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Vol. Ii. ORANGEBURG, S. C., FRIDAY, JUDY 9, 1880. JSTo. 28. BHERtDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. | suuscihvtioi*. One Year.4.SI-50 Six Months.,.. ............1.00 Ministers of the Gospel. ,....).0U ArwiiitTiSKM unts . First Inatortlon.\.81.00 Each Subsequent Insertion,.j:v.*?P Jjlberal contracts made for 3 month nml over. JO 13 O I^^tGH t ?| J I 1 ??>!/ - < 13 I'KEPAIUvlJ.TO DO AI.1, Ki.MtMii' For Pity's Sake;! "<Fred, bliss lloughton is to arrive 'this evening. Would you mind go ing down in the carriage to meet her? J can't get qflf myself, and it will seem forlorn onough to find only an empty .carriage awaiting her." A prolonged whistle proceeded from the depths of a luxurious arm chair into which the young man ndr drc'BBcd (pretty little Mrs. Vere's bachelor-brother) had ensconced him self. Ho wasjlt.hnncls^uio /npan of the blond type, enjoying a few weeks' furlough from his army ditties, in his eist,or's bouse. t , li Tho laziest man in tLe regiment he was calledi, but the brayest, as well, with now and then a sudden light in bis clear gray eyes which lent momen tary insight' into the hidden strength i .and meaning of his rjaj nature. ?'Miss Houghtou?" he now drawl ed out, somewhat interrogatively, in response to tbel'demand made upon him.. "You mean tho children's new governess. I suppose?r-a demure spinster of foHy or thereabouts; or, worse still, a young, gushing creature bereft, in one fell blow, of fortune and friends. {Seriously, Nannie, it's an awful bore, and, considering that my captain's pay won't admit of any mat rimonial schemes, I think, perhaps, it would be as well not to put false ideas in this young ,(?) woman's head by sending me .to greet her." "Don't go, Uncle Fred," chimed in the children aged respectively six ami eight. "Wo don't want any govern ess." "Hush, children ! Don't worry mc Pied ! Do go, like a good fellow ! I assure you, from all I hear from Miss Houghton, she is a charming medium between your two absurd comparisons, and will probably givo your no second thought. Here .comes the carriage to the door. Now, Pied, don't miss her?" "No hope of that," be groaned, as he lifted himself to bis six-feet stat ure, and moved leisurely to the door. A half hour la'er the Eastern train came pulling and snorting into the station. Only a few passengers had this point for their destination. lie watched them descend with calm in difference when suddenly be started. A young ladj-, quietly but richly dressed, passed him, the light from the lamps fulling full on the clear cut features, and levcaling their faultless beauty. In hqr arms she carried a Title dog. She directed her course to the station master. "Can I get a vehicle here to take me to Mrs. Vere's she questioned, "Mrs. Vere's own carriage is in waiting. Her brother, Captain Os good, came down, expecting some ! friends. ? "Then I will not intrude upon them." "' But at this instant the young offi cer stepped to her side. "The carriage it at your service,: miss. Pardon me, and allow me to j introduce myself as Captain Osgood, Mrs. Vere's brother." "I have heard of yon," she answer ed, smiling, and disclosing two rows of white even teeth. "1 am very, glad to meet you." And in proof of the words, she ex tended one tiny, perfectly-gloved Hand. "Cool for a governess, upon my word, and doesn't answer much to Nan's description," thought Mr. Fred. ' But, notwithstanding, he felt quite warranted in meeting the frank ad vance very cordially, and soon, in their homeward drive, after first dis posing of what seemed to him tin un warrantable amount of baggage they were,chatting away like old friends. When the house was reached, Cap tain Osgood withdrew, lie would let the women meet alone, and not he tray the momentary weakness into which he had been beguiled. "Mrs. Vere is in the libriuy, miss," proclaimed the butler. Tho young lady followed him in the door indicated, j ?'Well, Fred, you were disappoint-1 ed, after all," began the mistress ol the room, without turning her head, as her quick ear detected the opening of the door. "Miss Hougbton's let ter, apprising mc of her illness and consequent detention, arrived just af ter you left the house. It was too?" But her sentence remained unfin ished, as some one stole softly be hind her and clasped two tiny gloved bands close over her eyos. ?Who can it be?" she questioned. The hands were withdrawn, She looked up. "Flossie !" 