Orangeburg times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, January 16, 1873, Image 3
THE OBANGEBURO TIMES.
Ora?gJi1)tffg, 8. 0.r Jan. 16, 1873, &
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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY.
To change Contract Advertisement^ notice
must be given before Monday noon.
Our friends wishing to have advertisement*
inserted in the TIMES, must hand them in by j
Tncaday morning, 10 o'clock.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at
the ralo of one dollar and a htlf per square
for the first insertion, and one dollar per squaro
for each subsequent insertion.
Liberal terms io-??le with those who desire
to advertise "fbr?three","" sis? Hr tWelVe months.""
B??- Marriage notices oral Ofcituaricn ehar
c<l for at advertising rates,,
I-le^i^cefoi'th, t?ll I.ogal Ad
vertisoznents, oX' County
Internst, -whether notices
?t others, -will bo publish
ed for the benefit of our '
readers -whether they are
paid lor-or not.
STATE OFFICERS.
The following U a list of the Stale offi
cers elected to serve forthc next two.
years:, .
Governor?Franklin J. Mose?, Jr.
Licutcnnut-Governor? R i c h a r d H
Glcaves, colored.
Attorney-General?Samuel W. Melton.
Secretary of State?Henry E. Hayuc,
colored.
State Treasurer? Francis L. Cardozo
colored.
Comptrollor-Geucral?S olomon L.
Hogc.
Superintendent of Education?Justus
K. Jillsoo.
Adjutant General?Henry W. Purvis
colored.
Member of Congress at large?R. Ii.
Cain.
Representative from First Congression
al District?Joseph IL Rainey.
Representative from Second Congres
sional District?A]ouzo J. Hausier.
Representative ftoin Third Congrcs
sional District?R. B. Elliott.
Representative from Fourth Congres
sional District?Alex. S. Wallace,
Solicitor for the first Judicial Circuits:
Charles W. Butts.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Senator?James U. Jamison.
Representatives?Samuel L?. Duncan*
John Dix, Henry Riley, J. Felder Meyers,
Abraham Dannclly.
Coroner?John L. Humbert.
Sherifi?Edward I. Cain.
Clerk of Court?George Boliver.
Probate Judge?Augustus B. Knowl
ton. :
School Commissioner?Francis R. Mc
Finlay.
County Commissioners?John Rcbert
son, Edmund T. R. Smoke, Alexander
Brown.
Xapoleou the third tiicd ou the morn
ing of the 0th of this month, at Chisel
hurst, from what appears to have been
a thorough breaking down of his consti
tution. For years he has been a hope
lessly diseased man, and unceasingly op
pressed by the cares of a greatuess which
lie brought upon himself.
How by his indomitable ambition he
forced himself into such prominence be
fore? the world, can never cease to excite
the wonder nud admiration of all read
ers of history. Without possessing any
of tho eminent qualities of greatness, this
muh of no great talent, by taking the
tide of fortune at its flood, with nerve
and diplomacy, has placed himself is a
position which at one time excited tho |
fear nud jealousy of every crowned head
of Europe. In this position ho main
tained himself with such eminent credit]
as caused him at one time to he regarded j
as the man of his country. Yet, was he j
not a talented man, and one probably as
totally wrapped up in self as nny ever
was. He probably did as much for
France as any other one man, yet was he
not a patiiot. He beautified and adorned.,
knocked down and built up Paris, made
(schools of arts, and cultivated the tastes
which most pleased the French people,
as he found them; this for tho greatness
of Napoleon III, but naught has he done
for the greatness of France. Ho ruled
his people with an iron rod, aud tho very
measures he adopted for protection
against enemies ut home, hastened his
downfall when he was assailed by ene
mies from abroad.
From Ihc lifo of this great ordinary
man, this picheln? applicant for ^regai,
honors, one may see to what great neight
of'rcnowi*, it many without any .talent,
save that hiding the opportune mo-(
meat, may attain through a nervotu) am
bition. If'Napoleon po&essad any-great
qualities, they were diplomacy and nerve
Yet the former failed him more than
once, and the failure of both when he was
forced into the war against the Prussian
nlliaf>ccr caused his overthrow and exile.
