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Tlie Orangebvi vg Times ISSUED EVERY BATUHDAY MOKNINU Terms of Stibscripf Iuti. One Cojnj nnc Year.?2 00 " " Six ?lmahs. 1 (iij Rates of Advertising. One Square 1st Tuna lion.$] .">(? jEVjcA Subsequent " . ! 00 Notice* inserted in Load Column at 20c no Line. All Subscriptions and Trapsient Adrcrlise uients to be paid for in Adranec. t No Ilrcipt* for fiuhsrrij 'inn nr \dr< - titemcnts arc Valid unless Siyuctt />?, /' Manager. OST We m-p in no way responsible for tea Tier** or opinions ?>f our Corrcsiu :n! ?nts. SATURDAY, AUGUST ID, 1878. Hurrah for Hampton, Domocraov & Homo 2E?A7.1C I State Ticket a nd \r Lo toi-y ! VOR CiOVKESXOSS WADE HAMPTON. W. T>. S I jM I ?s02sf. Secretary of Slate W. I). SIMS. A11 < >11 ? \ ? iieral LEKOY I . I;MANS. Com pi!? ? loiieral jOUNSt UAGOOD. Plate Treasurer S. L. LKA I'll A KT. friipi rintcmh til of lMucntion MUCH S. THOMPSON. Adjutant and Inspector General E. M. MOISIO. FOIC < <h\<>!KF.NS Hon. M. P. O'Connor. Indcpi ndtnts. "Resolved, That the unity and in tegrity of the Democratic party is of paramount importance to the success of our cause ami the welfare of our people in the ensuing election, and we repudiate all fusion or ct ulition with the Republican party, and most unqualifiedly condemn any Independ ent movement whatever, as inimical to the people and destructive of their interests and welfare. The above resolution was unani mously adopted by our state Con vention at its last session in Colum bia and shows pretty plainly a gen eral fear, apprehended all over th State, from the independent move ment, or else there would have been TneccFsity for such a body of pa* Ve have no desho, evt n iR.r.2>tww admitted it, to review the conduct of the parly administing the govern ment of South Carolina for the last ten years. It has been one, from the beginning to the ending, of un parallcd frauds; the government to the last extreme, was intolerably op pressive, the olllciuls from the governor to the constable wore base ly treacherous; the party itself, from its leaders to its followers, were no toriously corrupt; and its history as ?written in the seven copiu I of the in vestigating Committee's report, 'u a shame upon humanity, a stigma upon government and an insult to honesty Yet this party has the bra/en effron tery to dare to come forward at.d of fer to control the civilization of South Carolina and administer the government ol her people. Have its leaders so little knowledge of Caroli na Democracy as to dream they will allow it? Is there v. Dimocral in Orangela.rg. possessing a soul so in significant!\ mall, who would lend h.s nan e< u llueiife t>> (ho success of a j oik ; ? i< h will us cci taiulv work tlis ei ?! as it 1 e adopted. It has been sai<i by way of an excuse that there is a change in the Radical party and that a greater change will yet ho made, but, with all that, its past history and its present status are too revolting to admit of any h >pc ol good from that quartor. We said in our lust issue, and will repent it to-day, that whatever re - lief South Carolina has obtained ftom this oppressive administration has been brought about by an organized Democratic party; and we usseri thai the only conceivable way, l.ho Radi cals can re-possess themselves ol the government, is through the agency of Independent Democrats. Much remains yet to be done if we wish to drive Radicalism from Oruhgoburg County. Unify and forward! s ouhl be our watch word until every mm can e ijoy equal rights under the constitution without being controll ed by a parly whose past history is a j shame lo Uepublican iiistltuii in , 11 is admitted oh all sides that we j -\vi 11 elect a Democratic (Jiivorhor and cubbicf, mid that it is scarcely worth while for the Radicals to put in nomination a State ticket, hut should direct thoir cflbrls to the suc cess oi'thcir county tickets. In view of the large increase of colored D mi ocrats and others indifferent as to tho success of either party, the Radical's only hepo is to effect their purpose by disorganizing the Democrats, which they propose to do through the -iiey of independent candi del. -. Now, Khali ibis be. done? Do the Democrats of Oraiigohurg Coun ty iit(< nd to permit this thing ? Wo hay been struggling for a dozen years against fearful odds ami with a heroism that lr.vs won the adm>r atiou of the entire emntry and the applause of even Northern R c publicans, to restore an honest and e< oi bnib al government to o ir State und county. And)now after these }?