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The Tax-Payers Before Presi dent Grant. We publish below the address o Hon. W. D. Porter, Chairman of thi Tax-Payers Committee to wait on th President and to memorialize Con gress; also the President's brief repTy' -MI. PRESTDENT.--We are dele gates frm the Taxpayers Conventioi of South Carolina, and are charge< wtkh tision. to thi authoritie&A Washington, to lay before thei a grea miblie grievance under which our peo pe are 'laboring, and to invoke th .,ympathy and aid of the Federal Gor crnment to afford us the relief whiel *i elivin6t been able to procure foi onrselves. We know the power, wor afand political, of this government iind believe that it can, if it will, re dres3 our grievance. It is difieult in the few minute that we feel at liberty to trespass upoi your time to make an adequate pre santation of the pitiable condition. i whiclh South Carolina is placed. T give yo any conception of it, it is ne cessarv to state her condition at tv eTe of the war. ~No one knows bet ter than yourself. Mr. President, tho exhaustive urocesses of the war upox 6-r State. Her people, with a siucer< belief that the enterprise -in whic fhey embarked involved their domes tic peace and safety, and with an un "cuhting devotion to their canse saked their all upan the 'issue, ant ost their all. The single act of eman Oipati'on struek out of existence on hundred and twenty-five millions o: .their property value. Their moueys their bills, their securities, State aC Federal, perished. on their hands -They had lands, without labor or mon ey fo: hire labor ; they had houses o cabins, but without provisions to satis fif^We hungry cravings of men, wO - men and children. If ever there wa a people -upon whom the hand of taxa tion should have, been laid lightly anc gently, it was the people. of Souti car6liaa at the end of the war. Il ever there was a people whose condi tion was a protest and remonstrance ,gaimst Tbe jeati -wano grjudingex actions of the tax gatherer it was thal stricken peaple. T6ireonstruction misures plcd South Caroina*-in an anomalous posi ou. It doubled-her citizenship -ad her sufrage.. Wej not here to -s any change or modification in this re spect. We know that this matter has been plaed upon'the basis of the fuindaienIal law -by -constitutit*a] ehdnnts; and -that, whether wisi ar-Upwise, we can.expect no alteratioi ofit. But there are some incident.an.R * resuilts~rowicg out of the reconstrii pinolicy, which" are curious awell -Ms vitafin uteir operdtiod; and to the -paectidal -efeets.of wich: we; invit' yout-atenton,With a viC ewto somel This' doubling of' (ur eifizenship and sufragd has divided tae tateint( -two classes or stratas, the one proper~ other non-taxpaying and non-property2 -holding. And in the non-property: holding and nou-taxbiyio,g class rd sides the absolute political - power -of the:State; including. the great sover * eign power of taxation ; ar&d this eleiss is banded togrethey as a tired. political miajority, which refuses any substan tiai raresentation to the taxpaying -mindrity. :Thfepractical result is-then~ *thiis, that the people who. levy. the a~xes donkot pay the taxes; those whou pay he txes aveno voice in fixtug -the amjount of them; and the ta'id so in.iediare expendd, not by those who pay.-them but b* those who:feel rc.ally no part of the burden of them, We doubt whether such a conidition of things h&as 'er bifore existed in any gov~ernment which called itself ai free representative governmenwt. With our kowledge COf the entire. Amecricani ell.ig uj t.he subject of taxation and itaexercise, we thinik it may be truly saidl that no fiee State of the North wuld submit to such a condition of thinges either theoretidally or practical. t-o h.eapractical results are pre. e~ielysnh. s-might have be.eu antici. pate. Tosewho do Dot pay thL taxes care u,pt? oe heavily they lay thenson ad th-ndeheavily they lay thsemi on, the more mone-y they hatvec to expend. In point. of. fact there. is ny cheek. no limitation,.n *.responDsibility such as exis'ts' where the re..presentatives feel-thit they.owecan * e~eoutabiflty to a taxpaying constitu nev ~. Allow us~ Mr.- President, tt grosup a few factr; whliph will serve:to give some idea of the condition:JnI whieh we ai'e placed. Our t.axable values before the war were near $500, * - ,000~o; they are now reduced t $15200000or .$1600,009. Upon that S500,000,000 before t,he war was * -raised for . the ordinary current ex prnses; of' go)vermauetlt, the sum of abont-si0.000; but upon the reducec values of $150,000,000 there is now~ raised the~ annual sum of over $2;000. OO0. Considlering the l6ss and depre: eiation of property, the redneed abiity of the pdopke to pay; and the falsi and exagerated assessments made, the propoi-tion-between the tax now raised and that raised before the war would be as fifteen or twenty to one. WVhen the impoverished conditior of the m~f. the people is taken intl coz(nsideraltion, .with what a fearff weight of oppression do these burdemi fal. upon them. It is no wonder ihen, that in one year 268,000 acres of land were forfeited to the State foi non-payment of taxes, and that in the *'ingle County of Becaufort some eiglil * undred out of the 2,500 rarmsi. sold by ihe United States to the eclored people have also been forfeited for the same cause. So. too, the funded debj of the State has beenz increased fron * bout six millions to an admiitted fig ure of sixteen nmillions, with an unde fined ma:rtgin of floating~ debt and un aceknowledged bonds. To( state thet :ein a few words, it maiy be saidc thait our present rulers have ailready utte-rly destroyed the credit of the State by the excessive issue of bonds, pa:rtly legitim.ate and partly fraudulent, anid are no.w engaged in devouring~ the ast:mee of the people by the grind -!