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New State Laws. The following acts of Assembly, passed at the present session, and laws by the Governor's approval, are pub lished for public informatiou: . AN AcT to punish persons for obtain ing property, &c., by any fruadulent pretence or representation. Be it eacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, iow met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That if any person-or persons shall, by any false pretence or representation, obtain the signature of any. person or persons to any_ written instrument, or shall obtain from -any person or per sons any chattel, money, valuable se curity or otrer property, real or per sonal, with intent to chtat or defraud any person or: persons of the same, every such offender shall be deemed guilty of a misdedieanor, and, on con viction, be sentenced to pay a-fine-not exceeding . five hundred dollars, and undergo an imprison-ment not exceed ing three .years: , Provided, always, That if, upon the trial of any person or persons indicted for such misde meanor, it shall be proved that he or they obtained the property in such a manner as to amount, in law, to lar ceny, he or they shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor; and no person or persons tried for such misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prose cuted for larceny upon the same facts. AN AcT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for granting of cer tain charters." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and- by the authority of the same: That an act entitled "An act to pro vide for granting certain charters," approved the twentieth day of Feb ruary, 1874, be, and the same is here by, amended as follows, to-wit : "The stockholders of any companies already incorporated, or which may hereafter be incorporated under the said act, shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts of such company until the capital stock agreed upon at the time ,of its organization shall be subscribed and actually paid up in full." AN AcT to amend Section 1, Chapter XCIV, of the General Statutes, in Relation to Sales by Executors, Administrators and Fiduciaries. Be it enacted by. the Senate ind House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That Section 1, Chapter XCIV, Title V, of the General Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: "That whenever any person has direct last will and testament, duly executed in the presence of three or more cred itable witnesses, that his or her land shall be sold for the payment of his or her debts, or,. for the purpose of distributing the money which may arise from the sale thereof among his or her legatees, or for any other pur pose whatsoever, that then, in such ease, if either such power of sale be expressly given to the executor or executors of said will, or if no person is named in said will to execute the said power, it may and shall be lawful to and for the executors, or a majority of such executors, who shall qualify on the said will, to sell and convey'the said lands agreeably 'to the intention of the testator. NEW SPAPER .LYING.-Some people have an idea that newspapers will lie. -Others are so wise that they will only believe a newspaper report when they think it would be easier for the paper to tell the truth than to tell a lie. Others think it the evidence of flash ing wit to reject with a derisive laugh any evidence for authority which comes *from "the papers." To such an ex tent has this thoughtless judgment of the press been carried, that much of its sphere of usefulness has been cir cumscribed. It is true there must be some occasion for this wide-spread.ium -pression-"there must be some fire where there is so much smoke;" yet how many men can show a record for correctness, accuracy, and truthful ness, that will at once compare with the average newspaper ? The editor gathers his news from a thousand sources, from acquaintances and stran gers, from letters and papers. lie sifts and culls, hunts and details, and endeavors to get "the stra'ight" of every story he publishes, for it goes to the world over his own name, and he knows that in a great measure he will 'be held'responsible. The private in dividual hears a piece of gossip, list-ens carelessly, tells it- to another with equal carelessness, and if called upon for details, in nine cases out of ten; e. annot give enough of them to make an intelligent item for a-paper. "Wri ting makes an exact man," says Lord -Bacon; the newspaper verifies the truth of the statement. Let any one who doubts this .i~ down and put on paper some piece of gossip, with the purpose of having it printed over his own name, and he will see in a moment how little he knows about a matter he thought himself familiar with. And he will wonder, not that the newspaper