Napoleou was not a great ruler. Had
he been such, a smash up such as did oc
cur, could .never havjibeifcjleus.9 mUitary
and brave a nation as the Freueh. In
his downfall too, we may rend the pro
gressiveness of the age. By the superior
diplomacy of the new man, Bismarck, the
statesman of our age, and the commun
istic spirit of the present time, Kapolcon
found himself ensnared without and net
ted at home, and the penalty of his am
bition was 1 ho loss of a crown.
There is no doubt that the ill health
of "Napoleon seriously impaired his intel
lect, and bis nerve. Had he been a man
of sound constitution, there is no telling
how long he may have continued to rule
the French. And yet had he not been a
hypocondriac, it is very probable that he
never would have been L'Empcrcur; for
we rend that the basis of his indomitable
ambition, which years of misfortune, ex
ile and jailing could not subdue, was laid
in his faith in a dream or vision, or some
such thing, the result no doubt of a
stomach disordered by a cabbage supper
or such like.
Be this as it may, Napoleon HI, tho
fanatical initiator of his uncle, Napoleon
the Great, has by judicious perseverance,
under much greater trial and with less
capacity than fell to the lot of hU proto
type, attained to the supreme rule of
Franco: and with a downfall as sudden,
has ended his lite in an obscurity scarce
ly less conspicuous.
Communication.
Editor Ornngeburg Times.
Sir: In your last issue of January 9th,
you would seem to imply the fact
that there is gross negligence or care
lessness in my Office, for the simple reason
that several persons have failed to get
their papers regularly. You ask me to
investigate. I have done so. Of the
two gentlemen who complains of not get
ting their papers, viz: Mr. Snell and Dr.
Murray, I find the following, the real
facjs: Mr. Sriell's mail goes into a box
with several others. Your paper was
issued December 18th, 1872. Tho 2oth
being Christmas day, there was no paper
issued from the "Times" office. This ac
counts for one paper, the issue which
should have been published on the 1st
January, 1873, was not sciit from the
"Times" office until the 3d inst., (Friday)
Mr. Snell, it is prnbable, in fact, did send
for his mail Wednesday or Thursday, the
1st and 2nd inst., and as no paper had
been issued then, he did not get it. On
Saturdnv some member of the "club"
took out the mail, and being late when
he got hSrnc it was not delivered immedi
ately. On the following Monday, Mr.
Snell complains of not having received
his paper for three weeks, (from 78th
December, 1872, to January 6th, 1873,
lacks two days of being three weeks. His
paper is now in tho office for this week.
In regard to Dr. Murray's paper, it has
not been sent to this office for several ;
weeks. You saw yourself that it was not j
in tho office yesterday after the papers
weic distributed, so' the fault evident!}
is with your mailing clerk. In conclu
sion I would here state that a great many
persons send by irresponsible parties for
their mail. And if it is not delivered by
them, surely I should not be held respon
sible. It is impossible to please every
body, but whether I have done my duty
as Postmaster, I leave to the public gen
erally, who have business with my office.
Respectfully, F. DeMars.
January 10th, 1873. P. M.
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Polar Waves Explained.
The "Nation" gives an explanation of
what is known as the "November Atmos- j
pheric Wave," or the sudden annual j
change which we call the "cold suap.n
The change itself is the transfer of cold
descending air from the oceans to the
continents; its cause is the ehauge in the
I position of the greatest relative heat.
