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Tlie Orangebi t Timos I88UED EVERY SATUKDAY MOItNlNtl Terms ?I* Subscript lull. One Copy one Year.$2 00 " Six Mouths. 1 00 Rates of Advertising. Ont Square 1st Insertion.?] .">(> jEVicA Subsequent " . ! 00 Notices inserted in [,'????'1 Column at "20c Line. All Subscriptions and Trap ?'? nt Adrcrlise mcnts to be paid for in Advance. < AST" No Itecipts for Subxrrii h'on or Ittements arc \\tli<i unless Sinn it I.. />' ifannqa: 485"" We nr?? in no way oiisihle for tr* view* or opinions <?!' our Correxpond ;-ntn. SATURDAY, AUGUST IG, 1878. Hurrah for Hampton, Democracy &. Home State Ticket and V u - tory! fOR c;ovi:Ei.\63s Wade n.am hon. IiiciiliMiaiii (io verum "W". D. J^i^M ?BOTST. Secretary of Stale W. I). SIMS. Allot !?? \ . in ral LEHOV I . I)MANS. Com j i: ? ? Icncral JOHNS! . HACiOUD. !?lato Tieasuror S. L. LKAPII ART. Sup< l intci <U nt of Education HUGH s. THOMPSON. Adjutant and Inspector Genera] E M. MOISE. l'iill i iiSUUKSS Hon. Iff. P. O'Connor. Indcpt ndents. "Resolved, That the unity and in tegrity of the Democratic parly 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 alition 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 Mate Con vention at its last session in Colum bia and shows pretty plainly a gen eral fear, apprehended all over tho State, from the independent move ment, or else there would have been TiTccessity for such a body of pa* ^s'.v- ay.'-v '?? ,.??? l'>|||^lM(il|J|,|''illC||llll Ve have no de-she, even iP.^iuw admitted it, to review the conduct of tho party administing the. govern ment of South Carolina for tho last ten years. It has been one, from tho beginning to the ending, of u;i parallcd frauds; the government to the last extreme, was intolerably op pressive, the olllcials from Lho governor to the constable were base ly treacherous; the party itself, from its leaders to its followers, were no toriously corrupt; and its history as written in the seven copioi of the in vestigating Committee's report, i: a shame upon humanity, a stigma upon government and an insult Lo honesty Yet this party has the brazen cfl'ron tcry to dare to come forward and of fer to control the civilization of South Carolina and administer the government ol her people. Have its lenders so little knowledge of Caroli na Democracy as lo dream they w ill allow it? Is there a Dunocral in Orr.ngebi.rgj possessing a soul so in significant n ?mall, who would lend his nan e? influence to the success of a j ??!.i ? l.ich will as eei lainly work this end as it |jo 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 bo made, but, with all that, its past history and its present status are loo revolting lo admit, of any h ipe ol good from that ipiarler. We said in our last issue, and will repeat iL to-day, that whatever re - licl South Carolina has obtained fiom this oppressive administration lias been brought abouL by an organized Democratic parly; and we assert thai the only conceivable way, the Radi cals can re-possess ihcinselvcHol the government, is through the agency of Independent Democrats. Much remains yet to be done if wo wish to drive Radicalism from Orangeburg County. Unify and forward! s mihi be our watch word until 6very man can c ijoy equal rights under Llie constitution without being controll ed by a parly whose past history is a shame i?. Republican iustituti ?u<, il is admitted on sill .-nies that wo | will elect a Democratic Gdvernor ami cabinet, and that it is scarcely worth while lor tho Radicals to put in nomination a Slate ticket, but should direct thoir efforts to tho suc cess of their county tickets. In view of the large increase of colored Dem ocrats and others indifferent as to the success of either party, the Radical's only hepc is to cflbet their purpose by disorganizing the Democrats, which they propose to do through ihe agency of Independent candi ilaii -. Now, Khali Iltis bo done? Do the Democrats of Orangehurg Coun ty intend to permit this thing? We have been struggling for a dozen years against fearful odd' and with a heroism that has won the admir at ion of tho entire emntry and the applause of even Northern Re