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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-04-29
An Act to rencv and amend HE charter
cfhe 1'o,onof Bambery, IN tie STATE

An ACT to rencw and amend Tie charter
cfhe 7'onnof BamJery, in Tie STATE
Of SoaM Carolina.
SECTION /. BE it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sittin in General Assembly and by the
authority Of the same, That from and
Immediately after the passage of this act
ali and every person, or persons whom
soevcr, who are constitutionally quail
fed tt vote Cor members OF the General
Assembly of this State, ard who SHAY
have resided within the present corpo-
rate limits of the town of Bamberg for a
perion Of thioty days, and their success,
sors, are herebr declared to be members
of said corporation.
SEC. 2, The. the said pcroons and
their successors shall, from aud after the
passage of THIS act, become q body polite
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-04-29

di"t Resolutions Daeetag Pa,t I a
Certain Tex % Jf Dcgoted 10 Ae Eysc-
ton of tourt House and jed. IL.
Aeasing.
Be it Resolved, by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the Statss
of South CaroliDa, nov met aud sitting.
;nEn aus-sf R--A.NLi.
~ Uou0ts' ~.Jj auu py the au-
thority OF the same, That two mills of
the tax which tho County Gomtaiusioa.
ers Of the County of Clarendon sre au-
thorizNd to levy and COLLECT for the fiscal
year 1915 snail be asTsssd - the erss-
tioE &C . Genrt House and Jail in Mar.
ming: Provided, So much shall be nc.
cessary.
Approved March, 9TH, 1871 .
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

The present Pope, who is now IN his
eighty-second year, and has just attained
the unprecedented reign Of twenty five
years, gave no promise uf such long if il
his you;hfu days Ho suffered so much
from epiloptic fits that he did not receive
the minor orders OF sub-deacon and deacon
till the age of twenty eight, and his mala~
dy threatened to preclude his further pi O.
mo,ion. At length Plus VII. yielded to
his jealous im mportunity and granted dis
ptn~a'ion for his ordination as priest, Oh
condition that young Ferretti should never
venture to celebrate mass unless in the
presence of another clergyman who might
finish the sacr.t ce in case he should have
an "A { ok Of the taI!i, & -IckIt ss. This con-
din s ca tailed the mill ,tratlOns OF the
youu9 priest at he again sought audi
ence with tue re- gning Pope in order to
bav l.m,rel. Plus VII, who had en-
due all The trials of the Bonaparte era,
enI had witnessed the fail of the great
CDmican, little dreamed that future Pope
was before him who should live to endure
similar trials and witness the fall OF an
other Bo1aparte. But he kindly took the
hand of the young suppliant, saying !:
" Y 8, we will grant you even this favor,
a. believe that for the future you will no
longer be affected by your disease" And
Sr' m that Gay 20 the present. over fifty
wv ears, he has never had single return
of epilepsy.
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
LETTER FnOA MISSISSIPPI

Dear Journal After q week Of intense
ly hot, dry weather, We had thunder
storm on Monday, the 26 b, late in the
atteru 2on: @ sultry mJrning succeeding
another rain in the evening; dr.zz 9 yes
t-rday from four o'cl 4ck till FIVE; a cloudy
mvrniog on this the 30 .h instant; Il beau
tlful fairing off at oae O'Clock, and to-
night the fair heaven wears o blue veil.
thickiy spaL gled with stars, The atmos-
rhere is delightfully."- cool, the musquitoes
are silent, the 1,es asleep. and only the
frogs and locusts are exerti0g their vocal
powers. "foo much rain, too much rain:
we'll never clean our crops" say the far
mers, but the corn in its superb growth
and riea co'or and promise OF plenteous.
ness, Is enougl to cheer their hearts, while
they admit that CIT on. notwi' hs' andlnR
the outrage us onslaught, of Gen. GreeD.
is half month in advance of last years
crop. There is fully q third more corn
planted than last year. and the oat crop is
turning ont heavy, OIL very apropos time.
Not much wheat was sown in this country,
but the yield was decidedly good.
The crops below fernando, particularly
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

