The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, May 01, 1869, Image 3
SATURDAY, MAT 4> 18?&
TU AD. C. ANDREWS, Editor.
MALCOLM I. BROWNWGy A module.
The State Agricultural and the
Memphis Commercial Conven
tion.
We clip the following article from tho
Charleston Courier, undoubtedly the best
established paper in tho State, and insert
it as our leader this week, as it speaks
our sentiments better than we1 can give
expression to them. No bettor Society
"Hier the rapid progress of a country can
be fouud than 'a well organized Agricul
tural Association; but mako it a basts
for political operation, and wo would not
give thrco straws for the good it would
do. All political organizations, in our
opinion, arc more or less corrupt.
^ At the. same time we tbiuk that well
established farmers?property holders?
should preside over and regulate tho pro
ceedings of all Agricultural Associations.
Here is the article referred to. Wc like
the way it reads :
The people of tho South are doing
well in turning their attention to the de
velopment of the resources and future of
their section.
Politics can neither mature the fruits
of the earth, advance the mechanic arts,
build up manufactories, or exteud com
merce.
The secret of the advance of the
South, and of her resumption of her
waste places, can only be fouud in her
material prosperity. Let this be attlin
ed and' the political power will coino with
it. It is the necessary sequence and not
the fore-runner.
And to this conclusion the mind of the
South has come. With wonderful en
ergy and enterprise, it has, amid many
obstacles, devoted itself to industrial de
velopment. Aud tho result is every
where visible iu a recuperation, after the
ravages of a desolating war, almost with
out parallel.
To.this end, conference aud unity of
action is of great importanco.
We therefore feel a deoo interest iu
the Agricultural Convcution, which as
sembled yesterday at Columbia.
Tho various questions of immigration
and of iutcrnal progress nro of great
coonsequcnee. These should bo met
with calmness and judgment, and should
?-- ?? ??? ...i.j noiuu.v
It should be, in fact as well as in
name, an Agricultural Convcution. Aud
such kindred matters, wc doubt not, will
be the subjects of its deliberations.
As for tho relation of the white em
ployer and the black employee, this pro
bably will have to regulate and adjust it
self. Time will, perhaps, prove its best
and only solution.
Tho Winnsboro' News suggests several
matters of importance :
1st. A new fence law, compelling the
Conors of stock to fence them in, is very
much needed, nnd of ?11 measures of as
sistance that Government could adopt,
it would help our people most, and add
millions of money, both saved aud made,
to our resources.
2d. Some practical' plan, backed by
sufficient money, of introducing improved
stock, and testing new varieties of seeds
and fruits should be adopted.
3d. Special attention should be given
to the consideration of Katnic, and en
couragement, iu the way of premiums,
&0., given to experiments with it, both
because ?V can be gathered by machinery
and promises to add an unexpected value
- to our worn-out lands, and because it
can- be gatheredfour times a year, which
will give our trade perpetual life and
vigor, by pouring into our country an
u ore mitt cd stream of wealth.
These arc all well worthy of conside
ration. A fence law has long been need
ed. It is not only essential lor the pro
tection of cultivated fields, but as long as
cattle aro permitted to roam at large
there will be but little euro taken of
them, and but littlo prospect of au im
proved stock.
Nor is tbo encouragement of tbo cul
tivation of tho Ramie plant without
prospects of success. At one time indi
go was the great export of the State.
But the cotton plant proved ndr.ptcd
to the climate, nnd it is now the source
of our financial wealth and strength.
Wo trust tho deliberations of this body
may be practical and earnest, and that
thoir conference and suggestions may
make an ora in our progress and wol
furo.
Nor is tbo Commercial Convention,
which will convene, at Memphis on the
18th of May ensuing, of less interest
and importance. In October last this
Convention assembled at Norfolk, Ya.
Its deliberations embraced many topics
of vast conscqueucu to the whole. South
ern region.
The Convention unanimously deter
mined to hold their second annual meet
ing at Memphis, at which a large atten
dance from every State is oxpectcd.
