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'? ?? "Vol. i? ORANGEBURG, S. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1879. 3STo. lO. SHERIDAN A SIMS, Proprietors. SutisciurTioN. Oho Year................St.GO Six Months.1.00 Ministers of the Gospel.......uuuitA.00 ADVBBTI8EUENT8. First Instertlon.<4<U.OO Each Subsequent Insertion.50 Liberal coutracts made for 3 month and over. I JOB OFFICE 13 PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OP THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A BRIDE OF A FEW MONTHS. A passenger by the Australia tells of a married pair appearing on ship board at the moment the gang-plank was heing pulled in at the dock in Now York. A state-r?om had been procured in some mysterious manner, and some huge trunks followed, but tbe owners came last, and the captain Was somewhat puzzled to find that the name on the passenger-list and the occupants of the state-room were not the same. After the ship, how ever lost eight of land, the captain was taken into the confidence of the gentleman, and told of an elopement. The groom was a man about forty years of age, a foreigner and a count, with coral-black moustache on his lace, and a castle on the Rhine. He ' ' had the hard, handsome face common to Mississippi gamblers, and dressed himself in the same gorgeous style. The bride, without being hand some, had large wiuoing blue eyes, that in their helpless confiding sort of expression won the sympathy of all on board. The count treated his bride with elaborate courtesy, always getting out of the way when the poor thing suffered from sea sickness, and after expressing his concern for madame in the choicest phrase. He expressed himself cnuicd terri bly with the monotony of the sea,and tried hard to inveigle certain gentle men into games of chance, only, to pass the time, however. He was strongly averse to gambling. At the end or the voyage the pair disappeared, and the two fugitives were heard of no more until months ./after, when the Australia was qn her way back to New York, when the kind-hearted captain heard that a woman, traveling alone, was very ill in the steerage. Seeking her with the ship's physi cian, he \vas astonished to find in the oteefage passenger the Count's bride of iffew months before. He vacated his state-room to the poor woman in her faded finery, and little by little he learned her story. It waB the old, old story of offend ed parents, and a cruel husband, vrho> finding a helpless wife without money, on his hands, first abused and then deserted her. She had parted with the few bits of jewelry left her by the brute, and was now getting back as best she could, ruined and broken-hearted to her old home. The ship was approaching New York. The weary passengers collect ed ton deck, and saw the poor crea ture, with little remaining of her former self but the wistful, confiding took from her large bluo oyes, that from out the pale, shrunk face seem ed larger than ever. Those who watched her more close ly saw at times a light gleam in them, as if for a second her poor numbed faculties were unhinged and crazy. The vessel, aided by wind and steam was dashing on, nenring every second to the bay, when sud denly the startled passengers heard a wild scream, saw a flash of white garments, a splash, and then the wild cry of some one overboard. The steamer was stopped, the boat lowered; and after hour's search, the body of the poor woman was recover ed and brought on board. A Triple Wedding. The mariage at Greene, N. Y., of three sisters at one time and in the same church made a sensation in so ciety circles in this village and neigh borhood last week. Two of the bride grooms were clergymen. The triple ceremonies were performed in the Congregational Church in the pres ence of a large number of guests, many of whom wero New Yorkers, aud parties came from the country for miles around to witness the scene. The brides and bridegrooms were Miss Mary H. Grant and the Rev. Smith T. Ford, paetor of the Baptisi Church in Greene; Miss Flora R. Grant and Mr. II. H. Scott, a New York shoe merchant, Miss Jennie L. Grant and the Rev. William N. Rit chie of tho'Forty-fonrlh Street Pres byterian Church, Now York. The three sisters, standing together at the altar in their bridal robos, made a striking picture. After the wedding there was a brilliant reception, and supper, and then the threo bridal parties started together for the East on an extended tour. How a Woman Hurries. Have you ever waited for a woman to get ready to go anywhere? Of course you have, and will be interest ed in what follows, written by Kate Thorn. Thc hour is hnlf-past three Mario is not ready. At four she will be down in just one minute, but even at that hour if you could look into Marie's chamber you would be in