The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, January 22, 1868, Image 1

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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1868N - mise~!~S a.w--tea AJNV, I zml_xp IT MttT amo . the iowiag state e ates 0! tate Tam~a ISM -0 the Chirlestood1ew I midLo.not to, be o ulueN ps pyers, as, by re4esg t9 - AM it-a 44 -. wighe blejoA at a.tIe eith Re QW i A-hie tf Lm&eT r$ y afs on ~b. letaistai isth loe e,' $ ent se ..y$10mid H - *@ . eFxta 40 band the 1st~ of Jiasaz em 'U.unAsa tATE - he Mq4,184at JanuarpT 18~ ~hand ta,r 188 e s 190 ad valorem. . e~ 5)4 bei y.deate r ineluding the'.{iroTes es fpetItry,(whethe ithe ' 4tikWath' Ieeste #wwd ivedem -the - osta oC alit er Ie 'or other souirce of deue -incomes,) eeejfting 4:0on~ every $ 0. *Jresa ~oinissions received~ bN dbo6eais, vendue muasters, factor~s, Ma*iiSio mehants, dealera ija eX*mege (foreign ad .doestioe) er J.$gage, bionda, and.ot(Tet iie~~h~epapers, $2 50 du every bpaigmareceived by in c- ompades 0?'ndtr 48 oueSy 100. - Frosa tlae se # e apapets o~ u $1 en. every1100. - ~1hk ~ UB 3SHE0Q N THEZ - -STATE. 0* grose receipts of news papers published in the State, 20 cents on every $100. ' ANKR, OR BANKING INsTITUTIONS. On the gross profits of all banks oi banking institutions, $2 on every $100. ?IIOTOORAPHING OR DAGUERREoTY PING. On the gross incomes derived from the arts of photographing or daguerreotyping, $1 on every $100, 1NeOME& TROM SALARIES, RENT, DIV7DENDs AND MONEY AT INTER EST. In excess of $500, $1 on every $100. Al persons keepirg hotela sh"a a g Oa u groes iceeme, $2 on BiTUR"NT.D RzATING HOUSES. -Apersong -keeping resturants reiig hogseashalk pay a tax a- gr6m tacomeg $2 o every $0. YtVERi -8dt~3ES. peraps keeping livery sta bwifa aPsy a tax on-goss in come $2'orever'y $100. Al batchers shWIl pay a taR on gros i"eme, $1 On every $100. IIVCKATER. Ai-b aeeCriaball.pay a tago ir8es seo,-"- on-every $100. kos shaill iy a ta. o1a gross in Wm s keeping -bow irv 1 lst pay"a'txj6'gean coqie, $5 4* eexy $100. At perf s"ping br room, .?ir. A edA:iti a hQ1 or otwis,;a ay a. ta .On greiss income;3 19,en-everg $100. yersos kepiIg ferries or bridges sh i pay a ta * on -ra'" iocomed $1 on ever'$10. bytupoete horeW, eftaek. STAGE COACBES. :Upfr'ec' -paIie stage coaeA 4r'a-.A to or aore Irsce, $10 BAGG.1dE WAfONs. Ag6n e(-h public baggage'wg M eact - gpda tfth-.Pblie-. omiibus diasw byLWQ er mlor horses, $10 eacLhY-. 'Eseh dray deten by one hotse, -Eeh e drawa b mDo -'horse. MBPRESS -WAGONS. -Upon- ex6 fxpresse wagon, dr w ou hhb& ab $5ach~ *Upnw evefy' takings out of a iJi.'ae renewal 'of a ebiatter liIi4oBarUader thisei-er16 ~eadh 3 ~13T59ipras ineerporated, i other-tStatsaball pay for the priv ilege of.oar.ying onffeirJbusiness in- thi& Sttthe saime eharter fee as is required of companies inceor pgated in this State.] Each andevery jerson keeping ad> eoi'a slialV pay for sec - CAPI'PTION -TAX. C.(apifitiotnhax sill be paid by. evert' nale person between 4 he:agesaf ?1 and G0, residents of the Stae on- the 1st da~y of Jani aty,188;41~ each, except- such as are ineapable of earning a sup. .Oft by .rea.e n of mental or phy sic'aI disability. IAkl taxes levied by this order, except when such taxes are paya. ble quitrterly, shall be due and payable as follows : One-half or or before the 31st day of Marebh 1868, and the remainding half on or before the 30th day of June. 1868. Any person desiring to pay the whole amount of his taxe: (except snch as are returned quar terly) on or before the 31st day o March, shall have have- the prili lege of so doing and shall be enti tied to a discount of 5 per cent upon the amounit of the taxes fall ing due on the 30th ofJune, 1868 The late Ge-orge W. Kendall, of th< New Orleans Picaiyune~, said in the las letter written bj him,, that in' all his~ lif, he had not been' to sche.l ten month' andc that "the little 1 ever learned wa: fromn running ai:ainst people who hat The Important Qaestion -Be fore the Country and Its Solution. Shall this great and proud Re public be. governed by a' negro balance of power.? That is the important question now before the country. $hall S5,000,00 of the Caucasia.,me--the highest type of mankind-be -ruled by a few millions of ign"orant nogrees, who are the lowest in-the order of hn man being., and who are -sareely removed from barbarisnit Such a proposion'-would seem ineredi ble were it not sopprted by facts. Some may doubt even' whether such a monstrous idea& wodld be s 'riously entertained by any party or:faqtiob, and may think that -w6 state the case too broadly. There is, however, no exAggeration; it-is the well' known purpse . of the redicals to perpetnate their powe'r, if possible, .throg the vbtes of the Southern~ negroes. ~This hi bee their policy all along. The Reconstrution' Aets of Cougress, disfranehuiig &-large auvaber-of whio;es and the,hisiig-the bigeks of thbe.