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THR DOLLARS A E] T D 2M1N4Ti0X OF USEFUL INTELiLIENCE, [InVAluALY IN ADVANCE. VOL. III. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10 1867. NO. 15. T HE H -w i 0Li IF 7 BLISI:'D EVERY WEDNESDAY MOANING, At Newherry C. HI.. By THOS. F & R. H. GREE-ET, TERMS, $ PE ANNL. IN c'URIEY OR1 PROVISIONs. Payment required invari:biy in a vance. 3larritage notic -, Funerai rvit ri" r.c. (hitu artvs. and Comrtnwcat.o: sr;-- v-;; p: iate tnterests. are c:ur d as Distress in tb State. It is ito ne01'e ct or misimlterpret the cr1idence wich reaches us from all portions of the State o1 the m:serv ot our tior tunate peopie. The sta nts of nearly all the ival newvpapers are confirmed by the eo:nts u' intelligent an a puhe spir::ea men in tae upper 1)istrict e pecaiy. There is no (kou! :h.: )>'y there are hu nar(eIxs "') 'a:en t e e adaily bread, anIho:nd0h cannot look i)rw' I(u' mor in1n a f?w day21' to tLe cOrta I y at needful tboo. The .tuemm by a respoet,a1 eiryman o tu COlditlun Ot tiil:: in the n borhood of Souter 'lstrict W ie he iuvesti' ted c:?re v an;. e;'n scientiously, is enough to startie every ref ec mig n1ian.. Th1ree hI2n dred and sixtv norman, within an area of fiVe mi le. wthout fod. and the majority of :i ..:g on h 1UskS, :s iea! l . 1_1. \we are informed av some of 11 m trust-worttny eliZaso n : that in their r . eB> majority of t:e farer ave :o i' 11 mais which will lasa : rhat they are worIking in the hle of fincijn some meaCns C:' ce ' a their work Proge " In th I F" no0 where hanve thelgr anr surplus supphvirc' m wa: n a a b their poorernC, n '"2 e :i from pubi_sinog .n 'ii("ii have been brou?rht o o r Think of a cSO lile h I for by the hum:: p.>n who a forded the rce:- :n 0an. 1ho e h)usband was~ kill i 1>eP b)ur". risi fr.C m 1r hu' '-'eIi bury one ei wnho mierony x died of starvation,. and dragd herself thiree miles1210. through a stormy ui hlt to bng~ for foo1 enoushi to Save 1110 ille 01 a CiIli( she had left. The eauses (of this terrile sufferini are f r thIie moit part beyonid ouir co:ro!. but i there IS 0one cause - v:e ' an:rech. a2i thnat is the excess oii cotton enitr has been a greerly thirst for' the profits of cotton, which has in dIuced t(") manyI pecople to neg"Ieet the food cr'op, andU weQ do) ho that it is not vet too laite for the planting commrunuity of the State to realize not only that it is their1 interest, but their dulty to plant1 largelyi of pro(visions~ .. k now all the diiculity, we knuow tha with high wages it is impossib0e to n!ant 01f corn na . anl l lar;e planters mnust-to mee high wages, extortionae inuterest aIu the risk of uncert am more :: what will payv. But, Short of theO point at which it becomes a sacri risee, we think it the duty of eve- a rvman who enn2 to contribute to I s:care the >:ate zains the recur vis1 on erOp. ) ot Onic' does inu sa:: :m2 0e- 1 stroy our peopl Vt y OPtalJ phy v;- 1 characters. A co tant e ''~ for life wea:'s out nr ae muen reekless. an:d end'an rs e-i' ven more than >ol itil grie00an OS tOO intere-: of) societ . It is u ees to den or a"emp t~o con*<ai the ole re n aconIn o 1f feein thec suiriglL at 'here 1' t'2rns to 'h Spn ou l ow in es5ior. ma1(" a ne Cf m clebtedness,- wi L Il i C -CqiCfen1 mr;rassmen '\ t from wch no e Ir ca xriaeus 11ate. -i l sani. "all the suits :ie (istrlei at present prices. v Hi act ':i'r css-and ther will be o eet In the ;Ky. reitr are nOt diHt vr'ed IIy rise or1 and unfounded alaimS. The business men of a larg e comh nunlity are always liberal they Hier's.:ui tlha' their interest is he int're t ol' the commn1111ity, t:;J t Ierc a ee:-t:un av-erage o1 )'O. t ani0 . wiie tne know low to calculate and how tV' meet. .t is not so in the counry