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* - - * - * . e- -* -4 TE TRI-WEEKLY. HERALD $15 Dollars for 3 Monthso] Devoted to the Dissemination of General Information. rSingle Copies 50 Cents VOLUME L NEWBERRY, S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 186 5. NUMBER 14 THE Tf[-WEEKLY HERAL. IS PUBLISHED' AT NEWBERRY C. I1., Every -Tuesday, Thursday and .Saturdiy, By Thos.T. & R. H. Greneker, ferm--$15 for three months, in advance. Ad rertiserments inserted at the rate of $5 for first 4enion of twelve linesor less, and $4 for sub sequenct insertion. Empire of the Wet. People who have been peering through their tmaginary i lescopes,and mentally taki:g time by the forelock, ask this question : .Where, ia the lventof continued federal successes, can wego to escape the egnsequences of an oc cpation of the country?- Whither may our - armies retreat, to esoape the constant pressure t-pon them,. and to renew themselves for fresh lcofi.ctY A pertinent inquiry, and not with out a uggestive moral. Putting aside the dem'onstrated impossibili ty of subjugation, we assume, for the nonce, the .possmbility of the calamity anticipated. Fr4m, Virginia, we are pressed back to- the interien of North Carolina. Driven from the co4st, *e aeek exile in the upper Districts of the Paligetto State, Routed from these, we plunge into Georgia only to meet the - advan eing columns from the West, or be frightened out of all propriety by raiding parties from the line of the Atlantic. With scant wardrobe and dpleted purse we continue our peripate tic vwanderings to Alaubamna; but "here we rest"-the rendering o her, beautiful Indian ame-is still no soothing balm to the weary feet bf the traveller. ' LouisiAna is* without barm, and Florida'is but a corner. Where next?- Tolexas!, We;cross the Mississippi, and sweep across a gt-ntly rolling country, whose miions of yet untouched acres, wait! only- the tickle of the hoe "to laugh with a - harvest." Mositality greets. the refugee; Rlenty abiksods; the country hastnot been laid waste bymarchirig armies ; the foot fall of ati enemy has.not been heard ;.all the as sociations ofPeare- even in the use of specie as currency-exist, and prosperity reigns un - disturbed. Here, then, is the Mecca of all disheartened Confedertes-the spot whereon we may rest tour bodies, refresh our souls, and recuperate our exhausted eriergies. The tide of war nay roll on elsewhere, but here thewaves wil lose themselves among vast prairies which are empires in themselves. The prospect is a pleasant one, and the picture not intensely colored. Individually, it is open to, and may be enjoyed by all. - From a military and collective point of view,the thenie suggests graver considerations.! If, after obstinately contesting the possession of our sog, incIr by inch, from Virginia to r or from Tennessee to the Gulf, the 'fteofar should.compel Gen. 'Lee and his armies, together with. the Executive heads of the nation,. tempdiarely to abandon the States -East of the Mississippi, there is not a foot-hold Sall the world more inviting or secure than may be found upon the soil -of Texas. Equal in territory to any three of the large States possessing a fertility of land that would supply *a million of men for a generation ; with* . great herds of wikd cattle roaming on her prairies to cpntribute solid food for their sustenance:; embroidered by a coast line, from almost any *point of which we cou.ld connect ourselves with Europe; boug,ded by a country rich inevr niaual resource, whose Emperor is afred if not an ally, Texts is a StaLe in which the yjii igiht continue ad inftnitum,er until the foe were ready to acknowledge odr -independ ence. There, the advanta*ges would all be on ,ouirI side. The enemy would be compelled' to sup ply'its armies far away from their magazines. By sea andlaind, thousands of miles would necessarily have to be crossed before the first step towards the subj ugation.of the State c#tld be con,iinced ; and then to defeat all plans and preparations, we need but fail back, and let the enemy follow to meet their destruction al~most without a blow. The view may be a novel one, but we believe i! can be demonstrated, that if the Confederacy * , whipped at all, she will be whipped by railroads. We live in an age in which time and space have been annihilated by steam and lightening. The telegraph and passenger train have caused .mnore battles in one year than have before been fought1 in half a century. .A blessing in one sense, they have proved a curse in another. We have used them to concentrate troops and move supplies, but they have opened to the enemy all the avenues' offpproach to the heart of the Confederacy. * They have been the grand objective points ofi 'every campaign,.and when gained, have rarely been released. .The war has been a war for the defence of railroads, and two* hundred thousand *dead men along thcir track attest the fact. True, ,this