The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, September 09, 1871, Image 2

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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. \ GOD .AJSTX) OUR foOTJjNTTRY. \ ALWAYS IN A?VANC? VOLUME 5. SATURDAY MORNIN&, SEPTEMBER 9, 1871. THE ORANGEB?RG NEWS ?-:o:? PUBLISHED AT ORANGEBTJRG Every Saturday Horning, BY THE ORANGEBURG NEWS COMPANY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fa* Copy for on* year. $2.00 ?i ? m six Months.? 1.00 lay one lending TEN DOLLARS, for a ?Clnb of New Subscribers, will receive an 1XTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of ckargc. Any ono sending VIVE DOLLARS, *Tar a Club of New Subscribers, will receive >ma EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of ?saargs. ?to:? KATES OF ADVERTISING. "1 fiauaro lit Insertion. $1.50 " 2d " . 1.00 ?A Square consists of 10 line* Brevier or era* lath *f Advertising ipace. A&sstaiitrator'i Netices, ......?,"> 00 NM^wnvof Dismissal of Guardians, Ad WialatTatwa, Exseutor*, Ac.$0 00 Contract AdvcrtnmntnU inserted upon the MM* liberal't*rm?. ??:o:? MARRIAGE an? FUNERAL NOTICES, net ezeaeding ono SqnaTO, inserted without ?karg*. ?:o:? ? Turins Cash In Advance. [wuittkn ron tuk onANOKnirno nkws.] MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY ?OR? HOW ARTHUR AINSTON GOT IIIS WI/'.. BY JOANNES. _ S CDAPTEB VI. "That is my name sir," responded the old gentleman in a manner that be trayed too plainly his bitter hatred for Arthur. "The purport of your visit, if iltL -M ilnf&r. ... . . ly vnut here sir, is ot a private nature, and na it liny be of more interest to you thuii to any one ehe, I should prefer communicating it to ynu aalone," said Arthur calmly. "What, pray, enn it bo that you want vrith ine t curiously inquired the old gentleman the second time. "About a matter of importance sir; but whether you asccrtaiu of it or'not depends upon your own choice," remark ed Arthur withgh coolness that showed that no matter fchat the purport of our hero's visit wajjAe was not at all dis posed to asstftpe the attitude of a sup pliant in order to get a privato inter view with old fffl. Royer. Here the old gentleman withdrew ffOin tho counting room, which was crowded ^Uh drummers and merchant a of the city, and motioned Arthur to follow htm. Our hero pursued him up a flight of stairs, and soon found himself seated in a private office, face-to-faco with the marble hen.ted futhcr cf Eliza. Hero it did ndt take him many moments to acquaint the old gentleman with his bu siness, and its demands', the first men tion of which, however, brought him to his feet, and a flush of indignation to "If that is your business with me, young man, you may as well commence at ouee to retrace your jouruey, for never will I countenance any such idea." These words proceeded from Mr. Royer's lips with such measured and calculating firmness, that Arthur could not doubt that he had a man to contend with whose heart was as cold as an iccburg. However, our hero was not discour aged rnd undertook to expostulate with Jab hoary headed companion, but with sao avail. The only reply that Arthur got to the ?declaration, "I am determined to marry Elias, despite all opposition, and I do not believe that I would be mis ?flpre?e?ia?ihg her to-say that she is equally determined that our union shall be," was a eyuical and heartless smile. The interview was rt froitlcf,s one, and, Arthur returned to his koimh After a few moments reflection he con cluded that the best course for him to purauo would be to write to Elisa and tell her of the manner in whieh her father had treated him, and request her to meet him, as she was, without a mo moot's delay, at the house that had been previously designated as tho place at which they would consummate their plans. No sooner had he resolved than his thoughts were fastened to paper, and dis patched to Elixa. Meantime he was on his way for the appointed place. CHAPTER VII. We will now return to old Mr. Boyer a moment. As soon as Arthur left he dispatched a servant home with a mes sage for his duughter to repair to the st ire immediately. His object was to send her in the country to a relative's, and ior that purpose ordered a buggy. He was too much taken up with the thiugs