The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, April 27, 1867, Image 1

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? raup FIRST OUR HOMEB;. ^HEN OUR STATE; FINALLY THE NATION; THESE CONSTITUTE OUR COUNTRY. VOLUME 1. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1867. NUMBER 10. TBE ORANGEB?RG NEWS. ?:o:? PUBLISHED AT ORANGER URO, S. C Every Saturday Morning. SAMUEL DIBBLE, EMu?; CHARLES H. HALL. MiMtcr. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Vl%? c*?? fer ob? ji&T.....*. $2.00 i. .. . u gjs Montha.. 1.00 %? . 4t , .i ihre? . 601 Any ent making up a CLUB of F1VK ANNUAL S? BSC Um KHK will receive an extra copy FREE OF CHARGE, c . ?:o:?; BATES OF ADVERTISING. .1 ftqliftT? Ut' Insertion. $1.50 ti ? 2d . ~r, A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or one inch ?f Adttrti-ing space. Ccntract Advertisements Inserted upon the most liberal terms.? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, not cx ?aadhtg-one Square, inserted 'without charge. 9&- Terihs Ctosh in Advance, "X?n kw -:o: For.further particulars, apply to Mit. Cii.vui.ks IT. Hau, er address SAMUEL DIBBLE, Eoitor OuAMiKUtiKi News. Orangcburg. S. C. ,o . ^ ly ? fv UfH. GAUDS. W. W. LEGAEE, Has resumed the PRACTICE OF LAW at Qrnngc burg Court House, and may be found at Iiis Office oTtr Cornclson, Kramer & Co.'s New Store, Russell Street. mar 23 ?f Frederick Fersner, ME C H a x f <; a r. v k .vr r s r, Will attend t6 those who wish his services nt their reaidences, by being inforiucdthrougn the Dost office or otherwise, TEETH on GOLD *nn<l SILVER PLATE Talso the VULCANITE WORK. ? All work done Warranted to give satisfaction. Residence: at Mr. JOSEPH FKRSNER,S%Orangc bnrg District, S. C. marW tf BTJr.T^ & HCOV.1LL, AGENTS FOR THE Eqi table Life Insurance Company \ of new york, POLICIES NON-FO H FJC1T AHL E, Dividend Declared Annually to Policy IIoUlov*. fab .28., : id fy..W* H, DUKES, Licensed a cctioxeer, Offers his Sen.tot km ALL SALES IN THIS DISTRICT, At Reasonable Rates. K feb 2.1 ' * ' *m IZLAIt & DIBBLE, Attorneys and Solicitors. RUS8EL-STREET, nhiht ? if! -.;?! ; ? OBANGEBITEG, S. C. JAMES F. IZLAR. SAMUEL DIBBLE, fab 23 * It E. C. DENAUX, WATJ3H MAKEE and JEW E L L E II, Work Ntttly Repa trat and War ranted, RU6SELL-8THHET, (Opposite Cornclson, Kcnmcr & Co.,) feb 2? . e (mi BULL & SCOVILL ARE AGENTS FOR THE Underwriters Fire Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, ASSET TS OVER 83,000.000. FOR THE Security Fire Insurance Company OF NEW YORK' ASSETTS OVER 81,000,000. ?These stand in the first ranks of nil good Insurance Companies, feh2it v ? 1c Medical Notice. Dr. ARTEMAS J.'WOLFE offers his Piv.fessiona >Services to tho Citizens of Orangeburg District. ?Office near the Railroad,, on Russe]! street, where h ?an l)C found at all hours. All calls upon him will bo met wjtji prompt nt (cMliblt. mar 89 Jw POETRY. Auction Extraordinary. "I dreamed a dronm in tin: midst of my slumbers, And ns fust ns I dreamed it was coined into, numbers, I dreamed that n law hud been recently mode, That n tax on old bachelors' nates should bo laid, And in order to make I hem nil willing to marry, The tax was as heavy ns men could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use, 'Twos monstrous injustice nud horrid abuse, And swore that ts save lb vir own heart's blood from spilling, To the day of their death they would ne'er pay a shilling. The Legislature defermiued their plan to pursue, ,.Su they set all tho bachelors up at vendue; A crier was sent through the town, to and fro, To r?ttle his boU, anil his trumpet to blow, And to bawd out to all he met on his way, Ho! forty old bachelors to be sold hero to-day! And presently all the' old maids in the town, Euch one in hov very liest bonnet and gown, From thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red and pale, Of every desertption, all Hocked to the sale. Tho auctioneer then, in his service began, And called aloud as he held up a man. Here is an old bachelor-1-who wants to buy? In a twiuk the old maidens responded, I, I, In short, at a huge and extravagant price. The bachelors all were sold off* at a trice: And forty bright maidens, some younger,, sonic older, Each lugged an old bachelor home on her shoulder.'