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$2 k'VK ANNUM, ^ "On we move indissolubly firm; God" .\:-:i> "a-sure bid the bamk" ' ' 4 IN ADVANclS Vol. IT. ?RA?GEIU RG, SOUTH CAROLINAfS^i^^^^SoAY^ . APRIL t?4, ISIS. ' ]_ ;." No. lO THE ORAJSGEBU11G TIMES Ib published every ' T IT U R S D A Y, '?'"at* ' '? ? ORANGEBURG, C.H., SOUTH CAROLINA ? BY ORANGEBURG TIMES COMPAWY. kirk Robinson, Agt. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 In sertion 12 In sertion 24 In-|48 In Hcrtion sertion r .1 square, -" - 2 squares, - - U Gi[inrwy - - 4 square*, - < I column, - - \ column, 1 50 3 00 4 00 5 00 ? 50 8 50 ? 00 11 00 15 00 18 00 20 50 33 00 10 00 18 00 25 00 30 00 33 00 50 00 12 00 27 00 37 00 45 00 57 00 75 00 I column, - - i 13 OOl 55 001 83 00j 125 00 SJUESCUlTTION tiates: 52 a rear, in advance?SI for six rionths. JOlt PRINTING in it* all depattuient? neatly executed. Givu us a call. ATTORNE^T AT LAW will practice in the course of or anoebuiu; and barn well. JGSa?"- Office in Court 'House Square. Feb. 20, 1873 1 4t COWI^AM G K AVE LEY. mitRci tMrouTKrts op HARDWARE, CUTLERY; GUNS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLE MENTS. , No. 52, East Hay, South of C e old Post Office, Charleston.. S." G. AGENT fir the tab. -.f. the Magnolia Cotton CJins., At U?e Fairs held at Savannah, Ga. last mon?ij the "Magnolia" cotton (iiti ginned 15'Ubs peed coUoii in dircc minutes mid forty live Mvovfl*," tSkliig the premium, nnd also tho Sirizc of One, Hundred Dollars oflered by the loanl of Trade for the best (JIX. Severn] have l/iwu jjbld, thusfenson which gin a bale an lioiir.' 'J'^c.rame gin abo to<ik the premium at the Cotton Statcri Fair at Augusta, last October. Feb. 13, 1S73 51 lv W; J. DeTreville, A T T-0 R N E Y A T L A \V. Office ht Court House Square, Orangcburg, S. C. inch 13-1 ys FERSNKR & DANTZLER; i) ic ist rr i s t s Orangebiirg, S. Office over MeMastcr's Brick Store. F. Fkrskf.k. P. A. DantJisr, I). D. S ch 12-3inoh Kirk Robinson Bjoks, Music and Stationery, and Fancy Articles, AT TUE ENGINE HOUSE, ORANGEBURG, C. H., S. C. hreh 6 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, RUSSELL STREET, Orangeburg, S. C. a8. F. Izlar. S. Dibble. mch 6-1 yr ? DR. T. BERWICK LEG ARE. II K X T AL SURGEON, Graduate, Baltimore College* Dental Surgery. t)ffict, Market, street, Vvcr Store o/J. A. Hamilton leb u henry FARnion. ' 1,. \y. IJEltRINO. FARRI0R & HERRING. Manufacturing Confect ionerh, and WholcKnlc Dealers in FANCY GROCERIES, CRACKERS FRUITS. NUTS, CIGARS, CANNED GOODS, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PICKLES, Ac, No. 7, South Liberty Street, Rnltimore. Fob. A, 1873 50 3 m [for the okAngeburg times.] ESCAPE FROM FEDERAL PRISON. A. worthy daughter of Erin, whose age vibrated somewhere betwixt fitly and a hundred, whose breadth was in proper proportions with her fleshy red arms, if too extensive for her height, whose uame was Mrs.O'Flagherty, aud ocqupntion h laundress, had a permanent contract with the conunandunts' wife to mangle, boil, ring, starch, and otherwise prepare all the wash clothes ot the aforesaid ladv. Mrs. O'Flaghertys busines increasing she admitted into copartnership a sister man gier (whose style and proportions merged witn ojid into Airs. ?'Flagherty's, would have invested both with more, comely proportions, the aforesaid partner being shamefully tull and lean lor a woman) who visited tho prison in the old, lady's ubsence. It was Mrs ?'Flagherty's cus tom to call on Monday, get her bundle ol clothing and retire until the following Friday, when she would return with puffy cheeks, and sweltering brow to surrender her-basket, whereii lay a mis cellaneous assortment of snowy vestment. This regular routine of duty was infallibly and failhfullv performed, and the guard became so accustomed to the good ('amis' round?, that tbey passed and rcpasscd her without deigning UKinspcct her pa pers. Kent all's yCyos bad frequently observed thc entpco and exit of the privi leged women and he resolved to play, laundry roaid. (It tuny have been ac cident, Kendall avers it was, but sOspi cion rested strong upon the compassionate wife, of the brutal commandant) how ever our would be laundress, by some arrangement covertly executed, became the possessor of a sloucby calico, gown, and antique bonnet, which be slyly slip ped into, alter a clean shave,-and arming himself with a covered basket thai he bun owed from a tent, when tho federal non-commissioned ofiieor wai absent, he sauntered boldly for tho postern. "Hello vornan; wo goes d.u bin; I did not knows; you