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Growlag Cotton Crop. Nw ORLXANS, July 2.-The fol lowing is a summary of the Cottoi orop report to June 3: MISSISSIPPI. R6p orts from forty-four counties show a decrease in acreage of seven per cent.. but a fair average. The stand of erop. is two weeks behind that of last year. It is remarkably clean. though mall and& bstkward. The labor snpply is satisfactory. LOUISIANA. Thirty-six parishes report a de erese,n acreage of tw6nty per cent. Tike r-weather is- less i fa-orable than last year. The average stand and con dition of the plant is generally good ai*d promising, though three weeks late. There is no complaint about labor. TEXAS. For-five counties reported an aver ace inerease in acreage of fifteen per eCnt. The stand is good; has been planted two weeks later than last year, but is in fine growing condition, and free from grass. The supply of labor is good. ARKANSAS. Twenty -five counties report a de ereAse in adreage of 8 per cent. The weather is less favorable, The stand betie than last ) ear, though three weeks backward. The labor is effi cient. TENNESSEE. Twenty-four 4counties report an acreias decrease of 21 per cent.; the weather less favorable; the stand is fair, and- the crop is clean but small, - being two weeks .later than last sea son; labor about the same. ALABA'MA. Twenty-seven . couties report an average acreage dej&se of 16 per ceit.; laW replanted looks better than old-e6tton; crop is somewhat later and generally cleauer than ever before, growing radidly; labor never better. ..KRTH CAROLINA. Forty-one counties report the wea ther less favorable; an average de crese of 19 per cent. ; planting two and three weeks later; fair average stand; 4mop-elean and -healthy, grow ing fiuely, though small and back ward;,decrease in use of fertilizers 40 per cent. SOUTI1 CAROLINA. Twenty-one counties report an acre age decrease of 17 per cent.; weather unfavo-oble; since replanting has giv en fair average- stand; plant small, condition 'good, crop clean and grow ing well; labor sufficient; decrease in the use of fertilizers 33 per cent. GEORGIA. Si:ty-nine counties reported a de-' crease in acreage of 10 per cent. The weather is less favorable. The stand and condi~ of the crop are good. -It= is-:gr. finely, and is clean, though small, being ten. days later than last year. The use of fertilizers has deeieased 30 per cent. as com pared with last year. -* FLORIDA. Reports froin this State are meagre. The acreage is said to have deereased 4~ per cent. .The stand is good, and *the condition very fine, clean and growing well, being one. week earlier .tfaii last'eer. There. are no comn plaints of fabor.-News & Courier. Terrife..Bain and Haii Storm. (01stKSON'S T. 0., S. C., July 6. Yesterday miorning about five o'clock -a hurribane, rain and hail storm pass ed from near the Wateree'River, ten m. iles above here, sweeping everything in. its: wake to the Congaree. In most of the fields.planted in,cotton there is nothing left.but the root and about three inches of the stalk; thc 'orn is lite'rally torn to pieces. Ffteen trees weres blown up by the roots in two hundred yards of this depot. A great *miay colored 'people left their homes a,td rushed here through the pelting bail. Women and children were screaming and praying in every diree tion. To-day the colored people are congregating together, asking each other. w.hat to do. I have been riding~ *orer the i-uined country, and almost everv farmer meets r?e with, "My God T r.aruined." I gave my horse to one -poor old man, who was too enfeebled to walk to his cotton field. On reach iug his 'feld, I will never forget the perfect picture of despair he presented, when he turned~td me and exclaimed: "My poor children will starve." We may make one-third of a crop. .FARMER. ANOTHE1 ACCOUNT. RICHLAND FORK, S. C.. July., . The~ heaviest hail storm within the re eollection of the oldest inhabitants assed over this section yesterday, (Sunday,) seridusly damaging crops of all kinde, and, in some places, total ly aestroying everything. On some plantations the fodder crop was entire ly 'destroyed, the corn seriousiy in jured, and the cotton left with a stemn without a leaf or form 'upor. it. Plant ters seem perfectly in despair. Up to this time the seasons have been favor able,.and the promise for a good yield very bright. The storm was first seeni in the neighborhood of Spring Hill, and its devastation was continued a!ong High Hill Creek to the Salda. Its track averaged 'about two miles in *width. Corn and cotton was com pletely riddled and beat to the ground; somec of the ears of corn were kuoeked from the stalk~ 'by the hail-stones some of which were as large as -a goose egco and had' rough points or projec tio'us. Thousands of dollars will not cover the less in the iminiediate neigh borhood. In Conibia and vicinity there was considerable of a storm, with a little hail. The wind roared and whis tIed as though it was the month of 3March. A number of trees and fences were demolished, but no material dam age to crops. (C'orrespondentt News & Courier. REMARKABLE.-We learn from a reliable source, that one day last week, while !omeC colored persons were on their way to a burying ground with a c.rp-e, ihn nnntner of~ the~ The Jieralt. TPOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITOR. NFWBERRY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15,.1874. A PAPER FOR TER PEOPLE. The Herald is in the hibest respect a Fam ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests of the people of thia County and the State. It circulates extensively, and ws an Advertisine mediin offers unrivalled ad vantages. 