The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, May 22, 1867, Image 2
Notes on the South,
The notes of William C. Prime, editor
of the N. Y. Journal of Gommerce, made
during a recent visit to the South and
now published in that paper, one of
which .yo present below, are of peculiar
interest :
If an election of any kind were to be
held in the South within the next three
months, there is no reasonable doubt that
three-fourths of the negro vote would be
cast with the Southern white vote. There
is perfect accord between the larger por
tion of the freedmen and the ,chite popu
lation. This is but natural. The negroes
were as ardent enemies of the North as
their masters during the war. They had
no theories to sustain, and no special care
as to what questions were involved in the
contest. They sympathized with the
people who surrounded them; and if the
oath of aliegiance were distinctly under
stood by the freedmen whcn it is adnin
istert d to them, nine-tenths of them
would be unable to say that they hr'i not
lent willing aid and comfort to the rchei
lion. Having stood firmly by their
masters in the trials of the war, they are
still likely to stand by them in all public
questions. It seems to be from a know
ledge and appreciation of these facts, that
' the men who are seeking to use the negro
vote for partisan purposes find it ncees
nary to delude the poor fellows with
promises of a division of the lands among
them. The serious question for t'e freed
men now ought to be how to establish a
regular and permanent system of paid
.labor, and how to fix the rate of payment
so zs to approximate as nearly as may be
to the old rate--namely, a support for
the laborer and his family, in sickness
and health, childhood and old age. Bu.t
the interference of politicians is operating
to prevent the determination of these
questiors, and postpone the day of calm
settling down. It isirn possible to regard
the speech-making missions of Northern
joliticians to the Southern negroes as
anything but injurious to them. It is,
in fact, adding the final blow to their
rain as a people. Unless they settle
down to work, and take the position of
laborers whose labor is necessary, and
must be cherished and cared for, they
$ will rapidly perish. The suffrage is in
danger of proving.the destruction of the
race. It would ordinarily take a genera
tivn to learn the requirements of the new
order of things. Where the interests of
employers are so deeply involved in the
education of the employed, the process
or accommodation to the new systcm
might be much more rapid. But the
temptations to idleness which political
Fpeakers are offering than,rare too strong
to be resisted by their feeble intellects,
:and they are easily led to ruin. They
'wculd go much faster if the promises
were fulfilled. If the lands were divided
.among them,gnd they made to depend
on their own labor for the product of
,their own farms, the race would melt
away in two or three generation.s.
- The Southern negro is very much like
a hot house plant. HIe needs constant
care and advice. Exposure is dangerous.
It is astonishing to observe how many of
them seem to be ill, how few are free from
coughs and indications of disease. They
know nothing about taking care of them
selves. They require advice, watching
and constant help. These are the gene
ral truths, while the exceptions serve by
contrast to make the common rule mor_e
visible.
The future, therefore, looks doubtful to
the Southern people. There is reason to
Lear that the negro race will disappear.
Already it is plain that it will not be able
to supply the demands for labor sihich is
sure to be made within a few years. The
indications are that they will diminish
from year to year, while~the demand will
increase in more rapid r-atio. If these
questions were left to the management of
Southern men, they would be considered
with great care, and the utmost attention
'would be paid to the comfort and well
being of the feedmien. The best friends
they have in the world are Southern em
ployers, and their worst enemies are those
who, however honestly, are seekin.g to di
vert their attention from the primary
question of bread, and clothing, and shel
ter, to the work of governing a great
nation. Unfit at present to govern them
selves, they ought to be spared the mise
rable delusion of thinking .they are fit to
make laws for the world or the greatest
nation in it. The direction of their minds
towards such subjects resu!ts in their
abolute destruction, physica! as well as
Lnoral.
There are many rer.sons for belie-:ing
that the tendency of things in the South
is toward the breakir:g up of the old sys
temi of large plantations employing many'
hands. These will continue ini some
sections, because no other system c-an be
made to woik successfu!!y. Uut it will
not be strange if the general rule shall
hereafter be more likely at the North,
where the farmer cultivaItes a sman.. farm,
requiring but a few hands. Hero comes
in, however, the question of emigration -
whether it can he turned to the South,
and how. The world's history has shown
that emigration doer, not tend to w~armn
climnates. But here are inducements
such as were never befoie offered. A
land once teeming with abundance, rich
soil which rewards labor te-n-fold, the
prospects of ci-ops which are more valu
able than mines of gold, the certainty
that the soil will yield support to the la
borer and his f:rmily from the time that
the seed grows-these and other reasons
may tempt the emigrant.
But the people of the South must do
something to induce immigration, and
one of the first thmngs necessary is to
persuade their railway companies to es
tablish second-class :hrough rattes of fare
at a low tariff. The pr-esent rates are
only local, and very high. When we
compare the cost of going from New York
to St. Louis or Chicago with the cost of
going as far Sou thwardl we seec the
recasons why the emigrar . cannot be in
duced to try the latter.
There are fine openings for the organ
ization of emigrant companies in the
South. Large tracts of improved land
can be bought at a low figure, and these
lands sold to emigrants in alternate sec
tions would at once become more valu
at4e than in the most prosperous days
of old.
