The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, July 26, 1876, Image 1
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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agrkdtur kc.
Vol. XTL WEDNESDAY MORNING, iULY 26, 1876. No. 30
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORMING,
A&t Newberry.% S. C.
BY TFH9. -F, IMEKER,
EdioranPrp-etor.
nop- -ime or is utoped tteeprUno
T3hIex,=aAzdenota emphsatI11 of =ub
3W'M0FRA 3EARCIAN.
atadm,ofttbA *Mmed coz are spread
I.k the barn bigh;
OWfuionlm3trusoverhead
MWl fantasy
Tbvb* oWjhiek*fIkaftg hints of Aght
1ctabIn tSe dark
Iit b1odmtcg girls
Oathine.the butqrtis and make briglkt
- With thedr blonde cerls.
Thf htW"-rsomefes'find an ear
Of bright red comn
Miaclj of the harvest year,
A stra"ger borns
The. bwUthrood d-tgolen maiz e
poei&look in.scorn
6n "6,e-w,e.,aic w~ays
Among the corn.
BazllU the boys do 8eaWch for this
Red pirate ear;
egifl,*ho draws it mnust a kiss
Give her love dear.
In%,cheftfulseM=kb for one eau red
- ThscoMlPanY
Theiong bright,burziished ears. outspread
A sight.to see.
Amd- so, In fun,and ceheerfal talk.9
-. Ve eii g gos;c,-. .
~marry ~ ~f ~ had never seen
A. ~*,~eiil-face at2hadb~erz ~
pr~ekse~to the closed * b
of the oom where this conversation P
~ ,ilon~ we.n liftpd herA for ~ inn
The listener slunk around the
corner of the house, and sped away.
But the visitor entered the cottage,
and greeted uncle and niece. A
tall, handsome man, with .a very
frank expressi on.
Though Uncle John growled and
fumed, Margaret was the very dar
ling of his heart, and he could never
seriously oppcse any wish of hers.
So,:while the evil-faced man who
had listened at the window sped
over the fields, Harry Craige press
ed his suit till John Hammersley
was won to give his consent to a
marriage that was really a worldly
advantage to his niece.
Consent once gained,Harry plead
ad hard for a speedy wedding. So
fhe bans were published, and the
gutsts invited.
Mark Halstead, a second cousin
>f Margaret's, and with a disap
?ointed heart, consented to be
roomsman, but Hall kept aloof,
hough he met Harry often, and
are. him. a grudging civility.
The wedding day came, and the
ottage was decorated for the fes
ivities after th' marriage. Marga
-et's wedding-dress was already
onned. The bride was waiting,
)ut Harry did not come.
Mark Halstead, after a whispered
onsultation with Mr. Hammersley,
vent to where Harry had boarded.
Iere he.was informed that on the
revious evening a note had been
tanded in for Mr. Craige - and im
ediately afterwards he had driven
iway. That was all Mark could
nd out that night.
The guests dispersed, Margaret
efusing all companionship but that
if her uncle.
XWhen they were alone together,-.1
he trept-intothe strong arms that -i
ad been her protection Pnd shelter I
E-om childhood, and lay there, white I
s the bridal dress she wore, shiver- I
ig and 1ealeg- And, looking af
er m pry, John Hammersley .
sti-ained the torrent of indignant
rords t-rewnl-ing upon his tongue,
adsoothe&her as if she had been <
n infant.
"He is siek or hurt," the old'man
lid.
In his heart he added, "And if i
afe false villain is deceiving my
i, I will -shoot him like a dog."
4t he bad no opportunity to keep
ae unspoken threat.
A letter was written to the firm,
nd one of the senior partners came]
> Brashaw.
It was some. comfort to heart- 2
roken Margaret to hear of the high I
steem in which Harry was held,
ad see the evident sorrow -of the ]
Iderly gentleman who spoke so
~armly of his partner.
"It is absurd to suppose he has1
in away," said his partner ; "he is
man of influence in business~, and
is social standing is of the best, i
ad"-here he turned to Margaret
-"his love was pure, honorable and
tcere. I, who have known him I
-om a boy, know that he was a man
ho would scorn to play with any c
-oman's heart." - 1
Only a piteous cry- of, "Where i
m he be t' burst from the girl's i
hite lips.
