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, 1880-10-04
The North Carolina Cherokees.

Our friends found "the Nation -
hidden in isolated huts in the thickets
among the ravines of the Soco and
Ownolufta hills. These Cherokees
number about fifteen hundred souls,
and were said to have ten thousand
acres under cultivation. But there
was no sign of village, nor school,
nc gathering place of any kind; the
grass was knee-deep before the door OF
the little church which they had built
years ago. Not far from it is the grave
Of six hundred warriors buried CEN
turies ago. They still bury their dead
under great heaps of stones. The uni
versal lethargy of these browsing
mountains has probably fallen too
heavily on these savages for them to
be civilized; yet, oddly enough, they
are only mountaineers who want to be
wakened out OF their sleep. They
crowded out of every hut about the
mules of the travellers, begging, not
for money, but for teachers. These
strangers were the "North " to them,
and the North to the Indians, as to
the blacks of the South, is great ma
gician, who can give money, life
what it will. "My people," said
Enola, the preacher, "have lived in
these hills since before the white men
came to the country, and have asked
for nothing but schools; but they have
never got them." The tribe are
wretchedly poor; swindlers found the
red man as easy prey in North Caro-
lima as in the West, and it is only since
1875 that they have obtained posses
sion of the land On which they have
lived for more than five hundred
years.
Crossing one of the heights, the
doctor came upon old Oosoweh, the
coniurer, lying flat on his stomach.
He had marked out lines on the muddy
ground, and was driving in bits of ash
roots here and there. He did not look
up as they halted.
:" There he has all the countries OF
the world,' said the interpreter, a
nimble young Indian lad. Wher e
he drives in peg, it rains; where he
takes it out, the sun Shines
Mr.. Morley laughed. "Who would
expect to find humbuggery on the top
of these mountains ?" he said, throw
ing quarter to the wizard. The old
mans reddish eye glared vindictively
at him a moment, then he turned back
to his pegs; but he did not look at the
money.
"Now he will send you a storm, u
said the interpreter.
Nonsense. This drought is going
to last for week."
But before they had reached the
bottom of the next chasm the clouds
did actually gather, and heavy rain
began to fall. The shadows Of the
mountains lay like night over the val
ley, and the steep clayey trail became
so slippery that even the sure-footed
mules slid and staggered on the edge
of the precipice.-REBECcA HARDING
DAVIS. in H0Der's Magazine.
, 1880-10-04
The First Chinese Tramp.

The first Chinese tramp ever seen in
this section visited Utica to-day. He
came from the West. There was an
unmistakable celestial air about him,
pigtail an d all, but the pack fastened
to the stick carried on his shoulder be-
tokenel the tramp. When the heather
first attracted the attention he was en-
deavoring to run the blockade at the
depot gate. He had NO ticket, and Mr..
Meyer declined to admit him to the de-
pot yard inclosure.
Where is your ticket?" asked the
gatekeeper.
"No foolee Chinee."
"But you can't pass through unless
you have ticket"
"No fooiee Chinee."
Officer Evans was summoned, to pre-
vent the celestial from breaking the
barricade at the gate. Where do you
want to go ?" asked the officer.
"No foolee Chiuee."
William Dunn came to the rescue.
When he asked the almond-eyed man
whether he had any money, the reply
was:
"No foolee Chinee."
The officials experienced cOnsldera-
BILE trouble with him, and as train
bound East was standing in the yard,
Mr.. Vanderheyden bought ticket to
Frankfort and rendered it to the Mon
golian. He declined to receive it,
shaking his head and chuckling:
"No foolee Chinee."
Appearance indicated that the for
eigner had padded en- foot over the
railroad ties from some far western
city, and after consultation with Su-
perintendent Priest, the Mongolian was
permitted to resume his pedestrianism
on the line of the Central. he scooted
through the depot gate in triumph.
struck a bee-line East, and made Oft
like carrier-pigeon, simply remark
ing:
"No foolee Chineel"
And they didn't.-Utica Observer.
, 1880-10-04

DR.. Schliemann is short, bald
headed, round-faced German, speaking
with thick nasal voice, as if his eye
glasses pinched his nose too hard, and
quite fast except when he attempts to
repeat Homer, at which time he
shutters and stammers and "backs up "
in way that recalls the school-boy.
Mrs. Schliemann is Greek of exceed
ingly pleasant features and graceful
manners. She is so artless and unas-
suning that one is tempted to think
that she always led quiet heme-life,
a belief soon dissipated by seeing her
admirable skill in entertaining large
circle at once.
, 1880-10-04
COLONNADE HOTEL

