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GEB (JRGr NEWS J.^L?ER MEYEUS?Editob, ?-rr-: FlXAKClAL AM? Uusl.NKSS MANAOKU. ?v;j.. _? ? "_s 8ATU11DAY> PJEB. 25,1871. , Editorial Comspondetice. Columbia, S. C, February 23d, 1871. ite?rTjve*r?: I ntu bere, here in Cu lumhia, and within a few hundred yards of the Paltn?tto Treb, which stands baok of the Capitol Building as a lone and solitary scntiacl to remind each passer by of our Mexican Heroes, their ex ploits aud' their great deeds. To gase upon it, makes the reflecting mind sad To thiuk, apd .glean f.om tho names in scribed upon its truuk au idea of our departed glory, of what we onco were and jn'ght have been tb-day but for tho ivagcs oi war, sad and desolating war, melancholy indeed. But let me cease with this. Let me leave our beloved Palmetto Tree unnin lesjed. Hut there it stands, a noble and enduring monumujt to tho memory of those whose names are great iu story, whose docds aud virtues it will become the youth of to day to emulate and fol low. 1 There is considerable ill-feeling here between certain members. Some are de of running the State into more -road schemes, while others are de irmined that no aid shall bo given to my thing of the kind. It is sad to hear some of the members ' the Legislature of South Carolina eter nally accusing each other, by inuendoes, vof some horrible crime?with having com mitted some deed as black as night in its hue. Crimination and recrimination ^the motto of^n-sarly half of this body, s that it is so ! Alas that one single member of this General Assembly has yUamitted an not which he is unwilling >r the world to know.', ,But such is human life. Corbin tried, on yesterday, to get trough another Phosphate Bill, but as met by tho irrepressible Leslie, and tytlized a defeat. The enacting clau?c wa<? Btrickon out, nd thus one scheme raS'becn"co,j8Tgucd U. its tomb >v this Session at least. Montgomery Moses was elected Judge [o fill the va'cancy occasioned by the ?signation of Judge Vernon. Not one ^jros spent ! His election gives i i versa 1 satisfaction. The Legislature will adjourn on the l^rst proximo. Some important measures v. Will bo left, iu consequence, lipon the inlander unfinished. It pleases us to Fee how hard a cer lin minority in the House are watching ic interests of tho State. One can dis cover at. a glance that the workers are lose who have the least to say. Among im arc the Hons. O'Connel, of York, F. Griffin from Abbeville, aud W. Recdish of Orangcburg Couuty. 'he Hon. Benjamin Byns watches Sfl^dy t-yery nconvrc that has for its obietjt a further spoliation of the State TeAury, and ns soot 8 discovered, op poses it, ond generally successfully, with all his might.) AH honor to such. Our Charter will pass without a doubt. All of tho Representatives from Oraoge bnrg have assured me they will u.--j their best eudcavers to "push" it through be fore adjournment. -? [communicated.] Po Mr. E. H. Seabrook, Soliciter 1st Judicial Circuit: *|" ?IJ)f.ab Sir?In consequence of the gy'r&ort which is currently rumored that 1 have made false reports in connection l^wMi the- wwount paid out fur County purposes, 1 liare placed in tho possession of my Counfehfrs, Messrs Islor & Dibbls, all of py books containing a full state ment of the condition of tho County Treasury, together with vouchers for evory dollar pnid out by me. I court careful examination, both by you nnd iml Jury and desire that the mnt ahould be thoroughly investigated. 1 ?