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For the Hera'd. FOREIGN IMMI6RiTION. MESSRS. EDITOs :-I hand you for publication the following letters, show ing what can be done if energy is used in the procuring of immig;rants from Eu rope. The occasion of this correspon dence is this. On my way to Florida last month I met Mr. M1rriman on the train to Charleston, and the conversation turning upon the condition of the country and the sub ject of labor, he mentioned to me the letter he had received from the Rev. Mr. White, Zurich, Switzer land, and spoke of p'iblishing it. On re turning home I had not heard any thing of Mr. White's letter to Mr. Merriman, and I wrote to him in relation to it. The letter No. 1., is the letter ad dressed to me by Mr. Merriman, in reply to mine. Letter No. 2., is the letter of Mr. Merriman to Rev. B. F. White, and letter Mo. 3., is from Rev. Mr. White to Mr. Merriman, giving information upon what terms laborers can be procured, of what character the persons will be, and how they xill come recommended. As so much labor is removing from this part of the country ; and as it is im portant that the lands should not be left to grow up in weeds, and thus be con verted into a wilderness, and be desert ed, it is important that our people should make all necessary efforts to restore the country to its former, and esen greater, prosperity. People mu::t begin to work to accomplish some thing. Plans to se cure immigrants must be matured, and the people must see to it that their lands shall be cultivated, and improved. The country can be impr>ved, but energy is required to efFect it. The attention of the people will be di rected to this subject directed to this subject during the course of this year, and that too in time to make all the ne cessary arrangements for the introduc tion of foreign labor, for the year 1SGS. IIENRY SUMMER. GREENWOOD, S. C., Jan. J, 18G. HENRY SUJMMER, ESQ'n-Dear Sir -I haverectived yours of the Sth ult., and contents duly noticed. And in order that you may fully understand the cor respondence, I send you the letters I wrote and also the ans? ers to it, by Rev. j B F. White. I have not had the letter publiThed, but should you deem it worth doing please to ask the kindness of the Editors to do so for the general good. Your ob't Serv't, L. D. MERRIAN. GREENwoOD, S. C., Oct. 18, 1SG. RES. B. F. WurrE-Dear Sir-I have seen the statement of the letter of yours, dated Zurich, Switzerland, July 17th u it., saying you c-ould furnish Swiss labour ers from Switzerland. It is now too late to obtain them, for next year's crop. If you can make arrangements with ten hands, to come for the year 1868, and give me notice, I will arrange wiith the house of Messrs. HI. U. Clafton, & C3o., of New York to pay their passage to Char leston, S. C. When I receive an assurance from you of an arrengement, I will forward to the United States Consul, the necessary ar rangemera for their passage. I will want them for three years upon the tern;~s proposed, in yours of July 17. Say after deducting all expenses of the farm and trhvelling to said fatrm, they to take one third of the profits for their services. I will also promise to sell them lard low and give them time to pay for it, so they may have a home of their o xn for ever. Our climate is pleasant and healthy. Your Obd't scrv't, L. D. MERRIMAN. Messrs. H. B. CLArrON & Co., N. Y : Sirs: enclosed find a letter addressed to me by Mr. L. D. Merriman of Greenwood, S. C. I answer through you, bel eving~ that I can in this way have the labour ers for Mr. Merriman, at his house by 15th of January, which will be in good time for the crop of 1S67. Plea;e tele graph to him tha-t I hat e about 300 la borers ready to start with ten days nn tice. I can send mnen with or without~ families. Fr-om here to New York by Steamer it will cost $35 per grown per son. By sail vessel it wili cost $42 all expenses imeluded. I will sen~d none but such as aie well recommended f,>r honesty and industry by both the civil and Church authorities. Let mec know whether to send families or single men. Ten men will cost $550 andl ten families will cost ebout $1200 per steamer, per sail ten men will cost $420 anId ten fami lies about $1000. To get famnilies is probably better. I will not remain here until next fall, and cannot tell how en. gagements now, would be met then. The House ofStutz & Co., who are im migrant agents here will forward any per-sons desired. By telegraphing sim ply the price and the fact that we have 300 laborers ready, and can have them in N. Y., by the 10th of January, 1 think Mr. M., will order them immediately. Yours &c., B. F. W HITE, Zuri:-h, Switzerland, Nov. 14th 186G. SnocKIN 2 ACcIDENT.