Goto1crn OR PtAm? "-Waiting for a
car oc a street corner recently, our car
was taken by a strikingly novel but high
ly .expressive discrimination of classes.
A couple of coloured women were ex
changing expressions of surprise at the
conduct of some third person mentioned
by one, the; other thereupon inquiring:
"Was she colored or plain ?" "Plain !"
was the satisfactory answer.-National
Tntelligenc>r.
NEW BDlhRY S. C.
Wedneslay Morning, May 22, 1867.
The New York Sunday News.
We have received a copy of the above
sterling sheet. It is admirably made up,
and ably edited. It is only necessary to add
that Charles Dickens is one of its corres
pondents, and Vic-or IIugo soou w-ill be.
Mr. Benjamin Wood is the editor and pro
prietor.
Ex-President Davis.
At last the illustrious prisoner breathes
the free air and enjoys the sun-light of hea
ven! All associated with him in his release,
and to be connected with his trial, will be
handed down to posterity. The officer to
preside at the tribunal that will arraign him
will occupy a position of vast respon-ibility.
The dignity and reticence of Mr. Davis,
while under duress, is a lofty tribute to the
virtues of ennobled manhood! His frecdom
from a murmuring, criminating spirit,
challenges admiration! Would that the
press and people of the South, as an unit,
were persuaded that a patient, silent sub
mission on the part of a captive (and we are
all captives in one sense) is far better than a
captious one. Mr. Davis neither found
fault nor asked favors. His course is beyond
praise. We are glad that he is free, ani ac
cept it as a harbinger of slowly, yet surely,
returning peace.
Europe.
The result of the London Conference ar
gues but little in favor of peace, it is feared.
Mereiv an outward emollient to a terrible
eruption. A temporary palliative. Dissat
isfaction is visible amor.g some of the lead
ing powers at the results of the Conference.
Poor old Europe! It looks very like she will
soon be re-constructed. From the Rhine to
the Vistula nothing but undefined fear.
Prussia and Austria are contending for the
imperial throne. France agitated; England
troubled; Germany confounded; Russia eye
ing poor, tottering Turkey, with a lustful
vision, and all the other great or lesser pow
ers waiting in dread and apprehension. The
peoples of Europe are involved in an im
brogilIo that is really portentious. Clas:
feuds, popular uprisings, boundary line an
tagonisms are producing a condition not
pleasant to contemplate. It will be the tri
umph of the century should there be mode
ration and statesman=hip enough in the old
world to rescue her governments intact from
present entanglemen ts.
Altogether Too Ba:1.
Starved to death! IIow appalling! In a
country, too, that oug'ht literally to abound
with "the kindly fruits of the ear:h." The
sunny South, an agricultural community,
with a rich and friendly soil, to starve its
small population ? Fearful fact! No coun
try prospers while its pcople gather food
supplies abroad at prices that keep the
masses perpetually driven to the wall. Eng
land, France and the North prosper becaase
'they raise their own food supplies and divers
sify pursuits. The city of London alone,
contains a population nearly equal to one
third of the entire South--and they are fed.
Through the exac': system of English agri
culture, the farmers of that country gather
an hundred per cent more wyheat from the
acre than we do, at our maximum yield.
A war in Europe between this and fall. is
among the grave probabilities. In that evenc~
cotton may not be worth more than 10c. p
pound, and the men with the biggest corn
crops will be the prosperoas party. Let us
learn a lesson right now. A large provision
crop and a small crop of cotton is the secret
of future prosparity and wealth. Some will
say there wa:; a drouth last year. True; but
eatton was made, and went for provisions.
The man who hauls his cotton to market for
a price scarcely more thtan nominal, and
returns' with cornent from one to two hun
dred per cent over old prices, in our humble
judgment, is very much the loser.
Which Next ?
"Lay on MaedutT, and damned be he
Who first cries hold, enotugh."
We clip the following frotm the Laurens
ville Hleraldl, it being the ordinac to
ratse supplies. Commtent is hiardly
necessary, but we th'ought that the
exesiv, unjust, cruel a.nd stuid tax
of the State would be the last of its kind.
Hlow mtistQdn the idea. lH':e is ain cx
amopl which if followed will pro've the
strow to break the camel's liack:
Lets Lards, Duildings, 12)- cents on
every $wo (ytx orth ; Buggies, Carriages,
G;ld-and Sizlver Plaite, Watches, Jewelry
and Pianos on han'd ont the 1st day of
January, 18h67 *' cents on everv t$l00
worth :'''~ Empymn ts, Focul ties and
Professions,~ Cegmt-n and School
Teachers excepted,) 40) cents on everv
$1 h wo'rth o ros.s amounts received in
18&6 ; Insurance and Underwriters' Agen
cies, 60 cent on every- $100 worth re
ceived in 1866~ ; Newspap)er Publishers,
40 cents on every $100) worth received in
l806; Goods, Wares and Merchandize,
12 cents on every $100 worth sold in
iSGG; HIotels, Restaurants, Eating Houses
an iLivery Stables, 40 cets en every
$100 worth recei ved1 in 1800b ; Bar Rooms,
$2 00 on every $100 worth reccived in
1866.