* LITERARY. ? ELK CT ED. Bank Notes. AX ENGLISH STOltV. ?:o:? ( Court mini.) lie had become cheerful again, but she ?shook her head and covered her l:tcc*\vith her hands. Poor mother ! She had worked day and night unweuringly in that dull room, and when she looked at the children, she felt her .strength and faith giving way. Kate and Archie tried to amuse little" Hose at tho other end of the room with what'they Vouhi find in the old black trunk above men tioned, in which sundry stray articles were con tained that had been gathered out from deposi tories in their former home, and had not been worth selling. Suddenly Archie exclai' Vjd that he could hear the postman's knock in the distance. It was to ! im the little interest of the evening to watch him go by in Iiis red coat, and to" wonder tit the speed nnd regularity with which he delivered his letters; and so the boy ran to the outer door, in spite of rain and fog. to maintain his usual post of observation. A moment after he came running in with, a uijssive in his build. "A. letter for you. fath er!" he exclaimed; ''perhaps there's good new* for us?perhaps it's to Bay you'll got rich again." The children, as thoy looked back, thought that their father had bcei a rich man before this last time of trial. Mrs. Neville looked up eagerly while her husband examined the letter, and the cover addressed to? Mr. William JVei'iTfr, 4 Glass Court. City. "I don't know the handwriting," he observed, and then opening it , begau to read. He folded it and gave it to his wife. 4'I can't sec to read," she said; "my eyes are blinded so witk work, and tL, fight's bau. Tell me whnt'B iusido." It's from a gentleman a hundred nud fifty miles off, who's heard of my wanting a clerk's place from one of the partners in the firm? Macleane's firm that was. He says there'll be a place open in his business house with the same pay as I had before, but that I must ap ply myself not later than tho day after to-mor row, or it will be filled, as there are so. many after it. It's a kind letter?a gentleman's let ter, and it's been kind of the directors to men tion my name." Mra. Neville's fucc had, brightened suddenly. The cheerful voices of the children, who had strayed into tho inner room, no longer sounded so sadly on her ears, as a hope of being en abled to provide for them found its way to her heart. Then her countenaiico fell once more. "A hundred and fifty miles ! Oh, it hundred und fifty miles, William ; and how are you to get there 1 My ring! but that wouldn't raise enough. To think of being so near good titnea agaifi, and then just failing." ' Her husband lookqd anxious. "I have only this coat," he said, "and ono must look fairly rcspcctablo to. apply. It'll take nearly two pounds.altogether, there and back." Katie's voice outsido filled up the silence that followed. She was singing over, as if to herself, tho. words which little Hose had re peated,? '?We'll praise Him for all that is past. And trust Him for all that's to come." ??Wo must f/y Kiltie's plan." he rejoined. gently. "Cun't \re trust, Sarah, to Him who will supply all our need? His ami isn't short ened, und we're Iii?, and our children." She did not answer, but stood up saying it was Hose's bed-time. The cloud wus on her brow, settling amongst furrows that had be come imprinted there of late. TIhj children re-entered, and Rose climbed her father's knee to say good-night. ??Was there good news in tho letter, father?" inquired Arcllic. ''Yes, my boy," replied his father. '?Mother doesn't look like it," said Katie, anxiously. "Mothers tired," he rejoined "We must try and ask God to supply all nur need, Katie. The letter came to give me n chance of a situa tion, but T haven't money now to get to the place where (lie gentleman lives." * * "? father, take my work-box and sell it," said Katie; "or tho brooch?no, that's gone already?or my books that arc left?or?any thing that I have." "Take my Noah's ark," said Archie, not to bo outdone by Kutie ; '-or my Robinson Cru 'koo with gilt leaves, or?" Little Rose was listening wondcringly, un derstanding only at last that her brother and sister seemed engaged in the bestowal on their father of all their remaining worldly g?