In order to secure a full reprcsonta
tion, the Memphis Chamber of Com
merce have agreed upon the following
ratio of representation:
That the Governor of eaeh State and
Territory will appoint a delegation, not
exceeding ten for the State at large and
one for each Congressional District.
That each city or town will appoint
but two delegates for a population under
five thousand and one tor eaoh additional
ten thousand.
That eaoh incorporated rail road,
steamboat, manufacturing or mining
company will appoint but two delegates.
That each Chamber of Commerce or
Board of Trade will appoint but one
delegate for every one hundred members
or fractional hundred.
Every one appointed or specially in
vited, is requested to notify the Com
mittee if he can attend, and take with
him some form of credential as a dele
gate.
The circular of the Committee an
nounces wisely in advance, so as to afford
time for thought apd reflection, the fol
lowing topics for consideration :
1. To secure the cordial and nctive co
operation of the people of the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys in the effort to build
up direct trade with Europe through
South Atlantic seaports.
2. To discuss the necessity for ? rail
road from the Missij>pi to the Pacif
ic Ocean over a route unobstructed ull
the year round.
3. The fevering tie Afiasistippi, so as to
utilise permanently the most productive
cotton lauds iu the world.
4. That of Immitp-otion.
These aud kindred topics, say the
Committee, arc worthy of the considera
tion of our wisest and most patriotic
men, and sustained by the solid m)u of
Memphis, wo invite such of our South
ern brethren us may be designated to
participate with us iu the good work we
have iu baud.
Aud to this invitation wc trust that
there will ba cordial response throughout
the whole broad Southern land. "Con
cert of action is the ouc thing needful."
With the powerful West and the fer
tile South, united in oonoord and co
operation, who cau limit or bouud the
future ?
[From Oob Biianciivili.e CouHEsr-oNnENT.]
Free Schools.
Branchvili.e, 8. C, April 29, 1809.
That the youth of our country never
cujoyod to the extent which they should
have the advantages of a munificient
Rsatom of Free Schools is undeniably
evinced by r,?r t nVu?L?dao of tUo. nu..f
history of such institutions, and that our
legislators seemed always to avoid open
iug their mouths, or spending their
"cheap eloquence" in relief of the poor
man's interest is also evident, and why ?
Why iu the whole past history of our
country we cannot find a law providing
for the education of those whose parents
tho goddess Fortune hud not sufficiently
favored to enable them to send their
children to school on their own account?
The cause is obvious to the breast of
every man who is at all disposed to trace
things from legitimate bcgiuingS.
Those who were in power, were, as a
usual thing rich mcu careless of the
wants of the majority, and had no
thought of legislating on a system of free
schools, for the education of the poor.
In fact, some would scoff at the idea of
a poor man's being educated beyond a
certain limit,?just so he possessed souse
enough to subscribe bis name to a note
executed to them, or their peers, tbat
was sufficient they would say.
This wus the time when caste aud
wealth weilded a paramount influence iu
South Carolina?when it was pursued as
the darling of the skies, and where legis
tors, in their eagerness for its attain
ment and consequent distinction lost
sight ot the wants of the poor, forgot the
longings of the intellectual palates of our
youths whose parents were too poor to
expend money for their schooling. The
hopeful youth who depended upon the
free school system for an education, oc
cupied a position not entirely unlike that
of the fabled T ntalus wb/? tortured
with thirst stood in water which receded
as he stooped to drink it; over present,
but beyond reach.
Hence the ignoranco thut prevails
amongst the poorer class to-day.
But an all wise Creator has reversed
things, and in the general revolution wc
have heralded to us systems and laws
consulting alike the interest of the poor
and tho rieb ; the education of the un
fortunate, as well as the child reared at:d
uurscd in the lap of luxury, and igno
rance will soon vanish from our midst
like the ruin-bow which melts before a
brighter light, tho sun, aud uu enlight
ened intelligence will ere loug tuke its
place.
