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EIRST OUR HOMES; THEN OTJJ1 STATE; iriJSTAUr/Y TljllT; NATION; THESE CONSTITUTE OUR COUNTRY. VOLUME 2. SATURDAY MORN^G. JUNE 13, 1868. NUMBER 17. *EHE ORANGEBURG NEWS. PUBLISHED AT OTIANGEBUBG, S.U. Every Saturday Morning. ?:o:? ?AMUKL DIBBLE, Editor. . T. C. DIBBLE, Associate. Editor. j CHARLES If. HALL, Publisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. K)M> Copy for one yenr. $2.00 " "iV*ix Months. 1.00 11 ?< ? Three ?? . GO Any one Bonding TEN DOLLARS, for a Club of l<ew Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of charge. \ny one sending FIVE DOLLARS, for a Club of New Subscribers, -will rcoeirc an 3XTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of charge. ?:o:? RATES OF ADVERTISING. \ Square 1st Insertion. $1.50 " 2d ?? . 76 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or one inch of Advertising *\W5c. AAmiViKftTAlor's Notices, if accompanied with the ?caslu??..........$2 7f? If Wet nVcvanpanicd w?th the cash.?"> 00 Oowti-act Adrcrtiscmeuts inserted upon the most liberal terms. ?:o:? MAURI AO E and FUNERAL NOTICES, not ex ceeding one Square, inserted without charge. ?:o:? 8?- Terms Cash in Advance. feb 2.1 o ly CARDS. IZLAE & 0IBBLE, Attorneys and Solicitors. "Will Practice in Courts of the State, and also of the United States, especially m the Courts of B A N K 11 U P T C Y. ?Tl A.NG E33URG, S. O. JAMES' F. IZLAR. SAMUEL DIBBLE. Irl?23 * ly Attorney at 1'int und Solicitor In Ii q u 1 t V , Office hi Public Buildings, C 0 U 11T II O U S E S Q U A R E . orangeburg C. 11., So. Ca. *Lc7 ly COPA RTfX KI5.SEIIP De TREVILLE & AMAKER, ATTORNKYS AT LAW, Orntigeourif District. w. .t. 1)k TltEVILLE, a. p. amake r, Oraagvburg C. ii; Lewisvllle, 8. g. feb 1 tf FREDERICK FERSNER, DENTIST. will be in orangeburg every friday and Saturday. $SjP Rooms at Masonic Hall, opposite Cornelson, Kvauicr & Co. april 4 tf E. EZEKIEL, WATCH MA It Kit AND JKWKLKK, (it Store formtrly occupied by C. Bull Jfc Co.) Oil A XtJKJi VR (r, s. c. ALL WORK WARRANTED, may 9 tf ?RANGEBURG HOTEL BY IV. It. TREADWELL. THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN NEWLY Fl I' ll il! ted up, ami is now open for the accommodn IliiLtioii of the public. Corner Russell and Broughton Streets. mny 0 '.I BULL & SCOVJ LL, AGENTS FOR THE Equitable Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, POLICIES N?N-FOU FEITABLE, Dividend Declared Annually to Policy Holders feh 213 td V. D. V. Jamison & Son. Offer their Services as AUCTIONEERS to flje citizens of Oriingchurg District. toy Hilles attended to in any pin t of the Dis trict; Vi D. V. JAMISON. S. (!. JAMISON. jnn4 tf DENTAL NOTICE. I T~\R. L. D. RAD/.INSKY RESPECTFULLY IN I / forms the Public that he has Established his Oflico for the Practice of Dentistry in all its branches, at his Residence on Market Street, Oppo site WhiOemore's Factory. Work done in G?hl, Vulcanite, Silver, nnd Pla tine, ami all work warranted for 12 months. L. D. RADZINSKY, M. I)., mny 15?ly Surgeon Dentist., - ' ' ? O ? ?? POETRY. [From tho New York Day-Book.] Tho Awful Dose. The Doctoi*8 met in Lansing town, Ami came to the conclusion That Michigan would surely ilic With weakly Constitution. To work they went to euro hor up, And to impart new vigur; ^ They made n pill for her to take, And in it put a nigger. Alt ho" 'twns sugar-coated o'er, 'Twould do prent execution, And cnll'd the nasty woolly dose '?A new .Slate Constitution." The patient tried to swallow it, To better her condition, And, shudd'ring, tried to rinse her mouth, By taking "prohibition." The Doctors tried to force it down? They worked like any iligger ; But no ! she couldn't swall on it? So up she spew'd the nigger. The vomit acted like a charm? Such awful mixtures shocked her, And tho' she's getting better fast, Sho curses nil stich Doctors. And soon she'll be herself again, Enjoying lite with vigor, And hopes she'll never have to lake Another "dose of nigger !" W. 11. HAND ALL. Paw Paw, Michigan. VARIOUS. T II E Charleston District Meeting OF THE M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, Ii 1.1,1? AT 0KAN(iEBUHG, S. C. MAT 21st, 1SP.8. Bishop D. S. Doggetf, of Virginia, presided at this meeting ; tmd'it. w-ie a. .vary i??"w>uf.;?,. assemblage of delegates from the various Cir cuits in this Church District. We publish, by request, the Reports of the various Committees of the meeting: KKl'OKT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE CI1UKCII. Your Committee have