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OR?NGKB?HU, S. ('. MAIL, 10, 1874. STEPHEN II FOWLE , EDITOR A3fD R?SIKKSS MANAGER. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY. Jfo change Contract Advertisements, notice *uat be given before Monday noon, .Our friends wishing to have advertisements Inserted tit the TIMES, must hand them in by Toesday ?nomine, 10 o'clock; I-Teneeibrth, all Inegal Ad vertisements, of County Interest, whether notices of others, "will "bo publish ed lor tlie benefit ofoitr readei'B whether they are paid lbr or not . S?BSCRWERS Will have their papers regularly mailed. Send us new names, build up our paper, and let every household in the County bo a supporter ol our enter prise. HOMESTEAD. Since the Constitution of 1868 provided that tho family homestead of the licitd ol each family, not to exceed the value ol one thousand dollars, shall be exempt from attachment, levy, or sale, much has j heen written and said on this important subject. In the case of "In Re Kennedy," j decided by our Supremo Court iu 1870, it was held that the homestead exemption was not void as against contracts existing ntthendoptien of the Constitution. About one year ago, however, the Supreme ? Court of the United States, in the coso of Gunn against Barry, decided that such exemption under the Constitution of Georgia was void, as it impnired the obligation of contracts, and was,thcrcforc, repugnant to the Constitution of the United State?. We are informed that our own Supreme Court has very recently reconsidered and reversed the dicision in Re Kenncdv, under the autority of Gunn against Barry, AVc have not seen the opinion of the court, bnt we suppose it includes contracts oxisting, ns well as judgments entered, before the adoption of the Constitution. If this bo soytlien the law,as it is now held in this state, is as follows:?No person cau claim a homestead against a contract existing nt the adoption ol'thc Constitu tion of South Carolina, (April IG, 1808;) "We arc pleased that this vexed ques tion baa at last been settled. Many of the best lawyers in the slate thought that our Court erred upon this question, and their opinion has been fully sustained by the Supreme Court ol the United states. ? Miwa tut Servitut ubi jus vat/uin uut inccrtum. Few things tend more to needless and vexatious litigation, than uncertainty as to what i.s the law upon question? of such importance as the one at present under consideration, and porhnps tone other class is it a source of greater annoyance than to members of the legal profession, who feel that they cannot advise with confidence upon subjects which affect the dearest interests of their clients. What ever may be said to the contrary by the ignorant or the vicious, there is no doubt that the interests of the legal profession and tho public arc identical; accordingly as its members act and demean them selves, "they make the law appcara bless ing, or a curse; rende r it detestable ns ths mere instrument of meanness, trickery, and oppression; or lovely and dignified as the guardian of peace ami order ; the very visibly impersonation ol*justice, the protector of tho weak and the oppressed, vindicating the rights of the most abject, and redressing wrongs though inflicted by the haughtiest and highest of mankind. ' Three men belonging to a masked party who banged an old man in Wil liamson county, III., over a year and a ball'ago, and were tried but not convic ted in the county court, arc now on trial under the Ku-Klux net, the first case thereunder,, in the United States Circuit Court at Springfield. They are charged besides the murder of Vancil, with going in disguise on the promises of various persons, whipping sonic, driving others from the county, taking Mia roof from houses to make the inmates have, forci bly settling disputes about farm linos, and generally settling matters through the county. For llie TiMKS. Ehsquerade Sociable. Mn.EoiTOK?Last Thursday evening will bo icmcmberod by our young ladies; and