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Tili: CKASGEBMG TIMES. Oransclmrj, S. ?., June 19, 18751. Largest circulation in the county, J. B. HEYWAKD, Editor. iTencefbrth, all I-egnl Ad vertisemonts, of County Interest, whether notices or others, will be publish ed ibr the benefit of our readers whether they are paid lbr or not. Ottt State Convention has met aud endorsed the Cincinnati nomination of Ctrcelejr and Brown as the proper thing, ami tuTording to the South the only clmuce of changing the complexion of national politics in such way as to admit of our taking some care of out selves at homo, and not heiug held down by the partisan exponent of a liberal Govern ment at Washington D.C., while we are being robbed at home by an horde of the worst harpies and most bare-face robbers, whe were ever floated into notice and position by the untoward turn of events. The chances aro that the national Dem ocratic Couvcution will, at Baltimore next month, likewise endorse these men, and lei the whole South be arrayed once more in behalf of an honest government, owe freo from bayonets, political disabili ties, and robbery worse than activo war, the prison house and confiscation. And now, whether we can get a majority in the State for Grceley or not, still it is the duty of every man in the State not to be idle but both vote and work, and aid tue effort of his compatriots to work out their und his political redemption. Our County has met with another sad loss in tbc death of Capt John T. Jen nings, who died on Monday eveuiug of last week. He was an intelligent, ener getic and successful gentleman; kiud hearted to all, and enjoying the respect and love of many friends. He will not only be mourned by his friends, but will be ndjjscd by the County at large. With out being prominent at any ti(uo in a political sense, he was one of those upon whom the County rested for material prosperity and advancement. His health had not been good for some time The community was very much enli vened by the Elliott Fair, which was held iu the Whittcmore Building now univer sally devoted to public amusements that require bouse room and shelter. It was held on Wednesday and Thursday nights, nud was a complete success; duriug which everything requisite was brought quietly und unostentatiously to bear, and the benefits of tact nud energy fully reaped. It was not only the pleasure of the ladies to work zealously for the Elliott?, but they made it a pleasure to the citizens who went there to contribute their quota towards assisting the enterprise. Orna ments artificial, real, substantial, com bined with beauty and taste to make con versation agrecablo and contribution ruther a privilege than other wise. This und the tournament has kept us from Mtagnating thus far into the summer. Eet us look for something else to stir up the blood and keep the young people alive. The city fathers have tbc Dolly Vardcn Avenue in the interesting state of ?'wheth er or not," and the young folks ought to have something, a croquet ground or a skating rick or another fair, though wo doubt exceedingly whether our vil lage could undergo two fairs so successfull tts that of the Elliotts. Wc understand t hat the final scene was typical. Two bald headed mendriliking their last 15 cents in lemonade. Toast "t."> the hair on your head." The receipts from tbc Fair, (dear of all Expenses, was sit 'east $350,00. -'**? I mm ('apt. Win. IT. Trezovant, long and favorably known as an efficient Conduc tor on the Charlotte,Columbia and Au gusta I tail road, was arrested in Charlotte, r>u the 3d instant, and brought to Colum bia and lodged in jail, on tho charge of conspiracy in violation of tbo Enforce ment Act. [C?