Should our respectablc council fol!owI
this lead we for one pr.opose to make a
pr.)portionate division of our office and
appuirtenances between thetm and the
State, not yet having been able to meet
the latter demand. It is our honest be
bief that we would make or save more
by that course than by continuing the
business.
IUniversity Journal of Medicine and
Surgery, for May' 153, received. Edited
by W. Paine, M. D., and printed at Phila
delphia. $1 per annum.
There is at the Paris Exposition a Me
chanical horse, which goes at a 240 rate.
The Emperor has rewarded the youthful
inventor with the Legion of Honor.
Rev. Prof. P. C. Edwards, of Furman
University, died at Greenville on the 15th
inst.
IMiss Sarah Rutledge of Anderson was
recently drowned in Rocky River.
Mexico is still in n "muddle." Wish
somebody would lead her out.,
Rev. Jno. Bleckwith of New Orleans,
- Fur the Herald.
MR. .Eiuoa--WLen we have no other,
with whom we may communicate freely, we
may address ourselves to the Editor. We
means the people, and the writer is only
the amenuensis. Several distinguished Po
litical Doctors have favored us with able
disquisitions on the "Situation ;" and each
of them has left such prescriptions, as, he
supposed, the maladies with which the body
politic was afflicted, required. But we con
fess that we have not been able to distin
guish between their diagnostications of the
disease, nor the difference in the effects of
their different prescriptions, when traced to
their ultimate results. One recommends
blistering near sonme vital organ, and ano
ther the extr :itie, and yet another re
commends opiates in great excess, so as to
produce a inacterly inactivity. We would
suggest that blis:ering ointment never fails
to excite the sick man, no matter on what
part of the body. or which of the members
it may be placed, and as the nervous sys
ten seems to be deeply involved in this
case, we think that treatment inadmissible.
And while we believe the sick man should
be kept quiet, we are not sure the opiates
should be so freely administered, as it may
be necessary that the patient should be re
vived to meet some other symptom that may
develop itself.
But we only ni.ke these suggestions, for
we do not know a hether this disease is in
its incipiency of mnalignance or whether it
is an old chronh ie ease, exhibiting new and
more malign :nt symnptoms, superinduced
by its sudden introduction into a warmer
climate, or ?'hethcr the treatment should
be directed to the removal of the cause, or
to the treanetmnat of the symptoms as they
aPpea r. We havc hiieard that one Dr. Vil
son, of some notoiety in the treatment of
lo:thsomne diseases, had volunteered his
great skill in the treatment of this distin
guishc l patient, and that he examined the
siek man and left a prescription to be car
ried out by some of his new office students,
with directions that if the remedy pro
posed, should be too naueating for the
condition of tie patient, that he mnust be
removed to some more salubrious climate.
But we feel assu.e l that the patient is
wholly unable to chan_e his loaulity at
present, for many of his members are :l
ready pa alvzed. Thus we can only call
the attention of our own doctors to the con
dition of the sick man, and invite their
mtcst delibera:e censulta t:on on the c:e.
That per eba::cc something ima:y he Ound
that will prevent both the disso,mion und
the expatrietion of the patient. And we
suggest that thely should d'lilierate well
before nv treatment is deceide on. Let
the symptoms fouh develon lie condition
of the patient, and then determline upon
a course. One of the most distinguished
physicians has diecided thtat it will be more
thtan two mionlths before this disease is fully
developed, and perhaps two moure before it
reaches its crisis. Then lie treatmenit i ayv
be ventured oni with more safety. And
then the pa tierit, his nervous systetm being
exceedingly sensitive, must bie irea ted ,it h
great tenidenetss. In the mean time let all
the nmenmbers of the sick matn be properly ex
ercised, and rendered as !.ealthy- as possible
by proper local treatment, even if the
greatest am ount of fr,ition be necessarily
employed, to impart to them vitality and
strength for the support of the enfeebled
sick Body in the approaching crisis. For
unless the menibers can be kept comoparat
tively healthyi and in proper synmpathy with
the Body, we may not hoae for its restora
tion to health under present circumstances.
NOTA\ BENE.
'The namtes of .\r. Davis' Sureties and
thc paper signed are as follows:
The condition of such recognizance is
such that if the said Jcfferson~ Davis
shall, in proper person, well and truly
appear at the Circuit Court oIf the United
Staies, fir the District of Virgin ia, to be
held at Richmond, in the said District,
on the fourth Monday in November next,
at the opening of the court on that day,
and then and there appear fromt day to
day, and stand to abide and perform
whatever shall be then anid there ordered
to be adjudged in respect to hi:ni with
said court, and riot depart fronm the said
'ourt without the leave of the said court,
in that bchal first had and obtaiued,
then the said recognizance to become
void, otherwise to remain in full force.
Taken and acknowledged this thir
teen th day of May, 18S07.
[Signed] JEFFERISON DAVIS.
lIIortce Greeley, Newv York.
Auguts tus Sc'hel, New York.
A ri-tiles We lsh, Philadelphia.
WV. 1l. Maefarland. Richmond.
R. B. Hiaxall, Richm.mid.
Isaae Davenpot, Richmiond.
Abmaham Warw'ic.k,L Rihmond.
G. A. Myers, iebmflond.
WV. WV. Crumrp. imomli .
