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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-03-18
A Friendly Critic.
Al @.
March 18th.

In his admirable address at the Coop.
or Institute Mr.. MuNDELLA praised
very warmly much that he had seen in
this country but he made some yalua-
bic criticisms. Thus he said that in
general IL system of education was the
best in the world, but that it needed one
thing to mako it perfect, aud that is,
tina. education should be made compul.
sorry. This remark was received with
applause ty the audience, and it is one
80 which the people CT the country must
soon be accustomed. The coincidence
of the universal Prussian education. aud
the amazing advance of Prussia to the
leadership of Europe, is too significant
NOT to be remarked. The fact that in
this country electoral corruption is most
prevalent among the most ignorant class
is one that suggests to us the remedy.
Indeed, the chief reliance Of American
liberty is an intelligent public opinion,
aud that is impossible without education.
To maintain that opinion, and constant
iy to elevate it, the State must not only
provide education for every child, but it
must insist that every child be educa-
ted.
The condition of that enlightened
opinion, which is the true American
conservatism, is education; and it is the
highest duty, therefore, to insist that the
people shall be educated. Look Mt tho
Prussia Of to-day, and at that of the
father of FREDER,cK the Great. They
arc both called dcspotisms. But the
vital difference between them is that to-
day there j. a public opinion, while then
there was uone Aud to that opinion
every thing is really referred. Bisrnark
is n Tory Of the blue blood. But he
compartments the spirit of his age SO we'll
that he const antly refers to that inal
tribunal. 1t is u painful fact-aud one
that siiouid DC Startling totne degree
OF inspiring a national resolution that it
shall cease to be q fact-that we are no
longer the most generally educated peo-
pie in the world. The statistics prcpar-
cd aud published by the Bureau of Ed
ucation show some very disagrecable.
facts upon this subject. And among the
grave labors to which Congress should
devote itself this is certainly one of tho
chief--to devise some method of COM
polling esery statetado ftsduty to the
citizens of the Union by making the
most ample educational provision while
in each State where this provision is
already made, as in New York, the duty
Of compelling every child to take advau-
tase Of it should be stringcutly incul-
Gated.
IL should be uncandid," said Mr..
Mundclla, eff / did not frankly tell you
that North Germany and Switzerland
excel you in the thorouehncss AMI uni
versatility of their systems, and this, l
believe, is entirely owing to the fact that
in those countries the parent has not the
right to deprive the child of the excel
lent training which the state has provi-
dcd. When the parent fails in his duty
the state stands in loco parents ; and
this is what you chiefly nced to perfect
your educational system" [Ma.pers
WeehIcy.1
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Latest from Europei.
QuADRAaGULAn CoMp1icA1IoS! The
UNITED STATES I~NyoLvED! Or
ASaEBunG IN THE Row

az Bm FTaa ~ 1,
eds hAs we go TO press the startling news
,sehi reaches us that tho peace of Europe is
again Threatened : that international
complications haze arisen, of the most
s6s serious description between Germany,
qIsltFrance aid this eeuuhty-aud that the
es5 cause ofsall this trouble is in the posses,
sion Of one Of the citizens Of Orange
burg. In the name of that common hu-
manit5 which should actuato us all, we
pray feryently'that the worst may not
b come but we areEcompelled to say that
our apprehcnsions scom only too we'll
funded,
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-03-18
ALSO
IN THE COURT OF PROBATE
ORANGEBukG CoUNTY.
M~arisnna Tabcr
and
Edmund Il. Taber.
By iiIaTdaai All iitoin.
vs..
Thomas s. Thomson,
Administrator.

: In pursuance TO III order TO me directed BY
the Honorable Thad. G.. Andrews, Judge of
:hc Prehate Court, ] will expose to public
cutlery on salcsday in April next, Mt the risk
Of former purchaser, the following tracts of
land, viz:
|. All that tract Of land situated in Orange
burg County, containg 100 acres more or less,
bounded on the north and west by DR.. \. Il.
rabcr on the east 10y Santee River and on
the south by j. NJ. Crosswcll, known as
''Hampden.'
Q. All that tract of land situated in said
County, containing 50 acres more or less,
in the ncighborhood of ~"lInmpden."
Terms-Onc-third cash, balance on n cred
it of one and tive years, purchaser to give
bond for such balance secured by mortgage
of the premises. Purchasers to pay for pa
pcrs and stamps.
Sheriff Office, Ii. RIGGS,
Orangcburg G. H., s. C., S. o. c.
March -, 1871.
mar lS I'd
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pennlar Education.

