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rFroui the New York Bulletin, May 2.1 Coffee and Sugar. These two articles not only ao to gether, in a large measure, in con sumption, but it so happens that, just now, they are moving together statis tically. List summer we appeared to be treateined with a coffee famine, owing to the lightness of the Rio crop, and prices advanced in this market about ten cents.per pound; it so happened, however, as his bceen ex perienced under like circumstances before, that the rise in price severely checked consumption, and the stocks of coffee in the world's market of dis. tribution are now exceptionally large. The following statement shows the stocks of coffee in Europe at the b.! ginning of last mouth: SrOCK OF COFFEE IN EUROPE APRIL 1ST. 1872. 1s73. 184. - Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Holland ....910,000 621.000 65.000 Autwerp........ 8L000 4S.000 113.000 Hamburg.............180,000 90,000 ,50.'00 Trieste......... 50,000 23,000 41,000 11avre.......... 39,000 69,000 168.000 rngland............413,000 173.000 311,000 Total..........1,676,000 1,034,000 - 700 Thus it appears the ligat Rio crop of last year has been followed by an increasc '.2 European stocks of 714 cwts, as compared with last year, and a simi-lar increase has occurred also in the United States markets, the stock of Rio at the latest dates being 154,282 bags, against 104,727 bags a year ago. It is also to be noted that the imports of coffee into Europe have been materially larger this year than last, as will appear from the following statement of the arrivals in the lead ing countries during the first quarter of the year: IMPORTS OF COFFEE, FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. 1S73. 1874. Cwts. cwts. Oad.................523,000 565,000 Antwerp..........--113,000 135.000 Hamburg...........---250,0 342.000 Trieste..................59.00.. 1,000 xavre...............237,00 197,000 England ..............292,000 320,000 Total......... .....--1,474,000 1>610C0 In sugar, the movement has been very similiar, showing a large accumu lation of stocks and an increased in portation during the first quarter of the current year. The stocks of su gar in England and on the Continent are almost unprecedentedly large,being on the first of April 4,614,000 cwts, against an average of 2,536,000 cwts at the saine date of the two preceding years, as will appear from the follow ing statement: STOCKS OF SUGAR IN EUROPE APRIL 1. 41872. 1s73. 1sI4. Cwts. CWts. Cwts. iioliand*....... 255,00 30.000 450,Oo Antwerp........ 22.000 3,000 S.00 31.imburg....... - ,000 55.000 63,000 Trieste...... 23,000 30000 43,000 Havre........... 1,000 9,000 31,000 EngIand.... 1,78,000 2,549,000 4,04i9,000 Total.........,107,000 2.966,000 4,644.000 *In flrst hands only. The imports of sugar at the same places, for the first three mouths of the year, were 4,643,000 ent.s, against 3,768,000 ewts for the same period of 1873. U.udoubtedy, these large aceiimula tions Of the two staple article of gra eeries are due, to a large extent, to the commercial depression which, since last sammer, has fallen alike up on Europe andAmerica. The general necessity for economy in expenditures has contracted the consumption of su gar,so far as it may be used as a luxury; and the saiine causes have operated on coffee, partly by inducing an enlarged consumption of cheaper statistics and partly by lessening the demand for the pure article. Much as both these ar tieles miay seem necessary to the comn fort of the breakfast table, yet in hard times they are very first to show the effects of economy. The very poorest have to dispense with them; and the large masses who may still be able to continoe their consumption use themi more sparingly. And this contrae tion of consumption is all the more certain to take p lace when, in addi tion to the influence of a general de pression of business. a short crop has put up the price of the articles; as has been the case in respect to coffee. WheniRio coffee rose to 29% cents in this market on the short crop in Bra zil, nothing could be more certain than that, on the one hand supplies would be attracted from other points and that, on the other, the consumption would be severely curtailed ; and hene ii. is .not surprising that, within three months after the rise, the price has fallen to 21.1 cents. Yet there were those who eagerly bought coffee at forty per cent. above its present price and imagined they saw a fortune ini it at those figures.. What we have recently gone through in the coffee nmarket we may apparently see repeatedl in the sugar trade. Reports from Havana indic-nte some probahility of a short erop in the-Spanish West Indies-. -How far these vzrorts may be exaggerated 0 benefit Cuban planters we do not just n3ow pretend to say; but there arc these in this eity who appear to re. gard the rum ors as a sufficient reason for ani advance in the price of sugars. it may be well for- such to rememihei .what has been our experience in cof if". A year ago Rio coffee of the best grade sold at 19 cents ; the pros peet (of a short crop indneed a speen latio.n which put it-up to 30 cents nowA the price has fallen to 21 cents but not before the high prices hat caused preparations in Brazil which are likely to give us this year an extr-i ordinary eroep, with the consequent pro hability of a still further decliue ii .the article. The following spicy sentence, whie we clip frmoml the Winnsboro Eews, worthy of the fearless and distinguish ed jurist from whom it emianated "Judge Mackey passed the followin setntee on Alex WVoodley, convicte' of burglary: 'You have been foun guilty of an offence for which von i be sent to t.he Penitentiary for thirt, years. The Court will sentence yo however, to only one year. If yo1 a,re convicted again you sill be ser tenced to twenty years, if a third time to thirty years. [f you are convictOl a fourth time, you will then have be comei eligible to a seat in the Legish Tie " nian Herald. Minority Report on the South Carolina Grievances-Prej1ad ice of the Doininant Party De nying Juistiee to -the Oppress ed. Mr. Eldridge, fromn the minority of the Judiiary