heard with feelings of devout gtatitude to God the unanimous testi mony of the .Ministry, to the extended inte rest in the public preaching of the Gospel ex hibited throughout the District, in tin; presence of large and attentive congregations. These gratifying statements prove that the gospel is still h power in our land, that Methodism still has a strong hold upon the popular affections, and that our doctrines and teachings and econ omy are not only attractive but generally popu lar. We think this Conference has great cause for thanksgiving, that amid all the recent changes, the turmoil, strife, confusion and dis aster through which we have passed, and the inevitable modifications of our church econo my caused by these events, the popular heart still beats responsive to the forms, usages, doc trines end pulpit ministrations of our beloved j Church. In this fact the Church has tho i strongest ground for encouragement, and the j most urgent prompting to zeal in the cause of I (Jod. Whatever may be the changed circum stances of the country or the modified instru mentalities lor usefulness in the Church, the great bulk of the population in this District who without God and without hope in the world look to us lor religious instruction, anil are dependent upon us for religious guidance. A great and effectual door for preaching the gospel is still open to us, and no Church could ask a greater privilege or have conferred upon it a greater houor. It is to be greatly deplored that while our Church is still in a position to lead in the grand movement of (In: Gospel for subduing sin, suppressing vice, promoting virtue, elevat ing morals am! spreading scriptural] holiness over all these lands, that her energies should be SO seriously restrained, and her success re tarded by the want of those cooperative agencies that tlo so much to promote a success ful preaching of the. Gospel of Jesus, i'our Committee have heard with deep concern and profound sorrow, the general acknowledgement that family worship has been abandoned, is still neglected by many members of the Church, and that this meloncholy confession has to be made even in connection with some of our official members. That as a natural conse quence in many sections of the Church throughout the District there has been devel oped not merely a leniency of religious feeling against the demoralizing and dissipating amusements and indulgences of the world, but even a fondness for them, and a disposition to permit and even encourage the attendance of the children of the Church upon them. Parallel with this, and most likely as a di rect consequence, wherever thi? tendency has been developed, there is corresponding decline of interest among the members of the Church in the social means of grace, the prayer meet ings, class meetings and love feasts. If friendship with tho world is enmity to Cod, if piety is incompatible with worldlincss then is Methodism in changeless antagonism to these iudulgencies, for its mission as always announced, is to spread Scriptural holiness. If connexion with any Church, if connexion with the Methodist Church, if all Churches means anything, it means a renunciation of the devil arid all his works with the pomps and vanities of the world, ''and no one cau indulge in these things without being recreant to the most solemn covenant engagements of his Church membership. No member of this Conference could have failed to remark in the very full reports brought before it relative to the spiritual con dition of the several charges within fts bounds, a very striking coincidence. Whenever the spiritual condition of a chango has been re ported as sound and improving, and whenever religious progress is reported as being devel oped in the membership, exactly at those points the prayer meetings tire reported as well attended and it disposition to revive and keep alive the class meetings and love feasts indica ted; This is no accidental concurrence of facts?it is the direct result of sound religious effort always. No Church can be strong thai has no prayeV meetings, no Church can he weak thnt has a prosperous prayer meeting. Upon Christians is devolved the solemn re sponsibility as well as tho wonderful privilege of intercessory prayer in behalf of a. world j lying in the wicked one. The success of the Miuistry and the progress of the Church is entirely dependant upon the agency of the Holy Spirit, and God is move willing to grant His Holy Spirit to than that ask JL'm than earthly parents arc to