has been one of the natural sequences of the progress of'the age, and the old fashioned strate to the new influences engendered by. that pro gress. - Still, had there been no railroads and telegraphs, this revolution would never have attained its present magnitude. The country would not have been ove:run, the temptation to pierce and occu py our interior would have been wanting, and a few pitched battles along the frontier would have brought our acknowledgement as a free and In dependent people. In Texas they have but fe* of these two-edged swords. War on her 4pil would, tberefore, be conducted in aboriginal style. Once in the State, we- could never be ousted; and once in, the enemy would never escape. The old principles of military art would agai' be ap plied, and long before the war could -wrminate on this side of the Mississippi by mere force * of arms,-the v;ctories there achieved through the combination of a hundred influences in our favor, would result ip. a.glorious peace.-6Carolinian. INFLUENCE OF Ti3r AMERICAN WAR IN INDIA. -The Liverpool Times says the merchanLs and traders of Bombay have reaped a golden harvest in consequence of the war in this country, through the impetus it has given to the cotton trade in Irdia. Immense fortunes have been made bv every one-largely engaged in the work of producing an4 stimulating'the growing of cotton. Millionaires abotnd. Clerks with small salaries have had their -fortuces swellediou twgigantic proportions. Even'the ryots, the poorest and most depressed of the Agricultural laborers iin Hindoostan, have par takgn so freely of this auriferious manna that they now rejoice. in evefy comfort and luxury the-East can supply. Every person however remotely concerned with cotton has made money enough to satisfy the misers' utmost av.rice. But there have been drawbacks to this otherwise glowing picture. The price of other articles has correspondingly increased, the value of property, of Ilouses, of lodgings, of the necessaries of life, has moid than kept pace with-this sudden shower of the precious metals. Persons with fixed incomes now find it impogible to lTve i the-Ity whIctc has~heeT the scene of this ex+raordinaty change, and the Gov3r-nor of Bornbay, Under the fear of beiug deserted by his afixiliaries,was-conpell ed in self-defence, tu increase their stipef-ds, lest they should be overwhelmed and crushed by this plethora of good luck to the compara tive few. Cottoh has -been so remunerative under the new itimulant of high price that the cultivation of grain, rice and other edibles has been comparatively neglected, and the an omaly'is witnessed qf starvation following in the wake of this sudden and unlooked fir prosperity.. - BLOCr'DE RUNNING.-In connection witiI the closing of the port of Wihiington, the fok z lowing statistics of the blockade running ar interesting: ' In*1862, 1863 and 1864, no fewer than 11L sw'ft steamers were built on the Clyde for tle purpose of running the blockade of the. Cor federate ports. Of the whole 111. steamer-, 70 have either been captured- or destroye, leaving at the close of 1864, 29 still running while 11 were on their way ou;. The numbe running at the close of 1864 was larger thai t at any previous Reriod in the annals of thi blockade. The average number of trips madh by a blockade runner does not exceed five, s that enormans profits must be realhzed pe voyage.to make this peculiar branch of adven ture at all remunerative. Most of the block ade runners become watchers, in which ca pacity they prove very serviceable. It may b added that notwithstanding the large tumbe of blockade runners captured or tiestroyel, more niew steamers were built on the Clyde ii 1864 to supply their places than either il 1862 or 1863, showing that speculators an not at all disheartened. 1 A t to polite rebukes they are not uncom~ mon, and -are more easy to administer, Fred eric, called the Great, of Prussia,.was at leas a very great snuff taker. -To save the troubb of continually pushing his hand in his pocket he had a snuff boi on his chimney piece <f every room in the suit of rooms he occ'upied One day, when busy in his c-abinet, he saw page, who fancied he was not observed, un. ceremoniously testing the royal snufEi He toot no further notice at the time, but about ai hour afterward he ordered the page to brin; him the box. "Take a pinch," said the kingl "'how do' you find it ?" "Excellent sire.'' "AnIj. the box ?"-"Superb sire." Very well ;keep kj then; it hardly holds enough for us two." A GooD CoiMPAmsoN.