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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11

thereof, which shall be offered for sale
by the Couuty Treasurer at any dalin
qucnt land sale, as provided for in this
chapter (l3) and not sold for want of
bid'e 9, shall thereby become forfeited
to the State Of South Carolina. and
thcnccfor,h all the right, title, and in
tercst of the former owner therein shall
be vested in the State of South Carroll
ma, and shall be designated by the Coun
ty Auditor on the list of delinquent lands
as Forfeited aud transferred to the State
OF South Carolina, and charged with
taxes and penalties as if the same WIS
purchased by Il private individual. and
returned by the rreasurer IS Delinquent
until sold as forfeited real estate, sec.
"a id So.
"Ihe County Auditor shall enter in a
sub,tan'ial book, a.. denomin1tol the
Forfeited Land Record, lis, Of all rc,I
estate forfeited to, or purchased in be
half of the State according to the pro
visions Of this chapter l3), sec, %, id
So.
"ln the casc ofall lands pu, chase on
behalf Of the State under the provisions
Of section IS Of This chapter 13), the
G unity Treasurer shall in the name Of
the State, enter upon aud take posses
sion OF the same and may lease the same
&c, and subject to all the rights Of re
demption in such case provided for by
law. &c. ~, id 81
Any person who shall have rented
lands under the pro~isssrns of the fore
going section ~, shall at tho cxpira
tion OF the time during which slil Land,
were rcdcemablc by the original owncr;
be deemed to have required right Of
pre- cmpt;on to the slmc Sec. 43. III p
81.
The above citation from the Revised
Statutes are sufficient 20 rcltua the die
rum of Mr. lloge, in reg"rd to, the re
dcmpti.a oflards forfeited by want of
bidders; and also, upon the generally
rccertcd doctrine, thattax laws are to be
constructed in favor Of the taxpayers
and rgainst the State Why lauds fer
Eeitcd to the State. should not he GOV
erned by the provisions and equity Of
th7 Statute, which, in general terms.
gives the right ofrcdcmptiou of in all s,lcs
of delinquent real estate, we are at a pss
to understand
The following citations from legal
dccisions may not be aniss in this con
nection;
"G,neral words in statute are to
receive i general construction, unicss
there is som.thng in the statute to res
train their opperation-l2 Georgia Rep
521, 6 Shipley 3O8.
Where 4 statue uakes no exceptions
the Courts can make noue-2G Miss.
Re-. 57l.
"Thc exception Of particular dim.
or person, OF class o! things, from the
general words of statute, proves that
in the opinion Of the Legislature, the
things or persons, would be. within the
general clause, bat f,r the exception,
WIZ Whca 436; IL johnson 2GU. II
johnson 39l.
Statutes arc never to be CONSTRUCTED
to work injustice.-7 johnson .l0G.
6.
Revenue Statutes are to be constrnc
tod most iavorably to the citizen
Blackwell ON Tax Titles, G27.
"a statutory power der,.atory to
private property ou.h, to be constructed
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There was slight :Snow about l3
miles from Wilmington, N, c., Tuesday
morning,
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y lIsTAlEy21That the editors are de
lighted to gtt1aaythihg to 'qill up" the
papcr. g skszs s7aa hge7 zFosRsaa
u'atithoy have plenty of time to cor.
rect bmi manuscripts. Sslsa iitW tsses
That thOys should opuF'' i everybody
for nothing. 5;s8 80 osai ls'I =
Fhatathoy must hive no opinion Of
their own a7saas vsagr1Rs e tes0s
ThatsthOy' should Know everything,
whether Informed ofSit orr not. Ae.
Thtthegahdve plenty of money. 91
j lint tiIcy should ''hotice" every seala-
wag siuw that travels. 10 s8eit!sV ri7s
That they should have news, whether
there is any or not zsfna g E'@1E1'77a
/ Lat they should print every uaaa
"h" attends adogfght or horse race.
! he man is.ulIgays most honored who
is most excellent in what he undertakes.
1t is better to sawp'wood we'll than to
plead law poorly. a taiS58
a country postmaster in virgiui.
wishes the penplcwho use ,s:ai cards
wouidp'. write so fine, as he consumes
twenty minutes reading some of them.
