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1k I 3e am Davis, ,hA pr ef n ;,z.z-A ,e tq t n nd Aprctv-xaw- -Ne cnndunt :f Mr. Dari,x.) c Sye:s-trs, Monday, June 4, 1866. The probabilities in regard to the occurrence aid the .restt of the trial of "Prisoner DAvis," as 'the ofictl reports from Fortress Monroe style 1-heft-President of the late Confeder-cy. form, *titt now, the puzzi-g topie of talk amongst the nlpwspaper foiks here, and the quid noince gene rally. This is a subje.ct upon which-the'Northern -pulic are, if possible, even -"rre anxi-us nd inquitive than the cotMnutities of the South 1wsoe the eagerness with which the lynx-eyed re Potcers .for the New York and Western press catch at-aad sift (wery passing rumor that bears k. any way -epon the fate of the great captive. 7 iAs yet TIE TIME OF HIS TRIAL Is x matter in regard to which no conclusion has been eacied. Mi Drvis and his friends, Pre<i dent Jlinson, Ghief Justice Chase and the Radi Walteaders in Congress, all profess to desire that tl.cae should be disposed of as speedily as may 'ne; and under such a state of thiigs, it would weem to be strange thatthere is any.further delay; 'but the truth is that the bitterest enemies of the -Confederate ex-President fear that a trial at thjis time could not by any possibility result otherwise -%hon in acquittal or a disagreement of the jury, And they are therefore scheming to defer the mat tPr until they can concoct some plan to insure a 'ronviction. One thing, nowever, is certain, the vWirlmill be an ordinary civil one. The effort of the H e d - Golwitt-ce to fasten upon the 4t.-ad-of Mr. Davis a share of the responsibility lor the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, has been an i.ter failure; and if, as you wi!l see stated in the .pa-pers, they are still taking evidence on that ).o'nt, it is rather to cover- up their rage and dis appointment in a respectable naner, than with *ny hope of securinz a pretext for what they aeek-his tial by Military Coission. TAE VEDF1tAL COVET IN rIRGIN'A Vifiouentd -at Norfolk iast week, and re-assembles 4u-worrow,(Tuesday), in Richmend. It is under P-ood here that the counsel for Mr. Davis wiI ap -pe*r before the Court some time this week a#d de rAnd that the tri 1, under tle indictment readv fotuid against him, be proceed;d with: - To this motion the District Attorney will probably reply that the Goverriment is not yet ready to go on vith the prosecution of the case. In that event, kail will be demanded for the prisoner-a request, a:hich, conidering his long and wearisome incar -eration and the precarious condition of his health, it will be difficult for the Court, %with any show of docency and laizness, to refise. It is said that she eminent pleaders who are to conduct the defence are re-dy to give bail for their distinguish ed client to the extent of ten millions of dollars, .they having ascertained that that amount of secu rity can be raised in New York; but the general .pression is that bail will not be allbwed. The prcedng,however, incident to the effort to ob *- .4 bait will be of an inter-est second only to the A -~ e Htself. PR.ESi'Y coNDITIo-N 07 ER DAVIS. --- I was conversin.gyesterday.with a photogr ipher -~ - ce this city., who, by permission of Generad Eliles, * ~ te Ceannndant it Fortress Monr.oe, had an in +,erdeni th 'Mr. Davis-th-ee days ago. H~e de *eribes the Sta te prisoner as wan and care worn in peaia-ee, -though his ph~yige still retains much .s kat.nervous energy which always distinguished ~ in. His bearing was erect and his step as firm r ~2 ~ *ever; snd !he only palpable evidence of his -~ -~ ~ sicial prostration was in his voice, Which was - ary perceptibly weaker than formzerly. BiS PERSONEL APPEiAN~AcE, - hecwever, wasyery much altered. Previous to his * apture, it wi bez -rm eredt, it was h-ishabit to ~o clean shaven, w'aring only a small strip of *.beared around -his throat. Siuee1his imprison ment, - *he seems to have discarded the use of' the razor airogether, (indeed, for a~ long time he was not aihned~ tbe use of a razor., knife or any other edged instrume.:d ar.d conegnently the entire lower portion 42fhis face is covered with a beard, 7 - onely trimmed, how-ever, as if cut wit!h a scissors. 4{I gray hair hats al-n pown quite long, and he a' it brusihed straight back tromi his forehead, - ry nimeh in theC 39' " of Pier Soule, whom iany of your reade'rs may remember to have enCf at Charleston during the war. Notwi:histand j his hirsute aspet't, his high cheek 'bone and -, ~ - - - shar:p clearily marked lea tures, re'nder him easily conzal by any one w ho has ever t&eheldJ -Lmin the past. E RECsES TO ALLoAw tls PHlOTeGT.MP To BEt -- TAb'EN. ~IE ~ 'n response to a request that he shonid it. for his.photograph, he quietly declined, saying that he had%been so sadly changed by his ret-ent man ner of life that he feared th at none of his old ' ~friends would k,aow hin. lie promised, however, - that, at a future dayv, he w.ould give the desired - -opportunity for his picture 1-0 be taken. Mrs. Davis continiues to prove herselfa shining instance the hardships of her husband's imprisonmen t, and, As te sccesiv phsesof this most important cas ar dsel-pe, shllnot fail to keep the readers of the Courier ?ully an.d promptly posted. 