Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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j&- Paper Ibr tho l?e?i>lo. II. G. 8?EKIDAK, i ? , , ? o > Proprietors. Jambs L. ?Sims, I 1 SUIISCUU'TION. One Vear.$tl OO Six Months. r>0 ?it? ADVURTISIKO KATIC8. First Ituertion, per square.1 <><> Each Subsequent Insertion.?50 SHERIDAN & SIMS, Orangeburg, S. C. Okangkuuuu, S. v.. Nov. 10; 1SS0. New Jersey lias s.ood up bravely for honest government, ami we here by slate that It has I be finest climate and best cider known, ami no mosqui toes And now it turns out that the Mo rey Chinese letter was a forgery job put up cu Garfield. Well, wc sin cerely hope that the perpetrators ol the hoax will be punished. Mr. T. W. Briggs, of Clarendon County, has eight sons whose average height is six feet one inch, and aver age weight 201 pounds. The short est is flve feet ten, the tallest six feet two, the heaviest weighs 275, and the lightest 175 pounds. Arkansas will not be represented ' -in Congress by a negro after all. The ? report that Johnson, a colored barber was elected over Dunn in the First District proves to bo incorrect. There was, it appears, no basis lor it what ever. It bad its origin in the fcrtih imagination of some associated press agent. There arc in South Carolina 1-1,625 more females than males. A Texas paper says South Carolina girls make good wives, and advises a few thous and of them to emigrate to the Lone Star State, where the male popula tion predominates acel a passably . .-good looking woman is certain to get ? a husband The New York Herald asks "where arc the Grecubackers ?" The Char lotto Obseiver replies that Weaver ?will have a close race with the Tem perance candidate for foot of the list. 1 He polled six thousand votes in Ohio "out of six hundred thousand, and about as many in Indiana. Fifty thousand out of nine million will be ' the strength of "the party of the fu ture." Tin; election results, so far as they relate to the political complexion of the next Congress, are now precisely known. The Senate after the 1th of March will consist of ?7 Demo crats, 87 Republicans and 2 Indepen dents. Tbu House will consist of 2?3 members, of which 147 make up a majority. This body will stand as follows: Republicans 149, Democrats 141, Greenbaekors 3. There is trouble in Kershaw. The Kcrsbaw Gazette recently published an attack on Colonel L. W. R. Blair, Greenback candidate for Governor. Ho replies charging that the objee tionable articles were really the work of Gen. Jno. D. Kennedy, Lieutenant? Governor elect, whom be denounces in bitter terms. Ho also makes on attack upon the Democratic party ot (he State,cbarging it with fraud, vio lence, etc. CO!.. HoHow^e, jNccrelftry <_.f the State Agricultural Society, tvas rjres ted on Friday in Columbia while in the act of delivering the premiums for the State Fair. Tho charge was that of intimidation In Newborry County on election day. Tho marshal who made the arrest refused to allow Col. Holloway to complete the announce ment of premiums, and dragged Iii in oil before a Commissioner, who dis missed him ulter examination. A few days ago near Marietta, Ga., petsons were (biven from the field in which tbey were engaged picking cot ton, by stones which rose from the ground aud fell upon them. About the same time the telegraphic opera tor at Ozark, Atk., reports that on tho top of White Oak mountain, two utiles north of Ozark, stones two pounds or less in weight have been rising from the earth and falling like hail, driving families out into the fields. NEXT Thursday, the 25th instant, has been appointed by Guv. Thos. 1>. Jeter as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty God for hisj many meicies, ami bus invited all to lay aoide the ordinary cares and dt. Ul? anil to devote that day to His' service. In view of Uic general prosperity of our people und the cx citing period through which wc have passed, it is to he hoped thnt this ap pointment of our Governor will be sa urodly observed. New York City was tho only weak j point in the Democratic line, and she defeated Hancock, who received enough to have elect, d him hand somely with the aid'of New York. Kelly is roeeiving general condemna tion for his course, lie denies vehem ently that he defeated Hancock, and claims fraudulent colonization by the Republicans. Whatever may have been his intentions, his nomination of a Roman Catholic for mayor of New York City sounded the