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The ?nnu vl Examination at i
Obakoxbubg.
Oranqkbcso, S. C, June r?, 1873.
There is not, perhaps, a uiore ploasant
i ly situated suburban institution in the
State thau Claflin University. The
grounds arc abundantly shaded, the
location high, and the conveniences of
railroad and telegraph right at hand.
The buildings are amply large and quite
imposing in thoir appearance, so much
so us always to nttruet the attention of
travelers in passing through. During
the year gone by a new building has
been completed, to bo used as a recita
tion hall. It contains four spacious
rooms, that will accommodate about two
hundred students, and is nuw ready fur
occupancy.
The attendance is about two hundred,
being somewhat less than in the winter,
owing, doubtless, to the fact that many
of the students have to support them
selves by working in the summer in nths .
Many cases of self denial and commend
able i luck arc found among the students,
who seem to be filled with a passion to
got. knowledge. No charge is made for
tuition, the University being a free one,
und lew of them receive any assistance
from strangers.
The closing exercises, examinations,
exhibitions, etc., took place yesterday
and Tuesday. A large number til
visitors, including the trustees of the
I University and the Agricultural College
und Mechanics' hislitute, have arrived
and arc arriving. Among them we
noticed Bishop Mavon, of the Methodist
K pise'pa I Church', lie v. l>r Rust, of the
Kieedmen's A id-Society oi the M.ihod
ist Episcopal Church, Hun. Justus K.
.IiMm n. State superintendent ofeduca
?udn. and wiJ'o, Senator I!. J.'Maxwell,
of Marlboro, Rov. Dr. 11 .1. Fox, of
Charleston, ilev. V. II. Bulkh-y, llev.
II. J. Ihjualdsoa. Senator Jamison,of
(>iangebuig. lion. Wilson ('ouk, of
Greenville, Mr. Harris, of Columbia.
Ju lge Kuowlton and ex Represent! vo
By as, uf ?rangeburg, Rev Mr Middle
ton. Rev TiUe Whit tier aud Rev Mr
Sasportas.
This institution is under the supervi
sion of Dr A Webster D D President, who
gives special instructiuu to those students
who desire to prepare themselves for the
ministry;
The binde? ta of the preparatory
department were examined Tuesday by
Superintendent Jilhson. Mian Fisher,
formet ly of Cumdvn, is the instructress
in this department The ready answers
educed showed that tbey had been faith
fully taught.
'Ibis morning chapel exercises wore
begun at 9 o'clock. The chapel hud
been tastefully decorated by tho etu
dents. Festoons of evergreens, inter
twined with cape jessamine blossoms,
Stretched front pillar to pillar, and were
beautifully set off by native moss aud
pendent rings of choice flowers. He
hind the platform aud above tho desk
w.?re tastefully displayed the words, lu
evergreen: "1873, Cluflin University
We aro rising!" # Morning devotions
were conducted by Bishop Ilavcu.
Tho examinations yesterday progroiB
cd finely. Owing to the limitod titno
given, the students could not bo examin
ed in every brauch tuught; but it was
appurent that in those upou which they
were examined thore had been labor and
care put foith. The primary depart
in cut, under Miss Mary Row man, was
quite up to the mark. The collegiate
department is under the charge of Pro
fessor E A Webster, a gruduato of
Wcsleyan University of Connecticut,
w'bo is well qualified to discharge its
exacting duties. Ho is assisted by Rev
Mr Dunton, Irom tho Syracuse Univer
sity of New York. No hotter ttachers,
perhaps, can be fouud in the State.
Their department passed tho ordeal of a
severe aud searching examination in u
manner creditable to more pretentious
institutions.
The following woro onnounced *s
''hon^r studonts," having received the
highest number of marks in all tho depart
ments combined; Jacob Evans, Luoy
Almau, T Moses, Ella Cooper, Thomas
Robinson, Albert Simdiir, Abraham
IIurn and John Allen.
At the close of tho examination tho
various prises were distributed. Among
them was a large family Bible, presented
to Master Jacob Evans, of Chesterfield,
for general excellenceiu scholars/tip.