-&oth, were ,ps*e for.0is-purpose. .Th-e bitter- feel ing ofthe President, tho threats ofiaspsaefinghi itmAe seurrilous abUse -oft'bni; -d all the fegiei tion to amint~ ibim- and .his - 406 an< to t-ike away his ,yower, ,grw out,of tis -p6 sition to this atrocious policy of the radieals. TherMatal and benighted Africans, j.east -eran<dpated frem slavery, and nut knoWing thetir' right hand LOin their left, not.knowing w1at a vote meant or- Whut -they vote for, )ave b&n, givep power with a election and the desting of the R - pubic. The intLligatt white piO ple of our own blood and race, in the Soilth bay-e been placed upder these barbarians,. and the fairest and il-est portion of the. country is turnedOv;er to desolation," with th p1ospect offr4ghtfulstarvatjol domofalizatin. and a war of races. knd this is all dono for no other V*-or object thap to keep the radical pa-ty i control of the Government. The spoitingof radical orato'rs -and eiksaries about equailty, the righta.of mau, t be poor negrQ, and4 all that, is sheer hypocrisy- and etap-trap. These radicals have re As0ei- to give the snArage -to the few negroes in those Northein. States where they had ttie poiwer to doso, and- where the negro vote would be of* littl co'nsequence comparatively, wiill e 4y a'e doing the-utmost jo mxake tbe ig. norant.and degraded blacks-of tle South.a--contlrailing political ele ment in the Republic. Who ever heai'd of-any thing more inconsis tant or monstrous ? Such eondiaet seems .like insatAty, and could hardly be credited. were there niot examplee in history-of a similar charaeter. T-he Jacobins in France sed- riers-of,blood in the name of humanity and equality,-and the Puritan ancestors of our Jacobius of the present time were not le0s cruel and proscriptive in the name of religion and truth. The radi ::al revolutionists of France set up a strumpet as represent ng the God. dess of Reason, and committed the folest deeds under the pretention of progress and ::higher philoso phy. It is the same in all coun tries and ages under revolutionary radicalism, whatever form it may t tke. It is so flow with the nig. ger worshippers and radical revo lutionists. Passion, fanaticism anid ambition have subverted reason. Everything must give way before their intolerant dogmas. Let the glorious institutions handed down ti us by the fathers, this white man's government, so full of glory and happiness in the past and the fature of our grand Republic. perish for the sake of an irrational and imnpra:ticable theory. That is the policy of' the r'adical Repubi licans. That is the cause of the trouble between the President and (nrm. Tant is thn gret issuE before the country-the issue to be decided in the next Presiden tial election. The issue is clearly defined. There is no possibility of smother ing it up or dodging it. There is the patriotism and conservatism of the President. on one hand and the selfish and'destructive policy of the radicals on t-he other. Mr. Johnson, while he proposes to se- 1 cure the'freedom of the em*nci p-.ted negro'es;-and to give them every baace to raise themselvesi in the seale of civilization, desires the early restofatioh of the South through the action of tle intelli- 1 gent white people. The~ radkcalst_ woud only restore the South on' the basis 0of:negro- barbarisP, for the sake-. of perpetuating .-their -power through negro votes. The people- everywhere are taking sides on this great issue, and-;iy nbxt Novem ber it -wi I be sA well understtod that the -election willi ,turn upon - it "and ~it -alone. IMr. Jhnson's policy, as sho'wn' inlis inesR.ges'to Cpngreqsan in bis firm resistance to negro supremagy, Will and'must be the platform.on one side, and negro supreniy, with a negfo balance of pow6r;as provided for in the Reconstruciiin' Acts aikd cour.