Tbc suddenness of the change is explain
ed as follows: Descending air is con
stantly increasing in capacity for mois.
turej Tfh'cli causes a steady disappear*
nnceofine clouds, renders haze impos
sible, and thus uncovers the surfaco to
unrest rained md ist ion Into space and
night, and the reverse is true' of ascend
ing air. The proximate cause of overyJ
sudden fall of temperature is said to be
the advent of a group of spqts upon the
sun's disc. Tho direction of this "atmos
pheric wave" is explained as follows:
The cause of the eastward motion of
these scmi-nnmml phenomena, os of nil
other elements of weather in the temper
ate zones, and of the westward movement
'wiebfr the tropic*;: will b? elear only to
those who understand why the water op
posite bur moon masses itself ''in lb a tide.
Just as this water is left behind by the
more rapid movement of the nolid part of
the earth toward the moon (because the
solid part, averaged at the centre, is
naarer the moon,) so the1 air above the
torrid zone is left behind by the more
rapid westerly motion of the solid earth
beneath it, and thus always appears to
be itself moving from the east (trade
wind.) For the atmosphere rotates (by
a force which is known but need not here
be stated) independently of tho earth,
and independently one portion of an etil
er; while the-tnrth must move altogether,
and thus the surface of the torrid zone
moves faster and the temperate /.ones
slower than cither would move if liquid
or independent of its neighbors. The
average velocity of rotation is near lati
tude 80, where oir and earth move at
equal pice. North of this latitude we
may regard our prevailing westerly
winds as (approximately) illustrating a
more natural rate of rotation, while we
arc rotarded by being so near the axis?
approximately merely, for tho enormous
ly superior friction cf solid over gas, com
pels the atmosphere to conform almost
entirely to the velocity of the surface.
All extensive atmospheric phenomena
then, must in the temperate zones move I
from west to cast (unless propagated
back waul, as frequently happens, but
not in relation to this topic) along with
the air in' which they are involved.
Hence a .movement from an ocean to a
continent will always be directed toward
the continent next east of the ocean.
Other causes conspire with the one above
stated, but this is the most, comprehen
sive cause.
The points made against the validity
of the scrip are in brief:
1. That the scrip is a hill of credit
within the meaning of the constitution pf
the United States, because "it is issued
by the "State, upou the credit of the
State, and is "designed to serve, and
would serve, the ordldary purposes of
nwncy."
2. Tit at it violates the constft utton of
the Slate, which expressly provides that
every public debt sbt>l) be created by way
.of loan on bonds of denomination,! not
IciS than fifty dollar*,
.'?. That there has been no considera
tion c nuring to the State, inasmuch as
the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, to relieve the State from ner;
liability upon which the scrip wns norain
ally issued, were never a liability upon
the State, the conditions npon which the
State granted her endorsement not Rav
irsrr lo'cn performed.
This matter of the non-performanco of
the conditions by the Blue Ridge Rail
road Company forms the whole gist of I
the argument' so far as the moral obli
gat ion of the State to indemnify the
scrip-holders, which is the burden of
their song, is concerned. "The ?crip
may be illegal," they soy. It may "have
been issued in violation of the "constitu
tion of. the State and of the United
States, Still we arc bona fide holders
for valuable consideration, and under
faith of an act of tho Assembly of the
State, and ought not therefore in equity
to be allowed to tuffer." It was right
here that the refusal of the Supreme
Court to hear testimony bore particularly
hard.
Up t<> the act of 1871, entitled au act
to promote the consolidation of the
Grevnrille apd Columbia and tho IMue
Ridge Bnilroads, it was impossible to ne
gotiate the guaranteed bonds, except at
par. Such was tho restriction tho State
had placed! on its endorsement. The
consolidation act repealed the condition.'
But the consolidation of the two roads
was never effected, und therefore, as has
been ably argued in the court, this par
ticular act Is null and void. But aside
from this it was the purpose of Attorney.
General Moitou to establish, by testimo
ny, that even prior to the "consolidation
act,"' the Blue Ridge Railroad Com
pauy had hypothecated all, or very near
ly all, of the four million dollars of en
dorsed bonds for an insignificant nom, in
! palpable violation of the agreement with
the State, which wasCTmt they should not
fce dispjatedypf except ft$ par.
