The Newberry weekly herald. (Newberry Court House [S.C.]) 1865-1865, August 09, 1865, Image 1

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-S .-.- -,- * -. - - " r THE NEWBERRYWEEKLY HlRALP - Devoted to the Dissemination of General Information. F &LU I. ?NEWBERRY, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST , .186" NUMBER 88 THE NEWBERRY WEEKLY HERALD IS PtBLISuED AT NEWBERRY C. II.2 Thos. F. & R. H. Greneker. TERS,, $1,50 FOR SIX MONTHS, EtTHER IN CASH OR IN PROViSIONS. (Payment required invariably in advance.) Advertisementsinserted at $1,50 per square, for lrst insertion, $1 for. each subsequent hertior. Marrage noties, Funeral invitations, Obituarie , and Communications of personal interest charged as atdvertisemcnts. NEW GOODS! AT THE CORNER STORE OF.THE "MARTIN HOUSFy" "BHE public attention is respectfully invited to a choice selection of GOODS just received .at the above namid Store, consisting of CA LICOES,, BLEACHED SHIRTINGS, IRI LINENS, LINFN HDK'YS, ;PANISH LINEN, Ii&IERY, SPOOL COTTON, IIOOP SKl1RTS, FANS, SIAKER BONNETS G. P. COMBS, A large assortment of very superior HAVANA SEGAR - . - &c., k&e., -&c. On- hand a large stock of BROWN SHIRTIYNG, I and Sl1EETINGS, JEANS, . SODA, ENGLISH COPPERAS, SUGAl., POWDER, TOBACCO, &c., &C., all of which will be.sold at SMALL PROFITS for CASi or PRODUCE. BA 'ON, LARD, FLOUR, BUTTER, EGG-, 'HIt :1NS, and other produce will be TAKEN IN EXCHANGE tor OODS, .at the MARKET PRICE. - J. C. MARTIN. Newberry, S. C., July 12, tf - Headquarters, U. S. Forces, - - Newberry,.JuIy SI, 1S5. CIRCULAR. HE Brevet Big. Gen'1 Commanding, will Lnierl the irhabitants"of Newber: y and La6rens District, at the time and places Ldow mentioned, for the purpose of cxplaiiin the tights, duties and obigations of freedmen : nd m I2ployers. } nployers are re-pectfully re--I Teated to notirv the freedmen of the rime, place iud oFjent of-the meeting, and turnish facili:ics so that -all may attend. Conrt House, Saturday, Aug. 5, 11 eclock, A. M. P'o-taria; Moniday, ". 7, " , )Lariton, Tuesdoy, " 8, - ftittgre's, WSedue.day" 9, - Javigsliorc's, Thursday " 1, "c L.LIE\S h)1STR (T. 4iartin's Depot, Frjay, . Aug. 11, 11 A. M. arn C. H1.- Stturday, " 1. " Ioigue's Store, Mond.y " 1, - Turbling Sboals, Tuesd-1y, " i, Waterloo, ' Wecdnesday 16, Br tBr. Gen'1 . H. V WYCK. JIE8 DURot, ?Gylam. ct4. A. A. G ,e. HIEADQUARTERBS'3IILITARY DIVISION, W EST ERN D1ST RICT, S. C., - FornvuH SEPARATE IIRtGADE, Newberry, S. C., July 15, 1865.. Qeneral- Orders No. 2. -IL All permits heretofare granted, for the sale of Ale, Wine, Cidcr, Brandy, Whiskey or any in toxicat g drinks are here.by revoked, and selling of the samne to any person or porsonis is protb - ited. IL. Any person having in their possession any horses, mules, wagons or any Government * property, will immediately report the same to the nearest military post and have it recorded. III. All cotton being transported must be in * pected by the - nearest Provost Marshal, and iarked "Inrsoected and Passed." Any person failing to re,ort such property will be ~ adjudged guilty of viol.tion of Orders, and punished accordingly. By order of Brefet Brig. Gen. C. H. VAN WYCK, Command ing District.. -HRrmz B. Looxis, 1st Lt. & Adj't 56 N: Y. V.. - rvs Marshal. flEAD QUARTERS 56th REGT. N. Y. V. V. NWEEERY, S. 9., JulyS1st. 1865. IRCiL A R. All contracts between planters and freedmen ivill be examnined and approved at the Ordinary's offlce, at Newberry-Court House. By order of LIEUT. COL. R. TYLER, Commissioner of Labor. 1 stRi B. LooMIs, GoTernmeLd ClaIit and Applicationls for Pardon. rpHE subscriber has mzade arrangements -with ..one of the most anle and influential legal - rms in Washingtt a c' y, for the prosecution, of -Government claims anid applications for pardon. All applications for pma umo.der the A mnesty Proelamation must first ,e len. ilih the Pro -visional Governor, and froma tbena forwarde( to Washington city for final act'on by the President. ~The intervention of an attorecs -n at thas place and Washington city, will, reatly facilitate the transaction and completion of suich business. - ~ c-. J. ELFORD, Attorney at Law, J,il 2E 3 - Grcendilr) C. C. Lines to oar Baby. Little allspice, pickel, pepper, Baby, changeable