~;ri it either Vindication, or eon wcuinatioi: of the course I have pursued. HPt have dono wrong I am unworthy of fifr* trust reposed in me by his Excellen Hfuo -Governor, and am unworthy of fine confidence reposed in me by tho poo ,?,1 they ought to know it. If I have KHgn an honest course I-t it also be i*jrn, iu order that tbut which 1 prise JOrtrcr than the office or its emoluments, ?y character, may be vindicated from tho mse and cowardly assaults of one pusil lanimous Greoo, in tho Scnato Chamber, ?a position in which I was unable to de fend mysoif. Theso assertions, unsup ported by facts, were made there. I de mand of tho Grand Jury thoir verdict or thoir acquittal, as it is the only source Jto which I can appeal. I regrot that I am unablo to bo present during its sit ting. My appointments for meeting the citizens for the collection of taxes hav ing been made prior to the order of his Honor Judge Graham, calling nn extra session of the Court, which renders it impossible for mo to be hero. There have been some complaints urged, on tho ground that I have failed to pay every dollar that has been presented to mo for payment. I desire in this connection, te state that I received county orders iu payment for Couuty taxes. I paid out as much as I could with the atunuuts of fuuds on hand ; indeed I havo done so to such a degree that the county is yet due me my com missions. I have also to state in this connection that if the County Commissioners have forgotten their resources, aud issue drafts indiscriminately, I am not respon sible for that. If there has been any thing wrong in their uiliee, I think it should there bo lodged, instead of the Co^kuii??iuiiCi? lv> ufojot carefulness, und cover their own iudiscreet actions, should charge some one else for doing just what they arc responsible fur. I desire to state, also, that iu some in stances the County Commissioners have made up their books from tho-e iu my office, uud-it ill becomes them to charge mo with doing business loosely, when their every transaction points to a neces sity for investigation. T. K. SASPOIVTAS, Country Treasurer, Orangcburg Couuty. [From the Savannah News, Feb. 18. A YVi.Vs Revenge. A Murderous Assault tjton a Cyprian? The Bowie Knif; at Work? The. As sailant Arrested and Bonds Given in the Sum of 827,000. Thursday oveuing last, a terrible cut ting affray took place at a house of as signation iu this city, situated at the eoroor of "William and Farm sts., which has been the general topic of conversa tion all over the city, and iu order that tho public might leurn the exact facts in relation tu the case, our reported visited the place iu order to ascertain all he could in relation to it. _ _ the woTTnded omL was lying in her bed, occasionally groan ing from tho pain she suffered, and iu one corner of the room was deposited the pile of clothing that she wore at the time tho assault was made npon her. Her under clothing was completely sat uatcd with blood, and the marks of the knife iu several places. The drssc she htid worn was very much spotted with blood, and the wliulo appearance of eve rything she had thrown aside wus sick ening. From her own lips our reporter gleaned the following STATEMENT Lost evening about half-past, six or seven o'clock, n woman knocked at toy door and asked me if my name was Hungerford. I replied that it was. The woman was Mrs. Jane Staler, the wife of John A. Staley, who had been living with me. This woman wai ac companied by her sou George and a young man named Cary Tat urn, who entered the room as she did. Tho mo ment I answorcd Mrs. Stale's qnestiony, her son George stepped upon the trail of my drers, whieh was quite long, and by that means prevented my moving. At the same instant, young Tutum sprang towards me t.nd caught hold of inj a mm, wnittii ue graspeu iiac a v ice. Mrs. Staley then drew a Howie knife and rushed at me, aiming at my face. I endeavored to protect my face and g^t a severe stab iu the shoulder ; sho next cut a deep gash in my skuU on the buck of my bead, then changing her posi'ion .