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U'ifi ?\ /.Jill v "On >ye moyh . iNDtsBOLUBiiV .vikm; God and nature bid tffati same." 0 2 PiSR ANNUM, > "Tout, i .Tirr. ii >c.!TT?lfjf ?it .XtMW H IN ADVANCE. hi .i:- ? : , . ;..t._, -:h?i?i;? r^m-l1* '-T ORA?GEB?RG, SOUTH CAROLIN^ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1872. v ' ' * _i_!_:_' '1 t_* * ? ?' I_V'' ' ?f_:_'._?_._,_:_ ^___ . ..... ^-.r0-,; THE ORANGEBURG TIMES x8 published every Wed n-e s d a y, at ORANGEBURG, C IL, SOUTH CAROLINA 1jy FRASTK P. BEARD. Uufts?miTioN rates: ' $2 & year,- in' advance?$1 for six raontbs. JOB PRINTING ,ii\ tiU? all dopaitmcut? neatly executed. Give nab call. & dibble, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, RUSSELL STREET, ;, Orangcburg, S. C. Jas. F. IziA??. , S. DmnxE. moh 0-1 yr To Builders. i '? ? . I tun prepared to fuiuiah SASHES, BLINDS, Doornj Manlcls,nnd every-stylci qf-iiwide work, at the shortest notice, and of liest material, at ' -ItaUimoru rates, at I ding freight. Call in ami eec ca?ilogne. Bork warranted: JOHN A. IIA MILTON, mchl3-lyr Oruugchtirgj S. C. r>. a\r. r.opNi?N;, MERCHANT TAILOR, HAS Removed and is now located on Kussel 1 Street over V. IL W. BriggmanVa Stove, Vhere he ?b prepared (o lit gentlemen with clothed of tho nawest und most approved styles, Satisfaction guarantcd in every instance. I). VV. ROBINSON. July 2;'j872 _21_ DR. T. BERWICK LEG ARE, DENTAL SUR GEOn, Graduate, Baltimore Colleg? Dental Surgery. Off-ee, ATarJkai */,Wr Dues 6Vt>iT of J, A. Hamilton ' Ith 14 FEILSNKR & DANTZLER, i) 3 <] n; t i S t s 9 Orangeburg, S. 0., Oftice over store of Win. Willcok. F. l'iuisxiru. I?. A. Dantzi.kk, D. D. S. moh liJ-Ihuos W. 31 BeTreville, A T T ? H N E Y A T L A W . Oftice lit Court House Square, Orangcburg, S. C. inch 13-lyr C-J&IVTRAL HOTEL, (PLAIN STREET,) COLUMBIA, S. C. Board --- -$2PerDa) ? 2G-3m D. B. CLAYTON, Proprietor. ;j>l^??i?TibN. ~7 ri^IIE partnership hcrctofoic existing he JL tween James M. IIcyward and Krank 1*. Beard, under the firm name of I ley ward & Beard, is this day dissolved by mutual con Kent. AH accounts due the firm must he paid to Frank P. Beard, he having purchased the entire interest in the Orangeburg TIMKS, and having assumed all tite liabilities of the : firm. JAMES S. HEY WARD, FRANK P. REAR!). Orangeburg, S. C, July i'Sj 1872. DR. D. L. BOOZER, ? Surgeon Dentist, Js prepared to execute his professional work in the neatest and most perfect manner. O ffi c o over Duflic ft C b a p in a n Opposite the Columbia Hotel, Cohunhia, H. C. I^OR Temperance Litenture, Squb of Tem perance Badges, Gnotl Templars lladges, Sons of Temperance Bcgalia, Ac. Si nd for price list. Regalia furnished complete, nt less than they can he hoiighl, in .Neu York or Bos ton. Andres?? F. V. BKA HD, Orangeburg, S. C. July 0-tf ? JAMES AH.IiANi dealer in WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY; STER LING SILVER, SFBeTACUO, El'K-VitiASate ana Ka:.cv Goods No. 307 King rtrcct, Churlatvn, ti. 0. 1-UG POETRY. !*i t b.iax Th? Drunkard's Child. BY MOB. FATIKHUUST. ? You nak nie why ho oft, iutliCi1, u , The tears roll down ray check, And think it strange tlfat I should own . A grief 1 dare not speak j But oh, niy solfl in very sad, My brain i? almost wild;1 -? It breaks, my hoart. lotUiink that I Am culled.adjjmkard'a .child, j My playmates ?lmir hie Howj father, Or. pass me by with ?cbrn, Because my dress is ragged, und' ' My shoes arc old und lorn, And if L heed them not, "there goes The drunkard's girl," they cry; *? Oh then, how much I wish that (Jod Would only let me die. You used to love me once, father, And we hud bread to eat; .Mamma ami i were warmly clad; And life seemed very sweet. You never spoke Unkindly then, Or doaU the angry blow ; *Ot faiher dear, tis sad to think That rum hath changed you *o* 1a> not be angry now, father, Because I tell you this, But lot me feel upon my brow, Once more thy loving kiss; And promise me those lips no more, With drink shall be cKtiled, That from a life of want and woe, Thou'lt save thy weeping child. SELECTED ST011Y. HETTY'S TEACHER^ UY MA IfiT OIIAOD IIAIiriHJD. "My patiencci, Hetty!" exclaimed Mrs. Green, lifting her bauds from the mould ing-bouid, as her danghterbur.it into the room, her checks glowing and her byes sparkling with excitement. "Where on rtirtli have you been tew? I could have made a