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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-06-06
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 6, 1879.
An Interview OLA Tim es Reporter
with Rev. j. B. EartWell, Ibis,
sionery to China.

~ 10 NbO"h lilpL tiic ietN. - -
Hartwcll, q gentleman Of wide reputa :
tion and of no ordinary ability, is
eanvassing the South in the interest Of
Chinese missions i'll the United States.
in view of the interest the cmigra: IN
of these people to our country is cx-
citing, as shown BY the debate anl
Ifveto Of TIE Chinese bill in Congress,
Itthe recent adoption of the anti
kChincsc conttuliou in California,
Ennd the general political agitation Of
Ethe question, "e interviewed his
sgentleman on his passage
Through Orangeburg las. week,
for tie benefit of our readers, and the
Sfollowiag is TIC result
Reportcr-H How long have you
lived among Tie Chinese?
Answer-Sevcntcen years.
It. During your sniourn an ng
them have you been so situated us to
become intimate with their customs.
mode OF living and general character :?
A. Living, as have done, in the
midst of the people, with very few
Europeans near me. and par oftho
time, none exccpt NV own family.
preaching TO, aud dis, rs,inu with the
people daily; TRAVELLING much in the
country and in interior cities. seriur
the people at their public gatherings
and in their own houses mirgling
with the official and literary classes
as well as with those in the humber
ks Of life, my opportunities for
learning the Chinese character and
habits of life, have been most ample.
R.-Dpes your experience in re-
ference to them coincide, in tie main,
with What we learn about iii en- from
history and other sources?
Avery much Of the So.ca!lcl
Information" about the Chinese
which has Lecn current in this coun
try, is entirely unreliable. Travel
~ kzg-%ho haye remained few weeks
at one or more of the open ports.
ah': received their information at
second, third, or fourth hand from
persons who did net themselves speak
I hi' csc, but Lad received what thcv
thought they knew, from servants or
Comrraiores, who delivered their
information often in ''pid lin Enrlish."
have written most +. aluble, bat un-
reliable chapters about the Chi nese.
81 late years lhc number of Europ-
'GHs who learn the Chinese language
mas very largely increased, and.
consequently, Tie information Which
has been coming to us oflnte has
been much more truthful.
f.-lou have heard Of til. Lills
end debates in Congress in reference
10 the emigration oc these peoplr 70
America, what do YOU think of;hcm? ?
Al read the Anti Chinese Bill,
and The discussion on il III the senate.
| think there is need, beyond oisDu,c
Tor Il modification OF The BurIinsume
treaty, especially, Of Che 50 called
Reciprocity clauses but, the pas.
sage of the Bill While the treaty
exists, without our ever having pro
posed to the Chinese Government the
u,,h.i;.,,;nr I;, ;i
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-06-06

An Augusta man has sold seven
bushels of watermelon seed, at the
rate of Lhirty-two dollars bushel,
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-06-06
Senator Butler.
Ills Views on Live Topics.

a New York Herald Reporter
has interviewed Senator Butle. Of
South Carolina, and elected the fol-.
loving views on the topic, mention
ID:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25
EDREEGE .rEIl~S.

Inc International Bank of Hamburg has de-
cided on voluntary liquidation.
The trial Of Two hundred NbiIists at Odessa
by court marshal will commcuoc in August next.
It's feared that the erection of a statue to
the late Piiuc, Imperial ct Westminster may
mar the peaceful citations between Englaud and
France.
Ru5si, ia reply TO The friendly irq1iry Of
Austria haH given au assurance that The las;
Russian soldier will have quilted Turkish ter.
ritory by tho 4:h Of August.
Later dispatches from South Africa show
that tho route Of The Zuus was Lot as complete
as was OF first supposed, and that tho war can
not BIO yet considered ended The British PRO
pose tc make Cctcwayo's brother king, it he
does not ooEe 10 terms.
The Spanish Cortes will adjourn co Saturday
and IS DO motion for the sanction Of tho Cortcs
to the king leaving the country has been sub,
nitted, it is Inferred that Kiug Alfonso docs
not intend 10 leave Spain during the summer
with tho view OF makirg arrangements fer lis
marriage with tho Archduchcsa ct Austria, IS
at enc timo reported.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25
VIEWS or THE D.9I.