and fickle, Lying in yotir nurse's arms, cafe from everything that harms Full of smiles and fIl of tears, Full of joys and full of fears, Are you mortal or divine ? Tell rme, little baby uine ! Little rabbit, cricket, r,obin Babyr, uhimpering and sobbing, Sleeping on your mother's lap, Dreaming, 'whiles of sweetened pap ;. Pleased with chirp:ng, pleased with song, .Quieted by nothing long, Care vou most for milk or wine? Tell me, little baby mine ! L:ttle monkey, lemon, clove 1 Bab., fruit of wedded love, Seated on your father's knee, As wide awake as you can be, Striving, while you clutch the air, To.pull his whiskers or his hair, Think you not you're something-fine ? Tell me, little baby mine I .Little poppy, saffron, thistle Baby, stilled with chirp and whistle, Nesied in your cradle small, Like a little waxen doll ; Do you in your slumbers view, Spirits hovering over you Angel spirits half divire ? Tell me little baby iire ! Little cherub., sunshine, star Baby, comfort of mama, Welcomed to this world with kiseeq, Crowned with io%e and earthly bli;ses ; Dimpled darling, blue-eyed boy; A future hope, a-present joy ; WhN thus round my heart entwine ? Tell e, little baby mine I The Tax Law. The United States Tax Bill is a subject of much interest to us all, and one upon which inost of our-citizens btve had very little chance of in forming themselves; hence we publish some of its most import,:nt provi3ions, that people ma.. know' what they wifn have to pay, that they may no: hcrcafttr be anoi ed by unncccssary appre hension. "Thefe. shall be raid annually upon the an nual gains, profi and inc6me of every person residing ii-j United States, whether derived from any kin -of property,,rents, interosts, divi dend{ or salaiies, or from airy profession, trade, eniploZnentt, or vocation, earied on in the Urni ted States or elsewhere, orfrom any soirce what-, cvrr, a duty of five per centum on the exc-as over six hundred dollars, and not exceeding five thousand dollat, and a duty of ten per centum on the excess over five thousand dollars. And the~ duty herein provided for ' shall be assessed, collescte<, and paid upon the gains, profits and incon for the- year ending the 21st December, dext preceding the time for levying, collecting and, pa ying said duty." This is the tnost irportant_clauseof the law the one of general application for the execu.tion. of whtch it is provid'd, "That it shall be the. duty of all persons of -lawfoil age to mke and. render a li,t, in such manner as may be pre cribed by the CommisSioner-of Internal Revenue of the amount of the'r income, gains, or profits as aloresnid," under oatb. No farmer, manufacturer, mechanic or any other person will pay any tax at all on his ins comne, unrless it amounts to six hundred dollars, after dciiacting the. necessary expenses for car rying on his business. In addition to thl-,, he is allowed to deduct his house rent nnd all taxes he pays to the. General -Government, to the state, county and town, from his necessary ex pensecs, atnd he pass no income tai at all, unless his i.:comse amounts to more than six hundred dollars after these deductions are madhe. In the event that a man is unable, to pay his taxes, and his property has to be taken away by the-sovernment agents and sold for that purpose, thre law reserves to him the following articles: "The tools or implements .of his trade or profes sion, one cow; armss and provhions, household furniture kept for use, school books and apparel necessary for a family." In ad~dition to this, there are many specified taxes, only a few. of which are of -general inter est enough to our citizens to 'be noticed in a short article like thi4. Merchants who sel over twenty-five thousand' dollars pay fifty dollars tax ; those who sell over one thousand and under twenty-five, pay ten dollars tax, and those selling under one thou sand are not taxed. The tu on liquors may be summed up as Lol lows: Distillers making over three hundred bar rels pay a license of fifty dollars; making les than three hundred, pay twenty-five dol}ars; those making less than 'one hundred. and fifty barrels of apple or 'peach brandy, pay twelve dollars and fif ty cents. In addition to this, a tax of two dollars has to be paid on every