house while you have been doing that arrurt." ''Only think, mother! I've just seen the Shnond girlVj and ibey say that the acad emy is almost finished,1] and that school will commence early in September^" "-Woll; what of it V" ret. rted N r* Green, with a vigorous nourish of the rolling-pin. '?Do you think father will let me go.?'" "Go where?" inquired Mrs. Green, a; she cut deftly from the edge of a pic the .superfluous paste. "Why, to the new school/' "I hope not, for the laud's sttko ! When I was young, gals was brought up to work, an' wa'nt forever a roadiu!, an' drcaniin' away their, time. Howsomcver,. if your father's willin' for ye to go to the 'cademy, I haint nothin' to say agin it; but I shall think it to be the foolishesi piece of business ho ever did yet, aud there you've got my whole mind on it." This was about as much encouragement as Hetty expected from her .mother; and pretty soon hor father entered. He was a thick-pet man, about fifty, whose sinewy frnmo and toil-hnrdoned hands showed that he had been accustom ed to lnl>or from 'his youth up. The upper part of his face betrayed the kindly feel ings that really dwelt beneath his Bome what rough exterior, but there were oer tain lines about the mouth which indi cated that he was, what his wife called " terrible sot in his way." All his hopes, and desires were narrowed down to the boundaries of his farm. It was difficult to perceive where Het ty obtained her strong thirst for know ledge. It certainly \yns not from either parent, neither was it called forth by anything in her homo. Her father's .library consisted of the Biblo, almanac, "Pilgrim's Progress,'' "History of the American Revolution," and an odd vol ume of "Hume's History of England."? Ho took an agricultural paper, but there was little in it. that che care*! to read. I3ut in spite of these disadvantages, Hetty's hungry mind contrived to find food. Thero was scarcely a Pook in tbft f",i j' hborhovjil thfit sho hftd not i*C'?i.iI, tibxl some of them many timefl. Bhe devoured everything that came in her j>vny,histories novels, plays, poetry, nothing camo amiss. . But - we will uow^ return to farmer Green's kitchen. Supper was 'ready and on the table, and very tempting it looked to Mr. Rivers, Mrs. Green's Slimmer b >ardery*w'lio had been out fishing nearly all day. J j > ;-j Mr. Rivers waa a.Youni? man from a neighboring city, quiet and unobtrusive in bis manors ; saying little but that fitjiel ney crfailmg to fiuti its way to tfioIicartjo'r un derstanding, whichever he nddresssd. He was a genqrol fiivbri.to in the family. Mrs. Green liked him because he was out much of the tipio in the fields and woods, and not "cohtiuncrly under her feet, as mos' board, era. was." Her husband, who had been sadly .troubled by the iiuinisitivcness>.of most of their city poartfers, liked him because ho was n quiet, sensible fellow, "an', not forever pestering a body with silly questions. It is not .so easy telling why Hetty liked him. Perhaps it was tho smile, that made hit-- far from regular features look almost hnndsj'oir.e, or it might have been the small library lie brought-with him, and to which Ue gave her free nc cess, (o her uiiHisguisect dclighL Alter supper Hetty assisted her mother Iii clearing the table and 'washing the dishes. Then Ton; cnYnc in with the foam ing milk-pails, and Mis. Green bore them away to the milkroom, leaving Het ty alone with her father. Mr. Green was in his favorite scat by tho'open door, smoking ; and Hetty could see, by the expression of placid enjoy ment that. was stealing over his face, hat it was tho most favorable dpportuni tyibr.brqnhin'r tbjj subieet_of which her licart was full. So she took her chair and drew it close to bis. * Mr. Green was a .man ot few words, and hot very demonstrative in manner, so lie merely patted the head and pinched the rosy cheek that was laid against his shoulder, and smoked ori in silence. "School is going to commence in the academy, in September, father." "So I heard," said the old man. shift ingonc leg uneasily from over the other, for he surmised what was coming. "Can I go?" Mr. fjirucii sceiiico 16 be in no hurry aboni replying; I/o .."as deliberate in all hisihovemems, and purled a'woy athis pipe in silence, though evidently revolving the subject in his mind. "Father, dear father, do say that I may." "No, Ilcltfy ; I've been