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Br1e Mentions. A plan for curing drunkenness, pr posed by -Mr. Gladstone, has ju gone into effect in Liverpool, and n< Oa dis9i1 public drunkards is pu lished in the daily papers every Mo day morning. An' Eglish ,physician, during lecture to a female audience on t use -',,edholie beverages assert that the '-babies of London are nev sober f" . their birth uatil they a weaned. Attu5ff Tennessee negroes pa ed through Nashville the other da er,'.for-Kausas, where they pi pose to settle; and it is announced the N-ahville Banner that hundre more iW to follow. STh *alhalla Courier says: . J. .cClaussen, of Charleston, h dooat*4' to the German Luther% Chareir, at this place, a tract of lai eont **g one hundred acres, ani al fifty douars in cash. This is ve liberal in Mr. Claussen. SA'series of baby matinees are pr pose(4 where the unlucky ticket-hol er wf carrv- off the noisest baby the au#enoe. The drawing will tal place joxunediately after the overtui that .jie winner may carry off tl prize fore it has a chance to int< ru't -peiformance. At &oharie. N. Y., not long sin< a: m e crept into a beehive to ste honef, -'atas caught in the act at stung death by the irate bees. So the mse.began to disseminate a N smell, which bees cannot tolerate; b inog unible to remove it, they went work and sealed him up hermetical in wax, so that not the slightest od escaped. . -- ASobseivatrt usher in one of tl New York theatres has got so he i tella man'* business by the way I asks for a procranime. A real esta man wants a "desciiptiduof the play a h'Iel proprietor wants "the bill fare,'? a politician "the run of t play,"E an editor "the points of t plot." . and a lawyer always asks "Will you be good enough to hai ie a bill of particulars." _Arecent report on "Paper Makii as.,Conducted in Western Massach sefts, contains a list of one hundr aud twelve different materials I making paper, from. all of which article of fair quality can be produce Among the list are enumerated asp ragus, beet root, cabbage stumps, fr spittle, hop vines, hornets' nests, lil of.the-ilfey, leather cuttings, mumn cloth, saw-dust,. thistles, and will< twigs. Two young ladies and gentlemen Uhder-outy N; Y., put themseh inza*ituation recently that they n feel;sorry for. A ball was held shigh there was a large attendance the young people of the neighborhoc During the festivities, somebody pi posed theyBshould have a marriage; the- young couples, to carry out t sport, stepped forward before a dig ~fied gentleman, who speedily pi nounced them man and wife. It 1 since been discovered that the digi fled gentleman is a justice it peace, and the couples are mueli d turbed in their minds. One you lady is reported to have spent t whole of the next day weeping, li grief being intensified by the fact tlh sh~e is engaged to another gentlems QS.course, the justice of the pea should be punished, but at the sat time young people should learn t1 marriage is no joking matter, as Candle of historic memory discovce A Royal Funeral in Africa. When a King of Unyon dies, it not the custom to put him in t grave until. the succession to the i cant throne has been decided. E sons must fight for the royal pow< hind the cival war entailed sometimn lasts for years. Meantime t-i ceased king lies unburied. Immedial ly upon his death his body is laid o upon frame-work of green wood, cc structed like a huge gridiron, and dried over a slow ie. When redue to. the condition of a mummy, t] body is wrapped in new bar3r cloth< and laid in state in a large hiou erected especially for the purpose. Here it reposes while the contestan are fighting for the succession. As soon as victory has been decid< in favor of one of the parties, the foi unate son visits the hut where the I ther's body awaits sepulture, and a preaehing the corpse, sticks his spe upright in the ground, and leaves thus near the right hand of the bod The son now resumes the regal stal and, as his first duty superintends tl fon~eral of his father. An immense trench is ntow excav ted capable of containing several hu dred, people, and is neatly lined wi fresh bark cloths. A number of wiv of the dead king 'are then seated t gether at the bottom of the pit, so to bear upon their knees the body t.he defunct. The night before ti funeral~ the king's own regiment, body-guard, surround dwellings at villages, and seize their inmates they leave their doors in the mornin These captives, consisting of mien at women indiscriminately, are convey< to the brink of the pit, where the legs and arms are broken with club Thus disabled, they are pushed in the pit on the dead king and his li ing wives. - A horrible din of drums, horn flageolets, whistles, mingled with ti yells of the frantic bystanders, drow' the shrieks of the miserable wretch "upon- whom the earth is shovel< and stamped down by thousands cruel fanatics, who dance and jun upon the loose mold" so as to cor press it into a compact mass. Throu; this it is impossible for the entom ed victims to force their way, as the limbs have been broken to rend them helpless and prevent their escap At length the mangled mass of humk beings "is buried and trampled dos beneath a tumulus of earth, and all still. The funeral is over." With how much heartfelt ferv The Condtion ofr Edgeffeld. 