'or Terms, see first page. The Tax Union4. We notice that meetings -have been held in various Counties in compliance with the call of the Executive Cow niittee, and the work of organization is proceeding with a prospect of be coming general. A general united movement is what is needed. Nothing less will effect anything. A meeting of citizens of Township No. 1, will be held in Tomperance Hall on Satirday, the 25th, at 11 o'clock. Sudden Death. The Columbia papers of Friday last reported the sudden and sad death of Mrs. Cornelia Kinard, the wife of Mr. M. L. Kinard, from.an overdose of paregoric. Mrs. Kinard was in the first. bloom of - youth, and had been married but about two vears. She was the grand-niece of Gen. Waddv Thompson, of Greenville. Her sad and untimely death has thrown her large circle of acquaintances and frIends in deep sorrow. Willianston Female College. It was not our pleasure to attend the Commencement Exercises of the above named popular institution, but we gleau from our more fortunate brethren of the press who were there, and who were permitted to enjoy the pleasant exercises as well as the hos pitality of President Lander, and bask in the smiles of beauty, that the occa sion was one of rare excellence and highly' successful. It would have been strange has iiL been otherwise, for the Rev. S. Lander, it is well known, admits of no word as fail in his vocab ulary. All that he does is well done, and his Commencements are not only pleasant, but profitable. 'We learn 'that the opening address was made by the Rev. Mr. Capers, and was delivered before a large and delighted audience. There were but two graduates-Miss Ida Clinkscales and Miss Sallie Hutto. President Grant's Change -of Views. A change in Gen. Grant's views in regard to the Southern position is re ported 'to have taken place lately. When his positive rejection of the statements mnade by the representatives of the Taxpayers' Convention is re memtbered;' it seems scarely possible that the change in sentiment now men tioned can! be credited. Yet wvith the lights so forcibly brought to 'bear'iupon him, and the constantly r'epeating de velopments of the corruption and fraud of our governrnent, it would seem stranger indeed if the prejudices which have warped his judgment shoula not be made to yield, to the force of well established facts and rea son. It is reported that he is much :isgusted with the condition of affairs, and thinks that every Republican is responsible for the existing villianies. and that Moses should have been con victed, and that there -must be a true reform in this State next fall, or that the Republican party will repudiate the so-called 'Republicaus- of South Carolina. He also affirmed, it is said, that the Federal troops are rnot here t& enforce the collection of exorbitant ta.- s, but for arresting illicit distillers, &c. If these are G3en. Grant's senti mnents; and he adds the aid of his in fluence, we may hope for a reform. The Piedmont ills-'Green ville. An article in the Enterprise and Alountaineer of the 1st, gives some interesting details in regard to this manufacturing enterprise, and as this is a subject which should engross the attention of the people: of this State, we make a few extracts from it. Greenville is eminently fitted for man ufacturinrg purposes, and the Piedmont ompany, in which we are pleased Nwberry is wd.l represented, could aot have made a better selection for he scene' of its~ important operations. In whatever point ce-msidered, whether s regards water facilities, healthful ess of' climate, charming scenery, daptation of soil to cereals of all inds, not even excepting cotton itself, earness to schools, colleges and hurches, railroad facilities, etc., it ould not well have been bettered, and we see no reason why a large success will not result from it. The time fixed for the completion of all the uumnenise work necessary in this un lertaking is December 1st, 1874, and judging by the reputation of the con tractors, among whom we are pleased to notice the name of P. P. Toale, of Charleston, himself a stockholder, there feet of water per minute, the river being capable of furnishing 50,000 feet. The foundation of the main building covers 254 by 52 feet. three stories front. four rear, tower 75 feet high and 1G square. 1st floor-(weaving room) 208 loois. 24 Ijoor-(carding room) 96 cards, 8 drawing frames, 4 slubbers, 8 fly frames. 3d floor-(spinning room) 42 spin ning frames, 4 spoolers, 4 warpers. 