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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-15
M Z SC E L L A NE: o u s..
Pertinent Questions Answered.

+ The New Orleans Times contains the follow
ing pertinent bit of catechism, which will
puzzle the Radicals to confute,:
+ Did the Northern States ever, have. the in
stitution of slavcryY Yes.
Did they free their slaves? No.
How did they get rid Of the accursed things?
They sold their slaves to tho people of the
South. -N,
Why did they discontinue slavery in their
midst? Because it paid better to sell their
slaves than to keep them. !
Did they make any provision for the future
freedom of their slaves when they sold them
No. s. ;3
What States where chiefly engaged in the
slave trade? The Northern States.
Did they continue the trade after slavery
was abolished n'their midst? Yes-they cor1!
tinued it until the commencement of the war;
Which of the Northern States had the great
est number Of vessels engaged in this trade and
made rat most money by kidnapping poor Africans
and selling them into bondage q .NIasaachu-
setts. & : =.
Gould not i gong gress have passed radual
emancipation and colonization act, allowing q
moderate Compensation for slaves 2 It could.
Would such an net have been accepted by
the South !? Undoubtedly,
What promted the rebellion in the South !?
An assurance that the very men from whom
originally the Southern people purchased their
slaves, after they had been stolen from Africa;
were determined to release them without a
restitution of their own ill-gotton gains
in the premises, and to make use of the Freed
men as tools, in order to perpetuate their own
political supremacy: %. Il.
| Have the fears of tho South been realized
Yes.
1t is unnecessary to make further extracts
from this suggestive and retrospective cate.
| chism. If order is to be brought forth from
the existing chaos, the people of the whole
country must forget their chickering's, and ex-
hibit spirit of mutual forbearance.
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A Tail Of Einoshnii...

The mite WIZ klare without o fog, Sail Bets
and sat on a log Her ize wuz kast upon
the ski and her breast did heve with many, q
sigh. Her haire wuz az black az the blackes
cat, and her lips, Jerusalem! hold my hat! ME-
arm wuz around her little waisto, andI got readv
dy her lips to taste; but wheuceser Ido.a
thing SO chasto,.I never am in much nv d
haste =.
'Tis SADIE when you kiss the Nu York girls,
with pretty blu ize, and hair. that curls, they
ask you what you. are about and give you ~
slap right Oil the snout. The western girls tia
make =, bother: if you kiss them on one
cheek, tha turn to You the other. But give.
me irginia gurl fur kissin-tha beet awl
uthers lean to nuthing. Whenever yu gis
wun us 'em smack, tina pout UP their Inns
and kiss you back. ..
But tumi stori; mi deerest recder, don't cit
woarie; for If du git off my track, I've now
VI it'll trouble, found mi way back, and MY
theem again III never loze, as sure az this is
poetry or proze l
I pressed Sail Bets form tu mine, and lock-
cd down in her ize and as ], took her hand irf
mine couldn't speak fur size. Ncercr, nec.er;
mi lips to herzc did sneek.;a I felt her warm
broth ON mi cheek; Il Civ her little hand.
squeeze, when ,razing up her her head, she aeds
'"Take karc, Snooks, till / snseze.,
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A Heart.Rending Episode.
The London .uorning Hc,alrs military cor
gives the following story. +

The London .uorning Hc1altrs military cor
respondent gives the following story.
"a farmer, living in hamlet near Possnitz,
had wife and two children, and such was
that womnn's terror of the Prussians, when
she heard they were coming that her husband,
to satisfy her, placed her in an underground
collar, with her two little ones, and built up
the doorway, leaving somo food inside. The
Prussans entered the place, and, among others,
obliged this poor man to accompany them,
with his horse cnd cart for q days journey,
they said. But tho nan was brought. On from
place to place, and at last, when he was suf-
fered to return and reach his own house, several
days had elapsed. On the way back he began
to calculate how little food he had loft with his
wife and CHILDREN and horror stricken at the
dreadful thought that their cries might not be
heard, his hair is said to have turned white on
his homeward journey. His fears wero but too
real He tore down tho masonry, searched for
those SO dear to him, but only found three life
loss bodies half deseured by rats. Reason left
him at the dreadful sight, and he is now in the
hospital a. lunatc." ~
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LITE R A R Y.
s SEL E cTED.
MU.S'T-A-PH-A A
PHILANTHROPIST
A TALE OF ASIA. MINOR.

