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The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-04

Wednesday night Of last week. She
was carried off hy one Of Virginia's
gallant sons. The occasion was one
OF the most pleasant in his expert.
enee. y
Gnanos arc being used to con-
siderable extent here, but larger
quantity of .homc made manurcs are
used than usually.
The oats crops that were planted
early in the fall look exceedingly
well, but those planted late are very
poor and very bad stands.
Our Sunday School did not sus-
pend during winter and is now in fine
working order. The Superintendent
deserves we'll our praise.
Our preacher serves us well and
faithfully. and on the occasion OF
his last appointment gave us an able
and edifying sermon on the parable
of"The Sowcr.'' CoUNTRYMAN.
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Congress-.

The speeches made .op the army,
appropriation bill during last Tues
day and Wednesday Indicate consid-
erable sectionaras well as party feel
ing, and we may expect some very
lively reading before the debate is
through. Both parties are evidently
firm in their intentions to- carry their
respective programmes. We hope,
however, for the sake Of deccncy. and
tho dignity Of the American Repub-
lie that examinations and recrimina-
tions will not be indulged in by the
statesmen on the Democratic side of
the House. Let this cowardly meth
od of word-warfare be left TO the Re
publicans if they choose SO to indulge.
Notwithstanding the many revolu-
tionary measures introduced and con-
suma;ed by the Republicans during
The last eighteen years of the govern
ment, they dare to bring the cry of
"Revolntiun" against Democracy.
Such taunts may possibly lead our
statesmen astray and cause them to
throw hack the base charge in the
face Of their accuscrs, but we hope
the Democrats will stand firmly upon
principle and fight these issues out.
Upon them hang so much Of i'm
l;portance.to our constitutional govern
mcnt that ,pandering to sectional
feeling ought scarcely to be tolerated.
The four ohjcctional measures, troops
at the polls. test oath, supervisors
and deputy .marshals, which consti-
tute the corner stones Of Centralsm
ought to be knocked out. Short OF
this Democracy ought not to stop and
more than this is not necessary. The
Democratic majority in both branches
of Congress insuros the passage ol
the bills with the repeal of these
measures attached; but whether
President Hayes will be controlled
by the party lash sufficiently far tc
veto them, is:ry no means a decided
question. IF he does, then the con
sequences of whatever results viii
rest upon him. The weight of this
responsibility, we think, will cause
him to ponder we'll before he acts
knowing, as lie must DO, that the fiji
turc Of the government hangs uIol
the stroke Of his pen.
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a Laudable Repentance.

In IN editorial Eate by the Ander-
son Intclligenccr, tits reported that
L. l.. Cardozo, the convicted ex-State
Treasurer, has returned TO Columbia,
surrendered himself to the sheriff and
now lodges in Jail under sentence of
three years Imprisonment for swim
ding the State wiiile in Office.
This is the irst.instance, we be-
licve, where q Iaudable repentance
has driven Il hadieal official to atone
for his crime cs by voluntarily under.
going the sentercc of court. So
unaccountable is such a course of
conduct that one is disposed to at
tribute it not to repentance for con-
scious guilt, but to stroke of policy
to subserve some Radical or political
eiia.' 1t is pity, however, that others
equally guilty with Cardozo, but not
convicted, would heed the teachings
of Tho old maxim, can open confes,
sion is good for the soul" and give
such information as will put them in
position to expiate their crimes
within the walls OF a penitcntiary.
There are yet few OF such charac.
teiD in almost every county who, in
stead ,o3, usaaifcsting sorrow for
crime, hold in precious memory Tue
Fat days,of. RadicalisG whom to steal
was commendablc and to ,.bc honest
was base. Such persons. are among
our people fornO good and only abide
their time TO show tue cloven foot.
"hlle they are tacit the while, giving
expression TO no opinion but affect
an interest in the general welfare,
The occasion is only wanted. for them
TO enter again upon a career of fcrime.
Spcl men, if they could, would wrest
Tie government from the control of
The Democratic party anu turn our
citizens over to the tender mercies of
educated t:eachery backed by vi.
eiousi ignorance. ~
&Mid the general rejoicing, there.
fore, ,.oyer the redemption of our State
from the rule of such men, our people
should not,relax theirihold upon their
life purpose Or 'abate one iota in their
efforts to hring these guilty men TO
trial, conviction and to punishment.
Delivcrance from Radicalism, though
accomplished, is not yetperpetuated |
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Green Manurinq.

