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A New Disovury. The New York Sun says: Mr. James A. Spurlock, of Versailles, a member of the bar of Missouri, has made an import taut scientific discovery of another kind. His revelations are perhaps best est forth in his own language, as fol lows: "I claim the honor of dtscovering the esotrifugal powers of nature that sustain and spread out the starry heavens, and cause them to revolve around the sun swd other fied planets or suns. I will publish a book this coming Spring enti. tied 'A Philosophy of Heaven, Earth, and the Millennium,' in which I will desmosete_.ei a-seienti8c way that the gssarena are built by a master architect, and so set in werking order that sym. moet, harmony, frmness, and eternity am t results. That no caiamity or col)ision ever did or can occur among the heavenly bodies. Take any planet --this earth for instanve-humlreds of millions of miles away from its present poAttionis its orbit, and it will i:tstantly return. Gather the whole of our solar W:fem lute a group, and they will re aeme theer present poaition. Bring, if osd*ble, the whole created heavens to. gesber, and when released they will lpread out and stand and revolve in sys. *matic order, as now. I will show what causes the moon to go. around priaary planets, and why collisions can ~ot occur. I refer skeptics to the pro. to esrs of the Smithsonian Institute. I ads my discovery by reading the Bible ka philosophical view. and I consider it . olly demonstrates Christ's divinity, snd proves the resurrection of the dead je every intelligent thinker. Mr. Spurlock requests the editors of the public journals to call attention to his discovery, and we have done it ac .ordingly. He says that he would not k this favor if he had money. We re ply that this fact makes no .difference to us. We had rather disseminate such ,ses without price than not. [Chronicle A Sentinel. Tas-Kserai or Ds. Jas. T. PAT sow.-We learn from the Savannah Ad artiser that among the true bills found by the Grand Jury of Chathatn County, e Monday, was one against Mrs. Gath. -etI.B; Piterson, charging her with the murder of her husband, Dr. J. T. Pater :4, theannouncement of whose sudden death at his own hands, in his room at ths Pavilion loose, Savannah, on the 16th of May, 1868, so atartled our com amnity, as the ficts connected with the =tair seemed to be wrapped in some .aritiy. The day after his death oc iissd; his remains were conveyed to .Asiat, where he formerly resided, for * budsisAi wife accomnpanying them. Tbe.te although talked o for some fa'y4, sen ed out, but was shortly af 4urward ievited by Mrs. Paterson's mak 14~ applicati.on, through her attorney to the eeurts, for control cf the property of deceased, which application, we believe, waas refusid at the request of the credi , ofsa the deesed, the estate betut alntnt The facts connected dth daihof Dr. Paterson were silently be ~bi wrorked up by the brother of the de -Wuised,i Mo had the stdmach cut out MMemaiea; and- from the true bill &ad :agalami Mrs.: Patersos by: the. Orsd Jily.ef the Super'iorOCourt, would ~sma.Wisave so doubt but what the July had 'god. evidence and sueient ern~s their aggion befinre bringing a6 of murdsr&gsinsit Mrs.' Pater - ea r. Paterson resided in Colombia -s er 'two, and carried on a litho sabishment. Mrs. Paterson, ses s-no in omeof the Northern * *IUbisead will short 6ainformed of the %iles of the GourL-4bmniz. A ItmT AT Ss-Excourm BarwsEN 'dveas Fusa As A Sisax Wat.-A wpewpondent of the Pe.taluma Journal ad Argss, of April 15, relates the fol lowing siegplar incident: . A nsed sight wan witnessed a few dagsa ago, by Mr. Gafeny, who lives near 1adg~a Bay. While ploughing near thie - ~~isost his attention was directed to an asumnal commotion in the water, nearly a mile from shore, which proved to be a esafhct'hewaeen five -sword-fish and a -w whale. The ocean was quite esi, ad, as they neared the shore, their movemnents cold he plainly seen. The whale was so watch for his antagon Mts, who semed to understand his only mens of defense, and di'splayed consid tbis knof-ledge'of' tactics,' in parrying wish their formidable adver.ary. In - aking their thrustai into his sides, they would peep clear of his tail-one blow of which would hge been fatal to them. With mnadened fury ihe huge monster .f the deep would strike righi .gnd left, muNuig the water to boil by the force of the blow-and then he would dive deep to eseape the relentless fury of his tor mentors, but he was followed and soon brought to the surface. Deep gas'hes could be sen in his side, and -the blood gewIng freely. The fight was witnessed fo pearly att hour, when the whale, in :ls agony of despair, started for the Caore, Singing himself upon some low ,vocks, and soon died from the effects of the wounds. Gashes two feet long, and si* feet deep were made in his sides. Nasy In this city went to see him. He. was between lifty and sixty feet long. The third day the tide rose high enough tolat hims from the rocks, and he float ed out toses. Snar.:, su CONFEzDaa DEAD BE i mauuua?