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Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-10
In the U. s. Senate.

In this body there was live
ly discussion on Thursday and
wednesday of this week, between
Bnyard and Blaine. The later ad-
vocated the seating of Packard's bo-
gus U. :. Senator, VIM Pitt kellogg,
and was opposed by Deleware's great
est orator. Mr.. Bayard moved to
refer Kellogg's credentials TO the com
mittee on Privileges and Elections
aud said that his reasons there for
were those warranted by the unbro-
ken usages Of the Senate since its
organization. The credentials of 'lr,
kellogg did not create 4primc 6acic
csse. because they were gre,. by
Stephen b Packard, who was not
Governor Of Louisiana, either 1c ,jurc
or dc Jac.o. On the contrary, the
Senate must take cognizance Of the
public fact that Francis T. Nichols
was the Governor Of the State, aud
had Il legal Legislature acting in ac-
cord with him; that they had control
Of every part Of The State Of Louisa-
na, except about one acre, upon which
stood hutcl, used by Packard US
"a State House. He argued that
Nichols WAS the only Governor
Of the State today, and his certificate
was the only one the Senate Of the
United States could justly respect.
Mr. Bayard replicd.to the argu-
ment Of Blaine, to the effect tha t the
decision Of the Electoral Commission
was binding upon the Senate, and
con.cnded that dhat decision had no
force in law to control the action of
the Sc cnate.
Mr.. Bayard referred to the remarks
Of Mr.. Blaine made on Tuesday, and
said lie re recognized in them the same
cry for acknowledgements That had
been heard for years past. It fell
upon his ear like fire bell at mid
uight, and he earnestly hoped it would
not be heard by the President and
his constitutional advisers. In con
clusion, he deprecated this sectional
aggression, and hoped there would be
IN end to it now.
Mr.. Blaine had the following let.
ter read.
CoLUMn1A, S. c., March 6 1877.
To Hon. u. r. CorJin:
| have just had long interview
with Haskell, who brings letters to
me from Stanley Matthews and Mr..
Evnrts. The purport Of Matthews
letter is thatI ought to yield my
rights for the good of the country,
This is embarrassing beyond endur-
ancc. If such action is desired, l
want to know it authoritativcly. l
am not acting for myself and can
not assume such responsibilities.
Please inquire and telegraph me to-
night.
D. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
Morton followed in favor Of Eel
logg.
The question being on tho suhsti-
} tute by Mr.. Bayara for the original
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STANDING

The fine Black Stallion, known az
Jolner's Stud, is now Standing at my
Stables. He is Thoroughbred, and his
Colts are as fine as any ever seen any.
where. Terms moderate.
W.. NJ. sam.
mar 10 lm
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-10
Ohief Justice Moses Dead.

This important fgure in the pre-
sent complications ofSouth Carolina
breathed his last ut the residence of
his son in Columbia, Oh the afternoon
Of Tuesday last. He was 70 years of
age, and was the son Of Major NJ eyer
Moses Of Charleston. He graduated
at the South Carolina College in De-
cembcr, 1923, i'll class Of six, of
whom were William L. Cclcoclz and
j. Ramsey Davis. lie studied law
with James l.. Pcttigru, and settled
in Sumter District fifty three years
ago, when the village Of Sumter was
but n cross road. lie married Miss
Mcclellan, Of Alabama. lie was Il
Union man III the notification con
test, and was q leading lawyer Of
Sumter. He served for thirty years
rs member Of The South Carolina
State Senate, from 1886 TO 1866; was
appointed commissioner to North
Carolina i'll 1861 to induce that State
10 scccdc; was for awhile OH the
STAFF Of General Wise, Of Virginia;
was member Of the convention Of
1860 10 rcorganizc the State govern
mcnt, al! was elected Judge in 1866.
Deprived Of his Office with all tic
other State Judges by The new State
government of 1868, lie was soon
after elected Chief Justice for six
years, and was re- elected at the end Of
that term.
Judge Moses acted with the RcIub
lican party until The famous decision
III Inc mandamus case against tho
Board OF State Canvasscrs. lie voted
for Wade Hampton for Governor last
year.
His decisions upon the supreme
bench we're generally supported by
the best legal minds in the State.
The ncwspal crs don't do all the
thinking. In fact, very few, if any,
Of them do any original thinking al
NIL. Instead Of leading the public, as
they frequently claim 10 do. the pub.
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The Decision Of the Supreme
Court.

