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mocccA Vol. II. ORANGrEBURGr, S. C, FRIDAY, JJJNE 25, I88O. USTo. 26, $ljIE}RI]?AN vf& SIJVIS, (Proprietors. SqHSOujPTioN. .Ono.Xejir.ftl.fiO Six ,^I?nths.;i...1.00 ^fillisters of the Gospel.1.00 Advertisements. .First Instertlon.:\.81.00 (E"Ch Subscqueut Insertion.60 1 Liberal coutructs mado for 3 month and over. I JOB OFFICE , 13 FREIEN r;.J> TO 0)0 ALL KIND?OF Job IPir?iitmg The New York Herald and Garfleld. T/ho New York Herald declares that the reason it^uoted the Sun'6 charges 'against Mr. Garfleld instead of going ?back to its flies, was that it wished to Jgnore its own strictures on the man .made during the Credit Mobilier in vestigation, and by presenting the viater charges open the way for any possible defence of the candidate's connection with the Crodit Mobilior and De Goyler jobs. It declares that ?it is really anxious, far the credit of ?the American people, that a man whom nearly or .quite half their num ber are likely to vote for as their choice for Presidont shall, if possible, bo effectually cleared of the charges of bribery and falsehood. Here is what Uio Herald says: *'No representation of the manner in which the result of the Chicago Contention was received could have been faithful which omitted to notice charges which must be fatal unless they axe refuted. No mode of recog nizing ,the existence of those charges and of the use oortaiu to be made of them could have -been more conside rate to Mr. Garfleld than the mode we adopted of attributing them mere ly to one journal and enquiring whether they can possibly bo true. Vrora the moment the Sim presented them we saw that they could not be ignored, and forbearing to express any opinion of their truth or falsity wc treated them in the manner which seemed least likely to wound the sen sibilities of .General GarGeld. Some of his indiecreet friends have made this studied tenderness a matter of reproach, as if because we did not go further back thau the present ac cusations of the Sun we thought thein new. These indiscreet friends should not tempt us to reproduce what we said of Mr. Garfleld in 1873, when he was too unimportant to be made a target for any other reason than ins complicity in a great public scandal. Gur only purpose iu refraining to go behind the authority of the Sun was to put the caee as mildly as possible, and to indicate a willingness to waive our former severity, to give Mr. Gar fleld a new hearing, aud to judge him on the merits of his defence, if a de fence shall be made, without, being bound by the opinions we expressed respecting him when the case was new. His friends make a shabby re turn for this constderate reserve by trying to ridicule as if w? had just learned of the existence of the charges, /-f hl?f?ldiE Qr&st chatnptdhs will allow ns, we prefer to make a tabula rasa of all the Herald said of him when the subject was fresh and to give him the advantage of a new beating in a state of the public mind more favora ble to his defence. We are eincerely anxious that lie should be cleared, for it would be a reflection on our insti tutions if we jump out of the frying pan of imperialism into the fire of bribery, perjury aud corruption." This wjll be recognized as not merely fair, but kind, by all those who are not simply determined to shut their eyes to the truth because it is not plcasaut to them. It does not assume that there is no possible de fence, but, on the contrary, invitee a defence and evidently hopes that there may be a better oue than appeared possible amid the ex citement of the exposure when, on what seems to have been a strictly parallel case, Schuyler Col fax was driven from public life. But while thus hoping that there may be a bet ter defense than it knows of, Iho Her ald has no hesitation in saying that the sort attempted by politicians since the Chicago Convention is ut terly inadequate. It says: "Wo are'now gravely told that it was only a small matter of $329, as if the dishonest acceptance of that sum were not as fatal as the accept ance of a larger amount. If his con stituents condoned his offence on this ground the country will not approve of their leniency. Besides, it is sheer misrepresentation to say that the al leged bribe was limited to that amount. What is chu/ged is that he had Credit Mobilier stock to the amount of $2,000 ; that he never paid or expected to pay a cent for it; that the dividends on other stock which went went with it were so enormous that that they paid for the Credit Mo bilier stock and left a surplus of 3320 which was paid over to Mr. Garfleld, making th? actual brib? 82,000 of stock which cost him nothing and the surplus which he received in money. When the exposure came he throw up and repudiated his stock ; but had there been no exposure he might have re tained it*. His acceptance of the sur plus of dividends beyond what was necessary to pay for the stock looked like an acknowledgement that the stock was his. There must be some better explanation