Orangeburg times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, February 28, 1872, Image 3
THE OMNGEBURG TIMES.
Orangeburg, 8. 0., February 28, 1872.
J. S. HEY WARD, Editor.
F. P. HEARD, Associate Editor;
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All article* intended for publication
in the Times must be accompanied with
the, real name of the author; not neewsa
rilv for nublieatiou but as a guarantee of
good faith. ? ?'' ?
Amnesty.
Of nil tho brutal and cowardly out
rages practised upon the section of the
United States, known ?s tho South, by
the Congress of the TJfiitrid S?des, the
dealing out of amnesty has probably
been the most characteristic of Puritanic
inability to entertain charity. Their
hftllfch bitterness of soul and communis
tic hatred of gentle blood, impels them
blindly to keep under the political bail
of diBfranehiscmcnt the men of our coun
try, who previously to the war hud shown
their cutiro power to command the South
ern people. Our people had entrusted
thoir lives and property in the hands,
of theso our leaders and havo over
since felt the brutal outrage that
has been . systematically porpetrated
by tho North upon these oor rep
resentative men, and through thorn upon
each one of us as an individual of a com
mon peoplo. In such treatment the North
have displayed uncivilized venom and
asinine?short sightedness. These men
whom they forbid to lead are tho very
ones who know best how to lead our
minds to a proper contemplation of tho
new phase of affairs and bur confidence
to a complete burial of past issues. They
our loaders' are held prostrate in the
dust, alluded to with bitter denuncia
tion and we forsooth arc called upon to
turn from them and join in this cry?all
this for what ! for the privilcdge of cau
c Hing one out of three Radical votes.
This is amnesty.
War Urtimble.
Undo Sam's demands upon John
Bull's purse havo caused tho old gentle
man to bristle up, We do not think
there is much danger of w ar. If there is
any chance howevor, we do not sec why
the South should grieve. In fact we
ought rather to be indifferent spectators
in any contest that would interrupt the
system of brutal Legislation that the
United States Congress has been peacc
ivdly brooding over since the. war, to
gether with its cowardly tyranny. If En
gland be the contestant wo need not bo
over anxious that her success in crip
pling Uncle Sam should bo speedy, pro
vided she does eventually succeed. We
think however that England understands
Uncle Sam as unusually insolent, ex
pecting that the insult will be amended
by a reduction of tho cash demand on
her purse.
In our desire to meet what we deemed
the want ot our community, by issuing
The Times as soon as possible, wo did
not delay until wo had previously can
vassed. We have rolied on the aid of
thoso to whom we send copies who can
materially forward our enterprise by not
only subseribiug themselves, but also get
ting their friends and acquaintances to do
so. The result has been encouraging to us.
Keep on. Help us. Let them under
stand we are a live, honest Democratic
journal?down on Southern Republican
ism or Radical rascality.
It is with great regret that we notice
in our Charleston Exchanges tho death
of one of her most popular and worthy
citizens. In tho death of Mr. F, J. I'or
cher, his friends have lost one of their
most genial and popular companions;
while fur Charleston his loss cannot be
supplied. A gentleman of rare business
capacity, Mr. Porehor combined with his
commercial knowledge and experience a
keen sense and likely energy for the
advancement of his City together with i
the exercise of much individual charity. '
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The Orangoburg District Survivors'
Association.
This association held their anniversary,
as appointed, on lust Thursday, at the
Presbyterian Church. Tho attendance
was not nearly so large a one ns the in
terest in so sacred a cause, which we
think should be universally felt among
our white population, ought to command.
The ceremonies were opened by the
singing of the two iirst stanzas of Father
Hyan's poem. *
Tho Confederate Flag.
Take that banner down t'is weary,
Bound bit stuff, t'is drooping dreary,
Furl it, hide it, let it rent,
For there's not a man to ware it,
For there*a not a soul to lave it,
in the hiood that heroes gave it:
Furl it, hide it, let it roxi.
