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THREE IDiLLARS - FOR THE dISS 3INATIN OF USEFUL INTELLIENCE, [IxvAuuntY Ix AnviAC VOL. III. WEDXESDAY MORNING, FEERUARY 13, 1867. NO. 7. IS PCBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY M0"'NIG, At Newberry C. I., By THOS. F. & R. H. G rEKE. TERMS, :3 PER ANNUM. IN CUL;iEN'" Payment requir r ii n ': ce. marriage notices. Funeral 'nvitati,t. obitu aries, and Communications subserving private taeeseets, are charged as advertisements. POETICAL. IFor the Herald. THE TIMES. Oh! the times, the time, indeed are sad, And remote is the prospect for better, The quiet and peace we s.r much need, Seems ever in sight,but wil rec-de. Further and further. kec: in, afloat. Like an i:nis i.tuus o'er a mat, That lures, invites, entices u- ou. Yet, before we can reac 1 it. 'tis gon. . Oh the times, the titnes are sn<Uy cianged, From the happy days that are pa-: d. When Peace a:.a 1'enty" sa en~tir("ned, And scarce a single ,u 1ject moun:e1: when Faith. aw! 1 nap. ad Lo-;e :p'o.ed Their hands in uili we :cu enjred. In social mirth. or su ie-s e. Oh happy in 1ite, i:ccd wete we. Oh the times, the _n, d o'd times I- re ps,i. That brought with tihem bright anli :.ity h urs And now we sit in da:rkn:ie,s unti woe Subjects. subdued. hy :me rei'es f.e. Hopes. all smuo-hcr':!. and cru-: i in t r ir our rights ignored. atd trumple:d n t c ti. Oh! r.:ught is lett us. but lonor an e. '1is the lat, but Le:t, ami dearei boon. A TRUE STORY. THE FIRST (RENA DIER OF FRANE. For many a y ar there was a touchin g and beautifil c(st cm to be witnessed in a certain re uneI'lt of French grenadiers, and which was meant to (ollnulnmorate the heroism of a (eparted cumlrad. When the companies assemblei for parade and the roll was calle . there was one name to whici i:s owner could nocpt an\wei-1it wa., that of La Tour d'_nvergne. When it was called, the nMejt sergeant presenlt stppe a ace forward and raising his laa: to his cap, said proudly "Died on the feld of honor. For fourteen years this custolm was continued. an( only (ceased when the restored Bour'bots. to please their foreign masters. for bade everythig that was calenha ted to preserve the spirit of the soldiers of France. La Tour d' Auvergne was not unworthy in life the honor t.hum paid him after his death. Hie was educated for the armv. entered in 1767, and in 17S1 served under the Duke deC Crillion at the sieg'e of Port Mahon. Hie served a] ways with (listijnction, but ce'n stantly refused offers of pr'omolKn. saying~ that he was onily tit Par the command of a company o1 grcna diers; but finally the various gren - adier companies beCing unite:'' Ii found himself in commniand of a body of eight thousand mnl. wihile retaining only theC ra'k of :euin. Hence lie was known us the First Grenadier of Fr'ance. But it is of one particularex ploit of h'. that we wish to write, mXoreC than his career in1nrl When he was fot ye ar of aige, he wenclt on a veSt to a fr'i'.nd, a far fromR a setion of the ''om:y that was soon to be' me the I knowledge might be of use to him. and while here the brave g'rena diecr was astonished to learn that the war had been rapidly shifted to this quarter, and that a regi ment of Austrians was pushing on to occupy a narmrow pass ab)out ten mfiles from where' he was stayimng andt the po~Semsion of which would f2Vt themn 11 all ,}>ort unity to pre the Frien'h. whhih was thenm 1n foot. ii'lThey hoped to -urpr'iseth pos-t. and eret m in so) rapi.iyV aDn] in that tliey Were 11! 