During the month Of june Il, 929 immigrants
arrived in New York
The triennial council Of Orlngemcn Of the
world met in Ottawa, Canada. Wednesday.
BY recent order cmanatine from tho Church
Of Rome, Iowa will soon DO divided into two
bishoprios.
General Ewing yesterday opened tho demo.
cratic campaign 10 Ohio with speech 10 bis
neighbors at homo.
Postmaster General Key and PARTY ara tho
guests Of Geo. Butler on board the yacht Am
crcl, in HALIFAX harbor.
Mr.. Forrest, tho Eoglish Consul at Tiontsiu,
reports bis belief that during tho lato famine il
China tho deaths from starvation and want
reached tho cnormcu, total of 100000.
A.passeugcr by tho wrecked steamer State oil
Virginia, named Pcdcr, whose wifi and Two
children were drowned ct Sable Island, has
become irsanc. lilo has been sont TO a luDatlC
asylum, at Halifax. n. s.
The Chicago Commercial Report estimates
the loss TO tho provision trade already, in con
sequence of tho yellow fever blockade at Mem
pEls aud the depression 10 prices ard falling oil
10 sales at Eol less then 81 800 900.
Buford, who was convicted and sentenced to
tho peni,cnlary for lilo for tho murder oil
Ju1g Elliott, arrived in Louisville, Ky, YES
terday, under guard, and was placed in lit,
where he will DO kept until the appeal has
been decided.
The Canadian Interior Department docs not
credit the report that Sitting Bulls band is on
the war rath, and it is believed Of Ottawa that
General Miles has boe6 mi5ed By traders and
scouts. who arc always ready for q fight. Spec
ial Instructions havo been sont forward 10
nreveut General Miles from bringing on an
Indian war; and telling him that tho only pun
poso CT seutiag him into the isld was to protect
the navigation Of tho Missouri river.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25
IN fZcfllOri:lnI.


Died, Of malignant cancer, Jul y 18TH, 1872 .:
Amiesv!llP, Mrs MARY LOUISA PAYNE
wife Of john Is. Payne, ard daughter CT DoCl
John Adams
After years OF intense suHsrins, thif smi.h',
patient and very Intelligent child Of God IA.
passed the fiery Ordcu OF earthly suffering u
lonEed for heavenly home, leaving behind Ter 4
life as pure and 8 record Is spo!!css 8. pcrhs!s
falls to tho 10. OF any Of Go!'s Intelligent c7ea
lures. g devout PFC: 1gt terrain. wto loved her
Church With pure heart tervca:ly, and dc
light ID to honor lt5 Inn!strg, wn!!o IN her -nE:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

Ii is apparent from MIR. Shornah'J speech
at Portland, Wednesday. 10 which no said that
tho southern doctrine of State rights was born
10 hostility to tho Union. and now takes The
form of publication by Congress that would
surrender essential powers and make this a
confederate instead ofa national government,
and that that Congress is dominated by a
caucus, conducted 10 secret, and controlled al
ways by the most violent mon, in which the
solid South has tho majority, who hopo to rule
this whole country, add sap and mine all the
strong foundations of the power and authority
upon which the national governmeutrests, " from
tho resolutions Of tho State republican oouvsn-
tious Of Pennsylvania andWisconsin Wednesday,
aBd from tho recsnt u!terapces Of numerous
prominent republicans 10 various parts of The
country, from al this We say it is ap'
parent that the approaching presidential cam
psign, like those that have so long preceded it,
is 10 30 fought under tho flag OF the bloody
shirt, and with sectional aaimosties as its wesp'
ors. The Stiffness of some Of thes, who have
the management of the democratic party has
beeu so egresous Of late that many voters IN
the South, who have heretofore been acting
With that party, lave become go disguised with
what is knoSn as modern democracy that they
had almss. made up their minds to cut adrltt
from it, provided as was reasonable to sup
pose after cessation Of sotvo hostili:ies for
fourteen years. the next campaign would be on
new issues, such as currency, 6uaCce, tariff,
intcroal improvements, &,., but this def erni
patton of tho radicals to emulate the hvera 10
digging up buried corpses. to reopen tho bloody
chCsm 10 The affections of the people of COM
mon country that inc bad almost closed, and to
fscihIa, anew the fires Of sectional hate, have cf-
in ,bat Int q stop t. all further proceedings
Ing tho dsmoer ;shYSso who contemplated lesv
cieut and foolish m s,nes VII" ~: mS 'usm
haste 10 get back within u. VIZ, s,, ':,s
wise men. choosing tho lesser " INV.
evils, and 80, southern democrats. cousoiSo
lives, wings and Independents will once more,
but solcly by reason Ct radical maligbity. sink
minor differences. and mako another united
effort to wrench tho country from the hands of
those who use it only to advances their Own
selfish isteros!s, and who, to secure those 10
terests, would subject those of tho pooplo at
large to utter destruction. The radicals made
the solid South, aud they have determined
that it shall continue solid, and as tho ways Of
Providence are mysterious. it may DO that by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