Furl thru banner, furl it sad!y,
Once, nix millions hailed it gladly,
And three hundred thousand mndly
Swore it iihould forever wave,
Swore that freeman's sword should never
Hearts, like theirs entwined, dissever,
That their ling should flout forever
Oc'r their freedom or their yrnve.
I Furl that banner, true t'is gory,
JinX Vie- wreathed around with glory,
And t'will live in song and story,
Though it* folds are in the dust,
For iff fame on brightest paged,
Rung by poot?, penned by sages,
Shall go rounding down to ages;
Furl its fold*, though now wo must.
Colonel A. I). Goodwyn then set forth,
in a lew words, the purpose of holding
an anniversary, and requested the Rev.
Mr. Brown, piujtor of the church, to ask
God's blessing lipon the meeting.
Prayer war, followed by the singing of
the following poem:
Ashes of Glory.
Fold up the gorgeous siIkeu sun,
By bleeding martyrs blest,
And heap the laurels it has won,
Above it* place of rest.
No trumpet's note need harshly blare,
No drum funereal roll,
Nor trailing sables drape the bier
That frees a dauntlcr* soul.
It lived with Lcc, and decked hi* brow,
'From fate's empyreal nnhii.
It sleeps the sleep of Jackson now,
As spotless and as calm.
It was outnumbered, not undone.
And they shall shuddering tell,
Who struck the blow, its latest gun
Flashed ruin as it fell.
Sleep in thine own historic night,
And be thy blazoned scroll
A warrior's banner takes its flight
To greet the warrior's soul.
Both these poems were well rendered
by the choir, being sung to appropriately
selected sacred airs.
Colonel Goodwyn again rising, intro
duced to tho assemblage our fellow
townsman, Mr. John A. Hamilton, the
orator of tltc occasion. Mr. Hamilton's
oration was eloquent, pithy uud ch us to:
thoroughly imbued with the sentiment of
the meeting, and being a writer of great
case and beauty, ho seemed to feel warm
ly thesacredness of his position, ami the
fulness of Christian charity with which
j we should approach the grave* of our
dead heroes.
The choir then sung "Comeholy Spirit,"
a petition never out of place.
To Farmers..
Feeling that the prosperity of our
County depends upon that of the funn
ing community, wo propose to devote more
time, ami more space in our paper, to
the interests of our agricultural friends,
than is usual in the county papers.
We invite the aid of farmers in carry
ing oitt our plans, which are to make the
agricultural columns of tho Times, a me
dium through which they can ask for
and receive information from each other.
We earnestly ask the assistance of the
members of tho County Agricultural
Society (the only body in our midst or
ganized in the interests of the farmer);
confident thnt wc can be of service to
them, if thoy will allow us.
By this wc mean, that wo bold our
selves ready, in this department of the
paper, to represent the wants, of the farm
ers of our county as they are presented
to and to do nil in ouv power to pro
mote their welfare.
To entry out the above, we need
the farmer's hell?. Send as original ar
ticles for publication, on matters touch
irrg the interests of agriculturists?wheth
er in tho form of queries, or in answer to
one propounded by another, it matters
Only be euro to write, and thereby nid
your society, yourselves, and lastly, this
paper which aspires to be your organ.
We return our thanks to "Ruby Grey"
and show our appreciation of her poems
by publishing one of them. "The Cha
lice Kare" is too long for insertion in our
oolumus anil we have to decline it. We
hope the writer will favor us with her
productions,front time to time, and let
his (or her) real name accompany the
next contribution.
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Wo thanJ| our brethren of the press
for the favor with which they have re
ceived the Timics, and for their flattering
notices of tlie same. We intend to de
serve the compliments which we have
received at tho hands of our brethren.
"WllKN Was It."?By the- treaty of
Washington the termination of the re
bellion is fixed upon the t);h of April '(i?,
when according to the recent decision of
tho Supreme Court, the war was not over
until April 2, \8lib\ This is a very inter
esting question, though the war i?not over
yet, judging by Congressional policy.
Mr. Ashby writing to It] K. Scott
says:
The Executive Clufir bus become an
uneasy seat for knights of the wallet.