publicans, to restore ati honest and r-cth-oniical government to o ir Stale and county. Andjnnw alter these years ol i"ii and sacrifices, when we arc ar rayed in battle order and ah nil I i make the grandest and m os I glorious charge to capture the last citadel of the enemy.and when every true pa (riot's heart beats high w ith hope, w : are about to be thwarted and perhaps depcateilj by desertions from our ranks <>l men claiming to be Demo crats, and who, for tie sake of office, constitute thems< Ives candidates with the hope of satisfying their ambition outside the Democratic organization by the aid of Radical voles. They claim lo be Peters, true Democrats following the party only at a guilty distance, but thuv wi'l prove to be Judascs betraying their party by a damning treachery. This cannot.?it must not he. The success of stich a .movement is nothing more than the disorganization of tho Democratic pat ty ami placing it at. the mercy ol' the Radscal party. It is equal to giving the general government over to the' 'man on horseback," the South to plunderers, ami South Carolina l > carpetbaggers ami the bayonets The man who would hazard the success of Ins parly for the sake of political position, is not worth the respect and confidence of a patriotic people. I.V. need not claim the abuses which exi.-t and are practised in Democratic Conventions, as a plea for his conduct, that their procec 1 ings arc not fair, nor are the best m in always nominated. We admit thai this may be true, but the samo objec tion may bo alleged against th s Church or any society in the w irld , tho organization of .which is intended I rV wort ou7 a b(-(fer"'T!!!)T^^^^ mankind. Indeed if political Con volitions did not have faults they would not be ofhunianorigina.nl we would be disposed to doubt thcir efficacy; The movement of Indepcnd cut candidates does not. do away with the difficulty, because a man bo comes tho judge of his own merits which is ringism drawn to a Ibens. The man who bolts from his p irty does so with the intention o! heco'll ing a candidate and think-; in >ro of his own ineiits than the party docs. Me seeks the office and not the oflice the man. As a general rule, every man, spoken of in connection with tho Independent movement, i-> always willing to lake an office even if it hap pens to he at a great personal sacrili so. They are men who talk most about rings, cliques, trickery an I party lash?bang about Conventions, lalk about people's candidate or citizen's ticket, and if nominated all is right, ii not they nominate themselves an 1 forthwith begin to whine about the pro pie's rights and privilege.*, hug a Radic al or any body else, singing tho while " Tis sweet to die for one's country." Tho Radical Ring Convention. This body, composed of delegates from the different precincts, met at the colored Engine Hall on Monday last, and organized by electing Sena tor S. L. Duncan President, and I). A. Straker and K. A. Webster Sec retaries. The proceedings wens opi ned with prayer by Rev. L. A r thur. A resolution was offered, embrac ing the names of S I, Duncan. D A Straker, John II Livingston (while), Ii A Webster (white) and R Jellcr son,aiid a like number of alternates, ami ordering their election as dele gates to the .-o-called Slate Rcpubli - can Convention, Aftern gdoddeal of sparring and explaining on the pail of Vandy How man, Straker a i i Duncan, the previous question a.is en led and the resolution adopted. A similar resolution was offered, cm bracing (he unities Of R II Duncan ,1 P INI Po?res (white), E Porrest, I Kcv L Arthur and S K Felder, und a like number of alternates to be elected delegates to the Congressional Convention. This was passed with ad single negntivc voice. Vnndy Howmun offered a reso'u'i tion instructing the delegates to op pose the Democratio State ticket ami to vote lor :i struightout Padical team. I) A Straker earnestly op- | posed the passage of this resolution".! and ii the course oi his remarks gave utterance to some extreme views.