-The Washington correspon dont of the Boston Advertiser writes as *Bears to that journal : - where is quite a difference of opinion %i the Grand Army of the Republic in -this section regarding the deco-ation of the graves of Confederate dead. Post No. I of this city resolves unanimously that "while we hold no malice against dhe dead who fell in attempting to haul .down 'our flag and thereby endangering -the ntadon, we will not divide our honors, by decorating Confederate graves, and' - thereby taint the character of those who mwaibed~ their lives that their country .mdght live." Pnet No.19 in Pennsylvania issues a .$weular saying that it has de sided "not to pass by the graves of Con Msdrates-aleping in our lines, but to diide &ch year between blue and grey - the brstiral of'erings of a common esuntry. We have no powerless foes. Post?No. 19 thinks of the Southers dead ealy as brave men." SQmrra a Momp.-The Hlorry News says: MA -cor'respoandent writing us an * -uutef a trip to Wilmington by way f dprivate eenveyance, says that he stayed one night at the house of a gentleman, whose wife, only forty-years of age, had her twenty-seond child in her arms." NEWBERRY, S. C. Wednesdy morning, Jn 2, 18t$. Our &grialtaral 3ociety. In another pt ice will be found a short but forcibly practical communication Irl relation to our Society from our esteemed friend "Junius." So plainly does he speak, and so much to the point, that it is scarcely ne cessary for us to make any comment on his communication, as any one who will read it, will be at once Impressed with the convic tion that he is right, and that not a few others are wrong. "Tried to have a meet ing i" Every man in the district except the six honorable. exceptions ought to be ashat!ed of'.his. Where were they all? those rmen so anxious to revive and build up the fewberry Agricultural Society? Did they know of the meeting? We can scarcely think they did, but will allow them this excuse, shallow though it be, rather than that they have none at all. As for ourself we were unable to attend or even think of anything of the kind, on account of a severe sickness, otherwise that unfor tunate meeting would hate been lucky in the number seven. Really, are we to have a society here or not ? this is the ques tion. That one will be formed in another portion of the district-not county this time, as this is not a political matter at all se are satisfied, if more activity and inter eat is not dii.played by our citizens, and at once; and that steps were in progress to that end some time ago we know, but which were abandoned conditionally at the urgent wishes of not a few who professed to see the importance of the Court House being the headquarters ofthe Society, and yet those men were not at the meeting ! Look out citizens of the town, and of the whole district, right here should the Socie ty have its headquarters, and meet regular ly, too, and have full meetings beside. Farmers, merchants, mechanics, profession al, men, and gentlemen of elegant leisure, you are all interested in having this Society, and we call upon you to come out and take a part in it. Re.ne:uber, now, that a meeting is called for Sale-Day next, which will be on Monday, and come to town pre pated to attend it. Let it not go out that Newberry tried to get up another Agricul tural Meeting. Let fifty times six be at the Court House on Monday, then, and each man have his dollar too, and Newber ry need not be ashamed when her name is mentioned abroad. Tus liz Cvrruar, June, I869-Con tents: The Blockade Runners of the Con federacy ; Looking Back ; The Talmud ; Story of the Bud-(Poetry); My Friends's Revenge, a true story of the East India Mlutiny ; The North in the South ; About Roses ; The Pleasures of a Garden; "'houl der to Shoulder"-Reminiscences of Confed Bells ; 'A chapter on Immigration ; An Evening with a Spiritualist ; The Death of the Maiden-Poetry ; In the Surf ; Edito rial W orkshop-our Greeting-the Letter Bag-Gossip, Aec; Agricultural Department -thl Esthetics of agriculture-items ; De partment of Science, Art and Discovery ; Passes En Passant At Books, Publishers and Authors ; Olsa Podrida- our Jumble of Sense and Nonsense ; The New Regime Sooty-graphs from a charcoal gallery-Ethi wpian Eloquence on a Bender; Spoons and Dishes-Something for Ladies ; Odds and Ends for ti e Public at Large. "The 19th Century4 speaks for itself. It is the aim of the Publishers to make a sprightly, vivacious and entertaining hag aine. The artioles are short, pithy, pleas ingly varied, and there are no continued stories. It is a Southern enterprise, and we have faith enough in our people to believe they twill lend encouragement to Southern Literature. Ye4arly subscription $8.50.; sin gle numbers 35 cen.ts. Postage only two cents . number. To Adrvertisers.-lst. We receive none but first-class advertisement,s. 2d. A mnonth ly magazine is usually preserved by sa re ceiver, and remains a month upon the drawing room table, is read by every mem ber of the family, and not unfrequently goes the round of a neighborhood. 