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The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Saturday Night.

How sweet the note TO the man OF
toll, to the wtary-heartcd and sorrow
stricken! The little bubbles that
have agitated during the week cease
TO annoy, the emotions Of envy, pride,
jealousy and maIignity yield to sooth-
ing influences Of the hour, for the
night of rest has come that has its
morrow of quiet and peace. The
weekly plans Of the honest, induslri-
GUS man have all been consummatcd
the little grains in trade garncrcd
the trials, doubts aud fears OF life set
aside, and now at peace with con
science and all the world, reclining
on his couch, no king in purple is half
80 happy under he soothing Influences
Of sleep.
Saturday night! standing on the
brink of what will shortly be por-
ton OF Eternity, let us ask the solemn
question, will the white light of tic
Great Morning dawn upon us ere an
other week circlcd by ten thousand
mercics shall close it's record OF life
trial and duty? Thousands Of coffin
lids have smothcrcd down the homes
Of happy households-tl thousands of
misery's children have pincd in want
and woe, ard thousands have.groan-
Cd away life on couclcs OF pain,
whilst every moment of the ncw-iled
week has hcapcd upon us mcrcics that
no intelligence can numbcr.-Boui-
mo Tcdn.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
he Bad Small Boy,

Young gentlemen "paying address
es" are unfortunate if they have @
case of "small brother" 10 deal Will
at the same time. The Rockland
ON. Y, Courier relates one agyra.
vated case:
At was Sunday afternoon, and
young MIR. SLaylaight had stopped
until they were forced TO ask him to
take supper. The best CHINA and the
extra pieces of silver graced The ta-
bic, while one of the incest napkins
was placed by young MIR. Staylaight's
plate, for the family desired TO create
all the impression possible upon his
susceptible mind. His Young lady
was conducting herself with great
credit, and the young man was more
than ever in love with her, when the
mother said, passing the cake for The
second time:
"Wor'I you have another piece,
Mr.. Staylaisht!'
No, thank YOU" said the young
man i'll his politesL tone, "not any
more"
ooh, do have just one MORE" urged
the mother, Smiling swectly; "you
haven't eaten hardly anything"
The younger brother, who sat oppo-
site, and who had been instructed,
much to his disgust, not to ask twice
for that cake, saw his opportunity
and snortcd out with great malcvo-
icnrc:
"lluh shouldn't lhiuk he had !
Hes eaten four hunks O tongue, lhlcc
hisc"iis, two plates o sauce, two o
them tarts, an both kinds O cake
an, mother, Sis keeps kic!iin' ne un-
der the table. Make her stop !"
They brought young Mr.. S,aylaigl.l
to by dashing ice-w water in his fucc.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Collapse of Grantism.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-'.If /
were to publish all the letters sent to
the 1tm"S protesting against the cx-
travagant expenditure Of public funds
for tEe entertainment Of Gen. Grant,
it would overwhelm with modification
the personal friends Of Grant, and
would summarily end the third term
business" said Col. A. Il. Mcclure
to me day or two ago.
"By whom are these letters written
-Republicans or Democrats z" |
asked, eagerly, and Col. Mcclure re-
piled:
"ln every instance they are written
by Rcpublicans-men Of high char
acter, well known in business circles.
and Of that class who exert q quiet
but tremendous influence upon the
result Of general elections"
"iou seem to think the third term
business is on the down grade" said
the we'll pleased interviewer.
"ln view of what has publicly
taken place in the way Of receiving
Grant in this city during the past
week" said Col. Mcclure, 81 am as.
tonished at the undercurrcnt that is
already setting in against Grant for q
third term"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Massachusetts has abolished &

Massachusetts has abolished coro
ncrs and their juries, and inqucsts in
that State arc now conducted 10y mcdi-
cal men, under the instructions Of the
courts rs TO !heir legal funct ons. the
results of the change thus far are said
to have been admirable. The jury is
but cumbersome institution in the
case OF idqncsts, neither facilitating
the. inquiry nor rendering it IN ore COM
pletc, while it talked men away from
their business and causes loss and in.
convenience to them.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Too Many Girls.

