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ill ;I 62 riOR ANNUM, ? 6.1. III. ''??? .1 10 >??J?.-!?! vJlrOJ W ?pl'-' -i'^iiU .... "On we move ItfPTSSOIAJBLY eirmj GOD Ale ?>. -I :i T!i r. i ? ,-.-,-1 i _. m iff TV I ??????? -- OUAKGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA. Tl piny* ii..y-t,-iififi 'j j:_ ;_hUj^ r^ii-riittt-lrttfcr; NATuia: mn 'the sabie/' i,m' 'ttS?AY, FEBRUARY 26, , 1874 Vit ol ( i < 1 /.? ... . ?_ ? i ?-r-?.. .-i?_c3g? ?( IN ADVANCE No 3 THE OllANGEBURG TIMES ?:o:? Is published every THURSDAY, AX URA NGE?URG, C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA liY 0RAW6EBURG TIMES COMPANY. Stephen B, Fowles, Agt. RATES OF ADVERTISING. space. 1 square, 2 cqunrcs, t squnre?, 4 squares, 1 column, I column, column, j \ In-|l2 In bcrtion scrtion 24 In- 48 In sertion jsert ion 1 50 3 00 4 00 5 00 5 50 8 50 G 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 13 00| 55 00| 83 00|12? 00 bUBSCRiTTlON KATES: $3 a rear, in advance?$1 for nix months. ^TOlt PRINTING in its all depaitruenta nejitly.executed. Giveuna call. W. J. DeTreville, ATTORNEY AT LA W. Office at Court House Square, Orangchurg, S. C. tncb 13. lyr ATTORNEYS AT LAW, RUSSELL STREET, Orangchurg, S. C. J ss. F. I/.i.Aii. S. Dinm.e. inch ?-lyr ATT<) HN K Ytt AT LAW )oor Noitb of Post Office, '. ?? Oi'rxriij*?l)iiri5, St. C Tnorf. W. Olovku, Moutimeii Glovek, Julius GiIovkh. Feb. 19 tf Kirk Robinson dcai.ck in % ?m BjoUs, Mtu\oar.(i .Stationery, and Fancy Articles, CHURCH STREET, ORANGEBTJRG, C. H., S. C. nu h 0 COTTON GINS. rpiIE UNDKRSXiNFD IS AGENT FOR .L the celebrated Prize-Medal Taylor G in j of which he has sold- 23 in this county. Also, the Noblctt it Goodrich Gin, highly recommended by Col. D. \V. Aiken and others. On hand. One 50 Saw, and One 4.r> Saw TAYLOR GIN. One 42 Saw, NEU LETT & GOODRICH GIN. ItUBBKK BELTING furnished at Agent's prices. J. A. HAMILTON. July 10, 1873 21 tf E, N. Morison, Q. Tucker Williams MOKISOJV & WILLIAMS, 05 South Cay St., BALTIMORE <MX>. General Commission .Merchants, Consignments solicited, and ordern for goods promptly tilled at wholesale market prices. Liberal advances mado on all consignments of every description. COTTON A SPEClAI.TYj Refer by consent to Mr. John A. Hamilton. Orangchurg S. ('-, Peimhnun ?S: Hros. Win Devries ?i (Jo. Shrivcr, Duck & Co. Wi (i. Ransciner A Co. E. I?. Parker it Cd. &pcncc & RE1D, National. Exclmngo Rank. Baltimore Md. Geo. W. Williams. 1 ( Jam his numoR. Jit; Wh.mAm Hiuxie. V -J Fuank 10.Tayi.ou. Jos. R. Roiikktson. j ( Rojit. S.Catiicaut. Geo. W. Williams & Co. 3?'ACTORS AND OommissioTi jVEe rcl in n t s CHARLESTONS C. -AND Williams. Brinie &. Co, Commission Merchants, 66 Reaver St, & 20 Exchange Place, New York. tt?X?TJberal Advances made on Cotton and Produce -hipped to us at either point. Ja n8 49 3 in WHAT THE WIND-ELVES HEARD AND SAW the west wind! .1 The saddest sound I ever heard Wan die Availing pluiut of a luoUy^blrdr q yr For the one woo nestling that cheered her nest, Dead, with a thorn in its pretty breast. the south wind: I have known u sight that wan sadder still; There's a grave up yonder, upon the hill, And a mother wcep.s at her poor hoy's name, For Iiis ruined soul, and his guilt and shame. THE WEST WIND*: The sweetest sight that 1 ever knew. Wan the kisi of two lovers whoso love was true, As they pledged themselves, conic weal or woe, One path in life they should henceforth know. tim", south wind: Once, when a weary old man died, I saw heaven's gates swung open wide, And his wife, who an angel long had been, Stretched welcoming hands und cried, "Dear, come in!" And the look on her face! I was dumb with awe, A sight that wan grander I never buw. the west wind: Last night, when the stars were out in the blue Like a dead white