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Stowe's Byron Article. New Youx, August 80, 1800. To the Editor of the Heraldc In your paper of this morning, I find the following statement, copied from tho Louisyllle Courier-Journal) in regard to Mrs. Stowe's recent article on Lord Byron . 'Dana and Donner fairly burst with spleon-Dana because he didn't Invent the Byron scandal, and Bonner becauso he didn't got it for the Ledger. 'Dam nation ' cried Bonner, when ho first got an Inkling of iti 'wh7 didn't she fetch It to me? Why I d havo paid hi , a cool $Oj0 for It.'1 h*R is not only a falsehood but a falsohood which no oio at all acqualuted with me could ever have invented. Whatever I might have thought about Mrs. Stowo's article, it would have been quito contrary to my habit of speech to characterixe it by the word "damnation;" but this I must say, th%j a million of dollars could not have induced me to porint that gross and indecent article in the Lodger, no inatter what the pub. lishers of the Atlantic, Monthly were *illing to do. Fow'women have evinced so much talent as Mrs. -Stowe. I have myself purchased articles from her for which I cheerfnily paid her a high price; but they were very different articles from the one under consideration. And I do not believe any true friend who was himself in his right. mind could have advised her to sell for nny sum that morbid, terrible, and unnatural hallucin ation about Lord Byron. For her sake, I sincerely And deeply regret that she has done it. I know ol no article published in my lifetime calculated to exert a more injurious and demoralizing influence on the rising generation ; and For this reason I wish everybody to know that nothing would havo tempto1 ine to publih it. ROBEI'T DONNER. Important Decision by the Supreme Court. The "Phonix" of the 25th ult., p ub. lishes in full the opinion of the supreme court by Chief Justice Moses, in the case of James U. Adams agmnst John Kleckly. The question mad in the case was whether tile Olerk or the She. riff is the proper ofilecer to miake sales directed by the Circuit Court. The fol lowing points were decided: 1st. That when the Court intends the sale to be made by the proper officer, the Sheriff and not the clerk, is such of ficer. 2d. That it is in the discretion of the Circuit Judge, for reasons satisfactory to himul, to nominate any fit and proper person as the agent of the court, to make a sale ordered by it. This decision ox. plodes the common opinion, that all the duties of the commissioner of the courts heretofore established for the adminis tration of Equity are to be performed by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. These courts, says the Chief Justice, no longer exist ; their jurisdic. tion has been transferred to the courts of Common Pleas and upon this trats fur all the officers and machinery inci <lent to them were abolished, except so far as retained by the existing lNw. When a circuit Judge in a matter of Equity jurisdiction orders a sale it is by the direction of a Court of (,omton Pleas, of which Court tihe Sherill har been the executive olli.er, and has made all sales fromt tihe earliest legislation. The decisin is in conformi ty with the practice in the United States Court, where both law and Equity are admnin istered by the same Judge. As the opinion is not conined to a sale in the particular case under consideration, nor to a sale, under any particular order or decree, but is wide and extensive as the jurisdiction of the Court, it becomes a general rule for future guidance. Court at Abbevillo, Judgo Orr Clears the Doeket of 800 or 600 Cases. We learn from the A bbevillo Press that Judge Orr, with his usual ability and skill, disposed of 500 or 000 eases on the docket;; en Tuesday of last week three hundred unlitigated eases were dis patched in one day alone, leaving sonme fity cases, which we have no doubt were discharged. Jutdge Orr deLserves the gratitude of the people of Abbeville as well as of Greenville for the manner in which he labors to strengthen the affairs of our country. We cant, without any hesitancy, say that he is not only th'e miost leatned and able of our judiciary, but also the most zealous and1( earnesi champion for the prosperity of thte State. It will be seen from the annexed ex. tract from the Press, that the Abbeville juries arent farther thtan any hieretofore in bringing old debts down to somtething like what they ought to be :"[It all cases which have been broutght upon 'itnte war' debts, the juries have fixed the measure of their verdlicts at one-half of the principal, and interest to the 1st January, 1801. And the mnjority of these cases, bty agreement of counsel, have been referred to thte Clotrk, to as sos the amount of principal and interest ini conformity with this standard. "In cases of Confederate debt s, the rule for-sealing debts, which is furnishted by Act 1809 has been applied, exceplt in cases of pesrullar hardship, where evi. dence has been gene into as .to the true value ofthe property ?", Judg 0f will hold Court at New ben1 , in October, in thd plae of Judge BJoozer.