de spair. Her crirrps arc rot taken down, her hoots unbuttoned, her pull-back elastic cords are out^of gear, and thc maid is fixing them ; she can't find her bracelets, one cuff pin is missing ; she puts arnica on her handkerchief by mistake, thinking it jockey club. There is a button off her basque from hurried buttoning ; and oh, dear 1 dear 1 where are her lemon kids, and her parasol, her face scarf, that coral neck chain, a shawl, a white lace veil, and a dozen other necessary articles? She has hurried so that her faco is all ablaze, and she is sure she looks like a washerwo man, and she seizes the powder puff and dabs a little chalk on her fore head, and hopes it won't be seen, as she is going to ride with a man and not with a woman. All unconscious of thc trials which beset your charming Marie, you are striving to do thc agreeable to Mrs. B., with thc sound of your horses pawing up the sidewalk in your ears, and you know the old man is particu lar about his grounds, and directly you hear something snap, and rush out to find that one of your spirited nags has broken olf a fence picket, and is trying his best on another by way of dessert. Will 6he ever get. ready? You consult your watch. Five o'clock. You feel iuclined to swear a little, but early piety forbids, and you try to possess your soul in patience. The door opens. She comes, radiant and smiling, in thc loveliest of new costumes, pinned back so tight that she creeps toward you like a snail, aud you mentally woiider how she is ever going to step high enough to get into the carriage ; and her hat is so becoming, and her black lace scarf increases the white ness of her neck so much, and she tells you so sweetly, that you feel in finitely obliged to her for doing it, and feel for thc moment as if the highest and most supreme delight of existence could be found only in waiting for her to get read}'. i The Farmers Whip the Fight. The farmers by unity of action have carried their point and forced thc guano men to terms, thus placing thousands of dollars in their poskcts. This will show them their power when combined, and we hope yot to see the day when thc will of thc planter shall be thc law of thc land. Possessing a ruling strength when combined, lor years they have been at the mercy .of every trade, profes sion, business and schcmei in the land. Let them remember that in "unity there is strength" and set to work at repairing the commercial and political fences, so that the bottom rail, which has so long been burrow ed in thc dust, may get on top. In the late contest, however, it seems to us that the farmers devoted too much of their attention to the "time price" of fertilizers and gave "cash price" too little consideration for their own good. A recent letter from a well known manufacturer says, "we are offering a high grade fertilizer here (the place of manufacture) at eight teen dollars per ton cash, but your planters prefer to pay double the price on thc ruinous plan of buying on time or for cotton." The cash system is the only ono by which our farmers can save money, and we see no reaeon, therefore, why they cannot make arrangements to avail them selves of the advantages which are here afforded them.?Lexington Dis patch. Mr. Hale, of Maine, whoso chief function in thc Federal economy of the nation is to sneeze whenever Mr. Blaine takes snuff, is among those who affirm that the Democrats in Congree3 arc seeking to retard legis lation in order to compel a special session. Yet Mr. Hale, in tho face of his avowed anxiety to proceed I with thc public business, stands up and once more occupies tho time of thc House with a buncombe resolu tion respecting war claims. Next week we expect to sco him come up smiling with a bill authorizing -the Mississippi Kivcr to iuovo on a down grade. A RACE FOR A BI11DE. THE ARRANGEMENT. 8TART, WILD RID The following is a very graphic and pleasing account of a wedding race among the Huzarohs, and the devices of the bride to bo captured only by the man that she loved : The suitors of the maiden, nine in number, appear in the Held, all un armed, but mounted on the best horses they can procure; while the bride herself, on a beautiful Turko man station, surrounded by her rela tions, anxiously surveys the group of lovers. The conditions of the race were these: The maiden has a cer tain start given, which she avails her self of to gain a sufficient distance from the crowd to enable her to man age her steed with freedom, so ns to assist the suitor whom she prefers. On a signal from the father all the horsemen gallop after the fair one. and whichever succeeds in encircling her waist with his arm, no matter whether disagreeable or to her choice, is entitled to claim her as his wife. After the UBual delays incident upon auch interesting