lily kissed by dew, I saw a baby of two short years. Wet with its mourning mother's tQars. the south wind: I saw a mother go in one day Through the gates of heaven, and heard her'ray1 ?'13 my baby here?" And they put in her arms A wee child, sweet with a baby's charms; And she cried as she kissed it, her face aglow, '1 have found my babe! This is heaven, I know!' SHE HAD FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH IN PHIl'a. Mr. Gimmel hud fathomed nil its mys lories to the lowest depths, and el*? plained them to me?how to push n little when u messenger would pop out of the floor; jerk tit the ring us if you wanted a shower-bath, and the fire department would come, locomotive speed, for our domicile, supposed to be in flames. On the second day of the 'dore.esttca tion of the latest modern convenience- in our abode my first-born summoned for messengers. The inquisitive boy went, suppcrlcss to bed on the eventful day. Tlib' mother paid the messenger, and economized by saving the child's evening meal. But the crowning triumph of the ccin venicne*; was not yet come, and it cant on a dark rainy night. I was sleeping the sleep of innocence,when*Mrs. G arous cd me with the obi news that there were robbers trying to get into the house. Having received this information so often in the still watches of the night, I disre garded it and dozed on, btit only to be jostled again by'my wile, who)was wrought up to so high a degree of excitiinen*. She insisted upon my hearkening. I heark cued. I did bear a noise of some kind, and I proposed to investigate. Oh, don't screamed Mrs. G.; you'll be killed! Think oi'Fostcr Probst! I'll save us both from (ho blood-thirsty wretches! She rushed to her telegraph box ami pushed and pulled. P.'baw! said she; I've made a mistake! And she pushed and pulled some more. Oil, dear, cried she, pettishly I was right at first. Then there wad a noise in the back yard again. Then my wife lugged with might and main, screaming hysterically the while Now1 you see, Alph, what a jewel of a wife you've got. Our latest modern con venieuco will save our lives?the lives of our pcrrccious ehcyild. Here there was a terrific ringing tit our door bell. Hun down, Gimmel; it's the needed succor, said my wife. I obeyed. No sooner had opened the door than a policeman grasped me. Ah, you uro the burglar, are you ? New dodge, eh! Rigged up in a nightshirt with a caudle in your hnnd! Cunning lady! But I am too old a bird to be caught with such chaff. lie shook my night garments as though they contained burglars in eveiy stitch, and was about to drag me out of my own bouse?out into the rain? when three dripping, strudy boys came trudging ovor the threshold, followed by more hurry ing men. Wo be the messengers, sir,,bailed all .n chorus. I brought ? doctoV, 'fiaid the first; he is coming Up the steps. I brought a midwife, screamed tbet second. > I want to know as to where I am to go bellowed tho third. And while I stared in speechless won der, a fifth lunatic came tearing up the steps with a metalic knapsack on bis back, and a hose and pipe in bis hand. Tell tne whore's the fire, said be. Then snuffing tee air, he shouted: I smell it here! and bursting open the parlor door, he played a stream of stale soda'water on the piano from his knapsack. The policeman began to regard me with speechless Wonder, and would have demanded an explanation or an apology had no more policemen arrived with h.undculls and revolver*. My neighbors to the right and left of me came in armed with bed-posts, in the hurry of alarm wrenched off. Hbur men who dwell across the street came with shot guna, base ball clubs, billiard cues, and a feather brush; and to heighten the din, a steam fire engine cr.mc thundering up to the door, screeching like a locomo live with n but! cold, and close befliind clattered the insurance patrol wagon, which no sooner came to a halt than two men leaped from it with a great roll of tarpaulin, with which they ran into tin* I pailor and unrolled it over the sohV*. 