6he exclaimed, and rap turously clasped the girl in her arms. "Where did you come from!" was j her first question, when she found breath. "Straight from Paris, dear. When I reached New York, I heard that you were up in your country-home, and so I determined to come up immediately and take you by surprise I intend to spend at least n fortnight with you, ma cherc, so you must make tho best of it." "A fortnight ! I shall hold you gar risoned for tho Hummer. But tell me did you sec Fred, and introduce your self?" "My dear, bo seemed to know me. I found your carriage waiting; be presented himself in due form ?l ac ccptd the goods the goda gave, and asked no fuither questions." Mrs. Vcre burst into a ripple of ir repressible laughter. "Flosoie," sho exclaimed, "bo has mistaken you for tbo children's gover ness. What will he say when he learns the truth ?" i And oh? repeated tue conversation as it had occurred before lna leaving the house. A sudden idea seemed to seize upon her listener: "Let us keep it up, .Nannie," sho proposed, gleefully. "Wo can .tease him to .our heart's content, I,\vill sick my identity in that of Miss il?ugt?n, agd personate him with my atten tions. ? Eor a moment the sister's heart for gave , her, bat after all what.i real; harm could do her? and1 so it wAs agreed, and next morning ,thc chil dren were presented to their new governess. They had anticpated her advent somewhat as a reign of terror. They now wondered, ns the days wore on, why they had always heretofore been deprived of such luxury. For two hours they were closeted each morning in Miss lloughton pret ty room, the prettiest room in the house mamma had given her; but, strange to say, brother Fred seemed to consider it quite the proper thing, under the circumstances. For two hours, then, it was their daily prison?but such n prison ! can dies and story-books were generally distributed, with but one prohibition, that when Uncle Fred questioned them about their studies, they should not divulge to him the fact that they were growing fat and lazy. lint L'uclc Fred was too ob orbed in his own thoughts In watch Ihe chil dren. For the first time in his life, he began to make serious calculations as to iipyy far a captain's pay ?night go and whether by,any amounted stretch ing, and any improbable bachelor sacrifices, it might l}0 enabled to sup ply two, when heretofore it had been considered wholly' inadequate Tor one. ? I ; "I have sworn I would never mar ry an heiress," he said to himself, when the household had glided on without] changing for some three weeks, "lest the world would consid er me that despicable thing, a for time* huuter, or that the woman herself might one da}' misjudge me 5 and I have sworn never to mairy a poor wo man, because it would entail too much mutual sacrifice. Ami yet, I wonder if she loves tue?I wonder if I could make her happy ?" lie had found, in these three weeks, the two morning hours of the. children's tasks the longest of the day. . lie had insisted that the governess looked pale, and prescribed for her a daily ride. She had no opportunity, as she laughingly declared, to perse cute him will? her attentions, but rath er, as lime wore on, to show them' with nccttain shyness, new and lor eigu to the girls nature. Meantime the conspirators sa' in the library, scanning with perplexed brows, a letter open before them.