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n -it & 2ifis?"*2i^fc3ft .swan ?a >^vv;^ teHftfigfr ?H -win tijfr ?__ OTJTl XXOMBS; TIIEN OtTIT STATE; .FINALLY TI LE T1*3?^ CO' _2. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1868. Every Saturday Morning. im ORANGEBURG NEWS. HStlSIiED AT OK AN G EBURG, S. C. v >SS4if^/y. DIBBLE, Editor. Jfjjj '?<?. DIBBLE] Associate Editor. WARLES IL HALL, Publisher. . :?'TERMS OF SURSCRIRTION. W*C?py foroneyear. $2.00 '?*???*?'???" Six Montau. 1.00 . fcfcjr one ?ending-TEN DOLLARS, for a CInl> of nevrA Subscribers,:will receive an EXTRA CORY toi ONE 'IfEnRy free of olinrge. Anv one sending FFVRi DOLLARS, for a Club of Now Subscribers; willYeeeite en EXTRA CORY for SIX MONTHS, Treeof.ehargc. ? - _:o:_ RATES OF .ADVERTISING 1 Square 1st .Insertion. $1.50 ?". ?? 2d ". 7o A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or one Incb df Advertising space. 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McL??E, <ffcfen t*&t op chester. f*>$?t< . . __o? /Wi CONGRESS, ***** ^COLONEL J. P. READ, ' f()r ANOERKON. SELECTED STORY. Old Shylock's- Ruse. BY JOHN M. HARTLEY. Picture ill your mind an old man with a SU^bby grey-coat reaching to bis knees, and two long arms protruding from its iulds, aud yrJu Nvm UuVc Old Sbylock. lie was qcitlicr a unser nor a herniit, yet he lived nmong the wilds, iti a dilapidated cottage, whose Walls soomcd rondy to moot at onch fresh ?weep of the wind. It consisted of four or five apartments; two upou the first lloor, which 'were used for vnriouB purposes, and two upou tho second. Those were chambers, ono being used by Shylock, and the other by his daugh ter. A qUaiut looking place for a maiden's sleep ing apartment it was. With its rough plaster ed Walls/adorned hero and thcro with grotesque characters wrought in wood, weapons of war, human skulls, skins of wild animals, long pipes of clay, costumes of warriors, ^heraldry of dif ferent nations, and innumerable uttifornis. Old Shylock prided himself upon these. Though quite poor, he usod what littlo means he possessed in purchasing antic dresses, rus tic swords, shields, war clubs, and in fact, ^everything that would strike his fancy as boiug odd. This engendered no small umount of .gossip. Sonic termed him a necromancer, a conjurer, while others whispered dark talcs ol witchcraft, of departed spirits, and ogre-look ing figures flitting about the walls, at whioh Shylock would smile, caring neither to verify uor refute the accusation. Tbo war between Poland and Russia was at Ite .fccigtlr. Numbers of Polish refugees swarmed the country, socking shelter from their enemies. The fiat came from the king inflicting death upon whomsoever aided or abetted tho insur gents. Shylock wus never troubled by a visit from any of these j but few persons ventured so ihr iuto tho mountains. It was his custom to sit at his cottage door during twilight, with his long clay pipe in his mouth, and his red scull cap drawn almost over his eyes, watching the advent of tho dif ferent stars. As he wus thus engaged one summer even ing, he thought he heard tho clattering of a horse's hoofs upon the stones. It was some thing unusual for u horseman to pass his cot tage, and before he could give himself any sat isfactory answer, both horse and rider came from the thick foilage iuto full view. The lutter's air was nervous and disturbed and, as Well as his beast, he was covered with dust and perspiration. His eyes no sooner lit upon Shylock than he vaulted from his sad dle : "I am a Polish refugee j my pursuers are upon my track. It is impossible for ino to go any further. For Heaven's sake, old man, cx tcud r.ic a helping hand. For, if I am retaken, death alone awaits inc." Shylock gazed for a few moments iuto his face. For the lirst time ho noticed that his dress wus that of a dragoon. He shook his head sorrowfully, sayiug : ''To aid a Pole, were to lay one's head upou the block." A groan escaped the cavalier's lips. He clutched frantically at Shylock's hand, aud in a suppliant voice, cried : "I am a human being, the same as yourself. You value life, why should I not'( Oh, for Heaven's sake, I beg of you, conceal me in your cottage." Shylock was .silent. Though a misanthropic creature, he. was not entirely heartless ; he pitied the fair youth be fore him. He felt as a Christian, duty bouud to render him assistance. Let the cost bo what it might, he determined to act as his heart and soul dictated. He arose front his seat, aud onteriug the cot, ignited