s4@4rrrh4 III IW~- az
The csusc of public education il ono
which no State can afford to neglect. Ii
involves the existence, for all good pur-
poses at least, of the State itself. No
matter nc what COST or at what sacrifice,
there must be free, impartial. universal
education. No price is too great, when
IS necessary, toSpay for tho advantages,
however great, can compensate for tho
tas absence Of it'd To it, VIC of the South
! ads especially may iookswith hope, and by
sssSit Nc miaysbssas'ssd,a when all Gle leaves
US hopeless and dcspairipg. For, popu-
lar cdaeation means aud implies, popular
progress, aud will as surely dispel the
darkness of ignorance aud prejudice, as
do the beams of day dispcl the shades
of night. Aid it is not merely an Gle
=, yator Of porsonal,aad political morals /;
Il it the only mems of popular knowl,
II edges and t'KaoMledge is rowER,"
staAe 81 These are truths which the, world has
o long Theoretically acknowledged, yet
which few save republican governments
have had the courage to act upon. But
AZ y ! the reeant sneeess of Prussia has, finally,
"a Convinced crcn monarchical Europe,
that In the education of It's citizens a
State finds not only its safest and high
est policy ut home, but the surcst and
4grnndestsmcans ofymajcstic, a~wc-inspirius
aud successful War.
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NOTICE
The State of South Carolina,
ORANGEBURG COUNTY.

III NV"HON Z TEAo
John a.. OCain aud f. |. IIigdon Mortgage
to Of Real
Geo. Boliver, G. C. P. Estate.
Under and by virtue of a covenant for re-
sale on breach of condition in the above
mortgage, and with the consent of all par
ties interested, L vii, sell on first Monday in
April next. for half cssh. balance ON a nred-
it of II months.
All that phrccl Of land containing three
acres moro or less. lying at or near Jani-
sons Turn Out, s. c., bounded north by
lands of WIN. keitt, cast and south by Mrs.
Marcilla lnabinet, west by j. II. Graves.
Clerks Office, GEO. BOLIyER.
orangcburs. G. H., s. C.. &C. r.
March 10Th, 1871,
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sheriff's Sales.
IN TIE COURT CT PROBATE.
ORANGEBURG COUNTY.
Err Dork
Er pdrts
Mary Rick enhukcr


Mary Rick enhnkcr
In pursuance Of an order To INC directed by
the Honorable Thad. c. Andrews, Judge of
the Probate Court, ] will expose 10 public
outcry on saleday in April next. the fol
lowing tracts of land, viz:
All that plantation or tract of land con-
tanning 4734 acres more or less. in Edisto
Fork. OH Five Mile Branch, bounded by lands
OF Jno. Easterlin, Jessie Snndford and the
ract set of as the Homestead.
ALSO
One other tract containing 200 acres. more
or less, bounded north and west by Morgan
Davis aud Geo. Hughes, south and east by
Porter Pearson.
Torms-Cash sufficient to pay the Dover,
aud the costs and expenses of the suit. and
the balance payable in one and two years.
Purchaser to give bond anu mortgage, and
pay for papers and stamps.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01
4 Giant Tree.

