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ORANGBBUR^:?. C, FJBSO^f g ,4 13J80..'. /,.
No. 36.
The Loss of a Wife.
In comparison with the loss of a
wife, all other bereavements arc tri
fling. The wife I she who fills so
large a space in the domestic heaven ;
she who is busied, so unweariediy, for
the precious ones around her ; bitter,
bitter is the tear taat falls upon her
cold clay I You stand beside her
collin and think of the past. It seems
an amber-colored pathway, where the
sun shone upon beautiful flowers, or
the stars hung glittering overhead.
Fain would the soul linger there. No
thorns are remembered above that
sweet clay, save those your hand may
unwillingly have planted. Her no
ble, tender heart lies open to j our in
most sight. Yoq think of her now as
all gentleness, all beauty, all purity.
But she is dead! The dear head
that laid upon your bo?ora rests in
the still darkness, upon a pillow of
clay. The hands that have adminis
tered so untilingly, are folded, white
and cold, beneath the gloomy portal?.
The heart whose every beat measur
ed an eferuity; of love, lies under
your feet. The flowers she bent over
with smiles, bend now above her with
tears, shaking the dew from their pe
tals, that.the verdure arouri'd her may
be kept green and beautiful. There
is no white arm over your shoulder :
no speaking face to look up into the |
eye of. Love ; no trembling lips to
murmur, "O, it is so sad." There is
so strange a stillness in every room !
No light footstep passing around.
No smile to greet you at nigjtfall.
And the old clock ticks'and strikes,
and strikes and ticks?it was such
music when bhe could hear it! Now it
seems to knell Only the-hours* through
which you watched the shadows of
death ga* he ling upon her sweet face.
And every day the clock repeats the
old story. Many another tale it teil
et h too?of joys past, of sorrows
shaicd,of beautiful woids and deeds
that are rcgisteicd above. You fuel!
(), how often do you feel that the
grave cannot keep her.
Abraham Lincoln ou Gen. Hancock.
Mr. James A. NcDougol, a promi
nent Republican of Baltimore is re
sponsible for the statement that Abra
ham Lincoln said to a Rallomorc del
egation that lie regarded Gen. Han
cock as the ablest soldier in the
Northern army. One of the visitors
rather demurred, saying that Han
cock was "rash," whereupon Lincoln
replied : "Yes, so some of the older
Generals have said to me, and I have
said to them that I have watched Gen.
Hancock's conduct very carefully,
and I have found that when he goes
into action he achieves his purpose
and comes out with a smaller list of
casualties than any of thorn. Bold
he is, but not rash. I tell you gen
tlemen, that if Ids life and strength
arc spared, I believe that Gen. Han
cock is destined to be one of the most
distinguished men of the a^e. Why,
when I go down in the morning to
open my mail?and I rise at 4 o'clock
?I do it in fear and trembling, lest 1
may hear that Hancock bus been kil
led or wounded.
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Forfeitrd Lands.
The Comptroller General has sent
to the various County Auditors mid
Treasure is a circular, stating that
"upon an Inquiry made by the Audit
or of Colleton County as to the con
struction of the Acts of Assembly Ho
cxtnnd tho time for the redemption of
forfeited lands,' approved December
23, 1879, and Feburary 19, 1880,
being rospeelively Nos. 629, 207, the
following endorsment was made;
"The intention of the Legislature
was no doubt to extend the lime of
redemption to 3l8t October. The
words used in the Act raise a doubt
whether the purpose was uccomp ish
ed.- This office is inclined to construe
the Act liberally and accept the evi
dent intention.'' Upon inquiry at
the Comptroller General's office we
ascertained that the circular -was .In
tended to relate only to those
lundfi that were forfeited prior to Feb
uary, 1880.?Columbia Register.
F. A. Sawyer.
Here is another ease, that almost
makes one lose faith in human nature.
In 1644 there graduated from Har
vard University a young man of won
derful promise. Ho was 22 years old
and the world opened bright and pro
mising before him. He was, 1 believe
for a time a teacher in Harvard, and
subsequently he founded a very suc
cessful school in Massachusetts.