JUNCTION OF MARKET. TAYLOR. TYLER AND
u Sixth streets. This House is especially designed
for a Family Hotel. The rooms ALL front on the
street, with bay windows, elegantly furnished, in
suites and single. The most desirable location and
easy of access. Elevator and all modern convent
ences. Table is unsurpassed in excellence. Terms
reduced to suit the times. Rooms, with Board, from
81. 90 to 81. 90 per day.
, 1880-10-04

At recent farmers meeting speak
er gave receipt for making farming
pay, as follows: Have but one bust
ness, and get up in the morning and
see to it yourself"
, 1880-10-04

It may serve as a comfort to us in all
our calamities and affections that he
that loses anything and gets wisdom
by it is gamer by the loss.-L' Es-
TRANGF
, 1880-10-04

With every anguish of our earthly
part the spirits sight grows clearer; thia
was meant when Jesus touched the
blind mans lids with clsy.-Lo.osll.
, 1880-10-04

Beware of desperate steps--the dark
est sky, live till tomorrow, will have
raased away.--CowPER.
, 1880-10-04

A monthly published in New York,
called The South, says: Many people
hoped, when the two great national
conventions had concluded their work,
that the present Presidential campaign
would be an unexciting one, as best
likely to promote the honor and well
fare Of the country. All our great
scandals of the last fifteen years seem
to be coming to the surface again,
however; and this is a state OF affairs
not promising for political moderation
or common honor. The foreshadow-
ings indicate coming revelations which
no man of any party can rejoice in.
, 1880-10-04

On a tramp-rags.-Boston Trans
cript.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
Now I!

1t is, says The Washington Post,
really an unhappy prcdicament in
which the Bay State Radicals find
themselves. According to the Four
tcenth Amendment and the statute of
1878, disfranchiscd citizens arc not
to be counted in the basis Of rcprcn-
tation, either in Congress or the cleo
toral college. This idea is a product
Of Massachusetts Radicalism, and it
is not bad notion, if honestly car
ricd out. There are in the State
100000 men who have been denied,
or deprived of, the ballot, contrary to
i,:e Fourteenth Amendment and the
law enacted to secure its enforcement,
These disfranchiscd citizens are
counted rs part af the present basis
of representation, and on thoir
strength Massachusetts has three
more members Of Congress and three
more Presidential electors tkan she
could have if the 10000 were sub
stracted from her basis Unless her
DISTINGUISHING laws are repealed by
the present Legislature, she must
give up three Congressmen and the
same number OF electors. But the
repeal Of these laws will put the State
into tie hands Of the Democracy,
and the rcigning powers cannot con-
template such an event without un-
mitigatcd horror.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
Speedy Justice.

The one armed negro rualan, vari-
ous!y known by the Names Of Kinder,
or Fulton, or Simmer, or Ghillard,
who con- t;n pitted a most barbarous as,
sault upon the person of Mrs. Daniel
Bird, near Murray's Church, six
miles from Georges station, was
captured on Saturday evening last
three miles from tho place where the
crime yas committed ; and while on
his way 10 the Walterboro jail, in
charge Of two constitutes, was met by
seven or eight men and forcibly taken
from his keepers, Kinder was then
brought to Mrs. Byrd's near Branch
Vile, who had suffered similar as
sanlt on the 4th February, and was
recognized by her as the william who
committed the deed. A crowd Of
near one hundred persons, white and
colored, took him to a convenient
tree, and there ended by hanging his
miserable life. The history of this
man is q catalogue of crimes running
from theft to murder and rape. For
months ile has been q terror to Or
angcburg and Cdlleton Counties, as
saulting white and colored people in
most barbarons' manner, and, in
view Of such n character, The citizens
met and determined not to wait unon
the alow and uncertain process Of
the courts bat to administer the pun
isiment his crimes richly deserved.
Under the circumstances who shall
s2y it was wrong?
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
Fhe Reward Of Industry.