Chc7gl la cOn, regatiou so given 10
criticism thai whoever occupies the pnluit
is ~ubiect To b, III ,cri q kuife in = lash
ion thAt l. tue desp4ir Of tue urdipary sur
on. IpeIr o N minister is almost liter
ally Iaken tn Pic eV'ry Sunday, and it
would seem that he could not survive the
c1ning up aud be- read, for the duty in a
p. ga sau. N BOD in a week. But It is sim
ply their way "f doing thugs. and implies
N disrepect Tor the mao Wh IN they en-
tge to furnish a weekly topic for critical
analy sis. Indeed, let An outsi Ter intimate
that tenth part o w1at they say of their
Clergyman may po>s!b y be trne, and they
ny IntJ passion, II % at his person, in
al lus'ant, lie al Irish uple when u
thIFd persc n lit rfer+s with their copingal
at-Tcatlnus, rec-lvI"g the blows of both
on h's own head Exactly wbei her this is
IN normal tyLe of Chicago chn, chIsm. or
whether the critical temper lin is more
fools aud prove alton there than elsewhere
ar questI0us W. shall not pre-ume to an
swe but We have ways found that re-
lIg'on which runs TO criticism OF a very
dei iiitated Sort OF Wh ch be least one has
the better, aud from which the honest un-
benever sh 'uId pr.y to be saved We
s ould Us spnn think Of ln,kipp on tho
northeast d. of an ice berg for bauanas,
r ln."u cty gOvernm ;us for an honest
Dan. O. III tnA' Chicago congregation for
ChrlslIao saints.
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

The Ku klux testimony from Mississippi
is RENAL k 4ble, snd in the Radical interest
extremely Disappointing. That State has
been @ united Hpon with considerable con-
hdence for material aid and comfort to the
crusaders against the political peace of
the South. Certain riotous proceedings at
MERRIAM last year, it was thought, conld
be brought into very profitable requisltlon
in the manufactnre of Radical capital, al
though, like most of the material of that
sorr, of too old q date to admit Of any ap-
plo rtiun of the Ku-klux law. No evidence
has yet been adduced to show the slight
est present Lect s>its for the Ku-klux law,
or for any special interposition Of law,
wnAiev disorders may have heretofore
occurrei The examination of Mr. Whit
tax r, q awyer of Meridian, is conclusive
as t. ths nos ut th At place, that they had
not thu remote,t connection with the Ku-
klux organic .tion. They were the result
OF an aog'y state of feeling between the
Oolored aud white population, aud of q
high party excitement, which had been
aroused and =iim Hated by turbulent spirit
on boil Fl es. Tue outrages which occur.
red we're coniued to neither party. and
the Fl hts which ensued wele not in all in
SIAN 90 between party and party, but IL
one very special case, aud probably one ot
the worst of The acts of violence, was
amoug the Radicals themselves, carpet
bsggers aud blacks, and was an outbreak of
n"t Ut CON mon occurrence in the political
in erconre OF those mutually jealous
branohes of the Radical family.
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
The Cry Of Revelations.
1t was Hudibras who asserted that mos!
men in this world Of ours