3d. Onie insertion in a monthly, with its care ful display, is therefore equal to thirty in sertions in a daily. 4th. Our rates are low. Address all communications to F G. Ds FQNTAINE, Busies Manager II Century Pub'g Co., Charleston, S. C. Grace Grenwood has sold her "Little Pilgrim" to Alfred L. Sewell & Co., Put, lishers 01 the "The Little Corporal," of Chicago, The Pilgrim has been published as a children's iagazine for over fifteen wears, adl has been a popular juvenile, but will now stop s'piLeraiaging" on his own account, and hereafter be an "aidle" to the conquering Western Napoleoui, The Little Corporal, the well deserved circulation of which was even before this addition larger than that of any other juvenile miagazine in the world. Gi-ace Greenwood still writes for it. The July number begins a new voluime, and we advise our friends to send on to the publishers, at once, one dollar, which is the price for one year, and give their children this unique, original maga sine, which has no superior anywhere. Those who subscribe during June. will re ceive the June number extra. The'Albion, an independent journal of art, literature, politics, finance, field sports, and miscellanv. published at 39 1'ark Row, New York, by Kinahan Cornwallis, Is the vade meenm of British sentiment In North Amer, Ica. The tone of the Albion is refined, manly and d:gqlfed, and Its s'tyle original, vigorous ad egat. See card for terms. Ac. Edgefield has organised a Society for the relief of the widows and orphans of the Confederate dead. A noble charity. Mons Chevalier, in his famous balloon, Le Geant, will cross the Atlantic, from New York, about the middle of July. The Southern Historical selety are gath euing relable data for a flal, impartial and truthfiul history of the late war We are gratified to learn that the railroad dlmicultes are settled. The Phannix learns that the Guardian, which wins to have appeared on or about the first June, is indefinitely postponed. Columbia has a negro postmaster. Charleston has negro policemten. France and Italy have completed ar rangements for the evacuation of Rome in September. [For the Newberry Herald.] Ct Agricultural Society. Ma. EDrroR: In your issue of May 26th, you say "since the Agricultural Conven tion which met in Columbia, we have heard nothing from our District Society," and urge the importance of regtur meetings and the interchange of views, &c. Will you allow a member of that Society to tell you something of it-not what it has done since the meeting of the Columua Conventbn, but what it attempted and most signally failed to do. Why, sir! it really tried to have a meet ing, the time for which n as fixed when the society, was revived and was an nounced in your columns in the accownt of the proceedings furnished you, but never alluded to since, either by your self or any of its officers. Perhaps the Treasurer ought to have given notice of it, as he has the privilege of handling the money. But verily an effort was made to hold the adjourned meeting on the third Wednesday of May, and at the ap pointed hour the proclamation was made from the Court House steps that the So ciety would meet, and the spacious Court room was thrown open-but it was not croerded, Mr. Editor. Shall I say it? I will! even at the risk of the vengeance of the whole town-six persons were present; two only of whom were resi dents of Newberry, the other four hav ing come a distance of from twelve to fifteen miles to attend this meeting. Now is it possible to have an Agricultural Society when so little inttrest is taken in it by the very men whom it is intend ed.to benefit, and many of whom were present in Newberry on that day but never ventured within hearing of the doings of the Society? And where were the citizens of the town, who cried so loudly against the formation of an Agri cultural Society in another portion of the District-I beg pardon-to be loyal I should have written County-when such an organization was mooted some months ago? and demanded thaPNewberry must be Head Quarters. They were not pres ent, sir, although right on the spot, while four out of six gentlemen bad traveled ten or fifteen miles to meet them on their own soiL Why if we had made an effort, for an Agricultural meeting in our little township we could have mustered more than.six ; and in the populous town of Newberry, two gentlemen only, were not too busy to attend. Now, Mr.. Editor, will you be kind enough to hint, that there is another ap pointment for a meeting i.f the Society on sale day in June, and invite the citizens, generally, to come up and bring One Dol '-- a*ha ihm *Ie,, ed enroll them selves as members of the Society ? JUNiIUS. .WBAT O'E S ALLoWs WITH RAW Su GA-AN exchange say&;: "The Acarus Saochari, or sugar insect, may not be a novelty to entomologists, but the sugar eating public will learn w'ith alarm the fact that unrefined