Committee of the House, subaiitted a iinotity report on the condition of affitirs in South Carolina. The report dissents entirely from the coueusions of the majority, and is ge!er:ally concurred in by the entire minority of the Judiciary Committee. The minority say : It is impossible to turn a deaf ear to the supplicating wail of 300,000 oppressed and despoileta citizens of that once prosperous and happy State. praying only that inquiry be iade in to their alleged wrongs. \We cannot End in the reproaches of the conduct of the meniorialists in the past any reason or jusiification for refusing the hearing they now request. Their fidelity to the constitution and laws is now unquestioned, and this plea is made in respectful terms. The report then recites briefly and pointedly the list of grievances com plained of, and predicates from thtm that the charues of the meworialists are true. The minority say We are aware of the doubts and difficulty in pointing out the precise clause of the constitution authorizing intervention, but that protection in all things is essential to good govern ment no one denies. It should never be lost sight of; that for the con dition of things now e:isting iii South Carolina the federal government is primarily responsible. Blink it, look upon it as we may, hoirible as the work of its hand may now appear, Congress set up and established the state of things that makes the com monwealth of South Carolina the foul stigma it now is in our system. We do not argue the right to inter fere on that ground at this time, but we submit that we subject our govern mental theorems to the contempt of the world and all intelligent men, in that we are all powerful to inaugurate and establish the pandemonium now existing there. and the very moment it is done are utterly powerless to in terfere with it at all, or to save the property of the people from the spoils. man. Nor can we forbear the sug gestion that if this appeal were on be half of 300,000 negroes, instead of 300.000 white Southerners of our own race and blood,such*e the sympathies of the majority, as heretofore exhibited, that they would 'find by right or by wrong some means of relief; the peti tioners would not have been so coldly and flippantly turned away. It is a matter of the greatest delicacy for the federal government to interfere to pro tet part of the people of the State from the ioppressions and muisrule of the other. It is conceded that it ought not to be done for trivial causes; but it is not a light or trivial case that 300,000 people, all the property holders of the great State, are being striped and despoiled by usurpation and frado; that there ought to be power Iand authority adequate in such emner eney tA) sav'e, all lovers of honesty and good~government will admit, and it is a fundamental defect in our system if Ithere be not, in view of the thoughtful wisdom of the authors of our constitu tion. Are we prepared to render such Ijudgment, that our constitution of overnment is so irreparably defective Ihe comnplaint of the memxorialists is tat the rulers of the people haye usurped the power to tax property onr,not for legislative purposes, no osupport the government of the State, but for the purpose of impover ishing the taxpayer-s and enrichmng themselves; for the purpose of taxitg the white people down to the level of the negro. Under the pretence of the taxing powver they are endeavoring t' distribute property of owners among Ithose who have none. Is this nota usurpation by the rulers of the State, ag~ainst which constitutional guarantei was intended to protect ? It is not the mer-e abuse of the taxing power but the utter perversion of that power from all legitimate objects of taxation Can there be a republican form o1 overnment where this is done, the main object of the government being the protection of the property of thi citizeu and the citizen in the eajoy ent of his property ?" The report quotes from Hamilton Catlhoun and other authorities as tc constitutional guarantee, and coneludes Ias follows : In view of the whole case, we aan not hesitate to recommend the appoint met of a committee of both house of Con nress, with power and authorit' to go into the State of South Carolim; and fully inquire and investigate int4 the condition of the State and th< chargs and complaint of the memom ralists. To. do less we feel we shouk violate or neglect a most solemn aut imperative d.uty. The ery of that out rac d and helpless and suffering peopi has reached our hearts as well as ou undrtadinig. That otnce pre.sperin and beautiful State is on- the v'erge o ruin. She is indeed already prostrate A horde of' thieves and rubber worse than any~ that ever infected a; evilzed -community on earth hav, her by the throat and are fast sucking her lifeblood. TIhree hundrJed thoim and of her citizens, descendants a. those who fought and won with- ou fathers the battles of American inde pendece and liberty, are erying t Congessforredress, for help. Tfhe hav sffeedall that humanity cal endure ; they have exhausted every re sourse and ar-e utterly helpless c Ithemselves. To refuse their reques is to drive themt to despair and ruin. R ur'-A number of plantersi G ~reeville, Kershaw, Sumter, Ocone and Abbeville Counties have contr buted 7.000 acres Utf land, to be d vided into farms of fifty and 100 acre to be given in fee simple to such im mzrants as are able to build then selves a home and purchase for theu selves farm imiplemnents, &e, Thi Iprecaution is observed in order to a cure the distribution of the lands 1 o ide settlers. Major Mlelcher the co~mmissioner of immigration f< the State at large, has also about 60 oacre. of lad in variojus Couuti -SHIRKING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RELIEVING OUR GRIEVANCES. WVhit the Jid;(4ary CominIttee of the o of Repre.senitaices Say of the Prayer of te S0outh Carolina To rp-Iayer.. As briefly noted by telegraph, Mr. Tremaiie. of the sub eommittee of the 1louse judiciary connittee. presented ou Tuesday to the full committee a re port on the memorial of the Taxpayers Convention of South Carolina asking for relief against alleged misgovern .nent iti that State.