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NEWS .% TIMES.
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... SATURDAY', JU LY 771877.
The Stale militia.
Adjutant-General Moi.se, in Gen
eral Orders No. 1, cads in all State
arms, munitions ami equipments not
held by organized bodies of Slate
militia. They must be delivered
within thirty days, or the law ma
king it a misdemeanor for any p si'*
son to retain military property of tha
State will be enforced. Tho anus.
&c., may be delivered to the com
manding ofliccr of any organized
regimeut, battalion or ecu puny, tit
the State armory. Companies hav
ing State arms or munitions in their
possession will, at or.co, report the
amount and condition of such pro
perty on band on .Tune 10.
At tbo comm cnccmcut of Union
Co?ego, at Schneetady, New York,
Wm. J. DeTrcville, Jr., graduated
With the' degreo of Civil Engineer.
The Wolfe Scholarship Fund is now
aiding about thirty Southern students,
and there are several olhcrs not
drawing on any fund. South C'nro-"
linn has eight representatives in the
present graduating class. The ap
plicants from various quarters for
entrance are more numerous than for
Gome years The cost of tuition has
been lowered. 820,000 has been
added to the scholarship funds.
Union, imdor ti?o ?v-pi*?? of tiie cele
brated President, Rott, commands
the confidence of the whole South.
It is now renewing slowl} what it
lost in the late difficulties of the
country.
The Town Council.
JBcUtor Orangebnrg Ncics and Times :
As our present Council will soon
go out of office, unless re-elected, we
Buggcst that they publish in your
paper a statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the Town for the past
two years. The State Treasurer pub
lish such a statement monthly, and
it is the invariable custom of other
municipal bodies to do so, and wc
think it eminently proper.
This request is made in no spirit of
fault finding, for it gives us pleasure
to state, thai the conduct of our Coun
cil has given great satislactiou gener
ally to the citizens.
Let us have then, City Fathers, a
statement of the sources u four in
come, and of the variou? pnynuuts
made, and lor what purposes made,
giving both in detail.
In these days of reform wc need
LiuitTi
ICG.
Editor Ordngibitrg :y civs and Times :
Can yon tell me w hy no one, unless
be is sick, can buy ice in this Town,
when the weather is unusually wa'nri ?
I have observed that the hotter the
temperature, the mote difficult it is
to buy ice. Ii is true?, you can pur
chase a small quantity for the sick,
but the merchant looks us if he is
doing you a great favor by sellfhg it
at 5 cents a pound, and apparen tly
wishes you to feel that ho is inflicting
on himself a great and lasting injury.
It is a reproach to a Town of this
size that wc have no market or ice
house. I am informed that there is
an ice house in Beaufort and that it
pays. -
Is it not singular that our mer
chants, who are so enterprising in
many ether respects, have not made
flic experiment of keeping ice regu
larly for sale, We venture to' say,
that if it be tried fairly; if it is ad vor
tised that ice can be purchased at all
timrs at a reasonable j>ricct and if it is
always kept on baud, many familio
will purchase every day, aud perhaps
some of our eld topers will spend
their share of cash in this way in
stead of buying fiery whiskey which
inflames the blood. Without ice,
with the thermometer at 96, how can
wo
Keep Cool.
[communicated.]
Rowesville, July 5, 1877.
Yesterday was the Fourth of July,
and was celebrated as it has not been
for years by the people of this com
munity. The Sunday School of New
Hope Church had its celebration and
a pic nic, and it may with truth be
said that it was a gala day for New
Hope. The Church was most beau
tifully decorated and exhibited the
good taste of our noble ladies. There
was a large and beautiful garland
which extended from behind I ie altar
on both sides "over ..more than half
way, coining down in arch"53 on ev
ery window, and wound around the
railing 61 the altar; and others hand
somely'arranged oh the window be
hind the pulpit. Very pretty
wreathes were hung in other parts of
the church. A pretty cross nicely
dressed extended frohi the wall over
the pulpit, and on it was written no?
no crown, the word cross was
left out to be fcuppliiid by the cross
itself; And in the aisle several
yards from the altar, was a large
cross, beau ti lu ly wound around with
evergreen and flowers, and standing
in a mound of spring mo-:?, on
which tho children flung bouquets,
and on the lop of this cross hung a
very prcily heart, made by the beau
tiful daughter of the supcriutendant.