-ho stabbed me in my thigh. In try ing to take thekuife from her she next cut me from tho centre of my arm down to my thumb. That wound pains me awfully, 08 bad as the one they think has gone through my right lung. She ti.eu stabbed me five times more in the back, and thou I fall exhausted from loss of blood. I suppose they all thought I was dead. Dr. Chsrltou and his assistant gave me chloroform and dressed my wounds. I hnvo not the slightest ill-will townrd Mrs. Staloy, and freely forgive her for tho wicked not she bus done. I never wished or thought to injure her. Her husbaud has been iny ??friend" for a ift,>g time, nnd offered mo $000 to come from Augusta here. Hohns not pnid it nor will he over. 1 did not wish any notice of this affair said the enly regret sho had was that she had was that she had was that she had not killed moon the spot. I then determines to let justico take its coun-o. True, I urn but a girl of the town, a fast woman, but if I die, I have friends who will terribly avenge me, friends that 1 know will not let this tuatterdrop. ti1? woman's history. Sue Hungerford, os sho is called by the deiui tnondo, was born in the city of Augusta, Ga , ou the 30th day of Sep tember, 1847, aud is therefore in her 24th year. Her fumily is woii known in Augusta. Her paronta determined that sho should have a superior education, scut her to the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Montreal, from which institu tiou sho graduutcd with honor. In an evil hour sho fell into the fnugs of the destroyr, and too proud to bury her shame in tears of penitence and contri tion, she pursued the dowuwnrd path of degrediition until her once puren a me be came the symbol of reproach. As a wo man of the town she is wol) known. In her manners sho is snid to be very attractive, as a conversationalist univer sally pleasiug, and her features, in spite of the life she has led for years nre re ported tobe undeniably attractive. Un der other circumstances she would have been idolized as a favored member of so ciety?uow, "nono are so poor as to do her rcvcrcucc." She remarked yester day : ''The girl of the town can never retrace her Stops; wero I disposed to work at the most nxjuial employment, which of you, gentlemen, would take inc to his house und give mo bread for my labor ? Not one ! Nut one !" TilE CAUSE OP THE ATTACK MADE UPON IX ER. Some tiino ago Mr. John A. Staley, a man advanced in years, aud the husbaud of the person who made the assault, in his capacity of agent, had the letting oi the house in which Mr. Forgnrty lives, "'bile collecting rents he fell in with Sue Hungerford, and formod her ac quaintaucc. Sue did not object, it waa her vocation. Ho neglected his lawful wife for her, and cvoutunlly Mrs. Staley was informed that Sue hud had a child by him. Day after day the wife sat end brooded over her deep wrong, until mad dened with desperation, she resolved to take her rival's life. She went upon her mission accompanied by the parties al ready named, and the rCBult is before our readers. SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS. So soon as the facts in the above case became generali) known, a warrant was issued by Justice S. Hlsingcr for the ar rest of Mrs. Jane Staley, who wus subse quently released ou bail to the amount ?27,000, to appear whenever called upon to answer for the offence. Her bouds mcn were her busband, John A. Staley, Robert II *f .tcm and Col. J. F. Pelot. The arrest wasrmj^eby ofhjgrs Kaufr^ man and Fox^^Tu tue, mcautiuic