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ein Hin University.
Tue Annum. Examination at
Oranobburg.
Obahorbobo, ?. June .r), 1ST:'.
There is not. perhaps, a more pleasant
ly situated suburban institution in the
Stute than Claflin University. The
grounds arc abundautly shaded, the
location high, aud the conveniences of
railroad and telegraph right at hand.
The buildings are amply large and quite
imposing in their appearance, bo much
so as always to attract the attention of
travelers in passing through. During
the year gone by u ucw building has
been completed, to be used as a recita
tion hall. It contains four spacious
rooms, that will accommodate about two
bundled students, and is now ready for
occupuncy.
The attendance is about two bundled,
being somewhat less than in the winter,
owing, doubtie.-s, 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 aud commend
able j luck .'ire found among the students,
who seem to be fi!l< d with a passion to
get knowledge. No charge is made for
tuition, the University being a free ono.
and few -.d' them receive any assistance
l'i um st rangers.
The closing exercises, examinations,
exhibitions, etc., took place yesterday
and Tuesday. A largo number ol
visitors, including the trustees of the
University and the Agricultural College
and Mochnnice' hi>titu*e. have arrived
and ore arriving Among thom WC
noticed 1 ii^h"p Huven, of the Methodist
Kpiscp.il Church. Hev. l>r Host, of the
Kiccd men's Aid-Society ol the M thod*
ist F.pbeopal Church, Hon. Justus K.
Jillson, State superintendent ofeduca
-vi<>ii. und wife, Senator 11. J. .Maxwell.
I .if M.-.rlt oro, Rev. Dr. II J. Fox, of
Charleston; Rev. V II. Bnlkloy, Rev
It. .1. Donaldson, Senator Jamison,of
Oinngcburg, Hon. Wilson Cook, of
Greenville, Mr. Harris, of Columbia,
Judge Kuowlton and ex |{eprcHciitive
Uyus, of Uraiigeburg, Uev Mr Middle
ton, Uev Tiue Whitttcr aud Uev Mr
Sasportas.
This institution is under the supervi
sion of l)r A Wehbter I) 1> President, who
gives special instruction to those students
who dtsirc to pu-pare themselves for the
ministry.
I The sJud.-nls of the preparatory
department were examined Tuesday by
Superintendent Jillson. Miss Kishur,
formerly of Cumdcn, i? the instructress
in this department The ready nnswers
educed showed thut they hud been faith
fully tu tight.
U Iiis morning chupel exercises wore
begun ut 1) o'clock. The chapel bad
been tastefully decorated by tho stu
dents. Fcst00U8 of evergreens, inter
twined with cape jcssuuiiuo blossoms,
stretched from pillar to pillar4 and were
beautifully set off by native moss aud
peudent rings of choice flowers. He
hind the platform and above, the desk
w.?rc tusto'ully displayed the Words, iu
evergreen: "1873, Claflin University
Wc uro rising I" m Morning devotions
were conducted by Bishop Haven.
Tho examinations yesterday progrceE
cd finely. Owing to tho limited tint
given, the studonta could not be cxamin
i d iu every branch taught; but it was
apparent thut in those upon which they
were exalnincd there had been labor and
t-nrc put foith. The primary depart
incut, under Miss Mary Bowman, was
quite up to the mark. The collegiate
department is under the charge of Pro
fessor E A Webster, a graduate of
Wesley an University of Connecticut,
who is well qualified to discharge its
exacting duties. He is assisted by Rev
Mr Dunton, from the Syracuse Cuiver
sity of New York. No better teachers,
perhaps, can bo found iu the State
Their department passed tho ordeal of a
severe and scurciiiug examination iu a
mnnucr creditublo to more pretentious
institutions.
The following wore onuounced as
' hoii'-r students," having received the
highest number of marks in all tho depart
ments combined; Jacob Kvuns, Lucy
Almun, T Moses, Klbi Cooper, ThoinaB
HobiiisoD, Albert Sinclair, Abraham \
11 urn an 1 John Allen.