*?IM?NlCA'TEl>J TEE NEW STREET. *Mi:tBi:? F.uiT?its:?I si your Just, issdc there appears what purports t? bo au ar gument iu lavor of plaintiff in tbo great ease of "Streut or no Street" over the signa ture of "O. P. O. Deblock." As I purpose to say a few words on behalf of the defend ant iu this case, and desire in so doing to shorten wherever I can, I might begin by abbreviating your correspondent's 'noin de plume,' as it is difficult to write, and I may have te write it several times. I presume tho name means thntsapo uaccous camphorated liniment composed of solution of soap and ardent spirits, and sold in small vials__under the name "Opodeldoc," so, for fhort, I will call your correspondent simply "liniment," it is more easily written. Now, theu, in his communication your correspondent promises by telling us that all said here tofore by the anti-street citizens amounts to assertion. Ho wants facts, but I look in vain through his argument to iiud out anything more than assertions on Jus part, without any facts in support of his position, I take his whole argument, and silling out the vast amount of chaff, with great difficulty discover his proposi tion to be this : That inasmuch as there are some de sirable lots in Russell Street, the owners of which arc unwilling to sell at any oth er price than that fixed by themselves; therefore, there should be another street cut on which the people can build, when the grand influx of settlers takes place, which "liniment" prophesies. 2. That at some future day there will be a demand for lots, and that therefore on irrespective of the present condition of our people, we should not wait for the demand, but make a street at once. I gather these as his propositions summed up ; and I imagine his argument will so strike any one who rends it. Now, I presume it will be conceded that the lot owners in Russell Street have a perfect right to estimate the value of their property at just what they please, and no power on earth (save, perhaps, the despotic, arbitrary power under which wo now exist) can compel one single lot owner to sell his property at an}' less amount than his own valuation. If persons desiring to purchase these lots arc unable to pay the price demanded, then so much the worse for the purchaser and peihaps so much the worse for the lot-owner who may desire to sell, and yet be unwilling to sacrifice his properly.? If it holds good as to the owners of lots on Russell Street, docs it not equally ap ply to lot-owners in every part of t'ie town? Then, when this new street is made by which so many persons will be accommodated with "desirable building lots," will not the same right be awarded to the lot-owners on that new street, as the lot-owners on Russell Street enjoy, of fixing their own price ou their own prop erty?of fixing a price beyond the means of purchasers?of refusing to sell at all? How then can this new street hold out any certain inducement by which this vast horde of immigrants will be drawn here to settle? Is there not the same ob jection as to Russell Street? Have none of these lots yet been bought up for spec ulation ? If, then, the new street will do no more for purchasers of lot.s than Russell Street has done; what benefit, tints far, will the new street afford? wherein will it tend to the increase of the inhabitants of Orangeb?rg? Now, "I/inimcnt," chaff ing, says : "Because a scheme does not "suit them," (i. e. tax-payers) "they are "opposed and cry "cut bono." It is "about time that men should forget the "old rule (which?) and learn to act for "the very interest of the whole commu "nity." What old rule be means, I don't | know ;but all good citizens agree that the public welfare should be paramount no doubt; yet all good citizens have a right to bo satisfied that, in making private sacrifices tho good of the whole is ad vanced, before they arc called upon to make such sacrifice?; and I say that the bare assertions of "Liniment" do not de monstrate anything?they convince no one that the "scheme" will benefit tho public one particle. I say that while the public good?the benefit to the people? should be tho first consideration, it must be demonstrated that the good contem plated is beyond a doubt for tho general good of the community, before the rights of private individuals are invaded and they called upon to contribute by sacri fice or otherwise to that general advance ment. Dot us again look, then, for the good which this pnposed schemo will effect to tho public, and then let us sec what citizens arc called upon to contrib ute cither iu money or otherwise, and then nsk, 1st, it' it be a public good tit nil, und if so,is it cotrim disunite with tho sacrifice made to attain it ? 