1t was Hudibras who asserted that moss
men in this world Of ours
Compound for Gins they are inciioei to-
BY damning those they have no mlno TO-
Experience teaches that this is true; and
vet il is aim ost equally true that men are
ana to accuse others of that to which they
are themselves addicted. Even where this
may not be the case we have all heard of
the tactics of the thief, who raised the hue
and cry after an imaginary offender, in
order to escape detection himself and
screen his own guilty head.
It is just this game that the enemies OF
Convention are now playing ID North Car
DINA, in charging it's friends with being
Recol,stionisEs Never was there a more
falee or silly allegation. The boot is alto
gether on the other leg. The men, the
party, or rather the few leaders, who 50
successfully manipulated the negro vote.
and by that means. combined with threats,
forced the present iucongruous and miser-
abe Constitution upon us, are the Ted
RecoZ,ltionins As Nathan said unto David:
" Thou art the man :" To undo the mis-
chief of Revolution and peaceably to
restore ancient and time-honored land
marks, so far as practicable, Is Co1asercd
tisns, not Revolution. This is precisely aud
simply what we propose to do. It to put
back integrity and wisdom on the Benoh,
from which they were violently thrust By
ignorance, knavery and the bay yonet-if to
abolish systems that wero forced down the
throats of people by the sword-if to re-
model abuses that were forciblg epgrafted
upon our State governmental to tread the
paths of safety and wise experience-if to
seek, by legal and constitutional means, 10
lessen the public burdens-if to attempt tC
| do all these tbiDgs 10itb0ut iHcd6ing any
mans ves'ed rights, any Of the privileges OF
citizenship. or G7'y Of the guarantees Of fa'c
be Revolution, why we confess curse YES
obnoxious to the charge, and are ready to
abide oil consequences.
| The elements of which the anti Conven
ton party in this State is male up are
themselves essentially Revolutionary.
There are, of course. honorable exceP-
tions. bat the bulk of those WHO compose
it are designing, merconary, unscrupu-
lous and ambitious men, who had their
"axes to grind in putting the present
odious instrument upon us and an igno
rant race, who are ready to follow the bs'
hests Of thess unprincipled leaders into
any extreme of passion, agrarianism or
prejudice. Of just such materials have all
Revolutions in which no great principle
was involved been composed. Il Is just
| such men who cry out murder. when you
would wrest from their hands the fatal
weapon with which they we're about to
commit it.
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

TEE Washington Patriot, of June 9th,
savs: .Mr. Akerman, Attorney General
of the United States. has, OF much person
al Inconvenience, quit his residence IN
Ge ,reia, and come TO Washington to pass
q few dA,s in the Department OF Justice'
ard draw pis salary on the 1st OF july as
prescribed by Law. AS the season is IN
pleasant, he would prefer not to be dis
turbed by uhst is called public business
during his ecjourn at the Capital; bat.
imirut ng the iIlustrious example OF the
.Gov-rc meut' at Long Branch, he Is vii
ling to be interviewed to any reasonaDlS
extent, upon all subjects except bis con-
nection with the Confederate army, which,
A. a SO, al Office holder, be now virtually
Iaments. Mr. Akerman will return to hif
home 10 a few week. for the summer, and
has made arrangements for receiving hls
pay, by which he will spare the vexation
OF another visit 10 Washington before au-
tumn."
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

Opiniou is discussed there as freely as pol
10. w have our street corner Eheolo-
gins, v no would pnuLd ibomas AqnlGas
al o = o.MMA of anything but theOls gt,
"h @ .u+, NO Iid b. sa aug, jim cr"c
c r. at d"u't CARE" WI. now, to be
p'~lb, We have here the Ne bCdIst, IA
PreebSit tIltns tue harushels. he ID r.
eIpIes II A. xAnder Us.u. b n, or Gam. =
b7iilte +, or 'OnrIstlaLs;" the PredcsJln
rlHn Bapilsts, ~ho are decIdeny "Arial"
in their notions ss to poor Sambo the
Roman Catholics are here in slen-
der numbers, and lastly and
not lsAst are the Episcopalians :
In this vlrt-x of belief one must carry a
0. und mind IN q souud bod, a sou. d mfnd
to ans s1eI qbrrl' q, and a sound b DIV 20
cArr1 yourself off IN ume. do n mt an
tlAtyo W I'D be panmel ed if you re-.
bu ted AID tIoved the lila y of au arRu-
ment ON any one point, but To answer one
would be sufici, Mt TO dems I'd the rest of
J our oh, ia, frame. lime flies 3D. fast
d Ia g age as fast. Then W. have
g, " raj Goods, the INST i'm oItaut
WLich Is he Wilson COIl.g ate school o
'7oucatl n fHr yo1rg ladhs, aud having
FIR Is priuci pals two IF NJ,th Uai olIuas
most disting ished scnoiars, nousr hoIl
namts In aimost ev. ry family in 'he State
r they were not nnkLoWnIo fame In thu
ROiOeD GAYS Oh C10 - IlV ltS. IL0 R6Y
DIR. Hooper, an Mr.. EeB9nee Hooper.-
Last even ng. Ihur,day, July 6 b termina-
ted their series Of Con, erts gwen aiw~y,
at the annual ci"s'ng Of the school. Foul
Young ladIe. graduated. The Liter ary ud-
dress bJ Mai T. Sparrow. member from
Beau ort in the House of Repre,t ntative-,
WAS one full OF the brightest ruetorica
gem showing vas reseaich into apcIen'
AID mod rn history, ILer4'ure and phi,.o
. y. II was certainly appreci tied b. your
cor spOn1eLt.
/ Wlisou'~ c4ief featurs in O CONNECT
sensr Is Its cntton market. There IS D.
great deaf of trading don7 iu this wa,
at d III the G tton season many agents com.
here tr m Northern cItIes.
Vic is generally healthy. 1t is no;
g IRON maisris. But 1t can be- saieI,
sa q that 1t Is as b aIthy a, any place OF
tue Wnmi 6 IL and Weldon K ,ilroad T.
stands hig er above he Sea than any town
oo til r. ad. The pr syect of Wilson is
go d. 1t will prDbab y ke eep IN growing.
AS Tor ours Ives We Wish it God sp".d
MONoNIA
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
Passtn 8 Strange.

