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[FItOSt OUR CUARLESTOH COBRESfONDE^T.J
Charleston Letter.
Charleston, April 9, 1873.
. The first of April, here, opened with a
"four legged chicken curiosity, or per
haps it would be more correct to- say,
that, a chicken with four slim, but well
formed legs opened on that day.- This
monstrosity of a foul, has been seen by
'comparatively few persons, for the ren
1 son, that for some years,back April-fools
I oay baa been celebrated by some hoax
i of just such a fowl character, and peoplo
' ore exceedingly suspicious of apy an
| nouncement of this kind, tho rcalbj cu
rious part of the matter is, that, the par
ties interested wcro meditating a joko of
J precisely tins sort, when the real chicken
unexpected turucd up.
I To those who are ioterested in our
municipal affairs, it will be refreshing to
lenrn that the city fathers have at last
woke up?it is very doubtful if they ever
will be completely aroused, but it is cer
tain they have at least one eye open to
the necessity of doing something in the
way of paving the streets?it has been
found from direful experience, that
a succession of mud puddles, varied by
now and then a huge rock or brick, is
not exactly the kind of pavement suita
ble for the main thoroughfare of a large
city. The wooden material used so suc
cessfully at the North) and known as the
"Ballard Pavement" is being introduced
here, and our enterprising young towns
man F. Lucas is now engaged in laying
a block of the same in King-sircet. The
pavement, is nothing more than blocks
of our common pine,, the grain turned
! up, c'pscly fitting at the bottom, and
j open at the top m wedged shaped crevi
ces, which are to ho filled with a compo
sition of pitch and gravel. The blocks
are laid pji a bed of sand carefully pre
pared. 'The wholofoymsnn arch of <?light
elevation in the centre, it is asserted that
this composition i6 the most durable,and
secure, yet invented.
The re-publication of the "Ante Bel
lum" Medical Journal, by Drs. Kin loch
and Porclver, under* the more expansive
title of "The Charleston Medical Journal
and Review," will be hailed with satis
faction by the fraternity ' all over the
State. The first number,. cantnins six
teen original articles, besides depart men ts
devoted to surgery and other branches
of the profession, aud an editorial and
miscellaneous division. The salutatory
article is carefully, and well written, and
calculated to make an impression on the
.Southern people, and to call forth their
must strcnous efforts to make the work a
standard pamphlet, and an honor to that
profession,*which mure than all others,
deserves the gratitude and sympath)' of
the human race, To use the words of
"Sawbones" one of our young nicdicnl
aspirants "It is a gDjid thing."
The annual Floral Exhibition of the
"Agricultural Society of South Carolina"
will conic eff on Thursday the 29th of
Aprii and continues for three days. The
fair will be held in the spacious grounds
attached to the Charleston College, large
tents are to be erected, ns well for the
flowers and plants, ns for refreshments,
&c, the grounds are open to the public
in the evening from 7 to 11 o'clock, and
in orderte furnish "light on the subject,"
one thousand Chinese lanterns of various
devices, and shapes, have been ordered,
riicsc fairs are ?becoming yeurly more
interesting, and attractive?prom iu ins
? arc offered for "greenhouse plants, cot
flowers, early vegetables, berries, fruits,
?c." The articles on exhibition last
season, could successfully compete with
the samples shown by any city of equal
size with our own in the United States.
The finest band in the city will discourse
music to the visitors, and the gentlemen
in charge of the affair, will .?paro no
pains to make the entertainment unusual
ly inviting.
Since the days of Cooper, Kcan and
Booth, it is doubtful whether a Charles
ton audience has been so thrilled, ns the
ono whicn attended the Academy of
Music a lew nights since, to witness tho
"thrilling gigantic California success of
Ben McCullough, performed i>y the tal
ented young actor, OHiver Bowd Byron."
Tho plot as well as we could understand,
consisted of the adventures of "Ben," a
famous Nirarod of the West, he gets into
trouble through the inimitable feoMngs
?=?- ? i ? "- .??<-~???
?f hiV/iuathor-iudaw," aided by a despGv
rate villain, who throws him intD prison,
all however, Anally turn-out' well for
Ben, and bad for the villain or nnugnty
map'>ho:.c?nSes to griof. When* we say
the spectators were thrilled, we use the
words in its most literal sense. Act che
first opened with a scene itTthe far west,
introducing a consumptive indian, und
a succession of "blood and thunder
tableau," and ending in a Btartling con
flagration in which every article on and
about the stage appeared combustible, as
everything burst, blew up; or exploded,
the noise from that portion of the Thea
tre* kuowa as "Mount Rascal," at this
period of the performance was appalling
and almost comepletely drowned out the
effoib? of tho actors themselves. Act
I the second was milder, probably owing
to the exhausted condition of the per
former1. Act the third consisted of oue
uninterrupted succession of pistol dis
charges, which so deadened our hearing
facilities ns to render us perfectly indiffer
ent as to whether act the fourth consisted
In the firing of cannon, or pop-guns, tho
remaiuder of this tragic exhibition, was
actually so enveloped in smoke from tho
previous discharges,, as to be hardly ap
preciated by the' audience, and the whole
concern-eventually "went up" in a burst
of glory of blue lights aiid squibs.
