The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-31
LAST WupnEspAy N,aur; II,

= LAST w EDNESDAY NIGHT.-lt is
said by some that the wicked will be
sent to hell. Others contend that there
Is no such place, and that a man Tis.
punished Tsse, in this subiansry world,
for his sublanary sins. sous ohurlish
ministers contend again that there is
no such thing as hell-fire that its
meaning is figurative, aud does not i'm.
ply that We poor creatures, who do not
come up to the notions of the straight.
laced aud pharisaic portion of our
ministy shall go where DIVES lifted up
big, eyes and beheId Lazarus afar off
They say that the term 6re iu the Bib.
BILE means the burning displeasare of
Gods countenance towards US, after we
are dead, on account of our wickedness.
But we have wondered from the sub
ject. We commenced by speaking OF
Wednesday night last. He'll and the
maodus operandi Of going there, were
suggested by the intense heat of chat
night. The nanfes Of Divies and Laza-
rus al ternately ran through our mind.
Whenever sweet, cooling breeze
would fan our parched up frarne, we
thought of Heaven, and all IT'S pleasures,
but whenever the breeze ceased, the
idea would, pcrfo ce, take possession of
our reasoning faculties, that man suf-
fered the .pcna.ty Of his sins copmittcd
here, right here on earth. Ono could
&c. slocp. All Of d sudden every yhiti
of breeze stopped, aud the most deli
cate and fragile paant was as still as
death. There was absolutely no cooling
aif after certaia hoar on Wedncsda9
night last. Nobody could sleep Bath.
ing TABS were the only things in order.
..rd tlrey had to be filed every fifteen
minutes. At Mcronoys hotel the vel
was emptied of all its water long before
IL o'clock. Other places wera then
hupted for and found. Hip baths and
shower baths were ia iespansible to
comfort. Politics were for sottsn
The previous question, the point of order
the personal explanation, aud all the
tricks and maneuveriugs of the wiley
politician, were buried in oblivion for
the time being. Life, dear life, was the
only question dsbatable. 1t was hot.
The last week in Juae, no one could
have been any hotter. The
righteous citizens Of 0ran yeburg assem-
bled and called to each tohsr for h ,lp
As Resaid, Moroney's we'll of water gave
out. Others were resorted to. Thsy
were soon empti.d The awful fact
bursted upon US. 1--WE must die !!
Had no water to cool our p.cched frames
We were going up. Fathers. mothers
sous and daughters ,ongreglted ogethsr
These all felt exactly as those who were
left out off Noah's Ark-for e.ch one
believed that he conll be saved, if some
kind interposition ofProyidence should
transpire in their behalf. About the
ssiae the last gaspfor water and fresh
air was about to be made, glad tidings
came to the distressed community. Mr..
Herman WalheFs, seeing iu tho 6rst
potion of the night our situation, and
anticipating our distress, and we might
say almost dying wants, dispatched to
Charleston for an axtra train. ALL
O'clock it arrived, frieghted with one
hundred barrels Of ioe, aud QUE thous-
aud barrels OF water. And it was thus
that the good peuple of our beautiful
Oranseburg were served on Wednesday
night last. Thank God That we have a
Herman Walhers in our midst.
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