<?:?? - ol toil ami sacrifices, when wo are ar rayed in battle order and ah nit I > make ll e gramle.-t ;ind most glorious charge to capture the last citadel of the enemy, and when every true pa (riots heart beats high with hop \ wo are about to be thwarted and perhaps depcated, by desertion* from our ranks id men claiming to hu Demo crats, and who, for the sake of oflice, constitute themselves candidates wit.b the hope of satisfying their ambition outside the. Democratic organization by the aid of Radical votes. They claim to be Peters, true Democrats j following the party only at a guilty distance, but Ibov wi I prove to be Judasos betraying their party by a damning treachery^ This cannot?it must not l?e. The success of such a | ?movement is nothing more than the disorganization of tho Democratic party and placing it at the mercy of the Rad.-eal party, ll is equal to giving the genersd government over to the''man on horseback," the South to plunderers, and South Carolina to car pet-baggers and the bayonets. The man. who would hazard the success of his party for the sake of political position, is not worth the respect and confidence of a patriotic people. He need not claim the abuses which exist and are practised in Democratic Conventions, as a plea for his conduct, that their procco I ings [arc not fair, nor are the best m >n always nominated. We admit that this may be true, but the sa:n; objec tion may bo alleged against th1 Church or any society in the w irld . tho organization of .which is intruded I W* work oifF a ^(?tin^^f^^^^ mankind. Indeed if political Con veil lions di ! not have faults they would not be of human origin a.id wo would be disposed to doubt their efficacy. The movement of Indepcnd cut candidates does not do away with the difficulty, because a man bu comes the judge of his own merits which is riugism drawn to a focus. The man w ho bolts from his p trty does so with the intention o! beco'U ing a candidate and thinks in ire of his ow n merits than the party does. I [e stel:8 the oflice and not the oflice the man. As a general rule, every man, .-linken of in connection with the Independent movement, is alw.t.'s willing to take an office even it' it hap pens to be at a greal personal sacrili e. They are men who taik most about rings, cliques, trickery an I party losh?hang about Conventions, talk about people's candidate or citizen's ticket, and if nominated all is right, if not tlu v nominate themselves and forthwith begin to whine about the people's rights and privileges, hii j a Radical or any body else, singing the while "'Tis sweet to die for one's count ry." The Radical Ring Convention. This body, composed of delegates from the different precincts, met at the colored Engine Hall on Monday hist, and organized by electing Sena tors. L. Duncan President, and D. A.Slraker and H.A. Webster Hee rclaries. The proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. L. Ar thur. A resolution was offered, embrac ing the names of S L Duncan, D A Struki r, John II Livingston (while), li A Webster ( white) and R Jeffer son, and a like number of alternate.}, and ordering I heir elect ion us dele- j catts to the so-called Stale Ucptlbli- : can Convention, Altera good deal of sparring and explaining on the j pail of Vainly Bowman, Sh aker it , i 1 Duncan, I he previous question ivas c:i led and the resolution adopted. A similar resolution was tillered, j mi bracing I lie names of It I- Duncan ! .1 P M Foures (white), E Forrest, Rev L Arthur and S R Folder, and a like number of alternate*' lo be elected delegates to the Congressional Convention. This was passed with a' single negative voice. Vnndy Row man offered a rcso'u-' lion instructing tho delegates to op pi sc tie- 1 Icmocrnt ic State ticket aud to ve:e lor a straightout Padieal team. I) A St raker earnestly op pose* 1 the passage of this resolution.! and n the course ol hi.