1 center table. Surrounded on <??* r-v .?? my house rendered a b'd"-,n? 1 sought i out the Bcfgant of ?-?co? ?ml htftribiy asked what i' nil j Why von *??> Gimmel, said he, i vour (li^'i^t alarm-box struck so fiercely j-or police, messengers, and lire, that in i duty bound we all came to see what could bo done in the premise.;. My wife set the magic a-going, .said t; to seek my spouse, .vhom 1 found lt-uning out of our bac'f chamber windeWj intcutj ly regarding the yard. She was support id, in flank and rear, by my neighbors, armed with guns, bats and cue.-. I tell you the robbers are down there, and I didn't ring for fire; at least! didn't intend to. Madam! sdioulcd the policeman at the back stoop, in a voice hot to be contra dieted, there are no robbers bore. But 1 hcaid them with my own ear*, prcsisted my undaunted wife; I beard them trying to climb up the tin water spout. That was it, was it? asked the cerulean guardian of the peace. Yes, just! determinedly snapped out Mrs. Gimmel. Loud, and long, and hearty laughed that policeman) and between bin resonant guffaws ho gulped out? It was?ha! tin! ha?a?bo! he! he?a cat!?bo! ho! ho?a playing with?ha! ha! ha?an empty tin tomato can?ha! ha?which it arc rolling around this, here blessed yard for you all to see! IIa! ha! ha! My wife began to weep, the neighbors to btugb, the patrolmen to condemn their owncyos, the fire .neu to smell the battle, and the three messengers to dance a triple jig in the hnjlway. Did I comfort my solitary wife? No; I left her to the tender mercies of the police sergeant, aud con soled the erowd with the an.ber-eolorcd contents of a decanter. Jim W If and tho Tom (Lts. That night my sister Mary gave a candy pulin. They started us on to bed early,so as the company could have ful[ swing, and we run in on Jim to have some fun. Our window looked out onto the roof of the ell, and about 10 o'clock a couple of old torn cats got to rarln' and chargin around it, and carryiu' on likesin. There was four inches of snow on the roof, and it was frozen .so that thero was a right smart crust of ice on it, and the moon was shining bright, und we could see them cats like dayliglit. first they'd stand off and e-yow-yow ybw, just' tho same as if they was cussin' one: another, you know and bow up their backs and push up the': tails'; and swell around and spit, then all of a sudden the gray cat he'd snatch a handful cd'fur out of the yallor cat's ham, and spin htm round like the button on a barn door. Hut (ho yallor umiUwwmuft i ?i ??? ??? cht was t and the * une, nnlf n?<riS$n% a'hd clinch, vf.!tlitiyM 'g?hge, arid1 bi to arid tbo way liey'd make - the fur fly, was'| powerful] ? Well, hm be got disgusted, with Jlio row, ancljlowed ta'd climb out there and slmkc' $ri oft"n that rc'of- He hadn't rccly ?bfion of/doiii' it. likely, but we evcidnjKb-ly doggediiiiii,' and bullyrag ged hi A'and. 'lowed ho'd always bragged, iiow hjyftvouldn't take a .dave: arid so on till biu^by bo bigbstcfl up. t'.e. window, and, lo||ud bebolo^'wU^ lie wont?WCJ|^ oxaotlvfealie was, n'oflnii* on but a shirt and it Jju; short:i!*QTut,y'?lt ought to .