should contain occasional inaccuracies and misstatements, but that it contains so few. And his wonder will wonder fully increase when he remembers that the editor has to depend for much of what he publishes on the common run of mankind. The shower of meat which fell in Kentucky the other day inspired a poetical Bohemian to the following : We've heard1s of rains of fishes and frogs, Of pitch4oeks, hahise cats and dogs. A Letter from the Bon. James B. CampbeU. To the Editor of The News and Courier : In your editorial remarks of to day, in speaking of the counsel of Judge Moses, you use the following language: "The action of his counsel in retir ing from the 6ase was very ingenious, but at the same time transparent, as the charges of unfairness preferred by them afforded a nice pretext for aban doning the fortunes of a client whose case was hopeless." The counsel referred to were Mr. Rion, of the Sixth Circuit, (Judge Mackey's,) Mr. Youmans, of the Fifth Circuit, (Judge Carpenter',,) Messrs. Baxter, Jhostone and Pope, of the Seventh Circuit, (Judge Moses',) all leading members of the bar of their respective circuits, and of well recog nized high standing throughout the State-and myself, of this circuit. You omitted to publish their reasons for retiring from further attendance upon the court of iwpeachment, but you did publish on Monday their con cluding remarks, namely, that "they feel and say upon their professional knowledge that the respondent, Judge Moses, on his trial, had been deprived of the application and protection of well settled rules of law and establish ed modes of procedure, and if he shall be the victim and suffer, the law will I not be administered, but subverted in the manner of his conviction." I undertake to say for the gentle men associated with me, as well as for myself, that each and every one of us honestly meant, without reservation, exactly what we said and, as lawyers, knew to be true, and we do not recog nize your right to attribute to us other and disreputable motives. It would have been difficult for you in so few words to do more injustice than you have done to us. There was no in genuity, no "nice pretext," no "aban doning the fortunes of our client;" and if his case was hopeless, it was because he was not being tried "ac cording to the constitution and the laws" which every member of the court had sworn should be his way of administering "impartial justice." We abandoned the court and withdrew our client with us, and we told the court in simple, intelligible and respectful words our reasons for doing so. In behalf of my colleagues and my self I respectfully request that you will publish this reply to your re marks, and with it the enclosed para graph from the Newberry HERnALD, of the 22d instant, to show that the press of the State is not quite unanimous in the views you have expressed. I venture, too, to suggest, in no unfriendly spirit or temper, that per haps it is not the best chosen sphere of public usefulness for the newspaper press to take part either for or against persons or cases while on trial, or to ings and conclusions of courts in the trial of causes, or to charge lawyers with practicing ingenious and nice pretexts for abandoning their clients. I am, very respectfully, your obe dient servant, JAMES B. CAMPBELL. Broad street, Thursday evening March 23, 1876>. Omceial List of Patents Issued by the United States Patent Office, for t'he week ending Friday, Mar. 24th, 1876. Reported for the HERALD by Louis Bagger & Co., So licitors of Patents, Washington, ID. C. SOUTHERN STATES. 174,400. Apparatus for Adjusting Mosquito Bars ; J. A. Abbott, New Orleans, La. 174,447. Shingle Machines ; M. Stewart, Dallas, Texas. 174,452. Elevators ; C. B. Wheel och, Nashville, Tenn. 174,464. Gas Burners ; A. Barba rp, New Orleans, La. 174,492. Riding Saddles; W. B. Crosby, Chattanooga, Tenn. 174,541. Paper Boxes ; F. Kuchno, Austin, Texas. 174,567. Mosquito-Net Frames ; J. B. Platt, Augusta, Ga. ECLECrIe MAAZIE.-The Eclectic for April contains an excellent and timely por trait of the Hon. Revrerdy Johnson, taken from a photograph selected by him but a week or two before his death. The portr-ait is accompanied in the letter-press by a brief but appreciative sketch of Mr. Johnson's life. The literary contents of tbe number are as follows: "Modern Materialism: Its Attitude toward Theology," by the Rev. James Mar tineau, in response to Professor Tyndall; "Modern English Prose," by George Saints bury; "Letters from South Africa,"' by Lady Barker; "On the Border Territory between the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms," by Professor Hu:Iey; "The Truth About the Basille;" "Songs of the Spring Days and Nights," by George Macdonald; "Her Dear et Foe," by Mrs. Alexander, Chaps. XXL. to XXV.; "De:nono!atry, Devil-Dancing and Demoiiacal