Addrenes ware then made to the
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students by Bishop Unven nud llov Dr
ltust. Tho Bishop's remarks were very
interesting and plcnsing, lie said that
thcro wore three things the enemies to |
the advancement of the colored pcoplo j
bowed to. They were money, position i
and cducutiou, but most ofall education
There was no reason why, in a few years,
there should not be a demand from the
North lor teachers aud professors from I
among the colored people of the South, j
Everybody bad beard of South Carolina,
and be rememdernd bow often she was
spoken of in the pieces be recited wheu
a boy. Massachusetts and South Caro
Una were generally linked together. It
bad been said by u former President
that it woubj bo better for the oountry
if they were sunk with a millstone
around their necks in mid ocean. South
Carolina had bad her ducking, b id been
immersed, nnd cuino up purified. Tbc
colored people, however, who have al
ways done tho bard lubor for the State,
bad'to put her back into the Union.
At 7 P Ml, a large andieueeassembled
in the chapel, to attend tho exhibition
given by. the students, The exercises
consisted o!' declamations, recitations and
dialogues, interspersed with music. The
music was under the leadership of Pro
fessor ? D Fox, of your city, and iu
eluded a number of slave melodi?s,
Which were rendered with characteristic
pat bos.
The recitation of Hood's "One More
Uufortunato," by .Miss Ella Cooper, of
Columbia, was the crowning piece of the
evening. It"h? seldom that more feeling
is exhibited on theatago Thcrcital
drew tears from many of the audience.
Mr Robinson's declamation was well
delivered, as was the valedictory by
Jacob ?jVhiis, id' Mi-s Fisher's depart'
'incut, which abounded in trite sayings.
I Alter the valedictory, addresses were
mndo by several visitors present, auiony
them Hon. J K Jillson, Senator Max
j well, ox-Bopreseututivu Byas, Bishop
' Huven and I>r Kust. Suod and hearty
words of advice were spol.en.
I At u lute bom the exhibition closed
; To day. at 10 a M , tltfl trustees of
Claflin University bad their meeting,
The following coiniuit tees were appoint
ed to itiiiko provitjuu for the payment of
outstanding claims against tho Uni vor
tdty and to Ulakc provision for a b >ard
of instruction 'or tho next 3-car : lion
William ? Claflin, of Massachusetts.
Bishop (jilbc-t Haven, of Atlanta, Rev
K 0 Haven, I) D.j Rev R S Rust, D D.,
nad Rev a Webster. I> H .Oflicers or
tbo hoard of trustees for the cusuiug
year were elected as follows: Hun
Henry Cardoso, president; Rev 11 J
T'ox, D "P., vice president ; Rev R .1
Dounldi-ou, secretary ; lion J J Wright,
treasurer. The prudential committee,
is to consist of tbo following : R v II .1
Fox, 1). 1)., Hev V II Btilklcy and Rev
Abram Middlcton.
The board adjourned, to meet FuLjeet
to the cull of the secretory, as instructed
by the prudential committee.
Associate Justic Willard arrived to
day to attend tbo meeting of the board
of the Agricultural College and
Mechanics' Institute, which takes place
at 1 p m. Gil
? L'n ion- flerrtltl.
Poking Fun ill a Railroad.
Mr. I)-writ s as follows a>bout
the ruilroad between Richmond' and
Petersburg:
But about this railroad. Of OursoT
want it abolished, every one does. Tbo
reckless velocity with which the trains
run between here and Petersburg is
absolutely frightful. 1 was delighted
years ago when this road was establish
ed, because 1 thought we bad got rid of
tbo old rickety nud dangerously fast
stn?:o couches, but tbo speed they are he
ginning to run tbo truinb ou this road, is
worse yet. Now, every one knows
thut Petersburg is twenty-two union
from. Richmond, if it is un inch, and u
day and a half is plenty quick enough
for tbo trip, hut tho managers havo
already reduced the scbudulu to one day,
nud with making th-j engine fires to i hot,
and racing with cows along the road, and
all that, the conductors are oven cutting
thut time down.