-Yesterday morn ing, Miss Emma Hlall, a little girl of twelve years of age, daughter of a lady who keeps a boarding house at the corner of Church and Chalmers streets, was badly burned by her clothes catch ing fire while she was standing too near the grate. She became alarmed and ran down stairs into the kitchen, and w~as standing in the middle of the floor with the flames higher than her head, when Mr. Joh:a Heffron, who was working in a saddler's shop on~ the premises, hearing the noise made by the servants, rushed anid catching her in his arms pressedi her face against bis breast, thus keeping the flames from her mouth while he proceeded to tear off the burning garments. His arm was badly burned in the attempt, but his clothes being all wool, he finally succeeded, with the '' of his brother and a servant man, in putting out the flames, and thus, doubtless, saved the life of the child. Dr. Lebby was then called in, and, though the little girl is badly burned on one of her knees and on one hip, he pronoun'es her in no danger. reharleston News. 0th. N1EWBElIRY. S. C. Wednesday Morning, January 16, 1867. CLUB R&TES $5 FOR 12 SUBSCRIBERS. 12 " 25 " In addition to our club rates, published on first column of first page, we are in duced at the beginning of our new vol ume to make the following offer: To any one bringing us a club of 12 new subscribers at $2.50 each, at one post olfice, we will give $3; for a club of 25 at same rates, we will give $12, the whole number to be completed by the 1st of M arch. - Emphatic. Job work done at this office hereafter, cannot be delivered unless -aid for. All Adrertisement. of a trar ient charac ter must be p:id for before they will be in serted. From the above we cannot deviate. To Advertisers. The extreme dilieuty found in collectirg the small amounts due us for advertising, forces us reluctantly to determine that here after we cannot insert any advertisement of a transient ch:r.c:er, (where the par ti s advertising do not live in the corporate limits of the town) unless paid for in ad vance. We cannot work_ on a credit any longer, or be s.bject to the profitless trouble of hnnting up or writing to those indebted. We mill either advertise for cash or its equivalent, or not at all. All persons indebted for advertising for 1806 will confer a favor by calling without further notice and paying up, and save u rurthcr trouble. Court. The extra Session ordered at the regular term for unfinished business, commenced its session on Monday last, Judge Aldrieh, presiding. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian. We have received the first number of the above larg, well filled paper, and commend it to a generous patronage. It is printed every Monday at Due West, by Rev. J. I. Bonner. Sa3dle & Harness Establishment. It will be seen on reference to our ad vertising columns, that Mr. J. Boyle, Agent, has opened a complete establish ment over Messrs. Bicuse & \':righ ts Tin shop, where he will be pleased to soe all who are in wvant of well made, durable and cheap work in his hue. The Galaxy. January 15 No. of this capital Magazine received. The intitial story Tristan, of which this number contains the second part, is most thrilling and interesting. Contents generally are of the first water. For good reading commend us to the Galaxy. DumHe & Chapman, Agents. Southern Cultivator. The January No. of this able Southern Agricultural paper is received, and is up to its usual standard. We look upon it as the best monthly of its kind received, and ask for it a warm and generous patronage. No farmer should be with out it. Terms only $2 per year, or clubbed wi'.h our paper at $4,50. Wmn. N. White, Athens, Ga. American Sentinel. We have received, with the compliments of its editors, a copy of the above paper, published at Bath, Maine. It is a hand some paper, well printed, and edited by Messrs. Upton & Shorey. Capt. Shorey, it will be remembered, visited Newberry last year on a miitary commission, and deported himself with that pleasing courtesy andA digni'y which belong to the true soldier. We cheerfully place the Sentinel on our exchange list. IHillsborough, N. C. Military Acaiemy. This wvell-knnon n Institution, founded by. Culenel C. C. Tew, wh fell at Sharps bmug at the head of his brigade, is again in full operation, and ready for the re ceptioni of Cadets at any time. Its Ninth Anual Session will commnence on the 1st of February, 18037, and will close on the last of November, 1S67. The b uildings~ are newv and comnfortable, consisting of handsome Barracks, erected in 1859 and '60, for the special purposes of a Military Scihool, and( are sufi Icienrt to accommodate one hundred and lifty Cadets; and of Mess IIall, lHspital, anid all other neces sary buildings. The sitnation is about1 one mile from the town of Ililsborough, within a few hunderd yards of thle North Carolina Central Railroad ,and in a region unsurpassed for health. It offers spec:al inducements to the Students from the ISouthern and Southwestern States, being from