a him follow. "With a cry of joy the youth s' rang after hiin. Up the stair-case they wended their way, till Shylock I'm ally halted at a door, adjoining tho apartment iu which his daughter lav sleep ing. lie pushed it open and motioned the refugee to enter. Ho obeyed, and after covering the old man's hand with kisses, threw himself upon the bare floor. The door was locked by Shylock, and turn ing ho hastened below. Upon reaching the lower portion of the cot tage, his first movement was to secure the cav alier's horse, which he did by leading it to the rear of the building aud fastening the reins to a post. Ho then returned to his scat at the door, and taking up his pipe began devising some means by which he hoped to elude the pursuers. The cottage possessed no hidden passage nor secret vault, through which he might gain ac cess to the mountain; on the contrary, it had been constructed in such a manner that a few moments search would result in the complete overturn of everything. He too well knew this, and after a brief study decided that the ouly way left him, was to prevent the Russians from making any search which might lead to a discovery. Hardly had ho come to this conclusion, when upon the night nir, rang quick succession, the clattering of many horses. A slight trem or crept over the old man's frame, as the sound drew nearer, aud nearer, followed by loud, harsh words aud alternate outbursts of anger. Ho drew his skull cap tighter upon his head and steadying his trembling hand began puff ing vigorously ut his pipe. The next moment, the bushes were rapidly thrust aside, and Shylock beheld tho grim visage of a mounted Russian, followed by another, and thou auothor, till ho counted eight?eight hardy, powerful cavaliers, with war and dissipation stamped upon their very foreheads, and ho, a decropit old man, bont al most double with ago. Tho foremost started back, as he took in the cottage and its inmate. With nn oath, he ripped out: "So ! so ! A mountain home for refugees. This then, is whoro our Polish minions obtain aid. Ry m'cyes ! you have worked it well old mnu." Shylock continued quietly smoking?not a trace of fear or uneasiness was betrayed in his manner. Judging from his face, ho regarded tho ones before him with mingled curiosity and pleasure Yet, as he sat thus, with cvory eye fixed upon him, seemingly undaunted and composed, his cunning bruin was at work, studying?calculating?thinking of the b?st course to pursue. Suddenly he started?dropped his oyes to the ground, nnd then a bland smile passed over his wriuklcd face. Drawing Iiis pipe frum Iii? mouth, ho blow forth a dense volume of smoke, exclaiming : "Yah; dat ish good?Polish minions ish good ; but mo no du dat." A loud laugh followed this, but tho leader instead of joining in it, leaped from his horse, aud drawing a pistol from his belt, stepped to his side, crying : "I know you, Shylock Dwync?your dutch j jargon will not servo you. You have conceal- j ed in your cottage?a prisoner?one Vinccut Du Vier?deliver him or I will shatter your brain into atoms." In spite of his resolution to appear calm Shylock trembled. His long, bony arm fell to j his side, and his pipe rolled upon the ground. Large drops of perspiration began to start up ou his forehead, his face becamo pule, and his eyes commenced rolling in their sockets, lie had betrayed jimself, no finesse could now serve him?ho was lost?irretrievably lost. Yet, even then, his composure did not entirely forsake him, his voice wus firm and unbroken when he suid: "Your prisouor is not here?I pledgo you my oath." "Liar 1 cried the officer pressing the cold muzzle of his weapon closer to Shylock's teui plo. '-You have him hidden in your cottage. Deliver him and no harm shall como to you? refuse, and your head shall pay the peualty." "1 know nothing of him," firmly replied Shylock. "Seek him in the mountains." "No. We will seek him here," returned the officer. "Dismouut men, aud search the garden. lie commanded. Turning to the soldiers : '?'This dim-looking ruin is not without some outer cave." They immediately obeyed, and four of them disappeared around tho corner of the build ing. Shylock's heart sank within him as he he held this. The cavalier's horse he remem bered tying at "the rear of tho cottage. Pass it unnoticed he kuo>v they could not. The officer still held the inimical weapon to his temple, lie was compelled to sit quietly, and hope tho beast would bo passed unseen. Such expectations were* tho next moment ^lapcfledr'tts