of this world to spure time to go home himself; and then he thought there was no use for his doing so, as Eliza didn't know of Arthur's where abouts. How mistaken he was. Before Arthur left the hotel the first time, he hud written to Eliza. Aud while cho old gcntlcmau was pouring over business letters, his daughter was preparing to take her tiual departure from under tho parental roof. Imagine his consternation when the servant returned and informed him thut Eliza hud gono, and uo one on the place Could tell whore. Letters and everything else were ' thrown aside, aa soou us this intelligence I full upott his ears ; nud almost in less ' time ihau it takes us to record it he was h:,ll Vk.i^ mi il... rv?J ?? Li* .11.0. 'Sure enough, when he got th?>rc he found that tho bird had tiowti. Up stairs, in the garden, and every, nook and corner were searched, but no truce ot the missing girl was discovered After awhile a note was found upou the bureau drawers. It was one that Hiiza had indicted to her father pre paratory to leaving. As the old gentleman read it, he seemed almost convulsed with the emo tions it produced. Here is the note : "My Darling Father :?Doh't get angry with me. I am duiug no more than you would do under similar circum stances. You know .1 love you, dear father, but I love Arthur also, and you told mc I should never marry him. I believe if you knew how noble and gen erous he is, you would not be so opposed to our union. Pleuse do not abuse him any more, for before you get this ho will be the husband of your daughter, ELIZA." As soon as Mr. Boyer had finished this note, ho scut to his store for his sons. When they came, hasty directions wero given to each of them as to how and where they should search. But it was too late. Tho minister was waiting at tho appointed house, for I ???'<>. hours hftfnrn Arthur and Eliza trot I fhere; aud aftei'?hey arrived it did not require many mmutes to le?*"f unite two that were already one in spirit. Yea . before old Mr. Boyer road Elizi's note, she was tho wife of Arthur Aiuston. Aud now lot us turn to one of whom we have sceu but little in the two pro ceding chapters. It will not be forgot ten that Arthur's rival, Henry, when he declined to end, iu an honorable manner, his difficulty with our hero, vowed to be revenged secretly. Now although many mouths hud iutervened, between the encounter of the two rivals aud the timo of which we uro now writing, yet when Henry heard that Arthur was iu the city, and more, had probably mar ried Eliza, all of his eld bitterness came back to him, and he resolved to put his vow of revenge iuto execution. After the marriage had taken place, Arthur and Eliza received privately the congratulations of a few friends, who bad been made cognizant of the affair, and withdrew to a privute drawing room to await the carriage which waa to con vey them to tho depot. While the newly married couple were discussing the difficulties through which they hud gone, a rap was heard at the door. Thinking that the carriage bad come, Arthur walked to the door, and opened it. Had the earth opened uudcr his fcot, he could not have been more surprised than he was iu beholding at that time and at that place, the person that con fronted htm. Eliza's anxious eye caught his face, and a tremendous shriek escaped her lips. Before sho had time to alarm the house tho second time, the work of the fiend Henry, had been accomplished. The moment Arthur opened the door, Henry with the czclamntion, ''Here is my revenge," pierced, tho few moments before that, tho happy Arthur to the heart with a loug dagger that he had con cealed iu his 'coat slcavc. It did uot require a sccoud stroke. The fitst had dono its work. Arthur Aiustou *was dead. Henry, the moment he discover ed that ho had accomplished his object, left the house immediately. Tho scream that Elisa had given, summoned several of the family to tho parlor, and oh'. horror, to find the husband of the good nnd loved Eliza, gasping, bleeding, dying! It was a heart rending spectacle to sec this couple, who, a few moments ago, were happy, the one now dead, killed h\ the hand of ait assassin, and the other lying pah: and senseless on the floor. j:i;?.. i...i ?".;..?-\, ?...1 ,\ ?