^ remarks gnvv utterance to some extreme vieWsX Duncan in a speech endorsed Strak-J * r's remn rks. ?' W ebstcr followed in the speech b/j tho occasion. He endorsed the pre-1, 'ceding remarks mid added tbat^ Hampton's administration was a fail-) on ; not i promise made by bun, wjifv In :ii od; not one school teacher had] been paid; thai if promising every! I It ~ i ?.' and fulfilling nothing conslittt4 tod a sbi'csuiuii then Hampton should? be raised l<> i ha! p sition; and that' hf wotdd oppose I la.nptou'si ad uinis^ i ration In I he last. The speakeiv thanked his bearers for their nttcui lion, and assured them that his words . f Resolutions by Slrakcr condemn -- itig acts of tin.' Democratic Legisla ture were adopted. Resolutions by Webster in horn r of llynum, deceased, were unani mously adopted. ()u motion the Convention a' - journed. ( ft out sc, Webster's New Engine 1 speech was all buncombe and- bosh; but as to the truth of i.'j remain's ? one. ruing the payment of school] leaclu rs, ivc won Id refer our read.-rs (o Rev. 'I hon is Phillips, Seho*trl Commissioner, and a Radical, who says s" I COM last year and ?7,000 ; year were appropriated for sch >1 purj i sts; Lo Mr. Robert (lopes, Tr -i surer, and a Democrat, who says every dollar of the 84,000 was paid, and the larger portion of it to t in til ers themselves; that as much of the ?7,000 dollars tu he collected ha* been paid out in the same way, and the remainder will be paid out i i like manner whan collect a 1. 1 nring Chamberlain's two years 814,000 dollars were appropriated, ai:d We may reasonably asHUtiu that one half of il was gobbled up by speculators ami Radical ollv/ials'?nd the other hah paid to teach The r? Solution, amended to suit tin opposition, pa-se I unanimously Jon's n,.>'d! haviT^f?-? as inntir v - the 'pecking of a sparrow upon a si. .. wall." We noticed hut, three white' uAT^UU this Convention; Messrs. J 11 ingston and J I'M Fotircs, of Oraibge Uurg county an 1 K A Wchalet", of Massachusetts, all of whom with} A A Stinker, colored, of Bernukda, occupied positions as delegates u'pon din cut and dried iesolulions. .his looks very much like ringism, iml hat, these gcnlleinon mean to i?ide into office upon colored voters. The [juostion in turally suggests itf-elf, whether this body was a convention .i the colored people to select dele gates from aiming themselves to represent them at Columbia, or w.ts it n convention purely in the interest >f carpet-baggers and scalawags, to 'be ntroiled by them as seemed to !>o the ease on M outlay Ia-t. Our colored citizens would do bo-t Ler if tiny relied more upon the:.i ?elves and less upon men in no w ly idenlifie 1 with them sti"0 to build up their own good fortunes by the aid of he colored vote-. Is experience a had teacher w ith colored people only , ?r are they wilfully stupid in this inatter? Carpetbagger.* and scallawao? inighl as well understand, onco for all, thai the citizens of Ornngebu i'^ lii it it ly don't mean to turn tho c >ntr il nt their affairs ovoi into the bands if i baud oi adventurers and plunder eis again. Extremes. Next to Independents and Fusion isl . as sources of dAnger lo Demo crnev, comes ihc Extremist,n man or class Ol nun, who.never slops upon tenable ground but continues to move Ulltil his own friction wears him out. Political extreme* arc por* haps more dangerous than any other, because they exist only in a state oi great excitement, and the masses, i.i.di r such circumstances, are more easily influenced by them France, immcdialcly after her las w tir, was in a .-taleof gnat confusion and would have been ruined by the teachings of the Extremist, Roche !?fort, had not the moro prudent ( policy of Thiers obtained. Wo have (some where read that; "Mediocrity is u the normal condition of mankind," j and the history of the last ten or ] it wolvo years seems to attest the truth tyof the maxim. The view? of extreme [[ men controlled the Democrats of the |i South until Iva policy of inaction Ii ? ? i [I we bu fibred the Radicals quietly to possess tho govern men t. This policy incest us millions of money an I loss of political rights. rOxtroni > Kadi ? ! cals controlled Ihcir parly until the I enormity of their abuses ruptured the ties in 1370 thai held thu parly elements together. Extremes tire ever dangerous and vicious, and should be avoided in politics as in anything else, because their actions j as Well us Leach in s Lend to revolu tion, Being J'unnlivst or men con trolled, not by reason, but by im pulse, they are ever endured in limes of peace and quietness, because they are scarcity considered responsible for their actions; in t imes of bvorox i itnmcpL and gn at political confu sion , they are often followed by the unreflecting masses, because they /. ( in sincere in all they do, and for thin reason are the more dan i rous to a county or party. 