,Janmes Lyonls, im ond.0'
WVi liaimi I1. Lyvotns, IUtehmnd(.
John Mi~inur Bi,tt., \irgin ia.
Jamels Thomas, Jr., R ehmond.
The name of IIorace F. Clark of New
Yo;k was added, a note having been sett
for that purpose. Mr. Davis will soon
after his return frotm Canada, whither he
has gone for his children, proceed at once
to his homte in Mississippi, where hie says
he wishes to look after n~ hat is left of his
estate, edlucate his children, and spend
the remainder of his days.
The consumnmation ~is one that tile
Southern people have been wishing and
praying for, and the illustrious gentle
man and his family will carry with them
to their home in 'Mississippsi the good
wishes and prayers of them all. May his
journey he prosperous and his future life
be free from all causes of unhappiness.
THE INJUnCToN Cass.-The States of
Georgia and Mississippi appealed to the Su
preme Court of the U'.ited States to pre
vent the re-construction acts of Congress
from being executeid, alleging thait they
were unconstitutional and destructive to
the rights of these States. These cases
were argtted by the most enminenit counsel,
ini a itho0rough1, able an d effective manlner.
The Cournt, after mature consideration of
the ease, dismissed I oth bills, adjudging
thereby that the reconistruictiottnmeasures
of Congress are No-r unconstitutional. Thte
Mississippi bill was ameicded, however, by
praying that the niilitary authorities might
be prevented from wasting the public pro
perty of the State ; after which, it was con
tin ued.
Now, that the quiestion is settled, we
truist that those who leaned oii this hope
will throw iio fmt the r obstacles in the w ay
of re-construction, but, on the contrary, as
sist it presirvinig the little of liberty and
property left us. -Pickenis Courier.
The Nashville Union and Dispatch, of
last Sturday, says :Cheering reports
are reaching u.~ ftom the interior of a re
LOCAL ITEMS.
SOLTnxR MADE SHoE.-MI. J. Singlc
ton of our town has fur sale a sample
case or two of shoes ma:nufactured by
Messrs. Shelly Bro's. & Co., at Thomas
ville, N. C., which will cnpare favorably
wvith northern mtanuf:tcture. These shoes
are Brogans, ladies goat walking boots,
and men's bals, and are of substantial
make, good material, well finished and as
cheap as those which come from nothern
manufactories. If as good then and
perhaps a little better, and certainly as
cheap, no objection can be urged against
patronizing our own Southern factory.
FREstt Scrmf>1s.-The public general
ly, and the ladies particularly will thank
us for the information which it is in our
pleasure to give them, and that is that
Messrs. Barre & Sanr have received an
other supply of elegant and seasonable
dry goods, embracing every variety of
goods in their particular line which can
be called for. One especial feature be
ing that these goods will be sold at re
duced prices in accordance with the
pressure on the times. If the public
therefore study their inierests they will
certainly give these genti.men attention.
TE NEw SocIF:Tr.-We are pleased to
notice all reforms in the right direction,
and are glad to see that the temperance
society lately estahi;shed by our colored
friend; is taking a h,o,ld upon this class
of the cornunit. it is known as the
Freedmen's Newberry Tremperance As
sociation, and from the date of existence,
1st MIay, 1 S7, to tie present, already
numbers for ty-four members, including
the officers, who arc as follows
R. Tolliver, President ; C. Cannon,
Vice-Presi''ent; E!ij,h Philips, Chairman;
Joseph Boston, Se. tary ; James E'
ward, Treasurer; Jacob Clchmd, Trustee;
T. Uobo,,lst Stevard ; and James Boozer.
2d Steward.
The next meeting. will be held on, Fr i
day evening in the rear of Wiskeman &
Wilbers.
A furious storm of wind and rain
passed o-er our section on Monday after
noon last. For nearly an hour the rain
descended in angry to-rents, and the
wind blew as it listed -without fear or
favor. "Tihe oldest inhabitant," &c.
Wherever it fell broken land must have
been washed considerably, and the wheat
s>mewhat twisted or laid prostrate ; but
thr storm was happily of short duration.
We have not heard if the rain was ex
tensive. It was beginning to be needed.
No;thing was sulTering, however, and it is
just in time (the condition of the atnic
sphere is favorable for more) for the
splendid fields of growing corn, cotton,
and other crops, that thickly dot the
district. The immense breadth of wheat
maiturecs beautifully.
TuE Fa:snva\ for Thursday night, the
purpose of which is explained in adver
ttsement elsewhere, promises to be a per
fect success. It has elicited all the ardor
and energy of the young of both sexes,
and called forth the generosity of heads
of families to an extent very rem arkale,
when we consider the pressure of the
times and sear-city of eve-ry thing. Still
it is not surprising that it has had this
effect, when we remember the praise
worthy' ob jects contemplated. There
will be many attractions, the chief of
which w ill beC the Art Gallery, a deci.led
n< velty in these parts, together with cx
quisite music, instrumental and vocal,
tables loaded with useful and ornamental
things, and presidld over l9y TBE FAIR,
(using the word in both senses, and comn
prehending fair dealings, as well as fair
coml)exio)n$,) Abe Post ofiTee, the Gr-ab
bag, the Soda-fount, Ale-pumnp, &c,&c.,~
and lagt but not least, a hot Supper.
