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Notes on the South, The notes of William C. Prime, editor of the N. Y. Journal of Gommerce, made during a recent visit to the South and now published in that paper, one of which .yo present below, are of peculiar interest : If an election of any kind were to be held in the South within the next three months, there is no reasonable doubt that three-fourths of the negro vote would be cast with the Southern white vote. There is perfect accord between the larger por tion of the freedmen and the ,chite popu lation. This is but natural. The negroes were as ardent enemies of the North as their masters during the war. They had no theories to sustain, and no special care as to what questions were involved in the contest. They sympathized with the people who surrounded them; and if the oath of aliegiance were distinctly under stood by the freedmen whcn it is adnin istert d to them, nine-tenths of them would be unable to say that they hr'i not lent willing aid and comfort to the rchei lion. Having stood firmly by their masters in the trials of the war, they are still likely to stand by them in all public questions. It seems to be from a know ledge and appreciation of these facts, that ' the men who are seeking to use the negro vote for partisan purposes find it ncees nary to delude the poor fellows with promises of a division of the lands among them. The serious question for t'e freed men now ought to be how to establish a regular and permanent system of paid .labor, and how to fix the rate of payment so zs to approximate as nearly as may be to the old rate--namely, a support for the laborer and his family, in sickness and health, childhood and old age. Bu.t the interference of politicians is operating to prevent the determination of these questiors, and postpone the day of calm settling down. It isirn possible to regard the speech-making missions of Northern joliticians to the Southern negroes as anything but injurious to them. It is, in fact, adding the final blow to their rain as a people. Unless they settle down to work, and take the position of laborers whose labor is necessary, and must be cherished and cared for, they $ will rapidly perish. The suffrage is in danger of proving.the destruction of the race. It would ordinarily take a genera tivn to learn the requirements of the new order of things. Where the interests of employers are so deeply involved in the education of the employed, the process or accommodation to the new systcm might be much more rapid. But the temptations to idleness which political Fpeakers are offering than,rare too strong to be resisted by their feeble intellects, :and they are easily led to ruin. They 'wculd go much faster if the promises were fulfilled. If the lands were divided .among them,gnd they made to depend on their own labor for the product of ,their own farms, the race would melt away in two or three generation.s. - The Southern negro is very much like a hot house plant. HIe needs constant care and advice. Exposure is dangerous. It is astonishing to observe how many of them seem to be ill, how few are free from coughs and indications of disease. They know nothing about taking care of them selves. They require advice, watching and constant help. These are the gene ral truths, while the exceptions serve by contrast to make the common rule mor_e visible. The future, therefore, looks doubtful to the Southern people. There is reason to Lear that the negro race will disappear. Already it is plain that it will not be able to supply the demands for labor sihich is sure to be made within a few years. The indications are that they will diminish from year to year, while~the demand will increase in more rapid r-atio. If these questions were left to the management of Southern men, they would be considered with great care, and the utmost attention 'would be paid to the comfort and well being of the feedmien. The best friends they have in the world are Southern em ployers, and their worst enemies are those who, however honestly, are seekin.g to di vert their attention from the primary question of bread, and clothing, and shel ter, to the work of governing a great nation. Unfit at present to govern them selves, they ought to be spared the mise rable delusion of thinking .they are fit to make laws for the world or the greatest nation in it. The direction of their minds towards such subjects resu!ts in their abolute destruction, physica! as well as Lnoral. There are many rer.sons for belie-:ing that the tendency of things in the South is toward the breakir:g up of the old sys temi of large plantations employing many' hands. These will continue ini some sections, because no other system c-an be made to woik successfu!!y. Uut it will not be strange if the general rule shall hereafter be more likely at the North, where the farmer cultivaItes a sman.. farm, requiring but a few hands. Hero comes in, however, the question of emigration - whether it can he turned to the South, and how. The world's history has shown that emigration doer, not tend to w~armn climnates. But here are inducements such as were never befoie offered. A land once teeming with abundance, rich soil which rewards