Sonio time afterwards he went South
as principal of a StJte normal schools
The war coming on he was driven
from the State and came North. At
the close of the war he went bank to
the Southern State as collector of in
ternal revenue. When the State was
reconstructed he was elected to the
United States Senate, and served with
distinction for six years. He was
chairman of the committee on educa
tion and labor and a member of the
appropriotians and other important
committees. He. was a vpry strong
ana pleasing speaker, and stood, very
high among his colleagues. After his
term expired he was appointed assis
tant secretary of the treasury and was
at times acting secretary. It was
here that he fell, lie was courted
uud flattered and used. Wine, cards
and womeu did their part to occom
plish his fall. There were some ycry"
crooked transactions while he was in
ollice, and some way or other the asist
ant secretary lost his ollice and land
ed in jail. He was speedily got out
however, but' he became wretchedly
poor and got-to borrowing fifty cent
pieces of his old friends. It was a
pitiful sight to sec him about and
know w at he had been. Finally
somebody had him appointed to a
twelve hundred dollar clerkship (lie.
wrote a beautiful hand)- and it was
thought that he might pick up and
recover ; but he didn't. He had got
a passion for gambling, and whenever
he could obtain ihy indhcy he sought
the tiger and of course lost it, und
soon be lost his little clerkship. 1
understand he now borrows a dollar
or two whenever he can and goes in- j
to the lowest places and plays until'
it is gone. If lie has no nioney,
winch is nearly always the case, he
will sit where the game is going on
and keep the score for the low wretch
es that infest the dives he visits. He
once had a charming family of boys
and girls, but the J -ord only knows j
wbero they are now. If there is any- i
thing stranger or more revolting than
this in fiction I have never come j
across it.?Philadelphia Times.
Shocking Murders.
Two negro men in the employ of
Mr. Hugh Workman, of Laurcns
County, named Doisey Greer and j
Prince Greer, brothers, were founo
i
in Little River near Mrs. J. Ii. Leo?
urd's plantation on tbe edgo of Lau:
rens Co., last Saturday, by their fa
ther, who was fishing. They had
been missing since Tuesday night.
Quc had two bullet holes in the
breast and back, and the other one
ball in the right breast near the heart,
.hach one hud a rock weighing about
50 lbs tied to the body. One was
(touting on the top of the water, and
j the other almost covered with sand at
the bottom of the river. The verdict
Of .the coroner's jury was that they
came to their death by gun shot
wounds tired by tho hands of some
party or parties to that jury un
! known.
i_
j A young man ? in DuUuque; ?Iowa,
I lias become partially deranged over a
j mustache which refuses to sprout,
1 He waB formerly happy and good
i tempered. He is now morose, de
spondent, and melancholy. Gnc day
he visited a prominent <Jrug store and
pin chased all the different, hair res
' toratives to be had. After comple
ting tlte rounds he carried the bottles
to his room and put them aside for
future use. When he left the ropru
his sister found over a bundled bot
j tics in the bed tick, and all were war
ranted to cause hair to grow on the
smoothest skin.
I Take the Democrat.
The ?emoprats Must Har^optedi? ??
. Wo ogree entirely with the George
town iHmcain its^M^iHV^^
is no loqger any doubV as to' the
course the Republican party of this
State intends pursuing "in the ap
proaching imwl^mi ^V^iH^ 1
a convention to meet in Columbia 6n.