0 l'e than t wI 1 lluS WimattW fK' 'IheI pla(ce he was -si taying all whith they wouil hve It pavo ibir mach 11 ma 'r nohw1 beard th news. cO ;nc tcin tl' . ~ ~ ~ ~ I C)I +' :.. li lr ' i 1 1I teet condition. It had just bee. vacated by the garrison who had heard of the approach of the Aus trians. and had been seized with panic thereat, and had fled. leavin+ their arms. consisting of thirty excellent muskets. La Tour d'Auveg1ne gul.led1 his teeth with rage as lie (iscov. er.I thlis. Searchling in the build In, he folund several bo:es of m: 1ulitllin \1I(h the ads had (odsto ei. For. a moment:1 he l( w n des-.1 : r., lit t it11 ! h 1 . p Il :m Te h with K .: I '': +le t1r. :: 1t lro 111i11 l t : v y 1:unnuu:1 t in mc i e I vanc e. Then he ate heartily of the pro visions he had brougIt with him. ani sat down to wait. ll had alsoutelv forIed t he heroic res - lution:h to tdefid the tower alone agains ~the enem11y. !het' was something in his fa vor 1in iuch an undI(ertaking . Thev pass1was Steep and I1al"1'o\;. and tlie eny'i s troops could enter it oliV- in doulle tile. ald in ding this would be fully exposed to the tire from1 the tower. The origi na arorislo of thirty menl could easily have held it a:ginalst a (dIVliIIn. and now one man was abOlt to at tempt to hold it againt a regi ment. It was da'k when La Tour d'Au vergre reachel the tower. and he hal o wait some time for the ene my. They were longer in coming :than lie bad expected. and for a *while he was tempted to believe they had abandoned the expedi tion. About midnigh t, however, his pratid ar' (caught the tr'amp of feet. Everyv momnent thle souid camne nearer. alld at last he heard themct enerng t he deCfile. Imme-i diate Ili e discharged a couple of musikets into the diarkness to let thmn kn ow that he knew 01 thecir prelce~l (I alnd inItenion11s. and( he heLard thle quick. '.har'p conunan:tldS .f th' oflieer's. and fromt theC suinds. 1eti rmlg Irolli Ithe nass. I 'lt il t ie noringll he was unilsturbecd. The Austrian comruiander, feeling a': sured t hat thte g'arrison hiad b.een llifred of his mfovemenClts, and was jirepared to reCeive ili . saw t hat h?e could1( not Suri' e th S Ile pos a.s h:e had hoped tol d and d(1em .Y i udentii t'o wait unti iay i the OnliCier L' whadna flag of truce ret ired. and in abouti ten minutes a piec(e of artillery was brought into the pass and opened upon the towerl. But to effetct this, the piece had to be placecd directly in front of t het toweCr, and within easy rarnge of i.They had scar'e ly got the gun in position, whni a rapid fire was openediC upon it from t.he tow\er'. and conltinueid with suchi marked effet that the pieCe was wvihdrawn af ter the Second( dlischar:ge, wit bi a loss of tivec men. hi:ialt n our 2 afteri the glut was withdr'awn the Auistr'~in colol (ordered' an assalt. , Asi I lie It os eniteredl the( dilie ther wer'e re'eivehd with arai iiiey V ad Pa>-meIl overI hah t he 't l1 I. 1 I t a-lei' - " i . r 1 .. t 1 iR t i i li + ii al 1?;1 t ! 1. ;l ll t )c' been rapid and accurate, but the Austrian commander had noticed this peculiarity about it-every shot seeme(d to come from the sam1e place. For a while this per plexed him but at last he came to the conclusion that there was a IIumb+er of loo -holes close togeth r !11 the tOwer. SO (on1'urted as t<{) f(( mmandIi the ravine percttly. .\1 sun-1 the last assault as m11:il and ri) l . and1 at <hirk (-m{.\1ian1a1nan er se t a st ( +i'l 1 ?iin n U) Vl! t h e gai1lTbon i 1i1. I a i ()Iered,' ta sur r't''.l ?' ;r I ' '- e tile next 1m ln I1 It :ilu t'ed t() imarclh out \withl Ilwir u-ml I' :tnl return to their ar m'.I tn o std iMi ;+1A er some bel' -i - tat i il . he In tt r s weC aCcept e'(. Me antimelt. La Tcur d'".1\ve'r,ne ibol pi'ed 1 : anxious day in the to wlr. Ilie had opened the tight witIh an armament of thirty loa(led mu.1!skets, but had not been able to (lischarge the111 all. He had fired with sut rprisinlg r:pidity. but with surpriing accura'V. for it was well known~in the army that he never tlrew away a shot. Ile had (e tltined to stand to his post un til he bnol zec implished his end, which was teo hol(d t he place twenty tour hou.11rs. in otder to allow the French atrmny timne to comliplete its m1;euvre. A\tler that, le