>ods ; whereupon, holding up the article which she had been quietly playing vvilh. she put it into bis hands saying. ??Take Iis too, father." Katie and Archie laughed at the little mock ing-bird, and her father playfully took it from her. '?Why, where did this conic from?'' he in quired. <-lt is like my poor mother's old pock et-book, which 1 used tf> play with when I was Archie's age." "It came out of the old black trunk, father; Ruse liked duin" and uudoiinx tl*e fnstcnilHf." "Tt must have" lain at ihc bottom amongst old rubbish ever since before we were mar ried." rejoined his wife carelessly'; "\l don't ever remember cleaving it well out. for I'd for gotten all about that trunk till our first move, and then I jmt the children's toys and clothes iii it." ?TOTy poor mother !" pursued her husband, <is. still with his little one 'on his knee, he turned over the pages, and noticed the old fashioned contrivance for keeping needles and thread, dud told the children a story of how once he had lost that identical pocket-book, and though he had been then grown up and had .bought his mother a fmo leather one instead, she had not liked it half so well, and had never ceased mourning for the old one until it was found after many months in some out-of the-way corner. "P'ctty pietur !" said Rose, catching a thin piece of paper which suddenly fluttered down from an unexpected slit in the iunor lining of the pocket-book. Archie looked over her shoulder. "Such an odd little picture!" he exclaimed ; "up in the corner?it has a crown at the top, and?" "There's writing," interposed Katie; "writ ing in such funny letters. Listen: Rank of England. I promise to pay the Bearer on de mantl the jwm <*/* Tkn Pounds. 1801, Feb. 27. London, 27 Feb. 1801. For the Govern or aud Comjmny of the Rank or England.' And then tlicre s a named signed tiown at the | bottom, and a great big ugly Tkn in funny white letters in the corner. Did you print it for grandmother, father ?" "Mrs. Neville laid down the candle quickly, whilst her father withdrew the paper from Rose's fingers. Ho read it carefully and ? si lently, and then exchanged looks with his wife. It seemed too good, too strange to bo true?jet it wns true. She first realized it all. "Will you go, William ?" she inquired brightly, while the children looked wondcring ly into her face. . '. Yes, I think so," he replied gravely. "Katie, Archie, didn't little Rose tell us tij 'trust Him for ttll that's to come,' and didn't God's word tell us" that He'd 'supply oil our need ?' Well, dear children (don't mind poor mother's crying a little?she's boon very anx ious, nnd it'll do her good) lie's been true to His word, and this that little Rose calls a pic ture is an old bank-note which my mother must have laid by in her pocket-book without tell ing any one, and which has just come to us I when God saw our need was the sorest."* So it was. Katie and Arebie wore neither of them quite clear in their minds as to how that flimsy piece of paper was to turn iuto gold, silver, ooppor, bread, ton, meat, sugar, and clothing. Archie, who was not quite out of the fairy Janes, paid that somo magic wand would transform it into those good things; and Katie wandered without, arriving at any con clusion at all. Tltoir father, however, promised that they should comprehend it on the mor row. And then, when a few minutes had gone rapidly 1?V in discussing the brighter prospects before them?when the children had realized the possibility of a railway journey, and of a * This incident is a true one. little house with a garden, perhaps, in a coun try, town?a new place?when Rose had opened her blue eyes in' wonderment at a shower of ki?acs which came upon hor?because it seemed to every one the most natural way of showing their gladness, they Knelt together and thanked Him who had "heard their cry and had sent .them help i;i time .of need; and when father mid mother hx>ked together that night on their sleeping children, they joined in the words which Hose had taught them? I a "We'll praise Him for all that is punt, I i jj And trust 11 i in for all that's to come!" ' .The next day the brother and Bister accom panied their father, to the Hank of England, which was close to their gloomy abode, now brightened, however, by two sunshiny visitors named Hope nnd Thankfulness. It was such an old note, their father said, that he would bring it to the bank; the which remark neith