The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, September 01, 1875, Image 2

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Brief Mentions. Sharks five and seven feet long are being caught off the Charleston wharves. MONTREAL, August 27.-A Catholic cure, of St. Jean Baptiste village, has given notice that he will refuse the sac rament to members of his church who wear low-Deck dresses or pull-back skirts. Various Turner societies, containing representatives from different States, numbering thirty thousand, marched through New York, recently, to Jones' Wood, where a three days' festival. is progressing. The New York Berald says: "The negro and the carpet-bagger are rapid ly passing out of view in our politics, and we do not want to have them brought back again into promineuce, if we can avoid it." The technical name of "banks" ap plied to skeins of worsted yarn or other thread, is supposed was derived from one Hankemaus de Brabaut, a Flemish weaver, dyer, or fuller, who settled in York, England, in 1731. Mr. Gladstone, in thanking a Ger man author for the dedication of his work, writes: "Germany now holds the first place on behalf of the world in asserting the necessity of limiting spiritual powers to spiritual things." MEMPHIs, August 23.-The rapid decline of the river has relieved the overflowed cotton above here. Planters whose cotton was in the water say it will make a two-thirds crop if the season is propitious. The damage to the plant is comparatively light. MALTA, August 28.-The Hartford is here, homeward bound. The difficulty between the American Consul and the Tripolitans was settled on Thursday. An apology was made by order of the Porte.. The affair originated in some seamen entering the Consul's garden for matches. LonoN, August 23.-A special dispatch to the Daily News from Rome says the Pope has invited Archbishop Ledochowski to Rome on the expira tion of his term of imprisonment in February next, to attend a special con sistory, at which he will receive the insignia of the cardinalate. One hundred and sixty-four thous and six hundred and eighty-one melons were exported last month from Augus ta, Ga., to Western and Northern markets, and yet there was a melon a day left for every darkey cultivator in the State above and beyond the con sumption among the whites. The latest official statements of British commerce are for the year 1873. From these returns it appears that for the year the total value of the imports into the United Kingdom amounted to ?371,287,300, and the total exports from the United King dom to E310,994,700. The value of the total imports for the year 1873 was greater than for any other year. In Paris there is a very wealthy mis anthrope who never smokes anything but the vilest cigars-those which are sold for a sou. The other day a friend asked the cause of this eccentricity. "It gratifies mue in this way. I arrive at the theatre in my carriage. The prancing horses are pulled up and I alight with dignity, at the same time throwing away my hialf-sm~oked cigar" "Well, what then ?" "I think how badly sold the fellow is who picks up the stump, thinking he has hold of a fragrant Havana!" Ex-Gov. Vance of North Carolina, in his recent address before the South ern Historical Society, related a secret incident of the war. He said that soon after the failure of the Hampton Roads conference he was visited by the late Gov. Graham, who stated to him thbt many of the Senators and Representatives in the Confederate Congress and other leading men be lieve that the end of the war was near, and despairing of obtaining peace through Mr. Davis, tlsey desired 3Mr. Vance, as Governor of North Cair2ina, to enter into separate terns with President Lincoln. Gov. Vance said that he declined to take the de sired step. DEATH OF J. POINSETTr WELLS. The funeral services of Mr. J. Poinsett Wells took place yesterday morning in the Methodist church, and were con ducted by Rev. Dr. Meynardie. pastor, a large congregation being present to participate in the sad occasion. The deceased was in the fortieth year of his age. He was born in the town of Greenville, and was the son of 0. H. Wells. He leaves a wife, two children, two sisters, a brother and other rela tives and friends to grieve at his depar ture. He was for sixteen years mail agent, 'and also express messenger on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. He was an affectionate husband, a kind and loving parent, open and frank in his feelings, strong in his attachments, and devoted to home and his friends. Hie had lingered for some time with consumption, but he is free from the cares, troubles and afflictions of life. [Greenville News, 26th nit. THE ECLECTIC for September has come to b)and, and is, as usual, full of interesting matter. The article on Animal Instinct in its relationl to the mind of' man, by the Duke of Argyll, is of peenliar interest. The question whether animals are "automata," raised by P;of'. Huxley in the Fortnightly Review for Nov. 1874, has been pursued in papers of much ability by