In the spring OF 1875 Lewis Stro.
man, colorcd, purchased in the fork
of the two E.lis,os tract Of land
containing 100 acres without build.
ings or an acre cleared, for which he
agreed TO pay SIS per acre, paving
500 down on tic day of purchase
Tn '7G payment of sI1O was made
in II, sla7; in '7a, sos'; and in 10,
si29. stroman is the head of a fam.
lIy- composed of a wife and seven
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
Married,

On the evening of the 25th OF Feb.
ruary, at the residence Of the brides
mother, by Rev. w. r. Parler, Mr..
Thomas Smith, Of Orangcburg Coun-
ty, to Miss Annie Singlctary, OF
Charleston County, S. G.. May the
choicest flowers Of human happiness
be strcwn along their pathway
through life. ANXIOUS.
On the 2Gth OF February, by the
Rev. j. S. Hayden, ID. w. Bonnctt, of
Orangebhrg County, TO Miss Rosa r.
Mil'house, of Barnwell County.
BIZ the Rev. +. G. J.. Browne at
Cav Cav Plantation, Orangeburg,
County, on the 2Gth of Fcbuary, 1880,
MIR. +. NJ. Gunhy, of Columbus Ca.
to Miss Olive Farnum, daughter of
Oliver Farnum; Esq, Of Charleston.
No cards.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05

paragraph can indignant note re-
ceivcd at this Office informs US, that
iii the opinion OF the writer we shall
never go to heaven, We thought
that every one knew that editors ncv-
er went anywhere. They don't get q
chance. They just work all day and
sit up all nights thinking how to do
good, until the tops Of their heads
wear holes through their hair.
"A pluclty little boarding house
woman in Indianapolis The other da,
was insultcd BY one OF her boartlcr>
making some remarks about the weak
ness fhcr coffee. She stood it brave
ly, but when the fellow attacked the
strength of her butter and went for
her beeisteak, she open Oh him, and
empted six chambers Of her revolver,
loaded up again, and was only PIE
ren'ed from killing him by the balls
glancing from q loaf of bread he held
up rs y aAieH:.
Tho Philadelphia Ledger has
made the. Timely discovery That the
men who I've by politics, and there
fore always vote, arc the tax consum
crs and the second class, those who
vote if they feel like il, and it ain'l
too much trouble, are the taxpayers
And another exchange says: ''lt is
only your casy-goins citizen, who pays
heavy taxes and grumblcs at The
"abominable mismanagement Of loca
affairs, who stays away from the
polls on municipal election day
True rs gospel.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
Candor.

We call the attention of our read
ers to letter published on the out
side Of this weeks paper, written by
DR.. John c. Dubois, formerly Of the
State Of New York, but now spend
ing the winter months in the mild
and dry climate of !Orangeburg, and
which We clip from, :he Chct ham. II.
Y, Courier: Pr. nabois is a North,
e1n man. and we SUPPOSE by his letter
a Republican. but not q carpet bag
ger Or in anywise 9 political adven:
turer. He comea amcng US to be one
Of us. He brings Lis capital and in
vests it here He docs cot mean,
like the horde of political vulturcs
who came to the South in the days of
her poverty and humiliation, TO grow
fat Oh the spoils left from the war
and then return, but to make our
land his land, our society his society,
our fortune his fortune iand our pco-
pie his people. I1c does not mean
his politics or our politics. ohall be
the dividing line, which may not be
passed save by n sacrifice of princi-
pie. In the candor of n generous
heart he means to live and more ana
have bis being among us as one OF
us. Orangeburg: welcornco linn and
his family, and stands ready to give
the hand of welcome to thousands
more from the North or West who
may come here in the same spirit,
without rcspect'tQ their'rcligicp; poll
tics or previous condition. Such let
tcrs Will do more to wipe out the sec
tional bitterness engendercd by slave
ry and the war than volumes written
under the suspicion Of political innu-
ence.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05

terms have been offered and success
crowned the efforts of the purchaser.
Mahy have failed, not because Of hard
terms, but from the habitual laziness
and the characteristic improvidence
OF the negro. AS owner Of land, or
an invested capital in the soil, the
ro'orcd man only can be good cili.
zen. So long as'he' is rowing no.
mad, or living catcher here and
there, he will be an unreliable citizel.
and burden upon The body polite
and the quicker he joins The exodus
the better for the country
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
A Card.