Mustapha' Ben Mustapha,' Ben Ali, Ben
Kalcd, thou vast well-known, ng-loved, and
deeply -lamcntcd. Tears arc still shed upon the
turban stone that marks the spot where thy re-
mains sleep the sleep of the holy; the young
men pray to be like thee, brave, beautiful, and
beloved the old men thank Allah, that thou
west the light efther infancy, and the glory of
their land Yet thy sun was long cloudcd by
sorrow, thynamc was long stained by calulnny,
and anguish long bowed to tho earth the brow
that was yet to o-wcar the heron plume Of power,
and the diamond chclcnck of Ihc favor of the
Sultan, king of kings.
The father Of. Mustapha was ono of the bcys
of Karamania, the chief of a tribe the lord of
n hundred villages, and crowning all,his honors
with the glory of having made tho pilgrimage
to Mecca. Thus rich, powerful, and u Iadgi,
he had obtained the highest rank of felicity
allotted to mortal man his name became a
.provcrb throughout Anatolia for prosperity ;
and when the Molah blessed the marriages of
the Mosiem, hc always added "May thy good
fortune be as the good fortune Of the Boy Mus
tapha, and may thy head be as firmly fixed on
thy shoulders; may thy purse as long escape
public robbery, and mayst thou, like him, sleep
on the pillow of security, till thou goest to the
world where men are neither plundcrcd, be-
headed, nor bowstringed, because they arc
richer, better, or longer-livcd, than their neigh
bors." ...,,-
But all have their troubles. There never
was a sky which will not show cloud now and
then. There never was lake without a rip
pie. Even the Boy Mrstapha had his troubles
They caliJ iii the shape eta son; that SOU wns
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terly, ef attempting to- put knowledge into The
heads Of asset. Let me escape but this once,
and the world may fool itself after its own way
for the rest of my existence" The reflection
was tardy, for the mutes were ii. the act, Of
fastening the string round his neck. Another
moment would have ext;ngrished the man of
genius. But at that moment q shell yhizzing
through the air, dropped into the centre Of the
group. The applicant of the. string was
crushed into mummy. Three other were shat
tered into fragments by the explosion. Mus
tapha stood free man again. Tho Vizier's
tent was set in blaze, and he rushed through
1t in the confusion and regained his. own; in in
finite wrath with blunderers of all kinds; but
not yet including the teacher of tactics to slip
per-mukers. -.
To Je Continued =:
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PUBLIC OFFICERS.
ORl.A,:NSGt;E;RURG l,.,: St;iE;RURG DISTRICT.