gentlemen us one oCnlcasnro and en joyment: and ono which presented to them something new, the first of the kind which has taken place iu our little Town, a Masquerade Sociable, ami wo have every reason to believo that oyovy participant came away delighted nhu well pleased. The gentlemen who' were at the head of it deserve credit lor thtur pcrsorevornnco and aeal, and especially Mr. T. Kuhn, who was manager, lie deserves all the credit possible for the manner in which he preserved order and decorum, iu such a disordily looking crowd. We say disordily looking, for we were not there lung beforo we recog nized the once illustrious and proud Madoc chei.', Capt Jack. Jack was there with his Tomahawk and Revolver. Hud Can by been able to rise from his grave and attend this Masquerade Sociable, he. would have seen the picture, if not the original, of his great adversary and Tat terest enemy. Had his (Capt Jack's) widowed Squaw been present, she w ould have thought th it her long lost Jack had returned from the happy hunting grounds and was once more her companion. We saw the 16th amendment; women's rights. Wo saw the 15th amendment, office holders, the Jockeys, Spanish Cavalier, the School Boy, (6 feet 5 inches) Uncle Sam (7 feet 4 inches), Old Bob Ridley,the Dutchman, Irishman, Clowns, King of Hearts Indians, (Capt Jack not .included) Turks, and wo saw tho Devil; Dominoes, &c. We then came where we could see the fair ones who were present: and saw the Queen of Night, which we pronounced then to bo the prettiest cos tume of the Indies present. We saw the Bavarian Peasant Girl, Swiss Peasant Girl, and-Italian Peasant Girl which were beautiful; then came t-hc scat of Government. Columbia, which was cer tainly too pi\tty to be called Columbia, but which was a Capitol costume for the occasion, then came tho little Flower Girl with her usual grace and neatness blooming carley in life; We then heard the beating of a drum and beheld the Daughter of the Regiment. We then turned nround and Hope shown brightly beforo us; bles Ked Hope, what a great thing thou art; If Hope was so visible, could we help seeing the Evening Star, which shown so brightly, throwing her radiant light promiscuously through tho Hall; it brings to our memory the old song; Star of the Evening, beautiful, beautiful Star which was beautiful. The light of Evening Star was then chased a way by tho beams of moonlight it makes us think of those pleasant moonlight walks we have taken when we wore young. We I saw lovely Pocahoutas oh; that Smith I could have attended this Sociable. His' love wouhl have revived. 'Ibis is the last character in which our young ladies Were actors. Butwcarc about to omit one of our sex, our Country Gentleman. We thought wo heard one of our fair cms whom we have named give vent to her feelings in this way, about our coun try friend, oh; isn't* ho hand dme. We acquiesce. "Sec transit gloria ihuhdi." May this Sociable belong remembered and may it he the means of our haviug some more such iu these dull tithes. At 12 ocloek tho whistle blew and thoso in masks were called together,: which reminded us ofa ston we heard in our boy days, which v. - will not mention. All were told t "slow up, ready," and the whi.-tlc Idev again,and we beheld faces familiar to < i:r eyes, and \ perfectly lovely. (When we use tho word low ly we mean tho ladi s exclusive ly.) The dance was then resumed, Wc did not dance but got my b st friend and sat down and in r.lcasant conversa tion. We hope as this is the first fun of this character wo havo had, it will not be the last, for it is too pleasant to die so sooji after its birth. Keep it up Gentlemen and we are always in to help; our ugly face will add greatly to the fun and amusement of the guests. Lr. iai.tox. P. S. Prior to retiring wc had lemon ade and cake proferod us, wl ich we ate I as a mutier consequent and natural. Klija Harden who was < mvieted of conspiracy on t he 3d of May 1872, in tho United Slates Circuit Court, in Charles Ion, nnd soutcnc< d (,o four y us impris onment in tin: Albany Penitentiary and tu pay a fine of $100 has been pardoned by the President, on tho ice mmenda tion of many citizens of South Carolina. Ho has served out two \ us of his t< i in of imprisonment. Ex-president Baez has I m arrested in New York for conspiring :. ninst the life, liberty and wealth of l>..i Hatch; a citizen of Connecticut w\\\\.y Mac/, was president of St. Domingo. STATE NEWS. Mr. J. Davis, tho oldest man in Ander son County, died recently at tho advan ced ago of 102 years. The now cotton mill in Greenville will be in operation by May with fifty-six looms und three thousand and three bund red spindles. For the present yarns will b? manufactured. Mrs. Hampton, wife of Wade Hamp ton of .South Carolina, recently died at. Churloltosvillc, Virginia, Mrs. Hampton was the daughter and only child of the great George MeDuflie. Educational institutions are meeting with much encouragement in Abbeville County. The colleges nt Duo Wett and Cokosb.ury, and the schools throughout the are well attended, and tho young people manifest a desire to learn, . Samuel Todd, who was convicted of of the crime of rape in AbbcrvjUe* iu 1871, and sentenced by .Judge Orr to hard service in tho Penitentiary, 'has, upon the recoiuendation of numerous citizens, been pardoned by the Governor. II. W. Purvis, Adjutant and Inspector General, has tendered his resignation to the Governor. He declares that the re cent appropriation is totally inadequate to meet the expeuses of his department, which ho considers an insult. The Leg islature requested the Governor to accept his resignation. Tho. Executive Board of the Slate Convention of the Baptist denomination, of South Can lina, respectfully requests any church desiring the meeting of the Convention in November next, to make such application to the Board at an ear ly date. The invitation from the Cheraw Church was withdrawn,'from satisfactory considerations.* The House of Representatives adopted a resolution last week thai a Committee on Privileges and Elections be requested to report, nt an early day. a bill to pro vide for the general elections, und the manner of conducting the same, !oinclude the registration of all legal voters, iu accordance with the provisions of the Statv': Constitution. Upou the roeomoird.ition of Judge Cookc und Solicitor Blytho, the Governor j has pardoned George MoClellnn, alms William George, convicted of grand | larceny ot tho March, 18.73, term of the! criminal Court for Opauco county, an.! sentenced to four years iB tho Penitentiary ?the pardon to take effect on tho first j day of April next' GENERAL NEWS. The state of New 1 lump hire has cb ted a democratic govcuor by over one j thousand majority. Two negroes fought a duel a! Sand , bar Perry near Augusta, on Saturday last. One of them named Blair was shoj; in both legs. ? Tbc superintend nt of public schools for Illinois says that colored children go uncdiu'ul d there being refused admission to the common schools. m One (if the great industries of the North is cheese manufacturing. In a single county of New York the capital! invested iu this pursuit amounts to $C>,()()0j [ dl so, returning an annual income of/ $1,500,000. [ Carroll county has hut two criminals in tho Georgia Penitcniary, and at this lime tin re is not a single occupant in the , county jail. Ibis speak.-, well lor a country having over eleven thousand population, and some t wo tho i.- and voters. I '1 bo (?nihil News rises to explain that', the lady and children said to have been ! 