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CoLUMBU S, 0.. December 29. Judge T. J. Mackey, of South Carolina, is here as bearer of a letter from General Wade Hampton to Gov ernor Hayes. The letter is as follows : EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, COLUMBTA. . (, Iecember 2. 1X76. DEAR SIR-I have the honor to enclose a copy of my inaugural as the duly elected Governor of South Caro lina. In view of the present events and the official sanction given to !ross misrepresentation of the acts and pur poses of the majority of the good people of this commonwealth, I deem it proper to declare that profound peace prevails throu,hout the State. that the :ourse of judicial proceedings is obstructed by no combination of citi zens thereof, and that the laws for the protection of the inhabitants in all their rights of person. propErty and citizenship are being enforced in our courts. While the people of this State are not wanting, either in spirit or means, to maintain their rights of citizenship against the usurper's power, which now defies the supreme judicial author ity of the State, they have such faith in the justice of their cause that they propose to leave its vindication to the proper legal tribunals, appealing, at the same time, to the patriotism and public sentiment of the whole coun try. The inflammatory utterances of a portion of the public press render it. perhaps, nut inopportune for mne to state, although the people in South Carolina view with grave concern the prese;,t critical juncture in the affairs of our country, wbich threatens to subject to an extreme test the republican system of government itself, it is their firm and deliberate purpose to condemn any solution of the existing political problem that involves the exhibition of armed force, or that moves through any other channel than the present prescribed form of the constitution, or the peaceful agencies of law. Trusting that a solution may be had which, while maintaining the p.a'ice ot the country, shall do no violence to the constitutional safe uards of popu lar right, and will tend still further to unite the people of all the States im an earnest effort to preserve the peace and sustain the laws and the oonStitu tion, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) WADE HAMPTON, -Governor of South Carolina. His Excellency R. B. Hayes, Gover nor of Ohio. P. S.-As the settlement of the vexed political questions which now agitate the public mind must ultimate ]y depend on yourself or upom your distinguished competitor for the Pres deocy; I have addressed a letter s1wi1 Jar to th.is to his Excellency Governor Tilden. Yours, WADE H.AWPON. Glimpses of Queer Texans. The Ways of Life on the Southwestern Bordei as Seen from a Steamboat. GALVESTON. Dec. 17.-I have been up Trinity river on a steamboat. The stream is remarkably serpertine and difficult of navigation. Its mud dy5 bottom is strewn with wrecks. It passes through a rich but unculti vated region, so sickly as to be unin habitable to any but negroes and a few miserable specimens of unative Texans. who live a wild, nomadic life. and subsist chiefly by killinig game and raising stock. These people and their habits of life are less known to the general newspapcr readers of the North than are the natives of Tim buctoo. They have no idea of what legal terms wiean, and recognize no other law than that dispensed from~ the muzzle of a shotgun or a revolver. Thev are as a rule uneducated, and consequently less open to moral iniflu ences than the Northern arl Europe an immigrants. who are now rapidly settling in various parts of the Stat'. As we penetrated between the heav ily wooded bottom lands through which the river winds, we saw the natives. Mounted on shagiiy ponies, they can make their way through the forests with as unerring certainty as though they were guided by compass and chart, and, after they kill a sufficient quantity of game, they retire to their ranches, and enjoy ingWarious' ease un til their stock is exhausted. Thbe ne groes. who comprise about one-half of the population of the river bottoms, live by supplying wood to the steam boats tha.t go up and down the river during the cotton season. Stealing~ cattle is a common practice with both races, and the "Cow Boys," as a cl-ass of mounted thieves are called, scour the country, and drive all the young unbranided stock they cani find into their own enelosures, mad brand them. The authorities arec powerless to en force the law. Six years ago a court house was built in Liberty, a county seat, arnd an effort was made to bring~ the lawless bands to justice. Some of the leaders were indicted, and the peaceably dis posed citizens felt that an era of law and order was about to be inaugurated. All the judicial machinery of t he coun ty was set in motion, and a day was fixed for the trials. Early on that rmornitig the town filled .vith people from all directions, and just as the Court House was about to be opened an armed band rode into the village. captured the records, and set fire to the building. The prisoners rode out