Editors Orange5wg Deinocrat:
l infer that the advantages Of the
system of green manuring is not un-
derstood by the farmers OF Orange
burg County, from tho fact of its not
being practiced. I consider it the
quickest and most economical meth
oil of restoring our worn-out lands
| have practiced it on q small scale
the last few years with the best re
suits. Green manuring furnishes hu-
mus to our soil. uumus is the de-
composition of vegetable matter, and
all practical farmers know that when
there is enough OF humus in the soil
all fertilizers pay. That the crops
do not suffer from rust or droughts
not half. as soon rs when the land is
destitute Of it. Sandy lands abound
ing in humus will hold moisture and
ammonia equally rs we'll as clay soil.
We can judge Of its presence by the
color it imparts to the soil. That
dark brown sediment in the alley Of
the rows after shower of ram is
what is called humus. Organic mat
ter or vegetable matter: 70 prove
to you the value Of green manures l
will give you the experiment Of DR..
Penaleton. He took 400 pounds OF
weeds growing around his place
Half be burnt and applied the ashes
to cotton. Half he applied green,
covering well. Result The green
manure made 45o pounds of seed
cotton per acre the ashes $50 pounds
more than the natural land. He
says, if L remember correctly, that
the plant food contained in these
weeds could not have produced so
MUCH of themse. 8; that much was
due 70 the acids generated by the
weeds. will write more on this
subject when I get to consider the
Pea rs fertilizer. l consider this
an important subject, and would ad,
wise my friends TO follow my exam
pie, which will give in full when
The Pea is discussed. In my next
will write on cotton seed. J. G.. II.
Fork E1iSto, S. G.
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The Black Plaque.

We.clip the following from an eS-
change. Ifthis be true and there is
no reason to doubt it, and the disease
proves to be the Black Plague, it will
be most fearful scourge upon our
country. TO prevent the terrible
consequences OF such a visitation
every precautionary measure should
be instituted at once and in every
section Of the country. Entire towns
we're depopuiated last year in Europe
and a similar calamity, 30 fatal TO
the best inlerst Of our people, should
be stayed if possible:
"Thc Mississippi papers state that
a fatal disease has broken out in the
counties bordering the Alabama line,
which is pronounced hy the physi-
clans rs the "black measles" and by
the negroes as the "black plague"
It is represented TO be very conta-
Sious and unusually fatal, not q sim
gle case having thus far recovered.
The disease'is also reported to be
rapidly extending into Alabama, and
the papers along The border demand
that commission Of Tie most promi-
ncnt and experienced physicians of
both States be instantly appointed to
examine into the character of this
disease, and provide some means of
checking it.
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Letter from RoWesville.
RowEsvlLLE, &C., March 2

Editors OrangeJurg Democrat:
In trying TO write you communi-
cation aboht matters and events in
our vicinity ard local tiotlings, have
been Struck with the extreme dearth
of news; nothing new seems to en-
gage the attention Of our people but
making another crop, and if appear
ances go for any thing a good one
VIII be made, In riding around and
going to and fro through the neigh
borhocd | have noticed greater prep
arations than any year since the
war. You see new and strong fences
on every hand land pfoughed,
deep and thoroughly broken, men
with the coats Off hard at work, and
anon you hear the old familiar sound,
gee, haw, wo mule, and the lively
whistling and songs of the plough:
man, and together with the ifnc
spring weather, things are looking
decidedly prosperous. May We not
hope that the results Of all this may
be the lifCing Off of many a burden
of debt from the shoulders of those
who have too long borne them. So
mote'it be. t'"3" tH
Your correspondent was present at
tho wedding Of .the daughter. Of one
of our mcSt respected neighbors ..ch
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Chamberlain.


