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TWO DOLLARA PER.ANNUM. )? GOD JViNTO. OUIi ??UNTRY VOLUME T. ^ ALWAYS IN ADVANCE . NUMBER 16 ? _:_ THE ORANGEBURG NEWS . PUBLISHED AVt OTlAlNrGrTTlHIJKO . Every Saturday Horning. / BY TIIK ORANGEBURG NEWS COMPANY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ?n? Copy for one year. $2.00 u ? ii it 8JX Months. 1.00 Any one sending TEN DOLLARS, for n Clnb of Now Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of charge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, or a Club of New Subscribers, will receive an. EXTRA COPY for SIXMONTnS, free of chnrge. ? ?to:? RATES OF ADVERTISING. I Squire 1st Insertion. $1.50 ?? . ?? 2d *' . 1.00 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or one inch of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices, .$5 00 Notices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Exeoutors, &c.$9 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon the most liberal terms. MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, not exceeding one Square, inserted without charge. ?:o:? *?- Terms Cash in ttvance. -?* Browning' & Browning, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OBAXGEBUKG O. II.? So. C'R. Malcolm I. Buowniso. A. F. Browning. nov 4 AUGUSTUS B. KNOWLTON (Formerly ol me New York Bi?r.) ATTO R N B Y A N D CO U N SELLOR A T L A W , OR iX^ERiRO, S. C. Inly 8 ._tf W. E. W. RILEY TRIAL JUSTICE, itmldcnce fttt Fork of Kit into, ALL BUSINESS ?NTR?HTED v ill be promptly and carefully attended lo. inly 2* 1y a?-. niiiiM BERWICK LEGARE, SURGEON DENTIST, fcifitrltiJAto HAlflnhor? lollop l>eOtai ?lWRCry. OFFICE MARKET-ST. OVER STORE *. A. HAMILTON, ' METALLIC~CXSES. THE undersigned has on hand all ef the various Mixes of the above Cases, which can be furnished immediately on ap plication. Also manufactures WOOD COFFINS as nsual, and at the shortest notice. Apply to ' H. RIGGS, mar 5?6m Carriage Manufacturer. REEDER & ?ATIS, COTTON FACTORS AND General Commission Merchants, Adger'* Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. OswmM. Kbkdkr, f immekman Davis. ?et 1ft' 6m T. F. Bnoblfe. R. R. Hudoiks H. C. HtmuiNS. BRODIE & CO. COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARESTON? 8. Ci Liberul Advances made on Consignment. Ear mi to Andrew Simonds, Esq., Pres t ist National Bank? Charleston, S. C. may 21 Wee tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mrs. KL W. Stratton, CORICKK ttE?VAIS k ASSEMBLY STREETS COLUMBIA? S. ?. ttonveniebt to the Greenville and Charleston Railroads and the Business portion of the City. Rate of Transient Botrd?Two Dollars per Bay* ? Regular Boarder? receirsd at Reasonable *t?a. . . f THE CHILDREN. UV CHARLES DICKENS. When the task nnd tho lessons nrn ended, And the schools for the day is dismissed, The little ones gather around mo To bid mo good night and bo kissed) Oh! the little white arms that encircle My neck in their tender embrace; Oh ! tho smiles that aro halos of Heaven, Shedding sunshine of lore on my face! Oh! my heart grows as weak ns a woman's, And the fount of my feelings will How, When I think of the paths steep and stony, Where the feet of the dear ones must go; Of the mountain of sin hanging o'or them? Of the tempests of Fate blowing wild, For there's nothing on earth half so holy As the innocent heart of a child! They are idols of henrt nnd of households, They nre nngels of Clod in disguise, His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses, His glory still gleams in their eyesl Oh! those truants from homo and from Heaven, They have made me more manly nnd mind And I know, now, how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a lifo for the dear ones . All radiant as others hnvo done, Rut that life may have just enough shadow To temper the glare of the sun; I would pray God to guard them from evil. Rut my prayers would bound back to my self; Ah ! a nernph may pray for o sinner, But u sinner must pray lor himself. The twig is so easily bended, I huve hnnished the rule and the rod; I Lave taught them the geoducss of knowl edge. They have taught lnc the goodhees of God; My heart is a dungeon of dnrkncss? Where I shut them fbr breaking a rule, My frown is sufficient corruption, My love is the law of school. 