the condition of the wounded girl is indeed, critical. She has lost a great deal of blood, and at tidies finds great difficulty in respiring from the first stab she re ceived, which has probably passed di rectly through tho lung. Yesterday af ternoon sho suffered acutely, having three spasms, one aftor the other. The most beautiful girl in the United State? lives near Lincoln, 111. Her hair is of that particular hue that is a field tf ripe wheat thrown toward the Retting sun. Her eyes send forth a light bo effulgent and magnetic that strangers become spell-bound under its influence and Maud rudely gazing. Her checks bear a bloom like the sunny side of an early peach. A pearl would seem almost black beside her teeth. Her form is so graceful that men worship her before seeing face. Her hands suggest the idea of wazon Gngers tipped with vermilion. Her smile seems actually to illuminate her presence, aud when t-be laughs the Iis tcner fancies he hears ?wect music in the distance. The will of n defunct California doc tor directs that his body shall be dissect ed, and the skeleton shall b?> :- 1 together," and placed in the medical col lege, in case his wife shouldn't want it as u mantle ornament. A visitor to New York stid ho stopped at a house kept upon the European plan, which, according to his experience, is to charge so much for the use of the room that you have no money in the morning to invest in a breakfast. HYMENEAL MAnnir.n?on the 2;ld Frlminrj, 1871, at the residence of the bride's father, bj Rev. Jno. Inabinct, Mr. JOSEPH W. UODOES of ALbcTille, 8. C, to Miss. ANNIE E. ?18 TRCNK, of Ornngaburg County. CORN, HAY, <?C. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER LOT OF IT OR Til R i V * it HAY WHICH WE OFFER LOW FOR CASH, AND A FULL ASSORTMENT OP ALL OTHER HOODS AT PRIPES TO SUIT THE HARD TIMES AT F. H. W. IMtlC-r.MANN A CO. feb :20 oct 9 ly FOR SALE HORSE ~& MULES. IHAVE A FINEU?OT OP KENTUCKY Broke ami Unbrc.ke MULES, whi b 1 am ofJerlug for sale at-Orangeburg Village. The Broke Mules uro Large and Fine, sidled for HEAVY HAULING. I **dil soli the above Stock on a credit till Fall with Factor's Acceptance. Parties do siring to purchase can call on me at W. A. MAHONEY & CO.'S. fob 25?tf S. P. WORSHAM. NUTS, RAISINS Ad CANDIES of the best kinds #*^\ Vf. A^l|gONEY & CO. Spring and STHnmar Impo: tatioirl871. RIBBONS, MILLINERY AND STBAW GOODS. A R M STU N G, ATO R & CO. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Bonnet, Trimming and Vefrel?Ribbons, Bonnet bilks, Satins and VelrPTB, Blonds, Netts, Crapes, Ruches, Flowers, Feathers. Orna ments, Straw Bonnets and Ladies' Hats, Trimmed mid Untrimmed. Shaker Hoods, Ao. 237 and 2:19 Baltimore Street, Balti more, Md. Offer the largest Stock to be found in this Country, and unequalled in choice, variety and cheapness, comprising the latest Europ ean novelties. Order? aoiiaited, and prompt attention given. feb 2? 3t A Fine Walnut Expansion TABLE for sale at W. A. ME RON ET k CO. A Good Chance FOR Horses and Mules. I WILL BE AT ORANGE BURG C. II. on the 1st Muneay 'in March, with a Fine lot of No. El HORSEH and MULLS. Any person in want of Stuck would do well to meet me on that day. I also keep on hand reudv for sale a few HORSES and MULES at* my Stablen in Bamberg, S. C. feb 25?2t F. M. BAMBERG. D RIED AFPLES nnJ PEACHES, very line at W. A. MEP.ONEY & CO. ItickHon's Select Cotton Seed FOR SALE. 150 bushels nt $2.00 per bushel in qualities to suit purchaser* Apply to W. A. EASTEHLIN, feb 18?St 12 Miles from ?rangeburg. CANNON'S STOEE!! One Door 1?klow \V. T. L I G H TP O O T S" The Subscriber begs leave to'in form his old friends nnd the Public generally that he has just opened a fresh and ge leral assortment Hi G ROC LR I KS AND LIQUORS which he will sell low down Mr Cash. ('nine one and all, 1 will do my best to please you und give perfect satisfaction. jan 7?