0 st REPORT OF COL. T. W. PARATELE TO iw THE GOVERNOR. b- - n. U COL_tr., S. C., Feb. 23, 1875. To his Excellency Daniel .. Cham berlaint, Governor of South Caro a lina: Le DEAR SIR-During my recent visit ed to Edgefield County, while engaged er in recovering the arms from the State militia in that county, I had, during a stay of three weeks, some opportunity ;s- of learning the real causes for the re Y cent troubles there between the white -o- and colored citizens. y It is obvious to any- careful observ ds er who may visit Edgefield County that the majority of the white people are a highly cultivated, industrious, law-abidieg class of citizens, who de an sire peace, and who are satisfied with seeking redress for their grievances only in a lawful manner. So with the colored race. The majority are ' I industrious, respectable, and opposed to iny act of lawlessness. There is, 0- however, a disturbing element in the a- minority of both races. Among the in whites a clasb of men who hold human ce life at little value, being as reckless in e, I risking their own as they are heartless ie in taking lives of others. These men r- are habitually armed, and ready to re sent any assertion of equality as a citi e zen when coming from a colored man, al such action on his part being consid Ld ered offens;ve and presLuptuous. m These desperadoes are bey,:nd the con d trol of the more law-abiding white e- people, who dare not oppose or con to demn them. Among the colored peo y ple there is a class who do not wish Dr to labor, and are known as habitual thieves or disturbers of the peace, by making incendiary remarks or suggest ie ing threats in retaliation for acts or a language perpetrated or used by white ie people against them or some one of t their race. It can thus be seen that a few lawless or imprudent men of of both races have involved Edgefield e County in acts which have injured its ie good name, while a majority of its - citizens have been really innocent of id any wrong intention. Many complaints were made before me by colored people on account of -the abrogation of contracts or leases made id with them by white- men, or. the or ground that they belonged to the State In militia, or because they voted the Re d. publican ticket. In some cases such a- written contracts have been shown to me by colored men who were parties Y to them, who declare that the land Iv owners with whom they contracted ,have driven them away from the land, so leased, under threat of being killed if they return. I have forwarded to in your .Excellency many depositions es made before me by colored people, who >w state that they have been fired at and at stopped on the public highways of of said county by armed white men ; also a. statements of colored people, separate '0 ly examined by me, in relation to the so difficulties between the white and col Lie ored people at Ned Tennent'r house in ii- September last, and in' relation to his -o-~ alleged resistance to arrest on the 18th as or 19th of January last, with narrative ii- of facts connected therewith. I have Lie not thought it wise or proper for me is to express any opinion as to the cor ig rectness pf these statements. Lie It is alleged by white people that er their dwelling and outbuildings have at been burned by negroes; but some ad fl. mit their belief that white men are ce often the incendiaries, several of whom ie are now in jail awaiting trial therefor. at It is said that most of the white men [r. whose buildings have been burned were d. those who had refused to unite with others in the recent proscription against the colored people. From the statements made before isme Ilcan find no proof that the militia e have at any time been assembled in a- Edgefield County with~ hostile intent, is except in September last, when Capt. r Andrew Burrough marched his comn 'pany to support Ned Tennent, at his e- home on Mr-. Mitchell Giover's planta *e- tion, when it was reported that Ten it neut and many other colored people n had been killed by the rifle clubs there iassembled. From all I could learn of d this, I am unable to discover that e Capt. Burrough did more than march his men to Tennent's house and un 2 mediately return with them to the _ vicinity of Edgefield courthouse, where ts they at once dispersed, without having fired a gun or come into collision with d white people. .-I am inclined to believe that the a- assembling of colored people at Ten nent's house, in September last, was ioccasioned by the alarm and curiosity itfelt by them on account of the firing into Tennent's house by white emen, after he had retired with his 4family for the night, and it seems that this assemblage, with the exag a- gerated rumors circulated as to its size , and purpose. was the cause of congre -h gating the rifle clubs. No one has sdenied to me their belief that this fi Sring was perpetrated by white men, sand many white citizens have charac fterized the act as wanton and coward e ly >It gives me mueh pleasure to re dport that the action of your Excellen Scy in calling on the armed organiza tions of the county to disband has met with general approval, and that d there seems no doubt that the letter r and spirit of your recent proclamation will be obeyed by all classes. SI believe that the proscription of Sthe colored people will soon cease. There are now no more laborers in S Edgefield '2ounty than will be needed for the cultivadion of the soil this s year. Many of the land-owners are ain debt, being obliged to produce from d their land or be sold out. No one be flieves that the colored people who ~may be forced to leave the county will be~ compensated for by the arrival, of h others, and hence the interests of both races will induce them to live togeth r er in harmony. ri Capt. Blackwell, who commanded the "Dark Corner Rifle Club," autho rized me to make publie his statement to me that he was now willing to rent -land to twenty colored men, not ex iscepting those who belonged to the Smilitia. Other prominent white men ~ I have assured tue that the DrOscriDtion may not now be necessary, for I be lieve that the force of public opinion, and a vigorous prosecution- of the means provided by law, will unite to prevent or punish lawlessness hereaf ter. I have the honor to remain, yours respectfully, -THEO'DOREW. PARMELE, Colonel and Aid-de-Camp. THE COLORED CADET TROUBLES AT ANNAPOLIs.-An Annapolis (Md.) letter of the 25th insifit to tUie Balti more Sun'says: "During this week Mr. Gordon Claude, of Annapolis, a young man of most excelletmind and of fine social standing, now a cadet engineer, was ordered to fence with the colored midshipman at the Naval Academy, and refusing to do so has been expelled. He was at first re quested to resign. He would not do that, though he disliked to disobey orders. He was then informed he should consult 'with his parents. This he did, when his father, Dr. Abram Claude, said he would not advise him, leaving it to the young man's judgment. Dr. Claude, how ever, went to the superintendent and told him his son was raised as a South crner, and not on social equality with a negro, and he would not advise him to do what he would not do him self. On this Mr. Claude was ex pelled yesterday. The dismissal of the two cadet mid shipmen, Melton, of South Carolina, and Hood, of Georgia, which was quietly executed here recently, has brought out two stories of the occur rences that led to the expulsions. The first, in effect, that a snow ball thrown in a squad of midshipmen struck the colored cadet, wheieupon he prdbeed ed to curse the whole platoon. The next day he was caught in an obscure part of the grounds by Melton and Hood and severely beaten. Melton states that on one occasion a number of midshipmen were engaged ~ in snow balling, when the colored cadet took a hand. The crowd, by common con sent, turned upon and pelted him se verely. This the colored cadet report ed to the authorities. Afterwards, on Sunday evening, when the students were going in to supper, the colored midshipman was in Melton's way, standing in the door. Melton told him to get out of the way, whereupon. the other said he was as good as he was, for he (Melton) was appointed by a colored man, and he was sent there by a white one. To this Melton re plied with sundry oaths, and the af fair there for tlVe time ended. The next morning Melton and Hood came upon the colored boy near the battery, arid Melton proceeded to assault and beat him, Hood lending a hand; Mel ton alleging lie would not have struck him only he knew the negro would be believed, and he was to be dismissed anyhow afterward. Melton was ap pointed to the academy by Congress man Elliott, a colored man." WSINnrOoN, March 5.-At no time since inauguration day has there been such a crowd 'as there was this morn ing to witness the opening of the extra session of the Senate and the swearing in of the rnew Senators. At twelve o'clock, Vice-President Wlison called the Senate to order. The chaplain, in the opening prayer, invoked the Divine blessing upon the Senate, saying: "As these ~rs are assembled here to commeia new chapter in the history of this body, give to each of them life, health and strength, and in all their la bors and responsibilities may they lean upon Thy arm for support." Mr. Mc Donald, the Chief Cler -, then read the proclamation of the President, con vening the Senate in session, after which the Vice-President directed him to call the names of the new Senators. As called, they advanced to the Vice President's desk and were sworn in, in groups of three or four, as follows: Baard, of Delaware; Bruee, of Mis sissippi; Burnside, of Rhode Island; Cameron, of Wisconsin; Christiancy, of Michigan; Dawes, of Massachusetts; Eaton, of Connecticut; Edmunds, of Vermont; Hamlin, of Maine; Johnson, of Tennessee; Kernan, of New York; McMillan, of Minnesota; McDonald, of Indiana; Boddock, of Nebraska; Ran dolph, of New Jersey; Thurman, of Ohio; Wallace,of Pennsylvania; Whyte, of Maryland; Caperton. of West Vir ginia; Cockerell, of Missouri; Jones, of Florida; Maxcy of Texas, and Withers, of Virginia-the last named five taking the modified oath, they hav ing been engaged in the Confederate cause. The new Senators were nearly all escorted to the Vice-President's desk by their colleagues. After the oath had been administered to Mr. Johnson, a handsome bouquet was handed him by a page, with whom it had been left by some of the friends of the ex-Presi dant. Morton, of Indiana, submitted the following, which was read and laid over: Resolved by the Senate, That the Government now existing in Louisiana, and represented by Win. P. Kellogg, is lawully the Government of said State; that it is republican in form, and