than has yet been presented before the country will think otherwise. Wc arc willing and anxious to see a defence which is not an damaging as the original charge. Will any Republican contend that if the 8329 which Mr. Gar field received from Oakes Ames was a sur plus of divideds on his Btock ho is Qt to bo President? If, as Mr. GarSeld tried to have it appear at the time, it was borrowed money, why did he borrow so singular a sum ? "Tho defence put forward for the $5,000 received in the De Golyer business is equally lame. It is not denied that he received that sum, but it is asserted that it was a counsel fee. It is not yet shown what servico Mr. Garfiold rendered to earn it. It was equal to a lull year's salary as Con gressman, a salary which is earned by many speeches on the floor, much arduous labor in several .committees, and many services for his constitu ents. ,U ie averred that he never made a speech, nor did any imumble thiog for that largo counsel fee. If he did let his friends prosent a bill-of particulars. If they tun find nothing to insert in such a bill let them oensc prating about a counsel fee,* for it will be evident that the money was paid him because he was chairman of tho 'Committee on Appiopriations. We waive the indecorum of taking a counsel fee in tho interest of a job for which Mr. Garlield's committee was asked to make appropriations, and simply suggest that a precise state ment be made of the services be ren dered as counsel. If the list of ser vices proves to be n. blank what inter pretation will be put on the offer and acceptance of the counsel fee?" We have quoted thus at length from the Herald because its article is not conceived iu any spirit of gloat ing over the evidence of Mr. .Gar field's frailty, and is rather a state ment of facts than an argument founded ou the facts. Wo ask all our readers, except those positively blind ed by irrational party zeal, if they do not think that such incidents in the career of one who aspires to the Presidency of the Republic ought to be explained ? These are not stories invented or raked up depeuding on some testimony by au obscure indi vidual, but they are facts brought to light by the investigation of commit tees of Congress, and the first ol them by a oommittee appointed by a Re publican House, with Judge Poland, of Vermont, at its head. It is neith er sensible nor honest to speak of them as "abuse," nor to fret and chafe against their production by the press. There is no more simple or imperative duty thau that which newspapers owe the people to tell the exact aDd provable truth about can didates for their support and favor. One Enough. Mr. Goober was a gentleman who lived In the Mormon country. Ho had but oue wife, and never thought of taking any more till one day an elder tackled him and told him sol emnly it was his religious duty to, seal unto himself a few others. Mr. Goober wont Jbome anti sadly informr ed bis wife of what tho elder had said, and Mrs, Goober said 6he would have no objection provided the elder would come round and argue the case with her piously. Goober told the elder, and the elder dropped around. He smiled sweetly as Mrs. Goober ad vanced to uieii1; him. But, alasl that smile was his lust?for a week or two. The next thing he knew he was slip ping arouud the room with his coat slit up the back and his hat knocked into pi, while Mrs. Goober whooped him up with the broomstick. He finally jumped out of a window and escaped with his life, a sadder and a wiser man. The next time he met Goober he told him ho had a celestial revelation by which he (Goober) was relieved from the necessity of talcing any more wives. The one he had CM re. Goohe.) would count for almost a thousand in the New Jerusalem. A Hint to Husbands. Love and appreciation are to a wo man what dew and sunshine are to a flower. They refresh and brighten her whole life. They make her strong hearted and keen-sighted in every thing aft'ecting the welfare of her home. They enable her to cheer her husband when the cares of life press heavily upon him, and to be a very providence to her childen. To know that bar husband loves her, and is proud of her; that even her faults are looked upou with tenderness, that her face, to one at least, is the fair est face in all the world; that the] heart which is to her is the great est and noblest holds her sacred in its recesses above all other women, gives strength, and courage, and vi yaoity which all the wealth of the world could not bestow. Let a wo man's life be pervaded with such an influence, and her heart will blossom and sweeten, and brighten in perpet ual youth. Grant Gossip. Fred Grant?"Who'd a thought it ?they actually weut back on Paw 1" Senator Conkling?"I feel the snme sensation that I experienced when I looked into the inuzEle of Sprague's shotgun." Senator Logan?"The country's gone to the devil." Don Cameron?"I wish I could sell out that fine lot of niggers I bought the ether day." George Francis Train?