There tne's mind arc t o1'ou hiy 11s i'bed t thieir Qear a'e CXcited : her know tl:'u a Convention i1 o be held durigi the year" they lo not know what is to be its com '0 0 i e . w!, I .:&!:'i're (_>' not ith (e q1uSt1 (on 1f < hti . and ltey -iV aturali (icSir' to seure he len1s \hi('h theY hwol. 1i\ost e 2'iltural (bt to) iV e uredI iavland. N\e ro ' 11 'er1 ' i ri ) _li \VP l'Cc'V,it I i 1C'0 1 l'~ . i< fl t rrpO e i*t i11 egi !ature. We co ompreh"end the (llou dfhet'ieiC wit11 wi'_lh '.1t w"e re(:"seet th:e riri't <L good01 1i an1i io i- win e l e \. i .e a' i m ntix C P y i :' t:fnpeIng1 wit the m0ongs 1 ;1ns ('1 2 -'c (e'1t. .ut the n'rr1 lU~' iis i*1*'.l 1) y j.j 1 ' it.on of things in the State is aca that n" man w;a ron fe h:erwvise than with d .,1reSQPL prehne1n. T h liOC'an pcU:1 11 tcl -o hro( b 1r. lir:r. thisll ete i.the i. v:ithtlnd ira le 'i'm''1ent we think. OOVec the C';mpelled as we are, to go i',at h t he ordeal o)f a politieal tiit ion this st1mmer,' w'il eti is b- .esirale:l that our cpi wen t ther;e should Iiv no Is there not 1in the0 State intli loirit enough' i to combine evenl mu-j] .* ,5 , -i ,' the shipj in w iien we all sauel 0t an tunkniowin sea. full of igh(4 undered,bf can w not snareIP nItin1 at cUPomo life ml tlle 'io'' 3n:'iIIf (imon d Clerance .- ('' Despondecfly. There are the best of reasons vh souithern pat riOts, once rich, holdIl hohl their heads as ih s ee.l (canohtiOn re'-ilts rioni u I naslI. conitrl',t ionrs an'l v un arlv sacrit1iees, or wei-e 1C0 una Pat e0('leet-. of aionU un'( i ni i 1 emenfor thce Ss.t wheite the Vent 1 ineo 0 ware m miappon nent. Uor any alteredt trelthosl re-. 11in1 ea: therrm than atye alld the imnulo~QpSec T 1good and'1 h I'beir jriflee Lhave' set the sea )t w''i' iiy to their rbarneter chieb no mi io& an Pn P ae ( tr ('i ( i 1 10 1' tl1e\ wore t1(11 vie'wel ltV all earnl est sp1)1)orters of the cause. ThIis wrongs 110 011. nor is it in any de rCe'l:aeulated ') ( har e1110 }eaCe or (ist rbt tc I gi!ltlity- of the Clinty'V at IiUl'_. is 'lh is simlflyi a prop]r C seli-respect will(1 ve are U1ld(r Ohlio*t1UitlS tO lilintain SCrui pjllousi\ in ilil situatiuns. ilerel)V w\ill1il-- Ille ,.(ood Onl,iOn andI e'on til eect' he outs id' w l hlolil1 (all lIve w\lio1t the appIa?Ue or C-teen of for"eig'ine rs. but \wiIout 'rlli ' t wliO er C ' ilit '. W.here it is pOssibe 01,1 (1O wValIi <-ia.ells. 1(ow reIuced b\ wilar. O11l'1it to lhear tinillSelC S as [)1'UllUy \ US el i'ver. an'l o ll'ii to avoid alnV iidlLgene ind ndely. 1i1ere w: ilnin'iv tOO pValint :1 Uride of[ wealt w'It Il S')mei of our 1 1 people ; liu as a rile our me t of 1r'1 rt0 iO e nem-el ves witi lt 0t>11111 Oeral Iaion ald modestV. Ost iltatioll w\ s snin eimes mani Vest, but chiefly ini COIIIOct1On With in oneo".-h1anIed'l 1-, ho iality w iihl >verel the ?a'lt. It 1'(uires the amlle l2ood(:(i seIns e an s11{e'amlness 01 ;e hal the odiefrity of -"1v, as is refluired to lear ILe K- '(0 1 1on Con l ton O<ther days. The. soli I :1 lvO ntaOe of weat a:re.I Ci ( ii \Vi i'il ti ie (Oiil lald Ore or less reiet. . iu. in eon ;atio of pat rfis and \, tr . tll^11 t '1 L m>t 1C at\' E: 0 0 C 'n '1(t'11C' d11 In lul oi the usuaI :eat. The tirrible cxperienceOs of war have tan ght tatl (Other1 1 11 :tin 1rit0 et on ( e1 " prOperv. An aristocrier ('f ebaracUt(r and wealthi amionla thiose whomi (0om owiVns and pains have male frater na. This shold.U( nlot he forgot teln :10( ie thile mnany who are 1!nl phoVeriShed,l or by the0 few who have beenl luc(kV enlough$ to) saye a oodly V r porOn of t heir pr'opert. b)nora b!V. Povert v is un eomfort f Ie at the best. but its sting is takenU iw:ay when it enses to hu :aillat.e. If the South were can eUssed( ito.dV it wouhl beprve thatU ourll peol Uilmost luaimlouls 1,eriNU >-t IW:il i111(t4V. truitb cl. to all the aristocracies of t h wrbl. It is to be hoped that this whoesome mutual re0spect 11nd loI eIIl pride1 will bie kept uip and s.en tlined 1or :11 ei 11ning iIme Words of Cheer. Ab ~u winge enlatorylP !ara-~ I1 is true that a clonu of gloomK and uncer'tainitv is closing around us, but shall we therefore treadl life's rugg2 ed pathway with our lends uowe0 down flke a bulrusll ? 