"Had he any enemies here ?" was c
ie next stern question.
No one knew of any. The frank; t
right nature had .won friends all
bout him Even Hall had been a
sen in friendly conversation with
1e missing man on the day of his c
isappearanice.
Every inquiry resulted in the
Lie disappointment, till the nine
ys' wonder died out, and the nmys.
ary was unsolved. .
The faithful heart that loved
arry kept his image ever closely
>ded, grieving silently and in soli
ide, and wearily resuming the rou
ne of life. Every duty of her hum- ~
le, quiet life Margaret fulfilled with
tient care; but her step was slow ~
ad weary, her face pale, and her
yes heavy with weeping. But her
ele, who loved her fondly, missed I
er rippling laugh, her sweet song.
ad it was a delicate tribute he a
aid Margaret's sorrow that he s
ever once hinted to her that there f
ight be some dishonorable expla- I
ation of her lover's disappearance. c
'his idea haunted him. Since the i
eparture of the senior partner of a
be firm there was no one to speak a
f Harry in terms of comroendation, y
ud speculations were numerous ini
be age. A wife secretly hidden 1
1away, who threatened exposure,
was a favorite theory. Debt was
another. Escape from punishment
for some crime was a third. But
all these theories were kept from
Margaret.
Winter set in. Hall came often
to the cottage. His face was one
that could mask an evil heart with
an assumption of rough frankness,
and seldom had any one seen it as
it revealed itself when he listened
at the cottage window. He had
left the vessel, of which he was first
mate and part owner, to go upon a
long cruise without him, and he
employed all his time in a vigorous
pursuit of his courtship. As deep
ly as he could love any one he loved.
Margaret ; and he felt secure of jher
favor until Harry Craige came.
John Hammersley favored the sail
or's suit heartily, and after Marga
ret had given her grief its full sway
for three months, she was bidden
to "mope" no longer, but cheer up,
as there was just as good fish in
the sea as ever were caught. So,
with her sorrow as deep as at first,
her heart true as steel, the girl had
to be present when Hall came to
the cottage, and listen to his rough
wooing. Again and again she re
fused his presents, his compliments,
his offers to escort her here or
there. But the man would not be
driven away. Encouraged by the
ncle's liking, he persisted, in spite]
:>f argaret's coolness. It was not
in the girl's nature to be discourt
uoor unkind, an.Ihergentleman
aer was accepted as a far~ greater
ancouragement than she ever in
ended it to be. The winter was
I long agony to her. Her uncle
irged Hall's claims at every avail
ible .opportunity, and the sailor
Aimself was persistent in his atten
ions. - And while. her days were i
);y,r her evening's wearily spent i
n: uncongenial iMyj- -aiant's* j
iights were restless and memory I
launted. Where was her'lover hid- 1
len? Where was the dark story I
f rime writteag tha4 carried:him a
rom ber? She never doubted him, E
ind she kept his memory bright in t
ier heart. She did not hope ever
o meet him on earth again, for she f
wa.sure that if he lived he would
eturn to her, but no other love ~
~hould ever obliterate his from her e
ieart.
A whole year wore away, and i
Kall had urged his suit vehemently 1
n the preceding days, and Marga- t
-et realized, with asad heart, that a
er steady refusal of his suit was a
hienatng her uncle's affections. s
le could not understand this con- I
itancy. Why should Margaret live i
Jone because one man was false or
mfortunate ? So he urged, as they e
lat in the parlor of the little cottage, t
md Margaret listened with droop- t
ng head, and hands folded wearily. z
"I cannot marry, uncle," she said, r
rently but firmly ; "I cannot forget a
he only man I ever loved."(
The garden gate clanged, a step j
runched the gravel, and, without r
:nocking, a man in a rough sailor's e
ress, bearded and bronzed, stood i
a the doorway. One look, and i
vith a cry Margaret sped to the e
ipen arms of Harry Craige.c
John Hammersley only stared,
ill a cheery voice said: c
"You see I am a sailor-a man j
sfter your own heart."