death-knell ol Hancock's chances. Needed Legislation. Now that the election isovcr and the excitement incident to such occasions has, in .n'nieasuiesubsided, it may not he out of place to discuss such..topics as bear upon the general public good and directly upon our local growth. The multiplication of crime, especial ly of the more aggravated class, throughout the country calls for a cause and when found its speedy re moval by public seutiment or by the will of the people organically expres sed through their representatives. Tho criminal record of our country, every section of it, brings the blush of shame to every lover of peace, pro gross and order in the land. Murder, arson, rape aud'olhcr heinous offenses against good morals aie of daily oc currence and there seems to be no power in existing laws to prevent them. Indeed tlie frequent perpetra tion of this class of crimes and the failure of the law to prevent them, give just cause for mob lido and Iinching instead of a resort to the due processes of the courts. When the citizen is subject to aught else than the law. there can bo no individual liberty however nearly that rule may accord with public opinion. It is not organically expressed and therefore not law and ought not to rule. Thai Um existing laws are not the proper expression of the public will is evident from the increased ratio in crime and therefor.'! proves the necessity of a revision of these laws. To be healthy and CUCClive law .-should be directed againat the causes and not the crimes themselves. Liquor license, cat tying concealed weapons and a false sense of honor, being the cause of murder, should be the proper subject of legis lation and not murder and duelling themselves. Remove the one and ex emption from the other will naturally follow just as an individual disease will yield after its cause is lemuved. Corruption at elections is so gener al as to make this mode of express ing public opinion a burlesque or a farce ; enact a registration law which will restore the bcalthfulnesa of the ballot andcoiruptioo will end at once. So holding the national and the Slate and county elections at one lime is a source of undue excitement from a conflict of national and local inter ests; enact a law lo bold slate and county election in September or lirst of Oclobcr and national election in November and this conflict of inter ests and consequent vi ild excitement will cease. Those are matters or*general inter cut and slum hi not be passed over In cur .legislators at their next session without the needed action. As u matter of local interest, however, to Oiungeburg County we mention foi the careful consideration of oor dele gallon, the common complaint of un just weights in measuring cotton. This may aiiso from a number of cir ctimslances but a law lo establish a public weigher lor our town will re move the cause ami therefore the. in justice, of which farmers complain. The IItimber of buyers and the large amount of cotton justify such a law without doing an injury to either buy er or seller. Unjust Censure. We meet quite a number of persons who are disposed to blame Senator Hampton ami charge him, and other Southern leaders, with a want of pru dent discretion io their public utter ances both at the North and South. Senator Hampton's Staun ton speech and I.is pledging in advance the Solid South to the support (if the Democrat I ic nominee al Cincinnati particularly ? call forth the severest condemna tion of a portion of she press and j tunny individuals in our country. ? h Whether the injudicious speeches of these leaders are more blamable than those who censure them, seem scarce ly a mailer ot judgment. Arc they representative men of the South, and are they the correct exponents of Southern political sentiment? If they arc, why condemn them for ex pressing both their honest opinion and ours; and if not, why place them in public positions or follow their counsel ? It will not he denied thai the sen timent of tho Southern people, when j the Ciuciunati Convention, met was unanimous in favor.of whatever can didate it might put in the Geld. The sentiment was an honest one and the South was not ashamed of it. Why then condemn our leaders now for ex pressing it then? Nor will it be de nied that the utterances of Senator Hampton at Slniinton correctly voic ed Southern sentiment justly enter tained ; why then charge him with in discretion? To censure our leaders, therefore, for expressing our