1 shnll lenvo the old house in the aUt?mn, To traverse its threshold no more; Ah ! ho* 1 shall sigh tar the dear pn#i Tli?f meet me eacn ntorn at tho donr ! I shall miss the ??good-nights," and the kisses. Ami the gush of their innocent glee The group on the green, and the flowers That me brought every morning for me. 1 s' all miss them at morn nnd nt even ? Their song in the school and the Street ; I shall miss the low hum of their voices, And the tramp of their pattering feet. When the lessons of life are all ended. And Death says, "The school Is dismissed!' May the little ones gather around me, To bid me good-night and be kissed. The Farmer's Granges* The farmers of the West tn their new movements have called their associations "Grange**" It hi a very expressive, but more of an Knglish than American word. It comes front ffntiinnt, a grain, and its primary signification is probably that of a granary. Its broader tneaniug is a farm house and its out-buildings. Some illustration will show .those two menuiogs. From tho "Song of the Sower," SO exquisitely illustrated by the Appletons, we have. And from the distant grange there comes The clatter of the thrasher's flail. In Milton's Comus; When for their t.-eming flocks and granges full In wanton dance, they prats* the honntoom Pan. Measure for Measure, third act give* u-: will presently to St. Luke's where, in The moalad grange, resides this Dejeeted Mariana. Tonnyson's "Mariana in the Moated Grunge, with the blue fly singing i' the pane"?about the weakest thing he has written, will be remembered by all. Our farmers could not huve chosen a moro expressive word. mmmrnm-an? ? Jim. II., out West, tells a good y.iro about a "shell bark lawyer.'" Ills client ; was up oo two small charges, "frivolous charges," aa shell bark designated, (forging a uoto of hand and stealing a horse.) On running his eye over tho jury he didu't like their looks, so he prepared an affidavit for continuance setting forth tho absence of a principal wituc":. He read it in a whisper to tho prisoner, who, ihakiog his head, said: "Sqoiro I can't swear to that dokyment." "Why 7" Rase it baitit true." Old shell inflated and exploded loud enough to be heard throughout the room. "What I forge a nute aod steal a hornet an' can't swear to a lie ! Hang I such infernal fools." And he immediato. ' ly fell the consciontiout ooo to bis lato. MisH Suit tip's Protege. Misn Peggy Subtle being in love witb the minister, and determined therefore upon the performance of some signal act of grace, adopted a protege. Sho had no definite plan of how she should manage the young idea but she moaut he should be truitiod after the munncr of parsons iu general, und Parsou Gunu iu particular. So, bright and early oue morning she selected from t\us chari table institution of the villago a little boy who was to be the young hcuthou upon whom she wab to expend her time oud patience, and thereby secure a i-mull portiou of the reward she so much coveted. Proselyting was n hard task even for the indomitable Miss Suittlo; but Parson Gunu did such work ivory day nl his life, and why should not she, who hoped somo day to be robed in glory as the parson's wife ? She did not even kuow the lad's history, nor hud she any dcsiic to inquire into h.s disposition or geueral character beyond the fact thai, be wits a very needy orphan. 'What is your name V she asked at lust, alter she bud reached her cottage and ushered the urchin into the kitchen. 'Jack, ma'am.' Slack what, lad V 'Nuthiu, 'oept Jack, as I knows on.' 'What, no other name than Jack V 'Yes, 'ui, Flip, Squiu, Pony-.' 'Suiuts defend us,' cried the astonish ed hidy, 'what would the parson say il he could hear you talk ! You must call yourself Soittle, alter uic do you heart' 'Then, I'se Jack Subtle, is I V ?Yes. Now, then, suppose sonic b >y should ask 30U directly what your uame itsi what would you reply ?' 'I'd ch'*ck him in the snoot, and say mind y'r bia, will ye.' 