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THREE DOLLARS A YEAR,] FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY IN ADVANC VOL. III. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1867 NO. 13 TNE HERALD IS PCBLISRED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C. H., By THOS. F. & R. H. GRENEKER, - TRRMS, $3 PER ANNUM, IN CURRENCY OR PROVISIONS. ~ayment required invariabiy in advance. Marriage notices, Funeral Invitationa, Obitu Wteis, and Communications subserving private Mttrsts, are charged as advertisements. nivoluntary Bankruptcy. The provisions of the new bank rupt bill, so far as they affect the voluntary applications, are now generally understood ; but those which give to creditors the power of proceeding to make their deb tors bankrupt are not so well known. They are much more ex tensive than like provisons in for mer acts, which have been in force in this country, and they are im portant to be understood. The . causes which will authorize a cred itor to proceed against his debtor, &re given as follows, by the Phila dblphia "Inquirer :" First. The voluntary depar ture of the debtor from the State, district, or territory, of which he is an inhabitant, with intent to defraud his creditors. Second. Concealment by a deb _ or, to avoid the service of legal proeess, in any action of debt or upon demand. - Third.- Concealment or remov al of property, to prevent its be ing attached, taken, or sequester ed on legal process. Fourth. The assignment, gift, Sale, conveyance, or transfer of estate, property, rights, or credits, in this country or abroad, with in tent to delay, defraud, or hinder -creditors. Fifth. Being arrested and held in custody, under mesne process of execution for a debt valid and proyable under the bankrupt law, exceeding one hundred dollars, if suoh process is not discharged by payten.t, or by law, within seven days. Sixth. Actual imprisonment by process in a civil action upon a demand: exceeding one hundred dollars, founded on contract, for more than seven days. Seventh. The payment, gift or trigsfer, sale, or con veyance of property or money, to any person, in" c'ntemplation of bankruptcy. the party being bankrupt or in solvent at the time. Eighth. Giving a warrant to confess judgment, in eontempla tion of bankruptcy. Ninth. Suffering property to: be taken in execution, or on legal process, with an intent to give a preference to one or more credi tors. Tenth. Suffering property to~ be taken in execution, or upon le gal process, with intent to give a, preference:to indorsers, bail or, sureties, with intent to delay, or to defeat the operations of the act. Eleventh. The frandulent stop page or suspension by a banker, ti ader, or merchant of payment of hs commercial paper, not resumed wihnfourteen days. Any person thus liable for the acts designated, may be made a bankrupt.within six months after their perpetration, on the petition of one or more of his creditors, the aggregate of whose debts amount to $250. Nor is this all.. The transaction which caused the bankruptcy is void, and the as signee may recover back property transferred, or money, paid by the bankrupt ; provided, that the per-; son receiving it had reasonable cause to believe that a fraud was intended, or that the debtor was' insolvent. And furthermore, such person so implicated in the fraud, if a creditor, shall not be allowed to prove his debt against the bank rupt, and, must lose it altogether. It will thus be seen that this act not only gives to the debtor who has been honest but unfortunate the means of relieving himself rom h~ buirden, b'it it guarantees to the creditor a remedy against fraudulent practices; renders dis positions of property in favoritism and prefierence void, and punishes, not only the party making such preference, but him who has to re ceive the benefit. Against volun tary bankrupts orders of arrest and imprisonment may be issued, and they may be either confined or made to give bail for their ap pearance. These regulations may affect business very much, and it is the duty of every one having transactions with others to make himself master of the directions of the law. so that he shall not render himself innocently liable to punish ment. Emigration to Brazil, By the United States and Brazil Steamship Co., on the 22d of each. Ifonth. The Imperial Government looks with sympathy and interest on American Emigration to Brazil, and is resolved to give the most favorable welcome. Emigrants will find an abundance of fertile land, suitable for the culture of Cotton, Sugar Cane. Coffee, Tobacco, Rice, etc. These lands are situated in the Provinces of San Pedro, Santa Catharina, Parana, San Paulo. Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, etc.. and each emigrant may select his own lands. As soon as the emi grant has chosen his land it will be measured by the Government, Lnd possession given. Unoccupied lands of the nation will be sold at the rate of 23. 