labor te-n-fold, the prospects of ci-ops which are more valu able than mines of gold, the certainty that the soil will yield support to the la borer and his f:rmily from the time that the seed grows-these and other reasons may tempt the emigrant. But the people of the South must do something to induce immigration, and one of the first thmngs necessary is to persuade their railway companies to es tablish second-class :hrough rattes of fare at a low tariff. The pr-esent rates are only local, and very high. When we compare the cost of going from New York to St. Louis or Chicago with the cost of going as far Sou thwardl we seec the recasons why the emigrar . cannot be in duced to try the latter. There are fine openings for the organ ization of emigrant companies in the South. Large tracts of improved land can be bought at a low figure, and these lands sold to emigrants in alternate sec tions would at once become more valu at4e than in the most prosperous days of old. Goto1crn OR PtAm? "-Waiting for a car oc a street corner recently, our car was taken by a strikingly novel but high ly .expressive discrimination of classes. A couple of coloured women were ex changing expressions of surprise at the conduct of some third person mentioned by one, the; other thereupon inquiring: "Was she colored or plain ?" "Plain !" was the satisfactory answer.-National Tntelligenc>r. NEW BDlhRY S. C. Wedneslay Morning, May 22, 1867. The New York Sunday News. We have received a copy of the above sterling sheet. It is admirably made up, and ably edited. It is only necessary to add that Charles Dickens is one of its corres pondents, and Vic-or IIugo soou w-ill be. Mr. Benjamin Wood is the editor and pro prietor. Ex-President Davis. At last the illustrious prisoner breathes the free air and enjoys the sun-light of hea ven! All associated with him in his release, and to be connected with his trial, will be handed down to posterity. The officer to preside at the tribunal that will arraign him will occupy a position of vast respon-ibility. The dignity and reticence of Mr. Davis, while under duress, is a lofty tribute to the virtues of ennobled manhood! His frecdom from a murmuring, criminating spirit, challenges admiration! Would that the press and people of the South, as an unit, were persuaded that a patient, silent sub mission on the part of a captive (and we are all captives in one sense) is far better than a captious one. Mr. Davis neither found fault nor asked favors. His course is beyond praise. We are glad that he is free, ani ac cept it as a harbinger of slowly, yet surely, returning peace. Europe. The result of the London Conference ar gues but little in favor of peace, it is feared. Mereiv an outward emollient to a terrible eruption. A temporary palliative. Dissat isfaction is visible amor.g some of the lead ing powers at the results of the Conference. Poor old Europe! It looks very like she will soon be re-constructed. From the Rhine to the Vistula nothing but undefined fear. Prussia and Austria are contending for the imperial throne. France agitated; England troubled; Germany confounded; Russia eye ing poor, tottering Turkey, with a lustful vision, and all the other great or lesser pow ers waiting in dread and apprehension. The peoples of Europe are involved in an im brogilIo that is really portentious. Clas: feuds, popular uprisings, boundary line an tagonisms are producing a condition not pleasant to contemplate. It will be the tri umph of the century should there be mode ration and statesman=hip enough in the old world to rescue her governments intact from present entanglemen ts. Altogether Too Ba:1. Starved to death! IIow appalling! In a country, too, that oug'ht literally to abound with "the kindly fruits of the ear:h." The sunny South, an agricultural community, with a rich and friendly soil, to starve its small population ? Fearful fact! No coun try prospers while its pcople gather food supplies abroad at prices that keep the masses perpetually driven to the wall. Eng land, France and the North prosper becaase 'they raise their own food supplies and divers sify pursuits. The city of London alone, contains a population nearly equal to one third of the entire South--and they are fed. Through the exac': system of English agri culture, the farmers of that country gather an hundred per cent more wyheat from the acre than we do, at our maximum yield. A war in Europe between this and fall. is among the grave probabilities. In that evenc~ cotton may not be worth more than 10c. p pound, and the men with the biggest corn crops will be the prosperoas party. Let us learn a lesson right now. A large provision crop and a small crop of cotton is the secret of future prosparity and wealth. Some will say there wa:; a drouth last year. True; but eatton was made, and went for provisions. The man who hauls his cotton to market for a price scarcely more thtan nominal, and returns' with cornent from one to two hun dred per cent over old prices, in our humble judgment, is very much the loser. Which Next ? "Lay on MaedutT, and damned be he Who first cries hold, enotugh." We clip the following frotm the Laurens ville Hleraldl, it being the ordinac to ratse supplies. Commtent is