four to .ix hundred miles nearer to them than the Schools of Virginia and of Maryland. The Tax Act. Our wise legislators-Heaven save them from further legislation-in a spirit of emulation, and determined not to be outdone by the government have suc ceeded in even going ahead of it. The Internal Revenue Tax was looked upon as odious, intolerable, hardly to be borne, but in comparison to the State Tax~ Act it bears a better aspect. We had a right to expect mercy from our ow people, certainly hoped that the foster ing care of the State would lend a helping hand to relieve us from the burdens now crushing us down, but that hope dies out with the birth of this new evil, this State Tax Act, to raise supplies. To raise supplies for what ? Oppressed by a heavy Internal Revenue Tax, of two 1year's standing, threatened on every hand with law suits, cries are sent up for help, for relief, and the grand measure We Must Work Ourselves. The following justly forcible hints :redited to the N. 0. Picayune, and which we [ind in the Southern Cultivator, so exactly suits the present time and Southern people, that we trust our readers may act upon them. The editor of the Iberville South has been reading a great deal of Southern writing on the subject of labor, and finds that while some advise us to "hang on to the negro," others talk about obtaining "a supply of labor from the toiling millions of Europe;" others want "to procure intelligent lahor," while many look anxiou.lv to China and lindostan for relief. Not one talks of our doing the work our:selves. IIe thinks, if we may paraphrase his thoughts, we would do well to put our own shoulders to the w% heel before we call on Hercules. Ile says: The foreigners, the coolies and the freedmen are all very well in their way, but neither the one nor the other, nor all of them, will supply the gr<at void of labor, while we ourselves continue to talk, grumble, loaf and brag about what we used to be. The stubborn truth of the matter is this, that Southern men and women and their chibiren have got to go to work, if they may reasonably expect to repair their shattered fortunes, and render "the land we love" other than a Jamaican or aytien wa=te. The age of idleness is past ; we must Rll work, or all sink. We have no longer "father's plantation and niggers" to fall back upon. The old homestead is well nigh valueless, and the former slaves are freedmen. There is nothing left for us but brains and hands, and plenty of employment for both. Don't be so particular abcut the kind of labor in which you engage. There is as much .f dignity and honor attached to one kind of honest employment as another. Lay hold of whatever you may find to do with a whole heart, with faith in the just awards of the future, and our word for it, you cannot fail to achieve, at no distant day, wealth, con fort, and the esteem of the better classes of society, such as the idler and mere drone in the hive of human life can never know or realize." Dr. Ward's prescription is the best we have seen. We advise all to follow it. N. 0. Pie. Dist' ict Officers. The follo?ing gentlmen were appointed at the late session of the Legisla;ture: MAGISTRATrs.-John Coate, John K. G. Narce, J. U. Uleller, E. B. Ch: lners, Jo siah Stewart, .. 1. Ward. L. B. Mafrett, F. II Domnuek, llemy Ilalf iere, John A. Can non, and Thos. Moormuan. ConONER.a-II. 11. Kinard. ConiMssiossais OF PI'uiLC BUILnNos - R. II. Wright, N. A. IIunter, W. A. Cline, John 11. Leavell, Mathias Barre, James Gauntt an1d Jamies M. Baxter. ConMViOioSa or FRE Senoots -E. P. Lake, T8oma~s Lipscomb, George S. Carnion, John 31. Cahnes, Reubeu [yles, Trhomrs V. Wicker, Allen llawkinM, F. II. Dominick and John Crooks. Co MIsSIONEris oF ROADS -Matthew Hall, J. II. Suber, .James Cahhvell, John K. G. Nance, Jackson Teague, Thonias W. Hlollo way, A. J. Longshore, M. F. Workman and J. F'. Simns. CoMuurssiosr;as TO APrOVE: PrnreI SEcc RITIES.-G. T. Scott, Peter IIair, John B. Carwile, E. S. Coppock anid R. L. Mc(;augh-. Co>:.IsIONERS Or' Poor. -W. XV. Boozer, Thos. II. Cronwer, Dr. J. W. McCants, J. B. Floyd, an I John Coate. A TEaRnBTE Arp..ria.-The jail at Kingstree, in this State, was totally detoe by fire on Monday night last. Welearn that tile fire had gained so much headway before it was discovered, that its progress could not be arrested. One white man only was in tile jail, at the time, and he escaped, but twenty-t wo of the negro prisone.rs (nineteen males and three femnaks) perished in the flames. Their shrieks and screams, as they were gradually sh ut off from all hope of escape, vere sickening to the helpless spectators, and, withl the hissing awl1( crackling of the flames, which seemnedl to take a sava:e delight in their work, formed a scene that,'ini horror, might have rivalled Pandemonium itself. In a very shor' time, tile cries and groans ceased, andI of the