The spectators were few, of course,
and so long as the sensation pieces of
"The Old Bowery." are puton.our boards,
just so long will the people of our city
prove to be indifferent to theatrical en
tertainments, to the surprise anil disgust
of* Northern critics. ? t
A. SNODGRASS.
LETTER TO AN OLD GENTLEMAN*
Whose education has been neglected.
My Dear Sir,?The question which
ytih have done me the honor to propose
to me, through the medium of our com
mon friend, Mr. G-,1 shall endeav
or to answer with as much exactness as a
liraitod observation and experience can
?warrant..
You ask?or rather, Mr. G-, in
his own interesting language asks for you
?"Y? hcthcr a person at the age of sixty
three, with no more pioficiency than a
tolerable knowledge of most of tho char
actcrs of the English alphabet at first
sight amounts to, by dint of persevering
application, and1 good masters,?a docilo
and ingenuous disposition on the part of
tho pupil always pic-supposed?may
hope to arrive, within a presumable num
ber of years, at that degreo of attain
ments, which shall entitle the possessor to
the charaotor, which you are on so many
accounts justly desirousof acquiring, of a
learned man."
This is fairly and candidly stated?only
I could wish that on one point yon had
been a little more explicit. In the mean
time, I will take it for granted, that by
a "knowledge of tho alphabetic charac
ters," you confine your meaning to the
single powers only, as vou are silent on
the subject of the dipthongs, Jand harder
combinations.
Why, truly, sir, when 1 consider the
vast circle of sciences?it is not here
worth while to trouble you with tho dis
tinction between learning and science?
which a man must be understood to have
made the tour of in these days, beforo
the world will bo willing to concede to
him the titlo which you aspire to, I am
almost disposed to reply to your iuquiry
by a direct answer in tho negative.
Hrtwover, where all cannot be com
passed a great deal that is truly valuable
may bo accomplished. I am unwilling
to throw out any remarks that should
have a tendency to damp a hopeful gen
ius; but I must not in fairness conceal
from you, that yon have much to do.
The consciousness of difficulty Is some
times a spur to exertion. Rome?or
rather, my dear sir, to borrow an illustra
tion from a place, as yet more familiar to
you?Rum ford?Rumford?was uot built
in n day.
Your mind as yet, give mo lcavo to
tell you, is in the state of a sheet of white
paper. Wo must not blot or blur it over
too hastily. Or, to use an opposite simile,
it is like ? piece 6f pnfehnierit *?11 be
scrawled and be-scribbled over with
characters of no ?ense or import, which
wo must carefully erase and removo be
fore wo can make way for the authentic
characters or jrapresses, which are to be
substituted in thejr stead by the correct
live hand of science.
Your mind, my dear sir, again resem
bles that same parchment, which wo will
suppose a little hardened by time and dis
use. We may apply the characters,- but
aije we sure the ink will sink ?
;You are in the condition of a traveller,
that has all his journey to begin. And
again, you are worse off than the travel
led which I have supposed?for you have
ahieady lost your way.
You have much to learn; which you
haye never been taught; and more, I
fear, to unlearn, which you have been
tadght erroneously. You have hitherto,
I dare say, imagined, that the sun moves
round the earth. When you shall have
mastered the true solar system, you will
have quite a different theory upon that
point, I assure you. I mention but this
iustnncc. Your own experience, as
knowledge advances will furnish you with
mMiy parallels.
I can scarcely approve of the intention,
which Mr. G-informs mo you had
comtemplated, of entering yourself at a
common seminary, and working your
way up from the lower to the higher
forms with the children. I see more to
admire in the modesty, than in the ex
pediency, of such a resolution. I own 1
cannot reconcile myself to the spectacle
of a gentleman at your time of life seated,
as must be your case at first, below a
Tyx'o of four or five?for at that early
ago the rudiments of education usuullj
commence in this country. I doubt
whether more might not be lost in the
point of fitness than would bo gained in
the ad vantages "which you propose to
yoi'vself by this scheme.
^911 say. you stand in need of cmula ?
tioi! ; that this incitement is do where to
bOiJ^ad but at a public school'; that you
should be more sensible of your progress
by comparing it with the daily progress
of those around you. But have you con
sidered . the nature of emulation; and
bow it is sustained at those teutler years,
which you would have to come in compe
tition with? I am afraid you arc dream:
ing of academic prizes and distinctions.