1 ii up !Abov~e us are the hea Ves. flOlant witil wir is O1hlbriKl set ter th e rit ted c eiurs, an 111) h ten ip our deCs(il0e pathwayIis. It We \Ve manyG tumgs' tor wmen1 we shouldi he thanful It i nou our hopes~ have boon s(fat terefl. as to an earlyVP0 reOni1 ti01n of our1 riwlhts and ~priilegS as5 on of the sisterhiood of States. but evenl this. boy a juliouls course upon theO part of' the people, may OlyV he a tempVOrary embarrass mnIt. Surely we do not intendl to Sit dlownf supinely under' this loss-leave the land to become a ir e waste-& ue lonme o desola iOn anUO. mecrel vbeae we m i-. nI( Are we mVIue'1 ee the'lalos. the bnaling ivee. al all ihe attiVities of tie great olI Saxon heart-descendants of the m en whlo have nula"e a wilrier (erne1 c'ntincnt to ldoomn as a arden ? Shall we, because a creat shadow has overwhelmed us. seek relief in the vague realms of despair ? Never ! never ! That blood still flows in our veins. Let it no', staLgnate aroun(d a drooping heart, lut set brain and muscle to work, and demonstrate to the world that the enerrv and intelli gene of the South is equal to the cri's. and can subiJorli(nate all changes to her interest, and con trol the industrial resources of the State to the 1est advantage. and come Iortli fronm this hou' of loon and trial will that d:iity and hono.Cr which becomes her character and her history. Al though w e cannot control the tn' bid waters whose surging billows have swept away our properity and our hopes. yet we can rise above the highest wave. survive the wreck of the storm, and re build our fallen fortunes upon a mo re permanent and prosperous 1ounidat ion. - Look 1Up and take courage. 2 ou alr poor-so are we all 1)oo' ; btlit roa(n'I1in and LgrOw\'ing, sig i lni tor sympathy, pulling round w'ith si(kly, Vain reg;rets for the un e h*iang'abile pa-t. will br'iI no che -o light of happi-nes -in the '1nd. ".let the de:l pa t bury its dead.'' and leave it t) solitude ad1 ilence ; but with a God above vou. a heart within von, and a wr iof activitV "1nd interest a 1oun von. look up, ali be a manl iii mISfortune. :ul also a man above m11isfortune. Tar P. :onr.-Mr. T. C. Pet ers. v:ho has recently returned from an Cxtend(ld ttlrl tlhrough several Of the Southern States,. writes to Gen. Grant, some of the reult of his 10 obser'Vations1. We eo py only t:he followin<g p:aragraphn. with the remark that in our' opin 'in it is true as 5"words of Hoely mass are'i- most thoroug~hlyv orderly and law abidling4. and( mfost truly loy al. If the t hi ig were poss..ile, I wouldU stake myr life. my honor all t.hat a man holds most dearl here or hi reafter. upon the com plete andi most uindoubited loyahy of the peop)le in those States visit-I ed- They have submiitted in most perfecLt honor and( integityI of 1urose ' and ~' they.' exc-eedingly'i re gret that their honor andt integr'ity shou1ld b)e doubted. The saife ty of loan entutedSt( to them is af beyondi all question in1 regard to thl.ir lovaltyL and theO faithful1 ad min trtionl of' their laws. No peoleca be more anx:ious for -ear am it and they w ell un tioniU]' (nd enforcemVent of the laws !of the~ first impnortan'-e to gain "I f the Southern people should resist the execution of martial la by I force. they would be light ng' in as* righ-lteous a cause5 as any 1 in hich