2ED. BLosDm2t OtrDroNE-Tfr. La-rEs'T SEN5ro. You may recall one DeLave-,a tight.rope perf'orm er, who a long titaie ago astonished the natives of Roebestet by his feats n.bove the Genesee Foll Be has just ret'urned here from many years spent ir South America and Mexico, and is going to 4 give he public a new sensation. He proposes to cress-the Falls of Niagara on a small wire, as - - - the .Amedean agle." *To exp~lainl he is now * ming a1hee4esthe-rn eagle made here in the -- citA which is to be '"stuck full" of feathers and -otherwise masnipulated so as- to resemble a live one of monstrouxs proportions. This is to fit *closely about his botly~ anid on walking the wire, -he wHi balance himself by flipping the artificial - ~wings. At the came time a rope is to be suspend -ed by him belowv :he -. ire, to which his son, a -hoy eih er old, will cling and go through tM *arao-s~ athie:ie prfo.'rnman ces as tefather advances acov th!e fais. De Lave likewise pro po*ca to walk ona a wre *cver the falls, carrying both his wife and se a~n his back. This promnis Sto he the'great seem~aion of the seaison. De Lave has beer. perform:M: at the City of Mexico, ~ ~ w-here he orensioerdl aconsnerable furore. He I -~ ' brings with im a moiai received from the Empe. ror Maximiia&u.-Netc Fork7 Cor-respondence of Lhs-Hartford J'm-s. a Speaking of fashions we find plice for a sug gesti"e incident, which it is to be hoped will prove a warning to others similarly situated. The scene took place at Detroit, during the ba ptisnm of a young lady. The minister requested her to gaume the dress peculiar to such occasions, but she declined to take off her hooped skirt; the minister told her of the inconvenience that would result from her obstinacy, but like a true female she pe: sisted; but when she ca.nte to descend into the bath the inflated skirt tonehed the 1Water and~ .rose up around her like a baloen--hir head was lost to the con;tregation, she was swallowed up in the swelling skirt. The mniniste~r then tried to force her down into the bath, bat she was kept above the surface by the floating properties of crinoline, and wa buoyed up so successfully that it was after much diffiulty, anui many fore'rble attempts to submerge the lady, that the min-kter succeeded in baptizing the fair one. It ia rnid that the amount of "larfter" don-e in the pocket ha-m.rchies of ha coremin during the TH E W E,E K L Y 11E R A L D-. NEWBERRY, S. C. Wednesday Morniag, Jufte 13, 186. Mr. TrnS P. SLDEr, of Charleston, is the authorized ag&It of this paper, to procure ad vertisements and receipt for monies due. Special Notices. The great difficulty experienced in collecting small accounts, both for advertising and subscrip tion, makes it imperative on us to say that here after all orders for either must be accompanied with the cash. Departures from this rule to ac commodate our friends, it is f.und by experience wili not Go. The letters written (upon whoich postage had to-be paid) in the last five months, h-ive been enormous; to write four or five times to an individual without the least attenti:n being paid to the same. is a common thing. We are tired of it, it's expensive, troublesome, wearying. Hereafter the money must accompany all orders. Subscribers will remember that the Herald is now pubiished on Wednesday instead of Tuesday as before. Advertisers will oblige us by bringing in their favors on Monday whenever practicable, and in no iustance later thau.nine o'elo,k Tuesday mcru lng. Communications of general interest are accept able at all.tiTes, but it is requested that they be written in plain hand, and hot too lengthy. Let them be brief. 13 1 Atlention is directed to an article in to-day's paper, on the subject .of labor: a pr.oblem, the solution of which is of' prior consideration, as it -vitally affects the industrial and domestic status .of the country. The communication referred to is a revised sjpriut, from our last issuse, and the first of a series. Another letter mAy be expected next week. The Maii. No little confusion and annoyance wa. mani fested on Monday, by the non-arrival of the nail. It was reported left at Frog Level, and the New berry office thrown out; that we would have no mails for an indefinite time. So serious aa in conw.enicncR muist be.met, and a subscription was at once made to d.efray the -expense of sending to that important point for it, which was done. Subsequently it was ascertained not to have been 1. ft there, but taken up the road until meeting the down train, and turned over to the mail agent, wjho considerately dropped it here some hours beyond the usual time. The diffienlty is that the old incumbent had not capacity sufficient'to take and retain the required oath, conseguently the office was -ordered thro-wn out in the distribution. It is believed that the difficulty will be adjusted shortly, a candidate having been found equal to the emergency. In the meantime the mails will be delayed an hour or two beyond the usual time, until brought from Frog Level, wh)ere we tunderstand they will be.left for the..present. We are .pleased te say that