knew tle pi'ass would l)e of no conlse qcel' to the enemy. When t le demand for a surren (r cane to hin after the last as sault. he coiented to it upon the cniditions named. The next day at sunrise the Austrian troops lined the pass in two tiles. extending from the mouth to the tower. leavinr a space let w.en then] for the garri son to pass out. The heavy door of the tower oplenedi slowly. and in a few min uiles a bronze and( scarred gren dier. literialih- loaded down withi muskets. came out and p)assedI do the line of troops. lie walked with ditticulty under his hiea:ve load. To t lie sutrprise ot the Austrians. Ill (ne followed hinm from the tow In astonishment, the Aut>trial (',lonel role up1 to) him. and askd jin Frenhi w hy t he garrisont did( nt ;comtje out. --I ama the L!ar'risonh Colonrel. aid i h sol-tdier, pron'II,. --W hat ?" exclaimiedh t he ('(lionel: ,i' yo mfeani to tell mue that vou al-ne have hIeldl that tower ag2ain]st moe - are had thehnr.Clnl T . rai, ing. his e81), he said warmilv: GUrenadier, I salute you. You have p)roved yourself' the bravest of the brave." The officer causedI all the arnms which La Tour d'Auverg2ne could not carry to be collected. arnd sent them- all, with the grenadier into the F-rencht lines, togethier with a noteC relating the whole affairt. When the knowledge of it catme to thle ears of Napoleon. he offere to prmt L.a Tou d'Auvergnel but the latter dheclinedl to accpt he promnot ion. aynththepre lerred to remtain where he w a. This b'rave soldier met his dleath ian action at Aberhausen, in June11. 1 S05. and thle simple but ex pre-sive scene at roll-call in his regi menit was commenced and -onVtin ied lby the express comm]tn10'l POLITICAL. An Important Document. .\ N Ew BA-'is oF REcoNsrac;erioN. I 6.-i T I 1TERNINO POiNt ARRiVED ? 'Iihe teegraph1 has made ou reader s ' Bunilar'T1 wih the Iact tha Illel of ille Southl hlave lc t:il i1 Washington City endeavoring by honorable means to stay the pro gress of that terrible power which has so long held the country in its relentless grasp, threatening to impeach the President, to set at naught the rulings of the highest Court in the Natiol. to centralize ;nl elail e our form of (ioVerl 11t'llit. and to destroy at (':ce the State lines and civil relXtions of .llectil!l; wiitout cOl:ert of le Ii,n. andI intet Only ol)n the acIevele: of good. t blese gentle 1? n a)\-i(1 rlenisLves l i ee ly conuilng!11~"w\ith the pubillican11s of the Capitol. and gathering all p)onoullnced(l l)iniI1ns. that unless omeitling was spcedily done to satisfy the extlreme Radlical spirit tof" th i.'NOrthi. we would be engulph ed in the commoin ruin. To mfect the exigency, a plan was proposed, and after due consideration it was adopted. Although only the outline is p)uilished by telegraph, we are permitted to lay it before our readers in full as follows: PROFOSEI) AMENI)MENT TO TIlE CON STITUTION OF TIE UNITEI) STATES. Article 14.-Section 1. The Union under the Constitution is, and shall be, perpetual. No State shall pass any law or ordinance to secede or withdraw from the Un ion. and any such law or ordinance shall be null and void. Section 2. The public debt of the United States, authorized by law. shall ever be held sacred and inviolate. But neither the United tates nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation in curred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the Government r authority of the United States Sec. 3. All persons born or na tu ralized in the United States. andl ubject to the julrisdlict ion I hereof. are citizens of the United States ad( (of the States ini which they~ reside. No. State shall make or nforce any- law which shall ihridge the privileg;es or immuini ties of citizens of the Unfitedl States: or shall anyv State (deprive any person of life, liberty, or' propeIrty, ithbout thle (lue process of law, 110r deny to any