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TWO DOLLARS l'KU ANNUM. S GOD ^ 1ST ID OUR COXHSTTTIY VOLUME 11. SATURDAY MORNTNO. APRIL 38, 1877. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE NUMBER 10 ABIAI, LATHROP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Orartgeburg, R C Bfc?r~ Office in rear of Masonic Hall. March 3 ly. 1 Is hereby given that in thirty days from date, application will he mule to the Clerk of Court for Orangoburg County to grant a Charter to Ed is to Lodire No. 33.1. O. O. F. in conformi ty with the Act <f Assembly, entitled "An Act to provide for graining of certain Charters"approved Februnrv 20lh 1874. j. H. W'liLEUS) Committee. F. DeiMahs. j feb 17 lm Government will be recognized at Wnshingtnn before long. This ?cheering news induced mo to pur tdiaso one of the Hoest lot of HORSES AND MULES ever brought into this Market. And as times will grow better under the People's Governor, I have put hiy prices down and can now neeotnmo ?date the public upon the most rea sonable terms- No matter what style ?of Horse or Mulch wanted I vouch I <:an fill the bill. Call on ine at my stables at Slater's Hotel. E. F. SLATER. DENTISTRY. According to the latest improvements in the art. ; L S, WOLFE "over Ezekicl's Store-, In prepared Id ?execute anything in li|?? line. Guaranteeing a faithful attendance to "business, he respectfully ask a enntinn -anec ?>f the pairohiiCO, "Which has hereto fore been ox tended to the old firm ol Snid? r, Wolfe .S: Culvert. ;H??"" All WorR tiuiirnntced. FOR R&2tfT The Two fjtory Ihtilding in the Town of J.ewisYillv. The first Story lilted up as a S^tore, complete in all ix'speCis. The second ?Story rrranged foi a Kesidviiee. For particulars apply to GEORGE BOM V ER. aug. 5 tf srccicksoB of ROBERT JENNY. Imnorter&nd Manufacturer OF HARNESS & SADDLES. Htiti the pleasure to inform the Public thai he ban Received a heavy Stock from the North x>'f"every description what belong. to a first clasH Saddlery Establishment Also v isit to draw particular attention to his Stock of LADIES lUDI NG SADDLES and his assortment of SHOES. I'rieeB lower then ever. Good Saddles at S3.?0. VOCAL AND IXSTR? MEXVIAL. I am prepared to recei ve a few Pupils trinra in Vocal and Instrumental Mumc Apply to AN ION ?RKG. sep 30 If ?J?!N T.TTBY, DR. IS* P. 31? C K K N F V SS Dentist Rooms over Store of. Mr. Oco. 11. Cornclson's. ftiSy- Charges Reasonable. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA C?XTV OF OltANGRKFIUi, Intur Common Pi.kas. George Boliver, as Adm'r. Cum Ufte Anitixo of Dai yd F. Zeigler deceased, y8 Emma Zeigler and others. In pursuance of an order of reference herein, made by his Honor, Jacob P. Heed, Circuit Judge, and dated liOth May, lS7(i, it is ordered, dial the Creditors of the Btitntc of the late David V. Zeigler do presaiitand establish their several and respective de mands before the Referee at Orau gcbhrg, South Carolina, on or before thclhird tiny of May, 1877, or be debarred any participation in the benefits of the decree herein. W. F: llt;TSON,Itcf. March 27th 1877. mar 31 St Notice of Dismissal. Notice is hereby given that I will file my final account with the Judge of Probate for Orangcburg County, on the 30th day of April 1877 and ask for letters of Dismissal as Administratrix of the Estate of C. L. Pochette deceased. FRANCES A. HOCHETTE, Administ rutrix. d>5 TO #20 PER DAY AT f |p Home. Samples worth ?1 free- Stin^on i. Co- rort'atid: Muhc. The Angels' Ladder. If there were a ladder, mother, Between the earth nnd sky, Ah in the days of the Bible, J I would hid you nil good-by, And po through every county. And Fcnreli from town to town, Till I had found the ladder, "With angels coming down. Then 1 would wait quite Foftly, I?eside the lowest round, Till the BWeetcst looking angel (lud stepped upon llie ground; 1 would pull his dazzling garment, And speak out very plain: ' ''WM you take me, plcise, to heaven, When yon go hack again?" "Ah, darling," said (tie mother, Yon need not wander > j To find the golden ladder Where angels come and go. Wlicrcvcr gentle kindness (>r pitying love abound*, Tli'Vre is the woanders ladder, With angels on llie rounds." EXPI?T10W! A 3Eitr?tcrer?H Doom. Execution at Aiken?The bast of the rortinnn-llaasntan Murtlorers Meet Death On the (follows?Small Crowd rrescnt?No Excit'-ment. Steve Ander.