that every assistance necessary to sustain its proper and lawful authority in the said State should be given by the United States whe'i properly called for that purpose, to the end that the laws may be faithfully and promptly executed, life and property protected and de fended, and all violation of the law, State or National, be brought to speedy punishment. Also, a resolution that P. B. Pinch back be admitted as Senator from the State of Louisiana, for the term of six years, beginning on the 4th of March, 1873. He asked that it be laid on the table, and gave notice that he would call it up for consideration at an early day, perhap Mody On Monday, the 1st instant, Jimmy, the only child of our esteemed fellow citizen and friend, Capt. S. C. Means, while out hunting ducks, on the planta tion of Col. T. J. Moore, accidentally shot and killed himself. He was at tempting to cross a stream on a log, but stumbling over another log, the gun was discharged-the whole contents en tering the left cheek, passed upwards to the right, causing instant death. Jim my was 17 years of age and his loss is irreparable. The affieted parents have the sympathy of the whole county. (_ Spartan. ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.-JOhn H. Little, Esq., Sheriff of this County, died suddenly in this village on last Satur day night, from apoplexy. Mr. Little bad been in his usual health during the day on which he died, and was seen upon the streets late in the afternoon. This is the third case of sudden death occuring in this town within the short TFhe H.erald. 9 hi TUGS. F. GRENEKER, EDITOR. ti rE bi 4. C ti NEWBERRY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAR. -10- 8%r A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect aFam t] fly Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the P State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see irst page. Press Association. tl The call made by the Abbeville o Medium for a Press Association has met with but two or three responses'that we C have seen, and we suppose that the sE tardiness exhibited may be imputed to c< the fact that so many efforts have been a before made, all of which have. failed tI of effect. If all the papers of the State can be brought into line, we have no doubt but that important results might ti be brought about; but for a small minority only to join in no good can be accomplished. We are in favor of a Press Association, if it be a general move, and hold ourself in readiness to C attend. n Congress adjourned sine die on.Thurs day, the 4th of March, and the Force Bill-President Grant's pet-failed to I pass, to the great relief of the people. 0 The attempt to bend the South, even if ti it should break, has nof succeeded, and 'W the government has escaped-a peril. si The passage of that obnoxious and p iniquitous bill would have given Grant a] an unlimited power, in the suspension a of the habeas corpus, and by which the frauds, which might be perpetrated by the Republican party in the next elec- "* tion, could be hidden, and the Conserva- a] tives rendered powerless. But it has k not passed and one great wrong is pre- ix vented, and the country breathes freer si that it has been saved. u Charleston harbor gets an appropria- e tion of $40,000. Cotton. P C Miany of our farmers who planted C cotton for fifteen cents are now realiz- c ingthat price, and we heartily congratu- u late them. They deserve it.after pass- o, ing through the earlier and more try- e ing season, in which every pound sold, ' if all things are considered, brought no more than the cost of raising. In this their time of rejoicing, however, we s~ earnestly ask them to cast a retrospec- T tire glance into the past, and not to a build too high and sanguine hopes on C the future. Cotton is fifteen cents ad pound now, and at that price with proper systems of labor and economy there is profit in it, but we ask, is e there any guarantee that this priceF will continue longer than the present C crop lasts ? Experience - says no. It b is idle and vain to build on such a a hope. As soon as the crop is out of the country, and the next crop begins g to come upon the market, so soon will the price fall, and the same experience be gone over. One of the difficulties. t we think, lies in -the fact, that the ambition to excel in the largeness of 0' the crop and raise.more bales than his neighbor causes many a farmer to go s into debt and cripple himself in such S a way that he is forced to sell to keepp the wolf from his door, and the cotton di ring speculators, knowing this, manip ulate in such a manner that they can w get the cotton at their own figures. 