Possession ," "Caroline Hers chel," "German Home Life," by a Lady: "X -Marriage and Cnildren;" "Papal Conclav -,s;" "Engaged;" "Cardinal Maza rin ;" "Some Personal Traits of Composers;" and "A Birth-Song," by Charles Algernon Swinburae. The edi:or'.al departmen ts cen '.ain fall and fresh notes on home andi for eign literature. science and art, and an at tractive selected miscellany. Published by E. R. Pelton, 25 Bond Street. New York. Terms, $5 per year; Single number, 45 cents. PETEBsON's LADIEs MAGAZINE is already out for the merry month of May, and is a fit number for the season in which nature puts on her beautiful Spring garb of flowers. The engraving-The Little Wood Gatherer, is charming, and the fashions and patterns just what the ladies like to see, very pretty and unique, while the letter-press is unexcep tionable. Terms only $2, address Chas. 3. Peterson, 306 Chestnut st., Philadlelphia, Pa. THE RURAL CAROLMxAN is already on or table for April, and the present number, like those which have preceeded it, is full of good, wholesome advice to the tillers of t be soil, as well as to the general reader. Every farmer should have a good t-yrieniltural mag azine, and as such we commend the Rural. Address D. Wyatt Aik-en, Cokesbury, S. C. Subscription C2 in advance. TH SOUTEERN CULTIVATOR, W. L. Jones, Athens, Ga., subscription price $2 an advance. The April number of this very ex cellent Agriltural monthly is received. Its contents are varied and interesting, as Is al way8 the case No fatrmer should be without a cony, as no r,ale number but contains in Thbe if erald.. TWOS. F, GREEKER, I1TOR. NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, APR. 5, 1876. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fama Ily Newspaper, devoted'to the material in terests of the peoplc of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. Adjourned Meeting. In consequence of the inclement weather of Monday last and the small attendance at the meeting of the County Convention, it was deemed proper by the Chairman, Capt. J. N. Lipscomb, to postpone the meeting until the 17th of April. New Laws. We publish in another column three interesting laws passed by the Gene ral Assembly, viz: An Act to Punish Persons for Obtaining Property, &c., by any Fraudulent Pretence or Repre sentation; An Act to Provide for Granting of Certain Charters; and An Act in Relation to Sales by Exec utors, Administrators and Fiduciaries. These aie important in their several bearings and are entitled to attention. The Gwneral Cry. The universal cry now is "hard times, and the bottom not yet reached." That our people are pinched and that trade is dull are patent facts, but still we do not think that there is cause for despair, the bottom uaay not yet be reached, and if it is reached it will be found that there will be no need to give up even then. Just before the war closed and immediately after, it will be remembered we were reduced to sore extremities, and it looked then as if there was no hope in store at all. The times were distressing then, every. thing was out of joint, the bottom seemed to have dropped out. Con trasting that time with the present, who would not have been happy could a change have been effected, and the wai time of scarcity, of dread, of gloom exchanged for the time we are now experieicing~Uur piop~Teeoliipai too much entirely. There is no ques tion but the times are hard, but we can work out of the trouble, and will if every man and woman will go tc work with* a will. There's work foi every one, and room enough to do it in. All that is- requisite is energy and a reliance upon ones own powers Especially should the cry not eom from farmers, for they have the mean at hand 'and it is to them that th country looks. Editorial Review. Columbia is having a lively time it its canvass for the Mayoralty. The flagship "Hartford" and the "Marion" have arrived at Port Royal. Judge Northrop is to try the case of the State against Treasurer Yocun of Chester. Scheuck, it is asserted by his friends has not been guilty, but only impra dent and unfortunate. The Mexican Rebellion is still un suppressed. It is expected that it~ leader, Diaz, will shortly enter Mata moras. We are sorry to hear that Dr. Hill house, of Geeenville. in attempting tc descend a stairway fell and broke his collar bone. He is in a fair way o: recovery. Major Lewis Merrill, of the 7th Cavalry, notorious for his action it Ku Klux persecutions, has been re. lieved from duties connected with th<E Centennial. Belknap's tomb&tone steal was as bad as taking the coppers from a dead man's eyes. Won't this affect Grani in his hopes of- another term, or haE he already thrown up the sponge ? Our neighbor of the Anderson in teligencer, in view of a Railroad con vention to be held in that town, urge: the completion of the Blue Ridg< Rail