~?czc On , aain ir. exactint, txati o bee Jzir PrtLident, this is ng:ionls elF isor,d or, tubonfAtLe iain::tisn.I a .....1 : ,...1 -tam-n ia-t and is ae. could lay before you the many, U2W instances of distress that have co f before our eyes, it would appea ' powerfully to your sympathies. And the werst feature of cruelity in the thing is that it falls most heavily up on the most helpless-upou women a i i lidr ie ior~dw iT - phans. Year by year, and day by day, is the number inoreasod of those who have kept. up in vain and strug LI,ge.rl for the roof that covers their heads. Is it st*nge that we should ask for iheth a for ourselves some relief frpu the tyrauiy that..is Aouppr&ing us? And can it be that the govern mnat wi1don'y -ns its sympathy abd its aid in giving us the substance as well as the form of - Republican gov ernisent. Mr. President, we eae in no.fac tiousor partisan spirit. We come in the interest of peace, of g'ood order, and of honest government. It matters kli,teto us whether the administration be Republican or Democratic, so that it insure us an economical, honest gov erument, such as our condition impera tively requires. We ask it as Ameri can citizens; for weknw that the mral as the political influuuee of the National Government is commanding. The people of South Carolina did once aim at an. independent existence and make a terrible struggle for it. But that dream and that struggle are over-they are of the past. Our peu ple have no other national governmeut than this of the union, no other coui try than tie-e Uuited'Statts, aud io other hithin that Lright flag of stars that flouts over this broad land. And they are. true men and'faithful; and if we know the people. -they .w'ould defend this soil which is th'eirs, that -flag whiCh is theirs. from foreign aa-mression with the 'same un flinehiug'vlor, which, in the remote past:aud in the recent past; they have [ displayed on so many well foUight fields of battle. It isi mpossible to describe the earn estuess and- feeling ivith whrch Mr. Poiter spoke.. His.-words produced a profound impression even upon his fellow delegates, all of whom were on ly too familiar with lfie sad facts of his recital. - "Ti'PRESfDEN'S REPLY. Thie President; who heard. Mr. Por ter ith fixd attention,,replied with characteristic breyity, a6d with somc thifn iore than his usual vior. He G~EY?EMEN-Ate listening!.-t yourdejuarks,;l do.wotsee.that there is anything. tht can; be done,. either by the exeetive -or by. the 'legisla ve 'branoh of tT Kationaf Governmeat, to better the condition oftings- whieh you have described. Te.tate of South: Carolin, la .a complete sover eignt existence, and. must make its own'ilns. If its ceftizeus are suffer in& fon tMise hkwa, it is ~a matte very: much -ton be deplored. TWhere. the fault lea,/may be ajuestiou worth looking ine Whether .a part of. the caise is not due to yourselves--whetli er it is'not owing to the extreme views which> ct 'hgv&held-ihether goder tax.paying 4ertio.aef thie 'connau.gity, *against -you, are questions: which .I leave to your own considiration. A1 Iow# me to say, however, that- ilay feel ireat sympathy with any wIho-ane badiy .goveuned and ovartaxed, asis the ese in. Louiiaataiid.seems also to be the condition of Sout,h:Caro!iai. I will say .tpo you eandidly .tlia. rhite -I' have watch'ad tie ~proceedings of y'our Taxpayers' Convention with; ne little. terest, a prtian of n>y~ spi pathyhas .beeii abstractedi by-the pe rusal of a apeeek. delixered durin'g its .deieraiions and wiieb d6ntained a vilferend mnore illainous slanar than I -have ever ixperieuced before, even amongst-:my bitterest enemies in.the North. It was far ore. in its pers~on ~ality and falsehood , thaa anythirig I T.oever seen iin the New. York Sun. 1IE WAY TO ENCOURLAGEMMI mAIn.-Major Melchers, the State Comm ission?er of Imm"igration. .in a cif eidar letier to the'conissioners in thie interioi-,'says : "Al have been assured by empetent authority, .thiat with ten thousand dql.Lrs, an~d -fifty t.housand acres of~ land'donated, somen ten thousand faini-' ies-maye bronn7it .to' the State by fetanter: - ithout indneements to offer innsigrants, none will come, as the West and other: Southern States are .in the fied to get all the immi-~ grants, that comea. Tegnum, f&n' ;w. stane has offered a hundred thiujs arnd acies of iland gratis, to be dir.ided in alternate sections to .immigrant .famiilies ; and Virginia - has. appro. priated flfteen thousand dollars foi the sanie purpose. I a h:appy to say, that in somec districts of thie 'stat the people have offeredalands' at very km.' prices, and given somne gratie, but the inovement should be general, and every distrit should do all in its ;power to induce imm Aiats to 'settle in otf State." 