| hc HcES"S Soi puS CllSe VI 1lluu
Norris, the convict pardoned ont of
the Pcnitentiary by Gov. Hampton
which has been before the Supreme
Court for IL long time, and which the
Court has postponed from time to
time, upon various prctexts, has fnall y
ended, and the prisoner has been dis
charged. After the illness Of Chief
Justice Moses, the Radicals brought
every possible influence to bear upon
Justice Wright, to prevent his deci
ding in favor of the pardon, which
involved the recognition Of Gov.
Hampton, but on the 9th of Febru-
ary lie mustered up courage, and
signed the following
Supreme Court Ex-partc Tilda
Stephens, alias Tilda Norris.
1t is ordered that the petitioner be
discharged from the custody of the
Pcnitentiary.
A. j. WILLARD, A j. Presiding.
l concur in the above.
J. j. WRIGH
1t was agreed, however, that the
decision should not be promulgated
Immediately, but the news must have
leaked out, whcreupon Chamberlain
and his bull-dozers rcdoubled the
pressure upon Wright, the effect Of
which was that on March 1st he sent
to Justice Willard, by Mr.. Boozer,
the Clerk Of the Court, an elaborate
and lengthy opinion exactly contrary
to the obove, on the back of which
was endorsed the ft flowing memoran
dunn
"1laving attached my name to an
order discharging the petitioner in
this case on the 9th day Of Februa-
ry, 1877, after more mature delibcra-
ton, believing that the order should
not have been made, I now hereby
revoke, recall and cancel said order,
SO far as my signature may have gi.
ven it sanction, and substitute the
foregoing opinion in its stead.
j. j. WRIGHT, a. r., S. c."
After this Judge Wright disappear
ed, aud it is, reported that he went to
Washington. An interview had
with him by a reporter Of the Journal
IF Commerce, is published on our
first page. It is lively i. ding, and
states that the bull dozcd Judge was
on the verge Of dc1.rium frcn,cns.
Justice Willard had the joint dc
cision placed on record, and adjourn
cd the Court, stating that he had in
tended delivering his opiaion orally,
but the absence Of Justice Wright
precluded his doing SO. and lie would
write out and file his opinion. In
this written opinion, which is pre-
faced with statement in regard to,
the final order, he says:
At the request Of Associntc Justice
Wright, I suspended the filing Of the
order until Saturday of this week.
On Thursday an opinion was placed
i'll my hand by the Clerk of the Court
pnrporting to be the opinion of
Judge Wright although not endor-
scd with his signature in the custo-
mary manner. This opini VI was ace
companied by memorandum hav-
ing the signature Of Judge Wright,
purporting to be revocation of the
previous order in which he had con
CURED. l deem it important,
in view of the important questions
involved. deeply affecting the inter
est and feelings Of the people Of the
State, and in view of the anomalous
and unprecedented character Of the
recent proceedings taking place be-
fore cour: Of last resort, to put on
record a brief statement of the re-
suits arrived at by myself Ny con
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The Senate refused to confirm the
appointment of VIM. Stone as u. s.
District for South Carolina. All
honor to Senator Robertson for this
patsiotic act.
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NOTICE.

SCRANTON, 8. Z.
February, End 1877.
Ishcreby given that am in no way re-
sponsiblc for any debts already contracted
or that may hereafter be contracted by
Smith Kcef s. Co. or Louis Kcefe now do
ing business in Orangeburg County near
Fort Motto, as lam not now nor never havo
been associated with them as a partner.
J.V. BARDIN. Z.
March 8 . I'M.
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NOTICE.