of town with their companions. This Court House has been built three times and as often destroyed Naught remains but blackened walls. Nothi:i gles uhrtrd h rgeso es s tuh laessnss The ogreso Tertile ad th limsses awhe fsoli terier n btmhelatdia.awfo Theris critm, hath nd Teniaor Therae is, ta crie tha no ca oet eveer, that the whole State is given -r fover to lawlessness. There are many portions as tranquil and law-abiding as New York. The Vote for President. The Popular Majority for Tilden-The States } Carried by Each Candidate. The last of the official returus of the vote fur President at the Novem ber election have now been received. The following table gives the aggre gate of votes for each candidate as officially returned. The vote is that Uf the- bighest elector on each ticket, where that could be ascertained. The :inti-Masonic and American Alliance tickets appear in the scattering col un;1. New York, of course. gives the te largest total vote, and the largest vote A for Tilden and Hayes. Nevada gives va the smallest total vote and the small est vote for each of the leading candi dates. Fourteen States give no vote for Cooper. Illinois gives him the largest vote and Rhode Island the l smallest. Twenty-five States give no ti vote for Smith. New York gives him s the largest and Oregon the smallest p, vote: ef Tilden, Hayes STATES. ). it. A Alabama* ................ 102,002 68,230 Arkansas............... 58,083 38,669 W Ca:ifornia.......-............. 76,464 792 ;5 Connecticut............... 61,9:4 59,0o. Delaware .............. ... 12.379 10,691 Floridat...-............. 22,9:3 23 819 Georgia. ........................ 129.722 48,541 Illinois.................. 25,Sttr2 277,226 Indiana................213.5"26 208.'1 t. 1owa................... . 112.099 1-'l.327 Kantsas..................... 37,902 78.332 a1 Kentucky .................. 160,415 9.4.5 Louisiana? ........... ..556 75,105 U Maine...................... 49,655 Ei6.W5 .11arylancd................ 91.780 71,981 SE Massachusetts............ ls.777 150,0& . Michigan......... ......-.141,005 166.534 it Minnesota........... .-.48,s99 72,9-2 b Mississippi ------------............. 10S.641 51.18 Missouri ........... ...... 203.077 145.029 Nebraska --- . 12,55; 31,852 Nva...................... 9.:08 10.8:3 t New lampshire ....------......... 38.449 41.522 New Jeraey. ------.....115,956 103 511 New York .............----. 522,518 489,529 North Carolina..--........... 122,580 106.402 Ohio........- . ...... ...- -23.1-- 33-.69 Ore.>n -------.......... ...... 14.157 5.214 Pennsylvania.........- 366.214 38,114 Rhode Island.............. i0,712 15,Sa South Carolinall .......----.. . 90.,06 91,870 Tennessee . ......... 133.066 89,566 Texas...................... 10.755 44,8SS Vermont.-......- ... 30,254 44 091 tE Virginia ..... .- .. .. ...... 139.512 95,26S Vest Virginia ..-......... . 56,565 42,001 tl Wisconsin.... .......... 123.926 130,067 Total...... .. .. .. 4.26,267 4,027,245 Majority for Tilden over Hayes. 241.022; I over all, 147.384; total vote. 8.489,150. Peter tl cnoper. the Greenback candidate, received S0.792 votes, and zmith, the Temperance can. iidate . 10,055; seattering, 2,791. *Votes will be increased by returns from = DeKalb which gives Tilden 611 majority. a ;Returning board count. Gen. Bariokw's figuring gives tilden 237 majority. h iT'wo count les lacking ?lReturninlg board count; actual figureS onl h face of returns w;aen opened by the bo..rd, Tild~ n, 8-2.320; H aves'. 77,023.w R,turns certitied bytLhe board of canvas-b sers. Graphie .Aecount of Harnpton's ~ Inauguration. ti d; CoJUMBAu, December 14.- * *m Presently the members of the two d houses Catue down from the hall and took their stand arouud the platform,t and the committee then escorted Geni Y Hampton to the front. The minute st all eyes caught sight of him the crowd. is so soletjni and silent, sent up a shout ai tat it was music to hear. I never b saw a man who seems to be so im hedded in the bearts of the people as ni Gen. Hampton. His influence over ic them is sometbing wonderful. He . j camne forward smiling, and removing his soft hat he uncovered a head in- .i e-lined to baldness for the sun to shine is upon, and waiLed for tbe demonstra- c~ tion to subside He wa plainly dressed, be ard carried in on" hand his inaugural sj address, and in the other a bouquet of beautiful flowers-the gift of some lad y ad mirer. CHe is t wice awidowe-r). a; Gen. Hampton is a mian of about 55. ai years of age, rather over than under. pi utd is well preserved. He is fuzlly six feet, and his powerful frame 1s a ma1gn!ifcent specimen of robust man ho d. His skin is dark ; his face full and round, with bushy side-whiakers that give him an English look. H is tL brow is square and high, and he has a " As he stood there a hush fell on the p a?sseblage and every marn's heartb seemed full. As I looked around mec b 1 saw sileut tears creep into the eyes 0o of' old gray beaded men, and they fr< brushed them away and bit their lips y to restrain their feelings. Their minds g seemed to be going back over tilef dark period in the histor-y of their unfortunate State. anid their hearts m were glad at the prospect of once more w< bHving one of their favorite sons at s the head of the State government.b [Cor. Baltitnore Gazette. ECLECTIC MAGAZIE.