since the above was put .in t-y-pe the mail once more arrives ini time, and is deli,vered at this ot!ce, the trouble it is thought being adjusted. State Items. WVe learn by the Anderson Gaze tte, that Pres ton Belcher, a youth of extraorfi-nary fair prom. ise, who had a few days since left tliere .for AU beville, to resume his school studies, was acci dentally killed by a younger brother. They were wrestling, and wIle so doing, a loaded pistol unfortunately was fired, the eontents lodg lng in his abdomeni, from the effects of which he died on Sunday the 4th. From the same paper we learn tha.t the Mason ic fraternity will cdebrate St. John's festival, on the 23d of June, in a becoming -and -a ppropriate minner., to which the public are invited. The Columbia Carolinian favors the new fash ian of Ulhing hoops, and suggests that as the in. ventor has made a fortnne at t-he same, that some enterprising fellow might invent a hoop to tilt higher and make a bigger fortune. While the Phonix says tilt as much as you please ladies, we can stand it if yon can. Did you ever ? If some of the dear creatu rest do nu~ ran a tilt at both of them we are much mistaken. Stir 4m up ladies ; not your hoops, but the Columbia editors. The decision of Judge Nelson, in the ca.se of James Eagan, of Lexington District, and whose order ft,r the* discharng of the prisoner we pub li.shed last Saturday, is regarded throughout the ct with great favor and commendation. TePresident's order directing -that . no more civilians should be tried by military commission ers, was effeetive so long as thtat order was not suspended or countermanded, but this decision of one of the ablest Judges of.the Sup'rme Court puts- the matter beyond all cavil. It is stated . that Judge Nelsoni had just come fiesh fromL con ference with his brethren of.t-he Supreme B3enchl, and therefore, the decision is indicative of the oinion of th4t august tribunal. The President has now the J&!tiary ranged with him in his support on this question, and itis evd::t 9:.i Mr. Eagan has been released on constitutional grounds, it follows that all civilian prisoners, for civil offences; senten ced by "commissioners," and who are now suffering the sentences of the ~courts, are also entitled to be discharged -Phao niz. A meeting of the cit'zens and planters of Edge field District, in aid of the HIambu)rg and Colum bia Rail Road, waRsheld at Edgetield Court House on Monday, 4thb inst ant. Addresses were m.ade by Col. Win. B. John ston, Governor M. L. BSonham anid Luke Culbre th, Eeg. Fifteen thousantd dollars were subscribed in aid of the em;erprise. Governor PIcens is very ill, and consequently, did not attend the meeting, as was expected. A barbeene in aid of the project is to be Liven at Aiken on the 4th of July. Governors Piekens and .B -nh1am, Gen. M. C. Butler and other dis tigihdspeakcrs are expected to be present TeA drerti.er says: "Major Wilson Coleman has been unoondition ally-released fronm the arrest under which he has beeni held fer three months -past by the United States Military autborities of- Sout,h Carolina. Messr-s. Blease, Mitehell, Gomillion, Yarborough and son, young tierlong and Emtly Lott, have also returned to the r honmes within thle past three weeks. Foulr ore still iln jail in Cnarieston--Mes srs Lanhanm, Lowry, Powell and Patrick Cole Thte 4d,'er/ier also informs us of the death of Dr. John G. Williams-"the aet of his own hand." T he Rev. Henry C. Ile riong of that District, is also dead. The Sumter .Aews.-Friend;Horace L. Darr, of Sumter, one of the most industrtous and energet ic disciples of Guttenberg and Faust, has issued th-2 first number of his paper. Its typographlical exe:tion is masti'Hrl. The editorial Nlepartment is graced by a polite", gifted and facile writer. Mrs. Robert Toornbs, who has returned to For the Herald. The Lalor Question. TSsns EniToRs: It requires ne eat intellect and no great study to make plain to us the depiora ble condition of our country. Not only have we lost our political importance-.iot only have we lost a great.part of the flower and strength of our society-not only have we n asted the wealth of the land in unsuccessfel war-net only has much of our territory been o dedlate'das to be, for a-time incapable of recuperati6n, "under even the most favorable circimstances ; but we are drowned in debt; we are threatened with grievous taxation ; our permanent property has scarcely any value ; our productiotts are prevented by the absence-of the capital and the labor essen.tial to produce. To be indifferent to this state of af fairs is as criminal and absurd in theory as it is impossible in fac.t. Our better reason and our better instinct4equahy counsel us, nay command uS.to look these things in the face, to weigh them in all their proportions, and to make our most vigorous effort, not merely to save ourselves from disaster, but to inaugurate some system by which to sustain the pWsent generation and t-o irender possible the Happiness of posterity. Obviously, this effort-must be made either :at hortie'or abroad'? The,generiil mortifcation at cur falure to es tablish the Confederacy, and the gexeral poverty of the nation-aseisted by the vague love