by recent accounts from Columbia
VIC Learn. .thatt6e case the State.ys.
Leslie, Parker and chamberlain was
called and qpn motion of yex-Judge
Melton was continued till the next
term of the coart. This motion was
made in behalfaf Chamberlain on the
grounds that he had given bond, that
the other deEeqda ants, had not been ar
rested ard that the Ex-Governor, be-
cause :of'pcrsonal and domestic be-
reavements, has not had time to pre-
pare his defense. .H.IH"h Z.
We have no objection to the courts
Of South Carolina showing all the
clemcnty possible whenever it is
mcrited, Indeed this vi. tue is an clc-
ment Of justice, but with due defer
ence TO the court it strikes us that.
three years is time sufficient 10 meet
all the ends OF mercy Or 70 satisfy
evc,y' prompting of .huhanity: FIR
tker postponemcnt is scarcely justi-
fed by the circumstances OF this case.
What if Chumheriain's son was i'll, if
one after another of his family was
seriously indisposcd, or if he, himself,
was sick? Is any one Of these condi-
tions, or even all of them sufficient
reason TO close the doors of court
room, or TO stay the prosecution of a
case even If that case involved the
conviction Of such criminal rs d.
IL. Chanbcrlain? The best citizen
of our county would scarcely dare
hope for such clcmcncy before court
ofjuslicc, If he were to be tried for n
crime of onchstlf tNe enornity Of that
for which this Radical ex-Governor
is to he tried. Yet for the sake OF
the tender feelings Of a man who is
charged with dcfrauding the citizens
of q whole State out of millions oi
dollars, Of aiding other officials to
grow rich off the taxes Of an opprcss
et people, and Of bringing this people
to the very verge Of u bloody rcvolu.
tion, the dignity Of a court would
concur in amotion TO extend such
4 siclzly clcmency to such an arcl
criminal. Chamberlain while perpe
trating the crimes for which he ough,
to be convicted had no sympathy fo,
South Carolina and cared but little il
: his action reduced every one of hel
I.eitizcns to the most ahject poverty
His only aim was to obtain position
OF power and to use that power fol
the purpose Of gratifying an inortli
nate ambition. Plumber and spoil
Ivy himself and his co-adjutors, was
means and he used it regardless 8
their Consequences on the people ht
! would rule. Under such circum
! stances to plead humanity is to abuse
mercy; and further postponcmcn
after three or four years Of consciou.
guilt, is to create, in the minds Of til,
people, disposition to look upon tho
trial as II ridiculous farce. The end:
Of justice demand that Mr.. Chamber
lain be brought to a speedy trial ant
if convicted t. be punished to the ful
extent Of The law.
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7 Miss Maria T.. Eve, q yonng lady
of Augusta, Ca, who has recently
acquired some literary reputation,
was awarded the prize of 500 offer
cd in Mobile for poem expressive Of
Southern gratitude to the North for
its muniliccnt liberality last year dur
ing the yellow fever epidemic.
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Notice ofDisprlissal.

A LII concerned will take notice TINT
~ in one month from date ] will file
my final account a5 Guardian ofGEORGE
M. CLARK in ,ihe Probate Court for Or
County, and will apply for my
d. LOUIS,
Guardian of.Geo. NJ. Clark.
March 81, 1871
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For Sale.

FOR SALE TWO PRIME MILK
Il, COWS, with young calves, in good
condition and genlle. This is an excel
lent chance to secure Cow that will
give milk and butter. for an ordinary
family. Both Cows are in Orangeburg
and may be seen by calling on me at Mr..
j. &. Pixies store. j. G. EDWARDS.
March %
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NOtice.

5. hereby given that certain claim
IL has been approved by me in favor of
M. *. Wilkinson, amount $2G, approved
January 4, 1879, which mistake has the
wrong number. The person who now
holds the claim will please present it ut
my office that may correct the mistake
and register the same.
d. l.. CONNOR,
Mar 81 School COMMISSIONER o. G..
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anu the country, though redeemed, is
not yet free from influences that may
deyelope, in themselves in 1880, an
opposition that will destroy the work
Of the pastsand ;Eentaii upon our citi-
zens years of greater Oppression even
than that they have already endured.
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Notice.'~ -

ENHE undersigned will apply ito the
n Hon. Judge of. Probate for Orange
Purg County on the 28lh day OF April
next forLetters Dismlssory us ,Admlnis.
tratrix OF Estate, pf9Wm. III. Smith, de-
ceased. NARCISSA J..SMlTH,
March 2S-5t hdninistratrix,
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Eureka Chapter, No. 13,
r.. A.. NJ.

F5HIIE Regular Monthly Convocation of
Il. this Chhpter will be held Mt Masonic
Hall OH Friday Evening, April 4, 1879,
ut hali-past7 o'clock. Companions will
take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly.
lty order of the NJ. E.. H.. P.
j. BT: BRUNSON,
March 90 Secretary.
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MoTIcETo CREDITORS.
NATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ORANGEBURG COUNTY.
In the Common Pleas.