-With its current tlh Jauary number, this sterling publication -ners upon the twenty-fif'h volume of the e Ine w series (datmng from 1865) and upon it a tcir-third. coer from the commeocement of Ithe ~wor-k; and as most of our renders are lil probabiv at this time making up their minds as to what periodicals they will take during fu Ithe coming year, a few words regarding the i spe-cicaims of theEclecticrnmay prove both d unique among the monthly magszines, in that it aims to fur-nish reading mater of gi higher charac:er and inore permanent value than is coutwined in the ordinary popular 5 peridicals. while at the same time including wi ear ures which commend it to all clas-es of . ratl-rs. Selecting from rhe wide field of for- is eign current literature, it ig parricnlarly strong a in irs departments of science, itecaury arnd critical esay,, historical st'idies, biography, th and narratives of trav-el and adven'ure; and the belles-erres are represented by the best c pIetry and fiction ihar can be procured. As I the publisher's pro,pectus says. "[The objectI of he magazioe is to be instructive without iti being dull, and entertaining withour being riilm; each number containline something ti to ineret each member of the fLimily circle, et while adai:e-wing itself parricuh rlv to that ret body' of intelligent readers who seek w, profit as well -as amnusement in solid and heahfui liter .ture." re The contents of che January number will inIicte the ch-aracte-r and vatrie-'v of the far which the Ecd cric spre;'ds monthly before its tu r-aders They are as follows: "'~ he Arctic Region, and tjie Eskimo;" "Bunsen and his Wife" -"The Laws of Dreaim,;" "Historic Phrases ;" "King Hecnry'b Hunt: A Ballici;" "Secular Change or Climate;" " furkishc Ways and Tur kish Women ;" 'AC Choosing;" "Cha-lotte Bronte: A Monsograplc;" "The of Asronomy of the Future;" "Cardinal Anto- . nl';" 'The Silent Pool;" "Forgotten ri Part; n A ie og"e AJfie ;"eei-Parr;"ad "oti of RiveSi-." derWo-e- fYl olg.isac)pL Ac fite bte-red portrai of iEx-Prte det or, of Yarren Contege, cois copa- A one wtmb an bi skeaofrhi ienc andh e tttorial departments contain copious notes PC rhe i Herald. [HOS. F. GRENE}ER, EDITORS. V. H. WALLACE. 4 d - ac - 1ti NEWBERRY. S. C. d EDNESDAY, JAN. 3. 1877. 6 A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. rhe Herald is in the highest respect a Fam - Newspaper, devoted to the material in rests of the people of this County and the ate. It circulates extensively, and as an 9 Ivertising tmediwn offers unrivalled ad ntages. For Terms, see first pnge. y ......---- - -. u Volume XIII. This issue begins the 13th volume { j( the Newberry HEuAILD. We take el e occasion -to thank our patrons and ibscrib .rs for their pttrouage in the st, and to assure them that every Fort will be made to keep the HER LD up to its present standard and orthy of their continued support. t New Year. ( We are just eutering upo. t'e un .ied scenes of a new year. It is a fit id suggestive period to look back pun tba experiences of the past, to C ,e the mistakes that have been made h all the varied relations of life and t siness, that they way be shunned the future No one should begin , e new ye-ar without formr'ing for him- t' If some fixed. definite plans and pur- . )ses. There is room for improve ent in every man's life, and now is a gcod time to set about it. In this c ew ecciesiasti:al year. this new cen muial year, with a new President over c te Government and a new Governor Fer the State, let every one resolve to ce a now life that shall be better e ian the old. C The past year has been rather a a loony -one-business has been dull, id the public tranquility and quiet ve been greatly disturbed ; yet we t ve comec through it all remarkably d ell. The future presents a decidedly r, peful aspeot. The era of good feel- o gbetween the two great sections of I e country so long estranged has b awned again? A kindlier sentiment I da better understandding exist to- ti y be w'en the North and South ti t has been knowu for twenty-five ~ ~ars. It becomes us all, then, bow- a ever narrow our circle or smiall our c fluence, to do all we can to encouragee d cherish this good feelieog, to cease ti ekeringzs and strife, and to lend our t, diidual an.d collective aid in build- j up our common counttry by a e~ exercise of honesty. sobriety- r< dutry and enterprise. Especially it incumbent upon Us to do aill we n to adv-anice the interests of New ~rrv. and to see that this County ti all lose nu part of the good name I e has always borne for good order. ec tivity and business enterprise. To n our readers we wish a mtost ;pros- cl ~rous and happy year. ti a. The Hlolidays' C The interest that everybo~dy took in tl e Christmas just over was greater ,; an usual. The times are said to be ti iard " and muoney scare; neverthe- ~ 3 a heavier