hiardly necessary, but we th'ought that the exesiv, unjust, cruel a.nd stuid tax of the State would be the last of its kind. Hlow mtistQdn the idea. lH':e is ain cx amopl which if followed will pro've the strow to break the camel's liack: Lets Lards, Duildings, 12)- cents on every $wo (ytx orth ; Buggies, Carriages, G;ld-and Sizlver Plaite, Watches, Jewelry and Pianos on han'd ont the 1st day of January, 18h67 *' cents on everv t$l00 worth :'''~ Empymn ts, Focul ties and Professions,~ Cegmt-n and School Teachers excepted,) 40) cents on everv $1 h wo'rth o ros.s amounts received in 18&6 ; Insurance and Underwriters' Agen cies, 60 cent on every- $100 worth re ceived in 1866~ ; Newspap)er Publishers, 40 cents on every $100) worth received in l806; Goods, Wares and Merchandize, 12 cents on every $100 worth sold in iSGG; HIotels, Restaurants, Eating Houses an iLivery Stables, 40 cets en every $100 worth recei ved1 in 1800b ; Bar Rooms, $2 00 on every $100 worth reccived in 1866. Should our respectablc council fol!owI this lead we for one pr.opose to make a pr.)portionate division of our office and appuirtenances between thetm and the State, not yet having been able to meet the latter demand. It is our honest be bief that we would make or save more by that course than by continuing the business. IUniversity Journal of Medicine and Surgery, for May' 153, received. Edited by W. Paine, M. D., and printed at Phila delphia. $1 per annum. There is at the Paris Exposition a Me chanical horse, which goes at a 240 rate. The Emperor has rewarded the youthful inventor with the Legion of Honor. Rev. Prof. P. C. Edwards, of Furman University, died at Greenville on the 15th inst. IMiss Sarah Rutledge of Anderson was recently drowned in Rocky River. Mexico is still in n "muddle." Wish somebody would lead her out., Rev. Jno. Bleckwith of New Orleans, - Fur the Herald. MR. .Eiuoa--WLen we have no other, with whom we may communicate freely, we may address ourselves to the Editor. We means the people, and the writer is only the amenuensis. Several distinguished Po litical Doctors have favored us with able disquisitions on the "Situation ;" and each of them has left such prescriptions, as, he supposed, the maladies with which the body politic was afflicted, required. But we con fess that we have not been able to distin guish between their diagnostications of the disease, nor the difference in the effects of their different prescriptions, when traced to their ultimate results. One recommends blistering near sonme vital organ, and ano ther the extr :itie, and yet another re commends opiates in great excess, so as to produce a inacterly inactivity. We would suggest that blis:ering ointment never fails to excite the sick man, no matter on what part of the body. or which of the members it may be placed, and as the nervous sys ten seems to be deeply involved in this case, we think that treatment inadmissible. And while we believe the sick man should be kept quiet, we are not sure the opiates should be so freely administered, as it may be necessary that the patient should be re vived to meet some other symptom that may develop itself. But we only ni.ke these suggestions, for we do not know a hether this disease is in its incipiency of mnalignance or whether it is an old chronh ie ease, exhibiting new and more malign :nt symnptoms, superinduced by its sudden introduction into a warmer climate, or ?'hethcr the treatment should be directed to the removal of the cause, or to the treanetmnat of the symptoms as they aPpea r. We havc hiieard that one Dr. Vil son, of some notoiety in the treatment of lo:thsomne diseases, had volunteered his great skill in the treatment of this distin guishc l patient, and that he examined the siek man and left a prescription to be car ried out by some of his new office students, with directions that if the remedy pro posed, should be too naueating for the condition of tie patient, that he mnust be removed to some more salubrious climate. But we feel assu.e l that the patient is wholly unable to chan_e his loaulity at present, for many of his members are :l ready pa alvzed. Thus we can only call the attention of our own doctors to the con dition of the sick man, and invite their mtcst delibera:e censulta t:on on the c:e. That per eba::cc something ima:y he Ound that will prevent both the disso,mion und the expatrietion of the patient. And we suggest that thely should d'lilierate well before nv treatment is deceide on. Let the symptoms fouh develon lie condition of the patient, and then determline upon a course. One of the most distinguished physicians has diecided thtat it will be more thtan two mionlths before this disease is fully developed, and perhaps two moure before it reaches its crisis. Then lie treatmenit i ayv be ventured oni with more safety. And then the pa tierit, his nervous systetm being exceedingly sensitive, must bie irea ted ,it h great tenidenetss. In the mean time let all the nmenmbers of the sick matn be properly ex ercised, and rendered as !.ealthy- as possible by proper local treatment, even if the greatest am ount of fr,ition be necessarily employed, to impart to them vitality and strength for the support of the enfeebled sick Body in the approaching crisis. For unless the menibers can be kept comoparat tively healthyi and in proper synmpathy with the Body, we may not hoae for its restora tion to health under present circumstances. NOTA\ BENE. 