1 Oriingeburg, according to the last cen sus, 18(51), contains hut a little over 1000 inhabitants. I doubt much if there has been any perceptible increase since that was taken (except in babies?as to which I give it up?and they don't need streets just yet.) Tho busiucss part of tho town is almost wholly confined to liussell street, to which there is easy access by cross streets to all the inhabitants. The stores (with hut ono or two exceptions) all open on Russell Street. The street runs through the town, and by it farmers enter the town, principally, from East and West. As a thoroughfare it has been found abundantly convenient and roomy for all the years gone by?for all the time preceding this expensively pro gressive age; in all the good old times, when people were not taxed (so as to know it) and could well afford to build new streets if needed. Now this radical view of progress conies in. What was good enough in the good days?what is good enough now?must givo way be cause this is an age of progress, and wo must go with the age ami pay dearly for our passage too. A new street must bo opened, and when conservative citizens ask "cui hono" the age of progress won* der?. Wo ask again, "cui bono?'' What will this new street effect for the public good ? not what it may do for a few citizens, who want to sell lots on it; hut "pro bono publico?" Lot us sup pose it opened. Commencing with 60 feet to the West; narrowirg down to 35 and 30 feet, so as to avoid some private residences, and then passing these and reaching other private lots, it spreads oat 80 feet wide down to the Railroad. Jiet us suppose it opened, what then? Is it supposed that the farmers bringing their cotton, cither from the other side of the river or across the railroad will u .<e this street? There is not one farmer in 100, who hauls cotton and produce to the Railroad. They bring these things to Orangeburg to sell and exchange at the stores. These stores all front on Rusell Street. To take this street would be out of the way. They can only accomplish their object by going where the mer chants "most do congregate." Again, almost all persons who como to Orangeburg, come on busiucss in the town with the merchants, and would have no use for this new street. And even if'.here be passengers coming up, or bringing any goods or chattels, the business part of the town is sought; and by actual measure ment I believe the oul is as short as the new street will be. It must be clear then that this scheme will not benefit the far mer, who is the must important citizen. Will it benefit the merchant ? Will it bo more convenient for him to haul by, or transport his good:j to his store? His store is on the great old thoroughfare. I know of but one merchant whose lot runs through from his store to this new street, and who would probably use it. If it will not benefit the farmer, ami but one merchant (even if it will benefit him) and no one else that wo can think of, where-; in is this new street such a matter ofl'UB j.ic interest, as to warrant the expense of its building? 1 say rUBUC interest, be causo with the rise and fall of lots pur chased .on that street, the interest of a few lot-owners is involved, and they do not constitute the public. For this matter, which does not present itself as a public benefit, or as calling for public sympathy and approval, what is the public called upon to contribute? What are private citizens asked to contribute ? Lot us soe. First. The street is proposed to be mndu 80 feet wide, (and if made at all, it should be no less) and to run from the R. R. to its Western end. To run it from the R. li. this width, it will cut through and render comparatively worthless a number of valuable lots the owners of which arc bitterly opposed to any alteration of their property. It will cut largely into the burying ground of the Presbyterian Church, uprooting sacred soil, and level ing the. graves of the. dead who, undis turbed, for so many years have, been at rest. Continue this street of the same width to the end, as of course it will be, and it will cut into the private garden and resilience of the Mayor himself from ^25 to 35 feet (this alone is a consideration which should weigh with all who have any regard for the presiding officer of the town, for he, no doubt, has the same ob jections to thus street that we have; but he is too public spirited to let his, private inconvenience inftuenco him in diverting the Council from their cherished public scheine.) It will then