Dr. Carpenter and Mr. Mivart, and engages to a considerable ex tent the attention of four scientists. This number likewise contains the article of Mr. Gladstone. "Is the Church of England worth preserving?" wvhich has created such a stir throughout G.reat Britian. It is embellished with the portrait of Dr. Win. Carpenter, the great physiologist, who holds one of the foremost places among living savans. His more recent labors have been directed to the subject of submarine animal life, and the temperature and constitution of the oceanic waer at various depths as indicated by the result of deep sea-dredgings. The Eclectic gives us the cream of the English Reviews, and should be well pa:ronized. The latest number of the AL.DNEn is on our table, and sustains the well deserved .reputation which it enjoys as being THE Art Journal of America. The Aldine printing establishment was destroyed by fire on the 24th June last; but the managers have suc ceeded by unremitting energy to get out the last number at this time. "Washington ta king Command" is a picture of great vigor; the' mnanagemient or light and shade is very effective. The landscapes have the breath of niature in them and the genrepieces are life l:te. Any one interes:ed in art should not fail to subscribe to the Aldine. The printed nmatter is likewise instructive and of a high order. The iHerald. TPOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITOR. NEWBERRY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, SEP. 1, 1875. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect aFam ily Newspaper. devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and tho State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. A New Paper and a High Aim. Col. M. R. Delaney-whom our readers will remember as the candi date for Lieut-Governoron the "Green" ticket during the last political can vass in this State-has issued the first number of a weekly newspaper in Charleston, S. C., under the title of The Charleston Independent. The object of the Independent is to be "an untrammelled newspaper" and "a true representative organ to go side by side with the organs of the white race," toward the promotion of a high er standard of moral intelligence in the colored race. To such an extent has the colored people of South Caro lina been used by unscrupulous leaders for the perpetration of all sorts of in famy "however atrocious, private and public," until the idea that they "are an element in American polity has become, especially in the North, a hiss and a by word;" that the Indepen dent, as part of the race, is determined -t aid in obliterating the disgraco from the race and the State. It fur ther says: "One thing we are determined up on-which is the great object of our paper-and that is, to prevent the colored race from the further imposi tion of these men, who have. hereto fore misled them in politics and their domestic affairs. They are not the friends, but the worst enemies of- our race, and it is high time that a stop was put to it by leading men among ourselves." These are noble words. It the In' dependent can succeed in driving away from the Statc "these men," by persuading the colored people exactly. to what extent they are their friends it will do a good work for its race and for the State of its adoption. They* can only be driven away by a with-, drawal of the support of the colored: vote. And there is the' rub-to convince the freedmen who are their real friends. It does seem that the old raw-head and bloody bones arguments of "these men"-the iorthern adventurers and Southern turaoats-should be threadbare even to the unlettered freedman by this time. But when the eve of our elec tiou comes "these men"-of course there are notable exceptions-sing the carges on the argumentumn ad horn inemn and the deluded colored voter is made to.believe that their candidates actually struck the fetters from the lae, while the native or conservative aspirant for office will surely put him back into slavery. This, in our opin ion, is the key-note for the Indepeu dent to strike in its aim to elevate its race : to undermine this silly nonsense which has the hold of a superstition pon the minds of the mass of colored voters. We welcome the Independent to the field of duty it has chosen and wish it all success. Military Contempt for Justice in England. Our readers may not generally know of the case of Col. Valentine Baker of the English army. Col. Baker, who had served with distinction in the Crimea and India, was recently charged with having made a disgrace fl assault upon a respectable and un protected female in a railway carriage. For this outrage he was tried in a court of justice, and so strong was the evidece of his guilt that his most eminent counsel made no attempt to palliate his crime. It was only claimed that in her great agitation at the time she "imputed to himi a more brutal and criminal intent than that which he actually had." In this vie~w of the matter the jury rendered a ver dict which saved him from imprison ment for life. The following extract from a London letter sums up the sen tence and its consequences as viewed at the time: LosNoN, August 4.