<4Tbc inter nal bias of Republicanism bna collid ed with a polar wave, and the times will increase with abnormal celerity after this." Judge Lochrane?"D?n it."?At lanla Post. ?We learn from somo of the or gans that tho Democratic papers are slandoring General Garfield. This is very reprehensible on the part of the Domociatic papers, as tho truth seems to be sufficiently distressing to answer all purposes. Santeo Riv&r, Picnics, Sociability, Crops, Etc. Editors Orangcburg Democrat:: On the 17th instant, by special in vitation, I had the pleasure of attend ing a picnic at Prospect Landing, ?Santee "River. It was gotten up by a few gentlemen who know by expe rience how to entertain, and for the enjoyment of all who participated in the pleasures of the day. The morning was beautifully bright and clear, owing to a fine fall of rain the previous afternoon, and reminded ono of a cool, bracing September day, instead of hot, dusty June. There is a certain degree of pleasure about country picnics?wo do not go doubly veiled, for fear of having our natural complexions sun-burnt or ruined, but for enjoyment; and we arc not gener ally disappoined. There arc also, no doubt, in ai\ gatherings corse would bo aristocrats, but alas \ for the aide bellum aristocracy ; nothing now re mains but honesty of purpose, purity of lives, and a high-toned intellectual principle for thoso who would be looked up to, or be nblo to influence others. How little do wc think of the value of a day spent in social enjoy ment! Away from labor and partial responsibilities, by the side of such a river nB the Santee?one we a'l love? and on whoso quiet, shady banks wc long to roam, gathering ferns, flowers and gtasses. J never fail to feel im pressed, and think of Him who "Piled up I he mountains, and scooped out the valleys." The picnic party gathered abou!. 10 A. M., soon ca noes were filled with living belles and beaux, rowing on Santee's yellow tide. There is something about the manner of crossing the stream ?n those diminutive boats that is pleas ing to any one. During the dny a few boat races were made, adding something to the interest of the par tics interested. The dinuer was good and bountiful, and everything neces sary to tempt the appetite. Fish was served in several ways, and the deli cacies were fine, and no veils were in the way to prevent oue from enjoying them. About 4 P. M., the happy picnicers left for their respective homes ; and no doubt, some may not soon forget tUo aspirations awakened and the sentiments expressed. Crops, by the way, must be noted ; and I shall endeavor to make this re mark answer: An average young man was asked to describe a crowd of ladies, and he replied, "some were pretty, line, g^otU toler&bly fair ind poor." Intelligence, ensh and fertil izers tell on a farm ; and is evidently apparent to the most careless observ er. The heat hod been recently so great; thereby causing a few fleshy men to bathe in a ditch that had been filled with water. Thib being a po litical year, you may gain many a fair lady's praise by keeping np with the|latest movements of the enemy. Yours iu interest, J. J. A Bride's Flight from the Altar. Miss Kitty Minaugh. a preposses sing blonde who resides on St. Paul's avenue, Jersey City Heights, and is employed in Lorillard's tobacco fac tory, was to have been married to a respectable young man who resides on Pacific avenue. The appointed time aud place for the ceremony were 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and St. Joseph's Church on Baldwin avenue. At that hour the bride and groom and a few intimate friends repaired to the church. As the ofliciating clergyman was about to pronounce the solemn words which would make them man and wife the bride suddenly turned and fled out of the church at the top of her speed, The groom and specta tors were filled with consternation, but nothing was left for them to do but to return home and seek an explanation. What transpired at the bride's house is not publicly known, but in the evening the bridal party returued to the church, the thread of the ceremony was taken up where the bride's sudden caprice had dropped it in the afternoon and car ried through to tho end without fur ther interruption.?New York Times. Tho Press Suffers Most. Railroads occasianally complain of dead-heading, but no institution suf fers so much from it as the press. It endures afflictions of dead-hcadisms from tho pulpit, tho bar and the stage ?from corporations, society aud in dividuals. It is expected to yield its interest; it is required to give strength to the weak, eyes to tho blind, clothes to the naked and bread to the hungry ; it is asked to cover infirmities, hide wcukcuesses and wink at quacks ; bol ster up dull authors and flatter the vain, it is in short to be all things to all men, and if it looks for pap it is denounced ns meanly sordid. There is no interest under the whole heav ens that ia expected to givo so much to the society without pay or thanks j as the press. Refeiuuko to the political