At the dose of the examination the
various prises, were distributed. Among I
them was a largo family Bible, presented
to Muster Jacob Kvuns, of Chesterfield,
for general excellence iu scholarship.
Addrestes were thea waJe to the
'9 s
students by Bishop Huven and Rov Dr
Itust. Thu Bishop's remarks were very
interesting and pleasing. He said that
there were three things the enemies to
the advancement of tho colored people
bowed to. They were money, position
and education, but most of nil education
There was no reason why, in a few years,
there should not be a demand from the
North lor teachers and professors from
among the colored people of the South.
Everybody had heard of South Carolins,
und he rememderod how often she was
spoken of in the pieces he recited when
a boy. Massachusetts and South Cam
Una were generally linked together. It
bad been said by a former President
that it would be better for the country
If they were sunk with a mill stone
around their necks in mid ocean. South
Carolina had had her ducking, had boon
immersed, and came up puriGcd. The
colored people, however, who have al
ways done the hard labor for the State,
had to put her back into tho Uuhjn.
At 7 p m., a large audienceassembled
in the chapel, to attend the exhibition
given by- the students. The exorcises ',
consisted of declamations, recitations and
dialogues, interspersed with music. The
music was under the leadership of Pro
fessor C P Fox, nf your city, and in
eluded a number of slave melodi?s,
which were rendered with characteristic
pathos.
The recitation of flood's "One More
Cufortuuato," by .Miss F.'.ia Cooper, of
Columbia, was the erowuiug piece of the
evening It'rs seldom that more foeliug
is exhibited on thestngo There ital
drew tears from many of the audience. |
Mr Robinson V declamation was well
delivered, as was the valedictory by
Jnoob IS Vans, nf Mis Fisher's depart ?
Hu nt, which abounded in trite sayings.
Alter the valedictory, addresses were
made by several visitors present, among
them Hon. ?I K Jillson. Smuitor Max
well, o.\-Representative Byas, Hi-ho..
I Haven aud Dr Knst. r?uod nn.i beany
words nf advice wen- spoken.
At a late hour the exhibition closed
Today, at. Ill \ M , the trustees of
U lull in University had th ir me ting.
The following committees were appoint
cd to iiinko.provisioii for the payment of
outstanding claims against the Univor
*dty and to make provision for a b ?ard
of instruction for tho next year : lion
I William Clafliu, of Massachusetts,
Bishop Gilbert Haven, of Atlanta, Rev
K O Haven. D D.j Rev K S Knst. I) I) .
nod Rev a Webster. 1) I) Officers or
the board of trustaes for the ensiling
year were elected as follows: [lull
Henry Cardoso, president; Rev 11 J
Fox, P 'P., vice president ; Rev R J
Houald.-on. secretary ; lion .1 .1 Wright,
treasurer. The prudential committee,
is to consist of the following: R v II .1
Fox. D. 1>. Rev V H Bulkley and Rev
Abrain Middleton.
The board adjourned, to meet Fuhjcot
to the r ail of the secretary, as instructed
by the prudential commit tee.
Associate .Jii?tie Willard arrived to
day to attend thu meeting of the board
of the Agricultural College and
Mechanics' Institute, which takes place
at 1 p m. (ill..
? ( nion-Ilrruld,
Poking Fun tit a Railroad.
Mr. I)-writ s as follow* about
the railroad between Richiu Mid and
Petersburg:
Rut about this railroad. Of oursel
want it abolished, cvoiy one does. The
reckless velocity with which the trains
run between h re and Petersburg is
absolutely frightful. I was delighted
years ago when this road was establish
ed, becau.-e I thought we bad got rid ol
the old rickety und dangerously fast
stueo coaches, but the speed they are be
ginning to run tho trains on this road, is
wor.-e yet. Now, every one knows
that Petersburg is twenty-two miles
from. Riehmond,if it is an inch, and a
day aud a half is plenty quick enough
for tho trip, but the managers have
already reduced the schedule to one day,
aud with m iking th icngino fires too hot,
and racing with eoWS along the road, and
all that, the conductors are oven cutting
thut time down.
