The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-31

LAST WEDNESDAY, NIaHT.-It is
said by some that the wicked will be
sent to hell. Others contend that there
is no such place, and that man is
punished ssrs, in this sublunary world,
for his sublansry sins. sous ohurlish
ministers contend again that there is
no such thing as hell-fre that its
meaning is fgurutive, and does not i'm
ply that we poor creatures, who do not
come up to the notions Of the straight
laced aud pharsaic portion of our
| ministy shall so where DIVES lifted up
his. eyes and beleld Lazarus afar of.
They say that the term fire in the Bib.
BILE means the burning displeasure 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
m'odus operandi Of going there, were
suggested by the intense hoat of that
night. The NAMES of DIVES and Laza-
rus nj terna,ely ran through our mind.
Whenever sweet, cooling breeze
would fan our parched up frame, we
thought Of Heaven, aud all its pleasures,
| but Whenever the breeze ceased. the
idea would, pcrfo ce, take possession Of
our reasoning faculties, that Il man suf.
fcred the .pcna!ty Of his sins committed
here, right here on earth. Ono could
not sleep. AN Of sudden every yhiff
OF breeze stopped, and the most deli
cate and fragile p,ant WIS as still as
death. There was absolutely no cooling
air after q certain hoar on Wcdncsday
night last. Nobody could sleep Bath.
ing tabs were the only things in order.
Ard they had to be filed every fifteea
minutes. At Mcroney's hotel the vel
was emptied of all it's water long bafore
II o'clock. Other places were then
hunted for and found. Hip baths and
shower baths we're Indispensable to
comfort. Politics were f,rsostan
The previous question, the point of order
the personal explanation, and all the
tricks and maueuverings of the wiley
4 politician, were buried in oblivion for
the time being. Life, dear life was the
only question dehatable. 1t was hot.
The last week in Jua,, no one could
have been any hotter. The
righteous citizens of Oran yeburg assem-
bled and called to each tohsr for h .lp.
AS We said, MorOney's we'll of water gave
out. Others were resorted t.. Th,v
were soon empti d. The awful fact
bursted upon US. "We must die 7"
! Had no water TO cool orr n,.ch4d f..,.,s
We were going up. Fathers, mothers
sous unddlnghtcrs ,ongreg lted to seth sr.
These all felt exactly as those who were
left out off Noah's Ark-for e.ch one
believed that he could be saved, if some
kind interposition Of Providence should
transpire in their behalf. About the
time the last gasp for water and fresh
air was about to be made, glad tidings
came to the distressed community. Mr..
Herman Walkers, seeIng iu the first
potion of the night our situation, and
anticipating our distress, and We might
say almost dying wants, spatched to
Charleston for an axtra train. At ii
O'clock it arrived, frieghted with one
hundred barrels Of Joe, aud Que thous-
aud barrels OF water. And it was thus
that the good people of our beautiful
Oranseburg were served on Wednesday
nlght last. Thank God that we have a
Herman Walkers ia our midst.