cam paign now opening the New York Tribune Bays : "This is not to be an easy fight. Republicans bad better put away that idea at once. Whether Domocrnts split or unite, whether they agree with Greenbackera ordisa agree, whether they put up a good ticket or a woak one, tbo fight is to be close and hard." The Tribune con couccdcs a solid South to tho Demo cratic nominee. Proposals of Marriage, There ere certain subjects about which both mon and women seem to think themselves privileged to be un truthful, and they aro not :;io.v to exercise the privilege. Quo of tho subjects with men is busiucss, and what belongs to it, such as capital, credit, profits. The topic that women are most prone to exercise their fan cy on, irrespective of auy basis of fact, is .proposals of marriage, which they may -regard a a tbefr business, since, unhappily, most women, when young, have no other business worthy the name. Their highest intelligeuce, their greatest energy, their best thought, is devoted to wedlock. They are taught to believe that wedlock is their destiny, and it must, be conced ed that, as a rule, they take no pains to counteract it. Naturally, they want to make the best,match they can. They hope to love their hus band ; but they wish, very reasona bly, to have something besides their heart to support love. Marriage is to them ch ideal state, a husband au ideal creature, until they have been attained. They think that they can secure the most desirable husbands by making themselves ap pear in active demapd, which connu bially not less that commercial!}', en hances the price of the thing in the market. Kvery time that they have an pfter, and the olfer is made known, their chances for a marital prize are bettered, and every woman, whatever her lack of endowmeo, lias at least a latent hope of winning a prize. If they do not have as many offers as they believe they ought to have, why should they not imagine or invent some? This is the suggesiiou of their vanity?the most dangerous tempter to woman?and the suggestion onqe made cannot be forgotten. It is like ly that the suggestion nuvy not come in so definite a shape. The wish to be nought as a wife being so strong in the feminine breast, may it not be come the faUier of tho belief? May not women deceive themselves into thinking that, men have proposed who have uever dreamed of proposing? May they not see what they want to see ? May they not hear what they wnnt to hear? ._. This is true of some women, proba bly, but the mass of them undoubted ly stretch their conscience and the truth when they speak of their offers. The fact that any woman will or can make such a revelation, except under /nost cxtraoiKUnary-tof'Ciimstaupes, sufficient ground to discredit' her. She who has the largest number of otters is apt to he she who is absolute ly silent on that point. Men, how ever foolish in matters matrimonial? and they are as foolish as their worst enemy could ask?show'a degree of discretion in committing themselves to women manifestlyly without re serve. Still, it is surprising and pain ful to think how many women of the better sort, women ordinarily pos sessed of delicac}', re tin men t and trustworthiness, will deliberately fal sify concerning the conduct of men they are or have been on terms with. Apart from gratification to their vani ty, they may have a feeling of anger toward men who, in their judgment, should have proposed, and have not. They may revenge themselvhs on the stupid or perverse fellows for their failure to do the proper thing by misreporling them. If they would have accepted nn offer, had it been made, they may be, from a law of their sex, innppeasably iuimical to ward the non-makers. Bo the cause of motive what it may, the fact remains that no man can have any kind of associations with the other sex without liguricg some time as a defeated candidate lor mat rimony. Indeed, there is no way of escape for him. He will be put in the position of a refused lover in ul most any circumstance. Men are of ten declared to have been rejected by women with whom they have never been alone for half a minute. Proba bly there has never been an anchor ite whom rumor has not sometime jilted. The feminine world is unwill ing to believe, it cannot be persuad ed, that any masculine being averse to marriage on principle ever has ex isted or over will exist. And to sus tain their favorite theory, as well as to mvgnif'y their cannubial value, women have recourse to invented pro posals. These inventions are very apt to be accepted as truth, for there is no improbability in any man want ing to marry any woman ; and then the woman would not, it is common ly held, tell such a falsehood on any account. The mere citcumstunce of her telling it gives it weight, for it is go unmaidonly, so indelicate a thing to. do, that she would not and could not do it were it not a positive fact. This, like many popular opinions, ?? has no basis. The very reverse is j true. Td>o woman who is inclined to j talk of her offers may