thinkiu' the jjttfttter over, and I've decided that it alii'i, best. You mustn't think, daughter, that it's' cause I grudge ye the time or cxjjen.se, tho' neither time nor money was given us to throw away foolishly. But that ain't tho pint.. It seems to me that the more you go to school, tho more you want to go, that there's no end to't. I always thought that you went to the district school longer than there was any need on ; but yon was bewitched to go, so 1 said uoIhm' tejjhhidcr ye. When you said you wasn't goin' no more, cause ye knew more 'n the teachers did, I thought to besurc, you'd be satisfied; but you wasn,t When that d&iidy?cd-looking chap went around givin' hothin' would do but he must conio here. But I couldn't see that you was a bit nioro contented when yo got through than yo wo3 afore." "But, father, 1 haven't learned hardly anything yet, only just enough to find out how little 1 knew." "Then I should say that it was high timo you stopped going' to school, if thats all you'vp larnt," responded tho literal, matter-of-fact farmer, as ho nroso from his seat?"Leastways, I've made up my mind on one p'int?an' you know that it aint easily turned?that if you want any hotter eddecation than you've got' you'll have to 'urn it.'' I Hetty came out upon the portico and loaned her head against one of the pillars. It was growing dusk, ami her eyes were so blinded by tears that she did not per ceivc Mr. Rivers, who was standing near by, mending his (ishing-laclc, and who had beeii att unwilling Lisbt* ii to what had passed botwecn Hetty and her father. His dark, expressive eyes were foil of sympathy, and compassion, as they rested upon that bowed head. , "Miss Hetty." , ^ Hetty Btarted, dashing tile tcrtfa from her. Hushed cheeks, for she felt half-asha med that he should find her thus.' "i am sorry for your disappointment^-11 no one could sympathize more with your laudable desire to obtain an education than I do. But.you,must remember the oldIsaybjg, 'Whore there's a' will, there's ft; tray.' I'nifar. from considering your oase beyond? . remedy. How should you like rdo for your* teacher, iu lieu of rt better?" "You, Mr. Rivers ?" ? "Yes! I've been thinking, for Home fime, that I ought to review the English tranches, and it will bo muoh pleasanter to "do so with a companion. So, if you are agreed, I will send for my books to morrow." "Are you really in earnest, Mr. Rivers? "Certainly 1 am," replied Mr. Rivers, looking down smilingly into the spark ling eyes that were lifted to bis. "But I warn you not to expect an easy time of it I shall be a severe master* I assure you." The next night the boohs came, to Hetty's great delight. They looked sus piciously now, winch did not escape her notice, thoug'i she refrained from mak ing any comment upon it. Mr. Rivers was nearly as good as his word?he was a strict,-if not severe, mas ter, never allowing his pupil to pass over a subject or lesson Until it Was thorough ly learned and understood. .. Aud Hetty s ambition and .progress more than equalled his expectation. In deed, he was obliged to clieck the former, .ofttu insisting on her closing her books ibr tue day, in the face of her earnest en treaties to be allowed to oh. As ibr Hetty, she was like one introdu ced into a new and delightful world; for the first time she seemed t? live. Even more than her lessons, she enjoyed the lonely rambles she took with her^teaeher after they were. over. Mr. Rivers was one of those rare men who have the faculty of conveying ins truction in familiar conversation, without any apparent design or effort, As varied as were h's acquirements, he \yna better read in the "JJook of Nature" than in any oiaer. And Hetty was surprised to learn, as tlio Cid from his lips, how much there was t ) interest and instruct in ob jects so 'familiar to her from her earliest recollection, ?s to bo considered hardly worthy of notice. At first Mrs. ^Qreeu looked far from approvingly upon this armngement; but a ;litt'.c judicious management,on the part of Mr. Rivers, soon set matters,right. Then again she was top shrewd, iti mat ? ers pertaining to her pecuniary interest, to risk offending a boarder so profitable as Mr. Rivers. So, with the <ago reflec tion, "that if he was a mind to throw his time and money away, it was uono of her business," she turned hor attention to affairs, in her estimation, of far more im portance. Hetty was careful to give her mother no just cause for complaint. 