-If JAS. CANNON. F OR SALE.?ONE BUGGY AND Hamens. Also two FIN E HORSES at W. A. ME RONE Y & COS. PETER (r. CANNON! G U N S M I T II , At Miss. WISE'S OLD STAND Oppoiilo CANNON'S HOTEL. Is Prepared c? ^ t0 ,"? ^1 Alt Work in his ^f5J^ At Short Nolic? and on ReArouable Term* For Cash. dee 24 tf Notice of Dismissal. T^TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1 will on the 17th day ol March, next, file my final account with the Honorable Judge of Probate for Orangeburg County, as Administrator of the Estute of V. P. Her long, and ask for Letters of Dismissal. J. M. HERLONG, fob 18?it Administrator. Notice of Dimissal. T\TOTlCE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1 will, on the ROlh day of March, 1H71, file my final account with the Honorable Judge of Probate for Orangeburg County, as Administrator of the Estate of Magdalen Zeigler, and a>k for Letters of Dismissal. J. II. ZEIG LRR, feb 18?4t Administrator. The State of South Carolina, ORANGEM*RG COUNTY. In Probate Court. Estate of Samuel N- Kcnncrly, } Kr parte > E. II. Ilouser. et. ux. j The CREDITORS of the late Dr. SAMU EL N. KENNERLY are required lo present and Prove their Demands before the Probate Judge on or before the 18th day of March, 1871, or they will be debarred the benefit of the decree in this case. Til A D. C. ANDREWS, f?b 11?fit Probate Judge. IN TUE COURT OF PRORATE. Whereas Nathan E. Wannamnkcr hath ap plied io me for Letters of Administration on the Estute of W. L. VYannaibnker, late of Ornngeburg County, deceased. Theae are therefore lo cite and admonish all nnd singular the kindred and creditors ol the said deceased, to be and appear before inc at a Court of Probate for the said Coun ty, to be holden nt Orangeburg on the 2?th day of February, 1P70, at 10 o'clock A. M. fo abow cause if any, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court, this 11th day of February A. D 1870, and the ninety-fifth ye^r of Ameri can Independence. jEEzeMer 4jl^ FULL HVPPLY OF Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY, &:L, ALWAYS OX IIA\I>. WATCHES] CLOCKS and JEWELRY Re paired us usual. WANTK1) OLD GOLD. K! LYE It mid OLD BANK DILLS, fur which lie will give the bights} push Trier.?. feb IK jail ?8 c ly 1 !?' YOIT WA\T LIQUORS ?F I the following (Jraites: APPLE BRANDY. PEACH BRANDY. N. C. CORN WHISKEY, Tory fine. N. C " " Oommon. RYE WHISKEY of nil grades ami prices ALE. LAO ER BEER. SODA WATER in bottles. WINES of nil kinds and quality. OIIAMPAIGSK. CORDIAL. FRENCH BRANDY Go to W. A. MERONEY & CO. fc?) IS dec 3 Gm Jno. A. Hamilton HAS RECEIVED A FRESH LOT OF those Clieiiji snd dcsirablo CAST IRON PLOUGHS. Sweeps. Half Shovels, 4 an 1 C inch Bull Tongues, Sic. Also keeps for Spring Sowing BLACK SEED OATS, EARLY ROSE and YELLOW P. EYE PO TATOES. And is offering for ^lc \Y II ANN'S FE UTILISE 11 At Charleston prices adding Freight for Cash or Approved Acceptances. With his nsurtl supply of S1: L EOT ICD T A MIL V F LOU 11, GROCERIES, Sie. JOHN A. HAMILTON, Market Street, fch 11 ly I" E A L, GRISTS nn.l N. f. FLOPP, fresh and alwaysnu hand. \ nil on W. A. MERONEY A CO. Sl't CESSFP L SOUTHERN EST ERP RISK (I:" ninny new Southern enterprises which have been iiuderlukcn sinre the war. none have met with greater or more deserved sii3? ei s.