^ Duncan in a ipeech endorsed Str.ik-J er's remarks. M ?bst er followed in the speech ott the occasion. He endorsed the pre-1 feeding remarks and added thatA Hampton's administration was a fail-|| nit ; not i promise made by him, xvtl4j fu libed; not one school teacher had] In ? n paid; that, if promising every ] ihiiif? and fulfilling nothing nonslitii^ ted ;i statesman then Hampton -houiel be raised to that p isition; and thalf l he would oppose Ha.nptou's ad uinisr (ration hi lite last. The spcakeiv thanked Ids bearers for their attcnj lion, and assured them that his wor<K came from the heart. The r< solution, amended to suit tin] opposition, pa-se I unanimously. Resolutions by Straker eon dem': ing act-of the Democratic Legisla ture were adopted. Resolutions by W ebster iu honor of Hynuni, deceased, were unani mously adopted. On motion the Convention ad journed. I ft oursc, Webster's New Englart 1 speech was all buncombe and' bosh; bul a< to the truth of his remains concerning the payment of school leaelurs, we would refer our roadeVs to Rev. 'Jliomas Phillips, School Commissioner, and a Radical, who .-ays s-1 000 last year and ?7,000 lh?s year were appropriated for sehe d purposes; to Mr. Robert Copes, Trea surer, and a Democrat, who says every dollar of the 84,000 was paid, and lho larger portion of it to toa -ii crs themselves; that as much of the ?7,000 dollars u> he collected has liecii paid out in the same way, and the remainder will be paid out in like manner when oollocto 1 . R tiring Chamborlain's two years $14,000 dollars were appropriate] and we may reasonably assutio that one half of i: was gobbled up by speculators and Radical olllcials sind the other ''mI* paid to t^csieliori^j^ as mi.el/ v as the 'pceking'of a sparrow upon a st. .. wall. We noticed hut three white" u"AT^i4u-4 this Convention; Messrs. J 11 Liv ingston and d V M Fou res, of Orange burg county an I E A Webstcl' of Massachusetts, all of whom with) J A Straker, colored, oi Rcrmuda, occupied positions as delegates u'pon lho cut and dried lesolutions. . hi.< lock- very much lik>' riugism, md that these gen I lemon mean to i/ide into office upon colored voters. Tie; question in lurally suggests its elf, whether this body was a convention of the colored people to select do le gates from among themselves to represent them at Columbia, or wa it, a convention purely in the interest of est rpet-baggers and scalawags, to (be ci nlrolle.l by them as seemed to Sic the ease on Monday last. : Our colored citizens would do bet ter if liny relied more upon tbei'n selves Sillll less Up 111 lUCIl ill UO W ty identifiol with them sa?'c to build up their own good fortunes by the aid of the C?doied vole-. Is experience a bad teacher with colored people only, or are they wilfully stupid 111 this matter ? Carpel baggers stud seallawag niiglit as w. ll understand, once for all, that lho citizens of Orangeburg ci mity don't mean to turn the control ol their affairs ovci into the bauds >;' a baml ol ail venturers and plunder ed ? a. still. Extremes. Next to Independents and Fusion ist , as sources of danger to Demo entry, comes the Extremist,n man or elnss (1 nun, who never stops upon tenable ground but continues to move until his own friction wears him out. Political extremes arc per haps more dangerous than any other, because they exist only in :t stsito oi greal excitement, and the masse?, under such circumstances, are more easily influenced by them France, inimcdialcly after her Ins! ! w ar, was in a .-t?teof great confusion I and would have been ruined by tin ! teachings of the ICxlrcmist, Roche 'fort, had not the more prudent ' policy of Thiers obtained. Wo have {sonic where read that; "Mcliocrily is j'tho normal condition of mankind," I ami the history of the last 'en or j-itwclvc years seems to attest the truth ^uf the maxim. Tho views of extreme (mou controlled the Democrats of the I South until Iva policy of inaction i we suffered the hudicnls quietly to I possess tho government. This policy ionst us millions of money au I loss of political j-i_i 111 ~. ICxtrcmo Radi cals controlled their parly until the enormity of their abuses ruptured the ties in l->7i*> that held the party elements together. lijit rentes art! ever dangerous and vicious, and should be avoided in politics as in