tlie 2d of September, for the purpose
of nominating nr. entire Slate-ticket,
froiu the' highest to the lowest officori
In other * words, th,cy ^ave gtyf/q ftiihj
Democrats fair notice of their inten
tion to enter the political arena1 with
all of their cohorts against them this
year, and of their' determination td
exert every effort to get the State
back into the hands of tbo political
plunderers again. This is, tho'issue',,
and the Democrats .will have to ;faco
it fairly arid squarely... It is to be a
fight between Radicalism -ftnd Democ
racy ; a contest between barbarism
and civilization. In view of such a
struggle, harmony arid unity must
prevail in'the Democratic party ; oth
erwise, wo may expect ignominous
defeat to be the reward of our Wran
gles and dissensions. If difference
exist among us, let us, ns true Demo
crats, who have the interest of our
county and Stale at heart, lay them
aside and enter the coming campaign
with a united'nnd solid front, prepar
ed to meet and defeat a bold and de
fiant enemy. Wei cannot afford to
suffer our personal grievances to in
fluence our action at the present
lime. There are considerations of >
higher moment before us than the ac
complishment of certain aims or the
advancement of the-interests of cer
tain individuals. Let . us march
against the foe as one harmonious
whole, and victory will sit perched
ifpon our banner in November.
A Collection of Patriots.c .
Taken individually and collectively
Ike .patriots who were invited to New
York lo moat the Credit Mobilicr can
didate for the Presidency were pecul
iarly adapted to the man and to the
occasion. Ex-Governors, ex-Sena
tors, ex-Secretaries,' ex-Commission
ers, ex-Ministers, ex-Generals, ox
CoIoucIb, ox-Clerks,' arid oilier extra
ordinary persoringes of the past, to
gether with a few present dignitaries,,
made up the nun ley assemblage at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Landaulet Wil
liams, Sccor Robesou, Relknap,
Ranks, now United States marshal,
and a patriot of many sides ; Hullock,
the notorious ex-Governor, of Geor
gia ; GotiQVer, cx-carpet-bag Senator ;
War mouth, ex-carpet-bag Governor
of Louisiana; Synhor, ex-carpet-bag
Congressman; Orth, the Venezuela
jobber; Storrs, who defended linb
cock in the Whiskey Ring trial, and
now fitly defends Garficld in the pav
ing job ; Filley, ex Postmaster at St.
Louis, whom Schurz pursued to the
biltcr end; Dorsoy; ex-carpat-bag
Senator; Pinchback, whom the Re
publican Senate refused to admit to a
seat, afterward voting him seventeen
thousand dollars for more than three
years . of salar}*; Clerical-Error
Stoughton, and other distinguished
personages, were conspicuous in tiie
throng around: the Credit Mobilicr
y.-.ndidutc. John Sherman, with a
specially detailed force of collectors
and revenue ?ftlciuls ?s his staff,'-gave
a festive sir to the occasion.?Neio
York, Sun. ... .
We wore inistaken in supposing Dr.
Tanner to be an American. Do is an
Englishman, and unless some fool of
an American shall fast forty cue days
and nights, the eagle bird of tbis glori
ous Republic will tuck his tail between
his legs with shame. uThe crowned
heads of Europe" have tbeir scornful
eyes upon us. Englishman have
learned to beat our rillenian and now
a "bloody. Briton" lias more notable
stomach than any , Yankee ?r South
erner. Alasd
'.; .'.i ~?!r '?? , i r, tr?j >? t .i? -,
Many poisons who rake through
another's chnractor with a line?tooth
comb, to discover a fault, could lind
one with less trouble by going over
their own character with a horsc
I rake.
ftmier*?1'Resolution's; > ?dT
BOTg" or ;cer^^taliA^ff-Mipn^.B^tryjoSj o?