twen~tto piri-oners nothing was left but a ~eharred, blackened and shape less mnass. It is supposcd ti:at the jail was fired biy the negroes, in the hope of maiki ng theii r esca pe, but their efforts only w ork ed out thleir entir e destruction. - Phoin ix. The report of the foreigrn imfmigration1 to this city dining the year IM0, has jst been~pubYlice and exhibiits sonic interstmgy particulars. The number (of steerage passe: gers who enteredl New York during the year was 2:11,829. Th'le cabin passenigers numb)er((d over ~28, 000. Here are a qurarter of a million of people added to tie population of the country in (ne y'ear, through New York alone. ~About firty per cent, were Gr mrn:ln, th ilt v-fivye per cent. Irish and tire balance Evglish, Scotch, Norweigians, French, &e. Ahonr;t twenty per cent. re uained in New York arid the rest seat te: ed throughi every State ini the Union. A notreeablec feature in the emigration stti-tic's of inter years, is the great in crease ini thre emigration from Norwvay. The *.ardy people of that land are cross lg the ocean in shoals, to live in Iowa and \Minnesota, where large colonies of their countrV men are settled with vil laces, newspapers anid domestic institu tins just to their tasti- Could not some of them be induced to trn their faces to wards the mrountain districts of South Carolina? Trhey nre amiong the most in dustrious and enterprising of the~ new comet s from Europe. NEw lLAVEN, CoNN., Janunary S -The Democratic State Convention, which met in this city to-day, was fully attended, and speeches were made by J. Brooks of New York, Isaac Toucey, Thomas II. Srmniur arid WV. W. Eatonl, (if llartford, and others. In the course of his speech, Mr. Brooks said, if they (Congress) attemplt to impeach the President, and1 he calls for aid to sustain the Government, in my judgment, not one or ten thousand railroad trains w ill be enough to transport the Demiocracy to Washington. If such a course were persisted in, civil war would not be confined to the other side of the Potoizac, but desolation and ruin would be brought to our own homes. The GrifBin Star reports the arrival of a number of sturdy looking emigrants from the North, who intend to settle in tha ciniy .a cultivate the soil. Let LOCAL ITEMS. Mr. John A. Kinard has been appoint- I ed warden of the Poor IIouse. Adam Riser continues to receive every day at his popular Bazar, nice fresh Oysters as well as a great many other delectable things. GOOD WoRK.-The Messrs. Harris, at their shop, on Main St., near the Depot, are prepared to do all kind of work in the carpenter and cabinet naking line, in a workmanlike manner and at reason. able prices. Mr. Jake Werts resides near Silver Street, instead of Frog Level, as the type made it appear last week. He will mend clocks till he can't re-t. Leave your or ders here, send the work to his house or order him to your dwelling. He is de termined to set the clocks agoing. ERnATA.-Our big devil was very "sassy" last week, and in putting up Dr. Samps. Pope's fine list of cheap Drugs-made Sar saparilla-read SAss-aparilla, in several places. The errors escaped the proof read er's left eye, (the right one was bunged up from the effects of tooth ache.) Won't the Doctor give the "devil" a dose? ELECTION OF INTENDANT AND WARDENS OF NEwE ERIY.-At an election held Mon day last, the following gentlemen were elected to serve for the ensuing year. INTENDET.-James M. Baxter. WARDENS.-T. M. Paysinger, 0. Wells, R. H. Wright and Ed. Christian, Esqr's. KsAw oN A PILE, and flee unto the mountains of Iiepsidam ! Who? our dear christian wood merchants. We might mak' a few honorable exceptions, but generally their consciences are as elastic as india rubber. Let it rain, and 50 cts is added to the price of a load, while the load is reduced in size; a sleet or snow ! and God have mercy on the poor. John you must charge four dollars to-day, it is very cold, and be careful of the critters; don't make the load too heavy. Let the sun shine, and the day be pleasant, and the case is just reversed. Verily they should be made to "knaw on a file and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam." CnANa.-Everything changes, sea sons, weather, people; change is written Ion the tide, and "there is a tide, which taken at the flood leads to fortune ;" happy the man who can make his changes suit this tide ; his fortune is made. Our friend, Dr. Gouin we think has struck the fortunate nail on the head, in removing from his old stand. There is no change in him, h:>wever, he is the sr.me; genial and happy. The change is apparent in the face of his store, it is larger, more attractive, fuller of goods, nic-naes, fancies, and his run of custom increases every day-a change which makes him still happier. We acknowl edge sundry favors from him and Jimmy, h-tely ; ma~y their shadows never grow less, and] their business know no diminu ti on. THE NEw CoC-NcIL.