8ho was up early ; in,.tlio jnorwingr?performing tho duties assigned her with a celerity that wrung from Mri. Green tho com mendation, "that if ?ho would onl) work so all tho time, what a heap sho'd be to her?" Contrary to his intentions, when he caiiie, Mr. Rivers remained through all the pleasant autumn diys, until tho sharp north wind, that whistled through the loa?ess trees, heralded tho approach of winter?scarcely acknowledging to himself how dear had becomo the task that be had undertaken from the most disinterested motives. Hut one day there came a letter, summoning hint away so suddenly that Hetty had scarcely time to realize the nature and extent of her lo.cs, when he was gone. A few days after, Mr. Maltby, tho principal of the academy, called upon Hetty, olfering hor the situation of teach er in the "primary department" of his school. The salary was small, but she bed ainpb- time and GUjKirt?hiry f? pi-ui-e cuto her studies in higher branches, and 1 it was very gladly accepted. _?? .--;i it-1 1 ? ?>???'-.' '-1??-?'_ ? It wi8 not until Home weeks ttftcr, that Hetty learned. that she owed tliis oppor tunity to the kindly offices of Mr. itivers, who Was a personal friend of Mr. Maltby. Mr. Rivers had told Hetty-that he would write ?6 her'; exacting a promise from her that slio ttotild ? reply. ? In tll? couito of a fortnight the" eagerly-expected letter came. This waVs the . commence/ ment of a pleasant correspondence of some months. There was nothing npproaciiiiig to sen timent in Mr. Rivers' letters?he invaria bly addressed her as 'My Dear Pupil;'' but there was not tt line in them but what showed the deep interest he took in her welfare aid improvement. He not only marked out a course of reading for her, but sent her, from time to timo, such of the new books that appeared, as he thought would be useful rifid Interest ing. As for Hetty, she wrote to hhn as she would to a fi'ifcf.d, older and wiser than herself, who-c goodness and many acts of kindness had called forth the gratitude and reverence of her sympathetic, enthu siastic nature. Hetty '.vas very successful in her school not only shewing.a peculiar fitness for her vocation, hut making progress in bed own studies; so, at the close of the year, one of the teachers leaving, she was offered her place, together with a salary that fnr exceeded her most ambitious hopes. There are some persona whose minds are open to but one consideration; What will it pay; in mere dollars and cents? To test this, cVcry mental and physical effort ia subjected, to be derided, or ap proved, as it obtains,.or fails to obtain, what tltcy consider to-be "tho ono thing needful." And even Mr. and Mrs. Green began to acknowledge that there was some good to be obtained from books, when' they found that the dauhter, whose "bdokisllncsa" they had so lamented, could earn more in one mouth than their broad-shouldered, hardlisted sou in. three, and who, ccitainly, had occasioned them ? no uneasiness in that respect. . With Hetty's increased salary came tho opportunity for the fulfilment of a purpose that had often in her thoughts. She knew nothing of Mr. Rivers' outward circumstances; but had inferred him to be far from w ealthy. S'o, in her next let ter, she delicately hinted her ability and desire to zepajfj the obligations, under which ho had placed her, "so far as money would allow her to do so." ToJletty's great relief, Mr. Rivers' re ply indicated no oftence at this proposi tion; but it was somewhat ambiguous. He^ owned "that he had looked forward to a certain Compensation ; but of its nature and extent he would say nothing until he saw her, as he hoped to do in a few weeks at her own home. Possibly it might be more than she would feel able or willing to give." Hetty puzzled her brain a good deal over these words. There was no ques tion txi to her willingness-/ sho thought, and that it might not exceed her ability, she began to economize in every possible way/ Owing" Co' various untoward circum stances, it was spring before Mr.