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THE ORANGEBURG NEWS THAD. C. ANDREWS, Editor. OEOROE IJOLIVEK, FlR a KCl AX and Busixebs JIanaukii. Official Paper of the State and or OrongeXuirg County. BQTTHE ORANGERURO NEWS JTAS A LARGER CIRC ULATION THAN ANT OTHER TAPER IN THE CO UN TT. "T98 SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1874. AN HONEST AND UNCORRUPTED MAN. FOR GOVERNOR. Hon. DanielH. Chamberlain OF RICIILAND COUNTY. Our Xext "Legislature. "Wc wont candidates who arc up for the next Ligislaturo from this County to answer these questions: If elected, do you solemnly promise to cast your voles to stop the profligate expenditure of public funds ? Do you promise to rote to reduce the expenses of the legislative branch of the govern ment to 8150,000 per annum, including printing and all the othor contingent expenses of whatever character ? Do you premise to use your abilities for a sharp transaction of business and a short ses siou '{ Do you promise to say to corrupt democratic lobbyists, and others, "stand behind lac, Sntan ?" Do you promise to stnDd by the Executive in the at tempt to redeem the State and reform the part}-, nnd show to the world that if the government of South Carolina is corrupt, that tho stigma shall be wiped out, and an honest and economical gov ernment firmly established on the broad principles of equal rights to all men un der the Law? "Wc bclicTo that if the lion, Daniel II. Chamberlain i? elected the nost Governor he will use every effort of his vast and sound intelligence to accom pTish all that cau be desired by the Re publican party in its thorough regencra tion. But, even elect Mr. Chamberlain, while he could do much towards check ing bad* legislation, and could to a ccr tain extent shape the destinios of the State, yet, in the language of a contcm porary, "he would be powerless for good with a legislature that was against him -? fuch ns Gov. Scott had during h?s last Gubernatorial torra." Dut wc want you to go further thaa this. Tho Legislature is not the only branch of the government which makes n lavish use of the public funds, al though responsible, primarily fop all funds appropriated. Thcro is scarcely an office in the State, or an institution, penal or charitable, but that could be managed just as well on a much smaller sum of money than is now annually ex pinded for those purposes. With a proper reduction of official expenses in every county in the State in tho Gcuernl Assembly and tho Executive Depart mcnt, ut least a quarter of a million of dollars could be saved aunu ally, and matters conducted just as well, if not better than they are now. The axo must bo laid at the root, if we ex pect a permanent cure. There is no necessity for paying officials twico as much salary as their scrvico would com mand in privato position*, for a govern mont is not n sinecure retreat for idle shiftless men, who are incapable of earn ing a livelihood outside of public office. This is a matter which must be brought home to the attention of the party if we hope to prcscrvo our organ ization intact for any considerable timo. Wo cannot violate, with impunity every established law of business: for if we* place bad men in office?-mon who are unfitted by experience or education for even the commonest places in ordinary bttsines life?tho party must sooner or later pay the penalty, as tho Republi can party of South Carolina is doing to day. The way to do this is to com mence at the b(d torn of tho structure and build to the top. It will not bo sufficient to put a fair capstone on tho top of a rickety structure and we will gain but little if wc plaoo all reliance on tho selection of a good standard j bearer. Do you premise then to work to lesson their expenses and to put good and com petent roea in office ? We don't only want to hear from the candidates for legislative honors but would like to hcai responses from all who arc candidates for office. ViKllato Ct Orate Wo said last week in our remarks on a meeting held at St. Stephens church that wo would vote for a straight out democrat sooner than vote for certain men calling themselves republic aus who aro now aspiring for offioo in our coun ty. Tho language was plait) and wc can't see how any man cau construe it to mean that wc aro going to support a democratic ticket this fall. But such, we learn has been the caso, and that men of intelligence aro circulating it. If they arc so weak as to resort to this kind of way of gaining strength we fee 1 perfectly satisfied with the situatiou, and wc simply say. "Shoo fly, don't bodder" im. Wo arc into this campaign for the pur poso of making a good square fight for good men for office, and wc are satisfied that there aro plenty such inside our t arty lines and that wc wont have to borrow from the democrats. Wc don't iutend to attack the per sonal character of any candidate in our county, iu this paper, without we aro driven to it, but wo do intend to advo cato men for offico who