dim oder times" said a. burly^GSerman, confronting the disguised Confederate. "Och shtand aside will ye; would ye insult a dacint l?dy wid vor talk," re plied the laundress, gliding to the oppo site .side bf the alley. "Kien ; I vaa nicht bin ein hop-, so zu dnen, aber you m?s sity voyou koni von" said the guard. "The divil take ye ; for a blackguard ; don't yo know that if I bad the righ1 to come i?i, I kin go out" replied the indig nant woman, "who docs your washing," .she enquired, moving towards him and looking at bis shirt hosoth' exposed througb the open front of his coat; '?Vashing ; dat doos me>olf; you ist ein vashcr wimrains eh ; enquired the senti nel. "Yis; misclf and Mrs. O'Flagherty, doe-s the washing for the. ludy within, wouldn't ye pla/.e give us the job of your clothes, we'll do them chape and beauti - ful," replied the disguised man. "Dusvillieh next week, vas failt de ole vimmcn, vot comes de oder time," in terrupted the gennan. "Mrs. OFhigberty mind yo;" said the Con fed. "Yaw; dem grosser, dicker, pig old vimmin," the soldier explained his mean ing by clasping his bunds in a bow be fore him to illustrate her circumference. "Och ; frhure and she's in bed sick, ye shood be ashamed tobe laughing at the ?auld sotd," replied Kendall. "Ich laflcr nicht no mien gooter damcn, aber ich muss be partickler mid dem becplcswatl knows not; dem militarie rules is so strick pi me," he said. "Share ami you're right, but divil a rcb Would they make out of me, honey ; Good day to ye, I'll have your clothes will I the nixt time." "Oh yes; dat is all right, you gits dem vashing dinks, dienexter time you come, guter morgen ;" The sentinel resumed his walk, and Kendall once fairly out, made rapid strides for the shore. Seve ral sculls were plying about waiting for jobs, he called the first at hand, jumped in, and answering the question "Whcro'll you go mother," by the ?turdy rower who buckled to the skimming oars, said "to Jersey." A fifty cent currency bill paid for the trip, and Kendall lost no time in getting to the highlands, where tho outfit was cast aside, and he was metamorphosed to a seedy civilian fearfully out at elbows and knees. Work was plentiful, the growing city aspired to avenues, across its marshy wastes, and tlic modern con veniences of gas, and water were being introduced in the more remote sections, where Observation from detectives was avoided in the occupation afforded to the laboring class. Taking the first proflcr | of work>ho plied the pickaxe and shovel with the hand of an adept, and dilligcntly kept both ears and eyes, on the qui vlve for information and safety. The confusion ? incident to Kendall's escape, was apparent in a fruitless search of the island and Jiarshcr treatment of the luckless crowd he left behind. The commandant could glean no information further, than, that Kendall had respond ed at morning roll call, and since then no man had passed the guard. His sus picions did not fall for u moment upon the woman who was seen within the en closure, and thus his wife escaped his furious onslaught of vituperation. The expedient of a double guard Was adopted to check further escape of the prisoners, and Barker regarded his chance as hope less. Major Barker's amusement for a cou ple of hours each day after the escape of Kendall was to imitate as nearly as pos sible, the autograph of the Provost, which was still distinct upon the hlur |.red' blank tvhich' he had found. And to supply the carmine ink, which that officer used in signing . his. name, he determined when required to resort to a good counter hot, r. E. blood. Having succeeded to hi* satisfaction, lio awaited further developments. Six days had elapsed'-and the guard were uuceusiriirl) vigilant, a penalty of severe punishment awaited the slightest relaxation of..their watch. Tho commandant'* wife had fre queutlv .beckoned to the guatd, that \ ut roled LeRdro her balcony, and reijiiesTecT him to ask of Barker one of his song.;, and true to his native gallantry ho had gratified the car of a compassionate wo man, but now he was silent, "Kn he ' replied,-"present my respects to the lady, and tell her I am out of voice and spirit.