-Dahlias are like the most beautiful women without in.tellectuality. They strike you with astonishment by their ex terior splendor, but are muiseralily destitute of those properties which distinguish and rende .agreeable less imposing flowers. Had nature given the fragrance of the rose -or the lilly to tha dahlia, it would have been the most magnificent gem of the garden : but wanting scent, it is like a fine woman Wit}}oud.ijnd Fire in Savannab. At a little before I1 o'clock, on the Ist Feb., commenced the greatest cunflagration that has occurred in Savannah since 1820, so says the Herald (yankee) newspaper of-that place. Before midnight the ammunition was reached, and then commenced a series of terrific explo sions. $ The roar an crashing of the exploding shells awoke many a sleeper from his quiet repose. People rushed from their' houses half dressed, and ran to and fro in phrenzied excitement.. Between twelve and ore the scene was sadly, savagely grand. The flaMs from. the burning piles of building had spread in one lurid sheet bver the city with a black cloud of smoke like a funeral pile hovering ove- them.. Every moment hissing, shrieking shells would mount i1i the air, dashing-their hurtling fragments around. To add to the parioramic beauty of this sub lime scene, a shell struck the side of the re r voir, and a jet-de-feu, sprtng forth, rivalling n beauty any fountain, and looking in the fiery glare like a shower of molten silver. About this time we ventured toward the scene of ruin and conflagration, and it was.heart-rend ing in the extreme. Women and children were 'rushing around in panic-stricken confusion, some striving to save a little of their effects; others wildly escaping the fying missles. With death staring them in the'face, the fire companies were on the 1hpot striving to subdue the devouring elements. What made the moral courage they displayed the greater, a report got currency that several barrels of powder were in the building contiguous, towards which the fire was rapidly advancing. We'saw a fpw dead and some wounded men Lying on the.streetand being carried away. Wo men and children were huddled in groups urder shelter of walls and houses, trembling both with cold and fear. In the confusion, families were separated, and t was painful to see -mothers rushing back hrough the flames. and flying missiles, seeking heir children, and when found. trantically em bracing them and bearing them from the living We have seen towns sacked, we have seen many i battlefield, but so fearfully grand and ippalling a sight we ha.ve scarcely ever witnessed. -The bnildings on both sides of West Brord street, on -to Ann street and St. Ganl, with the tildings along Congress street, Pine street, Broughton street, and Zubly's street, are all in -Uins, with nothing but tall . spectre looking :himneys remaining. It was a sad sight to see .houseleA women aiid :hildren weeping over the riins of their late iomes. They were now outcasts,. as poor and ;helterless as Lazarus. Many who had conteqted ,hemselves that they had their comfortable iomnes spared them from the wreck of war, were hey could nestle and toil through the world mew, now felt the cold hand of utter hopeless iess press upon them. ENGLAND AND, AUSTRALA.-.NoKtbern ba >ers intimate that England will soon have rouble in Australia. The people,-wFsee by he Picaydne, have determined that their coun ry shall not be made a place of refuge for all he villains of Greg Britain, and are persist ntly urging the Home Government toabolish be system oftransportation. For many months ietitions and remonstrances,private and official tave beer sent forward' against sending any nore convicts to Western Austrahl. Men of 11 shades of opinion, and of every class, .have aken~a. part in th, agitation, and made a comn non cause of it. In fact the feeling it unani nous and profound, that the soil of Australis: hail no lonber be polluted by the filth of Eng and, and that a persistance -in the policy will nevitably.tend to estrangement and final sep .rtion. Since the discovery of gold a better lass of population has emigrated to Australia, ,nd with the thrift and enterprise of its peo. de it is* becoming wealthy and prosperous.. delbourne, the principal city, which bad but few thousgnd inhabitants ten years ago, has nore than 150,000 population. With a couh ry, three millions of square rmiles in extent, r'hich embraces every variety of climate, from. orrid to temperate, with arable soil, and en iched with the gpiden treasures of the earth, t is natural that the Australians should seek o remove the stigfta which rests on their ountry as a convict land, and strive for ani tonorable future. FROM WEsTERN CAEoL1NA.-The last Ash rille' NeVws says that,reports from East Tennes ~ee represent Gen. Thomas, with from fifteen a twenty thousand .troops, moving up .the ~ouhtry, and repairing the 'railroad as they Ldvance. Every indication points to ihe per Danent occupation of the country. General Phomas' advance had reached Greenville. General Johnston is reported to be falling 3ack in r.Westernly direction, Sherman fol owing, and General Lee to be in a position, wvhichm enables him to concentrate at will. The legions are gathering for battle, and in the tremendous blows likely to be inflicted, we read signs of promise.