The follo.ving is a list of the paintings
andi statu ary to hr exhibited:
The Four Seasons; View of the Rhine;
The Light of Othier Days ; The Dluglne;
The Flower of the F:t nii!y ; Infanatry in
Repose ; The Deer Silaycr ; Bridal Scene ;
Under the LIse ; Thei Belle of the \iliage;
The Chase ; A Fonl Proceeding ; D)epart
ed Spirits ; Ruins of Greece.
This towni is foirtuaate in that it inuns
two "mnachi'es," and though the old ma
caine is somewhat out of order and has
turned out nothing~ for some time, it only
reeds the tightening of a loose screw
here or there and a little grease, when
it will again commence its grinding.
The other machine from which the fol
lowing job was tur-ned off is bran new,
and runs a little stiffly as yet, but with
p;ractice will compete with the best of
its kind soon:
MACHINE POETRY.
At Wicker-'s, the sun was :ow;
There was no untrod.let' snow.
The moon was shining oright,C
But An'iy saw another sight.
"Rap, Rap;" was at the door.
Byv it was no Blackamoor.
"Stop that knock in! I'm in bed,"
Brother Andy fiercely said.
Please let mec in friend Andy,
I greatly need some candy"
"D)at you Samibo? Is it you?"
"No. I am o ma-n in blue,
From Greenvile I have come,
To make y-our town my home.I
I'll patr-onize you lie said."
As Andy raised hims~elf in bed
"Come in. I hope you'll find rt
Something to please your mind." i
In walked Gi-eenville at the door
(flhat I have mentioned heretofore),
Customer took a calm survey, I
Of friend W's bright array;t
A bargain soon was struck,
And1 from his leather pocket-book
The money his bill to pay
"I ake it Sir-." And sped away.
"Ahi Greenville! It is well you run,
I do nor somechow like such fun;
For upon exam ination,
Here's miney of a defunct nation,"
Andy sci-atched his head and said,
As he again reached his bed,
"lempus. Moses. What shall I do
The fellow has put me through.
But in my vexation,
This idea gives some consolation;
HARD TIMES.
No busine-s stirring, nll thing3 at a stand,
People complnin that they have no caah in hand.
"Dull Times," re-echoes now from ev'ry quarter,
Even from father to the son and daughter.
5Ierchants cry cut no money to be had,
And grocers say too, the times are very bad;
tleclanics work. but they can get no pay,
Beaux dress genteel, and ladies, too, are gay.
Cah very scarce-but ])A\NCINo TWICE A WEEK
Business~dull-amnuements we must seek.
Some live awhle-and then perhaps they fail.
While many run in debt. and wind up in a jail.
the ladies must have ribbons, gauze and lace,
Ard paint. besides, to smooth a care worn lace;
I'he beaux will dress. go to the ball and play,
Sit up all night and lay in bed all day;
Ihu4h up an empty pate, look smart and prim,
F ollow eaci trilling f;eshion or odd whim.
Are those bad times, when people will profess
l'o follow fashions. and dehght in dress?
No! times are good, but people are to blame,
Who spend too much, and justly merit shame.
A. B. & X. Y., two nice young gents
who stated their want of wives through
the local last week, have received no less
than one bushel and a peck of gilt edged
billet-doux in reply. This eveals an
darming condition of tlhings. We believe
the supply of gentlemen i; equal to the
emand, and that they are more than
hnxious to do or die to make the ladies
ha; py. But they have not the courage
to face the music poor fellows, and we
pity them. Our whole atmosphere is
hurd,ned ith love, and the sighs are'so
oud and deep, that during the late dry
lays, many innocent old ladies in their
inxiety and longing for rain have mis
taken these sounds for thunder. The
signs o1 love are unmistakeable and can
hot fail to be noticed by one not afflicted
xith the malady. We give the following
is a guide, first the co:nplaint., then the
symptoms and eTects, then the cure:
Lov,..-A complaint of the heart, gro -v
ng out of an inordinate longing after
;olmlething dif}icult to obtain. It attacks
,crsons of both sexes, generally between
Lhe ages of fourteen and thirty ; some
ive been known to have it at the age
>f sixty.
Symptoms-Absence of mind, giving
thinp wrong names, calling tears nectar,
hnd sighs zephyrs ; gazing on the moon
ind stars ; toothache; bleeling at the
aose ; loss of appetite ; neglect of busi
,ess ; a loathing for all th:gs-save one;
)lood shot eves, and a constant desire
to sigh.
Effects --A strong headache ; pulse
igh ; stupidly cliquent eyes ; sleepless
aess, and all that sort of thing. At times,
Jhe imagination bright, bowers of roses
winged cupias, aid buttered peas, and
then, again, oceans of despair, racks,
tortures and hair- triggeredl pistols.
Cure-Get married. If that don't cure
fou it will at least open your eyes.
Pmrre Box.-The coppiliary sub
stance on the top of our cranium being
somwhat in danger of a pulling, we
:mit the spice for lndies for a season, til!
the storm subsides, and instead give a
srinikle from the pepper- box, for ;;entle
The first is a poor fellow, and1 a toler
be poet who wants a wife ; we bI pe lie
may soon be out of hig present Iumery:
I want a wife
To ceee: my life;
I care not what she lacks in beauty,
So I but find
That she is kind,
And kuows and practiecs her duty.