Road. May he be successful in his efforts. We perceive from the columns o: the lntelligencer that the Democratii Clubs in Anderson are flourishing The atmosphere in other parts of thE State does not seem so promotive o1 their health. The Presbytery of South Carolina will hold its regular semi-annual ses sion this Wednesday, the 5th, at An. derson. The meeting will be opened at night with a sermon from the late Moderater, Rev. T. C. Ligon, of New berry. Gen. Crook's victory over Crazy Hys n i niasi opee The Abbeville Press and Banner has an interesting sketch of the life of that original and eccentric preacher whom sowe of our readers way yet re member-Father Dannelly'the South Carolina Methodist Conference. The State Supreme Court of Geor gia has unanimously decided that the head of a family can waive, both for himself and family, the right to a homestead, thus enabling the people to create a valid lien on the full value of property. It will no doubt be interesting to our grandchildren to know who is to blame for not having Washington captured after the battle of Manassas. Our future historians will no doubt satisfy their curiosity. For us con temporaries of the event it is exceed ingly unpleasant to have these things brought to our mind. It keeps us from attending to our busiiness. The Augusta Constitutionalist has been sued by R. W. Maher for allow ing one Lehman to insert the follow ing libel in its columns: CAUTION. I caution every man's wife not tp tell Richard W. Maher where their money is, for my wife told the same, and in a half hour my money was gone. HENRY LEHMAN. Damages are laid at $10,000. If the Czar of Russia does-as is reported-retire from actual govern ment, we may look out for squalls. The Czarevitch, his eldest son, who would be made regent, is a violent ad herent of the young Russian (native) party, o,%posed to the influence of all foreigners, and especially to that of the Germans. The Know-nothing party is gaining great strength in Rus sia. The Charlotte Democrat, referring to the recent storm of flesh in the West, says: A similar occurrence to the one described above took place in Sampson County, N. C., about 30 years ago. We saw in Fayetteville specimens of what purported to be flesh, and were informed that it fell on a space of ground about two acres in extent, accompanied, we think, with a slight slower of rain. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that Colonel William King is visiting his home in Minnesota, and declares -that he is done with Congress and dis gusted with politics, and at the close of his term will devote himself to agriculture. We don't know King hut we_feel satisfied about him. If some of our politicians would get disgusted and retire, it would be better for the country. Oh ! for the Millenium whern there will be no politics. Judge &Iackey in a recent charge said, "If there is a man in the wide world who should be kept comfortable, it is the criminal." Poor fellow; to be sure, he should have the best of treatment. Perhaps this humane judge is paving the way for himself or some of his friends, for now that the work of cleaning up has commenced, there is no telling who may be proven crimi nal. It is a wise man who can see further than his nose. A man who was recently hanged at Hamilton, Canada, for the brutal mur der of his landlord, instead of admozi ishing others not to follow his example, referred to the fate of the murdered .man. and hoped it might be a warning to other landlords who persist in dun ning impecunious tenants. There is an originality about this speech seldom found in the remarks of those who are about to leap into eternity through the instrumentality of a noose. We learn from the Abbeville Press & Banner, that Gen. George Wash ington Hodgves. one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Abbeville County, died at his late residence in the town of Hodges, on Friday night last, after an illness of two days, at the advanced age of 84 years. He was one of the noble patriarchs of the up country, deeply loved by friends and neighbors, and highly esteemed by his numerous acquaintances throughout the State. The House military committee have agreed to offer an amendment to the bill reducing the army, looking to a discontinuance of the use of colored troops in the United States army. The law as it now exists authorizes the creation of negro regiments at the option of the Secretary of War. The committee propose to repeal this and wipe out the negro organizations by allowing the term of enlistment to ex pire and prohibiting future enlist, mets. A judgment in the Grant Parish cases was last week delivered in the Supreme Court. of the United States. The,.case grew out of a riot in Grant Parish, Louisiana, in 187.3. A numn ber of negroes were killed, and indict ments ander the so-called Enforcement