The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-08
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An exchange suggests chat when Utah is
admitted into the Union it should be called
the State Of Matrimony
It is so hlly in some paris of Now Hampshire
that the people look up the chimncys to see
when the COWS como home 80 '''
The State of Iowa has the gratifying honc-
of being entirely out of debt--n>- record and n
gl"ry which no ether State can show.
y court i'll England has given decision
asaius. the. legality of locking railway p,ssc,,-
gers into the rars, custom which universally
prevails in that country, although it has been
the occasion of mari accidents.
In answer to ~: inquiry, General Mc.lv *.ys
;.,.t General r"rcs order prohibiting :, vi,
officers from publishing their legal advertise
mcn's in any but "!nyal" papers. IS s;;ll :.
Force 'ltt
Available land is Incoming SO scarce i:
Kansas that the Legislature asks Congress
not to allow any one person to purchase n
largo tract anl to compel the rnilr,ad COM
panics to whom grants have been made to
put them into TIC market 5 .
y letter has been safely delivered to the
person to whom it was addressed in Icva.
which had besides the usual supcrscrirt; ;on,
these words .Thcrc is q ten dollar bill
folded in..this letter and if you want it any
'7orsc than my neither docs take it," !.
a young Swiss farmer carries off the prize
for cool cruelty. In order TO please his mis-
trcss. he doscd his wife with strychnine, and
when the poison began to operate. lay down
by her side. watched her agonics, and calmly
handed her water from time to time, MS sho
asked for it until death cns,,cd
A New Orleans correspondent says the times
there are NV .ully hard. The people, arc very
poor, empty houses and stores are almost num-
bcrless, money scarce, socnl circles nearly bro
ken up, theatres losing money, and tho weather
dirty, rainy and sticky" fd atT
Great disaffection is said to be felt in Turkey
at the appointment of French colonel rs tutor
to . young Turkish prince, 1t is reported that
this was arranged during the Sultan's late visit
to Paris, that tho tutors salary is to be on tho
most Imperial scale, and that he is expected to
enter upon his duties Immediately . .,.f..
The Queen of Prussia, considering the dis
trcss existing in the Eastern Provinces of the
kingdom, invited few days agoncarly seventy
ladies, chiefly the wives and daughters Of con.
mcrcial men, to consult with her rcspcctir.., III,
most proper means Of aiding The ,.eccssitou.
people The holding of an immense bazaar in
the royal palace at Berlin was determined by
all the ladies engaging to assist. .,..
Mn. DAvIs--Tkc Yicksburg Times has tlls
follwing: Saa pH l!ad = 4
Long absent but warmly loved as we'll in
the day of his power as when shackled pris-
oncr iii Fortress Monroe, the hearts Of our
whole people ycarn toward President Davis
with muttcrablc affection. For what he tried
to do for what helms bcrnc and suffered in
the cause ofthe people, he will always bo hon
orcd md remembered. We cannot eroSt hin,
as in other days with public manifestations Of
respect and gratitude, but when Jefferson Davis
again stands among his did friends, though
tlseir voices may be mute, thoir hearth will
throb with wild, tumultuousio ioyi ''Aa'. % +
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