Then we went in search of the tree.
We had passed ~ we rode up some HUI
ras, (Sand-box trees which would have
been considered giants in England and
| had been laughed at more than once
for asking, is that the tree, or that 2"
| soon knew why. We scrambled up IA
steep bank of broken limestone, through
ferns and balistcrs, for perhaps II hun
dred feet, and then were suddenly
aware of bole which justified the say
ing OF one OF our party-that, when
surveying for road he had come sud
denly on it, " he felt rs if he had run
against II church tower" II was Hura,
seemingly healthy, undecayed and grow
ing vigorously. It's girth-we measured
it carefully-was forty four feet six feet
from the ground, and as | laid my face
against it and looked up, l seemed to be
looking up a ships side. 1t as PEI
fectly cylindrical, branchless al q smooth,
save, of course, the tiny pric', es which
beset the bark, for height al which we
could not guess, but which we luckily
had IN opportunity of measuring. A
had kindly let down an air-root into the
SUI. we tlpHttHtu tlle roOt, set III DOWN
perpendicnlarly, cut 1t Ct II exactly where
1t touched the ground, and then pulled
carefully until we brought the plant and
half dozen more strange vegetables
down on our heads. The length of the
ar-rsot was Just seventy-five feet. Some
twenty feet or more above the first fork
was IA second fork, and then the tree be-
gan. Where its head was we could not
see. We could only, by laying our faces
against the bole, and looking up, discern
a wilderness of boughs carrying a green
cloud of leaves, most of them too high
for us to discern their shape without
glasses. We walked up the slope and
round about to see if we could discern
the lead of the tree clear enough to
guess at its height but in vain 1t was
only when we mad ridden some half
mile or more up the hill that we could
discern its masses rising "A bright green
above the darker foliage of the
forest. 1t looked any height, from l50
to 200 feet less it could hardly be. 1T
made, says a note by one of our party,
s. other huge trees look like shrubs"
am not surprised that my friend, Mr..
Nj. st. Luce D'Aradie who measured
the tree since my departure, found it
one hundred and ninety-tw
feet in height. "A Christmas in he Vest
I,dieS bg CHa1ieS K,uqsIeV.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01
BRADFORD PUBLISHING COMFY
RATES OF ADVERTIsINa.
A Sterling Old Poem.

Who shall Judge him from his manners :
Who shall know him by his dress?
paupers may be III for princes,
Princes III for something less.
Cnimpled shirt and dirty jacket
Nav hcclOtho the golden ore,
or the deepest tht ughts and feelings;
Satin vest can do no mere.
There are streams Of crystal nectar
Ever flowing out Of stone:
There ARE purple beds aud golden,
Hidden, crushed and overthrow.
God. who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospcrs YOU and me,
While hc values thrones the highest
Bnt as pebbles in the sea-
Man npraised above his fellows
on lorgets his fellows then;
Masters rulers leris, remember
That Your meanest hines are men
Men Of labor, men Of feeling,
Men Of thought, men of fame,
Claiming rights TO Golden sunshine
lua mans onno ling name.
There are foam-embroidered oceans,
There are little wOod-clad rills
There are feeble inch-high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills.
God, who counts by souls, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me
For to Him all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles IN the sea.
Ioiling hands alone are builders
Ofa nations wealth and fame;
Tilted laziness is pensionod,
Fed and fattened on the same
By the sweat of others foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor mans outraged freedom
Vanly lifts its feeble voice.
Truth and justice are eternal
Born with loveliness and light
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
While there is a sunny right.
God, whose worldwide voice is singing
Boundiess love To you aud me,
Heeds oppression. with its titles
But as pebbles in the sea.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01
How SiberianS Eat.

We have heard of the enormous ap
petites of the natives of Siberia, writes
a correspondent. We now had oculal
demonstration of it. One of our Tun
gusians had been sent back on an errand
The other two sat down to their supper
First they made away with gallon OF
hot tea. Then they prepared four
quart pailrul of boiled fish and soup.
Just rs this was dispatched their com
rade returned, and the same pail was
twice filed with boiled beef, all of which
was devoured by the three, the bones
/ ing cracked for the marrow. They
then rinsed ont the pail, and cooked it
| full OF "crupa, kind of mush, which
went the way of the fish and beef Then
/ they fell upon "ukale," or dried salmon,
devouring even the skin, after broiling
it over the fire Then they built their
own camp fire, and began to cook
another meal. We did not keep any
account of the dishes but the last thin Q
we heard after retiring was the cracking
of beef bones to get at the marrow
Swartz told us that few months before
IA number of horses had been sent to
Alan under charge of half a dozen Cos
sacks. One Of the horses broke its leg.
and had to be killed At evening the
six Cossacks sat down to the carcass,
and in the morning there was nothing
left of it but the hide and bones. Even
the head and entrails had been eaten.
\ GRAVE AFFAIR A manufacturer of
tombstones lately received a call from a
countryman who wanted stone to place
over the grave of his mother. After look
ing around for some time, and making
sundry remarks about the taste of his
deceased mother. he finally pitched up
on one which the stone-cutter had pre-
pared for another person. 81 like this
one, said he. But, said the manu-
facturer, that belongs to another man,
and has Mrs. Perry's name cut on it it
wouldn't do for your mother. "Oh, !
yes. it would" said the countryman
" she couldn't read ! And, besides" he |
as he observed the wonder |
ment of the stone-cutter, Perry was
always favorite name of hers, any
how ~
A SAD SToRY.-An affecting story of
the Chataugua lake disaster is told Of
Mrs. Cochrane, who was on her bridal
tour. When the boat landed, her hus-
band was reading at the stern. She
asked him to come to the bow and see
hem wood up. He refused. She play
'ully snatched the book from him, saw
ng, "If you won't go with me, shan't
ct you read, D." and ran with it to the bow
If the boat. She got there just in time
o meet the explosion and her death.
The book was found near her body.
A Pittsburg young lady was married {
he other day, and was as rosy and {
adiaBt bride as one would wish to see. |
mt before night she was taken i'll and c
led in few hours, victim Of heart c
isease superinduced by the excitement Q
ttending the wedding O
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01
Facts and Fancips.