'Oh, dour hie, what have I douc to taku this creature on my hands; hut then,' she ndJcd after a pau-se, 'he'll be a cherub when he is converted.' Jack had uot been nectrstomcd to family prayers, th it was certain, else he would not have rolled over so regularly each lime tlutt he Was told to knee1 down ; and, before many days had passed, Miss Suittlo found it nocess.ry to keep one eye. on the young niau, even while he was itt his devotions. Jack's place wu? intolerable to him. He could not understand why ho was made to lead a life that was so disagree able, when he had bceu very well con tented where ho was beloro. Hut he was inclined to bc-good natur cd, aud although Miss Suittlo found it necessary to call in the parson frequent ly to talk ovor the welfare of bis soul, he uiight not have been unruly at all had uot the alternative be n force 1 ut> ou him. The truth is that Miss Soittle was so absorbed iu her admiration for one minister that she thought it would bo a groat triumph to make another of Jack, and so she built air custlus that would have utnascd the young rascal had he Known of tltOUli N"V<\ Miss SuittIc did not care a pin for the hoy, outside of lb-; part he was to phiy in the furtherance of her scheme. , aud somehow Jack had found this out. Children arc wise so-iietimes, and this youngster knew as well perhaps us the idlers about the village that her was the sport of a whim, and that Miss Sntttle's only feeling for him was one of utility. Sho said it was lor the glory of God she was working, but Jack interpreted her motives dificicutly, aud tho't that it was to Pursou Ounn he was indebted for her efforts iu his behulf. He was sent, ub other children in the 1 place were, to the free nccudoiny ; hut I in the afternoon he was not permitted ' to play iu the street, us he dearly loved ! to do, or hung ou the ouds of rngous, as he so much desired. Iu view of the brilliant career in store for him he must read ; listen to his cldors (who huppou ed to bo aged spinsters und iu so.ue de gree rivals of Miss Sniltlc,) and repeat ? hymn for the amusement of any ohanco visitor. To lurthcr instruct the child in the duties of his futuro calling, his patron made him a gurpliuc and white gown, such us the choir boys iu great churches w.tr, aud iu order to deeply impress him with n souse of reverence, she further added to his un gainly appearance by making him a high crown cup of stiff white mublin. In this coelUme he was bedecked and mado to mount the stool placed behind thu piano, and give- out texts aud rcpc.it torses and roll his eyes skyward, witb the look, maiden Subtle said, that had won for Punou Gunu all bu, fame. ? ?' 'Hut I don't want to be a Gttnti, ma' am/ Baid Jack, 'nor umhin' olso like t'other folks.' 'Hut you shall be, and there's the cod of it/ and forthwith Mis* Spittle became unusually vigorous in her devotional instructions, and made tho luckiois ras cal prny for bis bouI although under sentence of immediate death. Otie day it was so pleasantly warm, and the bright sunshine looked so in viting to the eye of the little martyr, that ho could scarcely keep thorn from off the window The soow was gono oil the grouud, and the spring foeling was asserting itself strongly in tho bosom of tho child. f?-*i Snittle didn't think of all this ; ond while Juck was mentally wishing he had bcutl born a bird, or even a chicken, and could not resist pushing up the window nearest him, she arranged bin clerical garb, and o-Jerod him to pro ceed with the lessous of the day. She did not see tho urchins drawing near the open gule, or know that as UtaDj as could get there were stooping under the window, hearing all that was going on. Jack did, and hated himself for the plight he was in. Ho could not tell her of his audience. . for sho would then believe he had planned the meet ing ; nor could he avoid the duty sho forced Iii (is to perform./ With a bitter feeling in bis hmrt ho Was compelled to mount tho stool, rest due hand on tho piano pulpit, point thc( otht r heaven ward, give i ut the hy uuj ??nd then hear her sing, in a nmnotfl jous drawl, the lines ho had been taught to read. '1 he youngsters outsid > could stand it no h tiger. They gnve a ffild whoop and yell, and run in every direction ; one or two of the most hardened oties going so iar us to stick their hfiads tu the duor, aud ;.sk if Parson Guun'fr.is to hum. Jack sprang out of tho*window as she rushed tu tins door ; und, with surplice, gown and cap, went jjlying down th ? maia street- of' Vi^v'fige, falldwed by nil of tlto boys, shouting at the top of their lungs. As fast as his legs could ?take him he hurried along, surprising everybody, but scariug nobody half as much a* himself. It's Siiittlu'a hoy !' was (he cry. No, t'ain't j it's her A men!' shouted a butcher boy, who was passing just ilieu ; u?d the uews flew from mouth to mouth, until half the towo w is out on the sidewalk, lau0h ing over the occur rence. Even Parson Gunn himself saw tho curious spectuole, aud rush:d from the street to hide the laughter he could not suppress 'It's Nuittlc's Dominic!'shouted the mischievous children a< ho pissed. 