-No one can question the perfect justice of Col. Baker's conviction, but its conse. quences are terrible. He must be dis missed from the army, and if the pre edent in the case of Major B- is followed, as it probably will be. he will lose the vah.e of his commission. whieh is between ?8,000 and ?9,000. He must pay the fine of ?500 and all the costs of his prosecution, which will not be less than ?500, so that the pe cuniary loss which he will suffer for his offence will be all of ?10.000 or $50.000. This, however, is the least and lightest of his punishments-his family is rich, and the money can easily be spared. But then comes the twelvemonths' imprisonment in the Horseoger Lane jail. True, the judge was merciful eugh to order j that during this imprisonment h should be exempt from the physica degradation of working with th thieves and other felons who are hi fellow-prisoners; he is to be treated i is supposed like a debtor. But th moral degradation remains, and it wil be practically ineffaceable. I am tol< that his name will be stricken frou the roll of the clubs of which he wa a member, and that upon his releas from prison he will find every doo closed a(rainst him. Much surpris was excited by the remark made b the judge in sentencing him, to th effect thatlie might efface the stigm; of his crime and degradation by som I splendid act of service to his countr; in the future. But how can he d this if, as is now said to be certain, h is to be cashiered from the army "fo coaduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman ?" Col. Baker was a wa2 nificeit officer. Prince Fredericl Charles of Prussia not long ago saii that there were "only four great cav alry officers in Europe." and of thes, Col. Baker was one. He was esteem ed throughout the whole army ; th men respected ard liked him; his fellov officers looked up to him. The com wander-in-chief, the Duke of Can bridge, was warmly attached to hi On the very night after Col. Baker unhappy meeting with Miss Dicken son he was present at a dinper givel by the Duke; in fact, it was to atten that dinner he was coming up to town After the dinner he made a littl speech in honor of the Duke, whic so charmed his royal highness that a the colonel sat down he slapped hin on the shoulder and exclaimed, "Ba ker, you are the best fellow that eve Iked !" The affection which th Prince of Wales bore for him is we] known, and, in a word, there was n, officer in the British army who was a once so deserving and so certain of fu tare promotion and glory as this nos disgraced and ruined man. He ha thrown everything away, and for what I have heard some severe criticism upon the manner in which his coun sel conducted his defence-or, rather did not conduct it, for there was posi tioely no defence made for him. A] that they tried to do-and in tha they suuceeded-was to prevent hi conviction on the graver count of thi indictment. Had he been found guil ty of that it would have been felony and he would have been sent to pena servitude. The counsel for the de fence. showed a nervous desire to avni< casting aty reflections upon Miss Dick enson ; and in this they were probabl3 prudent. But still it is probable tha the young lady was not averse to a lit tie innocent flirtation with such handsome and agreeable man; sh perhaps thought that she had made conquest of him, and that it might re suit in a marriage. He had not givel her his name-she was probably unde: the impression that he was unmarried and she perhaps conversed with him: little too freely. He seems to havy mistaken her character as she did his what lie was thinking of was very fa: from what she was contemplating Of course, all this is no moral excus< for the man ; he has got exactly wha he deserved. And now I wonde: whether, had these things happenei in America under exactly similar cir umstauces, justice would have beei done so quickly and so perfectly ? Ii America, perhaps, one of the brother of Miss Dickenson would have sho Col. Baker, but, had the affair gon to The courts, would it have ended a it has:? I doubt it ; but perhaps am wrong. I hear it suggested to-da that when Col. Baker comes out o prison hie may go off to Egypt and of fer his services to the Khedive. Tha is not at all a bad idea. His offenca would, perhaps, be thought little-of ii Egypt, and the Khedive might thani heaven for the calamity which ha< brought such a valuable accession t< his army. Since then, however, a late letter correspondence of the N. Y. Tribun< -tells us that Col. Baker has not beel ea'shiered, but that he has or will b< alwed to resign ; that instead of for feiting it, he will likely be allowed thi value of his commis.sion; that hi: imprisonment scarcely deserves th< name, he being allowed every imnagina ble privilege in his comfortable quar ters. All these things, we are told have caused great indignation, an< illustrate "tLhe contempt of militar) ofcials for public opinion." It is not long since a Major Hat bord of the English army was cashiere< for cheating at cards.. It is hinte< that the war office have allowed hiiu the value of his commission. So tha it does seem that military officials d' have a contempt for the law in En gland, and it might be said that the; have no regard for the reputation c the British army. Oflicial List of Patents Issued by the United States Paten~ Office, for the week ending Saturday Aug. 21st, 1875. Reported for th HERALD by Louis Bagger & Co., S0 licitors of Patents, Washington, D. C SOUTHERN STATES. 