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Celebrating the Victory. GEN. WADE HAMPTON MAKES SPEECH IN NEW YORK. The New York Young Men's Dem cratie Club gave a reception and ba quet at Delmonico's, in that city Tuesday night, at which were preser as guests, a great many promine personages, among whom were Go ernor-elect Tilden, Mayor-elect W liam H. Wickham, Congressman S. Wickham, Erastus Brooks, Ge Wade Hampton and Gen. Averi The New York Herald, in dec'ribii the affair, says. Among the guests there tower, the tall form and distinguished face Lieut.-- : Wade Hampton, the gre Confederate cavalry officer, and tli ,entleman was seen to shake han across the table, which contained pa tridges and Saddle Rock oysters, wi Maj. Gen. Averill, who led many charge of the Union horse in t] shadows and passes of the Blue Ridg During the evening Gen. Hampti was introduced by the president, ai said : "I am happy -to be able to give, a few words, the hopes and ambitio of the South. I beg to say that I a speaking only for myself, and, by n very. large and extended acquaiutan throughout our land, I may assu you that the people of the South no4 - intend to embarrass the Deir cracy of the State of New York. 0 hopes and purposes were almost lost the very gloom of despair. There w nothing to look for in the future, wh the news from the Northwest awake ed us from our lethargy. The g ious news came flashing along, te ing us of the rising once again of t Democracy, who had nailed their c ors to the ramparts, and had declar that the rule of Rings had come to end. Tht sound rang over the Sout the people rallied in their might, ai showed their spirit in Louisiana, Alabama, and in Arkansas, in spite bayonets and of hordes of ruffianly tectives-in snite of all this t great mass of t6e people rose and sto stoutly together, and when the nig of the 3d of November came we I down conscious of having done o duty, be the result what it may. ( the morning of the 4th caine the g rious word of the Empire State, whi had risen in its majesty to a leadi place once more in the roll of Stat and even MNassachusetts had giv a Democratic vote. Tired and hea sore as we were, you may well imI ine the feelings of the South. Wh you had thus extended the right hai of fellowsnip we looked forward wi thehopethat in the success of the Dei ocratic party we should secure the i installation of civil liberty and cons tutional goveinment. "I tell you honestly, truly and si cerely, that I believe in my God, th the peiople of the South intend not embarrass the Democracy or the Nor by the expression of~ one rash wish. They would look to them to restc liberty. In the language of the c republic, 'that the republic suffers detriment. We want no violent volutions, though I could tell a tale woe, of insult, and of downright wro and despotism which would make t thousand of Republicans say. "can su things be ?" and cry shame upon thE burd~ens upon us. I see you have scribed over your rdatforma Excelsi< lt tells simpl~y where the Democrat party is going-to a future in whi shall be no North, no South, no Ea no West." [Loud A pplausc.~] At the close of G)en. Hlamptom speech, others of the invited gue present were called out, and each ga their short word of congratulation al cheer, and at a late hour the party d persed. Mfy First and Last Segar. Rev. DeWitt Talmage, says: By some rare good fortune whi put in our hands three cents, we fou; access to a tobacco store. As the I of the long, narrow, fragant box ope ed, and for the first, time we owned segar, our feelings of elation, man ness, superiority, and anticipa.ion c: scarcely be imagined, save by the who have had the same sensation. Our first ride on horseback, thou; we fell off before we got to the bar and our first pair of new boots (r. squeagers), we had thought could nev be surpassed in interest; but wh< we put the segar 'to our lips and stui the Lucifer match to the end of tl weed, and commenced to pull with: energy that brought every facial must to its utmost tension, our satisfacti( with this world was so great, our tem tation was never to want to leave it. T segar did not burn well. It requir an amount of suction that tasked u determination to the utmost. Y see that our worldly means had limit us to a quality that cost only thr cents. But we had been taught th nothing great was accomplished wit out effort, ar.d so we puffed away. I deed, we had heard our older bi thers in their Latin lessons says, 0; n ja I ncet labor; which translat means, If you want to make anythis go, you must scratch for it. Wi these sentiments we passed down t village street and out toward our cou try home. Our head did not feele nctly right, and the street began rock from side to side, so that it w uncertain to us which