'The namtes of .\r. Davis' Sureties and thc paper signed are as follows: The condition of such recognizance is such that if the said Jcfferson~ Davis shall, in proper person, well and truly appear at the Circuit Court oIf the United Staies, fir the District of Virgin ia, to be held at Richmond, in the said District, on the fourth Monday in November next, at the opening of the court on that day, and then and there appear fromt day to day, and stand to abide and perform whatever shall be then anid there ordered to be adjudged in respect to hi:ni with said court, and riot depart fronm the said 'ourt without the leave of the said court, in that bchal first had and obtaiued, then the said recognizance to become void, otherwise to remain in full force. Taken and acknowledged this thir teen th day of May, 18S07. [Signed] JEFFERISON DAVIS. lIIortce Greeley, Newv York. Auguts tus Sc'hel, New York. A ri-tiles We lsh, Philadelphia. WV. 1l. Maefarland. Richmond. R. B. Hiaxall, Richm.mid. Isaae Davenpot, Richmiond. Abmaham Warw'ic.k,L Rihmond. G. A. Myers, iebmflond. WV. WV. Crumrp. imomli . ,Janmes Lyonls, im ond.0' WVi liaimi I1. Lyvotns, IUtehmnd(. John Mi~inur Bi,tt., \irgin ia. Jamels Thomas, Jr., R ehmond. The name of IIorace F. Clark of New Yo;k was added, a note having been sett for that purpose. Mr. Davis will soon after his return frotm Canada, whither he has gone for his children, proceed at once to his homte in Mississippi, where hie says he wishes to look after n~ hat is left of his estate, edlucate his children, and spend the remainder of his days. The consumnmation ~is one that tile Southern people have been wishing and praying for, and the illustrious gentle man and his family will carry with them to their home in 'Mississippsi the good wishes and prayers of them all. May his journey he prosperous and his future life be free from all causes of unhappiness. THE INJUnCToN Cass.-The States of Georgia and Mississippi appealed to the Su preme Court of the U'.ited States to pre vent the re-construction acts of Congress from being executeid, alleging thait they were unconstitutional and destructive to the rights of these States. These cases were argtted by the most enminenit counsel, ini a itho0rough1, able an d effective manlner. The Cournt, after mature consideration of the ease, dismissed I oth bills, adjudging thereby that the reconistruictiottnmeasures of Congress are No-r unconstitutional. Thte Mississippi bill was ameicded, however, by praying that the niilitary authorities might be prevented from wasting the public pro perty of the State ; after which, it was con tin ued. Now, that the quiestion is settled, we truist that those who leaned oii this hope will throw iio fmt the r obstacles in the w ay of re-construction, but, on the contrary, as sist it presirvinig the little of liberty and property left us. -Pickenis Courier. The Nashville Union and Dispatch, of last Sturday, says :Cheering reports are reaching u.~ ftom the interior of a re LOCAL ITEMS. SOLTnxR MADE SHoE.-MI. J. Singlc ton of our town has fur sale a sample case or two of shoes ma:nufactured by Messrs. Shelly Bro's. & Co., at Thomas ville, N. C., which will cnpare favorably wvith northern mtanuf:tcture. These shoes are Brogans, ladies goat walking boots, and men's bals, and are of substantial make, good material, well finished and as cheap as those which come from nothern manufactories. If as good then and perhaps a little better, and certainly as cheap, no objection can be urged against patronizing our own Southern factory. FREstt Scrmf>1s.-The public general ly, and the ladies particularly will thank us for the information which it is in our pleasure to give them, and that is that Messrs. Barre & Sanr have received an other supply of elegant and seasonable dry goods, embracing every variety of goods in their particular line which can be called for. One especial feature be ing that these goods will be sold at re duced prices in accordance with the pressure on the times. If the public therefore study their inierests they will certainly give these genti.men attention. TE NEw SocIF:Tr.-We are pleased to notice all reforms in the right direction, and are glad to see that the temperance society lately estahi;shed by our colored friend; is taking a h,o,ld upon this class of the cornunit. it is known as the Freedmen's Newberry Tremperance As sociation, and from the date of existence, 1st MIay, 1 S7, to tie present, already numbers for ty-four members, including the officers, who arc as follows R. Tolliver, President ; C. Cannon, Vice-Presi''ent; E!ij,h Philips, Chairman; Joseph Boston, Se. tary ; James E' ward, Treasurer; Jacob Clchmd, Trustee; T. Uobo,,lst Stevard ; and James Boozer. 