-Oreenvillo Mountaineer. The Church Mon thly (tiUtualistic) has an article on ''Sacranmenttal Confession." It quotes theo text: "Whosesover sits ye remit, they are remitted unlto themt, a ud whosesover sins ye retain, they are retained," and then adds these com-i moenta: "On these words we could well atford to rest our argument. Ilow were -It possible, we ask, to expresa the Cath Solie cloim to the Power of the Keys mtore - t t oly, more distinctly, more enlphatical * y upposo the woro not tihe wyordi othit, ?Ima ~1no them to be the ut, ttvances of some Popo of the Middle A ges Wthat Wt)~hat would be the ro ~oId.ttli4 Ptestnt would mtake t< 9 *hdh 0il ht9nipt to eaplain thena * wy j &. tehter4etsof the Church o 1R0t. d? Is thd $6riptural teatchin g con erding Ifanit Da tiam fthing like a plai:n Ab dia Qebncertl the Logrd' DadQy pr4 ng al mu ~golot wei cocr WednesdayMorning,September8,169. op LAND.-Mr. W. B. S. Board sot a valuable tract of land In this county, yesterday, containing 1000 acres, mote or less, to Aessrs. Mathis & Pay. singer for $5,000. RoSa Hosn1ANA.-The Jewish now year Oa celebrated by tht Israolitish world Monday and Tuesday last The September number of the South ern Cultivator, as usual, filled with in. teresting agricultural mattor, Is to hand. Mrs. S. B. Wat.herford, (says the blarion CrOnt,) through Attorneys SOllrs &Smith, has filed a potition to be divorced from her husband. We invite attention to the card of Duo West Female College. This excel. lent school can have no better referenco than its lato catalogue affords. Mr. II. G. Wiskemuan can be found at tho store of Mr. A. Harris, during the latter's absence North. Ilansley's Vanicties perforimed here blon. day and Tuesday. Their entertaiinin's were creditable. We have received the prospectus or the Riural Carolininan, from Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell. It will be edited by D. If. Jacques, Esq. This new agrieniltural m11on1thly is to be illustrated and made com plete in all tha t pertains to the farm, the gi%rdent and tie houseiold. While iastening to go to press tnder the multitude of little things that crowd around us on that occasion, our eyes suddenly be came riveted npon a liselous wator-mol Ion, and a basket of Seupparnong grapes and a basket of new sweet potatoes. We patsed a monent to ascertain from whence so rich a bounty caime, then went to work invigoras ted by fie anticipation of a feast. Thanks dear lady. SA.s-D)av.--oaday last, was one of the dhillest, sale (lays we h1ve Oxperiencel in a long time. Ihut little bsiness was transae tod. The only sale by the Sheriff was a tract of land containing two hundred acres, for soventeen hundred dollars. The exercises of tihe Newberry Female Academy are resumed. Messrs. Wren & Wheeler, or lmurens, will please accept our thanks for photo graphs of the sn's lato eclipse. We had the pleasure of recently meeting with Mr. J. N. Anderson, of Edgefichl who Is at present with le house of D. R. Wright & Co., or Augusta, dealers in 1lr-it. ish and Americain nry (ood., &c. M1r. A. i was in our section oi buiness connected witil his ilm. Our young friend of ye Ancien Regimie, -w-e me.n Capt. John1 W. Montgomerly who is always on tiine, tholugh1 not onl tick -111( wlo went ip-stairs-immediatel after the Iate cool3ag-ins ajill conde. seentld tn descnd t a his niailin sphere, ad amay 0 no b ee in his maagnaiticenat. store, haitely' ocupied lby Miessrs. Pazysianger d k Wiisona, where heo will shoa-tly have on view a large select ion of aill the t-boice sil-F rern wlaires, table ser-vice.s, gobai and silver waitches, anad jewrelry of every description. Th'le Uapi'n. beinag hiimself a great admirer, of the beaut iful and recherche, has nuubt- ( edly selected a corresponading stock of I goods.____ We invito attention to notices In another I column, of tha~t rare and valuable workc, by Dr, Fr-ancis Peryc Porcher, bl. D., entitleti "Resources of the Southern Flds and For- I eats,"--bedical, Economical and Agricultu ral. It is important to professional mean, mnerchants, planters, far-mer-s, and immt,i granlts, and to those abroad dleslronas of ins foi-ataion with respect to thie vegetable anti agricultural resources of the Southern States. leig also a Miedical Ilotany of thae Soth,a ern States; with practical intoration on thea useful properties of the Tr-ees, Plants and Shrtubs. Walker, 1.vamns a Cogswell, Print-. era, No. 3 Broad and 100 East Bay Streets, Chaarleston, 8. C. Octavo, 740 pages.-- . liound in best best muslin, $3 .50. Libr-ary forma, 84 50. 1io00k sent postage paid, uapon receipat of the price. 