side ofi street we were on. So we cross over, but found ourself on the sar side that we were on before we cro: ed over. Indeed, we were on bo sides at the same time, and several f; teams driving between. We ii another boy who asked us why looked so pale, and we told him did not look pale, but that he e pale himself. We sat down und the bridge and began to reflect on t prospect of early disease, and, on t uncertainty of all earthiy expectatior We had determined to smoke the gar all up, and thus get the worth our money, but were obliged to thrc three fourths of it away, yet knew ju where we threw it, in ease we felt bt ter the next day. Getting home, ti old people were frightened and d manded that we state what kept us: late, and what was the matter ii us.' Not feeling that we were call to go into peiulars, and not wish1it to increase un parent's apprehensa thiat we were going to turn out badi we summed up the ease with the stat ment that we felt miserable at ti pit of the stomach. We had mustai plasters administered, and caref1 watching for some hours, when we f asleep and forgot our disappointmet and humiliation in being obligedi th'o-aa mbe fhrfurths of ourfr segar. Being naturally reticent, we have never mentioned it until this A time.-Science of Health. Brief Mentions. 0- A citizen of Iorry drew a prize of n- $1.400 in the Houston (Texas( Lot in tery. t Somebody advertises a preparation for keeping a lady's hands free from chaps. A report that she has no money will do the same thing. n A colored man in Marion has made . and packed this year thirty-six bales of cotton, growL on twenty-four acres of laud. Who can beat this? d Quite a number of the leading ultra I Republican journals demand the pas at o te sage of the civil rights bill by the is next session of Congress. Is A writer in the Augusta Constitu- I h tionalist says the reason the planters a do not prosper better is that there is e too much cotton and too many pointer e. dogs. Louisiana journalism consists chiefly id in exasperating somebody until he calls the editor a liar, and then the iu editor killing him in time for the last 2s edition. IVen some man slabs me on der e shoulder und says: 'I was glad to hear ce you va- so vell.' und den sticks be ! hind my back h.is fingers on his nose, I hef my opinion of dat feller." ar Miss Annie Rampey, daughter of in Mr. D. G. Rampey, of Greenville as County, picked two hundred and five an pounds of cotton on Friday, 16th Oe. n- tober. She didn't go to the circus. 0- Jones, of Vermont, said on his dy l ing bed that he had never written a e line which he -ared to erase. The whole State was proud of him, but it was found out that he could not write his name. I The Rev. Phillips Brooks has re in fused a salary of S20,000 a year from of Philadelphia, said to be the highest te- salary ever -offered to an Episcopal 2e clergyman in this country, and one of >d $15,000 from New York. He loves ht Boston. ly A heavy earthquake is reported in ar Chili. Earthquakes, tidal waves, ty )n phoons, eclipses and falling stars have 0- been the great events in both hemis h pheres for a month or two, including g our October and November State 3, elections. Ouly one colored man will occupy a seat in the United States Senate, in the next Congress, and his will be the d seat once occupied by Jefferson Davis. th Of the one hundred and seventy-five Congressmen elected this fall, only -e- four are colored. ti- A policeman in Chicago, passing a house one night recently, heard a n- woman screaming, 0. Henry, Henry, at come here quick Susan ! MotherI to The baby !" G allantly breaking in t the door and rushing up stairs, the - officer found that the baby had just re cut a tooth. ld Terrible subterraneous rumblings 20 commenced on the 11th inst, at --Guanajuato, and was followed by a oftrembling of the earth. MIany edifices were injured by the shock. Rumblings " hve inc beomeso continuous that hthe people are alarmned* and many se families are leaving.~ ir. The Asheville E.'-pos'to2r says: ie 'Bald Mountatin is again on the shake. hb A few nights ago five or six terrible t shoeks were felt at the distance of six uiles. G lasses on the tables were made Sto rattle. The shocks were equal to ts those of' last winter. Maybe she will e burst at last. d( It is stated that George Jones, pub. Slisher of the New York Times news paper, has purchased from ex-Gov. Edward 1). Morgan the whole of the latter's stook in that paper at $12,000 a share. Mr. Morgan transferred fourteen shares at this price; total, h $168,000. id A Repub!ican merchant in Cincin id nati, having a large business with the n- South, stated openly last week, that a he considered his credits worth twenty li- per cent. more since the recent ece W tions. The packers attribute the ad s vance in hogs to the same cause, and - the barley men swear it is so. >A tombstone at Saratorra lifts up a a warning voice to single w~omen in the ar following manner : "Emma, dau'er of r of Abraham and Matilda C-, and wife of Theodore 5-, died August '10th, 1868, ? 