"Thcm girisll be the death of me-
sighcd Mr.. Plug this morning, as he
came up street "1Nhy, thought
they were nice girls" said srmpa-
thlzing friend $50 they are, nice
enough, but there's too many on 'cm,
an they are too attractivc," said the
disconsolate patriarch. "Them three
daughters of mine were enough in all
conscience, but nov my niece is up
here from boston, and it seems as if
the old scratch had got into 'em.
don't Object 10 young folks havin' n
good time, and girls hayin' bcaux and
all that, but when it comes TO havin'
sparliin' going on all over the place,
dammc it's too bnd," said Mr.. Plug,
unconsciously quoting from pinaTorc.
Last night Sue had fcller courtn'
her at the front gate, and Julia had
her chap in the parlor. and when ]
got ready 10 so to bed, bless me il
Andromache CHATS my niece from
Boston) didn't have young Start
spooning on the front stairs. She
says that's Newport style. Cuss such
nonsense l couldn't get up stairs
to go to bed without climbin' over
them: 1 thought I'd go out. to the
barn and sleep on the hay, but durn
my piclur if didn't fall over Milv
and some young snoozcr 'nuthcr SET
tin in the barn door. This things
got TO stop before the cold weather,
for can't afford wood and karl yscnc
for amy such nonsense when it's too
cold for outdoor sparllin'."
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Beating the Postoffice.

Ever since the late order Of the
Postmaster Geueral came out, a Ger.
tain citizen Of Detroit has bcen uon.
dering on how TO get even with the
old chap. Yesterday he struck the
idea. lie entered the postoficc with
letter, or rather an envelope, con-
tanning only blank paper. He wrote
the address on the upper left-hand
corner, upset the envelope and wrote
the town, put the county. on the lower
left corner, and the State where the
stamp goes. Then lie stuck the STAMP
in the centre Of the envelope, and
below it requested TO have the letter
returned TO him after ten DAYS. "It
will come back,' he explained, "for
there is no party there by this name.
I'll have to pay three cents for send
ing it sixteen hundred miles, but
Uncle Sam has got to blink his eyes
all over this envelope and then return
it free. When this old government
gets ahead OF me want TO know it,"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
The Fence Law.
; Oranqcburq Democrat !:

Editor Orangcbury Democrat:
For the benefit of XIV and Edisto,
who pretended 10 answer an article
written hy myself on the fence law, I
will simply say if The adyocates OF
the new law don't wish the stock of
the poor TO roam over their unen-
closed lands they ought for conscience
sake, TO enclose them, AMI let the old
law he enforced. A man should be
compelled to have his fences not less
than the law prescribes, for triaing
fences make jumping stock.
My opponents wish TO know who
owns cattle enough 10 pay for his fem
cling! will explain: Twenty head
of cattle, penned every night on suf-
iicient litter, will pay not less than
i've dollars per head in the value Of
manure, in increase not less than six
dollars PEI head, and in milk and
butter not less than two dollars per
head. Adding the above amounts to-
gclher, lie can see how many rails i:
will give him every year at fifty cents
per hundred. Besides, it is u pleas
ure Lo own stock and to look at them
roaming ut large. If it was not for
what mans eyes behold daily, the
world would have but little attraction
for him.
My opponents also assert, like the
prophets Of old, that. bacon and beef
would not advance more than two
cents FER pound OH present prices;
but the most jgn5rant know better
than that, for the greater The demand
for anything, the more must be paid
for the article desired.
AS I stated before, this discussiom
will take every column of TuE DEM-
oCRAT for and against the fence law.
for the next twelve months, and the.
gulf will be as broad then as it is.
now. The only way this question
can be settled is 10 leave it to n vote.
or nominate q double ticket for the
Legislature, one for and the other.
against the fence law, and then the.
wants Of the people can be properly
ascertained.
A reference was also made To the.
up-country people being satisfied
with the law. Had the writer known
what | do in regard to this matter,
lie would not have mentioned it. L
was told by gentlemen that The
poor people were SO much opposed
to its becoming q law, that, after it's
enactm cnt, they sworc they would
not live in the country, and tried to
sell their lands and stock but fail
ing to find purchasers, were forced
to remain. The people in Orange
burg don't intend TO take any sucls
chances. Their eyes are open.
WATcu.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
The Homestead.