* It announced Miss Hough ton's ar rival on the evening of that day. What was to be done? The arch conspirators solved the question. "Say you are displeased with me, and I will return to New York to night. The new governess will ar rive. His leave expires in a week.? After he goes, I will return." "Very like Victor Hugo, my dear," retorted Mrs. Verc, "as to the pithi ness of your sentences ; but I fear it won't How as smoothly as you imag ine." "What does this mean?" question ed Captain Osgood, a few hours later, of his sister. u\ bear the c&triugu is ordered for the seven o'clock train to take Miss Hougbtou to the depot." "She is not quite my idea of a gov erness," meekly and tremblingly an swered Mrs. Vere, quailing before his pale face and flashing eyes. He cast upon her the first look of contempt he had ever given her, and turned away just in time to catch the lluttcr of a white dress upon the lawn. Straightway he went toward it. "I did not mcati to bo Abrupt, Miss lloughton," he began, when, with quick strides, ho had gained her side, "but I hear that you must find anoth er home. Would you accept one if oflered you?rVery .. unworthy your beauty and yonr grace, but guarded by a man's liQnest love? 1 love yon, darling! will you bo my wile, and share a soldier's life?a soldier's for tunes?''' The rich color flushed into the girl's checks, as she met the clear, trank ga/.e of I he soul-lit eyes. Ah, she had meant only to play,! but she, loo, had been burned by thp lire's fierce flame 1 "You offer mc this from pity, Cap tain Osgood," she said, in low, trein* bling tones. "I appreciate your no bic generosity, but must not accept it." "From pity?" be questioned. "Do fmcn pity thus? Look in my eyes?do you read pity there! Listen to my voice?is it pity moves it? Let my past speak for my future. Has pity actuated it? Oh, my love, tell me that you love inc, and you shall never more know whut it is lo stand alone in the world. "Your sister h?s not discharged me, Captain Osgood? I have dis charged myself," she said with sud den resolution. And then, standing before him, she told him all ihc story. His. face, .as he listened, grevy deathly whito. When the last word had loft her lips,, ho turned and strode towards the house,, leaving her standing mo tionless and alone. II is steter met him in the doorway, .. . VWho is she?" he questioned in Ijarsh tones--?14this girl whom you call Miss lloughton?" ? .She then It* ew that he would have the truth. J "It is Flcrcnco Maxwell," she an swered. 'Fred, forgivo me." H,e laughed a Jarring laugh. "Miss Maxwell,''the ' he'ress, eh? the girl whom all men, seek for her Surpassing beauty and her gold. Tell her, for ine,'itr>fctoe Miss Hough ton that 1 asked to become my wife, and not /Miss Maxwoll, who has mado'of m'y lovo her sport." And ho strode out of the house again, and up Ihc road, all unconsci ous of the little white figure following him. Ho had thrown himself down under the shadow of a great oak, when she overtook him. "PardonaneI" she said. And, at the sound of her voice, he raised his haggard face wijLh a groan. The sight, the sound, overcame her sciupples. She (ell on her knees be side him. '?You loved me for myself," she said. "Oh, Fred, I am so alone in the world ! Yoo said, dear, it was lor love's sake, not for pity. Now for pity's sake, give me the love, without which, 1 have learned, all my life would be poor and harren, ba\ j with which I shall be alone never more }?" Tb.cn for pity's sake?only for pity's sake?but with great joy in his! eyes, he opened wide his arms and] look her in. Three Boys Hanged. Bad ho\ s need not go West in order to lind adventure, commit crime and swing into the next world from a gal lows tree. Two Chicago bovs, aged respectively seventeen and nineteen years, sta: led a year ogo for the East in seaich of adventure, and they found it before half way here by kil ling an old man for bis money. The!), instead of becoming tremend ous fellows among bard characters, as boys in hooka always do when they have killed their man, they spent a year in jail, aud yesterday were strangled on'the gallows. Another boy, younger than either, left the world in company with the couple, lie began bis business career by stealing, and when a companion threatened to tell he shot hi in. No member of the trio was old enough to be trusted away from apron strings, and other boys who are panting to distinguish themselves in blood and thunder style would do well to take the hint. An apron string in a boy's buttonhole is not half so annoying as a stout iope around his neck, and when finally untied it leaves him ior something better than to horrify newspaper readers and