safely be dis trusted. Her violation of what should be a sacred confidence proven her too deficient in moral sense t > tAop at what plain people would call down right lying. How she would regard a man who should sny that this or that woman wanted him to marry her, it is easy to bcc. Sho would regard him as a contemptible coxcomb, an impertinent puppy, a sorry cur, even if she should believe him ; and if sho should disbelieve him, as she would surely have abundant reason for do ing, sho could hardly find words convoy hor scorn and detestation. Where is the wide difference be-; tween the offence, whether committed by one sex or the other? She would probably answer, "It would be shameful for a man to tell such a thing, even if it were true. But if a woman were to tell it, and it were un true, its untruth would do no barm. If it were true, she would keep it to herself." This is a fair specimen of the average woman's logic and of her eccentricities. She would be pretty nearly right, though, in the last part of her utterance. As ,to a false re port of a man's proposal doiog him no harm, there may be diversity of opinion, and he would be likely to take the affirmative. A man of character, self-understanding and judgment is not apt to offer marriage to a woman without excellent cause to believe that he will be accepted. His instinct ought to inform him so fully as to render an individual avow al superfluous. Men who are neither fops nor dullards are seldom refused. It is a reflection on their intelligence that they can he refused, and they have good reason for indignation when they hear that they have boon discarded by women whom they could never esteem, much less love and seek as wives. Men bear this gross misrepresentation stoically, because, perhaps, tboy consider it inevitable, and if they are manly men they are silent, when a word might blast. Many women take a mean advantage of such men by confiding in their honor while devoid of honor them selves. The Republican Programme. The programme of the Republicans is indicated by a gentleman promi nent in politics as follows : First?To prepare, in the event of the election of a Democrat, a contest ing list of electoral votes from States which have been carried by small majorities by the Democratic candi date. Second?To insist upon the power of William A. Wheeler, fraudulent Vice-President, to open, count, and declare the result of the votes. Third?To insist that Mr. Wheeler acting in a min:sterial capacity but for the occasion vested with judicial powers beyond right *of appeal or review, shall declare the result as it may seem good for him to do. Fourth?To maintain"that the Sen ators representing the States trad the members 'representing, the .people* of States shall submit to*thexlccre<r of Mr. Wheeler. Fifth?In the event of both Houses failing to concede this arbitrary pow er to the fraudulent Vice-President, minority will attempt, by revolution ary means, to inaugurate James A. Garfleld.?N. Y. Sun. Timid People. The are a class of timid people who are afraid of store clerks, and who hardly dare to go away without buy ing something. They tremble at the sight of a waiter aud fee him, and pa tieutly take what he places before them, never grumbling. They rever ence a conductor or brakesman as if he were a prime minister, and are filled with glory if he only does not put them off the car. They always take the poorest seats for fear that people may think that they are sel fish ; and if a snowball bits them in the head they turn and smile a vole of thanks to the hoodlum who threw it. They ore Uriah Heaps, but mod est, unwoildly, good-.hea;tod people, who admire the saucy, practical ones. B,ut a,wny down in their hearts is a spirit of Wild Bill, and once in a while when too much imposed upon they riso up and spill things. Fifteen Wisconsin editors have becu united in the holy bonds of mat rimony since Jauuary I, and twelve of their newspapers havo been sus pended in cousequence.?Detroit Free Press. If you mean that twelve newspa pers have been suspended by strings, and used as wearing apparel, all right. But if you insinuate that re cent matrimony ha3 brought twelve Wiscousin newspapers to an untime ly grave, wo are in a position to prove that you ai e from Louisiana. Wc do not desire any controversy, or hard feelings, but the editor of the F,-ee Press is a Louisiana witness, and we I will never take it back. Here is a New Jersey story, told by tks New York Hour. It isn't long, but it's hard on New Jersey. Tho said deponent says -that a few days ago a train pulled up at a small station where it was not advertised to stop. A passenger, anxious to learn the cause of the stoppage, en quired about it, and found that a lady had signalled the train to stop in or der to see whether any passenger could abiige her with charge for e 85 bill. The Berricn County Neios, of Georgia, has two editors, one of whom opposes whilo the other en dorses Colquiit. Consequrntly the paper publishes editorials on oppo site