Alas! in the university, for which you
are preparing, the highest medal would
be xl silver penny, and you must graduate
in nuts and ?ranges.
I know that Peter, the great Czar, or
I Emperor, of Moscovy, submitted himself
to tho discipline of a dock-yard, at .Dept
ford, that he might learn, aud convey to
his countrymen, the noble art of ship
building. You are old enough to remem
ber him, jr at least the talk about him.
I call to mind other groat princes, who
to instruct themselves in tho theory and
practice of war, and set an example of
subordination to their subjects, have ?on
dcsccndcd to enrol themselves as private
soldiers ; passing through the successive
ranks of corporal, quarter master, nnd
the rest, have served their way up to the
station, nt which most princes are willing
enough to set out?of General and Com
mander-in-chief over their own forces.
But?besides that there is oftentimes
great sham and pr^toncc in tSr.crr show of
mock humility?the competition which
they stooped to was with their co-evals,
however inferior to them in birth. Bo
tween ages so very disparate, as those
which you contemplate, I fear there can
no salutary emulation subsist.
Again, in the other alternative, could
you submit to the ordinary reproofs and
discipline of a day-school? Could you
bear to bo corrected for youriaults ? -Or
how would it look to see you put to
stand, as must be the caso sometimes, in
a corner ?
I nra afraid tho idea of a public school
in your circumstances must bo given up.
But is it impossible, my dear sir, to
find 801110 person of your own nge?if of
tho other sex, the more agreeable per
haps?whose information, like your own,
has rather lagged behind their years,
who should be willing to set out from tho
same point with yourself, to undergo the
same tasks?thus at or.co inciting and
sweetening each other's labors in a sort
of friendly rivalry. Such a one, I think,
it would not be difficult to find in some
of the Western parts of this land?-about
D-for instance,
Or what if, from your own estate?that
estate which, unexpectedly acquired so
late in life, has inspired into you thir.
generous thrist alter knowledge, you were
to select some elderly peasant, tbnt might
be spared from the land, to come and be
gin his education with yon, that you
might till, as it were, your minds together
?one, whose heavier progress might in
vite, without a fear of discouraging, your
emulation ? Wo might then s*c?starr
ing from an equal post-?the difference of
the clownish and the gentle blood.
A privnte education then, or such none
as I have been describing, being deter
mined on, we must in the nest place look
out for it preceptor:?for it will be some
time "before cither of you, left to your
selves, will be able to assist the other to
any great purpose in his studies.
And now, my dear sir, if in describing
such a tutor as I have imagined for you,
I use a style a little above the familiar
one in which I havo hitherto chosen to
address you, the nature of th6 subject
must be my apology. "Difficile est de
scicntiis inscientor loqui," which is as
much as to say -that "in treating of scien
tific matters it is difficult to avoid the use
of soientific tcrm3." But I shall endeav
or to be as plain as possible. I am not
going to present yr.ti with the ideal of a
pedagogue, as it may exist in my fancy,
or has possibly been realized in the per
sons of Buchanan and Busby. Some
thing lcis thnn perfection will serve our
turn. Tho scheme which I propose in
this first or introductory letter has refer
ence to the first four or five years cfyour
education olIv : and in enumerating the
qualifications of him that should under
take tho direction of your studies, I shall
rather point out the minimum or least,
that I shall require of him, than trouble
you in <he search of attainments neither
common nor necessary to our immediate
purpose.
Ho should be a man of deep and ex
tensive knowledge. So much at least is
indispensable. Something older than
yourself, I could wish him, because years
add reverence
To his age and great learning, he
should be blest with a temper and a pa
tience, willing to accommodate itself to
the imperfections of the 'slowest and
meanest capacities. Such a one in for
mer days Mr. II-appears to have
been, and such in our days I take Mr.
G-to be ; but our friend, vou know
unhappily has other engagements. I $p
not demand a consummate grammarian ;,
but he must be a thorough master of
vernacular orthography, with an insight
into the accentualities and punctualities
of modem Saxon, or English. He must
be competently instructed (or how shall
he instruct you ?) in* the tctnology, or
four first rules, upon which not only
arithmetic, but geometry, and the pure
mathematics themselves, are grounded.
I do not require that he should have
measured the globe with Cook, or Orte
liu.% but it is desirable that he should
have a .general knowledge, (I do not
mean a very nice or pedantic one,) of the
great division of the earth into four parts,
so nt to teach you readiiy to name the
quarters. He must have a genius capa
ble in some degree of soaring to the up
per clement, to deduce from thence the
not much dissimilar computation of the
cardinal points, or hinges, upon which
those iuvisible phenomena, which natu
ralists ngree to term winds, do perpetual
ly shift and turn. He roust-instruct you,
in imitation of the old Orphic fragment?,
(the mention of which has possibly es
caped you,) in numeric and harmonious
responses, to deliver the ipimber of solar
revolutions, within which each of tho
twelve periods, into which the Annus
Vulgaris, or common year, is divided,
doth usually complete and terminate it
self. Tho intcrcalarics, and other subtle
problems, be will do well to omit, till
riper years, and course of study, shall
have rendered you more capable thereof.