sweetness is alive with 'animals.' One authority informs us that there cannot be less than one hundred thousand acari in every pound of sugtt. We have heard tell of "ai mated cheese,' but 'vivified sugar'- is still more startling. Arid the worst of it is, these little animals resemble, under a microscope, a sea crab. There are the same claw feet and shell backs, but both are highly ornamented with sharp pikes that stick out like quills upon an angered porCUpineC. Imaginie a score of thousands of these animal animalcula in a man's stomach, the result of a sin gle cup of coffee! And then they are pertinacious, and push their way to the surface, d'sdainin.g lini.igs and mnem branes', where they perch directly un der the skin. Their lodgmaent there, is the signal for that very desirable and cleanly disease, psora or scables, vulgar ly termed 'itch.' WVe have no consola tin to offer to those who choose to be afflicted with this disease,-or this theory of its origin, except what may be drawn fom the fact that pure or unrefined su gr is free from the insect." Hiou TIMEs IN H arTI.-The negroes are having a high old time. 11er. is something from the late newspaper cor respondence: Provisions are being sold at the most fabulous rates-a barrel of flour being valued at $5,000 (Hatien pat er currency) and a barrel of pork at $14,000. Gold in a few days rose in value f,om $600 to $1, 200 for the A merican dollar, and now it reaches $1,500. The people are positively Mtarvig, and ;zuerchants win~ only sell for coffee or specie. So greal, is the destitution everywhere, that thr'-ats are made of an opsen and violent pillaging of the provision stores, and no property is safe because there is no protection whatever. The villages of Torbeck, Pert Salut and Cavalilon had been captured by the insurgents ; therefore thos-e places were lost to the Gorernment of Salnave, and all the plains of Cay nes has been com pletely scoured by the aru'y of Ger.era$ Domingue. who cleared away the hordes of the barbarous "picos or piquets." The massacre of those blood-thirsty wretches is represented as perfectly hor rifying. One thousand five hundred of them were left dead and unburied in one of the valleys through which Domingue's army passed. THE MiAGNIFiCENT SoUTH.-It is stated that after last years crop, with expenses paid, the South retained two hundred millions in gold. Furithermore, it is an nounced that six hundr-ed thousand dol lars' worth of saanufacturing stock has been subscribed for a cotton mill at Co lumbus, Ga., and seventy-one others are in process of erection at Savannah anid, other points in the State for the maniu facture of cotton and woolen goods.-. One factory at Augusta, has a capital of six hundred thousand dollars, and last year turned out nearly six and a half million yards of cloth. Tbc Arizona cot ton factory, established in Claiborne parish, La., since the war; is now pay ing a net profit of twenty-four per cent. per annum. New Orleans is soon to have a cotton mill with ten thousand spindles. With these auspicious signs of prosperity before us, are we not war ranted in proclaiming the South as spag Divoroe Cases at Greenville.-he Pirst Ever Brought into our ourt. Three petitions for divrece cases came up for hearing before udge Orr, on Friday last. Two of te applications were from the wives of w:ked husbands, one from the husband aginst the wif'. The first case was from a lady, Mrs. Mary E. Cameron, residig in Charles tor., for a divorce from her husband, Robert Cameron, in Phiidelphia, from whom she was by his crulty compelled to separate several yearsigo; he havinz also since the separatan unlawfully married another woman in Pennsylva nia, with whom he is nor living. The unlawful wife on appliaion furnished an affidavit stating that te husband rep. resented himself as a wi(wer ; and Eo she married him in exist:3ce of the law ful wife. Judge Orr, afer hearing the petifiu:t and evidence, readily granted the order f'oi divorce in this case, on motion of Perry & Perrv svlicitors for the petitioner. The other parties all reside in this County. The applicant: were represen ted by Messrs. Sullivan aud Stokes. Judge Orr granted the o,ler of c vor.ce in the case of Mrs. Amniuaa C. Lender man from the husband, !rn.wis M. Len derman, who, it was pr4cd, had cruelly treated her and had narried or taken up with another woman' In the case of the petition of John W. .Walker for a divorce from his wife, Mtry J. Walker, on the allegation of her desertion some six or eight years ago, ad her violent tenper and abuse whici occasioned it, and the hopelessness of a reunion, the Judge was not satistied hat he ought to grant the husband a dimnrce, but intima ted to the counsel that *e would further consider the case. It seems to us that otr Judges ought to restrict the granting of divorces to the one Scriptural ju.tilicatton indicated by the Judge of all therarth, in Matthew 5: 32. Thus far the cses actually de cided by Judge Orr ap>ear to come with in that rule.