Why, it wus only tho other day, on
the home trip, vre happoued to spy old
Jim's mule about two miles from Mau
ehester. What should tho reckless wretch
of nu engineer do but to ulap oo full
atcam aud race every foot of tho way
into town. We didn't exactly pass the
mule, but we caught up with him twice,
aud came to the Manchester cxossdoj
neck and neck; nud which was puffing
the must, the aiulo or the euginc, you
couldn't have told to save your lifo.
Now it was exciting and nil that, I
know, but I hadn't purchased an accident
ticket, und I don't believe the other four
passengers had either. This is all wrong,
Mr. Kditor, at! wrong.
And then on another ocoision, I ro
nietuber, we came within a hair's breadth
of having a ve ry serious accident. The
engineer had got off to snowball a chip
munk, and the conductor was minding a
young widow's baby for her?the result
was that the train happened to get on
a down grade and was started off at a
torriffc rate, every bit of four miles an
hour, I should think. We wore just
half a mile above Chester, and the first
thing we knew, there being no one to
whistle and wake up the switchteu lor.
we were turned off into tho Coalfield
road, und went down the track at full
speed. Imagine our consternation when
just at this moment wo heuri the 'this
tle, not hall'a utile ahead of us, of the up
coal train. We were paralyzed with
?error?here were two trains on the same
track, approaching each other at. thu
dizzy speed juft mentioned. Evidently
our time had Como. In n few short
bourn the engines would meet, and thou
?destruction.
With presence of mind, a minister on
board organized a prayer tnce'ing. Pale
but calm, tho doomed passengers eat,
and with the very shadow of death
upon them raiftd their voices in n part
ing by in u.
"Send lor th?' baggagc-tnnstcr," said a
young man with a sad smile.
" W by?" was aski d
''Pec.iuse we .ire abuut to pass in our
checks." j,%
Evcrpbody wept. Prom the rear plat
fo'in, wc C"uhr..?jc ihv miserable*engi
iirrr.it ratnlnj? 9vBry nerve to catch up
but be bad on tight boots and didn't
gain anything to speak r?f.
At this monicut a ray of hope dawned
upon us. I had just finished writing
ii \ nil] in the l im i. of a visiting card,
when I observed a young lady in tho
act of detaching b r bustle Placing
the article which was composed *of eight
hundred p ipers and n Ii ir m ittrcss?
under her arm, the heroine marched
thr ?tigh tlie car.
We lollowcd hor anxiously,
the climbed Upon the t ui 1 r and tli ):i
I over the engine. It was very interesting
and thrilling to see her climbing th*
I wheels aud'braSs things on bor w iy to
.the cowcatcher. It reminded me of a
country girl getting over ;i wire fence.
Put never mind about that now. Let
i me sec where I was. ! V's, >>u the
cowcatcher. [loldi.ig on by the cross
bars with one haul, tho noble maiden
t ed the bustle on th ? sharp with the
other.
You can gu-'ss tho result. Tn the
course of the afternoon the collision came
off. Protected by the bustle, the engine
received u gentle butup, and wo were
save 1. I took up a collection for the
woman on the spot. I alway.s take up a
collection on stub occasions?always.
And what's tuoro, I never forgel to giv i
the object something uico nut >>\ it ?
never. There is nothing mcau about
me. I suppose you have noticed my
clothes. They are from A. Skinner's,
Hartford, Connecticut ?ilU-h. (in it le
Perilous Feats.
A correspond ::t writes to the New
York Times that there are two perform
a neos nightly going on in that city
"which should come wit hi.i the prohibi
tory BUOpe of tho law." lie describes
one : ' In one case a young girl is shot
from a catapult into tho air for a dis
tance of nearly thirty feet. She stands
on the head of a monstrous engine,
which shows just above tho stage, and
in an instant is thrown into the air to
a platform, the supports of which she
grasps on reaching it. One can fancy
what would happen if her nerve gave
way for nu instant. Her limbs must be
perfectly rigid when the blow com ?-.
else, she would be either mangled or
instantly killed : A a<i/ slight thing
might cnuso loss of nerve?an alarm, a
cry, tho fulling of anything behind the
scenes, or the loastphysie.il weakness
Nothing in all sho docs, belore or after,
in ocrobatism, is us horribly dangerous."