This cross added greatly to the ap
penranee of the Church. All the
garlands were made of evergreen and
(lowers. The school w ith the iuvited
schools inarched in the church aim
ing the well known hymn, "O do not
be discouraged," aud were boated.
The exercises opened with religious
worship conducted by Mr. Berry.
The Superiutcndant, Mr. A. M. Cox,
made a few appropriate remarks to
which the ministers joined with a
hearty amen. Master Willie Wolfe
delivered the welcome ad
dress, and reflected great credit on
himself. Next wai a piece of poetry
by little Uei tiw?. r>un man, a- nttie
girl of three or four years old. She
succeeded so well, that the whole
congregation was proud of her, and
could not keep from applauding her,
The tower of strength was then
built. It was made of large blocks,
which resembled?marble, and each
block was put up by a Sunday 'school
girl. On each block was written
some appropriate motto, as Christ,
the Foundation, Love, Forgiveness,
Zeal, <!tc. Kaeh one repeated a verse
taken from the Bible suited to the
motto on her block. The tower stood
oil a table covered with white und
tri tiled with ivy, and on the front
was written in large letters, "Build
on the Foundation." Over this mot
to stood a real beautiful arch of
white tri mud with evergreen and
flowers, and on it was written in
German Text, "Tlic Christiaus Tower
oiStivii'th." The Tower was do
signed by Mr. F. F. Barton. The i
children ;?.!! did well. Our Pastor
the Bev. Mr. Kaysor, addressed the
children, and i ntercstcd every one.
The Key. Mr. Dant/Jcr of Orange
burg Citeuit also spoke to the chil
droit. He told them'numerous anec
dote;?, and received the strictest
attention even from lhv> smallest
children. The last speech was made
by tho liev. Mr. Webber, of Orangc
| buig Station- It tvas certainly a
strong address to the whole audience.
Not long alter the exercises were
I over ths audie nce wore invited to
I partake of a dinner which wa3 par
ticularly good. The lable was LSI)
feet long loaded with the best that
the country affords. There were no
less than ten pigs, on it. Kvcrybody
ate and were stuffed and several
baskets of broken food remained.
Ice and Ico/Lcmonade were in abun
dance, furnished by the generous
Capt. Bowman. Kvcrybody pro
nounced it the bes t thing of the sort
ever in this part of tho country.
Respectfully yours,
J. W. Bowman.
The old Mario n Hi ties have been
re-organized with the following offi
cers: J B White, Captain, J J Mc
Inlyrc, 1st Lieu teuaut; iX K Clark
-n l Lieutenant; Jas. Stackhousc, od
Lieutenant; John Wilcox, Jr., See
rotary.
Hartranft's Telegram. 1 -
"TO GEN. GRANT, CARE OF
QUEEN VICTORIA."
Tho Trno History of the Famous Dis
patch?Tho Sender's Perplexity?How
the Message Was Received?Almost a
Miscarriage?The l'rincn of \Ynlcs' Gen
erosity.
[N'.-e York Times.]
Yesterday morning Governor
Hartrauft, of Pennsylvania, ro3C
somewhat subsequent to tho lark's
usual hour, ami after grasping the
fact that he was in Providence, and
had on the previous evening atten
ded a meeting of the Grund Army
cd the Rcpoblic; immediately became
a prey to melancholy, lie remem
bered that he had sent a telegram to
Gt-neral Grant, ''Care of her Majesty
Queen Tien ria, Buckingham Palace,
London/' and a terrible doubt as to
whether that tel. gram had been pro- |
perly directed made h'.s head nein; to
a most painful extent. When he di
rec el that telcgranij he wanted Io
make sure that it would roach the
ex-Pic-:den!, and assuming that the
lafiiir wa.-j slopping with the Queen,
he had no hesitation iti suudiug it in
care of her Majesty. It w.n not iui
til yesterday im innig that it occut d
to him that tha Qtici n might hot Wi
at Buckingham Palace ju-t at pre
sc lit. He was not at all disturbed hy
tho' assertion ef dne of his tiidcs that
the Queen constantly resides in I he
Tower of London, for h j was well
awt.rclbat Buckingham Paia.ee is
merely a wing added to the Tower
by the late Princ: Consort. What
made him uneasy was the recollec
tion that the Queen has a country
seat at Balmoral, in '.Scotland, where
she retires when Buckingham Paiuce
is undergoing its uuuual cleaning.