"Bless my eyes ! where did you ,
:ome from ?"t
"Off the Sea Gull."a
"Whaling ?"
"Yes."
"But what possessed you to go d
>ff in that way ?"
"I will tell you. Sit here beside t
ne, Margaret. I was shanghaied. t
)o you know what that means, my t
>earl? Your uncle does. I was i
[rugged, carried aboard the Sea e
lull, and recovered my senses when a
ye were out of sight of land, bound r
or a year's whaling cruise."
"But who-" began John Ham- E
nersley. t
"William Hall," was the stern
,nswer. "He told me, Margaret, a
reek before our wedding-day, of a 1
riend of his, acaptain of an East ~
uadian vessel, who had some curi
isities that would please you, and I
are shawls and fabrics to show me p
,lso. I never thought Qf treachery, y
and when he sent mue a note to y
reet his friend in the village, I a
Iroe oner. Half-way on my trip I d
drove to a small tavern, and while
we waited I drank a glass of wine
with Hall. A numbness soon seiz
ed me, my head grew dizzy, and I
knew no more until I awoke on
board a whaling vessel in the dress
of a common sailor."
"The scoundrel!" mattered John
Hammersley.
"I raised a pretty fuss at first,"
Harry continued, "but it was use
less. Nobody believed I could pay
the sum I~offered if they would car
ry me to Brashaw, and I concluded
I must make the best of the situa
tion. So, -Mr. Hammersley, I ap
plied my energies to seamanship,
and they tell me aboard the Sea
Gull that I make a very tidy sailor."
"You are a brave lad," was the
warm reply, "and Im heartily glad
you are back; and I'm heartily glad
of another thing-and that is, that
Margaret's true love has baffled
Eall's little game. - Old as Tam, he
had better keep out of reach of my
Apparently the baffled schemer
bhought so himself, for he was never
rnore seen in -Brashaw. Two there
were who little cared . The two
were married a few weeks later, and
Uncle John threatened to find a
wife himsflf; but at the'st ac
5ounts he had failed to do so, pre
!erring t6 wait till Margaret's eld
st daughter is old enough to take
ier mother's place- as housekeeper
n the cottage.
MHE DEMOCRATIC PLAT.
FORK ADOPTED AT ST.,
LOUIS, JUNE 28,1876.
We, the delegates of the Demo
ratic party of the United States, )
a National Conention assemibled,
lo' hereby declare the admiitrasi
ion offI: Feieral Governmnento A
win'urgent need of immediate re.
orm; we do hereby enjoin upon
he nominees of this Convention
ad of the Democratic party in each
state a zealous effort and co-opera
ion to this end, and do hereby ap
eal to our fellow-citizens of every
ormer political connection to un
ertake with us this first and most<
yressin patriotic duty of the Dem-' 2
>cracy of the whole country.
We do hereby reaffirm our faith
ra the permanercey of the Federal
Inion,'our devotion to the Consti-<
ution of the United States with its]I
amendments uiniversally accepted as 4
.final settlement of the controver- I
ies that'engendered civil war,and do
ere record our steadfast confidence I
ra the perpetuity of republican self- e
~overnment, in absolute acquies- (
ence to the will of the majority- I
he vital principle of republics--in t
he supremacy of the civic over the I
rilitary authority in the total sepa- I
ation of church and state for the 1
ake alike of civil and religious free- '
om, in the equality of all citizens (
sefore just laws of their own enact- 1
aent, in the liberty of individual i
onductunvexed by sumptuary laws, t
ai the faithful education of the ris
rig generation, that they may pre- (
erve, enjoy and transmit these best ?