*on, the last ofthe Port mati llnirsnmn murderers, was hung at Aiken on the 20th inst. The fuU particulars ofthe crime for which he suffered the extreme penalty of the law have already been published in the Chronicle nnd Sentinel, and a brief resume will suffice in the present instance. Su (lice it to say that on the night of the 2tl of November last John Henry Dennis, Lucius Thomas, Steve Anderson, Kelson Brown anil Adam Johnston proceeded to the residence of Messrs Portmau nnd Hum-man, uiiclo ami nephew, wire lived a few miles from the town of Aiken, having first met at, Anderson's house ai d arranged their plan of action. 1'oilman ami Ilausnuiu were quiet, order loving and thrifty Ger mans, who some time previously had moved from the -North to Aiken county. While at tho North t hey were Republicans, but on omni ng to ?" oulb Carolina and witnessing the evils of carpet bag government, thoy became .enthusiastic Democrats and were warm supporters of Hampton. T ey were known to have money and other property of considerable va.1 no about their residence, and this fact AItOUSIJl) TUE CI'PIDITY Ol ihe'fiye negroes named above; who const ? luted a ri-gularty organized band ot lii i?aus. Their rascal! y ex ploits were numerous and notorious. Among them may be enumeiatcd the murder of Solomon Levine, an in ollensivc peddler iroin Augusta, who was killed simply because lie testified in a court of justice against the gang; t e Parkinson outrage and the burn ? ihg ofthe Baptist Church at Aikem The minder ofthe two Germans was the crowning outrage and ed lo their .-uinnmry dUtn'^al from the scene of action Arriving at the Pommau-1 Inusmu n mansion, the five villains carried out their program me with the l- J MOST KX PEIHTION. Roused from their slumber-, the Germans were foully murdered, re peated blows from an axe doing the work. The owners of the. property thus disposed of, the house was soon rifled of everything valuable that could be conveniently carried away. Among the plunder was a package of bonds, in nil about $10,000. The plunder secured the murderers set fire to the house in the hope that the public would believe that it was ac cidentally consumed and that the in mates, unable to escape, perished in the flames. But they reasoned from false premises. Circumstance after ciicumstance pointing to their guilt, came to light. Portions of the stolen property was traced to their possess ion and recovered. The murderers sought safely in flight, but were soon in the hands of tho law?having been captured in different parts of tho Stale. Steve Anderson was found a >hoif distance from Aiken. lie show cd fight, and tried to escape, but was fired upon by tire ]>osse and wounded in one leg and shoulder by pistol i balls. He was then taken in charge by the posse and lodged in Ailcen jail. At life January term of the Court the ! five inch were tried, found guilty by a jury composed of TWELVE COLORED MEN, And sen fen end lo ho hung on the 16th of March. A 1 of the murderers made confessions, stating that they were present nt the murder, hut each de liied havingslrmdt the murdered man. and placed the onus on the otho rs. Mr. J, St. Julian Yntcs, counsel for Anderson, before the day appointed for the execution, applied to Gov. Hampton for a respite for his client, in order that he might place all the facts in the case before his*Ex col Ie ntiy Oov. Hampton, iu resp use to the application, respited A nth r.-on for tili riy days. Dennis, Johnston, Thomas and Bi ?wn were hung iu Aikeit on the lGtb of March, in the presence of an immense concourse, composed principally of colored people. On the gallows they made 1 confessions of their crime,showing conclusively that Anderson'ssentence was a just one as well as their own. Anderson's respite expired on the 15th, but Gov. Hampton extended ' it until Friday, the 20th. The execu tion created no excitement in Aikcn. ft was witnessed by probably three hundred people, about half of whom were colored. The Palmetto Rifles, of Aiken, acted us guards. Th j gal ? lows was the same used for the execu tion of the other four murderers. At half-past eleven o'clock Ander son, chid in a 1 >ng while gown, and in hisHockiiig feet, was brought down from the jail acd to THE GALLOWS. He was accompanied by Sheriff; Ho Icy, Rev. John Phillips (colored), a Baptist minister, and Rev. Ball (colored), a Methodist minister. A tull-bloodcd