anything else, becauso their actions as well as teach in s tend to revolu tion. R in:: Jitnntivn, or men con trolled, not by reason, bul hv ;,ii ptilso they are ever endured in limes ol p ace and quietness, beeause they are sea ret ly considered responsible for their actions; in t imes of ovorex ? *T"UMruL and great political confu sion , they are often followed by the unreflecting masses, because llicy 6i i n sincere in all they do, and for this reason a-o the neue dan ? rous to a county or party. There are two kinds of fanatics in p< lilies at in anything else; one for the want ol brains, and the other for having two much brain-?the former never goes far enough to bring about a salutary refi rm, the latter goes too far and stops only at revolution. Mediocracy or a moderate policy therefore should bold tho balance of oowcr !<. keep the extremes iii cheek until the pure principles of a virtu ous society can biiug about a reform without revolution. This seems to u.^ to be the sure principle of lite pre sent moment) and our citi/. mis should be careful in this peri l 1 of great political excitement to avoid ex tremes, with the assurance tii.it a course of cond.ict based upon light is the only true policy and will v >h tually bring this strange political mixture to it? proper level, without those great political convulsions which so often o\e.throw the rights and destroy the government of a people. Revenue. Mr, W. Ii. Chapm in, sped il R venue Agent for South Carol ii a and Western North Carolina, arrived in Columbia oil Monday hist, mi duti is belonging i i his bllice. The.ev>:it,c men I, which prevailed line itio:itb*H| ago in our tij pei uoiftitiiy an 1 : hp sympathy, the wrong* excited in the hc;ii i otijl citizen's all over the Suite, make it very desirable that a OK>d eflicer bo iutriislcd with this department. Mr. Chapman comes fresh from Washington with instruc tion from President Hayes an 1 Com. missioncr Raum relative t> the en forcement uf Revenue laws in t his Stale, lie is desired t ? visit oar upper counties; Picken-1, Greenville A'c, and to enlist the sympithios if the best citizens in behalf of the ob servance of the laws; to put himsdlf in communication with distillers and impre-s upon i hem the delarminatio i of the government to supprrsi fraud against its Revenues; and the groat ir advantage of running their business ill a legal way .rather than illicil di.s tilling; to inform them that a vin dictive enforcement of the laws is iiot the purpose of the govern incut, but a lenient course will be adopted in those districts where circumstances will warrant; to instruct tho citizens generally that the law will bo enfor ced iii an orderly and lawful in inner and by officers who are poruianohi citizens of ihe district. The government, in ordei toavoi il unncssary collisions betweun oflieers aud people, and between State and general government, would begla 1 it' wronged citizens in tho matt ir of dis tilling, would appeal t> th^ C S. Courts for relief, because those C inrts belong to the puoplo as milch as Stale Courts, and will be as ready to extend relief and protect the rights of Ihe citizens II. Hi Kimpton. By telegraph to tho News und I Com/?/- II. 11. Kimpton, Finuntial Agent for South Carolina, during the days of Radical pluudci and misrule, i was arrested at Westliclil, Mass., on tl e 7th instant. A requisition from Gov. Hampton for the prisoner svas ( oxpeclcd t<> arrive on tho 8th, and he bo immediately taken to Columbia w hen: he is wanted both as an offen der against the law and a witness for the Stute in the suits before the Bond Court. Kimpton bus been dodging about in Canada to escape arrest, and is i believed to have como into tho Uni ted S lates only lately. The public may now orxpect lo see disclosures commensurate with tho extent of the plunder, if Ibis man can be made to disgorge. \Y<' learn from exchanges that the yellow fever prevailing at New Orleans is of a malignant type, the mortality being very great; The protection of the country and the prosperity of our Sin:h Atlantic cities demand a rigid quarantine system. [For ihe Oranjjebiiry Times. The Situation. Mr. kilifbr : As a private citizen, 1 have been calmly viewing the political situation in our County and have with pride notice.! the stand you have tab en in connection with thesubieet, and have learned much, very much, Iron your correspondent-'; a> als > those of oth ir paper.