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THE 0RANGEBU11G TIMES. Orangeborg, S. C, July 431 1872. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY. ? To change Contract Advertisement*;: notice must ho given before Monday noon. * ? -'Ourfriciids. wishing to have advertisements .Juuerted in tho TIMES, must hand them in by Tuc?duy morning, 1U o'clock. ~Al)VKl!'rtSKAt KNTS "will hc~lnscr"t?Ut the r:ito of one doMnr and a half per pqtinrc -oiftir the first ?msertinn/and one dollar per square f jr each subsequent insert -Urn. Liberal terms made with those who do*irc '46' advertise foi' three, six or twelve month*. B?- Marriage notices and-Obituaries ehar ;gcd for at advertising rate.*. ?'' ? ^ammifssssis essest1 ss?js?ssspss? ITcmt'Olovlli, ttll Le'gal Ad (;! Toi'.t iscniont.s, oi' Ooimtv TiYtcrosr, "\vlieti>?i; notices oi^otliers, Avill bo publisdi eri for tlie bone-lit ol^otir reaclevs Aylietliev tliey are .paid lor or not . FOR PRESIDENT: HORACE GREELEY, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT: !B. TrRATZ B?; OF MISSOURI. * S - ||- . m * -\ I ??mi ? v We want a govern-, ment without corrujjiion; >cc Congress with ou t price; und a, Judiciary without politics. " ? 11 GllA TZ BROWN, l. The Situation. '""The Svholc art of government consists an the art of being honest." Actuated by tlio spirit of the above remark of Thomas Jeiferson, wc propose to any ufjw "words this morning upon the situation in such a plain and simple style that the most ignorant may understand, in doing so wc shall avoid all attempts nt beauty, and indulge in no rhetorical ?llourishcs, but use nothing hut plain Eng lish, and call everything by its right name. < Equivocation and political trickery wc aibhor, and what wc say, be it of any value or not, will be our honest convic tions. In all Democratic or popular govern ments every man is invested with a sacred privilege, the right to vote. It is indeed a responsible trust, and one which should be exercised under a deep sense of our ?obligation to our God and our country.. It is therefore criminal to deal with it caitjleajy, or to use iL for any thing but the public good. As important elections arc approaching, the question then arises, how shall we be guided in the exercise of of this right? We answer, by the honest convictions of our hearts, after gaining 4ilJ the information we can, through the faculties with which the Almighty has endowed us. But it may be .said our con clusions arc thus formed, but we find noth ing in the political world to coincide with our ideal of right. This may bo very true. Although Washington warned his couutrymcu against the evils of party this spirit has taken bold upon the popu lar mind, and carries everything like a tornado before it. Men arc no longer se lected to ofiico from individual merit, but from party influence or policy. Hut however evil this may be, it cannot now lie successfully resisted, and we are tbere ibrc necessarily brought to the next con sideration, which is party. , When wo look on this subject* wo find two great opposing parties in flic United Htates?the Democratic and the JJepub lican; The next question is, what is the meaning or creed of each of these par ties ? ' Wo answer that lexicographically, they both mean the same thing?popu lar government: 1'rnotically or politically, however, there is a difference. Now its to differ ences which arc past and settled, it does not come within our present scope to recur, as wc aro dealing with living and present and not dead issues. * Practical ly, Democracy means freedom in its broudest sense. It means freedom of individuals and freedom of States.. Re publicanism means freedom of individuals but centralization or consolidation, which leads inevitably to an encroachment upon the liberty of the States. If you think that liberty is in no peril, by tho general governmentlieing permitted at pleasure to interfere with the local governments, then you are a Republican. If, however, you think that the cause of liberty would be best advanced by constitutional limits being placed lipon'the general govern ment, and by each Stale being indepen dent in its local concerns, then you arc a Democrat. As to ourselves, wc think that it is es sential, to perfect free I an, that not only every man, but every State should be free. Space forbids our deducing instances of the evil of placing no check upon the general government. Common sense shows bow easy it would be, if any sectional hate or prejudice should arise between the States, as at present, for tho representatives of the majority of