trad, Was done here just u eedinig Christmas that has ever i e known even ini the nost prosper . ti ues. And, from what w.e hear > other sectious of the State,. this a general. How is it to he accounted EJ r ? There are only two explanatious. ft It is idle to think there is more X aney than usual among the people; to know there is not. Then why b ould they sp-ead it so freely ? Per- p ips the people thick that they have ir t money enough to make it worth p e while to saive. A wan is never so II onio.iical and close as when he has p pocket full of money. and never so >erall and extravagannt as when his ids haive dwindled almost t> noth i. if one has only a few dollars he 0 ies "ot hesitate to spend these for a atification t.hat would aperprfc-I extravagaLIt to him if~ his purse re filled. Thbe passion of hoarding b alwas in proportion to the size of" ma's pile. Another explanation is, ti at the people eagerly seized the oc- a sio of the Christmas festivities anid ti easures as a relief from the perplex es of politics, and paid liberally for at relief. At ally rate the expenses naected with the Christmas holidays 2re far beyond what could have been asonably expected, and out of all oportin to the amount of money ,w in cirenlation. "As Ithers See Us." A newspaper in Englanld. speaking p American affairs, makes a veryB liculos blunder. It says. "As an iC idence of the important part tha merian women are assoqning in lities, the widow Butler hiss just? en elected to the United States Con The Claims Comnission. In 1871 Congress appointed a Com. ittee to act for six years, till the th of March next-to consider and ,eide all claims for compensation b} tizens agaiust the government o, -euunt of property destroyed by the >vernmuent or army during the war he Commissioners have just made teir Sixth Annual Report to Con ress. Durin., the year just passed 1,264.877.74 worth of. claims was eided-uf this amount only $474. 32.45 were paid. The claims were ,quired to be presented to the Com. iissioners between March 1871 and larch 1873 ; during those two years 2.298 claims were presented. of hich number 11.210 are still pend ig and undecided. The principal 3ason that so many claims are re acted is that. a large proportion of the aimants are Southerners who cannoi rove. as required, that they were loyal to the government" when theii roperty was destroyed. A Specimen. The Investigating Committee from se U. S. Senate brought down tc olumbia with them a Sergeant-at Lrms by the name of E. W. Creary 'he News and Courier says : This fellow Creary puti up at th< olumbia Hotel, and in order to ire inself importance aired himself is be lobby of the hotel last evening Lfter rehearsing some of the lies thai ad been dragged out of the $1.5( itnesses, he began commenting upon he --villainies of the - White diners," and said that he "wished ti iod the negroes knew their strength ad would rise up and wipe out evert - white Democratic from thi tate." He then went on to say I had the pleasure once before o. oing through this State with Suer ian to put down the - rebels, and i oubt if it's very long before Sher iau comnes djwn and gives 'em anoth r lesson, and, if he does, I hope t< 'od I will have a chance to cumt long and get a shot at some of th< - Democratic . Gen. M. U. $utler teititied bef,re fe Congressional Committee Wednes ay, 27th ultimno. His testimoy i: sported as being a complete and thor ugh vindicatisa of himself from the ~ig and malignant aspersions tha ave been heaped upon him by E'M tadical press of the State and counm ry. Nobody expected anythbingt 1' han that. Even those who gave or in anid currency to the false charei gaist him never believed th<.s harges ; they are just of that class o haracter that would ruin the reputa ion of the best man in the couiitm >gain a political or personal end ist Gen. Butler is altogether to< inch of a man to suffer ar-y los.- o aputatiou from the puny attacks o ach imibeciles. M1r. Ferry, President pro teim. ol me U. S. Senate, has received th< ayes electoral votes from this State rried to Wasliington by J. B. Dee. is He would not give Dennis a r ipt for the vo,tes, as that would en te him immediatelv to gek his paa 3 essenger. He refuses to give re ipts to anty of the messeungers frr.n 10 disputed States, ou the grou...a at there can be but one .proper re irn from each State, and that it cat ot be dett-rmined which are prope: atil all the returns are opened on th 4th of February. A Big Steal. Four weeks ago the Illinois Nationa |ank at Chicago, received a packagt -omo the Treasury Department ai fashington, supposed tu have con ined $12,000 in greenbacks. On lig opene d it contained only blanl< per. It is thought that the cleiL the departiment who fixed up thE mckagefor the Express, purloined the oey and substituted the waste pa. A Young Hopeful. While the mandamus case againsI e State Canvassers was pending oci re the Supreme Court, Zach Chand :r sent Silas Patterson, son of thei enator. to Colu-obia, withi $3.000 t< ribe the Court. Seeing he could d, thing in that direction he returued >Washingtou, and