person within its urisdietion, the equal protect ion f the laws. Seec. 1. Itepresen tat ives shall be pportioned onong th iCseverVal tates accor'ding to t heir resp)ee ie numb(ers. coun ting the whole nun111iJer 01 pIersonis ini each State, xluding Indians not taxed. But shen any State shall. oin acounlit raciel of sco'l. exlprev ms on ng 1iL at any election fir the hoice of electors lor Priesh'lenlt f such State. being twencty-one ears of age and citizens of the United States, then the entire -lass of persons so excluded from the elective franchise, shall riot be ounted in the basis ofrepresenta on. No State shall require as a >roperty qualification for voters nre than two hundred and fifty ollars worth of taxable property, nor as an educational qualification nore education than enough to mahle the voter to readh the Con ~titut ion of the United States in the English language andl write is own name. PIoPoSED AMEND31ENT TO sTATE CoNSTITUTION. Article. F,very male citizens ho has resided in this State one 'ear' andl in the county in which -if cdr to vote HN months. im. miiv4latcly ipr(ced.inig the day c electioll, alnd who ('all read tl, (unstitutioi of the Uinited State ill the Eli'sll language alln. ca w1rite li; own nial'e. or vho lia ic t lle o\\ller o1 I vo hllild anl pry. shall be enti ld to v0:c a all eiC :ns ir ( uveiior of th State. members of the Legisiatur and all other officers elective b, the people of the State: Provided That Io person by reason of thi article, shall be excluded fron voting who has heretofore exel cised the elective franchise unde the Constitution and laws of thi State. or who. at the time of th alojtion of this amelidleit m11a, he entitled to vote under said Conl stitut i(nl and laws. ", iil; the forIal elld(rseinen c; o Goverlor O('rr of .5C1 t i Caro lina. Parsolls <f .\ labaia. Sharkle ft 3iiilppi. a 3l1 amrvon of Flor ida : of Senator .In lles of A rkailsa Tiiol. "ir.- ,p es n m 1mler ele If . 1'. IL1i))C'rSO1). lnlenfl IQ'(ec fron Te%as. and _fes-rs. Brown Boyden. I laines, and Leacll o .Nortll Carolina, tliese llleasure have beein sulnit ted to the Legis lature of the last named State nov in session, and are before the pub lie for consideration. The candid mind will concedl that the Extremo rdI'-als in Con gress are ' . stik.:;y.t111gin theil votes to adopt any law their mad ness may dictate, and we are ii their power. But all radicals ar< not Extremists. The disqualifr ing clause of the former Constitu tional Amendment was not popu lar even in Washigl o-ton, and th assrl'ance has beenl given that thi recognition by the South of som plan that would relieve the fear: ofthe North as to our ultlimat 1(licy when re-admitted, wouk. secure the Support of all moderatl men. and produce a division in th< National Councils that would des troy the streng-th of the plresen ruling fact ionl. It will be conceded also aftel perlsing the several sections o the above (documenit that excep with refereur-~e to the question o coloredI citizenIship. and qualitiel suffrage. we surrendler little mnor< than has been repeatedly laid a the feet of the North since the war The vital p)oint of the amendnmen with which 0111 p)eople have t( deal. is that which conicernIs t h< !ngr'o. lie has alr uady b)een inl vest ed with 'erti n legal rights h is p)rop)erty is al ready thle subl jee 01 taxation,. and' i t is to be deter' minned l v lie futulre, whet her ii thle cours 1-o f a my) stIerious Provi den~ce we shall not be cal ledl upjol to advance him ; when qualified b) educat ion. oneC step furt her ini th< progress of his race. Quiet ly, but seriously, thie pub lie have conlsideredl this subject and we believe. that were any stem the torrvent of adverse oinion1 long ago) we should have hlearw utteran (Cs in fayor of a pro)per'l. best owed ciizenship The great que2>tion wh ii eb unider lies all others. however, is w'hethiei the