the States in Congress to combine and legis. ;lato against? the few, against whom they arc prejudiced. It is well known that Z. P>. Vance of North Carolina, although.the undoubted choice of the people of his State, was refus ed his seat in the Federal Senate. Hear too the words'of the Repulican Judge Thomas in our own State, who was lifting his utmost to carry out tho law, and bring the Ku-Klux to trial. Referring to the United States soldiers, ho says "They rode down the law, organized a military campaign against a peaceable, and de fenceless people, und turned this temple of Justice into a farce." But you may say that the case is now ditlbront. Both candidates foe the Pres idency arc Republicans, and as Demo crats wc cannot conscienciously vote for either. Wc say to you remember the words of Urccley, "It elected I shah he the President not of a party, but of the whole people." Ponder well; act for yourselves, and then abide honestly by your decision. With us, we c?n.CUi in the sentiment of Call Schurz, that "Party should not be the supreme arbiter of our sense ol* duty, or stand in the way of the public good.'! The public good now requires cxtaordi nary efforts. As t.o said in mir last issue, there is nuf^iue to talk about parties. Save tho country, and then we can attend to these things. A. ml what do we mean by this? Do we mean to revive slavery, or to make any political distinction be tween men on account of race or color? Do we mean to play the hypocrite, and say one thing, while wo mean an oilier? Nev er ! Slavery is gone, and with it wo hope all of its attendant evils are forever buri cd; and wo would never restore it if'weliad the power of tho Almighty himself. And w hen we vote for Grcclcy, we do it with out any reservation, and honestly intend to cany out the platform upon which ho is nominated. And further, we do not wish the good work to stop here. We mean that when the heat of the political campaign is over, and good government is restored, we should as thinking men, talk calmly over party* matters, which are trivial in comparison with the public weal, in the hope, that tho doubting, if there be any. may be convinced ; that nil past antagonisms may be destroyed, ami all party differences may be reconciled ; that the work of reconciliation iunnguratcd lit Cincinnati, may he consummated, ami perpetuated ; nriil tliat every lover of good government may rally under the hanner of pence and liberty, which is unfurled* Slmrao on Judge Orr. Capt Wm, J). Eving, who recently Ii med attentively to one of Judge Orr's speeches, filled as usual witl/'unfair argu ments, and m?j.btroua propositions," dial lcnged him- to n public discussion at Anderson Court House. Judgo Orr who wixb required to answer through the An derson Intelligencer, squarely bucked out. Connect tins with Col Hnync's recent let ter, and we think the said Judge ought to feel rather small. The Orangeburg Nkws publishes an extract from the LondoitTiMi??, in which that paper expresses tho wish that Grant may be the next President of tho United Sftii tcs. Tho Nocvs then asks the ques tion, "What have tho Gieeley-Ltos to say of it V" This Greeley-ite answers thiit tho wish .is very natural. Kit gnu id wants the United States to bo a weak government* and she knows that this wish will be gratified by the election of Grunt, for she backed him out once, and she ex pects to do it ?again ; but, it Horace Grcc loy is elected, she fears front his past record, that lie can't be fooled with. The same paper in the first part of its Editorial column says; "There is no Deinoreatic party in this State," but be fore going much further, evidently for getting its former sentence, thus contra dicts itself: "The Democracy however .will stick to him (Grcclcy) through this eoinpalgu.'" ?-p" ? ? ? CitiosTint, S. ('., July 25, 1872. We jumped on the train at Orange burg at ?? A.. M. on yesterday morn ing. Met G. W. P. Oliver Hewitt,. Bros. Turner and Felder, of Hope Di vision ; Bros. Patrick and Rice, of Friendship Division; Brd. Stcadirnn, of Baekville Division, on thoir way to the meeting of the Grand Division. Ar rived in Columbia at ??. Here we met several of our old friends on their way to Chester, Took the 1?'U> train for Ches ter. Had a line time. The heat was excessive. Awiv-ed at Chester at -1:2-3? were met at the depot by some, fifteen or twenty 'members of Chester Divwion.?