AttorncyjiGenerftl MM ton nud Com
>troller )3>x}ge are fighting the scrip] loyal
ly and bravely. SChat tboy may succeed
is the ardent wish of the people1 of tfre
State?Charleston Daily News.
THE FORTUNES OF OUR PRESI
DENTS.
Washington left an estate worth near
ly $300,000.
\ Thi eMf r,A!d?ms left ft fo?derato for
tune at his death.
Jefferson died comparatively poor. If
Congress had not purchased his library
at a price for above Its valuo he tfould
with difficulty have kepe out of bank
ruptcy at the close of his life.
Madison saved his money and was
comparatively rich. The fortune of his
widow was rncreaood by tho purchase pf
his manuscript papers "by Congress for
$30,000. ' ?' "
James Monroe, the sixth President,
died so poor that he was buried at the
expense of his relatives in a cctnetry
between Socbnd and Third streets, near'
the Bowery in Now York city.
John Quincy Adams, left about $50
000, the result of industry, prudence and
a small inheritance. He was methodical
and economical.
Andrew Jackson left a valuable estate
known as the. Hermitage, about twelve
miles from Nashville, Tcnn.
Martin Van Buren died rich. His
estate was estimated at nearly $300.000.
James K. Polk left about $150,000.
James Tyler was a bankrupt when he
became President. He husbanded his
means uhilc in office, aud married a rich
wife, and died wealthy and in worldly
fortune. ?
Millnnl Fillmore is a wealthy man.
Franklin Pierce sav ed $50,000 d unng
his term of service as President.
James Buchanan died a bachelor aud
lcit au estate valued at $200,000.
Abraham Lincoln left about $75,000.
President Grant was poor before the
war. By a careful husbandry of his .'a'.a
ry, and through the generous gifts of
friends before he became President, his
.fortune Is a handsome competence.
It is instructive to observe how persons
have often attempted great things, and,
failing to realize the things attempted,
nave, nevertheless, realized other suc
cesses almost as good and sometimes even
better. Ricnard Arkwright tried to in
vent perpetual motion nod failed, but his
venture* in that direction gare bini an
experience that enabled him to invent
the spinning machine. Frederick Bot
tighcr tried to discover a means of con
verting ba<c metals in'o gold, and, fail
ing in tbat, effected n composition known
as porcelain. The old alchemists bun ted
for the elxirof life and furnished the basis
of chemistry. No honest and earnest effort
is ever lost, even when it fails to accom
plish the object aimed at,
A locust may be heard one-efrtcenth
of a mile; a wren, yet weighing hall an
ounce?and a middling sized man would
be t s heavy as four thousand of them?
could be heard about na farl But if the'
voice of cither bore a proportion to the
mass of matter employed in its produc
tion, a man could be heard one thousand
miles, favored by a brisk wind. On a
vessel at sea, a few years since, when 106
miles from land, we heard distinctly the
thrilling music of a band playing on
shore. There must have been a peculiar
condition of the atmosphere at the time,
while tho broad surface of the sails were
equivalent to a groat external ear to ar
rest and converge the serial undulations.
At the most fashionable dancing par
tics in New York, tbxs winter, the car
pets will be taken up and* tho floors wax
cd. Doctors have declared that the lint
which rises from linen dancing cloths is
very injuries, nud society bas made up
its mind not to breotbe napkins and table
cloths in a generous form any longer.
It was a bright little urchin, who
puzzled his father with this conundrum
"Why is afcwallow like a chimney?" Fa.
ther gave it up of coarse. ** Be
cause it has a crooked flue," answered
hopeful.
Stokes, who killed Jim Fisk, of New
York has been found guilty ot mordor in
the fi!"sf. degree, and fflente&eod to be
hanged on Friday, the 2$th day of Fo
binary. _ _
There is soon to come off, at Black
ville a grand Fancy Ball, of which due
notice will be given.