South wiV iiill fue t his booni tI. the coloredi man. and drag out i of' universal suffrage, wh .i un checked, these radicals will pass s certainly as the sun shines ; or, rneeting the p)rogressive spirit hall way, we will ourselves confer thc right in a limited, way, and thiu preserve through the relations wc may then retain with the colored race. the power and ( prosperity 0o ur section. An intelligent negrc vote would undoubtedly be identifi. ed with our interests ; but Hecaven :eliver the South when universal suffriag~e makes our country a political n igger Pandemonmum. with Parson French as its Head Scent er. The caisis is upon us. We must face it. The welfare of ourpe ple. the safe'ty of our property. he integrity of our civil govern -ent. are at issue. 3May our peo pe decide in calm nes and be uided by wisdom from On HIirth. f AGRICULTURAL. -- t The Kitchen Garden. Continue to com1plete all un- s f1 iile o pq'Iatlous, lheretoiore di 1 reeted. such as the prepapation of C - the g'ouind. b.y tic n i ng1 . 1 i . Irrji1 lai i i uit and appjfilVIg ima'ues. e Tj bis i-the busy 'seasoni in Sotheirn : . gard'enis. Your beds should have r been deeply dug or sub-soiled 1 during the preceding month, and c s heavily manured upon the surface. and the manure lightly covered t with the plow. Manures applied t r deeply have comparatively but r s little immediate effect. Want of I manure is the great want of South- c cI gardens, and for this cause 0 onil. Lettuce and Cabbage refu e i to head, RadliShes5 gr~w slowly. e and( are 1)eppery and stringy-- e, d On hions will not button. Turiiips are of sm1all size. hot and fibrous. 1 Beets are late and lack sweetne.s t -in short evervthing fails in suen t lence.tlavor and earilines . Insects l are more troub)le-ome on1 the feelble fplants of unman1ured gardens. We I -saw at Cincinnati more manure p - piled up to be applied to market r gardens of two or three acres. - already black with fatness, than n our planters put upon plantations of five hundred acres, garrien 0 - and all. What is the use of plow- a ing. digging, harrowing, sowing. 0 Sweeding and hoeing, unless there t is richness enough in the soil to p make a first-rate crop. To those y - who lack good compost manure. 0 - we advise the application of Peru- f: - vian Gto, as a surface dressing, t sow'In now. and lightly plowed in I -500 lbs. per acre will be none I too much. Apply, also, Super- 1J Phosphate of Lime, with the seed. L and as there is a great difference a in the value of this article, get the t best. We never intend, hereafter, g to plant Radishes, Turnips, Cab- i - bage, and a good many other gar- i1 den crops;without a liberal dressing of Super-phosphate. Fresh stable r manures should no longer be ap t plied, except to where corn, beans - and the later and coarser crops arc to be grown. Reserve the rest carefully, and what is not needed for hot beds, make into Ih composts, with turf, swamp earth., or leaf mould. Press forwar1.d the e wvork in good weather, ory\ou will inid yourself behindC-hand the com- a ing month. Still. (10 not be hast li -n sowving. In this latitude, the main crops of' hardy yegetaibles o hoIuld( not be committed to the e earth until nearly the last of the mont h. EarlycrAop)s. ifnot al ready m )t ini. of Peas, Irish Potatoes, Tur- C IRad i,.hes, and the main crop of i Oniions.Leeks, Parsley and Spinach,. should be planted at once. Cover' c fine seeds, and indeed, all seeds. with line soil. D)o not expect th~e vegetative force of seeds to press p upward the tender shoot through small rocks. or Ihard lum ps of clay. Thek last of the month. plant0 early Corn, Okra. l3eets, Carrots and ParThnip1s. Iom of all kinds shouldo he out iniAe. aI Sae. Thyme.L i p) *.4.b and one at on1ce. If 0. yout cannot get roots. sow the seed. 0. ti and raise young plants to formt the bed next seoson. Cabbages raised in hot beds, or