The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-08-31
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y dispatch from Nashville says that Brown
low has taken possession of the Mobilize and
Ohio Railroad. .i,ss
The official record shows that the Cotton cx-
ported during the year ending June 80, was
GG7 900 900 pounds: of a currency value OF
s2O2 900, 900.
1t is runorcd that the Ralcigh P,ugrcss has
been threatened with suspension in conscqut nee
of its ridiculc OF General Sicklcs. H
The cl;tors uf the Conscr. atiyc papcrs in
t'cur... assembled atCMacon Oh the 23d inst.
and after appointing Committee TO draw mp
:. memorial to General Pope, rc1ucstin. him to
ravrkc 'i, General Order No 10. adjourned.
ii case Of General Popc's refusal. the matter
will DC referred to tho President.
The first balc Of new Cotton this ason was
received hy Mr.. Q. Feeder on yesterday. and
was purchased by ,Messrs. Chisom Brothers
M order at p cents. 1t classes Strict Mid
ding, and will be shipped to New York by
steamship E. B .So0'lcr on Thursday next,
and consigned TO Alcssrs. William Bryce 4 Co,
Cotton Factors, No ) Rcade-strcct.-( (hus!cs-
Ia" .K,r",y. 2SM.
General .\ugur is Of opini.., that if the In
dian war is fairly inau.uvatcd it will be gene
ral lie will require 10000 men II-".cck
Will require as many lie thinks the Spotted
Tail tribe Went on buffalo hunt under influence
of Red Cloud. who represented Spotted Tail
would be dishonorcd unless they went Com
missioner Ia. lor, who is here, is hopeful OF
socl result, from the September council
Under the present Revenue law Spirits Tur-
pcntnc arc to be regarded as manufactures
and to be subjected to the same regulations as
apply to other manufactures. The manufact,,-
rcr will be required to mako monthly returns
of the amount manufactured !; and, also of that
sold, consumed used or removed for consump.
tion or for delivery to persons other than his
agents and, also, to pay the tax upon the
Turpcntinc i'll the District in which it is man
ufacturcd
Captain Ames, who had recent fight wit!.
iiiians, has arrived at Fort HAYS lie re-
ports that three men were killed, 35 wounded
and .5 horses lost. After the battle the In
dians sent i'll flag of truce with this message
Tell your officers We don't want peace. We
shall keep on fighting - Three hundred men,
including the Kansas volunteers, left Fort
Hays yesterday in pursuit Of the Indians The
Sioux Indians arc reported ncorrigble The
Crows arc friendly, There have been $50
deaths from cholera in The Indian Terri, 49,
and South Kansas Thirty seen per cent. Of
ihe population ut Tort Gibson have died. a,
Fort Arbucklc GO soldiers and as Indians
havo died.
SAD CAsUALTY-Wc learn that Mrs Mo
lvcr, wife of Mr.. Peter McIvcr, near Lcavcns-
worth, in this District. was shot and Killed on
Saturday night last, by her little son, under
the following circumstances The family had
retired quite early, when Mrs. Nic1vcr was
aroused BY noise in the poultry yard. Her
little boy being near by she Immediately awokc
him, told him to get the gun and 90 and sec
what was the matter. The little boy, no doubt
excited, went hurricdly to get the gun. Mrs.
McIvcr, in the meantime, had proceeded him
to the yard, and was standing near the poultry
house, when her son came out Of the house.
with the gun. The little boy not knowing
that his mother was in the yard, supposed the
object which he saw at the poultry house to be
the rogue, and the cause of the noise, raised
his gun and fired, putting the lead in her head
The fatal mistake was soon found out prompt
medical attention furnished and every effort
made to save her lifc. She lived until Sunday
morning about | o'clock, when her spirit DC
parted Tor its eternal home She leaves de-
voted husband, a family of children and a
large circle Of acquantanccs to ,no,,ru tic,
loss.-fiorcncc GustH,