^ , The delegates are stopping at Nicholson's. Hotel, whore they are having a line time. The Grand Division mot hist evoninjj at 8 o'clock, in the Hull of Chester Di I'yish).n, (Mund Worthy Patriarch Hewitt presiding. Owing to the ?iieJt tha?t we bad been up ?U of 0:0 previous night, we were unable, on account of fatigue, to at tend the session last night: The morn ing session continences at <'3 o'clock this morning. There is to be an immense barbecue and speech-making here, to-morrow.? The town is full of st wingers, and they ?are all complaining of tlic "excessively warm weather. 13. Hot Weather" Hogs and Filth. Miesaus. EniToits-: There is every cle ment existing in our town, in the line of death-dealing agencies, to encourage the grave-digger and the undertaker. The streets arc in a most disgusting, hi thy state,- weeds are rank and plentiful. Hog holes are exposed to the rays of a torrid sun, and a/e stirred by our "c'ty scaven gers," (the bogs,) nil day long. Private yards are shamefully neglected by their occupants; .-inks are open to the sun ,aud hogs and the air aio reeking with pestif erous stencil, as these pet led animals wan der the streits, carrying the breath of disease and corruption, every where. It is remarked by all, thatsucii neglect ami wanton disregard for decency and life, has never been seen before in Oryngc burg; and if a single life is lost from con tagion, let tl.o Council be charged with the responsibility. We would suggest to mothers to caution the nurses of their chil dren to be on the lookout for hogs, as we are notsinle in the belief that some infantg will bo dragged from its carriage ami mangled, if not eaten up. Tho Hoard of Health, of which Dr. Sallby is Chair man, urged Council to have these beasts shut up, for satvc of decency as well as for sanitary' reasons; but both reasons being beneath the notice of that body, they .still run at largo as posts and scour _ CITIZKX. "Hero is the groat Democratic Party to day, with glorious associations clinging to her name and her character and the I whole notion beyond und outside ot' her appealing to her to lay upon the altar of a common eoun'ry ull pas) antagoniuns. We have not com6 hereto organize a movement lor a single State or? single section, but to organize a movement loa the salvation of the whole country."? Address of Hon. M. 1'- O'Cornor to tbo Democratic National Convention at Dal li more. In his admirable address at the open ing of.tho great national Sajngtrfest in St. Louis on Wednesday, Senator Carl Schurz had tho following beautiful pas sago; Music is a language which cannot lie translated in words. Every ono may understand it differently, but every gqn ?iblo^nan understands it correctly for himself. For this language every ono carries, his own -dictionary in his own breast.* In ?each one it calls up difTrcnt thoughts and awakens dillerentsensations, but in all only good. An obscene pic ture, *>r an o*bsocne pioeo of sculpture mny*tuiut our fancy but no one has over yet learned anything bad from music nnd^arniony. A melody may be accom panied by bad words, but ,tho melody itself without the words is innocent. Strip the operas of Offenback of their texfnnd the music may appear mean ingless, but it speaks* nothing evil. Mu sic has exalted many. It has neyer de based any one, neither by it has' any ever been mislead into harm. It may excite the feelings, and even inflame the passions, but only the noble. Music is ,tho nits. It lifts us from vulgar things up to things above us. It is the voice of the unutterable, the color of tlie invisible. Its enjoyment leaves no spot a il<l no regret behind. In its impres sions the purest sensibilities of* men are pifrificd, ?The music festival is therefore tho nob le*!, purest of all tho popular festivals/ 'It has drawn these thousands upon thou sands 'to our decorated city, and into this ball. I fere nobody has (anno for his selfish benefit Here business jcal ousios arc silent. The voice of selfish ness is du in I). The little strife of parties irrthc church and State is here forgot ten. In tho harm .minus commingling 01 sounds which revives the heart ami lifts tho soul above such vulgarity, the difference of the every-dny life battle does not intrude. All that makes us discon tented and Loiter, ami warlike has today iu?k and disappeared in tho ocean of liarmony. What Will You Take? How often tins question 3s nsked by men accustomed to the use of intoxica-i ting drinks. Suppose we put tbc ques tion in :i more practical way ? M ill you take ten cents'worth of poision? Will you take a pain in tho head? Will you take a rusli of blood totlic heart? Will you lake a slab at the lungs? Will you take a blister on tbc mucous iiicinbranc? Will yon take a nauseating sickness of