feed the worms.?Nrio York Herald Jane 20. Tho Obsequies. Programme of extra third.lcrm per formance : Recitation by Senator from New York, "Marc Antony's Oration Over Dead Ciesar." Song by ?Senator from Pennsylva nia. "The Camerons arc Crying." Recitation by Senator from Illinois "Who is there to Mourn for Logan? Not one." Ballad by Col, Fred, "Father, Dear Father, Come Home." Ground and lofty tumbling, by the Globe Democrat. Hymn by Babcock, Belknnp and "Boss" Shepherd, "Hark from the Tombs a Doleful.Sound." Recitation by Fillcy, "By the Left Flanked," Chorus by the whole company, "See the Conquering Hero Go." Benediction by Henry Ward Becch er and Rev. Dr. Newman. (Mourners will occupy reserved seats in front of dress circle.) Betting on the Presidency. - There has been considerable bet ting on the result of the ensuing pres idential election among the brokers and habitues of Wall street and the Stock Exchange. It is significant that the favorite is Hancock and in the majority of wagers reported odds arc given on the success of the Demo cratic nominee. A well known ban ker ha-; just booked a wager of ?000 to 8100 on the Cincinnati candidate, and several of the lesser lights of the street have put their money on the Democratic ho'se. As Wall street men are not politicians and take a strlckly business view of the chances, without being influenced much by partisan enthusiasm, the fact that Hancock leads in their betting books is not without importance in estima ting the future of the two parties.? New York JUraid, June 2(5. Dr. J. D. Gollowav, many years since a resident of Massachusetts, died suddenly at Dallas, Texas, on the 21st inst. Ho was a ictnarkable man in some rqspoc'.s. He had been the husband of thirteen wives, eight of whom and many children arc stilt living. Ho lost ten sons in tho Con federate service. He was about sixty years of age. The Fifth. Annual Exhibition, of tbe Sf, 'Matthews Academy. The hand of time .having slowly but surely moved around, indicating the fall, winter and spring times of our Academic year,' again stands pointing to the close qf" 'another de lightful and successful session. Hav ing hail the pleasiu^of' witnessing the closing exercises of ..our Academy, under tho management of the ellicient and worthy professor,; J. B. O'Neal Holloway, it becomes our duty as well as a happy privilege to give the dots pertaining to the closing exer cises^ On Friday morning, June 2uth, the sun arose in his usual brightness and glory, but bad not ascended far the ethcrial steeps to meridian, ere the whole grounds of St. Matthews Acad emy were literally covered with hu man forms, moving in various direc tions and at every conceivable veloci ty. Principaij teachers, patrnns, j children and friends of the Academy assembled'with cheerfulness and hope for the pleasure and success of the day. Impatience seized the throng, "Will the hour never-come 1" was passed many times around the crowd ere the moment for opening arrived. It gave all good lime lo take notice of, and comment upoU ihe grounds and the decoiated hall, for they dis played careful attention, good taste and special skill in lite art of gor geous decoration. At ? o'clock ?he bell rang and the whole mass of people w'as brought to older and organized into closscs and societies, in order that harmony might commence and end the exer cises of the day. These were opened by music, instrumental* and vocal; instrumental by Miss Lizzie Chap man, vocal by the whole school. Re ligious exercises were Conducted by ttev. Mr. Auld. The ball having now commenced, the progra'nmo was as follows: * Miss Angic Rast, Mu ic ; 'Ililder's Lament.' Salutatory, A. W. Summers. Lottie Magrill and Angie Itast, Mu sic ; 'Bride of the \y*incW Debate?question : *ts jt better to fence the stock or the crcp'r" A (linn a tivc?Abrain Summers,jlsaiah IIall man, Bonnie Kelley, Themas Felke!; Negative?George Summers, Cornel ius Baxter, David Iianglcr, Aikcn Keller. jMiss Lizzi?. .C^bjUtflflfK iMusic? 