9 If the farmer would plant less cotton a and more corn, and keep out of debt le and his nose off the grindstone,he would H be able to control the thing~ in a greatK measure, and realize a third, perhapsV half as much more on one bale as on two, and not until this policy is adopted will it be any better. Cotton at twelve 0 cents does not pay, and yet year after t year the exigencies of the case demand e the selling of a portion of the crop at that price. The times havechne.s While cotton goes down, corn and o bacon go up, and what was profitable in the past is unprofitable now. Our a advice is to make home supplies, bed certain to look to that; and after -that as much cotton as is convenient. o The Legislature. t The most of the past week has been devoted to the discussion of the Treasury question. On'Friday last inW the House a vote was taken on Mr.. Barker's motion to prepare an address to the Governor demanding the re moval from office of the Treasurer. ri The vote stood 92 to 20. The motionr was made under Article VII., Section 2 of the State Constitution, which is as follows : bi "For any wilful neglect of duty, or any other reasonable cause, which shall I not be sufficient ground for impeach- re ment, the Governor shall remove any T executive or judicial officer, on the D address of two-thirds of each House It of the General Assembly: Provided, That the cause or causes for which said br removal may be required, shall be stated ne at length in such address, and entered to on the journals of each House: And of provided further, That, the officer in tended to be removed shall be notified i of such cause or causes, and shall be p~ aditdt ern nhsond.a fence,e beo an vear suhsaownede- pr fendce,al esfoean vote rsuhlddress;ken Aand al cas and boe hl etren L _ -- -2 ~~, enE Ms ankarat$ nn cisive manner, that he knew what was talking about and.meant all at he said. Among'otber well-timed' marks he said that Governor Chan ,rlain's administration had no firmer pporters in the ranks of. the Repub an party than ic had anong the onervativet of the State, but it ould be difficult to convince them atit was their-duty-to. support. the )parently gross frauds perpetrated by Le State. Treasurer underi the opera ons of his favorite.unding At.. On Saturday the Senate concurred i the House resolution. providing for Le appointment of the committee to -epare an address to the Governor ie vote was 19. to 6.. The issue is aited for. Cardoza is certainly in te minority and has the weakest side the argument. It is to be regretted that Senator ochran's bill to regulate the sal of ed cotton in several of the upper munties of the State, and repi;ed for final reading, has been rejected by e votes of the colored members. The fifteenth is spoken of as the me when the Assembly may adjourn. o action taken on it, however. An Interesting Occasion. The German Fusilier Company, of harleston, celebrate their Centennial .nriiversary on the third of May -xt ensuing, and it is scarcely neces ry to say that the celebration will be an interesting character, but higher tan this comes the thought that one the great purposes of this meeting is e extension of a charity, commenced ith its organization in 1792, for the ipport of their indigent widows, or *ans and destitute members. An )peal is now. made for assistance, that permanent fund may be made. We Lrnestly commend this object to the rmpathy of all, and' tras't that the peal may be responded to. We ow that the calls of charity are any and frequent, yet still thef iould not for that reason be passed aheeded;'no well bestoWed charity is rer lost, and GIVE should be written i the tablet of the heart. We take leasurb in appending the Special ommittee's circular: The German Fusiliers of Charleston, South arolina, wilt celebrate their Centennial An versaty 'on the third. of. May, 1875, wi.ti remonies appropdate to so rinteresting an ~casion. In l175, one hundred years ago; and before e Declaration of Independence, the Ger an citizens of Charleston rallied to the ndard of American Libieriy. They or mized a corps for the _defence of the Colo es in the great war for freedom and ren red signal se. ice in the establishment of If-goveroment. Their record in the R~evo tionary straggle is a matter of histo.. heir setb ices during.that memorable,:ontest, ader General Lincoln of the Continental -my, and at the sieges of Savannah and barleston and on otner battle fields s' nd testimonials of their patriotism and avol'on. They sealed their devotion to that tuse w.'th the b!ood and- lives of many of eir nambers. In 1812 the German Fusiliers were as;ain aled upon to assist in the defence of the >ast, and in 1836, when Ihe bloody tomia swk of the Seminole drenched the plains of lorida with the blood of its people, and the y for succor was again wafted to the shores Carolina, the German Fusiliers, animated r the spirit of '76, volunteered their se. rices id aided in redeeming the'r sister State om the rushless hand of the savage. The company has through all the vicissi tdes of the past centary prese:.red its o: mization, and is now believed to be the dest milita : organtation in the United tates. As early as 1793 they attached to tueir ilitary fea. nre, a socie:y for the supDort of eir indigent widows, or phans and destiJr embers. In this noble cause of charity, ey have expended large sums from their va private resources; these have been shat red by the calami.ies of the war. This will be. as is believed, the first mili *. centennial celebration in these United ates. The Fusiliers desire to crown t'lis ntmnial, not only by giving interest and nificance to the occasion, but also by acing upon a permanent basis, a fund for e relief of the widows and orphans of their ~cease members; these objects would in ~ed be-fit and g:ateful memoria1s of this stoie occasion. They therefore appeal ith confidence to their fellow citizens rongbout the broad expanse of this Union, hose liberties, now enjoyed, they helped to ~hieve. Whatever donations may be giveri