the stomach ? Will you take redness of eyes or black eyes? Will you lake a tint of red lor your nose? Will you take a rum-bud tor your face? Will you take an offensive breath? Will you take a touch of delirium tremens? Supposo wo change the quastion a little. Will you take Something to drink when you are not dry? Will you take something to drin which will not quench thirst when you are dry ? Will you take something to drink which will make you more thirs ty than you were before you drank it ? There would bo some sense in asking a, man out at the elbows to take a coat, or in asking a bareheaded man to take a hat or in asking a shoeless man to take a pai of boots, or in asking a hungry man to take something to cut; but it is a piece of insane absurdity to ask a mall to take something to drink?that which will not quench thirst. Why should bo take something? Will it make him stronger, wiser, better? No; a thousand times no! It, -will make him weaker; it will make him idiotic and base. What does he take if he accepts the invitation? lie takes "an enemy into his mouth which steals away his brains." lie takes a poison into bis stomach which disturbs digestion. Could he make a telescope of the glass w hich he puts to his iiK titb ami look in to the futuic, what would he see? Iii? would see in the distance, not far away, a man clothed in rags, and covered with the blotches of drunkenness, lie would see a man deserted by. his friends, and distrusted by all his kindred. Ho would see a wife with a sad face and a broken heart, and children growing up in igno rance and vice. Ho would see the poor house, the penitentiary, the gallows, and the grave-yard with Cnsy approach. Take tbc pledge and keep it.?[NATIONAL TjEMrKlUXCE ApVOCATK. Application will bo made to the next Legislature of North-Carolina for tho enactment of a local prohibition law allowing the majority of voters in any township to prohibit the salo of intoxi eating liquors n its precincts. Fatal Effect of a Stroke of Lightning.?Wo have been informed by a friend from Cnbarrus, that on Bun day morning last, while Mr. John lu\ dins, with his wife and children, were sitting in his house, he was struck by lightning and instantly killed; his wife near by was also, it is feared, fatally burned. The stroke came down the chimney, and after doing the above men tioned harm, passed through the floor and killed, the wateh-dog and several chickens under the house. Mr. Eddin's children wero in the same room with their parents at the time of ihc accident, one of them was leaning on the knee of the father, and strange to relate, neither it nor any of the others received tlic least injury. A doctor was n't once sent for, but from the latest information he has not yet been able to restore the mother to consciousness. The house was badly torn to pieces, but fortunately not set on fire.?[Charlotte Ouskuvkil Temperance Advocate)?The Tem perance Adv rente, published at Orange burg, S, C, i the only temperance organ now published in South Carolina, ar'-? the members of the various Divisions throughout the State, sbouldstrivehard to sustain it. Every Son of Temperance can help the cause that much more by sub scribing for the paper, and we hope Mr. Be Alt i) [whose acquaintance we had" the pleasure of - terming at tho recent cele bration] succeeded in securing a number of now names for his deservedly popular paper.? [ B a un w bll S enti si: l. It seems from the tore of nearly all the Republican .meeting.*, held recently, that Fi .1. M?sts, Jr., is the favorite candidate of that party for Governor This sounds,like reform in the Radical party for a grand charge on the State Treas? ry.?Green vi 11 o En torprise. The cotton caterpillar hos made its appearance on James Island, Charleston Co. There arc two scpratc broods which use Bcntercd thinly throuph every Held. In 180!>, when the .catturpillars injured the crops seriouslv, fluty did not sbo v | themselves until] Ju'.y lt{. .The present showery weather aekps to the danger of [ the situation, and makes the prospects of the planters cxcedinglp gloomy. The klogruyJi yesterday announced dcutial betting in Wall street, yesterday reported at two to one on Greely. S')mo were also made at one hundred on Horace seventy-five on Useless. Lib ml stock rapidly rising in that great fni:tn cial centre Geneva, July 29.?Tlic Swiss Times of to day, reports that the tribunal of arbitration has decided in favor of America in tbc ease of the privateer Flor ida. Raleigh, July 20.?Onehundred and fifty names of colord voters challenged in one township, in Wake