26 yrs., leaving five 1 .ldren---married too young against -r father's will. Single women take i warning." p.An Illinois farmer determines the e age of animals over nine years old by ad the following method : After the horse I is nine years old a wrinkle comes on >ute upper lip, and every year there aafter he has oue well-defined wrinkle ee for every year after nine. If, for in at st.mee, a horse has three wrinkles, lie h-is twelve ; if lie has four, he is thir - teen. o- Messrs. Calnan and Roath, of Co n- hnbia, purchased the Greenville d Mansion House. on Saturday, 21s tuit., iofJWalter Gray, Esq., for the sum tho$40,000; possession to be given 1st Le of January. They contemplate spend - inu several thousand dollars in mod x- er-nizing the building, and making it a to first-class house in every respect. as Mr. Jas. Puckett's cotton house was de bur-nt, near Triak'em, last Thursday ad night, together with its entire contents. e It contained a lot of cotton seed and s- several bales of cotton in the seed. tt It was the work of an incendiary. No at discoveries yet made, but active mieas et ures are in operation to secure the ap V2 prehension of the guilty one. [ Abbe Rle .ledium. 's A literary cui-iosity is now for sale er at Peking. It consists of a cop of aa gigantie woi-k con:posed of 6.109 2volumes, entitled "An Imperial Col slection of Ancient and Modern Litera eture." This huge eneyelopo~dia was f commnen ced during thle reign of the Emperor Kang-he (1662-1722). and stwas printed at the Imperial Printing t-Office, where a complete font of copper 1type was cast for the purpose. oTHE ScIENcE OF HEALTH for D2eember hcloses the fi volume of the most useful magazine, and is an excellent number, as d may be seen from the followiag table of con Stents: Diseases of Cbildhood; Transmission 4n of Moral Tendencies; Hearty Suppers-their E 'tfects; Infant Mortality; A Plea for Hy , giene; What shall we drink? Ventilation; c- Health and Disease--illustrated: Popular Phsiology, with illustra.tions; Hygiene in tet Pulpit and in the Press; The Skin and d fand the Blood; Edible Nuts: Regulating l Vice; Faith as a Remedial Agent; Takimg Cod iteFolks; and a variety of rich 11 health paragraphs; only 20 cents,.or $2.00 a it year. Now is the time to subscribe; three moths free to those who_subscribe at.once for 1875. Address S. R. WELLS, ?ubhi5her, J The .Ueral.in TUOS. F, GRENEKER, EDITOR. NEWBERRY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1874. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. Tiie Herald is in the ligliest respect a Fa-ni 3ly Newspaper, devoted to the material in ercsts of the people of this County and tho State. It circulates extensively, a nd as an Advertising medium o-,ers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see 1lrst page. The Southern Rome wants to know if Grant is satisfied with the unload ing brought about by the late elections. Hle started the talk about "unloading." you know. We regret to learn that Superinten dent W. W. Davies, of the Spartan burg and Union Railroad, was severely injured internally on last Monday week by attempting to leap from the locomotive at Alston. We hope his injuries are of such slight character as that he will soon be able to attend to the active duties of his office. Dr. F. A. Rice and Mr. Harrison Pruitt, two worthy and promising young citizens of Anderson County, were killed in Anderson County last week by the explosion of a steam engine used in running a cotton gin. The engineer had left the engine in charge of a negro but a few minutes before the explosion took place. Two other persons were injured. The South Carolina Annual Conference. The Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will hold its session in the city of Greenville, including the second Sun. day in December. The citizens of that plae3 are making ample arrange ments for the reception and accommo dation of the large body of delegates and visitors who will attend on that occasion. Mass Meeting at Union. There will be a mass meeting at Union on Satu-day, the 12th Decem ber, in the interests of the Spartan burg and Asheville Railroad. Hon. C. G. 31emmninger, of Charleston, Ex Gov. Z. B. Vance, of Charlotte, Hon. T. L. Clingman, of Asheville, lion. T. L. Jones, of Newport, Ky., and other distinguished citizens of Ken tucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina have been invited to make addresses on the occasion. On behalf of the committee of In vitation, 