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The Orangeburg Democrat. ?A. Paper io.i* the People. H. G. SincinuAN, \ proprietor8. James L. Sims, ) 1 St'HSC?'ll'tion. One Year.s&l Six Mouths*.-.1 OO MbdstervM ihA br??sj.? l............. l OO Ml*> MntpfMKBMta ? ?.-tOt" J AUVKI.TISlNO KA TICS. First I U8i r I ton. per square.1 OO Each {Subsequent Insertion.*"><> JSff-"liiBtrn'l coiifrh'ci? madu fur three Hionlhs anil lon?cr periods. , A"transient advertisements must he paid for in advance.' Marriages and Notices of Deaths; not nt?l\iug over one square, inserted free, and solicited. ?o? '{?""Wc are not responsible for the viuws,pC our Correspondents. AH Business Communications. Letters Tor Publication, and Order.'* for Subscrip tion t as ?eil us all Advertisements. nUould be addressed to SlIKIUDAN & SIMS. Ormigebiirg. S. C ; OitAKOKiuiuG, S. C, Jan. 31, 1S75). . The Investigation's! Charleston, ,. The Teller Couiinittcc, appointed by Congjess to investigate^ southern elections, is in session from day to day in Charleston, and will probably remain liiere for weeks. The work thus far has been con lined to the ex amination of witnesses representing both political parties from Riehland, Williamsburg aud Sunder. Those examined on the Democratic side . seem to .express a general sentiment ,-.as to the quietness of the election and the success attained, and dp so In a cool, frank and confident man ner without any effort to suppress facts on the one side or to exaggerate .faults on the. other. The colored Democrats who testify, do so with the same confident reliance in the truth of what they say ns their white fellow Democrats. They multiply rapidly testimony against their color . ed nciglibrrs giving positive evidence of innumerable -acts of intimidation prncticed by Republican negroes upon both their person and property. In some cases Democratic colored men und their families were ostra , ciscd, denied church privileges, social intercourse and in every possible I manner made to feel the burden of such exclusion. All honor and cred it are due these noble colored men fur the hold and defiant stand they have taken, for the honest and truth ful evidence given, for their strict ad herence to the Democratic cause, and for the incalculable good such mani j fest .faith will ha\e on the future suc cess of their party. It cunnot but excite the well-done of their white friends and eventually extort praise and commendation from their colored tiaduccrs. On the other hand one cannot but notice the studied efforts on the patt of Republican witnesses, both white and colored, to make their side ap pear the belter cause. An unblush ing exhibition of spite on the part of some, and a deep rooted, religious Hatred on the pail of others, seem to characterize their testimony through out whether il be against Iho white or the colored Democrat. Many of these witnesses are preachers?polili co-gospel preachers, and seem to think their position as such will give dignity and weight to their testimony, but the fruits of the flesh appear more manifest in them than the fiuits of the spirit. Our opinion is lhat the whole inves tigation will prove to be a meaning less farce developing nothing more than is known to the world already ; that frauds were committed in the lust election by uol'u parties, that Hie Republicans have the greater sin be cause they open the school and ? taught their Democratic neighbors, that there would have been no inves tigation had the Republican party been victorious, and that both ought to be heartily ashamed of the crimes committed against the time honored institutions of civil liberty and self government. If there be any worthy facts added to the history of that period, promi nently among them will appear the proof that thousands of the best und most relial.le colored citizens of the State voted the Democratic ticket and are true, unflinching Democrats from principle to-day, and the proof that the Democratic party i? the stronger of the two, and, by a consis tent course of conduct toward our colored citizen, will he able to per petuate its power indefinitely. No more patent a fact will appear upon the record than that these investiga ting committees arc nothing more than vents for the escape of political hatred of party loudors to lie paid for out of taxes extorted from an over oppressed people. We trust the time w ill soon come when this