er bf the children in tho least understood. Tbay watched with interest how, as he pre sented the precious paper, the clerk behind the counter examined it, and then made the iuqui ry,ffl)o you wish for gold sir?" to which their father replied. '-If you please;'" to whereupon wetc delivered over to him ten bright new sovereigns, which looked more promising in their eyes than the crumpled note for which they were, exchanged. Then they all wcntWo a shop where one of these identical sovereigns was partially converted into bread, and into another where meat was purchased ; and it was with strangely happy feelings that they arrived at home. Their father could not explain any thing then, for after an hour or two he wished them all good-byes that were to last, he said, for two days, and departed in haste; and we must wish the children good-bye too. not to re turn until the evening when their father was expected hack again. Upon that evening Katie had no need to task her wits :is to how to make some little va riety for supper; for some nice broth with sub stantial meat-bones in it was simmering encour agingly by one side of the lire, and some hot potatoes s teemed promisingly on the other; and a large loaf was on tho table, and -by its. side was-a small portion of but ter which Mrs. "Neville said was a piece of extravagance, but which Katie had begged her to buy for lather as be was sure to come back with the "promise of the new place, and he would not have dined on the way. And the cups and saucers reflected the light, and when he came, his face reflected the light too; whereupon Mrs. Neville's took to reflecting the light that was reflect od in his face ; whence it ftdlowed that the children's countenances all joined in reflecting the combined light which their parents reflected; the result being, final ly, a complication and combination of pleasant reflections which wore positively delightful to behold. Yes; it was all good news. He had ob tained the place, and a good salary; and the sisters ami brother were almost bewildered at the prospect which their father opened before them of a railway journey that was to come al most directly, and of a small cottage with a tiny garden, in which grew crocusscs and snow drops now. and wherein might be reasonably expected to grow roses and carnations in the summer ; nud of goins to school where was a rU?. ?>>-ound in which he had been credibly l'?V e- ? ? ? ? ? r informed that there wore a swing and a see saw;?that was a tumultuous and a happy supper-tin e. Plans were discussed, and ques tions innumerable asked and answered. The dull cross-looking old room in the city had pro | bably never been accustomed to such gladness, and the smoky rafters and discoloured walls seemed to question the desirability of echoing the children's mirth ; which, however, darkly as they looked on the matter, they were con strained to do at last. The little clock did its duty steadily even under these unsteadying circumstances. Mrs. Neville consulted it after some time, and found that Hose's hour for retirement had come, and led her into the inner room, while, as it. was later than usual, she told the elder ones not to wait for her, but to begin their evening read-' ing with their father. They fetched their Hildes, but Katie paused ere opening hers. *? Father," she said, "I've wanted to ask you. do you remember that even ing that was so sad at first and then so happy, bow you showed mother that promise, and said it was a bank-note V "Ye,S, Katie," replied her father; I've thought of it often since. Kind it in the fourth of lMiilippians." They obeyed, and listened inquiringly. ""What were the words on that bank-note, which has dono so much for us?" be inquired. "It was like this, father : 'I premise to pay to the Hearer, on demand, the sum of Ten Pounds;' and then it was signed by a name at tho bottom." "Quito right, Katie. You see it did not need for mo to earn that money, though the promise must once upon a time have belonged to some one who had a right to the money 'which he had earned; the bearer,?anyone who took that promise to the bank, and claimed its being paid to him?was sure-of getting it. Thcro ore millions of money in the.bank,? moro than you could possibly count, nnd the person whose name is signed at the bottom