Tho present radica! outcry agaies. State
rights strikes the u3sophisticated voter with
astonsllmeut, when he recelIsc:s chat Mr.
Hayes aud Mr.. Sherman. aud tho other per
so1s now most vccilerousiy engaged ia mEkiDg
that cutlery, are The very ones who obtained
their present lucrative positions by maiutain-
ing State sovereignty, and declaring that the
nation could not 90 beyond the fit Of the
legally qualified authorities of State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

Tho lato blood thirsty disturbances ID Haytl,
of Which the most intelligent rcsroes OH tic
island wcro tho ustigators, and tho iuso!eDt
and threatening conduct Of the negroes who
have left The plantations around Memphis end
coma into that city fer government rst!ors end
puudsr, will ioducc may pcop!o TO d.u5!
whether tho abolition Ct slavery has !upscved
the morals aud macrera CT the negroes 70 q:
greet degree as they have been led believe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25
TELEGSgeEIC BRIEFS.

Joy wen the first rec, at Saratoga 10 day;
Fortune The second, and Franklin tho third.
Henry II. Wheeler, formerly prominent
business man Ct Syracuse, N. Y, committed
suicide by morphine lhis noraiug.
WA. Hubbard and VIM. Woodward wero
seriously injured By Chioaman with whom
they had had difficulty st Charleston, Mass
yesterday.
Cbaurcsy G. Chase. Of Plymouth, Pa, was
caught between two csrj at TIE Dodsou coliery
yesterday afternoon and received Injuries which
caused his death 40 hour afterwards
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

MARRIED on HORSEBACK quito q pcvel
Reddiug took place Oh Tuesday OF last week On
tho public road, near Lyons Creek, iu Calvert
county. The contracting parties waro Dir. Hor'
scc Tell and a Miss Jones, both OF Anne ATuu
del county The officiating minister, Rev. MIR.
Shoaf. of Calvert county, wls requested by the
groomsmnr to start from his homc OF o'cock
on the above named morning, aud he would do
likewise, aud tho point on the road where they
would meet should be made memorable by a
novel wedding. This arrangement was carried
out and the bride aud groom % horseback met
the Reverend gentleman, aud, 10 the public
road, seated on horseback. under the sheltcrine
branches Of spreading oak. the happy
couple were made man md wife. Marlboro
ANY Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

The radicals oro nothing ii not sensational
Eliza piukston, With wounds Inflicted upon her
by Der own race, miaiaturo coflias or pictures
Of the samo l,f Oh the door steps Of repuo!i'
clrs, and hats with bullet hol,s through them
made by their owncrs, were exhibited 10
tho visiting statesmen iu Nav Orleans in all
their simulated ghastioess and Gil had their
effect, and now Wilson, the MANNED ex-Uuion
soldier, who was removed By Col. Bright,
northern mar, frou! bis position rs ono Of the
door keepers Ct Inc Scuato because he refused
to discharge bis duties ana vent home without
saying "by your leave" to aoybody,is to DO car
red through Maine and Oaio aud exhibited to
the voters of these States IS q living example OF
tho way rcd-haDded rebels treat those STho raj
lied round tie flag.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

The July plumber of Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine has been received from The Leonard
Scott Publishing Company, New York. Con.
tents: The Zulu War; Part " of Rea!a; Tho
Ghost or Morcar's lowner; Hidden TREASURES;
New Books; Tho Mandolnata, and The All,
CHAN Peace aud Oar New Frontier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
ED9 8NOwDEN.
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY :5. 1879.
The Debt Compromise.


