The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-03-23


report of secret treaty for the separa
tion of Canada.
Disracli is said to be writing seque
to "Lothair." An exchange suggests 70,
il the name of 'tSeehere.
Lev. George III. fIePworth has OBJ
tsined over 100000 toward building
his new church at New York, Oliver
GhaTi;;eeaa heading tho list with SIC, 900.
Joseph f. Page, of Philadelphia, has
presented building lot worth 10000
to the city, for site for a Baptist
Home.
Ii is said that the Emperor of Brazil
is about to publish voluminous work,
by Gottschalk, on the manners and Gus.
toms Of New York society.
Small boys are not allowed to ride on
the construction train at Healsburg-
unless they have pretty sister. The
conductor is very kind to such.
Man aud wife in Russia alw;y own
their property separately, aud instances
of wives suing their husbands for debt
arc by no means uncommon.
Lotta, being about to make change
Of base, has been elected honorary mcm-
Der OF New Orleans base ball club
She would undoubtedly make good
catch.
Capt. Brainc, tho last Confederate
prisoner, the other night rebuked the
4, chivalry of Nashville because there
weren't enough of them at his lecture
to pay expenses.
Judge Honr once said of lawyer:
"Hs has reached tho superletive of life;
at firstihe sought to get on, then he
sought to get honor, and now he il try
ing toiget honest"
The long pending Jumcl will case in
New York, involving about $4,000. 900,
weutto the jury Saturday, but it was
impossible for them to agree, aud they
were discharged.
Chang, the Chinese giant, has found
. wife in Australia, the lady, we arc told,
reaching up to the lower button of his
waistcoat. He has returned with her to
China, where he carries on the business
of merchant.
Pere Hyacinthe is one of the contri-
butors to the new Fr,nch journal, tho
Eperdace dc Rome, the first number of
which appeared within the last few
weeks. The paper will be the organ of
the cold Catholics"
Tho thrifty and far sighted burghcrs
Of Boston have insured Mr. =. s. Gill
more'stli for two hundred thousand
dollars, so that if he dies before the big
Jubilee eemes off, they can get their
money back.
Laura a. Berry Of Davenport, Iowa,
is the first woman, who as notary pubic
'swore" Q man in Iowa, but not by any
means the first who, as '.liycly woinaa,"
made man swear in that dclcctablc
State.
Mr.. Brights friends arc now ct nvinc-
cd that his health is not perfectly re.cs-
tablishcd. They fear that ho may not be
able to attend Parliament, and thoy ap-
prchchd that he will never DO able to
take his old share OF public work.
Mrs. Wharton has not left Annapolis,
Md, since her ucqnittul. Her daughter
still rcmains with her, and they arc quiet.
ly awaiting the trial in April, ON the
charge ofattemptips to poison Eugene
Van Ness.
The 'Cnlifosaia surprcme Court, iu the
case ef'the People asalpst thc Pacific
Mali Steamship Company, decided thai
the State passenger act imposing a tax
ou passengers from foreign ports arriving
by steamer is unconstitutional and void
The culture Of rice is now attracting
the attention of tho agrioslturalists of
California, in which State 800 900 900
pounds Of rice, imported from Asistic
countries, arc consumed every year, the
average price being seven cents per
pound. There arc excellent rico lands
in the State, aud the climate is fayora.
bic to its cultivation