From this cause too, may be deduced
the lcanon why Europo is so far iu ad
vanco of us in a literary poiut of view,
why we buve as yet soarcely tho outliuo
of a National Literature. Heretofore
iu this country it wus left to tbo volun
tary choice of an ignorant parent wheth
er his child should attend school or not,
whilo in semo European Governments
education w?". and is compulsory : our
system could not brook co ercion ; but
wealth oould give an uncouth ignoramus
carte blanche to the most refined society.
It mattered not if he was as ignorant as
a savage of the oonventionais of society,
if he was a child of Fortune his sins were
gilded.
But as I said above, things bavo
changed. We are soon to have in our
midst free schools which if amply tested,
aud munificently endowed, will result
in an incalculable blessing to our entire
country. Free schools have proven ben
eficial in all countries, and now that it
is an existing fact, a grand aud noble
reality, it would not bo acting tho part
of wisdom to reject the two-fold advan
tages whioh will accrue from it. Let
the people in every Township take hold
of the matter with a warm and hearty
seal; let the lovo which they have for
the common prosperity of their common
country goad them to sublime endeavors
to inaugurate first-rate primnry schools,
I contributing time and money to the
erection of good substantial school houses
so that they may bo at once permanently
located iu each Township, men should
go into it, and further, not only send their
children but act in the capacity of teach
ers, reap some of the boncfits that will of
nccessty flow from it.
Tbc colored people also must bo taught:
'?What," some one will say, UI teach a
colored school!" I say yes, for it is in
finitely better to obtain an honorable
livelihood by this means than not to ob
tain it at all, never mind the sneers and
censures of those who arc eternally harp
ing upon the "proud past," no liberal
minded community will from down upon
a man because he is engaged as teacher
of a colored school. And know ye this :
that these ultra ultras, these prophets of
a future that will never come, would not
throw one farthing into your pockets, even
though you were reduced to penury and
want by refusing to accept this tame sit*
tuition which they now sop rsistently tell
you to reject.
Prejudice is stroug, but facts arc more
so. DOY.
improvements.
Mr. Loryca, an old aud enterprising mer
chant from Charleston, lately moved into
our midst, and has since purchased a lot
and erected thcroon a store, which is
well worthy of being complimented as
an ornament to our town. Tho construc
tion of the storo ', in a style hitherto
unknowu to us, and demonstrates most
conclusively tho mechanical skill of
Messrs. K. A. Drawdy aud James Dukus,
the gentlemen who bad the building.
We always welcome, with oordialito
man of s?en entctprisc and vast expe
rience in the mercantile lino as Mr. L.,
and trust thut the example he has set for
the beuutificatiou of our modest little
village-will be imitated by all who will
come after hint, aud if ever you of the
editorial tripod should happen to be a
transient sojourner in our midst, give
Mr. L.'s model store an examination?it
is crammed with goods of a quality the
selection of which displays an experi
enced taste. BOY.
Aiken Baptist Church,?Thurlow
Weed bus recently presented the Baptist
Church, at Aiken, w?th a handsome Com
munion sorvice. The following is the
letter of acknowledgment from tbo Pus
tor, Bev. Lucius Cuthbcrt :
Aiken, S. C, March 24, 1809.
iron. Thurlow Weed:
Dear Sir?Tt is my pleasant duty to
express to you the sincere thanks of the
Aiken Baptist Cburoh, for the handsome
Communion Service which you have prc
scutcd us. Wu will value the gift very
highly, associated, as it ever will be, with
the consummation of our Saviour's in
finite love. And we shall remember with
feelings of Christian appreciation the
kindly spirit and the generous character
of the giver.
Ma'- the comforts of our blessed re
ligion sustain you in seasons of affliction;
and may Jesus appear to you in laith,
saying, "It is I, be not afraid!"
Anrf when our sojourn on earth is
ended, may wc be admitted to that Best
on High which rctuainctb to tbo people
of Cod !
Douc in behalf of the Church.