31essrs. T. B. .Jeter, B, F. Rawls and W. Hi. Wallace. we extend an nvitation to the citizenis of New berry to attend. Arrests in Edgefield. A reign of terror exists in Edge field, and bayonet law-is supremne. The names of those arrested so far are C2ol. R. B. Hughes, Rev. E. T. Walker, Col. John Cheatham, MIr. John H. Hollingsworth and M1r. John Colgan, Sr. The charge against Col. Haghes, Walker, Cheatham and Hiollingsworth is intimidation, and that against Col gan is for selling tobacco without license. MIr. Walker is an exile from Beaufort, his possessions there being still held by those who stole thenm thirteen years ago. He is described as a pure and pious gentleman. Squads of U. S. troops acting as cav alry, scour the country night and day. Such a state of affairs is too horrible to contemplate. Legislative. The General Assembly convened on Tuesday, the 23rd. R. B. Elliott was elected speaker of the House-a very bad beginning we think. The former clerks, Jones for the Senate, and Woodruff for the House, were re-elect ed. Ir. J. C. Hope, of Lexington, was appointed chairman of the com mittee on Agriculture, besides, is on Enrolled Bills, Incorporations, Publie Lands, Retrenchments, Couunty Offices and Offices. MIr. Hi. C. Corwin, of Newberry, is chairman of the commit tees on ilitary and Penitentiary. and is on Privileges and Elections, Rail Roads, and Immigration. The two Houses met in joint assembly and heard the returns of the election for Governor. There was no applause. Notice of a bill has been given to abolish the officees of trial justice and county audit or, which we think emi nently good. One also to provide for the registration of all the elections in the State. A good resolution. has been offered by Paris Simkins of Edgefield, to prohibit armed bodies from assem bling without authority of law. A oncurrent resolution has been offered, calling on Gov. MIoses for the number f persons pardoned during the year, and the reasons and circumstances for such pardons. MIr. J. C. Hope goes in for reducing the salary of members. Also notice of a bill to alter and amend an act to divide the State into Be Congressional Districts. This no ice has been given by Representative J. Boston, of Newberry. The indications given during this :he first week of the session are rather ~avorable for some degree of reform. rhe inauguration of the Governor leet and his message which will fol ow will aid the people in understand ng what may be expected from that ~er. Massafnusett* and South Caro- ni Itna United. nat In a recent z-umber of the Soiner- r ville (Mass.) Chronic/e, handed us by al a friend, #e find pleasant mention deL made of the marriage of Miss Mar- m garet R. Owen, a sister-in-law of Mr. is E. S. Bailey, formerly of Newberry, car which we copy in full, knowing that itt will gratifY the very many friends of arc Mr. Bailey in this place, who have the not forgotten "auld lang syne." WG eqi have no doubt it was "good to be there," and wi%h we had. Here is i the iarriage announcement. together of with tl-e editor's bappy notice : In this eity, 17th, by Rev. 31r. wit :Iurrell UY(,E W. BAILEY, of Somerville. and Miss MARGARET l. I OwE.N of South Carolina. 1110 MATRIm NIAL.-A very happy oc casion was had on Tuesday eveningf last at the house of Mr. E. S. B4iiey, co, Boston street, being the event of a th marriage between 'Mr. George W. Bailey, of Somerville, and Miss Mar- a garet . Owen. of South Carlina.- a The ceremoiy was perforoed by Rev. Th Mr. Durrell, pastor of St. Thomas' mo church, of which Mr. Bailey is a dif member. A large number were pres en4 to congratulate the newly married . couple and partake with them of au Ju elegant repast set in the dining hall. bol Sentiments of good cheer.were uttered, att prominent among them being the ei union of Massaebusetts and South Carolina. very pleasing coincident. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Gilbert, of North ed, Cambridge, favored the company with tri some excellent singing, one selection being of Mr. Gilbert's own composi tion. We doubt if a happier occa sion ever transpired and felt it was "good to be there." of The Tax Union, de: The State Tax Union, which iuet v.l in Columbia, accordingto appointment, if adjourned on Weduesday last after im a harmonious meeting. The attend- sp ance, it is said, was not large, for the na reasoa that sufficient notice was not tr made. The resolutions adopted, and which are appended below, are mod erate yet firm, and show what reform it is reasonable to lovk for from the new administration, and especially as im pledgcs were made to that end. One eit eel of the important features is that there li be a decrease in taxation, and reform iir toi should begin right there. Here are se: the resolutioas