F. W. Wagner &,Go.< ?f Charleston*
Si ?l, have threatened the latter .with
discontl^uHrlfee ?f ^atriira^30 iF said
thqIP. farmers ^ojt'jJJda; iCpu^y^ a^9
whoreas, il'is Ute indfepptablp rig^t
of frcemed^h?WPV?r'hubiblbv t? 'trade
parties if?famkfe f?A^ffS$$Mi
may indicate ; therefore, be iL resolv
ed by the farmers of: Middle Fen
Township, *?* mW meeting1 assenr
-bled,' '7?. ,!ff1om ' ! '
Jrf'*'7 /? 1o fir/fib t?a
;:F|rst. That wq!enter!our.)3.9^mn;
t * ''?IIA \ IHK? v Y ' i
originators, and sunpprfprs,
" Second.^Thut, we' reaar
HU*
measure
norancc,
extortioners^ who are ? disgrace tp
civilization. ' ,. h. , "7'* **,IJ
Third. We pledge QtiirW
hold our patronage fr'orA5ihe origina
tors and suppoiters'of this disgrace
ful measure ; "an<J. w^'V&lI1 upjoV'tpT,
farmers, and evefV Grange in 'JlMc1
county to aid us in o(ir efforts t]pj
make the'p(hpet,rators of thiB sna'me
f\d 'measure.Tcel'what they so'ltahly:
deserve. V ' . jJJ*
Fourth. That a copy of these pre
ambles apri resolutions, be published
in the county papers and the Neiua
and Courier., * ' u ;
XV. M^Anim^ -v 1
?EfM-?r? >.**
?t 7?i TvfU) .r. ii.i \-J -\ O?tLVVJ
Ornngaburg.jS. C.? Aug.; 2,4, 1T
,. j ^ Error ^Jfife^JI^^
Gnco wedded for life to an un\vor^
thy partrtdH'nri erfdr ba^'been'^irtde1
which will rob it of all sweetness:or
possibility- pf<.joy., hex, the, youn?
think of this, a d let them walk eure- j
fully in a world of snares, and take
heed to l\\?r steps lest in;: Ihe'mtistj
critical event of lifo they go, fata?y
astray. But hero we must *giiard
against another error. Mauy people
think they have made a mistake in
marriage, when the mistake is only
in their own behavior since tbey*werc
married. Good husbands make good
wives, ond good wives make good
husbands; and the scolding and in
temperate, or slatternly, pnrtnor of
ten has but himself or herself to
blame for the misery that clouds the
life aud desolates the homo. Multi
tudes who feel that their marriage was
a mistake, and who make their exist
ence a lifelong misery, might, by a
little self-denial, and forbearance, and
gentleness, and old-time courtesy,
make their home brighten like the
gates of Kdcn, and bring back again
the old love that .blessed the happy
golden days j gone by. ..And what
sweeter mission in life than that of
reclaiming the weak and sinful!
Locating the Equator.
An excellent instance of the way in
which the children in the average pub
lic school learn without learning is
related by Barnes* tfdwatiohal
Monthly. A leacher in one of our
public schools has been uqeUBtpuicd to
[rtnire her pupils to say : "The equa
tor is an imaginary line passing round
the earth," otc. It never occurred to
her that the boys and girls of her
school had no i,h'u what,an imaginary
I line meant, until one da}* a visitor
asked thorn how pride they thought
the equator is. Some thought it was
5,000 miles wide, others 2,000, and
others said, they could jump over it.
The visitor then asked how they
I thought ships -yot'oVe'r it? One i u
pil said he thought they got out and
drow Ihem over, and another said he
hud 'road that a can a J had been'dug
'through it! "What is the naroC of
this canal ?" > "The Suez canal IV was
the answer.
? ? ? ? . iittt i
-Trr.iirTir"-':-^
: ?Bellc-f*>*TM8 holly in ray hair
wants a litll6',; relief, it's too red.'"
Aunty?"Wellr"1 *vby not.put in a
sprig or two of raistlatoo, dear?"
Belle?uNonsense, aunty., J why, 1
should have all the young men kissing
me." Aunty?"Indeed, no my dear ;
they'd do nothing of the kind ; I've
tried 'em."
? '??"?? Tribute of Respeot. ,?