6,n,..ny-p. y. McAIciaef.
Coxu,ssro,gu Is EeulrY-v. D. " Jamxoi.
/, 41xnx or corlT--J..,!ep .,epll =: fobnson. s, !,
sHEnlFfEJ.lw. II. Dukes.
ConoxEnSe-c. p. Glover $; b ,s.sy. :, s.,.
TAX coLlEcrons Orange parisl. ~. W: Fairy.
st. Matthews Parish.-W. II. Dantzler
Assr. ASSESSOR U. s.. yREvEsuE.-Gcorge ".
Sturgeon.
AaESr run SrAMrs, Rep: v. Dibble.
MAalsrnArEs-Thomas F. Stokes, W: r. Tread
well, A. J. Gaskins F. W. Fairy. David L. Connor,
j. II. Fielder, Levin. Argoe, Il. " Dannelly, +. a.
Frice, w.a. Ehncy;lJl D, pricket Samuel T.. Moor
er, c. Is. Glover, Z. C. Holman, L. G. Duyck, F. NJ.
Wannanaker, D. O. Tindall
CoaMIssIoNsns TO Arpnovg~ sEcunirlEs--J. c.
Wannaihaker, Jnmes stokes d. RI Barton, Adam
Smoke, A. D. Frederick.
CoMMIssIoSEns OF -pUpLIc DrILDISas--wm NJ
Mutson, Hdrpin Riggs, E. Ezekiel Joseph p. Har-
10y, f. H. W. Briggmann.F So. sfs G.lN
COMMISSIONERS OF RoADs-Orange Parisl-Wcst-
ley Houscr, F. w. Fairy, Samuel NJ Fairy, Samuel
6. Fair, r. Livingston, W. s. Riley, Wcstley Cuer,
II. o. Wannamaker, NJ. e. W. Sistrunk, II. Living
ston James Stokes, j. D. Knots, II. F. Antlcy, John
8. Bowman, J. L. Moorcr, W. C. Moss Lewis Ga
rick, D. A, Yon.J. II. OCain, Ellison Connor, John
IrodiesyJ. g, tiuignard, Jacob Cooner, George
BYRD, J. TsJennings,. David Dnnneliy. s
COMMISSIONERS OF RoADs-St Matthews Parish
c. 8. Darby;W: Chime, NJ. X Holman. Andrew
Houser, J. A. Parlour, II. Shular, J. l.. Parour,
Owen Shular, T. G. Shular, W. L. Pou, J. ". Sell
lcrs, r. w. Batcs,J. w. Barbour, Augustus Avn-
ger, p. W. Avingcr, ]. D. Zeigicr, NJ. ). Keller, J..
C. Holman.
CoSiMIssIoNBns OF FREE ScHooLs-Orangc Parish
DaS;dfL. Connor, j.. R. Milhous Henry n. Smell,
John Jordan; NC. wetsone, JOHN Inabinc, DR..
q. n. Bowman, Samuel Dibblc. -,
..coMMIssIoSEns OF FnEE ScmooLs-St. Matthews
Parish-Peter Buyck. j. H. Keller, Westicy Houser,
John Rilcy,J. II. Fielder, Adam Holman.
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POET r Y.
The Unbolted Door.

z l
An agcd widow sat alone ~ 1r
- Beside her narrow hearth; ~ III
~ 2 Her silent cottage never heard
The ringing laugh Of mirth
Six children once had sported there, but now the
t,N churchyard snow ..
Fell softly on Eve little graves TINT were not long
ago. ~
She mourned them all with paticut love-
- But since her eyes had shed
Far bitterer tears than those which dcwed
The faoes of the dead -
The child which had been spared 10 her, her darling
and her pride,
The woefu, mother lived to wish she had also died !
'i N. >~3t :, -
Thoselhtle ones beneath the snow,
Not lost, but gone beforci
Faith taught her all was we'll with them,
And then the pang DER;
But when she thought where Katie was, she saw
- the city,s glare.
The painted mask Of bitter joy which Ned gives
. Sin to wear.
:, Without the snow thick and white,
No step had fallen there:
Within she sat beside her FIRE,
Each thensh. silent prayer,
When suddenly, behind her seat unwontcd noise
5sy sire heard, $50
lAs though a-hcsitating hand the rustic latch had
stirred,
She turned, and there the wa,idcrer stood,
With snow flakes on her hair
faded woman, wild and worn,
The ghost ne aomotI,;nr nj
And then upon the mothers neck the withcrcl
brow was laid ',#
'.Can God and you forgive me ALI fur have
) /. sinnod,' she said.'
The widow dropped upon her klces,
,es Before the failing fire, .
And thanked tho Lord, whose loving hand
- Had granted her desire.
The daughter kncccd beside her too tears strcan-
ing from her eyes,
And prayed, "God help me to be good to mother
!: ere she dics!"
They did not talk about the SIM,
- The shame tie bittcp voc NJ
They 2pokc about those little graves,
"a things Of long ago. 5
nj t,,nn .ha laughter raised her eyes, and said
in tonder ton.,
why lid you keep the a~,or unba;-"cd when yp"
were quite alonc?"
.'AIy child,' the widow said, and smiled
a smile Of loyc and pnin:
II kept it SO lest you should come,
And turn away aghin:
I've waited for you all the whilc-a mothers love
js true;
&c. s ii but tho sladowy type Of His wiic died for
81 yon."
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deputy husband, which makes 1Eef dodbfa slse
files Of her diligence. 1t his letdria hs fiii,dsi
all things well, that he wonders to soc hins;.
self at home when he was sbrouds j, .,sSs..
Her. children, though many. in .nnmbvr, sfe,.
nome in noise; steering thsna with q look,
whishsr she listeth. Z .t,ei (, go;
), The heaviest work Of hsrse1sauts sshhs ns~.
keith light by orderly and iasasorably epjoias.
.ingn. i' fs,.,>- Eaa-g,f. ..sats4a S. j. ]
In her husbands sickness. she ssifssels, more
grief than she shows. III Dr.. Fuller. s..,ks :.
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HUM OR o U.s..