! rawback-Toothache
! A head wind-A sn9eze.
? Home brood The children
A chop for breakfast Hash
Galley Printers devils
The war measure-A line of battle.
The raw material-Underdon steak.
Pleasant checks in life-Bank checks.
Doing heavy business The iron deal
ers.
To make hotbed-Set the mattress
on fire.
Light employment-Building castles
IN the air.
The swiftest arm of the military ser
vice-The feet.
The way to raise the wind-Fan an
heiress at Saratoga.
The sweetest of strains-Trying to lift
a pretty young girl on a horse
More Englishmen than Irishmen
came to the United States in 1870.
child was born on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, at the rate of forty
miles an hour.
Toadstools, convulsions and u stomach
pump, were the three courses of an In
dianapolis girls dinner.
The Washington star thinks that
city which cannot boast of modern
Borgia evinces fearful lack of enter
prise.
Some people st,.rve their happiness in
order to feed their vanity. 1t will not
answer to look at anything but their ex.
terror
The Cincinnati Commercial thinks that
if women are to be admitted to Yale
and Harvard, men should be allowed to
enter Vassar.
A Young lady upon one occasion re-
quested her lover to define love- "Well
Sal, =" said he, " it is to me an inward i'm
and an outward alloverish-
ness.
The Alexandria p 50 tells of case
wherein farmer claims to have lost
favorite dog which killed himself bark
ing at reaper agents.
Ladies have gone to the other extreme
in dressing the hair, and it is now pulled
up on the back of the head, and packed
away in as small space rs possible
Ladies at the watering places wear
their round hats all day for the purpose
Of concealing the crimping pins and curl
papers, which are taken down at night.
The ladies at Saratoga indulge in three
: Germans" daily, one after breakfast,
me after dinner and one in the evening,
which is usually kept up to the "wee
ma hours"
Black lace scarfs are universally worn
With every kind of dress. They protect
he dress from being soiled by the hair,
which many ladies now wear braided
lown the back.
A new style of bracelet is a wide band,
n cuff of FURNISHED gold, in the centre
# which is a vine of flowers, in enamel
tudded with small diamonds and other
precious stones
Many who would not for the world
liter a falsehood are yet continually
to produce false impressions
N the minds of others, respecting facts,
haracters and opinions.
A Detroit woman with dog wrapped
p as a baby tried to get the animal
assed through on train as an infant.
INT for the dog barking just as the con-
uctor passed. she would have succeeded
1t is stated that rubber cushion
laced under the legs of work benches
here hammering is going on and other
,afening noises are made will deaden
e sound SO that it cannot be heard in
/ adjoining room.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01

The years have turned over and over,
Soft April and dew-dril ping May
Since all whore bank OF red clover,
Half ground and half sky, stretched away.
little maid sat 81 her milking,
And singing loye-lting lay.
Up ont OF the daisv-draped edges
That bordered the green milking lane
Up ont Of the tops of the hedges,
To list to the lilt Of her strain,
The brown little heads of the wild birds
Were lifted again and again.
fair sight il was to behold her,
No shadow of care on her brow,
The girsh arm bare to the shoulder,
That leaned on the flank Of her cow
Oh, May-timc, my beautiful May-time
Say, how hast thou come to her now?
Draw back from the window the curtain.
Look in on the bed where she lies:
The shadows are cold and uncertain,
The sun going ont Of her skies,
The sick soul aweary with waiting
Comes up to look ont Of her eyes.
She turns the years over and over,
Clear back to the May-time gone by,
Clear back to that cloud Of red-clover
That shimmers half ground and half sky,
And she cries from the depths OF her an guish
My Lord and my God is it II"
Alice Tlru
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01
IDEAS of Il NeM>nnnnr.