there went witL frin:d to a far.) bank, where he losi i last cent of the money in play. Another 'Tangle. It has been discovered that a HIaye ector. in Illinois by the nam'. g. lonohue is ineligible ; he is an. Irish Lan, and has never been naturaliz .d l says it is too late now to makuniy IS about it, as he has cast his vo.te The Union-Herald says. "Paym: taxes to Chamberlain will not im rove the legal position of Hampton." at it will upset the illegal p'osition of haberlan, though ; and there's here. the shoe picches "Old Reliable.'' There are many reputed remedies for that ry prevaen t diseane.Chronic Nas*i Ciatrr, ,.4.;Ah h~A ovu~re D.'ne~ra1 ~At.igfjg~. Who is Governor? P eter Smith was p;tr'L: rinel by Cha=: beriiain Dee. 20. Cl. Par-sel:. Superintenidenit of the Pnitentiarv, refused to release Sit.ih. , n th ,rou'i of doubts as to wh is Gv l ernur. Smiiith ;qp)iiedI to JuniL Car p",:ter fr %%rit of II:dui as ('..i =i The Jud.re h;!s pfstpm:ed the es! . s(eVera;l time:'S. :ttid is n}: lC ov:le t Ex., WTash1Jingto:, without di"cidi'.'_ who i, h<li Governor-to get int,tructionis, p. rF ap. bef'i'e a*-kig his dcci:ion. L NEW O1LEANS. January 1.-There il are 150 special police in the State IIouse, tE and only those holding certificates from E the Returning Board are admitted. ti The Democratic Legislature met in o1 St. Patrick's Hall. Louis Bush was bi chosen Speaker. Nineteen Democratic si Senators answered to their names with at 17 of whom there is no contest. V Ex-Governor Hahn was chosen Speak- w er of the Republican House. w tU Editorial Review. The people of Fairfield held a grand e mass meeting Monday. "Jaa. 1st, to e: pledge their support to Gov. Ha '.p s ton. ti The real name of "Josh Billings" F is Henry G. Shaw, (of Ne w Y!r; City.) "Arternus Ward" is a Mr. tc Browne. S There was a terrible railroad dis:;s a; ter in Ohio Friday night. A train I fell through a bridge, and 120 persons n were killed. g bill is before Congress, which a will pass, to divide Dakota into two fi territories, giving to the upper half ti t- e name of Huron Territory. At a sale of paintings in New York last week, Turnier's "Slave Ship'" brought LI0,000, and Messv:ik'r b "Soldiers at Cards," $11,00. Messrs. Bowen, Jeter, Witherspoon i C and other Democratic Seeators, re .ur:ocd their pay certificates to Gleavcs. acting President of the Senate. t Moody and Saukey will begin a s1-. ries of meetings in Boston the 14th. d A large tabernacle has beein built f.r 1 :eir use capable of seatiug 6.00'0 Cpcransodnrsn Senator Coha,ofAnes. (Rep.) entered upon the Seate jour nal his protest against the tax aud ap- s, propriaition bills passed by the Senate- e and the Mackey House The European wai h4s :.Ot b *.ua yet, anid p sib.y wiul ujut it (I Tarkey will likely sub-nit to) Rai$S de.ijands, as E.giand bae intiowaed her intention to keep haiuds off .The loss of life alo'g the sea-c3asts has been fearful recutly. Duriig tho V ff'rtoight prcedin~g Dee'unber 56N fi 240 men and 40 vessels w.r lust af he northwestern coast of Scotlaad. ~ New Hampshire is the owly State . in the 'Union that requires its Gov- d. ernors arnd Legishators to be Protest- P P - .ts. The Constitutioual Coxr-ntiah , ust 1djo.urced recomm,en.ded the abc. liion of the religious test. The Supreme Court of Ohio has de cided that conductors on railroads have ': right to put a passenger off the tl the train for not paying his fare ex- b ept at stations. A sharp .uan can . now ride in Ohio from e'ne stii to the next gratis. Edwards Pierrepont. who suec-eeded. i Robt. Schenck last May as Minister (. to Enigla ud, is very little~ iuprovemsent ; upon his predecessor Sehe.nek's fanit b was th'at he cheated the English.. fMerrepont's that he plays the "flun key" to them. r IThe bridal outfit of M'iss May, the fiacee of Jas. Gordori Bennett. pro- - prietor of the New York llerald, ar rived in New York from Paris last it week. It was appraised at the New York Custom-house at $i,200-the ustom duties were $4,200. ____ p ddress to the People ormouth Carolina. c COLUMMIA, S. C., January 1. 1877. In accordance with and under the j aut hority given by resolutions of the House of Representatives, I hereby call upon all the faithful. law-abid- y ig and loyal citizens of South Carolinaa who desire to maintain the governmenth of their choice, to come for ward prompt ly and to pay ten per cent. of the amount of the taxes paid by them last year. Due notice will be given to the citizenS of each county of the appointment of some proper agent for the collection of the contribution here called for. The resolutions of the House of Representa tives authorize a call for tw,nty-five per cent. of last y ear's taxes, but all immediate wants of the legitimate gov ernent of the State can be supplhiedi. if the people will respond generally to the call here made for ten per cent The inmates of the charitable and penal iistiutions of the State are now sar ingr for want of prop)er s!1pplies, aLnd it is to meet their needs which appeal to W us so stro'ngly that funds are now re-T t is for the people of South Carolirz a low to detterineii whether the'ywl Isuport th.e govern ment. they have in t:dled or the attempjtedI usurpalt iLr Iwhih is only upheld by the bayvonets of the Federail troops. I amw buIt the repre' ~entttive of the peop)le of the State, ar.d Ito heir decision I shall bow with pl 0 found respecct. As long as they choose to support, rne as the duly elected Gov ernor, I shall maintain that position, and if supp)lorted1 by them I fee~l saf'e in assuring them that their rights will sooij i b~e firmly establhed and fully recog nize. Our cause is just. and we have letisvniaint h ihs ea 4 4.left 1U its tindication ofothihesUtea I-i FoR THE HINRAi D our Washington Letter. W\ASIIt\(rroN, I). C., Ile be"r 27. 