take oft' from other good citizens' property from -15 to 20 feet. This is what private citizens will contrib ute to advancing the value of New Street !oT?, Fur Ulis land taken by lV.rce from i!i ? owners it is proposed to ptiy ut the ra*,tc of pei- m*iv, not the price which the owners fix ; they have" no voice in the in.liter. Neither lite lot-owners toward the Railroad, nor the Mnyor, nor oj&er citizens at tbo "NVest end have the slightest right to object to the price paid ttma for damaging their property, per haps ruining it. Those to whom the rating places of their lamented dead are d|SSr beyond valuation, cau say nothing. Jas arbitrary price is fixed by persons appointed under a rascally confiscation Ms passed by a Legislature universally jSpitted to be a disgrace to any nation, /i v (1 by a Board iu which tho land-own er is always in the minority. And how ^wer the land-owner may estimate his property, the Town Council on one part jmd the County Commissioners on the ojher, close his mouth cffcclunlly. These two, interested on the same side (pro latino publico?) wrest a man's property tra him nnd pay him jtist what they ^ . Jose to fix ai its value. "Was there tfjjy more outrageous oppression ever l?^ird of? There never was an adjust ment of vnluo ever made by law or ar tration, where both sides were not rly represented, where the owner had t some slight showing iu having his operty fairly and properly valued.? ?t here are two corporations bent on Trying out a common design, by which, thout a single chance given him, with hands tied and his mouth closed, a rivate citizen is robbed of his property, fbe possession of which is sacred and pro fjcted to him by the constitution. Un-.| dtfr the plan adopted, "Liniment" may bo correct in fixing the amount of expen ds at the figures he adopts. The ex penses may be reduced still more. The wad may cost but little more than the grading, because this arbitary Board have tbc same right to pay tbc owners hut $1.00 per acre, as they have to pay ^25.00 It's a wonder they did not do it. I But "Liniment" is 'supposing' things only. I think "Tax-payers" fixed their Estimate from data furnished by experi enced gentlemen, and I doubt but that their estimate is under, rather than over ijthc true cost. So much for private con tribution, wrongs and sacrifices. What j/lo the public contribute? "Liniment' says: "Don't wait for Ino demand, now is the time to build your street. When "immigration" sets in it will be too late' (When immigration ssts in, so much the better for those wh.) have bought up lots to sell again.) In the name of the im poverished people of the State stud Coun ty, is this the time to burden them with more taxes? Can t..cy bear more, now? Has not the ellcct of Radical progress, of which we bear so much talk, been to crush our people down with taxes? Arc not their lands sold, day after day, iu huge bodies, because the owners are un able to pay taxes? Have they not been compelled to pay U. S. Revenue taxes, Stato taxes, license taxes, town taxes; and are they to have more laid upou them ; and for what? "Liniment" says "If it is to the iiitcr?st of the people to ?'have the street go through, let it go, but "pay the owners the value." So say 1 ; but who fixes the value? I have shown a one-sided Board. Who says it's to the interest of* the people? Why the Town Council, and I suppose the County Com missioners, but one of whom resides in tow n (assuming that that residence makes him familiar with the interests of the people) and "Liniment" himself. [Wo regret exceedingly that we are unable to publish the above in full, this week. Want of sufficient time is our ex cuse Look for it next week.?Ed.] Orphan Home or South Carolina. ?Having received many cordial appeals to locate the Orphan Home in various sections of the State, and being anxious to establish it where it will be substantial ly appreciated, 1 have concluded to so licit propositions for its location. Application must be sent to my ad dress, stating particulars. Persons having the supervision of des titute children are now .requested to inakc application for their reception in the Home Applicant must give full partic ulars. Address, R. C. Oliver, Agent Orphan Home, Spartanburg C. H., S. C. N. B.?Papers friendly to this enter prise please copy