-Greenvile Enterpiise. TUE GRECIAN BENn-We feel it our duty, as journalists, to chronicle the fact that the "Grecian Bend" has arrived in our town.- It is only a mild form of the disease, however, that has broken out in this remote section of civilivation. The specimens that were pointed out to us were very far fromhaving the genuine "colic stoop," as it is represented in pictures sent hither from the enlightened North. They seemed to be only in the first stages, apparently having just felt the first perception of a slight gripe; but there is no predicting how soon the sufferers will to doub!ed up in all tha agonies of "Grecian-bender" colic. The attitude of the specimens spoken of was one of anticipation. They leaned for ward as if expecting sudden pursuit from some quarter, holding themselves in readiness to spr ing into a run at a moment's notice. It may be that this is intended as a caution to young gentle men, matrimonially inclined, not to make their a! proaches too suddenly, or the fair game will start off at a break-neck speed so escape their attentions. Be this as it may, if we were engaged in the "wild hunt" for a wife, we wouldn't-be scared start in pur'uit of a "bender" with no more tears than usually attend such chases.-Yo'rkville Emquairer. Tni NxTOAL Ho'rhL, CoLIUMBI. The Charleston Comier speamks as fol lows of this hotel: "Those who have ocasion to visit our capital have certainly n reason to com plain on thme score of hotel accommoda tions. Prominen;t amw'ng t' e fine houses wihich Columbia now boa.sts is the Na tional Hotel, of whih Mr. Robert Joy ner is proprietor. Conveniently situated, its rooms are always clean, comfortable and wvell kept, and the table is abundant ly supplied with the best of everything. Add to this, that the house t-as a tuost obliging and attentive clerk, Mr. P. N. Rains, that the charges are always mod erate, and that the livery stables adjoin ing, kept by Mr. Joyn'er, afford the read iest facilities for obtaining vehicles at any time, and it will be seen that the National is, in every respect, a hotel hard to beat." TSE PRESBYTEIAN REUNoN-New Yok, May 28.-The Old and New S--hool Presbyterians have adopted the plan of union proposed by the committee. The New School was unanimous, and the Old School had but seven dissenting voices. The plan of reunion involves the accep tanco' of the church standards, pure and simple. Rev. Dr. Howard, of the New School, opposed haste, and hoped that a judicious delay wou:ld secure a union with the Southern Presby-te'ian Church: This action of the assembly requires endorsement by the Presbyteries before consummation. How To RAIsE WATERNELONs.-Mr. B. F. Stairly, of Greenville, one of the most scientific and tuccessful planters of this region, digs holes two feet across eigh teen inches deep, and twelve feet apart, fills them with stable manure, and cov ers it (the manure) lightly with forest mould.mnixed with road sanr1, lie also adds charcoal dust to absorb the sun's rays, and sometimes a little guano. On these hills he plants the seed ; never works amorgst the vines when the dew is on ; never disturbs the vines; hut des not allow the weeds to crow. By such culture he gets melons weighing from twenty-five to forty-tive pounds. [Anderson Intelligencer. Miss Jones, postmistress at Winset ter, Iowa, recently married Mr. Alfred Smith. Mr's. Smith is not known to the department as postmistress. Miss Jones has no longer a legal existence. andl things generally are very much mixed. Smith is anxious to know if he has marriedi into the postoffBce, or has he mar:ried the postoffice out of the fam ily. CLARET DRINKERs, BEWARE.-The Boston Journs of (3hemictry says that no variety of wine is more dangerous than what is called claret. Tt is usually a vile mixture. Thou'ands of gallons are made by allowinig water to soak through shavings, and adding thereto a eertain proportion of lorwoo4and tartaric acid and a little alcohol. Good judges can hardly discriminate between this mixture and the genuine article. A good story is told of a German shoe maker, who, having made a pair of boots for a gentleman of whose financial integ rity be had considefadle doubt, made the following reply to him when he called for the articles: "Den poets ish nut quite done but der beel ish made out." A woman's heart, like the moon, sknhoa bae nno man in it. LOCAL ITEMS. T. S. Duncan, of Newberry, has bren ap pointed a Notary Public. The Rev. W. L. Pressly will preach in the Associate Reformed Church in this town on next Sabbath the 6th instant. Dr. R. S. Whaley notifies the public of the importance of attending to their teeth. See his card in to-day's paper. Smith & Christian will supply humanity during the summer solstice with that great luxury and refresher-ice. Robert Stewart & Co , have a supply of nails, of a superior quality which they will dispose of by the keg or retail at a reason able price. Wilson & Wicker are opening a few more boxes, bales and bundles, and are taking therefrom all sorts of new goods, which they say were bought at a decline, and will be sold very low. Mr. J. J. Amick has just received a fresh lot of miscellaneous goods-such as Dry Goods, Groceries, Fancy Articlea, &c., &c., which he will sell at the lowest cash price. The Piedmont Life Insurance Company of Richmond, Va., is one of the best in the land. Life Insurance is a great economy, and every man should avail himself of its benefits. Capt. McFall, with the Messrs. Barre, respectfully invites the ladies to an inspec tion of his latest purchase in dress goode, prints, hoop skirts, &c. We have taken a bird's eye view of the above goods and cheerfully commend the Captain for his taste. Tas NEW WELL.