1876. Thel" RepublbCans seem so far to find a man of promninence, from the earliest ivs to these deh-cenerate ones. whose oras as to the co:netincg of the electoral de ::rre e with Ic-publican party neces les j'1-t now. This is equally the fact liethe- we h,l. the 22nd .Joint Rule to in force oi- to haVe be :hrogated. rom11 Jfti-rsoi to Lincoln -and since incoln ni.o Oti( whose opinion should tve .ih l:at. been in sympathy with ie Repliia8n party-thie invariable stillr nv has been that neither the xecutiv e nor the Presiding oflicer of te Senazte shoul: exercise any influence po,6;sess any miuthority in the premises; it that the two Houses of Congress lould have power in deciding as to the -ceptancen of votes for President and ice-.Presi(ent. It is noticeable that, hile extracts from the writings of men hose bad standing and influence in leir time have seemed to give weight > the present Republican claim yet in Mry case a full examination has shown Kactly the reverse. The latest propo tion from Republicans is substantially iorton's constitutional amendment, iat the two Houses shall meet; the residing oficer of the Senate shall pen the votes; if either House objects the counting of the votes from any rate the two Houses shall separate, rd, unless both Houses reject the vote of e State, it shall be counted. This lakes the legal election on Nov. 7th of o account unless approved by act of onaress, and is of course clearly in ,lmissillp. Last night came the report -omn Florida that Gov. Stearns conceded l right of the Supreme Court of the tnte to order a new count of the vote. do not expect this right concession to ire the electoral vote of Florida to 'ilden, tho;gh it may have that effect, it the influence in other States will be ood. In th absence of Congress there not the customary activity in political ireles here, or the ordinary material -omt which to prepare a letter from the apital, and all look, with interest, to i reassemhling for business of the [ouses. This will he almost immne iately after New Year's. Speaker andall returned last night from a visit orth, and will preside to-day in the [onse, hut no quorum is expected. It only fair to say of this gentleman a!, whatever preferenes members ay have hatd ait the opening of the assion, his course, as Speaker. has met ith the unanimnons approval of his arty friends, IIe has given to the ).moratie majlority a feeling of confi enee the'y we're fast losing through the vent s o1f the previous session. The Republican President of the Po ce PB>arul, of the District, who is also .vier er the Rem2nblican niewspaper, a.s lately begun a vigorns warfare t)on ite Re*pubilian Chief of Police. he former wvas intimately connected 'ithI tie Shepherd! ring in the District m 1871 to 18753, aan his paper is nc'wn as the kitchen organ of the Ad jini'trtiin. Thue Chief of Police pro oses to fight and a lively and interesting ime may be expected. An official in estg.ationi of the~ Chief commenoes to ay, hmt those who know the man ex eet that, althonrh he may lose his lace, he will deal heavy blows to those ho have attacked him. DEM. FoR THR HzRALD Happy New Year. EJiTORs OF I:ERALD : FrotU out dme 'elernn quiet of my snow clad oe, there co-neth to you a New ears'~ greeting. May joy, peace and ive fill your hearts, gladden your uW&s and brightenm the years which id way give you. As journalists. may every effort of your versatile pens ecrowrned with perfect success, and ur jourlralistic sun shed its genial uys throughout the length and breadth Sr su i bright land. For the HER L, (my first love) may its course be ong a'td triu.iiphant, anid the star of a de-stiny never set. Over all may e Great I Am, even the meek and uwi Nazaureias. shed that ineffable eace w hich ptosseth all understanding rid maketh glad the hearts of the ildeii of men:. Such is the wish 'hih rises ini my heart had to my pas I staad watchieg the mantle of rht which the dawn of a new-boro ar is spreadiung &ver a sleeping world. :id most sincerely I wish you a happy, 'ppy New Year.. Long ma.~y you jive and happy be, And life be like a summer sea Wierton your be rks may gaily ride, A d sorrow's breakers ne'er betide. May life be bright as a summer day, Wit-ont acloud to darken its way, Blesings cro su i you. and all to you dear, Is what I wish by a "Hiappy New Year." Wi:imnoa, S C FOR THE HERALD. isn EnIToHs: I have read t' iterst a :;:nn~ual of' 30 paesc' of b t Cahtivatiou of the (Grases aiid *a. ':e P::ts at the South, by~ Rev'. .'t Hrwz:r.,. Kingst.on. Georgia. l.,':ng i e 'nay !instructive articles o e on~ Lucer;e is especially wor 'i : up is grwn . had :ihnost :to per fre' i.'