-The ticket eleCted on Monday for council took some strong pulling to carry it through, the opposi tion being heavy. To a man up a tree, it is diflicult to see what either party are driving at, unless because that it is an old institution it must be kept up and the people brought out once a year any how. For ter days preceding, the ex citement is amusing, the press is kept running night and day striking off tickets, party feeling runs high, town's salvation depends upon the "going in" of each party's frienids. Well somebodys ticket is elected, and the respectable intendant and wardens "go in" antd stay in, for no one ever hears of anything done by them, unless it is the granting another license for a "mangle-leg" mill, until the next year come~s roiund, when the town hay ing run l:ooe for twelve months more needs anothier saving courcil. New Advertisements. To Tm:l CoNF!:)ERATE SOLIIIERs OF Son-rn CA RousAx-F. 1". Gardner, Agt. N?ric-d. M. Gl yrnph, Adm'r. NoTICE--Il. il-?ifacre. NoTIcE-E. P. Lake. Mapes' Nitrogenized Super. Phosphate of lime-K insman & H owell, Agents, 153 East Bay, Charle'ston, S. C. NoTicE-II. I. Epting. FoRt SALE oRt RENTr-N. B. Mazyck, Ag't. NoTIcE -II 1I. Folk, Adrn'r. U. S. Internal Revenue. NoTicE To TAx P'AYEILs OF 38THi REGI MENT-.J. C Williams, Ass't A ssessor 12th Co!. Dist. SPECIA. NOTICE- Ahbrajn Moore. C. 1H. KINGs.MORE, ARTIsT-Is still at the old statnd. CerA-rIO-J. T. Peterson, Ord. SA.vsoN & DELILAH-Dr. J. S. Bough ton. GREAT REDrCTION IN PRmICES-Samuel B3aer. H AIRNEss AND SADDLERY-J. Boyle, Agt. SPECI AL NOTICE-Dr. D. C. Glenn. Cow PECAs AND) MEA.-B. M. Blease. FLoca, POTATOEs anid FREE DRtAYAGE Lovelace & Wheeler. ABSTRACT from the minutes of the meeting of the V rnstees of Newberry College, Jan-. uary 8, 18G7. A quoruml of the Trustees met in the Law offiee of Col. S, Fair, V. P.. immediately on1 the arrival of the ears. They were organ ized by Col. Fair, Vice President of tbe Board. Prayer by Rev. A. 1I. Rude. A resolution was passed appointing the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Board, a committee to pre-. pare an appeal to the holders of Scholar ships urging upon them to pay the interest due on their bonds, or such part as th y may be able to pay, for the purpose of procuring funds to carry on the College and repair the Buildings. Scholars coming on Scholarship Bonds will be allowed to come on the bond during this session. A Catalogue of the College is to be prep pared by the President, and to be published at his discretion. It is th'e anxious desire of the Board that the Salaries of the Professors should be paid, and those who owe Scholarship bonds are ernnesly Anciras to pay the same, or as SAD DEATIL--We have never been :alled upon to chronicle a death under t nore mela; ,holy circumstances than ;hat of Mrs. Owen, the beloved wife of )ur fellow-townsman, S. 11. Owen. On Lhe afternoon of Thursday last, the de !eased, feeling unwell, spread a cover ng before the fire, upon which she re lined, resting her head upon a chair ; mrnder these circumstances she fell asleep to awake and find her clothing all ablaze, Zrd the flames leaping about her face ; hcr first impulse was to smother the laime with a carpet near at hand; failing in this she se;earmed for help, when a servant wornan ran to her, and quickly conprehemding her terrible situation, hurried to the well for a bucket of water, and returning dashed it over her, and then ran for Mr. Owen and a Physician, wh(, when they arrived, found her pros trate upon the floor, her flesh crisped and charred, her clothing all consumed, and she suffering exquisite agony. lv4. ry thing that medical skill could suggest was attempted to relieve her suffering. She lingered until Friday afternoon, j when death kindly interposed and re leased her fro,n all pain.-Anderson Ap peal. THE Cnor PRosPEcT.-It rarely occurs that several poor crop years follow each other in succession. If this be so, we have every reason to hope for bountiful crops this year to reward the farmer and to till his barns and pockets. Much depends in farming, as in any other busi ness, upon close attention and application -hard work continuously and a plenty of it, will make the farmer as well as the professional man rich. It has been truthfully said that the proprietor's track is the best manure to his farm. This is more applicable than ever under the new order of things. Land, to pro duce wel!, should be well prepared and well woiked and manured. We have never seen land too rich. Farmers could make more and do it easier by planting less land, stimulating it higher and work ing it hetter, leaving out or putting in grass for pasturage the land badly worn or inconvenient to improve. Poor Richard says : "Plough deep while sluggards sleepd Aiid you will have corn both toeeli and to keep." May such be the case with all our patrons this year.