The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-22


tue current ycaTsat 81 1927 900.
England is rejoicing over supposed dis
coyery of petroleum in Shropshire about half
mile from the outcrop Of the coal measures.
The bellows Of the nr":,n in the London st.
rau!s burst during divine SERVICE and the
congregation WAS Immediately struck with
Fcaian panic.
Ahill was recently introduced in the Penn-
sylvana Legislature to abolish "days of grace"
upon negotiable paper The proposition was
defeated.
The committee on elections in the Minneso-
ta Legislature, has reported favorably upon the
proposition to rcsubmit the negro suffrage
question to the people
The Chamber of, Commerce. of New York
has refused to make lawyers members of that
body, and several legal gentlemen were "black
ballcd" on Thursday last.
The Winstcd (Conn.) Hoe Company, manu-
facturers of Southern hoes, have stopped work
entirely for the present, throwing about sixty
hands out of employment.
Real estate in Atlanta, Ga, that cost before
the war $40, 900 in gold, sold the other, day at
United States Marshal sale for 81 900 in. cur
rcncy.
There is every reason to believe that the
Rev John McMahon, who is now lying in pri-
son for the part he took in the invasion of
Canada, will very soon be liberated q
The Astor House is to remain a hotel for
seven years longer, new lease for that term
having just been executed. Tho new lessee is
Captain Roddington Stctson eoI
The Ma ic Anto;nctte style of toilette is be-
coming tho most fashionable in Paris, out o.
compliment to the Empress, who greatly ad-
mircs that unfortunate queen.
The gold coinage of the United States
Great Britain and Franco, which, in 1851, was
not more than one thousand millions Of dollars
in amount, doubled itself within the fifteen
succeeding years. .s4i
Portions of negro wo.nan's body were found
i'll several cotton bales opened in Memphis, Il
lew days since. The eottou had been stored
iifc Two years, and tho body was shrycleI up
like mnniy.
Contracts have been entered into for the
construction Of the great masonic temple ut
Philadelphia, to be built i'll i've years, and 10
cost thrcc.puartors of Il million dollars The
cornerstone is to be laid OH ST. Juhu's DAY.
The Western l,.e-tiyss ayo .:,~ il ran
Of. mo'.cl scounlrel named Lord. ul:cy Leen.rt
wh" '';.$ YictimizcJ'a w;,loM in Detroit, iu:.: Z,
yong lady in Chicago. and Induced !. second
O. - ~ ''..''r. ,S ,vnH'rts nct :Sv tr,.vr Or
the slippery rat!i;,n ca. DO found.
Travel on :Ac slid ice or the Potomac Is M. :.
common, aad slc,is are used to carry bulky ar
siclcs from shoro to shore People trora thr
lower end Of Charles cou4.y, i'll Maryland, and
Fairfax county. i'll Vi,ginia, como up to town
aud return on the ice
The Selma (Alabamsl Zones states that it is
Informed on good authority that large Lnl-
holders in Greene CouMty, in that State, are
offering to give the use OF their plantations for
VIC 'SA' SC''t ~ my one lllAl VIII agree 10 pay
taxes on them.
The Canadian Goycrnncns. to prevent the
INVASION of the Dominion by Americans who
pursue game cut Of sc;,sc !, is enforcing the
game laws with great stringcncy Recently, n
party Of deer hunters were fined SIS each and
forty 1.-TWO head Of slain deer conGsca.cd.
On the occasion Of the obscquics Of the
Archduke Maximilinn, an exchange of auto
graph letters occurred between the King of
Prussia and the Emperor of Austria. This
proceeding is looked upon. as the harbingcr of
Il speedy rc-ostablishmcnt Of the entente By the
two powers.
1t is stated that Secretary Seward, by dircc.
tion Of the President, has written to Charles
O'Conor and James Il. Brady, of New York
4;king them to 60 to Europe and appear as
counsel for the American citizens under trial
Tor completely in tho Fcnian proceedings. No
answer has yet boon received, but if these gen
tlcmcn do not except, the tepdcr will be made
to others. y
The Washington correspondent Of the Cincin.