4 The full capacity of the buildiig will be 248 loons. The floors of the main bnilding will be supported by 248 turned columns connected with cast iron capitals and pintals resting the floors on the col unns. and not the columns on the floors, cross-beams securely anchored in the walls. For comfort of operatives it will be unsurpassed, having 246 windows, 8 ft 6 inches by 3 ft 8 inches, with segment tops, and sash double hung. Style of goods, standard sheeting and shirtings. Two hundred hands will be employ ed, including 175 operatives. The picker house on the left of main building, 40 by 60 feet, one story, fire-proof. All the improve meats against fire so that the insur ance will be at the lowest rates. A large 9 room dwelling house oc cupies the hill in front of the main building. The effices and cottage residences, of the most comfortable kind, with all out buildings, gardens, &c., will occu py the slope of the hill to the right and left, between the hotel and the main building. The above figures are reliable, and are sufficiently gratifying to show that the enterprise in all its appointments is planned by master minds and with he purpose to make it a paying busi ness to its liberal minded stockholders. The Erterprise and Mountaineer compliments its President, Mr. Ham met, as being one of the best factory men of the South, and we think the compliment highly deserved. Among other facts related of his acumen is the temporary stoppage of the work during the late panie, by which a' is estimated a clear saving of $10,000 alone was realized to the Company. Success to the Piedmont (Jottou Fac tory, and may the examiple so ener getically set forth in this be the means of spurring our people to like efforts wherever* facilities are afforded for manufacturing. The prosperity, we might add the salvation of the South ern country. in a large measure de-. pend on mnanufactures. The City of Baltimore. Th Baltimoi-e Gazette of July 3d ilargely taken up with a description >fthis city, its past,. present and fu ture, its extensive and improved busi ess facilities,5ts railroads, matnufac ories, foundries, elevators, wharves, warehouses, etc. The growth and im provemecnt of this city is indeed won erful and sungestive of what can be one by enterprise and liberality. Baltimore is iuAled "entitled to claim er rightful raul as one of the chief cities ,of thiis cotnetsurud y all the comforts whieh are necessary o make thisa most pleasant abiding lace, by all the arts which make a city attracti&e and by all the means of ntellectual cultivation which ought to nake t; a'nd we trust does make it a irtuous communit-y. "No town in the domain of 'the ld thirteen' has grownl with steadier ;roth to that ripe power and useful ess- which convert well-ordered cities uto fortresses of national strength. o town within that circle has bound itself ini so short a space by so many ies that we may claiml to call pre-emi ]ently national. Its position is in the ery heart of the confederacy. Its opulation is drawn from the North, the South, the East and1 the West. it has always been intimately connected with agriculture, as a principal mart f the two great staples of flour and tobacco. it has always been in some egree a manufacturing town. And n equal distribution with these, it was t an early period the seat of an active ommerce. It would be hard to say hich of these three interests have prepoderated in promoting the grow th f the city. Certainly we may affirm neither has held such predominance s to show itself above the others either in the direction of our affauirs or in the character of the community. t thus stands somewhat conspicuously as the representative of the leading terests of the country at large. This haracter is still further shown in the same equal division of religious de nminations, pregenting an equilibrium f opinion in that particular which ay be reckoned as a type otf our hole country. "In the last few years Baltimore aas taken a high place among the ities of the Union. The harbor pene rates the heart of~ the city, from hich the ground rises slowly for dis ances varying from one hundred to me thousand yards, .hen rapidly into uccessive heights, forming an a mphi Lheatre with views from each tier, in depth of twenty-four feet at mean low tide is one of the crowning points in its tide of success, and which has only been reacbed by years of patient labor and the use, of large capital. All honor to the city of Baltimore, may her carrying trade in imports and ex ports be equal to that of New York. State Treasurer's Report. Treasurer Cardoza makes the follow ing report as to his receipts and ex penditures at the State Treasury, for Nov. 1, 1873. to June 80,- i74: Receipts for taxes of 1873. $1.620. 401.72. From other sources, $16, 282.66. Total Receipts $1,63G,684.. 38. Expenditure of Taxes. 1873, $1, 443.258.52. For miscellaneous pur poses, 14,893.80. Total $1,458,152. 32. Leaving balance, $178,532.06. Receipts and expenditures under provision of Tax Levy and appropria tion act. Receipts for salaries, contingents, Penal, Charitable and Educational Institutions, Free School, Legislative Expenses, Public Priuting, Deficien cies, South Caroliua Bank and Trust Company, Interest Public Debt, Mis eellaneous purposes, 81,636,684.38. Expenditures, 81,458,152.32. The report shows a balanee for Sala ries and Contingents of $11,026.6; Penal, Charitable and Educational in stitutions, $29,987.32; Free Schools, 2 mills, $46.59; Legislative Expenses, 1. mills, $83.84; Public Printing, 1 mill, $29.34; Deficiencies, 82. mills, $96.86; South Carolina Bank & Trust Company, ' mill, $839.25; Interest Public Debt, 1 mill, $135,033.34; MiscellanEous Purposes, $1,388,86. Total, $178.582.06. A THRILLLNG ADVENTURE.