occasions, the maid en quits the circle of her relations and putting her steed into a gallop, darts into the open plain. When sat isfied with her position, she turns round to the impatient youths and stretches out her arms toward them, as if to woo their approach. This is the moment for giving the signal to commence the chase, and each of the impatient youths, dashing his pointed heels into his courser's sides, darts like the unhooded hawk in pursuit of the fugitive dove. The savannah was extensive, full twelve miles long and three in width, and as the horse men sped across the plain, the favor ed lover becamo soon apparent by the efforts of the maiden to avoid all oth ers who might approach her. At length, after nearly two hours' racing, the number of pursuers is reduced to four, who are ^altogether, and gradu ally gaining on the pursued ; with them is the favorite, but alas 1 his horse suddenly fails in his speed, and as she anxiously turns her head, she perceives with dismay the hapless condition of her lover; each of the more fortunate leaders, eager with anticipated triumph, bending his head on his horse's mane, shouts at the top of his voice : "I come, my Peri; I am 3Tour lover." But she, making a sudden turn, and lashing her horse almost to fury, darts across their path and makes for that pat t of the chummun piain, where her lover was vainly endeavoring to goad on his weary steed. The three others in stantly checked their career, but in the hurry to turn back two of the horses are dashed furiously against each other, so that both steeds and riders roll over on the plain. She laughed, for sho well knew she could elude the single horseman, and flew to the point where her lover was. But her onby pursuer was rarely mounted and not so easily shaken off, making a last and desperate effort, he dashed alongside the maiden, ami stretching out his arm, almost won the unwilling prize ; but she, bending her head on her horse's neck, eluded bis grasp and wheeled off again. Ere the discomfltled horseman could again approach her, her lover's arm was around her waist, and amid the shouts of the spectators they turned toward the fort. Monkeys are famed as adepts in mimicry, and a British doctor in Java recently received an unpleasant proof of their imitative propensities. The doctor had a very large monkey, tame and very clever, which was gen erally its masters companion in the dissecting room while he pursued his anatomical studies. Jacko used al ways to watch the proceedings atten tively, and one day, when alone with his master, seized the unlucky doctor, popped him upon the dissecting table, and was just going to put his lessons to practical use, when tho doctor's cries brought tho people of the house to the spot, just in time to save the doctor from vivisection. That must I havo been a large monkey I The Legislature of New Hampshire will elect a successor to Mr. Wad leigh in tho United States Senate, and Mr. William E. Chandler has an idea that he may bo ablo to ride in on the wave. Tho country will, of course, hope ho may. If anything is moro needed in tho Senate than ono Chan dler, it is undoubtedly two Chandlers. 1NO, WON. A Javan Sazerao. Saving and Spending. It is not true that the great victo ries of life are to tho sharp and im moral man, as a rulo. Here and there, by sharpness and cunning, men rise into wealth, hut that wealth is not of a kind to remain. It takes a certain amount of virtue, of self denial, of morality, to lay up and keep money. In the lives of nearly all rich men there have been periods of heroic self-denial, of patient in dustry, of Christian prudence. Cir cumstances did not make these men rich. The highest moral prudence made them rich. While their com panions were dancing away their youth, or drinking nwny their middle age, these men were devoted to small economics, putting self-indulgence en tirely aside. If our correspondent or our readers will recall their.compan ions, we think thc first fact they will be impressed with is tho measure of equality with which they started in thc race for competency or wealth. The next fact they will be impress ed with is the irregularity of the end. Then, if they make an inquisi tion into the causes of the widely varying results, they will be pro foundly impressed withthe insignifi cant part "circumstances" have play ed in these results. Circumstances? Why, tho rich roan's son who had all thc "circumstances" of the town has become a beggar. The poor, quiet hid, thc only son of his.mother, and she a widow, who could only earn money enough to procure for her boy tho commonest education,'is a man of wealth and has become a pa tron of his native village. The man who possesses and practices virtue makes his own circumstances. The self-denying, prudent man creates around himself an atmosphere of safety where wealth naturally takes refuge?provided, of course, that the man has thc power to cam it, cither in production or exchange, or any kind of manual or intellectual ser vice. Married Nineteen Times. An Ashevillc, N. C, dispatch of February 20, says John McLcon, a quandam Methodist preacher, thc most notorious bigimist ever known outside of Utah, was arrested here to-night.