4G, 70 and 90 cents per acre [dollar ;qual to 1800 reis] payment to be made in six yearly instalments, to :ommence two years after posses Sion. Government will pay all ex lpenises for measure, transportation to homestead. and free lodgings at port of arrival, until departure for settlement. The laws in force grant many favors to emigrants, such as exemp tion from implort dutties on all ob ects of personal use, and agricul tural implements and machinery. Emigrants will enjoy under the Constitution of the Empire, all ivil rights and liberties which be long to native Brazilians. They will enjoy liberty of con science in religious matters. Eiigrants may become natura lized citizens after two years' residence in the Empire, and will be exempt from all military duties except the National Guard (militia in the Municipality.) No slaves can be imported into Brazil from any country whatever. No colored people permitted as emigrants. Emigration of agriculturalist and laborers is the most desired in the Empire. Some railroadls are in1 construc tion and others in p)roject, besides many roads to build and rivers to navig(ate. The Government is in need of no persons for the army or navy. INDUeEMENTs TO SETTLERS. In the colony of their destina tion they shall provisorily be re eived and lodged, until their in stallation in their respective land They shall receive, under the deed of sale, a lot of land oft12,000 Square brages; or of The half of this area at their choice, at the rate agreed for with six years timel, at the term of six y-ears. and the price to be paid in four equal payments, counting from the se cond year of their settling. Their children of above 18 years shall have a right to eqnal lots, and with the same conditions, if the heads of the families to whom they belong, apply for it. The land lots shall be delivered, surveyed and marked out, and wit~ a provisional house of suf ficient dimensions for a family, and with a clearing of 1,000 square braes, (two thousand yards.') They shall receive, by way of ~~-1ancs. te mst ice~ary grf cultural implements, and the seeds for their first plantations ; as well as, in ease of their wanting the means of subsistence, the sus tenance for six months and if there are no public or private works at the colony at which they could be employed in order to provide for a livelihood. It is expressly declared that the advances of daily allowances of food shall cease entirely after the end of six months, or even before, as soon as the emigrant will have the necessary means to dispense with that subvention, or are not employed in the cultivation of the lands distributed to them. For those who are desirous of First Cabin accoznodation, 30 per et. discount of regular rates. CONTRACT OF EMIGRANT GOING TO BRAZIL. The Emigrant, in consideration of the undertaking of the Brazil Emigration Agency. hereby agrees to sail for Brazil, as Emigrants with his family or otherwise, upon the following conditions, which he binds himself to abide by faith fully : 1st-To purchase land for culti vation or grazing on the terms specitied above. These lands will be mortgaged to the Imperial Gov ernment of Brazil, as a guarantee for all advances made by that Gov ernment and for transportation, which will be the sum of Fifty Dollars in Gold. Children half price from New York; Sixty-two Dollars in Gold from New Orleans ; and Fifty-Seven Dollars in Gold from any other port of the United States. For further particulars apply to QUINTINO BOCAYUVA, 261 Broadway, Room 7, rParties seeking information by letter must enclose stamp for return postage. Tax on Newspapers. The Charleston News character ises the tax imposed by the last Legislature on new-spapers as a tax on the spread of useful know ledge and adduces the subjoined pertinent enquiries for the con sideration of the members of that body : Have any of these enlightened legislators ever considered whether the article taxed can exist under such a levy ? Do they know any thing about the outlay necessary to conduct a first class newspaper ; how much money the type, sticks, cases, stands, galleys, chases, rules, mallets, plainers, quoins, and other furniture costs ; how much impos ing stones, rollers and proof presses ; how much a larg'e Hoe's newspaper printing press, and the steam engine necessary to furnish the mot.ive power? Do they know the length of our monthly gas bills, when our printers are kept at work at the telegraphic dis patches till four o'clock in the morning, and sometimes later ? Do they know how much are our weekly bills to the printers for "composition;" how much the price of the raw material of print inr paper (the heaviet of all the items enumerated ;) how much