-Laurens%ille Herald. - - + + PRovIsIoNs FOR TnE PooR.-The sym pathy and liberality exhibited by the people of Kentucky for the poor of the South afford conspicuous evidence of the magnanimity of the people of that State. Not only have individuals contributed without stint to the relief of the suffering poor of the South, but relief societies have been organized for systematic a' d extended operations, with agencies in our various towns and cities. We learn that Captain D)ehoney, of this city himself a worthy type of the larger hearted sons of "Old Ken tuck"-has re ceived a supply of meal, etc., and ex pects baron and potatoes in a few days, for distribution among the deserving pooir of the City, iIe invites the co operation of our citizens in recommending such persons as are worthy recipients of this gratuity'. TnH. IHOPE OF IBETTER TIEs.-A gentle man from Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been at Walhalla for some days, looking at land in that section, with the hope of being able, not only to purchase for him self, but for some thirty others, who are anxious to locate among us. This gen tleman expresses himself well satisfied with his examination thus far. This is the first evidence of the "better times" in store for us, to be opened up by emigrants. With a genial soil, facili ties of the highest order for manufactu. ring purposes, and a climate unsurpassed for health and pleasure, we can offer inducements to emigrants unequalled hy any country.-Pickens Courier. The Wytheville (Va.) "Dispatch" rlates the following: "A couple came in town last Wednesday, rode up to Parson Sullin's house, and said they desired to hejoined in the holy state of wedlock. The parson kindly invited them to dis mount and come in, but they declined, saving time was peiu,and urged] the parson to push on immediately w ith the ceremony, which he did, in the best manner, 'in double quick time,' in front of his house, the snow ainirg rapidly at the time. This marriage, on horseback, is the first we ever heard of; but presume from wihat wc have hecard that the bride aind rnemn wecnt their way peirfectly satisfied." Crime and cold weather have bad sway North recently-from late papers it it would seem that while the mercury went below zero, crime rose above fever heat. A mong the new grades of offences -divorces were on the rampage- taken out ad infinitum. A minicter sues for divorce from his wife, while in another case a minister's wife sues for divorce on the ground that her husband is a plagiarist and not as brilliant, men tally-, as she had supposed. All sorts of causes are assigned. A party are married arid dlivorced in 12 hours. Husband said to he at fault. Wife affirmed that he wasn't a man. FRosTED LTIBes.-It is said that fros ted limbs are permanently relieved by one or two applications of lye of wood ashes, made so strong as to be quite slip pery between the fingers. This lye should settle, be drained off and have a large handful of common salt to each quart of lye mixed with it. It should be quite warm, and the limbs be sub merged for one or two hours. WASmscrTON Jan. 11.-A colored regi ment recruited in this vicinity has been ordered to South Carolina, under Gene ral Miles. formerly commandant at For tress Monroe. He will have his head quarters at Chaikston. Trhe people of Neveda City are greatly excited by the discovery that their city is built over gold mines. A mine in the centre of the town is giving a large au riferous return. A poor little girl in the Fourth Ward, New York, as she was dying, said "she was glad she was going to die, because now her brothers and sisters wouki have1 enough to eat!" PARIs, Jan. 11.-The gratifying in telligence of the impi-ovement of Carlot ta, both mentally arnd physically, is fully con firmed by despatches from her atten dants. A prepossesing young man in New Vnork w-ho claims tn bea soen of Lorrd DISTIBUIONS.-We would call attention o the opinion of one of the leading papers f Canada on this subject: Most of our readers have no doubt read ome of the numerous advertisements of ift Enterprises, Gift Concerts, &c , which ppear from time to time in the public rintt, offering most tempting bargains to hose who will patronize them. In most cases hese arc genuine humbugs. But there are tew respectable firms who do business in his manner, and they do it as a means of nereasing their wholesale business, and no1 o make money. From such firms, it is true mandsome and valuable articles are procuret or a very small sum, and what is more im >ortant, no one is ever cheated. Every per on gets good value for his dollar; because s we have stated, it is intended to act as at idvertisement to increase their ordinary >usiness. We have seen numbers of prize, ent out in this way by Sherman, Watson .ompany, of Nassau Street, N. Y., anc here is no doubt that some of the articles tre worth eight or ten times the money paid or them, while we have not seen or heard )f a single article which was not worth the lollar which it cost. But this is only one o he exceptions of this rnle, for as a genera hing the parties engaged in this busines tre nothing but clever swindlers. Siturday Reader, Montreal, C. E., Jan. 13 .866 ) WVASIINGTON, Jan. 14.