The action OF the Legislature in
adopting a joint resolution 10 amend
the homestead provisions of the Con-
stitution will be hailed with delight
all over the Stale. The resolution
remedies the present defects in the
law, and gives the head of every
family, whether the owner of zeal es-
tate or not, The full benefit Of the cx-
emptions. Before it can become o
law the resolution will be voted upon
at the. next general election, after
which it will again pass both Houses
and then be embodied rs Il part Of
The Constitutions"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Causes of Ducls.

The old story Of the Ilishman who
called man out for expressing dis
belief in his having seen anchovics
growing Oh Il tree. and when his op-
ponent lay wounded on the ground,
repcntantly awncd TO suddenly re-
membcrins it was capcrs lie meant,
may he an invention, but duels have
been fought for equally trivial reasons.
One Of the members of the body
guard Of Louis NVIII fought three IN
one day; first, with a gentleman who
had offended by looking usliew at
him; next, with one who had looked
him hard in the face; and thirdly,
with a stranger who had passed by
without dcigning to look at him at
all.-Cham0crS' Journal.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
A Finger Post.

Fingcr-posts are put ut crossroads
to point out the way to the puzzled
wayfarcrs and enable then TO 20
straight to their destination. In
South Carolina there is only one fork
in the political road, 70 the right is
Democracy, with economy aud inLeg-
rily in affairs and peace and confidence
everywhere. TO the left is II adical-
ism, haunted with the ghosts of Scott
Leslie, Whittcmore and Crews, and
patrolled by Bowen, Cunningham aad
Mackey.- NcaUs and Courier.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Twenty-Five Rich Widows.

twenty-five rich widows have join
ed in 4 petition to Congress-, repre-
scnling that they are taxed TO support
the government, in the management
Of which they have no voice; that
they are taxed to support paupcrism
and crime, which arc the direct re.
suits Of the liquor traffic, while they
have no voice in making the laws I'M
der which that traffic is permitted and
regulated. They, therefore, ask to
have their disabilities removed, and
if not done, that they he relieved from
taxation. This is only one Of thirty
seven thousand petitions which the
women sulI'ragists will send into Con.
grcss this sGssion.-Cincinnuti TOM
mcrcial.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
ax-Payers' Leaque,

The Cleveland, Ohio, taxpayers
have organized Il tax-lcaguc, for the
purpose OF reducing taxation TO the
lowest limit. 1t appears from
their statements that there has been
for some time 4 falling Off twenty-five
million dollars year.in the valuation
Of property in Ohio and steady in
crease of expenses. The area Of Gul-
ttvatcd land has decreased two hun
drcd and twenty thousand acres in
the last six years. The Cleveland
taxpayers propose 10 get relief from
taxation by enlarging the AMOUNT of
taxable property. They propose to
have the ten thousand liquor shops
in Ohio taxed heavily, also the hos
pitfalls, monasleries, converts, school
buildings and churches In Cleve-
land the tax rate has gone up from
one dollar and nincty-eight, cents 10
two dollars and lif,y-(our cents since
1871.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
The Chinese Retirinu.

The Chinese in California seem 10
understand that they must 60, not
withstandlng the veto Of the anti Chin
csc bill. a steamer recently took 9Ol
from San Francisco to Hong Kong,
and while the Chinese who immigra-
ted during the year ending November
l, 1879, numbered G,l2S, the cmi
grants numbered STAG, the excess OF
departures over arrivals being 2,6lS.
1t is estimated that there are now on
the Pacific coast about CO. 900 China.
men, while at The beginning of the
Chinese agitation there were over
100, 900, and the total number of Chi.
nesc arrivals in this country during
the last twenty years is $4,000.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
a Battle in Church.
NO 1'CLt1t.

a most festive and hilarious meet
ing took place in the First Reformed
l'rcshy tcrian Church, of Piltsburg,
Pa, sunday evening. Several weeks
ago pastor was elected by q vote
l61 against &c for the man. There
is where lhc fun began. The defeat
ed party accused the other Of illegal
voting. AN appeal was taken to the
Synod. WoudSidc, the purson elect,
insisted on preaching pending the APP
peal. The other side said this could
not be done. Sunday morning the
Woodside party hy strategy gained
accession To the church and held it
all day, The other party with their
parson crowded in. One Of the
preachers tried 10 mount the rostrum
to preach the gospel Of peace perhaps.
lie was jerked down. Then the fun
began. Apostolic blows fell thick
and fast the hardest lirks and black
est eyes were in the ncighborhood OF
the rostlum. Women screamed and
tainted and lost their hair pins and
other loose personal property. LYNN
books, gas globes and pcws were
scattered in all directions. Police
inlcrlercd and succeeded in getting
an armisticc. Great cxcitemcu. ple-
vailed Monday. Il is said that The
RIVAL pastors fought molly, likewise
some of tire deacons and elders graft.
fed some old grudges they had been
nursing for loEg time.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09

