The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-26
ORANGEEuEG. $. G.. MARCH 2G, 1850.
Notes..

The New York .S"n says: "The
Forly-a,xlh Congress bids far to dis
,.tinguish itself as the greatest dc
nothing but talk Congress Since lhc
va
.~-LouisiGna negroes in Kansas arc
begging tt:cir old home folks TO send
them money to get back. The old
folks however ale not disposed &c
help those wayward brethren.
1t is reported that Gen. W. L
Sherman said recently th;lt lie intcnd
ed 10 retire TO private life next year
xAen he becom es siNty-,wo years old
If he had hten wise he would have
retired long ago.
h"-Dr. Stephenson Of gainesville
Ga, Spredicts lhat the year 1880
viii be tho beat crop year We have
l,ad'A g.. The Doctor is scientific
min, and can see as fa, into grind
stone us anybody.
There must he something wrong
when any kind of !: subsidy goes beg
ging. A Nassau correspondent
Writos tina. there is i Standing onCr
on the part Of the Bahama legislature
of $4,000 year for ten years to
any company that will lay Il cable
between Nassau and Tie United
States. - i'"'
In Rho'le Island the right of Il
citizen 10 vote is denied and abrlg-
ed hy reason Of nativity. Yet this
little Rcdublican leaders TO thus vio-
!atc The idolizcd a,Ncndmcnt and not
one woid Of ccnsurc has eyer hccn
heard from 4 Republican leader or
organ ON The subject.
Thomas jefferson said in 1921,
''Lhe Federal judiciary is advancing
lis noI>clcss step likc thief over The
field OF jurisdiction until all shall he
Usurpcd from the States and The
governments Of all he consolidated
into oic." In The light Of subsl qucnt
events ihcse words appear to have
been truly lr"l .hc!ic, for in lrss than
siaty years they have been suhslan,i-
ally vcr4yaL
-.Alr. Watkins, husband Of Alice
Oates, incense.l ut an item in ;hr
Elncinnati Lnq"irrr, in which he was
menlioncI rs the present hubby OF
OF the peerless pima donna,' went
Rr r,unl Tuesday evening TO clean. ont
The oiH:e. lie and j, B. Mccormick
City editor, had . knocS down or two,
hut AlcCormlck finally go. Watkins
he4d uulcr his arm. and gave him u
number OF severe blows. Mr.. Wat
klns finally heat retreat.
> The CAn:h"n (N. ~ Courier
says: "IHe condition of tic South
,sshy no means hopeless, when cotton
goods manufactured in South Carroll
na are e!howing ll,"ir way into tho
New EnglanA mariiels ut prices
WHICH successfully compete with hrr
pwn great fact orics. Manufacturing
establishments are rapidly springing
up in various sections OF the South,
n"rt''Hrn capital and enterprise being
very frc4nen,ly behind them"
Miss Roschcrrv wantc,l to marry
Mr.. Deputy, ut Seymour, Ind, but
her futhcr COMMANDED her 10 marry
Mr.. Bowers, and appointed II day for
,he wedding: Nn The evening before
she secretly h"ramc Mrs. Deputy.
She was on land ior The olhcr ccrc
mony, however, and it proceeded
smoothly as far as the question whcth-
rr anybody objected, when sIr Dcpu.
~ remarked that he had an objection
"A triiling one, which he felt some
reluctance about mcntioning--,ha
lady WIS his wife.
Stanley Matthews has made
Grant speech in CinciEnau. Thc
Grant men would DO wei! to watch
|lim with care lest they find him
among he missing one OF these days.
lie was temporary chairman Of the
Grccly Convention in 1872. declared
tile Grant Ine TO be so pcrmca.cI
with corruption that its overthrow
was necessity, and Topped over to
thc support Of Grant and liberal atlGr-
lcy fees within fortnight He is
very able ON the q:pEp, bit a%fuIly
unsteady in his covrsa.