-Associate Jus ice Field to-day deliver< d his opinion of the tited States Supreme Court in the Mis. ouri test oath case. John Cummins, s Roman Catholic priest, who was indictec 'or preaching and teaching n ithout taking he oath prescribed by the Constitution of hat State, being plaintiff in error the couri decides the test oath in this case unconsti tutional, it being in nature of punishment without trial and in its character ex posi acto. The judgment of the court below i< -eversed with directions that the plaintifl ,hall depart without delay. Associate Jus. ice F.eld also delivered an opinion of the ourt in exparte cases of Garland and Mart rho having taken a part in the rebellion isk to be re-admitted to practice. The ourt hold that as the statute imposes t >tnishment which may not have been pun shable at the time the offence was com mitted, it is in its nature an ex post fac:c aw. The attorneys are t,ot officers of the United States. They are officers of th< urt, and hold their offices during gooc ehavior, and the court is not the registei :f the edicts of any other pou er. The ap plicants obtained a pardon from the Presi lent which reheves them from the conse quences of offence, and makes the citizen it the eye of the law what he was before i was committed. Congress cannot limit the prerogative ofiercy, and cannot be fetteret by legislative restrict'on. It followed tha the prayer of tho petitioner must be grantec mnd also the prayer of Mr. Mair. The rub which requires attorneys to take the tes Dath must be recinded, and the order i made accordingly. Dowx.--The spire of St. Luke's Epis :opal Church was recently removed t prevcnt its falling at some future time Poor St. Lukes! It has been sai rhused by inudigenous enths and va'dals TI'he w indo a's are neatrly all broke ont0 i and ini the silenut w'atchies of the naigr thievecs a nd satyrs have polluted its sant tty. A SAD GAsi'.u.~.-The younges daughter of Mrs. Mary Rair.s, of thi~ ity, while playing in the back yard o hr residence, caught fire from a neigh bring flame, and was so severely b:arnet that she lived but a fewv hours.-Phoni.' MeuANctJY Accin:E-r.-An only sor >f Mr. James B. LeGette went out squir el hunting on Wednesday, 26ith Decemn ir, and after huntmng awhile he laic own wiith his shot gun pointing at hi: mody, which accidenta)ly went off anc silled him instan tly.-Ibuid. A SAD AceroNNr-Con: -rO DFerrn. We regret to learn that an elderly lady, Srs. Elizabeth Payne, a resident of this place, was so la,ily choked last week whi'e swallowing some article of f>od that she died shortly afterwards fron ts effects.-Greenville Patriot andMoua ainer. 3Maximilian is still in Mfexico-Bishop El iott, of Georgia, is dead. Gen. Ellison Ca pers has received a call to the Episcop. Church at Greeniville. There is no legiti mate business doing in 3Mexico. The Br it sh Governmnt offers $25,000 in gold fo he head of Ste'phi ns. Italy consumes mor Frogs than France. An Act has been pussd hv t!'e Georgi Legilature, and signed by the Governor, prc vid ing thfat :all prope'rry of the w ife it thi time of her marriage, whe her real or per ;onal. or choses in action, shall be and re main her separate property ; and that al property given to. itnherited or ac'quired b: the wife iurinig coverture, shall vest in an blong to her. and shllI not be l.able for to pamient of any debt. default, or contraict c he husban'I. Sourit Canfot.tNA IBAILRtoAI BoNs.-Th 3oth Carolina Itail road Comiipa ny h e de poited ~2O,o00 sterling, ini Lond..n, meet the interest due on their foreign bond >n the 1st Ja,nuary, 1867. Mfany of the villages in this state are 0r ~anizing fire companies. Good Enginie an he purchased in Charlesto:1 at fron $400 to $500 each. A Decotah fellow stys the Indian nd halfbreeds out there, ' can't tell on ~renback from another, .s all our one re tens." E!opemients, divorces and crimnes arn s numerous that the New York Sum thinksthe whole continent is incontinent If a man addresses yo'u dogmatically mswer him categorically.-Prentice. Miss Pauline Ashmore an amiable anm iccomplished young lady, .and daughtet >f Col. J. D. Ashmore, of Greenville, wat burned to death, near Camden last week. PAnts, Jan 11.-The press of this ~apital warn the Americati people against my impeachtment of President Johnson. The Emperor of Brazil has emancipated he national slaves. Some of the citizens of Western North iaroina are agitating' to form a New~ 3tat e. Two negroes were killed in Charlestor Juring the holidays, who were of the ame name-singular coincidence. The President's veto of the suffrage bill is f able document. It proves his statesman hip. Howe ver there is bnt little doubt of its inal passage over his veto. C()MMERCIAL. lEwBE1rRY, Jan. 15.