a~cry of uxuiuvtvoiraWso 'upuiTtuc" air, and the four Kassians emerged fiom the-' rear of the building, loading by the rein a fully equipped dragoon horse. Shylock leaped to his feet. A hand clutched him by the throat, and a voico of thunder cried : "Now, villain, coufess 1 Whore is Vincent DuYier? Speak! Where is this refugee '(" "lie is not here," cried Shylock, struggling to escape the hands that held him. "Wretch I" shrieked the enraged officer. '?Will you still persist in this? Light your lamp?lend through your cottage. Do you obey nie ? Go !" Aud he flung Shylock headforemost through tho cottage door. A lump was hastily procured, and the old man, with six Russian Boldlors at his heels eu tcrcd the rear apartment. Everything thero was overturned, closets were ransacked, clothing scattered about, and the room made one complete mass of over I turned articles; but no cavalier was found. "Now, the upper chamber !" cried the offi ' cor, drawing his sword, and commanding the others to follow his example. Pale and trembling, Shylock mounted the rickety staircase. Twice he turned, and en deavored to expostulate, hut his voice was scarcely heard above the din of the soldiers. Reaching the top, he drew back, and stood for a moment upon tho stairs. "Lead on, old man !" cried, a half dozen voices back of him, and at the same moment the 2b?r? pricking of a sword upon his feeble limb compollcd him to resume his way. The narrow entry was soon filled with Rus sians. The officer tried both doors, and found them securely fastened. "Unlock this!" ho said, turning to Shy lock. "There is nothing in there," replied tho old man. Unlock it, T Bay !" thundered the officer, striking at the panel with tho hilt of his sword. Shylock leaned against the plastered wall, almost fainting with terror; that intrepidity which had, since tho first characterized him, was no longer apparent. Now, all to him seemed hopeless. He turned to the Russian saying: "If 1 deliver this dragoon into your hands, do you promise mo, on your honor as a soldier, that no harm shall como to me or mine." "I do," replied tho officer; "on my honor as a soldier and a gentleman." "Thou," resumed Shylock, "I own to you the truth. I have Vincent DuVicr in this chamber. He is yours." At the same timo he struck at the door, crying: "Within there, dragoon. Polo, it is usolcs?. Your retreat is discovered. Gome forth and deliver yourself." Ad ho ceased knocking, hu muttered to him aelfjO'ii' she will but understand me." ? , Minutes of stillness and anxious watching passed; Again the old man thundered at the. door* As ho ceased, a noise was made within, followed by the patting of footsteps, aud the hur ?od movements of a person. Then a bolt was - drawn buck, and the figure of a Polish dragoon stood at the out ranee. -V cry of joy aud surprise- arose upou the air. The soldiers lifted him in their arms and st artod down the staircase. Reaching tho open air,jthey bound him aud then mouutiug their horses, rodu off. A,4 tho sound of their horses hoofs died away,- Shylock unlocked the other chamber door, and thrusting his head within, whisper ed ' Oome forth 1 All is safe." Tho true Yiucent DuVier, pale and tremb*. liugT stopped iuto the eutry. ?'l luvc they gone ?" he asked. "They have." "jlutj.who?who have they taken?" ?'My daughter," responded Shylock. "Your daughter ? Oh, heaven, uiau ! what huvwjffou done ??This is rqpre than I asked of you." "Never miud," was tho reply. "There is one thing I now ask of you she jm?st bo re turned." Vincent clasped him by the bund, crying : "She shall be returned, though at #tho cost of iuV lifo." He kept his word. After much trouble, an exchange was ef fected, aud old Shylock once more clasped his daughter to his breast. About a year after a marriage took place at the mountain homestead. Tho brido was Shy lock's, fair daughter. It is needless to state who the other wus. VARIOUS. The State Democracy. ADtttKKS OF TIIK CENTRAL DF.MOCilATI0 CI.Un \ ? ? ? ? ' - CAROLINA. * yufhir-Citi'srns: The election for PresidentJ and Vice-Presidont of the United Slates is now close at hand. The great principles in volved in the coutcst, the magnitude of the interests at stake, and the influence which this State may have' on the result, make this a proper occasion to lay before you a brief ad dress. The tendency and purpose of the Radical party, as manifested in words and acts, arothe absorption of the liberty of the individual; the destruction of States; the subversion of the constitution aud