25 per cent. discounat allowed the trade. Orders may be sent to the authlor-, Charleston. Tihe recent miarra-age of the Glovernor of Florida is thus feelingly noticed ini the Iensacola Comimercial: ilis Excellency Harrison Reed, Go vernor of Florida, by the grace of the "Vondoo," has takeni to himself a wire. during his a-. cen :r'p North. We fe. 1 very kindly ona all such occasions, and our joy and warmest wishes for the Glo vernor's future hap piness are only damp oed by the fear that theoState of Florida will have to pay the expenses of the bridal tour, as she already paid the ox penses of a private law suit and a poll. tical excursion. Tn the wino-growing regions of California, wine is cheaper than milk. lin Anahbim and Los Angelos, common wvine Is but thirty cents a gallon; milk costs fifty. Even a common strong wine is but forty centS. In 'Tuolutnmto County a large skilled wine-raiser offers over fonr' thousand lve hundred gallons of excel lent wine at twenty-fivo cents per gallon. [an Colomia the price of the two is the same- fot ty cents. In Sononma, good wine is for' sale at forty cents per gallon, and milk is the same price. The year 1760 was remarkable for the birth of four of the most Illustrious mnon of modern tlmes--Napaleon, WI-ol lington, Cuvier and Humboldt. The Sumter News says that a steam r.low will soon appear in Bumter. Speakig of improvements, the News hopes that a re. waird will be offered for the ace of Cotton, c ultivated in Sumter, which shall prodnaeo the largest quantity andi best guality of cotton-in the year 18'10. The N ews aug. gosts a re-union, of Sumter and (Clarendoen s.t ihilioed that,Proeident payls will t ~erideu ly $a4 poEngland, 'dulaiait a 4~Wia - 4 'f AgIl*igldi ama of 70,00 bqetc. -i-- . . Sept. 2nd, 1809. In this, perhaps the last general oplatle this season, frotn Glonn's, we feel a alin. moring sensation, in the knowledge that we are narrowing down to the little end that a much longer stay Is Impractica ble, that we must ore long depart, and bid adieu (but not in tears, for divers and stadry good, substantial and feeli:g con. siderationn, not puri!sed to mention 1"st 110W, holWve1r,) to bubbling, spark HllW water, flees, pigs, hounds, et ad onmno genus, much benefitted it imay be hoped after a vast outlay of money, wasto of blood, time and patience. Fash ionablo watering places were not classed among the institutions of the patriarchal times, or Job might have had another trial, but we will not follow out a train of thought now presenting itself. We mentioned the approach to the narrow ing point, and lest it be supposed that we entered at the larger end at the out set or income, the reader's mind will be disabused of that idea and refreshed by the information'that the biggest end, to use an Irishism, happened this time in the middle. ' ho much thought about, long talked of, slept upon and over, dreamed of, and ardently looked forward to, and for, affair of the season-of the year-is over. It was "played upon a hirp of a thousand strings," the "spirits of all (tie just men"i aid women round abotit having lent heart and hand to make it "perfeck." The set time was Welhiesday the 1st inst., and the begin ming was which was rendered to a large and bril liait concourse of people in ani open old tlid, one and(t a half mniles from the 10. tel. The clerk of the weather, fitful, crusty and generally so perverse, descend ed from his ugly thronle on this occasion and throw oil' his selfishliness, the conlae quellc of which was that the day proved altogether lovely and serene and caused aln iiilnite joy to pervade the breasts of the thousands who hand beci dreadig a blazin" sun, dry patrched earth, a ther 1ometer up to fever heitL and clonds of ulust. The devil even is entitled to his Ine, and why not Mr. Clerk of tle weath 1r, who smiled so propitiously. Two thlousand, mnen,l womenl anld children, natty of thIemt1-the ladies-as haindsome is pictured creations of the old m11aster's, mnd some otherwise, call on us to thank dim. We (10 %0 profoundly. At nine o'clock the kniights, appropri itely costumed to character, twenty six n ituiber, some of them very handsome. y gotten tip, filed out of the Hotel yard ind followed by an admiring throng, narched in procession to the scene where ,he spirited contest had to be enacted. l'he very able iningement soon brought hings into workinm order, and before ho assembly thought of becoming imn iatient, the knights passed in review, tld soon after in the till. The lim ts of a letter will not permit a lengthy >r par-ticlar accouint of each Kinight's cthieveient, thereloroC wo will simply ;ive the names and cltaraetcrs of the lihle, and dasighaie those who were (lie nost successful. The list stands as fol. )ws: fi om Glenl's Spring, J. W. lBenrd, Iichard 'our d. Lio ; W. W. Blobo, Inighit of the led lose, A. P. Nott, as larry 'erey ; 1. C. Smith, Knight of he Goh'iiFleec; anid II. I,. )v is, night of the WhIiite Itose;101 fro 1Union, 1). llourne, as Orion ; 11. 1". Da:wkins, ebil Aga el Iliassie ;J. 11. I )illard, as rskinie; ,J. Gist, as 1)n mlin do Iaucy ; W. '. linghes, K(night of Snlowdun; ixw Meng, D)on Jen n Estaihon, ; ,J. Ii. Hurl. erA, Enlt I of Swathina ; andh (. S. Nolandir, nuighit of the Forest ; fromi Spartanhuirg .11., J. WV. Thomtpson, as Ali ; P. 8. ~irby, Itavenswoodt ; A. F. Floyd, Tiger; .B. Foster, Sir Walter Italeigh ; F. C. 'loyd, K. K. l(.; and RI. 11. Mills, llob toy ; Greenville, T. T1. Westmiorelaxdi, inikniown Knight; and GIen. Chtaptman, a the Lost Knight ; J. V. Neathers, the [night in Nankeen, and P. 11. Joiner as 'is.otint do hiraysi, of Columbhia ; J, E. tobinson, of tChester, as Lagllahad ; J. E tenwick of Newberry, as the K(night of lie XIX Century ; and G. II. Parks, inighit fromn Laulons5. Theli iiding was generally good, some f thle Knlights of course acquitting them elves hanldsomuely, and among them we nention MessTs. 