- The report was adopted iv a majority of that coinnt tee. The committee say they cannot re sist the conviction that the extraiordi nary condition of the people of South Carolina is owing in a great degree to the extraordinary events that have oc curred,and the areat changes that have been produced within the last few years, for which her present citizens or the majority thereof are not proper ly responsible, and which are beyond the reach and control of Congress. The committee refer in this connec tion to the late civil war, and to the organic changes in the Constitution of the United States, not for the purpose of reopening the wounds caused by that war, but because it is the duty of statesmen who are invoked to apply a remedy to existing alleged wrongs to ascertain the natute, extent and origin of these wrongs. The result of the war was the destrue tion of slavery, and the loss to the slaveholders of that State of two huu dred and fifty millions of property in vested in slaves. Then came -the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution,where by the emancipated slaves becaime clothed with all the attributes of citi zenship, or invested with the right of suffrage. The freedien now cousti tute a majority of the people there, and political power has been transferred from their former masters to those who while in a state of slavery. were denied all participatiou in the rights and priv ileges of American citizenship. What ever evils may arise from placing polit ical power in the hands of the freed men, the responsibility therefor rests not with them. but with the people of the United States, they having adopted the amendments, and they alone hav ing the power to change the constitu tion. In the judgment of the committee, the real grievances of the inemorialists and those they represent relate to these chanes in the constitution. The col or-ed voters of South Carolina are about 90,000, and the white voters about 40, 000. Couerress has no constitutional power to grant the relief which is asked by the petitioners, in the opinion of the committee. Although this ohjee tion was presented and fully discussed, the preposition was not controverted that Congress could not intervene in this case unless the power to act was conferred by some expr'ess grant in the constitution, or was necessary to carry into execution some power that was conferred. The committee say they are not able to discover the force of the claim made by the petitioners that they are suffer ing from the anti-Republican and odious oppression of a system of taxa tion without representation, and that Congress h:is no more right to interfere to dlisturb the State government of South Carolina, or to invade the rights of people, than to interfere with the States of New York, Pentnsylvania or Illinois. The commu~ittee further answer the arguments of the memoriatlists. and say they are fully sensible of the deli *aey antd the importance of the matters presenited~ for their v.inideration..= They would not withhold any consti tutional aid which can be extended to the lives. liberties, and property of any citizens, but they are unwilling to usurp unauthorized authority to accomt plish such results. 'The committee sa-y they have conifi dence jn the finial success of the great changes that hue beet) brought in fa vor of the Afrien race in this coiqutry. from the intelligence and capacity ex hibited by their representatives in Congres. and by those who appeared before the committee they feel assured they can. if they will. estabiish their rights to the confidence of the country. It is hoped that, with the advaut.aes - hroded now of education, andI with the egotnee they dIis1day to avail themselves of its b eeits, they wil! be found fully equal to the dignity and duties of their newly atcquired citizen ship. It is believed that by the mutual interchange of kind and friendly inter c ourse. and by emnployment of all those m1ejns, whichl are found suffiiient in other States. elhing Qyils in the ad m iinistiation of the affirs of Sml Carolina may be reiuedied by the peo. pe themselves. T1he coiinit tee, therefore, report a 'resolution that the prayer of the me moralists bdeidand the commnittec dicarged from the further considera. Ition of the subject. - New Quarters. We notice bf4u t.te jsmue of Oun FrmrstDm FIEND. Chicago, tihis we1ln40Wn add pot; alar weekly has moved huto its new building This build'ing is a four story marble ft ont )being numbers 284, 286 & 28S W abash Aven ne, nearly opposite the post-ofilee, and ha~ )eenl fitted up by the Publishers with spoeeim Sreference and adaptation to their business. It t- be basement, which is 60Ox80' feet, at:e foul flarge steam presses, small job press, folder cntting machine, engine, etc. On the next tor the ground floor, arc the store and thl remium packin-g and sh ipping rooms, wher< ie framed chromnos anmd other premium< arc Iput up and shippedl to suibse, ibers antd agecnts On the second floor are situated the genera: busines, subscription and agency oficees. Or Cthe third floor are the e-ditorial room, Ithe ativertising office, and the rooms whern the ch,romues are mtateg and fiihed. Ot the fourth floor is the largo composing roorg a steam elevator, running from the basemen to fourth floor, cotnnects the whole. Thei whole establishment is ack nowledged to bt one of the finest and best appoin:ed publish ~.ing and printing offices in the West. Tho sucess .f QUR FIREsIDE FRtIEND has beet large and dlecided. It has been thoroughij esCtablishbed as one of the leading Family anm Story WeeLlieso of .rAmerica. It now etnjoy: the large4t eirculation, This success en:ables ~,its publishers to furnisb subscribers ia Week ly of rare merit and value, and to giye valun ble and unequaled premiums. Its system o premiums is evidently popul ir; it has beet thoroughly tried, and is now established 'r,~. i;~r e~ir i~.? enntain~ novel and unex The iHeraldl. TPOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITOR. IRA B. .ONES, ASSISTANT EDITOE. .mpw N.EWBERRY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1874. A PAPER Ful THE PEOPLE. The Iferalel is in ie bighestrespect a Fam ily Newspaper. devotedl