I want a wife
Who through her life
Was never known to be a flirt;
Who'll bring to me
A recipe
To keep the buttons on a shirt.
If such a one
Dweils 'neath the sun,
And don't mind leaving friends behiind her,
With the author of this
She'll find true bliss,
By informing him where he may find her.
The second the snarl of an od vete
ran who has been thirough the inill of
matrimony, and a sea of other trouh!es;
he needs iec2onstruelinlg.
What is the use of living? Wi e are
Bgged for crying when we are babies;
ogged because the schoolma'ster is cross,
vbhen we arc b)oys; obliged to toil, sick
>r well, or starve, when we are men ; to)
ork still harder y'nd suffer somnething
vrse: w'hen we are> husbands ;. and,
f:er ex haust ing Ilife andi strength in the
~ervie of other peop&, dL, and leave
>tur childrn to quarrel about the pos
s.ioni of our watch ; and our wife-to
~atch somiebodyv else."
In caso niumbler three mlatl'rimony
eemns at a discount, an~d connubi:.l bliss
t much it any at all. Our lady friends
' ill echo the sentiment that the L usbands
a this case must be to bhuzne, nod should
.ie bh "b''ooted."
A singul-:r law suit is now on trial at
-!ay Two yung men, each married
ut a few weeks, got siec of their wives
ml prop)osed to "'swop," and very singu
arly the women consented. But the
iusbind of the homiliest one promised to
>ay $.30 "to boot,'' and as lie has neg
eted to hand over, the suit is brought
o recover the money.
What will not drink do? Here's a
ase of a drunken gander who fancied
imself a goose :
A man came home drunk on a cold
ight and vomited in a 'basket contain
g goslings, which his wife had placed
eore the fire, upon seeing which he cx
laimed : "Mv God, wife, when did I
wallow them thsings ?"
The same fellow after getting over his
irunk lets off on his empty bottle, thus
ise:
"'Tis very strange t hat you and I
Together cannot puill
For von are f'ull when I .. dry,
And dry when I am fidl."
Jones, Smith and White mentioned
elow should be killed by love ; man
orn of wvon'an should die of woman.
ones has just lost a wife, and says to a
eigh.', as the coffin is lowered into
ie grave:
"I have lost cows, I've lost sheep,
ve lost horses, and l've lost calves, but
his is the wust of the whole loss."
And Smith on being interrogate dby a
riena as "to where hie was guing so fs,
avs:
"Homie, sir, home ; don't detain me.
have just bought my wife a new boni
et, and I must deliver it before the
Ishion goes out."
While White on being told that his
riife iad lost her temrper, said he was
'glad of it, for ft was a very bad one."
THE DEATH SrN.TENcE.-The folloWing is
the sentence pio.o1ned upon the Fenian
pr'soner: who have bcen on trial at Dublin
for the crime of high treason. The Lord
Chief Justice assumed the black cap, and
s.id
"The sentence is, that you and eacb of
you shall be taken from where you now
stand to the place from whence you came,
and that, on Wednesdav, the 2t6th of May,
y;ou be drawn on a hurdle to the place of
execution, and that there you and each of
you shall bei hanged by the neck until you
are dead ; and that afterwards your heads
be severed from your bodies, and the body
of each of you, divided into four quarters,
shall he disposed of as her Majesty or her
Exeentive shall think fit and proper. . And
mivy time Lord have mercy on your souls!
Tlic RIGT WI..-Thy South Georgia
Times says
(ne of the most successful farmers we
have ever known-a man who could not
write -his own name-made it a rule
from which he never varied to plant one
third of his land in small grain, one third
in Indian corn, and the balance in.cotton.
Many years ago he settled in Wilkes
Conty, of this State. He grubbed for
the money that bought him twentv-fivc
acres of the poorest land in the county.
HP died rich leaving a munificent farm
and numerous slaves. So much for sys
tenatic continued working npon a sensi
ble plan. Everybody admits the plan
sensible one, but few will work upon it.
Our errors are not the fruit of our de
iiberatejudgetmet t, but of our haste.
Er O);1EANs, May 16.-There was. il
considerable disturbance among the negrc
stevadores on the levee to-lay, imount
ing almost to a riot. Two -policeni
were b:rdl' injured while endeavoring tc
save a negro from a mob of his own
color. The military were ordered out to
aid the olice.
The following is the paragraph from
the orderof General Mower, issued to diy:
"The United States Government if neces
sary will protect you throngh the rmili
tary, but you wiil not be protected ir
wr Iong dcing.",
P,EG:ITttATioN IN TIls STATE.-A cor
recpondent of tle New Y ork Tribut
telegraphs from Washington: "leport
to the Congressional Republican Execu
tive Commnittee, here from Cha,rlestc;n
state that General Sickles c:ntemphate:
the appintmenlt of one Celoved man or
each of the Bo"ards of Igistry in Souti
Carolina. This he does at the solicita
tion of the Union men of the State. T-ht
rEhel element has been bitterly opposing
the thing, but General Sickles sides with
the Unionists."