166,199. Meat Tenderers ; A. C W. Foster, Newton, Ga. 166,254. Cotton, Corn and Per Planters; 0. W. Bristow, Pleasan1 Hill. Miss. . 16,278. Cultivators ; J. C. Jen kins, Lebanon, Tenn. 166.297. Shirt Bosoms; F. L Picket, Florence, Ala. 16.326. Bale Ties ; H. J. W~right Society Hill, S. C. 16,358. Horse Powers; J. R Gray, Chesterville, Miss. 10,381. Harrows and Sowers; R II. Hudgins, Laureus C. HI., S. C. The Rifle team received an enthu siastic reception in New York on thei: rn fom 1Arone.~ e Editorial Review. 1 The rebellion in Turkey is spreading. e Last item: A German chemist has 8 discovered that mosquito bites are e healthy. The British Journal of Photography describes a process whereby photo s graphs are printed by machinery. e The yellow fever has altogether dis r appeared from Key West, and the e place is entirely healthy. Y e The basins in Columbia are being a cleaned, and abundant supply of pure e water is expected to be the result. D Gladstone has collected in a hand e some volume his three Tracts on Vati r canism under the title of "Rome and I the newest fashions in Religion." A grand pic-nic will be given to i day at Erwin's Mill on Saluda River for the purpose of ta: ag steps for the erection of a cotton mill at that e point. The idea that Allen was going to withdraw from the race for Governor of Ohio is declared absurd by the Cincinnati Commercial. The Demo crats are getting a little scared, how ever. Some of the San Francisco Banks e have suspended and intense excite i ment prevailed in consequence for s some time; but it has somewhat sub 2 sided since the real condition of the banks has been ascertained. e Mr. Gladstone thinks that the ,1 Church of England was founded, not ' 300, but 1800 years ago. We shall t next hear that Adam was the first r Granger. Eve was no doubt the first s Pomona, as Adam found out to his sorrow. s There is a rumor of a threatened negro insurrection in Barnwell. We - cannot credit it; they would hardly 1 venture after the recent Georgia col t lapse. Reports come likewise from a Edgefield, which speak of a disturbed - state of the County. The late Emperor Ferdinand of Austria, who resigned in favor of the j present Emperor in 1848, and has since lived a retired life in Prague, and died a short time ago, has be queathed $600,000 to the Pope. That's a royal Peter's penny. S The body of Grimwood, the corn Spanion in the late balloon ascension of Donaldson, the aeronaut, was found on the shore of Lake Michigan ; no tidings have been received from Don Saldson himself, but there is no doubt Sof his death. rThe trial of the Georgia insurrection prisoners commenced before Judge Herschel V. Johnson,! Monday morn Sing. Amos T. Akerman, the particular r friend of the negro, and perhaps the I ablest man in the Radical party in -Georgia, has been appointed to defend 1 the prisoners. Horace White, the European cor t respondent of the Chicago Tribune, Swrites a long letter from Wiesbaden, a wherein he combats the idea that there is a perceptible decay in the British Empire; he thinks the Eng lish people are now richer, stronger, t wiser and more progressive than ever. 3 The Solomon-Cardoza mystery is still unsolved. We are waiting for further developments. Mr. Solomon has come out in a card in which he claims that the bank has been managed - fairly and squarely, and he courts an i investigation. It is due to him and I the public that it should be had. * A considerable fire occurred in Char - leston, on last Saturday morning. It 3 originated back of A. H. Hayden's 3 Jewelry establishment, corner of King i and Hasel Streets. The apartments of . Dr. Warne and Mr. Wmn. Fisher, en graver, on the second story were de stroyed, their loss is $5,000, and that of Mr. Hayden, $15,000, the latter covered by insurance. SThe town council of Anderson-we learn from the Intelligencer-elected a cotton weigher for the town over the man who had the recommendation of every cotton buyer in the place, which is against all precedent; and then they tpassed an ordinance requiring every Sbale of cotton to be weighed by the man elected by them and propose to 'enforce a penalty, which is plaiuly illegal. A representative of the News and Courier has had an interview with t Gov. Chamberlain and the latter em % phatically denies any connexion with e or knowledge of the Parker coupons Stheft; he contends that he acted to -the best of his knowledge in relation to the Solomon Bank, and says that all -the prominent men North, whom he has met lately, applaud