If thought he, at this very^pertod
Buckingham Pa lace is being scrub
bed and whitewashed, and the Queen
is nt Balmoral, that telegram may
never reach General Grant. What
is worse, that box of cigars that was
forwarded last Monday, directed
precisely as was the telegram, may
fail into the bunds of the local color
ed ministers who whitewashes the
palace, and may ^be smoked by that
.....i:...,.-;...;Cc.-iii? vnrusc ana . His per
sonal friends. The more Governors
Hurt ran ft thought over tlu affair'
the worse his hea l ached, and the
more clearly he saw that h' ha I baon V
too hasty. Had ho directed that *
telegram to "- B^acmsfield,.
Esq." and requested him to forward '
it to General Grant without delay, ,
there would have bceu no doubt that j
General Grant would have received
it As it was, the telegram might
never reach the Queen, and if it did
reach her, sho being a womau might
put it on her mautlcpiece at Bal
moral and entirely forget to mention
it to General Grant for three or four
days. Governor Hart ran ft groaned
aloud as this lait conti ugeiicy oceur
ed to hint. That a telegram which
so chastely and beautifully informed
General Grunt that jj"your comrades
* * :- desire^ lb rough you io
England's Queen, to *iL.itik England
for Grant's reception/' should miscar
ry, simply because of a mistake in
the address, was a bitter thought, and
as Governor U urtranftrang for more
soda water he inwardly resolved !
never to send another telegram after
dinner.
It is a pleasure as well a- a duty
j to re lieve so oxeoilent a mail as Gov
criiDr liar trau ft from his prescht
state of painful uncertainty',
Fortunately, there itiio didioulty hi
'so doing. Froiirsotirec-s a^ exclu
sive and as authentic as thoio from
which the IfentlU obtains its war
I telegrams, the T!m>.< has received a
full account of the reception of the
Governor's telegram in Kngland, and
can assure him that ii is already in
the ex-President's nands. At the
same lime that it is proper to add
that bad it ?bt been for a lucky aeoi
dent that telegram would never
have reached its destination.
At two o'clock on Wednesday
morning tho Prune Minister, who,
during bis term of oflicc, always oc
cupies the second story fronfbedroom
in Buckingham Palace in order tobe
bandy if the Queen wakes up in the
night nnd thinks she would like a
new title, was aroused by a tremend
ous knocking at the front door.
Hastily springing out of bed nud
opening the widow, he saw a boy in
the uniform of the At luntic Cable
Company standing on the fro ut stop
aud whistling "Rule Britannia." To
tho Premier's excited demand to
kuow whore the fire was, the boy
coolly replied, "Telegram for your
missus,'' whereupon Lord Beacons
field, angrily exclaiming ,"Holy
Moses !" closed the widow, put on his
trousers, and descending to tho door,
told the boy to "hand it over."
Now, a cable telegram costs a good
deal. There was eight pounds four
and three-pence duo on Governor
Hnrtrauft's telegram, and the boy
refused to deliver it without tho
nioucy. Hence it became necessary
to wake the Queen. Tho noble Earl
had to take this delicate duty upon
himself, since the servants remained
invisible, and it was with many mis
givings that he knocked at her
Majesty's dour, and after informing
her that a hoy was waiting with a
telegram lor Genera! Grant, and that
he wanted eight pounds four and
threepence, meekly suggested that
she should hand him the money
through the crack of the door. The
Queen may not ho a particularly
inhabit woman, but it was hatdly to
be expected that she would get out of
bed, strike a light, and boat up her
purse without betraying some little
annoyance, lei fact, she was extreme
ly angry, a ltd net only peremptorily
refused to ret'iu'vo Genera! Grant's
t> legraihj but informed Lord Beacons
field that if he ever woke her up
again in the middle of the night to
ask \wr to pay nine pounds for some
body ele'i? telegrams; she would dis
miss hint wit it out a character. "Why,
even Gladstone," adde.d the irate
Queen 'hasn't imp rtinauco enough to
come and 'nmmcr at my door, ami
ask for fifteen or twenty pounds at
this time of night."