of the promise, is what is called the cashier, the person who is supposed to be chosen to make all the payments." "But," interposed Archie, "suppose there were so many promises brought to be paid at the bank, that though there are millions of pounds, still there would not be enough money to pay them." * "Then it would prove that it was a dishonest bauk," replied his father; "it would have sent out more promises or notes than it was able to fulfil. If it had not been for a dishonest bank which did this in a way I cannot explain to you, I should have been richer than I am." "And now about the verse, fathor," resumed Katie; "what did you mean when you said that to mother ?" "Read it, Katie, the nineteenth verso." ?She obeyed, rending slowly : " 'My God shall supply all your need according to his niches in glory by Christ Jesus' " "Now, dear children," said their father,, "'you must remember what you have often learned about our having fallen so deeply into sin that God was obliged for His word's sake to pnss.scntcncc of death ui >n Us all. Well, then, you know His dear Son came to die in order to take our punishment upon Himself, lie boro every part of our punishment, and when he had suffered oven unto death instead of us, He ascended again to His Father's throne, to wear the crown of glory which He hnd won. Then our heavenly Father, who had grieved so much over our sins, and our punishment to which He was obliged by His justice to condemn us, that He did not spare. His own dear Sou that he should take it all in our stead, rejoiced greatly that since all the penalty was paid for us. Ho could give us for Chirst's saltenU the great giftft which He could not justly have given U3 in our own right. God has a great treasure-house of heavenly riches and of gifts for men, which he could uot in justice have given us, if our Saviour had not diod for us. But now tho Lord Jesus has gono up into heaven to receive those gifts formen, since he has bought the right of giving them by His blood, and it is just ns if lie had won the key of the treasury by His death, since everything we receive is for His si the. "That's why we say for Jesus Christ's sake' at the end of our prayers, isn't it V inquired Archie. "Yes, Archie; and the treasures in that great treasury are told of over and over in the Bible. In one verse it says '/? whom ice have forgirness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,' and in another wo are told that the Holy Spirit's strength in the inner man is given us from 'the riches of his glory ;' and in that same chapter St. Paulspcakc of 'tlic unsearelia ble, riches of Christ,'?riches which can never fail, and from which wo may always be draw ing and yet never make them less." "Butabout the bank-note,".persisted Katie. Her father took her Bible and found a verse in the sixteenth of St. John . 4 Whatsoever ye j shall ash tlic Father in my name, he wdl give, it j yo-:.* This is n bank-note, K*tm; a promise I siguvu uy JSS*?3 Christ, in his blood,?a roynl promiso which wo must bring to the treasury of our knees; and just as you saw that my note of promise was turned into money at the bank, so that promise will bo received when wo plead it with tho God who waits to be gracious, and who lets us fill up that 'whatso ever' with that which we most need, and then owns the promise, nnd gives us tho blessings. "And the verse you showed to mother," in terposed Archie, again. "Ah, that is a wonderful verse !" answered his father; "there'd bo fewer anxious hearts j if we used that bank-note right. It might be put like this: '/promise to supply to the plead er of this promise, on demand, the sum of all that he may need from God ihe Father's treas ury of riches in glory.' And this is made sure by the name of Christ Jesus, which signs and seals tho promiso." "It says 'All the promises of God arc Yea ami Amen in Christ Jesus' " pursued Katie, thought fully. "I wonder, father, we're not always quite suro about everything?I mean, T wonder wo don't come to Him about all wo want." "It is a wonder,' he added half sorrowfully; "we often let the promises lie by, making as littlo U8o>of them as I did of the note in the .pocket-book, till I found it nnd turned it into money. Thoy'ro no good to us unless we bring them to tho Lord and turn them into bless ings.'" "And they're of uso over and over again," added Archie; "I've found another bank-note, father: 'Ask, and yi shallI receive.'