onditions of human happiness. I
But, while upholding the bond of f
'ur Union and great charter of '
hese our rights, it behooves a free I
eople to practice also that eternal I
igilance which is the price of liber- I
y. Reform is necessary to rebuild 6
nd establish in the hearts of the C
rhole people of the Union, eleven I
-ears ago happily rescued from the e
anger of a secession of States, buit C
LOW to be saved from a corrupt cen- a
ralism which, after inflicting upon (
en States the rapacity of carpet
iag tyrannies, has honey-combed I
he offices of the Federal Govern- 1a
2ent itself with incapacity, waste t
nd fraud, infected States and mu- 1
icipalities with the contagion of a
isrtle and locked fast the pros- c
erity of an industrious people in I
he paralysis of hard times.d
Reform is necessary to establish
sound currency, restore the pub- t
ec credit and maintain the national (
onor. t
We denounce the failure for the I
ast eleven years to make good the I
romise of the legal tender notes, e
rhich are a changing standard of c
sluie in the hands of the people, '
nd the non-paym~ent of which is a e
iseard of the plighted faith of x
We denounce the improvidence
which in eleven years of peace bas
taken from the people in Federal
taxes thirteen times the whole
amount of the legal tender notes,
and squandered four times this sum
in useless expense, without accumu
lating any reserve for their redemp
tion.
We denounce the financial imbe
cility and immorality of that party
which, during eleven years of peace,
has made no advance toward re
sumption; which, instead, has ob
structed resumption by wasting our
resources and exhausting all our
surplus income, and, while ann&ily
professing to intend a speedy return
to specie payments, has annually
enacted fresh hindrances thereto.
As such a hindrance, we denounce
the resumption clause of the act of
1875, and we hereby demand its re
peal. We demand a judicious sys
tem of preparation by public econo
mies, by official retrenchments and
by wise finance, which shall enable
the nation soon to assure the whole
world of its perfect ability and its
perfect readiness to meet any of its
promises at the call of the creditors
entitlea. to payment We believe
such a system, well devised and
%bo4e all intrnsted to competent
hands for execution, creating at no
ime an artifcial scarcity of curren
cy and at no time alarming the pub
lie mind into a withdrawal of that
vaster machinery of credit by which 1
D5 per cent. of all business transac- 1
Lions are performed, a systeni open, 1
public and inspiring general confi- i
ienCe, 'would from the day of its
idoption bring healing on its wings
bo.Oll our harassed industry, and
;et in motion the wheels of com
nerce, manufactures and the me- I
bIhn ical arts, restore employment
o labor and renew in all its na
iga resources the piosperity of I
~he people.1
Reform is necessary in the sum i
md mode of Federal taxation, to
he end that capita may be eet free I
rom distrust and la&)r lightly bur- 1
lened. -
We denounce the present tariff e
evied upon nearly 4,000 articles, i
~s a masterpiece of injustice, ine- a
inality and false pretense. It yields I
dwindling, not a yearly rising i
'evenue. It has impoverished many C
ridustries to subsidize a few. It
>rohibits imports that might pur- i:
~hase the products of American s
abor. It has degraded American ii
~ommerce from the first to an in- (
erior rank on the high seas. It has il
aut -down the sale of American '
nanufactures at home and abroad '
nd depleted the returns of Ameri- t
an agriculture-an industry fol- I
owed by half our people. It costs s
he people five times more than it E
roduces to the Treasury, obstructs a
he processes of production and p
vastes the fruits of labor. It pro- E
notes fraud and fosters smuggling, 1a
unrches dishonest officials and 1<
>ankrupts honest merchants. We I
Lemand that all Custom House il
axation shall be only for revenue. 'J
Reform is necessary in the scale p
if public expenses, Federal, State (
nd municipal. Our Federal taxa- fl
ion has swelled from $60,000,000, r
rold, in 1860, to $450,~000,000, cur- e
ency, in 1870 ; or, in a decade, e
rom less than $5 per head to more A
han $18 per head. Since the peace is
he people have paid to their tax- i
atherers more than thrice the sum 1;
i the national debt, and more than if
wice the sum for the Federal Gov- t
onment alone. We demand a vig- p
irous frugality in every department fi
ad from every officer of the Gov- s
rnment. s
Reform is necessary to put a stop P
o the profligate waste of public a
ands, and their diversion from ac' e
ual settlers by the party in power, 1
rhich has squandered 200,000,000 C
cres.upon railroads alone, and out E
if more than thrice that aggregate if
Las disposed of less than a sixth a
irectly to tillers of the soil. y
Reform is necessary to correct I
he omissions of the Republican
bongress and the errors of our
reaties and our diplomacy, which
ave stripped our fellow-citizens of
nreign birth and kindred race re -
rossing the Atlantic of the shield h,
f American citizenship, and have I
sposed our brethren of the Pacific
oast to the incursions of a race
tot sprung from the sarge great, g
parnt ainck and in fact nowrby c
law denied citizenship through
naturalization as being neither ac
customed to the traditions of a
progressive civilization nor exer-.
cised in liberty under equal laws.