1 h ere are tu o kinds of fanatics in pi.lilies us in anything el.-c; one for the want of brains, and the other for having two much brains?the furnier never goes far enough to bring about a salutary reft rm, the latter goes too far and .-tops only at revolution. Mediocraey or a moderate policy therefore should hold thu balance of lower to keep the extremes in cheek > until the pure principles of a virtu ous society can hi ing about a reform without revolution. This seems to us to be the sure principle of the pre sent moment; and our citurns sh ml 1 be careful in tin- period of great political excitement to avoid ex tremes, with the assurance thai a course of com!.ict based upon ii_;ul is the only true policy and will cv m tually bring this strange political mixture to its proper level, without l In .-e great political convulsion: which so often ove/throw the rights and destroy llu* government of a people. Revenue. Mr, \V. H. C'hapm in, spool d R i veiiuc Agent for South Carolina and Western North Carolina, arrived in ColiinibUt on Monday iatst, ->:i Ku' h belonging t< loi ouicO; Thieveite meat, which prevailed tine :.i'.i;!? ?' ago in our uj piM eotwities. and i h0 sympathy, t!- wrongs excited i;i the heTu'I otiji citizens' nil over the F tub , make it very desirable thai a ; ..-a oflleer be intrusted with this department. Mr. Chapman comes fresh from Washington with instruc tion from President Hayes an I Com missioner li-.ium relative to the en forcement of Revenue laws in t his State, lie is desired to visit o.ir upper counties; PiekeiH, Green vi I lu eVc, and to enlist the symp ithios <>f the best citizens in behalf of tho ob servance of the laws; to put himself in communication with distillers and imprc-s upon them the detarminatio i of tho govern mciil to s ip;>r iss Iran 1 against i:s I Revenue.-; and the greater advantage of running their business in a legal way .rather than illicit ?Iis tilling; to inform them thai a vin dictive enforcement of the laws is iiut the purpose of the government, but a lenient course will be adopted in those districts whore circumstances will warrant; to instruct tho citizens generally tliaf the law will bo enfor ced in an orderly and lawful minner and b;- officers who are perm.incut citizens of the district. The government, in urdoi toav >i il unncssary collisions between officers and people, and between State and general government, would be glad it' wronged citizens in tin; .n it: sr of dis tilling, would appeal t> the U. S. Courts for relief, because those C inrts belong to tho pe iplu a- inqeh as State Courts,and will boas rea ly to extend relief and protect the rights of the citizens H. H. Kimpton. l>y telegraph to the Ncmm find CoimVr 11. 11. Kimpton, I'inantiul Agent for South Carolina, during the days of Radical plitudei and misrule, was arrested at West fiel d, Mas-., on tl o 7th instant. A requisition from ti iv. Hampton for the prisoner was oxpected to anivc on tho 8th, and In bo immediately taken to Columbia w here ho is wanted both as an offen der against the law and a witness for the Stale in the suits before the Bond Court. Kimpton bus been dodging about in Canada to escape; arrest, and ig believed to have como into the Uni ted S In tea only lately. The public may now expect lo sec disclosures commensurate with the cxteut of the J plunder, if this man can be made to disgorge. ? mm 9 mm.' Wo learn from exchanges that the yellow fever prevailing til New Orleans is of a malignant type, the mortality being very great; The protection of the country and the prosperity of our South Atlantic eities demand a rigid iphtrj.iltine system. [For the