'Pouiiiiie it, Pony, and don't muddy your night gown !' screamed* a little news girls, who joined in the race. 'Hold on to your mansard, Squinty, when you go under ttier awuitig,' yelled a hoot black, whoso brushes h id been kicked into the gutter in the scramble So awuy thoy all went, pell-mell, mi l poor ?lack, utterly exhausted, ran along, obliged, to hear it all, an 1 ui ist heartily wishing himself back ut the asylum again. Hut he was followed by such an army of gamin*, that he was glad to escape iotu a store aud divest himself of his uncomfortable adornments. 'It's my preaohin' clothes, sir,' be, said to the merchant, who stood laugh ing immoderately beside him, 'but I cun't take 'em back to Miss Snittle's. 1 guess I'll go to work ut sonn thing else/ And so he did, there and then, and with Miss Suittle's consent, it is believ ed, fur she was never u ft or wards heard to ullude in tiny manner to her unhappy cxperieucc with her protege, or t? in quire after his subsequent fate. Feet vs. Fcoling.?"iimikiug in a Tair of Boots". Otic of the most irritating temper spoiling conflicts into which fashion pushes pour civilized men and women, is, I hare lately discovered, that which rages between the fect and the fellings. Tho opinion seems to bo settled that small lei t arc handsomer than large ones. Ol course we ?rc not yet debased to the Chinese standard, but only tend ing tu it, BO that those individuals who have naturally the smallest feet in pro portion to their size and si it urn arc for tunate. Perhaps no fault can bo found with this opiniou in point of artistic taste. At any rate fashion has asserted it as a maiiin, and that is sulficiout for our pp'toot purpose for jUBt hore comes pi the difficulty. Those unfortunite I human-; wlro, on arriving at years of I discretion, are dissatis?ed with the size of their pedal extrcmctiea, incontinently full back on that hoary artifico of a fool ish world which persuades them that if the feet aro not small, the defect may be partly overcome by making them look small by some device. Tho device constitutes, now-a-days, tho shoemaker's art aud mystery, whiob art this view of tho matter, may be said to have made great at rides. I*' you order a pair of boots, I can describe your experience beforehand. You go and have your measure taken. The man on the bench Is anxious to please, and has the most perfect confi dence. You explain to him that, your feet being tender, you desire an easy lit. - 'Oh, ccrtalnlyl Of course!' and down go the figures. After a reason able time you call for your boots. Thoy are finished and look handsome enough. At the shoemaker's suggestion you try t hem ou ; to speak more exactly, you try them part way on. Then you arc compelled to hack off until the obliging shoemaker, who takes ul! this as n mat ter of course, had daubed your stocking with "pulverized sonpstoue or something similar, and handed you a pair of boot hooks, over which you bow yourself, lilting until you are very red in the face. The mau of leather, who knows his part, meanwhile gets on bis knees, and fur ther assists by rubbing vigorously until at length you have tho exquisite scusa tion caused by your poor hoels slipping inside the 'counter.' Then witb two or three vigorous stamps tho boot is on. The shoemaker, iu positive glee, rubs it a little more to make sure there is no wrinkle, then steps back, casts nu admir ing gaze, and assures you all is right. The boots arc a 'splendid fit ;' 'like a glove';' "like a duck's foot iu the muJV 'Juumct's best French uppers, an I oak tanned soles j' 'alter they pro hrnlr<?n they will be easy, and such a fit.' (After they arc 'broke in^nifud you.) Your foot, us i? protrudes from your trowserj, docs certainly appear much daintier than usual, an 1 although the joints of vour