Lebanon, Maine, is proud of pos
scssing the stupidcst man in the
United States. lie is u farm hand,
and was engaged to plow tcn.acrc
lot. Wishing him to draw n straight
furrow, his employer directed his at
tention to a COW grazing right oppo-
site, telling him to drive directly to-
ward that COW. lie started his horses,
and his employers attention was
drawn to some: hing else; but in e
short time, looking around, he found
that the COW had left her place, while
the sagacious plowman was following
her, drawing a zigzag furrow all over
the field.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
-; Railroad Accident.

A terrible accident occurred neal
Lcnchars, on the North British Rail.
way,:on the morning of the 2Sth, be
fore day: 1.-The bridge gave way, and
n train Will about :hrec hundred
passengers on@board was prccipitatcd
into the river eighty y-five feet below
1t is said i'll q later dispatch that the
loss of life was not 50 great as at first
supposed, but it, s'i&fearcd an under.
est'nate has bcen!sa1fiiadc, and tha,
very few persons escaped. The
brldge.was about two miles long, was
a new structure. and considered q
trl"inph%in engineering. The waite,
of tlic:river where the accident oc.
currel,tis declared to be forty fec,
deep. -...,.,.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09

THE Beaufort Crescent is in favor
Of n straisht-out Democratic ticket in
the South Ca olina election. Our
able contemporary is right. Fusion
lists could more properly be called
confusionists. Compromise tickets
are unmiligatcd frauds. No man can
compromise his honest principles
without doing himself irrcparablc in
jury and parties arc only aggrcga-
tions of men. When Democrats
handle Radcaism, they should do i.
with long handled tongs. TSparta
Ishmaclite.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Christmas Tree.
TOWNSVILLE, Dec. 80, 1879,

Editor Ordngebmy Democrat
DO you not think that Christmas
tree is the thing to revive Sunday
school and TO bring out the children ?
At any rate, the good people Of New
Hope Church think so. They had q
fine one last year, and on Christmas
eve Of this year they had another,
which was certainly credit to the
church. 1t was splendid SUCCESS in
every particular, satisfying the most
sanguine expectations. The church
was handsomely decorated by the la
dies, Mrs. Jno. G. MILESTONE taking
an active part. Fcstoohs we've hung
oScr the windows and beautiful
wreaths on the walls.
The tree was large evergreen,
most tastcrully arranged in The altar,
and was burdcncd with dozens OF
magnificent presents 70: the young
folks also present for each teacher,
some Of which were valuable.
The committee on arrangements
consisted of Mcssrs. A. NJ. Cox, w.
l.. Wolfe, w. G. Crum and a. L.
Faircy. SO perfectly was the wolk
done that all thought they were tho
right men in the right place.
The school Was addressed by DIR.
.. n. bowman, who explained in n
plain, pointed and eloquent manner
why Christ was sent into the world,
The origin Of Christmas, and why it
should he celebrated With rcjoiclngs.
Alter Ibis address the tree was beau
tiiully illumincl with wax lights, and
old Santa Claus, in the person Of our
esteemed superintendent, was intro
duccd to the children. He began his
part with Il little speech, which was
to the point. lie distliEu.cd the
presents singly, to the children, ac-
Cs'Sll Will .NOlUS Vi uu-
vice and l.umor.
do think the children on tha,
night appeared to sool advantage.
Their countcnanccs wore such com
placcnt smiles as to make ali around
them rs happy as they we're. The
tree being relieved of ss:hurden, re-
lreshmchls. for t111 man we're
ahundantly dealt out to tic audience.
The exercises were interspcrscd with
beautiful songs, lead by Mr.. John
Baxter. When the audience came out
to go home they were, for short
time, entertained by some OF the
young men with fireworks.
Everything went rs merry rs n
marriage bell, and all went home sat
istied, and looking forward with plea
SAINT anticipalions TO the time when
another should come. NoTEEpLI.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09