act were found against certain white persons, charging them with conspiracy to deprive colored citizens of their or conspiracy to exclude whites aw blacks indiscriminately from the polls with no other motive than to preven them voting a certain ticket, does no come within the law. Whites an< blacks alike must look to State law but when negroes, who wish to vot the Democratic ticket, are preventei on the ground that no negro shall vot the Democratic ticket, while white are allowed to vote it, the Enforcemen act holds that Federal Courts can tak cognizance. The same holds wher whites, as a race, are excluded froE the polls or intimidated by negroei because they are white. The motiv for the wrong must have its origin i prejudice against race or color, whethe it be white or black, in order to brin it within the provision of the Enfore< ment act. Laurens Items. We learn from the Laurensvill Herald. that during the absence the Rev. J. A. Mood, an attempt w wade to break into his house. Onl his wife and son-aboul 14 years< age-were at home. The villains wei bold, and remained about the hou! after being ordered away by the soi who threatened to fire on them. A length Mrs. Mood opened the door an called to her servant for assistane, The villains then took their departur, Those of our readers who are acquainte with Mrs. Mood, and know how e: tremely sensitive and timid she is, wi appreciate the trying ordeal throng which she passed. The Berald r commends that shot-guns be kept i convenient reach, which we endors The same paper records the deatl of Mr. Jas. H. Parks, atter sever months severe suffering, of Lemuel ( Williams, Esq., from the effects i paralysis. He was in his eighty-sixt year. And that of our old felloi townsman, Dr. E. B. Ferguson, W1 died at Clinton on the 29th ult., agf forty-five years. Dr. Ferguson h2 been afflicted for years with bronchi affection, and had been a great su ferer. He was not married, but leav< many relatives to mourn his loss. E was an estimable gentleman, suav ardent and affectionate in dispositio: and warm in his friendships. Xi learn his death with sincere sorrow. The following letter which appear< in the Presbyterian Banner, of Pittsbur Pa., has been handed us for publicatio It ia hairdly necessary for us to mal any comment on it, for the intellige: reader will be able to do that for hit self, except to say that it is just su< false representations as these which e gender bad feeling between the tv sections ; especially is the allusion the county paper a malicious falsehood From Newberry, So. Ca. BY REV. W. H. THOMAS. In keeping with my promise, I wri a line for the Banner, whose brig pages greet us with its weekly visi away off~ here in the sunny South, ma ing friends for the Presbyterian can as it goes the rounds of an eager list borrowers, who are either too poor, too selfish to become subscribers. 'TI South, unlike the North, does not i dulge in the luxury of newspapel either secular or religious. This fa will be better understood when I sta that the Southern Methodist Churc with a.mnembership of three-quarters a million,'and with a publishing hon and stock worth over three hundr< thousand dollars is yet unable to increa the circulation of its paper, the Adt cae, beyond a few thousands. And ti same defect is seen in the Soutbe: Presbyterian Church in the circulatic of Church periodicals. The subscri tion list of the Southern Presbyfieric Quarery Review is very small cor pared with what it should be. Til and the Southrn Presbyterian, bothi sued in Columbia, S. C., suffer mut from the general indifference of tI people to newspaper reading. Ar this consideration will account in large measure for the sectional prej dices prevalent throughout the Sout The people do not read, and therefo know nothing beyond what transpir in their immediate neighborhood. TI county newspaper sometimes finds way to the family fireside; but its chi mission- seems to be the creation strife and antagonisms, fanning into white heat the old issues of the war ar creating afresh all possible bitterne between the South and North; for the minds of these southern oracl everything must be southernized, else it is unclean. Therefore, when the newspapers the North tell you with so much gus ing sympathy tbat the "poor prostra South" has forgotten the past, and lon to fraternally clasp hands over tI o'blody chasm" in perfect reconcili tion, they tell you what is not true no' nor will be for years to come, until ti people forget their prejudices, beconi intelligent and adapt themselves to ti new order of things. Much of this pa tisan feeling comes from the blata: speeches of the Hills and Toombs of t] South; but I sincerely trust that tl Centennial year wvill bring more ge nine peace than we have known sin the rebellion. In a future letter I will write abo the Freedmen and the disadvantag attending their education. There a some things the Church ought to kno before the meeting of the next Gener Assembly. The venerable Dr. Plumer, of ti Theological Seminary of Columbia, C., preached here in the Aveleigh Pre byterian Church. The occasion w one long to be remembered; the doct was in his best mood, giving' to his a ditors a soul-inspiring sermon; such one as many of his old friends in All gheny will recall with pleasure. 