Mississiri.-Our advic,.s from is5
sissippi are encouraging. A gentlerntar
Iwrit.s thaLt the plian ters of Amnite County
have finished planting. It says :"n
very encouraging fact is, that our farmi
ers arc putting a gr eater rart of.*het
laude in corn, paitoes, pi'as. etC. :W
lik:e to see this policy do.pted. Detter
to have pleM o fOod 1(withoumt moner,
than a plenty oIf infmne without food,
particubirly when all of your neigh.bor
are in the same fix."
The follo.n ing piece of encouragemien
is from 111umbnoldt's C smos, volumie I.
iage 1 15: "The neute raind of Ulber:
led him a bnost to pre:iiet that the next
an,pearne'n - or phienommenion of shooting
stars amnd ire balls, intern xed, falling
li ke link es of snow, wvonii not occu r un
til between the .12th aid 14th of Novem
ber,. 1867."
It is stated ttordersw.lbeisd
|from WXasiiingtoni in a few days in regart
to the "delectable cusses" scatterec
through the South, who are deluding thi
freedmen with the idea of "conftiscatior
and forty acres of land," and that th<
topulation at .the Dry T1ortug as is likel'
to be increased.
CIA:LI:sToN, May 20.-The ship Gol
c oma cleared to-day- for LibeFia. She
will carry' out a bout 300 negro emigra nts
Ma n ore hadi engaged passage, bu
iaigsince made sati.sfactory' contract
here or owing to their changecd statu
under the recenlstructionl A t, they now~
LONDOo, May 20.-- Na$!eon an 1 the
King of Pru.sia have .,ign: d the L-:.e.ti
burg treaty,
The London St:n-' says it would be a
blunder-even cri:ne - to execule sen
teeu death oni the con':icted Fenioirs.
- One bnge ina lawyer's bill against a
clint we-, "'For wa!sing up in the night
and thIinking I of1 your buSines-five dollars.
Maiamila is said to be hemmed in and
beggii:g fotr is life.
Index to New Advertisements.
IThe following Advem tisements appear to-day
Ifor thec first tlie. Ihose to be continued, will
be kmand under their respective Leads in our
next issue:
M. BARRE & SON-Fresh supplies o:
Dry Goods.
J. C. KLINE & CO.-A Lectuiro.
AGENTS WV A NTlED- $250 per month.
SILAS JOHNST1ONE-Commission'
ers Notice.
E. P. LAKE -Attachment Notices.
COMMERCIAL.
NEwBERRY, 31ay 21 .-Cotton markhet closed
with a slight decline, a good article brinaing
21cts, tax nmeluded.
COLUMBIA, M1ay 21.-CottCn 23, Flour 12 to 17,
G old S1.:26.
2%EW YORK, May 2)-7 F. 3.-Stocks active
and improved. Gold ~sij. Cotton unchanged;
sales 140 bales, at 28. Flour dull and declined
Il:a15c. Co rn declined 2a3c.
Ba LTIMoIUE, May 2 i.-Cotton steady, at 27V3
Flour heavy and unchanged. White corn dull.
at S1 15al 18.
CoH A RILEsTON, May 20.-Cott.n is lower-mid
d li"g 25a26 '. S5ales of 150 bales. Receipts 3.35.
NEW ORL-IAs, M1ay 20 -hales of cotton 250
bales; market unchanged-low middling 25a26.
Rece4t- 2.146 bales; exports 5,262.
LOUIsvILLE. Midy 20.-S perlieflour dull and
dec bin m;.-S9 75a10.75. Bacon quiet-shoulders
9j; clear sides 121.
AUGUsTA, 31ay 20.-Cotton in good demand;
prices easier-middling 24a241. hales 205 bales.
Rteceipts 61.
SAVANs An, May 20.-Cotton dlull and nominal
-muiddliugs 251;'sales ~25. bales; receipts 42)
bales.
LiVERPOOL, May 21-N~oon -Cotton opened
quiet, but firmA-middling uplands 11l}d.; Orleans
lljd. Corn declined 6d.
The Ladies of the Presbyterian congregation
propose to have a f oral festival, on the eve of
23d May, in the rooms over Messrs. Lovelace &
Wheeler's store. They have undertaken to pro.
cure a supply of new books for the Sabbath
School; to re-paint the Church edftice and to
enclose the lot with a substantial fence. With
these objects in view. they respectfully so licit
the co-operation and coutributions of their
friends. A committee to receive these contribu
tions will meet at the aforesaid rooms on Wed,.
nesday and Thursday, immediately preceding
the night of entertainrment, frorn 3 to 6 o'clock,
afternoon. Ther will use every effort to render
the occasion attractive in iteeIf, and they confi.
dently believe that with such laudable aims in
view, success in the undertaking will be certain.
~ 9. nt~ ('hildrpr, ,,nd~r 12 years 15
New Adyertisements.
FRESI SUPPLIES
OF
BRY GOO !
Comprising
All the latest Styles of
PRINTS, MUSLINS, &e.,
And all the varions articles to be found in
a Dry Goods establishmen the whole of
which aie offered at
GR EAI
REDUCED PRICES I
To SLIT TaF
Stringency of the Times.