^ecii him. >! fon'iought' to seen him creepin over tlut ice, and diggin'his toes, naila in to k ep from slippin; and 'hove all you ought A seen that shirt tail a (lipping in the Vijiul, ami them long ridiculous shnnkfef his glistciiin' in the moonlight T!:*a company folks was down there undoilhe eaves, the whole squad of 'em j uuderfChe ornery shed of old Wnshinton Bcwef fines?all settin' round about two dozen'; $scrs of hot candy, which they'd sot in f ie siiow to cool. And they9 was hi light fand talkin' lively; but bless you they wfin't know nothin' about the pan (u ;unaVhnt. wiw goin' on over their heads. Wcdl>i\m l?c wont ?? sncakin' up unue knoiug to them tomcats?they were a <wislj^^''n,-,,5,;,u ot'a y,nv vowin* and t|. du' to clinch, you know und not pnyiuVfUiy attention?he wentusneakin' right s?;) to the comb of tlie roof, till be ! was ioln. mol'ii a half of 'em, ami then all of? Sudden lie made a grab for the yalle'i; cat! Hut by go>h be missed fire mi'] sfi pj'icd Iiis holt and his heels flew up und In) flopped on his back, and .-hot off'n thafcj^ofiike a dart!?went a sloshin' d(>w\j|boiigh the old rusty vines and !:rn;!' j! l ight into the dead centre of them eoni;|.:y people!?-.oL down like a yearth- | y i\\ ihein Ivo dozen sas.sers oi" red Mi^Uvt o'?jLhowl 'that was liavk f ill* the tomb! Tin in gals?wei looked, you know. They see bo wasn't' dressed for company, and so they left. All done in a second it was just one little war hoop and a slush! of their dieses, and blame the wench of 'cm was in sight anywhere! .Jim he was a sight. Tic was go'rmcd with that bilin' hothiiohisses candy clean down to his heels and had more busted sassers hangin to him tlmn if he was an Injun princess?and bo come.-: a prancin' up stairs, just a whoopin' and prancin' and every squirm he dropped some candy And blistered! Why why bless your soul, that poor eretur couldn't rccly set down comfortable for as much as four weeks. An Arkansas F arther's Advice to I!is Son. Boh, you ar? about leaving home for strange parts. You're going to throw ma out of the game, and go it alone. The odds is agin you Bob. but reinciuber al ways that industry and perseverance arc the winning cards; they a'ro "bowers/' Book laming and all that sort of thing will do to fill up with, like small truo\ps. but you must have the bowers to back 'ein', else they aillt worth shucks. If luck runs agin you pretty strong, don't cave in arid look like a sick chicken on a rainy day, but bold your head up and make believe you're Hush of trumps; they w ont play so hard agin you. I've lived arid traveled around sonic, Bob, and I've found out that as soon as folks thought you held a Weak hand they'd all buck agin you strong'. Bo when you're sorter weak, keep up a hold front, but play < uu lioits; be satisfied with a pint. Miiny's the hands I've seen euchred 'causethey played for lob much. Keep your eyes skinned, Bob, don't let 'em "nig" on you; roeeolloet the game lays as much with the head as with the hands, lie temper ate; never get drunk, for then no mtitter bow good your hand, you won't know how to play it; both bowers und the ace j wont save you, lor there's sari in to be a ?'miss-deal'' or Hpincthirig wrong. And another thing, Hob (this win .-poken in a low lone), don't go too much on the wo j men; queens is kinder poor cards; the more you have of 'em, the worse for you; yob might have three arid nary a trump. 1 don't .-ay discard 'cm all. if you get hold of one that's a trump, it's all good, and there's .-art in to be one out id'lour. I And above ii'!. Bob, be honest; never !'V? ^?j^TTrH-r- trj/.otiiTr.-jTTi?in; j > i 'vt?"? P9#n'l .