-i, tj^-,. whiteness hud settled over her beautiful face. She was hastily removed ton room, while physicians were sent fur. But before they arrived, the spirits of both had winged their flight to a better wurld than this, nud where they were reunited in sweeter and happier bonds than the mutability of the things of this poor earth will permit to be the cose here. When Eliza's father heard of the tragedy, he and his sons repaired with out delay to the residence of Mr. (the house at which tho marriage took place,) to find what we have recorded. Eliza was his favorite daughter, nud the shock almost caused, to bow iu sorrow, the head even of this heartless and un feeling pateut. He remembered the ominous words of hor who then slept iu death, when 6he Buid, "IT Mr. Henry kills Arthur tho sin will rest upon my father's shoulders." If those words lingered in his mind before, they were revivified now, and he imagined he could hear even then his pale, lifeless daughter pleading with him Henry had not only killed Arthur, but her too. Tho old gentleman looked at them for a few mo ments, and then turned away with his heart full of sorrow. A U A i f 1. lie'.' ?Ilt.t i-' Ii''" ? fVlA.tltu wl upon them, a feeling of sadness clouded each one's face. If Eliza had boon hcu'j'ilul in her lifetime, sho appeared moro beautiful now'. There is always u singular beauty which pervades, with lew exceptions, the features of the dead, a few hours after the "spirit is uot thero." Were it not for the langour which covers the pulseless check, the cold and ohungelcss brow and the sad shrowdod eye which can weep no more forever, otic in such a moaieut might well doubt the presenco of the dark winged angel of Death. "Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, We still might doubt tho tyrants power ; Bo fair, so calm, so softly scal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd!" Years have passed b'hico the tragic death of Arthur and Eliza. Old Mr. Bojes uai.lt eontiauc? his business, but a oulm and settled look of ?claucboly I clouds his fheo even to.day. Henry left his country and has nr.'. ? been heard of sine*. Whether he ha#pought an ob livion of his sin in othfp countries we know not, but let us hon that he may strive to atone for the lifo ho has led. Old Mr. Boyer forgave Arthur, and buried the two side by Side, in his place in the Cemetery. To-day, as strangers traverse the grounds, tho story of the two lovers is told to them by the koeper, and oftenatheir graves dill forth tears, even from those who knew them not. 'Tis thus tho lives of these two noble beings ended. How hard it seems to us that two that loved, eaofc other so, wero not permitted to live to enjoy one anoth er's society. But their huppy dreams were cut short in the morning- of their glory, and they are no more. the en it Tho f OtolfticrcuU ?HUtrristr's Surato go correspondent got into a sweet mess tho other day. He landed ak the depot iu the night. Ho got mixed up with tweuty-five married ladies, seven spin sters am) four girls, all Waiting for their husbauds, cousins and levers." By ncci dent these woman mistook him for their "owns." And?but lct? him teli how it was himself: "Now, a dear, sweet,-liquid eyed bru nette threw her arms urnuud me. O, Eugene, why did you not write oftcner if" she sobbed, and then MO sank sweetly on my bosom 1 said "weep not, Julia," and then I kissed hcrSsweetly twenty two times. It was duftcious. It made me think of my first wife and my col lege days at Yale. A djmdcrous maiden HOW approached?dressed decolluttc, ? la pompadouy. She look mo in her arm*aud whispered, Charles, did you bring my beautifulf-d -g?lid you?" "Madame, my name is not Charles, nnd I hate dogs. I'd tail every d?d ? d." but i?ho fell 'iliSi^gjP^" Ul* *eet" ' A bweet gTihleu iiatrerl blonde now ' took my bund. .She pressed .it gently, saying, "Dear Albert, I know it is you. and I am so glad to see )OU ! You won't dance with Lizzie Smith, now, will ; you ? N w do proinist me !" 