-Rivers redeerhed his. promise. It was eighteen months since .hey parted, and Mr. Rivers was both sur prised and delighted at the change that they had wrought. Tho pretty, intelli gent girl had ripened into tho lovoly ami nccorrrplisftcd woman ; but it did not take him long to ascertain that to him, at least she was the same frank, waim hearteU Het ty of old. "Now abottt tho compensation you spoke of," said Mr. Rivers, after a long conversation, touching matters of "inter est to them both." "I have saved nearly the whole of any salary. I only wish it was more?" "But I'm not in need of money. It is uot your salary that! want, Hetty." Hetty raised her eyes inquiringly to Mr. Rivers' face; but there was some thing there that made them suddenly droop, and the voice slightly uuoteady, that said: "What then ?'* lift VJ *v ***tiv "'"^J? M "You " The bloodsuddenly, receded, from thd fuce, and tlica rushed back, crimsoni ig even tho temples; but : the tones wero clear and unfaltering that r?pii&i: "All thiit I om, Un itia^lt?jie to be, I owe to you ; let it lie so then." %:. , Still -Mr. .Rivers hesitated, he was too OTWBWJ tylit*H*f W&WJag?\>0fl. what might be merely; the grateful impulse of themomenti >f .iwt^tal "IWyo?rha?rtrjp wlitt'iV^h Het ty, raise;i^$kff$ !?$P&>,B$? al,8wcr me* U : f MO 1< >l l [ 1 Hetty raised^er^clcftT^mttilftrt eyes serenely tblHetfloVer's^aofe. . ?My.whoIe|heorM',y^ji0.{ ? And so it came',t6 pass that Mr. Maltby lost Iri^teacKer/ iLouu were tho lamen tations amppgst Hottyjs scholars. AVhcii Mr. Rivers' passco: through the room1 where they,satfliau'yigiahiccsl. >f indigna tion were directed/towards the audacious man who had come^tQ.JC?b.thcm of their dear teacher. 1 .,, But they were somewhat^mollified by the liberal present bestowed 1 Upon ? them by Mr." Rivers on the. day pf Jiis^ mar-i^ rjage, which . occurred just ,two weeks from the ?boVo conversation. And this ><ras how Hetty paUL-ibr her schooliug. ^ w ;n . , Origin of Tln^d Papw," " >v S \uw v\ .A m\ V More .novelties are the result .of acci dont than is generally supposed. Tho origin of bluo-tintod paper came about by a mere-slip of; the,. hand./ij-jWilliam East, an English ^aper-malfpr, oo$2t?p?it a time set his men to work, ^and^ went away on busine.-rs. While'tlip men were at dinner JMrs. East accident ly lot a blue-bag fall into 6nc of the* vats'of pulp. Alarmed at ihe 'occurcnee, she deter mined to say .nothing about it. Great was the astonishment of the workmen when they saw the peculiar color of the paper, and great the anger of Mr: East when he returned and found that a whole vat of. pplp had been spoiled. - After giv ing the paper, inu.de froma^yni^ihouse rpom for four years* Mr. East sent it up to his agent in London to be.sold "for I what it would fetch." "For what*it will ?etch!" said the agent, ndsurtderskanding tho meaning; "well, it certainly is */, novelty, but ho must not cKoeptfooraucn." So he sold the whole at a cpnsidcrablo advance upon the market price, and wrote to the mills for as much more ns he could get. The surprise of Mr. East may bo imagined^-'^IF^lft?tVnled1 to' toll his wife, who .founqV.T'duragO'tO! confess her share in tho Iori u ua1.1> accident, and to claim a rewad,?wh.i<:h.8ji^,|^ecei.yc(J in tho shape of a now clo?k. Mr. East kept his secret, and for a short time supplied the market with the nbvel' tint, until tber demand far .exceeded the1 supply; >aud other makers, discovering i? tkoV means used, competed with him. ??.?-...f y-f^r'r-.- ?i HOW TO Sl'END EvKNlNUS.'--\Vher* Amos Lawrcnco first came fo Boston, ho hoarded with- a large number of young men who wero clerks',' liko himself, or learning a trade. He 'was eager to ac q lire knowledge and to form good habits which might fit him to bpcomo a; suc^eas ful merchant. He tried hard to persuade other young men to spend their evenings at homo reading, and other way* for mutual improvement.' But most of tfccflr declined, sayiug'that they worked through the day and needed recreation. They preferred to go to places, ojj.amusement 0 concerts, balls and theatres. Mr. Lawrence, in later life, when giving good advice to one of his sons, referred to the history of these young men. They had every one become bankrupt in! for. tu no, nud most of them had . also been wrecked iif character. These who spent tho evenings at homo, had prospered and lived useful lives, Bomolof them 'attained high distinction: He said to another friend: " It is on account of much leisuro that so many fine youths are,, ruined in this town.'' -? -? i. ,?? ? - - A Sta T?m^ccaa^i Ccttv*alb>n will beheld at Wnxahaehio, Kfexftlj August,