aro above rc proach. If certain professors of republi canism wish to call us democrats for so doing, we say we arc ut quneunqu: para fits. The Horry-ble News goes for us this week double-shotted, and produces the only article-of any vim that wo have ever seen in it. But Beatty, dear, w6 did not think a few sqni bs would so stir your bi'e. Go back into your shell, houey, and do a3 you have done heretofore, listen to the sweet singing of your toa-taddlcs in the low lands around you, and?"let us have pcaeo"??iVfij J. B. Campbells letter. When the Court commences here in October, dear Beatty, wc will tell you all about the $0000, and perhaps'eomc thing else, if you will just be quiet, dear. "Wc were informed a few dhys sinco by a gentleman of undoubted veracity, that Judge Knowlton told him the vote, cast at the last session of the Senate in favor of the passage of the bill to elect County Auditors and Treasurers, were cast by fourteen good Republican*. The vote stood on itriking out the enacting clause of the bill?nycs, 16; nays 14. Of the fourteen nays cast nine were straight-out democrats, two shaky, and three republicans. f ???>????mm The Charleston Daily Still. We have received tho first issue of the above named paper. It is about the size of the Charleston News <f* auco. It proposes to bo independent iu politics, and theo goes ou to say: "We propose to deal with issues as they arise, always taking the shortost road to tho establishment of white civilization and an escape from that barbarous Afri canization into which unscrupulous white men, for sclfiish ends alone, would plung our State" and in the noxt breath it calls for tho co operation of tho colored people. Judge Thomas, of up country notori ety, is the supposed editor of tho Sun. Judgo Thomas has tho ability to do much for tho good of our Stato and \vo hope he will wield his graceful pen for the good of the whole people, and not becomo sectarian. Starting a Daily newspapor i n our State, at this day and times shows pluck. It takes a pile of money to run one successfully. Wc talk from experi ence. Wo sunk just twenty thousand dollars in establishing one. But, trahit mo qucnique voluptas I 0, for the 15th of Septombor to oome. Hogs arc having a high carnival of fan now. Co it while you arc free. Courier and presents a creditable appear The State Nominatiooal Convention of the Union Republican party of the State of South CarolinaVill assemble ia tho City of Columbia on tho 8tU day of September next for tho purpose of nomi nating a Governor and a Lieutenant Governor. Wo have received communication from Mr. W. II. llccdish, School Trus tecs, Brauchville School District, but too lato for this issue ft will appear in our next. Alas, poor-Felix. The setting of tho newly arisen JSun will be harbiugcred by* News <fc Cour Wc had a pleasant call yesterday from our friend, Congressman A J Hausier, lie will address his constituents at Lew isville to day. Tho Governor looks ro markably well and feels confident of success in tho coming ^ramp.vgn* Wc learn that his opponent is Col E W M Mackey. ??a?a- . - . wwi ., - Not being able to give the scathing letter of the lion James B. Campbell in reply to that report of that Tuxpayiog Convention committee, to investigate the Dank of the State we publish some comments embodying a few extracts (sweet) from the Daily Union. Any thing on this Dank now, we suppose is good reading. The Columbia Vnion-Mcrald ventures to affirm that "if the Democratic mem - "hers of the Legislature had refused to "share in the desperate animus of th e "Bourbon Opposition, and had earnest "ly co operated with good Republicans, "as was done in the last Legislature, in "defeating schemes of plunder, much of "the bad legislation of the past six yen s "would have been avoided." This is a queer thing to say. The outside public had been constrained to think that the members in question had been over ready to "dicker" with the majority : and there was not much "desperate "animus" iu tho ordering, by the (Jon ? servatlvce, of a service of plate as a testi monial to the ability aud worth of the colored Speaker of the fljmsc.?News & Courier. Oh, my ! Lahorum dtdce lenimen. We have the names of seven white men in this county, straight-out dtmo crats, who arc very loud and tierce in their opposition to white Republicans and the civil rights bill, who h avc raised colored sons and daughters. J See the Book, which also contains the Decalogue?sixth chapter Genesis, 4th verse. Tho Trouble in the Democratic Wigwam* 7 The investigating committco ap pointed by the so-called Taxpayers' Con vention, to investigate and roportupon tho condition of the Bank of the State, have been continually iu hot-water since what assumed to be a report was pub lished. It was very well known, when it appeared, that the report was partial and incorrect?in fact, ridiculously so ?and immediately came forward, first ono and then another, of those Republi cans whose names were paraded before the publio as debtors, with the state ment that they had paid up, priucipil and interest. They wero noted in this journal at tho time. Now, wo have one from right out of tho Democratic fold, who denies the report as relates to himself, and says it was mnde with "evil intent." We always held so In short, we have most assiduously argued thnt the work of the Taxpayers' Convention was in the main, uot for reform, but for power aud other purposes, and evil intent^ In this, day by day, the evidence accumulate.