1 said I j wouldn't. Then she held her check ; close to mine. It was h it with love's , young hnpe and pure, swoet affection. We were very happy. None but a wicked man would have brought sad ness to this sweet, pure young heart? full of confidence, warm with virgin af fection, and benutifui with pplendid girlish ness. Do you ft ill love me, Albert ?" ahe whis pered. "Undoubtedly," I rematked. "How much, darling ?" "A heap." "O, I am too happy !" she murmured, as she twisted her lingers in my auburn hair aud bei I me in a aweet embrace. A Chapter on Butter.?"Why is it my sou, that when you drop your bread and butter, it is always on the butter side ?" "I don't know. It hadn't orter, had it? The strongest side ought to be up, aud this is tho strongest butter I have ever seen." "Hush?its somo of your aunt's churn ing." "Did she churn it, tho great lazy thing ?" "What, your auut?" "No, this here butter. To make the poor old woman churn it when it's strong enough to chum itself." "Hush, Zep, I've cat a great deal worse in the most aristocratic houses." "Well, people of rank ought le*%it it." "Why?" "Cause it's ra?k butter," "Y'ou varmint, you ! what makes you talk so smart t" "Cause the butter has taken the skin otr my tongue." "Zcp, dou't lie ! I can't throw away the butter." "I'll tell you what I would do with it ?keep it to draw blisters. You ought to see the Hies keel over as soon as they touch it." "Who dare spit tobacca juice on tho florrofthis car?" savagely exclaimed a powerfully-built passenger, as he rose from his seut and sta ked down the aisle, frowning defiantly upon the other pas sengers. "I dare !" mid a burly look ing fellow, as ho ejected a quanity of of the noxious saliva upon tho floor of the uial. "All right, my friend," saikl tho first speaker, slappiug him on the shoulder, "give us a chow of tobacco." Stebbius Draws A Natural. "Talking about ugly men,' jaid White Hat, "did you know Youoglovo Stob bins 7 You knew him, Sykes ?" "I'll bet you," said Sykes. "Wasn't he a screamsr ?" "He could get away with any of 'em," said Sykes. "Well," continued White Hat, "one night me and Stebbius nud Bob Eg?ie ston were up to Pastor's cat in' oysters, ond after we got through I wont down to tho bar to pay. A lot of follows woro eating and drinking there, and talking ubout homely men. 'I don't care what you say,' says ono follow, 'you let Bill Williamson work his fuco as ho pleases, and I'll buck him agin tho three ugliest mcu in the Union." "How's that, Bill V* says another fel low, looking at a tolerably plain man with a smooth face standing by. u 'Oh, he's fooliuV said Bill, swallow ing bis toddy, and wiping his mouth with his hand. There aiu't uothiu' disagree able ubout D1C." " 'Excuse me, geiitlcmcu,' says I, I'm a struugcr, but is that tho mau you'ro backing for plain fcaturos?* " 'That's the ma",' says the first Spokesman. "1 turnod round and leaned ng'in the bar, and looked at him, and says I, 'No paint, not feathers, nor nousonsc ?" " 'Nothing but the features that God has given him,' say.-- another. '? 'How much would you be willing to waste on him ?* says I. " 'Largely,' says he. 'Heavy ; money talks. United .Suites promises <o pay, aud he hauled out a big pocket-book, nud slapped it on the cuuulcr. '? 'Champaguo supper would be noth ing,' says I. '? Not a reed-bird's eye,' says he. 0 'I'm the man you'ru looking for,' I says, and iu ten minutes wo hud a jury tpM*atift?, .and 1 whs training djuAtbiua for his part. "He hauled dow'n the corners of his mouth, rolled his eyes as if ho had a fit and 1 led him in. But I knew in min tit o 1 was boat. That fellow of theirs stood iu front of tho judges, aud he looked like a whole family of wild Aus truliau children rolled iuto one. He never moved a muscle, but looked with an idiotic leer at the ceiling, aud waited for the verdict. Tho jury didu't leave their scats. They tuid it was a clear and it was, nnd I walked off. ?' 'Now,' says I, 'Stebbius, yon must do your best; we'vo got two more chances, and 1 want you to spread your self.' "Stcbbins prepared himself, aud I must say, ho was a melancholy sight. The right side of his moustache was stuck in his nose, and bis mouth was screwed around until it touched the lap pel of his left ear, and we wnlked in. But there stood their man, aud 1 didu't care about seeing auothor such sight. Every hair on his head was standing straight forward like fcuccstakcs, and his eyes were turned in towards his nose till yuu could see the bucks of thctu. 