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At a meeting of the Sunday School
o? JJethlchem >M. E. Church, bold on
-tboijjpthf day of 4?% 1880, the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopte&r-'i! on ?iLam l.a*
'^Wiipreas/ it jhath pleased Almighty.
iQqv)^in the dispensation^ of; His 'all?
wisou providence', to remove from our.
mi ?ist and ' from car tidy labors to &
glorious reward abovc our well-beiov
eij nsipter, r Margaret Myers ; and,
,whereas, sister Myers was an active
and eflioient worker in our Sunday
School,- as well as;a faithful and- exK
e'j^pjjityrehmtran sin/all* <of Ufa's:
walks, Therefore, be it resolved, .. .
iK>F?f8lfc.Tliati while we bow 'with
Christian submission ;tp Ihe decree of
opr. JrJes1Y^e.nlyi:jKaiher, wjho doeth all
,things wisely and well, we Mff ever
cherish tlte'merii?ry of sister* My?rsj'
and endeavor to imitate her many
virtues; , avjidlMuui . . ni
Second} That we extend to the be
reaved family our sincere and deepest
sympathies iri this their gVbAtfafflic
Uon, and 'point themxtf the great
ComIbrtcr whoso grace will be r.-uUi
cient for tlmm. un^f10?ui) |Jna
Ihird. That these, resolutions he
published In the county papers.
,:.JS E:J.\S^K^;'81iperintre,nHcnt!.A
(.^jAu'Izi.XBj SeerethVy;"-- *i*aibi>U
but lOU Uiuoo?/ i ,.nt;i?aiol h! ?Joj
U II);nn,yoodQoi8m. ... y.
The three negroes arrested in Ala
bama for digging up dead white peo
ple and taking their bones na charms,
Were visited by a mob and shot to
death. They gave an account of
their proceeding and motives: Among
Oj^jr slaVemcnts was that to acquire
"card charm," three or more go 16 a
grave; biid tlnCcfs at the head and
prays; bile or more stand at the foot
and-cur'ae ; the balance dig down and j
get the bones abd fill up the g^rnvej
again, Ijtio drnyii^ and ci|i:8uig going j
onal' tile While. 'Then'all'Join in a1'
game of, cajds on the grave,' arid ail
have acqiiiied the ''clmrm.^'Tdie^
put the bones in a poke or string
them, and wear them about the body,
and, n3 they expressed it, "We have
good luck." They" lick dust 'of hu
man bones, and wet the tips of their
fingers while they handle or play
cards, and havo "good luck." They
rob the cards against the bones about,
their body for "luck.*' And they
swallow dust for "good luck" in any
undertaking.
_'._LL'_L_; '
After Marriage. >
The happiest marriages ore IhoB*
in which a liigh type of friendship fol
lows love. Friendship of a sublimat
ed sort is what love becomes after'ft
year or so of marriage; and he who is
friendly to the very depths of his
soul enters into this state happily,
and is ready for all the delights that
follows. But a man who" is capable
of nothing but that fleeting affection,
which ever pursues a new object, and
cares for no woman when she is won,
hates the domestic t'cs and becomes
detestable in consequence. * It is the
man who would die for his friend, and
|for whom his friend would die,
who makes a miraculously happy wife
of tho woman lowborn he scarce
ly kneW how to make love when he
coqrted'her. ' '
No Change.
It would seem that the love of the.
Republican party for tho negro is not
altogether of the earth earthy. ''Sup
set" Cox has interviewed anogio who
went to hell in a dream.
"Was there any Democrats there?"
"Yns, ri^hl smart sprinklin."
"Any Republicans?"
, ?4tIiell war full ob um."
JL*|What were they doing?"
"Iloldin' de niggahs 'twixt dem and
de fire." -
*'..>. ? i p rj U'?K,divj alf it
.j AI I ) d< ? *(if/ ,1
A yankce came .running down to a
pier just, as a steamer was starling.'
The boat moved off somo four or five
yards and he took a jump, and, com
ing down on the back of his head o;n
deck, ho lay stunned for two or three
rfiinntes. When he came to the boat
hod gone the best part of a quarter of
a mile, and, raising his head, ami
looking to the shore the ynnkee said,
?'Great Jehosaphat, what a jump !"