^rick^L don't bejyngdo. you, nor "slip" cards, nor "nig," for then mijoJ ;v) m.mi ?; rJq*fhu , you can t look your man 111 tho face, and when that's the cane there's no lun in the gtittie;-it's teglar? ''cut-throat.V ' So new Bob,Tarewelfy remember wot tell you,aud )ou'llhc sure to win, and i?you don't/ sarvea you right if yoUfgeti'Iskhnked.''' Finance--roiiucai niconomy. tq >jen adi la ,nuJy* t?J dfuo i m<>f; c?r? We should judge, from careful ooser; vatiori'tfiat' tne^lSew iork Mercantile Journal's1 idea! bf* 'issuing rintmimTpaphr money made a full-legal tehder,vtbc'Value' and volume regulated by its interchange ability, at the option'ofHhc holder, with Government boudd;benrhig a fixed [equit* aldc^.rate of interest,.is gaining.ground. The publishers of that well-known and able paper have been promulgating this money theory for many years; and by means of its large aud wide spread circu lation have been quietly but surely ad herent. Aided by. the circulation.of the Dry Goods Journal, the grocers' Price Current, the hardware Price-Currcnt,und the Druggists'Journal?all published by the New York Mercantile Journal Com pany?they arc wielding a powerful in fluence. ? j.-.?, i.,lU:l)V,iiv.to attract :ereater attention to the subject of Currency and a still wider, range of thought, this enter prising Company offer a premium of two thousand dollar*, us noticed in these columns a few weeks since, for the best' manuscript of an Elementary Treatise on Political Economy, adapted for the u ;c ns a Text-hook ju Public Scools; tho work, when published, to contain only about one hundred nnd twenty octavo pages, using large type, viz: Bourgeois or Long Primer, i The committee of award coiikteja of seven ??eminent gent leihen]'of which Hon. George OpdYke, un able political eoonoiuht, i s Chairman.'.' [The tinieauc handing in tho competing Alau ns^bjts do thei Conmijtteo has been ex tended to 1 JeecUioei^fnl New York Evening Mail. A Stkaxuio P.vtn Ax Indian MoTin;ii and iiki: A noiir.u DAU?irrt:ii.-r:Among the poBaengcrs who arrived in Baltimore yesterday morning from Norfolk, Va., I were Lucy BlaekwcM, a full blooded In dian woman, and a young; white girl, Lucy Powell, who wore enrouto for Clevchind, Ohio, where Mrs. Blackwell has considerable property. The girl was aged nineteen years, of the blonde type, had very light hair, deep blue eyes, fair complexion and rosy checks. After leav ing the Norfolk steamer they proceeded to Cartitlon street railway station; ami from the affection bestowed upon the Indian woman by the. white girl considerable curiosity was created iu those who chanc ed to be iu the ladies, ? reception room nt the depot and witnessccd the attention of the oirl. Tho Indian woman finally sta ted to a lady that sho was born in Flori da, aud was the daughter of a once noted Indian chief. Many years ago her father died, when she, with others of her tribe, removed to the interior of North Caroli lina.'and nt a later date she removed to Kaltigh. There she became acquainted with a white lady, who, upon her death bed, bequeathed an infant, six months of age, and who grew up to be tho young giil Lucy Powell. Almut six months ago the young girl was abducted from the Indian woman by a colored woman, as sisted by a colortd man, but she was res cued by friends and restored to her adopted mot bor. The mother spoku the ICnglish language well. A French writer has discovered .from nu exniutuatioif of several thousand judi cial inquests some curious (on, tu res regard ing Mticide. He says that premeditated suicide take place in the night or a little before day, while accidental or unpreme ditated suicide usually takes place du ring tho day. At every ngo men choose a peculiar mode, of suicide. In youth he has recourse to hanging, which be soon abandons foi firearms or desperate leaps, later be prefers drowning, und as his v'g br declines he reverts to the easiest mode, arid it is generally by hanging that the old m'uu shuttles oil' his mortal coil if he is a suicide. A sign on an eating house on the New Jersey Railway says: Coffee and eggs fresh laid bv Mary .1 ines; hardly a county "in the State in i\vm\aiv property is not outrageously over-assessed for purpose oflaxation. A special act to, provide lor a new assessment in Marion will afford some relief . to tho.