1Since -issuing this letter, Major Meleher.. hus received information that, Col. J. B. Moore, of Statesburg, has donated thre.e thousand acres of land, to be gien to immigrants i alternate secLtions of fifty acres. This gentle fman comaprehends the situation. White ommigrants u-il not remain in &>uth Carouina as Aired laborers. Their natural and proper deire is to have farms of their'own.' They will comec and stay if land be given them ; espeilly as more maoney will be.muaae here thaw in the exclusively grain ~growing Stat gs. Otherwise they will coninu togoWest. . (og News &~ Courier. Tur. SPARTAN BURG & ASH E.VILLE RAILROAD.-The Board of Direc tors of the Spa rtanburg and Asheville Railroad met in Charleston on the 26th nit. T[he names of the members weecalled over, and aume declining to serv~e, the Board was re-organmi'd, as followas: C. J. Memmuinger, Presi Ide.t; Li. Cannon, Vie-President. IDrec.tors --Gorge W. Williams. B. Bollm an, T. 0. B:uke, John S. Fair ly. Alva Gage, Theo. Jervey, Charles 'to; James E. Clark, John S. Wiley, Columbia; Thomas B. Jeter, Union ; P. R. Dunkin, John H. Fane Spar +.an-g The President was antho. 90 O.i. ENEIn EDIO IRA B. JONES, ASSISTANT EDITOR. NEWBERRY, S. C. ~WEDTrESAYmxPRIT 8, 1ii4. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Hferal is it ithe hi::hest respect a F:nn 1hy-News-6,per. deVOted tO the ma1teril in trests of"the iww)iAe of this County and the s.e. It cireilate4 exten.lively. snl is an .Adverti:sh inediam ofrerm :inrivallestad vantages. For Ternug, see firit page. Washington City. andu the Uni. ted Stateu. We are in receipt of a pamphlet, een taining the speech of the lon. Norton P. Chipman, of the District of Colum bia. in the House of Representatives, Feb. 29, 1874. -ably discussing the rela tions of the District of Columbia to the General Government, whether Wash ington city is the capital of the Unitedl States, or the capital of the District of Coluinbia, and the duty of the nation to ward its capital. The proposition which he forcibly argues and endeavors to es tablish is, "that the history of the loca tion of the capital. the declarations of its f6uinders, the provisions of the deed of. conveyance made by the proprietors of the satle, the contemporaneous acts, the plan of the city, and.the legislation of Congress, show a distinct and unmis takable purpose on the part.of the Uni ted States to build in the District of Columbia a Federal city at Federal ex pense. Pork Packing. The twenty-fifth annual report of the Cin-inaati Price Current presents some interesting * statistics in pork packing in the Western Statie for the winter season beginning November Ist, .1873, and ending Marbh 1st, 1874. It seems that the total.number of hogs packed in.the Western States for the season of.1873-4, amouuted to 5,466, 200, against 5,410,314 of the.previdus a Though the tnberof bog pack eA during the seaon 1873-4 was larger 4han that of187.2-3, yet- the average voeight 4nd thaverage yield of lard was less,. fthee average weight per hog being-il per 1cest. Jess, and the aver age yield of latd per Ahog being 12( less. The, cost .f hogs this season was 45.43 .per .100 pondsI .,et, an ierease of 16s per cent. on -the yeat 1872-3. According to the report, the por. pa.eking interests gravitate West ward. The Western States show a gradualb and .steady in.crease in ~this importane branch f:in4qs,ry. 'The sp.tistics, however,. present Missouri behind for this season, and.Kentucky pnce so prolific in hogs1jis rapidly;de oligipg in thia particular; other indus tjes beiimgngr~ probbl fur her. au Impotant XUttr. ,Fozr.or -fire weeks .ngo wa call-d the attent.ion of the people..of Newber Jy 40 the resolutions of:;the Tard.My ers.Cornention, previdinigsfur the or gdsiation.-of. impigratjonbhateaus in all the Counties -of Ethe State,~ aud ure ed the inandiate formiation of az but reau in this County.- For somie rea soni or other no.- step.in this direit ron .as beeni taken ini Newberry. .The re ~'uest of M\.r. F. Mekchers, State Comu missioner of immuigration, who wishes this subjec:t broiught prowinently be, [fre the p-ibic, and Athe great imnpor tance of:the :water itself, are (sufticient reasons for again ret-uruiwg to) it, As yet, these resolutions. hare niet wth -a very ideagre isupport on the part of ti.e people. very .fei of the~ Counties having had' a meeting foi- the purpose of earrying .thei out; It seems that the muajrity of: men thiik that whe, .the. Convenient ;assed res ola4ieQI. an,d. adjourned, the work to better. our c,onditi-,n. edie lit this is an error. The Convention was ut the. stairting, directing: poyer; it yet rests with the people to.exec-ut8ed geeomtplish what. is propoedi and-& gun., The spirit of the Contestiowi sh?ed atuate the men who are represented by it, and who gav~e it existenee. Without this supporte it is like the form of a man withut itality. Now. this. .n Jer2sf, iuomigration should not be let to .grew cold. J$ ought to be acted:ftpon ait onwe, ad there is: any value in the proposed plan, we ought to finad it out by put ting it to4he, test. It is supererogationu;iDn us to urge ;he.irsportance of immwigrat~ion at this late day, when eveirybody who thinks has talked' about it, and believes it to be a certainty. :Nobody questions the fact that we need immigrants. But many differ as to the plaa of seeurin~ the,.some preferring it to be douneb individuai efot lud others through an organization like the contemplatedj bureau. Both plhns have merit, the frer probably better securing quali ty. and. the latter better securing quan tiy and yet we see no reason why ei ther way, under proper mianagemient, may not attain both objects. by peed the one necessarily exclude the other. The question presents itself to us, bowge, in this light. Here.is a plan proposed by a body 4f men, whom we al believe to be wise god patric.