ORANGEBURG COUNTY.
In the Common Pleas.
Watson a. O'Cain, John a. O'Cain,
AIm'rs Of Jacob II. O'Cain, against Val
GtKinc Pittham and others, creditors of
JACOB Ii. O'Cain. Lavinia Hamel and
others.
Pursuant to an Order OF The Court Of
Common Pleas. matle in the above enti-
tied ca&sc. ut January Term 1879, no.
ticc is hereby given tu all creditors Of the
Estate of jacob II. OEaim who have not
already presented and proved tlieir de-
mands, TO present aud prove them before
me. BY the first day of May, 1879.
W. NJ. HUTSON. Master.
MAsTEE's OFFICE, Ian. 81. 1879 o-a-m-3t.
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WANTED,

BY A LADY. Of several years expert
p cnce, Il situation rs teacher Of the
English branches in Il school or family.
The best references given and satialac-
ton guaranteed. For further particulars
address Tue ORANGEBURG DEMoCHET.
ADril 4
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HOME
e N L il X p r / S Il
HOME

REV. S. II. MAILMAN is prepared to
-th5a9 FRAME PICTURES of al sizes in
the neatest style ofthc art, and at lowest
rates, for cash, than can be done else
wherein tho county. Picture uangiugs
also furnished ON the most liberal terms.
All parties desiring work done i'm the
above line would do well to give him q
call at his house in Lyons Township. or
ut DR.. $. a. Reeves. Satisfaction guar
anteed. -" april 3-3mos
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.Copartnership Notice.
The State Of South Carolina.
ORANGEBURG COUNrY-IN PRO
ll. BATE COURT. II

nj office is hereby given that Petition
IN has been filed by Mrs. .NAHGISSA
j. SMITH, widow Of Wm. II. Smith. de-
ceased, for the assignment of Ii, mcStead
exemption in the personal pro. 'erty Of
said deceased. and that unless objection
is made 10 said claim on or before the
2Sth day Of April next ! will proceed TO
assign said Homestead.
) G. 3. GLOVER,
Mar 2S-lt Judge Of Probate o.. c.,
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t;rasshOpper Cruel.

From the Turckee New Republican.
In Sierra and Martis valleys the Indian
huts can he seen, and in and around them
are congregated the warriors and squa~s
of the tribe, their sisters and their cousins
and their aunts, all intent upon the ac-
complishment Of the grand result. As
usual, the squaUs do the work, while their
noble lords loll upon the green sward,
smoke their pipes, and dreamily and laz-
Ily gaze upon the countless myriads OF
buzzing hoppers that I'LL the air and de-
your the vegetation. The squaws, carry
ing cone-shaped baskets of great capacit!
scoop the grasshoppers with fan shapes
implement into their baskets, and when
loaded carry the weighing mass OF insects
to camp and then prepare them for food.
The grasshoppers, killed, and subsequent
lv dried, are mixed with mashed pine
nuts or cracked wheat, and then made
into kind of -four, which is afterwards
made into kind of bread most delicious
to the palate of the Washoe. White vlsl-
tors at camp are always invited, in accord
ance with Indian hospitality, to partake
of the compound, and great is the aston
ishment of poor 10 at the disgust ex-
pressed by the white man for this kind
of food To the limited mind OF the In
dian it is incomprehensible that any one
should reject food which in his vernacu-
lar is defined as being ''muchee good
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Peg Wellington.

The mother of Margaret Wellington
was an Irish washer women; her father a
brlcklayer, who died when Peg was few
years old. During the days of her great
success she frequently numbered among
her auditors persons who distinctly re-
membered her when, perfect little Ven
us OF a child, she used to run about the
streets of Dublin barefooted, and with a
small dish of salad in one hand, crying
out, "All this fine vonng salad for half
penny; all for half-penny here" Her
lovely dark eyes, her exquIsitely pen
cllled eyebrows, but particularly her
faultless figure, attracted the attention of
a French rope dancer, who lost no time
in getting the child aprenticec to her, not
for rope-dancing, but to take parts in
small operate pieces, in which Peggy,
at twelve years of age, won the most fiat
tering. She soon passed on to the boards
of the Dublin Theatre Royal, and re-
NAMED there a great favorite until the
age of twenty-tso, When, coming e
London, she was at once engaged at 80 a
week by Rich, the lessee OF Covent gar
den. and known III the annals OF the
London stage as ''the father of panto-
mime" Having oeen the originator OF
that annual form of dramatic jollity which
which reigns supreme at Christmas time
70 our own dav.
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Too Many Graveyards.

