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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-29
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saoB What shallF ibeSopSs. .6f Nas,' If the
desire for fish continues 20 grow. Every
sttdgs shsseabpat i ashS nd smells fs4y.
Our priatersare fishy, and our anilsby
Iisadsrs ssl(lasy: THAI gthislocans ,eshy4
Good Lord Asllsshkis,l isssssss.
sr--r sruzssss.s-sr-, q
Isss sALMosT ElRs a % Saturday night
last rather assorious accident occurred 10
oar : gogs sE9nsy HIssssla Issesa ThS BSr
want, in filing up the lamp on tte'sveniug
ofathat night, split some oiLupon il which
llsrss sStea pr fosgotto wipeoff. 1RRhsap
I'D sahl as 4 / fhs recms No struck aa'
Iaisssb esfa & to GIG lasp sdd immo-
'amtsl alssksa CUP into u large blaze.
'isfiifss SpSe s ,aatis to sxsiasaish il with
isIfaps6ps.in ,sai i'saripsehus an itss .ex,- !.
'plesi9p ,Yeple take place foFItho blaze
to.increase every. none ens) We
;lefS thp Sroaa VI whaSrscapda a alarm
rYas giyslt, apdiinsa ,shosts:sime 'our wor:i
.tfy Flrepep were ppons the SPOT, ready
for work. In the meantime, however,
our friend, George Meredith Ito whom
wo teuder:oar personal thanks) ran up
stairs, caught up blanket with which
he ssueceedsd in smothering the bIazes
IT was dangerous performance, and We
feared forshin but as he succeeded. in
SbissefOrs tosassist us, we Are all tho more
grateful to him.. The Hire Companies
will also accept our thanks, coupled with
those gf Mr. AMeropey, for their prompt
mesa ;Iia the matter for If sans explosion
had taken place itand4 il is amarvel that
II itai sfSt) without the eatly assistance
Of our Fire, Department. one whole
. 50 'iarc.S ouir. beautiful Town must have
been swept away. - 's.y .s {
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-29

!. So A NIsgRAlsIE Side wALK.--Our at.
9; .sH,ttiep H has been called tosthe, condition
{ tiie she si,le walk betweea the rcsideneo
essf d. Lonis and Trcadwell's IIutcl, We
g. examined il, and to speak us mildly as
ssss e a,sand convey an idea of is up
rerance, We must proniu,icc it to i,e in
fr Shameful condition -imnassible.s
0lr friends, como to US With their
&. csrniptain,s:. We tell them we are pow
= erless to render any assistance. All We
issscando (if the Counciliwo repair it)
Z ~ is to advise q patient srinningsand bear
iag Of it. Maybe one Of them win see
itsc,ne of these days, aud maybe after
y, reeing II, it maybe reported 70 the Coun-
= aseil, and then maybe it will bcSixed
Are any more naybes wanted? ~
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-29
bller1m !, ssoSales.

By virtue OF, sundry writs Of Fl. fa., to me
directed win sell to the highest bidder,
Of Orangebprg Court House, ON the first
Monday in August next, for cash, all tho
right, title and interest of the Defendants
T ihthe following property, via "
One tract of land near Sewisville, st.
Matthews, containing 881 acres more OF less
and bounded by Monks Corner Road, Home
stead.of A. P.aAmaker anu lands of Clark
and Farnam.a Levied on as the property of
a, y. Amaker ut the suit of Miller & Ton
cray % S's-' -
- On Tuesday sf.er saieday, at tho residence
of Dr. A. H. Tabor, l Book Case, I What
Not, fCentre Table and Sofa. Levied on
as the property of James p. Mays st the
suit Of Elliott & Sailey.
Sheriff7s Office, q \ III. RIGGS,
orangeburgC. H., S..C.,I S. O. C.
July l4,. 1871. @
july 10 I'd
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-14