'Young Man across the Way.' Essay?'Ends of Fashion ;' Emma C. Dantzler. Extract?'Workingmcn ;' A. C. Baxter. Extract?'Public Schools ;' Thomas M. Felkol. Essay?'Curiosity'; Maggie I. Hall man. Extract?'Dignity of Labor'; D. W. Haigler. Extract?'Opportunity for Work'; Isaiah Hcllinan. Essay?'Gambling'; Lottie Ma grill. Extract?'Earnestness'; J. Aikcn Keller. Extract?'Integrity'; Bonnie F. Keller. Essay?'Truth'; Angie II. Rast. Novice Rast, Music?'Glen Falls.' Salutatory, J. Xenophon Weeks. Novice Rust and Edna Keller, Duet?-'Gallinburg's Waltz.' Extract, Francis M. Dantzler. Novice Rast and Mamie Summers, Duet?'Dixie.' Extract?'Labor'; L. D. Haigler. Carrie S. and Lizzie R., Duct? 'Blue Bird Polka.' Extract?'Better late than never'; G. Adam Rast. Miss Lizzie Chapman, Music?'Far Away.' Extract?'Kindness'; Earnest M. Rast. Mngcie Hallman, Solo?'Irresisti ble Galop.' Extract?'In Little Armies*; lieber E. Rast. Edna Keller, Solo?'Fun and Frol ic Waltz.' Extract?'How they had him'; John L. Itast. L.oltie Magrill. Solo-r'GoKlen Rain.' Extrnc'?'Life's Work' ;'J. Herbert Riekenbncker. Novice Rast, Solo?'Lora Lome' , Extract?'Psalm of Life*; Samuel J. Summers. Maggie and Novice, Duct?'Black Hawk Waltz. Valedictory, George C. Summers. Mamie S.tunmcrs, Solo?'Budding Love/ Address by .Prof. J. B. O'Neal Holloway. Song?'Ninety'; by the whole school. This programme, though seeming ly lengthy, being spiced with such charming music and entertaining speeches and essays that there was no lagging of attention, but increased interest throughout, with the excep tion of Prof. J. B. O'Neal U.ollowny's address, was feasted upon and fully enjoyed cic tho hour of high twelve arrived. The youthful orators and musicians did themselves, parents, teachers and friends credit. Several arc worthy of special mention but wc will forbear, with saying, however, that the subject discussed by the hoys was well and masterly handled. Tho second round being completed, the committee appointed for decision, viz: Revs. F. Auld and Win. Stoud enmire, Messrs. Geo. I). Rast, Titos. IE. Rickcnbackcr and A.C. Wight man, withdrew.but found itdilllcult to decide between tho magnificent antag onists. Finally they returned, and 'mid many cheers the decision was rendered -in favor the Affirmative. Tho essayists {the young ladtep of ?course) vied with Seminarians or Col legians, both in composition and cbi rography. All the morning service being over, a recess of two hours was givon for eating and drinking. Ice, lemons, chicken, cake, mutton, <fcc, io abundant profusion were all served up an.d awaiting the hour of their de parture.' The hour came and there was seemingly as great or greater manifestation of relish for the things that feast the physical ns the mental man. If speak at all, they, the good things, may have used tho words of the Psalmist: "How we are consum ed in a moment." These feastings and rejoicings with friends being over, services of the day were again taken up and opened by music; the Rev. Mr. Auld was in troduced as opening speaker. His address was followed by one Horn the Rev. Wm. Sloudcnmirc. Then ns last, hut by no means least, came the address of Prof. John Helton O'Neal Ilolloway. Prof. Hollowny afterward announced that his connection with the academy, though pleasant through out, with the exhibition censed. Ask ing the continued love and remem brance of the good people and chil dren ; be pledged the same, and stated the real and the only cause of his res. igriation, that be did not wish longer to teach anywhere, but desired to set tle down for life. Dr. J. W. Sum mers, president of the board Trustees then arose and made several announce ments. First, that there had not been a sin*!lc jar between the board and Prof. Ilolloway daring bis three year's term of labor, but that peace and har mony had icigncd unbroken. Second, that the St. Matthews Academy would op?n on the first Monday in Septem ber, being confident that the vacancy would be a sufficient advertisement to procure a good, competent and worthy principal in the place of l'rof. Ilolloway whom they gave up so re luctantly. We feel sure these very beet academies will be furnished with worthy and efficient teachers. Third, that music would be taught continu ously as a branch unles? patrons were notified otherwise, Professor Ilolloway then expressed his hearty