Somebody tells story of traveller
who put up at Boston hotel. He was
given room in the rear of the building,
and the first sight which met his eve in
the morning was a gloomy expanse Of
graveyard right under his window. He
was man OF sensitive nature, and the
landscape spoiled his appetite for that
day. As soon as his days work or pleas
ure was over, he quietly removed his
baggage TO another house. Here he ask
ed for front room and y ent to sleep in
peace; but in the morning. as before,
Aurora's gentle beams gilded dazzling
array of tombstones across the street in
the Kings Chapel graveyard. The gen
tleman had another days bad digestion,
but, being of courageous disposition. he
made third trial and expressly stipula-
ted that he should not be given back
room nor a front one The gentlemanIy
clerk assigned HIM cheerful room on the
west side, and the guest went to bed
happy. He arose feeling decidedly more
cheerful, and drew his curtains to feast
his gaze on the old Cranary Cemetery.
with tombstones three hundred years old
moldering before him. 1t was too much
for the stranger. He paid his bill and
departed 10 hunt up town where il
wasn't so unhealthy that they had 10
have a graveyard attached to every louise. :
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o SUMNER TINE.

0 Summertime, so passing sweet,
But he w witt the breath of flowers,
But languid with the feryent heat,
They chide amiss who call thee fleet
Thee, with thy weight of daylight hours,
o Summertime, so passing sweet!
Young Summer, thou art toe replete.
Too rich in choice of joys and powers.
But languid with the fervent heat.
Adieui my face is set to meet
Bleak Winter with his pallid showers
o Summertime, so pa sing sweet!
I'D Winter steps with swifter feet,
He fingers not in wayside bowers,
He is not languid with the heat;
His rounded day, pearl complete,
Cleans on the unknOwd night that lowers
o Summertime, SO passing sweet
But languid with the fervent heat!
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The Leopard Fish.

From the New Haven Palladium.
Professor Baird has forwarded to Il. g.
Blackboard commissioner OF fisheries, q
new fish caught by Gloucester sea cap
tain about fifty miles south by east Of
Noman Land. 1t is SAID to represent
the new genus Lophoatilus, one havi G
the general appearance Of Lahlus, but
with the addition of nuchal crest and
labial appendages. 1t is called the leop-
ard fish on account of its spots. One who
has seen the fish has noticed some pecu-
liar traits; one thing strange was to see
an adipose fin like that on the salmon.
ONLY that this nm, instead of icing near
the tail, WAS on the top of the head. The
dorsal extended from about tv'o-thirds of
the fish to the caudal. Below. under the
belly, the lin was continuous The head
had no semblance to cod. The teeth
were fairly well developed and sharp.
In color it was yellow, with spots. The
fish was about twenty-eight inches long,
and would weigh, perhaps, about the
same rs a cod of the same size. The FISH
is said TO be quite frequent where this
one was captured, and to he good foods
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Ponto's Intelligence.
From the oglsthorps ga Echo.

From the Ogisthorps (Gs Echo.
Several months since some person shot
and mangled the leg of Ponto, fine dog
belonging to Judge Upsom, and general
favorite in OglethorTe The perpetrator
of the deed could not be found. On Mon
day Ponto hobbled down town and began
10 renew his acquaintance with the boys
and dogs. He evinced every manifesto
ton Of Joy, and would wag his tai and
look at the manned limb when any one
would condole with him. At last a
Young lawyer walked up and attempted
Familiarity. The dog gave sudden snap
and started for home az fast as his three
sound legs would carry him. This per
Torrance on the part of Ponto aroused
the suspicious of the spectators, and they
accused the attorney of having shot the
dog. He owned up, and said that it was
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DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP,

You're on the sea Of Ii e, boys,
Your ship Is staunch and strong;
You're sailing smoothly now, boys
But storms will come ere log.
But boldly furl your sails, boys,
And let the temp st rip"
Stand brayely by the helm, boys,
And Don't give up the ship"
Though clouds o'ercast the sky, boys
The sun Is bright b hind;
And though the waves roll high, boys,
They'll soon cool down, you'll find.
So always keep up heart boys,
With cheerful eye and lip;
4 d let your waIchwOrd e'er, boys.
Be Don't give up the ship"
Beyond the raging sea, boys.
You'll find at last rest,
If only on your trip, boys,
You do your ''leYel best"
There wants for eat b a crown, boys,
90 take a manly grip;
There waits for q ] eternal life
Who. Don't give up the ship
Hester Hunt IL, interior.