LUCIUS CUTHBERT,
Pastor.
Tho Charleston New?, in "finishing
up" the report of the fire parade does
some tall talking. Hear it:
If anybody fears the midnight confla
gration, let him remember that the band
engines of Charleston can run twelve
hundred yards aud throw wuter into bis
bed chamber iu two minutes and thir
teen seconds; that the steam engines
can do the uamo distance and deluge him
iu four minutes und a half; nnd that
although everything may be burning up
down stairs, tbo book and ladder com
panies can tako him out of a four-story
attic window in just two minutes und
eqjht seconds, iu a manner which will
convey to his mind the plcusant illusion
of being a personified streak of light
ning. "Let us have pcaco I"
Green peas arc a dollar a quart in
Savannah.
The Farmer Hoy.
"I'm ?ick of hoeing in tho corn
And following l he plough ;
Of working hard from dewy morn
'Till eve, with heated brow ;
No longer will I stay to mow
Or pith the eoonted hey ;
To tho great city 1 will go,
Where wealth is gained by play."
Tut, tut, my men, hush up that song ;
Let wisdom be your guide:
That dream of wealth may lead you wrong
And wreck you on the tide.
8ct down with me upon this stone ;
Your team will take no barm,
If we niu't kings upon a throne,
We're kings upon a farm.
Qod's healthy breeze? round you blow,
His birds your music tuaku,
And sweetest rest is yours you kuow,
When night doth overtake.
The harvest will your toil repay ;
Those fields of waving grain
Arc growing through the sunny day
And in the ?umiaer rain.
Men work as you, in shade,
O'er books and papers bent ;
The work of life is easy made,
Only by a sweet content.
It may be news, my frieml, to you,
lint 'tis tho truth 1 tell;
All work is very hard to do
To those who do it well.
In speculation you must stand
Tho rough commercial shocks ;
You may in safety reach the land,
You may hind on the rocks.
Your pay is certain on the farm.
Though grain may not be sohl,
In pennies you feel no alarm?
Wheat is as good as gold.
Pick up your whip, and bid your team
Drag on the noble plough,
Aii'I do not let that idle-dream
Becloud your youthful brow.
In years to come, when children roam,
You'll take them by the arm
And say: "You'd better stay at home
Upon the good old farm."
Tue Staks and Stripes.?A notice
able feature iu the fireman's parade ou
Tuesday last, was the nutionul colors
borne at the head of the procession and
escorted by a color guard from the vari
ous companies. It* presence was a good
indication of practical reconstruction,
and those who remember the outrageously
tyranical order of the petty despot Sick
les, iu 18GG will at once acknowledge
that its presence on this occasion bes
peaks a more cordial knitting of the
North and South than all the iu famous
Geslor orders could bring about. Sick
les will live in history with Gelder, but
all bis infamous orders cannot inspire a
feeling of respect for the flag of the
country. It must be natural. Our
firemen arc willing to yield obedience to
? t?o j./,......". -*?>??? i -j.fDiu tnc> to ii nut.
be driven to servile obedience to the
arbitrary mandates of a petty tyrant.
I'oor Sickles is gone, however, and the
national colors which he disgraced in
South Carolina are still respected. Let
us have peace.? Charleston Courier.
Southern Securities in New
York.?The Herald of Monday, iu its
review of the money market of Saturday,
says:
Southern securities wcro likewise sub
jected to a renewal of the speculative
fever, while the investment demand was
occasioning a strong and buoyant mar
ket. Alabama eights were quoted a
fraction over par?the first Southern
bonds to give so decided a prod' of
Southern recuperation.
-mmmmtmmmm ? ?mmmmmm.?
The Militia Story.?Our neighbor
of the Democrat in lust week's issue, made
the assertion that "u baud of negroes.
(Gov. Scott's militia) boldly entered the
house of Mrj Tiiutuons, a widow lady
living near Timmonsvillc, Sen."