of ex citement necessarily engendered by the war-led us to look to -foreign countries fvr relief. Bat we were soon convinced that we could expect little profit to our labor in old uountries, where there is such a competition of liborers. And when we turned to new countries we found the view limit ed almost solely to Mexico and South America. Perhaps these comparatively unknown lands still have charms for some of us. I think they will vanish on careful examination. Let us, in the first place, look at Mexico. There the soil is un doubtedly productive, and so abundant as to be obtained at prices little .aore than nominal; and the climate is, in many p!aces, probably as delightful and salubrious as one could reasonably de-ire. I am not dispoced to dispute one sylla ble of all the long eulogiums pronounced by Southern travellersan the natural advantages of the country. But I feel entirely secure in deny ;ag that Mexico offers enticements to any pru dent man. For we should not only be obliged. to take a long journey in order to reach the coun try ; we should not only have to - ex ereise great energy in conquering an nutamed nature there ; we should not only require sufi cient capital to live npov while we awaited the preparation of the soil for agriculture ; but we should be subjected to the greatest hazards of life and properly, on accont of the political 'dis orders .of the land. Cou!d the Emperor Maxinmi! ian establisn his authority, we abould enjoy in Mexico not only the security of a settled govern muent, but, as I think, the positive fatvor and as sistance of t-hat gov-ernment. But not only has Maximilian failed to quell the law less, revolution ary element, and thus sugected citizens to the violence of two armies and the depredation of bandits asecruel as they. aire'cowardly; but his withdrawa.1 from t1.e country is rendered abso lutely certain by the decision of the French to recall those troeps to whofu-!ias~owed all the little auhih%difs~iretofore enjoyed. Aus tria could not have ussisted himi materialy; but even that little chance is lost since .she has desis ted from her prepatrations to re-inforce him. The Empero-r ofFrance is a b'rai'e man and a wise man, but even he will adniit that lhe is not the master bnt the inistrumnent of destiny. I know that he set his heart on establishing a European monarchy over Mexico ; hut I know that he eq ial ly set his heart upon liberating all Italy several years ago. And I think that as he istopped be fore the fortifications of the Quadrilateral in 1859, so he wlli come t.o a halt in the face of jealous Europe, the hstile UTnited Stat.es and rebellious Mexico, and confess now as lie did -t-hen, that he had entered upou a contest whose rewards were far from commensurate with its disasters. A Southern man will find no difficulty in imiagining~ the theft, robbery, bloodshed and general disrup tion which must follow the abandonment of Mex .ico to its own lusts. I need net dwell at any length uporn the objec tions to South America. -Almost a-Il the nerthern half of the continent is so hot and unhealthy--as to be suited only to its most numerous inhabi tants-tbe monkeys, parrots and savage Indians.: In the extreme south of2 Brazl on the plains of Buenos Ayres, and among the high table-lands of: the Andes, we might live comfortably, could we establish large colonies, which might save as the~ unpleasant conflict with a strange language strange polities and religion, and that -half-barba-j rism equally strange and hiarsh to us. But these .!asds are.new tossinigin a perfeet storm ofplt cal cornmenon. Brazil is at war with Paraguay, Peru is at war, Chili is at war, and scarcely r.ny section can hope to escape the complications. Thien'I tl.tnk it is pretty well decided that our only chance is. at home, as gloomy as -it looks. But if wc remain at home, we must, of course, maintain ourselves by some branch of industry It .would not pay to hunt gold, nor to strain our branches for diamonds, nor yet to search our oyster banks for pearls. There are but three methods of creating wealth, -which are :1st to grow natural products, or to colleet those spon taneously produced by nature-which is repre sented by a.ricultuire, m-ining an d fishing ; 2d to work the productions of nature so as to give themi new forms and new uses--which is manufacture ; 2.d. to transport and exchange the productions of agricultural and manufacturing industry, and ,thus pat men in possession of articles ott erwise deiid them--which is c.ommnerce. AlH other oc cupations are instituted for the securing of men in the eijoyment of these three classes of produc tions, and all other occupations must be stupport ed by the values deri ved from these branches of industry. We have next to no commerce, in the South, next to no manufactures; therefore the whole welfare of the country is staked on our ag rienlture. But agriculture presupposes two things -a soil to be cultivated, and a labor to cultivate that soil. We have the soil-an ill-treated soil, certainly, and therefore, a far less productive or:e than it has been and shot Id be, but one r,evertheless capable of indefmnite production. But where is our labor? Not in the white in