'poisoned by eating robins that had been feeding on China berries, is incorrect. The robins had been eating the seed of the Osago orange. An immigration convention is to be held in Raleigh, N. C, on the 17th of j next month, at which the fanners of the Old North State will discuss the question j of supplying themselves with white European labor. A Hying machine is buUding at Aub urn. N. Y. Steam is tho motive powcr.und by it four wings arc moved. The machine is doterihed as '"something of the appear unco of a turret tower to a monitor, carrying above it a mast of a vessel, with spars attached and swinging around it with a balloon basket suspended under' ncntli." The newspapers of the larger eitks arc teeming with accounts of poverty ami destitution, and of the measures taken lor the relief of the pocr, Pauperism grows as the census grows, and soup bouses, with its demoralization tenden cies, is likely to become a fixture in this country. Perhaps tho Now York week lies inigbl do something toward staying this spread of iinpccuniosity if they would lot up a iittlo on their theory about early IIUUTIUgOS. Homicide. On yesterday morning Mr. Harvey, the M arshlil of Lawrenccville, shot and in stantly killed a young man named George Baugh. At the time of tho tcr tiblo occurrence both of the men had been drinking. Ii seems that Baugh lmd been arrested and fined for some viola tion of the town ordinances, and while the marshal had him in custody he en deavored to make his escape. The Marshal started in pursuit, and caught him just as he was climbing over a fence, lie seized Baugh, pulled him back, and throwing an arm around him, put his pistol to his bead at.d fired. The hall passed through Baugh's face and logged in his brain, causing almost instant death. The deceased is a young man some twenty three or twenty-four yeais of age. lie belongs to a most respectable family in the neighborhood, hut is of dissipated habits. ?So far as we have heard there had been no bad feeling between himself and Harvey, and the whole of the terrible occurrence seems to have dated its origin to a free use of whiskey. The whole town of Lawrenccville is deeply agitated over thcaffiiir. Marshal Harvey was at once arrested and a thorough investigation will take place As courtis now in session in Lawrencc ville, the trial may come off in a few days.?Atlanta Constitution. a/is" oirni?sr.'V^c:L:. To Create thoOiiico of Clerk of Coun cil, and to define his d ;ties. 15c it enacted &c. First. That there shall be elce!cd by the Town Council, at a regular meeting.ol the same und aller the tirsteleetion then on (he first Til ca ll a p in October in each and every year hereaf ter, a Clerk of Council, at a salary of one litin? dred and twenty-live; 1_"> 00) dollars per annum, besides .lit fee hcrciunftci mentioned. Scannt, lie shall discharge all duties now porlainini; to thcnfiici ? ol Clerk and Treasurer of Council and such as may hereafter l?c urc rcrihed by Council, shall attend all meetings of Council and shall rccoivi ami collect all 'faxes License, I ce-, and' other moneys payable to the Town of " )i itiigeburg; Third. He fhall 101 'ive as additional com pensation such fees as are now provided fur issuing Licences, preparing hondi?, or dtlier sp; .-'.d eorvh s, and diail give bond, with two or more Hurctii i la I? approved by Council in the ?um of five hundre 1 i$?O?.?O)dollnrs condi tioned for faithful discharge* f the duties of his oflice. J'ourth, Advertisement of the tiihe anil place of the first and all ttuhsclpicht election of Clerk Of Council shall he inade for at least ten ilnys hcfivr 'It .? eh lion i- !..?!?!. in sonic ;:ev*. ;mj:> ptihlished in the Town ?f Or.uigcTinrV', a ad arV plitmtinn hall b made nr. writing, aianed hv ih ? applicant an*! containing the niuhc-i ?fliw proposed sur tics. In ea-ie any ciiididalc. be ele :i<! ipid fail to ijn dily,:'mdgive h m l within ten day.-i fliTtor liweli lion, ? new i he ion n,ay he ordered by Ci u.cil to he laid after adver tisement often days'a* abovi provi l< !. Vifih. The Clerk aft orlieil dm eleetedslm'.l hohl ollicb until hi? ?-ii.-..\>.-or i- IClccIeil an I rjir.difivd, nr.'. ?o< tu r removod by it vote id* the Town Coitncil: Ml ordinance* contrary to or repugnantto this ordinance arc hereby rcpca'.i d. U::;iti. ! in Council this twelfth dar of March A. 1>. ! 