- than tlie door, unsli and bliud manufac tory of P. P. Toalc, in Charleston, S. C. By hard wurk, indoinitablo energy nnd liberal Advertising. Mr. Tosle has in three years outstripped all competition nnd established a business which would do credit to any city in the United Slates. The PaIK Kit.t.iK is by universal consent nllowed to have won for itself a reputation unsurpassed in the history of medical pre parations. Its instantaneous effect in 'he eradication and extinction of P?ln in nil ii? various forms incident to the human family, and the unsolicited written and verbal testi mony of the masses in its favor have been, nnd are its own best advertisements. The ingredients of the Pain Kti i.ra. being purely Vi:oBT.\ni.K, render it a pcrlcclly safe nnd cilicaoious remedy taken internally, as well as r??r external applications, when used according to directions. The slain upon lip.'.'?! from i- roadlly removed \>j washing with ilicobol. This Medicine, justly eilebrated for the cure of so many ol the nfllictions incident to thchuninn family, has now beta before the public over TIIIUTY. YRARS, and has found its I way into almost every corner of the worhl; and wherever it has been used, the same opinion is expressed of it? medical propo.* lies. In any attack, where pron |t action npon the sy lom IS required, the Pain Killer is in raloahlo. Its almost instantaneous effeel in Relieving Pain Is truly wonderful: and when used according to directions, is true to its name, a PA 1N KILLER. W. A. MERONEY, AUCTIONEER. QFFICK A T KEITT BROS. OLD STAXD Will attrml to all Business entrusted to him with Promptness and Dispatch. Satis faction gun rant eed to all. fib i -?ui W. A. MERONEY. CIO A U.S. snoki\(j A X I> CHEWING TOBACCO offered at prices to suit the dull times, bv wholesale and Re tail, At W. A. SlEHONEY Si CO. c ANDLES, SOAP and MATCHES, low down. Call on YT. A. MERONEY & CO, GlEO. H. COBNELSON, AGKNT FOR Etiwan Guano No. 2, Ammoniated with Pure Peruvian Guano. Etiwan Dissolved Bone. Etiwan Compound Acid Phosphate. Zells Ammoniated Bono Superphosphate. ALSO KEEPS ON HAND AND RECEIVE ORDERS FOR ETIWAN GUANO. ATLANTIC PHOSPATES. Frank E. Coles' Phosphates. All or which is ollercd IiOV for OASfl. GEO. H. CORNELSON. fub 2$ oct 3 k ly s a o x v i o a a a |: s ........ osiv 'aSOA *03f) T -so.vioAmo.C joj aas pnc orno^) / 'astonaau a'iiysud shdiuj Jj irJEr.E"Vr '?iiaboH? ssvio jiSHU w h is oi sar him V XI p iv ponoj Xitunsn SGOOD ?"'(.<> IP* PnY ^ '?&lHWOO^Ifj t/TTItfVJ 'a II O rI S Won? 'S',1,,A9 'vUi g \*.hs>oh? ?SHHtiaasasaoH ox soliok WILHELM THEODOR M?LLER, II AS JUST RE KIT ED A Large Assortment of Pipes and Segars FROM THE Largest Meerschaum Manufactory in the U. S. VND "l^m^TO THE PCRLIC. AND IK)USEKELPKKS IN V A.UTH.'L*LA",- A*. WU ^?(?...?.TSH^h- - - -- " ? ? " " K?Mir/Y" O1 IOC I^RIKS. Sol lo If nrAT or EQUALED in this Mr.rk.f. 1 w ill nlfu ilclivi r DOLTKD GRIST AND ME AL niM.lo nr riUME WHITE NOKTPEF.X CORS to anv FAMILY tvrr SaiunL.j at MAR KET IMlHrfc W. T. Hl'LLKK. >h 'J "> o ?f ? H K S SC C-i S r- i 1 ? = H " O a % <3 ?^^1 pMa3Csaegj CillS^ THE LIVERPOOL LONDON AfiO ?LOJ Fire Insurance Company, ?APITAL?GOLD 17,000,000.00, HAS ESTABLISH KD AN AGENCY IN ORANGEBITRG, S. C. The TorniB of tl.is WELL KXOWN OLD EXGLISII CO ME AXT are FAIR, and the Security it ollcrs?, Absolute. Apply to JAMES II. FOWLES, Aptnt, At Citizen'a Savings Rank. CHARLES T. LOWNDES, Gcnoral Agent Charleston, 8. C. jau 23 n 3m NEW CARRIAGE ESTABLISHMENT!!! DOYLE, WILES & CO., T> KSI'KCTKI LLY INFORMS THE CITIZENS OF ORANGEBURO COUNTY THAT "\; lhc\ have pnrcdiaacd the CARRIAGE SHOPS AND WORKS OF 1 HOS. RAT. And are CARRYING ON tbo C.A.HHI^GK IBXJSIlSr ESS In all it* BRANCHES. Orders kit with US will be PK<?MPTLY FILLED. All kinds ef REPAIRING NEATLY DONlTanTwith DISPATCH. ? COFFINS FURNISHED AT SHORT NOlicE. \ A DQYLBj.WiUa at CO., d el: ? HL. ^mm\^Btk% (->r?rtS",,,if?v r c.