ORANGEpuRG, S. c., March 9, 1880.
Editor OranycburJ Democru.:
In the issue of your paper of Janu.
airy 10th, 1880, there appeared in the
local column reference TO the iail.
stating that prisoners were confined
therein and exposed TO tie weather
III consequence Of windows having no
shutters. Ihi9 was stated by you rs
fact, and l think il likely TO deceive
the public rs TO the true condition Of
affairs, and that it may not have this
tendency l would ask permission
through your columns TO state facts
as they really were and are ; namely :
That when the present Board Of Com
missioncrs assumed the duties OF The
office, complaint was made TO them
that prisoners in the county Jail were
suffering much from exposure. In
fact it was thought that from this
cause q prisoner died. The County
Commissioners, in the discharge of
their duty, endeavored to get some
one to take the contract 10 surply
proper shelter for The Jail windows.
This proved futile for some time
Tor want Of funds. Finally con
tract was made with Capt. Bell
for The work which was done. This
work was done before the article in
question appeared, and window shut
tero were and are still in place. 1t
appears to me little strange that
you should have been SO very quiet
about the matter when the want of
which you spoke actually existed, and
wait one year after it was supplied
before making complaint. While
do not object TO dictation and criti-
clsms upon matters Of public nature,
| would respectfully suagcGt that you
state facts as they exist in short, tell
the truth end the whole truth.
mean by this that you will gi-c both
sides of the sui ject. In other words,
while you Chew straight to the line,
hcw square, and don't be blinded by
the chips. l.. $. CONNOR.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
The Camel and the Miller.

Did you ever hear the fable Of the
camel and the miller? For the bene-
tit of some Of our young friends who
we fear are being innocently led away
from the paths olrectitudc and virtue
10y frcqucnting places where gambling
is carried on, we will tel! it: One
night miller was walked up by his
camel trying to get its nose into the
tent. cts very cold out here" said
tic camel. 81 only want TO put my
nose in." The miller made 10 ohjec.
ton. After awhile the camel asked
leave to haye his neck in, then his
fore feet; and SO little by little, it
crowded in its whole body. This, as
you may well think, wa9 very disa-
greeablc to the miller, and he bitter
ly complained to the forth-ppt;ing
beast. eff you doh'tliISe it, you may
CO." answered the camel. Gas for
me, I've got possession. and l shall
stay. You can't get rid Of me now"
DO you know what the camel is like :
Bad habits. Guard against the lirs'
".soclar' game Of cards" OF course i,
IS only to ''pass away" time, the mos,
plausible excuse, only the nose Of The
demon. If you do not, you are in
danger. 1t will surely edge itscl
slowly in, and you a:o oycrpowcrce
before you know it..
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05

County Commissioners L. S. Con
nor has in this issue communication
called forth by y local which appear
ed in these columns sometime ago.
The information given ia the para
graph complained of was obtained
from DR.. A. S. Hydricls, physician to
the Jail, who has read the communica-
ton Of Mr.. Connor, and states that
tue shutters will answer all needed
purposes during the night, bni during
the day when the prisoners require
sunlight and air the shutters have of
necessity TO be opened and tile p:is-
oners nre exposed 10 The scvcrest
weather, and must submit, or be shut
up in absolute darkness all the time.
We are not blinded by the chips, bu,
the prisoners are kept in darkness by
the shutters. The justice of the courts
as expressed in their sentences de-
mand5' that prisoners be confined in
Jail, not in a dungeon as the present
arrangement necessitates. The local
referred to was neither dictatorial nor
was it written in spirit of unjust
criticism, but merely suggestive Of a
need we heard existed without being
aware of any attempt to correct it.
Our only desire was to have the pris-
oncrs while undergoing the sentence
Of the law, made rs comfortable as is
compatible with the degree Of crime
committed. Torture is not the enc
Of justice.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
Organizing.

The Union, Hines says that Mob
ley, the notorious Radical of that
county, has taken to politice again,
and cap be seen OH the streets Of the
town button-holing every colorcd man
he meets from the country. He says
boldly that he is going to run q ticket
in that county, and is organizing for
that purpose. Phc above statement,
with others that we have read in our
exchanges, indicate that the Radical
party Of South Carolina is being
reorganizcd for tho coming campaign.
They have right to organize, and
we are glad they arc exercising the
right, as it will solidify the Democrat
lc party, and assure US victory in
November next. -
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
New York. for Grant,