l have this day Withdrawn from the frnl
Of Smith Keefe & Co. at or near Fort Motto
in Orangeburg County.
Jany. % 1877. w. E. LEWIS.
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| hey OF tennessee.
The debates in the Convention
which framed the Constitution, as
reported by Mr.. Madison, show very
clearly that, by the guarantee Of ga
republican form Of government" "the
only restriction imposed on the States
is, that they shall not exchange re-
publican for anti republican constitu-
tions. = Journal IF Commerce.
That is about all our contemporary
harps upon. II he would forget for n
season the discussion of obsolete oues
tions and give us the news of the day
something practical, alive, and
bristling with the spirit of the hour,
the Journal IF Commerce would not
sound 30 antiquated We have had
hash long enough. It is time now to
serve out something more substantial.
How would it do to let ninety years
ago alone and write Of the to-day?
Some Of our good friends are Of
the opinion that wc are II trine too
wicked ut times in on. writing We
ackn- Wedge the impeachment, aud
plead the unsettled can.Ition Of ;he
country, the perjury Of t Electoral
Commission, the pusilIanimity and
downright sccundrelism Of Chamber.
lain, as an excuse. II is hard for an
editor to wade daily through ex-
changes teeming with the hell l.smok-
ing infamies of the usurping horde in
The land without violating now and
then several Of the commandments
AS for ourselves, We are very pious,
but when carried away in contcmpla-
tion Of the wickedncss of our oppres-
sors. we are force1 to G. Good
Lord, deliver US
Judah P. Benjamin, once Confede
rate Minister Of War, but now a Q.
G. enjoying the largest commercial
practice at the English bar, lately
returned al his briefs for the Guild
Hall sittings, accompanied by checks
for the fees he had received with
them, because all his time would be
taken up by causes ut Westminster
Hall, and he did not think it right to
retain payment for business to which
he could not attend
|
Brother Blaine does not take stock
even ms deadhcad, in the "concilia-
ton" scheme. He is reported to
have said TO Senator Sherman: III
Hayes does recognize the Nichols
and Hampton governments he will
disgrace all his friends, who have in.
sisted that he was elected when he
was not"
Brother Blaine said in the S cnate
on Tuesday, that he hoped when he
went back on Chamberlain and
Packard that his tongue would cleayc
to tho roof Of his mouth and that his
hand would fnrget its cunning That
mans soul is bil-of-saled to the devil.
Gentlemen Of the Logan Cameron
stripe do not seem to be pleased with
the idea Of having Confederate
soldier in the War Department. IN
ION soldiers Of tho Bclknap sort please
! them better.
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Gentlemen Of the Logan Cameron
stripe do not seem to be pleased with
the idea Of having a Confederate
soldier in the War Department. IN
ION soldiers Of tho Belknap sort please
them better.
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Brother Blaine said in the S cnate
on Tuesday, That he hoped when he
went back on Chamberlain and
Packard that his tongue would cleayc
to the roof Of his mouth and that his
hand would forget its cunning That
mans soul is bill-of-salcd to the devil.
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Jhc nowspal ers don't do all the
thinking. In fact, very few, if any,
Of them do any original thinking al
MI. Instead Of leading the public, as
they frequently claim 10 do, the pub.
lie really leads them Nrpbcrry
IhraiH.
We arc glad that our contcmp porary
is l,cginning TO appreciate the light in
wliah bis paper is regarded.
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mar 10
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
Growth Of the Earth.

A London newspaper says: ain the
interesting course of lectures on astrOn-
omy which Mr.. r. A. Proctor has been
delivering in the theater of the Society
of Arts for the especial benefit of young
persons, his subject last evening was
'Meteors, Comets and Stars In speak
ing of msteOrs, he developed at some
length the thought, which will strike
many as a novelty, that the earth is,
has always been, and so long as it shall
exist as a part of our cosmical system,
must ever continue to be growing in
size. Meteors are bodies, composed of
extra-terrene matter, which travel in
vast belts and in highly eccentric orbits
round the sun. These belts of system
meteors are very numerous, and when
their orbits intersect that of the earth
they are brought within the influence of
its gravitation, and on entering our at
mosphere become luminous, and fall to
the surface of our planet in those period
ical showers of shooting stars which are
SO well known. Not a night passes in
which some falling stars are not seen,
and in certain months and on particular
nights the golden rain is incessant. Of
course, too, meteors fall in the daytime,
although unseen. 1t is computed, said
the lecturer, that hundreds of thousands
of these extra-terrene bodies become in
corporated with the earth every twenty
four hours, and 400, 100000 in the course
of each year. They may vary in weight
between few grains and ton. One is
known to have fallen in South America
which weighed fifteen tons. Yet, these
small accretions to the earth's matter
would take many millions of years to
add a single foot to its diameter. II
had been shown that one of these mete-
oric systems followed in the track of q
small telescope comet, although not tC
be confOunded with its tail, and it was
now the general opinion of astronomer:
that all these belts of meteors were sim.
iIarly related to comets. Mr.. Proctor
then proceeded to speak of comets anC
stars.n
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POlYgamY and MOnOgamY.