Why, it waa only the other day, on
the home trip, \W happoucd to spy old
Jim's mule about two uiilos from Man
ohestcr. What should tho reckless wretch
of an engineer do but to clap on full
steam and race every foot of the way
into town. . We didn't exactly pass the
mule, but we caught up with him twice,
and came to the Manchester crossing
neck uud nock; nod which was puffing
the most, the aiulo or tho euginc, you
couldn't huve told to save your lifo.
Now it was exciting and all that, I
know, but I hadn't purchased an accident
ticket, aud I dou't believe tho other four
passengers had either. This is all wrong,
Mr. Editor, tfll wrong/
And then on auothor oco*sion, I ro
metnber, we came within a hair's broadth
of having a very serious accident. Tho j
engineer had got off to snowball* a chip,
munk, and the. conduator was minding a
young widow's baby for her?tho result
was that the train happened to get on
a down grade and was started off at a
terrific rato, every bit of four milos an
hour, I should think. We wore just
half a mile above Chester, and tho first
thing we knew, there being no one to
whistle and wake up the switehtender,
we were turned off into tho Coalfield
road, und went.down the track at full
speed. Imagine our consternation when
just at this moment we henri the this
tle, not half a mile ahead of us, of the up
coal train. Wo were paralyzed with
terror?hero Were two trains on the same
track, approaching each other at tho
dizzy speed jusjt mentioned. Evidently
our time had ttorao. Inn few short
hours the engines would meet, and thcu
?destruction;
With prescQ've of mind, a ministor on
board organized'a prayer meeting. Tale
but calm, t\\<y doomed passengers eat,
and with thefvery shadow of death
upon them rated their voices in a part
ing hymn.
'?Scud lor tht? baggage-master," said a
you mi man with a sad smile.
" Why?" was aski d
''Because we^are about to pass iu our
checks."
Everpbody wept. F mm tho roar plat
form, we ciult* I*fc the miserable* engi
neer,draining ^feVy nerve to catch up
I but be had on tight boots aud didn't
gaiu anything to speak of.
At this moment a ray of hope dawned
upon US. I had just finished writing
n-\ will tn I ho.back of n visitiu? card,
when I observed a young lady in tho
act of detaching her bustle Placing
the article which was composcd'of eight
hut,tired papers and a h-?ir tn tttross?
under her arm, lite heroine marched
i hr nigh the car.
We followed her anxiously.
She climbed upon the t-M> L-r and thou
over the cngiue. It was very interesting
and thrilling to see her climbing tho
wheels and braSs things On her way to
t the cowcatcher. It reminded tn-; of a
country girl getting over a wire fence.
Hut never mind about that now. Let
me see where I was. Oh ! yes, on the
OOWtaloheV Iloldi.ig on by the cross
bars with one hau 1. the noble maiden
t ed the bustle on tlu sharp with the
other.
You can gu-ss the result. Tn tin
course of tho afternoon the collision came
oir. Protected by the bustle, the engine
received a gentle bump, and we were
saved. I took up a collection fjr the
woman on the spit. I always take up a
collection on such occasions?always.
Aud what's more, I never forget to g'n-e
the object something nice out of it ?
never. There is nothing ireau about
mo. I suppose you have noticed my
clothes. They are from A. Skinner's,
Hartford, Couuocticut ?Weh. Guide.
Perilous Feaits.
A correspondent writes to the New
York Times that there are two perform
auccs nightly going on in that city
"which should c >mc within the prohibi
tory scope of tho law." lie describes
one : '"In one case a young girl is shot
from a catapult into tho air for a dis
taneo of nearly thirty feet. She stands
on the head of a monstrous eugino,
which shows just abovo the stage, and
in an instant is thrown into the air to
a platform, the supports of which she
grasps on reaching it. Ono can tanoy
what would happen if her nerve gavo
way for an instant, licr limbs must be
perfectly rigid when tho blow comes,
else, she would be either mangled or
instantly killed : A .?\?ry slight thing
might cause loss of norve?an alarm, a
cry, the falling of anything behind the
acencs, or the Inast physical weakno.ss.