t kept over in a cold frame, may be planted out the last of the month. We succeed better with winter C Cabbage, if sown in April. C Hot beds and cold frames should fe now all be put in requisition to o. bring' forward early Tomatoes, Peppers. Egg-plants, &c. ti Corn Planting ,inl ('ommences this month in the am climate of lower Georgia. and h< when early planted, makes almost ti invariably the best crop. If you ai are hauvinig corn, better send a fewy rdollars to any~ of the Northern fr Seedsmen advertis.ing with us for tI aIilE Jxing Philin '1 r her 1 i any field corn. It will cost you hree to five d)llas Ir bushel, lant early, on rich land ; the talks in the rows about 15 inches lart. You wvil have roasting a's and rip, c beu 1'cfore you now i. PIiu:t of this only on-; fo suier se.Do not eL a mania fo' c'.ttn planting iake a fool of you again, and >revent putting in a bountiful rop of corn. Corl. has no tax on t. The tax on cotton is so onerous hat were a full crop and low prices o conie again. its payment would 'Ui the already crippled planter. njurious also, to the freedmen, in epressing his wages, it is not at il likely his radical friends will re cal it. It be,-oies us then, to ultivate more largly the untaxed r"o1. 3\1Ureovl. io man is safe itlh fIredm :1en' s labo, in devoting ear half as much ground to Cot on a. he orneriv did with the ame nominal force : for if lie does e will have to throw it out, or ot half tend it as was the case ist year. It would yield more rtfit where near railroads, to lant even less, and spend the roney in making and purchasing utnures. both for cotton and corn. Vhen you cannot manure, throw ut all your poor, worn out lands, nd use only the best. A half crop f cotton will bring in more money [an a full one. and to try to lant a full crop of cotton this ear. would compel the purchase f all our food another year. The icilities and rates of transporta ion will not begin to justify this. 'lant, then, plenty of corn, and lant early and on deeply pre ared ground, so as to prevent, y the early maturing of the crpp, nd by full supply of moisture in be soil during its periods of rowth, the casualties to whi-h it subject. under other conditions, 1 our summer droughts.. [Southern Cultivator. MISCELLANEOUS. The way to make a Poor Pastor. 1. Be very careless and irregu tr' in attending chrreh. Never o except when you can find no xeuse for staying at home. 2. When at church, be either sleep or staring about... Do not sten to the sermon, 3. When you go home, complain~ f the sermon as being light and baffy. or dry and uninteresting. 4. Treat your pastor with cold ud uninvitinig ci-:iity. and then >mlplain of him for not visiting oul. 5. Negloet to pray for a bless ig~ on liim and his labors, and aen comlain of him because the buareh doe's not priosper. 6. Be ailways linidi ng faiult with oui'r~ paor. and yet regret that he not mforeC popunlar with the peo he. 7. B. very lukewarm and world mfindedC(.'and yet complain of' t him for want 01 zeal. S. Neglet to provide for his eeessary wants, anmd then com !ain ''im be:n cau:se he wants his 9 ' >bekmmii ; a fault 01r makes ii tu.i r. b e sur'e to be the first > menti! it. 10. When youharteonu ridicule or slander let loose up 1n him. give it a smile of approba on. 11. Do these things afld you ill never fail to have a poor pas pr. T i E F UT UR E.-A w(ritdir in the ourier-which we assume to be arolina's favorite antiior-in re rring to the lands along the line 'the railroad, says: With but twenty-five to fifty of 1ese acres, a sober, honest Ger an farmer. with wife, three boys 1A t wo girls. can live comfortably, 1prove their condition daily, make nple provisbons, raise stock an gs in abiundance. have any quan yv of milk. make butter fbr sale, d( arrive at inependance in five ars. The whole of the routo im Charleston to Branchville is a e- counftry for pasturago and