give good gifts unto their children, und if we hick the soul convict ing, soul saving power of the Holy Ghost in our Churches, it is because we do not ask for it. ,lAsk and ye shall receive." '-Ask and receive that your joy mav he l'?lt," byt QhureUj ?iiU'sMu^r. a ma b bu- .i^kcd Toi "by the Church, as a Church, and it is done in the prayer meet ings. If the Church throughout our District will unite with one accord in asking, wc cannot doubt that before ih ? year passes ;ve shall wit ness another Ponte? . t and the early conver sion of thousands. Your Committee present for your adoption the following resolutions : Rtsofvt(I. That this Conference hereby re cord their devout thanksgiving to God over the rep. its so generally made here by the Ministry of the continued attendance upon their preaching, of large, attentive mal serious congregations, and that in this fact we see ground ol great hope, of good to tho country and prosperity to the Church. Resolved, That this Conference has to re cord with profound reutet, a great departure from primitive Methodism in so many of the chaigcs of this District in the neglect of fami ly prayer, and the discontinuance of class meetings, love feasts and prayer nie, tings, nud that healthy spirituality in th Church can be preserved only by diligence in the use of these means of grace. Resolved, Thai now as ever heretofore, .ve hold ourselves most solemnly pledged to dis countenance by precept and example, by our selves and our families the popular dissipations and amusements of the irreligious world, and that we will labor especially to preserve the young of our charges ami families from their seductions. Resolved, The Pastors of the several charges in the District be requested in their Pastoral visitations and in their Pulpit ministrations to urge the importance of family religion, and at tention to the duty ol' family prayer ipon all the families of their several charges. KEPOKT or TIIK SUNDAY .SCHOOL t OM Ml TT I.K. impressed with a profound realization of the momentous character of tin; subject submitted to them for consideration and report, the Com mittee "ii Sunday Schools regret thai tin brevity of time at their command has previ 1 ! ed more than the very partial and imperfect performance of their duty. They are. pleased to be able to congratulate the Conference on the increast d interest in the Sunday school cause, which, the reports from the various charges indicate as being very general throughout the District. You have heard of schools being established at sever..1 points formerly lestitute; of untre energy on the part of teachers ; of the yearning lovi <i pastors over the lendei lamb: of their flocks. Many of us (od have seen for ourselves the children exhibiting .? great appreciation of the privilege afforded them of learning in their youth the truth a* it is in Chrii i Jesus , many id'us have heard them sing, as if with inspired voices, the sweet songs of Zion ; we'have w it nessed unmistakcablo evidences of the moving of the Holy Spirit upon their hearts,?and, contemplating all these things, we can but ex claim, "the Lord is doing groat things for us whereof we are glad." Your Committee regard Sunday Schools as the most valuable and reliable adjunct.-of the Church iu its mission of salvation. Where properly fostered and conducted, tliey arc truly i|e nurseries. A large proportion of the most jjious and most esteemed of our members have Ijceu trained iu the Sunday School, and tl.cir nistnin experience, consistent walk and ac vc energy, arc but the legitimate fruit of the sleds of Gospel truth, planted in their hearts wiile children, by faithful teachers. A large atd flourishing Sunday School indicates almost invariably a prof porous Church ; while a neg ated, unintcrestiug and decaying School al \y\iys betokens iu the Church a decline of spirituality and power. -Alnvaluablc and essential nt all times to the nfospcrity of the Church, your Couimittcc tjink that there is now especial ucecssi.y for t/cir general establishment and increased effi ciency. The baneful influences to which most winds of intelligence are subjected; the tendency (?wards rationalism, unitariamism, ritualism,? tf iufidelity or a perversion of God's word so gene rally to be noticed; the now multiplied seduc tive temptations of the world the flesh and the Kravil j?all confront or environ the youth of] atr land, as they pass the threshold of iiinu ! .tod or v. .manhood. Flow-can they success fully resist and overcome these pernicious jfrjcnoie'S and proclivities, unless when children, & early youth, they .ire thoroughly taught the fundamental truths of the Bible, und accept experimentally that religion which is "the !