-, 'County and State,) and wi ll only to make a few remark-, with your pel mission. Firstly?There is this broad aud solid plank in the platform of the (lampion party: ''We pledge our selves to protect the persons, lights and property of all the people, and 10 speedily bring to summary justice any who dare violate them.'' Then 11 follow-, that your suggestions con cerning the "make up" of our t.'.) ml y ta ke; he given due consideration; that the CoiOrod people be giv'Oll just representation; for it is n it ii more or hss than will! has been promised and we should hon ?r.tbly fulfill. Secondly?While our people should "be harmless as doves," the}* must "be wise as serpents," act a< in (iays gone by; with much discretion and foivth-night; Lot?"Let-us all iry-to-i.e-honcsi,"' proscribe. LjI, "D-A-S'1 scribble. Let, "Hampton Democrat" and "Democrat" argue. I et, "t'ritic" dissertate. Lot, "Ham,' and others, dilute, Lot, "Pro Patria1' flourish /""/?, At.i,up -in I i->i.if'\ Lot "Congareo" flow. Let, "Fair Flay" "like Fphran, be joined to his idols/' Let, "Irate Radicals an I Cl.ilva.ii/. ;1 Democrats" smelt llieir biM/.eu ore. Let. "Independents" hi politically and socially ostracised as traitors; and let (lisappojo; j i^uninlaf's, with kM5peetator" b: consoled. Aud, if y.u ple?se, let all writs who wlsbj nut ye men of Oraugeburg; ye true hearted Democrats; ye honest patri ots-?one and all; lot no supposed individual differences; no bickerings; no personal feelings; no coutumaey; or fonientors of dissection slop be tween you and your duty. Let demagogues aud tricksters bowl?if there beany "galled jades," let them "wince," and let the "devil find mis chief for idle hand,-," but as for you ?hang together like grim death; determined lo conquer or t > die. And with, "best men for oflice," iu cribed on your banners, go to your nominating convention (with goo 1 representatives) and swerve not to the right or the left, but. put out your ticket and it will be vole. 1 ? early and often" (not "repeating.") In the mean while let every Irueciti 7.cii resolve himself into a committee of one to work day and night, and al whys, if necessary; for if account- be tum?the Radicals are having thoi r "Religious night meetings" all over (he count), and good authority has it?tin re is more polilicos in them than Religion. Fellow citizens, rest assured, it is bad tallies to underratea:i enemy . The last coinpaigii was only the skintish preceding, p< rhaps, more than ouo great battle. Vou wdio have slumbered, ari.se, ami gird on your armor Lor the tray. I These lines are written by an humble and poor fa run r. who is no oflice .-et ker, but A Wokkisc ILv.Mi'toN Dkmockat. August 2nd 187S. It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we arc made to know how much dross was in our composition. Dr. F. Marion Sims, consulting Surgeon Woman's Hospital, New York, says: "1 prefer the Munyadi Janos to any and every other mine ral water, for the following reasons : The dose is small, the taste is not unpleasant, it acts promptly, il| docs not oppress the stomach, it does not grij o, and it, i- efficient. For sale by Dr. J. G. Wannahiakor. Liver is Kinjr. The Liver is ihe imperial organ oftho whole human system, as it controls the life health ami happiness of man. When it in disturbed in its proper action, nil kinds of ailmentsara tin; natural result. Thcdigen tiou of food, the movements of the heart and i.!. od, tin- action of tho brain ami nervous system, are all immediately connected with the workings of the Ljver. It has been successfully proved that Orecn's August (?'lower is unequalled in curing all persons aiilicted with dyspepsia or Liveu Coin,* plaint, and ail the mtmcrotissymptoms that result from an imhcaltby condition of the Liver and Stomach. Sample bottles to try, 10 cents. Posili-cly so d in all towns on, the Western Continent. Thr.ie dosjs will] (cove that