LOCAL. I
Kirk
faff
Presbyterian Church??Servioes at It A. M.,
?M '4 P. M?Sabbath School at 9} A- M ?
Prayer mee?ng Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Rov. J.T>. A, Brown, Evangelist.
Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal)?*Jer
Ticea on tho 3d and ?th Sabbath of cvorv month
at 11 A. M. and 4 P. II. Babbath BtUl 9)
- MethedUt Church-^enricen at 11 A. M.
and 74 P. M. - Sabbath School at 9 A. M ?
RfT. F. Aald, Pastor.
. Lutheran 0bnrch-f8?bbath School at 9 A.
Dr P. A. Danttler. Superintendent.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
Major?F. H. W. BriMtnana.
' CIerkWE.J. Onrtrca { I* M t r' M
Treasure!?Wm. "WiUcock.
Aidermen?E. ?1J Outero*, 'War.,i Willcock,
Oeo. Bolivsr, A. Martin.
^? I fl^sbtrg 1WI f rjra^apa?t. fJ{
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Northern, Western and Opens. ' Close*.
I iCharleston I /.';:. . 10 A.M. ?:4a'P. If
C?lnmWa ,- i . i t. 12,50 P. If. i P. H.
Office boom CrvmjS A. H. to 6 Ff M. Sundays I
excepted. r^ , ; ;*. ||
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE ?F TRAINS
AT'?RATujEBURG. '
PASSENQfett: ! FBEIG irr.
' TM* TITAIHS.
Down - ... 1Z.06 P.M.
Up-- 2.17 P. M.
jtiarrfTBAr*-B
Dpwn - ?? 11.58 P. M
Up - - ... -2.00 A. M.
DAY Tn.l I SS. '
Down ? - - - 7.oO A. M?.
Up ... . .12.42 A. M.
XiaHTTttArN*.
Down - - . 0.13 P. M
Up - ... - 6.31 A. M
Consignees Per Express.
P. W. Jones, E. Exckicl, A. C. Dukes,
A\. L. Whitman, Moore and Wilson,, T.
?. Hubble, C. D. Blume, W. P. Boznrd,
E. J. Oliveroa, B. 8. Mack, S. Dibble, B.
J. Martin.
Col. Bacon, of Edgefield, is making
effbrti* to establish h race course in the
vicinity of Aiken.
Tho weather during the past week has
been everything that could be desired,
and everybody setnxn to feel its genial
influence.
Rev. Sidi H. Browr.e, of Columbia,
ngent for Columbia Female^Collegc, will
visit Orangcburg next Saturday and Sun
day in the interest of the College.
Great bargains at T. O. Vinci*a. Sei
ling off the entire stock of boots and ahoes
clothing, bat.?, etc, at cost. Call early
and secure bargains.
Daring the last Keek there haa becna
continuous flow of parties towards the ]
Treasurers office, settling up the ex
pense account of running a Radien? State
government.
In spite of the constant press oi enger
tux-payers owing to the tdiort time al
lowed there will bo many unavoidably
delinquint in this county, who suffer un
leva the time be extended.
The finely located lauds of Col. A.
D. Frederick, which were advertised in
the Tim 13 for sale on last Monday were
not sold at that time. The sale was post
poned by special request. Those parties
desiring the best locations within a half
hour's walk of our town had better take
advantage of the pestponcnen*, and call
and s/xiimine these lands.
Our exchanges entertain considerable
hope, 'hat justice will be done the peo
ple of the State, and Judge Melton's writ
of Mandamus against levying a tax to
pay the interest on tbe Blue Ridge
Bonds, be sustained by the Supreme
Court, before whom the case has been
fully argued during the post week.
Wm. Sain & Co. have just got on a
fine lot of horses and mules and the horse
trade is brisk. Mr. Bamberg also has just
got off a fine lot of stock. We only tell
our readers this so as te- let them know
that now ft tho time to let them sup
ply themselves in this line. These gen
tlemen seem to fiuil no difficulty what- ]
ever in getting rid of their stock: bet ra
ther in keeping a supply sufficient to
1 meet the demand. Considering that wo
are almost entirely an agricultural com
munity, this great demand for our chief
motive power, betokens material pros
perity in the field, and a substantial ad*
ditiotf "to onr resources in the next crop.
We hear of several private social en*
given during the past week,
have been the last of the
And New Year's mirth. Bui
'we hone ths>t it foreshadows a more eoci*
JlbloJ^jw^ throughout the year than it
was out lot to experience last year. We
almost feel encouraged to suggest to*
the yotmg people weekly meetings of the
croquet clubs and such, little cultivators
of gaiety and health.
We hear by telegraph that T. H*
Cooke, Esq., a lawyer at this ear,faasV'
been-elected to the bench-of tho-Eigth -
Judicial Circuit of this State. We gtyj?
eerely wish Mr. Cooke success in his new
field, and that hi.s labors in tb? ermine
may reflect credit upon tho Republican
party, to whom he ones ,hia election, and
nfiord to the denizens of the Eight Cir
cuit awe?cya^aQd'eViiberrt office?. tX
The many
ley will be pleased .'.to bear that he has
associated himself with the Rev. James
Douglas at ono of the principals of the
Yorkville Female College.
Dr. D. b well known here. He taught
hero for some time, one or two years ago,
with credit to himself and satisfaction to
bn patrons. He will no doubt prove
himself an acquisition to the Institution
which be has chceenae-ev aew neldy.pasi
ire wish him ?H success.'
2i?
The/South Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Cluireh will con
vene in Greenville, ttrC, January loth.
Bishop E. K. Ames will preside. Tho
South Carolina Railroad will sell ticket:*
to any unc to go and return for one fare
from the 12th to the loth inst. The
Greenville Railroad will return all free
who pay full fare, in going. Tito Char
lotte & Columbia, and Spartanburg Sc
Union Railroads will pass the members
and delegates at half fare.
? - ? ? m* '?
.' Rev; I. IX Durham, has accoptod
the call of the Orangebutg Baptist
Churbh cl^nVtoWnf^lia* 'entered upon
the duties of pastor last Sabbath. Hence
forth our. Baptist friends propose to
have services every week, and we hope
that they will. Dr. Durham will move
with h:s family to Duke's Ho'el in a day
or two.
Court is still in session. La t Th?r?
day afternoon having disposed of criminal
business, his honor Judge Graham ad
journed Court over to Monday afternoon
of this week, when sentences were rend.
But of thirteen indictments six were fount
44 not guilty," and eight icatences read
against the seven guilty ones, one of whon
was found guilty of two offences. Judge
Graham now holds the Common Pleas,
and will probably bo engaged until Sat
urday. ? ^
ORANQKBURG COTTON MARKET
Cotton closed dull at 164 to 18k.
Prices Current.
Bacon IIaius : : lb Vl\ @ \C.
" Sides "11 12$
Lard : " IA ? #
Com : : } : bus 1 00 0
Teai : : : i " 1 0Q ?
Oata : atei r ' : " 1 25 (4
Flour : ' \ cwt & 00 Q,:> 7<>
Fodder : j . j u 1 00 <41 2 5
Rough Rsr? r - " 1 20 ?
Butter : : .: Ib 25 % 50
I%gs : dos 30 (?
Turkeya : : 9* 100 ?2 &>
Gees? : : : " 1 00 <fU 25
Chickens : : : " 20 ($ 30
Beea Wax t * t * 22 (g>
Beef it** 10? 12
Tallow : " 10 ?
WANTED.
A young lady of Oraugoburg? who nas
had several years' practical experience in
teaching, disires arituation in a family or
school. She will also teach music. Beet
of references given. For further infor
mation, apply at fHIS OFFICE.
ZILcAJR <& DIBBLE,
ATTOa^f YS AT LAW,
RUSSELL STREET,
Orangeburg, S. C.
as F. Izi.au. S. Dimu.b.
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