders in the causes below stated respectively, I will sell by public auction, before the Court House, in the town of Orangeburg, on the First Monday in February, 1879, during the legal hours for ShertfTa sales, the seveiul Tracts, Lots and Parcels of Land below described, all situate in the County of Orangeburg and State aforesaid, viz: By virtue of a Judgement Order of Foreclosure and Sale, in the case of An drew F. Smoke, vs. Win. A. Edwins: All that certain tract or parcel of land, situate on the Cannon's Bridge Road in the Fork of the Edisto. and in Edisto Township, containing seventy-two (72) acres, mere or less, bounded on the north 1>3- lauds of Warren M- Hughes; on the east by lands of David Smoke; on the south by lands of James Jenulngs, and on the west hy binds of Barney Dtanpse}*. Terms of Sale?One-half cash ; the bal ance on a credit of one year; the purchaser to give bond, bearing interest from day of sale and a mortgage of the premises sold, to secure the credit portion of the purchase money. The purchaser also to puy fin piipur? und the recording of both title and mortgage. also. By virt 40 of a Judgment Ordcr of Foreclosure and Sale in the east of Daniel McKenzie vs. W. H. Wise, (at the risk of the former purchaser), ull that Tract ol Land situate in Amelia Town ship, in tho County of Orangeburg, and State aforesaid, containing -acres, more or fess, and bounded by Preference Plantation, and lands of Daniel McKenzie, T. B. Whaley and ? Myers. Terms of Sale?Cash ; to bo paid Im mediately after the clone of the Master's sales for the day, and if it bo not so paid, the laud will be resold on tho same day, at the ri.-k of the former purchaser, when his bid will not be taken, but that of the highest bidder, other than Mich former purchaser, will be considered and treated as the highest. ALSO, By virtno of a Judgment Ordcr of Foreclosure and sale, in tho ease of Al Va Cage agaisnt Elizabeth Browne, all that plantation or tract of land, containing about Twelve Hundred acres, more or less, situate in the Fork of the Edisto, in County of Orangeburg, and State afore said, hounded on the north by Cooper Swamp; on tho east by lands formerly of Jacob Wolfe, deceased; on the. South by South Edisto ltiver, and on the West by binds now or Intel} of John R. Millions, Join C. Rowe and the late J. B. Qnattlebuuin?-said tract of htud being tho Snake Swamp plantation, of which the late Dr. Rowe died seized and possessed. Terms of Side?Cash enough to pay the sum actually due at the dale of sale, (which will bo announced at the sale,) and the balance on a credit of ouo nud two years-the purchaser to give bond bearing interest from tho day of sale and a mortgage of the property sold to se cure tho credit portion of tho purchase money. Purchaser also to pay for pa pers and the recording of both title and mortgage; W. M. BUTSON, Jhu l'j?3 Master. C^EAMMG OUT &At*f? F ? o to FEBRUARY 1, 187 9, ALL And Sho e sy WILL BE CLEARED OUT WITHOUT REGARD TO COST; NOW IS YOUR TIME FOR ?ARGIANS. NEW STORE NEW STORE IN TI1E TOWN OF DA. SAIN NOTIFES THE CITIZENS OF ST. MATTHEWS, AND Tirfe""*"" s public generally that In the old stand of Clark's, near the Depot, will be found a choice and rare selection of Dry Goods, Groceries, Toba ccos and Segars. Liquors both Foreign and Domestic^ Hardware, $c., And solicits a share of trade. Mr. ,T. PHIL. SAlN, who is in charge of the store will he sjlad to greet any all of bis old customers, and new ones too, to '"whom bo guarantees bargains as good as can be had In Charleston. Highestjtnarket prices paid for all kinds of country produce* St. Matthews, September 0, 1870. e AUGUST FISCHER Announcement Extraordinary JUST ARRIVED DIRECT FROM NEW YORK a select and Varied CARGO of Merchandize Large failures of wholesale business houses has enabled my agents North to buy immense consignments of goods at Rock Bottom Price** These I shall sell, as I bought, for cash at the lowest prices ever heard of. The immense variety, the most select quality in every line of merchandise Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc, etc, etc., will sur prise every body, at my well known AUCTION AND COMMISSION HOUSE, where I shall sell at prices so low as to astonish the good people of Orangehurg and the surrounding counties. MV QARADII? KflftStl So famous famous for ita fare brands liB I 0?lflrfLBa nUUnl of Native and Foreign Liquors is still entirely separate and apart from my other department of business. Call aud examine for yourselves. I solicit your patronage most respectiully, because it is to your own advantage to bny the beet at the cheapest prices. AUGUST FISirEB. Orangeburg, November 32, 1878. t' 12mo DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST IS OFFERING Ills largo and well selected stock of Drugs, MeiMueSj-Paints, Oils, Toilet and Fancy Articles LOW DOWN FOR CASH. ALSO a lot of FINE TOBACCO FROM FORTY THREE TO EIGBfTY Fivc cents per pound. Yotlr patronage Is respectfully solicited. Orangeburg, S. C, July 12. ?2 A. C D?KES, M. D. specialities! bargains! INDUCEMENTS! AT THB . c a l i f e e HjSj? We bog leave to call the attention of those interested to our large and well so* lected stock of GROCERIES, CANNED FRUITS, DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, CLOTHING, ROOTS, SHOES Ac <fcc. to call at our storo, before pur chasing elsewhere as we are now prepared to offer the above goods at cxcccdding' ly low prices. N. B. We have just received direct from the factory a large line of ILLUMI-* NATORS, Parlor and Store Lamps, also 5(3 flttd 4 light Chandeliers, and are en abled to sell them at greatly reduced rates, we invite all to see the light at oiuf store and examine Slock ftnd Prices. SORENTR?E & LORYEA, Russell Street,-next door to McMoster'?* ORANGEBURG, S. C, Sept. 20,1878. 6m