A lady, who did not think it rcspccta.
bic to bring up her Children to work has
recently heard from her two sons-ons
is bar keeper to fiat boat, and tho
Cher is second clerk to line kiln.
IN ,1r'-h"ian seeing ship very.
Heavily laden, and scarcely above the
w"t.r', ciGe, exclaimed: Upon my
ul il the river was but a little higher (,
the snip would go to the bottom = -es
\ story is told sof a person asking
whether ho would advise hiia to,leht
ce''aIn fri9p1 mouoy. "What. lend
him mopey? You might give him ans
cmeiic, and lie wouldn't return it" "a
Searfs of thin white Inaiasootton and 9
u bamboo, with gay Roman bars fors
borders, arc tied around black or white
''.'9 "oFa Ia The country by young
ladies' Those with black striped bor- Z
ders and fringe are also very stylish. sa
I'm enthusiastic. African, who had
spout dc winter in Jamnky," found it
an earthly paradise. He said he could
Gle abed, and putting his arms out de
wI"dy, pick ornnscs pine apples aud
Iamaica rum tight off the tree" ts sa
\ western editor having heard that
&aIPhur inthe sockswill prevent cholera,
has worried stick of birthstone out Of
new druggist, and now wants some
onr to loan him pair Of socks while he
ricsthe thing. t'ot "'
Au intelligent Aberdeen preacher
recently took FOR his text, "Adama
where art thou Z" and divided his Isl. sub, .
jet into three distinct parts: 1st, All.
men are somewhere. 2l. Some arc .
where they ought not to be, 3D., And !
u"''Ss they take care, they will fiud
them. YES where they would rather not
be.
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Clri-BoTH MEN empty THEIR
PIoToLs- ONE KILLED AND TIE
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How TO Make Mustard Plaster.

liow many people arc there who rca
'y know how to make a mustard plaster
Not enc in hundred at the maas2 per
h2ps, and yet mustard plasters are used
in every iamily, aud physicians preserib
their application, ne yer telling anybody
how to make them for the simple qres
son that doctors themselves do not az n
rule. The ordinary way is to mix tho
mustard with water, tcn1peFins It witha
little flour, but such a plaster as that
makes is simply -lhominable. Before It
has half done its work it' begins to Blis-
ter the patient, and leaves Him finally
with painful faycd- spot, after having
produced far less effect in beneficial
way than Was luton led, Now a, mus.
tard plaster should never cause a blistea
t all. lfa blister is wanted there are
other P'astcrs fir better tliani mustard
for the purpose. When You = make .
mustard plaster, tihan, use no no water
whatever but mix the mustard with The
white of an egg and the result win Be a
'p'aster which will "draw" perfectly. but
will not produce Blister even upon tbe
skin of an infant, no matter how long
'it IS allowed to rcniain upon the part.
For this VIC have word Of an old and
eminent physician, as we'll as our own
experience: Ffa .7aas 'h-F'5s 1858
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@ Newport is just about to add fire.
alarm telegraph to her other attractions
Flames arc frequent there.
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Duel With SiX-ShoOters.
4 STARTLING PTCTURE or LTFB IN
TIE HIL VEL ST17T.

A DESPERATE Fight IN TRUcKEE
ClrY-BoTu MEN EMPTY THEIR
PIoroLs- ONE KILLED AND TIE
OrnLH MoRTALLY NoUNDrp.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-19
Commander Braime's Report ON
the, Capture Of the Virginius-
The Shooting Of the CaptiveS
The Defenses of Santiago,


Washington, December 8.-The fol-
lowing is an abstract from @ dispatch
sent to Rear Admiral Scott by Command
er Braine, and telegraphed to the Secre-
tary of the Navy, dated on board the
steamer Worcester, Key West, Florida,
December 8, 1873:
The Nlrglnlus was captured on Octo-
Der 81, at 10 P. NJ, eighteen miles of
Morant Point, Jamaica. She was sight
ed by the Tornado twenty miles south
of Cuba, and was chased by her eight
hours. Five shots were fired at her to
bring her to.