- McLcon up to Monday last had married nineteen times, all his partners being still alive. It seems that he has made a business of going from state to state, marrying in al most every community in which he found himself. Requisitions havo been issued by almost every state south, asking for thc delivery of Mc Leon to oillccrs to be sent from these respective states. He might still be at laigc but for kidnapping a child of his last victim, a widow, Mrs. Bettie W. Follcrton, of Lynebburg, Va, He lodged the child in the recesses of Walnut mountain, a barren, desolate place about thirty miles from this city. Thc mother of the child came here to-day, accompanied by a United States deputy marshal, and visited the cavern, where they found the child almost starved to death. A warrant was at once obtained for thc arrest of McLcon, and placed in the hands of the officer, who started in pursuit. He was found at Marion, McDowell County, and committed to jail. McLcon is about fifty years old, and of exceeding picposscssing manners. The Memory of the Dead. It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our nature when the heart is touched and softened by some tran quil happiness or affectionate feeling, the memory of tho dead cornea over it most powerfully and irresistibly. It would seem almost as though our better thoughts and sympathies were charms, in virtue of which tho soul is enabled to hold soroo vague and mys terious intercourse with the spirits of thoso whom wo love in life. Alas! how often and how long may thoso patient angels hover around us, watching for tho spell which is so sel dom uttered and so soon forgotten. ?Diekens, "Is married life preferable to sin gle lifol" was argued at a recent meeting of a Pennsylvania debating society. Only one married man ap peared for the negative, and ho came down to business next day with his arm in a sling, a green patch over his eye, and a general appearance of having slept nil night in thc cellar. THE TRAMP NUISANCE. ?o? A YOUNG LADY'S LECTURE TO A GANG Or THE GENTRY. The people have begun to learn the daring and insolent d mand3 fre quently made by tramps recently, as they go from bouse endeavoring to impress the importance of their so called rights. Their appeals have grown from requests into demands, and many through fear have provided themselves with shot-guns and all the necessary equipments to give the roaming gentry n hot reception when it becomes necessary, but experience shows that very few have the nerve to make use of their preparations. An example, however, occurred re cently, which is not only worthy of re cord, bid should serve as an example to others. Mr. W C. Briggs, who rcoides on the Harrisburg pike, be yond Green Lawn, had gone away from home, as also his wife, leaving their daughter Mary, a young lady of about seventeen years, in charge of the house. Knowing the visits of tramps to be frequent in that locality Mr. Briggs told her if any made their appearanco while he was gone to give them no quarters, and, if necessary, make use of the revolver and shot guns, which had been handily provid ed. Sure enough during the forenoon yesterday, three of the gentry made their appearance, nnd not only de manded something to eat, but also thought it would be a very nice thing to have some additional clothing. Miss Briggs told them to get out, as she had nothing for them. This lit tle opposition was looked upon as funny, and the tramps renewed their demands, with some show of having things their own way. The young lady remembered her instructions, and stepping to the bureau pulled out the revolver and fired. She was de liberate enough to know that she had reserved shots if the first failed of its purpose, hence was at no particular pains in taking a life on the'first shot if the end could bo accomplished otherwise. After the first shot was fired, the cowards were met with a levelled re volver if they should show any resis tance further, but instead of this, they quietly skulked away, thorough ly convinced that for once they had met a woman with common-sense and the necessary nerve to brace it up. Through some very handsome dodging and shying, while Miss Briggs was feeling for their carcasses with a revolver, they escaped with out a scratch, and went away much wiser tramps than when they came. The young lady had a reserve of shot-guns handy, which had been