Polygamy always has been a very
fruitful source of discomfort and domes-
tic trouble; for as no man, who is per-
feetly free to take a wife, will be con-
tented without one, so no full-groWn,
womanly woman, will prefer to be one
of q plurality of wives, rather than to
be the loved wife of one man, if perfect
freedom of choice be left to her. No
such monopoly on one hand and priva-
ton on the other was ever assented to,
or existed where there was freedom for
the people and equality of condition for
the support of families, or where relig-
ious fanaticism did not draw authority
from imaginary revelations as a reason
for polygamy.
MOnOgamy has its origin in nature,
the source of the social life relations,
the filial and fraternal. These relations
cannot be doubled, as in polygamy.
Hence, polygamy has never been the
traditional custom of the Teutonic and
Celtic races, and it can never become
so. Thus, all we can see in the past
history of the world, all we know of the
endearing life relations, whence come
perfection and beauty; wisdom, power,
and government; faith, hope, and as
piration; individual sovereignty, equal
lty, ana Justlcej association, harmony,
and happiness, all point to mOnogamy
as their true and highest source.
Finally, polygamy only exists among
people where there is great inequality
of condition as to property, and where
all political power is held by heredi-
tary few-where caste prevails-and the
ruling classes are above public opinion
or law; or, where they ignore the life
relations, and take imaginary revela-
tions from the invisible world as the
| higher law for what they do. This, in
deed, is precisely what all fanatics and
| licentiOus persons have always been
known to do. Hence, as soon as the
Mormon men and women become free
from priestcraft and superstition, polyg-
amy must of necessity die out; each
man will choose but one wife, and the
women will consent to no more than
| one.
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WHY HE WEPT.-He left her and
stepped out to see a friend between acts.
"Why, Edward" said she, when he
returned, "there are tears in your eyes"
"Yes, pet" replied he, solemnly. 81
suppose there are-I saw such a sad
sight when l was out"
F'You did-what was it ?" inquired
she.
"Such a sad sight'-continued he
keeping his face away that she might
not smell his breath-"I discovered a
young man whom I have known fol
years drinking whisky"
"You did ?"
"Yes, standing right in plain sight
before me, partaking deeply and care.
lessly of the dreadful intoxicating
glass"
There was a little pause, when the
young lady suddenly said:
edward, was he standing right in
front of you ?"
ayes, pet" was the reply.
There was another pause, when the
young lady asked again:
edward, don't most of the fashion.
able saloon counters have great nice
mirrors right on the walls behinc
themW
Edward flushed little and looked
quizzical as he replied that he believed
they did.
And there he permitted the subjec
to drop.-ChicdgO Journal.
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longer necessary to make a journey a
muIe-back to q distant settlement to
consummate her connubial bliss, and
her white-haired, beaming-faced suitor
was all aglow with happiness.
"There is only one woman besides
ourselves in Idaho Flat" said Aunt
Judy, "and, Edna, shall we invite her
to the wedding?"
"Of course we shall"
neutrality-suspicious."
ayes, yes, know a good many things
that would to heaven were not true;
but she was Halls wife once, and her
child is my new great uncle's grand
daughter. She shall come"
To see that John was duly sober for
the wedding was Edna's next concern.
Burdened as were her heart and hands
by maternal and business cares, she had
awakened to a clear perception of many
of the miners social needs, and was re-
solved upon a merry making which they
should all have good cause to remember.
ITO be continued1
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NUMBER e1.