habitants, clearly, for they are able to cultivate scarcely a tithe of the land: and we must cover the earth with laboreris, if possib~le, so as to bring the whole dormant sal. of nature into our barns and render oar lands profitable to other men to buy, Shall we trust to negro labor? ment o thousands, when I say that the negro will not work out of bondage. It is probable, that when the excitement of [reedom wears off and wickness and hun.gr come on, he will set himsefto labor more earnestly than he has done for the past year: but it is con.trary to the fun damental principle of his constitution that he should be industrious. Those very qualities which made him a useful ,lave must render him a useless freedinan. The docility, the confidence in the master, the forgetfulness of the p.st and the carelessness of the future, the satisfaction he felt at the gratification of his appetites and M4e indifference he exhibited on all other questions -are pr-oof suffeicmt-of the total want of that energy and that thought which are required to impel men to e-!rtivm. When -he :obtains enough to sectre iim Tromfi starvation for a little while, he will quit his work. when the bot sun tires him and the cool shade invites him, he wil! go ti sleep, if he must starve for it. It is useless to s y that slavery has dwarfed his faculties, ard that- liberty will expand them. The oidy ap proach to civilization that race has made has been under the hands of the white master. :Eve ry portion of Africa held by negroes has been for ages, and is still, sunk in the lowest barbarism, no matter how fine the climate 'or bow fruitful the soil. Ignorance, idleness, filth, lust and su perstition envelope every foot oterritory inhabi -ted by them. Even those of them who have been reared under our civilizat'pn, and then re moved from the influence of the white race (as? in Liberia) have always sadly retrograded, and in iost cases relapsed almost completely into the original barbarism. Jndeed if there be any connection between the laws of matter and the laws of mind, we must believe energy and prudence utter strangers to the African. No man with such a small brain can have an en larged mind-no man whose brain can stand to bake in a July sun can have fine perceptions-no man who delights to wrap up his face and swelter in stench and carbonic acid gas, can enjoy the inspiration of high sentiments and pure motives. I may seem to require too much for my laborer ; but, in truth I understate the case. All men hate work, and only two things can, in a state .of free- 1 dom, overcome this aversion - the actual goad.of hunger, and the spirit of prudence whichk seeks to provide for the future. This prudence, the negro has shown himself to be aimost -vholly destitute of-and that prick of h"lngr he -eani scarcely ee., for we haye always some thing to steal, and labor is so scarce that he cannot fail to procure some sort of emplovient whenever he,desires it. A..d in addition to these two ditli culties, we must remember that the negro, as a race, is without the sentiment of religious duty and withUtt the sentiment of honor. Tere :s no obligation fn . contract, in his eyes. And he is so dull, that that even the law does not terrify -him.- -His whole desire is to evade work-his whole employment to devise nithods of evasiGn. There is bat one argument which can urge him up to-his duty-and that argamnt we can no longer apply. - I therefoDre hold that-some other labor -thatr tharof the negro is reqzired for our restoration to even a mecasure- of our former prosperity.- I propose to show hereaifter whence the proper habor is t9 be brought, and how, and what cou sequences, pecuniary, political and social, may be expected to attend it. - SOUTH. -- ibiatl~: Catssirephe. SEVEN CHTLeDPREN KT LLED AND NTI OTHERS WCINED. O.,e of the most hteart-renderin'g arnd appallirg catastrephes which wye have ever been called upon te record, occurred&t the vilbige of Bamtberg, on - he'Angusta branch.of the South CareEna Rlail Road, sevent y-six miles from Charlet o,-between three and four o'clock Tuesday afiernoon~, by which tiearlyze-very faxmily 'of that village h as been tAiwowa Tnto the depet gloom and mourning. - - The scene of this distressing occurr-ence was -abont three hundred ya.rds from the depot in a two-sttory frame buibling, kr- mv'as Allen- -odge ofreemajsons, lately used a ascool honse- by Mr.'R.OBERT SEADnlooK and his~ sitr th~e: formher4 haing clt1rge.of the malef,and, the lat-ter of' the female departmaerrt-. into this buniding somne eigheen of the schzolars, ho a-nd gic'-, had assembled about 3 o'clock~ for the purpos~e of 'oinin;r in a festive party given by the y~oungn miss es to their youth'ful male friends WAhile in the act of spreading a table wtn refresh uments, candies, cakes, &c., the building. wat' stnu:k by a violen tgale of wind1 or tornado from the West, which pased over the viM4age, ta1ing a Nor:hie-isterly direction, sweeping trees, fences and everything else before it. The chimney was carried away at the same time that- the roof was rent asunder. An attemnptAwas made by GEOtoE W. PArnrez, one of the older-boys, to open the door, but that was found to be so jmmed as to defy