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Tho Orangetni rg Times. issued every baturday morning. Terms of Subscription. One Copy one Year.$2 00 " " Six J/ottt/m. 1 00 Rates of Advertising. One Square 1st Insertion..r>0 jEIucA Subsequent " . 1 00 Notices inserted in Local ( blumn ut 'J0r jn r Line. All Subscriptions and Transient Advertise ments to be jntid for in Advance. &3?" No Iteeipts j<>>- Subscription or Adver tisements ore Valid unless Signed l?j liusmesa Manager. J$?f* Wa arc in no way responsible for tho views or opinions of our Correspond ents. ^SATURDAY, MARCH 0, 1878. The Public Debt The discussion in the Geh ( nil As sembly on the settleuiriiL of t!i ? pub lic debt, as provided for by tho con solidation act of '73 bus been going ou from dny to-day for more than a week to the exclusion of every other matter beside mere rot i lie business; but. late advices seem t?? indicate that a crisis in the discussion is reached, and perhaps before wo go to press a vote will have been taken which will decide the question either one way or the other. Tho consolidation a si provides for the funding of $11.301, 091 at a discount of 50 cents on the dollar. When this shall h ive !??? u done as the act provide?, the public debt will amount to $?,GS2,015. [f we abrogate the consolidation act, the ante and tst bellum 1 einocratie debt will amount alone to 010,-132, 000; to this amount must be added $5,83-1,000 of bonds issued since ISC8 considered as valid by both parlies. This will foot up the entire and enor mous debt of $10.204,000 to be paid by taxation in a long set ies of years. These figures therefore pr >ve that the State bad belter stand by the consult dation act, even though il be a Radi cal offspring, and save the people a debt of about $S,000,000 without interest, or 10,500,000 with interest added. Beside Ibe above, the Democratic parly through its authorized agents pledged itself from time to lime to sustain the settlement tus provided fo r by tbo consolidation act, and to reject it now is a sacrifice of faith which the party can ill afford to make, even though it has control of the govern ment. Our success as a party depend s upon keeping the pledges made in our season of distress inviolably. ^^^MTwilT rise"it \vi failure." Democracy. In our last issue we published the instructions of the Stale Democratic Executive Committee to the County Chairmaus, and accompaning them, a circular to the local clubs by Gen. James F. Izlar. To-day we would impress upon our citizens the necessity of imme diate and complete organization of tho Democrats in every portion of the county and a I borough preparation at every point, in order that the par ty may enter upon llio coining cam paign with spirit and with every hope of success. The necessity such a course is more imperative now than at any period of our history since the war : before, tin: burden of repeated failures depressed the spir its of our people and caused them to adopt a policy of almost criminal in activity. It was thought that our state despoiled of her property, do prived of hor equal rights; and with many of her best citizens proscribed, had not tho elements of power snfii cient to make a successful resistance against the measures she knew to be unconstitutional,or against the un reasonable demands of the paity in control of the government. fOncour aged by this seemingly de termined policy on the pari of our people, tho ruling party effected the most radical changes in the organic law of the land?changes that came near wiping out every landmark of our former l iberty und revolutionising the govern tuen t guar anteed by tho constitution. .So far bad these usurpations of power ob tnincd, that the last was: Uncrowning act of tho Republican party: The Supreme Court, deprived of its legiti prcrogative under the constitution, was made to give only such deci sions and to maintain only Hindi views as the 'revolutionist might, bo people, and ii this policy of cbaiigo and revolution characterize tho party in control of national and state affairs, there will bo virtually a com plcte destruction of trio constitution and overthrow of the government. Judging from the analogy of simi lar cases in the history of nations, the success of such a political principle will result in a disintcrgation like that of the ancient republic, or the establishment of a Legislative Direc tory similar to that of France on the advent of Nupolion, which will be as disastrous to cpublican liberty in America in that was in IT ranee* In stead ofau institutional and co-oper ative govcrntu at wo will have :i centralism as despotic as the litis sian; or instead of a rule with cti'i stitutional checks ami guarantees we will have that ofau inarticulate au 1 irresponsible majority. in cithor case American liberty as a distinct'vo feature in politics will be destroyed. Such then is the imperative necessi ty which calls us to organize and to prepare lor the future. Our case now, in legal phrase, is a goo:l one. We hvao control Oftho state govern meat, ami the national policy cannot, be