-e of a Radical COn gress. will be the platform n e other.. The election cannot '-i c oitested- on any other groqua4, The popular name of Grantf I Of any other hero of the- war.i-i have littl; weight againgt -h.e great prirciple involved. Sh6-l Grant take a nOmination, o r11dieal platform he will be feAg ed, as .appthcr popuI r. genOAl1,j amount to little in the coming c ntest.; principles wil-be every tiing. ~ Nor can heor- aiy other e ididate succeed by ignoring t1re peincigles' at'issue and by stand ing upon personal popularity only. Mr. Johnson stauds Plone at prese*t as the rep)resentatiye of the. conservativa side,. foe lie has made the-issue and the solution of it depends upon his aetion. le is, a has'been -said befbre, ruaster of the itnation- lie caninot be set1 aide. Heo iiust either be the con seryative,cajididate, or must name ouoto,talke his place. .Mr. Chase ds the representative of the. other side,-of.radicalismn, of negro su premaeg,. of a negro balance of p )rC, and~ of all. the, - other ex tremesof the iadicalplarty. Should be'~and Mr. Johnson be- the oppos ing candidates, they would repYn senrt- fully. and clearly the prinei piesinvolved, It is possible, how ever, that the radicals may 'wish to use Grant or so'me other' popu~ lar general, with a view of extri cating themselves from thbe dikem ma they-are in.' But no one can bring them salvation. T'he Pr.esi dent 'has - broken their party to peces; they have nothing to'stand upon, and next November will seal their fate forever. Thej~ re-action which se t in powedfully through the eleetions last. fall, will now Le followed by a political revolution. that wvill utterly destroy them, [New York HIeraU-. Good for Irishmen. Dr. W. H. Russell has accepted. the most responsible and influen tial outside position connected with the London Times, anid is about to proced to Paris as its own regular corresp)ondenlt. In his new character Dr Russell will be able to influence thte foreign pol1 icy of the empire to some extent, for the British press takes its tone on many questions from the ad mirably selected extracts as well as the thougtful remarks on coniti nntal affairs, which have, as a general rule, characterized the Paris letters of the Thun derer. The Tim& proprietors conduct their Paris office on a sale of great magnificence. The salary is $20,000 a year in gold, beside a splendidly furnished house, carriages, wines, servants, and sec i etnrien. In hta sloon~s t he most ,eebrated statesmen and Wits of Prance and Europe assemble ~and are.entertained, and the corres pondent thus gleans from original iources the current -news of the lay.- Dr. O'Mear'a, an Irishman of ,ulture and literary attainmentR, bas for a number of years filled this position, and is now succeeded by-.Dr. Russell, another Irishman, thus again illustrating the fact that some of-the leading positionsj n. the London press are occupied by persons of that .co-untry... [Augusta Republican. A Venerable Divine. Rcv,. John -Bachman, D.D., pas.. torof the Engfish Lutheran Charch >f this city; - complated the fifty hird year of is'nnistry 'in that 2hu"rch yesera, and delivered in appropriate discourse from the, words "L,t us call'to mind 'the lays of thejat..' .The sermon was -aIistorical retro6pect, refer ing-chiefly to, the past ministeriali iervices'- of the "preacher. T ha .hurch was-'crowded both morn ing aAdevenin,g wi~th an attentive audieiee, many. of- whom had grown up unddr the teachings of heir ,venerable pastcr. -_Notwith ;tUnding his Weight.of'years, Dr-. BahmnaJn is a active minister of he gospel, and.liis..aniversary ser pon eriaced the same ckarness ind abifify that .as. always dis iished his discourss. Dr. Bachinan. was born at Rhinebeck, n Th Stati 'New York, in 1790. ) an ol colonial -family. His pa erinalait-estor, a'SwisS geItlemar, -am tg .A awrica as privafgo $er~ :ampto i -Pe , B w nd- calred to the charch in Char eston in 1815. - For a time ;re"eId in-i wooden buildingin heC rear of tle prcsent hurebj, Yhich was not erected untin 1817. ie was.tben.in the habit of preaeb ag a-sernQ_n ia-the German lar guage once every -moth; but this irtice has been diseontinued for oMC timec We have heard Dr. Bachman tay, that the Dutch or Hollandish. &en mILh spoken in the State cf New York, was the languiage of ii early youth, and- thait .he had drived at the years of -inranhood >fore he comm ienced the study of sermnan. We -cannot withhold >r .adnxiration .therefore- at. the. borough mastery he so soon-ob :ained over this-difneult language. mndbling him to-.speak 'it with fa :lity, and to preach even to an ntfigen t audienee. Of Dr. Bachtnan's scientifts at :ainments this is irot the pr-oper lace to speak. For years be han ieen known thronghout the worid f letters as a distinguished, nati. ealist and his pen hats been diligent. ni the cultivation of this vast and mteresting field. His so-opera tion wth the lamented Audubon n the preparation of the Quadru peds of North America, secured him a multiplicity of learned titles rom every civilized country on the globe. His monograph on the Unity of the Human Race was written in the interest of scienee and revelation, and is worth re production in these days of Ariel mania. . A mong the male members of Dr. Bachman's congregation who had the pleasure of listeninug to his an niversary discourse, was one who was the first that had received the rite of confirmation at his hands, and with the exception of an aged feale member now absent from the city, is the oldt s: member of his floek. There are few minis ters of the Gospel who have ar rived at a riper age than Dr. Bach man. He has continued in the service of one church longer than any other, and with the exception of Rev. Dr. HIanel.l, has been eon nected with the ministry a great er number of years than any other in the cit y.-Chtarleston News. Gentury p,hnts grow w ild inCalifornia, and are rnot,ed ohut of g.arrer a's a nmi An Important Discoveryi We do not khow when We were. more surpiised than receptly, by a friend's laying before,-Us some specimens of artieles . produ~ed from the-corn plant, consisting of textile fabries, paper, etc.. The paper~embraces the description known as parehient, drawing, photographic tracing; tisue, print ing, and writing, and is of. beautiful Wuality. The loth conis ofh goods, known- as. crash matting, and coarse baleing cloth, suita>le for toweling floor matting, cotton bales, and sacks. There.- are also among the eamples- some of-.ke corn- plant fibre, prepared, for spinning ; gun cotton, and -pilp ready for the giinding paper milL These articles are all produced froin the shuck stalk and fodd.6r of the corn'plairt, and the discor ery, has develope:d a new and enor mous valne in that growth. Owh demnd for'theseproducta is uI limited, and the - manufaRctare of them will open -ipon new and un expected demand for- w-hat ias hif(herto been feemed as of little vaiTe. The'discovery Vas made by 'a Bohemian. named. 3oritz hamapt, was .taken up,by t'te Austrain government, and- f here are several factories in '.accessful opeTation in that. country. -The results are eminentit --successful. From a statement before us we lern that th.e Het profit on a tWn of the raw materiat is thifty do Jars, which, at.the rate of t*;elve ton rediced pei- day, .ould yield a profit of three hundred.and si& td. dlahs.e Whi toor in -'X:ustA, Siiere the rai 'Jiterd.i m h tigher'thun in"thfis boari, JWi at the rate 'f twenty-four dollart er-ton. heyie)d of fibrous and rlutenous material from,the.Smer i.an, plrt is also muck greatei han. from the- Austrian. Tht taWlks treated separately yield sixty-six and three fourth per eefit. of a coarse fibre .suited -fbr' rou'rh textile -*aries and wrnp Png paper. The'&st of the ma hinery necessary for t'he reduce tion.-otwelve tons pir'4ay of ravv taseral.isonly about . $8.000 anid we understand that $20,00Of wilr erect ~ mnsehinery which. wfil 'ield a- pieflt --of $8,000- per day. We regard' this' as 'a discovery- o antold value to the agri'cultural. he-manufacturing1 and the comn mercial interests, and it affords iw reat pleasure to give pubticity tc. The patent for this country has been purchased by a'- Baltimore company who are preparing. fo~ its practical introduction. ( Lynchbury ViryiIan. Congressional. WAsarroN, Jamiary 15.-Il theHouse, the Committee on Pub he Lands reported adversely oni the bill.