We denounce the policy which thus
discards the libe-ty-loving German
and tolerates the revival of the
coolie trade in Mongolian women
imported for immoral purposes,
and Mongolian men hired to per
form servile labor contracts, and
demand such modification of the
treaty with the Chinese Empire, or
such legislation by Congress, with
a constitutional limitation, as shall
prevent the further importation or
immigration of the Mongolian race.
Reform is necessary, and can
nevei- be effected but by making it
the controlling issue of the elections
and lifting it above the two false
issues with which the office hold
ing class and the party in power
seek to smother it-the false issue
with which they would enkindle
sectional strife in respect to the
public schools, of which the estab
lishment and support belongs exclu
sively to the several States, and
which the Democratic party has
cherished from their foundation,
md -resolved to maintain without
partiality or.preference for any
3lass, sect, or creed, -and withoiit
3ontribution from the Treasury to
my of them;"and the false issue
by which they seek to light anew
bhe dying embers of sectional bate
between kindred peoples once eg
ranged but now reunited in the
ndivisible republic and a common
1estiny.
Reform is necessary in the civil
;ervice. Experience proves that
afficient, economical conduct of the
3rovernmental business is not pos
ible if its civil service be subject
so change at every election, be a
rize fought' or at the ballot box,
>e a brief reward of. party zeal, in
iteaa of posts of honor assigned for
>roved competency,' and held for
idelity in the public employ; that
he dispensing of patronage should
ieither be a tax upon the time of
Mf our public men nor the instru
nent of their ambition. Here
gain professions falsified 'in the
~erformance attest that .the party
nl power can work out no practical
>r salutary reform.
Beform is necessary even more
ai the higher grades of the public
ervice. President, Vice-President,
'udges, Senators, Representatives,
sabinet officers, these and all others
ci authority are the people's ser
ants. Their offices are not a pri
ate perquisite, they are a public
rust. When the annals of this re
>ublic show the disgrace and cen
ure of a Vice-President, a late
ipeaker of the House of Represent
tives marketing his rulings asa 1
iresiding officer, three Senators
irofiting secretly by their votes as
sw makers, fivo~ Chairmen of the ~
sading committees of the late ~
[ouse of Representatives exposed ~
a jobbery, a late Secretary of the ~
'reasury forcing balances in the '
sublic accounts, a late Attorney..
ieneral miisappropriating public '
ainds, a Secretary of the Navy en
iched or enriching friends by per ~
entages levied off the profits .of ~
ontractors with his department, an
anbassador to England censured
a a -dishonorable speculation, the
'resident's Private Secretary bare
y escaping 'conviction upon trial
yr guilty complicity in frauds upon1
h~e revenue, a Secretary of War im
eached for high crimes and con
assed misdemeanors, the demon
tration is complete that the first
iep in reform must be the peo
le's choice of honest men from
nothier party lest the disease of
ne political organization infest the
ody politic, and lest by making no
hange of men or party we can get
o change of measures and no re
>rm. All these abuses, wrongs
nad crimes-the product of sixteen
ears ascendency of th-e Republican
arty-create a necessity for re- ,
>rm expressed by Republicans i
demselves, but their reformers are
oted down in convention and dis
laced from the Cabinet. The par- a
r's mass of honest. voters are pow
dless to resist the 80,000 office
olders, its leaders and guides.
~eform can only be had by a peace- ~
il civic revolution.
We demand a change of system,
change of aministrtion, a change b
F partiesi, thjat we may have a
bauge of measures. and of men
STORY OF A MINISTER'S
WIFE.