the erection upon the ruins of individual and public liberty, a grand, grinding consolidated despotism. Already it has made rapid strides in that direction. Little now is left for it to do'but to fuse into one mass, and then crystalize into permanent form its various acquisitions of usurped power. Its capricious acts; its wantou cruelties ; its cor rupt practices; its enormous burdens you have felt and do know. Against these aud more than these you arc now called upou to con tinue a resolute fight with the peaceful, though potent, weapon of the ballot. The Democratic party here und everywhere are striking with you for the principles of liberty, and the forms of government to which we have been accus tomed, for a written constitution, a Federal Union aud a distinct existence of tho States. Surely, then, the principles of the coutcst arc important, and the interest great. Arouse,, therefore, to the magnitude of the emergency, and spare no efforts for success. When the time for registration shall come, lot no man fail to appear, and none fail to vote. Let each one remember that his individual vote may decide the election iu his own District, aud that the electoral vote of the Stato may tum tho scale iu favor of tho Democratic party. Our people must not despond, nor rolax their efforts, if there should bo failures else where. On the contrary, they will have reason to hope, and much to stimulate them to in creased energy, for it is yet possible to win. Stato elections arc influenced, und sometimes controlled by local issues; and it has often happened that these go one way, und in a few wcoks thereafter, in the same place, tho Presi dential elections another. This may be the case in the present canvass; aud, indeed, wo have reason to hope so. Recently we have received reports from all parts of the Stato which induce the belief that South Carolina, with proper effort, will be carried for Seymour and Rlair. Let not tho failure to do so be asci'hed to you. The canvass in which you arc now engaged is full of excitement, which will probably con tiuuo and increase to tho end. Wo trust, there fore, that it Will hot'be amira to drop you a word of Viailtiou. The criminality of u few, ami perhaps tho indiscretion of many have plucod it in tho power of malice and misrepre sentation to injure us, aud seriously to damage the common cause. We urgo you, therefore, not oidy to prevcut violence, but to abstain ? from the appearance, of it. Wo arc dealing with a false aud subtle foe?'prolific in in ventions and venomous in purpose?a foe who fully understands the temporary profit of a nimble lie, which too often achieves its end before tho truth can even' buckle on her armor. We need not urge upon you tho policy and the duty of treating, w ith great kindness and forbearance, the colored population of tho State. This you have ever done, and will continue to do, as long us you are permitted. Wo havo no doubt you will make manifest the untruth of the malicious charge, that by force you have compelled their votes or by intimi dation kept them from the polls. Their minds are rapidly opening to the truth that tho va grant white man from the North, as well as tho renegade of the South, who live by de ceiving and plundering thorn, and who have been driving them to destruction, are not truo friends, and are unworthy of confidence and support. With a fair opportunity they will return to you, as their estrangement is owing entirely to the false teachings and malignant efforts of the Northern emissary. It cannot bo forgotten that tho StatO voluntarily, in 1865, invested the colored population with every civil right; and that tho Democratic party, in convention in April last, recognized them, tinder the previous action of the State, as an integral element in the body politic, and expressed its willingness, when in 'power, to enfranchise them to the extent which the public weal and their own good might warrant. The position then taken by the Convention, aud which was announced to tho people of | the State and tho country, is now reaffirmed. Wo beg you to Tomembcr that tho Demo cratic party of the State was not organ i zed for the purpose merely 'of supporting the nomi nees of the party, but for highor purposes add more enduring enda. It is possible . that our 1 present leaders may be defeated, but our prin ciples willhmirvivn. -Tho liberty of tho indi vidual, the being and welfare of^Bcates,- the] Constitution of tho United* States and a Fede ral Union 'under it, are objects worthy of