his course and are pleased with the results attained. An article on education in the ~Scientific American closes with these noble words : It probably will not be denied in theory, however much it may be in practice, that the highest ideal of life is that "no man livethi to himself," and that he is noblest of all who does must for others. The best servant is the greatest. With this truth accepted, it is evident that the primary object -of education, and of all effort, is to qualify one's self for the greatest and most effective service to mankind, and -to succeed in the performance of this e service. This will necessarily bringj all desirable seoendary objects with it." Editorial CorrespondenCe. GREEN.ILLE, S. C., Aug. , 75. ON THE WING, And almost ready to make the last flight, and perhaps ere the reader re ceives this letter we will be "home again," seventy-five per cent. better physically than when we left, thanks to the invigorating atmosphore of this mountain country. On Monday last, with wife, children and Miss L. C. from the Palmetto House, Spartanburg, the Air Line was again taken for Chick's Springs; The circumstances attending that arrival were pleasanter than on the former occasion, in that, T. S. M., with double buggy and roan were in waiting at the landing. There was besides a two-mule wagon for the luggage which our party did not carry. The lady reader will be surprised to learn that we de parted from the established practice in leaving two-thirds of the Saratogas, band-boxes, baskets and bundles behind, and travelled in fighting trim with light baggage. T. S. was surprised, had never seen it done in that way be fore, and we mention it now as an ex ample worthy of imitation. Two de lightful days in charming company large majority ladies-a bountiful table, on which the best of mutton was always plentifully bestowed, with frequent visits to the spring, games of ten pins, &c., made up the interesting pro gramme, and once more bidding kind friends good-bye, we took flight at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for a VISIT TO GREENVILI.E, about seven miles distant by rail, where we arrived in double quick time, safe from damage to life or limb. Getting off the cars, however, a very narrow escape was made. The 'Bus men made a desperate assault on the several per sons of our party, and it seemed proba ble that if we escaped individual dis memberment, the party at least would be torn asunder and carried away from each other without a shadow of hope of future reunion. Had we wavered one moment our fate would have been sealed, fortunately we were able to give them a look such as Mr. Pickwick would have put on under similar cir cumstances. The conduct of the hack men is the only black spot on the fair name of Greenville-and they may safely be compared to the plagues of Egypt. Another fortunate thing, too, was that the baggage being light we bad more leisure to hold the several members of the party together. Troubles over, and pleasantly bestowed at the Mansion House by the genial and smiling Calnan, and met by Major Stewart with kind assurances of pro tection, we felt all of us as happy as big sun-flowers. "Grim-visaged war smoothed its wrinkled front"-the 'bus men departed, Calnan's brick walls around us, and the Major with a force at hand sufficient to repel any further attack, and we were safe. GREENVII.LE IS CHARMIING at any season, and more than ever now, on account of the great number of strangers who fill the hotels and private houses, and make the streets gay and animated by their presence. We learn that the resident population has in creased one thousand in twelve months. If this be so, then indeed is she ad vancing rapidly into first rate impor tance. With new buildings going up in every direction and old ones under repair, the sight is refreshing; so much life, enterprise and activity is seen no where else. We did not have the op portuity of visiting the different print ing oices, and only looked in while passing on Col. Speights of the News, and were pleased to find that he is able as well to take off his coat and roll up his sleees in the practical details of his office as to wield the editorial weapons of pen and shears, and also that his business is large and promising. We eannot resist expressing the grati fication which the attentions of Major Stewart afforded ourself and party. He was unmemitting in the determination that everytbing worth seeing in the city and around the suburbs should be seen, and the effort was successful-every available point of beauty was visited in a delightful drive which occupied an entire afternoon, and which took in a visit to the quarters at present occupied by himself and garrison. He is charm ingly situated on the old Boyce home stead, and it was on the wide and grassy lawn of his camp that the ladies of Greenville gave the Festival in aid of the young men's rifle club, and which we visited on Thursday night. We will not attempt a description of the Festival more than to say that with its Chinese lanterns, gayly