1 never knew how ho did it, but I hope I may die if he hadn't swallowed his nose, and there he stood. The opposition gave a shout, aud I knew we was beat again. And so we was, and went back, feeling pretty blue. ' 'We're beat, Stcbbins,' says I, 'and r .i....>, i._. ._i...? .1.. i.i- _m~ . ... -... - j . but I never saw you look so well as you do to-day.' Tom Egglcston was out of patience 'If tho cussed fool would stand natural,' says he, 'he'd beat 'osi yet.' ?? V ' "The idea struck me in a minute. 'Try 'cm, Younglove,' says I. *Jusl leave your faCO the way Heaven made it, and let's go in.' I "Stcbbins was practicing before the glass, but when ho turned round and sobered down, 1 looked at him, and tays I, 'that's enough ! If they can beat that lace I'm ready to pay.' "Stebbius said it was no use, but we led him in, iu his normal condition, and when they looked at him they screamed. | liven their man, who had got all his faces into one, and who stood there' working his cars boside, and looking like a wagon lull of scared monkeys, got a glimpse of Stebbius, and burst iuto s roar. Tho judges Raid I had won, and the dt her* side gave it up aud ?nid tho support* *J- *' ??*? rrr**** % * ? ? A man is said to bo beifevoleTtt when ho holds an uubrclla ov.ee>a duck's back, iu a shotver of rain. Kicked by a Aale. Jake Johnson had a mule. There was nothing remarkable in the mere faet of his being the possessor of such an ani mal, but there was something peculiar about his mule. He?the animal?1 could kick higher, hit harder on the slightest provocation, and net uglier than any mule on record. One morning, riding bia property to market, Juke met Jim Hoggs, against whom ho had an old but concealed grudge. He knew Boggs' weakness lay in bragging and bcttiug; therefore he saluted him accordingly : "How are you, Jim ? Fine morn >ng. "Hearty, squire," replied Jim. "Fino weather. Nice mule that you have. Will ho do to bet on Y* "Bet on ? Guess he will that. I tell you, Jim Boggs, he's the best mule in this country." "Great smash ! Is that so ?" ejacula ted Jim. "Solid truth, every word of it. Tell you confidentially, Jim, I'm taking him down for betting purposes. I bet he can kick a fly off from auy mau without its buriiug hiiu." "Now, look here, squire," said Jim, "I am not a betting character, "but I'll bet you something on that myself." "Jim, there's uo use; don't bet, I dou't want to win your mouoy." "Don't be ulaimed, squire, I'll take such bets as them every time." "Well, if you arc determined to bet, I will risk a small stake?say five dol lars-" "All right, squire, you're my man. But who'll he kick tho fly off? There is uo one here but you and I. You try it." "No," sa^s Johnson "I have to be by the mule* head to order him." "Oh ! yaas," says Jim. 'TUeOpYob ubly I'm the man. Wa'ual, I'll do it ; but you are to bet ten against my five, if I risk it." "All right," quoth tho squire. "Now tbere is a fly ou your shoulder. Stand still." Aud 'Johnson adjusted the mule. "Whist, Jervey," said he. The mule raised hb- heels with suth velocity and force that Boggs rose iu the nir like a bird, and alighted on all fours iu a muddy ditch, bang up against a rail fence. Rising, in a towering rage, he ex claimed-? "Yaas. that is smart I I know your d imed luulc couldn't do k. You had that all put up. I wonldn't be kicked like that for fifty dollars. You can just fork over them ere stakes for it uny way." "Not so fast, Jim ; Jorvey did just what I said he could; that is, kick a fly off u man without its hurting him. You sec, the mule is not injured by the opcratiou. However, if you are uot sat isfied, wo will try it again us often as you wish." ."The deuce take you," growled Jim. "I'd rather have a burn fall ou mo at once than havo that critter kick mo again. Keep the stakes, but don't say anything about it." And Boggs trudgod on in bitterness of soul, murmuring to himself, "Sold, by thunder *, and kicked by n mule I" Twelve by the Clock. About twenty years ago, when Frank lin Pierce and the present Senator Chirk tttood at the head of the Ilillsborough bar, iu New Hftmjjliirc, there was upon rl|ic^pbckct a celebrated suit called the "horse case." The action Whs bought by Sfuith ?ijnos, tho livery stable keopcrf, against otic White, to recover the value of a pair of horses ullegcd to have been killed by the defendant while conveying au insane