r these purposes will be gratefully acknow dged. SPECLiL CO3DUTTBE ON CEN!zTENNL. .Gerdts, B. Botlmann, D. A. Ammne, Win. nobeloch, Jr., C. Berbusse, A. Menke, C. .Hillen, Jao. Khink, 0. F. Wieters, F. an Santen, G. Riecke, C. C, Plenge, D. nler, E. Rosenthal. Nash is now the acknowledged joker the Senate. His hit on Moses and e contingent fund was so well re ived that he fell to studying Dickens' renty-five cent novels, and by a great reak of fortune found a counterpart Treasurer Cardoza in Mr. Chadband, large yellow man with a fat smile and general appearance of having a good a of train oil in his system. Good r Nash. He has not spent so much his time for nothing. He spoils e fun, however, when he goes so terminedly for Lincoln's and Sum tr's pictures; he should be satisfied th the mischief already done and ntirue the study of Dickens. Had recommended the payment of the etures out of that exhausted con agent fund it would have been aN gh. The first number of the Spartau irg erald, published at Spartan rg, by Messrs. T. Stobo Farrow, R. Daniel and H. B. Browne, has ached us. Col. Farrow is the editor. 1e politics of the Herald will be ~mocratic from the present outlook. is a large thirty-two column paper, im full of live editorial and fresh w. The experience of the conduc-. rs of the Herald, the one as editor the Spartan, the others in publish g, warrant us in saying that the per will be a success. Wer wish it d all concerned a long, useful and ~sperous career. We thoughtt was comMg Wheu the girls gut to wearing ien's hats,i and it has come; the Courier-Journal says that it is clained that "-every woman has a ritdht to say byuosh -when she stumbles over the cat'an shoots aider the table." Well, now that she hAs that right, how log will it be before she clai.us the addiltional .right..to say.. "d-A-0 it," . when she stu:nbles over the baby and lands with her head in the cod. scuttle ? 'magination rups wild in. coutem plating the subject. Pity the sorrows of poor wan. Ann Eliza is at length made happy. Her suit against Brigham for divorce has been decided in her favor, the court at Salt Lake has allowed the fair one $3,000 for lawyers' fees, and 5500 per month pending the trial. Brigham has to pay the amounts into court. If he had the power he would; no doubt ro, her up Salt River. It is useless to attempt t) Ann Eliz his feelings-ab. We publish in another column the report of Col. Parmele to Gov. Chani berlain on Edgfield affairs. He does not blame the negroes much, but that makes little or no difference now; i., is a point which we can afford to pass since quiet is restored, and there is no further danger of anybody getting hurt. The document is interestiag; read it. "How very seldom it happens," said oue friend to another, "that we fiPd editors bred to the business. "Very," replied the other; "and have you not remarked how seldom the business is bread to the editors?" FOR THE HERALD. SALUDA MiLLs, Feb. 23, 1875. IMPS EDITOR-As this is a very, rainy day I shall attempt to let your many readers hear from this part of the County. The farmers have already begun to prepare to pitch their farams, though with little success, as the wea ther will not permit much work out doors. Some have begut to turn their lands, others making fence; in fact, Mr. Editor, everybody.is busy at smething iu this part of the County. Somec who can find nothing else to do, go about moving utensils with which. others have to work. Some time since a laboring man had prepared him what is comm ronly called a draw-horse, for the purpose of drawing some shin gles. Another farmer came along who had nothing to do (or at least lhe was doing nothing) and moved it away from the place about six hundred yards. So the poor shingle-maker had to lug the old horse back, which was as much as he could well carry. Mr. Editor, this man did not go unpunish ed, for some one else piled such a quantity of large pine logs before his corn-house doors that he had to ask assistance to remove them before he could feed his stock. Now you all can see that the people about Saluda Mills can be doing no thing. Continued success to the HERALD. ALPHA. The MIonth of February. SOME OF ITS NOTABlLE EVENTS. As a whole, the month of February is not a remarkable one in the history of nations, though many distinguish ed events have occurred in it, some of which may be recalled with profit. Captain James Cook died on the Sandwich Islands, February 14,-1779. The celebrated Lady Sarah Lennox was born February 14, 1745. She was a maternal aneestor of Lord Na pier, lately a Minister here from Eng land. The United States were re cognized by Frane;e, February 6, 1778. The Missouri Compromise, the source of many of Henry Clay's woes, was passed February, 1820. Daniel E. Sickles was acquitted of the murder of Philip Barton Key, February 26, 1859. Jeffe:-son Davis elected Presi dnt of the six seceding States, was inaugurated at Montgomery, February 1861. Fort Henry was captured February 6; Fort Donnelson February 16, with 15,000 prisoners, and Nash ville February 2:3, 1802. The French offer of Mediation was declined Febru ary G3, 183 President Lincoln ap nroved of draft of 500,000 men Febru ary 1, 1864. The Union expedition into Florida was frustrated at Olustree, February 20, 1864. Kilpatrick and Dahlgren' s operatious before Rich mond faild February 27, 18(34. Con gress formnally abolished slavery Feb. rary 1. 