She was captured under the Ameri-
can flag, carried American papers,, and
| had a clearance from Jamaica. Both
vessels returned to Santiago de Cuba
together in eighteen hours under steam.
The Viginius carried the Spanish flag,
and was in charge of aprize crew. One
hundred and ffty-five persons were
! captured, of whom 102 are still alive,
The shooting of the officers and crew
was done under the orders of the pre-
ViOns commandant of the naval forces.
The shooting Of passengers was done
under the orders of Captain General De
ROdaS. Both sentences were approved
by General Burriel. Only four were
shot on November4. Thirty seven, in
cluding Captain Fry and crew, were shot
on the seventh, and twelve passengers
were shot on the eighth. They were
tried by q military and marine court
martial, and were held twenty four
hours before execution. No counsel for
| defense was allowed. Our consul was
| not informed of the trial, and no inter-
| rOgatiOn of the prisoners was allowed.
During the trial Captain Fry and the
crew we're kept on board the Tornado.
They were then taken to the Jail, their
sentences read, and executed the same
morning. The trial was entirely secret.
After the condemnation the United
States consul was allowed to see Cap-
tain Fry in jail, and this was only two
hours before the execution. An armed
guard was placed in the door of the
consulate when the captain and crew
were passing by on the way to the exc
cutiOn.
The defenses of Santiago de Cuba are
castle at the entrance, some old works,
containing thirty guns-ten, eight and
six inch, by reports-only eight guns
can be seen-Estella battery of five six
inch guns; Catalina one gun. West
ward of the entrance there is one mile
of water batteries; BanchO battery has
eight guns. One ship could silence the
gunbOats in an hour, while another ship
engages the forts.
G.. S. SCOTT, Rear Admiral.
The order of De Rodas alluded to by
Commander Braine is that issued July,
1859, which is continued in force and
contains the following articles:
"The transportation of individuals
for the service of the insurrectlen is
much more grave than that of contra
band articles. and will be considered as
decidedly hostile and be proceeded
against in such case as an enemy. If
the individuals to which the preceding
article refers come armed they will
afford proof intact of their intentions
and will be tried as pirates the same as
the crew of the vessel
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Ana Old, Old Story.

Abiding to the attempt of a promi-
nent New Yorker, the other day, to
shoot his wife, the daughter Of lead
ing Washington official, the New York
Tribune thus discourseth for the bene-
fit of its young lady readers;
A thousand times the old story which
had such q tragical illustration on Sat-
urday, has been told through the press
and whispered in society, and still the
lesson is not learned. A young lady,
just out of the school-room, ID fascina-
ted by the attentions of man of the
world, and nothing can persuade her
that he is not the nObiest, the bravest,
the best of lovers. What does she
know, poor thing, Of the secret lives Of
these gallant gentlemen? She reads
written on the bleared eyeand the trem-
ulOus lip, and she cann0t understand it.
She hears a whisper, perhaps, of scan
dalous prOdigality and indulgence, and
she stops her little ears and loves her
hero all the better as the victim of de-
traction. She knows nothing Of his
previous history, nothing of his daily
occupations, nothing Of his associates.
She little imagines that his soft com
pliments conceal a cruel temper, and
the hand which presses hers so tender
ly is brutal hand, fit only for deeds of
violence. That he is q gambler and a
drunkard, false, quarrelsOme, idle, sell
fish and sensual that he is at war with
his parents, and a tyrant in the COM
pany of women, she might learn, if she
would exercise as much caution in choos-
ing husband as in choosing a bonnet.
But young women have q dim notion
that it is grand and noble to take low
er on trust, to despise good counsel and
filial obedience, and they hug themselves
with the sweet delusion that they are
herOines when they are only fools.
The girl tpiumphs, of course, over IA
ther and mother. Those no really
love her follow the Wedding festivities
with aching hearts, aud watch the fu-
ture with sorrOwful apprehension. The
inevitable sequel is. not long delayed.