negro, fully six feet high, his colli temincc displayed not the slightest emotion. The ministers, Mr.Tlblley and bis deputy walked up tiie gallows steps and on to the pat form with Anderson. Phi lips then read a chapter from the Bible to the condemned man, and Ball delivered a fervent prayer. Anderson listened with stolid iudilfcreuce. IS'otu muscle quivered, and there was no hing to indicate that be appreciated the si Hi ation. The prayer over. Sheriff I loll ay announce l that Anderson hud noth ing to say, but that Phillips would make a few remarks. Phillips turned his lace to the crowd uid spoke a few minutes on religious subjects. He conversed some lime with Anderson, shook hands with him, iu which nc linn he wns followed by Ball, and rc tiro I from lho platform. Sheriff llollcy adjusted the rope around the convict's neck, placed the black cap over his bead, ami left him standing alone on ilie drop. As the .-dicrilf reached the bottom s*ep the triggers were sprung, the. drop fed, ami Ander sou was launched into eternity. The rope ha?l been subjected to a heavy strain, in order to stretch it. previous ly, and a pit dug u-der the gnUows so that there would be sufficient dis lance for the fall. The great weight of Anderson, who was a very large man, caused the rope to stretell be yomi nil expectation. For a brief moment after he fell he hung perfect ly motionless, then a convulsive quiv ering commenced, and the legs were tliawti up and letdown. It then be came apparent that the man's toes wero TOUCHING TUB OUOUND. Sheriff Ilolley and an assistant hastened to shovel earth from be neath, but the rope seemed to stretch as fast as tin y could remove the soil. The body jerked spasmodically in the meantime. Finally, however, the toes swung clear. The murderer foil at precisely twelve o'clock and at twenty minutes past that h:ur, lifo was extinct. The crowd quietly dis persed and Aiken's second execution sinco tho war, was over. The justness of the aenlcnco under which Anderson fifpa his companions in crime met tbjfelr death, is univcr snlly admitted. The colored, as well as tho whites, demand that they should sufTcK the -extreme penalty of the law. Their execution will have great cfTect in deterring others from committing er inifein that section in the future.? ChroincU and Couslilt' tionalist. The Amsden Peach. A new variety"; originated on the farm of Mr. Lr*C. Anisden, nnd possessing a ci.mliinntion of valuable points uuequaledy we think, in any other fruit. It is hHrge, beautiful, and excellent, and more fragrant than any other peach? known; and ripens three weeks before Hide's Early. The tree is v$ry hardy, healthy, vigorous, and a (great bearer, and die fruit has remarkable keeping and .?-hipping qualities. Specimens have hi en kept in perfect condition for more than a Viijfeek after they were gati ercd; oihers, after being tumbled about in the Trails for over 1,000 miles, arrived in feood order. In 1S72, the origit nl trc^,(nii accidental seed ling), then quite i mall, bore its first fruit, nine peaches, June 23tli to July 7ih. HundredsMSaw tb*e fruit, and a lively interest ? was awakened. Buds were set on thrifty young tree* on two diflcrent farms. I In 1873 there were no peaches in this part of the country, all wero killed, by the severe winter of '72 and '73.*' Its development in the summer of ^74 was wa' "bed with unusual interest^" The original tree was loaded, and about fifty ofthe young trees borq'. Large numbers of visitors eavie tq'sce the tro*cs in bear ing, and it was a unanimous decision that its promise was fully sustain >d as to size, beaut yjnnd excellence, com bined with 'Uwlfuieil ercfliness.vlliilu's. Karly grew near the Anisden on both farms; and the new English peaches Beatrice ami Early Rivers, bore on the farm, and quite near the A und eil. All were watt lied and diligently com pared. '1 he season of 1874 was a backward one?at least a iveek later than usual. Am -den was ripe July 3d, and some were kept till the 25th. Friend Anisden gathered the last of his July 13th. Beatrice was ripe eight days later; and'Eaily Rivera about two Weeks later than Anisden. Bea trice is of good quality, but not equal in this respect to Amsden, and not of so good a color, and only one-half the size of Amsden. Early Fivers is large and of good quality, but of poor color compared with Anisden II ale'. Eaily