This feat is performed by a woman who
calls her.-ell "Jiulu," and occurs during
the new pantomime at Nibio's Garden.
It is to all intents the same as young
i.e.., the boy, was attempting wbtn he.
wuh recently so severely injured at the
Grand Central. The other case is
described ns follows :
"At another place atnan stands on
one side 'of the stage with a blue wine
glass on his head; another, on the
opposite side, fires a rille ball and shat
ters the glass to pieces. An apple,
placed in the same position, is pierced
by the marksman. A silver dollar held
betwecu tho thumb and linger is shot
away by the bull; and, finally, a silver
dollar, bold upright in a bit of thin
wood, is placed oil the head and ?hot
aivav, the ba'l passing within an inch of
the skull. The man who fires is a goo 1
ninrksiuau ; but laney what his compan
ion's chance of lite would be if anything
?centre 1 to disturb him at the instant
his aim was complete. It is too hazard
ous, lie could use a lay figure to as
good advantage, aud not risk life and
limb." The simplicity of the com
munication w riter is refreshing. Fancy
a "lay figure" taking th - place in this
act of dat ing of flesh and blood ! Why,
the trick would lose all its interest.
Not ten people would go to sec it. No,
the dear public delight in danger, so
long as it does not a fleet themselves.
Nothing cllhrtus more than the sight of
a (ellow creature perilling life and limb.
County Subscriptions to Railroads.
The .Supreme Court of Ohio rcndeieJ.
a decision some time ago in which it
pronounced unconstitutional a law of
that State empowering communities to
levy taxes tor the construction of rath
roads. The grounds of this decision
wete that such taxation was not for
j ubdc purposes, for which alone taxes
could be constitutionally levied, iuas
much as the railroads belonged to pri
vate stockholders, and were not pul lie
highways. This Uccisiou has been ix
tcnsively copied, and has been made a
grenl deal ol by tho.se who are opposed
t to the subscri] tiotifi to railroads proposed
i by many of the counties in the upper
, pail of this Stale. From tho New Vurk
! Ile.nild we get the following decision of
i the Supremo Court of the United States
j nn this very point, made at the recent
j session of tin* court :
The Supreme Court of tho United
States has just deinered an imp rtant
decision regarding the si tus of railroads
as public highways. The case before
the court was an appeal from the
Supreme Court of Wiscoustn, and
involved the question whether a State
bad the right or net to levy taxes fur
the purposo of aiding in the construe
tioo of railroads. The opinion.of the
court was that railroads are j ublic high
ways, 00 matter whether they are built
and operated by the State ir by private
corporations. Doing sub 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 purpose cannot be resisted 1?}
authority of the Constitution of the
United States, which provides that pri
vale i r< petty shall nut bo taken fur pub
lie us-, without just c >n>nciisatiou. Th ?
importance ol this decision reaches much
further than the railroad*, and State ul
I Wisconsin. As public highways the
railroads arc subject u ?t uiiIn i > State
I supervision, but to supervision und con
i tr ?I, as "ar as public interests uro invol
ved, ol the. Federal Government. It is
the application of the principle that wo
have contcuded for when urging Con
gross to legislate lor the protection of
the public a.- against railroad monopoly
and i x if ions Regarding the railroads
as public highways, it is within the
power of Cungress to cuitrol them, and
tItisi power, if it need,d any additional
support, ein bo fmnd in the Constitu
tion, which authorizes the Federal
Government to regulate commorce
j among the several States, the railroad
lines being the arteries of commerce be
tween the States. The great issue uf
Government control over the railroads
j is looming up, and this decision of the
Supremo Court will tend to infuse it in
to it fresh vitality.
A newly elected squire in LcVe City.
Florida, having occasion to perform the
ceremony for the first timo, got the
aflair considerably mixed, aud wound
up by saying "Suffer littlechildreu to
cotno utito them ;" at which tho bride
remarked, ' Thank you ; John let's go ;
that's all we want."
The old mur.iin that 'man proposes"
is flatly contradicted by Massachusetts
spinbtere, who only wifch he did.