a pattriot ever1 drew aj vword. Thli is thte opening sentence of aieading article in the New York Wl , andi the1~ Mont g omecry Ad '/rj;0r respondsl as follows: -Alif we did iight, yo-u wold( encore the North to fighht us again, ais von diid before. Out on suc frienids. Southern brains is the only hope) of our deliverance The- q1uest ion of arnexing West Flor ida to Alaama is again being agita(ed and,. it is claimedi. will receive the conseut of the people o that section. A ]ittle bo' defimtion of a: WUI-'.r-.all. ilajr ~owinig over The Courts. A over the State is heard thu cry of the pe(pl e aain st the en foirem'Inenlt of the collection of delL in this period of poveli y and dis ti'es'. ex'ited h the uniusual num ber Of suit s issued in everv District. to the approaching and pending Spring terms-the first Courts fully open to the creditors since 1801. Coming. aq this crisis does, upon Ihe heels of emancipalion the exhaustion of a long. bloody and disastrous war-the total sup pression of trade and commerce for four vears-the paralysis of agriultural labor and the loss of erops-to the debtor, whose only mheans of payllit are lamis dc pre'iated to a tenth of thei' value, the prospect is indeed gloomy. It is not surprising that feelings of bitterness m ad rCS('n11tm1ent should be entertained against those who seek to enforce their demands at this time. and that some of the tloultless have even counselled resistance to the laws, in the vain hope of relief. Yet, it must not be forgot. that up to this time. the debtor has eijoVed the use of the money or property of his creditor-that it is not a fault of the latter, that the debt still exists -that many of this class have already sufered'r in the past, and now endure lie .p:ivations. only. as Vet. apprehenldd by their dlcbt or=-tlh :t many of' tieml are them selvets ebto's to others. whose only mea:ns of relief consist in the en orcem'oent of' their own credits. while a large class of th m are t:ustees anld representativeS oft he in resi s of otihers. and held to the st (' test a('O ntai b il t b efco e re the law. fbr hilie'c or neg,lect to 'ealize all the :asets entrusted to tihe(ir Care am(I man:iaeimenlt. N or must it be forgot that the establishment of a debt hr the judgement of a Court does not, by any means. neeessarl lead to the sale of pro perty and the ruin of the debtor. On the con:trari. e xper'ience teach es us that one having the security of a juldgmentt, is much more ready to imu!ge. (than~ whlen his debt was subjUected to hazzar'd and( dloub1t. It is not the interest of the creditor to sacritice the propeCrty of the deb'itor, but the reverse, and at present pri~ces. we venture to say that but little pr'opert*y will ever be forced to sale. while there is an eflfort on the part of the debtor to payV nyV p)ortionl of his dIebts. 'We must remember too. that this flood of litigation will clog the dockets. and in manyv eases. (elay judgmen t for vear's, where the parties enter appe'ances and defend the suits. In York and Lancaster Districts, at the recent Courts, the entire term was eon son ed in hearing the Summary Process cases, and hundreds of i'nues will interpose a r'eguilar, leitimate and c'onst itutionafl bar rier nLainlst ind2fments at the th!l courts. Tw\' ) or three good crops ously1 invinudiciv-ted in cO1orois ing' :u:md makingt terms with credli tors, poli tieal quiet and a restora tion (f confiidenice in Southern in vestments willI put a new fhce on afairs, andl make us smile at the panide now prevailing.--Faifield Herald. MArIMNA.