The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-22
THE OBANGEBURG NEWS,
{. PUBLISHED WEEKLY .
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ORANG GEBURG, S. G..
Office eyf..f'aJleato,s on MarAct-.Strect ore,ssho
Fast Office, ~ s;Sg
SAMUEL DIBnLE, Editor
VIRGIL G. DIBBLE, Associate Editor.
CHARLES II. HALL, Publisher.
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The Empress Eugene celebrated her forty
first birthday on tile 18th of May last.
The APrusslan Government bought 100000
uniforms in ireland recently MI
Il. J. Pelzer, Esq, has been elected Direc-,
tor of the First National Bank Of Charleston,
vice a., Getty, Esq resigned i.
Prentice thanks an accomplished Southern
lady for ozenapplcs from tho tree jeff Dayis
was not. hanged on. ~ '>
The cultivation, Of the grape is increasing in,
the Valley of Virginia, and the upper country
generally:
"a travelcr'in Georgia saw FIVE hundred fam
ishing women, many with babies at their
breasts, seeking bread and clothing at one
station, near Dallas. '' p
Seventy thousand Germans, it is sail have
engaged passage by steamer to the United
States. The new Prussian conscription laws
arc driving many out of'the country.
Prentice says: s'Thc New York Herald is
howling for the blood of jeff Davis The
bowling Of dog is a sign that somebody will
die, but We don't think that in this case it will
be JEFF. Perhaps it will bo the dog.
IA correspondent of the London Cosmopoli-
tim notes the fact, that at the laying of the
FIRST stone Of the Halls Of Arts by the Queen
recently, the flag Of every nation, except that
Of the United States, foated from the build
ing. .-,1 ,a~ 49,,
"a A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat.
just returned from Alabama, says: ''The pro
ductive prairics of Mississippi and Alabama arc
all under ultivationAonc-half in corn and
.ono-half in cotton-and what is still moro
gratifying, the frccdnlc,i are as agcnerai thing,
working remarkably wcll:"
.R. H.. Glass, editor Of the Lynchburg Rrpu6-
Hcan,; was shot in the streets of Lynchburg OH
18th inst, blythe son of D.. f. Booker, in con-
sequence of au article rcfccting on their father
The shot took effect in the eye, the ball lodg-
ing in the head. Mr.. Glass is comfortable (O
but the issue is yet uncertain.
'GeneralSic on "Wednesday last request
ed tho authorities at Washington to relieve
him from command in this Military District.
He also respectfully demanded Court of In
quiry upunsh official action, that he might
vindicate himself from the occusations of the
Attorneys General. published, he presumed,
with the approval of the President.
= In Louisville; Ky, Milton, negro, has fled
apetition in the United States Court for j. writ
ofhabeds corpus, which has been issued, di-
rcc:;ng white man named Giden to produce
in court the body of his daughter, Bertha Mil
ton, formerly slave of Gi ilden, and who, it is
alleged, is still retained in slavery. !. The case
isito be tried at tho present term ofthe, United
States Court. s.
/. Tho following is Tie official list of the Off
. GERS made prisoners at Qucrctaro: the Empc-
ror Ferdinand Macmillan, Generals Miguel
Miramoh, Thos. Mcjia, Sever dc Lestilo Fran
cisco dc Casadia, Jose de Horra, Lorcdea, Eel
liciana Jose Maria, and othors, total IA; Is
Oolonels, Is Lieutenant Colonels, Brcvet Lieu
tenant Colonels 16, Majors Sc, Captains ia,
First Lieutcnants 49,, Second Licutcnants
108. Total 437
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