Lager Beer Docs Not Intoxicate.
BY JOSHUA BILLINGS, ESQ.
I have finally cum to tho conclusion
that lager beer as :i beverage is not
intoxicating.
1 have been toM bo by a Gorman who
saiil he had drunk it all nitc long, just
to try tho experiment, aud was obliged
to go homo onfcirely sober in tho morn
ing. 1 have soon this same man drink
eighteen glosses, and il he was drunk he
was drunk in Gorman and nobody could
understand it. It is proper cnuiF to
sitato that this man kept a lager beei
saloon, and could have no object in
stating what was not strictly thus.
I believe him to tho full extent of my
ability. I never drank but three glasses
of lager in my li'o, and that made my
bed outwist as tho it was hung on the
end of a string, but 1 was tol l th it it
was owing to my bile bcin out of place;
and I guess that it was so, for I n .'vor
bile 1 over wus than I did when i got hu n
that nitc. My wife thot I was g nog to
die, and 1 was afraid that I should, lor
it seemed as tho everything 1 had ever
eaten in my life was cummin to the
surface: and 1 believe tint if- my wife
hadn't pullo l oflf my boots 'just as sh;
did, they would have cum thuudering
too.
Oh, how sick I wuzl 11 ycaw ago an 1
I can taste it now.
? I never had 'o much exporicn to in so
short a time
If any mar. shud tell mc that lager
beer was not intoxicating, I shud bei eve
him: but if he shud toll me that I wuzn't
drunk that u'uo, but th it my stumick
was out of orifer, T shud ask him to state
over in a lew words, jist how a man felt
and acted whtn ho was setup.
U1 warui* drunk that nitc. I had
.-uin ov the most natura! simt?ms that
; a man ever bad and kept sober.
In the tir.-t place it was about SO roil-*
j from where I drank tho lager boor to
' mi bouse, and I WUZ jest over two hours
on tho road, and had a hJcbustcl
1 through each one ol my pantaloou neox,
and didn't, have any Int. and trie 1 to
I open the door by the hell pull an 1 hio
ruppud awfully aud s.-.w everything in
the r> o:n trying to gat round on the
! ba.k ov mo, and in sitting (own on a
chaii. 1 did m t wait >ong enough for it
to get exactly undor mc whoa it w?t
; going round, and i set down u little too
soon and missed the chair about Iii in
j ches, and couldn't get up so m enough
I to takj the next one that conic alon g;
1 and that ain't awl; mi wife Bed L wus
drunk as a beast, and, as I scd befo re.
I began to spiu up things freely.
If lager beer is not intoxicating it
used mc most almighty oican; that I
know.
Still I hardly think that Inger beer
\ is intoxicating, lor I have been toll so;
j and 1 am pri bably the only man living
I who ever drunk cuuy when hid liver w.i>
; not plumb.
I '1 n't want to say cnuything against
a harmless temperance beverage, but if
evcr 1 drink enny moro, it will bp with
j uii baud.- tied behind 'uc and mi mouth
prie 1 oj en.
j 1 don't think lag? r beer is intoxica
ting, but if 1 remember rite, I think
it tastes to mo like a gl ts? of s<> p ^uds,
that a j ickle has been put tow soak
in. ,
A Goat Story.
A retired clergyman scuds us m ac
count ot a little affair that liapp >ne I in
his place. It appears that there was a
young woman, a Quo-spirited girl, en
gaged at a washtub, opposite an open
door. Just bchiud hor was a young
man. as is < ciicrally the case, au 1 in the
yard was an old buck that was allowed
the freedom <d tho premises, which is
not always the ease, we are glad to say.
Well, this buck came up to the door
and looked in. and the young nan going
close behind the young woman, pointed
his finger straight to the buck, and the
old fellow recognizing at once the press
ing character of that mute invitation put
down his bead and dashed forward, and
the miserable mau stepped one side aud
fled, aud the young woman, all uncou
soious of the arrangements, received ?die
awlul shock without warning, and pass
ed over the tub, and tho air lor an inst
ant appeured to he full of slippers and
wet clothes and hot water ami suds.