Bullock of Georgia has Hod?resolutions
of impeachment are pending against
Reed of Florida, and you have only sav
ed yourself byiii, skillful issue of cham
pagne, oysters, and caali, "on ;t certain
Thursday night."
In speaking of the report of the Con?
gressional Ku-Klux Committee, the
Charleston Courier says:
First That the increase of the public
debt in Sow^kyjAjjolinu and the inaiutge
n ^outh^wtroltna and the umnnge
inemroT itslinlrn-cs' we're both "disastrous
ami degrading.'
Second. That Governor Scott had sent
such contradictory statements in refer
ence to the financial condition of the
State "that they can give but little, if
any, weight to them."
Third. That the whole system of affairs
in this State, whether financial or other
wife, is one simply of "knavery ami cor
ruption."
No language could he more plain, or
declaration more clear ami decisive. It
is the judgment, after thorough examina
tion, of the Hcpiblicnn members of Con
gress on the retil condition id' affairs in
South Carolina!as they exist. This re
port therefore justifies every allegation as
to the enormous and wild expenditures,
heavy taxation fraudulent increase of
the public delft ,and spoliations of the
Treasury whichUiavc been made.
I'KDAOootii: lxi) Prim Kits.?The Ap
propriation Bill for 1871-72 allots tho
enormous sum o|$&lo?,U00 for education
al expenses. Tj this must be added the
poll-tax, wich oighi to realize $100,000
more, This is fir beyond what the State
at this junction,jan afford to pay, Lust
yoar, the appreciation, outsitlc of the
poll-tax was$221,000,and this is fully n?
much as the penile can endure. We should
be glad to see i iriving schools in every
village and at e^ry oross-toad, but the
Legislature shot d have some considera
tion for the taxptvers as well as for the un
educated poor. rh?? people moreover are
not satisfied thatt|ie school fwuth nre ju
diciously expend tl, and they will certainly
disapprove of am measure which increas
es the volume of itxatiou. If the Legis
lature, however, Intends to retrench in
cithers matters?j-in crder to pay more
pedagogues, ami iuy mot e primers, there
will be far less <
all events it is
use for grumbling
ioith trying.
At
The MctluHlifitflifTcnnc.-'see have inaug
urated a scheme jir the establishment of
a university upoijprcity much the plan of
that proposed byjhe Episcopalians before
the war, und tmrfnllv arrted out.
CONDUCTED BY F. P. HEARD.
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Attention is called to shcriflV sales hi anoth
er eolumn. MM
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J The attention ?f otir Town Council is respect
fully culled to the fact that the bridge in front
of the building utscd by the Elliott 1.11. & L.,
Company* is in a dilapidated roudition.
Our delegate*, to the l'hilndolphbt Radical
Convention, it is said, propose to sell their sup
port to t ir.tut in consideration of jpfc} ] yielding
certain offices to their nominees.
We have been requested to stale that a meet
big will he held to-iuorruw evening,"4?t 1v
o'clock, at Mrs. t4lover's tchool robin, lor the
purpose oforgani/.ing a division of tli6 Sons of
Tcniperunee.' Such an organisation will, no
doubt, efiL'ct great good in this community, und
we wish it every success..
Tun knights of tJie proposed tournament 1
which will be held here on the first of May,
are requested to attend a meeting; at lU o'clock
A. M., next Saturday, ('2d) at the engine hall, of
the Young America Fire Engine Compauy of
this place.
Wl concede to the "News'' a greater sptne*a
in conducting Its (the tail) etid of the quip.
( far error should httVe read "typographical."
Our newness at the quill must be our excuse,
while it gives to them the further advuntage
of longer (y)cars, Its inventive load shown a
rough tongue.
With such superior combination on their part
of tail, tongue and tars we naturally expect to
he brayed :\'.
At the annual meeting uf Survivor** Aesoeia
tion of Oruugentng futility, held on the '22d
hist., the following officers were elected : Col.
A. 1>. (joiiwyn, President; Cant, J. A. Ham
ilton, Secretary; Samuel I'ibhlc, Treasurer.
The standing committee* of last year were
eoKtbutcd.