own sentiments reflects as much upon us as them. The Solid South is a God send to deliver us from the domina tion of ignorance and tho vilest pas sions and should be maintained for ycais to come. Ii'it be the realise of the defeat of the National Democra cy, wo cannot help it. Our political sentiments use based upon truth and the constitution, they are honestly entertained as cardinal principles of civil liberty and we are not ashamed of them. If their public expression militate in any wise against the suc cess of our National party, we and our loaders are equally .blameless. Garfield is President. We adyiscd in our last issile to ac cept the situation as it, is; we meant Gariield and all. The South took no part in his election. Not a single vole from this section will'be cay I for him in the Electoral College; yet he has been elected by a creditable ma jority of the voters of the country, ol which the South ia no insignificant part. Though not of our choosing, he will be our President, and the quicker we recognize this fact the belter for our present prosperity and future advancement. II is to he hop ed that Gen. Gariield will recognize the same fact. The country needs rest from excitement and the South especially needs peace between her political elements. This cannot be secured by continuing a fruitless strife, nor by mourning over that for which there is no remedy. True he roism consists not in never falling, but in rifting every time we fall. EX-JUD?K C. P. TOWNSEND, of .Marlboro, the leader of the Indepen dent movemont in that county, was seized on Ihfl night after the election, by a man who loved fun moro than policy and frightened out of his wits. A knife was brandished in the Judge's face and he was conducted through Ihci stieeis of Benuettsvillo as if to slaughter, but was abandoned hy the supposed executioner after accom plishing his purpose. The alfair was at once sent North ami any amount of political capital manufactured out of it. It is just such insignificant of faiis that are taken hold of by the truducurs of Southern people and magnified into lerriblo outrages, aud made to shape public sentiment at the North against ilio South. There are ways innumerable to palm off suchst j lairs on the credulous Yankee, but I not one Id disabuse his mind ; indeed j it seems impossible to givu him a cor j reel understanding of Southern char* I acter. Shall it always be so? Hon. I). Wyatt Aikk.n, of Abbe ville County, says the Northern Do niocracy arc a party with a name but without a principle. He never had llie fainlcsi hope of Hancock's elec tion, and believes that the South in Congress should have nothing to do with partisan entanglements, but stand aloof uulil the time to vote, and then upon all questions of nation al importance cast a solid vote for what they believe lobe right, regard less of the fact whether the issue was j Democratic or Republican in a parti san sense. To this policy public sen timent at tho South seems to be tend ' ing just now. Us wisdom will be clear before the next election. ACCOKDINU to the ICllll'JtS GUI* HCXt Legislative will stand: Semite, .'V2 Democrats and s2 Republicans; the Ibii c. 120 Democrats ami l Kepub I cans. This gives the Democrats a majority on Joint ballot of 152. Al most solid. TiiB General Assembly of the Stute will meet in Columbia on next Tues day, when the regular session will begin. The Senate will be composed of 31 members, 2 of whom arc Republi cans?1 from Georgetown aud 1 from Beaufort. The IIouso will bo composed of 124 members, 4 of v?hom are Repub licans?1 from Georgetown and 8 from Beaufort. Of the Senators, 13 are now mem bers, and of the Representatives 101 arc new members. It will be sccu by this stutomcnt that a large majority of our present Legislature aro new j members, just from the people and is I supposed to represent the political sentiments of their constituents. It may, therefore, be expected that the sweeping chadge made in the mem bers of the General Assembly indi cate new and important changes in the laws of the State. This is needed paiticularly in the cases mentioned in another article, and we trust all these matters will receive the atten tion of the Assembly. A Tribute to Hancock. The New York Herald says : "Gov. Cornell's Thanksgiving proclamation is published, and Gen. Hancock has probably issued a private and person al thanksgiving older of bis own. Among the men who have been prom inently before the public in the past few months none have found the ex citement as distasteful as be ; on the other hand, no other candidate has been so magnificently impervious to malice and n-nd. To emerge from a heated campaign with a reputation as good as be started with ia greater glory than could have been gained by an election to the Presidency*." 