= T4 .~A ~ Ti 1~-~1-~ ~esofea, That thi Convention do at once erganiZea Bureau of inmigiration, to con ,it - of une-Conmi%sioAner for - the .State at 1Lr;dd .Coniitkionler Ir eacliCouity the iState,tareside :t or near the-County !seat. - I i,1--OtfVe4?,.hat it shall be the duty-of each ClitnTylinmnissioner of Immigration to call .A ineetin- of the citizens of eaih County. .bo~,ee inao Mt+uirrion1b held at the Court House of his County, on the.first Wmnday in March. pro4mo, and lay -borthetthe .ubject and iortadwc of finimitgratiori, un; iar possfil!e, effect it re'rnfa nent organiz ttion to act in concert with. mid a, an auxiliary t, the Commissioner of the 'SEiClaTflafge, anikt eifue iTat7i etrse as may be deemed necessary to prpmowe the objectib Iewdm - 5 . IesoTve&. Tbat It stall be thedtf of te said County Coitrnissionerg of Immigration W 48 Fsd -ownerq-6-fthe - Couiy what land. are to be sold or given -away. tihe 4ase av 5e,Saind fdr saleion what terns; and to take50A'w and procure for rference a brief desciption and location thereot', and repcort tie sane, from time to time, to the Cominmissioner f-r the State at large, sn that 'whetn immigrants arrive in the Ctuty they nuty at once Ie provided fr. It shall al,o he his Ilury Io collect stwh coit trihutions in monry from the citizens for the pronimooit of the cause of immi-ra'.ion, as1 they may be wiilin- to contAribite. Atid forthwiti turn the wame over to. the Commis sioner for the State at large,taking his receipt for the same. Mi. Melchers, in his ebminunica tion cahine attention to the above resolutions, says: "I have beei assured by eompeent authority, that with Teu Thousa.nd lDollars, and Fifty Thousand Aeres -Ji Land donatel, some Ten Thousand Families miav be brought tothe Stato. by next winter. Without induce ineuts to ofer to inigrante, none will come, as the West,. and other Southern States, are in the field to get aill the immigrants that cone. Ten-' nessee. for instince. has offered one huudr.d thousand acres:df land-gratis, to be:divided in alterntate eetons to inimigrant families; and Virginia has appropriated 815,004 for the. saue purpose. I am ithappy to say, that in sic. -Distriets of the State, the..peaple have' offered lands at ver'y low prices, and iven sote gratis, but the moveieit should be an.ral, an- every Distrik should do all in itQ power to induce inniigrants to settle in ouf State. Report of the Langley.Manufe-. turing Company. We present below tile intresting. report of Wmi. C. 8ibky, President of the above Coipaiy for te year 1873i It s an ecreoura2ing aind gratifying rep(irt. Ttshow us thatlte deter-. nination to develop onr nany e sources in all that is lieinc tomake South Carolina as great in DYaIu e-1 tures'as in agriculture. Theneessity. ioo; of creating -wanuficturei 1n this State grows more apparent and more iiiipdraitive ivery day> LAut4xti $. C., March 25, 1874, 'i'o the- St.ckolers of-the Langley U ENTLE.iEN : As.required of i.of hband you .herewith balancee sheet of the coinj>any, uaelp to.Januuary 3d, :hoig the pr4fitsfort tifer 1.&73, Less :expended- on dini andA Wat'r ipower sin 1S8.................... &)5 500 00 Ieaiajthte eairitYs -of the- aifoi- ten year...io7 429'~ l?or want of ani,adlequate . cornmercial capital, we ha ~to borrow Iarg. , suisofinonedudring 'the diar,the interc.ht oni Deducting whieb,.leaves *anet profit of.......106t79 1Whi1h,' Y t'a ny be as satisfae{ t;>ry t'o' yfejit f ra tiffyia to mie. , For the year 1873 wbwetaged 9 ladunin'operatin. rodheilig adiy av.grege g.f 5& ysdiap#iLloojis agaenst for lhe prviut yer 294 loomas, pro-. BAS dtih' 9 -flO yars per lo difly.OuT pryddtion( fbr 1873 'way * .~~ eces. Poundst. Y; Trils.I 4-4 st'd Sheet ing.. 34.745 498.722 1,418,s09 44 A 5heetin~g......45.59 485. I ,861:-50) IA Shi.rting...... I9.910 s'M,745 .5 A Aa l ...... 3O<y4. - .B.Dr1Ils........ 10 . . (iU ro.u -Total... ........I5,!% ~ 17,498 5,4a9,7V5 We consuied for the.:six -monith , endn July 5tA 48712 ,L029,80~ 4 pounds totton, at tgn averagegosd aid. ow^in tits iiiillof ~$17.l18-$ 3, 34.80a'd for-thie ix' inonduTs end ing Janury 3d, 1874, 995,629:potiids of' cotton~ at at't average.cost: in 'the tI ill iof 1.99--149,244.79.: Total cosnaued 2024,931 pounds ectjon, avora'e cost ' uMill. $16 09--$326, Q1fy,-87, or siy 402'bales of cott9n of 440 pounds uault. .at an -ayeyagp ost in Augusta, for the ep tire year, of $15. 