After this t' ere seemed nothing lor
the Premier to do hot to tell the boy
that no person by the name of Grant
lived at .that house, and to shut the
duor in his , laee. At that moment
the fate of: he telegram seemed sealed.
The boy started to icturn it to the
office, where it would have been en
dorsed. "Nut found," and Governor
Hurtranft would have been charged
with its cost. It so happened, how
ever, that Gen. Grant and the Prince
of Wales, who had been attending a
meeting of the. Society f?r Propagat
ing the Gospel Among the Jews, were
uii iiit.it ?uy to iiiu nciicral s loug
iugs, and, J, parsing Buckingham Pul
H(u:, met the boy descending the front
steps. The Prince stopped and ques
tioned him, and, on learning that the
Queen had refused to pay for a tele
gram, remarked to General Grant
thnt somo day "mother would get into
difficulties by refusing to pny for tele
trams," and generously told the boy
to give him the telegrame und he
would call and pay for it the next
day. Meanwhile, Gen. Grant had
caught sight of the address, and there
upon paid the boy, opened the tele
gram on the spot and read it.
I Thus Governor Hartrimft's tele
gram reached its destination, and
i when be reads this morning's Times
he will regain hs usual spirits. He is
a good soldier and a good Governor,
but it does nut scent as if nature in
tended him tosend telegrams to t\
President.1: in England. No man can
do all J thing.?, tin,-. IlaVlianit ought
to recognize this fact, and t > concede
that sending telegrams t i General
Giant in tare oi Queen Victoria is
not a practice for which he is pcculi
nfly fitted.
j A dujxuc's JoKi:.?In sentencing
John Johnston, convicted yesterday |
for grand lateeny, his Honor Judge
Choke j said that he had been of late
years associating with drummers, and
liked tlitiii so well that he had con
eluded to go info tho business of
drumming also. His business would
be to get up laborers to work on the
Blue Bulge Bail road. He then
asked the prisoner how long he
thought it would take to complete
that road. The prisoner answering
that he did not know, his Honor said
he thought it would take five years,
and that the sentence of the churl in
his, the prisoner's case, was that he
be confined in penitentiary at hard
labor fur live years.? Greenville Neics
'3d <?*/.
The child cant sleep. An army of
worms is eating it up. One doso of
Shtinor's Indian Vermifugo will des
troy them and save its life. Only 25
cents a bottle or five for one dollar.
Sold by Dr. A. C. Dukes.
Wanted?every one to be free from
Pimples, Blotches, Boils, etc., which
can bo done by purifying the blood
with Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. Used
everywhere.
A Town Struck by Lightning.
Si'r?nge Freak of Electjcity in
South Carolina.
An extraordinary electric dis
charge occurred in this city yesterday
afternoon, about 5 o'clock. Though
several persons narrowly escaped,
nobody was hurt, and the damage
done was comparatively light. The
shock was so general that it was for
some time before it was discovered
where the volume struck the earth.
The residence of Mr. Whitmire.on
Broad street, near the river, suffered
worst?one prong of the current de
scending through one corner of tho
building, demolishing (lowerjars, and
tearing off the weathcrboarding. airs.
Whitmire and daughter were in the
tipper story of the building at the
time, and, strange to say, they did not
feel the severity of the shock, nor did
thoy discover the damage dune and
tho danger they encountered until
sonic time afterwards. The current
seems to have divided, one prong
ploughing i!j) the earth for twenty or
thhty feet down the street, under the
yard paling, completely overturning
it, shooting across the street fur -ariics
distance, knocking down a horse
standing near and a negro woman who
was walking along the street. The
store of W."A. Hudson & j? >., on the
corner, was struck in two places, but
scarcely any damage done, the outer
wall being torn loose in o:ie place.