pa tleric-raH^ In the success we hope for, our organization will bo most"use ful ; and, in case of defeat, it will become es. scutial. We, therefore, desiro to imprcae up on you the necessity of preserving intact, and in full energy, the admirable organizations of] the Democratic party of South Carolina. WADE HAMPTON, ' Chairmau Executive Committee. J. D. POPE. J. P. THOMAS. E. W. McMASTEH. W. M. SHANNON. S. McGOWAN. JAMES CIIESNUT, Chairmau Auxiliary Committee T. S. FAP.ItOW. Good Advii'K.?Make marriage a matter of moral judgment. Marry in your own religion. Marry into a different blood and temper ament from your own. Marry into a family which you have long known. Never talk at on* another cither alone or in company. Never both m.\uifoit anger at the2 same| time. Never speak loud to one another unless the house is ou fire. j Let each one strive to yield oftcucst to thej wishes of the other. The very nearest approach to domestic felicity on earth is in mutual cultivation of an absolute unselfishness. Never find fault unless it is perfectly cer tain that a fault has been committed; and oven then preclude it with u kiss, and lov ingly. Never taunt w ith a past mistake. Neglect the whole world besides, rather than one another. Never allow a request to be repeated. '?I forgot" i.s never an acceptable excuse Never part for a day without loving words to think of during absence; it may be that you will never meet again in life.?. x We commend the above to our yonnt friends who contemplate entering the mat rimonial state. They will find it contains almost all that is neccssry to perfect domestic happiness, everything else ??being equal." Some of tho Georgia negroes refuse to pay any tax until the Legislature retracts its ac tion in expelling the colored members. * ? Iii? mini i _ IL T. Holmbold has written a lotter in fav or of Seymour and Blair; and given a check for fdrty thodsand dollars, to be used to aid thoir election: A "short dress picnio is to De neli in 1 General Sickles hos n lecture ia prepare ttou, H .? L': r-jff?wtfl* ? Mrs. Stant?n is codi^lfli^ i? mtrodnc'H Blocmcrism. .< -v. *<f* ar*^?: The California gold mine* ?tti' dyit%iirfflWfr . filially .well?:. . r r,i*- ^?t>>? uto New Orleans boasta of a daridg fetoaWtif? glar. ?;f 6? Hungary hits at last got a coinage of >fc& own. .'-^^^?ifellt*!?' Elliott, the portrait painter, was 'born saw-mill. . ' ... *.- ??-?? .t>>?0? WBM|(I The Germans are building a new theatre iB Philadelphia. Kfrt&ai The military asylum at Gardiner, Me , has 150 inmates. b ?'.???*! A mountain of magnetic iron has in Lapland. ~ , . Ozone is now manufactured in J&an*?Hfcp? the aid of electricity. ; Tho pope* is tk? taffy titirt^ea? ^et*4gft^; who does not smoke g }K. A It is .said Patti received 810,000 for singing r ton nights at Hamburg; . v?-?X^ '^M^i* An EnglmHm??^?prJaea t? alatlgiitefr ,?ltfc& tie by meauti of olectricityr;.:. .-.? v; n<> ?wf The widow of Dr. Karie is giving spiritual seances in New York; ?.??..?.*>!' The" BHtisil mUfietim fcbfllajn* ttr?h%-^> miles of hook shelved: Mitt A French college has given ft. girl. thv..-4B^i grce of Bachelor Of Science: A man made $30,000 .g?iiieriiig raftta^ seed in California last year. ,.,? ^Hintun?$T Infidrante companies lost $599jO0O.iir Jf?fr1 York oity fires last &QjH&Yrc?&fiKOT -'?a^pte Tils cotttra crop of H?ftfe?ftrer be equal to that of list ysan ViCWir^tB^' Constant Meyer's uow picture ? * -jJffi^ tcacner sn u Ouu?ij ?ciioui. More than filly operators in Waii ifcrJb^; made ovfer' $1,000,000 loat y?dr: The latest Paris velocipede* carries two p"er-' A Mormon cldot was . rccenliy fresiuled with dide b'ovs and five girls the Mtae tHcra ing. A finiUc'roba pateUfc. A Massachusetts company lias bo?gtit ? Norway-lake; and j>rd{??se t? sell Ice 111 fcdfc? don. - * snrjr?<j T-.fv Mrs. Polk, widow of trio lale Gerlebt and Bishop Polk, has opetiOd a girls* scliob'l in New drlcails. Not even a casual instance of yellow feter has been repotted in New Orleans this seasoa. Napoleon Has called ?jWn *zM?a fWeta aid oomposcrs of the empire to gel him u|? a *$w national hymn. 1 '? Sticks- ft** A counterfeit fitly cent note mandf*?idry has been broken up in New York, aud abottfe $1500 in spurious money captured. A blind child ?f tttreo years, ptayi tU* ano in Baltimore in a skilful tttatitter; ttstttgto elbows as well &a Us bauds: St. Louis pa?era r.?no?nfc ttite aW$ Isaac Walker, leaving all estate valued i eral millions rtf dollars: Paris hus schools whore cipedc is taught;