. by your eniterprising hi.w citizenm, M1aj. -, who is brim il ins talling the advantages andl won -rfu! p}r.u>biet per ac of this forage sat t'.Oi. -, of fL urens, is als.n a 'otg advocate, regardiog it as essen il to the raisius~ of a fine cow or a 3 mi . E mi)! !' : n : i ' ..i: s1 :!li:: -! ti :e followl ing" t ' Tic" t .r , . ant a.d Wta d,--s f,or th; Ti . ew berrv. fr the 1:-ui: . : FOR \A::'LNs. 0. WiLL. U. Mi. W.\ hi'. J. Y. lcF 1JLL. And obli-v. ?l: o N. THE NATI:NAL BANK OF NEWBERRY, A:w a vS , . ., .J::t . I S77. The Ail-nwt' Meai.:;. o. th . of this Biuk wul t. h-:id :i the E:mking House, on Tuted.y, .J uiari 9. I 7. at I M . JNO 1. (ARNILE, Jan. 1, "._i c Co :l it r. THE NATIONAL BANK OF NEWBERRY, The Board of Ijiectors of tii Bak h:ov ing declared a seii-a zr u l divid- id of fi e p^r c'nt. (free of tax ) The seu' ill be oaid to Siarehold.-s on and aft.-r Jaituary ist., instant. JN. B. CARWILE, Jan. 3, 1-It. Cashier. SLARGE LAND SALE! 2,000 ACRES, M OR E OR LESS. I t-ill sell on Sale-day, being tie 5L da{ of Fe;.r:ary next, my valuat,e tac-t o luiti situttted and :ying from 3 to a 4:ii:-s North and North-we't of Newberry C. 11. These lauds art' divided in:o TWELVE SEPARATE TRACTS, each tract ironting either on the Union Road, which runs through or about th: centre of the whole tract for two milez 'ud a half, or on Laurens Pu,,iic Road, ;eading fr,m: Newr(rrV ;. H., to Lauren C. I., or on the Long L me Ro:d, running fromn' Black Jack to Maybiuton. These dit terent tracts h:ive beern very carefully di videdi from the man triet, EACH CONTAINtNG SUFFICIENT TI: BER to eupply all peisons for vars to (om . O: each of these uis,.i;ct trac:3 are located fine water privileges, bol.i springs with large braneheb rutnig tierfroml, witn saini1 bottom lands on each tract. Theri are improvements on all of ties. sepiratt trauts, which are on public roads, except No. 11, which has a rig:;t of wty from L ic reus Road, and have beaut.i:ml sitts upon which to build. The Hou-e place, No. 1. is one of tL-e b'st, imp:-oved pLtces in this County, with A. FINE DWELLING HOUSE, ElGGUI' RumOAS, t wo good br ick otiiees a nd t'w.o su:.zrr hrouses, kitchen, me.l house, good se: vauns houses, ai new frame~ gm hou.,e, (baiit l.v ye.4 r, ) ;.ood .sere w, ;a.i frame stabiles :L. ,rib., two store ho:ws ai.d goo na1 tnd 1)r I had my dweling hoiuse covered tir: year with ey 'ress -bi;.gits, try .;rg 25, in:,i) si.: Ie at a eUri. or $7 per- 010:.81it ''This is cert'ihiy 0o. of d-L.:t s; :nd e desirabhle io.:at orrs i.a :.he te, for t.te prodluctiv..ucss of thre lau1d5, iiner . :-igbor hood a;i:i Urexceib.d rnd .Oe;:bie i. as it. citizents ; churches at. a chrool 5 :gar hood ; splendid wat.er, and ro:.d iuo :ts ex emuption fronm.dil'iarious di.LeS Ltnog out theO year. The lands ie leve!, hav e no gullia pe:u - Iratinig them, and hav,.' heen kept in hig. .state of cuLL.ZtiaiJn ever sinc:e I ow:.e them-never at any time allow ing themr to ecomfe neglected. 'The y ield in eott on. corn. all aal graim-a with clover, &c., cannot be surpassed z.y aV other lands ol this section of t;:e State. The plats of each :ract v;iil be exLribit.ed at M4essrs. Snber & Caldwell's offiee, New berry C. ii. Tract No. 1, 2;.31 acres, is sit;a..ed i miies from \'eaberry tj' H. No 2, 124 acres, 3 miles. No. 3, 103 1-2 taetes, :X riles. No. 4, 127 1-2 acres, 4 mriles. No. .5, 207 1-2 acres, 4 miles. No. 6, 277 7-11 acres, 5 mile.. No. 7, 145 acres, 3 mis. No. 8, 225 6-10 -cre.4A miles. No. 9, 30 1-2 acres, 4 iniles No. 10, 135 1-2 acres, 4 rr!es No. 11, 115 a.:res, 41-2 miles. Anid No. 12, 1841 1-2 acres, 5 1-2 mriles. SUCH AN OPPOi UNITrY for obtaining homnes in this produ:ctive part of the State has niever before b"en offered. I reside on 'he place, at Four :.i:le house. and will take pleasure in .-ho.wing the~s, lands 'o pere.fns i.es$ring to purchase or iio inspl:et them. The sale will posrively take place at the time anid place ab,,ve nmnmo, 'I, and will ,e sold for one-third cash, tIre halance in two equal annual instalmrenits. beairng 10 per cent interest from day of ,.ale, with mortgage to secure payrnents If any per son wishes to buy the whnoe tract. or part. a privateO sale ir cen be treated ror by ap plying to the urrdersigned. MY PERsONA LTY PROPrERTY I w ill sell con,nmncin,g on Tunesday artrr sale-day in Jarunary, anrd continue tre:m dIas to day urait soMd, whieb conss of a te lot of Mules, and everythu.g~ else on i te plrntation. . -JOHN P. KiNARO, Dec. 13,. .'6. f1 -5: Administrator's Notice. I will apply to the Pro-,a:e Court for .\werry County, on :he si.t .< of ei rrar, 1$77, for r.fi-al di-ch erg' as M. -"n istrator on the E&tate of Bayt se 5 Buz hardt, deceased.D TiOMiSD BUTZ3ARDT Adi-i:iira.or. J.,iary jst, 1876 1-t>t" NOTICE.I P'ursruant to the order 0: the' flon Js:ne, C h.e.,by'i, a- .1 udge of' Prob: te, I wil i e:?i. at 'he re'sistence C,f Jieo'' *;: ey , *abr 'u mii :s fr'omn Frong Lerei, S. '-., Oni Tbrursday ibe 11h :s of .Jan uary Nex'; at 11 'c~ne'. A.