It is wonderful with what avidity chronic
ofice-seekers among the Radicals, who
cay that Convention will be defeated, work
Cor the nomination in counties where
their election is assured. Now Abbott's
polite histOry-that is his North CAro-
ins poiitic i history-provcs that, as much
as he loves his party with the negroes
thrown IN. he does not work for nothing
and pay bis own expenses. He ordinarily
looks TO the main chance. And as to
Judge (2l,Csntweil. he sold out for the
snolaments Of Office. He could have re-
nained IN the D mocratic party and run
tor ofioe-but when he went into the
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

we will have but little trouble in effecting
an honorable compromise. Our creditt rs
can well afford to compromise vi b u, for
bat few of them Lold any of our bonds
that cost them ff'y cents in the dollar.
It will be to their interest to get back
their money with interest la'her than
hold "a bond that promises to pay them
log the promise. l appeal to You, Mr.
Speaker, and TO every member of this
house. 10 consider we'll these suggest
ions, for they Involve the most important
and vital interests of the Estate.
Let no party ties or party interest keep
you from doing ynr full duty in the mat
| ter. Upon your action depends the futnre
prosperity of the State. Let that action
be guided by tho highest motives Of p 4tri-
otism and an unse:fsh devotion to you
country. The suggestion that the clause
in the Cons:i- ution OF the Dotted s a IS
which sats. mo State shall pass any law
I'M pairing the Obligation of a contract.
compels US to do the same thing that sec
ton of art. v of our Constitution dOes.
has no force in it. Ia The q st place it
has been held, time and agoi0, that this
clause in the Cous tuition Of the Uulted
States refers exctu~ivoy 10 private coo-
tr cts and not to public obligation. Ia
! the second Place thst clause IN the CODs.i
tn 10. of the United Sta 90 is pIoh,bi-
ton. eLd can ueyer be violated by aly
Safe by n"n-acsioD, but must be done, il
done at ali, by some positive legislation.
so that if the clause referred to debts due
by State it could never be violated by ar
unbroken silence on the part of the State
Not so With the -ction IN our Cor ssit1-
ton. Il do. not say we shall not do 6
certain thing, but it Gays To ehsll do it,
It will no: p-rmIt as to be silent, bu'
epeaks rs to- action and the Ieople to ruin
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
a re w LUC.Gk Il bOn.sA,
The "om0" VIII" POts"ns Three Husbands
@nd EwO seep-Ch1Id en-