-One exchan~ge tells us that. a novel elopement o('curred recent ly at D)anville, New York. A wife ~becamie poisoned againist her hiisband through the machinations of' a lover. who fur nished her with money to procure a divorce and then married her. After living with her second hus band a while, she beeame con vncedl she had been deeeiied as to her first husband, and her old love returning. she eloped from her second husband, runnimg away with her first. This sort of conduct will tend to make the situation of husband rath-ir precarious and unpleasant. Another exchange informs us that in Washington a woman shot a man because he did not marry:; in Cincinnati another shot one be ase he did. These things show that the bach elor who contemplates--Or who does nof contemplate--matrimnony, ;in fom '1lNer What is to be Beautics vs. Eoautie;. me tle Ih':hlnond and IeterI)urg (da is are isputing about the degree of beauty pos sessed by the ladies of these re Tee is only ne way to settle the difiileult. Come to Charles ton, friends-we are poor. but pretty, and in this climate beauty does flourish amazingly.-Ch arics ton JL'rc urL. Ch'arleston !Talahvs'ec is the last station on the road to Paradi se Indeed.passengers iron Richmond. Petersburg, Charleston. and other place-; upon arriving here. have wondered if they were not really in heaven itself. becise hey thought they saw the angels here. Chainrleston, indeed!- T !ahas .ee (I a.) nt'r nel. We are in for a trip to (harle+f to, and this 'la.st station on the road to Paradise." sure. If there are : - ladies anywhere on thi, habitable globe who surpas in beauty and all the attractions of V omanhood, the fair ladies of Petersburg. we are bound to see them. Look out for us early in the coming year. friends.-P ers Lurg (T a.) E:press. ".Last station on the road to Paradise!'' Well. perhaps it is. but if beautiful ladies con st tute Para dise. then is A1ugusta that place. So, friend Expres, when you start on your journy it you desire to go iarther doi't Stop here. but if von are really looking for pretty ris. why coic by all means, and fat your eyes On beauty; this is the )lacee you are looking for. Ther. fore. you can come and be gr atifled. And if you want t s1 re'al gn'Iuinile beauity, and ait a very ("aptiv tin sort of' a fellow. prohaps mind w :-y prapw"-'.c,A intro duee you to oiur special ;itte cal < wear:r. Oh (ear ! let (it with yourpretty girl=. ('l:rleston, lich mond, Pete'sbirg. TA'allahassee ili Of yol. You ain't no wher's alongside of old 1?u sta. 'ilats so0 -Au gustat 1.iY:.. A \ witer in the R?ood T>/ic makes the pleasing discovery that Amer ican women 1 are grPowm mi' fore and( more beautiful every year. We presume that he means each suIccesivecro Qof) youngK ladii' is nrettier than the las -not that the Same womn CU(ont Ii:e to grow more beautifid every year. Ti last wouldl b)e a dliscover'y gret'ly to be dlesire(l. But. alas. it is de cr'eedl that women shall increase in beauty to a certain point only. after which tihey grdas!! losexh their outward loveline?0 Som indeed. by the assistancI" of roug'e. har-dye, "palpitators," andt 0ther modei n i-nvention.~ ilh 1b Tim sce'ssfull for a lon 3eio of.(10 years, but the ungnan o.d raeai is a con1 latio to know' th':t though the oli1 ro e are f'in. the comningl~O" 1.usadh2oom are' to be more lovely tihan thei ir pre deceOssors. Somec of the old cron., h owever, are' hard to bet pos5ee. ing as they do, in ad1dition~ to hIn tv of person, tho e ebarmsn' of ''und( ad soul1 tha?t ne er fae Thereci are a few of the odld oc 1 : our bachelor) friemls to mai''a8 lectionl. without waitin7 new crop.-Yor!:, ll1'E rer. M.tR1RY HEn~ F \ ns.