provided for such occasions, and the gentry may feel very lucky that they were not met with one of these. They might not huve been so danger ous, but then they would have spread it on thicker.?Ohio Journal. John Sherman's Romanos. The clerks in the Treasury Depart ment say that a 640 page book of "Public Services of John Sherman'' goes off like hot cakes. The rule for bids peddling of any kind in the Treasury building ; but the peddler got a "dispensation" from John in favor of his romance of the finances and is permitted to go among the clerks during office hours. Every fellow who refuses to buy a copy is looked upon as disloyal; is spotted, and theieafter carries an uneasy head. Very few refuse to buy. Possession of a copy of this cheerful book is a guarantee of a permanent clerkship. Shortly after Sherman became Secre tary of the Treasury, the publisher of Hayes* full-longth picture applied for permission to peddle the likeness in the Treasury building, but John said : "No ; cau't allow it?'gainst the rules ; wouldn't givo you the privilege to peddle here if you had for sale the head of Christ."?Washington Capi tal. The eour.se of Hon. David David is a fair illustration of what au "Inde pendent" elected by Democratic votes amounts to. In non-ossontials Mr. Davis is Democratic, but in es sentials he is thoroughly Republican. His ambition to bo President is only equaled by his avoirdupois weight. He is so fat that he dare not sit upon tho fence* for no fence is strong enough to hold him, but he accom plishes all tho purposes of a straddle by looking one way and rowing anoth er.?New York /Star. Mixed Grammar. The witness in the following court scene may hare been ono of those boys who cannot see the use of study ing grammar. A man has been caught in theft,?and pleaded in extenuation that he was drunk : Court?(To policeman, who was witness)?"What did thc man say when you arrested biro?" Witness?"He said he was drunk." Court?"I want his precise words, just as he uttered them ; ho didn't uso the pronoun he, did her' He didn't say ho was drunk." Witness?"Oh, yes he did ; ho said he was drunk; he acknowledged thc corn." Court?(getting impatient at the witness' stupidity)?"You don't un derstand me at all; I want thc words as he uttered them ; didn't he say, I was drunk ?" Witness, deprecatingly?"Oh, no, your honor. He didn't say you were drunk ; I wouldn't allow any man to charge that upon you in my pres ence." Prosecutor?"Pshaw 1 you do not comprehend at all; his honor means, did not the prisoner say, ?I was drunk?"' Witness, reflectively?"Well, he might have said you was drunk, but I didn't hear him." Attorney for the prisoner?"What thc court dosircs is to have you state the prisoner's own words, preserving the precise form of the pronoun that he made use of in reply. Was it flrat person, I, second person, thou, or the third person, he, she or it? Now, then, sir (with severity,) uponjour oath, didn't my client say, lI was drunk?" Witness, getting ( mad?"No, he didn't say you was drunk, cither, but if ho had I reckon ho wouldn't a lied any. Do you s'pose thc fellow charg ed the whole court with being drunk?" Highway Robbery. We learn that one night last week Mr. Martin Williams, who lives on Clark's Fork, and is engaged in mer chandising, while riding in a buggy alone in thc vicinity of King's Moun tain battle-ground, was overtaken by a white man?a stranger to Jnni? who' asked permission to ride. Thc request was granted, and the occu pants of the buggy had not proceed ed far until they were met by a party of four men, one a negro carrying a gun. Mr. Williams was assaulted by this party, knocked senseless, and robbed of what money he had with him?about ten dollars. He was left in an unconscious condition lying in the road, and subsequently his horse and buggy wcro found some distance from thc scene of the outrage, the horse tied to attree; where it had evi dently been driven by the band of robbers. It is thought the roan who asked for a seat in Mr. Williams' buggy was an accomplice of those whom they afterwards met. As soon as Mr. Williams regained conscious ness, he went to thc house of Robert Cavcny, near by, and related the circumstances. Mr. Cavcny accom panied him in search of thc robbers, which, however, resulted only in the discovery of the horse and buggy ns stated above. Mr. Williams, though stunned by the blow ho received, is not dangerously hurt.? Torkvllle En quirer. lYlichaps of a Bridal Party. The Dayton (Ohio) Journal gives an account of tho mishaps of n bridal party that loft that city on Tuesday to go some tin ee miles out on Wolf creek turnpike to be married. The bride was Miss Jennie Kdwnrds, of Cincinnati, and the bridegroom Allen Wolf. They went in a two-horse icoach, and were accompanied by a young