-The new-fisbioned well, as made by Messrs. Key and Stowe, are a decided convenience. They can be bored near the house, and being easily managed, children and females can draw water with real pleasure to themselves. No fear of tumbling in as it sometime hap pens when children go about a well. NEWBERRY AN IMPORTANST PLACE. Wh?t with insurance agents, drummers, pumpers and well-borers, we have had a lively time of late. The merchants have no doubt been well-bored, while old mother earth is being bored well. Gratif6ed to know that there are no suckers in town. So we hope that everybody will be in trim for the tax-gatherers when they go bobin around. -Vinx.-Without any premonition, the weather has changed from one extreme to angther, and now we have fervent heat, enough to suit the warmest admirer of waz m weather, and the 1. st few days have been warm enough for the planter whose hopes for a cotton crop had well nigh died out In consequence of the previous extreme cold. In spite, however, of Sol's fervid rays there will be a large fall off from the hoped for yield, as much of the planting has been lost replanting their cotton, while others are still giving corn in preference. We are gratified to see that Council have passed Orwenanaces establiahing police regu lations and to itrprove the sanitary condi, tion of our town. With regard to drainage, It Is almost too late, yet if the matter be vigorously prosecuted before the fierce rays of the July sun cotres pouring down, great good might be ffccted. Becau<e of the tars diness of Council to adopt sanitary mecas,. urea we were tempted to wish that It would take a chill, a high old chill, and shake out of its boots for a few days, but Council have paternal love for their children, and DOW look after their health, so we 'wont be so ungrateful as to wish that fathers so kind should have the ague. CorToN.-On a short jaunt into the country last week we were pained to see so little corn along the road, only here and there, or few and very far bctween, did the corn plantings show themselves, but wherever they did, it wa's refreshing to see the plant so vigorous an dfine, while on the othcr harnd although there was searcely anything else but cotton fields to be seen, in niany cases to dis cover the plant would have required the use of a magnifying glass of great power. That cotton is looking bad is undeniable, but from the vast quantity of land plant ed it may be calculated-that if no further back sets, or accidents occur, the crop will be a fair average one. At firs.t glance it looks like the w hole of creation so far as Newberry is concernedl is plant ed in cot:on, even cow pens, and gardens in some places, being devoted to it. Cot ton has certainly taken ho.ld of the brain. WHEAT HARLVEsr .-Wheat harvesting has commenced, and the weather is highly propitious. We bsve made some inquiries about the breadth of land in wheat and the probable yield. The doctors are about- di vided. Some say that the usual area was sown, but that the yield will not be so large as that of last season owing to the late heavy winds and rain having materially af fected the bloom. Others affirm that not more than two thirds the amount of land was planted, but that the season having been fa.vora ble, the nights cool, &c , little or no rust is seen and that the yield will be an aveage one. A gentleman who passed over a large seec, tion of the lower part of the District last week, tells us that he never saw finer wheat ields, that the wheat was luxuriant, even, well filled, and about ready for the reaper. There Is DO doubt but that In some secs tions of the District, the yield will not be so favourable as in others, but it is probable that it will be an average one. Of one thming we are certain, and that is that Edgefield, Chester and Newberry Districts produce the inest wheat, and consequently the prettiest flour, In the State. There have been two hundred patents issued at the Patent Offce Washington, for velocipedes during the past twelve months. "The oldest man in the world" has just died in .Poland. He had just en tered his 139th year. Le Siecle says that at 80 his hair was quite white, and aft erwards became of a brown shade. For Sales A good young m~ule can be bought by applying soon. S. C. MERC HANT. .fune22 it. 1 OBITUARY. WILLIAM PETERSON, of this District, departed this