three times. Beverly Nash, the colored Seuator from Ricbiand County, is credited with ihe following characteristic saying: "The Republican party must be sustained, if it costs the life of every so-called land owner in the country." Sullivan's Irland.?The amount of improvement ami building going On at our delightful home watering place is greater than at any period since the War; after which it presented a very unsightly appearance, caused by tho removal of numbers of houses to make way for the Confederate defences. Besides the new houses already up, many more are being constructed, some of them being Verj nccr completion, while others are being pushed forward to be in time for occupation in the present season. Families arc moving down every day?their exodus from tho city being accelerated by the Waflfi weather which has como upon us in enrn est.?Charleston Courier. Titfl Advantages of Advertising.? The great millionare Stephen Girard, who rose to wealth from a poof penniless boy, believed In advertising. He said: I have always considered advertising liberally nnd long to be the great medium of suc cess in business and a prelude to wealth. And I have made it an invariable rule to advertise in the dullest time, long expe rience having taught me that money thus spent is (veil laid out; as, by keeping my business continually beforo the public, it has secured me many soles I would other wise have loot. To Expel Mosquitoes.?It is said that a room may be rid of mosquitoes by taking a piece of gum camphor about one-third the size of a hen's egg, and evaporate it by placing it in ajtin vessel, holding it over a lamp or candle, taking care that it does not ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room and expel the mosquitoes. Ku-Klux arrests in Union County continue. About sixty citizens have been arrested in three days. The whooping cough is prevailing in Sumter, and has proved fatal in a good many cases. Mr. Jam&s Gordon Bennett, the found er of the New York Herald, died at his residence, near New York City, on Satur day afternoon the 1st instant. Infantile conversation: Jack?"Now I'll he papa, going to fix th? furnace!" Sallic?"Oh, yes! nnd I'll be tho new nurse, nnd you must kiss me behind the cellar door?" The National Republican Convention met on the (>ih instant, in Philadelphia, and renominated U. S. Grant for Presi dent and- Senator Wilson, of Massachu setts, for Viee-PresidcHt. A pale on the 3d, destroyed the Beau fort depot of the Port Royal Railroad. The materials are all saved, and Chief Engineer Gage is superintending the reconstruction of the edifice. The Star says Marion has ninety-seven candidates for Clerk of the Court; one hundred and seventeen for Sheriff; forty for Probate Judge; and four hundred nnd forty-one for scats in the Legislature. All the rest of the voters are candidates for the office of County Commissioner. At an extra meeting of tho "Independ ent Elliott Hook nnd Ladder Company" held this lGth of June 1872, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted. Resolved, That to the kind zeal, the untiring exertion, the tasteful arrange ment and skillful mnnngen.cQt of tho fair ladies of Orangoburg, wo attribute the great success of the fair, lately held for the benefit of this Company. Resolved, That to the ladies grati tude is due, and is hereby heartily tender ed, and that in expressing them our thanks, wo acknowledge indebtedness to tho dear little ladies, whoso energy in disposing of their floral offerings contrib uted so much to our benefit. Resolved, That the thanks of the Company arc due and are hereby tondcred to tho gentlemen who so kindly added to the other attractions of the fair, their musical taste nnd skill. GEORGE S. SHIRER. E. J. OLIVEROS, F. DcMARS, W. J. DeTREVILLE, Committee. South Carolina R. R. MAIL AND r.VRSKXOER TRAIN. Leave Columbia nt 7.40 a m Arrive at Charleston at - - 3.20 pm Ivcav? Charleston at 8.20 a m Arrive at Columbia at - - - 4.05 p m NIOJITEXraESS, PRBIORT AND ACCOMMODATION TiiAiN, (Sundays excepted.) Leave Columbia at 6.50 p m Arrive at Charleston ?U - - 6.55 am Leave Charleston at 8.20 p m Arrive at Columbia at - - 6.40 a m Camdcn Accommodation Train will coatinu? to run to Columbia aa formerly?Mondays, Wednesday* and Saturdays. ' A. L. TYLER. Vicc-Frc*ident. S. R. Pickens, ti'cneral Ticket Agent. coMaiiEmciAr,. ORANOEBURCJ COTTON* MARKET. Cotton.?.Sale* for the treek ending June 18, about 0 bale*. Ordinary 2lc J low middling 22Jc} middling 23. Charleston, 6. C. June 18.?Do mand for cotton dull. No sales. Rice market 81. Gold 118@ll4 New York, June 18??Cotton litre)/ 201. Gold 14, New O ri.e a Kb, Juno 18.?