841.per piaud. tirinag the past year we erectedj nine new buildin.i and idded twen ty-eight* (28)newler1ons to our.ma chiary, *aad havitorderet!, since ths firs;t 4Jpayy, Jlyee hundred and twenty (320 more spindle ,whi'h~ will fill'nll the ktvfliable etase Tn the mill buildink: You will pereeivre from the annexed balance.sheet that we' had on the 3d of January last, after paying thr.ee quar Meili 4ivideids of 2} par cent. eaph1 at tt e Medit 'of pYrokid esl j1;, E , 990.90. Sinic~e thten the' Rath, S. C., Paper Company obtained a: verdiet against this comnpany, and to avoid further litigation and :expense, the directors determineid to pay the ver diet, and in accordance therewith, on. the 2d of Marelywe paid the amount of verdiet anid costs, 1iz: SI,&14MM , which reduces the surplus to that ex tent. 1 The worTking of the, mill for the year haa been very satishaetory, and it; affords mue 'pleasure' to state that our efficient and attentive Superintendent, Mr, M. F. Foster, and the employees of the comp:ay hae cash their y.: spective positions ceributed to the success that has been attained. Respectfully, .WM :0. S.ULY, P?resident. E R CAROLINIAN FOR APRIL. Te cprnityb' ot,si9valual le ta - tine clms o prctcls in ppn l~ ing thatt class hof phractedisrieli ver resng fmtr fhirhst carcto oterlesent imse from is^'irst wneon fo the apesentl time, repdtwtich' hamon h for itastsdy he reputatio ao tuiher aiuledistso meri conty.BthpuHhetrs a io mei . ihn n-armaar rhanka nf rhar lnree plagg of the Foic TuE 1eRALD. S5Trf3Y. Q., C Api irst. 187L. NINTUR E1rtj,.-I rite from the C, Safely sittin on terror firmer, however. an I ashire von it affords me a heep of Aevstrre --eunrr-b few-daysgo to by some goods of a missy laneous chIaretIand. tet.-;su .m 6f the sites of witch there is nny quantity. I seed the Pavilyon and then at the Charleston hoeli ~rit ty >rlacef butyo har covorted so extensively and fast You put me in mine ovthe Frenchman's flea. I am glad yon have so many frends and ar-c so premiskions in your peramble.ttions, for it's a sine of popi larity aud it excites the hope that your notes and yourobservashnis willd cord ingly be volmuerims.and interestin. It agreej with. v no.shuns, too. to get a. full benefit.ofwhat is goiig-go it while yure yoing is my iotter. Charleston is o1ne of the, prilneipal cities:sof the State, after'you leave New berry, Frog,1evel. Pomaryv and . Jalap, and 'I don't *under that n6arlv all of the kod-tish down here think so hily ov itand.e:all the iii tea rior towns sar Alyies. I don't blame them at all, how ever. every krow thinks its own young the blackest. After tending strictly to, business. aitd buying a Dolly Vardin ca3liker fur Betsi, :iu some few tries furtlie Itlien,'my tiuc and attenshun ham'-been devoted to the pe-rsoot of pleisolre, And it is grityfinig to Say that there hAi been no lack or itnor no dtawlack. Yire expashyasimins in re gad, to the.provishun- depot or a Satur da nite is not by any mieens too hily. dr%wn' I have been.there and .hav had mi'tose trod.on, an<l seen -ind hard fur uiself, itnl "withouf hiesitashun or feer ofr s6kc6ssful contradikshun pronounce it' a btmknfm site. As I were passin through it on one ockashu n my kuriositi *as excited: by' heering a feller holler "beninny"-I.walked back to see what *-ind ov a thing a beninny were, and it Aver'e banana-another one cried, "pa ty" for potatoe, "hash, hash" for fresh "ggs nd *co on, every one seems to try ibwfuraafrom therite nane and sound of theartik1e for sai he or she can get. -The-uprore-ad'the1noiw.- are;4rddfi intdvesing. 'But-yd hnar edd enoigif about that,unna mated institushan. Furaehange, I kant help-. rekttin a ineerdent :yitch happensd .here' .and wiLei proVes unmistakably that a man's ef6p'ertiinnvi 6lli-V. him and help him thro this vale of teers,-pervided it are proerly diee. St:iridiiiin front of te $jl i~ about 2 o'clock one dlay, pickin my teeth to make folks believe T stayed thar, a stout, handsome 9it~iu~th ,fid icipMd'$ ebp thin'gs strite iet1 aid'tmakd travellers feel comfortable, cumIs up and slapin meon tti%shouk'far in the alley'rrrode french stile,'says, --hello Kunl,..wen did you ame dowir. "A.few dais a.go,? ed& I, wikhoutbesIitaslumh . 'Then jg slidok b.mis.zgndi lared.. Hie ced he h}ad seen ,mni of mui ijeces.from Harskrabble pub fished. in the HEALD anid were pleased to kro'v me, an1( o wet.e I he looked so nice ad agvreeible. ~Thle admr shari w%ere intal.' Th(iidxt ting he, dun- were to isk me' in tt>:take "pot lck" aith bim, because, sed he','he were not aware thatL Ih adtarrnived, :t therefour kood not put-my nanme ini tle pot at sitch a late hour, but that he would endeaivor to do, th.,best under theidrkuhL'ict:mes. 'I' lia som e .mis ivina li. iJksi niite be taken unawa-es, or his liife' be'orviet cn ic cnatof thier not lifg p1i3'nougiu to go rouind,but did-not saysotonmifrend, ad~ went:Jag withi:a. peoper degre bi sanug fau4 L were inost.JiIppjly dis app 'uitd-mni fe'ers - ere grondiess; thereswere not only ,pie enough, but pudin too and many tiher 'tlungs; en tijNy "tro kunrnero&n fci 'n'enishu n,-ip. 'ettfigtins a frojashnm dfilings,ian tMaour frena; MagurtSiber, Miys thar' wur "oodles" of' bied;'axsst, balked, sived..ad,fried deinsineat, besidces swetejl)g, -I felt sa4 at;them sith, 'it wurt IimpossibkC to.do j.ustice to the ok kahun, 'the. repas wus tooa mutch: for Hezekiab, aiisl I longed fiur the aussist ace' od ornd N'ewery f-ends. It is ini etnien that ]Mi. Jacekson l's extrav-: digatfrnhiuig to rui in'his atteipt to-show the pubi4that lie rioes~ how 'to keep a hoteL .People abot.there 'ny he, donut keer a aple flitter, fpmr the ex gesp tIgl', ~f lis liMeis get enqtNh. o ete--le has mil ldrnty-good wishes for suleesse I am roredtbian pleased too. to say that the frend above alluded taoor bliaf of~ Mr. JTaeko,' says I munstn't, be 'a stranuger,.but enme in often. So nuth fur a honorable repertaslwun, this low groim of sor'row 'TvootNlndeed e a