In response to their persistent requests,
some of our colleges have opened their
doors, and one commonwealth has be-
slowed upon woman the elective fran
chise. Have these experiments proved
woman's fitness or unfitness for co-edu-
cation and self-government? Have the
colleges who have made this experiment
made mistake Read the testimony
of their respective presidents. Does
Wyoming discover that she has made a
mistake? Read the testimony of her
Governor. In the light of these facts,
and in view of the present condition of
our country, are we not led to conclude
that there is some unmet want, some
latent, reserve force, some preservative
element that must be incorporated in
the government; and does not the his
tory of Woman Suffrage point to this
method of saving the union? Ifwoman
has a distinctive feminine character
istic, it is the mother instinct of govern
ment. Woman has neither composed
great oratorios nor operas; has not
taken rank with the old masters in
painting or sculpture, but all through the
ages woman has equaled man as ruler,
not as warrior; but as ruler-whether
it be d eborah judging Israel and insuring
peace to the land for forty years, Eliza
beth or Victoria in England, Maria
Theresa, of Austria, or the long line of
regents in India, China and Japan, so
concisely and suggestively given by
John Stuart Mill-while the books of
Lydia Maria Child and Harriet Beecher
Stowe, together with woman's work as
regards temperance, prove her ability to
assist in solving the vital questions OF
our government.
In connection with the lobby at
Washington, we see that the immoral
women of the country are already active
in making their influence felt, and that
the moral, Christian women of the
United States are the only element un,
represented in politics.
For the sake of our country beloved
baptized with the blood of our first-borr
for the sake of liberty, justice anC
truth, we plead with you to call in tht
reserves.
ELIZABETH BOYNTON HARBERT,
President Illinois w. S. A.
Evanston, Illinois, Feb. II, 1877.
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Who Can Afford to Wait 2

The anecdote is told of Fitz-HugiI
Ludlow that once travelling in Oregon,
he was chided by a religious stage
driver for his sin of nOvel-reading, and
was told that ian immortal being ought
not to spend his time in that manner"
He answered that ian immortal being
was just the one who could afford to do
it."
Whether or not novel reading may be-
the wisest occupation an immortal be-
ing can afford, may depend upon indi-
vidual circumstances; but the principle
underlying that reply is of deep signifi-
canoe and wide application. The uncer-
tainty and brevity of life in this world
is continually forced into our convic-
tions by facts under our daily observa-
tion. We are thoroughly indoctrinated
with the belief that all men are mortal,
but though we hold that the soul can
not die, we lose out of our consciousness
the fact that, after this world, life goes
on widening and lengthening toward
the infinite. We forget that in all the
vital interests of our being we can gauge
their relations by the measure of i'm
mortality.
We forget, too, that the world does
not die with US. If everything does not
get accomplished, if all problems are
not solved and all difficulties settled
during our lifetime, there are genera
tiOns to come after, who can carry on
the work. We are so impatient to see
results that we fail to recognize the
necessary progress of growth into fru-
ition.
Hasty and injudicious, or question:
able means which produce an immedi-
ate effect in the right direction, do not
really help a good cause. There will
come a reaction which may set the
new line of progress farther back than
the old boundary. 1t is very necessary
that before we go ahead, we make our
selves sure we are right. We can afford
to go slowly, or to wait, but we cannot
afford to go back. Because everything
is not achieved for woman that the
earnest workers in her behalf would see
accomplished, we need not be discour-
aged, neither should we rush impetu-
ously into measures which may carry a
promise of success, but do not really
conquer any new outpost, nor strengthen
those already gained. 1t is hard to see
individual suffering; to possess our souls
in patience while women and children
suffer shipwreck of all things, but we
must learn to work wisely and hope
fully and patiently. God is not hurried
in his plans. If we would be co-work-
ers with Him, we must accept His
methods.
But if God is not hurried, neither is
He idle nor Indifferent. He who sits
with folded hands waiting for time to
work out the desired result, is no CO.
worker with the Divine One. "I bide
my time" is not the motto of effortless
waiting or selfish harvesting of chance
crop, but it is the watchWord of the
grand patience and confident expecta-
ton which come after heroic endeavor.