'?In connecting the robbery of Mrs
Timmons with 'Governor Scott's militia,'
it would seem that the fears wc expressed
two weeks ago about our neighbor, were
confirmed j that is. his being troubled with
"low spirits." As our neighbor stated
last week, that he had swallowed the
whole of the Charleston Nctcs article.
(''Governor Scott sowing the wiud") we
rather think he took un over dose of it
and brought mi a spell of "low spir
its," which made him say what he did.
[ Darlington Koulhcruer.
The State Debt.?The return of
the State debt, published in detail a lew
days ugo, shows that the only change of
figures, since the presentation of the re
port of the Comptroller-General made
in October last, arises from the issue of
bonds to the amount of $1,033.1)00 in
exchange for fuiidod bills ot the Hank
of the State. Tit is brings the total State
debt, including arrears of interest, to
$6,875,997. This debt the State can
pay, und wc aro glad to sen that pro
vision has been made for the payment of
the interest due in July. Hut if WO
wish to keep the debt within reasonable
bound., and avoid a ruiuous rate of taxa
tion, we must scrutinize every new pro
ject for bleeding thu Treasury, and pre
vent the Legislature from making gifts
of tho public money for any purpose
whatever.? Daily New*.
Um Dish.?A little four-year old
striving to impress his sister with the
vast quantity of something bo would
givo her, suid "turn the sky over, nud I
will fill it full" That would be rather a
large dish to nil.
The War Question.
While Cuba and the Alabama claims
keep tho people of* the United States on
the gwi viva for a war with one or more of
the Powers of Europe, there arc signs
that some, at leust. of those same Powers
will before long have warm work, and
quite cuough of it, nearer home. It is
agreed on all sides that the tni.-under
standing between franco aud Belgium,
oil the subject of the international rail
road and the abrupt cessation of negotia
tions therefor, bus a significance far
beyond the intrinsic importance of tho
work which has been the pretext of the
quarrel; und the tone of the foreign
press would indicate the very general
conviction thut Napoleon is at lust dis
posed to exchange diplomacy for the
sword, umPthut the long expected strug
glo tor the mastery between Fruucc and
Prussia is about to begin.
The Belgian railroad difficulty, the
ostensible cause of dispute, it will he
remembered, originated in the refusal of
Belgium to permit the ratification of a
contract between the railway companies
of Luxemburg und cast France, for the
establishment of through Communication
between France and Belgium. In u
commercial point of view, the construc
tion of tin international railroad would
have been of vast benefit to both powers,
more particularly to Belgium ; but the
government of thut State saw lit to re
gard it as rather a hazardous and unpro
fitable experiment, inasmuch as it afford
ed Napoleon au opportunity to plant an
army right in the heart of the country
without a moment's warning. Prudent
ial considerations demanded that Bel
gium should be cautious and not afford
her powerful neighbor any such facilities
for war and invasion. The negotiations
between the railway companies were,
therefore, promptly broken off. and the
proposal to discuss the question in con
vent ion declined.
Here the matter should Irive ended.
If Belgium did not want a railroad ac
ross her boundaries, it was clearly her
right to say so ; but the press of Paris
started the cry that the ' grand nation"
had been insulted, and Napoleon, who
doubtless takes the same view of the
case, seems to have made no effort to
check the growth of this idea iu the
popular mind. Possibly, he imagines
that a disturbance of the general peace
ol Europe would offer an opportunity for
France to raise once more the question
of the ??Rhine frontier,'" ami for this the
Flinch nation is at any time ready.
Three weeks ago the Belgian govern
ment scut a special envoy, ?>t. rrcre
Orbau, to Paris, to settle the difficulty,
but it seems that be met with but poor
success Napolcou wanted t<> rclbr the
matter to a commission appointed by the
various European powers, but the Hei
ght!] Minister insisted tl. it the question
was purely f..i affair of his government,
and declined to submit domestic affairs
to foreign arbitration. The cable now
uunounces that the negotiations on the
subject have been abruptly broken off.