Orangeburji; Times. The Situation. .Mr. /;,/;/,.,?: \s a private citizen, 1 have been calmly viewing the political situation in our County and have with pride notice I the stand you have taken in connection with thesubjeet, and have i learned much, very much, IV >m your correspondent''; as als > those of oth tr papers, 'County and State.) ami wi h only lo make a few remarks, with your pel mission. Firstly?There is this broad and solid plank in the platform of tho Hampton party: "We pie Ige our selves to protect the persons, rights and property of all the people, and Lo speedily bring to summary justice any who dare violate t'n sin.'1 Then it follows, that your suggestions c ? i cenung tho "make up" of our (.'? uity lieket be given due consideration; that, the colored people be given just representation; for it is n >i ti i. more or Uss than -vh it has been promised und we should hon irably fulfill. Secondly?While our people should "be harmless as doves," they must "be wise as serpents," nut as in days gone by; with much discretion and forethought; L ?* ---" I/ l-us ail - try-to i r homsi, ' proscribe. Ljt, "D-A-S" scribble. lj-*tt "llimpton Democrat" and "Democrat" argue. I et, "Critic" dissertate. Lot, "Ham,' and olliers, dilate. Let, "Pro I'atria'' flourish. /MHO, .</ i,hj> <n\ I eh tjU. Lot "Congaroo" flow. Let, "Fair Play" 'dike Fphran, be joined to his idols/' Let, "Irate Radicals an I Gil va:ii/.vl Democrats" smelt their brazen ore. Let, "Independents" bo politically and socially ostracised as traitors; and let disannul/,? i CarnTTdaTss with ''Spectator" i>: consoled. And, it yi<u pie isi.., let all writs who wt-o?, tail ye nun of Orangeburg; ye true hearted Democrats; ye honest patri ots?ouo and all; lot ho supposed individual differences; no bickerings; no personal feelings; no contumacy; or fomeulors of dissection step be tween you and your duty. Let demagogues and tricksters howl?if there be any "galled jades," let them "wince," and lei the "devil Hud mis chief for idle bauds," bill as for you ?hang together like grim death; determined to conquer or to die. And with, "best men for oiliee," in cribed on your banners, go to your nominating convention (with goo 1 representatives) and swerve not lo the right or the left, but put out your lieket and it will be vote I' early and often" (.not ?'repeating.") In the mi an while let every truccili zen resolve himself into a committee of one to work day and night, and al ways, if necessary; for if accounts be true?the Radicals are having thoi r "Religions night meetings'' all over the count}, and good authority lias ii?there is more politices in them than Religion. Fellow eili/.en-, rest assured, it is bad tactics to underrate a:i enemy . The last conipaigu was only the skimish preceding, perhaps, more than one great battle. Von who have slumbered, arise, and gird on your armor for the fray. These line* are written by an humble and poor fa run r, who is no oiliee sei her, but A WoKKixd IIaMrton Dkmocuat. August 2nd 1878. ? if ? - ? *? ? ? It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we arc made to know how much dross was in our composition. -mt ? Tm. - - - Dr. F. Marion Sims, consulting Surgeon Woman's Hospital, New Volk, says: "1 prefer the Hunyadi JtlllOS to any and every other mine ral water, for the following reasons : The dose is small, ihc taste is not unpleasant, it acts promptly, il| dees not oppress the stomach, it docs not wi ij e, and it is ellicient. For sale by Dr. d. 0. Wnnnnniaker. Liver is Kin?. Tlic Liver is tho imperial organ of tho whole human system, as it controls the lifo health and happiness of nistu. When it is disturbed in its proper action, ull kinds of ailments nra the nutural result. Thcdiges tion offood, the movements of the heart and blood, the notion of die hrain ami nervous syst, tu, are nil immediately connected with the workings of the Liver. Uhus been, successfully proved that U t een's August Flower is micminllcd in curing all persons aillictcd with Dyspepsia or Livec Coin.* plaint, ami ail il.