gallon of whiskey, and a. tax of odie dollar an.d ftty cents on every gallon of brandy, and every retailer of liquoi-s must pay twenty-five dollars tax. Lawyers, physicians,.and dentists pay. ten dol lars tax each. Auctioneers from ten to twenty, according to sales, and one-fourth of one~ per et. n amount of sales. .Cotton pays two cents a pounds; manufactured tobacco forty cents a lb.; ap't segars ten dollars per thousand.. Carriages and gold watches from one to twa dollars each, necording to value ; pianos..pay frorn two to four dollars, according to quality. All ;ailroads and'stage routes ~pay a tax of two and a half per cent on the gree~ amount of their receIpts, and ferries pay three per cent. All manufacturers of 'cotton or wool pay a license of ten dellars and a tax, of five per cenf on the value of goods they make. The tax of fort7 cents a pound laid on. manu factur.ed tobacco wes intended to.be. paid by.the manufacturer, but there is nio offcer authorized to colle,ct it. 'Hen.:e it can.only be piid by those w ho ship tobacco l'o other States. The samea ma h aid of the tax cf t-:o cemt:; a pound on The foregoing is the present United States revenue law-as it now esists ; in it. there is no tx on lands at all, but in the place thereof a tax on the income of all farmers Who clear more than five hundred dollars a year. There is, however, a back tax on lands to be collected for. one year only, as the law was re pealed after.one year. This tax is eighty cents ou every hundred dollars worth of land valued bj the tax books of 1S60.-Rateigh Standard. The Twenty- Thousand Dollars Exception Clause. President Johnson was waited on July 8, by Messrs, J. A. Jones, R. A. Lancaster, M. H. Hozall and J. L. Apperson, representatives of merchants and others, of Virginia, who wish ed him to amend the amnesty proclamation by taking out the $20,000 cTause. They rep resented that this feature interfered with the developement of industry by binding up capi. tal,.and in this way opprescel the poor, and when they attempted to-borrew money in the northern and middle States, They were at once met by the objection that'they had over $20, 00.0 ; and that if they had, accommodation could not be extended, so thAy *ere unable to give work to the poor who called upon them. The President reminded them that.the am nesty did not cause this distrust ; it was the commission of treason and the Violation of law that did it. The amnesty proclamation left these men just where they were.efore. It'did not add any disability ;'if they had committed. treason they were answerable.to the confisca tion law, which Congress had passed, ang w6ich he, as President, could not alter. or mend. In the amnesty proclamation he had ofiered- pardon to'some persdns, but that did not injure other persons. Would they like to have the amnesty removed alto ether? Would they feel any easier in that case ? -' One of the depatation answered, "No ; but it would assist us very much'if you..would ex tend the benefits to p.ersons worth over twen ty thousand dollars." The President rerplid thnt, in making ex ceptions, he had acted on the natural supposi tion that men had aided the-rebellion accord ing to.the ct;nt of their means. Did they not know this ? - - One of.the 'deputation replied, "No ; I did not know it." .The President-"Why, yes you do know perfectly well it was the wealthy men of the South who dragged the people into secession. J lived in the South and,kjiow"how. he thing was done. Your ate was over* emirigy opposed to socession ; but your kicl men used the press and bullies, and -your little army, to force the Stato into secession, Take the twen ty thousand dollar . clause : Snppose that a man is worth more than that, now war is over, the chances are ten to one he made , out of re bellion.contracts, &c. We might as- well talk plainly about this. I don't.think you are so very anxious about,relioving the poor.: You are very eager to help tho poor 1. Why don't you take the surplus over $20,000 yod own and give' it to them ? In that way you will help them and bring yourselves within the benefit's of-the proclamation. I am free to-say I think some. of you ought to be taxed on all over $235,000Y to help the poor. When I was milita ry governor of Tennessee I asscssedsuch taxes on those who had been wealthy leaders of re bellion, and it had good effect. One of the deputation-It no happened that ncne of us were leaders. We staid out as long as we could, and weme the last to go into the rebel ' n. -. Presiden .