Nothing in all she does, before or after,
in acrobatism, is as horribly dangerous."
This feat is performed by a woman who
calls herself "Lulu," and occurs during
the new pantomime at Niblo'a Garden.
It is to all intents the same as young
Leo, the boy, was attempting when be
was recently t>o severely injured at tl>c
Grand Coutral. The other case is
described as follows :
"At another place atiiun stands ou
one side 'of the stago with a blue w'idc
glass on his bead; another, on the
opposite side, fires a rifle ball and shat
ters tbo glass to pieces. An apple,
placed in the same position, is pierced
by the marksman. A silver dollar held
between the thumb and linger is shot
away by the ball ; and, finally, a silver
dollar, held upright in a bit of thin
wood, is placed on the head and shot
away, the ba'l passing within an inch of
the skull. The man who fires is a good
marksman ; but fancy what his compan
ion's chance of lile would be if anything
occurred to disturb him at the instant
bis aim was complete. It is too hazard
ous. He could use a lay figure to as
fjood advantage, and not risk life and
limb." The simplicity of the ooin
inunic.itinn writer is refreshing. Fancy
a "lay fi-uro" taking the place in this
act of daring of flesh and bloo 1 ! Why,
the trick would loso all its interest.
Not ten people would go to sec it. No,
the dear public delight in d.mgcr, so
long as it does not affect themselves.
Nothing charms more than the sight of
a follow creature perilling life and limb.
County Subscriptions to Railroads.',
The Supreme Court of Ohvo rendered
a decision some timo ago in which it
pronounced unconstitutional a law of
that State empowering communities to
levy taxes for the construction of rail
roads. The grounds of this decision
wete that such taxation was not for
y.ublic purposct, for which alcno faxos
could bo constitutionally levied, itios
much as tbo railroads belonged to pri
vate stockholders, and were not public
highways. This 'Jeci.-iuu lias been ex
tensively copied, nud has been made a
great deal of by those who are opposed
to the subscriptions to railroads proposed
by many of the counties in the tipper
pint of this State. From tho New i'ork
Herald we get the following decision of
the Supremo Court of the United States
on this very point, mado at the recent
session of the court :
The Supreme Court of the (Tutted
States h :s just delivered an imp rtdUt
decision regarding the Bt itus of railroads
as public highways. Tbc cue before
the court was an appeal from the
Supremo Cuurt of Wisconsin, and
involved the question whether a State
bad the right or not to levy taxes for
the purpose of aiding in the construe
tion of railroads. The opinion.of the
court was that railroads are public high*
ways, no matter whether they are built
and operated by the State i r by private
corporations. Being such then, th.
decision is that it is just as lawful to
levy taxes for railroads as for other pub
lic work, and that the collection of taxes
for the purposo cannot be resisted by
authority of the Coustitution of the
United State.-, which provides that pri
vuto pr< pcrty shull not be taken fur \ ub
lie use without ju>i compensation. The
importanceo! hia decision reaches much
further than the railroadi and State ol
Wisconsin. As public highways the
railroads are subject not only to State
supervision, hut to supervision and con
trol, as far u< public interests are invol
ved, of the. Federal GovcrnuionL It is
tho application of the principle that wn
b ?ve contonded for when urging Con
gress to legislate for the protection of
the public as against railroad monopoly
and exacious Regarding tho railroads
as publio highways, it is within the
power of Congress to c wtrol them, and
this power, if it needed auy additional
support, einbj fjuud in the Constitu
tion, which authorizes the Federal
Government to regulate commerce
among the several Stales, the railroad
lines being tho arteries of commerce bo
tweou the States. Tho great issue of
Government control over the railroads
is looming up, and this deoision of the
Supremo Court will tend to infuse it in
to it fresh vitality.
A newly elected squire in Lake City,
Florida, having occasion to perform tho
ccroniony for the first timo, got the
affair considerably mixed, and wound
up by saying "Suffer little children to
coino unto them ;" at which the bride
remarked, ' Thank you ; John let's go ;
that's all we mm't."