REpUBLIcANrsM IN .ENGLAND-Mr.
Henry Vincent, the English Reform
cr, is a Republican, not Il Monarchist.
From recent letter Of his we make
the following extract: "With some,
the retirement Of the Queen from &C.
tive, public and social life, is regret
ted, by many blamed, and by not a
few warmly approved. Among tho
latter l have heard expressions Of this
kind: tits a good thing that the
Queen has the sense to fall into the
background. She knows that the
Prime Minister is President of the
crowned Republic of England, and,
by her wise retirement, she is helping
to educate the people in the truth,
that the nation can be as safely and
quietly governed without monarchy
us with it, I also hear open advoca-
cy of Republican institutions in draw
ing-rooms and parlors, on the ground
that it is folly, in ago like this, to sup
pose that nation is always to have a
particular family at its head, and to
be forced to maintain that family in
an exceptional state of wealth, splcn-
dor and idlenoss."
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QUEEN VIcToR1A's HEALTn.-The
London Lnncet, speak ing of the health
of Queen Victoria, SAYS: Her Majes-
ty is not physically apable of bear
ing the effects Of cro.tlcd or over
heated rooms, or Of prolonged resi-
dcncc in London. TIL effort of en-
tertaining in tho cvhing produces
great and immediate Discomfort, fol-
lowed by lecplessncs, or disturbed
rest and severe headache; and her
Majesty rarely visits Buckingham
palace without suffering in a similar
manner. The profcssioS: viii llradily,
without our entering nSrc fully into
so delicate u subject, understand the
necessity for her Majcty's medical
advisers exercising the greatest dill
gcnce to prevent the recurrence of
these Il symptoms. 1t wfuld appear
that as if some persons must forget
that the Queen is n lady nearly SO
years Of age, tor they talt rs if they
oxpeeed her to possess tlt same re-.
markaJlc physical vigor and nerve
power she exhibited TWENTY years
ago. --.-...- - o..
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WAITING.

Where the manor-house garden is tan
... gled the most, 81 -
BY the door in the peach-tree wall,
You bade me farewell-for an hour al
you thought
But we parted for. once and all. a..
Through the long white glare, how the
peonie famed. = r ..
In the noon Of the July day, ....
AsEou crossed the grass with the golc
on your hair, >
And the cricket leaped up where they
lay.
Oh, the wearisome months of waiting
>. in vain,: . :,
Ever stealing my youth from me,
Ever straining my eyes through the
darkness
Ever stretching my arm DER the sea!
For the fire of that suItry summer sun
Has burned down SO deep in my heart,
Though years and the autumn bring
calmness my DEAR,
I am scarce now content to part.
For still when the July Moons are come,
And the hollyhocks grow tall,
l walk and dream dreams as we dream
ed, my dear, .- .....
Under the peach-tree wall.
When the passionate life-strife is over,
The folly, the chill, and the pain,
A shadow, in the shadowless noontide,
Perhaps I may walk here again.
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August 20, 1871.

HEAVY RoBBERY.-A rather heavy
robbery is reported rs having occurr-
cd in South Carolina few days ago
Near.Woodlawn, in Edgc6cld county,
about seventeen miles from this city,
there lives widow lady, Mrs. Peggy,
Jones, and q short distance from her
married daug ghter, Mrs. Henry
Tilghman. From some cause re-
port had been put in circulation that
Mrs. Jones was tho owner of good
deal Of gold coin which she kept Sc
cretcd in her house. On last Satur-
day evening she went ovcr.to spend
night with her daughter, leaving her
house comparatively unprotected.
during the night Legro man in her
employ, named Joseph Kent, entcrcd
the house and made thorough search
for the hidden treasure. All his labor
however, only brought to light two
hundred dollars. in greenbacks and
thirty dollars in gold. Of this
amount ono hundred dollars in cur
repcy aud twenty dollars in gold was
tho property Of Mrs. Tilyhman,
which she had deposited with her
mother for safe keeping. lie also
realized several gold buttons and sew
eral pieces of jcwclry. AS soon as
the robbery was committed the rob-
Der made bis escape and came, it is
thought, over into Georgia. Tho
police officers Of Augusta werc in
formed of the robbery on Monday
evening, and after working at,theeasc
little, thought that Kent had gone
to Burke county, where his wifcs rel
ativcs resided. A Lieutenant Of Po-
lice went there on Tuesday but found
that the bird had not been in that
part Of the country. No arrest has
yet been made.
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ABBEvIILE, S. c.. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER H. 1911 !.
100 to 28O feet perpendicular1y, sit