\ver pf God unto Salvation i>< everyone that lievcth." ''Wherewithal shall a young man c"anse his way if By takig heed thereto nc ?rding to Thy Word." Vom* Committee would be pleaded to \a\ ioforc you the various methods ol conducting iinday Schools, which, in different localities, hve proved successful; but time doe? not per iit. Wc desire however to urge the impor nce of the efforts of Superintendents and ichors being directed to the early conversion their pupils. In some schools the theory religion only is taught, and but little eflort made to secure its immediate practical adop 6n. This, we think a very great mistake; iu juny instances, r\ fatal one. Superintendents i teaplwys, Kv direct appeals _to- the heart ir conscience; by coutihnaUy* fioTdiiig up| lrisi tnd Him crucified as a present Savior ; Playi!ri argument, persuasion and entreaty, odd endeavor to lead their scholars to re ntanco, faith and the experience of justilieti tTsn. There is n time so propitious for a pro fession of Christianity as the early morning ol life. This acknowledged fact should never he forg dteh or ignored hy those interested or en gaged iii Sunday School labor. Your Committee heg to present to the Con ference the following coudeuscd and, we regret, not perfect, statement compiled from Hcporls which have been presented and from the Min utes of the last Annual Conference : Number of Schools in the District. Ullicers and Teachers. lit? ?? Scholars. li!?l *? Volumes in Libraries . 2'.'7V " Church members. Sltil This last item we report for the purpose of showing the large discrepancy between tlie number nf members and of scholars, and that we may suggest the importance of speedily bringing within Sunday School influence tin children of the Church who ate. vet uncared We beg In conclusion to submit the follow ing resolutions: lictolvtul, That the ineiuhi:: of this Confer ence pledge themselves to renow< 1 efforts here after in the establishment and enlargement of I Sunday Schoi Is. AVW'W, That wo recommend to the Pas ti nf the hist riet the formation among their rcspectivi charges of Sund ly School Societies, lor the purpose of regulating and maintaining the several schools. [ I i . iii the Abbeville Damn r. ) German hunt ignition. [Wo an- mi'!, r obligation;- to a friend for a I copy of ti e letter which follows. !i embraces some practical ideas ??'\ th? subject of imiiii g rat ion, hud it.-, it is a lisjittCr which deeply con. corns our people, we cheerfully give place to tin letter :?Kl?. H \*- kit "| I will give y ni the results of iuy intjtVfrios about the (icrtiiaii settlement i:: this I district. I? i- call'd ticrmtintiiwiij tin ! is Incited twen ty live miioseaat ol this city, mi tie- Watt) roe, fifteen iiiilcs etist of the South Ciiroliha I!;-.':! road, tin- net rest depot being < larksons Turn out. Oporati dl? were commenced on the lii -t of November last , and the settletnenl consists of lour families ol (Icrutaus, numbering nim teen persons. i>evcii hogri es are hired as farhi hands^; and these \\itli line able-bodied (lei I mans make the sum total of twelve farm-la borers. 'I he settlcuienl was made by and is under the superintendence ol' Mr. holding, a German by birth, hut a Confederate hy lour years of war-times with us, in addition to several years of business residence in Charleston. Imme diately after the war Mr. Lciding took his family to Ucrniauy, to await belter times; find while there had numerous applications from families of farmers and laboring men to bring them to the South ; but times were not then favorable for that. This tendency in that peo ple to come, added to a desire to do something to aid our prostrate country, induced Mr. Leid ing to form the prnjt I of forming a colony. Gcrinnutown is the result of that prujr.t. In (ixing upon a spot, two points were kept in view?healthiness und fertility. A tour of inspection in company with a German fresh from Germany was made. In examining this locality?the one finally Belcctcd?tho good health of the inhabitants boro ample testimony upon the first point. Upon the second, the German agriculturalist decided thus: ''The land is not of the richest sort, but it has all the elements for a comfortable support, and by proper tillage-? manuring with stable and barn yard manure?it can be brought into a high