'thomnpson, ,Joiner', Nott, todgers and others, whose hor.eemanship ud p)oise of lance elicited mouch admi ationi. The result of the contest as 11r0 laimted by the judges showed that J. II. togers was enititled to the first prliz/e, eo havinig taken nine rings ill the tee ides. A fler him i came .J. W. Bleard, X. P. Not t, ,J. W. Tlhomipson and B. C. mtith, wiho hlad each takeni sev'en. In , hie tie which followed, M~lr. Not t took bree rings in a single ride, wh,ich en itleil hint to thu second prize-a fine addIe andi the honor of wreathinig the lirst tmaid of hionor' ; Mr. E. C. Smith the tihirdl and J. W. Thompson, fourth. An c'xtra wreath was then run for, which was awardled to 'T. 'T. Westmoreland. 'T'he young ladies chosen by these sate co<sful Kntights were respectively, Miss Ada Cate, Miss Ida Gist, hiiss Nettie Anderson, Miss Carl Zimmnermoan and Miss Mattle Beecham, and live lovehicer or charming representatives of fleaven's beat gift to man could not well have been selected. A more successful tour nament in all its appohuitmnents and man agemnent frotm beginning to end, we have not seen, 1111d we would like to touch on many little points n hich were noticed itn conntcOtionl, but for that Inexorable lindit stands in the way, and we chose notice of this part of the (lay's proceed(ing, by ad (ding that tio greatetrmilshap) ocenirredi on the field thtan the knocking down of an old manl whose curtiosity lcd him to alt preach too close the riders, and of a young nman who was not kneel ed down, but should have been, for tuini 'y con. duct and whiskoy, atnd of anothuer whce was thrown from his horse to the dotri, ment of lisa coat, and the very exciting cavortin ga of a big grey wh ichi rode m very little man, and whose approach in variably scattered the crowd of pedhes trians to the right and left. We week like to tell of the mutsie by the band lcd by an Indefatigable fiddler, black ac midnight, seconded by a mian and broth or In great spectacles and another by trumpet, which blewv at the wrong tIme and of the whole which came In alway when not needed by the judges, who ha no time.for music, althotigh their soul were filled witli harmoties, and the note prlne to ,tho last extremnity, ene aorgtohave the last, and e1' the tna :Afthis wife WhiQ.ato. one:green Wtmtel mnellon with tl o asgeverati9n,th1at the o s t,*hen grn a nd ho hdin "ab t otnqihc bket loft t4e thoigra d 'i'. ' : * '~ Co6'tuua BiAL e - sphieb deae a at atIg at.r8 wth . l P.?la . i4llA was the very ball of balls, and eclipsed every thing of like character since the good old days, when Gleni's was better th fit of than now,. and better kept an Np. pointed and prepared for pleasant'recepp tion and accominmodation. According t6 tradition once upon a time, and o f' back that the memory of t oldest mant runneth not t& io contrary, this was i fRinout place, but a chango has come over it. Decay and ruin marks the face and front of everything now, and in a year or two mnore,.unIless there be a rad ical chango with capital, it will be a howl ing wilderness. Even now the wild conies and the foxes are finding places therel But the ball, the ball, lot us have something about that, say the Ia diesaud isever mind, please, the hotel, its iabitants, its howling, hungry, growling, impatient guests, but "go on it do ball, nine gott." Bo patient, a tIles, we beseech, we are not a ball iniin, and never went to but one in the whole natural course of our life, and then, but but thereby hangs a tale, and a long one, without a single kink to hang up by, should it prove tiresome, therefore that narrative shall not be inflicted on you at this time. As said, we are no ballist, nor light fantastic tocist, but there is music in the heel, and there it will re. main ; vell, we tried to procure the services of it special reporter, offered 75 cents and half of the supper " the chief cook and bottle washer", did not promise to send to our cabin, in con sideration of the use of our table cutlery two days and nights, thereby forcing us to either go without food or use our fin gers during that wholo inortual period. But it would not do. The money was a temptation, but the promise of a share of supper on the ground named, only called for a sickly smile. That would be special had been round and knew the ropes, he told us he'd be keel-hauled, or devoured by a demnition set of flees or bed-hugs before he would work on such ia doubtful chance. What to do, that was the question. We secured him by promi.king the worth of the doubtful chtince, I21 eents inl good cash. lie went and reported. It was a rush, a crowd, a jam, 20 x 40 feet of roem, more or less, tilled with beauty, more or less. Thle I air 'as tinctured with heaving breaths I of dancers, while from the opon winldows. there came over and anon and all the I time, more or less, the disagreeable smell I of penny-royal weed, crushed by the c tread of a crowd of men and brethren i with their wives and sisteren on the out- 1, side, where the weed grows in rank pro- L fusion. It was simply nasty-the weed 11 was. The dancing was delicious, round, t square, longitudinal, diagonal, diametri- p cial. The niusic was soft, lively, inspi- a ring. Did we say soft ; well, let it be. % It was manufactured on the spot, some (f it, by three bald faced Etlhiops, one C with a stunning pair