--ay y'ars ago', in what is now a flourishingr city in this State, lived a stajlwart blcksmnith,. fond of is pipe and his Joke. He was also fondl of his blooming daughter, whose many graces and charms had en snared the affections of a suscepti be young printer. The couple. after a season of billing and cooing, "en gaged themselves" and nothng but the consent of the young8 ia dy's "parent" prevented their union. To obtain this an inter-. view was arrangedl and typo pre paedi a little' 4peht. a m ns who sat e11joVing his favorite pipe in perfect cOntenI;. Typo dilated upon the fhet of their long friend sh ip. the'r nat ural attachmnent their hopes for the future. and like tope;(, and. ta'.in ' the daughter by the hand. s:.iK : Inow.Sir'. ask your permission to transplant this lovely flower from its parental bed" -but his feelings overcame him, he forgot the remainder of his ora oricr.l 4ourish. blushed, stammer ed. and finally wound up with from its l pan'ctal bed. iuito my olen. The father keenly relished the (iscomfiture of the suitor. and af ter removing his pipe and blowing (2 OUe repid '"e ll young man. I (lo't know as I ve any oljcet ions. pro idcd you wW mar;y thc grijirst.' Josh Billings on Prayer. From too many friends and from things at locs" ends. good Lord de liver' us. 'om a wife who dun't love and from children who don't look liko us. good .Lord deliver us. From snakes in the grass, and from snakes in our boots, from torchlight processions. and from new rum. good Lord deliver us. From pack peddlers. from young folks in love. from old aunts with out money. ani cholera morbus, good Lord deliver us. From wealth without charity, from11 prais;e without sense, pedi grees worn out. and all poor rela ti);s. good Lord deliver us. From pills that ain't physic, from fcm1ales that faint. and from men1 who flatter, good Lord de liver us.1 From gals that chew gum and wear dirty petticoats, and from men who don't love babies. good Lord deliver us. .rmn other folks' serets, and from ur own : from mormons and mogmiis, anird women's committees, .-nf. Lor'd deOliVer tz. F1):m irtu without fragrance, fr'oIn butter that smells. from nig ger' canp-meetings. from cats that T 1 1 are ecurting, grood L~ordC dei1ver US. FiF, t:s:N:L !-ega.~rding a di1scuss ion nlow goingc on between some h alf dozen of our' Georgia con temporaries on the subject of "La (dies' Feet." we wouldl sugg~est that they would fairt her the cause of decen cy by dropping it wvhere it is.-Ma7con Trkcgraph, Cth. WXe standl rebuked and repentant for' our sins in the premises ! We know the Telegraph is a good teachecr of "decenicy" and as an ex ample we quote tlhe following from -Old Mr. Fire Fiend" caught us napping Sunday mormnng, and A ler e: iderc:able loud talking and persu:asion g'ot up. nur! freed v.:omimh. red( uested her to look out front andi rear to see if she couid di~scover any fire. Sheo returned in a~ few moiments and reported no ire to I0e 5een. WbC e .iL'?m qui e:1n.1and were' hing cG;l(alliance with> Mirs Murphy." prepatory - to the old ly 's taking us alto -thrinto her embr~ace when an expl)oin took place that sent the old gal gaing." il to im who enil thinks,'' is the motto of the Knights of the 4 Garter an weLLIL umittat theC quot:aion fromn the Teleg)l.rph is morer' liable to that condemrnttion and a fiilse construtition. thani any t hin a- said on theo subieet of "La dies' Feet" by us or our cotempo raries. HIereafter we shall not be lieve that ther have feet !-9heon C1it ien. IE:cT1oS.---Tfhe bflmving dispatch was received biy U.revet B:ig. Gjen. Green, res.tevi ( a fter::oon, from Gen. D. E. i. cle. ~who had been telegraphed to wit reference to the election of Sheriff of this District. This order will apply 1 :i1 elionin this State :--Phomnx. CIL.um:ESos, S. C., A pril 1, 1867. Irevt Brig. Gen. Green, Comnmand ng - The election [for Sheril~ will not be heid 4:hen u ii the tei mn of the pec "enincubent expire ? A successor xvill be apl)oi:ted. :.' commnand of Gen. 'icks -J. W:. CLOUS, rn" - .:ri . . A. Gen.