comity, for im proper registration. New York duly 29.?The Excise Law was strictly enforced in Now York and Brooklyn yesterday, and scarcely a liquor saloon could be found open. Mr, Grcoley has engaged quarters for the season at East Hampton, Long Is land. 1 le is. to dclivt r the annual address before the Suffolk County Agricultural Society next week. New York, July 25. Tlibshops of tho I'rio Tonil in Brook lyn have been destroyed by lire, loss half million. Insurance four hundred thou sand dollars. The canvass in Mecklenburg is going bravely on. Mcrrimcn will carry Anson. Comity by an overwhelming majority. The same news comes from Stanley. Tho price of 11 ;?ur is going down with a rush. It was sold in Charlotte on Friday at $3,50 per sack. Grcoley and Brown Clubs are being organized in almost every section ofNorth Carolina. Carl Schurz spoke at Greensboro on the 27th, at Charlotte on tho 20th, at Concord on the 30th, and will speak at Company Shops to day. Two prominent gentlemen of Char- ! lotto, w bileon a visit to Ashoville, N. C, a few weeks ago, were put in jail by the authorities of that town on suspioiou that they came to release the Adair brothel's, recently executed for the murder of the Weaton family, Gov. Cablwell has respited Nat Cabl wnlj, the negro who was conVieted at tho last term of the Superior Court of tho murder of a negro baby, until the ?Uth of August. Ai.PHAiinp of Rules.?Attend wclj tc your business. Re punctual 'in yam* payments. CVnsidcr before you promise. Dare to do right. Envy no man. Faithfully perform your duty. Go not in the path of vice. Have respect for your character. Interest yourself in the cause of charity. Join some religious eocictyr Know thyself through ?Phrenology. Lie not, for any consideration. Make friends among the goodj.-j-p Never profess what you do not' prac tice. :! ; Occupy your time, in usefulness. . Pcstpono nothing that you can do now. Quarrel not with 'your neighbor. Recompense every plan for bis labor. f?ayo something, against. a day of trouble. Treat everybody with kindness* Use yourself to moderation. VilHfy no person's reputation. Watchfully guard against idleness, 'Xamine your conduct daily. , , Yield to superior judgment. Zealously pursue the right path. List of Letters Remainin5 in the Orangcburg P. O. to July 24th, 1672. Amanda T. Bowman. Messrs. Hurtzog ?& llartzog. . Rinnto Havener, Messrs. Knight & Kcct. Elsey Moody. Mrs'M. S. Itowc. , Dora Vanfieid. Dr J. 0. Whetstone. Aleck War'urg. " : Persons calling for the above . letters will please say they :iro advertised. ? F. DoMars. 1?. M. onrn;.\RY. Htwc Bra'n:of:.l aiimnfr died l\ SIJcs ileuce of -Vr. 7/enry V. .Sd'ey on 29 th May 1S72, aged 8 t j'cars, and ? nior.t'i-:. -.-???.4 ~ j_. ?i? ? irnaasTON- bivisfo^ No. 2/1, niccu evcVy -evening, at ll'illrsluit, C ij'M. McXARD,. ]!'. 1\ c()m m l']IvCr a T,. ORANG KHURN CO'i'Tt?N M ARK5IT. Cotton.?No sales for too neck ( tiding Julv 30. Ordinnrv,' 10 cu.tSj low niltldlirig 17!c; hiidiHtiig 1 $?},, C'liAKi . i>;(<x, S. C. July :]?>.? De mand for cotton dull. (W 10, Rice inniket ??. tJold 11;'. Ni:\V Yt-hk, July ;.<?. ? Coit< n dull 21. :Gohl M. New Oi:;.i:.\n.-, July'CO. ? Cotton dull; middling 20. Prices Current. l'K?i'Ai:?;!) roi; tiji: TntJt:y. ? ; [C< UUFXTKI) WEEK I.Y.] Cotton : : : !?* 2J ft. 2S Uacon Hants :. : lb 30 ?v. (u 44 Sides : : * 10 ifo 12 Lard : : : " 14 f?. ' 11 Corn ? : : : : Tin 00 (" 1 00 Pens : : : ? <g r^, . Oats : . : : : 41 7? (? 1 00 Klour : : : : Cwt ? 0(1 (V' (> ?<> Kodfler : : : "1 00 (" 1 S\ Rough Rico : : 41 1 ?"<> nutter : : : : In 25 (v "?0 Kygs : ? " : ? dor. (ft !?? Turkeys : : : pr 2 00 (. 2 AO Geeso : : : : 44 1 00 <? 1 2-"? Chickens : : : 44 20 @ 2? Hees Wax : : : lb' ]? V'.A 20 Bcuf : : 44 10 <7A 12 Tallow ' : " 10 </-) rOFFER A DESIRARLE IiESI I>KNCK !N a thickly populated neighborhood* Good dwelling, necessary nudiuildings, and a i)t\v store fortv net long?on the South Kdisto, two inileu oTNuw Uridgc,Ornngeburgehle. AI>V>, a hit of rnngtng timber and potdnr, in four miles of a good landing, on North VAi* to, 12 miles nbove the village. For Terms, ntlnly to . h, C, STKVKNS, .jnl21-2-tf Orangcbtirg, PL ('. FOR SAI^M. VComplete fett (l?vols.) of C handler's En i-yelopciliu' cntirc/y new. Jl'ill besohl low. .Ippiy at this oflliv. JAMES ALLAN, nR.vi.En ik WATCH KS, (I.ot KS, .JKYYELRY, STEU LINtl SILYEIt, j r Spbotaci.es, Evr.-tti.asm-s ani> Eakcv ({Ooh? No. ;!U7 King street, CliarUrtpn, S. (. 1-20 > izi.a k & i )i: b:hli^ ATTORNEYS AT !a^v, RUSSELL STREET, Orangeburg, S, C. Jas. K. 17i.au. S. Dibulk. luch 0 lyr