-, and strengthens the grounds bo couscicntious ly taken nt first. But to this last important addition to accumulating testimony. It is contain ed in a letter of Hon. James B. Camp bell, a leading Democrat of tho State, and lawyer of Charleston. It appears from the letter that tho chairman of tho toxpnyors' investigating committee mado a report, back od up by a loiter of Hon. I. W. Ilayno, (who had becu associated with Mr. Campbell in tho bank litigation) whioh stated Mr. Campbell's indebtedness to tho bank to be some thirty thousand .dollars or more in excess of what it really was, and conveyed other impressions, ami mado other assertion*, which so placod tho writer on his mettle, that one of tha sharpest, most pungent and satirical letters wo ever road has been placed before the public. As public property, wo deal with it briefly, regretting that the crowded state of our columns makes it impossible to publish it entire. The stated differences arising between the parties on account of their profes sional engagements in the litigation we pass by, with tho remark only, that Mr Campbell charges that he was pur posely left off the record by associate, counsel, both in ?ho State and United States Court, and that as the legally appointed attornoy of the Baring Bros., ho ras obliged to move the insertion of Iub name, when the fact became known that it had been omitted. It is to other portions of the letter we shall direct mir attention, as furnish ing the strongest proofs tliat wo have been correct in our views of the real intent and purpose of these immaculate reformers from the other side of the house. First, then, an instance is shown, of the sincerity (?) of the movement, in tho Taxpayers' Convention, for a pro per investign'ion of the offairsofthe Bank of the State. Our readers will remember tho resolutions introduced which made such sweeping charges against tho Republican party. Bet us see, thca, if this move was sincerely for reform or for some other purpose. Wo quote to prove that it was not. for reform, from Mr. Campbell's letter, and let tho6C who have howled so loud and so long about the Republican party of this State remember, t'lat this letter is from tho opposition. He says, in speaking of the chairman of the so-called Taxpayers' Convention : "It appears by tho records of the Taxpayers' Convention that this person assiduously sought the place he fills. He contrived to force from that body an unwilling and restless hearing iu advance of what he proposed. He finally succeeded in his wishes, lie was duly installed the inquisitor and head of the detective department of the convention. He has performed the office for which, upon his own seeking, the convention has recognized his fit ness. We am nut. inconsiderately, to expect that persons who seek with avidity the performance of acts from which honorable men ol elevated feel ings generally turn aside, will, on that account, be more carefully accurate and scrupulous in what llu-y do. The expectation is illogical. The desire to perform such services is incompatible with an earnest care for truth and fair iii'ss. Informers and detectives are notoriously unsafe witnesses. Mr. Miles illustrates this so far as h : has made himself an informer and inter ne 1 dler in my uffairs. He deliberately and carefully states my loon <lrLt at more than $33,000. When ho made that s'ntcmcut he knew it was a misii statement by more than $30,000, und yet he made it. He did it with an evil intent?just as besought the opportuni ty to do it. Mr. Miles is a man of educated culture ; of parts farabuvi the average of educated men ; an nb'e law yer in the higher ranks of the profess ion ; accustomed to refined und elevating associations; and yet, with all t hese helps and inducements towards true nobility of character, so fixed has been the original smallncss of his soul that his aspirat'ons have not risen high enough lodiscard the ignoble ambition to be a subordinate in tin service of maudlin mediocrity, meanness aud malignity." This is the evidence from one of their side, and we put it in evidence as against the attacks of their party ? through the Associated Press of the country and tho Democratic press of this Stato?upon the character of the counter-committee that waited upon President Grant and the Juliciary Com mittee of Congress. Coudemned out of their own mouthi. Further, wo put this statement of Mr. Campbell iu, as showing out of their own mouths that they are relieved of any