2d Steward. The next meeting. will be held on, Fr i day evening in the rear of Wiskeman & Wilbers. A furious storm of wind and rain passed o-er our section on Monday after noon last. For nearly an hour the rain descended in angry to-rents, and the wind blew as it listed -without fear or favor. "Tihe oldest inhabitant," &c. Wherever it fell broken land must have been washed considerably, and the wheat s>mewhat twisted or laid prostrate ; but thr storm was happily of short duration. We have not heard if the rain was ex tensive. It was beginning to be needed. No;thing was sulTering, however, and it is just in time (the condition of the atnic sphere is favorable for more) for the splendid fields of growing corn, cotton, and other crops, that thickly dot the district. The immense breadth of wheat maiturecs beautifully. TuE Fa:snva\ for Thursday night, the purpose of which is explained in adver ttsement elsewhere, promises to be a per fect success. It has elicited all the ardor and energy of the young of both sexes, and called forth the generosity of heads of families to an extent very rem arkale, when we consider the pressure of the times and sear-city of eve-ry thing. Still it is not surprising that it has had this effect, when we remember the praise worthy' ob jects contemplated. There will be many attractions, the chief of which w ill beC the Art Gallery, a deci.led n< velty in these parts, together with cx quisite music, instrumental and vocal, tables loaded with useful and ornamental things, and presidld over l9y TBE FAIR, (using the word in both senses, and comn prehending fair dealings, as well as fair coml)exio)n$,) Abe Post ofiTee, the Gr-ab bag, the Soda-fount, Ale-pumnp, &c,&c.,~ and lagt but not least, a hot Supper. The follo.ving is a list of the paintings andi statu ary to hr exhibited: The Four Seasons; View of the Rhine; The Light of Othier Days ; The Dluglne; The Flower of the F:t nii!y ; Infanatry in Repose ; The Deer Silaycr ; Bridal Scene ; Under the LIse ; Thei Belle of the \iliage; The Chase ; A Fonl Proceeding ; D)epart ed Spirits ; Ruins of Greece. This towni is foirtuaate in that it inuns two "mnachi'es," and though the old ma caine is somewhat out of order and has turned out nothing~ for some time, it only reeds the tightening of a loose screw here or there and a little grease, when it will again commence its grinding. The other machine from which the fol lowing job was tur-ned off is bran new, and runs a little stiffly as yet, but with p;ractice will compete with the best of its kind soon: MACHINE POETRY. At Wicker-'s, the sun was :ow; There was no untrod.let' snow. The moon was shining oright,C But An'iy saw another sight. "Rap, Rap;" was at the door. Byv it was no Blackamoor. "Stop that knock in! I'm in bed," Brother Andy fiercely said. Please let mec in friend Andy, I greatly need some candy" "D)at you Samibo? Is it you?" "No. I am o ma-n in blue, From Greenvile I have come, To make y-our town my home.I I'll patr-onize you lie said." As Andy raised hims~elf in bed "Come in. I hope you'll find rt Something to please your mind." i In walked Gi-eenville at the door (flhat I have mentioned heretofore), Customer took a calm survey, I Of friend W's bright array;t A bargain soon was struck, And1 from his leather pocket-book The money his bill to pay "I ake it Sir-." And sped away. "Ahi Greenville! It is well you run, I do nor somechow like such fun; For upon exam ination, Here's miney of a defunct nation," Andy sci-atched his head and said, As he again reached his bed, "lempus. Moses. What shall I do The fellow has put me through. But in my vexation, This idea gives some consolation; HARD TIMES. No busine-s stirring, nll thing3 at a stand, People complnin that they have no caah in hand. "Dull Times," re-echoes now from ev'ry quarter, Even from father to the son and daughter. 5Ierchants cry cut no money to be had, And grocers say too, the times are very bad; tleclanics work. but they can get no pay, Beaux dress genteel, and ladies, too, are gay. Cah very scarce-but ])A\NCINo TWICE A WEEK Business~dull-amnuements we must seek. Some live awhle-and then perhaps they fail. While many run in debt. and wind up in a jail. the ladies must have ribbons, gauze and lace, Ard paint. besides, to smooth a care worn lace; I'he beaux will dress. go to the ball and play, Sit up all night and lay in bed all day; Ihu4h up an empty pate, look smart and prim, F ollow eaci trilling f;eshion or odd whim. Are those bad times, when people will profess l'o follow fashions. and dehght in dress? No! times are good, but people are to blame, Who spend too much, and justly merit shame. A. B. & X. Y., two nice young gents who stated their want of wives through the local last week, have received no less than one bushel and a peck of gilt edged billet-doux in reply. This eveals an darming condition of tlhings. We believe the supply of gentlemen i; equal to the emand, and that they are more than hnxious to do or die to make the ladies ha; py. But they have not the courage to face the music poor fellows, and we pity them. Our whole atmosphere is hurd,ned ith love, and the sighs are'so oud and deep, that during the late dry lays, many innocent old ladies in their inxiety and longing for rain have mis taken these sounds for thunder. The signs o1 love are unmistakeable and can hot fail to be noticed by one not afflicted xith the malady. We give the following is a guide, first the co:nplaint., then the symptoms and eTects, then the cure: Lov,..