lipened a lull week later than Early Rivers, and three weeks later than Amsden. Our great elevation on the Oziirk ?Mountain range makes our seasons later than those in lower situations in the same latitude (37 deg.). The Anisden peach will, no doubt, ripen considerably earlier in this latitude where there is only a moderate eleva lion. The past summer (187;3), the peach crop in this immediate vicinity wa almost totally ruined by a terrible hail storm on May 21st. Peaches as large as quail's e.gs were cut lo pieces and bruised so that only about one dozen Ainsdin were left to ripen. These ripened again three weeks be fore Halo's Knr.y, and about eight days before Beatrice, and two weeks lleoro Early Rivera.?John SV'amp ler, ill CWmo/i's Iturtil World. The Sabbath conies to a great mill tUudo of souls as does the nnex|>cclcd striking of tho clock; it sets them into j a; suddenly planned but short lived resolution to make good use 61 their time. A western clergyman's wife receiv ed thir y six sugar spoons from differ cut persons as donation present:'. They hadn't a pound of sugar in the house as she counted up the spoons. Intemperance seems to be fearfully on the increase. At least, it is a posi tivo fact that since the first sign of Spring, nearly every lions0 in tho weBt has had an at'ack of tho tree jnana. Krupp's Steel Works in Germany. .For half a century the world-re nowned east steel manufactory hear Essen, has been conducted by Alfred Krupp. The magnitude of these works at this time will be better com prehended when it is slated that they give employment, to 15,500 men, more than 10 000 of whom are immediately employed in the manufacture of axels, wheels, tires and crossings for rail wavsj rails and springs for railways and mines, shafts for steamers, ma chinery, boilerplates, rolls, spring steel, tool-steel, guns, gun-carriages and projectile-. At the mine3 and blusi-furnaces 5.000 additional work men have constant employment. '1 he firm operates 250 smelting furnaces, 300 annealing furnaces 1G1 heating furnaces, 115 welding and puddling furnaces, 33 cupola and revorbei at ihg furnaces, lib furnaces for other purposes, 275 coke ovens, 2G l smiths' forges and 298 steam boilers. Connected with the works arc 77 stcr.m hammers and 204 steam engines, aggregating more than 10, 000 horse power. To lodge ihc officers, workmen and their families, 3,277 dwellings arc furnished, affording accommodation to 15,200 inhibitants. Other dwellings at the mines and smelting works give shelter to 2,200 more, while boarding bouses are pro vided for 2,200 unmarried workmen. The sanitary condition of the work men and their families is amply pro vided for. A bathing establishment, two hospitals, under the care of com petent physicians, and a disinfecting house for t he beds and clothes of the sick, ar?: maintained. A sick burial and pension fund lias beet*, instituted for the benefit of workmen,'to which the firm contributes an amount equal to one half the contributions paid in by members. Uj.-idesa life-insurance association, the firm have organized an excellent sell dastic system , four of women being maintained tit their ex - pense. The works were first founded in 1810, but have h eil under the j present management for the past fitly I years. Inquiries arc frequently made as to which is the most profitable branch of farming. It depends on several contingencies. In some places corn growing and pork raising, in others wool growing, und in others dairying arc steadily profitable one year with another. Where circumstances, such as rich corn land, healthful, dry pas ture?, or abundant grass, with pure j water, favor one or the other of these specialities, it is hat to fall into them and to keep to them. Hut for general purposes special crops or employ ments are rarely suitable, and mixed farming 's the best reliance. This implies the culture of roots, grass and grain; chiefly feedingto the s*ock, and only partly for sale. The aim must be to distribute the product so that a good portion comes back as soil manure, and the soil is kept im proving constantly in ft rtinty and freedom from weeds. Then immed iate advantage can be taken of any exceptional condition of things, and if grain does not pay, meat and wool ma y be made, and if grain happens lb be high, it may be sold, and some other cheaper feed be bought to re place it. A sharp farmer