71. .1. \V. .M. -.SKi.KY, Mav.r. ?. Wild.I \M.SOX, Ckrk l?ro Tern. IX accorditnce with the ah ivo ordiiuuie y'aii election will take place at ihe Iii \\ regillai meeting of the Town < 'ouncil A pril 14,for( lorh ami Treasurer "I the Town, applicants for said office will l>c governed by the above ordinance T. D. WOLFF, Clerk of Council. For Cheap Tobacco ? At 8 plugs for 81.00 At !i plus- for 31-00 (lo to store of JOHN A. HAMILTON*. Stirs'. T. W. illbergolU, B^kKfilHHS !>? inform her frienda and the m f public that ?' ? has just opened a tine as sortment of Holiday Gifts, l.irthday and bridal Present*, &c, Prices to .-nit the limes- Finn China Fancy Goods, such as Vases, Motto Cups China figures, Jewelry Boxes, Toilet sets, Co Idgno Sets, something now and handsome. INDIA KUlU'KIt GOODS. TOYS of va? rioUH kinds, ami other articles loo im inerous t > mention, suitable for OLD and YOUNG, LAUGE and SMALL. ALSO, French and plain Confcctionaries, Fine Gift Coxes, And Fresh Fruits, Nuts, &e. Call and see for yourselves, and she will en deavor to please you. Nov. 27, 1873 11 3iit T. H, IIOYO'S Sil OK STORE, IIUSSKLL STUFF, ()no door west of Cornobon'i. has the Largest ami Cheapest Stock of HOOTS and SlIOKS ever offered for salo in Orangi burg. Al so A I'tM.t. STOCK OV TAM I I,Y GR0CEH1 BS, CANDIES, S EG ABS, TOBACCO Ac. 'fhe aliow goods will be sold to the purclinscr and hud lljiies. All he wiehes i?h Call and a 1 .dr trial before puscha ing olsowhero. Nov. 13, 1873 30 ly rpiIE PIKENIX niON WORKS. HAVE A for sak- Lliti following ENCIJ N KS, IJOIL EHS and MACHINERY. Will be Bold cheap for cash: 1 New Eight-Doom Power 1'orlablo J'X CJINJO and Boiler, (Cylinder G by 12,) mounted on whcolrt, complete for steam. 1 New Si.c-Horse Power Portable Engine and Boiler, (Cylinder ? by 10,) complete for steam, but no wheels 1 New TwentvJIor.se Power Hori/.onlal En gine. (Cylinder 10 by 18.) 1 New Kight-IIor.-e Power Portable Boiler, (Locomotive.) I New Steam Wineh to hoist 1,000 pounds. 1 New Saw Mill, Wood Prame, with oOdiieli Saw, 1~> feet farrago, and 00 feet of Trafik, with 2 Head IJlock?,(a great bargain.) 2 New Kigbleen-incli Cireidar Saw Benches with Saw. An inepecliou solicited, when information um to price will be given on application at this Of lice. P1PHNIX IKON WOK Ks-, CharlcHtun, S. (!. feb. 19 * It OllAKGEBUIl? ACADUMY FOR GII1.CS and 15OYS AT THE NEW FAIR IJUILUINt J. TERMS PER MONTH. Primary Department.:.$1.00 Intermediate.$2.00 English.,.,.$3.00 English with classics.$1.00 Music Extra. JAMES S. HEYWARD, Principal. , Jan 8 1ST 1 tf JOHN A fiArOLTON, the m VKlvET STUEET STUUE. has just rem ki \ ;kda :-:?;?:?!.y ok 3?3 lOSI M i atkh;, .VI" I a A N T 3 U 31 AVI 3 S ATLANTIC A t'II>, Ai.so Fcruvian (&p.ane, At lowest nmrkot rales Cash. t john" A. !!.\\ri'..Tt?n May-20, 1873 l? tf raiiu-; Subscriber offers for ? ' '1 ? well-known, Phuititttrin ''ijcOont's; VillR, Slttiutcd in Orange! : . ('< < :'.'.y, [ (ilfeet|,iniles dueia-t of iht Court Flui: . ?.n the five notch Ihmd^jt'ptJ'iiinirig seven hundred and lilty-seycu nervi?, more tu I less, with the privilege of two hundred acres more, recently eonVeyed 11> my sou. The latter place having oil it a fctugh story dwelling, four room-, cue ii! ?; ! . kitchen, stuhle, ham, &c, und uhuut i twelve or fifteen acres '?han d land. On the larger place is, A TWO STORY DWELLING, EIGHT IK >; >.MS Fi RE-PLACE hi each, CIN HOUSE. SCREW, BLACKSMITH SHOP, And every other building necessary on in welbsottlcd plantation-; Feneiugin very good condition. For further par ticulars apply cither to Messrs. Izhir ?