The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-06
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nc SraSSnOppcrs @nayc stripped q hundred
miles of country il Al issopr and arc still hop
!. ping and hungry
% iNIesomoncc, IAN Indian chief, 9Oycars DID,
/ WHO fought with Tccumsch and at tho scige of
{ Eort Mackinaw in 1911 is catching muskrats
fora living atyWindsor, g. w.
The present income from the Peabody be-
quest to promote education at the South,
which it has been dctcrmiucd to devote prnci-
pally to primary school education, is but $780,
! ]; ooo- f'(' 49,, IL .ai s,..,
20 Ten years ago man iii Missouri bcqucathed
$500 each to tcnof his slaves, on condition
that they should cmigratc to Liberia or some
countryset apart for FREQ persons. The slaves
.iramainod in Missouri, and the St. Louis County
: Court in that State has decided that it is ga
plage set apart for free persons oficolor," and
the executor has been ordered to pay over the
money. tl,if
The cankcr-worm is committing great ravagcs
in the Massachusetts orchards In the neigh
borhood of Boston, thousands of apple trees
arc blightcd as if fire had swept over them
Every leaf is destroyed, and the crop III many
places is ruined. The farmers gricvc over tho
loss of apples to say nothing of cidcr-a bev-
cragc which is not prohibited under the Massa-
chusctts license law
A& Retcrsburg correspondent says that
.the Naar took ayith him to Western Europe,
golu snufEboxcs, diamond brooches, bracelets,
&c, to tho value of 100000 roublcs, or some
what moro than 1926 900, besides 1900 orders,
of which twelve arc tho St. Andrew. They
were to be given AWAY to persons who nanifcs-
ted courtcsics to his NIasjcsty, or who performed
services that could not we'll bo repaid with
money.
During the recent visit Of the President to
Raleigh, aiNorthcrn gentleman who happened
to be in the city asked fricntl-a Southern
rnan-why tho people did not cheer more and
louder. Our Southern friend replied that it
was because the people did not know whether
they had tho right to ehcor--Gon. sicklcs had
not Issued nm order giving Thorn that right, and
they feared to opcn their mouths too wide, lest
the General should throw another order down
their throats. Wchopc the explanation will
be satisfactory to all concerned.
H. MINING NEws.-Wc learn that rich silver
mines have been discovered, near Wahalla in
this district. Mr.. Lewis Eaton has sold his
mineral interest to Northern men. Mr. j. C.
Cobb has disposed of his mineral interest, re-
epfving stock in the mining company therefor.
We further learn that this company will pro-
coed ut aa early day, With the most improved
appliances, for working their silver mines
Goa DIR. J. o. Lewis place, in the Same section,
eHsc aearn that gold has been found in unusual
fuanttics-Kcowce Courier.
sIIowTHE LIQUOR LAW WonKs.-A citi-
zen, yesterday,for a mombcr of whose family
hisiphysician had prescribed tho use of Sherry
xSine, applied to Mcssrs. Grubcr & Martin,
4 'iKing-strcet, to purchase bottle, but they re-
fused to sell less than gallon, as it was against
the order of General Sicklcs. a gallon of
Sherry is anicxtravagancc for poor man, and
it was only after much Inconvenience and con
siderable delay that bottle of wine was finally
procured at the Mills House. 1t would scom
TO us chat patient should be able to procure
any,ascdicinc, on the prescription Of his physi-
scian-- Charleston Mercury.
AT Rome, on the 10Th ult., st. Peters
Church was most masnifccntly decorated with
cloths Of gold, silver tapestries, paintings and
two hundred thousand yards of crimson silk.
The building was lighted with many millions
aof wax candles. There were one hundred
'thousan1 people inside its walls, including the
Gx-Kirg of Naples, the foreign Ministry, iiyo
Hundred cardinals, archbshops and bishops,
ard many thousands Of clcrgyncn, priests, fri
ars and monks. There were even nuns and
soldiers from almost every country in the world
present. and the assembled multitude made up
n mast brilliant congregation. The city ilumi-
nations, fireworks races and general festivities
in honor of the centenary anniversary will con-
tinuc during week.
Tho notes of the Vcnango National Bank,
Franklin county, Pa, and Of all other broken
national banks, if We may believe the Jtdcrsou-