??? s?
The old maxim that "man proposes"
is flatly contradicted by Massachusetts
spinbters, who only wish he did.
LagnrBeer Does Not Intoxicate.
BV JOSHUA BILLINGS, ESQ.
1 have finally onm to th<; conclusion
that lager beer as a boverage is not
intoxicating.
1 have been told so by a (Herman who
said he bad drunk it all nitc long, ju<t
to try the experiment, ant) w~s obliged
to go home entirely sober in the morn
ing. 1 have seen this same man drink
eighteen.glasses, and it ho was drunk bo
was drunk in German and nobody could
understand it. It is proper cnuff to
sitatc that this man kept a lagor beer
saloon, and Oculd have no object in
stating what was not strictly thus.
I believe him to the full extent of my
ability. I never drank but three glasses
of lager in my li'o, and that made my
bed on twist as tho it was bung on the
end of a string, but I was told th it it
was owing to my bile bein out of place;
and I guess that it was so, for I never
biled over wus than I did when I got hum
that nite. My wife thot I was going to
die, and I was afraid that I should, for
it seemed as tho everything I bad ever
eaten in my life was cummin to the
surface; and I believe tint it*- my wife
hadn't pu?el off my bbotfl just as nhz
did, they would have cum thundering
too.
Oh, bow sick I wuz! 11 years ago au \
I can taste it now.
? I never bad so much experience in so
short a time.
If any man shud tell mo that lager
beer was not intoxicating, I aliud believe
him: but if be shud tell mo that I wuzn't
drunk that uhvo,rbi)t that my stumi;!;
was out of ortfer, T'sffud.ask him to state
over in a few words, jist *how a man felt
and acted when he was setup.
Il l waru'fc drunk that nite, I had
sum ov the most natural si u> turns that
a man ever had and kept saber.
In tho tir.-t place it was about 80 rods
from where I drank tho lager beer to
mi bouse, and I WUt jest over two hours
on the road, and had a hole buste 1
through each one of my pantaloon neez,
and didn't have any h it. and trie i to
open the door by the bell pull an 1 hic
cupped awfully and saw everything in
the r< om tryiug to get round on tho
ba.k ov me, and in sitting Iowa on a
chair, 1 did u<t wait 'ong enough for it
to get- exactly undor me when it win
going round, and i set down a little ton
soon and missed the chair about 1- in
ches, and couldn't get up so in enough
to takj the next one that come alon g;
and that ain't awl; mi wife sed I wus
drunk as a beast, and, as I sod befo re.
I begau to spin up things freely.
If lager beer is not intoxicating it
used me most almighty mean, that!
know.
Still I hardly think that lager beer
is intoxicating, for I h ive been lul l so;
aud I am probably tho only man living
who ever drunk euuy when his liver was
not plumb. *
I don't want to say ennything against
a harmless temperance beverage, but i:'
ever I drink enny more, it will be, with
mi bauds tied behind EiC and mi mouth
pried opcu.
1 don't think iugcr beer is intoxicn
ting, but if I remember rite, 1 think
it tastes to me like a glass of so p suds,
j that a pickle has been put tew sunk
in. .
A (ioiit Story.
A retired clergyman scuds us it) ac
count of a little affair that happened in
his place. It appears that there was a
young woman, a fine-spirited girl, en
gaged at a washtub, opposite an open
door. Just behind her was a young
man, as is } cnerally the ease, aud in tho
yard was an old buck that was allowed
tho freedom of the promises, which is
not always the case, we are glad tu say.
Well, this buck came up to the door
and looked in, and the young man going
close behind tho .young woman, pointed
'his finger straight to the book, aud the
old feilt?w recognising at onco the press
ing character of that mute invitation put
down his head and dashed forward, and
the aiise ruble man stepped one side and
fled, and the young woman all uncoo
soious of the arrangements, received ?he
awtul shu k without warning, and pass
ed uvor the tub, and the air for ao inst
ant appeared to be full of slippers and
wet clothes and hot water^and suds.
