Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-23
OUR OUR .olHI:AIlRs,ItEEslg'oMI olI:Il /, 'I. LETTER.
CHARLESTON aApl.l 22na iS74e

AOE> SApi. .NAiu 1Otf.
The Spring has fully set in and under
the genial Influence Of Its soft 'baimy air
and its lovely days and 9 cloudless skies
the picnic loveing people, are rs enjoying
themselves hugely and every. bright
morning our streets are fled with merry
parties cd carrying nnys:eriShs looking has.
ke,s and bundles and bent on hayif,gsi d
good time in some cool and shady spdt
in the couptfgY!.aii sFttia 'ii'H6h tpfl =
One IF the mbst 'inseqestingsi insi'Issahat Events Of
the ysar'is to ccome!oif On IN The 18Th iof
May next, the Annual Regatta of The
AR, Association IF So5udtk Carolina. lin The
boat crews have gone into strict trai.hne
and this'reaiis AN amodnt' Of labor; and
privation hardly appreciated by oatsi-
deis. Ina little book before us published
in EnglanAare laid down verpifllly and
explicitly therules and regulations OBJ
served blythe University crews in En-
gland. We find that great Trivatiou is
ipractised in the matter of food diet,
and that the,articles offood to- be lselec-
ted from HE exceedingly limitea,d That
most meats aid every kind Of sweet
meats as we'll as oil spirits and tobacco
are strictly prohibited, the very mode of
preparing the eatibles is thoroughly ID .s-
cribed and the houses for rest and exer-
else Systematically arranged. The ma
joritylo our boat clubs have purchased
new and costly boats and allhaye return
ished their old ones. A hand fight is
expected with the clnb from Savannah,
who were vanquished last year and lost
their champion flag which they sare detor-
mined to recover back OH !this occasion.
Clubs from Macon. and Augusta Georgia.
aud from Beaufort Georgetown S. G. and
BeapfortN. will participate The contest
this season will certainly be the most spiri
ted sincethe war. Ample arrangements
have been made to carry guest and Wis
itors aronnd the harbor during the race
and it il rumored that grand ball will
be givenat the end of the races, and on
each day the guests of the Association
will be entertained at public dinnersin
short, our clubs are determined to out
do, ifpossible the hospitality 50 literally
extended to them by the Savannah boys
last year, A wag informs US that Moses,
Neag'c and Tim Hurley arc getting up a
club to enter the race and, as they, are
accustomed to row in the same boat,
great expectations arc INDUCED in, at to
their success.
The FoSltllfl M fair d2ahTH 2ahTsH most ost interesting
occurrence Of he seasorn, to The lovers Of
botany (and their name is Ltginny viii
takeplace on the 28th inst. lasting as
usual three evenings in tliepark attached
to 'the college Of Charleston. 'rhc post
band isengaged to discourse sweet music
and with three such attractions MS the
ladies, the music and the 2 flowers, the
most calous of those handsome creatures
"the men" will be unable to resist atten-
ding. The spring is propitious for
varied and beautiful display Of flowers
and the collections of garden and hot
house plants wilt be perhaps the best
exhibited here for many years IA A num-
Der of Chinese lanterns Will be used to
illuminate thegrounis witliahc liSeauti-
fal effect they produced last ycdr..h7GoI
r. We were etotally unpreparcd here for
the good news from your county few
days since of the appointment of Judge
Glover, county Treasurer in theplace of
the Inst honest occupant Of that offico
many appointments ofthis character will
enableus to listen more atte,tively to
the promises Of reform which the repub
lican party are SO constantly making and
viii do more to promote tho pence and
prosperity of our State than ten thousand
of the bombastic and ranting speeches
made by the hot-house politicians OF
Columbia, on the subject ofa remedy for
corrupt AND rotten government.
''H .'}i ''af ial - "A. 'SNo:GRAss.
l"t' to' cONiMUNICATED.1 a a
Mr.. EDTroR: The season has arrived
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