-A friend sends us an account of a thrilling eques trian adventme of a Morganton belle. The lady in question was out riding with a gentleman last week. They w ere riding rapidly down a long slope when the gentlemari's horse stumbled and fell. The lady's horse cleared both hin and rider at one leap and then be came quite unmanageable. Two hun dred yards further on a narrow lane was blockaded by a negro, mule and cart square across it. ie horse was careering at full speed. To pass around was impossible, to stop equally so, but the agile animal at one fearful bound cleared negro, mule and cart Our charming equestrienne never for a mo menit lost her balance and was laughing gaily when her horse was checked two m1iles further on. Nobody hurt, but rumor hath it that, the horse carried the negro's hat off on his bind hoof and that the negro has since con.bed a horse shoe out of his wool. [ Piedmont Press, Iikory, N. C. We give the above as we find-dt, and would vouch for it but for the horse shoe left in the negro's wool. That is too thin. Nowr what have we down in thes"low'gounds" to do with the lo cals of the high mountain region of Hickory and Morganton. Just this our young men are .of lively, impulsive character, and- a feat of the kind de scribed might so fire their imaginations as to excite in them a desire to see the dauntlepss fair one, but we, cannot spare them all, niidl theref'ore advise them to take the story with soie grains of al lowance,- and remain at homle. . FoR THE HERALD. P.ROSPERiTY, S. C., June 29, 1874. .Mu. EDIOon Please publish the. fol lowing in th e columns - of. your paper, so its many readers may see how we Gd Temiylars are getting along down here. Bethel Lodge, No. 62, met last aturday at the usual hour, 3 P. M. We edmmenced business, then proceed ed to initiate Rev. Norris, of Edgefield Co. After initiatory services, we pro eeded to prepares to march to Bethel (Baptist) C hurch, for the purpose of earing an address delivered by the new brother.. When we obtained sight of the church we beheld a large congre gation of spectators. We marched in front of the church, then marched in in regular order, accompanied by vocal music... .... The L. D. arranged all things, then introduced Mr. J. R. Norris, of Edge feld Co., (agent for the Sons of Tem perance,) who delivered a short, but eloquent and forcible argument on Tem perance. The L. D. then introduced Rev. Norris. who spoke about one hour. His arguments were very touching. He showecd the great evil produced by inebriation. His speech was principal ly entreating the friends of Bethel vi inity to enlist in Temperance, and once more raise the flag that Judge O'Neall once elevated so high. I am sorry that I am not able to send you the copy of his excellent speech. Though it is enough to say that his arguments were so) nobly han~dled that we obtained the names of a couple of friends, and expect them at our next meeting. Our Lodge was organized the 2d day of April. 1874, by Bro. L. R. Marshall, with thirteen members. We now numi ber about forty-seven. May this'goodl work ever go on and repress the sale of liquors in our land. A. J. T., L. D. HoyMICIDE IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY.. -The Edgefield Advertiser of the 9th, says: "On Saturday afternoon last, about nightfall, .John Goggans, an old man with 8 or 9 children, livingr in the- Good Hope section (a little above Rlichardsonville) was shot and instantly killed by a young man named Jack Smith, of the same section. Smith had wished to buy certain land lying near himself and also near Gog gans; but cash was demanded for the same, and Smith, not having cash, ould not make the purchase. Gog gans however, bought the said laud ad paid for it. This was the cause of grudge. On the evening of the shooting, Goggans went into his wood yard, which, although on his own lad, was across the road from his hose This lnnd jinend Smith's, and FoR THE HERALD. KING'S CREEK, July 13..1874.. DEAR, HERALD.;-It has been some time since your readers have heard from this section. I have been too busy to go from home and nothing new has transpired right around here, except a Fourth of July pic-nic, at Mr. M. P. Black's, on the Caldwell road, five miles from the Court House. It was a rich treat for ~the neighbor hood. A sumptuous dinner, a splen did dance and a big crowd of people from all parts. Everybody, young and old, enjoyed themselves hugely. Mr. Butler Cameron, a benevolent young gentleman, furnished ice lemon ade for the ladies, and as the gentle men were pretty well mixed up during dinneiaith the ladies, they received a share also. May Mr. C.'s shadow never grow less. Our crops had begun to suffer, but we were bldssed with a goed rain on Saturday the 11th inst., and now they are looking fine and fresh. Dear Edi tor, we are enjoying fine watermclons occasionally, Wilh plenty of other fruit, and will soon have grapes. If you are fond of such things do come down. Adieu for the present. KING'S CREEK. Of course we are fond of such things and have been for lo, these many years, but the "coming down" that is the difficulty. We are tied down to work, and if we interwit, some subscriber will get down on us for be ing absent from our post. If King's Creek would only bring up a few how happy we would be. We will make an effort to go down, however.-ED. HERALD. FOR THE HERALD. CImNQUErIN, So. CA., July 3d, 1874. MR. EDivort.