man to the asylum at Concord. There was plenty of proof that the horses died soon after their ar rival there ; hut the defendunt took the ground that they died of disease, aud not by being overheated, and that a Buf ficieut t ime had beeu allowed them to travel that distanco ?villi uaae. Tcuu it became necessary to show the jury the time of starting uud the lime of arrival. Many citizens were brought forwsrd, among them a tall, bony, slab-sided, lanky, sleepy-lookiug fellow, who officia ted us lustier ut the stable. Tho follow' iug is she Mibstnnce of the coucluding port inn of the cxaniin.isiou-: "What time, sir, did 1 understand you to say it was when tho horses were dr.v on up la the stable ?" . ^Just as I was going 1o diiiufr." "What time waata wbft? m diene* that day?by tie eiocl f* "Just twelve." "To a minute, e? V " Yea, air." "What time was it when yew dinner the day before ??by taw ofeefc,?* ? "Just twelve.*" "To a minute, eir V "Yes, sir." "And what tmre did ye* go to Jlawc a week previously?by the elsefc f "Just twelve" , : "To a minute, sir?* "Yes, sir." "Now, sir, wilT yon be good eaoagk I tell the jury what time yon weal to ner three months before the by the clock ?" "At twelve." "To a minuter' "Yea, sir." "That is all, sir/' replied the W iih a gleam of satisfaction on his sneer and a glance at the jury, as much as tor say, that man has settled his tcstiaeoayv gentlemen. And so all thought till, jest as he ws* leaving the stand, he turned to his tioncr with a curious, comical on his face, and drawled outs "That 'ere clock was out of kikerr I has stopped at. twelve lor the last six mouths." There was a general roar. Mr. Chnrk sat down, and the judge had to use kno handkerchief just then. Amateur Editors.?An amateur who was editing a paper in the absence of a regular editor says : The last thing; I have any distinct recollection ef was getting off something on the mayor of the town. He went by old 8/kes, tho editor, ona evening without nodding, and I had no sooner entered Iber oflkea than I heard ; "Go for Muggs, give it to him hot i knock him all to pieces, sad leave sue shattered soul hanging to the steeple of ths court house/' "Bot he-"I hogaav wawa&yfcew came close up to mc, brerUaeag a*sa\, and says he : Young man, go* for Blogg* I &sjtW to part with you, but Smith offers to fill your occupation for s dollar lass. So I sat down to do up Muggs. By maw was going away, and he left see to say judgment. I wrote an ar?efti that I thought would please the eld osea Her positiveres?, aad it went ander a ari* pie Wading. I was jtast ksaaiag aw- thta paste pot ia the burglar proof anley to keep a frooa taw rats, and I hoard ? yelling ot> the streets, aad the oeaoe> door came iu on me. I saw stasn, coss ets, spots on the sun, new asosaa? aad) '"came to" in the next town, when I sent the following dispatch to* the old! man : "If you cau pay your BoacrJ bifl, ?*aj where you are. The press ia rwssww, the long primer is in Hardy's avotee ponck The mailing table, tW baak aud thus new job rack went over the done lust evening. Tbiags asnft as they was-. We made a big hit SO Moggly and he retaliated powsifuwy. I have hired out to a- quiet old farmer hers, and I think I shan't pursue the get off bo sinesss any further." In about two months I got a reply, Hera wsa all that was said : 'Young man, always to pos itive iu your assertions Julius, did ycr belong to der last warf In course I did. And was ycr wounded' ? You'd better baliere- it?these times. Twice in my lVat und ones in toy tohac co-box. And docs ye draw a pensiony JaHasf What d'ycr as dat foolish a;uesiios) tort Certainly I draw ? aeaston? three plugs of tobacco a year. I wisfs common niggers wouldn't interfere he matters so much ?novo their crsaiut?. A Fcss is tttr Fawif-t.??*Wal I guess there's a little row ever to ?st house." "What on airth's the mattest "Why. dad'a got drank, ssetlsrw washin, the old cow's get a ssAJy Ss^s got mariod and run away with the spoons, Scth'3 swallowed a pro, and Louis looked at the Aurora Asrix Hill ho'fgot the delirious tmngswv Thai ain't all of it auther. Ross spilt law batter box and broke the pan cakes, aad one of the Maltese kittina has g:t her head, into the molasses eup aad I taa1> get it out, aud oh, how hungry I ana**