state of fertility; besides, if desirable, the al luvial bottom soil can be brought up to tlie sandier elevations and thus greatly improve them." Thus assured, Mr. Leiding determined to secure the place, and make it the centre of an extensive colony of Gennans. As the safest mode of proceeding, he determined to begin with a few who were already resident in the State; and from this point advance to the de sired extent in a few years. The four fami lies enraged hail been living in Charleston, in mechanical pursuits, from ten to fifteen years. I give you in the words of the colonist the details of operations at the outset : "We had line little dwelling-houses built, plastered and with trick chimneys; also, outhouses and a general stable, to hold fourteen horses and their provender. Wc had two wells ?lug, one of fifty-five feet depth and the other eighty nine feet. We sjdit rails for 250 acres ; cleared two ucrcs gurdcu lots for throe dwelling houses each. These gardens are now green with corn, Irish potatoes, cabbage and the usual vegctabls of the region. Wc sowed in November 'HI ucrcs in wheat, 2i) acres in rye ; and since then have added eight acres in Irish potatoes, three acres in sweet potatoes, HO acres in oata^Tti acres in corn. Hfi acres in cow peas, "id TsVacres in cotton. We hud on an aver age six burses employed. W e ploughed the wheat, rye. oats and potato lands very deep and harrowed them with heavy harrows. Up to the '.'.'Ith April, the lands bid fair to yield an abundant cro| . hut the occasionally heavy rains, from the 20th of A; til for near three weeks afterward, have materially injured our i prospects, besides we have lost a great deal of time in tilling because of the constant heavy rain. However, under the blessing of Provi dence we hope to earn a living the firsl year and a surplus next.'* AI! tlii. i- in keeping with the German character ; and its patience contains a world of wisdom for our American rootiveness. In Ger many, the climate it" 60 Cold that they have but seven months out of the twelve in which it is possible to work in the fields, and land very scarce at that; while here these Gcrinnutown ers ran gather in ten mouths out of the twelve and do farm tillage in every mouth of the year. This comparison; Mr. Leiding holds, will bring as many immigrants to South Carolina as we wisll, as soon as the facts can Income known and the country a little better quieted. In this colony they prefer the uplands, because there is less ri.sk, although less profit in suc cessful years. The German mind prefers this sort of certainty, and is willing to labor for a certain though a limited gain. This is an cle ment of character we very much need among us. Mr. Leiding says: "lam anxious to be come the moans of bringing from overpopuln ted Kit rope honest and industrious ami ambi tious men--men who wish to rise?to this land -o abundantly blessed by Providence in clim ate, soil, malt rial-, and water power." j With these views, based upon his knowledge ? ?I' both countries and upon this experiment thus far so successful, Mr. Leiding suggests a plan for the gradual and rajiitl development of his own iiiul similar colonies of which I see no reason wir. 'lure mn^ iiol he Line hundred in South Carolina. ! givj the. several points in Iiis pw ti w rds : L ('Sei such labour.'- the country how al ready litis I f they succeed (hoy will induce other.-, t! eir relit ti veil or friends, to immigrate from Kuiopo. 2. I'iii up a cbinfo fable little house in a healthy I? ea'Hiy, for oaeli family. H 'I irn ver to the laborers fifty acres of good land for cultivation, ami furnish him with a niitle. a cow, and a sow with pigs. I. I uriiish him with bacon, corn and pro vender for six or eight months. ;"?. Pay liilii 88 or ?10 a month, as a part of hi.- earnings and tio n interest him in the next proceeds (alter having deducted his wages and his .