to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It eirculates extensively. and as an Advertisin. imeditm otrers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. "The Prayer or Agassiz." We are indebted to some one for an exceedingly beautiful poem, by John G. Whittier, entitled "The Prayer of Agassiz." This poem has been kindly placed by the writer at the disposal of the Agassiz Memorial Committee. It is a most fitting testimonial to the great Master, "whose highest vision sjlence failed to blind." The ir Line R. R. The Carolina Spartan says : This road is being put in first rate condition and n:kes better time than any other road in the State. Without any ef fort to secure freight or passengers, this line is rapidly becoming the popular route from New york to New Orlears and will sor. do an immense business. Arkansas. The civil war that has been waging between the adherents-of Baxter and Brooks., the two rival claimauts of the gubernatorial chair of Arkansas, is now doubtless at an end. .President Grant has acknowledged Baxter to he the real governor, and has issued his proclamation to that effeet, conmand ing all hostile parties to disband. The proclamation will bring back peace to the disturbed State. It is to be regretted. liowever, that it was not made sooner that lives may have been spared. The General Assembly is now in session, uinder the call of Bax ter, and is working to set things aright. A Suggestion. We call the attention of Grangers to the comunleiationi by '"Cotton, su ggcst ing the importance of their establishing a statistical cotton bureau at some suitable place in the South. out, would be likely to f'urnish more correct statistical information than is given by financial circulars published and controlled by manufacturers and capitalists whiose interests are antago nistic to the farmer ? Whether "Cot ton"~ is right in chiaring' the New York CYommnercial ar -l Fin ancial Chron icc with misrepresenting the South in its calculation of the cottou prospects is not for us to say. We can, however, very readiiy see how an over estimate of the cotton prospects, if believed, would work injury to the plnter by reduinmg the price of his otton. Since the Grange is an or ga izainto further and protect the intretsofthe farmer, it is worth its while to examie into this matter and sec if the establishnment of a cotton bureau in the South would not be wise. N o Help for South Cnrolina. We call the attention of our readers t the m:ajor:ity and mimiQrity report of 'the .Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the Memorial of the tax pay1ers of South Carolina. Thme former is adverse and the latter favorable to the prayer of the petition. There will thenm be no Congressional help for South Carolina. Let it be so. The Memorial luu; accomnplished a great work notwithstanding. Tihe country has been enlightened on the distressed condition of our State. We have friends now that we (did not have be fore. A moral influence will be ex erted in our behalf. Since hope for exanaoLs .iid i.s dead, let the people of' South Carolina learn, and learn well, the truth that our salvation rests Iwith us alone. Work, work at home, Iwho has not the sense to see that in unceasing labojr lies political success.? and who has nout the patriotism to act when the woeful results of the past and the gloomy pros pets of the future stare him inl the face': .Thero is n uise in trying to dodge the issue. Th. negro is a political being who will live and die right here. What's to be done ? U;nquestionaibly the couunon welfare demands a ha:r. mouous union between hmim andL thle man. Ini politics he must be recog. nized, siacer.ely recognized, as the quaul of the white man51, and this by no meansU includes real or social equal. i ty This, it it comies at all. comeis by nature and niot by law. NOW who does~ not know that the only basis up. oa which the ultimate prosperity of the State rests is equal rights under the law to all, irrespective of race, color or previous condition of servi tide ? Drive a peg down on this fact and our political problem will not be so hard oslv.We ask tile Demuc. - The 'ertificates of I<deble ness., Treasurer Cardozo has e.insel cot siderable Con11iu1otion in the ex)Cetant camp of sonc of the State creditors by refuiIng to isue the certificates of in debtedne-s authorized to be issued at the recent session of the General As sembly. le is sustained in his action by Attorney General Melton. Mr. Cardezo, in a recent coilnunication to te. Attolney-General. asking his official opinion on the subject, stated that the amount of certificates author ized to be issued was $340.000, while the 6eficiency to be covered by them amounted to $515.00, Making a bal ance deficiency of 6175,000 unprovi ted for. He therefore argued that -the issue of -certificates of indebted ness" under these peculiar circum stances, would be a violation of the constitution in three respects : First, by issuing A840,000 of "certificates of indebtedness" receivable for taxes, that amount of the deficiency will be made a preferre.l claim, to the exclu sion of the balance of the deficiency --$175.000 -*(.r which "certificates of indebtedness" are not authorized to be issued, but for which the tax was levied, and which tax, on account of its insufficiency to pay the entire de fliency. will be wholly absorbed in the redemption of the "certificates of indebtedness." Secohdly, the issue of $340.000 of "certificates of indebt edness," when there is a levy that will realize but about 8250,000 to re deem them, will necessitate the diver. sion of $90,000 of taxes for their re demption, that have been levied for entirely different purposes. Thirdly, the issue of "certificates of indebted uess," receivable for any of the taxes levied for six or eight different objetts, or redeemable out of the proceeds of any of the aforesaid taxes, when the "certificates" have been issued on ac count of only one of the objects for which the tax was levied, is a plain violation of the constitution." The Attorney-General, answering the coiniunication, held the act au thorizing the issue of certificates of indebtedness" to be unconstitutional, and