1) P.,mm. is doing- a noble work for ti FOR THE E1A Our Washington Letter. t WASHINGTON, D. C., t March 29, 1876. CONNECTICUT WILL GO DEMOCRATIC. A short time ago, Grant's Washing ton Ring sent a man to Connecticut to request the Chairmab of the Central & Committee of that State to make a a searching investigation of the probable t result of the election on Monday, 8 April 3. The utmost pains were ta e ken by the Connecticut radical official, who was well paid by Grant's Ring it for his labor, and was requested to e give the facts, and the tacts only. His C report, which has just arrived, has cast r a gloom over Ring circles. He says 9 that he regrets to be obliged to state, as the result of his investigation, that the Democratic party will certainly carry the State by a majority of about three thousand. A GOOD WORD FOR THE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE. The dissemination of news from f every portion of the civilized world to e every other pnrtion, by telegraph, has e made the correspondent a commenter upon, rather than an announcer of, events. Just at this time, Washing. d ton is the scene of rapidly succeeding incidents of vital interest to the coun . try; and tb faithfully chronicle the d details of each day's news would take I. more space than many times the limitt 11 of a letter. Many things of impor. h tance occur to which I do not ever allude, because, before my letter can n reach you, your readers will have be. come familiar with the facts througl the telegraph. But the telegraph can 1 do no more than furnish brief outlines, 1. and it is still the province of the cor. f respondent to supply the substance 01 h such information as may be of specia . interest to the reader. The corres. 0 pondent whom you know, and upon d whose truthfulness you can depend, ii d of special importance to your readert 1 at this time, when it is the universa f. complaint of our party that the tele s graph has been used against us in ar e attempt to create public opinion ad e verse to the Democratic House. N< Congress has ever labored harder, o: raccomplished more in the same lengtl of time, than has the present one; yet the impression has gone through thi d country that valuable time has beer , wasted, and nothing done' The worn u. done has been, much of it, of a char e* acter that renders Becrecy a necessity atAnd, while the House may have ap Speared to do little, the committeel hhave labored incessantly, night anm Sday. In addition to the necessar to legislation, it has devolved upon t1h .House to unearth and drag to the ligh a mass of RADICAL RASCALITY, offiial corruption and malfeasance ii offce, without precedent in the histo te ry of any government. The rottei bt accumulations of fifteen years of Re ts publican misrule are suddenly dia eclosed, and lie festering in the public fsight. The abuses and villainies whicl r have been covered up and winked a e by the Republican majorities of pre - vious houses, it is the duty of the 'present democratic majority to uncov t er. and to bring the guilty offcials t< justice. This has been so well don' o that there are at this time a score o1 se investigations in progress. A nd the ad work is not yet half commenced se With all that has been disclosed, thi o- people are not prepared for the depti ie of villainy that will yet be brought ti m liho could have believed that mei .could be found so lost to all sense o a- honor or decency as to bury the bone is of horses antd mules in the nationa s- cemeteries, or worse, to divide on< hbody into several parts, putting then into different graves because they weri a paid so much for each grave ? ,An a yet this has been done by men hivins i. in the very shadow of the Whit< re House, and favored with the persona s friendship of Grant himself. ie The Land Offce has been filled witl 1jobs upon which thieves, big and little of from Delano and his son, John. dowr a to the chief clerk just dismissed, hav< d fattened. But the day of reckoning ss has come, and tbe facts will soon b< t made public. 