considered as inimical to pure Demoracy. Our truly great statesmen both N >rth and So nth st em :it last to have comprehended j the position of a Hairs and are making every e?brt to adjust the political ! dillictilties and to restore peace and prosperity to the country. Indeed the present indication-, in both sec lions of the country, arc (littering beyond cur expectations, a.nd with the exercise of a little judgment and the display ? f a little magnanimity we may expect these indications, already so satisfactory, to yield re sulis of the first importance to the con til ry. One of the grandest prerogatives thai belongs to the Deui iCftl'ic party as a political agency, is to retain the balance of power and by the purity ofcondnet which characterized its statesmen in the past, ami the honesty ol* its officials; to arrest the progress of one of the most gigant ic political revolutions that ever threatened the overthrow of a government; to wipe out the record of the basest perjury ever known in the history of govern ment officials; and to snatch from the .-?ess pools of political corruption our American liberty and transmit \i pure and untarnished to the children who are to live after us. Dot the Democracy of Orungeburg ari.-e in its might and prepare for the emergency ..soon to be upon it. To perpetuate our principles is Certainly 'tirvrortie worx, ami, r?jstingexeTI.31veiy upon the Democrats as it does, it is a trust with which they cannot and dare not trifle. * Russia and Turkey. Th C last news from the East indi cate that the terms of peace between Russia and Turkey have been settled and is to be ratified within fifteen days. The indemni'y to be paid Russia is fixed at 1,410,000,000 roubles, of which amount 1,100,000,. 000 are to be paid by territorial cessions. Asiatic Turkey will be evacuated by Russian forces in six months and I'mronoan Turkey within three months. By the treaty the Ottoman Empire will be greatly weakened in resources and limited in territory, and the Russian proportion ately increased, giving the latter per haps a controling influence among the nations of Europe. Honesty vcisus Dishonesty. Wc are creditably informed that I Mr. Copes, our worthy County Treasurer, has collected $S,000 dol lars more than the duplicate books for which he gave his receipt, called lor. This amount has been paid into the Slate Treasury, and will probably be placed to the credit of Orangeburg County. Quctiry: Honesty paid over this large surplus to .ho proper officials without appropriating it to his own individual use; what did Dishonesty do with the same large, surplus a few years ago ? What 5f I ro.MM i:nicatki>.] OlIANGKItUUG, S. ('., March 5th 1^7-S. Fili Hi' ( rttngihurif Time* : Von arc on the right track, Mr. bai lor, in giving the farinors of the County a showing. You are not for hiding their light under a bushel. Your report of the proceedings of the Ornngeburg Agricultural Society at their last meeting, is interesting and m r but also to outsit tuts, i ue?u uiv missions are valuable and give to all though fill farmers food for reflection. It gives thorn valuable, hints which may h ad to important improvements on the farm. 1 sec it was stated that certain laud.-, which had been planted in corn for several successive yeai_ and manured highly with cotton seed, failed to produce the cow pea, and the question was asked why was it so? Was it occasioned by the cotton see 1 as a manure, and what is tho remedy? 1 know n practual farmer who has lWD fields lying alongside each other only separated by a running branch. One field produces peas luxurautly, whilst the other is a complete fail uro. Now there must be in those fields a deficiency of some of tho elements of plant food, necessary for tho healthy growth of the pea, and I believe that deficiency to be phosphoric acid, and wo. Id advise the gentlemen, owning those lands, to try the follow ing experiment, viz: Break up an acre, lay it off in three feet rows, manure in the furrow hall'an acre with 100 lbs. of acid p'iosphato, and one halt acre with 200 lbs. of ash , element as prepared at tho Atlantic Works, and plant the speckled or shinncy pea LS inches apart on tbo bed about f:ve peas in the hill. If lay judgment docs not deceive me the acre planted will yield peas enough to pay expenses and leave the laud in much better condition lor j futtP'O crops, provided the vines are left to decay on the land. Try it gentlemen and let the result, be known next fall through the columns of the T;MKS, and yeu will oblige many iV.riners. P. Legislature Proceedings. ? ?? CoT.UMnra. February 27.?The fol I lowing acts were ratified : An ant to n mend the law relating to the drawing of juries. An act to apportion the taxes on property transferred subsequent to ^ assessment An net to amend the fence law. An act in relation to forfeited hinds, and redemption for the same. An act to declare the powers ami duties of criminal judges without the circuit in which they reside. An act toptovide payment for com missioners appointed to investigate the bona lit le indebtedness of the var ious