as not imposing any duty on the Treasurer. "On the contrary," 'he said, "I shall take occaision most earnestly to com mend your action in declini'ng to per form this office. as an earnest of your purpose. in common with myself and others, to leave no effort untried to stem the tide (of extravagance and cor rup)tion which now threatens to engulf the Republican party and bring the State into irretrievable ruin. T he Literary hiiscellany of New York. ma:kes the following mention of a late literary production of onr dis tinguished ex-citizen, Gen. A. C. Gar lington: --~The Fatal Marriage is the title of a stirring~ drama by Gen. A. C. Gar lingt<mn, whbich will probably be brought out at one (of our leading theatres next sason. Gen. Garlingtu'm is an artistic and vigorous writer. His drama will take." Hickory Nuts. The Piedmont Press, published at the thriving town of Hickory, N. C., favorably known as Hickory Tavern. enrs regularly to hand, and we are pleased to say, is always refreshing. As many of our readers are exercised about that delightful section of coun try and think of spending a portion of the summer there, we take pleasure in informing them that t.he last 'Preds~ says. Nice beef and mutton can be ob tained. TIhat Dr. Parks has staited a soda fountain, and that Hickory has one of the best and miost accomnmo dating postmasters in the country. We regret that. the lively local of the Pre.s-Avery-is laid up with rheumatista, andi hope he will recover before we get to Hickory, so that he be will in good fighting condition. When that time conies we expect him to give bis "devil" a thrashing for omit ting to give the HIERAr.D credit for certain locals, the last being a very "painful" paragratph. The imp needs - ecostructionl. CARtEF.UINE5$...T'here is no esti mating the amunt of hard earned property which is lost through a want of. care in the u.sing. We wear t.hings out too fast by noit h...ig careful. We rip and tear, pitch and jerk. break anid smash up things entirely tot) mtuch. Nto wonder there are always chink holes to be stcpped up. No wonder he barrel gets empty when the leak is left open. 1$e careful. Kou? 0o1.' Go slow. Old Moses Stroup, of North Carolina, is-a model for us. Ie has had for 30 years the same cob for shelling corn. Hfe used the same pcket-knife for 80 years. He has the mowing seythe of his grand-father. but it is worn off to its back and lie has laid it away. Moses is a Dutch man and a philosopher, amnd, we pre sume, a rich moan. HIe ought to be. BUILDERS .AND CoNTRAeTORs' SPEeIAL No'rIcs.-Y our wantsi in the Buildimg Ma tei-Ln,ie~~ii S~xs ~id,Dos arwar ie, ineliecaes, Wielin, Doors nutardwae Matnte Puieces, Whiterine a -.. ilbfriidtecmn esnb thnGet and Fanc ELumbe,Flooinge Buirs &c.,owim, atbe fryi aedvtheomSpinges,easndb ah Grat gian od Ealished purderlsd. Empo rum at geyantgos picA~es, ajfnd a'l,h arantien ~o allt wo poel 4niuad They rie alchs aentior Aestyos' Ie ofinpge viout, thbriql to nsttutesn orth ofusa mei, ich sero to ay ofrabe. elassiple vrously brought to.no.tice, and worthy of Brief Hemtions. The Grange movement has reached Ari zona. The retail liquoi :icense in Ia-inning, S. C.. is 6xed at 5400 per year. A Tenpenmnce movement has been -om menced at Manchv-ter, England. The Trial Ju<t:"es are .st itly eniforcing the new liqu.>r law in C:imden. St. Paul's C i:ed.l is the largest churel ii the 1nite.1 S1:::e. It seats 5,000 persons. About Green woo.l, and in oilier s et ions of the county, the ca:Ie :are grievously affected with the bloody murrain tnd :are rapidly dy ing. There h:s beun :n extraordin:arv t1lling off in the emigrarion ftiom Liverpool this year. In March, 1873, the number of per>ons who sailed froin the Mersey "under the Act," was 13.411, iii the corresntiding monthi of this year it was only 6,008. rie trial of Arthur Glover,' for the homi cide of the two (omillions-Lovett and Wil liam-in Edgetield, several months ago, was concluded on Siturday :st, at Aiken-by a change venue-hetore -Judge Maher, and re sulted in a verdict of not guilty. Associate Justice Willard, of the Supreme Court, rendered a decision in the Barnwell Blackville case, a few d:ivs since, Chief Jus tice Moses dissented. This sett!es the Barn well Court Hou!e question for the present at least, and locates the county seat at Barn well. County Trea!.nrer H. A. Smith, of Fairfield, has been !entenccd by Judge Mackey to be imprisoned- in the penitentiary one year and pay a fine of *2.000. The Governor has since, however, taken out the sting by com muting the iniprisonment !o the common jail istead of the Penitentiary. A letter has b.-een receved by the President from Mr. Batenian. Agent ot' the lRound Valley Reservation, California, giving an en cauraging and hopeful account of the Indians in that section. A revival has broken out among the red pE ople, and large numbers of them are being adiujtted to the church. Greenville is alive. Mr. S. H1. Turbyfill has comtnenced the m:inracrure ot' cotton rope near Cedar Falls in th:tt county. Messrs. GIBBS & CAGLE :re now erecting for the propuietors of the new Cotton Fac tory, Mes-rs. S.u,psoz, HALL & Co , sixone and a half story cottages. The building and Loan Association is a fixed fact. Thc Man sion Hou.e is much improved in appearance We have been kindly permitted by the Rev. J. L. Shuford to publish the following extracts of a letter from the immediate vicinity of the late'Bald Mountain unpleasantness. and aithough the "shakes" and "noiscs" are not dwelt upon, yet our readers will find much of interest in its description of moun tain aseents and scenery: STONE MOUNTAIN, McDowr._ Co., N. C., April 22nd, 1874. As you desired me to give :i descrip tion of Stone Mountain, now rendered somewhat notorious on account of an unusual "noise" and "shaking" in its vicinity, I will gratify you; but as a full description of this mountain and its surroundings would, perhaps. be too tedious, I will give only a partial one. Language fails to tell about mountains, and I think all descriptive writings about them meagre; you should behold with the natural eye to enjoy the scene. In the first p)lace, you must kniow, that I live just at