-, I cannot sing." "Poor fellow/'she mur mured to herself; "Oh well; he has a sister, and motherland is far lroni home,'' She was rumaging in a clothes | res?, as thosecotumisserating thoughts revolved in her mind, smd finding a faded coat ol her husbands' which he had set aside so long that he must have forgotten ij, she ?folded it hi a towel carefully pinning flte .wrapper, and doubling around the bundle an old linnen or two, she tied the whole with a.cord, and setting under the string n slice of pumpkin pie, she reached over the balcony and called "Mr. Barker." "Hello theregrowled the sentinol "thero's a present for .you." Barker looked up and reaching up ward his hands caught the bundle. Dof fing his cap to the lady, he relieved the pie from its bondage, and ate it with true relish. ''That kind creature means hoinei'ning by this," he thought as he re tired to his cell to examine lib presnt. He unfolded it. and to his wandering eyes he spicad out a Captniu's coat, the appearance was soiled but the insignia of ralritc was bright and complete, "Aha; 1 have it; noble creature,she isn't alaVo enough not to realize the brutality of our custodian," he pushed the coat under his pallet ol'straw, and strolled outside, perceiving the lady at her window, he raised his cap in acknowledgement of the gift, and began again his work of carving. During the afternoon it began to rain, and t'.io stiff regulation hats of the officers were exchanged for fatigue caps. The Lieutenant whose duty ex tended to tho immediate care of the guard, hunt: his extra cap upon a peg insider of his quarters, and lay off to read upon his hammock, in a lew moments he was a adcep. The police sqmul of Con federates began seion thereafter their work of sweeping the? offices ami other menial work. Barker profcrred'doiog duty in the office e>t the Lieutenant, and finding him fast asleep, appropriated his cap, which he hid beneath his ''tuple coat. Returning to his cell, he donned the coat, ami cap, and applying a pair of scizzors to his flowing heard soon crop ped it to a short growth, completely transforming his- appearance. Opening a alight incision in his wrist h^.obtai_nod the imitutidlPbf red ink, uffixcd tho name of tho "Provost und atari ed for the pos teru. -?.Tho.rain poured iu torrents, every ofliecivaxjd"soldier not engaged on duty was ujidcintover, and the sentinel had :o iied to his box, through the win dowjHHM^ieh he was looking. Reaching the boa; be produced the pass, the soldier exan'i ncd it, and gave tlie order to bis coran ?&n^lhc gate to unlock it for the office i^.The massive gate swung upon its g; \ting binges, and Barker was free. Push ng rapidly for the shore, be found a scu ftied to the wharf, in it he leapt, i? practised arms be bent to the V mingling with the rush of tad, ho rowed for 'tho shore, and ?j^tho space of an hour he was salu ted ritjht and left by an admiring crowd of pa?ejs, who were proud of the soldier in blupjwho plodded with such careless air ambg the streets of the metropolis. A Pleasant Story Id of the bravery of ft Wisconsin h)an. A train was snowed up about idles from Culntur, and tho pas se gels were suffering from hunger, with no pj ^visions at hand. A bndteman name [?'James Wilson, taking thirty pottn & of crackers ana cheese set out from* palmar to walk to the train. The windS.lew a galo, the thermometer mark ed tvrapty seven below zero, and the roadS^s'a hard one to travel. Not withstanding the severity of the weather Wili-on per.-everod until exhausted, an . with $ace and oars badly frozen he reach ed th'{3 train. Among the passengers was M;. Jgthn Lawlor, of I'ruiri? du Chien, who Ifed some ladies under his care.* Mr. La wl^jr applied snow to the frozen face of \. iiswt, ntul did all that was needed to res tow him as much ns possible. Mr. Lawlor then took from his own neck a mu: .ife gold chain, which be bad worn JhgSJfi>})!H time, and, putting it mound HvTOon*i.^eCfc, remarked, ?tl*l a pre.ty good man that bus worn that chain, but I've found a better, and he shall "hav it." The chain is reputed to be worth up among the hundreds of dollar.--., and w..s a handsome present worthily hi stowed. A Specimen Sou.li Carolina Scala wag. Among the incidents of the lute inau guration ball at Washington was the ap pearance thereat of several negn.es both men and women, who put on great airs and ell.owed their v.bite friends with the most cheerful insolence. We con sider it one of our lost opportunities not to have been there in the flesh and feast ed our eyes on the s-ight cf Cuilce's triumph in making thu white 1'adicals swallow the dose of his delightful pres ence. Another incident was the atten tions lavished upon two mulatto women, one, the wife ol Elliott, the negro mem ber of Congress from South Carolina? by Samuel D. Melton, now Attorney Gencral ol that Stale, a native, and once considered quite a decent man. Melton prorhenaded the room for an hour with these two women oh his