^ 0 "And here's another," oatclaimcd Katie; 'come unto me, all ye. that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give, you rest.' Best's what's promised there, father. O Archie, wo liavc hundreds of l^k-notes if wc look for thcui" "And mind you bring them .to the treasury expecting to have them made goodi" concludedl their Father. "Remember it says-,.'What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, beii'eve that yn receive them, and ye- shall havethem''"' . And now we most say good-bye to Katie and Archie, .for this is to be bnt a little book, and the-story of their 'journey to their new. home, and "f their setting down in it. and of tho school with the play ground, and of their Betting down in it,nnd of all itbo other:newciroumstaneos which befell them, would make- quite a long recital. Bright days had come to tho Neville family, and they prospered, from: the hour iu which the old pocket-book had!been: discover ed. Perhaps we should tell you that on i the-Sun* day evenings one of the children's- favourite*, employments is that of finding. Bible bank notes. And when you arc in>Bcedj or. anxiety,. . or poverty, young reader, O do the1 aame^?fc*r them not lie unplcadcd, unrepresented! in-your Bible. .Remember that "Ho that spared I not- ' his own Son, but delivered him up fur. u?- all,. will with him also freely give us all things " and; / that our unfailing treasury is- that'of '-the itn* scarchable riches of Christ." humorous". ? . Lady Conundrums.. _ # What lady is good to cat??SnllLadd. What lady b good to eat with her ??Olive OilJ What lady is made to carry, burdens 1'?Ella. Fant. What holy .preaches in.the pulpit 7?-Minnie Stir.. ' ^ ?Whatlady docs everybody desire??-Aim U. ity. What1 lady, is acquainted with suVgory?? ? Ann Atomy. What lady lived in - NoaliV timc?^?Ann T. Deluviun. What lady isrfoudof debate??l\)lly Tishun. What lady paints portraits?.?Minnie T?re. "What lady paints comic ones??-Carrie K. Turc. What iady is foad of giving?-?JennurRotw ity. What lady is much talked of??Amelia' Ration. * What lady is most noble ??Mag Nunimou*. What lady is most pcculmr^r-^amTiasiiR:. What lady is most raw avis??Atrajr. Jf_,! Bilhy. ? * Stood Him up in the1 Corner to make More Boom; A wo in an woo lived in a email snug cut tage in a village, ? was- unfortunate ?enough to lose her husband,'and set about making prepprisgr for the funeral obseqaries. A ne^eHkoriagt; Mrs. Gundy, with- her- denk, awl' umbVclIa,.. called to seb things, to condole and' to spycuw late. On coming into the house she looked' around, raised her spectacles- and- her heed/ and said: "Why, Lor' me!- bow nicely j.oun are fixed up for thefaneral 5 wvtt LAV tree?***;-. Lor' say! Dear me! why, do you tell,, you harried Mrs. Webster's cheers, ain't* yew/ and . Mre. Ston's roses on the mantlepieeo, 4hi?y J?*ok right smart, I declare?and there's a cl?c&ioo, ?why where on earth did you get that, I-want to know V* "Oh I no, i?y dear, (wi^h a solemn groan) that's not a clock, it iswy> pVVW? drtav?" departed husband, I stood "him up in one eor- ? nor to make more room V9 ? Th? ^elf-Examining Society has" propound-' td t'.vj .following queries about this financial period to every-body} Docs it cost anything to print a news paper ? How loug can a printer afford to furnish a paper without pay ? Do printers eat, drink and wear anyr thing? If so, how do they get tt 1 Do I owo for my paper? . . Is not this particular time a first rate time to" call and pay up? "Charlie, my dear," said a loving mother to1 a hopeful son, just budded into brooches, "Charlie, my dear, come hero and get some ? candy. ..t t _?> ;_j :*_*i-??* ?*1 gUCSS X WUU t IIHIIU ik m?r. ii*>?, replied Charlie. "I've gpt some tobacco." "I love thec still," said tho quiet husband to' his chattering wife. A marriage in New York was indefinitely postponed in consequence of tho bride being . too drunk to say "yes." ? In Missouri the laws.allow married women to make wills of their own. They have them ready made hero. "An old bachelor, seoirg the words "Fami lies Supplied' "over tho door of a shop, stepped' in and said he would take a wife and two chib drcu..