= : - ~ -. 80.
Whats best to prevent old men from de- =
spairingf Echo: PAIRING" s. n,
The new india rubber ,ears for ladies are s
boxed every night. e !. -
r is well enough that men should baEiIleds
by lows. Man born Of woman should die Of Z
woman. ~;
An exchange says TINT ''bridal emf sciopesfw
$50 extensively advertised for sale, nsa ans simply
night gowns. st! = '.-ea ~. -.
Give strict attention.so to jour own affairs, aud
consider your wiie one of them.
Those ladies, who have a. passion for Tea par.
ties should remember that tattle begins, with
ar. =, lax
a cake was given to a. B.estlss fessiaal if
Burlington, VETO be given by vote at ten
cents each to the handsomest lady in the rooms.
"A "colorcd lady got.it
"John, you seem to gain every dsy; the
printing business must agree with You. /. What
did you last weighY' .ssWell, Bob; 4 really.
don't know, butit strikes me- it was a, postil o4 !.
type" 5,.-3> ~ ~. s,..y I; 80
!. In Washington its ie woman shot smse bssstss
he did not marry her, in Cincinnati anetheE'
shot one because he did. What can q BaNstliassa.
lor do to save his bacoRs : s5s, s - -
+ A citizen.of Montgo County; Indiana
married recently for The sixth tin,cs, 4Ie. has
lost two wives sby death, one by eIepeesis
and two By u still IS inatris
good the NJ i6
was SO piosly inclined that he joined the ehursh
four or five times. -. s. j.,
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THE Coop WIFE.-Shc ommandeth ht

THE Coop WIFE-Shc ,ommandeth her
husband in any equal matter by constantly
obeyng him.
She never crosseth her husband in the
springtidc of his anger, but stays till it be eb-
bing-water Surely men contrary to iron, arc
worst to 10 wrought upon when they arc hot.
Her clothes arc rather comely than costly,
and she makes plain clcth to be velvet by her
handsome wearing it.
Her husbands secrets she will not divulgo;
especially she is careful to conceal his infrm-
tiles
In her husbands. absence she is wife and
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(. AIN UNFonTuNATE srRANaEa:-s Can yoia<i
tell ME, said stranger to gentleman in a.4
ball room, "who that lady is near the window &,
that plain-looking ladys" .t. ;. s..;s5 ~ Z
'.''That Is my sister, sir" replied the pcfsos,
addressed, with n very formidably lbokss h .s7,a
"No, no, mean her." said the unfortunate !
intcrrogater, q mean .has ugly woman leaning j
against the piano ); there's about rs lnuch ex-
preston in her face as there is ina bowl of
bonny- -clabber," s,.t. -.
That, sir, is my Wife, e@ N-, l.;,. .r !,
"No5 no. gasped the miserable stranger, fit8l \
perspiration starting from every PORE "Guod.
gracious, ] wish could make you uaaesstan&
me! Il mean that blear-eyed. object in the
pink silk, the one SO lawfully homeiy. should
be afraid she would splinter lookins.gEss BY
looking in it. There she Is looking At Us:
now ; -.
1That, sir" said the gentleman with, ferces
callnncss, sis my eldest 'daughtsrp !.
The stranger .darted from. the room and
cleared the premises, as though he had; been
struck with q presentiment that a powder
magazine.was going to explods in that roomi
in less than three seconds.
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{ To DO Coa,tinued.]
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-04-17
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