Tanner Eolipsod by a Womgn> '
x Yesterday morning Mrs: Chatter
mug, a lady living in Nevada street;
got excited over the account of Tan*
nor'n fast, and ?oanounced that- she
would' refrain from talking for forty
days.4 i SUe qegan at 9 o'clock in the
mornipg yeoterday, apd lO.dp/ner*!
pulse Was so feeble fronp exhaustion
that the physician feared she would
die at noon. At 11 her heart beat
2G a minute, and her respiiations were
hardly noticeable.. Her ftjends ^ere
urged bar to, discontinue her. terr
task* and ,t#ld her some gossjp about' (
a neighbor, . On Idling it.she imme
diately rushed from the bouse and
going across the.B.treet^njet, a lady
triend and ta)ked7 nuw o^?O^fa^sC '
night? and, ja, no^^y 0?fer?^. ? !fterf (
record, of nearjyj.^two (^^ra , and ia (
quarter of absolute silence now takes
n}S> place at the lop of the Hat.. Con- '
gratulatory letters are pouring in from
qll sides, and she has had several
Offers, to take the lecture field.? Car*-.
'speculhro' about'wliile passing ttirougb
'ife. It1 is^ingmar ' thai,, m'sn^'] tbe
bu^J is tine oblv anlm'at tnSt requir
es am?semerV^ '^ifo other aptm'ai 'brf ''
the |(&ce of the earthiis driven tb 4 tlie: 1
base expedience wf?c]fj man 1?T com
pelled to resort for diversion. ' Man**,
the1 plia^ removing bljoed^'m^s^^eeofs ''
kill time; and, if tb6 criminal law
.?..rTo ij Mil 7o ? ea ourTll -?tJJ lo
were1 Ito select outoflbo murderers
? "1*?* Ici.i, r.U Jo *?i..fj jilJ uL m
those who commit crime for the satte
of something to, do, it would be found
that a yas,t^nmbcr of innocent vie-,
posed victim was pooi
Si* "JJ :'? ? Ti'TuUji?) .ft* 1-OllT -?f|l To "?/!
'Why the time .of jtugse hu^an oeioga ,
sh?uld be created and given into their
harnTs ;^Pr 'tfem^o kliits^a1:
thing which the Creator thereof can,
alone explain.
t The Greenville News very pertin
ently says i "A correspondent writing
to an exchange from Anderson, de
plores the luck of Democratic enthu
siasm in that country. This is as it
should be. Where enthusiasm is re
quirt-d jii3t now is in the cotton field?.
I When the big bales arc. rolling in the
people can turn to and devote them
selves to piling up the majorities for
Hancock and I lagoon with a clear
, conscience. Very little artificial aid
j is required to bring a man to his post
' in Ibis section when the lime comes.
I We will have yelling and working
{enough during October to satisfy any
! body. Election day is two months off
lyet.? ~ ? 1
Wimen, being by nature ty us iful
and ignorant of evil, is the predestin
ed prey of the peddler. When'he as
sures them that lie is offering them an
opportunity to buy valuable artictes
at a ridiculously low rate,' they has
i ten lo buy. Wii?t i? Tcaiiy; ir??Cph
'euble is the fact that, though u wo
| man may be cheated by six succes -
; si ve peddlers, bIic never permits her
j experience to lead her to distrust the ?
seventh. This faith in peddlers'; ris
ing triumpliantovor every other obsta
cle, is sublime ns weil at touching, *
and is a distinctive trait of? fill good
women. '* " .^????h?.{
"Wjikn the rebels sought to, break
up the Union, tho Republican pnity
rallied as a man to the flag," said
John Sherman, at Washington. Did.
Editor Clapp, that man of blood of
the Jiepubliwn, who ran the meeting
rally anj ? How much did Jim Maine,
of Maine, rally: , Whp, saw, Roncoo
Conkling hurry to the ^UJ) or
without a shot-gun? Where,,wae it
that the grisly John Sherman rallied
and how far? What flag (and where
did tho gory Arthur wrap himself
around??Greenville Neida.
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?"If I have ever used my unkiftd'
words, Hannah," said, Mr. Smiley, rq?
lketively, "1 will take them all.back."
"Yes, 1 suppose yOu want to use them,
over again," was the riot very soothr
ing reply.