3MONTGOMERY BLAIR has created a very perceptible stir ii ofpolitical circles in Washington, by th< publication of a letter in favor of Til s den. The fact that Mr. Blair is not e Tilden man from personal preference a- but from what he conceives to be parti Y necessity gives more weight to his ie views than they would otherwise have ie One thing is noaticeable in connectior ._with this subject ; there is a growing t disposition to consider the interest ol ie the party as a unit, rather than thu ie interest of any one section or faction - The man who can carry the most 3 States will be the nominee, if thesu twise counsels prevail; and whoever hu may be, Hendricks, Thurman, Bayard e Tilden, Davis or Parker, he will re w ceive the united support of a part3 al organized for success, and not to bu defeated by internal dissension. Ani e to insure success beyond the chanct Sof failure, he must be the man wh( can draw the,.largest support from the yr ranks of the enemy. Mr. Blair, Wh< a- was a member of Lincoin's Cabinet a says that Tilden is the man. and offeri e- a strong argument to prove it. Ther< r.|are men here to-day, bitterly op. .epsdt idn eas fhsat FoE= T XE REA.D. GREENVILLE, S. C., April 1st, 1876. Court has been in session here for three weeks, and still continues, His Honor Judge Cooke presiding. On Wednesday last the libel case of Capt. Wm. Earle against the Enterprise & Mountaineer was entered into. This case seems to excite a lively interest, and since its beginning the court house has from day to day been crowded. Among the dirtinguished persons in attendance we notice General Garling ton, formerly of Newberry. The first three days we:e almost wholly occu pied with the examination of the wit nesses for the defendant, the fourth day-Saturday-with those for the plaintiff. The remainder of the term will be consumed by this case. Coun sel for the defendant-Gen. M. C. Butler, ex-Governor Bonham, Col. Wn. H. Perry and Maj. Whitner Symmes. Counsel for the plaintiff Gen. Samuel McGowan, Cols. Coth ran, Simpson and Moore. To this counsel why not add' the name ol Judge Cooke ? Perhaps it is only the fear of another libel case which pre vents our so doing. Court is being held from 10 o'clock in the morning until dark, with an intermission ol about an hour and a half for dinner. His Honor certainly deserves credil for the business done during this term. DAMON. FOE THE HERALD. CHAPPELL'S, S. C., April 2d, 1876. BURGLARY AND LARCENY. The store of Mr. W. L. Andrews o this place was broken intio on Wednes day night, the 29th of March, while th( clerk, Mr. W. C. Hill, had gone to hii supper, and goods abstracted to th amount of from one to two hundre< dollars, consisting of ready-made cloth ing, such as coats, pants, vests, shirts &c., homespans, several bolts jeans shawls, tobacco, soap and various othe: articles and notions. The money drawe was broken open and about twenty dol lars in cash taken from it, with abou five dollars in five-cent nickel pieces The store was entered bybreaking ope the back door. The force applied wa so great that the hasp and screws tha held the lock bolt was bursted off and the store entered. Mr. Hill returne< from his supper in about a half an hon and found the door open and the stor robbed. No clue to the thieves. Mr. W. R. Smith also had his meai house broken into a few nights previoum but fortunately Mris. Smith had re moved all the meat and other prorision~ the day before to a more secure locality therefore the burglars and would-b: rrobbers failed to carry out their thievini Sdesigns. tThere seems to be a perfect systemc thieving and robbery in the neighbo hood, as the farmers cannot leave an; of their implements in the field ove night or they will be stolen. A good many of them have lost ploi stocks, plow-hoes, single trees, shovel -hoes, gears, &c. Everything has to b brought up to the house at night ani locked up. J. 0. D. FoR THE HERAI-D. Anniversary Celebration. -It was our privilege as well as pleas ure to be present at the 18th Anniver sary Celebration of the Excelsior Lit erary Society of Newberry College WaIhalla, which came oftf with grea eclat on Friday evening, 31st ult. ~A the appointed hour the exercises wer opened with prayer by Rev. Praof. Gec W. Holland, after .which Mr. W. .J Stribling of Texas, President of the S& 'ciety, in one of his usual, practical an logical speeches, portraying the bene ficial results of a thorough educatio: upon the rising generation, and urgina upon the people the necessity of educa ting their children, introduced the ora tar of the occasion, Mr. Geo. T. Stril ling, of Oconee, S. C., whose well-times remarks met with a hearty approva from the large audience before him. Next followed the discussion of th< question, "Ought the learned profession be considered more honorable than tb other vacations of life?" The affirmative was espoused by Mr D. A. Zeagler, of Orangeburg, in neat, sensible address-arguing that thb learned were mhore able to grapple witl the vexed questions of the day, while hi opponent, Mr. C. M. Efird, of Lexing ton, S. C.. contended that the skillfc use of the tools of the workshop and thi implements of the farm conferred th< most