who has some capital, ami can turn about at a short notice, will never be caught in a poor year, without at least averago profit from his business.? American Agriculturist, A column of vapor steadily rises from the center of a vast swamp in Florida, and nobody has ever been able to get near enough to the phe nomenon to find out the nature of it. That may be right which is not pleasant, and that pleasant which is not right; but Christ's religion is both.? Matthew Henry. A drunken legislator said t hat he was "a sclfmado man." "That fact." said Mr. Grceley, "relieves the Al mighty of a great responsibility." ['or girls and What is Most Profitable. Widows who Burned. TiiiiY Bathe, Pkkfokm Poojaii and Go IIeavenwau? Amu> ... P Y ilOTEcil X ICS. Jung Fahadoor, the Prime Minister of Ncpaul, went to blithe nt Bagon utte; he entered the river for that pur pose in the highest spirits, and after performing his ablutions he sat on tho bank to say his prayers- Soon after '1 he was noticed to be motionless. On his followers approaching him they found that life was extinct. An ex ? press was sent to the capital, and-, j orders arrived to postpone the funeral rites to the 1st of March. The threo principal ranees (widows), his brother, and son arrived, and the rant.es ex pressed their desire to sacrifice* them selves. The brother tried to dissuade them, but he failed, and the funeral prye was prepared \.ith sandal wood, resin, and a large quantity of ghee. When the arrangements had been made the ladies hotbed, performed poojdh tan East India sacred rite), and made presents lo the Brahmins. The next step was they took measures for the government of the conti try j nnd to maintain peace; then general I directions were given lo the brother in-law. Their last act was to release some prisoners. They then entered the fun. ral pyre quite unconcernedly.; muttering prayers. The corpse was then laid on its back, and the eld--iL ranee lock its head up in her lap and the two others took ihe feet. They were then surrounded by odorous combustibles, i the ranees gazed . upon the features of their husband us if forget (id bf every other considera tion. The lire was then applied by his son, ami all was over in a few minutes. Fashionable Women. \b.v . ... .., . ' . ? . ?? < Fashion kills: more women than toil and sorrow. Obedience to fashion is a gr cater transgression of the laws of woman's nature?a greater injury to bcr physical and mental eonsitu tion?than poverty and neglect. The slave woman at hcrtusV will live and j grow old, will see two or three gener 1 aliens of her mistresses fade and pas ; away. Washerwoman, with scarce a j ray of, hope to cheer her in her toil, I will iive lo see her fashionable sisters i die all around her. The kitchen j maid is hearty and sinnig when her t lady has to be nursed like a sick ! baby, h is a sad truth that tho i fashion pampered women are almost worthless t" r all the cuds of human life. They have still less power of moral will, and quite as little of phy ! sical energy. They live for no great ; purpose in life; they accomplish no wliorthy ends. They are only doll 'forms in the hands of milliners and j servants, to be dressed and fed li ! order. They serr.? nobody nnd they save nobody. They write no books i and they set no rich examples of vir tue and of womanly life. If they rear children, servants ami nurses do all save conceive and to give them birth. And whin reared, what are they? What do they ever amount to but weak scions of the old stock ? Wim ever heard of a fashionable woman's child exhibiting any virtu re or power of mind for whic h it became eminent'/ Read the biographies of our great and good women. Not one of them had a fashion able mother. They nearly all sprang from strong-minded wo men, who had about as little to do with fashion as with the changing clouds. , The Irish I orhl gives the follow iug in iornuition to a correspondent: ''The sorrowful tree ".^ found near Bombay, Ind a. It is so called from its habit of blooming only at night While the. Still is shining, not an ox pauded {lower is visible, yet in half a:i hour after lie' - in is below the hori the tree is full of them. Thcro : is littlo beauty in thimi, though the order is pleasant. At sunrise tho petal- close up or drop to the ground. This tree, it would seem, must have some s<>rt of relation to the night blooming ccreuV'