the work of the press-room; the folding and the mailing room; how much the carriers, book keepers, collectors and clerks ? Do they know the price of telegraphy (?) of from two to three columns daily dispatches over the wires ? Have they considered the v'ast amount. of editorial labor engaged on a daily morning paper,-requirmfg several "locals." a& news edito.r, a commercial and shipping editor, and several political and literary writers and that nearly all these employees are engaged during the greater part of both day and night ? Do they know how much is ex pended for correspondence, foreign and domestic ? We know not ; for if these facts had been in their possession, we feel assured there would be no tax on "the gross eint ofnewspapers." quence ?-While the tax falls op-' pressively on the proprietors of newspapers, its influence is no less felt by every subscriber and reader. We do not refer to an increase in the price of subscription, for this is not always practicable, and is only done as a dernier resort. The proprietor, however, must protect himself against positive loss, and the subscriber receives a less amount of reading matter. It is, therefore, clearly a tax on know ledge. PRAISE IN CHURCHES.-The Bos ton Traveller is decidedly opposed to quartette choirs to sing praises in churches.-In England they are known. It contends that the people should praise God ; all classes, all ages, all ranks and con ditions within the sanctuary should help to raise the peals of thanks. giving ; they should let their voices swell out without fear, but with heartiness. We may hear discords, and we are willing to; but if all would sing, even these would be lost amid the tide of sacred song. Never should any in an audience remain seated, or even spectators or listeners, when praise is offered to ""Heaven's Eternal King." But they should rise and unite with all the powers that God has given them. "My Boy DRUNK !"-"Drunk ! my boy drunk !" and tears started to the mother's eyes, and she bent her head in unutterable sorrow. In that moment the vision of a useful and honorable career was destroyed; and one of worthless ness, it not absolute dishonor, pre sented itself. Well did she know that intemperance walks hand in hand with poverty, shame and death; and her mother heart was pierced as with a sharp-pointed steel. Ah, young man ! if the holy feeling of love for her who bore you is not dead within you, shun that which gives her pain adhere to that which gives- her joy. If she is with you on earth. she does not, cannot desire to see her son a drunkard ; if she is with her Father in heaven, she knows that s-our conduct shuts heaven against you, and dlebars you from her society forever. The drunk ard cannot inherit the kingdom of God. NEw AND OLD STYLES.--Among the advertisments in the Nash ville Ujnion and Dispatch, of a few days ago, appears the following : -NEW STYLE. Wanted, an unmarried colored lady, to assist a white woman in. the discharge of her household duties. None with nine children, or more than twenty-five uncles, aunts or cousins need esoply. Com pensation liberal. References ex changed. OLD sTYLE. Wanted, a negro woman with out encumbrane, to do the work of a small family. To such good wages and a comfortable- home will be given. Apply at this office. PARENTS, BEWARE !-The sn.icide of two young lovers at Santi-Spir itos, in Cuba has caused a great sensation there. A young man, says a correspondant, rendered desperate at being refused the hand of his adored one on account of his poverty, proposed to her the fatal alternative from which 1Ham let shrunk back appalled. She con sen ted, and, leaning her head on the shoulder of her lover, received from him that death which was welcome in his compatiy ; a second shot- from his revolver, and the pair were united in death. There is a lull in the Nashville matrimonial market .-AtlantaEra. Don't you mean lullaby ?-Co lunbus (Geo.) Enquirer. No, you stupid fellow, he means lull-a-baby.! The Rioman are in New York. "More Than Conquerors." "Every battle of the warrior," says the prophet, "is with confus ed noise, and garments rolled in blood." The most triumphant victory ever achieved in the field of strife, cost the victor more or less of loss in blood and treasure. The wail of distress over fallen and disabled comrades mingled with the shouts of victory. But in the great battles between sin and righteousness, there are no "lists of casualties," properly so called. Every contest is a victory without loss and with infinite gain. If the Christian hero sur vives the struggle, he knows that "to live is Christ ;" if he falls, he realizes that "to die is gain;" so' that, whether living or dyig, he he can still sing the conqueror's song-"Now thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph." If he saves his goods in the