sides of the question in tho same issue. The Atlanta Post nays the Constitution is in a somewhat similar predicament, the majority of its staff opposing the Governor while the pa [ Qt itself is among his few supporters. An Editor's Troubles. It is amazing bow people imagine an article in the paper refers to them selves. A Western editor who wioto funny articles had a heap of trouble on that account. His first yarn had a Mr. Bunting for its hero, and the day it appeared Mr. Flagg?ascertain cd that it wasn't a hit at him. The next etory was about the Hon. Eg gleston Eggs, and the Hon. Carrlng lon Cart left word that if <it occurred again he ehould sue the concern. Tuo editor tried the name of Mon grel, and a prominent citizen who was not only named Cross but had a little Indian blood in his veins, came into the office and tried to take the editor's scalp. The editor having had so much trouble deter mined to be safe the next time, and the man that ho described as falling down stairs into a soap barrel was named "Morgue." That time the unlucky humorist had to fight two men, Messrs. Graves and Coffin, who chased him through the main street with pitchforks and a dog. He did thmk that no man would mistake himself.for a person called Cow-wal low, but Mr. Oxford did and stood in front of the office for three quarters of nn hour, and threw stones into the office window and called the hapless editor to come out and be ground against n tree. The editor did not respond, as he was too busy attend iug to two gentlemen who thought they were slurred in a laughable ac count of the misfortunes of a Mr. Beast. One was named Lyon and the other Lamb, and the editor whis pered to each that the other wrote the piece, and then Lyon and Lamb lay down together on the floor and clawed each other's clothes off, and then they got up and threw inkstands and did over $75 damage to the place before they were taken out. And then the editor inserted an advertise ment requesting anybody who consid ered the name of Daguerreotype Q. Watermelon a slur on him to respond, and as no one responded, he now uses that name. And people won der why humorists give such odd names to their characters. A, Littie Romanos. A story of Andrew Johnson comes from a Washington lady as told htr by the former Prpsjdont himself. It is well known how, in early life, an attachment with a charming woman was broken off by the. opposition of her mother.and brothers, who did not consider the young tailor a good enough match for one of their family, Years after, when the tailor was President, while stopping at a small town in Tennessee, he was told that the woman of bis first love was living there, and he desired to meet her. By the offices of Colonel Bell, his in timate friend, the woman, then mar ried and the mother of four or five children, was brought into the parlor of the hotel with her daughter, not knowing whom she was to meet. She saw the President and sprang towards him, he rushed to meot her aud the old time lovers threw their arms around each other, with tears falling from their eyes, forgetful of Col. Bell and the daughter, who stood by, forget ting everything but the feelings of youth which had survived so long. President Johnson told the story af terward, with tears in his eyes, to a lady whose face reminded him of his first and truest love. The following has been perpetra ted by somebody who styles it "A maiden's soliloquy"?.'Tis wondrous bow great the change since I was in my teens ; then I had a beau, and a billetdouXt and joined the gayest scenes. But lovers now have ceased to vow; no way they now contrive? to poison, hang or drown themselves -rbecauae I'm thirty-five. Once, if the night was e'er so bright, I ne'er abroad could roam, without?"the bliss, the honor, Miss, of seeing you safe home." But now 1 go, through rain and snow?fatigued, and scarce si?ve_threugk all the dark, without a spark?because I'm thirty-five. We are in tho midst of another sea son of remarkable occurrences?or stories. North Carolina comes to the front with the latest, it being stated that a womau who was cxhum cd by grave robbers, after having been buried, two days, arose and walked home, assisted by the would bo robbers as soon as they had suffi ciently recovered from, their fright to. tender that service. He came into the sanctum with a large roll of manuscript under his arm, and said very politely : "I have a trifle here about the beautiful sun set yesterday, which was dashed off by a friend of mine, which 1 would iike inserted if have room." "Plenty of room. Just insert it yourself," re plied ihe editor, gently pushing the waste-basket toward him. Mr. Frederick Tyler, of Ilartfprd, Conn., who is now, a litClp more than eighty-five years old, and is in fair health, oan remember seeing a man who was born in 1699. It was his own grandfather, Mr. Tyler, who was born in that year, and lived until 1800, covering the whole of the eigh teenth century with his life. SuB?cnirr* for the Orangeuurg Democrat. The