counties of.the Mate. An uo. to j ire vent fishing with nots in fiesh water streams during certain seasons of the year. f" An ?icT"**oi aiuuiUl mi nut iTrlflxffffi ? the convict labor of tho State. An act to regulate tho mod;; of con ducting capital punishment. CoLL'MitiA, March b\?In the House, a bill, to authorize the .State Treasurer to pay certain sums ?lue to the teachers of the State Normal School; (appropriation, 8018). The Senate devoted most of its time this morning to the consideration of the third reading of bills. The following passed, and were ordered to be enrolled fot? ratification : Bill (House) to amend Section 12 Chapter XXIII, Tille VII, of the General Statutes, relating to sureties on official bonds. Bill (House) to alter an 1 amend, the school low of South Carolina. Bill (House) to amend an act en - titled "An Act to establish uniformi ty in the sessions of the Circuit Courts." Bill to rccharlev the South Caro lina Medical Association and to estab lish a Slate Board of Health ami to define itH duties. Chief Justice Willard issued orders to-day for extra terms of court in suc h counties as lost their regular session by the vacancies in the circuit d udges. After the recess in the Senat e to day the vote ofthat body on the bond question was polled and ascertained to be fifteen for the consolidation and seventeen for adopting the report of the bond commission. A Stolen State ? Kx-Governor Moses tells the New York tSun that the Board of State Canvassers "counted out" tbo Til len 1?lectors in South Carolina, and "counted inM the Hayes Electors. And, of course, the JSiin believes Moses, for be is a correspondent after its own heart. It is quite likely that if the fraudu lent Republican votes in the low country were deducted, the returns if the election of 1870 would show a majority of several thousand votes for tou >.... ic Democratic State ticket, and a somewhat smaller majority for the Tilden Electors. But wo have overy reason to believe that, on th o face of the returns as submitted to the Statt; Convassers, tlio Hayes Electors were elected. Ko counting in was necessary. It is :i well known fact that Governor Hampton ran far ahead ol his ticket The returns, as Opened nod published in tho Wallace House, show a majority of 1,13-1 for Hampton for Governor, and of only 139 for Simpson for Lieutenant? Governor. A If nycs-aud-Hampton ticket, containing the names of the Republican Elector.) and the Demo cratic candidates for Stale "Hi eers, was voted; so also was a ticket with Hampton as the candidate I'orGovor nor, without the other Democratic candidates. Taking into account these tickets and the exceptional popularity of Governor Hampton, it is safe to assume that,on the .ace of tha returns, tho Tilden Electors wero not elected. Louisiana and Florida prere stolen; South Carolina was not. ?i\i:ios and'Courier. A Banktupt Commonwealth. Ohl Virginia without M itey In Meet an Richmond, Va., Marth 5.?The auditor of public accounts to-day reported to the joint committee on finance of the General Assembly that the financial condition of the Com. monwcalth was truly deplorable; thai no money was being received for taxes, all payments being made in coupons, which were at 30 per cent, discount. The auditor states thai there is bul ?103 in the treasury, and that n nc could be borrowed nor col lected, and that he can run tho State Government not an hour longer. The asylums were behind even on the support account. He had no means of paying the per diem of members, and there was $170,000 no.v due to banks, and they refuse further loan.-. - ? -o- ? m ? - Headquarters of tin* State - camera! ic Kxccuti e ('omuiiHcc. Columbia, S. C. Feb., 1878. To ./'I*. /''. Izlar, Qualify Chairman : At a meeting of the State De n i tratie lCxccutivj Committee ofSuilh Caro'ina, held in this city on tho 8th inatnut, the following rose uti .vore. adopted : licsoked, flint the State Executive Committee of the Democratic party of South Carolina ruc.c.om neu H an immediate reorganization of iho same in view <>i the campaign uf 187*3 and that County Conventions bo call ed as soon as practicable it* the sever 1 atMipituJics to elect oiii sort tj? jsj.rv ? tor th.; noxt twti years. j In pursuance of the foregoing reso lution, the Executive Committee di - rects nlten'iton i > so much of the Constitution of the pirfy, ml iptod by the State Cocvcution in August, 1S70 as refers to the county organizations, as follows : j AltTICl.E 1. There shall be one or im>re Democratic clubs organized in each election precinct, each of which tdubs .-hail have a distinct ti lie, 'The-Democratic 'dub;" and shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Recording and a Corresponding Secretary, ami a Treasurer, and shall have the fol lowing working crinmiitccs, of not less than three members each, viz: A Committee on Registration, an Executive Committee, and such othot Committees as to each club may seem expedient. j A in*. 