He must be capable of embracing all his
tory, so as from the countless myriads of
individual men, who have peopled this
globe of earth?for it is a globe?by com
parison of their respective births, lives,
deaths, fortunes, conduct, prowess, &c,
to.pronounce, and teach you to pronounce,
dogmatically and catechetically, who was
tho richest, who was tho strongest, who
was the wisiit, ^ho was tho ir.cjkv^i roar:
I that ever lived ; to tho facilitation of
which solution, you will readily conceive,
a smattering of biography would in no
inconsiderable degree conduce. Leaving
tho dialects of men, (in one of which I
shall take leave to suppose you by this
time at 'least superficially instituted,)
you will Jparn po ascend with him to the
contemplation ofthat, unorticulatcd lan
guage, which was before the written too*
gue; and, with the aid of .the elder Phry
gian or ?d?sopic key, to interpret the
souuds by which the animal tribes com*
municate their !miuds-^evolving moral
Instruction with delight from the dialo
gue of cocks, dogs, and foxes. Or mar
rying theology with verac, from whoso
mixture a beautiful apd healthy offspring
may be expocted, in your own native ac
cents, (but purified,) you will keep time
together to the profound harpings of the
more modern or Wattsian hymnlcs.
, Thus far I have ventured to conduct
you to a"hiil-aide, whence you may dis
cern the right path of a virtuous and
noble education; laborious indeed at tho
fjrst ascent, but else so smooth, eo green,
so full of goodly prospects and melodious
sounds en every side, that the harp of
Orpheus was not more charming,"*
With my best respects to Mr, G-?*
' when, you see him,
? I remain, dear sir,- your obedient ser
vant,.
ELIA.
?""Milton's Tractate on Education,
addressed to Mr. Hartlib.
The New York Advertiser, of the 20th,
has the following: - Once, during an
epoch of robbery and violence in tho"
British capital, when the ordinary penal
ties hod failed to check tho audacity of
the criminal classes, resort was had to tho .
whipping post, and with such beneficial
effects that London shortly after enjoyed
an exemption from crime it had never
previously known. A. similar reign of
ruffianism is to be noted in ]Srew York,
to-day. Our prisons are full ? double
sessions of the chief local criminal court
arc held, and the magistrates meet early
and late to dispose of tho eases on the
calendar; but crime nevertheless multi
plies, and what is had, rapidly expands
into what is worse. If Bolingbroke's
maxim be true, that history is philosophy
teaching by example, we shall be most
uuphilosophical students of history if wo
cannot turn its lessons to account, and,
profiting by tho example of London, try
the whipping-post on the rascals in this,
city who now laugh tho law and its pen
alties to scorn."
A foreign correspondent oi the New
York World, writing from Berlin, says :
I take from one of the Berlin papers an
item that may interest many of my read
ers and produce some good. In lighting
a cigar, the end that is bitten off is uni
versally thrown away. Ssmo years ago
il occurred to sundry benevolent spirits
that ibis was a waste that might be stop
ped ; so they formed a smoker's uuicn,
pledging themselves to keep .every cigar
end until they had colected a sufficient
quantity to be sold to tho snuff-maker?.
The union has grown largely in numbers,
and the wives and sisters keep jthoir hus
bands and brothers and friends up to
their duty. The result is that during
the year just closed, no l.ss than 800
pounds of tobacco were collected, .and
from the proceeds thirty orphan'Children
wero mado happy with Christmas pre
sents of ncrv dresses and vunderclothing.
Some idea of the number of cigava ,u?cd
in this way can be got by considering
that 0,000 ends go to the pound.
It is an ?casy matter to pick jflaws, -and
to find fault. Every one knows this from
his own experience. It is not so easy to
remedy the-defects which we see, and uu*
less we seek to remove them it will bo Off ^
little benefit thot we see them. Nomon
by tho use of a dissecting knife, however
skih'u 11 he might-uso it, over constructed
a living man, yet wo constantly see those
who profess to seek reform in the church
and in the Sabbath school, by simply
finding fault with every one?except
themselves. Suoh are destroyers, not
builders, as they would fain be consider
ed. The very best way to eradicate what
is evil, is to strengthen what is good. It
is often far better to let a fault alone,
and secure its ?&K&?&tt by culi????isg
the virtuo or excellence which stands op
posed to it. It does not follow that a
man is indifferent to an e vi ^because he ls
not directly and avowedly attacking it.

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