And the next minute th.it ;;iut o^iiit
llymg out of that door at a dreadful
speed, bald the whdb length of the
Bpinc, and witli a wild look in his eye}
And for an hour afterward he stood
back of the barn, scratching bis chin,
and frying to rccal all the cirounistances
of the unfortunate affair?Danbury
News.
The Value of a Receipt.
A case recently same liefere tTio
Judge of.Probate in Milwaukee, which
was more than usually iuterostiog and
important. A certain gentleman, whose
name we will not mention, died about
five years ago. 'He left a considerable,
though not extensive estate, which was
not administered until certain parties
filed claims against it, which would havo
expired by limitation at the end of six
yeais. Tho estate was brought into
ci int. and the claims were taken up in
regular order. They were quite numer
ous, and embraced a large variety of
interests, workinguien, trades peoploand
professional men. Tho individual
amounts of the claims, ranged from 815
up to ?5,000. (
The S?.t.oO claim was filed by a man
who asserted that he had been interested
in certain real estate transactions with,
the deceased, that a considerable amount
of nion. y v. as made, but that he (tho
claimant7*bud not received h;s share. A
uumb r of witnesses were sworn and a
? great deal of evidence was taken which
went to substantiate thu validity of the
c laim against the estate. It was gener
ally known that the gentlemen had been
associated together in real estate specu
lations, au 1 that they hid made mon
ey.
Th 1 attorney.for the heirs, after bav
in:; listened to all the evideucc that was
brought to prove the claim, came for
ward and produced a receipt, which,
though n it for ?5,(M>0 ,was proved to bo
a receipt in full lor the actual share of
the claim int. This \vas a brief defence
but it was effective. Of the other claims
we will make no mention, as they were
smaller and less important than the ono
detailed. Suffice to say that of claims
to the amount of $7,000 which were put
forward, only S35 was allowed. The
estate id the deceased was found to be in
excellent order, be had receipts for all
expenditures, and the property was sav
ed to the burs. We have recited this
case for the purpose of illustrating two
things, viz; first, the advisabitiy, in fact
the duty, which a man owci to his fami
ly of taking a receipt for every ceot laid
out, and SOCOndly, tue necessity for hav
ing none but au honorable and upright
judge, whose conscience is uot as a coin
and w hose fidelity is a characteristic not
Icis prominent than his ability.
The Editor of tho Maeou Kutcrpri.se,
we shoul 1 judge, d es his own thinking,
and is generally about correct. Speak
ing of the dull tim is, h j hits the nail
square upon the bead in the following:
The causes are easily explained! Al
ni et the !u\t one of us have been living
! v nd our ioc racs since the war. Wo
have, or at least a great many have,
been getting poorer and poorer, sacrifi
cing now this piece of property aud
then that in order to kc.'p up with that
devil in thu human heart knowu as
"style/' until a*, last wo find nothing
left ol to. il ght< at value for sale. Tho
Pry Goods tnnu and the Grocer give
\ u p< lite bow and decline tilling any
ivo i rdora without tho money.
There is ono certain and safe way for
. . rybody to wdlk straight out of such
difficulties : no TO WORK. Pitch in
at ecven in tho morniug and quit at
twelve at night. Ard if tho lazy gool
fur nothing whelps of both sexes wuuld
to day abandon their habits of loafing,
? .-binning around town trying to Jgct
credit, and, monkey like, spending afl
their th night and actions upon vain
efforts to imitate, thoso who by honesty
earn their daily bread and clothes,
would take our advice, they would
speedily experience, as the Methodius
say at their revivals, <;a great change!''
The Supremo Court of the United
States has deuided that whero a life
insurance policy has been assi^ued to
secure a \lobt, the party to whom it is
assigned has no right, iu case of death to
the insured, to the money derived from
the policy in excess of the amount ncs
eessary to make good iho debt it was
intended to cover.
A Panbury man once gotsn^ry be
cause his girl's mother wanted her to
LTiTdp^o th e WMtdi r\?. Sue flow does it
for the neigheenr.-;?>