-Frequently those -who went in last were'the worst alter they got in, but be that as it may, understand me, gentlemen, I dont say this personally, I am just speaking of the general working of matters. I know there has been an effort made by some to per suade people that the amnesty proclamation was injuring them by shutting up capita! and keeping work from the poor. It does no such thing. If that is done at all, it is done in con sequence of violation of law and the commnis sion of treason. The President concluded by saying he would look at thbe papers p resented, but so far had seen. no reason for temovitig the exception. I INew York Itemsg - The Third Avenue Railroad company run cars through to Yofkville and Harlem--a dis tan-e of eight miles from the City Hall--for the low price of seven cents. Some idea ma~y be formed of the business done by this horse car institution, when it is kn-own that cars leave the City Hall and the stables in 61st street firom daylight until 12 p. hi., every three minutes, and from that hour to day light again, every fifteen minutes, and they are always full. .The 1st and 2d avenue. railroad have neat and extra wide can, called dummies, with a small engine in one end, which are run on the route from O1st street out. These -cars pre sent a singular appe~arance at a short distance, as little or no smoke is visible. - . Cars: are driving omnibuses out in New York ; there being very Tew except the Broad way lies. -The numerous railway 'routes in the adjacent street tave 4imrinished the prea. sure anid crush in%roadv?ayftogeat sitent. No railroad*hah; as yet been laid in that great torou-ghfare below 25th street; although fre quent efforts have been made to do so. Broadway and some of the other principal streets are now swept by a machine in the shape of a wagon, with a revolvmng fan, which takes up the dust arid djrt thoroughly. - Mose-pic-nics are the order of the day ; and nearly every morning cars and boats leave the city, filled to ovetflowing with live freigh.. nhc-c paYtC m wetionta1 to a certain eX tent-Sunday schoool, German turners; spir itualists, free-lovees, etc.-taking different days for their froli s. The fashions for ladies strike one v*y ,agreeably. imagine a nicely fitting colored gaiter, or "Balmoral" shoe-laced ai>ove the snkle, witlrtsmall silk tassel appended ; *a neat and very pretty "Balmoral" skirt-of a grave or gay color, according to the taste of-.he wearer-extending a little below the top of the gaiter; the'skirt of the dress hooked or drawn up by a cord, so as to show three or four inches of the aforesaid Balmorals;a broad bolt, ivith a large buckle ; a tasty bonnet,. without a crown ; an imitation Scotch cap, or a regular boy's cap, -with a feather or bunch of feathers on one side ;''the front hair tucked up in little ri-lges ; tie back hair arranged bo as-to fall gracefully down on the shoulders, in a sort of ball-termed a waterfall-completes a very elegant and.attractive toilet. This "two hundred acres of vanity," as it is irreverently termed, is being rapidly filled up, and another piece of "new ground'" will soon have to be added. Miss Csnda's handsome "affair,," which cost the modest sum 'o $25, 000, and for fears has been considered the principal attraction of the cemetery. has been completely thrown in the shade -in price, at least, $50,000 and even $75,000 being no un common .price for the ornamentation of a grave. Several of this class have lately been erected-a vault somewhatresembli-g a Turk ish mosque is now the "lion" of the place. The Central Park d'raws thousands of visi tors daily-in -carriages, bretts phM,tons, so ciabies, solitaries, and 1;alf a dozen other styles of?vebicle ; persons on horseback and on foot. Saturday.afternoon is the fashionable time for visitors-therer being music on the mill by Dodworth's 'celebrated band. Minia ture lakes, fountains, bridges, delightful dri ves, cool retreats, shady nuoks, a fine collec tion of wild animals, comprise some of .the at tractions of this renowned.park. As a gendral thing, the feeling toward the people of the South is very bitter--a.