of German silver b siecs standing up, the wearer. The first I, fiddle was a professor of both music and d dancing, and when it chanced as it some times did, that a Kinight with Inuch heel, p trode upon a lady's too much trail, anu u theni caIme a pause or break, tl is colored (I prole6sor would impute the stoppage to c igloralice of the dan111cers, and vent his S sopremilect b-oltiit toy Stolpinlg the m110d hey nod saying "whenl I says shashshay t I mennls hashAhny, and tree foot is a a yard, you yeh ; no- ( den, gfmlenen, and 1 kdies, you h:ts de floor, proceed," and such like. VTe stpeciat's notes of cos it tnes arie very moenigre and conifuised, iwineg in pa,rt to the crowdedi condition ef the rom amd the' number of beatutiful lirmts and faces, n md, -ich dresses, so c(on ;tanrt ly u nd rapidly lii ttming past andr around hinm. It reumin'lled him of a bi il innit kadeiheos-opue, colors and sh,apes iever chaniging ; at one time it c.arrhed him hack in ihney to some sceino in 1ens tern climec, when pencil andI note paper would be forgot, and another of a sphere tioro distant and not quite so famniliar, as an angel in blue wings followed by a morning in gauze,woukd flit by. on either side, and send his ideas wool-gathering, only to be brought, back b>y the approach of sonme fierce miotstache, or the' two sided, black and white nan rep resenting the sitivattion of the country. .WO gat her from his rough notes, taken,on the back of an old enivelope which covered,a dun, that the lovely Miss B.. Sinith, was, in character of Zenobia, the equally fasci natiing Miss Kate Smith as Rowecnce, n'nd the no less charming Miss M.: tih showing off Folly to perfection. Miss Nora ZLinmmerman. as Rebecca, attracted much attention, and was dressed in stIn king taste ; then there was Miss Garrnie Zimmuermuan, as Shepherdess, and Miss M. Z/imermnban, in beautiful charac ter as Motrning; Miss T. Cato, as Little Red Riding Ilnod, was perfect, ns also Miss Janey Smith as Gipsey Queen. These young -ladies all repro senited Glenn's. Miss Suilivant of Latu renis, as La Viviandiere or La Fillo dut Regiment, looked as well as she could without the inspiring music of the beau tiful opera of that name, an~d which ,is a principal part of that charaaeter. With~ a charmed( look at Miss Rodgers as Night, our spe.cial's notes abruptly closed, for just then the grand Mogel,.a; man .who come all the way from the foreign parts of the low country, announfced'tth -sup per was ready, and it bein gi time, going on to twvoo'clock.in thoeiiornlng, and many of the pepte ha4rvha d' no early supper, th.e annoItlOns tvas re ceived wvith aplause, and imimediately the ball ceased,whleo thp supper went on, and the "special" after ,helping sixt,een ladies to two pieces of cake, 5 oystors in soup, 1 piece of gelatino swveetmets. 2 Beche du mers jrid .some cortglomierate, left without toucbing, or' father WIthout, Indulging in a morsel of the:coldY.vttled, andl took his bed like a decent manlf. The ball broke about fodir and' from that hour till 10 p. m'., the meorry crowvd singly, by two's and more, continued to mielt till silence reigned supreume and the old framed buildlngs seemed almost deserted, -nesodta 1hut let it not be nesodta wo moan any blame to be attached to thme Kights on account of the ,failure of the suplper. They wore, lIke ourselves, suf ferers. But on thecontrar'y,.lot it be ful ly undt(erstood, that to the ir libe ral and lband some1 style of doing everything, thegra su'cceCss of the whole afYfair Is due. Mr. Hlenry DavIs, Knight of the White Rosue, by hets gentlemanly and gratifying at tetionrs, did mutch to take. the sting out of the unpileasantnees, for whIch he'wil, please accept our theanks. Ini attemupting to do justeo th i c .on eeOnitiig this great event, tvo - haftake u Pen oursolf'no sinall tas'k but cadut1 i~1s ists the subjeot swithout adling Etr the voberry lti~ lest,h ,.i b.319 v contrary, elloito4 the attentions' '@ytt -1? d potulto sex in avoih naemnner. as to caiad ~A t icVg o close, PoARA, S. 0., Aug. 28. To the Editor of the Newberry Herald -Dear Sir t.-Dellovirg th,q P ti Influence of your popI,' h, promnqjon ofrda.udableTA Otis:'Oil dIFAdintMtJq lon, to ila WabR to thAt ;hich t beh6oves.th piac,'rosperit- and biypIaess of youi fello ciltizohR- tp)do,,4,A6d by claimin publio plaudits forwhat has justly merit ed the encomiums of one community, would be pleased to present to yoursel and readers a brief account of the closinj ,pxrcises of' Ziop Academy, near thli place. Though the sun was obscuret by the dark ninbus, which hung threat enfrigly aro4nd nearly the whole horizon yet, at an early hour on Wednesday 25th Instant, buggies, carriages and hrsemen Might bkve been seen wendlng th4ir Way from every point of tho'com. pass towards the pleasant grounds ir front and around the Academy. Long before 10A.:M., tbe time for the openinE of the exhibition, a largo nuinber o1 every conceivable sort of the genus homc had assembled, and stood around auribuc oreotis in groups. Here the blatani demagogue, vox et preterca nihil; the experimenting farner, the stupid pedant and ladies gallant, poured forth nit in. terrupted jargon of empty sounds, some anxiously awaiting the appointed hour for the