purpose of "reform," and that the committee was appointed for another purpose. Mr. Campbell says tho chair iuiiu in.nie a misstatoment "whou In kuew it." Tho fabric falls here. Secondly. " o huvo lime and agaiu asserted that it was beyond any doubt on our part, that if tho veil woro lifted, ? ' many transactions of tho Bcgiilature would bu found to bodircotel by the cunning minds of interested and schem ing Democrats, and that for the odium arising therefrom, without any distinc tion or reserve, the Republican party has been and is held responsible. Tho proo'f of this Mr. Campbell's letter furnishes in more than one instance. Wo quote but one as being sufficient. Bead (tho italics arc not ours) : "Mr. Hay no, by his advice or acts, is fully identified with the misfortunes ho complains of in this cause, the exclusive management ef which ho has usurpel. Ho nuviAtu* the receiver, Mr. Courtney, an official of the court (and his advice prevailed ogainst mine) to report to the Legislature, passing by the court. The natural result was the change of tho receiver, and tho administration which followed and of which ho complains. He sought the aid of Attorney General Mellon. lie could not doubt, if influ enced by moderate sagacity, whore it would lead him. He got a Icg'slative committee under a preamble and resolu tion which flattered him by saying ? llhc holdem of a large portion of the. Slate, debt have a first lien upon the assets of \ the. btndc." Just the words he would have Witten hud he held the pen, but tho result was a report he complains of as an attack upon himscll?"a wound in tho house of his .friends"?an d a now receiver." What have our '.ncmios to say to this? A resolution confining ''just tho words /if would havu written had he, held the. pen." During the legislation of the iast live year*, to how many measures might these words apply? "Oh consistency ! Thou art a jewel." As stated, we have not the room to publish the entire refuting of the state ments of Mr. Ilaync's letter, and the report of the committee of investigation, nor tho very minute description o( the progress of the bank litigation in and out of court. We cannot, under the circumstances, however, close without picking up tho following "crumb" of comfort for that much-abused class? "Carpet baggers." It is contained iu Mr. Campbell's assertion of his fitness to bo the counsel of the Daring Bros, and denial that Mr. Hayno had anything to do with his selection. He sayj: "The character an 1 number of my clicntngc, the number and magnitude of the causes and interests to my profission al care, and my good fortune in results, were patent recognitions of my profess ional capacity, and of at least nquil ' weight as tho recommendation of a j service of "twenty years of the otfica of ? attorney general,''without such full)* I ings. They came to mo fur som-j other 1 reason than olfieo-holding, family in la ! encc, or tho capital stock of a martyred ancestor." Wc shall wait with concern the reply of the parties mentioned in Mr. Camp bell's letter, and with a feeling of confi dence that this trouble in tho wigwam may yet develop ot '.er transactions, that will strengthen our oft averted views of the real motivu of the so-called Tux pacers' Cottveutio i, and tin saints of j the Democratic party. At a n ceting of the Precinct Chair mans of Orangcburg County thcfollow- ( ' ing gentlemen were elected to eo npo*c j the Executive Committee of the Coun , ty, subject to the call of the County Chairman who is CX-officio chairman of said committee : George linlivcr, 11 II Duncan, C W Caldwell, Philip Gray, W II Roedish Devi Summers, E C Gray, Rollin Moss John II Phillips, Solomon Felder, Un fits Feldtr Joseph Bush, Godfrey Murph, Yandy Murph, Addisa-n Hay ties Adam J Robinson, Robert Dannerly. J J Jamison, Alex 11 rown, Washington Polzy, Edward I'auling, Johu Wanna makcr. Members at large Joseph Larkins, Hampton Hopkins, Aaron Simmous S L Duncan, F R McKinley. Til AD; C. ANDREWS Couuty Chairman. [For tiir "OuANOEununa News."] Mr. Rdiloi?Please tell me who they are iu our county that took tho Iron Clad Oath forced upon the South by that democrat Andy Johnnson! Arc they republicans or democrats ? And cant you publish the list of those in our couuty who have applie 1 to tho Gcucral Government to be paid for their losses during the lato war, an 1 also the oath they took, then porhaps wc will sia who it was that "struck Billy Patter sou." Yours NKRO. At u meeting of the Orango Town ship Tax Uniou held on the 10th day of July, 187-1, the. following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That the various Tax Unions iu Orangcburg county bo invited to unite with this Union, iu forming a county Union for this county by elect ing delegates to meet for that purpose, at Orangcburg court hotwo on tho first Monday iu August next, in tho hail of the Y. A. Fire Engino Company at 12' o'clock M. Resolved, That a meet of this Tax Union be held on tho 30th day of