100 to 2S0 feet perpendicular1y, sit
doespresent a bold and difficult
work to be encountered so long
ago by human hands. without the
machinery and appliances of the
present day. But now that new
line is discovered and located, seal
ing the mountain heights without
a tunnel, saving few miles in dis
tance, and over 100000 in cost
over completing the old line, how
few of those who are daily casting
obloquy and reproach upon those
great men who originated the en-:
terprise, for wantof skill, judgment
and foresight, stop to inquire the
real causes which produced this
change in the line, and abandon
ment of the large amount of work
already performed. How few know
or choose to consider, that the En-
gineer, nearly twenty years ago,
was restricted to grade Of G5 1eet
to the mile, and that it was impossi-
Bile to pass this mountain without
that tunnel. After the location
was made, many distinguished en-:
gineers came and examined thor
oughly this line, and pronounced it
the best that could be had. Only
one, Mr.. Latrobe, Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, suggesting the
use of a higher grade.
But we have the recent authori-
ty of I'll. G." for saying that the
world does actually move, and tha.
some men move with it, and we
may safely assume that the science
of engineering has advanced some
what, and that the power of loco
motives have been, by skillful ar
tisans, increased since the days of
Stevenson and Brunei. Hence, it
is now not only possible but prac-
ticable to ascend the Stump House
Mountain at q grade OF ~ or 20
feet to the mile, with engines Of
sufficient power and capacity for.
the traffic and travel likely to come
over the road. This change, there
fore should be justly attributed to
the progress and advances made
in science, and not to the want of
skill or judgment in those then
entrusted with the work.
The road under many difficulties
is now believed to be slowly, but
surely, winding its way to. the top
of the mountain, and when this is
accomplished, all who may have
tice. ..... 9.
August 20, 1871.
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VOLUME XI X---lN ]. q.
Conventions Of Golorsd Men.
From the N. r. EVENING Post:

From the ~. Y. Evening Post:
The colored men Of the United
States will hold two conventions Of
national importance this fall The
first is called o national convention
and will meet in st. Louis on the
22d Of September. The second is
called southern convention, although
it is thought that nearly all the States
will be represented it will meet in
Columbia, South Carolina, on the
18th of October. 80. . I
The people Of St. Louis. are pre-
pairing to give the colored people whe
attend the convention in that city a.
cordial reception. The Democrat re-
ports that the colored men of differ
ent States are selecting delegates,
and are determined to be we'll repre-
sented. The object of the conven-
tion is to discuss measures to promote
the interest of the celored race gen
orally. But the main object seems
to be TO consult upon the proposition
to fix upon some day which is me-,
morable in the history Of the colored
race, to be commemorated hereafter
as general holiday. It is. said that
many Of them are in favor. of selcc-
ting the Fourth of July as day in
which they are now equally interest
ed with all other other citizens Of the
United States. But many think
that the 1st Of January, the anniver-
sary of the day on which the Eman-
cipation Proclamation took effect, is
moro appropriate. The 3oth Of
March, in commemorative of the
Fifteenth Amendment; the 1st. Of
August, because on that day the Bri-
tish emancipated their slaves in the
West Indies, and the 22d of Septem-
Der. which will be the anniversary of
the promulgation of emancipation in,
this country, have also their advo-'
Gates. ~ 2. -, a,ss.,..,..
The Convention in Columbia is call
ed for general consultation" of the
condition Of tho epfranchised people
of the Southern States. In the ex-
cited condition of society there, efforts
arc sure to be made to give it a po-
litical bearing. But the precise OBJ,
.ect of its projectors is not clearly.
known. The Convention will attract
the attention of both political parties
rs it may have some influence in sew
eral of the Southern States.
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A New LEATHER.-Vcgetable
leather is now extensively manu-
factured, the principal materials
being caoutchouc and naptha. The
product is only one-third as cost y
as ordinary leather, which it re-
sembles 80 closely that they can
be distinguished only by close in.
spection; and the vegetable leath-
er has the additional advantage of
being made in entire pieces Of fl
ty yards in length, if desired, and
one and a half yards wide, of any
thickness demanded, Of uniform
quality, and ample strength.
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Boiler Explosion-Fearful Loss Of Life.