arm, and ufter waids did the agreable for the rest of the evening to a group of the same color. -Savannah Advertiser. A correspondent of the Is'ew York Tribune, writng from Columbia recently, depicts in forcible and truthful terms the political situation in this State. Wc ex tract the following : "Here, then, is tho outcome, the ripe, perfected fruit of the boasted civilization of the booth, alter 200 years of expe rience. A white community, that had gradually risen from small beginnings) t?ll it grew into wealth, culture and re finement, and became aeecmplhhed in all the arts of civilisation ; that success fully asserted its resistance to a foreign tyranny by deeds of conspicuous valor; which achieved liberty and independence through the fire and tempest ol civil war, and illustrated itself in the councils of the nation by orators and statesmen worthy of any age or nation*; such a com munity is then reduced to this. It lies prostrate in the. dust, ruled over by this strange conglomerate, gathered from the ranks of its owu servile population. It is the spectacle of a society suddenly turned bottom side up. Tho wealth, tip) intelligence, the culture, the wisdom of State, havo broken through the crust of that social volcano on which they were contentedly reposing, and have sunk out of sight, consumed by the subterranean fiioi they had with such temerity braved and defied. "In the place of this old aristocratic society stands the rude form of the most ignorant democracy that mankind ever saw invested with tho functions of gov ernment. It is the dregs of the popula tion habilitated in the robes of their in telligent predecessors, and asserting over, them the rule of ignorance and corrup tion, through tho inexorable machinery of a majority of numbers. It is barbar ism" overwhelming civilization by physi cal force. It is tho slave rioting in tlje l alle of his master, and putting that mas ter under his feet." Double Suicide in Jamaica. Julius Ende has for two months work ed as a compositor in Jcmaica, L>. I. ' By ' tho foreman of the newspaper he has 'been ordered to do menial Bervice, and ho has been the butt of lliQ other.employ ees' ridicule. He was in destitute cir cumstances, and for weeks submitted to their insults rather* than abandon his situation. A few days ago, however, their taunts became unendurable and he rpiit tho office. He lived with his wife, Julia, in a small tenemeut in York street. He had no money, aud the two went with out food for several days. Bather than go to the poor house Enc^e and his wife resolved to commit suicide. On Monday evening they carefully washed themselves and put on n change of linen. ^ The house was put in order, care 'fully swept aud dusted. Then Ende honed his razor ujitil it cut a hair.-and with the utmost deliberation cut a gash in his left arm, severing the main artery. He then cut near*the ajicle and opened another artery. The razor was then handed to Ids wife, who cut her nrurc and ankle precisely as Ende had elone, sever in^ both arteries. Then they both went to bed, believing that they would soon bleed to death. Just thcun neighbor who knerr of their destitution entered with some food for their relief'. lie found their coverings stained with blood, and gave an alarm. The doctors stopped the bleeding, but i{. is Kared too late to sa\'e their lives. Ende is n.gentian, 43 years old, end is of more than ordinary intelligence. He has been in America twenty-five years. A few years ago he owned and edited a newspaper in Washington, and was sub qOenily employed in the Government jointing office. The couple have been married fifteen years, and have buried eight children. Geiman Rat Plague. German papers haVc much to say con cerning the rat plague in several of the provinces. It is stated that whole fields of clover and grain have been devastated by them, aud when arsenic and phospho rous pills have been scattered to destroy them, hares and other game have been poiroucd, and greajg^ijijinage eloue. Un der these circumstances a singular devise has been brought into play. A mixture of plaster dust and dry wheat is mixed with oil of nujsosced, anel put in an earth crn .saucer and near by plenty of water is placed. The rats eagerly devour the mixture, and arc straightway seized with a tormenting thirst; they then, of course, grcetUy swallow water. Upon this the plaster "sot?" and becomes solid in their insiUes, and thus, more or le?s speedily, the poor creatures die in ugjny. It is a horribly cruel remedy, I but then rats are rats. Prop. Faraday on 'rut Nat'jrai. Duration