We understand that several acccMiohs In the
meinlici>hip were made; and that great inter
est in hi ing manifested in this, sacred cause.
The anniversary of the Young America Fire
Kngine Company, passed luff* lii'n* most satis
fitctnry manu er on l:tst Wednesday. The pro
gramme wtis fully carried out in the afternoon,
aud in tiie evening the members of the Young
America and Hook and Ladder, tosethur with
the invited guests, assembled at the engine ball,
where a bountiful supply of the goo I things of
this life were gathered together. We are foirv
that our space tili? week will not allow a more
extended and deserved notice at our hand*.
Sutlicc to say everybody had a good time, und
went home well pleased with the pleasure.-, ol
the day.
Although my were a little "behind time," we
did full justice to our.-elvcs.
On Monday last ns the up train from Charles
ton was Hpproai lung tho depot, the horses at
tached to Mr. Scovill's wagon which was pas
sing on Railroad avenue at the time, look
fright; mid notwithstanding the exertions of
the driver to maintain control over them, tho
wagon was precipitated into the gully within a
a few feet of the Railroad. The remit was
that one of the imiimils attached to the wagon
was instantly killed, and the other slightly in
jured.
Wc think, if the Railroad company would
cause n.railing to he built along the road on
Railroad avenue, such uividcnt? would not hap
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OnANonojuu Auuiui'i/ntKAi. Soctkty-?
The regular quarterly meeting of tho society
took place on Saturday, the lUth butt., but the
attendance of the member.- was not sncb as the
occasion called for.
The report of the Fxectttivo Committee on
the plans of organising the "Orangeburg Fair
/Issocintkm," was read and approved. (Of this,
wo liavu something to say in our next Issue.)
?See election notice. A most interesting dis
cussion then took place on the subject of
"Home-made manures, and the best manner of |
preparing! he ur" It was opened by two mem
bers, in practical essays, which, besides being
admirable in themselves, served as a stimulus
to a discussion uf the subject by other member*.
The spirit with which it was kept up, showed
hew important this matter was deemed by the
farmers, ami the. practice of dillcrcnt members
was listened to with great interest. The con
elasioii arrived at seemed to l?e as follows:
That home-made manures should bo the chief j
dependence, of the farmer, and bmight fertilisers
only used as nuxiliarici; that stock should bo
regularly stabled or penned (the former best,)
and in addition to the litter n*cd for bedding,
it was deemed advisable to sprinkle land'plaster
or some other absorbent of nmtuonia, to pre
vent its waste, which takes place chiefly when
being hauled out to be spread; that litter, haul
ed directly from the woods to the land, would
be ofgrcat benefit to the bind, provided it was
nllowcd time cnongh to dct-.?y; but that ^jpro:
ten litter spread thickly in furrow jtwt Mim*
planting, had proved ruinous in some cemnn.?.. >
The next regular meeting of the society takes
pyjP&* May, ?t which time it it hoped the
plaii for holding the next Fair will be definite)/
?oi?disant.?Senator Gco. W. Stur
geon, wos ye-.terd.iy nrrested and held to bail
oiac'iarge of picallng . $400 of the county
nionoy, while acting in the capacity of Depu
ty Treasurer. The arre'M was faa&e by Trad
.Tuhtice .dugustua B. IC no wit on,' on com
plaint in rule by County Treasurer, Frank II.
Greene, Esq.
\ YVc understand that Sturgeon left town last
evening in t-careh of bail or money enough o
makoflpthv-t!?flHeTlcy^^'ir*^td a pr*>
tnnnpdw b<}pc thiithc/wpH( nccorupa'nkd by a
'ifcbhty Sheriff.
. arrivals at HJ-kmos^y's HoTEX. ^
II Movere, Fhila,; John L Hoffruaad,/Bam
berg; PJ A I Iain.-, Mt Pleasant; Cain Lie
.Davis, FrankP Beard, Columbia; LouJiri I>ei/x,
JtW'AVaJ*.-?winM,-Black, {Charlis
ton; Wm McMahon, John Bowman, tOmngt
htirg; Chas M Olson, B Pidlen, F Oairfk Tcnn.;
P Dtdin, X. C.J G'W Carter, .1 M Brtuie, Ky.;
W C Fergus, Baltimore; J K Wbitc,. , Cola.;
W D Monnty, Ky.