-Items are scarce in the County just at this time, but we will endeavor to write you a short letter. Crops are looking well, as we have been having some fine rains lately. We had a trip to Pomaria on Wednesday the 1st, and as you have no correspon dent at that place we will fill out our letter with some few items of our jour ney. After leaving the 4 mile rock, on the Coliumbia road, we began to notice the crops to be on the decline, and quite inferior to those in and around Chin quepin, but as we continued to travel we found them no better, and some in quite a bad condition, we suggested to an aged. colored man to procure an extra set of hands armed with clubs to keep the snakes and "varmints" out so he could hoe his cotton in safety. At the 10 mile rock we noticed a field of cot ton that looks as if it will never support a bloom. Reader, do not understand me to say~the corn is so had, but it is good fo)r that kind of red upland. The cotton crt>p along the road will be al most a faihire shonld t'he rains be ahnn dant. As we travel on down the road we come to J. D. Suber's, and he has the first cotton,- except 0. A.. Wicker, that we think worthy of notice. and al low m3 to state both of these gentle miEn's cotton crops l6ok as if they will make some cotton; they resemble the cotton ini Chinquepin. As wve continne, we fmnd quite a dangerous place in the road between P. Mv. Derrick's and Mrs. Caroline Suber's, the ditch oni one side and the fence have almost united, and but a few rails prevent man and beast from precipitating to the bottom of that deep and dangerous ditch. We hope the Commissioners will look after it and see thiat it is mended, for, we see no sign of any' work being done to that portion of the road in some time, while the roads around here have been work ed and are in good repair. At last we arrived at Pomaria, and in good'time, for the hands of our watch pointed to 12, aind that is the time the farmers generally dine. Suffice it to say, we were abundantly supplied Wvith vege tables of choice kinds and fruits also. We fonnd Pomaria to be a place of some "no te" for business, we suppose it is equal mt Frog Level. We fouznd it to contain thiree stores, viz.: J. A. Can non's, Holloway & Reid's and D. Hipp's, and also noticed it to have an Acadecmy, and on inquiry learned Mr. D. Benj. Bushy was Principal. Mr. B. was a teacher in Charleston last year in Dr. Porter's school, it being one of the largest male schools in Charleston. Why don't the people advertise their school in the HEU4AD, for it will corn pae favorably with any in the County. While stopping a short time, we visited Col. G. H. Chapman, and found his farm in quitegood condition and look ing well. We also had the lpleasure of meeting our friend, Dr. J. K. Chapman, and found him quite busy in his profer - sion. We learn he has several cases of Diptheria in his practice, and has treated quite a numbei- with remarka ble success. We hear of as many as three in one family having it. It is at present confined among the children. In this podion we find the crops need ing rain badly, and Mr. C. P. Harward tells us he has ploughed up dry ground ever since April, and has had but little rain since then, so you can imagine they are dry. It is hoped they will have plenty of rain, for their early corn is in tassle and beginning to fire some. The gardens are also needing rain. Once more in Chinquepin we are busy hoeing cotton as the ground is in good order. We find some cotton blooms in ours, both white and red, and hear of many others around us hav ing them. Watermelon patches are generally a favorite portion of the farm, and are often destroyed or damaged by night wandering stock, and such was the case with mine. The crop is a large one an look-s well, althurrl srome ater For TA HERALD. JALAPA, S. C., July 10, 1874, FRIEND 6RENEKER : I (tice in this week's issue of your excellent pa per, that you manifest some disposition tigrunble bee:uise no onei from11 Jalar a, Dead Fall and other places are givi.g the news of &he cuuntry this hot wea the-r. If such will comfort you any I will endeavor to give you a few items from this region. I will, in the first plac-. take up the cropz; as this is th- great and all important matter with us. The wheat crop h:is agreeably dis appointed ur. Our anticipations hive been more than realized. More of this grain was sown last fall in our community than had been for a num ber of years previous, and taking all thinas into consideration. the yield has been good, very good. Commo dore lludgins, of Laurens, came among us about two week.< ago, and raised a vast and stifling dust, trash i:g cut everybody's wheat and other small grain. The Commodore inform ed ine that the wheat was generally not only large. but that the grain itself was full and fine. Corn has been more extensively planted in this neigh borhood the Dresent season than for sonic years back, and it is generally looking well, but we will need more rain to insure a good yield. The cot ton crop is so far. superior. The stand is ahnost the best ever knowii. The size is good, too, and it is thor ougbly rid of grass. In fact, farmers who deserve the name have had no grass worth mentioning this year. It has been one of the very best seasons for cultivating crops of all kinds, and the man who has grass this year de serves not only to be kicked out of tho, farming community, but to be turned over to the Ku Klux. I noticed a very notable brace of farms, on oppo sites sides of the road, between Mr. Sampson Merchant's and the creek on the other side of his house from town, whose owners, whoever they may be, if not turned over to the Ku Klux, should at least be visited by them. Shame upon such farm mainagement! The health of the country around about is as good as ever it gets to be. We have everything to cheer us, out side of politics. even the feeble hope of the coming of the .L. R. R. We have preaching the third Sunday in every month at Jalapa, by the Rev. Mr." Dudley, the English Baptist. m.inister. We heard him a few Sab baths back and was much pleased with him. He is a short, stocky little man, a good specimen of John Bull. His preaching is plainl and simple. but forcible and practical. His ideas are characterized by good, hard English common sense. His language is chaste and well-selected, but a little peculiar, and to us even odd ; only enough so, however, to be the more interest ing. Mr. Dudley's forte, however, is in singing, an art in which he has con siderable- reputation, and- deservedly so. To those who have never heard him sing, I wiH only say, "His voice is like the warble of a bird, So sofr, so swveer, so delic.uely clear, Th- finer, simpler music ne'er was heard :A sort of~ sound we echo- with a tear. Wihout knowing why, an - overpowering tone, - Whose accents are the steps from music's throne." WAYSIDE. THE AB'rLEss FAiR ONE.-A vic timized man speaks eloquently in be half of his unprotected susceptibil ities: There is a certain style of wo man who affects the most innocent simplicity on questions to which every, one past childhood cani give an answer;: whose cue is naire ignioranc, whose charm is her unenlightenment. She absolutely makes a boast of her igno ance; the tone in which she says, '-Oh ! you are too clever for poor lit tle me to talk to;'aud I dare say you are right ; but then I am such a little goose I do not understand you," is quite sufficient to annihilate you for the evening, if you chance to be one of those unlucky ones who are sensi tive as to the impression they make. She, so simple, so untutored, the child of nature, miakes it plain to you that you have gone on a wrong road when you have spoken to her as to a reason able, decent education, and have as smed that she possesses a mind and some degree of instruction. She is all heart; if you like, she can expatiate o her de:ar dog, or that darling boat race; but she can not let you think that she has ever used the eyes of her mind, or seen anything deeper than the self evident superficialities of life. Her subjects of con versation are few; all she wants to talk about is the opera, or the fashions, or the latest sadal, the latest amuusementsi; and anything to make her use her brain, though in the mildest way, ruffles her serenty and transforms you into a bore of the first magnitude. AOUT ANFwsra sit.l -The Louis vill "Courier Journal" has the fol lowing sensible remarks regarding the angeent of a newspaper: Sonc people estimate the value of a newspaper and the talent of its editor by the quautity of origibal matter. It is comiparatively an easy task for a frothy writer to pour out daily a column of words-words upon any and all sub jects. Bis ideas may flow in one weak, washy, everlasting flood, and the command of his language may enable him to string them together like bunches of onions. and yet hiw paper may be a meagre and poor con ern. Indeed, the mere writing part of editing a paper is but a small por tion of the work. The care, the time employed in selecting is far more im portat, and the tact of a good editor is better showni by his selections than anything else; and that, we know, is half the battle. IBut, as we have said, an editor ought to be estimated and i iabndnamrinod and appreciated Presentment of the Grand Jury. STATE OF SOUTH CARIOUNA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. In the General Sessions.-July Term, 1874. To His Honor, Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Cir C111L. The Grand Jurors in and for the County and State aforesaid, would make the following presentment: That for the first time during their terni, they have had no bills handed to them by the Honorable representative of the State, Which fact they submit speaks well for the peace and dignity of said County. That the streets in the Town of New berry, together with the side-walks, this Grand Inquest present as in very bad condition, with some few excep tions. That some strict sanitary and hygienic regulations should at once be instituted to preserve the health of said Town. To af of the latter, they res pectfully ask that the attention of the municipal authorities be directed. Respectfully submitted, adoek L. White, Foreman. W. W. Milam, J. F. Sims, J. H. Sadler, Willis Spearman, Jack 'Tliompson, Jim Sims, Thos. Greenwoul, Leroy Parker, Jerry Carter, Wade Mingo, W. it. Brown. Aaron Jones, Mathew Gray, A. L. Snead, Abner Gray. Brief Mentions. The postoffice at Union is now a money order office. Twenty-five husbands are in New Haven Almshouse for fa:ling to support their wives. Geu,. Samuel McGowan ha-; becc nomina ted for Governor by the Anderson Intelligen cer. A .ix-ac watermelon, farm near Augusta, will yield fro:n 4,800 to 6,000 melons this season. Tbie persons were killed by the blowing down of the Glaremorgan (Pa.) iron furnace Swil ay. A stroke of lightning killed Mr. and Mrs. Shiieve, of Not"oway County, Virginia, while they were at worship. The Graniteville Manufacturing Company have declared a quarterly dividend of four per cent., payable on demand. The inost eminent medical men now say, after a close examination, that hydrophobia is a di.aase of the great nerve centres, and not a blood poihon. AI [owa woman has considerable faith in life insurance. By i.ts agency