vale of~teerdvwithout it. b 1 MLjljr tige.pgr-% pf plenquwe, an a the instigashun of a freid,~ I were led to the Academy or Musik--thuis :is. tdie b~tiful ipyle, Mr. Editnr, 'witch so many of us had a Juope of winnin once in Mr'. Shadwik's.lottery, and (vitch severiil of sn nikotintedW didn't get:-to see then Conik Trik ?P;mtyimii called Hunipti 1ulptl, agj to pp. fg 44h1 frf an although. thI.4 w~ere a betteirtik than Shadwik'Ns,;:ieotso mutch sed~about it yet I ko9d not larf muteh,. Weather it were on .a kdount of thinking abot- the lost eauar, tilat i, thme Academii>pyle, or the,pyle invested in it, :or beeaus there were two nutch. fun in the show, I can not eggs:ietTy sif. Surfyse it to say, I koodn't get out- a good larf. Thuere wae one og two things,. too, witch oiset ratid against .the enijoy merit, perhaps three thm?gs, or-miaybe more or' thuem, but it will aneer my -purpose to name a few only, an first, a young man of the kod-ishi tribe saut in front or me, an as his biusiness all seemed to-be in the rare or him, an tup atmong the winmmen, an i 1We1. althoug~h UfkoXil)pgg large ap. deveupt, weife'not su1pld with eyes in -the back part of it, lhe 'kept it bobin round and round, tirst one way and then jinnther, till 'I kudn't half see any thing but him, atnd wunder what brought him there to disturb indiv'idooals. In the necks plkee, my fred were istress ed at miy melancofi kondishunu, an i e sot there loekin for me to explode at the NRggoly-t weeh a pitefgltp.wge his aitu ere sadh site--staowesood It weae afuneytdrw buch s frkumstances sIktwetrenaseas te drwt bid rom ads sykated aundp H wei&~pont tere tohea thilrd and'Is wer'itc s lappointed Toe .a.1.a:ss T shan anmra in_ were in t9 phtay- I Woodn t see it. There VOQ onf M"aor ;.1:-10ho rclmimd edi me OVbe o! wii hl went to Sleep on the hiwiah :i'l b:ii her skirts I ut short byN :t1tinkeriU -pv;l:ar. The destitootion'in heri vase w%-re more p:ae fultuianvin4hv o er, fur 1ocmotia. powers-ylrc re:alers. AMr. r"litIr, will no that I :ilooie to her IerS without My sayig sd in' il.ne wrd4wi-fre Llx> It the m11ost pecooli:ar I fvtr d1 ee, an were not half so good looki. I felt her~frock were ;o ishort. Of course it kood not 'bd expeetk4l thit I wood larf under sneh sirkiustLances-she were to be-pitiei h --e were- tw the-wim men in the plav who were better dress ed, but they only appeared okashanally..: anfl on one of the.okashsis, Mr. IIamp ti Dumpti. whose hole okerpashnn wtir to steel things and make nisclilef kaught hold ov her skirt wen it all come oph in his h:d. and -left the un fortunate female with iwothin on but her slippers, a hoop skirt and a s:ck kait. Talk about larfing then; .I _felt mad, an wood hav left, ht niy frend passyfied me by saying it were in the phliy. Tt were strange playin-an I am satLsfyed the woman thort.so too, for she went oat faster than she come in-the strangest part wus that everybody in the house broke out in larfter.;except me and my por frend. I no Je ap presheated my kondishi:m. There were a grate lee -.nore in the phay. amnd:, muitch done for fun witch didnt- seem so to me, but I will only mnensliun one, and that were Mr. llumpti -comia in with a log or wood on hix :honlders; and witch were:so hewavy and unman-. ageable that lie knoel'td <lo n sixI6en men and winmen with It. one :fter, another, before he put it down oirt of the way. I thort th:.t theie were intiade iiore tings i6 Ifeavei4 oi - t.rth th;i11 were ever dreemed ov in- Fylosify, -e,c- I ceptat,the Academi. But I wont tres pas on yure pLshene any~ filurihr,11r. Editr. I calme aw: fiomi tha,t IJce a s:Ider and wyser man .T hope, an my refleekshuns for twenty-four hours afterwards was ov sneli, a melattoli char:eter that sevral entlemen want ed to no if I were playin out, or if the Uoll Varvin kaliker for Betsywur lost. After that I reganed my nafurAl equer nimite, and in full :possession oV MY fakullves konkInded to leave the city by the'C. I kood Wiite ii;ieh more of what I seed and did, and -of stm things witch I suffered, but let the above su fyse. Yoiurs very. trooly, HF,4EK-AH JOHNSING. Brief Ittentions. There are forty-five.residept practicing law fers-th the city ofColmbia. g'edlemaxi-In Winnsboro has givea- d0e6 hundred acres of land to encourage immigra tion: Col. Dodamead hus beea nominated for Governor py a corxespoudeqt of the Union Herald A Kasms rdcking chair jbroke down thei other Sunday nigit, which severely injured a T.idy -aid broke '"young mi s'Ie . The.Atgusta .ice-works -are ltsy - at 4wioE wi.h pro.ti:abe 'reult. Auguaa cotisamoes daily a bout 35,000 potrnds-of'ic.'/*:* An eld rp.iiltidf) Columbiaethe famous cocatooblonginL1g to the WVash i.;tonl House -was .kided by asav:ige'dog', on Wednesdeay HI. A. Sinith, County Treasurei of Fairfield coulo.ty, wasi arrested oni the wairrant '0of the State Treasurer, clamiged with beirig a .de 1'ater to -tre-Sta te to-the aniount 00$1.000. March 31s t.was the day setby Judge Carpen ter for rdeeiving the amend,ed return of. the editor of the Sattr True- soutbron to the' clggeo con:emnp. No zsurn wa~s made. The ex-:nemzbers or legislature for Fairfield, with a feWv ehice- fridaii,Iield '1 meeting at Winnsboro on S.itura&y,.tut failed to get an 'faddi4Iact: *'SgU of tile tins.'' - So!. SamJia th IlsiAatut to- try -his>for tnes upon. the draman:tic statge ai.au aCTOr, 'lrviajf beei engayd inr five 'year~hy Au gustin; Dlj otC.the 'Fifth Avenue. Thisazre,. Neir Toric. 