CONSIGNEES PER S. CR. R.
G. H. Cornclson, Brunch, ?Scott &\ Co.,
J. S. C. Hoffman, Judge Glover, Win.
Oakman, B. S. and P., Samuel Dibble, P.
Mentzol, T. G. Glover, T. 8, Week., .1.
A. Hamilton, T. B. Whnley.T.Cnrtmill,
Briggmun & Lewis.-?, G. D. Go?.-endamor,
G. C. Buir, Rev. W. Carson, aLN. Riley,
M. Rich, ?. Glover, E. J. Oliveron, W.
Wilepx, M. McMastcr.
List of Letteus Rem a ixixo is Oraxok
i berg Post Office to KeRKFAEY
27th, 1S72.
D?Wm. Beckett, Kph C BatleV, Alonzo S
Bailer,
C?John II Clarke*
O?Vanmul < robot*, B?bt-rt Geoelc.
K?C L Hook,
J?Mrs E Jhaw, Mii.i Xassry JohiiFon, Mr
John JenkiiiH.
K?Mi."i? DelscKolry
M?Miss Bhoda Maimin;;.
V? I N Pierson.
B?Sarah Kuttaml, *#??wge Riiad yol.
8?Betsv Summers, \Yi)kes SawvcXj <m>
('??aif?lftf; ^~*JPJf&^
W?Mi.-m CharlotteWashington 2.
7r~-Jueob. Zedglar 2. . - '
Person? calling for tho almvo letters
will please.toy they arc advertised.
What tho Prosa S ?y s.
A I)?moor*ticpapr r he Orangf burg "Titm V
appears on onr tab.* tor the tint time this
week. It hi a lively little choit. Janiw S.
J Hcyward ia the editor.
[C' eder Re.oiUr.
[ Tnr. OitANor.nrrm Ttstr-.?Tbl? i.? the toe
of a new aspirant fey-public favor, tba fir t
' which wo find among our exchange*. \Y~
cheerfnlly place it on our !i.-t and exteud
to lb editors, Meiers. Ja?. S. I ley ward and K.
P. Beard, the right hand of fellowship. Mar
| their course be crowned with success, and the
> "'Finn.a*' become a puWcr in the land.
( [yrtcbeny llerald
Tnt OnAKOEatritn Times.?We were ex
ceedingly,pi caned to receive last week, the first
number of a ??per issued by Meura, J. S. Hey
ward and F. I*. Bcanl, under the ahoTu name.
.Mr. I Icy ward, the editor, in Ida ?alutatory, talks
plainly hut t>en*ihlc, and nnnotmecii himself
squarely ' on the Democratic Platform. Tho
"Times" promiac? well, and deserves a liberal
.support front the good people of Orangebnrg.
We place it on our exchange list with pleas
ure.
[Jfonas Cretcmt'
We hare received the first number of this,
weit gotten np and sprightly liula paper, and
if its future issues hu aa creditable aa the one
before na, there can be no doubt of ita sucec**,.
if those who represent the Intelligence and rt
?peet ability of Orangebnrg District will do their
duty in giving it ? liberal support and patron
age. Such a paper is necessary to preserve and
protect the good name of the taxpayers, prop
erty holders and rout of worth of the District
ngainst tho unjust and liberal attacks of Radi
cal nmrepresantatifrt nml hate. Every man
and woman in the district able to raise $2,00,
who have and feel an interest in ito
character and welfare, should subscribe to the
Tint*.
It is published at Orongebm^ every Wedue??
day at $2,00 per annum, by Mesftrs. Jreyward
ec Beard. The mechanical oat) business de
partment is conducted by Mr. Beard, and the
editoral by Mr. Hey ward, who, though new in
.journalism, shows in his address to the Orange
burg public, that he baa no difficulty in patting
bis ideas on paper in a free, easy and forcible
manner. We wish the enterprise every success).
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