the base of Stone Mountain. This mountain is situtedA( in the wvestern portion of McDowell County, not far from the Bald Mountain, rendered fat mous on account of Harris' View, the Pinnacle and Chimney rocks, a,nd other natural curiosities. Stone Mountain is only a continuation of B'ad Mountain, the latter being situated in Rutherford County. These mountains run N. E. On 17th A pril, about 4 o'clock P. M., occurred. I think, the loudest explosion I have as yet heard, and some say the severest "shaking;" the explosion seem edl far south of Stone Mountain. The shocks seemed to be more severe at Old Fort, 12 miles off, than here. On. the 18th I m:ade the ascent of Stone Mountain from the north side, E. and B. going with me. A portion of Ithe ascent was very rugged and weari some, indeed, We had to wend our way around a great muany large rocks; the wveather being somewhat leaky and the water seeping from the earth above us, made the rocks, now green with moss, somewhat slippery, and the foot hold insecure, but by clinging to the bushes and slender twvigs we generally succeedl, as the sailors would say. "in weathering the storm," and righting ourselves on the "top" of the rocks. Thus we make our,way until we came to what the natives call the "Bald lRock." This ok rises about 100 k~et perpen diular, or nearly so, on the northl side, Iand slopes back ward, is situated on the pinnacle of the mountain. When you once get on this rock, you caln walk or rest at pleasure, for it seems to be all moutain agaLin; there are many other large rocks toward the N. E. But the difficulty is, how are we to get on top? There are n:ar,y greyieeS, Vock-hlouses, and boulders, that we seem to think, "time to stop,' but an indlescribable in ward feelinig "to get to the top" urges us forward, and we generally succeed in getting up after a slip-a~ slide, a dirty kne-at bruised or straincd wrist, and I came near saying a brolken jaw or a siinedi nose; buit fortunately this did not happen to us, though I claim a good hadle to my13 fatce and a jaw, not under the medium size, and 1y dint of hard struggling, clinging to bushes and edges of rocks-a few grunts and groans, we at hist reach the top. You my wvell say rest. The scenery is fine toward the north, though rendered a little painful by reason of the height. The houses look like martin boxes. We can see IlroaLd river alm4ost to its .otive, wending its serpentine way *=mid aboals and through farms; it looks like a smaLll branch. TIhe view -on the north side is not an extenued one, the valley of Broad river so near its source being very small. You can see many mountains fromi this stand-point. There is Round Mountain, Closs, Pisgah, Mil ler's, -near you. and away off in the blue distace you can see the Blue Ridge, t Pinnacle, and Mitchell's Peak; from e tops, it seems, you can almost 'Wch the hand that madle you," We seemed to he above all sounds ;-no forest birds sang its sweet lay; nothmeg hut the hoarse croak of the raven coul3 be heatrd' a lonesome hare made his apology to us by bounding lightly awvay through the laurel. Everything looks wtery, no sweet flowers as yet, had bloomed; the house leaks grew profuse ly from the crevices of the rocks,-the grwth js mostly chesnut, NQow the cuds began to look more lowering, a thick fog encircling the mnoun-tain mid., hi tem vlm- from our view; FOR THE HERALD. Tie Thaornwell Orphanage. The corner-stone of this institution, located at Clinton, S. C., will be laid on Thrsdlay, May 28th. The occasion will be one of great interest to the friends of the enterprise, many of whom reside in Newberry. Addresses will be made by Rev. Robert A. Fair and others, and the stone will be laid with Masonie. honors. The friends of this institution are all invited to be present. Trmediately after the exercises of the day, a suiptuous dinnei will be given by the ladies of CJinton and vicinity. As they expect to furnish the dinner, and then pay for the privilege of help ing to eat it, they do not hesitate to ask others to pay the small sum of $1.00 for admission to this festival. All the proceeds will be put into the Treasury of the Orphanage. They hope that there will he a good turn out to repay them for their sacrifice and trouble. To the kind citizens of Newberry, who have given to this benevolent un dertaking, grateful thanks are tendered. But better still is the Divine promise to bless those who care for His little ones. J. lFoR THE HERALD. B1s7I RIVER CHURCH, May 10th, 1874. ME.ssus. EDITORS: It is unnecessary for me to inform the many readers of your paper where this Church is loca ted, it is well known, having been founded more than one hundred years ago. The second Sabbath of each month has ever been the regular day for preaching. The second Sabbath in May is the Communion day. That be ing known, my wife and I went to the meeting. I had on my best clothes, and, :s,I thought, my best looks; and on the way I had quite a com pliment paid me, in such a manner that it both flattered me and took me off; however, I could take no exception to it. It was this. near the Church we passed five colored ladies, we paid the usual civili ties without distinction of color when one of the number said to n,y wife, "you are too pretty," (that flattered ime,) but she added, "to be going along there," I supposed with me, (this took ine off.) Ten o'elock being the hour for Sun day School, we arrived just five minutes after ten, an( found that the Sunday School had opened. These Bush River people mean what they say, that is be punctual. We observed the Sunday School organized .into classes of old men, young men, l.ittle boys, old ladies, young ladies, little girls, and children; the whole Church in the Sunday School. with Mr. A. G. S.. Superintendent. I picked up a Sumday School paper, (Kind Words,) and observed in it the Sunday School lesson wvhich all the Bap tists are to recite upon the same day, thus making the whole Baptist denomi nation one Sunday School. Who is the Superintendent of that School?