For few short weeks life is buta dream
of soft sentiment and new gowns.
the poor little heart. She has sold her.
self for passing fancy. Neglect is
soon followed by angry words, and bru-
tai iests. The gallant gentleman goes
out cursing in the morning and comes
home reeling at night. Her jewels are
sold to buy bread, and he steals the
money to spend it for drink. There is
hideous bruise ON the white neck of
which he used to say such pretty things.
She shudders at the footstep for which
she once listened with rapture. She
hides herself in terror from the face up
on which she thought she could gaze
forever. Sometimes, with the courage
which seems to be only given to certain
women, she holds proud and smiling
face to the world, hides the brutality Of
her master, covers up her hardship, dis
sembles hunger, and no one knows, ex-
from her sorrows, that the brave heart
was broken in the first months of mar
riage. Sometimes the story ends in
that common curse and punishment of
American marriages, a legal separation,
and sometimes in the one catastrophe
which is worse than divorce, lin mur-
der.
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FROM GERALD MAssEY's LECTrRE ON
THE DEvIL.-It is pitiable for Won to
pray to God for his kingdom to come On
earth when You are doing all YOU can tn
preyentlt. You were sent here to work
for thatpurpose, and the reason that it
cannot come is because you stand in the
way, merely standing and praying with
folded hands. The orthodox are res
ponslble for helping the devil: their false
beliefs have been utterly opposed to pro-
gress. Is Christianity Christ's likeness ?
Instead Of that. it is but a bastard Ju-
dalsm. 1t is the apOtheOsis of self.
each man hoping to save his cow
ardly self by the sacrifice of another.
Christians get rich by grinding other
people down, and then hope to be saved
byanOthersaCrifice made wears
ago. You build comfortable h0uses
for broken-dOWn paupers to die, breed
ing this disease which yOu treat so gener-
ously. Surely no human being has been
so much misinterpreted as theman Jesus
Christ He came not to preach q sermon.
nOttowr1te novel, but to live life, q life
that is an example to us. 1t was a full
length, straightforward laying down
his life for others. Instead of follow
ing that example, we have actually
rested all our hopes of salvation on that
death. We have erected churches,
splendid tOmbs in which we have buried
him. It is so much easier to set uD a
God for worship at d far-off distance,
We have arrested the work of this world
until we can agree on an easy way to
the next world. We have erected beau,
tiful statues to his memory for the pso-
pie to look upward to. while we have
been f}lching the ground from under our
feet, We have never yet begun at the
true beginning. The reason, then, why
God does not kill the devil is because
man has uncOnsciOusly created all thai
is the devil, which here and hereafter is
constantly destroying his own work.
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Simplicity i'm Living. x

10 live simply, Ito master and control
our expenditure, is sore need in all
classes. The influences which surround
us, the ideas in which we have been
brought up, the habits which we fall
INTO as second nature, all sway us in
the same direction. Every family and
every class seems to have caught hold
OF the skirts of the one above it, and to
be desperately holding on. Well, as
Mr.. Goodwin Smith says, the best thing
they can do is to let g0-the only thing
needed which will give themselves any
comfort or make their lives of real use
in their generation. The moment they
will do so, and begin resOlutely to live
without regard to what their neighbOr
on the right spends on carriages, or
those on the left in upholstery, they will
lind themselves rich for all good pur-
poses. From that moment it can no
longer be said of us with truth that we
dare not trust our wits to mako our
homes pleasant to our friends, and so
we buy ice creams. And this most
needed OF oil reforms is just the one
which every soul of us can carry through
for himself Or herself. We can not
sweep our whole street. No doubt.