Iu a few days, at furthest, wo may ex
pect news which will decide the great
question of peace or war between Prance
aud Prussia.? Clutrh'Mim Dtti.'y San.
Wc take the following extract frMU
the Columbia Correspondence of
Charleston News:
The movement to inaugurate a third
or native Republican party scions to
have been nipped very suddenly iu the
bud. The disappointed have been satis
tied, ami have returned to their homes.
The Hadieal politicians here arc as keen
andcool on these subjects as the Northern
air which most of tbeai breathed while
learning tlu ir first political lessons. The
offices, they promise, shall be distributed
equally hereafter, ami none but Repub
licans are to be appointed.
The contract for fitting up the New
State House has been awarded to Mr
dames M. Allen, senator from Green
ville. The following estimates were
received: dame.-, G. Bell, 923,940; C.
Waring. 922,000; H. P. Partner A Co.,
922,000 ; P. 15. Powle. 920,000 ; James
M. Alien. 910,f>00. Senator lloyt, of
Collcton, has been appointed -uperiu
tei dent of the work, w hich, according to
contract, is to commence on the tirsl of
May.
It has been decided in a recent case
that all commissions for magistrates and
notaries public taken out previous to the
ratification of the constitution, wore
vacated by it, and are consequently of
no effect. All acts done under such
commissions have been prouuuccd illegal
and void. Tho only legal magistrates are
those who have taken out commissions
under the present State Government.
Governor Scott leaves to-morrow for
Charleston, on his way to Cincinnati, in
the interest of the Blue Ridge Railroad.
He expects to meet President Harrison
in New York.
The work of erecting a lazaretto on
Morris Lland has been given to Messrs.
Sawiicr & Perguson, of your city.
The new hotel has been very hand
somely furnished. In udditiou to tho
parlors and sitting rooms, there arc
fifty-five sleeping rooms.
!Sx Governor Or; a au family arrived
lioro lust evening and put up at Nicker
son's. 1 ho Governor looks well, and
Iiis views on political affuirs are as much
sought after as ever.
The Lund Commissioner, Mr. Leslie,
is busily engaged iu the examination of
State laud titles, in obtaining informa
tion relative to lands iu the hands of
sheriffs seized for nonpayment of taxes.
It is believed that over one hundred
thousand of acres of laud throughot the
Stute will, under the late luw, be cut up
into furuis of twenty dive and fifty ucrcs,
and given ut a nominal value ou u credit
of five yeurs to those who will make
actual settlement thereon with their
families.
A Remakkaiiee Revelation?The
Peace Negotiations op 1864.?A
letter iu u recent number of the Wheel
ing Register, from Rocnoke County, Vu.,
makes tho following remarkable revela
tion :
While in Marion, Smyth County, a
few days ago, I had the pleasure of
several lengthy chats with Hon. Fuyette
MeMullin. Mr. McMulliu says that
since the wur he was one day iu the
President's house, in Washington, con
versing with Hou. F. Blair, Sr. Mr.
Blair told him that soon after McMulliu's
??peace resolutions" had been introduced
into the Confederate Congress, Mr.
Liuculn beiug extremely unxious to
bring about a peace honorable alike to
both BCCtious of the country, and fore
seeing, and wishing to uvoid, the poli
tical consequences of the military sub
jugation of the South, sent him (Mr.
Blair) to Richmond to confer with Mr.
Davis and learn what arrangement of the
difficulties could be made. He was
passed through the lines of the contend
ing armies and conducted to Mr. Davis'
house iu Richmond. After u long con
versation with Mr. Davis and other
prominent gentlemen lor whoui Mr.
Davis sent, and for whom Mr. Blair
enquired, Mr. Davis said that helind no
proposition to make. Mr. Blair then
proposed that General Lee's army be
inarched into Mexico against the French;
that General Grant would follow and
support the movement; that the unit-d
armies would drive out Maximilian, aud
then the Southern States should name
their own terms of reconstruction, every
thing short of i lcpeudeuco being
guaranteed. At Mr. Davis' request this
proposition was made in writing and
after some consultation und reflection,
was signed und accepted by him. Mr.