i; is pis| What you want. 0 rrtuskia?; (he Knergies. It is not advisable for any of us to ovrilmk our energies, corporeal or men al. bul in the eager pursuit of wealth or faino or knowledge, how many trnngress this salutary rule. It mu L be a matter of great impor tance to all who tlo so to know how tiny cati icgaiii the vigor So reckless ly expended. The remctlv is neither costly or dillieull to ohtaiu. IIos t< tier's stomach bittets is procurable in ( very city, town an I settlement in America, and it compensates for a dinin ol bodily or mental energy more effectually than any iuvigorant ever pie-ei ib (1 ? or advertised. .La boring m?n, athletics, students.journ alists, lawyers, clergymen, physi cian.-, ail bear testimony to its won drously renovating powers. It in creases iii-.; capabilities for under going fatigue, am. counteracts the in jurious effects lipon the system of ex^ posurc, sedentary habits, unhealthy Or wearying avocations, or an insalu brious climate, and is a prime altera tive, dhltctic and blood ilepure d. * A Keiuarkabio lb-salt li makes no difference bow many Physicians, or how much mediciue you have tried, il is now an establish ed fact thai German Syrup is tho uniy remedy which has given com plele satisfaction in severe eases of Lung Diseases. Lt is true there aru yet thousand.- ol i ersous who are pre disposed to Throat and Lung Affec tions, Consumption, Hemorrhages, Asthma, St vere Colds settled on the L$r< a.-i, Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, Ac., who have no pi rsoiial knowledge of lioiehae's German Syrup. To such we would say that 50,000 doz*u were sohl last year without one com plaint. Consumptive*, try just one by all Druggists inT WhtMieyer anil V> K?ivver di-ica^c* ot.n choleraic typo prevail, or Incri i- cause to apprehend a visit from them, she system I sl'< uhl he toned, regulated and reinforced by j course of Hosteller's Stomach Hitters, i Perfect digestion an 1 a regular habit of 1 body are the best safeguards against such maladies, ami both are secured by this in estimable! aiie an 1 alterative. The Kitten are ;:!-<> extremely serviceable in remedy ing such disorders. If promptly taken in bilious coin-, di in !. . ; and cholera morbus, the disease is usually frustrated. In diur rho.i C.I-V-, it is only necessary to restore the i me of the relaxed bowels, and this is ono of tho -i eilio eilects of this medicine. Wind on tin stomach, heartburn, bilious ness, nausea, headache and other symptom* of disturbance in the ga.-tric and hepallo regions are also speedily relieved by this excellent remedy. As a family medicine it i- invaluabltf,since it promptly anil vom? pletely remedies those ailments which are of most frequent occurrence. Columbia Female Academy. MISS ELMO UK, Principal. Miss f. B. PUTNAM, Associate Principal* rilHIS INSTITUTION, FOUNDED BY A tho gift of tho State of South Carolina to an association of gentlemen for educa tion il purposes, has long held high rank among the many good schools of onr country. Under it- present management it will not l?u Biiflcred to fall short of what the public has a right to dumand The course of study has been well solected and the dili'oront brandies thrown into special departments Kindergarten and Calisthenics form a part of die course. For testimonials &c., see circular, for which, apply to MISS ELMORB, Columbia, 8. C. The next session begins 8EPTEMBBR 80th 1878. It kk kuh sc ks: Governor Hampton lion. 11. S. fhoinpson, State Superin tendent of Education. lion. L. Fi You mans, Attorney-General Hon. A. I'. Ilaskell, Associate Justice [)r. It. M- Palmer, New Orleans, La. aug 10 Ct sn l^HiDA.isr's Male School The l?x?rcisesof tin* Schopl will he resumed on the First Monday in September next. TERMS PER MONTH l~i Grade, Beginners..?$2 00 2d " Grammar Pupils. 2 50 ltd ?' Advanced Knglish. 3 00 Latin and Greek 60 cents extra, each. Hoard in excellent families, near tke School Rooms, may be obtained at $10 and SI - per month. 11 is School is designed to be a Permanent Institution of Orangcburg, and with a libe ral patronage the Principal will mnke It % complete suec? bs. HUGO G. SHERIDAN, aug I 1 Principal.