thanks to the people for their attention and interest, Beucr diction was pronounced, and all went away feeling and saying it was the best and most enjoyable exhibition ever held at St. Matthews Academy. Hoping that thereby wc have elicited great and lasting interest and co-op erating for our academy, we take pleasure in subscribing ourselves, Yours Fraternally, SPECTATATOa. Faxkv Flm> was one of tho beau lies of Baltimore. She was in love with a poor young man, but in defer ence to the wishes of her parents she married Eli Elias, a very wealthy young merchant, and the wedding was a great social event in that city. A few months ago, after two years of seeming happiness, the wife con fessed to her husband that she still loved tiie other man. He said at once that they must part, ami that she ought not to have wronged him so deeply. She begged hard to stay with him, promising the utmost cir cumspection of conduct, but he in sisted on casting her off, She grew despondent, and wrote imploring let ters to him. lie refused to see her, and at last she committed suicide. Puck on Hancock. Puck, the lively and satirical com ic journal of New York, has an excel lent cartoon upon the-political situa tion in its issue of this week. It is entitled : "Republican Editors in De spair?Hunting a Bad Record for Hancock," nnd represents Hancock towering above n gang of pigmy Rad ical editors, who wjlli every expres sion of despair, are searching around him for campaign material. One gaged fitfully into a cuspidor, another investigates nn old boot, another sus piciously cranes his head up tho chim ney, and .the icst on kindred manner hopelessly and desperately on the search, A Washington correspondent says that it is understood that sufficient funds are now, or very shortly will he, on hand to enable the Commis sioners of the Freedmon's Bank to de clare another dividend of 10 per cent. A dividend has been anxiously await ed by the. depositors for a long time past, and the Commissioners have be come tired of waiting for the gov ernment to purchase the bank build ing irt order that they might declare u large dividend, will pay out what they have oh hand. TllKn.fi have been minors for a day or two of the renewal of the agitation I in regard to the electoral vole ol New j York, and it has been staled that the I Republican Legislature would be cal led in extra session to provide for the election of lectors by districts. Very little stock has been taken in these statements, for all politicians of sag acity were quite satisfied that it would bo n had move for the Republicans, and therefore there was no Surprise on the receipt of a dispatch from Al bany contradicting the statement. Abqut Fleas Just now Ileus are fashionable. Kvery.body has them. There is no prejudice against the Hea on account of his color. ? If the Ada was perfect ly white people could be more famil iar with liiii) than they are. Some people arc careless anyhow about, the color line. The Bible says the flea is wicked when no man pursuclh, which means, if yon want to cure a flea of his wickedness, you mpat catch and make a good Indiau of him. ^Various remedies lor fleas have been sugges ed. One is lo cover your entire body with a coating of warm tar. TJie best way is to hire a detective to watch a flea until he is tired, then pour an ounce of chloroform on him and send for a policeman. There is no such thing as keeping fleas out of n house, although an old mnn in San Antonio, who wua very observing, suid that there would be no fleas in the house if the women were kept out. It was the women that brought fleas into the house. The flea is round shouldered and keeps his nose to the ground like a dog trailing a rabbit. Like all tho old residents of the Island, the flea is very brisk and en terprising, which is the cause of the present tidal wave of prosperity. Unlike the rest of the old residcuters the flea does not go North in the sum mer, but stays right here and enjoys himself at home. The flea has no politics to speak of. Like some hu man he is independent. "If I Only Had Capital." "If I only had capital," wc heard a yoong man say, as ho puffed away at a ten cent cigar, "1 