A meeting was held on the 9th inst, at
Tuskeega, Ala, by citizens Gin favor of car
rying out in good faith and earnestness the
letter and spirit of the military bill" The
News says the Courthouse was filledto its
utmost capacity, the attendance being about
equally black aud white Speeches were
made and resolutions adopted in pursuance
of the object announced. Among the reso-
lutions adopted is one stating that "the con-
duct Of the colored people of the State has
been faithful and patriotic and entities them
to our respect and confidence"
The ratification of the Russian cession
treaty, as the proceedings of the executive
session leak out, continue to excite a good
deal of comment and interest. 1t appears
that no less than ten Senators spoke against
it, and yet there was but two votes, those of
Senators Fessenden and Ferry, recorded in
the negative . ...r
The Southern printers agree to set thou.
sand ems each towards Artemus Wards mon
ument. They ask the Northern printers to
do the same.
The prospect Of a war between France
ana Prussia has caused a large number Of
United States bonds to be forwarded to the
LONDON market, and a depreciation in conse-
Quence.
GOV humphreys and Judge VIM. Yerger
were IN fieksburg on Monday last, saws the /
Herald
The Nashville papers snnoupc. th.. o.
Brownlow Is improving in he.lsh -. =.
news that viii perceived with general re-
greet
The Southern Relief oommt.sion, q Esu
York, has distributed ore hundred and ten
thousand dollar, and has fourteen thousand
dollars stin in TIE trsasury.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-04-17

LETTER FROM Gov. PIoKENs.-The
following is an extract from private
letter received by gentleman in this
city from Gov. Pickens, of South Car
DINA:
You know the dissolution of our
country has ruined us all, and we are
in great poverty. God knows wheth-
er we will be enabled to gather this
years crop, and the policy of the Gov
ernment forbids all enterprise, and
puts it utterly out of our reach to raise
any money now on any terms whatev-
er. We would gladly sell half of our
lands for support and ready means,
but, of course, no one will purchase
with the open threat of universal con-
fscation standing over our heads, and
want and starvation before thousands
of our people both black and white,
The most cruel part of it is, if posi-
BILE, the first suffering comes upon the
helpless black people, who have been
innocent ofall blame, and really have
acted as well as any people would have
done under the circumstances. /
really think that most men who own
land are struggling now to do all they
can do for the support of their former
faithful slaves. / know this is my
case, and it is what adds greatly 10 my
present embarrassment and cramped
mans 5000
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-04-17
B. T. Castelar,, Esq. 81

REeIsTRATroN IN NEW ORLEANS
Gen. Sheridan has issued an order de-
signaling the registration districts,
and appointing registers. We extract
the following:
Registers and all officers connected
with elections will be held to rigid
a ea 81 aCS %I hs hfR5affa au
OF unlawful, or improper conduct in
the performance of their duties. Their
rate of compensation and manner of
payment will be in accordance with
the provisions Of sections. six and
seven of the supplemental act. Z
Every male citizen of the United
States, twenty one years old and up
ward, of whatever race, color, or pre-
vious condition, who has been resident
in the State of Louisiana for one year
and parish of Orleans for three
months previous to the date at which
he presents himself for registration,
and who has not been disfranchised
by act Of Congress, or for felony sat
common law, shall, after having taken
and subscribed the oath prescribed in
the first section of the act herein re-
ferred to, be entitled to be, and shall
be registered as legal voter in the
parish of Orleans and State of Lou
isiana.
Pending the decision of the Attor-
ney General Of the United States on
hesquestion as to who are disfran-
chised by law, registers will give the
most rigid Interpretation to the law,
and exclude from registration every
person about whose right to vote
there may be doubt. Any person
so excluded, who may, under the de-
cision of the Attorney General, be en-
titled to vote, shall be permitted to
register after that decision is received
= due notice of which will be given.
q. . u
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PROCLAMATION.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
,JACyKsON. MISs.. A nril o. 1854