strife he can use them for the glory of God; if he loses them, he "knows in himself that he has in heaven a better and enduring substance." Each contest with his passions and lusts weakens their power, and strengthens the habits of resistance for the next conflict. Every en counter with external vice de velops his Christian manhood. Every earnest prayer offered, sends the pulsatio::. of spiritual life and power into the whole "sisterhood of graces" in his soul. And then he is to remember that he is not left to struggle alone, either with bii personal infirmities or with the corruptions that are in the world. "The Spirit also helphth our infirmities." This resource never fails in the day of trial when earnestly and faithfully sought. In the darkest hour, when "the enemy comes in like a flood," then "the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard." Yes, when his enemies, like a vast invading army, spread out their formidable forces before him, threatening to overwhelm him in disaster and defeat, when the counter-blast of another war trumpe)t salutes his ears, and lo! the forces of Immanuel are at his side ; before whose well-dealt blows the enemy flies in dliscomfiture. And thus, using his armor wisely and zealously, his life is a succes sioni of triumphs, until he comes to the last stern conflict, where he achieves the most glorious victory that ever rewarded his efforts ; as the song from his quivering lips attsts-"O death, where is thy sting ? 0 grave, where is thy victory ?" Thus is he through life and in death, and especially in his mansion house in heaven, "more than conqueror through Him that hath loved him." Read er, does this holy triumph await you after the life battle ? Have you the faith that overcomes the world? If not, and if doomed to. final overthrow, better that you had never been horn "The time of greatest need God's chosen time has been." Such has been the history both of'Providence and Grace. Haman could not be satisfied with all the honor the king had done him, so long as "Mordecai, the Jew, sat at the king's gate." His :mnplacable spirit, still burning with revenge toward the down-trodden Israe lites, could not-bear to see one oc upying the humblest seat in the4 kingdom. His malignant spirit, therefore, contrived an expedient to which he adroitly procured the king's signature, dooiing the ] hole race to a merciless slaugh ter. This brought Mordecai to 1 xercise his wits to avert the4 threatened calamity. He sought 1 n interview with the queen, who 1 was herself a Jewess, and revealed to her the plot of wholesale mur der. With sagacity and prudence1 that has never been surpassed, she acted her part in the trying crisis. A counter proclamation, with the4 royal signature, went forth from the palace; the result of which was th Jew we saved from destruc-4 tion, and Haman was hanged on the very gallows which he had erected for Mordecai. A single turn in the wheel of Providence completely reversed the machina tions of enmity. Let us learn from this as well as from innumerable other instances of the kind interventions of Provi dence that the very darkness and mystery that conceals His designs are the prelude to a most glorious deliverance. While our enemies are plotting our ruin, God may de sign in some glorious manner so to make "the wrath of men to praise him," as will cause every heart to exclaim, "The Lord hath done this !" "Bebind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face." [Exchange. AN EXCELLENT LAW-We find the following among the recently enacted laws of Georgia An Act to Encourage Sheep Raising in this State. WHEREAS, It is important to encourage sheep raising in this State ; and whereas, great com plaints are made, on account of the loss of sheep through persons entering sheep walks or pastures, under the pretext of hunting ; therefore SEC. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any per son or persons to hunt with dogs, fire-arms, or other implements, in or through any enclosed lands, fields, walks, or pasturs, wherein or whereon sheep are kept or con fined, without the consent of the owner. SEC. 2. Be itfurtherenacted, That for every violation of this Act, the person or persons so offending, shall be deemed and held guilty of misdemeanor, and subject to in dictment, in any court having ju risdiction thereof, and upon con viction, shall be fined or impris oned, or both, at the discretion of the court ; the fine not to exceed fty' dollars, and the imprison ment not to exceed thirty days, or each offence. Approved December 4, 1866. SENSIBLE ADVICE.