- great many persons going so far as to say that the Southerners bare not suffered enough-that Sherman'should have wiped them out com pletely. Of course there are exceptions to this rule. This ill feeling is more generally noticed among that ctass of persons who have never-seen a day's'service, but have.rerbained at home making money.- The Federal- sol dier speak far differently of their former foes--they feel inclined toge them a lift snd_ h e~iir p ft1idige that has been ddne, 1at all classes are not so embittered is ex hibited' in the treatment bf tbe* released Confederate prisoners quartered ih the Battery barracks. Every day, charitable ladies and gentlemen virit-the prace, and liberally supply the poor fellows with good things. Hcarper's Weekly Jo urnal and Leetie's flus trated Seua, of the 22d July, are filled with horrid pictures, giving -all the detailed scenes .in the execution of the wretcaed creatures condemned for participation i4 President Lincoln's uiurder. These are self-styled jour nals of civilization, and tbrough their me' dium humanity is ta'ught to gloat over the writhing agonies of fbese victims, wben mo ras, Christianity, gpod taste, and all the sen sibilities require that, if death be the neces fsary pen'alty of crime, it is evil to the heart t.. famijiariz:e mankind toany such spectacle Iofh human sufTring. The sensibilities are to be kept alive and active bty civilization, and whatever tends to - render them callous is amongst- the most fatal influences that could operate against human civilization. Human ity can gain nothing of good by familiarizing the sensesto mortal suffbring, urtless where charity and benevolence, art-and agience com bine for its relief. <.11 sensible parents iwill revolt at pec mitting their children to witness the dying agonies of a vic(im on-the gallows. ft is nearly as bad to place before their .ayes any lively representation of the realitys The cruel and the horriblc are not the proper ob- - ~jectspf art. The Greeks, who were the pro. per nias.ters in art, chose for theirsubjects only the gratid, scblime and terrible-not the* loathsome and horrible. The Laocoon is a terrible picture, no"t a horrible .one, and 'the elements of the sublimne in it niecessaifiy ele:' vate the spectar, as he beholds heroism, brarely struggling in .unequal conflict with a more than mortal foe. Such pictures as these of Harper and Leslie should be denounced everywhere as gross autrages upon human sensibility. -- -The Herald's special'says the Freedman's Bureau has secured a large quantity .of con fisca ted and abandoned lands in the South for the especial benefit of the negroes. Not less thian 100,000 are.now subsisting off' the Gov.ernment rations in the State of Virginia alone. The Englisti armor-plated fleet, on invitation of' Napoleon,' s to make a tour around the French coast. 'ihe French armor plated fleet is to do the same around the English -coast.. The combined Seets w.ill be at Plymouth~ by the middle of July. { 'nas in thejfwn of Cape ElizabethpState2 of Maine, a fesv days since- turned his ooly daughter ont'of one of his bouses for non-pay-, ment of vent, he having some dozen tenements to let besides. *Porctzby, a Russi,an village., built .oii the side of a monhn was reenztly swallowed up in the-earth., great crevices- appearing. In 'the mountain side after a heavy shower. -- The R'iccian telegraph line is pirogressing rnpilly * asonic. For the irformation:of our Masonic friends we publish the fellowing summon_s ::::: CONVOOATION OF GENERAL~GRAND CAP EB U. A., AT COLt,BUS, Q., THURSD4Y BBPTENBEE - 7, ,A. B. 2395.A. -1. 1865. r.: QFFIQE OF THE GRAND SECRETARY OF TE - ERAL GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCh SONS OF THE UNITED STATES of AEto A, * Ci cx='rrI,-Oao, Jue 24th, A. J.' 2895 A. D. 1865 To the Officers and'Members of the General Grand Chapter U. S. ; and of the several State Grand Chapters ; and the-Subordinate Chap ters under the immediate jurisdiction of the General Grand Chapter, and to "All whom it inayv Concei-n :'! I fraternally communicate the following official summons of theM.-E. Gen'1 - Or. H. Priest for a Convocation oythe Generat Grand Chapter of Royal Arih Masons- of -the U. S., to be held-in Coiumbus: O.,oc the bth - Septenber next. May there be a c-oriat rer union.on-4at 'joyful day."A' - JOHN^D. CALD WELL . General Grand Secretary - GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER O THE U. S., OFFICE OF UENERAL GRAND HG .Passr-, CRA iLESTOY, S. 0 June 8, 1865. Whereas, When. tho General Granid Capter closed its labors at Chicago in Sepember [859, and it had resolved - that the next General Grand- Convocation.should be-hel4 at theci;y of Memplis, Tennessee, on the second Tuesday in Septemper 1862; and whereas the repre sentatives of the General Grand Chapter, is consequence of-the unh,appy and discordant condition of the country could'not be couven - ed at that time and placc; and therefofe, bw due proc1imation,in the constitu(jonal exe cise of his preprogative, suspend the said Triennial Convocation of 1862, until the res toration of peace and unit+ ; and whereas, by the blessing of Divine Providence, the friendly relations of all parts of'our common- country are now restored, so that it is "no longer . im" practicable for representatives from all see tions of the Union to assemble -together- n fraternal consultation' Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Albert 9. Mackey, General Grand High Priest, iii virtue of the power in me vested, do' ti.ersby ; summon the Representatives of the ,Grand Chapters.and-of suCh subordinate Chapters s may be under theim 'ate'urisdiction of the & IGenat ra Cap er, to ae ib-Wian'I3urs day, the-seventti day of' September, 1865, at the city-of Columbus, in the State of Ohio; for the purpose of opening and holding a session of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, and therein, to deliberate and act on au matters relating to the. good of Royal .Are Masonry, and - the, interesta- of the General Grand Cbspter, and the, State Grand Chapters, as in their wiscxn tnay seem best ALBERT G.1 ACKEY, 1. D: (Attest,) General Grand High Pries - Joa D CALDWELT, General Grand Secretary SEKTER, ,. C., July 23, 1865.-A most4lis tressing occurrence took place in so x<join ing' district, a few nights ago. An old gen tleman, residing in the country, who, fiom the circumstances must have_anticipated,ard prepared 'for A v ti from robbers, beang some one on his -premises at night, bailed three times, and receiving no answer, fired - bis gun with fatal effect at th.e object of .his suspicions anid his fears. Advancing to .as eertain~ the.effect of his-shot; with indescrib& ble-anguish he discovered the.body of his son in the last agonies of. death-a~ son who had lonw been a prisonr at the Nortlh, ands whose ~ partial dearness prevented his- hearing his fa-. the's challenge. After a long and.wearisome- . ~absence from - home, he. was thos- strangely . killed Ks he stepped. upon its thr-eshold,-by ' the father whom he loved and'ionged- to meet.. A. few moments more . and ble return would * bare given jby. and -gladness to -the entire househod-a household now wrapt. in grief inconsolable by this most terrific and affict-. ing event. A sad warning to all; for even in the present unsettled state of th4 cgerntry, and notwithstanding the comparative impu nity with whi"ch r-obheries and murders.have been commit-ted in some neigh%orhoods. ons. cannot be too cautious in the use of fire-arms. - - [(Charesin Courier. The Panama Review gives the followng sum mary of news from Central and South Ame'rica Chile at peace. - . Bolivia qgiet'; - Peru in a row, - Equador in a riot; Columbia sleeping, Costa Rica the same; N icaragna keeping, The peace for-autme ; Bondurau uncertain, - Which way to go;i Salvador's troublett ended, * - Gatitemale's also. A-Gang efiten men favished and severely beat-an elderly-lady, near Willikaiaborgc Long Island,. a few days ago. Sk thea grffians were arrested. - Arr?angemenfs are-being- iniade for a telt jraph. firfe througheio:to FPanaaud all the South Afnerican cities. - -Martial law has been re-established in Nor folk, owing to the riotons coonut prevailing there. - .ttis slated that the Atserted -portions of Virginiir are completely overrun with game. T'he railroads- of Virginia are indebted to the State about $50,000 ,000.