toes show through Jnum et's best uppers like little knuckles,you I? clings are immensely tickled thereby Unwilling to remove sit elegant a fit, or doubting your ability to put them ou again unaided, you decide to wear the.m. homo, thus getting them panly 'broke iu.' b'o you wrap tho old pair iu a piece of brown pr.pcr and tuke your departure, indulging in pleosaut fancies of the effect such dainty ioather must have on the susceptibilities of Maria Jane. But before you reach home your feel ing have had their day, and your feet begin to assert themselves You dis cover th?f, they aeho badly, in fact, are partly bcuuinbed, 80 that thoy feel like wookuu feet, or like a tooth which the dentist has 'wedged.' This toten siQes each minute., ankwhon you finally limp into your own friondly room tho 'lino' bouts come off iu a hurry and go slam, into the closet. They flattered your feelings, but oh, how they hurt your feot. After a dozoa or moro such experi ences you began to philosophize upon the matter, and end by uttering the following aphorisms : 1. Never 'breike in' boots or shoes. If they are not easy when new, don't take them, lor the boots will break your feet oftener than your fcjt will brake ! the boots. 2. If y m go bn 'breaking iu' boot leather, you will no.-d a special last -jade with all sorts of knibs anJ protu berances to correspoqd with your dis torted joints. Then you will be sorry. 3. If you hive large feet, admit it iu all honesty, and have your boots made accordingly. Then you will be happy. Fight Between a Whale and a Sea Serpent' The lollowiug description of an on counter betwco.i a whale and a sea serpent is extracted from an afhdtvit of a Captain West, of Hallowell, Maine: About 6 o'clock in the aftoruoon ('ape Ann bearing west southwest about two leagues, steering a course north north east, saw directly ahead, distant about three filths of a mile, un object whiob I have uo doubt was the sou serpent so olleu mention.-d by others engaged with a whale that was endeavoring to elude the attack. The serpeut threw up his tail from twenty-five to thirty feet io % |M rpeuiicular direction, striking the whale with tremendous blows rapidly repeated, which were distinctly heard, nnd.very loud, for two or throe minutes. Thny then both disappeared for several minutes, moving in a west southwest direclioo, when thoy rcappoared inshore of us. and about under tho sun, the re flection of which was so strong as to prevent our seeiug so distiuctly as be fore, when the tremendous blows were repeated and as clearly heard as before. They then went down again for a short lime, aud again came up to the surface under our larboard quarter, tho whale appearing first aud tho scrpeut in pur-, suit. Hero our view was very fair. The serpent shot up bis tail through the water to tho height before mentiuued, which he held out of the witer some time waving it in the air, and at tho same time, while his tail remained iu this position raised bis h cud rather leisurely, fifteeu or twenty-feet, as if taking a view of the surface of the sea. After remaining in this situation a short time he again sunk into the wat er, disappeared, and was not afterwards seen by any on board. The scrpeui'o body was larger, in my opinion, than the mast of any ship I ever saw, his tail appeared very ragge 1 and rough, and was shaped something like an eel's, and his head like that or a lau 1 scrpeut's l?eing well acquainted with whaling, I think tho whilo Wit endeavoring to escape, as he spoute 1 but once at a time on coming to the surface. The whale's buck was distinctly seen, as well as his spouting, and the last time lie appeared he went Jowu before the serpent came up. The above was seen by all on board amounting lo fifteen or eighteen persons as well ns myself with the exception of one woman. During our view th'J co:n bat ants lud passed a mile or mote. The j whale was u humpback and a pretty large one. Mark Twain's Tribute to Woman. ? - - ? ? T i r ? At the annual banquet of the Wash ington Correspondents' C lub, the follow- ] iug toast rfufa read,; "Woman: .The pride ol the professions aud the jowcl of ours. ' To which Mark Twuiu respond ed as follows : Human intelligence cannot estimate what wc owe to woman, vir. She sews on buttons, . sho ropes us in at tho