gbv governmout will have done with these new appliances of fraud und j tyranny. ' Till then there will be no ?'genuine unity among our people or political prospctily for the country. "Bury the Past." I There is a proposition bcforo Con gress, reported by tho Senate judicia ry committee, to ttike the place of the Constitutionul amendment passed at last tcssioti, which provides that no claims or pension shall hereafter be allowed by Congress or any depart ment or court of the United States, 01 money paid for damages sustained du j ring the late war, or compensation foi any property distroyed, used or in jured by troops or others acting for the United Slates, trnletfS the owner thereof was loyal in fact to Ihn g ?vorn mcnt of the United States and gave neither aid or encouragement to the .South. If this becomes a law it closes the door upon the South forever, and millions of property, distroyed as a i war measure or used by the United Stales troops or otherwise injured by ollleers under government sanction, will be lost to the South. Whatever may have been the animus born of the war there has been sufficient time for it to disappear?there ha3 been sufficient atonement made to entitle cur citizens to all the rights and priv-H ileges of the government; yet it. seems that our enemies then are our enemies now, and every effort is still to be made to keep the South poor and her pcnplc'subjugnled. "Let us have Peace" and "Bury the Past" have been the Northern cry, and even Grant in his wisdom saw fit to add his mite to the echo, yet the ]ie.ace is to be at the sacrifice of principle and the burial of manhood. If there be a breach between the I South and North such acts as this will never span it. If a oneness of interest, of aim, of sentiment, and of destiny is to be characteristic of the different scctionsjof this great country bitter memories and treasured hatred will never unify her people, Col. EMso'n's. Keitt. Tho New York Times brings us a full account of the libel suit institut ed against that paper by Col. Keitt, of Newberry, in 1877. The suit was based upon the publication of a dis patch in the Times from a Washing ton news gatherer, which was adjudg ed by the plaintiff as reflecting injur ously upon his established character. The dispatch set forth that "one Col onel Keitt, of Newberry, had been arrested and held to await tho action of the grand jury at that place, on a charge of bigamy." The trial re vealed the fact that the Colonel Keitt meant was a negro member of the Legislature, who was once a slave of Colonel Ellison S. Keitt, and whose name he adopted. The jury rendered a verdict giving the p'ain titT six cents damages. Colonel Elli son S. Keitt, is a native ol Orange burg County, a brother of the lament ed Lawrence M. Keitt, and too well known to mos* of our citizens for his reputation to suffer from the publica tion of such an uncalled for slander, and the petty subterfuge by which its responsibility was dodged by the New York Times. The dispatch in question has very much the appear ance of a concocted scheme to assail the character of a worthy gentleman and the name of a family of historic fame in our State. Such poisoned shafts always fall short of their aim. Tho Newspaper. There is probably nothing so com mon of which so little is known, or about which there is so much curiosi ty, as the newspaper. Men read it every day ; they abuse t, threaten o give it up, praise it, advertise their wants in it, write to it, search it to see if their letters are in it, call it haul names, pay for it year after year?and still to ninety-one out of u hundred of them its production is a mystery. To them it is a business olllce, a newsboy, or a postolllcc, who arc simple carriers, and that is all. It is the exemplification of elfect without cause?an impersonal insti tution with plenty of vitality, and sometimes even with genius ; but it is always mysterious, even to those most intimately connected with it. The whole of its secrets arc known to no single individual. Its personality is swallowed up in the editoral "we," into whose depths no man penetrates, and even the inquisition of the law never gets behind its innermost cur tain. TflBRB is a remarkable Jewish sy nagogue in the ancient city of Prague, with walls so thick with dirt an to be absolutely black. A local tradition says that somewhere on its walls the name Jehovah is inscribed, and it is, believed that if the walls arc cleaned the name will be effaced. What a beautiful lesson is here taught. -? i m ? ? - - Tub Mobile News has offered a one hundred dollar silver cup for the best poem by a Southern author ex pressing the gratitude of the South to the North lor it.