decorated booths, hand some women and delicious refreshments it resembled a fairy scene, which would be marred by anything short of a full and elaborate description. It was our last night in this beautiful city and this last scene was highly enjoyed. And nowv we prepare for another combat with the 'Bus men ere taking the road back for Spartanburg this Friday morn AGAIN IN SP'ARTANBURG, Rnd after refreshing ablutions-a boun teous meal at Calcutt's Palmetto House --and the indulgence of:a fragrant cigar, we sit and contemplate with no little sat. isfaction our fortunate escape from the Greenville hack men, who were com pletely fanked. Tile regular time for the morning squabble over unfortunate passengers is eight o'clock, sharp, while the train does not leave till twenty after rine, and every mother's son of them is :mtime, to drag their victims to the de pot, where they are left for over an hour :o kill time as best they may. Getting i hint of this, we spread the informa :ion that we would not leave then, se rretly telling one to come for us at 9. [tt was successful, the ravenous band leparted, and at the hour last named, I'. & S.'s star line took us off quiet yy. And we arc, reader, whole in n body and hlappy ini the thought of sscaping a great danger. .And here we loose this rambling letter ithe hope of >eing homie in a few days ready for mev dut nce more. FOR THE HERALD. "WILDwOOD," EDGEFIELD Co., S. C., Aug. 24th, 1875. EDIToR NEWBERRY HERALD: DEAR SIR: Hearing of your absence, there arises a degree of shrinking in describable upon the reflection that this rambling letter may fall into the hands of His Satanic Majesty, who, upon find ing that it eminated from the pen of a woman, will consign it to the ilames without your consent. It will be a long time before your feminine readers can forget or forgive, during your previous absence, his dissertation upon the lo quacity of the frailer sex. The ques tion has arisen as to whether or not he has a mother, but there is none as to his possessing what most men value be yond rubies, a sister. If such a thing were possible there is no doubt that the majority would vote for his banishment, (just by way of experiment, not that we are cruel,) to the Island of Mythology, from which all females are excluded, and even the flea is denied the "only bliss which has survived the fall." However, for the sake of Auld Lang Syne, the venture will be made, and trusting that abler pens will give you the news in regard to crop prospects, politics, &c., &c., this will be confined, greatly of course to Mr. D-l's disgust, to the homely but very womanly topic gossip. The entertainment for the benefit of the Baptist Church of our village, (of which I send you programme) was eminently successful. With our Editor as manager, as well as participant, both play and concert, were carried through with all the eclat warranted by his ex perienced judgment and esthetic tastes. With his two sisters, Miss Wigfal, as our star of the stage, with her usual sang-froid and dignity of manner, to gether with the dazzling fairness and gracefulness of appearance, would do credit to any theatre. Mrs. J. H. Cheatham, our "Carolina Warbler," who has the finest voice in the South, highly cultivated, strong, melodious and ravishingly sweet. Mr. C.'s voice is wonderful, and considered with his musical talent almost miraculous. Now are we not fortunate in the fact that our Editor resists all manner of in ducements to become a benedict? To say nothing of the public good, his use fulness to the community in all private undertakings, notwithstanding our in terest in his personal welfare, would cause us to give him over with regret to this reputed blissful state. The temptation to write you some thing of the flowers of this Indian Sum mer season is irresistible, as you know that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." For the past few days the sterner half of our household (taking advantage of this propitious weather) have been gardening, and in dustriously dispensing.turnip seed, cab bage plants, &c., while the frailer half have been busy repotting house plants, planting cuttings, and dividing Lilys, Gladioli and Hyacinths, also sowing seed of hardy annuals, viz: Candytuft, Allysum, Gillia-flower, &c. Florists who knowv little of our sunny clime (all deference to our favorite, Mr. Vick,) advise this work to be done later; but by beginning now the bulbs and seed are not so apt to sustain injury from the cold weather, besides we get the hardy annuals to bloom earlier, as la ter the Spring flowers come on. Flow ers and music being favorite topics, the temptation to grow too long is very probable, and trusting to your good na ture, if this has occurred, that you will as the school boys say, "consider the source." In October, we have an anticipated pleasure by our Dramatic Club in store, the rendition of "The Lady of Lyons," and look forward to meeting old friends with delight, and would be glad to find among them the HERALD'S faithful editor. Hoping very ardently for this