-A complaint of the heart, gro -v ng out of an inordinate longing after ;olmlething dif}icult to obtain. It attacks ,crsons of both sexes, generally between Lhe ages of fourteen and thirty ; some ive been known to have it at the age >f sixty. Symptoms-Absence of mind, giving thinp wrong names, calling tears nectar, hnd sighs zephyrs ; gazing on the moon ind stars ; toothache; bleeling at the aose ; loss of appetite ; neglect of busi ,ess ; a loathing for all th:gs-save one; )lood shot eves, and a constant desire to sigh. Effects --A strong headache ; pulse igh ; stupidly cliquent eyes ; sleepless aess, and all that sort of thing. At times, Jhe imagination bright, bowers of roses winged cupias, aid buttered peas, and then, again, oceans of despair, racks, tortures and hair- triggeredl pistols. Cure-Get married. If that don't cure fou it will at least open your eyes. Pmrre Box.-The coppiliary sub stance on the top of our cranium being somwhat in danger of a pulling, we :mit the spice for lndies for a season, til! the storm subsides, and instead give a srinikle from the pepper- box, for ;;entle The first is a poor fellow, and1 a toler be poet who wants a wife ; we bI pe lie may soon be out of hig present Iumery: I want a wife To ceee: my life; I care not what she lacks in beauty, So I but find That she is kind, And kuows and practiecs her duty. I want a wife Who through her life Was never known to be a flirt; Who'll bring to me A recipe To keep the buttons on a shirt. If such a one Dweils 'neath the sun, And don't mind leaving friends behiind her, With the author of this She'll find true bliss, By informing him where he may find her. The second the snarl of an od vete ran who has been thirough the inill of matrimony, and a sea of other trouh!es; he needs iec2onstruelinlg. What is the use of living? Wi e are Bgged for crying when we are babies; ogged because the schoolma'ster is cross, vbhen we arc b)oys; obliged to toil, sick >r well, or starve, when we are men ; to) ork still harder y'nd suffer somnething vrse: w'hen we are> husbands ;. and, f:er ex haust ing Ilife andi strength in the ~ervie of other peop&, dL, and leave >tur childrn to quarrel about the pos s.ioni of our watch ; and our wife-to ~atch somiebodyv else." In caso niumbler three mlatl'rimony eemns at a discount, an~d connubi:.l bliss t much it any at all. Our lady friends ' ill echo the sentiment that the L usbands a this case must be to bhuzne, nod should .ie bh "b''ooted." A singul-:r law suit is now on trial at -!ay Two yung men, each married ut a few weeks, got siec of their wives ml prop)osed to "'swop," and very singu arly the women consented. But the iusbind of the homiliest one promised to >ay $.30 "to boot,'' and as lie has neg eted to hand over, the suit is brought o recover the money. What will not drink do? Here's a ase of a drunken gander who fancied imself a goose : A man came home drunk on a cold ight and vomited in a 'basket contain g goslings, which his wife had placed eore the fire, upon seeing which he cx laimed : "Mv God, wife, when did I wallow them thsings ?" The same fellow after getting over his irunk lets off on his empty bottle, thus ise: "'Tis very strange t hat you and I Together cannot puill For von are f'ull when I .. dry, And dry when I am fidl." Jones, Smith and White mentioned elow should be killed by love ; man orn of wvon'an should die of woman. ones has just lost a wife, and says to a eigh.', as the coffin is lowered into ie grave: "I have lost cows, I've lost sheep, ve lost horses, and l've lost calves, but his is the wust of the whole loss." And Smith on being interrogate dby a riena as "to where hie was guing so fs, avs: "Homie, sir, home ; don't detain me. have just bought my wife a new boni et, and I must deliver it before the Ishion goes out." While White on being told that his riife iad lost her temrper, said he was 'glad of it, for ft was a very bad one." THE DEATH SrN.TENcE.-The folloWing is the sentence pio.o1ned upon the Fenian pr'soner: who have bcen on trial at Dublin for the crime of high treason. The Lord Chief Justice assumed the black cap, and s.id "The sentence is, that you and eacb of you shall be taken from where you now stand to the place from whence you came, and that, on Wednesdav, the 2t6th of May, y;ou be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, and that there you and each of you shall bei hanged by the neck until you are dead ; and that afterwards your heads be severed from your bodies, and the body of each of you, divided into four quarters, shall he disposed of as her Majesty or her Exeentive shall think fit and proper. . And mivy time Lord have mercy on your souls! Tlic RIGT WI..-Thy South Georgia Times says (ne of the most successful farmers we have ever known-a man who could not write -his own name-made it a rule from which he never varied to plant one third of his land in small grain, one third in Indian corn, and the balance in.cotton. Many years ago he settled in Wilkes Conty, of this State. He grubbed for the money that bought him twentv-fivc acres of the poorest land in the county. HP died rich leaving a munificent farm and numerous slaves. So much for sys tenatic continued working npon a sensi ble plan. Everybody admits the plan sensible one, but few will work upon it. Our errors are not the fruit of our de iiberatejudgetmet t, but of our haste. Er O);1EANs, May 16.