exhibitioni to begin, others for the attack upon the well laden tables pro pared for the refreshment of the people upon the occasion. About 10 A. M., the exercises of the school, which consisted in the delivery of extract speeches, and dialogues, opened, and your correspon dent can state confidently that seldom, if ever, has it been the happiness of our citizens to attend so pleasing a perform. ance of thoso equally advanced in knowl edge. Both speeches and dialogues were delivered in a manner which gave un mistakable evidence of energy, activity ind perseverence upon the part of both teacher and pupils. As the performance waned, forty youthful countennineos flowed with the animation peculiarly ncident upon the consciousness of a per eet success. There was but one draw mack to the happy occasion, to both pu. tiIs and their parents. This was occa ianed by the announcement that the ate instructor Mr. Julius D. Dreher, ind laid aside the duties which had re ently devolved upon him as instructor, udefinitely. lie leaves shortly for Sa IIm, Va., and wherever he may go, will car with him the proud sat sfaction of aving, through the indefatigable indus. ry and zeal displayed by him, in the erformiance of his duties, won the esteem Tid friendship of the community in 'hich lho taught. After the assemblage had refreshed ienselves from the bounteous tables eneath the shady oaks, they were brief. r, but forcibly, addres-ed by Col. Thos. .Moorman of your village, upon the olitical aduantages of education. Rev. ,. R. Rude, of Columbia, succeeded him pon the rostrum with an amusing, but i(factic address to the youthful portion f the audience. This was the closing 2ene of the morning and afternoon, but ot. so had the fates ordained for the en. ire day. At 71 P. M., thu curtainls rose upon a -new series of entertain tents gotton up, in drnmatic styl,, by lie mielligemt youlag ladies and gentle Lmen of the coummuity. I will nt at emptt to speak of these, Mr. Eiitor, urther t.han saying that they have suig :estedl how subservient of ae high tone mong our peopile such p)arlor theat icals could he rendered. They merit lie consideration of your readlers, as mA only a souirce of innocent amuse itent, but at the same time, as bene cIal in promoting intelligence and grace ulness among those engaged. B. D. B3. Problem No. 7, -DY DR.'MAYER. Black. While. White to play and( amate in four moves. Solution to Problem No. 6. White, HInek, 4. to K. B. 4thi, K. takes Q. II. to K. 11. 2nd(, K. moves, Kt. rnmates. Mieeting of the Circles of Prayer. The Tenth Convention of the "Cir eles of Prayer" will be held at Green wood, on Wednesday, before the third Sabbath in September next, being the 15th day of the month. This mneetinig has been ohanged from Wednesday betore jhe: 2d, to Wednes day beforso. the M( Sabbathi etm ber. i eem Boho,one and,all, dome up lh the spirit'bi prayer ' and kupplie.ation,. and let sn ihdpe for a more graiIous 'thh< thtan wve have ever enjoyed. IlENRY R. WLLIAMS,. (Jhairnman-last Convention. P. 8. D)elegate. wil,bo puge eve the Railroad for ono fere. August 80, 1869O. THostAs CAi.YI.P. SwFea'nsTH -rtie AS Goih -TO hHEI,h.--The conditidn of Awtel ica was deseantedon by Mr, Carlyle terms less remanrkable for flattery tha force. "As sutro as the Lord reigns, said ho, "you are ruishing down to he with desperato velocity. The scum< the vorld has got possession of yet: cnttntrg,'and nothing can save you frin the devil's clutchesa. Not perhaps, cried lie, raising his voice to its shrille notes, "a hell bqrning with material 1h and brimatono, but the, wide welterir fiery castos of'corruption In high placc and the misi ule of .tihe people. A t Reiablio that I England follows In ti tr4le, and is even nowv on the brink the 'ini'ernnl precipice-and hell bolow Of:courso I could make no reply to the "propb*tlo ,sounds-so full of woe," b wailpdina oeono siIonce for the tempt a'obW hel Mpatdtib'.ofa LoVd'ai '.ady.qByron idon6t edhdlote lhone tumiorf6f'Bahor 'htkadttug loi4ayo ikycilrn NITib STATES JUST 1I9Lb'iN Et oR. --WRaT vi PETO OM PAY ON IT YEAR. id,-'.-Tho London Pall A az' .ti mites the amount of U held abroad to be abo;. millions 1'.001ar io h oo ople .re drained k4idut aiset to lons V gold or 6no hundred millions dolla in currency overy year to pay the.. interest duo fbieign. bondholdors. The interest is paid in gold, whereas, the money loaned the Government was paper, not worth more than forty or fifty cents in tho dollar. The amount paid to foreign era alone, in the shape of interest on the public debt, is four or five timos as great as the whole revenue and expenses of the United States Government when Gen. Jackson was elected President: yet, tho people under the sway of party politiciins, and a press under the influ once of false ideas, or the corruption of capitalists, stand all this and six times as much. Again we Ray lot the people do justico to themselves, and no more than justice to Bondholders-pay in paper what was torrowed in paper. [Greenville Enterprise. The use of Revenue Stamps is not generally understood, -and as business just now is not very brisk those in. terosted can improve their knowledge by perising the following.: All notes and evidences of debt, flve cents