And the next minute that
flying out of that dx>r at a dreadful
speed, bald the whcls length of the
spine, und with a wild look in his eyej
Aud for an hour afterward ho stood
back of the barn, scratching his ohin,
and trying to rccal all the circumstances
of the uuforlunatc affair?Danbury
News.
Tho Value of a Receipt,
A case recently same btjfbre flio
Judge of. Probate in Milwaukee, which
was more than usually intcros'iog and
important. A certain gentleman, whose
name wc will not mention, died about
five years ago. 'He lefts considerable,
though not extensive estate, which was
not admiuistcrcd until certain parties
filed claims against it, which would have
expired by limitation at the end of sir
ycais. The estate was brought into
crurt, and the claims were taken up in
regular order. They were quite numer
ous, aud embraced a large variety of
interests, workingmen, trades peojdoand
prolesaio-?! men. Tho individual
amounts of tho claims, ranged from $15
up to $5,000. ^
The 05,000 claim was filed by a maa
who asserted that he had been interested
in certain real estate transactions witla
the deceased, that a considerable amount
of mom-y was made, but that he (tho
elainiant)%ad not received h;sshare. A m
number of witnesses were sworn and a
? '^rcat deal of evidence was taken which
went to substantiate the validity of the
claim against the estate. It was gener
I ally known that the gentlemen had been
associated together in real estate specu
lations, au 1 that they hid made mo a
cy. , * . ;v.5
Th-: attorney for tho heirs, after hav
ing listened to all the evideucc that was
brought to prove the claim, came for
ward aud produced a receipt, which,
thuuga-uot for ?5,000 ,was proved to bo
a receipt in full for the actual share of
the claimant. This w as a brief defence
but it was effective. Of the other claims
we will tuuke no mention, as they were
-'?nailer und less important than the one
detailed. Suffioo to say that of claims
to the amount of $7,000 which were put
forward, only $35 was allowed. The
estate ol the deceased was found to be ia
excellent order, he had receipts for all
expenditures, and the property was sav
ed to the heirs. Wc have recited this
care for the purpose of illustrating two
things, viz; first, the advisabitiy, in fact
lim du'y, which a man owei to his fami
ly of taking a receipt for every cent laid
out, aud socondly, tho necessity for hav
ing uouo but au honorable and upright
judge, wlu.se conscience is uot as a coiu
aud whose fidelity is a characteristic uot
jefs prominent than his ability.
The Editor of the Maeoo Eutcrpriso,
we should judge, decs his own thinking,
and is generally about correct. Speak
ing of tho dull times, he hits the nail
square upon the head in the following:
Tho causes arc easily explained ! Al
to et the k^t one of us have been living
beyond cur inc -ucs since tho war. Wo
have, or at least a great many have,
been getting poorer aud poorer, sacrifi
cing now this picco of property and
thcu that in order to kenp up with that
devil iu tho human haart known as
"style/* until at last wc find nothing
left o!' the slightest value for sale. The
l>ry Goods man and the Grocer give
j you a polite bow aud decline filling any
e orders without the money.
There is unc certain and safe way for
everybody tu wdlk straight out of such
difficulties: ?;o to work. Pitch in
at seven in the morning and quit at
twelve ut night. Ard if the lazy goo J
for nothing whelps of both sexes would
to day abandon their habits of loafing,
shinning ?round towu trying to Jget
eo dit, and, monkey like, spending all
their thought and actions upon vain
efforts to imitate thus: who by honesty
earn their daily bread and clothes,
would take our advice, thoy would
speedily experience, as tbo Methodists
say at their revivals, "a great changeJ''
The Supremo Court of the United
States bus decided that where a life
insurance policy has been assigned'to
-ecure uMebt, tho party to whom it is
assigned has no right, in case of death to
tho insured, to the money derived from
the policy in excess of the amount nes
cessary to make good the debt it was
intended to cover.
A Panhury man once gotan~ry be
cause his girl's mother wanted her t>
j^lj^dc^he ws?d\ ng. She now doe* \%
for the neiglifeoTT,?-?