Some people have an idea that news
papers will lie Others are so wise that
they will only believe newspaper report
when they think it would be easier for
the paper to tell the truth than to tell a
lie, Others think it the evidence of
flashing wit to reject with a derisive
laugh any evidence for authority coming
from 4" the papers. To such an extent
has this thoughtless Judgment of the
press been carried, that much of its
sphere of usefulness has been circum-
| scribed. 1t is true there must be some
occasion for this widespread impression
--" there must be some fire where there
is SO much smoke"-yet how many men
can show record for correctness, accu-
racy and trlthfulness, that will at once
compare with the average newspaper ?
The editor gathers his news from thou
sand sources, from acquaintances and
strangers, from letters and papers. He
Sits and culls, hunts and details, and
endeavors to get " the straight of every
story he publishes, for it goes to the
world over his own name, and he knows
that in great measure he will be beld
responsible. The private individual
hears a piece of gossip. listens carelessly,
tells it to another with equal careless
ness, and if called upon for details, in
nine cases ont of ten cannot give enough
of them to make an intelligent item for
paper. Writing makes an exact
man." SAYS Lord Bacon the newspaper
verifies the truth of the statement. Let
anv one who doubts this, sit down and
put on paper some piece of gossip, with
the purpose Of having II printed over his
own name. and he will see in moment
how little he knows about matter he |
thought himself familiar with. And he /.
will wonder, not that the newspaper /
should contain occasional inaccuracies |
and misstatements, but that it contains 4
so few. And his wonder will wonder
fully increase when he remembers that
the editor has to depend for much of
what he publishes on the common run of
- Yonkers Gd1ette.
BENEwLENcE. Sisters of st.
John, in the City of Washington, are
largely composed of young society ladies,
who leave the world in turn for a month
1t time to live in the hospital and nurse
he sick children of the poor. Mrs.
Clemmer Ames saws: Il saw one, the
laughter of distinguished officer as
'he emerged last spring. worn by days
md nights of watching and nursing, but
With light in her eyes which belongs {
% the saints. NV baby did not die, I
he said, that is pay enough. And |
he put on once more the rch robe of q
he world, and went to receive IN her d
ather's house" a
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01
JOB PRINTING

of all kinds neatly executed at the lowest living
prices Our Office il well furnished with mater
ia and stock for this department, and we now
have expeyioncod aud competent workmon to use
them. II you want any printing done you need
not go to the city, or out OF the county, for you
can get as good work and ~ low prices at this
Office AZ at any other.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01

BABIES IN TUBKEY.-A Mrs. Harvey,
who has been travelling in Turkey and
visiting harems, gives the following ac-
count of the manner in which new born
babes are there treated
Soon after their birth they are rubbed
down with salt and tightly swaddled in
the italian fashion. The pressure of
these bandages is often so great that the
circulation becomes impe,led, and Incl
sions and scarifications are then made
on the hands, feet. and spine to let out
what the Turkish doctors and nurses call
I" the bad blood" The unhappy little
creature is only occasionally released
from its bonds, and never thoroughly
washed until the sacred month of thirty
days has expired, when it is taken with
its mother to the bath. No wonder that
the sickly and ailing sink under such
treatment. and that the mortality amongst.
infants should be frightfuL
The PERSIAN FAMINE re-
oeived in Bombay, from the agent of
he society for assisting the sufferers by
he famine in Persia, fully confirm the
'eports previously received. Thousands
If people have already died of starvation,
md in places where every other vestige
# food has been consumed men have
'een driven to eat their own offspring.
such scenes of misery have never been
elsewhere in modern times,
nd to add to the accumulated horrors,
his years crop is exceedingly scanty.
'e'ng insufficient for the supply.