'ThieG Krutr r'aird an ec16cion to be bsid. inpiriagt-burst:Cokunty on tb,e,fitst %ge 'diy fotinlg th': firsf M6'aayi in ~ovemuber ietok thieAic f $herift funde v"eant by the failure of thie, pi-dsent inctumbenlt to BIOd aiewoliend. Tjennbr fseetiajmigrpjetssent into the State by the T1iman R. ,(ines~ agency, sicethe :middle br:Deenibr, -I'bouf509: pearly all:of.whom. are.doing wel adwell0 ytesel. ltry Wilto be famtt id a year or Thee outhern-Riailroad Seenritg ~ntgany wbralrontroIs ritn1bbr of Igorft eip id - oads. has inoved iI- oL4eefiom.- liVu Y.osj to Coluinbia. Col ' John "1. 1'!mer has ben appointed!Prie ar;nnd R 'i. Bridles VicePresidenmt anmd Genieral Manaer., Colonel tlNail (weieNIidrne~ ent of the.Greeav.ine.u-id' Columatua H;;ihreid, prooses, if theL citizens ,aidvance .S400, to. eieOidthe. tei-graph -ine iW o DueWes: hr Albeille County, an~d to open an offBea lI4I zegg.-r4paggrzc?l W nrcmaing fos~ iitgininimedi.ite'a -s uryey of''the line o this. :impjortanft, railmad,e.o dia t it -may. he permanenitly locaited at an earny'd:y. Te o8icrsaft th0comnpmy feef thar pronipt action is necessary. Oo'uiy Trau er . lumbort,of Orange burg,. (a young colored ihian,W.s.-lodg'ed i the jail of thiat. Coutv, latel.. hatgd with being a-defa'uier to~the exttrdoft 30 000. T)4p is fpepojd -Jegbican Chua:y Trasuer who'e mmadeed's haeee brought to lightdurlin theprent weI~. :T4ware other offBeials who may we ll Iee! a balginir their boots. Comnptrollecr Huge is~ siner thlin.i . L0s. eurrently reported ~ui ail:eerally2be.. lieved that the Supreme Court luis set-widee hearder o(Juilge R. Biarge:iter, .id'them contempt .ease:or the cowmseIlors of, the ,Citi-, z-iaf Saving;i Bank-M'e&srs:' M'eMaster & L-Conte, Bachmian; & tou:nansand.Poe*d H:iskebr=and h.as rerp4nded the pase back go." udgie Oarpent:er, .&othei~f necessary, some other penrity may , be. imoposed-suspen.sione being declared ilfegar,imwusuarund unjust. * .- ~- [ IPhenix. TREAdIgEYt NEATLY FOThED. The details from the Ashantse coun trshow that IKing Kofiec had .iiP tended, by ap..c of asse trehey, to~ lure the l3ritish troops into an am bsade and mhassacre 'them. His offer of unconditional" snrrenider was whollyinsincere; -and was intended as a :blind. Fortunately Sir Garnet Wolseywas n:tealert. .His sus picions had1 1hegn arosed aikQ by warning coitained in a letter from Mr. Dawson, an Englishmrt, who had beenu sent to Kiag-Koffee:to negotiate for the-deivernce of a German mission-. ary, and had been detained by the s i-age monarch. Dawson had received amne money fr&m the British comn mander, and by permaission: of the King gept back a veceipt, to which he idded these words: "Tfhe King's let ter accompanies this by the same :iessenger.; please see 2 CoXrinthians, 2d chapter, 11th verse.'' The tegt ias follows: "Lest Satan- get an ad 'vantage- of us, fof we are. not igno rant of his 4evices"-"abog.i m;ts :a hiut of intended treachery," says Lhe London Daily News, "as perhaps ever passed under circumstances of Cequal difficulty." The Columbia Untion-Bierald learns lmt Mr. Kimpton, the forme~r financial gent of the State, h-as been removed t he financial board, and the Nation-~ tt ParklBank of New York appointed emporary agent in his place. . It also. earns that the flrinnial board are nego ating with ths Park Bank' with the rie* of making 'the appointment pe,r nanent - * * -- - I . & zw. a. COLUMI BEOtpuj:m.ce- -o t h.ir t,uieri u I SPRING 4 STYLJSII JL Is.as ,fll a; in forter se.--on, nld is now OUR CUSTOM Is replete with a well Sertced stock of GA Crive uls raild bi;. covneed it1t I at the COLU1BL CLOTIl Cood s. l. . D.,.wkhilhe pivileg A .%8, 14-if COW WANTED. A GOOD'NiILGII COW witif youll- chi w - . f i ti .NO T1.CK19 All dt'inou Ib:s -m:l a-amst ih E-t.:t <,f Mu. Anua. . ke,' deceased, wi h.nd tem ;n propl.c attes, to the un dtersigned, r it; his u: rnov-. 31e.mr! .lol:r~isie & l-cai-htofl, st Newberry ( .o. ul or.be0-1e tler dar.of- May next iENJAWN 1. LAKE, Apr. 1, 14 :* - AlmitiisOrator. FOr. SALE! Tw %V ' rA ra'n, d 110 : %.vH w ::ru:;trd t wierk nnywhere. - -a Ak;W -.1ist ie find sadilk: 4.6i1a, gentile til in hart css. Botl ure. in p:o )d cl I wul souid i -a y p.artictinr.' For. fur b.ru informaktiA a pl,1,:at once, t VY. i. CIi ASE & . 'Apr. 8,'14-if*. CASH WANTED! CONQUETLY COODS CHEA -. .. A'I FISH RN( ULARLY Tfiesday,:Thurday iad Sat Apr ~* urday. DISTPLCT.CUQURT OF THE UNI ThD MiAT}ES TOR" TH E DIf TRT 6oSt-TH lc_0oilIN 1* BANKI PTCT. Ini te~ mtt er of John1 HI.~0Te 11, Bankriip A, warrant ip Bankrut2v ha been issue f a'id:Const, agansolbe-~estate of Joh IL O'Neill,, of Newbery of the County < NC%berr of the Statec of$Southt Carolimh in' sid-Ii-t iec adIjud ted Bankrupt upo .tle.p,etit ig of hins-r,ett'r, 9zd. the pas& rnent of any debts, and the delivery,.of an property e6dW Bank'repto lAnu- or to h usE, and the .t.musfeg1 any proper'ty . b lam are forbidden by~ law. rupt to prove Ilh,ir debts',-and :chtoose' M or mnore $.-.ttgners of the estate willhte hel afi a-'dudo irnirijd-f, tobe holdeh 9 29tht dazy of April, A. f>. l874 at II:o'cloc A. 3M., at thce .ie of C. (. JA EGER, oh ~of the -legisters iin ;E.nkruJptcy of sai cour.. - ..