-There was. il considerable disturbance among the negrc stevadores on the levee to-lay, imount ing almost to a riot. Two -policeni were b:rdl' injured while endeavoring tc save a negro from a mob of his own color. The military were ordered out to aid the olice. The following is the paragraph from the orderof General Mower, issued to diy: "The United States Government if neces sary will protect you throngh the rmili tary, but you wiil not be protected ir wr Iong dcing.", P,EG:ITttATioN IN TIls STATE.-A cor recpondent of tle New Y ork Tribut telegraphs from Washington: "leport to the Congressional Republican Execu tive Commnittee, here from Cha,rlestc;n state that General Sickles c:ntemphate: the appintmenlt of one Celoved man or each of the Bo"ards of Igistry in Souti Carolina. This he does at the solicita tion of the Union men of the State. T-ht rEhel element has been bitterly opposing the thing, but General Sickles sides with the Unionists." Mississiri.-Our advic,.s from is5 sissippi are encouraging. A gentlerntar Iwrit.s thaLt the plian ters of Amnite County have finished planting. It says :"n very encouraging fact is, that our farmi ers arc putting a gr eater rart of.*het laude in corn, paitoes, pi'as. etC. :W lik:e to see this policy do.pted. Detter to have pleM o fOod 1(withoumt moner, than a plenty oIf infmne without food, particubirly when all of your neigh.bor are in the same fix." The follo.n ing piece of encouragemien is from 111umbnoldt's C smos, volumie I. iage 1 15: "The neute raind of Ulber: led him a bnost to pre:iiet that the next an,pearne'n - or phienommenion of shooting stars amnd ire balls, intern xed, falling li ke link es of snow, wvonii not occu r un til between the .12th aid 14th of Novem ber,. 1867." It is stated ttordersw.lbeisd |from WXasiiingtoni in a few days in regart to the "delectable cusses" scatterec through the South, who are deluding thi freedmen with the idea of "conftiscatior and forty acres of land," and that th< topulation at .the Dry T1ortug as is likel' to be increased. CIA:LI:sToN, May 20.-The ship Gol c oma cleared to-day- for LibeFia. She will carry' out a bout 300 negro emigra nts Ma n ore hadi engaged passage, bu iaigsince made sati.sfactory' contract here or owing to their changecd statu under the recenlstructionl A t, they now~ LONDOo, May 20.-- Na$!eon an 1 the King of Pru.sia have .,ign: d the L-:.e.ti burg treaty, The London St:n-' says it would be a blunder-even cri:ne - to execule sen teeu death oni the con':icted Fenioirs. - One bnge ina lawyer's bill against a clint we-, "'For wa!sing up in the night and thIinking I of1 your buSines-five dollars. Maiamila is said to be hemmed in and beggii:g fotr is life. Index to New Advertisements. IThe following Advem tisements appear to-day Ifor thec first tlie. Ihose to be continued, will be kmand under their respective Leads in our next issue: M. BARRE & SON-Fresh supplies o: Dry Goods. J. C. KLINE & CO.-A Lectuiro. AGENTS WV A NTlED- $250 per month. SILAS JOHNST1ONE-Commission' ers Notice. E. P. LAKE -Attachment Notices. COMMERCIAL. NEwBERRY, 31ay 21 .-Cotton markhet closed with a slight decline, a good article brinaing 21cts, tax nmeluded. COLUMBIA, M1ay 21.-CottCn 23, Flour 12 to 17, G old S1.:26. 2%EW YORK, May 2)-7 F. 3.-Stocks active and improved. Gold ~sij. Cotton unchanged; sales 140 bales, at 28. Flour dull and declined Il:a15c. Co rn declined 2a3c. Ba LTIMoIUE, May 2 i.-Cotton steady, at 27V3 Flour heavy and unchanged. White corn dull. at S1 15al 18. CoH A RILEsTON, May 20.-Cott.n is lower-mid d li"g 25a26 '. S5ales of 150 bales. Receipts 3.35. NEW ORL-IAs, M1ay 20 -hales of cotton 250 bales; market unchanged-low middling 25a26. Rece4t- 2.146 bales; exports 5,262. LOUIsvILLE. Midy 20.-S perlieflour dull and dec bin m;.-S9 75a10.75. Bacon quiet-shoulders 9j; clear sides 121. AUGUsTA, 31ay 20.-Cotton in good demand; prices easier-middling 24a241. hales 205 bales. Rteceipts 61. SAVANs An, May 20.-Cotton dlull and nominal -muiddliugs 251;'sales ~25. bales; receipts 42) bales. LiVERPOOL, May 21-N~oon -Cotton opened quiet, but firmA-middling uplands 11l}d.; Orleans lljd. Corn declined 6d. The Ladies of the Presbyterian congregation propose to have a f oral festival, on the eve of 23d May, in the rooms over Messrs. Lovelace & Wheeler's store. They have undertaken to pro. cure a supply of new books for the Sabbath School; to re-paint the Church edftice and to enclose the lot with a substantial fence. With these objects in view. they respectfully so licit the co-operation and coutributions of their friends. A committee to receive these contribu tions will meet at the aforesaid rooms on Wed,. nesday and Thursday, immediately preceding the night of entertainrment, frorn 3 to 6 o'clock, afternoon. Ther will use every effort to render the occasion attractive in iteeIf, and they confi. dently believe that with such laudable aims in view, success in the undertaking will be certain. ~ 9. nt~ ('hildrpr, ,,nd~r 12 years 15 New Adyertisements. FRESI SUPPLIES OF BRY GOO ! Comprising All the latest Styles of PRINTS, MUSLINS, &e., And all the varions articles to be found in a Dry Goods establishmen the whole of which aie offered at GR EAI REDUCED PRICES I To SLIT TaF Stringency of the Times. Cotton Yarns, Of all numbers, on land=fbr aas. Call and Examine Before M1. OARRu & SON. May 229 STATEO SOT T1 CAROLITA. Newberry District-In the Common Pleas. D'enais Craine, for another, viR.