'Tis autumn, and the leaves arc dry and rustle on the ground, and chilly winds come whistling by with low and pensive sound. To ? uard against coughs and colds you should go to Dr. J. G. VYaiinumaker drug store and i get a bo'tie of Coussens' Honey of Tar. Price ?Oc. White's Cream ? White Vermifuge ia the best worm j killer. For sale by Dr. J. <J. Wanna j maker. 2 Market Report, CottKKCTEU WEEKLY BY .!. C. PlKE. COTTON. Middling.0 7-1) to 10 Low Middling.1)1-2 to 1) 3-1 Ordinary to Good.8 3-1 a 0,1-4 COUMTKY IMIOUUCE. Corn. Peas.75 K ice, rough. 75 Fodder.75 Oats, per ewU,.?.75 Potatoes, sweet.75 Untier, country ."25 Kggs. 15 Poultry.15(.i/25 FLOUR! FLOUR! I FLOUR1 !1 The City Mills of Nashville, Tenn., is represented in this County hy JAM KS A. HAMILTON. 6QT**Thc best Flour by the car load for the least money of the following brands: Express, Belle, Royal Gem, Spray and Magnolia. The State of South Carolina, ORANGE BUI to C< > (j NT V. By C. B. Clover. Esq., Probate Judge. 117 HERE AS. John J. Salley hath Ti made suit to me, to grant him Let ters of Administration of the Estate and effects of John J. Salley, Sr.. deceaesd, TIickk are therefore to cite and admonish ait and singular the kindred and Credi tors of the said John .!. Salley, Sr.. late j of Orangeburg County, deceased.Unit they be and appear, before ine, in the. Court of Probate, to be held at Orangeburg Courthouse, on the 2d ol Dee. next, after publication hereof, a! 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to tdiewcn tse. if any they j have, why the said Administration should I not be granted. Given under my Hand, this ICth day of November, Anno Domini 1880. <:. B. C5 LOVER, Judge ot Probate O. C. Nov 11?, 1880?2t Herman Bullwinkle, Factor ?fc General Commission Merchant, Charleston, s. c. Dealer in German Kamt or Potash Salt. Peruvian Guano, Nos. 1 and 2. Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia Land Plaster, Ground . South Carolina Phos phate, and other Fertilizers. Also, CORN, OATS. HAY. &e. Orders Idled with dispatch, and liberal advances made on consignments of Col ton and other Produce. Nov 12-.'hn A clniinittt I'tii or'w I*Vot ice. VII persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. Mary A. Pair, deceas ed, will render the same, duly attested, and those Indebted will make immediate payment to Jas, F. I/.lar, attorney, or A. 1). FAIR, Nov 12-.'l Qualified Administrator. XV tmi ??<l 600,000 COTTON, for which I will pay one-third of the market value ol lint cotton and return seed. Aug 27 CEO. IL COR NELSON. JUS T RECEIVED 25 Do/on UN BAUN DRIED SHIRTS ? at from 75 cents to 81.50 a piece, made of BEST LONGCLOTH. Gent's Furnishing Goods of every description at prices to suit everybody. -0 REMEMBER 1 REMEMBER!! The Eipgc Stock of SHOES, Of every quality, which I am Belling at bottom prices. AND DON'T FORGET That Choice Hams Can be bought for 10 cents per pound at J. I. SORENTRUE'S, THE MATCHLESS Wheeler & Wilson Sewing | Machines, No. 8 IMPROVED. And all attachments always on hand. For speed, strenuib, noiseless, perfeo (t ton of Btlteh and beauty of operation there is no equal. James A, Hamilton, AtlhuHtoru of John A. Hamilton. Feh i:i, 18.80. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. Passenoeii Depa ut.m knt. On and after Nov 10th, 1SS0, Passen ge; Trains on this road will run as fol lows: (till further orders.) GREEN VTLLE EXPRESS TRAIN. going east. Leave Columbia.*C 10 p m Arrive at Camden.0 50 p m Leave Oranjjeburjj .8 2'.) p m Arrive at Charleston."II 23 p m QOlXO west. Leave Charleston at.G 00 a m Leave Oranguburg at.8 51 a m Leave Cuiiulen at.7 UU a in Arrive at Columbia .11 10 a m ?Daily except Sundays. Way Freight and Passenger Trains. GOING east. * Leave Columbia.5 10 a m Arrive at Cannier..1 00 p m Leave Orengeburg.10 05 a m Arrive at Charleston.2 IK) p m Augusta.:i 15 p m going west. * Leave Charleston .0 00 a in Leave Augusta.7 55 a m Leave Oranguburg.1 38 p m Arrive at Columbia.0 2-"> i? m * Passengers leaving Columbia or Charleston on these trains have to change cars at liranchvllle to reach Charleston at 2 00 p in or Columbia at <i 25 p in. Night Express Train. Going east. Leave Columbia.u 30 pm Leave Orangcbtirg. 