July, inst., to cleat delegates from tho samo to the proposed county Uniou roferred to in the foregoing resolution. Resolved) That those rcsolulioin be published in tho Orangoburg Times and Orangeburg News. ^ T B BOYD, Secretary O T T U. Campaign Opened. HEADQUARTERS UN ION-RE PUBLIC AN PARTY, Okaxueduku CotJMTr, . no 2?th, 1874. Notico is hereby given that a COUNTY CONVENTION of the Union /iopublicao Party will CONVENE at Orangebury at twelve o'clook M.f on MONDAY the 10th day of August, 1874, forth* purpoae of Elect ing fire Delegaten to the State Nominating Convention called to Nominate Candidate* for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Also ftve Delegates to the Congressional Convention. Procinc' Meetings will be called August " 1st, (this day week,) by tho Precinct Cbair manB to Elect Uelcgatos to serve for the next two yonrs. Also at the same time, they will elect a P, ecinot Chairman for tho next two years. TIIAD. C. ANDREWS, july 25?It ? County Chuirman. NOTICE. OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK, Ouancjbucrg, S. C, July 20th, 1874. By order of tho Town Council of Oranga burg, I will sell at the usual hours of sale, in front of my office, on the 13th day of August next, tho following property leviod on for taxes dtie to the town: Benjomin Byns. House and Lot on Amelia Street, taxes for 1873 and 1874. J. P. Mays, House an Lot on River road. Mrs. Mary Meyers, Ilouso nad Lot on Broughton Street. P. Doyle, 1 box 22 lb3 Tobacco, for Store License. KIRK ROBINSON, Cler!; and Trensuror ?f Council, july 25 1874 3 NOTICE. DR. 0LIVER03, THE DRUGGIST, Has a FRESH SUPPLY of TURNIP and CAHHAGF. SEEDS for Fall planting. All Seeds warranted. Notice of Dismissal. Notice is hereby givoi o all concerned that on the 27th day of August, 1874. I will File my final account as Guardian of Ellen orr. L. Rents and Alice T. E?utz in the Ura bato Court of Orangeburg County and will j'etition for my final discharge. JOHN C. HARVEY. july 25?tt Guardian. Sale Under Mortgage. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a mortgage of the personal property of J. w. P.obiiiHon given to Qeo. lt. Gornelson, I wilt sell at public auction on the 10th August next, at tho plantation of J. W. Robinson, 2 Mules, 2 Cows, 2 Colts. 3 Yearlings, abeut fiO bushel? Corn, 4 )0 lbs FoJdor and plan tation Tools. W. II JOINER, Agt.. . july 25 1874 8 _ AN ORDINANCE. To Remove Hogs from the Street*, and jPublic Squares of the Town of Orangeburg. lie it Enacted hy the. Mayor and Aldermen iu Council now assembled : 1. That on and after the first day of Sop teniber A. D. 1S74, no ownor of Swine shall permit any Hogs or Pigs to Run at Largo in any of the Streets or PuMio Squares of the Town of Orangoburg. 2. That it shall ho the duty of the Mar rbals to take up and impound in a auitablo Pen within the Corporate Limits, every Hog, Sboat, Sow, Hoar or Tig, found run I ning at largo alter tho said first day of Sep. tember, and uhall dolivor the same to the owner thereof upon application, upon tho payment by, or in behalf of said owner, of a Vino of fifty cents for every full grown hog, boar, or sow, and twenty-five cents for every pig or shoat, for violation of this Or dinance.^and the sum of twonty-fivo cents per day for the expense of feeding each ani. mal so Impounded 3. That in case any animal so impounded shall not bo released* by or in behalf of its owner within forty-oigbt hours from tho time of its being impounded as aforesaid. Tho Town Marshal impounding the same, or in Iiis absence any other Town Marshal, ahall advertise the said animal for Salo by post ing at least three public notices conspicu ously in different places in tht said Town (one of which places *hall bo the PostOftioe) for at leaBt three days previously to the sale, giving notice of the timo and place of such sale; and iu case tho said animal shall then bo applied for, there shall bo paid to the said Town Marshal by tho owner or per son applying in his or bor behalf the sum of thirty cents for such noticos, in addition to the fines and expenses herein set forth And if noitber the owner nor any person, in his or her behalf shall apply for the delive ry and release of such animal or animals, the Town Marshal shall sell tho sarao nt publio auction for cash at tho timo and place named, and shall pay from the pro ceods of salo the costs, expenses and fines as abovo ordained, and ?hall nay ovor tho surplus, if any thevo be, to the owner oC the unimal or animals sold. 4. Tho Town Marshall shall make a monthly report to tho Town Council of nil proceedings under this ordinance, and ahalo Stay over any unclaimed moneys in their lands, by reason of sales herein provided, to tho Town Clerk and Trensuror, nt tho ondt of eaoh month. Ratified this seventeenth day of July A B. 1874. J. W. MOSELEY, Mayor. KIRK ROBINSON, Clerk, july 25 1874 4 DIU T. BERWICK LEGARE, DENTIST. liradnate Baltimore College of Rental Surgery. OFFICE OVER STORE J. A. HAMILTON, july i 1871 tf