however, plain, short un and pointed: on Whereas, it is not the intention of ob this body, or the tax-payers by it re- fai presented, to make any captious op- cit position to the administration of the or State Government by G o v e r n o r Chambera,but on the contrary,to fur nish all the aid and moral support possi- wl ble to the chief executi ve of the State ina bringing about the great reforms of ani which he has so strongly spoken in in his catwpaign spechbes, and for the ca carrying out ot which he has so solemnly pledged himself to the peo- pr pIe of south Carolina; and whereas, at it appears to be- of imperative neces- a sity to the happiness and welfare of Al the people of South Carolina that the 1)0 following measures of reform shall be fr enacted by the General Assembly and effected by the Governor, to wit: stg I1. That the expenises of the State en Government be by law at onice reduced on within fixed and reasonable limits, sti and the present tax levy for the pre- Cx sent year be curtailed in con formity to such reduction. 2. That a stringent law for the sic registration of the voters of the State in obedience to the miandatorv re quirement of the Constitution be a passed by thiisiGeneral Assembly. Tl 3. That his excellency the Gover- ou nor shall at once, by his power of re- thi moval and appointment, enact a change st in the oflicials now holding office by 'i Exetitive sanction, so that the in- of competent and dishonest officials may w be removed, and that competent and a honest men may be appointed in their places; therefore, be it 0 Resolced, That a coinmnittee of five sh be appointed by the President of this w body, who shall be authorized to seek H audience of his Excellency the Gover- 11 nor and urge his recommendation T~ and support of such measures of re- N form. Ie' .Resolced, That said committee dus have power to confer with any commit- ]t tee or committees of the General As sembly for the purpose .of securing. I if possible, the objects indicated in " this prenmble and resolutions.re Resolred, That said committee do El report, from time to time, to the 4, President of this body their aetings, be doings and conclusions, with aniy spe cial reconimendations. 4. That the Governor be requested isi to extend the time for the payment of L4e taxes, with a view to obtaining a re- IIt duction-.a These resolutions were maturely Bi considered, discussed at some length, Th and adopted without di.sent. The e following named gentlemen constitute fre the committee under the first, viz: C Mr. Hamilton, of Chester; 3Mr. MIoore, i of Beaufort; Mr. Wallace, of Rftch- Ju land: Mr. 31eiller, of Lexington, and Sk2 3Mr. Wylie, of Lancaster. us1 The 'following supplementary reso- an lution. offered by Mr. Rlobertson, of sia York, and amended by Mr Jeter, of coi Union, was also adopted unanimously : Resolved, That the commtittee be charged with requesting that the e General Assembly provide by law for ;a the electioii of Justices of the Peace, bun as provided for by the Constitution ; pe and also for that of County AudiLors th and County Treasurers. sa0 A paper was submitted by MIr. Wm i. Waiee, which was referred to the I. Comitte of Five. w ==:== -=-=co: Trasmision ofYoraI Teniden- bu cies. pe It has been observed by teachers of youth, that the children of classical scholars exhibit an usual aptitude for bu learning the classics. Children of wt miathematicians possess unusual readi- by nes in miathematical studies. Poeti cal talent is hereditary. In the fani- a < ly of Eschylus were eight poets- sni Prente of marked mental ability usually have children of ability, while us Ipeople of simiple minds impart to their offspring a like quality of intelligence, wi IThe facts are so numerous and the co evidence so conelusive as to prove the inheritance of mental aptitudes andj &c. amert;is and t16 eltitle it to be ad-j a ted as a wei-established law of ure. 7he hereditary transmission of mior >owers. and immoral or vicious ter cies, has rot been so generally ad ted as an etablished truth. It often considered that the moral abilities of individuals are equal; t the tendencies to virtue or vice alike in the dispositions of all; t every one and all may obtain to al excellence of moral character. difference is recognized by wany Ahe original moral constitutilon of he virtuous and vicious; they might tq-,lly have exactly changed places I each other ; the vicious ui-ht -e become equally as virtuous as the t noral ; equal'y as vicious as the st degraded. t niay Le aduiitted that all may be e virtuous. Yet it is not true that uvost viciously inclined can ieach same degree of moral developmeint MhoSe morally inclined by nature. ere is a difference in the natural ral endowments of individual. 