The orders to print the new city bends have
been ccuntermandCd.
As matters DOW stand. all that has besn done
towards the settlement may b., set down for
naught.
Wc are rcmited 10 tho cheerful prospect OF
our big mcuatain Of debt, growing bigger and
bigger.
Aud tho prospect is the more aggravalpg IN
the reflection Of the comparatively little VIC
need to remove the thiog out of our sight.
What VIC want is some fifty thousand dollars
OF bonds added to tho eight hundred thousand
already pledged to the settlement
OF this eight hurdred thcusard the over
whelmipg majority is held by parties who have
NJ earthly interest 10 us. except as creditors
ucver very tender relation add especially not
when held by foreigners.
OF the fifty thousand wanted the msiOrity is
held or controlled by parties living among US
and thoroughly identified with our fortunes.
OF The outside holders all the large ones,
whose consent can bo procured, has been given.
10 got at the smaller ones, in amount suffi
Gent to msko up the scm required, is prsoti'
cal impossibity.
Either they cau't be found, or they will not
trouble themselves, or somo like reason puts
them btyord reach.
The Situation, therefore. is commanded by
abo amounts.
With their corporation tho scheme can DO
male succcss-without i. tho scheme must
fail
To suppose that any such are holding out in
tho expectation that the settlement will be Of
footed any how, and that they will profit by it.;
willing, anxious Indeed, that it shall succeed,
but without their help. implies an imputation
which they would mako haste to resent, and
which VIC would resent for them.
But can they doub; that The now bond Will
bring moro. both of pliuoipal and Of Income,
than the old one at pre- scnt prices?
And are they not CERTAIN that it will bring
more than tho old bond ut such prices as may
10 looked for should the compromise fail
Eail it surely will. unless something can DO
donc to secure tho 60 operation Of moro OF our
resident tondholders.
1t low rests 10 abeyanoo. depending for fur-
thcr progress upon such action as they may
take.
If, bs w suppose, they arc not waiting to
profit By the action Of others, hoping the c,m-
promise will be effected without them, would
thnv r, Inyo IN tnnd copditionallv tho oopdi,
ton being guaranty that their new bonds
should bring as much Is their old oucs arc
worth DOW?
If necessary, wo suggest that such u PROPOSE
ton b. made.
But it is to DO hoped. earnestly hoped, that
without any such special terms. the acceptance
Of tho parties required will DO given. and that
this last effort to retrieve our fortunes may not
BIZ left to i4iL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

Why, when the thermometer indicates blood
heat AID the yellow fever is abroad 10 the land,
scmc people in this State should be attempting
TO get up an excitement about the reiunding
OF The State debt-fait acoompi and which
will be beyond the control of tho next L,gisla.
ture, is more than most fellows can fed cut.
There has to be hobby, but we should Thick
this oue would DO run down. II peoplo will
only let the debt alone and stop gruDbliug the
star Of VirgiDia's prosperity will soon be seen
above the horizon, Oh its way towards tho
z,nih Of her glory!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

Mr.. Casey Y oupg aud Senator Lamar and
tho other distinguished tu'hcrn gentlemen
who met 10 Was!iog:cn yesterday and agreed
to urge tho Governor Of Tcuncsato 10 call az
extra SCI sion OF the Legislature Of that State
for tho purpose CT putting Memphis uodel
martial law, and preventing i0gress 10 and
cgress from that city, may Gil be very wise mon,
but the action to which wo refer doesn't show
their wisdom. 10 tho first place, instead oil
keeping people 10 Memphis, all should be as
sisted to get away from there, az tho rcadicst
and specdicst wsy of killing the disease byro
moving the material upon which it feeds, prop
or precautions, of course. being taken by othcr
cities and towcs against Tie Introduction OF the
disease into their midst but lit were wise that
tho unfortunate people OF tia. CITY should be
pent up 10 its fever stricken iuiits, there could
be 20 surcr ways nor auy better opportunities
given them for escaping and scattering 10 every
dirco,ion than tho calling CT the Legislature Tor
the purpose Of declaring martial law, the time
that would cl,Iso before that Legislature could
meet and tho grtatcr timo tina. would &c con
gumed 10 the passage Cl The requisite laT-evan
suppo.iug there wouli b, majority ii the Leg
islature foolish enough 10 pass such llw after
discussi3p. The National Board Of Health is
the proper authority Tor aug action that may be
decided upon with referenc, TO M2npts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25
In Lewiston, Mime, yesterday. Mr. Stcrc
tnru Sherman said