-people-of* that county-, out- similar lcgislatiotr"i*B' needed throughout the State, I The i late 'should ho a general, one, and shotdd pio? vide for, the prompt hearings of < appeals frpnitho*}ecisimt of tho county officers. These appeals should he heard before ,tbo to so arrange theJa^.iis^djsCjQuro^ari.^^S ]>cuIw.whieii.wiiiiboi iin>Jo only iteiewl?? trass the officiary flr^o.^put/oif, without tjii bimd (mm"" ' TT-n l.u-.?>. .h-Alam ? ' Quiet, but firm. "Wanted, bv a strong v - . ny?:;i.J'*5 ; o* noqnq ifro, -: German, a situation in an eating house. He understands the business."-H"M' ' .v-itq Jenkins told bis son* who proposed to buy a cow in partnership, to bo sure and buy the binder half, as it eats nothing and gives all the milk. :b uvi.H'tt bun Mi-nr A farmer reading a journal.to his wife in which was the sentence, "The President was received with threo huzzas," pro nounced the last word "hussies." "More shame for hba'"'exclaimed the indignant"1 lady. :!; i . ' ".u-. Im/; t?oO Our word s?pcrciliduVis -sibg?larly** enough' derived fr?in the Latin aupercii iujo*, which means/.the .eyebrow* The. word,is ^mjploycd .to .denote haughtiness* from the supposition that the eyebrow is the feature which is most employed in ex pressing the feeling. :' A country paper exclaims; "Lives a nian with soul so dead; who never to him ' self has said, I'll pay before I go to bedj* the.debt I owe the printer. Yes, there are tome we know full ,,wcll, who,ney$*? such a tale could toll, but they, M^fe will .go Lp-Hrali, the place where there's campaigning after three mouths expe rience, asked General Thomas to grant him leave of absence, because he wanted to see his wife. "Why, I have not seeu mine for.threei years!" was the General's reply, intended to bo conclusive. But the hoinc-sick warrior was equal to the occasion, and reported: "Wall, you seo, me and my wifo ain't that kind." A lady from the country entered onk of our grocery stores and asked the clerk if he wanted to purchase any chickens?a couple of them?at the same timo throw?.' ing a couple of live ones on the counter,. The clerk replied that he did, and as tho tied pair showed considerable anxiety to bo released from their unpleasant'nx/ws asked her "if they would lay thero"*--*^ meaninghvould they lie a .few moments mi the counter until lie could attend to them.. "Lay there?"' iudignautly asked, the old lady, "of course not?them's roos-? ters, they won't lay nowhere." "'Hold on ! don't shoot! I'm not nn animal, but a fellow-being," exclaimed a lonely traveler, us he suddeuly eamo' upon a hunter who had leveled li'rifle at bis breast, and seemed about td 'fir*?* "I must about you,'.' was the ominous arm,* p!y "I'm uudcr a vow to do lt. I vowcftki Vears ago that if ever eamo uponomn,!}^ uglier than I am I'd .-hoot him down on. the spot." The traveler gave the hunter one searching glance; add then, with deT' tcrmined voice, said. Shoot away. If I'm uglior than you arc, I don't want to. ; live," The crack of the hunter's rifle was not heard. A story has been told of a graceless scamp who gained access io theClaroadon printing office in Ox ford, England, where the forms of a new edition of the Episco pal Prayer Book had just been made up and were ready for the press. In that' part of the "form" containing the mar* ri ige sorvice, he substituted the letter k for the letter v in the word live; ami thus the vow, "to love, honor, comfort, etc., so I.uig as ye both shall live-," was niado to reau "so 'mug as yq both shall Elkfe. The change was not discovered till tho whole edition was printed off. If tho sheets thus rendered useless in England bo still preserved, it would bo a good specu iation to have them neatly bound and forwarded to Indiana, Connecticut and Chicago.