she realized $50,000 off two hutbands, and not very good hudands either. It may be consoling to know that Father Scei, the Italian astronomer, has discov Lred that the temperature of the sun's ,ur face is 580,618 degrees Fahrenheit. A New Oileans young woinan recently swallowed eight tive-eent pieces, which she had stolen, rather than give them up. And now some one desires to purchase her for a Savings Bank. Paul Morphy, the great chess player, who is now a lawyer in Ne.w Orleans, has taken such a dislike to the game, that he wont even al low it to be spoken of in his presence. He has nor played a game in ten years. Citizens from various portions of the coun tv-in fact from all over the county-says the Greenvi lle Republican, report crops in 'an unusually fine condition. Runins have not been so partial as heretofore. The hydrophobia scare in New York has Droduced "lys.saphobia," The symptoms are described as similar to those <f hydro;, ho bia, and are induced by fear of the dreaded malady. Excitement runs high at Versailles. The Legitimist Deputies, to the number of 100, have decided to vote against the Ministry. The positicn of the Assembly is critical, and it is t hought some changes are una:voidable. A drunken Chinaman feeling rich and elated at his progress in American civiliza tion, went through the streets of~ San Fr an cisco, crying. "Hoop-la, hoop-la. Me all same as Melican man. H-air cut short, and drunk like hell!" The Board of Trustees of Erskine College at its late tmeeting .nferred the degree of D. D. on Rev. Win. T. Capers, of our town; and a similar honor was conferred otnl'resident Bonner, of Duo West. by the Board of Trus tees of Newberry College, WValhalla. A case of excessive cruelty has just come, to light in Savannab. A negro man und wo man beat their ch ild, ar girl seven years old, to death, hreaking her neck and arm and cutting off her ears. They have been arrest ed A lamdy writer points out the fact, as worthy of notice, that "while the men who comnmit suicide are almost always unmarried, the wo men are married or widowed. This leads to, inference that, while men cannot live wvithout women, women find life unbearable with men." A man who was seen coming out of a Texas newspaper office with his nose split open, one eye gouged out, and an ear chawed off, exp)hiined to a policemen that he was not a subscribe-r to the paper-he had s'imply entered the office to nacert".m if~ the edlitor was in. "And he was in," he monrafully added. A most scandalcus law suit has just been on trial in Corydon, Inid. Archibald harper, in 18.35, conveyed his farm to his son, the de fendant, who agreed to yupport his father du ring his lifetime. A fterward defendant turned the old gentleman in:o. the sne et, and left him to shift for. himnself, which he dirl by bringing this action for the recovery of his farm. Gent. Ikanregard has accepted the position of Chief Engineer of the Argentine Republic, witb the rank of Major-General, at a salary of 25,000 in gold. He had refu-ed1 an offer of $20,000. He will have charge of all the en gineering enterprises of that government; will superintend the coast defences; plan the con struction of railways, &c. The General will sail for his new pust of duty ing few days. A train from the Connecticut river for New Haven run off the bridge at Stony Creek, Ja ly 7, through the carelessness of a switchman. Five passenger ears went over. One hundred and seven persons received injuries, but most of thenm are not serious, only three or four critical cases. Superintendant Wilcox jumpedl from the train and was killed by a car falling on himl. When Beon Butler denounced Son thern men, every lt:a!ical at the North thought it a good thing. Bat wvhen he abused Northern Rtadi cas, the other dar, the New York Tribune comes to the charge and says Ben's speech, "for b lackinuardismu and falschood,coarseness and brutalhty. nas never eqitaled in any as sembly, callinig itself reputable or decent." The Chie.igo Tribiune, of the 27th, reports the decision of the United States District Court. for that dhit,iet, in hankruptcy cases begun since December 1, 1873. The petition ing cred itor must, under the amended law, show affirmatively, and before thaecase can proceed, that one-fourth in number of the creditors, to whom one-third in amount of the bankrupt's debts are ow ing, have joined in the petition. N71ew A" .Iiscellaneous. ESTRAY. ESTRAYED from James C. Buford's Plantation, July 4th, ONE BAY FILLY, two years old, one hitnd foot whit"; a n;atu ral pacer or racker. Any information of the whereabouts of said Filly will be thank fully received. Address, Mf. M. BU'FORD, July 15, 28-1L Liberty Hall, S. C. NOTICE. Notice is given to forewarn all persons from hiring the followir,g hands: Rufus Clark, Young Marcus, Simon Gallmian and Amos Ruff. I have a written contract with he above nmamed laborers for the yer I 874, and will prosecute any person iring hera to the fullest extent of the w. J. J. GALLMAN. July 15, 28-2. CO0I4 0AL!!CAL! e n mporin their .1ew A.7~s 0 0 Mer.. M .ohnstone, Y J e(NI ica Ha0-rdy a . , nd A s, F = E ~ ~ ~ 1 N.. L..16jC spr. J. M. Sorrytnd Ca. J. Pop.1 adJ6 ew. MatnCo3ebrr on Lipson, inoondel Township; Messrs. J.cr B.aWrd and Jh de.e yn,n denln Township; M.s. E. P.s WshrCpt Jame M.Carfett and Samue. C. Carlisl, Crnone Township; Cpt. GJoe . Canno and Cohn . annn GHy eledowTownship; reqessed toLvi asFoon ad AticbLose, Floetin Tofwthe icitizn o oni eset Township s,s on B.nderthe anreluins og, nd n cordance Twip;th pla p.oposey Wh CanoPane n onsip; CT HerTownship,in are requested, cas asoon as racicaed, eetiengatestho fthe prosey a Uofb organized n iosherove esotins ofand prinr a cordn ofith'onteution proposed by,r the Tgovaeren onntio.a Thens ethipUon at h t re eqestedays& atisnl, at telew o'clok on hesss JoirstMonda &Hin gtone. Ayo thDernate to the Taxaes UCon-, eer h ry, ofl 6,e1874. 