Blair returned to Washington, and Mr.
Lincoln was highly delighted with the
SUIitooa uC tUa >. ,c t i it inn
It was in the hope of consummating
this arrangement that Mr. Lincoln aud
Mr. Sc ward met the ?'Peace Commiss
ioners." Hons. Stopheus, Hunter, and
Can pbell. at Fortress Mourcc; but there,
to Mr. Lincoln's chagiin. the committee
dcclured that they had been instructed
by Mr. Du vis to insist upon the inde
pendence of the South, and would listen
to no other proposal. And thus the
whole affair came to a "must lame aud
impotent conclusion."
Such is ti e substance of the at jount
related to Governor MeMullin by Mr.
Blair. Mr. MeMullin says that ho
asked and obtained Mr. Blair's permis
sion to make the statement public, but
he had refrained from giving it publicity
pending Mr. Davis' trial, fearing lest it
u ht iu some way prejudice his ease.
An eminent Swiss naturalist says that
without biids successful agriculture is
impossible.
They have stylish parties iu Boston
at which no one worth less than $250,
000 is admitted.
A Southern circus announces "Admis
sion cents; children and white folks
half price."
Treasurer City, in the white Pine,
Nevada, silver-mining district, is built
above the clouds.
The first volume of Napoleon's new
book, the "Life of Charlemagne," will
soon be issued.
To slake the thirst of New York in
part, 200,000,000 glasses of lager beer
are annually requited.
The new Collector of Customs at New
York received 13,101 applications for
office on Monday.
A .Jerseyman who invented an india
rubber carriage has sold Iii.?, patent right
for half a million.
In a portion of Rhode Island the chil
dren are kept away from school by the
fear of mad dogs.
Tho - veiled uiurderets" in Sing Sing
makes cosmetics of the plants which
grow iu the prison yard.
One of the ornaments of the ball of
the House of Representatives of North
Carolina is a pea-nut stund.
A correspondent of the New P.nglutid
Farmer "raised thirty beads of oats
from one kernel of seed."
The coal busiuess in the Sthuylkil
regions is pronounced exceedingly dull
at the present time.
New Zealand is not tho uncivilised
portion of tho globe that uiuny po ?ple
think it. It bus over 220,000. F.u
ropeau inhabitants, of which just ..but
cue half are WOuloQ.
Women are employed instead of men
in some of the fashionable hair dresser*
shops in London.
In Georgia, recently, a negro woman
chupped up a little girl with an axe, id
order to secure 83 10.
Cuiiada sells large quantities of wood
for exportation to the United States,
where it is made into paper.
On the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway, recently, a train rau ninety
one miles iu ninety minutes.
At a recent marriage in Ohio, a trad
ing present was received of 830,000 in , ,
bonds, stock money.
The farmers near .the seashore in Ma tare
arc said to have learned that "fish make
us good feed as bay, and that one fish
makes a full meal for a sheep."
Naples was recccatly covered with a '?
yellow dust, brought by a tempestuous
southern wind from Africa.
Lamurtaiu's estate in the Boia dc Bou
logne, near Paris, is to be bought by
Napoleon for a model farm.
Our war c. st almost exactly one-half
of the aggregate expense of all the wan
of the world between 1854 and 18C8.
Leuvcuworth, Kansas is but thirteen
years old, and hus 13,000 inhabi
tants.
For the first timo iu fifteen years the
death penalty has been pronounced in
Peru.
There is, us yet, no peace bet ween the
contending parties of the Louisiana Leg
islature
They grow sixty flourishing orange
trees ou nu acre of land iu Southern
California.
Roebuck's Sheffield friends have given
him a "testimonial" in the shape of
?3,000 iu trust fur his daughter
The French l'rinco Imperial began
housekeeping ou bis owu account in
Paris ou his Iburtccuth birthday.