& Dibble, Orangeburg C. iL. s. ('., or to the undersigned at MeCant's Villaj Or angeburg County, S. ('. ,J. C. EDWARDS. March 0, 187.1 *o lumOni A Southern House. aSO S HACKER'S I^OOI^S, S A S3 I And Blind Factory, King, Opposite Cannon Street, Charleston, S. C. The only bonne of the kind in this City owned and managed by a Carolinian. A Large, Stork always Oil band, and sold at -0 percent, less than Northern juices. A l>l>RKS3, Geo. S. Kaclter Glia?'i??loiij S. < i. P. 0. BOS 170. Oct. ?U-ly JPROSPISCT US OF THE ?Mew York W'coUy Herald,. JAS- CORDON BENNETT, njpi'KlETUIl. DIJOADWAY AND ANN STREET. TUE WEEKLY HICKALD is publisliett* every Saturday, at live cent* per copy. An nual subcriptioii price:? One Copy . . '? . .' . ?2 Three Copies . ? ;,*> Five Copies . . . . j}^ Ten Copies . . . . . . l? Pontage live cents per copy for three'months1 Any larger number, addressed to names of subscriber*, $1 t?U each. An extra copy will bcseirl to every club of ten. Twenty copies to one address one year, v"'2G, and any larger number tit the same price. Two extra copies will he seht to clubs of* twenty. These rates make the Weekly Herald the cheapest publication hi the country. TVrius cadi in advance Money seilt by mail will he at the risk of the sender. * A generous portion of the Weekly Herald will be appropriated to Agriculture. Horiiejil ture, FJoneultdre, Pomology and the manage meMl of domestic animuls. Particular atten tion will ho paid tdfo to Rcportsofthe Markets, Tl.e pun will hofo make' the, Weekly Her ahl superior to any ether agricultural and family news-paper in the country. Fvery number of the Weekly Herald, will contain n selecl story and the latest, and moat important news by telegraph from nil parts o , the world up to the hour of publication. During the session of Congress the Weekly Herald will contain a summary of the proceed ings and the latest News by telegraph from Washington, Political. Relinous, Fashionable, . Artistic, Literary and Sporting Intelligence; Obituary Notices, Variedly, Amusements, Edi torinl Articles on the prominent topics of the day, a review of the Cuttle and Dry Goods Markets, Financial and Commercial intelli gence mid accounts of all the important and interesting events of the v eek. The Herald employes no agents in the coun try nor in distant cities to canvass for subscri bers, as none are m-ecssnry. Any person pre Icndingto bean agent for the Weekly Herald should be treated ais it common swindler. The club system has abolished the agency system, It is wife and rlieaoi Tlx- price of Mib-=eriplion, whenever practica ble, should be transmitted by Post OhHce orders. It is tin safest mode of transmuting money by mail. At small Post Offices in the country where Post.OHiee Ord.?rs eamiol be obtained, money may be rem it to I in Registered Letter . Adverti; meats, to a limited munlu.-*;. will ba inserted in tli.- We. klv Harald.: I'.:. e .Tthe Daily l b r.iW, four^c An-i.d -nb "ription ja ice, vanee. Write h? addr? 1 0:1 1. t > ti e New \ ork Herald, in a held and legible hm? I, and sriy.u the name of e:reh ^dtfcrsber, of Post Ollice, I'o'.iaty a::d State sa plainly that no errors in m iii'mg pa'pe'11? .vitl be li.ibl.; to oV.-ut. a copy, n - in ud T,r .vsr 0 ?a , 'di ,'r. j. Wilt ufli/fu, ?: \ 1'; .\Vci'ri'.(r. i Lowest* ::"^'cs^.< i Send for fries JUisi. ? 'A /Jjniifiia Iff.-A -..'. Jt 3.4: ?, J-./'l At.tr: ? r;;:. $7. t f/Afli '-MOV, cM This Cut entered aixording to Act oft.'ongro imtbe year 1873; b) I, IL Hall & Co.. in the ollice ??! the Librarian of Congress, at Wtwdt burton* Tho-recent test of Firo-Proof Safes by the English Government proved the superiority of Alum Filling. No other Safes filled with Alum and Plosfor-of-Farfc M?R?m & CO., 265 Broadway, N. Y., 721 -CXic^irtizi St., Phila* XI. C. STOLIb. Agt., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, AT TH'K OI.T0 STAND, 287 KING STREET. HAVING made arrangements to continuo the business lately conducted by the firm ofSTOLL, Wiilill ?Co., I respectfuly inform my friend-' and cnstoiiiera of Orangeburg COHUty that I have jiow in store a largv- as-?ort nienC of gooda, b?ti'gltl for cash) during the I'nnic, which I am oll'ering as low as any House in the city. Thanking iny frierirta and eustoiners for the patropago so liberally be stowed Upon the old linn. I hope by strict at tention U> business to merit a continuance 0? (ho fennic. t trill adhere ttriellgio the'one pric( eyttenu Respectfully, ,? , , . H. C, BTOLL, Agent, Bucccssbr to Sfolly Webb ^ Co., 287 King Street, < b u b -ton, S C. Nov. 13, 1873 ?'J 3ia.