renmoval. Another of the youthsCitRL. ST1EWART, then proposed to e-scape by the window,~ and jumped o.ut for the purpose of assisting the others, when the wvhole building feil, kilhing young SrEWART and five others inst:ntly, and woundhIng tea others, one of whew expired shotrdy after reaching home. --I The following a-re the namnes and ages of the killed: ilaster Aes M. BIUAnHAna, aged 15 years son of Major J. J. BRAUnIHAM; Miss HAT E Baann HAM, aged I14 years, daughterof HaMrvoN BIRABS HAM, Esq..; Master CHanLEs5 STEwART, aged 16 years, son of IIASsFRn STEWART, Esq.; Miss UR D&ANN RENTz, aged 10 years, daughter of Mrs EnuxA RENTz, lately removed fro'n- Or angeburg; Miss EPRaSIsA IIorrAN, aged 15 years, daugh ter of E. C. IIorrxAN, Esq. ; Master ELMons Saz DERa, aged t o yealrs, son 01 J~ABE2 SANDEats, Esq.; Mabster (JHAELES Si: ..IONS, aged i6 years, son of A. E. Si'xioNs, Esq. The following are the names of the wounded : G35o. W. PATaIcK, severely;.JAMEs RENNEP, Sc-erely; Miss ANNIE RENNETT, severe ly; Miss SAELE -BRAnBHAM, severelv;; Miss JULIA ScATER, severely; Miss HOFF.MAN, Beverely; T.os. RivERts, sever-ely.; and two others slightly, whose -names we didxnot learn. Onl'twoof the party escaped entirely unhurt. The little Miss CaBANNA RENTz, who was car-1 ried home in a dying condition, bor-e her suflfering witlgmusual fortitude. She, retained her con - scionsness until the last, and - after telling her moder not to aeep, that she was going to heaven,1 requested that her body might be taken to Grange burg and deposited alongside of her father who Vlied but a few months before. Most of those w-ho wene saved wvere found where: they bad crept under'the school benehes upon which the tiaber-s had rested after the falling of the buildi:ng. But a few moments sufficed to spread the news of this awful catastrope in the village, and the1 whole community soon gathered round the place.1 Pareuts, relatives arnd friends were in thme most dreadful suspence. The bodies of both the living and dead were either covered or wedged in be tween the heavy timbers, and required the use of axes to release them. The painful scene which ensued, as narrated to us by one of the gentlemen who assisted, was too h irrowing for description. We can only tender our heartfelt sympathies, as welhl as the sympathies of our people, to the be- 1 reaved and afflicted community of Bamberg in this sudden and appalling calamity. IGNORING THlE RArneAs.-A correspondent of a Memphis paper, suggests that the Southern Press ought, for the present, at least, to say as little as possible about political affairs, as in that case the Ra licals would be deprived of 'their political pabuLtum, and, having tro capital to labor upon, would soon beconme bankrupt. Upon reflection, -we are rather inclined to think that the foresaid Washington correspondent is just about right. We say too much. We give.life to the Radicals by noticing them. By'"letting them alone severety" we destroy their power. Now, there is no paper in the South that takes more pleasure in spealdaig of our neble soldie boys and our gallant officers, and of the glorious cause for which we struggled so long and so inef fectually.; but all this is only gr-atifying to our pride. It can acconaiplish no good for our down trodden section ; and it is, perhaps, best, after all, that we should say as little as possible. Perhaps we may have said too much already ; boutw can't take back anything that we have said here-I tofore, we cant only sugget more reticence here. L0CAL ITEXS. THE Fr.ouc AT HkRMCNS 1rir.-.-in company with candi'dI T. P., followed by b.g X., on Sat ur&y 4ast we'started behind the old roans for ke big--ni6 and arrived without further accident Ahan the dropping of a pipe stem. Space.*ot ad Mitting of a-fuil detail, we are forced to 'notice >n'y principal features, and that briefly. A pret ty fair sprin ig -had already arrived. Unfor niitely for the carrying out of the full program ie it was found when too late, that 'old nic' was out, and a screw loo.e in the big-nic ; the pros pect for fish, on which big count had been made, was slim ; fish plenty, perhaps, but seiners scarce :ommittee men looked 'Ue, every other man had bi.d a clil, just taken calomie,-or &omething else. A party was finaily prevailed upon to take water, )ut having deliberated so long ihefish bad taken to their heel., and were out of the way, for only a half dozen were caught. Luckily'baskets were plAnty; and well filled, and though every one had Dxpecte.d the first course would he fish, yet uwhen dinner was ready and the tempting spread dis played to the hungry compAny, no. disappoint ment was felt. The dinner vas capital, and as 1 arious as it was excellent, and- abundant, and nost ample justice was done to it.', Not in.regn ar order, but strangely as a dessert, 4:aere *he ioup, soup a la Faust, served up 'by Dr. Watt deK. It was very much enjoyed; more 'by the ,entlemen than the ladies however, because of ts high seasoning, being perhaps a trifle too trong for the latter. The musical star- which ros in I Zast, and set 'amid a brighter con tellation of stars, was a set off to the ladies for ie gentlemer's soup. Dancing in the old mill erminated the day's frolic, so far as we know,, or Tomthe candidate, and ourself hitching up he reans to 'get ont of the wildernesg before a -ain came on wh'Wh was brewing, left- the dan :ers in full tide of enjoymeit. That drive will >e remembered by -two unfortunate pIgarlicsi Pho reached town with colois trailing and wet to ,he skin, singing 'cease- rude Boreas axi 'little Irois. of water ;' verily we paid 'for the whitle. Whether the dancers had the starch takex out of liem or not, is not known, suffice it, we had, and vere soaked, drenched, del-q-ed, drowned, bl-n way, and were almost 'kilt entirely.,' which al ane of our going o the big-61c. - TnE PCneIC REALTH.