Code. Editor tOrangcburg Dtmocrat: To -what extremes < of lawlessness is society .drifting when .an nnii-dui*l ling society is formed to repress the duello. How subservient to publio opinion have men allowed themselves to be when the pistol is the only ar biter of a fancied or actual wrong. There is a cause for derangcments?nd ills, physical or moral ?; and there is a remedy. If a cause exists for men to "wipe out insult" by shedding the blood of his fellows (often a friend) there must be a remedy. It is very well, nuy it is humane and timely that a man of tested, .courage like General Kershaw (we prefer the he* roie prefix in this case rather than the honorable title of "Judge," which he so fittingly bears to-day) should preside at a board of other brave men in Gr?nden to denounce the habit of duelling. His example must be a bluff rebuke to the blood sniffers, and his repudiation of such "honora ble redress" must Assure all that it is a brave man who bravely opposes such guilty means of satisfaction. Yet the prime cause i not yet reach ed ; the work of the Anti-Duelling Society is to deal with unruly ele ments as they are, aud we wish the gentlemen God-speed. Who of to day has failed to observe the want of a decent regard for the opinions of others? Who has not seen in the public prints, on the street, in the Courthouse an indecent violation of the widest privilege witb questious of difference? Who has not heard the innuendo?baser more cruel than the degrading blow. A pandering to small chit-chat, emanating too often from small souls and smaller brains; a jealousy that seeks opprotunity to de Ii I e a neighbor's /' record for some slight advantage gained ; a harmful habit of depreciating tho motives and sayings of others. This is the cause; this the position of society. It be gins very often at the table and fire side?where a sanctity of privilege in duces fathers and mothers to descant on the affairs of others. The tempers and senUmenls of the young people growing up aro colored and affected by this incautious and unwise prac tice. Instead of a charity for infirm ity, there is bitterness sown. Im prudence at home is taught, it is token into the every day affairs of life ; men do not respect their fellows. Words are uttered, sentiments msde public, bad blood is roused and, socie ty ,is demoralized. The insult is given, the' blood is demanded. Drunken ness, the quick bullet, the duel may be the widening wavelets of that fear ful war convulsion which tell of the past horrors, and which day by day under healthy tone will abate; but that reform is needed at borne is not to be denied. Teach the youth that his mate is the counterpart of his own poor self; that human errors are his; that a generous magnanimity for an other's failings is a splenddd, attribute of real manhood. Let our youth, be taught to despise the vituperator, and, loathe the vilifier let H be a, breach, of decency to hear or encourage abuse and defamation, and in place of men, baring their breasts to bullets, th#i$. will be a cordial, mutual respect be tween gentlemen. That severe trials of temper is under the best circum stances to be expected; but that a brutal public sentiment is to override the peace of home, and inaugurate an era of murderous purpose, is to he put down, first by law, and after by inculcating those rules of honor which teach a sacred regard for the feelings of others. f What the Stars Foretell for 1881. Those who study the stars, says an exchange, will have plenty of occupa tion in the coming years. The iudex-, hand of the celestial dial-plate points, to events of momentous import. The four great planets reach their nearest point to the sun more nearly together than they have done for almost two thousand years. It is not unreasona ble to suppose that, with a strong pull and a pull together, they will cre ate some unusual disturbance In the chaotic elements that make up tbo sun's fiery mass. The forces of the new spot-cycle are In active operation, und those who have closely watched the influence of the solar disturbance on climatic conditions predict a hot summer from the heat-waves that fol low tho commencement of the tremen dous solar outbreaks, The hidden chambers of t,he great pyramid uavo given, forth, in oracular fashion me inen tons prophesies for 1831 the few disciples who have had faith in their teachings, and astrologers cast strange horoscopes from the unusual planetary combinations. The colored people were mystified-. 1 hey thought that G^aui's viejl to Arkansas insured his. nomination. The great commauuer, of unmet* to them waa. ttjc boss of tiie, Republican party. "Who is djs. niaji ?arflsh?" asked an, old negro whose idea of politxa. had been moulded between the cotton rows. He's do man what whipped out de kuklux," replied a colored school teacher. "Den I'm him. I doantcare^ffho is a garfish. 1 would be vvid him un der sich circumstances ef he was oat fish or a grinnell, an' Lord knows dat do grinnpll is the' wu?v meat, olj.nii."