on each $100; if under $100, five centA; if over $100, five ecnts on each $100 or part thereof. All receipts for any amount, without limit, over $20, two cents; if under $20, nothing. Checks of any amount, two cents. All deeds and deeds of trust, fifty cents on each $500 in value of the property conveyed or the amount secured ; when a deed of trust is fully stamped, the note secured need not be ; but they should be endorsed to show the reason why. Mortgage bonds need not be stamped if stamps are affixed to the mortgage. All the ap praisements, estates, or estrays, live conts on each piece of paper. Afidavits of every description are exemp)t fr-omn stamip duty. Acknowledgments to deeds, &c., are also exemPt. Contracts and agreements, five cents for each sheet or piecu of paper, except for rents or when for rent, fifty cents for each $800 of rent or less; if over $300 fifty cents for each additional $200. or fractional part there. of in excess of $300. Any person inter ested can affix and cancel stamps. FAnING ON A SMAL, SCA L.--Dr. G. L. Glazener, of Pickens County informes us that in 1807 ho enclosed It acres of old worn out land and planted it in sweet potatoes, manuring in the drill. In 1868 he added to the manure, and planted the samo in sweet and Irish potatoes, housing from it in November one hundred bushels of sweet and fifty bushels of Irish potatoes. On the 23d of December last, (after manuring and breaking well,) he sowed upon it one and a half bushels of wheat, from which he reaped fifty seven dozen, on the 17th of June last, which viclded thirty hushels of clean wheat. tho Doctor thinks live bushels were destroyed by a gang of pigs before and after cutting. This [.r-oves how easily and even rapidly our waste lands may he re.,tored and' made to Yiehl a fair profit for the labor expen ded. The mInalure used was from the sta ble.-Keowee (Wlhalllhl) Courier. A Nr:w lxvm.srox.-A machine, in ventedl by a Tlennmessean, promiises to revointioize the process of makinag cot ton goods. Trho Commercial Bulletin, of Boston, thus alludes to this inge. nions~ ituplement: 1Thits machine takes the cotton from the bull, andl at one operaition it is giinned, calried to time cards, &e., and fialy coiled into Canls. L. TI. Clemnents, oif .Smy3rnai, Tenn., is the inventor of this prodligy, only one of which hlan vet beenl mnade-Ihat being in successinl opera tion, lie claims that its use will enable the maunufacturer to dispense with two thirds of time usumal nuimuber of operatives, and will reduce tihe cost of making .goods at least forty J.or cent. We understand~ that tile results of this contrivance were displayed at the late exposition of te~xtile fabrics in Cin cinnati. If half its useful as it prommises, it should be muade the subject of inquiry and encouragement. SvraTANIinIo AND UIJon RArr.niOAT, At a recent meieting of th~e -sockhlol decrs, the followin~g otiicers were elected: Thoms. BI. Jeter, President, and Messrs. S. hobo, J. W Aliller, Gi. W. Ii. Legg, J. iM. IRomarIl, J. L. Younhg, TI. N. Dawkins, .J. F. Gist, Wmi. Miinro, RI. J. Gage, J. F'. V. Legg, J. II. Evnins and A. Camne ron, D)irectors. Theil President's report represenits the uaff'irs of the company in pr'osperouis condlition. SCAI.io Or,n Diun-rs-At the present termn of the Court, the matter of sealing debts contracted prior to 1861, whbich has excited so much interest among our people, was submitted to a jury, and finally disposed' of. The scale adopted by the jurg, gives to the creditor one half of principal, and one-half interest up to the 1st of January, .1881, allowing no interest for' any subsequent ihne. This decision ot' the jury ems to come with bad grace upon that class5 of credi ters who demand the last dollar of old debts; Peirchance tlte jury:was too lib efal to the debtor, but:.wo have no doubt ' s,beat for fall'elasses5 of our peoplo, as it.wilg:reAIgt, the .unfortunate debtor, pfat te j gamo time 'afford a tangible ogis'fot1o settlement ol' all debts con trak.e'd bd ore tto wvar.-Abbovillo Ban SSotrrnanNuns 1-Read "Personne's" Re .miniscen)ces of Confederate Camps and Ilaitte Plelds, now being pubhlihed in thme n XIX. Century at Charleston, S. C. Sold at n all book stores. L,Amns .--You ill he interested every month In the sparkling "Dishes and >f Spoorts" Department of thme XIX Century r Magazine. Illustrated and entertaining, n Ask your hookseller for it. Yearly sub ,,scription 63.50. SIngle numbers 35 cents. -o Mr. J. II. Estill, the proprietor of' th< g Savannah Morning News, ehastisec s, the (deputy postmaster of Savannah 10 yesterday, for impertinence. ofDuo Wecst Feimale College. OUR 10th year will open MONDAY tthe 4th pf October. Foculty same as fmi atyars past, Tuition per session $20 soFrench $10 Music (Piano) $24 ; Beard ing ii the College:boarding house, kop ~by:Prof.: Konnedy, $l .a montl). F'ue ap(t wasinjlg shbou.t 8 a nmenth, B;7ogerd n g ,iti ther. famie at aboui bt san: ti. charge. For Oafalogue, &e., address ofi ~ . 