-, charily shown in the recent epidemic. Manuscripts to be sent in by February 10. Father Ryan is one of the judges. The Slanderer. From Ibo BportobUbrg Ilorald. Of all the various characters among meu the blunderer is most despicable. The murderer is surely more tolera ble, for when he strikes the fatal blow ho aims to put an end to the earthly existence of his victim, while the slanderer's only aim is to end tire happiness of his unfortunate victim, and leave him to endure a miserable present and anticipate the torture of a blasted future. How utterly intol erable then is he who would, without provocation, or the least degree of justice, attempt to take away that from his neighbor which is dearer to him than life itself? lie would come like a thief in the night and prick him to the heart, and then, as if his desire to do hellish deeds were insa tiable, would laugh at the stream of happiness as it Hows from the life of the unfortunate. He exults- in the downfall of another, for certainly when reputation is gone tho greatest fall incident to human existenco is made, save the loss of eha.rn.oler? that gift which no slanderer can take chosen than great riches, and a lov ing favor rather than silver and gold.*' Tlu slanderer derives, it seems, a peculiar pleasure from the Bufl'oring of bis victim. With no higher end or aim in view than the ruin of anoth er, he breathes a spit it burdened and tainted with indignities, and hurls upon him whose character ho would attack and reputation destroy. Poor child of the devil! Unlike other men, aye like unto a demon himself be would make no effort to embrace the happiness of one, or make this world as near Paradise as possible, but un scrupulously bends bis energies to ward changing it into a temporary hell. Born of envy and begotten by the devil, he is simply and unequivo cally the exponent of the disintegra tion of social happiness, and the en sign of misery. With no respect tor the laws of morality and no regard for common humanity, lie i3 constant ly leveling ins fiendish howitzer at the comer-stone of society, aud but for the laws of the land, would rnzc her to the ground, and then, with un furled banner, walk over her ruins giv ing vent to Iiis never ceasing vitupera tions. Slander in any of its phases is bad enough, but the odium thereof is as the motive which prompts it. Doubly odious is the slanderer and his infa mous design when, for the sake of political triumph or personal aggran dizement, he attacks the reputation of a man whose character is untarnish ed 1 Doubly odious is the foul perpe trator of such ficrdishncss when un der the cover of a sickening smile and pretended friendship, he would acquaint himself with one's intentions, and thwart his plans at the expense of his good name and position in soci ety, convicting himself of duplicity, branding himself a poltroon and a coward, and, under the shadow of se crecy, defying all ellorts to discover the whereabouts of such an infamous biped. A stranger to charity, too mean to be liberal, too low to be truthful, lie prowls around like a sneaking cur too worthless to die with hydrophobia, mouthing his black re ports, telling them too to those who are loo ignorant and credulous to de tect the calumny in his eyes and re ject his sayings us insignificant and contemptible as he himself is damna ble ?xnd debased. Surely life itself must lie a burden to such a creature and to be allowed to shuflle off Ibis mortal coil end go to his place in the fcrnal regions rather than live in awe ?f euch a thing as him^eif. "Strive not with a man without cause if he has done thee no harm.'' "lie that hidcth hatred with lying lips, and he that ultereth a slander is a fool." Something Nice to Read. We arc under obligations to the lion. 0. G. Williams for half a dozen volumes of the Congressional Re cords. We have already several hun dred of these interesting volumes in our little library, but they have been read and reread so many times that we know every page of them by heart. These new volumes came op portunely on New Year's morning, and that night we gathered our little