But every one of us can sweep our own
doorstep, and if he will do it quietly
and regularly anon his right and left
hand neighbors follow, and before long
the whole street is swept. And in this
way, and by this means, can almost all
those social tangles which we have been
glancing at casually this evening, be
set right: Simple living! To it even
the great household question, at once
the most ridiculous and most harras-
sing of social troubles, will in the end
yield, will begin at once to look not
wholly lnsoluble and hopeless. Speak
ing OF this sore question in the nation,
the other day, one OF the wittiest of
American essaylsts took up the cudg-
els for Bridget against her hume
rous accusers. "My good friends,n he
argued, what else have you any right
to look for7 The things which Ameri-
can life and manners preach to her not
notpatience, sober mindedness, faithful
ness, diligence and honesty, but self
assertion, discomfort, hatred of superb
ority, of all kinds, and eagerness for
physical enjoyment;" and the words
come home, l fear, with singular force
to us Islanders also in these days. Let
us hope that the picture of the good
coming time which he goes on to draw
may prove true for us also. "Whenev-
er the sound of the new gospel which is
to win nations back to the ancient and
noble ways is heard in the land, it is
fair to expect that it will not find her
ears holly closed; and that when the
altar of duty is again set up by her en-
plOyers, she will lay on it attractive
beefsteaks, potatoes done to turn,
make libations of delicious soup, dis
play remarkable fertility in sweets, and
extreme fondness for washing, and
learned to grow old in one family"
[ThOmas Hughes.
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A ,SURPRIsE.-An old lady not q hun
dred miles from Boston was desirous of
having q rebellious tooth extracted.
but was restrained by the fear of "tak
ing the gas" At last, one day, she
thought she would try what effect "a
little gas" would have, by way of test.
50 she went to an experienced dentist
and stated her case, pointing out the
tooth, but warning him not to touch
1t then, as she only wanted to see how
I" little gas" would affect her. The
dentlst placed tho tube in her mouth,
and told her to take two or three long
breaths. She did so, and in u moment
became unconscious. The dentist
quickly removed her tooth. Presently
Sne recovered consciousness and ex-
claimed
"Why, doctor, if that's all it is. T
think shall come tomorrow and have
my-la, what's this? ?" and she became
aware that something was wrong in
side of her mouth
Why, doctor, you don't mean to say
the tooth is QUIT"
There it is, maam," said the doctor,
showing her the stump in his forceDs,
"Why, law sakes! II that is not the
most wonderful thing that ever han
pened III all my born daysm
But this tooth story reminds us Of
another. A certain old gentleman had
tooth extracted which was of such
unusual proportions that it surprised
both the dentist and the owner, who
had it put in box to be exhibited to
his friends. He had, besides this won
dertul tooth, u wild scamp of nephew;
and. one day this lad, anticipating q
dlnner-party which was soon to be
given by his uncle, and knowing that
the old man would take the opportunity
of showing up the TOOTH" picked up q
horses tooth, and put it in the place of
his unCle's in the box. The dinner
came off, and during the repast tho
conversation turned upon teeth
"Well, gentlemen" said the old
man, "you talk about teeth; now ]
can show you tooth that came out of
my head that will astOnish You. George,
bring down my tOOth.n
The box was handed him. Said he,
tapping the cover, "NOw perhaps you'll
not believe this ever came ont of nv
Jaw; but | give you my assurance it
did,
Here he opened the box, and, taking
out the enormous equine grinder,
looked in perfect astonishment at it
himself. Then, holding it up to the be-
wiidered gaze of the party, he ex-
claimed!
"Well, it always did seem large, but
never so prodigi0us as nOw."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-19

AN ANXIOUS MoTHER.-" Ephrahen,,
bin7" ~"
"Playin' wild de white folke's chillun."
you is, eh? See hyar, chile, you
broke your old mudder's heart, and
brung her gray hairs i'll sorrow to de
grave wild yer recklumness an carry
lngs on wild ebil assoayshuns. Habit
raised you up in de way you should
ought to gO?"
Yessum."
" Hadn't / bin kline an tender wild
you, an treated you like my own chile,
which you is"
"Yessum.n
"Habn't I reczened wild you, and
prayed wild you, and deplored de good
Lord to wrap you in His buzzum ?"
"Yessum." "
"An' isn't 1 yer naterl detector and
garden fo' de law7"
"Yessum"
"'Well, den, do you 'spose Use gwine
to hab yer morals ruptured by de white
trash? No, sab You git in do house
dis instep; an if eber cotch you mupd-
catin' wild de white trash any mo- fo' dc
Lord, niggar, I'll broke yer black head
wild brick!"
"Yessum."