would do some thing." "i I only had capital," sajd anoth er a3 be walked away from a dram shop where he had just paid ten cents for a drink, "I would go into busi ness." The same remark might have beeu heard from the young man loafing on the street corner. Young man with the cigar you arc smoking away your capital. You from die d am shop ate drinking away yours and destroying your body at the same time, and yon upon the street corner are wasting yours in idleness, and forming bad habits. Dimes make dollars. Time is money. Don't wait for n fortune to begin with. If you bad $10,000 a year, and spent it all, you would be poor still. Our men of power and iniluencc did not BttU't with fortunes You, too, can make your mark if you will. But you must slop spending your money for what you don't need, and squandering your time in idle ness. The Pensocola (Fla ) Advance tells the following; iMr..Johu Owens, who lives two miles this side of Flori da Town, on' the Kastern shore of Kscambia Bay, related to one of our citizens yesterday a most horrifying affair. His statement was?and he gave, it as a positive fact?-that on the 10th instant, while a party number ing some three or four were enjoying a sea bath, their attention was direct ed to a little ten or twelve-year-old boy whom they had left on a reef in shoal walcr'near the beach, the men having ventured into deeper water. On looking in the direction of the child thpy realized the awful fact that the boy was being swallowed by on alligator, fully half the victim's body still being visible and then suddenly disappearing iu the frightful jaws of tho monster, whose tremendous mouth was plainly seen by cash one present. They at once returned to shore, but not a trace o{ the unforlunule lad could be discovered, save tbo blood which floated on the water, ? It wasn't a Democratic House, nor a Democratic Committee, nor yet the Democratic press that fastened on Mr. Garlield tho ineffaceable smirch of Credit Mobilicr. This was. the work of Mr. Garlield h'imsclfnnd a Republican' committee of a Republi can House. The chairman of that committee, Luke Poland, of Vermont, is one ol the veterans of his party, one of the men who helped lay the foundations of the Radical structure. Before that committee en.me James A. Garfield, M. C, and on his oath said be bud "never owned, received, or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilicr or of the Union Pa cific Railroad, nor any dividends or profits arising from cither of them-" But when that committee,, a majority of whpnj were political friends of Mr. Garlield, got ready to report, it was obliged lo lind the facts in direct and positive antagonism, with Mr. Gar field's sworn statement.? Washington \ Post. The road up hill muy be hard, but at any rate it is open, and they who set stout hearts against a stiff hill shall climb it yet. What was hard to bear will bo sweet to remember. If yonng men would deny themselves,, work hard, live hard, and save iu their1 early days they need not keep llieir noses to the grindstone all their lives, as many do. Let them be telotalers. Water is tue strongest drink ; it drives mills, >t is the dviiik, of lions and horses; and Sampson never drank anything else. 'Fhc beer, wine and tobacco money will build a bouse and make their fortune. Subscribe for tho Orakgeburg Democrat. Sheridan's School. Editor Oranjjeburg JJe7hocrali: The examination 0f Sheddonfs? Classical leiohyol was held in the Court House, commencing Xunsd.iy 22d and ending Thursday 2*tli^ur$lv and was quite an in testing occasion Tor the community of Orangeburg..i j On the first day quite a number of Vis-;!" itors from both towrr nnd country were in attendance, dud all the classes passed through the ordeal with credit to themselves and to the different, teachers under whose tuitioriyihey had been during the jveaV. ' Wednesday, ? the second day, witoessed a larger gathering of our citizens, both ladies and gentlemen, and the classes as signed for the day. r^?re>examined as on the previous day. O^nfea^pleas ing variation ih the exjveises WAS had in the examination of scvcraLjjjjmftees., arship. The 4>lack board-was,! freely used and under