life at his residence, on the 23rd day of October, 186i, at the advanced age of 86 y-ears. He suffered only a briel illness. which consisted more of the wasting inroads of advancing years, than any posi tive pathological disease, and his spirit tool its flight acro=s the river that separates the living from the dead. Mr. Peterson was horn in Newberry Dis trict-lived in it all his life, and now his moral remains rest quietly beneath the drooping t"onghs of a spreading oak, plant. ed by his own hands in early life, bef're the toils and cares of life hal ever pressed upon him. In early life, he connected him. self with the Baptist Chucrh, and of that Church he continued a consistent and or derly member through life, and in its faith he died. If not the oldest, Mr. Peterson was cer. tainly among the oldest, citizens of New. berry. It was the home of his boyht,od, manhlond and old age, and his body non sleens beneath its sod, surrounded by many kindied graves of various nsmes and ages. He rai=ed, and succeeded in educating a large family of children, to whom he was always devotedly attached, and those of them that survive him, are useful member of the community. In short, William feterson, one of the octogenarians of Newberry District, wa a good and useful citizen, an indulgent hus. band and father, and a consistent christian tan, whic! various elments of moral vir tue. exhibited tlrou h the long course of eighty and odd years of hnman life, furnish an example northty of imitation indeed ; and especially by those whose aim it is to act well their part in their earthly pilgrim. ags. Peace to the ashes of the old man as they rest beneath the oak tree. Shortly after the death of Mr. Peterson, his aged partner, Nancy Peterson left the old homestead, and went to spend the few remaining days allotted to her, with het son Hirant Peterson, in Laurens District, She enjoyed usual health till about the first of January last, when she was attacked with a disease of a pulmonic character, which terminated her life on the 11th day of that month. Mrs. Peterson possessed those virtues that adorn the female character-modestj and consistency of conduct, and was the greater part of the years of her maturity, s member of the Baptist Church. She was faithful in its precepts, zealous in its cause and like her husband, the also fell asleep it its faith. Her remains were brought bach to the old family grave yard and deposited beside her husband, on the 13th day o January, 1869. "When the soul from sorrow freed, Hastens homeward to return, Mortals cry, man is dead Angels shout, a child is born." P. cOMi ERcIAL. r"EWBRRRT. June 1-Cotton quiet at 25 cents Naw ToaK, May 31-7 P. M.-cotton activo aud je . higaher with sale, of 4 000 bales, at 29) Flour 5 a 10c. lower-su . rfine 5.25 a 555 Corn 1 a2c. lower G old 38. BaJ.:nmoax, May 31.-Cotton firmer. Fion steady. Coru dull. CHARLI'-sro Mlay 31 -Cotton in fair reque8 with light stock-good grades firm, other kind steady, with sales or 15) bale-middlings 271 receipts 25.3. AUGUsTA, May 81.-cotton market firmer with sales o. 273 bales; receipts 11; middliug 25ERzPoor.. &ay 31-Eveing.-Cton a abad 000 bales. fabled fountain which is said to restor< health, and strength, and beauty,. witl wvhat eagerness ther would q~1 to dlritil its wat.ers" It is found in the~ T--18t -X. The sale o,f the Plantatiotr Bitters i without a precedetnt in the history of the world. Thley are at once the most speedy strengthetning healtht-restorer ever discov ered. It requires but a single trial to un derstand this. MAGNOLYA WXE-Superior to the bes Imported German Cologne, and sold at hal the price. HEADQUARTERS, NE WBERIRY. C.lH. Jutne 2,i, 1869. [GENER AL ORDERS NO. 1.1 . In consecqence or the failure on the par of certain itndividuals, to comply with re quirements heretofore la:d down and ex pressly stated, it is now ordered that ad white persons, men anid women, (excep whe,enmarr ied,and in th is case only the bus band) are ->rdered o ise a t Nt wberry Cour Hou<e, on Mornhir next. between the hour: or 8 A. M . an.1 5 1. 31; to answer and giv< satisfax ion as to their several delinqrtences To mett the end of justice, the otficer ii comm:md exetipts those persons who corn under the rollowinig head. v:z: All who art paid up sub-crieres to the Newberry lier aId, tho-e n:ot indebted for advertiiing o job woak,:amd those whto do not fooli-hlj imag ine th::t printers' labor should be gra tutons. All others will fail not to be an' appear as aiforesail, to :.nswer and PAT UP By order COL. BOLDFACE PICtA, Ex BA COYDENSED, D vil and A. A. A. Get Office Newberry Hleratld. 7F.Ii Advertiser, having tyenu restored Ihealth in a few weeks, by a very sitn p a remedy, after having suffered seveni years with a severe lung affection, ant tha dread di-ease, C.