WHEREAS, much painful anxiety and appre-
licnsfon exists in the public mind, resulting
from the passage of the "Military BilP' by Con-
gross, and the General Order OF General Ord
In assuming command Of the ''Alilitary DIS,
trlct of Mississippi and Arkansas" and
whereas, In some instancesy the regular admins
istration Of the State Government has been un,
settled tosuch an'eNtentas to- cause some OF
the officers Of the State to stispendthe functions
OF their Offices; and many citizens are nes-
itating, while others refuse, to pay their taxes
upon the assumed ground that the Tax. Coi-
Iectors are not fcompetent officers" and there
fore are not authorized to receipt for the same;
and as other evils and Irregularities may arise
from the uncertainty that exists asto the du-
ties and responsibilities of officers and citizens
of the State in their present situation-therc-
fore, deem it proper TO make known that the
Act of Congsess commonly called the ''Military
Bilo recognizes the civil existing Government
of the State 1t is true tits declared to be pro-
yisional only and in all respects subject 10
tho paramount authority of the United Stntes
lat any time to abolish, modify, control or
supercede the same. But until u change y
made In accordance with the provisions OF
this law, hereby give NOTICE to the civil
Officers OF the rtate that their relations ana
responsibilities to the Constitution Of the Unit
ted States, TO the Of mississippi ana 70
the people, remain unchanged, and they VIII
be held to Il strict accountability for the per-
formance Of their duties, IN carrying out inc
provisions of the laws, for the maintenance Of
the civil Government and for the fun and am
pie protection Of all classes OF inhabitants OF
the State ...both white and black in all Of their
rights Of person, property, liberty and religion:
Aud 1 further advise and admonsh all good
citizens and inhabitants TO sustain the civil
officers in maintaining the peace, order and Sc
curity of society--to deal justly and indul,
gently with each other, and in their political
ihelplessness, to devote themselves to pursuits
Of industry, and to the production OF those
necessaries Of life for which they are now SO
dependent upon the markets Of other States,
and to offer no resistance to nysteps that may
be taken in the reconstruction of the State by
the Military authority Of tho United States,
except such as may be authorized by the
Courts, under the Constitution Of the United
States. Military power may become intolera-
BILE only when misplaced in. the hands Of the
vicious and the unjust, which, happily, is not
the case in Mississippi. The military BilL'
makes no provision for the support Of the clyll
Government faxes must be collected by the
civil officers to support it and to pay its debts.
and whenever any changes are made either in
the civil officers or the duties required of them,
timely notice will doubtless be given and du-
ly promulgated. b. G. HUMPHREYS.
By the Governor:
! &c. "A. BRoUGHER, Secretary of State
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HEADQ'Rs~ FOURTH MILITARY DISTRICT. }
!, - mississippi aud Arkansas
Yicksburg, Miss, March 20, 1867. }
GENERAL ORDERS No. |.
i. The undersigned having been appointed
by the President TO command the Fourth Mill
tary District, consisting Of the states OF Missls-
sppi and Arkansas, hereby assumes command
thereof.
III. Competent civil officers in this District
are expected to arrest and punish all Offenders
against the law, so as 10 obyiate, as far ms pos
slble, necessity for the exercise Of military au-
thority under the law Of Congress, passed
March 2, 1867, creating Military Districts.
III. Such other orders as may become neces-
sary 10 carry out the above named act, and an
act supplementary thereto, will be duly pub
llshed. Il. o. c. ORD,
Br'vt. Maj q Brig. Gen. U. S. A.