'I Ji BO iit PrebsIdent. Sent.P: -9 ' 4Lt Tr0t e Ziqiset. At a meeting of Amity. Lodge NO. 07 A. V. M., hold on the evening of the 6th Inst., the following reaabie and Rsola tions weo unanimously oped: Whereas, It has pleased the Grand afaster of the Lodge Triumphant, to again summota one of our number from his temporary i&q bora hero, that he may enjoy the eternal rest and felicity prepared for the good and accepted brother. Therefore be It Resolved, That in the demise of our wol beloved brother, M. D. oletts, this Lodge and the fraternity at large have sustained a severe loss. Resolved, That the community in which he resided have, in his deathiho sustained a sad loss. Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with his bereaved wife, who has loss a loving husband, and can only hope that "no who tempers the wind to the shorn Iamb," will be to the widow a comfort. Resolved, That this' lodge be drapod in mourning for the space of thirty days, and that a blank page of our minute book be dedicated to his memory. Resolved, That a copy of these resolution. $e transmitted to his bereaved family, and printed In the Newberry Herald. W. G . NME., R. RODEL8PERGEH. commite, J. 0. PEOPLES. And whereas it has been reported :to this Lodge by Its Committee who attended the funeral of our deceased brother M. B. Mets, that they were kindly and mutificently trea ted by the friends of the deceasei and our brothers of Olintin Lodge,thereforo be Is Resolved, That we are under obligations to our beloved brothers of Clinton Lodge for their kind offices and accept the same as an evidence of their fraternal feoling. W. 0. IAYE 8 P.110DELSPE og, J. 0. PEOPLES, Committee. -WA WONDERFUL DISCOY. E1 Y.-In the South where Liver Complaint and bilious diseases prevail to so great an extent, there has long been fblt a need of a medloise that would act specifically and promptly on the Liver, r6storing it to ils.normnal functions, and at the same time be safe from after effCeta, and yet so simple that it might be used by any one. It is claimed that DIt. YUrr'S VEGETABLE LIVER PFILLS supplies this want. They set directly on the Liver 1 their constant use will not Injure in the alighest degres the most deli eate constitution. Females at any period tay use them with great benefit, and realize great relief fr<m the distressing nausea which they ex perience at certain times. These pills are not recommended as a uuivereal cure-all, but simply for diseased Liver, and those maladies which follow a derangement of that Important organ, such as Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Costiveness, Piles, Jaundie, Sour Stomach, Ladies Ieartburn. Chil& and Fever, Foul Breath, Restlesanes4 at night, and Flatuleney. These invaluable pills may be found in every Drug Store of any note in the South aud West. Sept82. NOTIoEAULNI FACT.-That one way of appealing to a man's reason is through life eye. In these busy times men are so deeply immersed in the conductof magnificent pro jects, that they forget all about the con. dition of their system, and hence it is that the Proprietors of the PLANTATION BIT TnR, which cures Dyspepsia, purifies the blood, improves the tono of the stomach, regulates the bowels, and indeed invigorates the whole inner man, are so active In ad vertising. in fact, advertisements are more,% ly ik.y-rockets sct up to attract attention to a really good article, MAGNO,IA WATER.-Superior to the best imipoi ted German Cologno, and sold at half the price. CO MMERCIAL. 28 wnp.ay, Septembr7-Cotton firm at from NKw Ycznu, September 6-7 P. 3! -Cotten qamet andl dropp'ug, with sales of 0 0 bales, at Goldh. after great excitment and actirity, closedI quifut, at 87j. A cousra .;eptmber 0 -Cotton market firm, with sales of 182 bales--middiings g2; receipt. btmn.ts-ow, Septemnber 0 -cotton steady, butcrod irlt, it saesof 100 baies-mid' d lings82d 33; rceipts, 81. Lu vitNPo(oL egtinmber 0--Evening .--Cotton fla't-upjlundsiJ lemdeus 181; sales 6,100 lhaies. Buggies for Sale. We hasve t roe Buggies wvhich we willsBell on very reasonable termus. Two of them mare very ni e niew hlmuggiles, anid of late style. LOVEI.ACE & IIEEL4ER. Sep. 8 25 2t. New Fall and Winter Prints. We are now receiving a nice selection of FAlml tind Win teir Prints, with and without thme aide stripe. Lo0VEL[ACE & wIHEELER. se'p. 8 25 it. i'u tt's Vegetable Liver 'Pill, Cures diseases of the Liver and Stomaehb. futt's Expeotorant, A pleasantecure for Cough, ColdS,&o. Cutts Sarsa.parilla, 'and QasenW' Deight. Thle great AlterativeO and Blood Turifier. Wrantt' ped b bat dy n use. These stan dard neear enOliS arefor sale by DruggIsts very whee ~Bolipse of the Sun. Fino Phmotographa of the EclIpse of thme sun, August 'Ishm, 1869, Photographed by Wren & Wheeler, Laurens C. HI., s. 0. These Photographs show the Eclipse at three dilferent stages, and are beautiful pIotures of that "Blrillant Orb Eclipsed." Mailed to any addr-ess on recipt of 50 etc. Address WREN & WHEEPLER, Photographers, Laurens 0. HI., s. 0. sep. 8th, 18b9. 1 Dont Mistake the Storee The second door above Mowver's new brick building, immediately 'opposite Dr. Whaloy's you will find L. R. MNLarshall's Store, where FRESH FISH may be found on Saturday, the 11th, also a san ly of LARGE FINE SHIifMPR L have added largely to my Stock, lately. Now have Dry Goods, Hardware, Groceries, Nuts, &c. EVery week L am getting freshi supplies,and mny ndtion is to keep a wall' aggored stock of FRESK oos,tut never to keep too large a