honor and independence. Whil< bth of these young gentlemen acquit ted themselves well, it would be in vidous in us to express our opinion a to which of them proved his point mos1 conclusively. Thus closed the exercises, edifying and interesting to all, evincing a thor ough training in. the school-room, fa with Rev. J. P. Smeltzer, D). D., RevE Geo. W. Holland and J. F. Probst, and Profs. D. Arrington and D. B. Busby, al Professors, any college may boast of in structing young men propurlyto grappl< with the emergencies now before us. We noticed some improvements il the town of WaIhalla since our las visit to that place, showing a degree o prosperity not now generally seen, an< we attribute this to the location of th College there. But for the oversight c some, Newbemty to-day would be reap ing the advantages of a thorough scho .Mew .misceuaneous. GUANO. A FEW TONS OF -FIRST CLASS GU ANO, for sale at A REDUGED PRICE by A. D. LO.VELAGE. Apr. 5, 14-it. South Carolina Medical As sociation. The Annual Meeting of the South Caro lina Medical Associatio-i_will take place in Columbia, on Tuesday, April 11th, 1876. HENRY D. FRASER, Recording Secretary, Apr. 5, 14-2t. 66 IM GZAM61 AD TheMEUALEDJASIEFFOMD09=1 ADDREss, POOLE & HUNT. Apr. 5, 1876-.14-ly. .7PIsenaneous. THE LITEST NOELIMS IN NOTE PAPEUS The Elite, Harmony and Century Pqeteriese Together with other articles i Stationery Just received ;t. theX HERILD BOOK STO Mar. 29, 13-tf. 1,000 POTS 1OlUSE PLATS. Consisting in part of Single and Double Geraninn Su1sn ad. Double Fuchsias,:Red and7NNAO Heliotropes, Century Plants, Njj ing CereusiIce, Air and Wax-PI.an* i and Basket Plants, Japonicas,,.-P ide rBananas, and fifty other varieties of Plan, ress, &c. Grown from SeedaudPhnt r obtained from the -fnost celebrate& yssia of the United States. PlAntil from 10 inches to t '12t height, in 4 and 6 inch Pots, from,14 t40 cents each. Larger Plants and Fots.i proportion. Delivered fre -on bosd ,he care. J. F. 0. :JijfPE - Abbevilie G. 8O, LMar. 29, 138. a NGTWC rHa.ving made a-settlement on the Estate of George W. Koon, deceased, I will-apply - to the Court of Probate fdr Ne*berry County on'the 29th day of :April, 187 or a final discharge as Administrator. - THOS. V. WICKER, Administrator. 'March 25, 1878-13-5t. STATE OF SOUTH ONOTl\ COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE PROBATE- COURT~ D. . Henry Wheeler, 'asA A - ministrator of the Estate-of IComplaint Ca ~rolineSummDer,deceased, to Sell Plaintiff. Iand -Against - . Henry Summer, Joh-nH. SuhI- Pay4~ba rmer, Martha Kibler, Mary 4 .yi Rikard, Thompson Kemp- - .son, Cincinnati Epting, Cal-i edonia Summer, Caidwell I Asets BSummer, McFall Mathewsd iadle Sondley Mathews and A&r- I elief. chy Mills, Defendants. - On hearing the Complaint herein; and on motion of Messrs. Jones,-Jones & Mower, Plaintifs Attorneys, - It is ordered, That the Credtots of Caro. -- line Summer, deceased, render in .and- es. - tablish their demands by the. 1st dag of - ~April, 1876. *1 It is further ordered, That the said Cred itors of Caroline Summer, deceased, be en joined from enforcing the collection f their ,demands except in this case. - J. C. LEA HY, JA P. March 21, 1876. 13-2t. IN THE DISTRICTX 0URT. 4OF THE UNITED STATES -)IS TRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ,IN RE ) otce dThos. B. Kennerly, to Bankrupt. Creditors. SNOTIG,E is hereby given that a meeting iiof the Creditors of said Bankrupt -wjf -be held at Newberry C. H., ON TBE20TH APRIL NEXT, AT 12 I., in -the office of the undersigned Register,- for the purpose ~-of examining into the validity of-the.olaima .presented, previous to ? finalsettlement. of said Estate. C. G. JAEGEE~ Register. N 6ewberry, S. C., 20th Marc,87612-St AND ICE1IN SEASON. The subscriber respectfully informs the public of Newberry, that he is prepared to supply them in the aboye necessary ar.ticles frpm this date. Havit dug a -large dry Swell, and with all the required facilities, She will keep on hand an adequate quantity of ICE d thu beble to m theent of the people - A A REAOABLE PRWCE. AlH orders for any of the above must- be Baccompanied with the cash. Mar. 22, 12-5t.J Farmers,FTrmeI~ - COME AND SEE. Sinus' Star Seed Plaiter and Guano Distributor. I will take pleasure in showing it, and believe I can sell you one. Drills cotton jbeautifully and will save ytou labor aRl through the season. Puts yonr~. guano down in any quantity desired. -Plants cora -1, 2, 3 or 4 feet apart, also peas. Drills eany small grain, wheat, rice, &.- Band oR machine will not run off. - Coverers cover splenidly. No casting about the Planter. Any ordinary mechanic can - p2ke them. ?This machine will save-the.labor of one horse and two hands. A pply for terms to La. R. MARAHALL, State Agent. N. B.--Agents wanted in every .County. Mr. i5, 11-tf. T rw IinRnK T1