The shock extended over the whole
centre of the city; a hoi* c was knock
ed down in front of the Moseley
House, and Col. Mose l ey was stun
ned lor a moment'; a man was knock
ed off his wagon hear the Courthouse
Square; Mrs. J. H. McGee, on Broad
Street, was thrown Iron.' a chair with a
child in her arms, and several otheis
along Maiu street were nearly thrown
from their feet. Altogether the freak
was a very strange one, und it is for
tunate that no more ?laniagu was
done. Its caprice is attributed to the
dampness of the earth. Besides the
strange lightning freak yesterday
afternoon, there was a remarkable
meteor at U o'clock last night, which
startled those who saw it, and made
the Indies think the end was hi
hand,? Grci'tuuffn A'iucs .').
Tili New 850 Gold Coin, which is
to be struck from a die how in course
of preparation hy tiic officers of the
government mint, will not, as has
been supposed, be the first coin of j
that value struck in the * United
States. In lfcol. 850 gold coins were
issued at the Unite! .States Assay
Office in San Francisco. Millions of
dollars of this denomination were
coined anil went into use, but they
gradually disappeared, for the reason
that they were intrinsic illy worth
more than 850 in gold by reason of the
silver they contained in evcess of the
staudard. Thus they came to be used
for mechanical purposes, or they were
sent to the mint for recoinage. One
of these coins can be seen iti the fore
ign and domestic collection at the
mint in l'hi'adclphia.
DiSTiu^siNtt AcumkxT.?It is ro
ported by passengers on the mount
ing Charleston train of last Tuesday
j evening, says the Columbia Keif ister t
that a little child passenger oh the
train, while passing from one ear to
another, lost her footing; fell between
the coaches, and was lost in the water
while the train was passing the bridge
between Kinjrvil 1 and Kurt Motto;
Ovarici' I.ii'lii 1 > i-:v.^o< >ii--.
Attend the Anniversary M i-it:.-i _m ur
1*011.5 :11.y oh Tuesday lUth inst., ?itS.-Ji? A.
M. A lull attei.ihosee is requesii.d as tlien
will he an Kleeiion 'for olliiers to serve for
the eiisuiing year, and other business of
importance.
Ifv order <>l ihn Captain.
15. I>. I.Ki:.
Secretary.
July Tili It.
TO II EXT.
The STORK occupied at present hy Dr.
A.S. Hydrick. Apply 10
M US. ROSA OLiVKUOS.
july 7 3?"
Notice.
OFFICE Ol' CO. COMMISSIONKU'S,
?KANOUliuUO LOUNIY,
OUAKCIBUUUU, .July 2d 1877.
Whereas, it has couic within the know
ledge of the Hoard of the County Counhis
sioncrs, that there are cerlaiu County
Checks as well as Juiy Tickets in circula
tion which have already hem paid hy
furnier County Treasurer; Therefore be it,
Jtcfolvetl, That the County Treasurer he
notified hy thie Board not to pay any County
Cheeks or luror Tickets, unless the same he
tirdt examined hy tho Board and Endorsed
hy the Clerk of this Hoard. The Board
adjourned to meet again Jutv loth 1877.
15. T. lt. SM OAK,
Chairman of Board of Co. Com.'a
july 7 41
TAX NOTICE.
Office of County Tbeasubeb,
Okanoewuro County.
Orangeburg, S. C, July 6th 1877.