Brief naeution was made in telegram in
Sa'u d.y's News If the arrest st n "
b "h WIck, New jersey, of Mrs. Lvd q
STE mau, by Cftic-rs from Connecticut
Wi'.' charge her with having poisoned a,
| q cut tlQes three husbands an sUO
1T = O. iidrsn, the IF pring Of her last nus
"AI q ty former marriage. The Me-
r. paper, of S4tnrd ~ state that bi,
woman married Jerse m n neariv ter,
years $50 nd ter living with iu three
year. dI d suddenly, aud III d + cir
cum tanc which ccAsioued Consider.
hla comment. Tee cond husban1 wss
married. In onEectIcuf, AMI died under
QnalIy suspicious circumstances, but. IA
nuthlDg WAS there known of the former
my ST. ri3us ,feath, no action was taken
Early IL 1870. at Derby, Connecticut the
v, IN u Tar. isd Nelson III Sh-rmsp. a
"id"w.r r. With two child en-, one six
and t-e 'tber fifeetn years old
Witlin nine months, ,hese three
Gi- d. all un1er the same unaccountable
clrcHn> ance-. After the death of the old
est child, which occnrred lat, Ms. Sh
naa went to n W Brn, wick to Wilt, a. d
went also to Pbifade phia. Imme iatel,
after she had Il f. succeeding tn d attn of
the Child, the f'ien1s of Mr.. she rman took
tips t. inv, stigate The matter, and to rh. Al
end b ID the b. d, Of the two OH .dren ex-
humed. TOE f3o-rs who ma on T.,
IA 8ke the Hrres' stats that under liable evil
dtuce of poison was fund npou all thre.
of the b dies, aud that it ~a, plaiuIy eee,
III the s,"mach Of tho last buried of the
three. They also state that they have beer
able to nix upon the alleged murderer the
purchase uf p''Ison Simi ar 0 that OF viii. h
traces we're fonnd. Tue poison was vee+-
table aud f an unusual chat acter, the ofi-
Gers being unable to give its lame. The,
were sfmed WITH warrants and requi- j.
tiou from Gov. rpor jewell. Tn. at.,e
men's OF the Off 'ers leave no d .ubt 1T
the wouan l. guilty If one of the most
and S u.ati. nj seri, of cr1mes
that has ever bseu NM tied. o.. beinp
'ha tn he ortme she give NJ 81
"e"r nee OF g l.. aud beyond The slupe
u prize AID th, as er,i0u OF h-r ipno.
'ence. did ut ~ em t b. at all affected
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

Eyebrows are reported too pronounced
on Broadway since the coal strike has sub
81 led.
In A'kipsas the horse flies are so abun-
dhht that glowing has TO be done by moon
light.
A Massachusetts, man recently tried to
kiIl himself by pounding himself with r.
hsmmer.
A remedy for the ravages of the dary-
phOr0 a censli9aedtG 10 now reported. s.It
Is simply the expressed juice Of the man.
drake, or NAV apple" This is aa,d 10 be
Infallible. Tae manner of application is
simply TO seize the dGrxph0ra by his elytra
and doae him till he dieSt
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

HORRIBLE MURDER ARE OF TIE As
sAss1Ns. ]. arm that a most horrlb t
murder occur ed at G FRO Gordo, in Co
lumbus county, on Wednesday right. The
circumstances. as far a. We could learn
them. were briefly these:
It seems that Mr. John st 4ncilI. high
ly respected citizen cf Columbus, nad been
Oh visit to this city. aud returnad to
Cerro Gordo CD Wednesdays night train.
It is supposed shnt, as he liv, sevef4i
miles ftom the place, he s opped to
rest ON the portico in front Of NJ. James
Buie's store, aud b t, while there. L.. fell
as:ecp. Sona h. ur> afterwards he gss dis
horribly gashed as lhoug1 by al axe. AID
Was at once summoned aud the tracks
found near the scene, were at once followed
up. They lei to the house of a negro
n imed Mac-{we could not /. arm the
surnane) where be aud his wife were
found, the Ia ter eDg*Bed in washing a
pair OF pants. TIL. Sc were taken FROM Ler
and examined, aud blood uas fonnd on
them. The WON u was closely qlcstiDned d
and became very much col fused in her re-
plies, while others CT the party, in search-
ing around, found an axe on which there
were clots of blood. The negro ard his
wife were both taken into custody and
they lave, We understand, since confessed
to the deed, saying that their object WIS to
obtain money. They Q now il jail.
Mr.. Ssancill was a wild; wer with kevetal
chidron. Was about 4s years OF sge and
was unive, sally estee med and res. ecte -
He was also a G ,llant C,rf dero:e fl .er,
having served a. Lieutepant ia the 20sh
II. G.. Regiment
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
Wilmington. charlotte and Ru'horford
Railroad.