'erences that are just as marked as the differnees in intelligence. It is t as inipossible for the persIol -n withN weak tuoral sensibilitics to lin to the highest position of moral ellence, as it is for thu sinp-lc aded man to become developed by ecation into one of the no.-t illus us intellectual men of the age. nius in morals is inborn as well as enius in int- eet. There is an in ited diffe'rence in the moralecapacities men, while all are possessed of suffi ut moral capacity to enable them, u., favoring circumstances. to becoine tuous citizens; yet some of these. exposed to vicious surroundings, bibe vice through every pore as a ge takes in water. Vice is their :ural element, and if anything differ is made of them, they must be nsplanted to a parer atmosphere. [Science of Realth. EDEEMED AILA nA31A. -MONTO31 , ALA., November 24.-This has nll a day of great rejoicing, and an mense concourse of people are in the . The military display is magniii it. Gov. Houston, in the course of inaugural address said: "With a n determination to respect and main a my oath of olice, which shall be a l to~my conscience, I unhesitatingly dertake to perform such duties :V it poses; and I will remark that it is o of my highest and most sacred ligations to see that the laws are thfully executed, and the rights of all izens, without regard to race, color previous condition, duly guarded and >tected. Let these occasions inspire 0'conviction that we live in T land of rt, regulated by law, without ich the citizen would have no securitv ainst doinestic discord or violence, ' that our duty to preserve such lawvs their constitutional purity and power not and should not be avoided. We ist restore the credit of the State to former high andl honorable position; srve inviolate her good faith, and the same time protect her peoplle nst ecesive aimd tunjust taxamtion. Ithe citizens of Alabama truly desire ree and a p)erfect restoration of the ternal relations between all sections our coinmon country. They are al to the Government of the U'nited tes, and will readily yield full obedi ye to its authority and laws. Tlhey Iv ask to be permitted under the con ition and laws of the country to *reise, secure from unwarrantable in ference, the right of just aind wvise ald self-government." I'niite<i Stattes s were conspicuous in the proces GRAND DivisioN SoNs oF iE:' ANsCE OF SouTH (XAROUlNA. C followinrg officers were (duly elected Thursday,' Novemiber 2(0, 1]874, by s grand body, and were duly in iled by Most Worthy Patriarch F. Bradley, of the National i)ivision North Atn.erica, assisted by Most orthy Associate Edward Carswell, Grand Conductor : W. Z. Leitner, of Wateree, No. 9. and Worthy Patriarch ; L. R ar ill, of Newberry, No. $, Grand orthy Associate ; Oliver Hewitt, of >pe, No. 2. Grand Scribe -,John HI. irdin, of Fidelity, No. 4, Grand easurer; A. B. Towers, of Andersou. .1, Grand Chaplain ; W. B3. Wha of Atlaitiec, No. (69, Grand Con etor ; John W. Zimmerman, of .tesburg, No. 47, Grand Sentinel. LEcTIc MAGAzINE .--T h e December ber of this excelicent magazine is at hand, sing the twentieth volume of' the ne w se . It ias a fine portrait of President ot, of Harvard U'niversiiy, a companion that of President Porter, of Yale, which eared in the October number, and is 1o followed by a number of others in a ae sintended to include the leading profes and educational mna in the country. 'he articles, of which the followinag is a ,are all readable and instructive, several them being very striking: English Vers Societe: Joseph Priestley, by Professor xley; Contrats of Ancient and Modern utory, by Prof. F. W. Newman: Mr. Dis i'sNovels, by Leslie Stephen; The Sun a bble, by Richard Proctor, B. A. F. R.. e Empress Eugenic, sketched by Napoleon .The G;olden Mean; The Fu:ure of East Asia, by Sir Rutherford Alcock; Far m the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy. apters 43 to 47; Formosa; A bout Master ttv ; To a Poet; Comets' Tails; The Pro gation of Life: The Swallow's Farewell: ian Hawthorne's Romance, and a brief tc of President Eliot. 'he Editorial departments present the ai literary, scientific, and art miscellany, Iare very interesting. ablished by E. R. PELTON, 108 Falton et, New York. Terms $5 a year; two ,ies, 9. Single nunmber 45 cents. [)EST:t:CTVE FI RE.