In lewiston, Maine, yesterday, Mir. Ntcfc-
tory Sherman said
Tho Solid South is made S)ild BY terror
and violence. | cannot describe or depict the
condition OF The four Or five million human be.
ioas We emaucipatcd, who arc now held in suoh
terror and violence that they arc practically
derived of tho elective 1taoctise All tha;
the Solid South wants is q fsw people 10 the
North, on Huy kind Of 10 i.su,, to act with
them, and then through their caucus they cln
rule and govern this country, as they tried 10
through the civil war. The important qucs!io3
of the future was tho question Ct southern
domination"
By such sectional appeals Us this The radicals
throughout the c1tiro NoFth sr, eu9e7voflog
to create revival Of tho old war fcciag, by
which all classes aad parties ia that sccilon eau
be united 10 tho desperate effort they ore now
making to retain coutrol Of tho ofEc,s and
| money of tho c,uotry. If Mr.. Sherman can
| not depict tho unfortunate condition OF the ne
grots in tho Stu!h, there arc hundreds OF
| northera men who have recently travelled *.
tcGSi7ely 10 that sector, ard such tried ttl9uds
of tho ncgro as Mrs. Harriet Becohcr StoTc,
who coz, ald, atc,ldog to ihci: statements, tic
| negroes arc getting nlcne much batter than the
| whites, send lropcr;io7stcly larger number
| of their children to s,hool than their white
fellow citiz,ns though tho latter pay most OF
| the educational expenses. aud are surely, aad
not slowly eith,r, acquiring tho properly that
belonged to thtir i3riIcr masters. Aud II be
has forgotten that the South does not wish 10
| rule and govern the country, and that 1t is the
most conservative section CT the Union, he hes
only 10 refer to tho action of the southern men
| 10 Congress, who, by declining TO join with their
northern colleagues, secured tho peaco Of the
country by the surrender of tho fairly Won pre-.
sdeucy, to the refusal Of tho southern congress
men 10 elect southern Speaker, TO their suc-
cessiul objection to al ,ura tho recent session
until all the n;u:Saory concentrations for the
support OF the Government had been made, and
to their invariable habi: Of yielding their OVID
views and opinions to thcs' Of the northern
leaders # their party in order that they may not
render themselves liable to tho charge of at
tempting TO dictate Inc policy of the country.
MIR. Sherman makes his aspersIons upon tho
South with the convc ion upon him that his
utterapoes are untrue, but what els, could havo
been expected If a man who, until he had brib.
ed Mrs. jerks, sworc that he could not rccollsct
whether or not he had written the most in.
porant letter Of his lilo?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25
For fec hobby suit Of CLOTHING See :
DEALHAM, G. King ST.. corner Fairfax.

SPECIAL NoTIcg.-To the ladies' Wchavt
now 10 store largo stock Of Ladies'. Mcu'.
aud Chldrers' Low Quarter Shoes, suitable
for the present season. These goods are beau
tiful handsome and durable. and will be SOL
e. such prices as cannot fail to please. All iG
van! will please call hrd examine for lhemse'vr.
at 10 King street. W. b. WADDEY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

Tho bost FLANNEL SUITS, at s., s.. SO III
$l2. you will iiud at s. DEALHAM'S, G2 kvGs
st., corccr CT Fairfax.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

TIE pyobsblc speedy tcImiaalion OF tic war
in South Africa mGkts The rcceot death Of the
P.inco Imperial The moro dep'orabc. A few
weeks n5re Of life would have removed him
from all danger, 81 far as the Zllus are COZ
corned. arl ho would have returned in safety
TO his now Borrowed aud diseonscac mother
and been ready, when the limo comcs, 10 play
that part III French politics to which his rank
would have assigned him. But the ways Of
Providence arc inscru table. and it may be that
tho death CT the Prince has saved his country
from civil war and its attendant horrors, and
That the coming years may have brought the
knowledge to the widowed EageDie that liV'
ing sorrow is heavier to bear than dead one.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

Do not supply your baby with Opium 0!
Morphia mixtures, but uso DR.. Bulls BABY
Syrup, which is always safe and reliable aud
never disappoiuts. Is cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

80 doing they have prolonged tic existence q
free Institutions in This county; f5r, with Solid
South, but few aaGiti7ual electoral yotos viii
he required in the North to cleo: i constitution
al President, and, with suoll a President
and democratic Congress, weak as that
Congress is. republican,, lot radical,
liberty and equality will take another Lease OF
lite, and laws be enacted thai will bear on
all alike, aud taxes be assessed upon
property that is protected and not upon the
necessaries Of lite. Fer these reasons it !!
probably better that those who contemplated
forming new political alliances have been div
en- back into the democratic ranks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-25

If tic radicals made any prc,enso 10 c0cslst'
enoy wo should like to know low they reooa'
Gle their present asserted regard for tic In
volatility Sf the Constitution Of the country
and for the supremacy e national over State
laws with their late eulogics upon Lloyd Gar
rison. their approval Of the statement OF The
American Anti Slavery Society. and their en-
dorsemeut OF the higher law doctrine. Mr..
Garrison pronounced the Constitution cove
nant with death and \ league with hell; the
American Aoli-Slavery Society formally and
emphaticay repudis.ed the Constitution, and
-: =" higher law doctIinc made ianalcal emo
..o"' ',c nitcy moro bidding upon human &C
''oos 'hsa H. law Of tue country.