-uppori. ti. Give him a written agreement, that after oiu- year and within live yours you will sell him the house and land at a Stipulated price. These conditions Mr. Leiding believes will satisfy the German immigrant; and he speaks from the German stand-point?speaks with a practical knowledge of the wants and fooliuga of the German furnier? - The "good time coming" for South Carolina i may not be so far in the future ns croakers - think ; and my idea is that the Very best if not the only way to bring that dny about iB for our land-owners to colonise their surplus lauds'.; und Germans ?rc the best of colonists. Let our people go manfully and liberally to this work and the sceptre will Boon pasa IroiU the dusky brow of iudolcnt Ethiopia. I think these facts will bo useful for Ottf pooplc to learn, and that they may be sugges tive of something practical. In addition to the Rurea i of Immigration established by the State, there is, I sec, a party in Charleston?.Joseph 11. Oppenheim?whose I business it is to conduct negotiations between citizens and immigrants, and to furnish labor I from Germany or Ireland. But private in dividuals can readily manage the business as soon as they get the desire to act. JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON. Unequal Laws. The Carl Schurz resolution at Chicago adopts "the immortal principles of the Declara? tion ol Independence," of which the foremost sets forth the rightful equality of men before the law. "it ! The second Chicago resolution is a fiat ' denial of equality. The Northern Vfhite, it says, may deny suffrage to the blacks. The j Southern white shall hot. This is equality! The Northern white, it says, shall distribute j suffrage as he pleases, each State properly I controlling its own distribution. Tlie South ! crn white shall not distribute suffrage. Con* I gross has usurped the power from each State j and will maintain its usurpation. This in equality! Wholesale disfrautdiisdiucnt of whites has bean worked at the South by the laws of Con gress. But nobody has been disfranchised who would vote to keep Radicalism in power. This is equality ! One law for the North, another law for the South on the same subject. Thi-< is equality. No Negro suffrage at the North, where it has been uniformly rejected by the people for themselves. Wholesale negro suffrage at the South, where it is uniformly dreaded. This is equality ! Xo negro suffrage nt the North, where so few are the negroes that their ignorance could do but little barm through the ballot. Whole* sale ncro suffrage at the South where the negroes ..re half or nearly half the popubition, and where their ignoranco working through the baliot may and must do its utmost harm, This is equality ! Gratitude demands this, say the Chicago Madicals, yet a larger proportion of Northern blacks fought in the war than of the Southern blacks. The Northens black is denied the suffrage. The Southern black ha? it thrust upon him. This is equality ! Gratitude demands this, say the Chicago Radicals?but gratitude to whom and for what? Gratitude to the millions of Southern blacks who helped the rebellion to the lost hour of its life, who had not pluck enough to strike a blow themselves for freedom, but now have freedom's highest privilege thrust upon them? Gratitude to the few thousand blacks who fought the rebellion, but to whom suffrage is denied? This in equality. Senutor Doolittle proposed an amendment to the last reconstruction bill giving a ballot to every black soldier, proportioning gratitnde thus to service. The Radical Senate rejected it, for that was equality. The Chicago platform is a splintered chip which Carl Schur/, cannot nail on the grand old Declaration of Independence.?A7". Y. World. - ??^??--.?o???? The Charleston Gazette, an able organ of the Irish, thus speaks of Gen Grant;?'?Grant's submission to the Radical party, and treacher ous surrender of charges, placed within his keeping, arc titling commentaries upon his character as a soldier. Ostensibly the friend of Mr. Johnson, he sought by the confidence committed to his custody to work the ruin of him he served, feigning a friendship, tho j foundations of which diseased ambition had already sapped, ho yielded his lean and hungry soul into the bands of the nrch-impcachcrs. Under their direction, he ignobly prostituted the opportunities which circumstances gave him, seizing with avidity expressions of tho {.'resident, with the deliberate intent of forging them into weapons to be used for his destruc tion. tTbe pitiful ine inness of the man's w hole course bespeaks the traitor. Ensau sold his birth-right, his own property, for a mess of porridge, the good received was tangible, and the circumstances such as to mitigate, if not justify the sale, and yet this same Esau, for the exhibition of what is justly regarded as a mean -pirit, is held up to tho scorn of alt time. Grant, without tho warrant which hunger gavo to Esau in his pinched and starved condition, deliberately foreswears hsmsclf, abandons his principles nnd barters; for the uimubstantt".? prfgent of a nomination, the high trusts ot a pooplc.