How the times have altered since
I was married, ifty years ago! My
husband's parish was then in the
northern part'of New York, and
our people were mainly simple,
homespun Scotch folk. I shall never
forget the first wedding Iwitnessed
among them. It took place in the
substantial farmhouse of the bride's
father. The bride was young, and
had the bright, ruddy complexion
so universal with the girls on those
hills, living active, useful lives as
they did. She was dressed in some
soft material of worsted and silk;
the short sleeves and four inch
bodice were dashed with Une, and
she wore a blue sash, and blue mo
rocco shoes- with high heels. The
groom was a stalwart, broad-shoul
dered young fellqw, fine in lome
spun clothes -and brass buttons.
The marriage ceremony was short
and simple: - Then followed much
kissing and many jokes, - some not
so remarkable foi wit as for a cer
tain coarseness that passed for it
Supper followed, and great was the
merriment when :the - bridesmaid
drew the ring that-had been ut in
the wedding-cake! After supp
there ensued a successign.of romp
inggames,inwhich brideand groom
joined-mith righ good will." I, as
the minister's wife, couldnot assisf
in their sports, but would have
done so gladly, for I was young
myself. Well, . that was fifty years
ago Last week, my husband'fd,
I, now two gray-haired old people,
were invited to'attend a fashionable
wedding in New York. The bride
was the grand-daughter of the
young woman who was married
LhAt ight, fifty years ago.
What a contrast there was in the
weddings, and in the brides! This
young girl, i her trailing Mtin
ress, white as sheeted snow, -er
point D'Alendon fAounces, and
wreath of real orange blossoms,
wasaspaleasalily, and hr waist
was so slender that I wondered;how
she had strength to carry the weight
>f her train. No roses save white
mes. bloomed on her cheeks. No
wonder ! She -never milked the
sweet-breathed kine; she never
sarded wool and flax, and spun and
wove, as her handsome grandmother
lid. The wedding was exceedingly
~rand. There were six bridesmaids
Lnd groomsmen, and many gayly
Iressed people. Then at the house
here was a great display of flowers,
hnd the bride and groom, surround
dI by their attendants, stood in
itate for hours, and received their
riends; and wines and ices and
!onderful confections were served;
and after the guests had left, the
>ridal party went in a special train
mn their wedding tour. I suppose
t is I who am wrong, and that these
ihanges are but necessary concomi
ants to the advance of wealth and
alture, but it does seem to me
hat there was more heartiness,
nore .realness, in the old than in
he new. Wouldn't our girls have
nore red roses in their cheeks,
aore vigor in their, frames, if we
ould go back to the simpler life of
orty-five years ago? Would not we
11 be better and happier ?
An Americanized citizen was call
KI on as a witness in a case before
mne of the justices lately, and when
he oath was administered he raised
othhands andsaid: "I[shall spoke
Loddings what ain't drew, if I ever
hope to die so quick as a minute."
A -negro was scalded to death
rom a bailer explasion in New Or
eans lately, and on his tombstone
hey chisselled deeply, "Sacred to
he memory of our 'steamed friend."
Prefer diligence before idleness,
miess ymiesteem rust above bright
Less.
If h'isbands were always lovers,
fives would .be the dearest min
stering angels.
We are all poor just as we want,
lore, and rich as we want less.
The only way to be permanently
afe is to be habitually honest.
If countlifebe hetht to the
Qdy, it is no less so to the mind.
The grat pTayer is patience.
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A RICH MAN ON RICE
The following 'story,,. says in"e
WaYs*~e istiold of Jacob Ridge-,'
Way, a wealthy Citime of PhAAAA-,
P.hl-8, who died many. years ego,.
leaving a fortune of five or siX'ml
lion dollars
(91jr. Ridewa, aid a young.
man with whom the irnli_mnan as
conversing, "you are too:-,be more
envied than any gItlmalnoww
"WhY so ?9? respnded.1dr..Bdg~
way, 91 am not~ aware of any cp
for which Ishould be prticularly:
envied."
"WaI Sir"eclmetieyug
man in 'astonish~t
yon not a mlinie ik~h
thousands your ineame br- s o.
every, month!"- -
""Well what of that,".rpidM~
Bigway; "alIgtotfiu
my victals and c1othe*&XCix_1
eat.mre than one maensaoan~.
or wear *but'one stt e' jm~
time. Pray, c0a't yo*u do-as nif"'
of the hundredis of finhos O)