~ Elder Rice is the pastor of this Church, and he feeds the people with the milk anid honey of the word, and aLt the appoint ed hour, no procrastinating; eleven o'clock is the hour for pireaebiing. The Bush River and Mt. Zion people are highly favored in having such a pastor. Rev. Mr. Dudley, an Englishman, and a stranger in :' strange land, assisted Rev. Rice on this occasion. He speaks fluently, reasons profoundly, and sings like Orpheus. This was Communion Day, and in the celebration of the Lord's Supper, I observed a vacant seat, it was that amiable and christian lady, Mrs. Sallie Gary's. The place thant once knew her will lknow her no more for ever. The people of Bush River and her members are a refined, intelligent and hospitable people. I Yours, &c., OBSERVER. FOR THE HERALD. PROSPERITY, So. CA., I May 14, 1874, MR. EmTron: Having promised to let yon hear from me again this week, I take this opiportunity to write you a few linesin regard to "MEMORIAL DAY." First, a committee of arrangements were appointed, with Mr. U. B.. Whites as Chairman. On the up-passenger that day. Mr. Whites rceived a large basket of flowers, the greater part of them wvere loose in the basket, but some were all ready formed into boquets. The flowers were taken to the Masonic Hll and p)ut in wate,r. At 2 o'clock, P. M., the iadies and gentlemen met, and all were soon busy at work, and in a short time the ladies had many bmea'u. tiful wreaths and crosses. At 4 o'clock a procession was formed at Masonic Hall, and all marched (down. to the grave yard and then formed in a circle outside, the Rev. H. S. Wingard offer ing a prayer. After which the ladies went into the grave yard and decorated the graves. Then was sung a piece from our Sunday School Amaranth, "Let us pass over the River." The chairman of the committee thlen introduced Prof. S. E. Caughmnan, who made a short but very appropriate ad dress. We noticed especially his re marks to the young men. He remind ed them of the responsibilitiesthat would soon fall upon them when they would Ibe calIled to fill the places now occupied by older men, who would soon pass away. How many of our y&ung men can say I am ready and competent to take charge of our father's business when they are gone. To those who can not say this I would advise that immediate preparation be mniade, for who can tell how soon this r.isponsibility may have to be assumed. A chicken fight came off here yester day, but I know that neither you or your readers are interested in that kind of sport, therefore will say nothing more on that head. Mr. Editor, I notice in-your paper that Newberry is enjoying Sociables, Balls, Pic-nics, &c. Yaw it is surpris FOR THE HERALD. ] A Word to the Granges. Has it never oecurred to you that the establishment of a Cotton Bureaug at sone central p1binit in tie ShI,f a be supplied with informatilin from Pl/,j/~ is :bsuluteiy necessary to your prosperity ? Can you sit quietly V and allow the New'_Y4rA Coimeel-a-1 IP awtl Fnanviail Chronicle to insrep-c resent you in every particular? That c paper is the paid organ ofthe -manu- I' facturer and speculator-obtains its news not fromt planters but from cot ton speculators in every t)wu of the I South, from men who are antagonistie1 -t to you. Then why not establish a Bureau t in Montgomery or Augusta. presided I over by a prctical planter, with cor respondents in every county in the South. and those correspondents, ( planters. Let it be the duty of your *!&reau uan to issue weekly state uents made up from the reports of his j agents. The Associated Press will be t delighted to publish them. Until this is done, the world will be d misled by the Com-mercial and Fi- i nancial Chronicle reports. COTTON. FOR THE HERALD. PROSPERITY, MAy 14, 1k4. DEAR H.RALD -We again try to write you. Some things of interest have ocearred since we last wrote. First we will give yon an uccount of MEMORIAL DAY AT PROSPERITY. In order that those who wished. might. at tend the exerci.es in Newberry on the 13th; the 12th was celebrated. About four o'clock P. M , the procession moved out from W.hits' Hall in the following order. 1st. The clergy with the orator of the day; 2nd. The little girls followed by the ladies, each bear ing their offering of affectionate remem brance; lastlv, the citizens of the town and surrounding country. When the gate of the cemetery.w:. reached, the procession halted and a prayer was offered by Rev. H.S. Wing ard. Then in solemn silence the graves of our honored dead were strewn with flowers. This being ended, an ode was 'sung, after which Prof. S. E. Caughman addressed the audience. He began by alluding to the an tiquity as well as the Divine example of pre paring monuments in commemoration of. impo:taut events and,in honor of the illus trious dead. He then feellngly alluded to the "lost cause,"and said that these living flowers were embletihatic of the fabt that it still'lives in the heartsof the people, awdihat the principles for which we fought were im mortal. That they were also emblematic of the fact that the me,mory of onu' honored dead is always fr'esh. -'He urgetI the y'oung men as they loved their dear ohd State to be diligent in. preparing themselves for the im portant duties soon to be laid on their shoul ders.I He-touchingly alluded to the generous care taken of the sick undwounded soldiers dWinlg the Confederate war by the women of the South, and to the grateful afection she -still cherished for 'them. He ie1laed byt.ex pressing the hope that:the day :of Soutl-Casr olina's humiliation wonk soonend, and, that i the Providence of Gdd she wo~uld come Iout of the fire purgted of%eh dross, and-hap py and peaceable. The andience was theni dismissed. The success of the occasion is due to the energy of the committee,especially *of Mr. Whites, who labored earnest! and faitally to-aceomnplish theenddsaned. We regret that the hoar for the exercisps in Newberry was changed, putting it out.of the power of any of our citizens to attend. A goodly number ofrour citizens had intended coming up. We have sotmethiing to record that is not sa pleasant. But facts are facts, If they -are humiliating'.. We refer to a.case of COCK PIGHTING * which came off near (xO'r is, thank heaven) our town. We do not know any thing about Iir, who won or who lost, but say this math, we think it would have been more manly for. the men to have fought than to tortare in so sinful and cruel manner the unoffending birds. Of all species of yambling this is ther most heartless. From what, we:can learn-the usual keg of spirits accompanied the parties. Is it not a shame that such things should be carried on almost on the very ground dedica ted to God, and made h'oly by rhe'graves- of our sainteddead ?'I.s -there no law tka stop such proceedings ? -Are mnen allowed tp, gam ble when and wher e they please without re straint? Do not our laws protect the good and virtuous? We hope our town may be al-. ways.untainted by such things, that our Icouncil will see to it, if it is in their power, that nothing of this kind shall ever he ear ried on within-her timi.s. We: record w ith sadness the death of Mrs. Youn,w.