of Lipp??According to Prof. Faraday, the crime of suioi.'ie is very common in this age of the world, for he intimates that all who die under 100 years of ago may be charged with self murder ; tbal Providence having origi nally intended man to live a century, would allow him 'o arrive at that ad vanced period if he did not kili himself by eating unwholesome foot), allowing himself to he annoyed by trifles, giving license to passions, and exposing himse'f to accident. Flottrin advanced the the ory that the duration o: ll'b is measured by the lime of growth. When once the 'bemcfl and cpiphysis are uuited the body group no more, and it is at twenty years this union is effected in man. This natu ral termination of life is five removes . from the several points. Man, being 20 years in growing, livet^?or should?* b times 20 years; th*'camel-is eight years in growing, aud lives 6 times eight yearsthe horse is 5 years "in growing, and lives 25 years; and so on with other animals. England and Her Mftvy. Mr. Go?chen, First Lord of tho Admi ralty, lias just submitted to the House of Commons tho naval estimates for thei ensuing fiscal year. They exceed, those of last ypar by $1,702,880. The navy has long-been the special pride of Eng land.'-- It has Lbccomc, however, Arvery, expensive branch of the public Service^ and it is one of the liveliest questions of the hour, in political circles whether the navy as it now stands is worth the money it costs. It is Quite manifest from* this increased expenditure that *ihe "British ?government ,is*resolved at all hazards to maintain its ancient supremacy at sea. * In the altered and rapidly altering state of Europe all her efforts and all her vig*' dance will be needed. Foreign navies are increasing in bulk and power at the .same time that the demand becomes louder at home for diminished expehdi-, tu re. In spite of her great wealth Eng land will have hard work by ana by to maintain her proud position. False Pride. No .honest occupation is so disreputable as habitual idleness. Yet there are many young ladies who choose to think so.? There are very mahjr girls of limited means, in large cities, who would gladly employ their leisure hours in some way that would prove, remunerative to .them, if they could do so without the fact of their being thus employed being known outside of their own family?circles. Rather than-this, these fastidious girls will submit to ouy privations, and pass hours of each day in listless idleness that ought and could be put to profitable upc Another of the results of this false pride is the fostering of a spirit- of idleness, which almost completely unfits them for house duties, and more especially those which devolve upon them after marriage. Hence the mauy unhappy marriages growing out of a want o' familiarity with household duties, and a positive disincli nation to perform them. Honest Forsooth.?An honest old Pennsylvania farmer had a tree on his premises he wanted to cut down, but be ing weak in the back, and having a dull axe, he hit upon the following plan :? Knowing the passion among his neighbors for coon hunting he made a coon's foot out of a potato, and proceeded to imprint numerous tracks to and up the tree.? Win n all was ready, he informed his neighbors that the tree must be filled with coons, pointing to the external evidence mado with , his potato foot. The bait took, and in a short time half a dozen fell ows, with ^^ft"S^ftj"!f9*f\ were chopping at tho base of i|:-/-ti-Vg,,eieeh taking their regular turn. TheJ'party also brought dogs and shot guns, and vgSjjjMa'eestacies over the anticipated hau||?f1fn,t coons, The tree finally fell, but nary coon was seen to "drap." 8?u Among certain Amazonian tribes the Indian bride-groom is subjected to a strange test, "While the marriage fes tivities are going on his hand is tied up 'n n paper bag full of fire-ants. The bites of these creatures arc said i Vo be truly terrible?the bitten parts feel ing as if they were toiturcel by burning c ?als. If tho bridegroom can bear tho test spoken of, he is considered equal to tho trials of matrimony. isST" A Connecticut youth, who read in a Hartford paper of the largo clerical force omployed by ouo of tno insurance compaies, called at the office the other day with a young lady and politely asked to have one of tho clergymen >narry them. It is declared by au Indiana editor who "can't stand it any longer," that the only difference bctweeu the entrance to a barn and a lounger around newspaper offices is, that th j oue is a barn door and the latter a darn' bore.