desideratum, and as redundancy is wrong-my letter 's now too long will close, promising to be less lengthy next time, which will be after your mountain flight is over, and you super sede his Majesty again, of whom my fears are not all quieted.. WILD WOOD. It is even so; the communication of our fair correspondent has fallen into the hands of His Sat. Maj. No fears need, however, be entertained of him; he is as gentle as a lamb, and being like your useful Editor, a confirmed bachelor, he is all attention to the la dies; he ought to be very kind, he has five sisters; his fires are certainly not kindled for such . interesting letters. But how have we given offence to our fair readers? We mentioned once that the weather was so intensely hot that nothing was stirring except the tongues of lawyers and women; now, we really intended to say that nothing was stir ring, not even the tongues of lawyers and women. Stop, stop! that does not mend the matter much, we perceive. We are afraid the hot weather won't work, let's try a cold spell. "The weather is now cool and invigorating and everything is stirring, even the tongues of lawyers and women." Now, that should be satisfactory. Our leetlest "Devil" whispers in our ears that they were so late in starting because it took them such a long time to stop. "Now you little imp, avaunt; or we'll roll you in ink till you are as black as the raven's wing at midnight and no moonshine." It is hoped that all fear has subsided but we will not be convinced until we receive another communication-full >f sparkling gossip as the above-and we are very anxious of being convinced. At the close we would say that the printer is delighted with the beautiful manuscript which differs so much from tat ofH. S. M. FoR THE HERALD. CAMp GROUND, FREDERICK Co., VA., August 16, 1875. The Camp Meeting which is in progress at this place under the aus pices of the M. E. Church, is the hugest affair of the season. The Grounds are located about two miles South of New Town and on the East side of the Old Valley Turnpike, near Crisman's Spring. The land is what topograhers call rolling and is covered with a large growth of original forest trees. On all sides old oak and wal nut trees stretch abroad their aged arms and shelter the thronging crowds with a canopy of living green. Many of the readers of the HERALD will readily recall the spot upon which the tents are pitched. Not far from here is the fatal battle field of the 19th Oc tober, where the brave and gallant Col. Rutherford, with many others from South Carolina, received their death wounds-where Y. J. Pope, Osborne Schumpert and George Lane were wounded. What changes a few years make! What thronging memo ries came trooping up as I stood on the summit of the hill just North of the Camp Grounds and gazed upon the scenes around. The full August moon rode high in the sky, flooding every object with her pale light. Yon der roll the waters of Cedar Creek, whose hoarse brawl borne upon the gentle night breeze is distinctly heard even at this distance-there is the track of the rail road built since the war, and within. a few steps of the spot upon which I- stand passes the Valley Pike, the white limestone rocks with which it is Macadamized brightly gleaming in the moonlight. How many weary feet. carrying wearier bodies and thrice wearied hearts, have marched over that hard road. Was it a great "stretch of the imagination" when I fancied that I saw troops of old soldiers marching along the road and heard their laughter and their talk as comrade spoke to comrade. And when the lights flare up around the tents yonder in the grove do not the wood-nymphs peer down from the overhanging branches expecting to see theoutstretched forms of - ragged soldiers dressed in grey, and hear the jokes and songs that in days gone by were told and sung round the bivouac fre? * * * * * Altogether there are about one hun dred tents on the ground this year. They are arranged in a circle 86 yards in diameter, inside of which are the speakers stand and the seats for the people. Ample arrangements have been made to accommodate at least five thousand persons, and on Sunday it was estimated that that number was present. They came in carriages, in buggies, in wagons, on horseback, and besides special trains were run from Harper's Ferry, Front Royal and Staunton. These stopped at every station and crossing to pick up passen gers. In fact everybody and his wife went to the Camp Meeting. The good eating of this region is proverbial, and although there is a canvas hotel here capable of accommodating one hun dred and fifty guests, yet the people bring huge baskets of provisions each day and take their .dinners pie nic style. On Sanday hundreds of white table cloths could be seen from one spot spread out on the green grass and surrounded by laughing, chatting groups of both sexes. The pulpit elo quence is of the highest order. I re gret to say, however, that very few comparatively pay any attention to what is, going on near the altar. * * The farmevs of the Valley are in high