A Connecticut hen laid an Easter egg
that was Sil inches an.und length
wise, nud G l-'.i inches arouud the center.
The last pensioner of the revolutionary
war hus died again. This time he was
Daniel Bakuwe aged 111.
It is discovered that the Sage hinds iu
Nevada, where the Digger Indiana lived,
on worms and rabits, arc excellent fur
wheat growing.
A reverend gentleman of Philadelphia
Bends all his complimentary dressing
gowns, smoking caps and slippers, to n
furuhilling store ou commission.
In 1SG8 the United Kingdom devoted
a million und ? half acres to potatoes,
Great Britain more tbau hilf a million
and Ireland more than a million.
It is rumored iu Paris that the Emper
or has written a now work?a (treatise Utt
the political and social condition of.
France ?and that it is uow in press.
The exodus of Canadians tu the U. S.
is as great us ever. If it continues much
longer we shall have nothing but a howl
ing wilderness to "anucx."
Tribute of Reaped.
At u meeting of the Independent Young
America Fire F.ngiue Company of Orange
burg, resolut ions were passed to prepare a
tribute to the iuci/ory of u deceased mem
ber, F. II. Till MS, who was eut down in the
noon of life, April J?th, 18t?'.?.
Whereas, in tlie inscrutable providence of
God, ft brother fireman has beeu suddenly
removed from our midst by the insatiate
hand of iloath, and we nre called solemnly
lo realize the warning : "He comcth forth
like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth alee
as a shadow, und oontfnueth not." We bow
submissively to the stroke that cast a gloom
over our hoard, and while we regard hit
vacant place nuioug us, we shall always re
Uicmber his quiet ami unobtrusive iraaner,
his faithful discharge of duty, and bis value
as a go.nl citizen.
!le*o!oeii, That we wear the usual badge of
mourning for thirty days, in respect to our
deceased brother Fireman.
Rewired, That u blank page in the minutes
be dedicated to his memory.
Ranoleed, That a ropy of these proceedings
be srtit to the family of the deceased, with
our sincere usssurancca of condolence with
them; ami to be published iu the Orakgb
i.nm news. J. W. MOSE LEY,
G. P. Meredith, Sec. President.
~\\r 11 I T E'S
91 A 1111 L 12 TVOBKr,
117 Meet toy-Street. Clutrlestou, So. Va.
MONUMENTS, HEAD STONES, MAR
ble and St one Tile, Blue Flagging and
Km..n Stoti? Work, of every description.
SCOTCH GRANITE MONUMENTS,
Iron llntliitfcn.
K. Ii. WlllTR. U. 1?. whitb.
may 1 c 12m
OUAXOKBUItU COUNTY,
PRO BATH COURT.
AV p nte .lohn Addcn, Administrator Estate
of George Merhtins.
WHERE A3, John Adden having filed
bis vet it ion and final return in this
Court praying for letters of dismissal as Ad
ministrator of the Estate and Effect? of
George Merhtins, deceased. Notice is hero*
by given lo all concerned lh.it on Friday the
?..'8th day of May ucxt, 1 will proceed to grant
sai<l dismissal.
Witness my hand and seal of Court, this 27th
day of April, A. D. ISC'".
THAU.. C. ANDREWS?
may 1?It 'judge of Probate*
TO RENT,
Ilenrv Ftindcrburk. ^ Kill to
iindcrburx. t
vs. I
oitt, ot. nl. j
0. D. Keitt, ot. nl. j Foreclose Mortgage*
By order of his Honor George S. Bryan,
V. S. Judge for Hie District of South Caro
lina, made in ibis en*e,. an?l to me directed, f
? ill offer tor rout, at public autery, oa the
1st Monday of May next, all that lot with the
Store thereon, in the town of Orangehnrg,
lately occupied by Keitt brothers. The lease
to terminate on the 1st Mot. day of December
next, or when the premises shall be thereaf
ter sold. Rent payable CTery month.
Apni S8, C. B GLOVES,
may 1?It Atsigace