1 15 am Arrive at Augusta.8 .'10 a iu Arrive at Charleston.7 .'to a m going west. Leave Charleston.0 00 p m Leave Augusta.l?0l> p IU Leave Oinilgeburg.l! .'?? a m Arrive at Columbia.0 11 a in The Night Express will run daily; Greenville Express and all other trains run daily except Sundays. Sleeping Curs are attached to Night Express. Rei ths only 81 50 to Charleston or Au gusta. These trains make connections' at Charleston with New York and I5:dti inore Steamers on Wednesdays and Sat urdays, also with Florida Steamers on Tuesdays and .Saturdays. Tho Night Express makes connections with 7 a m train on S & C Railroad furSavnnah and Florida points. Connections made by other trains at Augusta with trains from and to that point, also with all trains from and to Charleston. On Saturday and Sundays, round trip tickets are sold to and from all stations at one lirst-class fare for the round trip good till Monday noun to return D. C. ALLEN, Geh. Pass, and T. Agt. .Ioiin 15. Peck, Gen. Supt. J. G. Postum.. AgtOrnngcburg. IN oticto. Office of County Commissioners, } OitAKGEUURO County, > OuANor.nrr.o. S. ('., Nov. 8. 18>0. ) nPhu Annual Meeting of the Hoard of .1. County Commissioners is adjourned t<i Tuesday, the 16th instant, when the Board will again meet to closa up the business of the fiscal year, 1870-80. All claimants are noli lied to have their claims tiled with the Clerk of the board 1 before that date. L. II. WANNAMAKER. Nov 12-lt C. B.C. 0. O.C. UP-COUNTRY RED RUSTPROOF OATS A lot just received from G. nnd C. R. R. FLOUR! FLOUR!! FLOUR!!! Of three grades fresh ground at low priecs. CUT LOAIMPOWDEREDJAND A STJGrARS. MAYUNE HYSON any GUNPOWDER TEAS, ohoiee. OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA and RIO COFFEES. Other; seasonable goods in GENER AL STOCK. John A. Hamilton. Oct 2 Next to Uenrv Kohn. A. F. H. DUKES, I1RANC?VILLE, S. C, Ia now opening a complete and well se lected S'lOCK OP PALL GOODS em bracing DRY GOODS. IIATS, CAPS, ROOTS, SHOES, SADDLES, HARNESS. HARDWARE, BEDSTEADS,. &o., &c. Mv stock of SHOES is the largest ever brought to Brunehvilte, Just arrived and for sale low :t00 bush els genuine RED RUST PHOOF OATS.. 100 bar rels'.ot GOOD FLOUR for sale at 'bottom prices. Ca ijnii? be convinced that it is to your interest to deal with me. NO TROUBLE. TO SHOW GOODS. 1 also keep on hand the best and ehe? pest TOBACCOS to be found in the town. The highest cash prices paid for COT TON and C ?NTRY PRODUCE. A. F. 11. DUKES, Oel 1?6 Rrancbville, S. C. M ORANGEBURG- *i C MAYHEW &SON. antifacturera of and dealer* hi all kinds of AMERICAN AND ITALIAN MARBLE WORK, TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS. MARBLE AND SLATE MANTELS, Ac. &c. also, JPolishcd G-raxiite "Work. At the lowest possible prices. Correspondence solicited with those In want of anything in the above line. Oct 1?lyr SHERIDAN'S CLASSICAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, npius School opens on the First Monday X in September annually and continues uninterruptedly until the last Friday in June. TERMS TEH MONTH. First Grade, advanced English.$3 cuy Second Grude, Grammar pupils. 2.SO Third Grade, beginners. 2.00 Latin and Greek, each extra.:. 5q, Students may enter at any time during the term, and are charged only from dato of entrance. Assistance will be employ ed if necessary. Board may be had with the Principal at twelve dollars per month, including lights and washing; or at eight dollars when the student goes homo on Friday and returns on Monday of each week. Other good families will takj boarders on same terms. Students are prepared for the Sopho more class of any college. No intercourse allowed between boys and girls. This is positive, HUGO G.tSHERlDAN. Principal. "VIRGINIA HOUSE, (Formerly McDowell llouso) HENDERSON VILLE, N. C. HAVING purchased the McDowell House, tho undersigned begs leave to inform tho traveling public that ho haa furnished it throughout in modern style, nnd will endeavor to keep a tlrst class hwusc. Tho proprietor will give bis per sonal attention to the house, and do all in his power to make guests comfortable. The table will he supplied with the best the market (tflbrds. Polite and attentive scrvunts. Terms moderate. A.J. DODAMEAD. Proprietor. (Formerly of the Virginia House, Colum bia, S. C. J. R. TllAOKAM, Clerk. (Late of tho Columbia Hotel. Colum bia, S. C April 2d, 1880