>nsumption-ts anxioust make known to his fellow sufferers, th means ofectre. Tro all 'a ho desire it, he will send a cop of' the pre-cription used (free of charL'e with the directions for preparing and usini the same. which the'y witi find a sure cut for Consump!ion, Asti:mta, tiroucitis. et, The object or the Advertiser in sending ih Preser prin is to benefit the afflicted, an spread intformation whlich he conceives to t invaiunbh; and he hopes every sufferer wi try h.s remedy, as it will cost them nothing and masy prove a blessing. Patties wishing the Prescription, wil please address Rev. EDWAR~D A. WILSON. Williamsburg, Kings Co., N. Y. June 2 21 1ly. Agentleman who suffered for years fro' Nervous Debi.iry, Premature Deca3 and all the effects of youthful indisretioni will, for :he sake of sufferingi hunanity send free to all who need it. the ree.ipt an directionls ror m;king the simple remedy i which he was cured. Sufferers wishing profit by the Advertiser's experience, can ~ so by addressing, in perfiect confidence, JOHIN B. OGDEN, June 2 21 1y. No.42 Cedar,st., N. Y. ChEAP GOODX Such as Bacon Sides, Extr Family Flour, Molasses, Cider Vir egar, and Kerosene Oil. MacI erel, Sardirnes, Oysters, Suga Coffee, Salt, Rico, Tobacco and S< gars, Soda, Starch, Candy, Raisin Soda Crackers, Bar Soap, Candlet Combs and Brushes, Pocket Knive: Scissors, Needles, Pins, &c., Hool Skirts for Ladies and Misses, Ca ico for quilt purposes, also otbc Prints, Pocket Handkerchiefi Shoes and Hats. Powder Shot an Gun Caps, and many other articlt which wvill be sold ebeap for casi The public are respectfally ii vited to call and be satisfied. JOHN J. AMICK. Jnne 2 21 1mo. Nails, Nails. A large lot, by the keg, or retail. May 5 18 tf. R. STEWART & CO. Ice, Ice. The subscribers arerepared to furnish ice to the citizens of Newberry, from this date. Je 2 - SMITH & CHRISTIAN. June 2 20 tf. mHE PIEDMOWT LIFE INSURANCE COMPAN OF RICHMOND VIRGIM, -AS DE I ERUINED TO ESTA Branch Office in South Cao will give us the benefitsof an entirely Horns Company, by investing in the State, all the funds received in it. In fact it..is beter than a new company, because the Piedmont is a success already established, with ample capital and assE ts. This Company has insured some Four Hu:idred persons in Edgefield,. near Two Hundred in Abbeville, a g,od many In other counties, and about Thirty in New berry. It is the duty of every person of family to inmae in behalf of that famil at ones. It takes much less than you . to insure. Don't wait till Fall, but .takezt as large a Policy as you can 14ow, soe -- crease it when you get able. You may die this coming sickly season, and in that event a small Policy would do your family lanc good, and it is your duty to make the -lest provision you can for them, no matter how small. Come, take a Policy in this Soi thga Home Company without a day's dte%y, THOMAS S. MOORMAN, June 2 21 tf Agent. Buy the Best] We now have on band the foZowI6gpE ular styles of Ladies and Misses booy- skr The De wDrop, * Tip Top, Popular, Favorite, Reception Demi Quaker, Grecian a hrs. The Duplex Elliptic is a trest faloiseMith the Iadies. and is universelly receommended by the Fashian Maguazines ae -1 th' tabiard sk frr or thefTdibionable world. . To enjoy the following inestimable adran' tages, viz: Superior quality, perfect 'see finish, flexibility, duribllity, gomfbrt ad eeconomy. Bany the best MAFIIIAS BARRE & SOL June 2 WIL8ON &W1IMiB, STHIS DAt OPENING A CHOICE Si OF DRY GOODS, Dress Goods, GROCERIE$ &C. &c., CONSISTING IN PART EF: CHALLiES, - B3ERAGES, MOZAMBIQUES, GRENADINES, POPLIN,; MUSLIN$ PRINTS, CAUCOES,&C, SHIRTING,tJJ3. STRIPES, &C. FANCY ARTIClES, &C. SUGARS, O TEAS, MO.zSS8, FLOUR, e POTATOES, e CROCKERY, ilGLASSWARE, WOODEN WARE, iSTOYEWARE, &O. HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES &C. June 2 20 tf 9 W. B. Boyd, vs. John SatterwliiW n and Rieb. Sat.terw bite, Ex'bus, ,'et al. Billifor Injunction, -Relief; &c. y It appearing to my satisfaction that the following defendants reside out of,'and be vond the limits of this State, vis: .Jae B. Payne and Richard Payne. It is there fore ordered on motion of Sullivan, Todd & -Todd, Compl's Sol's, that they appear a ~this Gourt, on or before ihe 6i flag of July next, and 1-lead, answer or: desr to this bill, or the same will be takedi pr'o con fesso aga inst them. 9THOM AS M. LAKE, c. c. 3. . c. a (lerk's Office, May 25th, 1869. June 2 21 5t. In the District C ourt of the UNITED STA TES, for South Carolina. Kay Term. 1830. In the matter of John Mayer of Pomaria, Newberry County-Banikrupt. Petition for full and final discharge In ak O rdered, that a bearing be had on the 2nd day of July, 1869, at -Federal Court .House in Charleston.S. C ; and that allcred itors, &c , of said Bankrupt appear at said r time and plaice, a .d shew cause, if any they can, whby the prayer of the petitioner sheAUd not be grainted. And that the 2nd anMt3 d meetings of editors of said EankruptwrEl 8 be held at the offieof J. C- Jage- . Registrar of 3d Con District otS. , an 30t 'day of June, 1869, at 12 m. ' By ordercof the Court, the 29th. d(yo .. May, 1889. DAiCIEL HORK,e Clerk District Court United States. Ju.e 221 3t For South Carolina.