church fairs, she coufidis iu us, tells whatever she can liud out about the little private affairs of our neighbors, she gives us a piece ??f hor mind sometimes, and sometime all of it. In all relations of life, sir, it is a just aud grateful tri bute to say of her she is a ''brick !" Wherever you place woman, sir, in whatever position or estate, she is an or na incut to the place she occupies, aud a treasure to the world. Look at the uantes of history ! Look at Desdcuiooa ! IjOok at Lucret iu Uorgiu 1 Look at mother Evfll I repeat, sir, look at the illustrious names" of history ! L >ok ut tilixubclh Cudy Stn&tou ! Look at George Francis Train ! And, sir, I siy, with bowed bead and deepest veneration, lo ?k at the mother of Wushington ! She raised a boy that could not lie ; but he never ha I a chance. It might have beeu different if ho had belonged to a news paper correspondents' club. [Murk looked aroui 1 placidly upon his excited audience, and resumed :] I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you put u wotuuii, she is un ornament to society, and a tresureto the World. As a sweetheart she has few equals, and no superior. As a wealthy graudmother with an incurable distemper, she is gor geous. Aa a wet nurse, she has no equal among men. What, sir, would tho people of the earth be without women/ They would bo scarce, sir, almighty scarce ' Then let us give her our sup port, our sympathy?ourselves, if wo get u chance. lint, jesting aside, Mr. I'reaiduui, wo man is lovable, gracious, kind nl heart, bcuuliful, worthy of ret-pect, of ail esteem, of all deference. No one here will refuse to driuk her health right cordially, for each aud every one of us his personally known, loved aud honor* ! ed the best of them all?hisowu mother. I A Detroit girl named Marion Dizon, ! who was formerly one of the most beauti ful and accomplished of the yuug ladies of thtt oity appears eoutioually in the police conns for drunkenness Mosquitoes are very lively in Lo uis , ville, aud the people are sorry fur the harsh things they euog uod said about the beautiful saow. Death of Shack Nasty J ack. Again are we called upon to perform the painful duty of announcing the death of one who, if not altogether love ly was chief among a fraction of thou sand spirits who are not yet made per feet. We refer to "Shack Nasty Jaek," the gcnit.1 wholesouled, or perhaps (con a idcring his mixed parentage) we should say half-soled copper colored gentleman, who recently died peacefully, and in pieces, in his little lara bed. Jack did not wray what little drapery he had about him and lie down to pleasant dreams, aud his demise was hastened by a seven-inch shell that entered and ex ploded in his diaghragm, ruining a de gostive apparatus that had never been disturbed by banquets of roist dog, salt horse, washed down by copious draughts of fiery untamed benzine and nccdlc-gun whiskey. As we recall the virtues of the deceased our pen unconsciously drifts into the Lsgcr form of mourning, and wc arc led to exclaim ? Dearest Shack, thou has left us, No more horses thou wilt steal* Hut (was Oilcm that bereut us, He can all our sorrows hial. First wc thought it was Sohonchin, Then we heard 'twas scar-faced CUarlet, Bat (be biiect news, Shack Nasty, Say - 'tis you have quit earth's snarls* Gone but not forgotten. Friends of the family invited to at tend covered carriges for all who Wear gloves. Horn of poor, but honerable parents, "J ack" manifested at an early age thorn traits that in after years made him famous, and would in time hive pent him to Cougress if bis soul had not been shelled out ol his ephemeral shell by a cast iron name-akc. He served his tribe as tax collector, President of a base ball club and was about organizing a Young Men's Hor?d Piugiaiiziug Association, when he felt a sensation of goneness at the pit of his atom ich, and was gone. ""Possessing many of the virtues that marked the Credit Mobilior operators, Sob ack Nasty was also as generous as the incrcaseM salary voters, who t only drew their back salary to pay o3* the public debt, an 1 the news of his sudden death will cause a thrill of anguish in many bosoms?oagaish that be was not premitted to die slower and by in. A Comic paper, in interest of the temperance cause, is annouaoed in London. 331