The Mobile Register has kindly
furnished the following:
The steamer Ocean Wave, a low
pressure beat, left the City Sunday
rnorning, with about two hundred
pelsons on board, for an excursion to
Fish River. about twenty miles from
the city. On her return she stopped
at Poitt Clear, reaching there at P.
NJ. TIN boat was made fast and the
band antp part Of the passengers went
ashore. After remaining for half an
hour, tho whistle was blown, and the
passengershad just got aboard when
the boiler exploded with great force,
following arumbling,. Kissing sound.
Fragments on timber and metal flew
in every direction. The forward
part of the boat and cabin were car
ricd completed y away. The chimney
fell backwards toward The rear of the
boat, crushing the upper cabin, the
boat Immediately sunk with her bow
submerged s" sa
About sixty or seventy persons
were killed and injured by the explo-
sion, so far. The bodies Of 10 Of the
dead, eight ladies among tho number,
have been discovered. Twenty-cight
wounded havcbcen brought. to the
city, and one q the, little girl, who
has since died. The scene was ap-
palling, the terrific heat rendering
wilder the sccns Of grief, such as are
seldom witnessed. The frantic cries
Of. the surviveri who. lamented for
lost wives, Children: parents and sis
tcrs, was agoni'ing to all who had
human sympatli les. Many of the
passengers were little children, and
many little hats and bonnets came
ashore, TO tell ofthe little victims be-
meath the waters s. s~s.s
The Captuin, William Eaton, swan
somo time with both legs broken; a
boat reached him just too late, and he
won't down. Tie two pilots. were
killed, and tho engineer and wife
were severely injued, and all the fire.
men werc killed. 1t is impossible to
correctly estimatethc loss. By some
it is. supposed that at least thirty or
forty persons are ftill buried in the
debris Of the wrccl or at the bottom
of the bay. A divlr has gone to the
scene Of tic disaste. The accident
has cast gloom oYr the whole city,
and a universal MADNESS prevails
The streets arc crofded with people,
and the excitement md feeling is in
tense. s-. ...--. ...... ....
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Dls1LLUsIoN.
BY FLORENCE PERCY.

I dreamed that had long been dead
Spring rain and summer hght ano
bloom
Had swept across my lonesome bed,
With clever-scent and wild bees
boom,
Tightening the place of half its
gloom.
Serene and calm, my quiet ghost
Came slowly back to see the place
Where 1 had joyed and suffered most
TO look upoN his grieving face
Where memory death could not erase.
But he, my love, whom even in heaven
yearned to comfort and sustain
Knowing how sore his heart was riven-
NV love, with life so changed to pain
Yhat lie could never love again.
Eorgetful of the golden band
On my dead finger slpmbering,
Now bent above another hand,
And c!nsped and kissed the thing,
And whispered o. another ring.
Alas, poor ghost! I felt thrill
A sudden stab of mortal pain
And sighed. He shivered: "Ah how
chill --=
The air has grown, and full of rain;
My darling, kiss me quick again!'
Why should I Ilinger? As passed,
Her lips touched shyly, murmuring
low,
Just where my own had touched their
last,
Only little while ago;
"Ah, WELL" said, "tis bette. so,"
But one, who is my life passed by
With friendships coolest touch and
tone, ~
I found beneath the darkening sky,
Beside. my grave all bramhle-grown,
With sorrow i'll his eyes-alone,
A tear, down-glitterhig as he stood,
Hung starlike in the grass below;
blessed him in my gratitude,
He smiled "Dear heart. If she could
How sweet these brier-blossoms
grow!" -
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LAURA.
4 Story from Life.
NeW-York Fortune.