family around the bright fireside, and read one of them through to them. The affecting talc, entitled "A bill to change tho name of the Braidwood National Bank," seemed to touch every heart, and when weeame to the climax of that little story about "Toe bill to define certain legal terms," there was not a dry eye between the front door and Addiu Kayo's stables. Wo can never sullieiently thank Air. Williams for the innocent amuse ment thus furnished us. The memo ry of that happy evening will linger long after the present Congress shall have been adjourned. Observer. [ Wisconsin Herald, A Bloody Tragedy in Mississippi; Memphis, January 24.?Tlio fol lowing {particulars of a bloody trage dy committed Tuesday, at Sun Flower Landing, Conhouia County, Missis sippi, waa received this afternoon. The statement of two eye witnesses is as folio W8: Lawson Wool ridge and II. N. Glover, two young men, bad a difficulty last Saturday, which resulted in Wool ridge felling bis an tagonist. Pence between the two was apparently made, as they parted friends. Tuesday, Woolridge, who is clerking in E. L. Henderson's store, at Sun Flower Landing, had returned from the interior whither he had been sent on business. When about to enter the ntore, William Glover, brother of the man with whom Wool ridge had the difllculty the Saturday previous, deliberately, und without warning, fired a donblc-bnrrellcd shot gun at Woolridge, killing him in stantly, nine buckshot taking cfk-ct in his breast. After the assassina tion, William Clover and his brother coolly walked out of the store, the brother remarking he was sorry he bad not been permitted to do the killing. After the excitement was over and the murder had partially subsided, a party went in pursuit of the murderers, and, it is thought, will effect their capture. Wool ridge's re mains were brought to this city this afternoon. Many relatives of the deceased reside here. The Butler-Corbin Contest. Some surprise has been caused among the stalwart Republicans of the Senate by a declaration from Mr. Ulnine that he will not vole to unseat Mr. Butler, of South Carolina. It is rumored that Mr. Edmunds is of the same way of thinking. It is believed that this determination arises from the gencraly conceded fact that it will not be possible to get Butler out between now and the fourth of March, and if the leading Republicans coun tenance the attempt they will set a precedent by which the Democrats may unseat Kellogg after the fourth of March. Senator Edmunds said a day or two ago that if the Democrats should undertake to eject Kellogg when they obtain control of the Sen ate he will make it so hot for them that they will be glad to abandon the attempt.?Baltimore Sun. Any person v ho will get us up a Club of Ten Cash Subscribers at 1.50 per annum will receive Tub Dkmo cuat one year free. Go to work at once, and securo your Club. We know you can do it if you but half try. Send to this office for specimen co pies, which wili be furnished on ap plication. IV otic; e. School Commissioner's Office. ") OrANOKBURU COUNTY. > OrakgrBURO, tf. C, Jan. 17, 1870.) rff^HE Trustees ol the Public Sehools of JL this County aru hereby ordered to elose I he School* In their several Districts on the 1st. of February. 1370, unless oth wiso specially Instructed from this office. D. L. CONNOR,. School Commissioner o. C. Jan 17-2 a. 15. KNOWI.TON. A. LaTUROP. KNOV/LTON & IAIHROP, Attorneys anil Counsellors, O R A NGEBURG, S. C. Dnc-13-lf jSTotice to Delegates to the State Grunge MPIIE next annual meeting of the State JL Grange will he held in Charleston. S. C. commencing on Tuesday the 4th of February, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. 51. A full delegation is desired. I). W. CROOK. Sec'tv Pomona Grange No. 17. Jan 17. 