2. The meeting of the clu b should be frequent, after the opening of the canvass, ami some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an address at each meeting, if practi cable. Akt. 3. The President shall have power to call an extra meeting of tho club, and - members of the club shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Akt. 4. The clubs in each county shall bcluhl together and operate [ under the control of a County Execu tive Committee, w hich shall consist of one member from caee club, to be nominated by the respective- clubs and elected by tho County Conven tion, and such other members as the ct> nvention may add. The Executive Committee, when elected, shall appoint its own oflicc rs and fill all vacancies which may arise whon the convention is not in session. The tenure ofotlico of the Executive Committee shall be until the next general campaign, unless sooner removed or suspended by the ccunty convention. The present County Executive Committee shall continue in ollicc un til the first meeting of the County Conventions under this organization. Akt. 5. County Democrat c Con ventions shall be composed of dele gates elected by the several local clubs?one delegate for every club, and an additional delegate lor every twenty-live enrolled members ?with the right to each County Convention to enlarge or diminish the representa tion accordiug to circumstances. This conventi on shall be called to gether by tho Chairman of tin* Exeou cutiyo committee, under such rules hour's Expenses. Iis each county may adopt, aud whcii assembled, s-lmll bo called to order by the Chairman of tho Executive Com mittee; and slmll proceed to o'eet from among its members a, President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Score tary and Treasurer The conven tiotl shall proceed to business, and when the same is transacted it shall adjourn sine die. Akt. ?. The mode and manner of nominating candidates for county offices or for delegates to the State, ?Judicial and Congressional Conven lions shall be regulated in each coun ty by the respective Covinty Conven lions. In this connection, the State Kxo eulive Committee make3 the follow ing recommendations. Under Article 1, where local clubs of the last campaign ttre in oxi.->ten"e, that they be reorganized by the olec lion of officers to serve the ensuing two years, an 1 as many additional clubs formed as may bo deemed cs sential to the success of the party. Also, tha! the committee on llegistra lion forthwith make a complete reg istration of all voters, classify ing them as while and black, Democrat and Republican. Under Article 4, that the County Executive Committee consist of the County Chairman and Presidents of the Local Clubs. [Inder Article 5. that the county chairman be ex officio chairman of the county executive committee and j of all county conventions, Under Article (5, that the system of primary elections by ballott I?; adop t ed sis the mode of nominating can didatcs for county officers a id mein hers ol the General Assembly. While the principle of primary elections should be at onco announced, ir is the decided judgment of the State Execu - live Committee that the nominations by primary elections should not tttke place until a later period in tho cam [align, ami in regard to which further reccommcudatious will be male hereafter as to the details for c in hie ling the .-aid elections. When the county convention j have elected olliccrs, the now county chair man will at once report to the secre tary of the State executive; commit tee, giving the names and post oflioo address of thcofHoera chosen,togeth er with the n unes an 1 post offices of I be presidents of the local clubs, and the number and member bin of the several (dub-. John 1 >. K knni:i>y , Chairman. .1 oiks A. llovr, Secretary. Uttums of I'm1 De.moeratic Kxeentive Committee. OuAXor.nuud ( Jounty, February '2'.', 1t>78. Circular A'?. 1. ? 1. In pursuance of instructions from the State Democratic ICxoctitivo Committee, herewith transmitted, local Democrat ic Clubs of the last compaigu with their alliii ited c dorc I Clubs, will meet on the Kith lay of March, A. 1)., 1878, and proceed to reorganize, by electing Olliccrs und Committees to serve i'.r the next two years. 2. A County Convention of tho Democratic Party of Orangeburg Count) is hereby called by a resolu tion of the County Democratic Exe cutive Committee of the Party to meet at Uran geh urg C. II., South Carolina, on Saturday, the 28rd day of March, A. D , 1878, at 12 o'clock, M., for the purpose of electing a County Chairman, and an Executive Committee, and other officers, to serve for the next two years, as well as to take such other action as may be deemed proper for the good of the Party. 3. Representation in this Conven tion will be one Delegate for each club, and one additional delegate lor every twenty-live )(25) enrol led mem bers. Fractions over twenty-five will not be entitled to representation. 4. The nomination of party candi dates will* take place later in tho campaign. 