spirits. The season is better than it has been for ten years. The crops of small grain have produced an average yield, and the corn crop bids fair to be the most abundant one raised since the war. Material pres perity added to their political prosper ity and splendid health ought to be, I should think, sufficient to make any people happy. But this is enough. ALPHA PL. ROR THE HERALD. MOUNT PLEASANT, S. C., August 21, 1875. EDITOR HERALD: This village has received a considerable accession of iiew residents, every house is taken, I believe, and there is no chance for late applicants unless they find board in private,.families. It is certainly a delightful climate, hot as it is in the city, and though it is hot here in the sun at midday, yet protected from the sun, you enjoy a delightful sea breeze, and on many evenings there is too much wind to sit in the piazzas of the beach residences. It is never too hot for sleeping, and the article of mosquito nets is unknown. A great want here is a comfortable family boarding house, where substantial comforts can be had-not the style, glitter and fashion of a hotel-but where "I can take mine ease in mine in." If the attractions of this place were as well known as Sullivan's sland to the residents of the upper part of the State, they would be equll appreiated with that pleasant and better known resort. As an evi dence of the increased population and corresponding wants of our village, I would mention that a veteran sat, Capt. S. L. Morgan, has opened ano-. ther butchers' stall and supplies-good beef and small meals at city prices, to gether with ice at a small advance, as an accommodation to residents from the city, who are habituated to its use. The water from our wells is excellent, and cold enough to "dew" a tumbler when first drawn. In pursuing our stroll on the beseh, wher% we stopped at the last letter, we still imd many. ..objects.of in.te to those, who look upon nature and see in the formation sad productions around him the hand of the Great Creator. This long snakeike.NorT resembling more a drift of sea-weed, we examine, by opening some of the hundreds of cells, lying over each other in layers, and myriads of well developed, though exeendingly minuie conchs are disclosed.-these are tlis conch nests and are very curious in appearance. The clam (a bivalve much used at the North for chowdecs, --. is found singly, embedded -'' th muddy portion of the beach near the, Channel. They are with the Mdle the best bait for that prize of theisk epicure, the sheep-head, a broa*, iht fish, shaped somewhat like the bream of the fresh waters. This noisy chattering fellow,"' ing a hugetopknot, in his punagi o blue tipped with gold, fiuttering from post to post, is the "KingM islier" (alcedo) genus incessoris; anokh, darts like lightning upon an unlnuky fish, and returns to his perch to46&ik, a leisurely meal of him. 'Tisird is supposed to be the Halycon oftbh Ancients, of which many wondefM tales were told, of its power g.e storms, and of its floating nest-a pop ular notion was, that if the sttfed4-: skin is hung by a thread, the bilf *M point in the direction whecet$adwu blows. The curlew (order gralltores) of he snipe family, is much esteemed for.tie table. Its long, slender and curved bill enables it to dig out friim the mt& the worms, molluscs and .insects oa which it feeds, ad its loog,leader legs enable ~ it to wade into water-of some little depth. When alarmedb; the apprnaching sportsmaa,tney take wing and fly low to the water. The sand-bird (sanderling) of the plover family (chandorada).lises. the water edge in large Ioeks-4he plum. age is a light gray, and feedson mr worms. The marsh hea absunds -h marshes, in which thefikd ae~ driven out by the high t~ider..B tember and October, when largesm. bers are shot. They are very good 1 eating, and are about the .ie.a three-quarter grown pullet.-. Some weeks sioce aparcels of boYys dug out of the mud a ndegtiideoes and savage looking reptile, which must have been some species of sea-serpent. Unfortunately this specimen died.be fore it~ could be rescued from its esp-~ tors and handed over tosomescit. * Whatever it w*s, it wa.art~isi very rare specimen in this 1aGltud and appeared to be unknowa to the old fishermen. The logger-head turtleinhabits thes waters, and~ there is an old brialed fellow, whose hana appearto be be. tween the Ferry wharf and Sullivan's Island, who has been recognized by.te' fihermen for over twenty :years psta. I saw.the old fellow risenear my bost several times last .summer, turn somersaut and dive dowa inat his. wintry haunts again. KAPPA. The celebrated trotter, Gaton,ige. made a mile lately in 2.15i (somne.say in 2.i5) was bought by Robert Bon. ner of New York. Grafton is a Keh. tucky horse. .7ew ' .EzisceUanseuNs. THE State Grange Fertilizere And "THE CLIMAX.". T wo first class, pure bone, ammoniated Fertilizers, for sale by U. JENNINGS & S@N and J. D. AIKEN, Agents, Obaies on, , C. The highest- testimoniale can be given . 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