<- numerous symptontb that result from an mdiealthy condition of the Liver and Stomach. Sample boUhtt to try^ I'J cents. Posili-cly sold inall town* pa] tho W'esterii Continent. Thr'jp dosjs will.' prove that it is oi-t tvliiu you want. 0 rruskin;: (lie Knergies. Ii is not advisable for any of us to ovcitmk our energies, corporeal or int :i al, but in the eager pursuit of wealth or fane: or knowlodg-, how ninny Ira tigress this salutary rule. It Dili t ho a matter of great impor tance to all who do so Jo know how* they can icgain the vigor so reckless ly expended. The remedy is neither costly or difficult to obtain. IIos t( tier's stomach bittcis is procurable in every city, town and settlement ini An.eiim, ;.nd it compensates for a diain ol bodily or mental energy more effectually than any invigorant ever .pic-eiib< d? or advertised. .La boring mfen, urthletics, students.journ alists, lawyers, clergymen, physi cians, all bear testimony to its won drously renovating powers. It in? creases tho capabilities for under going fatigue, am. counteracts the in jurious effects upon the system of.ex* posure, sedentary habits, unhealthy ?>i wearying avocations, or an insalu brious climate, ami is a prime altera? live, din:otic and blood dcpuro>n% * A Uvniai kahlc liesull It mal.es no difference how many I'hysiciansj i r how much mediciue you have tried, it is now an establish" id fact thai 'jcrman Syrup is tho only remedy which has given com plete satisfaction in fevere eases of Lung Diseases, ii is true there ard yet thousands ol i crsons who are pre* disposed to Throat and Lung A flec tions, Consumption, Hemorrhages, Asthma, Sji vere Colds settled ou the L5r< a-1,Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, Ac, who have no personal knowledge of Uo-eb-e's German Syrup. To bitch we would say that 50,000 doz<*u were sold last year without one. com plaint. Consumptive^ try just one ?1W L? e. . Uc^ular ^izejj^-^^t^t^o'n t by all Druggists i numeric a. Whenever anil V? heivver..?Li ?? ?>-es of. a eholcraiu type prevail, of Inert is cause to apprehend a visit from them, iho system .-Im uld he toned, regulated and reinforced by a course of Hosteller's Stomach Putter*. Perfect digestion and n regular habit of body are the best safeguards against mich maladies, und both are secured by thi ; in estimab! ?'. ?nie anil alterative. The Hitler* are ;:!-<> extremely serviceable in remedy ing such disorders. If promptly taken in bilious colic. di trrh ? ; and cholera morbus, the disease i- usually frustrated. In diur rlnea e.i-v-. ii is oni\ necessary to restore the lone of the rel ixe.l 1> ?weis, und this is ono of the eilie eileets of this medicine. Wind on the slomach, heartburn, bilious ness, nausea, headache and other sTtnplouM of disturbance in the gastric and hepatlo regions arc also speedily relieved by this excellent remedy. As a family medicine it i~ invaluable,since it promptly ami com* pletely remedies those ailments which are of most frequent occurrence. Columbia Female Academy. MISS ELMORK, Principal. Miss ('. K. PUTNAM, Associate Principal ???in is INSTITUTION, FOUNDED BY JL the trift of the State of South Carolina to an association of gentlemen for eduoa tional purposas, has long hold high rank among the- many good schools of our country. Lhider it- present management it will not be smftered to fall short of what the public lias a right to domain! The course of Study has been well selected and the different brandies thrown into special departments Kindergarten and Calisthenics form a part of the course. Km- testimonials &c., see circular, fo r which, apply to Miss BLMORK. Columbia, 3. 0. The next session begins SEPTEMBBB 30th 1>7S. kkkcrrncks: Governor Ibtmptou Hon. II, S. Thompson, State Superin tendent of Education. lion. L. F. Voumans, Attorney-General Hon. A. C. Ilaskoll, Associate Justice. Dr. Iii M. Palmer, New Orleans, La. nut! H> Gt ST-IK HIDAN'S Mal e School The Exercises of Scliopl will ho resumed on the First Monday in September next. TERMS PER MONTH 1-t tirade, beginners.?.$2 00 ?Jd ?' tilaminar Pupils. 2 fiO :;d ?' Advanced KngUsh. 3 00 Latin and (?reck 50 cents extra, each. Hoard in excellent families, near tke School Rooms, may be obtained at $10 and Si j pi r month, fl is School is designed to be a Permanent Institution of Ornngeburg, and with a libe ral piitronage the Principal will make it? coniplelc success. 11U0? G. SHERIDAN, aim 10 Principal.