the skillful hand .of tho examiner was made to bring out the thorough training and excellent, teaching of the student. .Tim inter esting1 exercises of the previous day . brought out a still . larger number o( visitors on Thursday to witnes?fthe examination iu Rhetoric, Grammar, Composition, and Mental and Writ ten Arithmetje. Tho standard and reputation of the school were fully maintained. We would especially no lice the Rhetoric class as exhibiting more than ordinary proficiency, and a Grammar class of little children taught by the lady assistant, Miss K. J. Mackay. The ready answers and seemingly perfect comprehension*'of the principles of G rum mar by these little ones were surprising to every spectator. Thus ended one of the most interesting examination-) r?ba sions ever witnessed in Orangeburg. The entire test in Greek and Latin, as well us the English, from the rudi ments to the highest branches1 usually taught in our schools, was a most gratifying and encouraging success to the patrons of the school, the princi pal nnd his worthy assistants,' Mr. W. L. Glaze and Miss EL J. Mackay. On Friday the Court House was very tastefully decorated by the la dies assisted by the scholars of the school for the annual exhibition ap pointed for that evening. On this occasion the capacious room was fill ed ?with tho .la.rgs.sJt.crowd, we, ever saw congregated there. Before the hour for commencing, half past 8, o'clock, in spite of the inclemency of the weuther the citizens had ?lied the room to its utmost capacity. -The rostrum was occupied by the patrons of :the school and the pupils. The exorcises were opened with prayer. the Rev. ?. A. Darby, after which the Edis'o Brass Band; led by ?frl^.' '" B. Owens, furnished its choices! trtuV*Jt' sic. The speeches were well selected, ?I und delivered in excellent .stylo by the boys, especially the younger onesntti exhibited very thoiough training and,/' at the same timo, the needful applied ^ fion to render their improvement emi- ? nently noticeable, Many of these ex ceeded the most sanguine expectation of their firieiids, others came fully up to the standard, whilst the young men acquitted themselves in the most handsome manner. It i$ impossible. -1 to determine who did the best where., excellency so generally prevailed. The last exercise on the pi'ograron^P* was a Congressional Debate, intend- >J ed to represent some of tho disgrace-: i> ful scenes ol the Radical rule.., The ,;j young men who participated in this debate performed their parts well, very forcibly7 representing their str-1s eral characters. The principa' of the school took oc casion during tho evening to give a j statement'of the progress and success of his school. During the year* sev--': * cnty flight students were in attend ance ; of these, fourteen were from: the country, and six from other conn? ties. At no lime had there been less . than fort}' six attending the school, 1,1 Quito u number of young iiicij ni*olg' preparing for college some of whom t?l will enter upon theii collegiate course next year, The system of instruction advocta ed and practiced by Mr. Sherdun is'1'^ successful in imparting knowledge aa any we have known. From expcrU ence we know that the college course is rondo, by it, comparatively easy^ and the habits of study here acquired and the foundation (or future prog ress laid here are aids that will, place m final success in easy reach of the stu dent. STII,TONrAH* Greenville, Texas, Xierald-says * Mr. J. M. Morgan and Miss Sarah ftnrnctt, of Collin County, were mar ried on Wednesday, in tho New Or leans Store, by Justice Ragsdale. 'The course of truo love did not run, smoothly,, with this young couple, on, account, o( the stubbornness, of the bride's father, hut as both had reach ed the age of responsibility under the laws of the land, they defied the oldt man, and were married among strap., gers, after riding thirty miles on horseback. A report to die annual conference of the Mormons says flint the Mormon population of Vtah, is 11 i,820, that the church in that Territory has lost (jon members and.gained 1,500 in a, yeas and that tho church receipts in that period were over Si,000,000.