-Carolinian. 'True Remarks. .The Selma (Alabama) Reporter says : The military ought always to be subordinate to theicivil authoritics, except in districts over run or adjacent to the-enemny. It is a common observation with those who are observant of the signs of the timcs, that there is now not much law in. the land; and, realizing this, all restraint is-being thrown off by the dissolute and licentious, and the niost-daring atrocities perpetrated in the open light of day. We are drifting rapidly into anarchy and barbarism, and unless we bestir ourselve from.the stupor which is a tacit license to cri e and loutrage; such as is stalking ab oad unchecked in our midst, we must su er consequences too h9rrible to contemplate without a shudder. We.must do something adequate to the emer gency. if we would purge. our comndnity of lion headed rascality and its altendafifresults.. Several atrocities of astounding magnitude have go'ne unwhipped of justice within a fort night past, and if the sanctity of law and the inviolability of human rights continue thus to be trampled upon, the day connot be distant when our cities will be a bedlam from which hont-st peeple will be compelled to fly as *om a Sodom ripe for'the descending fires of Heavt n. Even now there is but a partial security of life: for property there is none except bolts and bars, and these are broken with the fasiest facility. It is plain to see that our law abiding citizens will have to organize thein selves into vigilance,cowpanies for patrol duty anO the other offices essential to self protection. Neither civil or military laws affords- the ade quate protection, called for under the terriblo circumstan-es that surround'us: the first is inoperative, while the tatter is prostituted by the,Oemoralization in the-land. We hear almost daily of men here and else where being shot down in dold blood, without even the shadow of arraignment or investiga tion, by. military orders. This it will never do to submnit to, for such nequiesoence in lawless nesg involves the absolute ruin of eur bejoved country. Honest people cann9t iong respect a country-mu 'h ;.ss will they fight for it after it is seen that justice is ignored even by the guardians of the public weal, and good men generally lulled into stupefaction by the infernal vampire which is st'daling our. senss while it fans us to sleep. We are tottering upon the brink.of a precipice which will swal low us up unless we spring backward from its opened jps! Rogues and assassins are mar shalling in battle array to pillae us under the cover of Midnight, arid they'will accornplish their purposes if somethiag be not done speedi ly' to thwart their designs. Are we helpless? If vot, let us wake up at once, and confront our perils at home ere we sufier.our minds to be diverted by damages th1t are remote. Tnm. C .novs.--A curious man is necessarily endo*ed with many virtues; or at 'kast, his curiosity stands him in the place of tbem. Industry andperse7erxnce he must possess in the bighest degree. There is -no stone which a truly curious person will leave unturned, in order to obtaiv-a bit of intelligence. Queen Sheba performed a tedious pilgrimage merely to get a sight-of King Solomon. Actseon en countered a cruel death to learn what*sort of stuff a goddess was; made of; or probably to. ascertain whether she was as great a prude as she pretended. One wornan jammed, herself into a clock-caseto surprise the secrets of the. Freemasons ;and many a man and many a woman too, have satcrificed the happiness of. their entire life for the mere pleasure of satisfying, themselves that they were not loved by their wedded life-partner. What a world of intrigue' will a truly, curious ma bring to bear, for the purpose of knowing the 1contents of your butcher's tray, of learning Iwhat news the postman brought you thi* mo'rning, or of discovering~ whether you dine at homne or abrod. Another quality essential to the curious'rnan is courage. As all the' world have something to conceal, all the world have-their hands set against him who 'would penetrate their secret; and kickings and cuffings innumerable are the reward of that pat'rigrism. which would -make it-.e'f. a, substitute for Momus's glass' indow in 'the human breast. Co-oPERATIoN'or THE WIFE.-No man ever prospered in~ the w.*d without the co-ope'rg on of his wife. If' she unite in mutual erglea vors, or rewards his. labors with an endearing smile, with what confidence will be r'esort to his merchandigeo or his, farm fly over the land, .sail upon seas, meet difficulty, and encounter danger, if he know that he is not spending his strength in vain, but that his labor wil be -re warded by the sweets of home ! Solicitude and disappointment enter the history1'of every man's life, and he is but half provided for his voyage who finds but an associati for bappy hon~rs, while for his mnonth3 of darkness and. ditet no ammpthiring partner is prepared.