-dow of the late Thomson Young. It occurred last Thursday, at tne residence of her son-in-law, Mr. H. S. Boozer.: Also, thed death of Mr. Andrew Count's-.childl Times dull. Cotton coming up. Farmers busy. Some prospect of fruit. Good Tern plars at work. Holley supplies usa with-beeL Cool weather continues. Will leave a pio nic soon. More after while. Pi. FoR THE HERALD. .JA L.uA, S. C , May 16th, 1574. MEssRs. EDIToRs.-We are knocking on as usual. Corn is growing finely. Our pros pect for a cotton crop is very sorry, indeed. Some of the planters are running around i. Some are replantdng. I hope it 'will turn out better than we anticipate,i and that we will get a good prie.for it.next fall. I was over on. Bush i-iver a few days since. The whites and colored were working hero icaly, running lied's plows. I suppose they never had heard of K., or his plow would have been in operation. Mr. L E. F. has a splendid small grain crop,and ILrs. F. the best garden I ha've seen. If the Bush river peo ple would get up an English Company simi lar to the one on the WVateree and Congaree rivers, and have the bottouwdrainled andr' claimed from overflow, it is more than prob able the plan ters of this County would not have to use any more Baltimore corn, and I think it would prevent malarialepidemics. It is pretty healthy about Jalapa, except soe bowel affections. I remenber'in-18J7 the people complained of some aessnbss of the bowels, which was scarcely noticed during. the wet weather, after which we had a little drought and the consequence was the most-' maliganiit type of dysentery set up ever known in this County, which .hayed hun dreds. I think some points of hygiene thould be no:icel. Such as cleanlines<, and es peciatlly ot' the human body. The houses s hould be white-washed, well ventilated, and, not crowded. Moderate exercise, refreshing sle,aqe-id n od hlsm fodp a qhihl imnd,tant good breom voodarles hihldb impot. cooke, brad the megetbs so ulod q eualay scookeda,n bhe , meutto ofowl, qfiy, suh ast -am,n Ibeef, beieeuoe too muhcan acnlt bcontaIn do be lieve a usetoo muh baot atsisea ioctor toM 1um he ?nougt :t was thabssfs ad the bis night meetinp; be whidetad id he W -n.g;;to tovilw and 'ankee Doctor. I would also' Dod butter and milk; coff&end a re good as nervous stimulants. t p le in Diarrhcea. Avoid malaria as wuch a osibe. '16i Dbet'or liookr say'MW.d augerou' time to inhale it is at night a be riing and setting of the sun. At ,heric chat ges ought to be obierved. Le weather i6 cold, good fire' eai.n= lothing are important, And w g z lothing shmuld be thin anti light, aee.wo4gersp1Iirndon ..- .. ''" Meesrs. Elitors, ion perceive 1 have toth Ing about treating disWase, o1i riend ing -ome p. ees ut i6is essentwo9 r rem ind use of rof. Dickson - rent and good man. H o har people would us iiato4.*fi ;new but little, and intredUee it into so - hing of wbieh they knew less. ConseqpeaU. r, leave the treatment of disease wsi i iedical profeisiOn. ['ll give you a prefcription. ho*e rhich was u<ed in 1857 on Gen L.'s and D .'s plantations, as a preventv is ty aalarial dysentery, viz: 1 gallonr rachms quinine. half oUce.lS ix pods of red pepper, the whol p az, and let stand 24 hour m ba ie two or three dr2mis 40ay iven to those who were wellad& UVX9 omplained. Added to Which a ose of oil. Yours, L. R MARSnAnW ALL THETIME Don'tFrg - For the accommodation -opsip :ending Court, L. R. :I.,'wilaMnbg ISH every day this week,.af May O, 20-1M.. West Corner of Main d Having purchased thejookcw Ir. Thomas Lake, il4 iness, in ALL ITS A :FULL Whiob.I propose to jili en thse ..le.tA. 7. :safe to msef,) to all who W withacall. HENET May 2,20;f THE CWE z I the mostwne%1sI f the ninetEenth ee I A power of a htg.rs lstrumt bidden wonder4.of God's I a t6 . Hair, etd.. etc. It also shows 81IRA.Lis. orforkrWm. srvr lati rk. JU THE pait, on receiptofprice. A~ FOR AGENTS. Agents WantedEviw. Men and Women, Boys and Girl S$e. spre-time, day-limeoar Dutmailed, otpid, on Address, THl BEVERLY C Wabash Ave.. CEICAGO. . , tate'of Erizbeth Long, dee'dl e, s~ coifod ed td render in itetsamd*i ( to -thienersvwan# hs g~q,-~ Johnstone'& Rarrinagton, at ewbnC 1'4.. -403* TE UNITED ST TlE, DISTRICT ~V [- the matter' of iThr~ fl NeEIei&aas INf BANKEUlT The modersisid ph iTesdagj! ie his appointment as Asuige of J0aK . O'N EILL, of'Ne'wb oft~i Te.berry, and SjaaaoE8anghiSa, within said IPistriel, wo~e aBanupt uyjory lJhe by the District Court of said i$ Daed satlg 1874. AU prsons are hereby feda droN trespasing upon~ andmkI uqf the Quarry, 'eougfabg to the. ueavhe.r:iou'se.:An do ing will be dealt with acod oingVi' Th6nder'igned WD11 reeirs &u ai3 ,ih.tsh day-oQf Jane nex fen.4he 5diet said Quarry,; at which time of Coint, Commissone' rli .. the same to the alpheeat ByorderofteBad m Q - mssioners. - H.'.CABEMONttS Ofce of Cowit d Newberry, KG,Y1e ~ t TATE OF SOUTI4 IA, COUNTY OF NEWB TN~ IN PROB.ATE -COURT. Exeutos, Admninistra s iurlms and al f 'tar Tdeiagi; W-e by law. ma.uIaaSIW ra3~tbtfSn4f thd t. I'he second, third, 'ourth . fsha siz5h Maj of Jibe, are set apbcl" n$f returns. 3. ?.J1IY, Mv20, 20-2s. Jude .1 r - "e Oifosy' Bry iNeo%466et tigess bidder, a eer 0., On the 30th Day of 3fN I74 ilIe ttake place at -11 e'eloek,AL M~ TERMS-CASH. R. 31.-WA.1C , U. S -~Ial Per PiAPrrs% atepIuys Mag;2, 20-L 't. 3rceried 1Ipfc. l[.taaannRES AesUsoad com.