1879. Notice of Dismission rjpiirc UNDERSIGNED GIVES NO j? TICS iinii ii? nil! J:!;: Ids hual ac count a* Committee of Rnehucl Castin, deceased, with the lion. Judge ot Pro bate for Oraiigeburg County, on the2Ith day of February next, and ink for ti tters dismlssory. J. W. CASTIN, dan 24?ft Committeo. NOTICE TO CONTR ACTORS Offick County Commissioners, i Orangeburg County. > ORANOBUUKO. S. C. Jan. 10, 1S70. J !K>UE LAKE OR HOLLOW BRIDGES U (about, sixteen in number) at tin? Hamberg Crossing on South Edisto Riv er, will he let out, to be built, to the lowest bidder, on the 18th day of Febru ary next, at 12 o'clock M., at the bridge by the County Commissioners. By order of the Hoard. Jan 24?It T. R. MA LONE, Clerk. JNotiee of Dismiswion. HPHE undersigned Hereby gives notice A that, lie will tile his final Recount as Guardian of P. D. Til ley, D. E. Tilley and M. S. Tilley, with the Honorable Judge of Probate for Orangeburg county on the 17th day of February, 1879, and at>k for Letters Dismission. J. R. LIVINGSTON, Jan 17-td Guardian! Notioo. rpiIE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JL Shareholders of the Orangeburg Ag ricultural and Meeh.inieal Association will be hohl on Ihu Hili day ot February, IH79, at ten o'clock, (heing the second Saturday.) for the purpose of fleeting seven Directors to serve as stich for the year ciuuutuiicing on the second Satur day in February, 1870. ami ending on the seeoud Saturday hi February. 18K0, and lor Mich other and further business as ninv he brought before the meeting. N. R ?All Shareholders are requested to be present. Ry order. J L. IIEIDTMAN, See. and Treats. O. A. ana M. A. Januray 21?J D. E, SMOAK & CO. have made Great Eeductions !? the price of IBKOT GOODS.! COME AND SEE OUR LARGE AND well Assorted stock of Clothing, Dry Goods. Hoots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Groceries, Tinware: Hardware, Tobacco, Cigars, Whiskies, Brandies, and Wines, MUCH LOWER than they have yet been sold in thlc place. TOBACCO and CIGARS, of the best brands, wo are selling by the box, at Factory prices. Call and examine our goods, we have attentive salesmen who will be pleased to wait on you. Thanking you for past favors, wc solicit th6 same in the future. Very respectfully, D. E. SMOAK & CO., Orangeburg, S. C. Jan. 17, 1879. RvLD AMERICAN HO PEL S*J Established about 18.'i0 Rcsucitated on the European Plan for Gentlemen only. TKHMSi Rooms eacli person per day.50 per week.$3.00 per month...8 and $10 According to location of Rooms paid n advance. hoard tehMs: ? Hoard and lodging.81 ?0 per day ! Board and lodging.0 50 per week 1 MEALS. Breakfast.25c Dinner.50c Supper.25c MBS. M. J. ARCHER. Pproprietress, 29 George st, corner King, sep 27 ly Charleston, S C. SAMUEL DIBBLE, Attorney and Connssllor at Law (Cor. Church & St. Paul's Street.) ORANGEBURG, S. C. Dec 13-tf * a week in your own town. $"y outfit free. No risk. Reader if you want a business at which persons of either sex can make great pay ull the time they work, write particulars to H. Hallett DiHisoliitlou of Co-part ship. "jVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ?1 the Partnership between JOHN C. PIKE and JO AB W. MOSELEY was dissolved on the First Da3' of January, A. D. 1870, by mutual consent. All debts due to the said Partnerushlp are to he paid to. and those due from the same, discharged by JOHN C. PIKE, who wilt continue the business at the old stand under hls.own name. J. C. PIKE. J. W. MOSELEY. Orangeburg, S. C, Dec. 2, 1S79. Master's Sales, W. A. MAC KAY, Auctioneer. State of South Carolina?County of Or angeburg?In the Common Plea*. By virtue of Judgment Orders of Foreclos ure and Sale and Decretal Order* in the causes below stated respectively, I will sell by public auction, before the Court House, in the town of Ornngeburg, on the First Monday in February, 1879, during the legal hours for Sheriff's sales, the several Tracts. Lots and Parcels of Land below described, all situate in the County of Orangeburg and State aforesaid, viz: By virtue of a Judgement Order of Foreclosure and Sale, in the case of An dren F. Smoke, vs. Win. A. Edwins: All that certain tract or parcel of land, situate on the Cannon's Bridge Road in the Fork of the Edisto, ami in Edisto Township, containing seventy-two (72) acres, mere or less, bounded on the north by lauds of Warren M. Hughes; on the east by lands of David Smoke j on the south by lands of James Jennings, and on the west by lands of Barney Dempsey. Terms of Side?One-halt* cash ; the bal ance on a credit of one year; the purchaser to give bond, bearing interest from day of salu and a mortgage of the premises sold, to secure the credit portion of the purchase money. The purchaser oic?? tn j,ay for papers and the recording of both title and mortgage. a-i.so, By vir! ic of a Judgment Crdcr of Fon closure and Sale in the ease of Daniel McKenzie vs. \V. H. Wise, (at the risk of the former purchaser), all that Tract of Land situate in Amelia Town ship, in the County of Onuigeburg, and