-Cottfn brisk at from 22 CoLuXBI, Jan. 14.-CorroY.-18 to 22 gold, 2 to 32, curremcy, tax paid. Coa,-$i.7) to 180 per bushel. FLOUR-S 1 to 19 per bar. el. COIN -Gold 34 a 36c. premium. NEw YORK, Jan. 14.-Cotton less active; Sales ,f6 bakt.s. middling uplands at 34 1-2 a 5; flour ~ .t in inwpr. AR NESS SADDLES,&C. The subsceriber would re_pectfully inform li,, friendls, and the public generally that he i'a. opened a complete Saddlery and Harness ESTABLISHMENT, At BLEASE'S OLD STAND, OVER THE TIN SHOP, Where he willi keep constantly on hand, Saddles and Harness of every description. ALSO REPAIRING done with Neatness and Despatch. TERMS CASH, at :noderate and popular prices. jan 16 3 Iy J. BOY. E, Agent. GREAT REDICTION IN PRICES. HAVING bought the well selected of Goods from Mr. Jacob Stern, for ca;h I have determined to sell out The entire Stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Sho?s, Hats and Caps, Hoop Skirts, etc., AT FIRST COST PRICE! As I want to mak4 room for Spring and Summer Stock. My Stock is well assorted, and bought at the DECLINE in prices, therefore I can un dersell EVERYBODY. Come and see for yourself, and yon will be astonished to hear my prices. Samuel Baer, Under the Newberry Hotel Building Jan 1 2 fOW PE1S AND MEL Very fine quality, for sale low, by B. M. BLEASE, Agt. Jan 16 To Rent, TAThandsome and commodious resi !:nce, known as the NANCE house, and El- occuipiedl by Rev. Dr. Brantly. The lot cnmaini 14 acres incre. or less, anid is 'Cry rich. On the premises aire every con'enience. For particulars apply to B. II. LOVELACr. Jan. 16, 3-t f. Notice. A LL persons having demands against the estate of Mrs. ELIZAB.ETa sPENCE, deceased, are requested' to hawl them in nroperly attesteCd, and all those indebtedl to said estate will make pa-yment to me by the 10th of February, as a final settlement will be made on that day. E. H. FOLK, Jan. 16, 3-4t. Adni'r. U. S. Internal Revenue. Notice to Tax Payers of 38th Regt. A LL persons liable to Tax under the Excise Laws of the United States, must make returns to me by the 15th ofFebruarv. If they do not comply by that time, I will he forced to assess them to the full extent, and from wkich ther e can be r.o appeal. My ofBece will be open at the following places during the month of January: January the 21st..................John G'ymphs " "23d...................Maybintes " "2.5th.................Whitairns " "26th..................... g 8 " "27th............Cromers Stem r 29th..............-Lonashores " " 31st.............l. Wmflja After that time at Newberry Court House until the 15th of February. J. C. WILLIA MS, Assistant Assessor, 12th Collection Die. For Sale or Rent. The House and Firm in Newberry, now the property of Alonizo J. White, Esq.. and a'nd formerl y the residence and property of Dr W. W. McMorris. On the premises are a fine dwelling house, all necessary out, -buildings, andl( a fine well of water. In the arden ai.nd lot, there is also a fine selection of F.--it Trees. Attached is a Farm of' Twenty Acres, more or less, recet tiy cultivated, and wel drained and fenced. For terms appmly at R. R. Depot. N. B. MAZYCK, Agent, Jan. 16 3 tf. Special Notice. "he Notes and Accounts of Robert B. Moore, are in my hands for set tlemnent. All pariesc. indIeb:ed will therefore come forward anid settle on or before the 1st of March nex t, as inidulgence cannot he granted after th'Lat. dat. ABRAM MooRE&. Frog Level, Jan. 14, '67.* Special Notice. THlE subscriber would respectfully re, quest all persons indebted to him to com forward and settle immediately. D. C.GMLSN, M.D. Jan, 16. - SAMSON AND DELILAH, TBE s'TRONQ MAN SBORN O7 UTBEERst. AN ESSAY FOR YOUNG MEN, os the Errors, Abuses and Diseases incident te Puberty, by which Youth is robbed of lts beauty, apd Manhood of its power,--with Reports on the best means of relief and cure. Sent in sealed letter envelopes, free of chaige. Address, Dr. J. SKILLIN HIOUGHITON, Howard Association, Phila, delphia, Pa. Jan. l6-3. 33. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA NEWSERRY DIsThIQT. By Joha T. Peterson, ordinary of Newbery District. Whereas, J, Belton Werts has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and sin. gular the goods and chattels,rlghts and crede its of Andrew S. Werts, late of the district aforesaid, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admosish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the Isaid District, to be holden at Newberry Court IHouse,on the 28th day of Jan. next, to show cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Gliven undelr .my hanr1 and seal, thIs14th