-giving public land-s to ne groes und!er the ho:nestead la-ws' the bill amending the homeostca'. aw. and allowing settlers to mak' ne cessar'y adidav its before olerks of coaintry courts, passed. Recon struction - was resumed-; Wood having the floor, wh.o characterized the bill as a monstrosity, and the most infamous act of all 'this in famous Congress. Bingham call d Wood to order. Ross suggest ed that W'oodl should moriny, by saying "so-called infamous Con gress." The Speaker decided. Wood0('s remarks out of order. Wood refused to modify them. The House, by a party vote, re fused to hear W~ood further. Dawes offered a resolutoni of cen sure, which. nassed by a party vote; when Wood came before the bar' of' the House and was censured. The discussion was wide. Butler gave notico of an am'en :ne, declaring all offices vacant, and authorizing the Conventions to fill them, and making it the duty of the District Coinmanders to comn firm and instal the Convention's appointees. Adjourned. In the Senate, the chair present ed . rpm'm al fpor the Missis tippi Board of Registration, setting forth the generai destitution; thit nemnrial .a4s'if soniethipg is Wc dine'so6n,-the GAern-mAent ia )rovide a large l a rying -g?o"ndN iorton- presented a petition. from 4,000 negroes, of -tbe District -4 Columbia, askirg for laboroa U4 - public. works, stating that:the were exeluded fronz eompetitiow, and white men ,r6fie to-work with .them. A. joint resolutiob, pay ing Spaio $20,006foi a sterme - seized by.,Sherman it Port A passed. The anti-e6nti-action U was resuied and passed withII verbal- amendictnt1vote of 21 to - The' aniendrment forbidding 'ei - pansion, failed. - Adjourned. A Texas Heroine. The:subfeot of the folowing.9o4 - tice sas the Qalveston CiRi stilLlives .in Fort Bend conmiy Texas. The-. inciden.t related ~e well known to old -TQxans, but may be rk-w .to the riSisng. generi tidn of- new settlers.' We - copy. Irom a.lect,ae -of- Rev.- M - Pon. taine, delivered'aipIll-o. Richmond Atheneum.- Speaking f thearUy history of Texasere gaO an se .0unt of'Gen. Long's effort to revs olu.tionlize this'coun try in;1819,. iat which the heroie- devotion of-s woman is incidentaly portraye4, in illustration of theaany g iaiv events -which marked the -e'rly days-of our country' hisfory. Gen. Long, it will be i>ered, served under -Geo.' in th.Se.minolewar, at.the battle ofl-New,_ Orleans.- He 'marri , when twenty-two years of age (eltb'rated lbeau~ty 'and heiress o NashifviHe, G-My sixteetyears old. Whenie fordied'th bdesign tei - vAde 3 eia_ ltr,. dnt%l bis disposal her immensae. With this he arM.ed and eqa three hundred .ien, - entered the eoUftry andwas-erery where se cessful. Near the Gulf,' on BOli_ var Point, opposite Galveston, f.rMed a fortificition -whee NO t:ablished hii headgaartos. .l'e was.eected President of the e public-;a full c,biet tasappoiMso ed,.nd a reguar g6verman4 eg-O gP'nized. At that time- lterbid. was. over-running moxito: with; the desin of' nma1ing himself'su,r preine ruler of'the- State' Eiig ealious~ of the success and power of Genergl'Lyng li'e proposed&.te him.through) ant agent, that .they should unite their forepse whiek would strengthenD their aMbtpty, ~the one over Mexico, the'-otei Texas. General Long uniiselt. hi ed ad the traitrous "piree1tis B for'e leavinj. the fort h~e 'a.' aig.ed to his vie sevtj.di, mn ni, wyith direction.4 to hold the plaec~ UnIII -is return. IUe soou after reached the. headquarters: pL 3en. 1turbi,de,.who, as soon as he got possession of-his rivat~; eaused. aim to be assassinated. Time passed on. Mr. Longe beard n.'M i:- of the: gd 'ate of her husbaud. The ~eNatf-e maen under her charge be i a satisfied. provisions were ezbsua led, and they bet-ame clarnrous to return to the "States." 5be told them that Gen. tog b ad div' reeted her to renrain' unti h~'s re. turn, and that she should 'do, "dead or alive." Every man deserted her to retrace th i:' steps to their homes, leaving her with an infaniut and nurse, a young girl twelve or fo)urteen years of age, the sole oc:upants of the fortifiea -ion.- She kept the dlag of the. stats and stripes floating from the walls-fired the morning and eve ninig salute, and beat the reveille. T he Mexicans and Indians thought the place was still garrisoned, and kept at a respectful distance.*Time sped. A year elapsed, and still no tidings of her gallant $usband reached her lonely abode. During all this time she subsisted by gathering oysters from the beach, and shooting bir:ds thbat flew atbouit the fort. In 1821 General Austin invaded Texas, and seeing a flag floating from a for1titicationl near the Gult, supposed that the noted Lafitte had established himaself' there. He sent a flag of' truce, and what was his surprise to find this place, in the midst of inimical Mexicans and savage In