-The Selma Jessenger gives the people of its section the following simple advice: 1. To farmers-plant corn. There may be no market, within our reach, for cotton, next fall and. inter ; and if there is a market, the currency may be worthless. Moreover, cotton will invite eon ascation, for those who would per secute us to the bitter end-acrush as beneath the iron heel of power -oppress us to the death-are, of ill others, those who would be tempted by well-filled gin-houses. Dorn and meat will not be half so illuring-there is plenty of both n the North. With bread and neat, whatever comes, we will have the means of sustaining life. We can't eat cotton. Be quiet, peaceable, prudent. just in all deal ngs with negfoes, and-plant corn!? 2. To merchants and business nen-contract no liabilities, lessen ~redits, reduce stocks, quit dealing a the "luxuries," and keep a good on science. 3. To lawyers-do not encour ige litigation, counsel compro nises, explain the liws, and urge bedience to them as a duty, and is politicians, be moderate, conserv itive and firm. 4. To all men-be calm, patient, si-abiding, temperate in expres ;ion, promptly render unto Cesar ,he things that are Coesar's, frown own the disorderly, the violent, he rash and reckless, and leave' he consequences with God. Jane G. Swisshelm, who was ~urnd out of a clerkship in Wash ngon for accusing the Pr:esident >f complicity in the assassination >f the late lamented Lincoln, an 1ounces that "when women vote, he death penalty will be abolish ad exep for rape. CHIGNONs-ARE THEY INHABIT ED ?-Quite a novel and, pobably, to the wearers. an interestihg dis cussion is now going on- among medical gentlemen, as-to whether the hair of which chignons or waterfalls, are made contains are garines; or, in other words, to re duce the pediculous suspicion to plain English-whether the false hair of which waterfalls, and other head gear, are made, is lousey, The London Telegraph publis1is a long account of experifnentta with a microscope, which revealed great numbers of gregarine4; or what, in common parlance, wdald be called nits. On subjecting tieiin to heat it was found that they. in creased in size, gnd-oh I f presented the unmistakable pecu liarities of the pedicules humani capitis, and the writer says his'ex periments fully satisfied hiri that much of the hair used in the mali ufacture of these fashionable al)= pendages contains germs of ad in sect life which may, at. any ino ment spring into a vitalityh#t - would prove distressing beyoibd meastre, and be, by no means, eaqy to eradicate. On the other hand, the Londdid Review, with an evident. desii'e to console the ladies, who in. Englmad as every-where else, gloiy iii . rich display of hair, whether their own, or the wig makers-comest6 the reseue, and says that grega rines found so generally ih a ad hair are possiblg not animals; srn may be a comparatively harra6 though disgusting vegetable fi ation. So take whichever hi0 they will, the ladies must fae the scientific face, that artificiul hair, whether obtained from the dedj or from the dirty peasantry-of ]ku. rope, is full either of the seed8 of animal or vegetable life; - df th* most disgusting characti : Whether thesc dlscosures are true or not; The bare idea they convey is eridtigh to make the sight of a waterfall repulsive. If the theory be the creature of the imagination, it is horrible to have the imagination, harrowed by such suspicions; d.nd it is liitely thkt We shall see some speedy thang in the mode of wearing the hair, which will make the dear eres. tures less dependsut on questioiP able sources for their hirsute glo ries. A WHITE MULE-The Kew Or' leans Cresent, 10th, says: "A fiend told uis gesterday of att atiusing scene he witnessed lately at the old river ford, near tNitiliss, in this State. A negro had a ;wa gon and a team of six mules *hleh he wished to drive across: Thb. two lead mules took kindly in the watur; but one of the hind ones, a white mule, obstinately refused to enter the stream: Juinping froin his seat in a furious passion, the teamster began b eatiiig the per verse one with iiiighit aend main, exclaiming between the blows, 'You think you's white; dbes you ? But I'll show you dam quick, cal ored mules is as. good as you is. Ge up ! The Bridgewater Gazette, a New England journal, sys that a phy. sician in that place '*as recently called to prescribe for a somewhat illiterate old lady, and as cod liver oil, in his opinion, was Lfhe remedy for her- coip'laint., he wrote a pre. scription for the apothecary to put up, '*lth the latin formula, *1Olbi ec. Ass," being an abbreviation of "Oleumn Jecoris.Asselli," or in plain English, cod liver oil, The medi eine was procured, taken, and ins~ few weeks the lady co.mpletely ro cov,ered her health.' A neighbor paid her a visit after her reco'v'ery,. ind, expreseing suirprise at her mproved condition, inquired the secret of so' rapid- a restorati9n, "Why," said the old lady, lifting both hands in grateful enthusiasm, it was that beautiful medicine, he Oil of Jackass, t'hat brought mon~my feet again."