Railroad.
At the meeting of the Board of Dlrec-
tors of the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad held in Charlotte
last Tuesday, Hon. S. n. Martin rendered
h,s resi1na ION as President, which was
accepted and III. Cronly. Esq. of this city,
wsa cleo ed to tho position.
MIR. Martins i'll health rendered neces-
sary This action on bis part.
Mr.. Cronly accepts the Presidency OF
the Rosd, fully aware Of the difficulties
which surround him. He is o business
IN n of en+rgy and of long and nccesstni
e. ,-rIt nee In addition to the Interest
he feels 10 rhe completion of the worh in
common vi b all our citizens, he has a
very large personal interest in il. He will
devote hi~ time and abilities 10 his new
duties. He has the sympathies, as We
hope he will receive the aid aud encour-
agtment, of oil the friends of this great
work.
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

Ire TRAGEDY AT CERRo GORQo. o.-Ws
have heard some further particulars re1a-
tive to the TRACE dy which occurred at Ger
70 Gordo, ia Columbus county, on lac
Wednesday. We learn now that Mr
Stanciil was not or the porch Of Mr.
Buie's store: but was found on tie porti @
of a bar room cary on Thur>day mofni rg
seated oa bog, as though be had beer
killed while IN that position. The bar
room hal been uroken open aud riAed. A
knifs, after wards identified as beiongina
to the uegro charged with the murd. T,
whose name Is Alfred McKIy, vas found
near the aud part Of a Is cent note,
tlIe other part VI which T4s aftarVard
found Oh the muldrrer. was PICKED up u
the floor OF the bar room. The 4gro wa
tracked to the house, but wos not there.
HIS wife was eIG aged in washing ; pGir
OF pants belonging to MacKey, on uh ch
blocd was discovered. When questioned
she replit at ibo blood was from the
nose, bu. afterward, said she did cot know
how 1t came there. In the meau,ime al
axe wss found in the house with blood On
it, AMI shortly afterwards Mscksy vas dis
CIV red in the woods near the hons.
drunk and asleep He was Immediately
carli off and placed il irons. whils the
woman rnc,eeded In escaping L, is very
probable, though that ehe has already
been captured and placed in Jail. We
were mi>informed Sesterd,y in regard to
the coLfe'siop CT The man and the woman,
IS they have not acknowledged their guilt.
A strong excitement very naturally ex-
lists throughout the entire county in re-
gard to this most atro oions murder.
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

Radical ranks-ne went into win. He ex-
poets his per diem, or he would not "waste
his sweetness on the desert air.
The best evidence that Convention is
foregone conclusion is the candidacy OF
these two worthless. What ever else they
pay be they are not political Don
QQixotes
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14

Ju. EPH A ENGEIH E @.

J"' EPH A ENGEIH RID E O.,
sc. Car. Hort. Society.
10 avoId any misrepresentation as to The
t'"'o "hen cur next Far viii be held, /
b~g, Trough yuu, to inform our friends.
that Sae exhl .'1'lon Will take place on Wed
nes lay, til 10 h d'y of July. am s4us-
lied il at The Ca, ssltc ed will suit q yery
Id 30 msJ1rity of tho VITO desire to re-
eent doFiicV!turAl products, aad the exhi
bltipn VIII sno~ II larger vaiary than If
a. III at "u ear lrr day. eg in iuvIte al,
p 't~ol . "lu eel N 1T 7 Al tLe d.yeI-
o. mruL Of oar hntt,cu:cGIal e,ou Gas. +
pr sen' Tor 'be Pa lie last &C Iun the uro
duclh II betr "rc' ar'.s, vtuey ards aud pet-
deus, IN al tt'.i va ieties,
WALTER L. STEELR, President.
The Society Will meet aL 8 %. 10. on tbe
1871. go