1865. February 3, 1865, ~rsident Lincoln and Mr. Seward met at Fortress Muuroe Mr. Alex under Stephcns and other South ern Commissioners. General Lee took com~ad of all the Confederate armies February, 1863, and recoin mended the enlistment and arming of the negroes. February 25, 1865, General Schofield captured Wilming ton, and the same day Beauregard re treated from Charleston. Ts RUnAL CAnoLTsas for March is n,e!'4h.d withi the porrtrai:n of several di,tinuished Patrons of IIusi,and..-.Cu Wlke, Evans & Cogs well, CharleMon, will secure it. N7ew 6 dIMiseelianeou.. SEWING MA0C1INE NOTICE. The subscriber respect fully in forms the ladies and public generally, that he is pre pared to repair anid adjust all kinds of SEW IN MAGIIT'ES with aiccuracy and des patchmet. ~ ede falknso Atachenkets andNeeles o allnds o MahnsetcntnL on. hand. r u venia W16& &1188C68iUflU?OMS. 14 TSff Ano'h.,r o: of those nice SPRING TTNTr j'i;t ried- to:=uifatP%r erns. A.o. a ice Iot of SPRING GOODS r ged eeus' and iade:-' wear. S-H A RMON'S. A ni:o !ot of L::dies' and Misses' SHOES m had. S-zld chap THARMON'S. Mir. T, 1 --. WHEAT BRAN. Another lot of W1EAT BRAN just, ar ived. At UARMON'S. Mar. 10. 10-tf. FLOUR. A nicltofFRE.II GROUND FLOUR uIst criv-d. Some favorite Brands. Sold 's7. At HARMON'S. Plow Iron and SteeL A large lot o' PLOW IRON and STEEL, ust arrived At HARMO". Mar. 10, 10-tf. BACON, CoWs, MOLAf~S, FISH, &c., or'hand Ind fo -It- :O%V. At HARMON'S. Mar. I', 10-- f. FLOWER JARS. A nice It of FLOWER JARS, all sizes, inst arrived. At HARMON'S. Mar. 10, 10--tf. Cigars and Tobacco. A l4rc-e lot of those celebrated fine Ci gars T1IGII L_F.E, and a lot of choice FIG "OBAC(A,togetier with other brands of Cig, and Tobacco. At . HARMON'S. M.:'. 1), -'0-f. office . school Commissioner, NEWBERRY, March 8th';1875. All persons holding SHOOL CLAIMS against this Counky, due prior to Novem ber 1st, 187;, will pre.ent them to the un dersi-aed for Registration,. on or. before the ist DAY OF APRIL NEXT. I am- re quired-ey the State Superintendent of Edu ation to furnish him a list of aill such caimz in this County, looking to their early liquidation. HARRY B. SCOTT, Mar. 10, 10-t. S. C. N. C. REPORT of the Condition of "The Nlationial Bank of Newbarry, S. C.," at Newberry, in the state of South Carolina, at the Close of Business on the 1st Day of March, 1875. Loa::s a::d Discounts........170,006 59 Overdrafts.................2,019 19 U. S. Bonds to secure Circula-. tion........................10,000 00 U. 5. Bonds on land..........500 00 Due from alproved Reserve. Agenits.......'.....24,205 21 De from other-National B3arks 21,140 65 Due from i Suate Danks and. Ba................... 57,79981 Rea! Estate, Furniture and Fix t.ure3........... ........ 8,000 00 urrnt Expenses & Taxes P'aid -5,593 87. Prembni:u P'aid. . ....... .... 6,580-00 Checks and ot her Caskdttnms.. 1.3,566 46 Bills of other National Thnks.. 7,156 00 Fractional G3ut-rency (including Nickels)..... ..... 1,18 38 Spece.. . . ... ... ... ... 5,541 32 Legal Tender Notes........ 0,O33 00 Redemption Fund with U. S. T'-easurer (5 pe; cengen Cir cuan)................ 6,50 00 Due fromu U. S. Treasurer (other than 5 per cent. Redemption 2 Fund.................. 2,100 00 $513,374 48 LIABILITIE~s. Caphid Stock paid in.......$150,000 00 Supus Fri...... ......... 21,500 00 Other Uini.ded Protits.......8,813 46 National Bank Notes Outstand-. i..................... 134,9S5 0 Divid.d uipaid. ............100 00 Individual Deposits subject to cheeC.................... 197,57i5 14 Due to State Banks andi Bank ers.............. ....... 400 88 S'513,374 48 I. Jeo. Bi. Cat vile, Cashier of "The Na tion'ad iBa ok of Newberry,S. C.,"do solemn ly w(>.e that the above statement is true, to thle becn of umy krowledge and belief. JNTh . UCA R WILE, Cashier. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Co' r g WuERY.f Sworn to affabribed before me, this ochi day of March, 1875. T. S. DUNCA N, Notary Public. Correct.-Attest, R. L. M'C'AUGH RIN,) G. T. SCOTT, Directors. J. N. MART IN, Mar. 10, 10-I t. Notice to Overseers of -Roads. You ame hereby nothied and required to call o-:t ali persons iable for road duty on your re.prctive ro-ide, and perform not less than two day~s wo--k, between the 15th day of March and the 1st of Miay. You wlil 'e required to put the roads in beter con;tion than they -bave been here ofore. (We mean for you to won le roads a.id not me:iely e:-:use yourselv y Passis( overien. You n ill report immediately after each working to the Boari, the names of all bands .A:U. t.o du thu1y on your road ; and lso all ;,mrm:LTi:3, together with. the con dii ion of ;.h re:ti Y"a .Be no2 i, that you will be reird To) clear out all roads to the lawful widd tonit: a! diec Mxarket Roads, 30 Ec: a:a- th dch~ , and all other roadb z) ;eet. The rod to be protected my pi.jer dL.iLJ and ditches, to prevent vashiinL and acumuaiuen of water in the rotads. ShJould any diiuhy occur in the proper 3.s;ibiutio of hands~J, you will refer it to h~ Comn'sie' barin charge of your Any. p.';on !nowing~ of a section of road art n' 'o' e. C , wA please report the act to ni" Co:m at.:1 otfice, orto the Jom '.i. :-. , .rgo the section. Ay ge;sa -e e. n ':n1de: penalty of , ,'r ae:"g u. s oe:ructions