Laura had bccn making, out bill.
Miss HAYDEN TO LAURA STETsoN, DR..
Satin oycr-skirt, '-~: ~ $500
paid out for same, 200
Hufling skirt, seven bias ruff1cs,
corded ou both sides, 500
Belt, with sash end blaided, 100
Total, s $500
That's ALL" said the tired girl let.
ting her pencil drop, and breathing a
sigh Of relief.
II hope she will pay you tonight"
moancd old Mrs. Stctson.
"Shc is we'll aware Of our needs
noac more So" was the sad rep. y.
"At the same time she carries her
old habits of saving into her new life,
for she knows l shall not change one
half the price a regular dressmaker
would. She would have to pay Mad
anne Jolife twenty-five dollars at the
least"
"WeH it isa shamo," replied her
mother, 'that you can't get the regu-
lar price when you do your work as
we'll, and better in my estimation.
Time was when your father could
have bought and sold Walter Hay
den; and now you must work your
fingers off for his daughter, who has
neither your education, nor
"Oh, don't mamma pleaded Laura
with u little laugh that was partly
historical "You only make it worse
for me, calling up old times. Just say
it'will come all right in the fall, rs
papa used to-" and with the smile still
on her lips, she turned the troubled
eyes away, that her mother might
not see tears. -.
For poor, proud Laura, earning a
. scant living for mother and herself,
rad asemory of the Haydens hid
Gen in her heart.
When Bart Hayden, the handsom-
est man in New york, some said, had
gone, away, only year before, she
had thought of him for months after,
nav, even now, with quickened
pulses and heightened color. The
iIaydens were not wealthy then but
within q short time they had come
into fortune, and it was rumored that
young Bart was also growing rich
through lucky speculation.
1t is just nine months since the
death of Laura's father. He had
dropped down suddenly, while appa
rently in full health and after the fu
neral it was found that his nffairs
were in very tangled condition
In fact. only a small house was left K
the widow, through the consideration
of creditors, and that far from com
fortably furnished.
Laura, the child Of wealth ant
fashion, her fathers idol a delicate
ihorough bred, elegant girl, who hat
hitherto summed herself IN the warn
rays OF prosperity, and hardly knew
whether, she had heart or not, prov
I'd herself heroine. Whatever sh'
could find to do, she wor6ed at with
all her heart Plain sewing, eu
broidery, dress making, for which
she had talent, and concerning
which she often laughingly said, tha1
if she had not been rich she mi gh
have been famous, everything wa.
undertaken willingly, aud laborcd a
unconiplainingly. Z She accepted tb'
situation, though not with some strug
gle with pride, and many secre
tears.
"Weil I suppose I must carry tn
dress home," said Laura.
Mrs. Stetson thought of the tim
when a carriage was at the call
her beautiful daughter.
dearest, can't. take it?" she aske
gazing ther anxiousy. "You 100
II am ill-that is, my head aches
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We learn that the right, title and
interest Of the Columbia Bridge
Company in the old Cougaree
Bridge has been purchased by j.
L. Neagle, and that he will in a
short time erect a new one in the
place of the one burned,in 1865. y.
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The number of persons known
to be killed by the explosion of the
Ocean Wave, near Mobile, is % {;
wounded 26. Many persons be-
lieved to have been ON board the
steamer at the time of the explo-
sion are still missing.
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A charcoal man and his wife,
who belonged to the Commune,
escaped the vigilance Of the police
by the happy device Of a thorough
washing. The disguise was too
perfect unluckily, for they have
been looking for each other ever
since. .a-.-'. -;.
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NE, T,bon,oo TT R1oo1--,11 ,

Mr.. Thomas H. Blackwell, who
has been for several weeks exam
lining the accounts Of the County
Treasurer of Abbeville county, has
rendered his return to the State
Auditors office, from which it ap-
pears there is about $4,000 deficit
in the Abbeville County Treasury,
to be accounted for.
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St. Louis has struck ont.in ancw
direction to reach salt water. Her
latest project is to build a canal
from the Tennessee River to the
Georgia, seaboard. The restless:
ness of "the future great city," and
its desire to undertake any great
work of public improvement, no
matter how impracticable or costly,
speaks we'll for her energy, IF not
for her discretion.
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A number of young men in Char
lesion have organized a society
known as the South Carolina Be-
nevolent Association, the object Of
which is to visit the sick and ad.
ministerto the needs and wants of
the destitute. So
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-14

MICA IN WALHALLA.-We learn
from the Deutsche Zeitung that
Mica has been discovered in the.
vicinity of Walhalla, and many
persons are engaged in gathering
It.. Some make from four to ten
dollars at this work.
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The mischievous attempt TO cs-
tablish mixed schools of willie and
colored in Louisiana has resslted,s
as might have been anticih lated,
most disastrously. The ill-feling
created has destroyed the useful
ness Of the schools for both White
and colored, the attendance is
greatly reduced, and the expense of
public instruction greatly incrcascd.
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IIIaH-IIEELED SHoEs.-The PHI

II1aH-IIEELED SuoEs.IThe Pill
adelphia surgeons. like other wise
people, are opposed to hish-heeled
shoes. DR.. VIM. II. Pam boast re-
marked the other day, atter per-
forming a painful operation on an
interesting little girl wlbsc feet
had been ruined by wearinswrong-
ly constructed shoes, "Thii is the
beginning Of a large harest of
such cases.
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There is "nothing like leather"
the annual business in which, in
theSUnited States, amounts to $780,
00,000-excecdirg in value every
other industrial interest except ag-
riculturc.
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It is said that the Americans are
the only people WHO keep their
bedroom windows open at night
other nations dreading the night
air as so much poison.
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Rev. T. S. Boinest. an able and
beloved minifter OF the Lutheran
Church, died Sept 4, at his resi-
dence near Pomaria, S. G.
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Is Ir.-An exchange asks: CTS
cholera contagious?' Don't know !;
but it "gripes' a fellow awfully
when it gets a good hold on him.
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There have been heavy storms
off the coast of England. No out
going steamers were injured