5. As soon as each club is reorgani zed the President w ill forward to Mr. F.A. Schillloy, Secretary of the county Democratic Exccutivo .Committee, at Orangeburg, S. C.,n list of all officers and committees, with their Post Office address, ami the number of members enrolled. Ho will also supervise and forward a similar report from his affili ated colored club. (J. Every effort should bo made to have as large a turn out of the mem bers of the several and respective clubs, on the day fixed for reorganiza tion as possible, and to have every Democratic voter in tho precinct not heretof ore cnrollod, a member of the precinct club before that day. ' 7. All clubs that have been orgaui zed since the last campaign, or which may be organized before the lGth day of March, A. D., 1878, will report the fact with namos^of officers,, post oflico a dress, and membership, promptly to the Secretary of the county Democra tic Executive committee at Orange burg, S. C. JAMES P. IZLAR, Chairman 'Democratic Ex. Coin. V. A. SCIIIFFLEY, Secretary. KOTIGE TO HOLDERS OF SCHOOL CLAIMS. On nnd alter Monday March 11th 1878, in accortlmicc with the Act of Assembly No. Ki"). approved March 3rd 1874, I will pay in full all School Claims for services rendered prior to November 1st 1972, that arc reported to me by the,County School Commissioner aa unpaid. ROBERT COPK8, Treasurer O. C. Solicitor's Office, w. W. Sellers, Ma it ion, S. C. Dee. 22, 1877. Jllfjurs. A, F. Merril A- Co., Philadelphia,Pa.: Gentlemen?Some three years ago I vrna taken with something like asthma. Tlieat taeks at first came at night, nnd whil.it asleep. It would awake me, and I would have to get up and sit np till it would wear oil'. These attacks became more nnd more . ....... i :_.i_i ?_ llt-tplvui, ilIKi ii? ...>.->..? niwiv. ii.C.TZ SR violence until the springof 187?>, when they became alarming. 1 had to sit up most of the nights, could not breathe in any other position, and not in a Hitting posi.ion with out very paitiful ditliculty. It was attended with very had c ough. Thee.t pectorations wen- of a while frothy character nnd very tough 1 became very weak and feeble. My physich'n did what he could, but to lit tle purpose. If be knew what ai ctl ine, he kept it concealed from me. I, however, wait satisfied thai the dread disease of conMiiip** lion wa- fasl Belting in upon my lungs" Providentially 1 saw the reconiim-ndnt'on of the lion. Alex.JH. SiepMcrwof tfieOI?ba F.ower Syrup, ami having known him fur years, and also of his physical infirmities, ? determined to make a irial of the Syrup. I bought a buttle and commenced taking it a* per direction.*. 1 felt a sensation of re'irf after the first tlttse (taken at night.) bill bad to gel up 1? fine day ami sit up its usual. I rotitini ctl to take through the next day m diiecteil and ai night before retiring. 1 have not Ii id id get up since- 1 continued to :ake it regularly until I took three bat tle*. The trough gradually subsided, brk tiHrtvp, tan-nnie cfcnr ami easy / ?hU - flu* ???? twelvemonths I have been in perfect health - no eo'ngh, no nsllouotic iilicction, and I cheerfully altribtite my cur? tu the ma of the (ilobe l'n.wer Spmp, and would recou** mend it lo all similarly ntiUcied. Mr ofiieial mitl professio, nl hdrors uro pnrtiuu larly straining to the lung*, but 1 am per fectly sound and well, and have no setup loins of any lung disease. 1 keep somu ??f tip- Syrup on hand, and perhaps onco a month lake a dose of it, which I thiuk keep- the lungs vigorous and healthy. I have '.ecu thinking for aoine time that I won .I add my testimony to the virtue* of the Globe Flower Syrup, end now take oc casion to do so; and if you can tnaku auy use of tlu- above so as to benefit the suffer ing everywhere, you are at liberty to do so. Respectfully yours, w. \V. SELLERS, Solicitor 1th Judicial Circuit iu 8. O. Ca lobe Flcwer C'eii?fa Nyrttp. Kor sale b/ mar i) * A. C. DUKES, M. D. ? NOTICE. The undersigned hereby gvies notice that he will file his final account, aa Guardian of Mary M. Rilcy, with the Judge of Probate for Orangeburg County on tho first day of April next and ask for lettors Dismissory. JAMES M MOSS. March 2nd 1S78. NOTICE. Office of School Commissioner. ? Orangeburg S. C. Feb. 18th, 1878. Notice is hereby given to the Board of Trustees of the various School Districts, that you are strictly warned to close your schools tut soon as the money apportioned to your Districts are expended, And be very careful not overate it because if you do, It can not be tilled here Thomas PniLLira, School Cominis ?ioner. fob 23 _St? W. F. ItOBINSON, successor TOj 15. KZEKTEL. Respectfully informs the citizens of this County that be bos opened at the Store ef Mr. Webb Bull's prepared to do all kiud of work on Watches, Clocks and Jewelry on the shortest notice. Charges reasonable. AH work warranted to give satisfaction. Will also keep constantly on.hand Luudreth'g Garden Seeds* fresh and genuine. Give mo a call. ?fc?y Persons having left work with tfc? late B. K/.ekiel will please call immediately for tho same. The Stock on hand is offered bcTow cost. The best mako of Calendar Clocks at $18 oct 20 If B est Family Flour sold by A. FISCnER. IrlHli Potatoes, Onions and Aoplco. Sold Cheap by A. FISCHER.