in the The ooi: seers of last year will be expect et .ci, tudi they se-id up their resigna n, ori a e. o:hws ;Meved of their com Byv ordrr of thie Boa.rd. SIM~lON YOUNG, Ghairen Board. J. (. LE.UBY, Cl'rk. Ma- 10, 10---.. PRY YOUR LUCK ! To eve:y person sending as 50 cents we will end regularly,for she months,THE SOUvEN.IE, .lrge, eighit-page, iterry and family paper, nIl as a premium we will send the ECLIPSE 3Cwoe48, Grocaee'.0c., EW RXIIM. e nn(crsigned have thi o a RyERSHIP, and will continue biness D old stand,ofJ..L WilsOn A Co-u un* he naie and style bf offer GREAT INDUCEMENTS in DRY Go -w: Boots andhoes. g; f ifV ixWi lAYS IESI DRES8 GOP kan 19 t SSHOES, froM 75C. to UT.A0 S' FUR& HATS, ftom. g50c.toA. I and will bOLD AiS MOW -,A SE IN NEWBEREM. We have on bNad wilkep, t. - PU RE MT,I. wil make Barter g , ask our friends-=d, been b antee that our es all whow W (At Stewart's Old ,z.-i:5 L $.! '4 j 6~ Mel,2~.? f -h can be found aiMavactum. ess Goods, ,Umoe s, Collars, RibbonsN ssimeres, Cldth,e Socks. >mstic anid Staple GoOdsIi f& UY BOTS, SHOE,jRJS LL IB. IARDWA JJ.ERY, A fne aans aswsL !DDLES .and. BRII}&FJ arB EL,or hidid knd bugg. ' E AND 0M% N. 0 DK mg whieliard thee edir&Ment and e10 short any arndiv~ eveu va s lines, all of whifl1 OL D LOWFOR e are alway At61~o emnat ion ot ils STOCK OOS, - -e n-) W- Ci Embdrascg bveyct deirblie of RYUGOODS~D, CAN L L L sokDE .:. ane fu o h lbrl uiess,a to shweito altiuinro sthc 4 : . J - 1-. * 3 0mbacll avr nsfooine &rY GO(DS ~RCR IESD8k de,caned erope, bysrit -tWtO Ovie,to erit Sadin co ti 0- al .k-ae? s, - ES AMEAL- AND- TIT. EesTOE,annd. an fitc, nOmstrs arnres, A IN~EXPIMITh iii otbeLai1i~l t4be ~@iiada*~W ERYSORE,aad all ofyhleh will ~F' ~AT.fl (TRIZAP.. 7?iscellaneous. 1k WANTED, 1 Two good men to sell Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines. References and bond required. None but men of character and PAT .reliabi!ivyuis.d,Ply._ -at th Addie.s, J. H. TRUMP, General Agent, Mar. 3, !-2r. Augusta, Ga. TRIAL J1JSTtQE AND ATTORNEY AT LAW OfMice above McFall & Pool's and next door to M. A. Carlisle's OffMee. All business will be promptly attended to. Mar. 3, 9-m. FOj 'GRIFO GIFT COINERT!I, GREENSBOR0, N. C. LEX .ME3 REAL ESTATE GIFTS.......... $81,500 CASH GIFTS......... 82,500 .Grand Total..................$104,000 is t. Also, $6,000 worth of small gifts-nAki HOU a fift to every ticket. . Id ickets only $2.50 each. Drawiug to take place in the city of Greensboro, N. C., on Wednesday, the 17th of March, Ic & n nd geta rize. cmea ticke6t at ouincerze W Rememberevery tkot dzxws ap~s No ticket sold alter the 10tI. Agents for Newb1*1Z*4_u -CflULT4 WM. JOHNSON - -- JOHN L HOUSEAL - for t - ~L..H. REDUS. Mar-3, 9-2t fore NEWBER J * FA APITAL REPRESENTED, $500 0 X. F.IA= i NVWBERY, S. C. Di Lao -Cs All Kinds of Property" In- .er, sured at Reasonable Rates. D< rietv Losses Speedily Adjusted ad Settled When They cur. All property destroyed by fire without in- ua surance is aetuilly lost. Remembcj t'en to insn're your pi-operty. $500,000 annual- l ly, are censumed by. fire in South Caroling, Am gan without .insurance. . - In Mar. S,, 9-tf. - see To the Memibers of the Soutkr earolina ef'rn Ministers of the South Car'olina Methodist Conference arceipcfuTy 'info'rmed that having made arrangemnents with the -Pub lishing House at Nashville, Tenn., I am em _ abled to'supply them with any of the Booke or Publications of that House on thie sameL gr cenatage that4,they4 have hithprto becen getting'thm All orders accompanied by- the -4msh; either through P. 0...Money,Order or by Draft, will be prompiTy~filled. In sendirrg orders, write name *gand Poet Offceleiby.THOS. F. GRENEKER, II Proprietor HEaraD Book Store Jan. 13, 2--tf. 00.K the ERL KSTORE Above liubies; Aneinde's AJir nm Bereaved Paet;Bsig4C Betr Land~ Caso' Christian FatersPresent ~-3 Clarke's Theology; Life otA .r. Clouded Intellect; Countr Cross of Christ; TheCubeV SmE mof Divinity; Drift Wood; Ecee Ecclesia; Family Government; Fanny the -Flower Ge oes of the Cross; .i Life of Fletchere; Fletchere's Appeal; Fred&el o ateoP r ; Heavenly World; Holiness; Home; Heirs of the Kingdom; Lieof Mrs. E. N. mirs Truths~ Junior Clerk; McKndree's Works: Thoughtful1 Girls; TheSaccssuMchan ;. Villge lackmit; Vinny Leal; Lifeo Wes~ ;-Wesley's Sermener; iadditon to above a a ssimetf Hymn Books, all sizes. and bindi p gether with Disciplines. Call at. N'EWBERRY ( HERALD BOOK STORE MTRiL & tJFIELD~. fore PHYIGIANg AND WURGEONS, h* Re=pectfully solicit the' patronage of the . g citizens of Prosperity and vie,1mity. . . .McF ALL,.M. D. j JAS. A. COFIELD, M. D. Feb. 17, '7-6m. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I will makeC a final settlemien,t on the Personal Estate of Mrs. Anna Lake, deceased, before the Hon. James C. Leahy, Probate Judge for New berry Coun:ty, S. C., at 11 o'clock, A. M., s on the '24th day of March next, and at the same tima will apply for a final discharge as Admuinistrator of said deceased. BENJYAMIN D. L AKE, Feb. 24, 8-5t. FR IRA B. JONES, ie ATTORNEY AT LAW, PROSPERITY, S. C. Oct.'7, 40o- m. NOTICE. I will apply for a final discharge as Guar- Sh dian of Pierce B3. and Walter F. Elisor, on the 31st day of March, to the Court of Pro bate for New berry County. S. C. BARBE,.Guardian. - N Feb. 23, 18'75-3-6t* Ax THOMPSON & JONES, ~ - . ~. I