& T. G. Croft-Attachment. W'hereas, the Plaintiff did on this 14th day of May 1867, file his Declaration against the Defendants, who are absent from and without the limits of this State, and have neither wives :.or Attorneys known withia the same, upon whom a copy of the said Ilecluration might be served. It is there fore ordered, that the said -Defendabt do appear and plead to the said Declaration, on or before the 15th day of May next, vhich will be in the year of our Lord ow thousand eiglht hundred and sixty-eigbt. Otherwise final and absolute judgment. will then be gjven and awarded against them. E. P. LAKE, c. c. P. Clerks Office, Newberry District. May 14th 1867. 21-4t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. New b:rry District- I the Common Peas. F. II. Dominick, Adrn'r. vs. T. G. Croft -Attchment. Whereas, the Plaintiff did on this 14th doy of May 1867, file his Declaration agalinst the Defendant, who is 'absent ,from .and without the limits of this -State; -and has neither wife nor Attorney known withina the same, upon whomi a copy of the said Decla raition .mignht be served.- It is therefore ordered, thatr the said Defendant do appear aei plead30o the said -Declaration, on or before the Iath da&y of May next, which will be ir the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eighit. Otherwise tlnal a nd ab.solutejudgmnent will then be given and a * arded a ga ist himn. E. P. L AKE, c. C r Clerks office, Newberry District. May 14t1 1867. 21-4t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. New berry District- In the Common Pleas. P. Scott,' xs. J. B. B-row ne-Attachment. Whereas the Plaintiff did, on the 16th d!ay of \Layv, 186'7, file his Declaration against the Defendant who (as it is said) is absent frotm and n'~ithout the limits of this State, *anid has neither wife nor Attorney known withini the san!:e, upon whom a e6py of the said Declaration igiight be served; It is thierefore ordered, that the said Defendant -d o a ppear auad"plead to the said Declaration, on or before tha 17th day of May next, which will be in the year of our Lord one thomiand eight hundred and sixty-.eight, o:heirwise finial and.absolute judgment will 'hen be given and awarded against him. Clerk's Office, , E. P. LAKE, Newberry Distrio. c. C. P. May 16 lth 180f ly 4t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Net'w berry District-In the Common Pleas. F. H. IDominick Adnm'r, vs. T. Y. Croft a nd Ran 'all Croft--Attachment. Wherea. s the Plaintiff did,-on this 14th ay of May, 1867, file his Declaration a Udis the Defendants, who are absent from and w ~ithouit the- imits of ibis State, aind. have neither wives nor Attorneys known within the same, upon whom a copy of the s.uid Deelaration might be served; It is therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear and plead to the said Declaration, on or before the 15th day of May next, which will be i5 the year of our Lord one Thousind eig: t I undred and sixty-eight, utherwise final and absolute judgment will the:n be given and awarded against them. Clerk's Office, E. P. L AKE, New bery District. c. C. F. May 14th T867. ly. 4'. ST ATE OF SOUT H CAROLINA. Ini Equity-Newberry District. Peter Mosier anid wife, vs. Wmn. Hatton andI others. Bill for relief. IIt appearing to my satisfaction that John Hatton, a party defendant to this Bill, re sides beyond the limits ot this State, On. niotion of Mr. Baxter, Comp's Sol. Ordered that said absent defendant plead Ianswer or demur to said Bill, within forty days from the publication hereof or the same will be taken pro confesso against hi., SILAS JOHNSTONE, c... Cmsoffice, May 13-21-6t. *9. ITATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.. Newberry District--In Equity. Sarah S. Richardson vs. Thomas H. Chap pell and John WV. Chappell,Ex'ors, and others. It appea:ing to my satisfaction that James R. Scurry, one of the defendants in the a bore case, resides beyond the limits of this State, It is therefore, on motion of Addison & Jones, Comnp1's Solr's, ordered, that he do plead, answer or demur to the Bill in this case, within forty days from publicatio. hereof, or the same be taken pro confesso,. against him. Silas Johnstone. C. E. N. D. Corn's Office, 16 May, 1867. ' 6t e1D STA TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.. Newberry District-In Equity. Sarah Cureton, vs. G. A. Broom and wifb and other s. Bill for Partition. It appearing to my satisfaction that G. A. Broom, and Isa'ella his wife, David L. Moore and Melissa his wife, Frederick S. Gureton, Elisha C. Gu;reton, Jennie Gures ton and Aliee Cnreton, parties defendant.ir the above stated case reside beyond this State, on motion of Messrs. Grrlington. and Suber Comp's. Sol. Ordered rlhat said absent defendants-plead, answer or demur to the Bill filed in said