Iu accordance, with An Act of tho
General Assembly, Entitled "An
Act to raise supplies aud make appro
priations for the fiscal year com
mencing November 1st 1876, ap
proved Juno 8th 1877." Section 7
and 9 of which nets nrc as follows :
Sec. 7. All Taxes assessed herein,
shall be due and payable in two
equal instalments, as follows: The
first instalment shall be due and pay
able from t he first day of July to" the
first day of August 1877, and the
second instalment shall bo due and
payable from the first day of October
to the thirty-first day of October
1877, Provided, that it shall he and
is hereby, left to the option of any
person either to pay the amount of
the first instalment at the time above
mentioned or to pay the whole
amount at the time of the payment of
the second iustalmsnt thereof. Pro
vided further, that ifany person or
persons shall fail or refuse to pay his
or her Taxes due under the hrst in
stalment, he, she or they shall bo
charged with interest thereupon from
the first day of August 1877, to the
time of the payment thereof at the
rate of one per centum per month,
and tho several County Treasurers
shall c dloct the same in the manner
prescribed by law, and give receipts
therefore to the several parties pay
ing the same, in which the lie il
Estate paid on shall be brieily dis
eribed, an I tin valuo of the pjnr.ial
property paid on shall be staled,
together w'.t'i the time such taxasaro
paid, and the. amount of thosanid.
Provided, nothing herein contained
shall operate to prevent any tax
paycr from paying the whole amount
of his tax at the time the first instal
ment is payable "
Sec. V. When the taxes and as
sessments charged against a iy (i.irty
or property on'the duplicate for the
present fiscal year shall not bo pa id
on or before the 31st day of October
1877, or when the remainder of such
taxes, and assessments shall not bo
paid on or by the said time with in
terest at the rate of one per centuui
dor month as aforesaid, the County
Treasurer shall proceed to cohojt
the same by distress or dtho.aviS'j, a*
now prescribed by law, together ?vith
a penalty of fifteen per am on the
amount so delinquent, and if tiu
amount of such delinquent tixc, is
sessmenls ami penalties shall not lie
paid on or before the 15th November
1877. or collected by distress or oil)
erwise the .same shall be treated us
delinquent taxes on such real and
personal property, ami shall he col
leetcd by sale nt such real and per
sonn I property" on the first Monday
in December 1377.
Notice is hereby given that my
office will be open for tlie collection
id' Taxes on and after Monday the
9th day of July, A. D. I?77, aud
and will remain open until the first
day of August A. D. 1877.
I will receive in payment of sail
Tuxes, Gold and Silver Co u, United
States Currency, National Uauk
Notes, and all receipts given by the
Hon. Thomas W. Glover, Agent for
the Collec'ion of the "Hampton Tax"
iu all cases where the same arc pre
sented.
The rate per centum wi'd ba .-a
follows :
1. For general State purposes
seven {7) mills o:i the doli.it.
2. County purposes three (3) mills
on the dollar.
3. For Court House (special) three
and one-fourth (31) mills oa the dol
lar.
4. For poll tax per capita ono
dollar.
Tax payers mu t call for the tax
on each piece of property in the
township where ii is situate.
llonsuT Copes,
Cu.tnty Treasurer O. C.
july 7 1
NOTICE.
OFFICF OF CO. COMMISSIONERS,
OKAxdhuuno County.
OniUgoburg, S. C? July 2d 1S77.
NoiiC" is hereby given, that on anilafier
this date the County Commissioner*.will
not be responsible tor :uiy damage to any
one crossing the following Bridges namely:
!?'?-? 11Idle Swaihp Bridges on Five Chop
Road, Half Way Swamp Bridges ohHuge*
Jtofid anil Shillings Bridge over North
Fdisto Kiver, until the same can bo
Repaired.
By Order of the Board.
UFO. BO LIVER,
Clerk of Board,
july 7 St
TAX NOTiO?.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
Okax?euuuu County.
July 5th 1877.
Notice is hereby given that this office
w ill be open to receive Returns of Persona)
Property for the fiscal year 1877, on Tues
day ttif 1 Oth day of J uly 1877. AH pcrwra
over 21 years ami under 60 years of age,
arc required to pay a CAPITATION TAX
of one Dollar. Taxpayers will carefully note
any transfers of Real Ft lata made sine*
June 1st 1870 to June 1st 1877, All pro
perty in the posso.wu ni, or under the control
of every person on the 1st day of Juno 1877
(not exempt from taxation) must bo Uttum?
cd.
JAS. VAN TASSEL,
County Auditor,
july 7 3t