Dan Rice, the circus man, an
nounccd in St. Louis on the 2O,h,
that lie had been converted, and
would at once enter the field as an
evangelist. lie has had an interview
with MIR. Moody, who is holding
meetings there, and will probably be.
gin his new career by speaking at Mr..
Moody's meetings, and then seek such
lclds as offer tho best prospects OF
success in his new work.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09

Nc living man, it may be remarked,
can take al interest in politics and
at the same time look out for n mule !;
for Of all practical topics the mule is
tho most paramount and absorbing,
and it requires all the natural and ac-
quired intellect OF the average colore,l
man to devote himself to the subject
with any degree of personal safety Or
profit.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09
Grant Speaks.

'Our persistent exposure Of General
Grapt's ambitious purpose to, conver;
this republican government into an
empire has at last compelled the 81.
lent man to speak. BY implication
he would seem TO deny any such pur-
pose.
Who .caros for his fyerbal denial
Ills actions .eontl adict his words.
1t was at Carpenters Hall, in Phil
adelphia, that General Grant deign-
ed to open his hitherto sealed lips.
What he said,, or, undertook TO say,
in most awkward and ungrammat-
cal way, was that it is hoped, and he
thought we had the assurance now
that our republic will last as long as
time lasts. +
,".Qur republic! What icpublic?"
III ,Gcncl al Grant means the rcpub-
!lcan government That cur fathers
founded, that Washington Tough: for
and first administered, thea we have
to say that this very man Giant is
doing all he can to destroy that same
republican government.
In what do our republican instilu-
lions consist?
an our written Constitution, and
hardly less in the timc-honored Gus
toms observed by Washington and
his long line of patriotic and illustri-
Gus successors, until they have come
to he regarded as constitutional ira
ditions.
The most sacred OF these is limit
ing the term of one President TO
eight years. Grant is doing his ut
most to violate this tradition, and
thus TO overthrow our republican in
stitutions rs they have heretofore cx
listed.
Many believe that General Grant
means TO go further and To establish
an empire. We are among the num-
bcr. We fully believe this. AS to
his cnforced and long deferred de-
claratlon IN favor Of the republic, we
regard them US equally hollow and
unmeaning as those which That most
ambitious and vilcSt Of Empcrois,
Louis Napoleon, nude after his clcc-
tion MS President ofyllc Frcnr, Re.
public. After lsaring taken lis soA-
emn oath 10 support the republic, he
declared: 81 shall support it as
man Of honor" "Cilizen-Rcprcscn
atives," he continued, "we have a
grand mission TO fultill-to found q
republic in the interest of all" We
all know how the coup d'ctot followed,
when twenty thousand Of the best
citizens of France were murdered or
banished in single night, and the
Liberties Of the people lramplcd in
blood and dust.
Grant never shuddcrel at the flow
of human b'ood, however large the
stream. A patriot once, ambition in
stead of love Of country now seems
TO be his anilnating spirit. lie is the
only American ever born since the
revolution who shows no reverence
for the name and example Of Wash
ington.-N. Y. Suu.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09

Some refuse TO believe Christianity
because they cannot comprehend anu
understand It's mysteries. They for
get that when we encounter the intin.
itc, wlcthor in the spiritual or natur-
al world, we encounter mystery. A
God comprchcnded md understood
by man, would bc Il strange kind OF
God. AS well might cup be OK,
pcctcd TO hold the ocean, rs for fin.
lite mind TO comprehend and under.
stand the Infinite God.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09

Tie Now York canal ling is show
Ing signs of great acrivity since the
late election, and is hoping for il great
deal from Governor Cornell. II
Howard Soulc, who was defeated for
State Engineer, is appointed Super
intcndent OF Public Works, us now
seems to be contemplated, the old
ring will have almost as much fun as
it used 10 have before Governor Til.
den got his hands on it.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-09

The most abscnt-miudCd man was
not the man who hunted for his pipe
when he had it between his teeth, nor
the one who threw his hat out Of the
window and tried to hang his cigar
OH pog. No; but the man who
put his umbrella to bed ard went and
stood behind the door.