- .M1. all t.he Persoar Prop--r. . or i.. x. R ? One Horse.* Two Mules, Corn, Cottonl, FEdder, shucks, CottEni Seed, Ot, Ec Etc.,f al - ASH . Temso Tale -G ASH.E THE... N. BL tagAJL~ LIXJeos FONR SALE! P.irt' -o :the nt--er given me by HHury - -, m n s D.:d of A-ien:ne: t, la;ed )e n... S-s, 1876. I will s:l, for the pur - .ss i . ! d.- i ex>re '.i, at oa')ic out -y . i.wh"rry C,,urt Hlo t e. n Thar ay, the l14h Day of January, 1877, ro a big!ti jirid-r therefor, the following V.it bl, A.;Ad, si,1 t.: in l.ie C)unty of New tr: S:ate of South Carolina, in the 1. A': that t"net ->f Pnd situate near the to rIi nt N -w4:;rry, ctn:tiiniig Two Huidred and Eighty Five Acres, more or le s known as the middle tract of the .St-vart l:'d, ard h .uu,.ed by lsn is of J. J. P ysi.e r. .Jrues H. Dennis, and ly Lu-,ith iiver, s::id lanr lying between the roa':; leadmn from Ne.berry to Lirdsay's Bri.ige and Blease's Mills. 2. All that tract of land known as the Mettde:hall Mill tract, containing Four Hundred Acres, mor- or less, rnd bounded by lands of Mooes M. C:rpock, F. S. Paysinger, Thomas AI. L:tke, Mrs. T. M. Paysinger and others. 3. kl! t'to-e two tracts of land known as the Frew:e and Boyd tracts, containing Seventy-Four Acres, n)r:: or los. and bounded by lands of M. M. Co.'lrp-, Thomna< D. Buzhardc, W. G. Abram ;:ud lendenhal Mill tract. 4. A!! =hat tract of land known as the Lat,e Tract, containing iwo Hundred and Nineteen Acres, more or less, and bounded lands of F. W--t ter, Mrs. E. S. Herbert, by the Adams Tr+ct aa:d by the Mendenhall Mill Tract. 5. Ali that tract of land known as the Ad an s Tract, containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres, n'"re or tes, and bonn,led by lands of Mrs. T. M. Pay.inter, F. Wecber, by the Lane p:.'c a,.d by the L->ng place. ' 6. All that tract of land known as the Long Tr,:ct, conitainIing Two iundred and Ninety Six 4 10 Acres, -'ure or less, and bounded by lands of G. F. L.n_, Mrs. E. S. Herbert, Mrs Sibie Blair, Mrs. T. M. Paysinger, Francis Moon and Lau: tract. 7. All that Lot in the town of Newberry, bouded bS lors of J. D. Cash, J. B. Smith, C. & G S. M wer and McFail & Poo!, front ine 'it Mai Streer, t bence runniog oack per pea-licu be ty there:o eighity feet by eighteen feet inm wd.-b, thence eighteen feet by forty fet in width. 8. .0 th it lot of land in the tosen of Newberry, cou-airing Three -and One-half Acres, more or~ Ien, and bounided by lots of J. N. M:ar;m, E. 1H Christian, Harrington Street, lT'enia-n Str.e, lot of Thomp,on Street Dutreh rst be Main Street, the iname being t..e !->r vh'-n-oni H-enry H. Blesse now re ,id'- an.] whvtm eon is his Livery S:able. i). AU that l.>r:jion o)f the S'.wart latid knoan as the~ Sugar Mill Tract, containing One Hiundred and Eighty Acres, . mor or less, situate in and near the town of Nwoire, and( bounded by lands of J. N. F.e. .J-,hn S. He, J. J. Paysinger, by the o u! ie:idia:: fro.m BXiom-e's Mil! to road from L,d-ca's Bridge to Newvberry, and by the aN! mientrouet road. TERMS AS FOLLOWS: On parcels 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, one-fifth . ::, baance .-mole m two equal .iustall ng ini oneC and t wo years, witn interest fr.,nx day of' sale att the rate of ten per cent. wer atun~Um, secured l)y note of purchaser ~'vi:n a- least two good sureties and by mort g-ge of premixes. Purchaser to pay tor pa pers. On parcels 7 and 8, one-third cash, bal atnee payale in iwo equal installmients in one and( twO years, with) interest fromt day of 'ae at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, sacured by note of purchaser with at ieast wo grood suge'ies and by mortgage of the pemises. IPurchaser to pay for papers. The attent.on of persons desiring lands is espcially invited to the lands hereby offered f. r o..le, 'ms ther comprise some of the most vluaumte lands in the County. bo'h on ac ,.ont of the 1ando themselves and their sit uaon. CEO. S. MOWER, Assignee of Henry H. Blesse, I D. SMITH LVINGSTON, Aixent Creditors of H. H Blesse. SA LE OF PERSON AL PROPERTY. (0T TUURSDAY, rHE 11TH OF JAN U-. -URY, 1577, f wijn - :-e1,t puutHe outery, at N.v2nern3 Cour! House, to the his best bid cer r:erefor, the following PERSO.. AL PRO PERTY, to-wit: Tn .Males, Three Mares, One Colt, Four Horses, One D)ouble sea.ted Buggy, Two Single Seated Bug 'One Two Horse Wagon, &r~eral Sets of Harness, Fo,ur Saddies, Fou R)l1 tiding. Bridles, Wagons, Gearing, Farmiing Iniplemnents andl other Personal Property . dv. irh ste plantations of Henry H. bl -.e. lLER MS CASh. GEO. S. ROWER, Assignee of Henory Hi. Wen.e. J, D.; 'x)!ITA L!ViNGSTOiN, Agent Credit ts of 11. B. Blease,. Jn. 3, 1-2-. A STRAY MULE. 7,- .. 3L.CK MARE MULE e our ..i :a he ->wer camn her by prov . .:. -py .jd pmivig enartrs. .-MIIi & GURISTi'N. E 3", 1-li. WlILLIAMSTON FE MA LE COLLEGE, m EI ~SS 03 CO ., TU 0.AY CA. 8.131-SESN TOPENS TESA, 1FEBDEU-z ART 6, 18ri.