27-2t.& Man,w h aws, c fMess JNewn &Musins New S.ilTies eNtionbbns Newss.Gooss New MusliMns, Th NPiew s lkw fTs cNewurchase. ATOETRABARAS.gC. that ll, Gret-ndSml. C.IFLIACKTN,SO, . THE FALL SEMI!ON will open August 11, enabling pupils to spend the sickly months in our high, healthy region, near our Chalybeate Spring, and return home] foi Christmas.. For a Cat.alogue, con taining full particn lars, address~, REV. S. LANDER, A. Ti, President. grI will accompany pupils up from Ninety Six, on Monday, August 10th. July 15, 28-5t. PUBLIC MEETING. Pursuant to instructions from the Dele gags to the'Tax Payers' Conveation from this County, a meeting of. the citizens of Township No. 1, is hereby called for the purpose of org.nizing a Tax Union for said Township, and electing delegates to the County Tax Union. 1 The meeting will be held at Mayes & 1 Martin's Hall, at 11 o'clock, A. M., on Sat rday, the 25th inst. J. M. JOHINSTONE,) Y. J. POPE, ).Committee. J. N. MARTIN, ) . 4 July 15, 285 2t. Progres..hve Age cop,. MiROD: ROWV LOST, HOW RESTORED! Just published, a new edition of Dr. Gulverwell's Celebrated Essay. on the radical cure (with Out medicine) of SPERMATOR(EA I or Seminal Weakness, involuntary Seminal Losses, .IPOTENC Y. also, GoNSUrMPTION, EPI-' IEZsY and FITS, induced by self-indulgenee or sexual extravagance, &e. g- Price, in aseaJled envelope,.only1x cnts. The celebrated author, in this admirable I Essay, clearly dcmonstrates. from a thirty J years' successful practice, that the alarung4. consequencs of self-abuse may be radically Eured without the dangerous use of internal _ medicine or the application of the knife; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, I ertain, and effectual, by means of which very sufferer, no matter what his condition ay be. may cure himself cheaply, private ly, and radically. &- This Lecture should be in thie hands f every youth and every man in the land. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to my address, post-paid, on receipt of six S ents or two post stamps. m Address the P'ublishers,p CHAS. J. (. KLINE & CO.,I 127 Bowery, New York. PI Post Office Box, 4586. July 15, '74-28-1y. E: C STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, " NEWBERRY COUNTY. $ By James C. Leahy, Probate Judge. Whereas, Dolly B. Darby hath made uit to me, to grant her Letters of Adin stration, with will annexed, of the Estate .ad -ts of .nhn Jatbh deceased. , 0 0 $ 0 r . -g HAY 'FOR SA By order of the G. F. Agent of. the -G. .0N)Y 2t.R. R., I- will o&fr at public-AplgON ONAY,stINST."atU 12 O'CLOCK U., r.t the Warehouse of Ur J. Ntowles, iear he Depot, 50 ]BALESA' lots to Wot purchasem. fTebe;sold f.r reight n-d gzpqnses,, unls th saw,e-b ireviously setvled by-Consignor- or Con ignee. N. 1K AZYS.*" FRESH IEMON&S Ftesh LemowrCoackers Fresh- Nic Nmic,Cracker. Best, GrePen,Teas. Mlixe I PickL'-s and Ghov Chow .-Oda, S-arcb, Sop ' ad_ s '.k &c Received thiSL4da. GEO.. G; LiNft boit6ti-onev, Juiy 13, 28-2: STILL. AREA.B. OF. AU.-jjJW1T Improved OpeiThii Double X.eW-293bed PREMad .WDIP c. o T. The subscriber otton Planters of orf. dded the I wlof f# W-0 as inother IMrHOVED Wr.*a W as=W amev. his DPEN-TH9ROiT,'C tfVf- Eft,-AOU. ULE CERNTEE-YENt. t3E )pewto-1he WoId for triaLo. eaw. Nyx . WmRAsTr, Do(fIex SE, PREMUM AS Usul., $LO.00e Saw. I - prved Gia.fr Longand' F4.00 per Saw. C6ozimon. e eter Gizn- Tlaket* AU,o the above Gnbs8-M ttached. Parcase s,u & iny Depot. 'I *H1 giv improved Gins: first p p0c10ng"seed Cleah:4in good Satmple ,t1em, ton withou ng- or.ee the ribs, over TOre paired with my re- M' aufred. 3Pladderss rb ~n THeI1OMAS RI,wic ~. SPTTE AOF SOCURi CART OU WhLeea, M. M.TeordV~ hathLMVit tiaon ftheWE<tte ndfects fW Buford deceasedy: M~iKO -. roThese aethforeoeitand~Ia dt:anersingulakethe.idead..;e*s lAo the sadodecesd th-atthy bpan ~tappear, befre me-.n hWerejF N balgse,obe hd Iatnewbl y ni aaps rh o4oonml,- tdnhscaius,Ibv ba,e, whoy teb sai odm 'c nt e rantoei Giveuaode tire 9ith aI myltap,Xi July 15, 28-2co. L. . NEBA~ RSY~ Thrankfu.l1 Bfer th -~esut aln&diua ~hi E jaf& o haid ceasFed.ta tlb a n tse taste ofd tie t lsfdNr Cw isu, Ju,.,ne 2-the3th. [ltr ubcanown he f,pdn?Yisst~l hep Dry theood Adhiestuh9Rep4h thi, Groene att oejeA1 an be acom Giem'c~ lsTI4el fo-a >Lga. IfRn.a@ m Theankgul the~ t h patinge belevin .janr hai w oul stie,ll reinetfhr tur ime to fiE~h j LHON iHsAopeN Lhe taste f the u ts! , June,5-t. Is bae thewnosthattatie res~orat enare benD d vry Ganis,Shnno1t lacen he counr ild >Iy uniaadaestome n b tol.i th em ror etr r nsl ttce Ratesafromi$e tet8 wek t 0 periont arraivig.I acor 'tae mmnotdatisdired.'Ftsetul-tr im over o ' i 'b June 2, 2-f. ATENN STETS trursion Tickezi at reduced. ~rss ~Iunibia sod Charleston to the Springs ~ rexurz~ are on sale at *ickei oc~s. &ws from $15 to$lSXr week; #4G tO lO per month arnang oi&nj~.to acm minodations desired. GORM4N & GAL~IAN.~. (Of Cohimbia~otel,) June 24, 25-tf. Pi~wIeto~s. NArrifli!