-The Sanitary conidson of vur towtn is wretched, shocking, deplorable. Soue. of tie streets are sadly in need- of the scavenge's care. Offal, garbage and refuse mat ter here 'ad there, present ugly deb . is loding te atmosphere with impurities and offendig7the :omnmunity. Cellar?, there are, filled wi-.h stagj nant water and fetid matter, the exhalations from which arc ecocedi.ngty perniciens. '-Feeal matter enzde open trhe spubiie .atreets, ini severaLi localities T.bere are shallow pools of water, whose submerged, decaying vegtation prepares t its-deadly malaria xor -the approaching soatioe.' These evils are'at once -intolera ble -nussances andj a disgrace to-any- intelligent community. SurelyV our normal condition here ia. not $lthm ? Whose. dtyis it to- devise hygienic. ineasure'and: en orce a -hThy obsernanc.e o f the same ? Whby the Gonsntuted mniadpallty -the Gustodians of'T b town the honorable. In'tenident and.ardelns-o Newberry. Ii vie of the neaE nppro4ch of the sim)kly seasoa, won d icant be farbeteroI evya sr-'Smid taxz -on the cije f-cni have 'coi thie 'meass or ability) for sanita-ry pu'r poses, -r.der than ja-opardiz:e our townm to a visi :ationl Iromn malignant fevers, contaioi, epi lemnic<, p!agues or pestilences 1?' A greet deal-of rr.in has fallen lately, and the~ possibility is a continuanee of shewers altema' icg 'wih a burning, blazing sue. Veobserve that generally thiroughout the counitry a sickly uummer is-nppreherdrd. Cholera aind y.ellor -.ever', those deadly scours, are noQw preparing to scth-e remote communities, the sall pAvx pre rails il a gra many sec;ions~ and fronm our echanges, we '-perceive thtat' city, tew-n and vii lge corporations are 'usinrg their best ende-or-s :o cleanse the augean stales in their midt. SAnt ounce of prevendre. is -worth a po ;d of are.'"WVe speak as tuto wise nien." JGr4nm Ocamr.'r.-The need of pafts nad thegrat ~enefit are seen every daf; every business manr va.ts oue, for Me is awaire of the varst amoumt of ood that a wholesome puff does him in 'hisbu iss. In dispe nsing them wi:h a limeral h ted to thers, we have en:irely overlo,oke-d ourselves, td we trust we will be pardoned it in (his one stance, we call attention to tile Herald, which as gro Wn from it s little war size to its prese t air proportions, and with i.s greith ha:s steadily ncreased in favor. Much vet remiuis to be" aS omplished, wer want many more suscribers, we van every maff in the District to subscribe for t, and as many more out of it.as we now have' >f good paying snbscribdra, and then we will hef tle to extend its- usefulness and make it stil nore acceptable. Will not our good friends, who re already numbered on our books, giv.e us a, rifling help, in can vassing among their' friends vho are not.subscribers?-' TnE WuAvnER AND Ca.oPs.-A perfect deInte >f rain fell on last Saturday, and-again on Sunday here was another shower ; th's will throw farmers; to the grass. A short ride into the" eo!m-try ast Saturday reveals an unfavorabl'- condition >n some fields near the road-sides. ~ We noticed ~orn with which the grarss was striving for the -astery, while cotton for the most part was only olerable. Where grass grew strongest it -wasp aid thag the crop was being wofked on shares, he propriter to get a third or fodirth or half, as he case might be. The prospect in these cases ook to short division. Seome fields of -corn looked prmisingly fine. Taxxx Ui.-Three suspicions individuals, were rrested hy our townsman, Dr. SPope, and Mr. 'harles Pope, Sunday night. or Mrs. O-'Neall's lantation. Their names are J. G. McCune, John todger-s, andu Win. Wallace. All young men. We earn that Mr. S. Kinard received a letter from avannah, some time heek, describing the three id warbing parties to be on the look out. The ladies of Newberry are regadsted1 to meet t the Baptist Church, Thursday afternoen, on mportant b-usiness, by invitation of Mrs. Fair. Business Notices. LEcURE.-By adTertisemuent it will be seen that dr.Mathew Da-vis(a-n old citizen of Columbia, nd new in very straightened circumstances, hay ng lost ever.y thing lhe possessed by the burning f tha.t cit-y,) will give a lecture on this;~Wednes lay evening, at the Court House. Admiitnce mly25cts for ednlts. Give him a full hose. E. D. Valentine & Co., No. 15 Mai.fen 'Lane' ~. Y., manufacture Gold' Pens, Cases, etc. Jew-1 lers, retailers and'jobbers, generally, will do well o refer to their card. - Through Freight Arrangements l.ro.m Columbia 'ia Charlestou to New York.- H. T. Peake Sup't . C. R.. PUcam1 .L' CL.EANHE.