BY political tricl:ery .,tl:e State Of
Penpsylvania was lyicd only a few
weeks ago in The Republican conven-
ton for Gen. Grant by his friends.
SO small was The majority in his favor
and extraordinary the measures cm-
LlOyed to secure it, that the friends
of Constitutional government IN the
party tlougl!..j it necessary to issue an
address Of warning to those who were
about to adopt extreme measures and
to precipitatc the party perhaps upon
most extraordinary issues, at Il time
when the peace Of the country might
be end &ngcrca by tIe,n. While Gen.
Grant will be the first choice of the
Pennsylvania delegation at Chicago,
he is far from. being the unanimous
choice of the State at large.
The same successful political trick
cry was employed by his friends, par
ticularly Conkling, at The Republican
State convention OF New York recent
ly held in the city Of Utica, and with
the same. result. Had his. opponents
properly calculated his weakness or
their own stength, quite dilfercn,
turn might have been, given to affairs.
Cut Of Iiorc Than four hundred dele
gates, Grant could develop o CERTAIN
support from only two hundred fol-
lowers. AS an index, therefore, OF
New York RepuGlicanism this action
points to Anything else than unanimi-
ty in tho party. Like Pennsylvania,
New York will go for Grant at Chi:
cago, Notwithstanding the opposition
to him developed among the better
class of Republicans in both States. So
adroitly were the, party wines pulled
that Grants successes in these two
leading States, will count nll the
same, in the way of Influence, as if he
had been regularly and animously
supported. The same political tao
tics will be used tc secure his nomi
nation by the National convention
and with the same final result. The
third term objection will be hushcd by
bringing the so-called unlawful efforts
of the Democratic party TO suEvcrt
State governments both at the North
and South to secure the control Of the
general government by violence and
fraud, prominently before the convcn-
ton. Maine will be a harp of q ,hous-
and strings for skillful politicians to
play upon. South Carolina will be
made to furnish her full quota Of po.
iitical capital, and the entire criminal
record of the South will be made to
pay tribute to the success Of Grants
compaign. Principle will be dclhron-
cd and policy rule supreme in C,,ica-
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
The Duties Of Editors.

What is{cxactcd Of an editor now
a-days seeIhs to be sort of general
omniscience. lie must keep The run
Of cyerything-poliLics, science, re-
ligon, art, agriculture, general lite1a-
turc. Tie world is alive and moving
everywhere, and he must know Just
what's going on and be able to have
an opinion ready made and ready to
60 10 prc2s ct any moments. He
must tell 20 + just what they are
doing in Ashantee and Dahomey, and
what they don't DO and ought to do in
New York He must be wise and in
structivc about currency, aid taxes,
and tariffs, and able 20 guide Con-
gress; and then he mnst take care o.
the Church-know just what the Old
Catholics are up to, the last new kink
of the Rilualists, and the right and
wrong Of all tho free fights in the diff
fercnL denominations. 1t really MAX
es my little head spin just to hear
what they are getting up articles
about. Then there are all sorts Of
writing Ecn and women sending
pccks and bushels Of articles to bc
printed, and getting furious if they
are not printed, though tile greater
part Of them are such hopeless trash
that yon only need to read four lines
to know that they ale good for moth
ing but they all expect them to be
remailcd with explanations and critic
icms, and the ladies sometimes write
letters of wrath that arc perfectly
fearful.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05
Rioting.

II is natural for r'peacc(ul communi-
ties to express deep" sympathy for
those localities where rioting and law
lcssness so often prevail, aid especial
ly is this true on the. part of those
who have suffered from the same
source of evil. In 'Sah Francisco
there are opposing elements in the
population which can ~ no means,
outside Of religion, be made homogc-
neous. Adventures of every nation
ality in the world, gamblers and
blacklegs, idlc:s and schemers, miners
and Lrappers, Cinnamon and Indians,
all constitute the body of her popula-
ton, and make it pandimonium of
lawlcssncss and crime. Under the
names Of agitators and wolkmen,
these elements ere making war upon
mercantile communities not only by
interfering with business bit resisting
The law of the land. They assert
their readiness 10 maintain their
tights and to visit upon their opprcss-
ors punishment $50 swift AID terrible
that the readers CT history will shud-
der at the record.'' This is worse
than Nihilism in Russia, Communism
in Germany, and equal in enormity
only to Radicalism. in the South.
Good citizens everywhere desire 70
witness the supremacy of law in eye.
ry quarter of the lrnq because such a
state of affairs can only prove the
strength and permanency Of Rcpubl:.
can institutions. =
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-05

the little children. Aud forbid them not,
to come untn me-. for Of such is the king
dom or Heaven" and the consoling
thought is ours, that lie shall gather the
lambs with his arms, and carry them on
his bosom.
Gre sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care
The opening bud to heaven conveyed,
And baIc it blossom there"