-The residence, thi its entire contents, of Mrs. Heard relict of Maj. - Bearden, residing the lower part of this County, was red down on last iMonday. It ap irs that no one was about the house. Soccupants having locked up the n and gone to a sale in the neigh hood. This is a severe loss to Mrs. as everything contained in the house s destroyed, including two gold tches. She had nothing left of the tents of the house-nothing left her tthe wearing aipparel she had on her rson. Origin of fire not known. On last Friday night week two out ildings of Mr. John H. iHollings rth, of Edgenield, were consumed fire-the work of an incendiary. sides the outbuildings, Mr. Hoel ~sworthi lost two valuab!e vehicles. ~arriage and a buggy, also sundry aller articles. EOPLE 'XILL GET MARRIED, and most of .lo not have but one chance, so do it up in le Moreover, it is a poor compliment 10 .r friends to invite them to your wedding li a shably invitation. The inv itation is .r bow ; it introduces the life of the new pIe, and should be in the best style. 1k-er, Evans & Cogswelh, Charleston, S. have all the finest styles of paper, cards, ,and execute the work in the highest e of the art. Send to them for samples pricc~. -. .ewi . IAsceUaneous. TO RENT, A HOUSE AND LOT on Pratt Streei opposite Mr. It. L. M. Caughriv rsideie The house co1tih.1 .ine roo:ns beside th kitchen, all under the ame roof, and woul be very conveienit 'Or two lu,il--ther being SeIant' ho,.ues sueficient for two e: tablishments. The Iot is two acres, one which is a rich kitchen gaud;t . The wate is most excellen1. MRS. C. 11. BOYCE. Dee. 2, 48-d. WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE WILLIAMSTON, S. C. Tuesday Night, Dec. 15, 1871 CLOSING CONCERT .Idissiion, 40 Cen I x. TAX NOTICE. notice in Tax Noliee Nov. 2!1b. 187-, uti out pe:iltv. Mtl ck etr business LI: 9 oclo:k, A. M., uui! 4 P. 1. sebo, Clains wi: be pai, 0*1 04.1-1 o!* :Chool Co miissioner, the first Saturduy atier the I 5t of each Iontli. Cuny clai:ns w ill be p.i on the :,d anid M1i of ec;:h mmbh, nhe so ordered by Court or County Cotmmi-*w crs. No devittion from thee regiutio will be practiced. Done at the Treasurer's Iflice, Dec. Is 1S74. ). L 1I11FER, Dec. 2, 48--1u. Gouty Treaburer. ProgresAive Age copy once. Statement of Orders Draw by the Board of Count; Commissioners ou the Treas urer, for the Current Fis cal Year, Ending Octobe 31st, 1874. I18731. Nov 4 In favor Thomias Kvitt... 15 c 4 " Dennis Moates...... 1 4 " J. A. Chapin...... 14 i Dec 1:; " V. M. Fleining, So1'r 444 5 1:; "' W. MI. Fl'emzing, Sol'r 15 So 13 " W. M. Flening, SOl'r 150 4 1:; "AW. M . Fleming, Siov'r 11U U 1874. Jan 7 " Baxter & Johustone. 200 ( 7 " Allen Rice.......... 45 Z 7 " Tionas KeitL....... 45 5 7 Dennis Montes.......94 7 " .oveIdCe & Wheeler. 2(o (i 7 " J. C. Leahv..... ... 1:6 4 W. 31. Fluming. . 154 jes:,e C. Smith...... .4 S 7 " Jno. J. Carrington.. 152 4 7 " A. R. Gatat ........ I0o 1 7 " ). R. Pf!ifer........ Z35 5 7"B. Hi. & RI. E. Williams & Co.,............ 00 7 " J. 11. Blease, Sala-, v. 1:i7 : J. A. hienderson.... 100 " W. F. Nance....... 240 2' " . H. Blease. . 5 c 21, " O borne l...... 29 " .J H. Biease, Salary. 29 4 29 " . C. Smith'.... . 3 29 " JIim J.trri gton. 1"2 . 29 \% W. W. oua.... . 14 1 29 " lien Rimce... .. 8 21 - D. 11. Phie .. . ..'4 9 " .1. .\. ile.:.ders-on. . 100 4 29 nieon Youn...... 2I U i." Lvelace & 'A heeler.I 1I'8 .9 " i. 4. 4h 4fimk .. . A 2:' "J. W. ILjward... 4 8 .'.4 " oi.-.ne;r&rlorn by................S5o0 29 4 .dn:nd:zu .iee..... 10 -.-. " W ri:;ht & 4.e;.poci . . 11i -.. " J. M. 1!. RI .!... .. 1o .49 4L aveulac&W W::e. 0. Fe.b 16 iih.is 31h . .. . 1' "4 . G.4 . Ui: .. . ..' : A . W .i!,I.) .. . C 17 " Milton Meioris. .- . . 17"Denir Miates ... 2i 17 "' Thomias K--i:t.........12 4 17 "' Thomas Kei tt.........-.1 :1l " TIhomias Cook..... 1'24 4 :;l " iThomais Cook..... 4U sI " JT. A~. linderson.. .. 25 4 : 11" ). R. P'hiter.. .. . 321 11 " . P. .Ja4LobV.... . 3 Ap 11 ) . R1. Philer...... 55 11 "He'nry Kennedy.. 25 o 1 l1 I.C.Moses, for others ol 16 "' Dennis Mo4tes... 7 May 1 " 11. C. Moses.-. .- 11 1 " D)ennzis M''ate5.....-..20 1 '" Thomas Coomk........2')i n "1U. C. Moses..........115 1' "1D. R. Phlier.........14 16 " Thomas Keitt........2: 0 16 " D)ennis Moates........277 22 " J. .J. Carringtont. . . .148)t 22 '" Henry Kennedy... 15 4 22 " .1. H. Bleuet...........50 ( 24; " DJr. J. W. Folk.... 40 '4 4',' Simeon Young........27t 26 '' W. Ni. Flemingt.2 2 June! 6 "' I.C. Mose,for othe:S 1s I 14; " J. A. Hiendersoni. . . . Oct 1:; " ID. R. Philer.........161 1:; " H. C:. Moses.... 5 19t *' T. F. Greneker........ i Total Drafts Drawn...ill,970) There were thiirty-six (16) meetings the Board] of Connissioners fromi the I Nov. 187x, to 1st Nov. 1874. 360 miles travelled by Thomas Keitt attenlding said :meeia:. C12 miles travelled by Alien Rice ina tending said meetings. I certify that to the best of myr knzow edge and belief the above is a true and eo reet statement, as appears by the~ Recor< of th-? County Conm:niissioners. HI. GLAREMI4NT MO5ER, Clerk of Board. Newberry, S. C., Nov. 24, 1874. 45 Alpersoms holding demjands against i redrtesame1 pro)perly attested to u atony,Me.