Cotton Yarns,
Of all numbers, on land=fbr aas.
Call and Examine Before
M1. OARRu & SON.
May 229
STATEO SOT T1 CAROLITA.
Newberry District-In the Common Pleas.
D'enais Craine, for another, viR.& T. G.
Croft-Attachment.
W'hereas, the Plaintiff did on this 14th
day of May 1867, file his Declaration against
the Defendants, who are absent from and
without the limits of this State, and have
neither wives :.or Attorneys known withia
the same, upon whom a copy of the said
Ilecluration might be served. It is there
fore ordered, that the said -Defendabt do
appear and plead to the said Declaration,
on or before the 15th day of May next,
vhich will be in the year of our Lord ow
thousand eiglht hundred and sixty-eigbt.
Otherwise final and absolute judgment. will
then be gjven and awarded against them.
E. P. LAKE, c. c. P.
Clerks Office, Newberry District.
May 14th 1867. 21-4t.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
New b:rry District- I the Common Peas.
F. II. Dominick, Adrn'r. vs. T. G. Croft
-Attchment.
Whereas, the Plaintiff did on this 14th
doy of May 1867, file his Declaration agalinst
the Defendant, who is 'absent ,from .and
without the limits of this -State; -and has
neither wife nor Attorney known withina the
same, upon whomi a copy of the said Decla
raition .mignht be served.- It is therefore
ordered, thatr the said Defendant do appear
aei plead30o the said -Declaration, on or
before the Iath da&y of May next, which
will be ir the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eighit. Otherwise
tlnal a nd ab.solutejudgmnent will then be given
and a * arded a ga ist himn.
E. P. L AKE, c. C r
Clerks office, Newberry District.
May 14t1 1867. 21-4t.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
New berry District- In the Common Pleas.
P. Scott,' xs. J. B. B-row ne-Attachment.
Whereas the Plaintiff did, on the 16th
d!ay of \Layv, 186'7, file his Declaration against
the Defendant who (as it is said) is absent
frotm and n'~ithout the limits of this State,
*anid has neither wife nor Attorney known
withini the san!:e, upon whom a e6py of the
said Declaration igiight be served; It is
thierefore ordered, that the said Defendant
-d o a ppear auad"plead to the said Declaration,
on or before tha 17th day of May next,
which will be in the year of our Lord one
thomiand eight hundred and sixty-.eight,
o:heirwise finial and.absolute judgment will
'hen be given and awarded against him.
Clerk's Office, , E. P. LAKE,
Newberry Distrio. c. C. P.
May 16 lth 180f ly 4t.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Net'w berry District-In the Common Pleas.
F. H. IDominick Adnm'r, vs. T. Y. Croft
a nd Ran 'all Croft--Attachment.
Wherea. s the Plaintiff did,-on this 14th
ay of May, 1867, file his Declaration
a Udis the Defendants, who are absent from
and w ~ithouit the- imits of ibis State, aind.
have neither wives nor Attorneys known
within the same, upon whom a copy of the
s.uid Deelaration might be served; It is
therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants
do appear and plead to the said Declaration,
on or before the 15th day of May next,
which will be i5 the year of our Lord one
Thousind eig: t I undred and sixty-eight,
utherwise final and absolute judgment will
the:n be given and awarded against them.
Clerk's Office, E. P. L AKE,
New bery District. c. C. F.
May 14th T867. ly. 4'.
ST ATE OF SOUT H CAROLINA.
Ini Equity-Newberry District. Peter
Mosier anid wife, vs. Wmn. Hatton andI
others. Bill for relief.
IIt appearing to my satisfaction that John
Hatton, a party defendant to this Bill, re
sides beyond the limits ot this State, On.
niotion of Mr. Baxter, Comp's Sol.
Ordered that said absent defendant plead
Ianswer or demur to said Bill, within forty
days from the publication hereof or the
same will be taken pro confesso against
hi., SILAS JOHNSTONE, c...
Cmsoffice, May 13-21-6t. *9.
ITATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA..
Newberry District--In Equity.
Sarah S. Richardson vs. Thomas H. Chap
pell and John WV. Chappell,Ex'ors,
and others.
It appea:ing to my satisfaction that James
R. Scurry, one of the defendants in the
a bore case, resides beyond the limits of this
State, It is therefore, on motion of Addison
& Jones, Comnp1's Solr's, ordered, that he do
plead, answer or demur to the Bill in this
case, within forty days from publicatio.
hereof, or the same be taken pro confesso,.
against him.
Silas Johnstone. C. E. N. D.
Corn's Office, 16 May, 1867. ' 6t e1D
STA TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA..
Newberry District-In Equity. Sarah
Cureton, vs. G. A. Broom and wifb and
other s. Bill for Partition.
It appearing to my satisfaction that G. A.
Broom, and Isa'ella his wife, David L.
Moore and Melissa his wife, Frederick S.
Gureton, Elisha C. Gu;reton, Jennie Gures
ton and Aliee Cnreton, parties defendant.ir
the above stated case reside beyond this
State, on motion of Messrs. Grrlington. and
Suber Comp's. Sol.
Ordered rlhat said absent defendants-plead,
answer or demur to the Bill filed in said