-Cotton dull} middling 25i Prices ?urretit. PREPARED FOR THE TIMES. [CORRECTED WEEKLY.] Cotton : : : lb 23 ? 21 Bacon Hams : lb 16 @ 00 " Side* : 10 ? 12 Lard : : : : " 14 @ 15 Corn : : : bu 00 @1 00 Peas : : : : " (3> 1 25 Oat* : : : : " 75 @l 00 Flour : cwt 6 60 ?6 50 Fodder : : " 1 25 @1 50 Rough Rice : : n 1 53 ?0 00 Butter : : lb 25 ? 60 Egg* : : : : dot 16. Turkeys : : : pr 2 00 (5:2 50 Geese : : : " 1 00 @i ?6 Chickens : u 20 @ 25 Bees Wax : : lb 16 ? 20 Beef : ; " 10 @ 12 Tallow . : ? 10 <3> DR. R. B. HEWITT, 34 wentwohth steet. CHARLESTON, S. C. Can be consulted on the following diseases, und dikease* of a kindred nature, free of charge and in strict confidence. Charges moderate, and within the reach of all. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. RHEUMATISM and XEURXLGIX. In all arthritic complaints,a an rheumatism, Srout, neitrul*ta, etc., this practice is almost pcr oct. Tliu most intense pains are almost in stantly relieved?enormous swellings are re duced?limbs wl ich have been contracted and .-tit] fur year* are relaxed. Coses of twenty, thirty and forty years' standing have beencureu by me, lifter af 1 other means have fail cd. . A great accomplishment it my triumph over paiu, by which I can often, in a few momenta, too the und '-any oil'the most excrtitiating suff ering*. If thii system did nothing more than to re lieve pain, it would stand superior to any other system extant. Stoppcd-up Head, It tinning of the Nose, constant hawking and spitting, constant Blowing of the N i w?c. Thousand* suffer fmm that most nnnoviug disagreeable complaint ? t'atarrh, without knowing what it is. Often the secreted mucous flowing down the throat clogs up the lung* and lays the founda tion fnr consumption. The must skidfnl physicians fail to mrc it. 1 cure any case "f oti*ttuclioii?stopped tip head?discharges of greenish, thick, thin or glairy mucous from the nose, internal or exter nal?pain or fullness between the eyes?con stant blowing of the nose?inflammation of the nasal pnssages,?idecration of schucideriun membrane, etc., in the coumo of a few days. DEAFNESS. Nervous Deafness, Noinea in the Head, Otor rhoca?Otitis (discharge from Ear), Paralysis of Auditory Nerve. I aai daily treating all aOections of the car with the most gratifying rosuHs. Somo who had paid aurista nearly $1,000 without benefit, have been cured by me in a few week* at mod erate expense. mercurial diseases. Mercury, injudiciously used, hits filled the earth with wrecks of humanity. Thousand* sutler from its effects who have been uncon Hcously drugged by their physician. Tt is vain to attempt the cure of the majority of diseases while it remains in the body. Although I have heard of several so-called antidotes for mercury in the human body, I have never yet seen a physician who could eliminate it from the svstctn. I can satisfy any patient or physicsan that I can altsolutclv extract mercury, lead, ainc, and other mineral poisons, in cverv case. cancers! Noli-ma-Tungere, Lnpuse, or Wolf Cancer, Scirrhus Cancer?Fongern? Cancer, Rose Cancer?Spider Cancer. 1 make a great si>eclafty in the treatment of every description of cancer and tumors. How many cancers and tumor* are wrong fully treated by certain Charlatan* styling themselves "Cancer Doctors." After being pronounced incurable, I will take any one of these cases in hand, and make a permanent cure. My terms for treating cancers, etc., will be based on the age and condition of the patient, and the positive certainty of cur*. II up Wm. Mattltiessen. FINE CLOTHING ?fc TAILORING HOUSE, No. 291 King 8t Corner Wcntworth, Charleston, s. C. Offers an elegant supply of Spring CLOTHING, for men youths and boys, of New Styles, at moderate prices. Furnishing Goods in great variety. Agent for the Clbs. Stiur Shirts. Tailoring Department supplied with a full lino of desirable and seasonable. Cloths, Cassimerca and Vesting*, whick will be made up to order in fine style. apr 10-3mos.