- . M.WMMP TUitrdens.hal .ad tidanger'. NOTLOE IS~ MThfAL RlEVENiE L -ay ig,ss, tokaprNtSS;'1875. every person engaged hu,nns business, av< eation-eremplymtaf *hibb.'fenilers hit liable to a Sk1 -Iut TAX.TO) PRIOCURIE 4Ni LS11MENT. OE lA.CEr OF BUSINESS Wifiig !tiy l, IR', .ergre comeneingor-co1 tinuiht~b n t i ne ater April:3N, 1t1.4 'The Taxes embraced ithin'the phoev si1os of the Luw-above cjuoted are the lf. .itectitlers-......... . ....-....-:4 . $200.1 Dealers, retail liquor..'...:.. ....... 25 Ueaers.nshalesale .liquer....i:...:.. BC lheaersl jamut, liquors, w~Jioleslc.. 50 C etailea s ftear0bar,a(r-....4: 5 And on1 sailes of over $1.000, 1ilty-r) en'wits Mr every ilae4n: tt Oess - ,of "1.000O. IAde1s'iun ian*un 4kibaecI.. 4.5 Mnufacturers of sti.a.9...............I50 0 And Ydbr ene-t tifl m:asufatured-s.a:. 20 And.for caeh w,orur manufctuCred. 20 fl Mi(i.ee rsof eiCt........ l.' (0 Phrdrs of~ tS e. first ass (miore thantw,o , es). ...--...... ......... 5~0 C e(rdci-.? 'of- Voheco; second e:aws * (wu bergs).. ...~..... - -. 'godt 0rma,l14ii44Fy.evanic)............18G Bre wers of less. thia:s 5'c0biirels.... 00 .rewe of.500 -brr or wnore..... 10009 .Any persOn, so .liable. who .shall fail tL coiiply t$ls thie-~forcgobig arecein wil be sublject to severe penlte.1'. Persons-or lirms liable-t pa~y ainy Of lii Special Tasxes ntame.t :iho.ve mast .apply ti enue, at Colutia. -. C.. andig fpr. azm proenre the sneefaul '.gu;g Sini4b ur Staunip boy n ed lidr.t41ay J, 1874, ami WI?Tt J1. W. DOU.L ASS, Commuissioner of Int ernal lEvenue. OFICE OF.5TERNA L EVEN21E. WAsmsNcO D. C. F'ebruary t. 187t. Apr.86,14-4r Hivingo concluded to t4ose.-up my ba-i ness and le~ave~ Newherev, I.interul to. die poe of my E.\TIRE^ STnCK OF 000 DRY GOODSa Glass and Crockery-Ware, HATS, NOTIONS, nd many other articles, &T LOW RATES FOR CASH, UTHUIN THE~ NEXT 60 MYS. All persons. wishaitt tp.aj.tpAeeap will Itiid t tmt : 5tbaa tageh~ to call and examn t-tmy sto&k. - on't full. to come or -you ril] mniss a bargain. I also qifer lor sale on reasonable termsl HOUSE AND IO es HOU .LS ae A N ie.Qoleg dei4j~ab!~ pjt,.e, ~3ji~aLod on thc Co1f~ge -and.- Cuff anrflret ias-tieukrs. - SWAFFILD 31A, S. C, rieri!, :i a ::, 1h:- i I.- ir ~L9H INt open tor iuspectt03 DEPART9IENT SSIMERE .udI V&TINGS. OUCIs ie I.y by %Cupp!ying your wants NG ANDHAT HOUSE4. of exm1.ni-_ Afor.a. ing,.r-save.L .Wisceflaeous. We are 0 . b WILV)X. IRUS & CO'S GUAXOS for COTTOM next Fall,.at ;ic., - We alo have ou h.ud aJarge- supply of $TOX( A CTWi ?I lOSPUATE. - LEAVELL & SENARWA,4 Apr. 1, 13 Agents. Excursiqn T,ckets. umr~ (iaRoL.1NA K4,Ao~.WG?e.uY, harulestion$. U ,,Mr , 1874. nEXGUR1S10'7TkKETs. to~ 'barIes!ton wilf.he said from -date for ONM;F1RT o CLASS. FAREte Merchat fuits TradeN, an1d %ill be g.pd to returu uni1.May 10, iJ474. -.OLOMtNS -Supritdet & 4-i R. Apr. 1. 1:1-i. OFFIC.QF.A0-00C.O0M 4OER NEWBEiItY, S. c. -Al prtm iS!0 in this :.County- pam due,'a:m,erior op4*,fiT4 day of Novenfer; 1872, will present the same, Sp ro elatqfItd' tdiiiet nIdd6ee, on or before.heWtb,av of Apri.egAK., . . S. LONG, ~Ap . 1-9.t.- Cd. !Seliebl Com'r.se~ OFfTC'8f SCHOOi ami4i$10.\TER, :w ' lN weeu dFn imato, A.~ Ors'o- &A'oT P osue i. herebg iver dhaL .eonspetitive exammation,o'f all person? des,rin to he 4cone ppiIe* -Wof -the Sta"e mal Schoo j'vll .be, held. at. the f4MCe, of,11h,ConUO 0eoo 'Mmiioner, atp wbirryC.L, Orr rSalarday,ie 11tr'ie 't -i A4! *ppiuma Cof Vowz charae,er, nale applicnt ot les than :: M esr,s og. U .. M.A.Q3G, t. i ehool Com'r. Newberry Co. dI notl est . OFFICE O0 SC1100L COMMIS iONER,i All thef* r itn except those Ahose te egers are otherwise aoMfed ad lteget byheir?aidesgnd s .. M. S. LONG~, y: ...:SeM6o1Canimiidoer, A -i r' 1~ 13-2t. Cat~S e TMPORTERS OF - 4Brandies and Wifampajnas, 4 *E -..4%*, J2olgtg4iaitSstes for the I VIE nBU5Eb-or, o. . & t Our Bens~on's Fine Old MogJen Grape Cognac isghI.-, tin:est Bratndt a'rer exported gyMis uMy I!.Qi s.fside gease iwelve., qua:t.s #0. Also Cilag4pag' sT Sierr',&af( 1rd*T4"# frief Vor,, and i frqui t.hemi y.-qQs afC ?&s & 'OTIOQ. tate of j.uu.-I Do wers. dh-eased. are afby notified' (p'iandi lafe4anu'& -dlg p ;azed.Lih .. Jthlkdl oibehi Attor 0 Xewbr'rv9. I*k.!1, 6z br%ee%re tidst daypa n a rs SJ".f:PU .M.' it r.- 25, 18'4-- 13- t* . . $oqporry Cou the 0d wyavof 'Apr:l rstiereof.E - eu ,s - i .i .ril:sl~ .~~ .'' ny Erath C 't ar 187e# t 11-er,; ic I '* To a .f LAKE. ..JOMf A. CHAaNb WORKSHOP WA CONS; - WgOag wA1(RANSD A SA Mr. Jackson Tavlor,, welJ known- in thia idouuaniuity s. uperiza,enads the Wagon (urri'age De parrnnento. IBLAUKSMITIHING of all kinds done. C. C. JAECER, ATT~OIRNJdLA AWJ N.EW BE RRY, S.. C. Omeon Caldw:ell Street,-nearly.opposite the Post Offce. Practices in~ the Courts of the Statt a iadsau.4 THOMPSON & dONES~ I=Dental S. Trgeonns a Pry Gcoods, Gr6ries, Or. *IQ~Q ~A~ANT TO DUTY ORY O C lEP AND Eicellent in uliy Where can be found Drem. 4o~de, faey Goods, La i Notions, of mU kinds, And -any Other MUlep At the ,,werarket Ob the corert-, am ueJX &A sk (OIce is the place - And A....4S Api. 1 a - Notice MORI We'have*on iDti k i 1BBLS: 'S N.P And mbleb L OWk . We would also ca atttontocur 4tock 0 -mum "t ,?-, ! :< !;I:!et T - . -; . I Ma.2 12-3t. Th .et hu4ic wMEnI IS-_ 1 q A u i Ui TedI - (u*t* M Ars bd / A LJ~ dAi t L- i^ -4n Ri' -~ur~~d CURR reggs,Eauwd $I i, Xak n k fetotBSyVeS,deea ,j3tc ~ to D BK BOLD 5,A re.1 . c 7 n a un i anak4 soinshu ik g >oa the t B o e numradratadsdresse eMac at 10 a