-sr,. Po,pe,Ppe:Far thi fieat Nemwberry Cou4rt House, Som Caoia nor before the 18th day of Fe ruary, A. D. 1875. W. E. WELC 11, Qual. Ex'ors. of Will of W.illiamts Wele deceased. Newberry C. H., 5. C., No,vember NOTICE. Having made a settlement on the Esta of Etta Xl Wearn,. mliinor, I w,ill atjpy f< a final dischsrge to the P'rob,ate Court f NeXwerry County on thec :1ist day of D< cember next. JOHN R. SP4E ARMAN, Guardian of Etta M. Weirl 1November 24th, 1874. LDec. 2, 48-51 COW LOST. A RED COW with l~ong keen hnorns a somec little white under the bely, strayv from th:e subscriber sonme weeks ago. Si cow had on a hecil when she left, rand supposed to he ratn;ngsonewhere betwec Mr. Wmn. Fair's and Mr. Thmos. M. Lai'..e places. Any in formuation which n,ly les to 1hcr recovery wiil he ve: v thiankfumlly r, ceivd, or if brought to meI a suzitaler' ward will be given. JOHNY DU~NCAN, Near the College Buildin; Nov. 1.5. 47-kit. .i1isrellaneou . 80A1BL PM!fI( 1 4\O, e l>Ac]!IG l rN 1:%.\. G[ l A-o POUND AC'I 11'1- 41'AT' II'-IMI': s:;:;e sh,4::: *'inw u 4 .'. :er : T o acco-r,: I :tc d r ow V :17 . Ve A ii t tic nlot to rcom:-e specjaI re.)on 44 'd 7 t ui-. It- s o ::ev : The s pis puw ;"to f ,. lre, a,hert' : -, ' - - NI:L, Cho-ms: htbe- - It ' i-n .0 . N. i, gs b .iv.-n : 1 v i: ':,..k. .\ ower,d e-. -e , : l w .! ;: ! r ti l 1:w 4...;!.0 0: di .et:.r od:ia r. ixo o m n in e ledt the W.-u 4), k0 b lo th:L TiN. -T . NOV. , .17-st.A i. r Poll 11. 1L I E' 17 CE NTIS "Per Pound for Cotton in Ex ochange for Wilcox, Gibbs & CO.'s G U ANOS, PAYABLE NEXT FALL. 10 1 Ca li11 and get a Fupph at on,e. LF.Vi-LL. i :7'PE.UAI0,S Nov. .5, 47-3t. Agts. NOTIOE. On the 19th day of: Dectm:Er, I .ill mPke a final sttlemen on th in o Thos. W. G.all nan E!- ira .G an an d apply for Wlv x, a nri. Of Said E ittes. J. .. GA.I1NAN, Nov. 17, ]74-4 --.,- r Notice of Final Discihage. )n Notice -'slhero'by give n th: , I wil p: ply for final d ch:-oaTr eeof'M < lilza btht I-is- onh :1v olt d&eof' rf I e' r next, avig r.ly madt'425.L." the 'inl t2eule ov.t 1on 27-4). I 42 E:t'.e ,4 W t4J. i' n ,j Nouv. :, s -I . 1 -' Itt 4 - - - - - -- -- - - - - N .-, i - - . - t- -n an 'te 4rd:.Annt2.5 4 Pa egr ris nte revil - Cim i - zi od ilrnteflo is .ceu dah.Sudy ecp,e.cuueu; ih31.& L faie n ot :roiniHil-. n dowu. ab.wit Train goig Notha- ut onChrlue oum i and 2 uusa air. andWihistn, olabiaandAug.C Itil road:~ 4 N lv. n. . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . 3' LeaveGreen i e .................. d.ilr aad " aN e be r r.. . ..y . . .. . . . ... ~ 7 1. tL Pa on- ? 'rA t O. e . .............. .. .. 3.1tup n Ra,Arr~ iiverCoumbi................ $.I... p 1. Leaveji W alhallat4 4!............ 1 :.r . .. .. 4. 4->2a2. "n l'errvl !!e. ' . .. 2 4........ .. U .t .. Li: F;a o ".av Clemileon.......................... .~ a n~ bI Anderroy....................72.~1 a ix Arrivenaturvo..............' J. 1:.n Leuve lton a........ .::.50 p n: Ar e ir: e a:ie. . ......... .. :-' p .e Arriv e aG Wa'h.i::a.,....... i:... p a1 Accommdtilon Tr....... n .i CeD::b 31cr:dty IW d::sas: avs .1 l 1o.. .\....\.....1' 4 un At at Tima. l.-a e ;-x id r ;:.. .. . .. . .'... . a n: A . rri '.C ': '. '. : t ........: j. t' .... . 1 4 .. . 4... i atie Ieatve 'h l 1.. :42 "e ..... ........... . 1 'a t - . I .r,,'.. .. o '-1.- i .4.1c . V I' p 1?1 i T A i T 1 -1 r G 11 C, 'l 8 8 CAsUX GOODS, NUTS, OF EVE.97 KND,'. Nic Naos and Naotions. ,I en ,.o U.. a) B i~~ ~ AS, kin V1 I of \ .4.: !4k ., T o :Hl-: .r.-, be - evy o v-t I-- . e I 1 - m'~ e\~ I : wy I i: up; m,f e ul .ep: i ogv me a .-;-.j ' - a: Soki Now~t:1 the Lre Stoc.n o'Tin o. te L:arte, an PRIES"S LOWe M .n - .. e. . A - 1 cIWi l Spectacles and Eye Gasses, Birt1 r an BJUdal Presenit, in my F Esalhishment Gold' is sM ALL - C ~ .ND S G T 0 1 J' WO - . LIKE STL :o - H of0 a i Deser-:p de L lu Order, i i - .,'.0 .A .. '. Y -- MlOS. COOK, G tCERIES, &c. d 1 cr o - Sed and Thoice, N E RY LGIA MI GN ALlTHYNG l I ia a .rS, A. FTLL LINE OF -D ~N[ ODSI - p le ddeall a' ion t 0 1 h r elsnt, na 2 v:uild -te k .41 . :aonlg . en ne io'nd all kind " of eirst class BOITS, SHOES, HATS, C LOTHN9, HAIDWARE AND CUSLERY, A lilue t: of21 I* SAlDLES Ad BRIDLES, iiv .k. r- M o -a we warr.:.a lo b f irst S LLO F'OWCASH. 2.. o on(g' :I' n n. InL ii0 d . n- e 4 . .:.. r: ' : - rien,i and FALL AND WINTER TOCKW ()F 000DS, O CA ELL iERY LO0, b :- LonL: 4 :1 . w 2.1 li 2.L-t cae ld 2 222i sin :h : 2l" a l z - s.to .ARGE AND COMPLETE, )RY GOODS, CLOTHING, 0ROCERIE, &c., . 1fwie WILL BE SOLD L.CW. Tb::n: : . 2 1 1hea 1 tron e hreto >r2 receved he 2 op2 hI -tit attention >12 'nee.22 1, 1o mei a ? en tIanme Of the one. dL(Ap. (79-t. i EAL:-:i- IN RKO CERIE ekl -. ('n :.1 ( r i Soap heetin gs and Ya 21AGGING AND TIF~ 4-MA~Lcm !EROS SOLD CH' - . . . . L ) :: CFo n.\t .Ai: