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$2 PER ANNUM, X , . a a Vol. IT (Tri tO\a I ' J-'fc>U"'ft * "On ,tve move ini^ibsoIjTjbly FffcM;' ?i ? * '.? fyli tti ?" TS? i ? tv,;i ..'mit?-* i? *xf ct J n it i tor- '^Vu , \* i>, ,' ? .a\. i/oCi TUE ORANGEBURG TIMES Is published every th?r s D a y, AT OKA NGEBURG, O. H., SOUTH CAROLINA by * ORANGEBURG TIMES COMPANY. Kirk Robinson, Agt. RATES OF ADVERTISING. erACK. 1 In Kcrtion 12 In sertion 24 In sertion 48 In sertion l r>o 3 oo 4 oo 5 oo ?5 50 8 50 1 square, . - 2 Binaren, - 3 squares, - ? 4 square*, - I column, - J column, - I column, - - j 13-00r65 O?j 83, (KM 25 00 0 00 11 00 15 00 18 00 20 50 33 00 10 00 18 00 25 00 80 00 33 00 50 00 12 00 27 00 37 00 45 00 57 00 75 00 tiUDSCRiITlOK ItVTi? $2 a rear, in advance??1 .for .six nonths. JOB PRINTING in it* all depai tments neatly executed. .Give u? a call. ATTORNEY AT LAW WILL PRACTICE IN T?E COURTS OK OR - ANGEIiURG AND BARN WELT;. ; ,. ?? .-j i 7 . ? f t] " ' 1 tgt Office in Court Ilou.se Square. -^U ? Feh, 20..1873 ,1 ? 4t . cuwlam g rave ley. DIItECT IMl'ORTKltS OF HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLE MENTS. H?. <.?'? b ? ? ' " ' - * ? ? "^o. $2,, Jyut Ray,- South of t' e old Post Ollice, Charleston, if. C. AGENT for the pale of the Magnolia Cotton (?in*. At the Fairs heb' at Savannah, Ga. last montli, the "Magnolia" cottou Gin pinned l?Olbstfccd cotton in three minutes and forty five seconds,- taking the omnium, and iilso tbc prise of One Hundred Dnllam oflvrod by tbc Board of Trade for the best GIN. Several have been sold this season which gin a bale an hour. Tlie same gin al?o took the premium at the Cotton Suites Fair at Augusta, last October. Feb. 13, 1S73 51 ly W. J. DeTreville, ATTO R N E Y A T L A W. Ofiicc at Court House Square, Onrgtburg, H. C. . mehl3-lyr FERSNER & DANTZLER, 1 ) IS 1ST rJ? I S T S Orangeburg, ?. Q.t Oflice over- McMaster's Brick Store. F. FjO&CKk! P. A. DAST7L2It, D. D. S eh 12-3.um Kirk Robinson Bjok?, Music'and Stationery, and Fancy . . Articles, A T THE J!XGINE HO USE, ORANGEBURG, C. II., S. C. mcli If IZLAR & DIBBLE, attorneys AT LAW, RUSSELL STREET, Orangeburg, S. C. as. F. IztAn. . S. Dtnni.n. inch 6-Iyr DR. t. BERWICK LEG AR E. dental surgeon, Graduate, Baltimore College Dental Surgery. Office, Market street, Over Store ofj. A. Hamilton i:iE HOME SHUTTLE SEWING, MAG1II1VK, TO REST, Becaase it U perfect in its work Because it ban tbc endorsement of ho many ladies who use it; because it in simple, and because it can bp bought complete on table for only $?7,00. -?!0V JOHN A. HAMILTON. Agent for II. S. S. Machine, march fl, 1873 1 3 tf .Tk?V-EL] _l_? ,? .'il_iL_ ,V.I .Ti .K A?*.?.T'f >'^i?.'- w .'?uftvrrr i rrU.? SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. ! Hi-i-i?^ J Ai vi ,u>i i-i 1 Charleston, S. C, Mny 19,1872;* t* On and after SUNDAY, May 19, the passenger trains on the South Carolina jRhilroaa wiH ruh as. follows: \ ',*,, roW'AUGUSTA. ?*! LeaveCharleston: * - - :. . *\\ 9:30a'm Arrive at Augusta - - H 5:20 p m ...??? 11? " liyn i fai iwittOW laW FOji. fcOLUJLBIA.. -, ill ,r< - ? Leave Charleston - ' 9:3QV,m? Arriv?.atpolnmhin, - 5:20j.ptm. Lea^c Auguaui. v: ,v ni <*-.-.I . 9:00 a m Arrive at Charleston' (es*dl ii 4>45 p ni Leave Columbia - ". . IhOO a^ Arrfvc at Charleston -. ,4:45 ;p m ' AUGUSTA NIGHT EkfREsi ? (Sundays excepted.} Leato Charleston - 8:30 pm Arrive at Augusta - - ?.,7:35 am Leave Augusta - - 6:15 p m Arrive at Charleetoh - 5:50 a ro COLUMBIA 'NIGHT IvXI'IiFSS ' (Sundays excepted!) Leave Charleston - - 7:30 p in Arrive at Columbia - '6:30 n m Lcav<U qkunbia - 7:30 pm Arrive tit Charleston' - G:45 a m ^SVMMKKVILLK TRAIN. LotiveSunmierville - 7:25 a *n. Arrive at Charleston - 8:40 ? in Leave Charleston1 - 3:35 p in Arrive ntr Siunmcrville at - 4.50 p lii CAKDEN DRANCH. Leave Cnmdcn , . - - 7,20 a m Arrive at Cuhimbia* - 1155am Leave Columbia. - . - 2.10 p ni Arrive at Camdcn .- (1.55 p m Day aud Night Trains connect at Au gusta wtthMacon ahd Augusta Railroad and Georgia Railroads.' This is the, quickest and most direct roulc, and as comfortable and cheap at any other routo to Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and all other points West and Northwest. Columbia Night Trains connect with Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and Day ami Night Trains connect with Char lotto Road. Through Tiekots on sale, via this route to all points North. Camdcn Train connects at Kingvillc daily (exuept Sundays) with Day Pas.-cn ger Train, and nans through to Columbia A. L. TYLER, Viee-lWident. R. Dickons General Ticket Agent. Sep 27 Geo. S. Hacker Doors Sasli, IBlmd FYictory CHARLESTON. 11IIIS IS AS LARGE AND COMPLETE, . a factory as there is hrtlic South. All work nuiuifaclured ?t the Factory in this city. The only house owned and managed by a Carolin an in this city. Send fur price Hat; Address GEO. S. HACK EU, Poitoflice Box 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory and Wareroomson King street oppo site Cannon street, on line of City Railway, Oct. 30 ly TO PXiALTERS I MOLASSES, AND DM SALT SXDX2S at LOWEST PRICES, ALSO, Another supply of that Cheap Tobacco, For sale hv JOHN A. HAMILTON, Market Street. SOUTH CAROLINA Loan and Trust Company CHARLESTON. S. C. Officf, No. 17 Ujioad Stw:et. SAVINGS HEPA RTM ENT, Tbc deposits in tho savings Department of this Company are invested as a Special Trust, and. therefore arc not subject to the' hazards of banking. In addition *.o this special security, deposi tors have the guaiantcc' of the entire Ilank Cap ital, which amounts to Miree hundred thousand doll ort (?:i()(>,000.) This department will enable all classes to find a safe security for their wiving*, however small; and at the satnc time l>caring a remu nerative interest (six per cent, compounded quarterly.) Currency can be - remitted by Ex press, and drafts hv inuU. i\ A. .MITCHEL, pAAUJKK. Ditxcior* und Trustees: Geo. 8. Cameron. E. H. Frost. W. C Pee, W. P. Willinms, H. II. IVT,eoil, B. O'Ncll, A P. Caldwel. J. M. Shnekclfurd, J. C. H. Clans men, O. LHubt, W. .1. Middleton. A. .1. Crews, E. Walljen, C- G. Memmlnger, Win. L. Webb, J. T. Weinman, Goo. IT. Walter, R J). J^zarus. april 23,1873 ? . 10 3m \ ' " POET'HYi1 < : r...; 7/ . Tm QM*\ ? ? I : *?* 'irtf dr j.1 hict&kfk'Si^uxs* Hu'hed,be the clamor of tho mart; Stilled as when stricken peoples pray; For ?ihcooghafefitUen n iti.o?J?>t???? We bring ou>:lji^oeS'?uit to-day, fn.tb.eix jp^udCity?by;^bo,Sear , ; . ii And wrae, whoevrlriioveBTMBeektL-; ? 1 Thtebwkcr^iam*<lf?hrValry,,?? ' ? -rrwt ?sb" "To mo d?w ,d?*"d>rwi *?if>v'<i t ^* UomV Httndi^lth*he*nnie^thield, And Valor with thy shivered glaiyo'; Itifc Justice from her! trampcled grave J i ?** Mjto* >ni ? . t*dl tax>rf Bits/m* And couie, 0-dqvo-oycd Peace I whodong ?? *From^thiis <Wf desotatc land, hath strayed, And Ifct ns dream that Hate, and Wrong, ( ' With these our brothers', bone? are laid I Twine Amaranth for the noble, dead, Nor he. the victor-leaf forgot, And, while the parting prayer is said. Strew Heart's Ease and Forgcbane-nbt. , For these no sculptured shaft shall rise. . N r storied urn enibbvzon them ; But sobbing waves and wailling nkies Will sound their fitting requiem. And, year by year, a form onsecn ' Shall deck Ihe tu rf we heap to-day, To keep their fadeless memories green, j Who felL in vain, for liberty: So guard, O God 1 this sacred diu.t, Which we with1 prtvyert atnd fears > ould bless, And be Thou still the Widow's"' trust, And Father^ of the Fatherless. ' I ', ? MY MIDNIGHT PERIL. ? ,ir <i -? The nicht of tho seventeenth of Octo ber?shall I ever forget its pitchy dark ness, the ronr of the autumnal wind tl r.)Ugh the lonely forest, and ? ho inees gnnUdowbpour <\f the ruin ! ?'This .comes of ehort cuts," I muttered petulantly to myself, avl plodded along, keeping close to the trunks of the trees to avoid the deep ravine, through which I could hear the roar of the turbulent strcnm forty to fifty feet below. My blood ran cold, ns I thought what mi cht bo the possible consequences of a misstep or move in the wiong direction, W||y -had I not been contented to keep in the right road ? Hold on I] Wa2 that a light, or arc my eyes playing mo false? I stopped, holding on to tho low, resi nous boughs of hemlock that grew on the edge of the bank ; for it actually seemed as if the wind would seize mc bodily and hurl mc down tbc precipitous descent. It wns u light?thank" Providence?it was a light, and no ignis futuus to lure me on to destruction and death. "Hulloo-o-o!" My voice rang through the woods like n clarion. I plunged onwurd through the-tangled vines, dense briers and rocky banks, until, gradually ncaring, I could perceive a figure wrapped in an oil-cloth cape, or cloak, carrying a lantern. Ab the dim light fell upon his face, I almost recoiled. Would not solitude in the woods be preferable to the companionship of tliLi withered, wrinkled, old man? But it was too late to recede now. "What's wanting?" hp snarled, with a peculiar motion of the lips that seemed to leave his yellow teeth all bare. '*I am lost in the woods; can you di rect me to R? Station?" , - ?'Yes ; R- station is twelve miles from hero." "Twelve milea !" ? bt^od aghast. ......... "Yes." "Can you tell mcof any shelter I could obtain Tor the night?" ((V.. I? -?iO. "Where are you going ?" ?'.To Drew's, down by tho roaplo swamp." >'Is it a tavorh ?" "No." "Would they take mc for the night? I could pay them well V" His eyes gleamed; the yellow stumps stood revealed once more. "I guess so; folks do stop tbore." "Is it far irom here?" "Not Very ; about half a mile." "Then let us make haste ^ud reach it. I am drenched to the skin.'' We plodded on, my companion more1 than keeping pace with me. Presently we left the edge of tho ravine, entering' what seemed like trackless woode, and keeping straight on until the lights gleam-. J??Sf?w^S1'wisJ$? nWAfliji , ^twaa^u^uinops ojtf. pJ?oe>. ^jlh,- tho. Hfjnqows. all d?iwji yto 0,^^4%as.i^,thej foundation had settled, and the piljbttjs^ji, a ru<|oI^Pjb, neax(\??"qt^d ^Wfy^, a j,tlfi A woman answered my .^llow ^aveJ-^ krs knock. My companion whispered *Oj wgjfl ?w^vq to her, aqd^e, :tynie$ to me with smooth, voluble words of _V.;eli. fowl - it ei **dT ,?u-M(*t? ^ Jghe^rtttcd the poverty., o^.theuj.^-i j^modations; but I was^wflcom.e- Jo t&'m.such'ns they were*. z uiaa'mm^ "Where Isn#ic^lOCiqpui^ii^d _xnpy I sat down on n wooden, jlieuqh beside the fire, and ate a few mouthfuls of bread. j "I should like, to ratirc as soon as pos-. swk',r-for my weariness was.executive.. "Certainly*'',. The, woiuofl^stoiiled. up with alacrity. t , ana ?atiti^ "Whero are you going to put. him?" asken.my guide. ' "Up chamber." , . , :i I* ''Put.him in,Jsaftc's roQm,''x . *.i iojn "No"' "It'uthe most comfortable.".. iyi \ . 7iP ?^I|Bl|younol" : A V Bijt.here I interrupted the whispered colloquy. (j ? * VI -am not patticular--==I don't care wlio^.^ou^q^gc. me, ouly mn^e.h^tfi.'f'p SoTwas conducted lip a steep ladder 'that.stood in tho corner of the, roc-in, into an apartment ceiled with sloping beams and ventilated by one small window, where a cot bedstead, crowded against the hoard partition, and a pine table, with two or three chairs, firmed the sole attempts at furniture. The woman set tho light?an oil lamp ?on tho table. y "Anything more I can get you, sir?" [rt^r<4hing, thank you." ?"Ph ope you'll sleep well, air." When, shall I call you ?" "At four o'clock in the morning, if you pleasb. I must walk over to R-sta tion intime, for tho seven o'clock ex press." , "I'll4 be eure to call you, sir." , She withdrew, leaving me alone in the gloomy little apartment. I sat down and looked arouud me with no very agreea ble sensation. 'T will sit down and write to Alice," I thought. "That will soothe my-nerves and quiet me, perhaps." ? I descended the ladder. The fire still glowed redly on the the hearth beneath ; my companion and the woman sat beside it, talking in a low tone, and a third per son sit at the table, eating?a short, stout, villainous looking man, in n red flannel.shirt and muddy trowsers. I osked for writing materials, and re turned to my room to write to my wife. "My'darlhig alicc." I 'paused and laid down my pen as I ,cot?cluded the Mords, half' smiling to think what she would say could she know of my strange ?jmVftfrs. ; Not until both sheets were covered did I lay aside my pen und prepare *fbr slum-' ber. As I feltled my paper,. I happened to glance .towards the couch. Was it the gleam of a human eye ob serving me through the board partition? or was it but try own fancy ? There jvas a crack there, but only blank dafknesb beyond ; yet I could have sworn that something had sparkled bnlefully at me. I took out my watch-?it was one .o'clock. It was scarcely worth while for mo to undress for three hours sleep. I would lie down in my clothes and snatch what sleep I could. So, placing my va lise close to the head of my bed, and bar ricading the l?cklcss door with two chairs I extinguished the light and lay down. At first I was very wakful, but grad ually a soft drowsiness seemed to Bteal over me like a misty mantle, until, all of a sudden, somo startling eltctric thrill coursed through my veins, and J sat up, excited and trembling* A luminous softness cecraed to glow through the room?no light of the moon or stars was ever so penetrating?and by the littie window I saw Alicc, my wife, dressed in floating garments of white, with her long, golden hair knotted back by a blue ribbon. Apparently she was beckoning to me with outstretched hunds and eyes full of wild, anxiou3 tender I nc?s. , I sprang to my feet and rushed! toward reached the window, &e paration seenlod to vuhish into thestbrpiy darkn?s, aha f wns?l& ?&n?*WtnV self-same instnnt the sharp report of a pistol sounded?I could see tlie jugged Btrcam^of jh-e,ab<rve i^pjlUj^fy-^raigbtt since my heau .had. lain. . , .-.2 !?.atAaa. b:r. rq ^ i?di*>d With ari instantaneous realization of my danger, 1* 'sW?ng myself over the eilgo of the* window; jurrrpia^soSne- tfgnV ~dr ten: feet! in to t h c tatigled' bu-hes below,' npd, as; I-crunched there, reeptfer?igJmy breath, Ljb^^ard, fbe tramp; pf footsteps i into my room. ? ,At% "Is he dend^iuied^a^olca.up the lad der,?tue smooth, deceitful Y0#Qe of the woman with tlie fiaff closed eyes. "Of course be is," growled a Voice back; that charge would have killed ten inen. A. light? U?eret quick, and tell Tom,, fco bo; A cold,, agonized shudder, ran through, me.' Wh^at a eleu of midnight murderers had T fallen ibto? 1 ?nd'how "learfully^ nanfcwiWbtfcnrnry^ ' WhVv the speco* ftnatr 'orAy Tajrrtal her* ror and deadly peril can give, i Wished through the woods, now illuminated by a faint glimmer of star light, I knpw not what impulse guided my footsteps?J, never shall know how many times I cross* erl riiy own track or* how close I stood to the brink df tlie deadly ravine: but a merciful Providence - encompassed me with a guiding and protecting care, for when the morning dawned, with faint red bars of orient light against the stormy eastern sky, I was close to the' high road, some sevenymllBs**fTbmi rt-^->~. '1 Once at trie town, I told my Bto'ry tb the police, and a*5' detachment was sent with me to the spot. ?> nO .s?iui After much searching and many 'false1 alarms, we fiuccccdcd iu finding the ruin ous old house ; but it jwas ,empty?our birds had flown ; nor did I recover my valise and watch and chian, which latter I had left under my pillow. JIIt's Drew's gang," said the leader of tho police, "and they've troubled us these two;year*. I don't think, though, they'll come hack here just at present.'* Nor did they. But the strangest part of my story is yet to come. Some three weeks subse quently I received a letter from my sis ter, who was with Alice in her English' home?a letter whose intelligence filled me with surprise: . /I must tell you something very, very strange," wrote ray sister, "that happened S on the night of the ,17th of October.? Alice hnd not been well for some time; in fact, she had been confined to her bed nearly a week, and I was sitting beside hor reading. It was late?the clock had just struck one?when all of a sudden she scented to faint.a way, growing white and rigid as a corse. I hastened , to call as sistance, but all our efforts to restore ani mation were in vain. I was just about sehdiug'fbr the doctor, when her senses returned as suddenly; as they had left her, and ?he sat up in bed, pushing back her hair and looking wildly around, her. "Alice !" I exclaimed, "how you have terrified us all. Are you ill ?" "Not ill," she answered, "but T feel so strange. Gracie, I hnvo been with my husband 1". "And all our reasoning failed to con vince her oft h o impossibility ot her as sertions. She persists to this moment that she saw you and was with you on the 17th of October?or rather on the morning of thft 18th. Where' and how she cannot t?dl, but''\ve think it must have been a dream. 6he is better now and I wish you could eeo how fast she is improving." This is my plain unvarnished tale. I do not pretend (o explain or account for its mysteries. I simply, relate facts.? he* psychologists unravel the labyrihthi cal skien. I am mit superstitious, neither do I be'.ieve in ghosts, wraiths cr appar itions; but this thing I do know?tbfet nlthou h my wife .w&* in England in body, on the morning of the 18th of October, her spirit surely stood before me in New York' in the moment of the deadly peril that menaced me. It may be that to the nubtlo instinct and strength of a wife's holy love, all things are possi ' blc; but Alice iturcly saved my life. j v?Hfe oS&cera '^'tjbe "Southern, i^tn-^ pprance^^iajiany,,' iia ftut;chu8ed\ Jhat jvnJu&hlQ lot on the >northca?t ?corneteof: Ttfain >.nd | Washington streets; -i beaf^fSe site of the old^SeUrtHoUee.'-'' This is"?M6' v-f'the Mjuit eligible liUlldlilg- lum Hl'Ulff city/ Tho enterprising and nourishing c?mfifttry 'which'hasptircKris^lt/j^^ pp^ 6 TJjc grotjmi; sjorif wjlbbe. fltt?d>up as a first class storauThe ecddn&istory iu^faml will hi wtA m thu uflllBB ur^?W Southern Life Inr-nrnnco nud the rear rooms next to Law Range, and; to .which a side entrance will ,be had,r will be* remX ed as law offices. The. arrangement of wHichtfe Spoke-sc-mc time smce, b^\y^iicfi * the Southern Life expected' feJ lncreosV its business largely in South Coroltt?il and at Jhe-tmnig Hull lAMMI-lne State, Jhas, we are gl?'?Ho say} 'been, perfected, arrangements which1 We^fll*'&arfc fc^more fially herteafterjiis^brfe-fly this-. ? number, Spttjt[ of, fifi&jef [Our m(,Bt: prominent and reliable me^c^n^^dj? business men, have agreed to act as a ? board of Trustees for t^nf^mpany^in' this Sute,>wlen3lneir i?fltience in ex tending its opeVatibiis^ In return for sucq service, the Company dj?V entered into a written contract by which it is ob-1 ii gated to invest in our State every dollar ? of the surplus funds which may ,.arj^arl from the.premiums upon, policies talc en here.' All losses are tobe adjusted by. the Board ofTrdsle&'or their Executive Committee, and all moneys arc'to be in vested under their direction^; uTho beno*r i fits which will thus accrue to our comma I nity are at once apparent," The,greatest? obstacle In the way of the growth f prosperity of our State, has been'the scar city of money. ,Y{e' make a -' great deal every year, but in cne way or another it ? all slips aw^y, and a money famine has . come to be a chronic disease in thesu,m]?v, mer months. NothfafrperhaiM. takes so much money directly, from .us as ^Insur ance. Five millions' of dollars', we are told, have been drawn ont the State'si n'co 1865 in the way of premiums. The South ern Life proposes to enable. us to stop - this, and while increasing its own growth, assists us to keep our money at< home, ami, ( build up our own industries. , ,. It is a capital idea, and must commcud itself at once to every intelligent mind. For financial strength, economy oi man- ' 1 agetnent and fair dealing, the Southern i Life cannot be surpassed ; aud it nowi: further commends itself to the self-iptciv?,, est and patriotism of our people by the^ agreement above mentioned.-^-Carotiuian. . . ? m t m ? - ? ' ? ?' 1'* CHIRPINGS. ?Rioters have dotrobsheq. a large number of beer breweries at Frankf?rl, Germany. y .?The San Francisco Express Com panies are obliged to use oxen in their1 unguns. Epizoeno Che cause. ,<iiT ?d? no ?Columbia is infested with Vagrants,*; and burglary is tho result. ul ,, . v.? ?The South C^rolmiaonJa^published at its new office on Washington street^ near.the Postoflice, at Columbia. , ?Beaufort complains that the county school fund is not forthcoming. Serves her right for electing such officers. ?Gen. Gary is writing p. sensation novel. ?Mrs. Ann Castello was knocked down and bitten to*death by a horse iu Brooklyn, g. Y. ? <. -r-TwQ children died from eating wild parsnips on Staten Island. ?$100,000 worth of property was burn ed at Fort Scott, Kansas, lately. ?All the Indian tribes are in sympa thy with the Modocs, and are rising gen erally. ?Out of Bcvfentcen hundred shots at the target at the Schutenfest, six hundred and nine hit tho centre -rWhcn Prof. DoHound fell from the trapeze at tie Shutenfest, a child was 60 frightened, that death ensued. ?At New Ibcvia, La., the Metropoli tans, who support Kcllog were repulsed with aloes of throe killed and four wodhd ed, in & skirmish with the citizens who resist the pavment of the tax levied by I this faction of the anomolous government, of Louitinnn,. ...