lady and gentleman, besides the driver and a boy who sat outside on tho box. When they had gone one mile they came to a narrow place in tue road where there is a steep embankment, at the foot of which thc creek flows. It was exceedingly dark. Tho driver was about to get down to lead his team past tho dan gerous place, when one of the horses stumbled, and they plunged headlong down the abyss, carrying the carriage and its occupants with them. The boy and driver escaped. Tho car riage stopped in tho edge ot tho stroam and by some means the occu pants were extricated before they wero entirely strangled. T ic parly went to the nearest house sent for tho minister, were married, and went back to Dayton, where tho wedding supper \ma enjoyed all tho more for l^e narrow eacupo of the party. AN ORIGINAL IDEA, ?o-?? PKOF. FONTAINE STATES THAT THE NOIITH UKUVAAAA) AGAINST TUB SOUTH. Prof. E. Foptnine's lecture upon the "Life and Services ot Patrick Henry," delivered last evening, was fairly attended. The slightly indis tinct, enunciation of the speaker and the bad accoustics of Lincoln Hall combined to render the voice some what difficult to understand, in many portions of the house. The lecturer said that the natural tulent and abili ty of Patrick Henry descended to him through his Scotch and Welsh ancestors. He stated that there never was a man who prepared all his ora torical efforts with more care an! mature deliberation than Patrick Henry. Prof. Fontaine claimed that Patrick Henry was the greatest Ora tor and statesman the world had ever produced. Comparing him -with? De mosthenes and Cicero, the lecturer said that the forensic eflorts Of the two former were probably as power ful as those of Henry, but their client had not been as great. Demosthenes and Cicero tried to liberate Berne and Troy without success, but Henry en franchised Virginia and his country. Three days before his death Henry saw a'copy of the constitution, which had been so altered that he feared it would give the Federal government too much power and result in central ization oppression of the minority by the majority of the whole people. This would put the South under the control of North, and the outcome would be another revolution within H century. Prof. Fontaine said that this rebellion had come; that the rebels had been successful. But the South did not rebel; the North bad rebelled against the rights of States. As early as 1759 Patrick Heriry pro tested against slavery. The British govcrmcnt, then the manufacturing and shipping interest,, foiind it advan tageous to continue slavery arid1 to ship negroes into the 'AitierFcan coi? nics, thus preventing scttlc'menfc- by whites, who could-not compete1 with slave labor. After the declaration' of independence the NewEngland States assumed the position formerly occu pied by Great Britain, and while*'pro hibiting slavery within her owfi tcrri" tory, perpetuated it in ilic !S?ttlb! to further their interests, thus prevent ing the tide of cmigiation from' let ting in that direction,-' and diverted it to the North and West.? Wdsklilgton Post, Feb. 10th. ' ? ? ! Free Sohools. The Barnwall People says: "The free school system so far has proved a signal failure. The schools in this county generally close after a session of eleven weeks for the scholastic year. . , , We undertake to soy that the little instruction acquired by the pupils during this limited lime will be for gotten before anolher year opens, and the money so far spent might as well havo been thrown in the tire for all the good it has done the cause of ed ucation. Thcro is certainly something rad ically wrong in the whole oystcin, and we call upon our Representatives to use every endeavor to havo the statute book purged of our present cumbersome school act. It was never iutended for such a State as Sohth Carolina, and as little suited to Iho wants of our peoplo and their social and political condition of their sparsely settled territory, as Locke's grand constitutional model was for the Drst settlers who built their log cabins on the banks of the Ashley and Cooper. Wo call upon the practical teach ers throughout the State to meet Sn convention and to let their protest be heard against Iho continuance of a system which has proved only a de lusion and a snore both to teachers and taught, and we would further suggest that a memorial be drawn up for presentation to the Legislature embodying the leading features of some practical school act' that will best utilize the bounty of the lax pays so liberally and yot so fruitless ly dispensed for the cnuso of educa tion." The DelroH and Tribune enys It was the solid South that sent Zncho riah back to the Senate. This is not out .of place." There is certainly enough lluid about old Zach to offset a geal of solid.