-Read prospectus. of! hese two sterling papers to be found else where, 1- ""4 41~ We gatber-the following from the Columblk Pat riot A St. AR;ans disi*peb -rilerts an engagement between Col. Scanfan's regimedt (Feaians) and some British cavalry near Pidgeon HiD, in which Lhe,latter were routed. The .I" captumd 100 horses and 3 flbgs. canlan sbsequently )rdered a gwithd a' from Caneda soil. T. morals of Iaie i-my ara -siUd to be bad, drinkew aess prevails to A geat ettent. A Concil of war at Buffal has 4ecided that it isbest to order ill the troops back to their homes;'without arms and money tbey think it a useless wadesltudi to enter Canada. Two new cases of death f"om cbh"-w rI. ported in New York. The passage of the bankrupt biw a&his W"Owlk s considered doubtfuL The consolidated bank of Lonedon ..topp paymnent. Tbe ,powers all accept the conferencec is to meet at 'Paris at an early day. The rirm are still preparing for a congict VAN. Prussia anod Italy agree to postpone 'iAthides until it is known whether the Conferen=e fijk. It is said that Napoleon will preide. NeOrleans,June 4..4heLibed,issea from Oijaca on Cordon and captured sdffi conIegerate citizens. The Latest oujit.- Feiinvai ad .Tothing done, Gen. Beauregard arrind safely at 1k--.t Great respecrLshosn him by the pee, The Rinder Pest hs broken onin NEe - Mr Davia, it iaogh, *Wij6* Utl tried. The Enpopean Conference is Accepted, aMi* meet in Paris at an early day. MeihI-ws likepre.aiations are unabated. The 'ustia army numbers 600;00.- -ettntasnd3.al.es z tw English market, I.-to4fiL x Columbia S. C.-Ain attempt was' Saturday afternoon- last by a party et three or four in number, to kill Ar.. 4a M;, who was. returning to his.miU. .Thepurpos iobberr. Two shota ee tadat biU Er made his esc'pe. Abent io'ckick thec samaeadftmdoa terolagr. prisoners escapedirom the gusd Iens.t. the campu, one wap slhot Chrougb the_eg,butnde" have beemr recaptured. lu the same.city on the same afteesonayou ag . gentlemanof African d9sent acciden14if bo himseif by. the careless handling of .'04h 77 wound. painful, not dangeion 500 mna *reengaged. in acleaning thi giete. and alleys n Chicago. -DeviI a one at als&7sale - are ieatrin the str'eete:of Newberry~ 4zi agel from anetber work' With bright, yet foki'ed vings~ -She stAy dhrifth nsa little wh~ She chatmed~us'azh her-speedh iod 301 nd'thIen with radianit wings unindet~ To leavia sie soarisninga e uringiu endhboee:eyes afght ~.{ee gulen l&cks, whose smile asher g Aheiiae 9e1( rveal to tue - To whoin rhat oeEg belongs. Ini spirit, te,o, I mem to hear, fSo wecet it comes to me, A voice of mIausic and of lore 02. allighe nminds. around, abore, Calmning encka trembling doubt and4 fear In beavenly melody. The ligh r of(heaven i:seIf comes dova - Eor she deseestds at timies Her pareence hdlows all the air,. A.pure and holy anniosphere HIang.e, over field, ami w'o'dd i'nd sow From far off heaveAi imer. O acaith ! there is no eath to in W hose heart. is full of lov~e, ITe ces, b)ut ina form of light, lIe comets, theogening henv. ns grow bright Thena'rtars.earthly life is done, *Ti:e airyers is ab.ove. Newberry, May 22, 1866. 5'. A. 0. SpeciaI Notices. TH E STAY LAW- having been removed, by thaose having the epower to do so, and therer be nga gre t probabdlity that many people- *13R . distressed on account of debta ade .befovs t' war; and that I many do something towards me ' ting that distress, I makIe thbe following pep r.ition to all those who~ will sett~e ttfi tne blorS the first ofGctober next: First, thosae *i we& rne and were lilled- in the' e ar, leaving 1I$mles [ will settle wgh their Ezeeutors at one-heli 3d, fireW!hae been disabled, at a discont of 6ne-fourth; i d, with all that were in tire :wuut at a discouni of one ei'ghth ; 4th, with .WinS.6 taking note-thatI can~ use in liquidadion M 'may own indebtedness, or produce of an. kind at a bighest market price. R,H. BLEASE. P. S. ipe that all who are indebted toi a will come forwa?d an- make sons arrangemen ibout these old matters iuimediate1y. ~ou asI 2ot erpect me to call on'you, fo it is imeusibd oar me to see every ocie; sQ after the tlbun4oti the above compreise -eiirs,yMl fld yoUelf settling with the SheriW, demt'say tifti war mued withcunt proper notice. Those indebr 16 ne in adjoini@g districts please take notice. May 23-20-4t. E.L MEss EDIToPP: You will ple3RU U. k D~. SMITEH, as candidate for the ofEceo t~ .ector, Newberry District and otalige May 2, 186.. M ANY FI MESSRs. EnTORs :--You will ob ti ?n >f Mn. W. J. L AKE, by zaoudadtieg hiar as ? ean didate for Sheriff ofKeirherry. it1c~ Apr 11, 14. NEWBXJL MEssa. ErgTens :-ten wglI please:a*$menici -N. F. J(.UNS~N, as a. cidat6 ?6r SherlU o fewberry D'strict, and oblige A pril 4; 14 AYF M The friends of dapst.'THOS. K. PA respectfutlly nominate himt as a antableci:s~U ror Sheriff of Nea-berry DIstri- OtI Mrssrnd M,d.-nformation wanted afbs13. ar whereabomn.of C. W. AETEUR, wh wO r .he first Mississippi.regiment, Cog,federateS rmy, and D. S, Antraun, of Tirginiafr~ 30'me~derate States army, regiment tnkDGR . The widow~ed mther of thee ~stly desires to know f their, fatej' iend, o e helpless,. ..A . aaemse