Slate aforesaid, containing-acres, more or less, and bounded by Preferonce Plantation, and lands of Daniel McKenzie, T. B. Whalcy and ? Myers. Perms of Sale?Cash ; to ho paid Im* mediately after the close of the Master's sales for the day, and if it he not so paid, the laud will he resold on the same day, at the risk of the former purchaser, when his bid will not be taken, hut that of the highest bidder, other than mich former purchaser, will be eonaldered and treated as the highest. also, By virtue of a Judgment Order of Foreclosure and sale, in the ease of Al va Gage agaisnt Elizabeth Browne, all that plantation or tract of laud, containing about Twelve Hundred acres, more or less, situate in the Fork of the Edisto, in County of Orangeburg, and State afore said, bounded on the north by Cooper Swamp; on the east by lands formerly of Jacob Wolfe, deceased; on the South by South Edisto Itiver, and on the West by lauds now or latel> of John R. Milhous, Join C. Rowe and the late J, E. Qnaltlebaum?said tract ot laud being the Snake Swamp plantation, of which the late Dr. Rowe died seized and possessed. Terms of Sale?Cash enough to pay the sum actually due at the dale of sale, (which will he announced at the s?lo,) and the balance on a credit of ouo and two years -the purchaser to glvo bond ! bearing interest from the day of salo and a mortgage of the property sold to se cure the credit portion of the purchase money. Purchaser also to pay for pa* per* and the recording of both title and mortgage W. M. I1UTSON, Jau lJ--;> Master. FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1879, ALL WILL BE CLEARED OUT WITHOUT REGARD TO COST. NOW IS YOUR TIME FOR BARGIANS. NEW STORE NEW STORE IN TDE TOWN OF DA. SAIN NOTlFES TnE CITIZENS OF ST. MATT?ETWS, AND Tnfe^ i public generally that in the old stand of Clark's, near the Depot, will be found a choice and rare selection of Dry Goods, Groceries, Tobaccos and Begars. Liquors both Foreign and Domestic^ Hardware, Sg-c., And solicits a share of trade. Mr. J. PHIL. SAlN, who is in charge of the store will be glad to greet any all of his old customers, and new ones too, to!?whom be guarantees bargains as good as can be had in Charleston. Hlgheatjmnrket prices paid for all kinds of couutry produce* 9. L MM, St. Matthews, September 0,1G70. AUGUST FISCHER Announcement Extraordinary TUST ARRIVED DIRECT FROM NEW Y'ORK a select and Varied CARGO tf of Merchandize Large failures of wholesale business houses has enabled my agents North to buy immense consignments of goods at Rock Bottom Prices* These I shall sell, as I bought, for cash at the lowest prices ever heard of. The immense variety, the most select quality in every line of merchandise Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc, etc, etc., will sur prise every body, at my well known AUCTION AND COMMISSION HOUSE, where I shall sell at prices so low as to astonish the good people of Orangeburg and the surrounding counties. So famous famous for It* rare brands of Native and Foreign Liquors is still entirely separate and apart from my other department of business. Call and examine for yourselves. I solicit your patronage nrut respeciiuiiy, because it is to your own advantage to buy the best at the cheapest prices. AUGUST FISHER. Orangeburg, November 22,1S78. a 12mo MY SAMPLE ROOM DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST IS OFFERING His largo and well selected stock of Drugs, MediciueSjtPaints, Oils, Toilet and Fancy Articles LOW DOWN FOR CASH. ALSO n lot of FINE TOBACCO FROM FORTY THREE TO IHGHTY Five cents per pound. Your patronago is respectfully solicited. Orangeburg, S.O., July 12. fl2 A. C. DUKES, M. D. SPECIALITIES! BARGAINS! INDUCEMENTS! AT THB . We bc?? leave to call' the attention of those interested toour large and well se lected stock of GROCERIES, CANNED FRUIT?, DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES &o &c. to call at our store, before pur chasing clsowherer as we are now prepared to offer the above goods at execedding' ly low prices. N. B. We have just received direct from the factory a large line of ILLUMI NATORS, Parlor and Store Lamps, also 23 ami 4 light Chandeliers, and are en abled to sell them at greatly reduced rates, we invite all to see the light at ou* store am! examine Stock and Prices. SORENTK?E & LORYEA, Russell Street)-next door to McMaster'e. ORANGEBURO, S. C, Sept. 20, 1878. 3=s