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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 187. No. 5. THE HERALII ULSE EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry, 8. C. BY THO . F. O BKKK, Editor and Proprietor. T e m , $ . 0 p r . n ulIn v a r i a b l y i n A d v a n c e . The paper is stopped at the expiration time for which it is paid. The >C mark denotes expiration of sut .erzption. .Ttescellaneous. ICE!_ICE!!_ICE!! JOHN C. SEEGERS, COLUMBIA, S. C., Respectfully informs the public that hav ing placed his ICE MACHINE in completi order, he is prepared for the season to fur nish PURE ICE in any quantities delivered at Depot in Columbia, at $1 pe hundred. This ice is manutctured of pure sweet spring water, at SO deg. below freez ing, and is pronounced better and pure. than any other. Pure unadulterated Lager Beer, Wines Liquors, Segars and Tobacco by the whole sale and retail. Orders solicited and satisfaction guaran teed. May 17v, 20-tf. * BACON, APPLES, CABBAGE, POTATOES, &c. 2 O BARRELS choice Northern apples, 2 consisting of Baldwin, Northerr Spy, Detroit Reds, 20-ounce Pippins, &c. 150 barrels Northern Irish Potatoes. 100 barrels selected Northern Cabbage. 50 barrels Northern Onions. 10,000 lbs. Dry Salt Sides. 25 tierces Hams. 100 kegs tubs and buckets Leaf Lard. ZACHARIAH.1 A PIT COMPANION FOR THE "HEATHEN CHINER." k Which is why I remark e And I say what I mean That for ways that are dark $ And for tricks that are keen, a Old Zachary, he is peculiar, i Which the same it is plain to be seen. r r Old Zach is his name, But I shall not deny r That, instead of the same, Old Nick might imply His instincts malicious the better; Which the same it is plain to be seen. - 'Twas November the eighth, n And the votes had been cast; Sam Tilden and me Thought we had 'em at last; 0 Yet Zach played a trick upon Samuel ti And me, in a way not surpassed. Which we had a small game, a And old Zach took a hand; It was euchre-the same He did well understand So he smiled as he sat at the table ti And winked at the canvassing band. a: Then he swore a great oath tE That the thing couldn't be, li And he clenched his fists both And said: "Listen to me; We are rined by fraudulent ballots- n We must have a fair counting, you see." m In the scenes that ensued They did all take a hand; 81 The boxes were opened, The ballots were scanned, And doctored to suit the occasion, Y The which they did well understand. M In the box, which was strong, k There were duplicate packs, Which the figures were altered, To alter the facts; And if increase of ballots were needed They smuggled them In through the cracks. h Thus the cards were all stocked d As the order'Zach gave, 0 And my feelings were shocked fs At the tricks of the knave, Which he played with intent to deceive d And perhaps in the end to enslave. it But the game that was played, It was fearful to see; And the way they did cheat 0 Beat the "Heathen Chinee;" . 0 Till at last they put down for R. H. Which the same had been dealt to S. T. ft Which is how they count in, And a President choose; "Heads"-Ruthy shall win- b - "Tails"-Sammy shall lose; b SWhich the same they are free to maintain . With the troops they are ready to use. h -Which is why I remark- G And I say what I mean That for ways that are dark And for tricks most unclean, Old Zach and his "pards" are peculiar, b Which the same it is plain to be seen.r THE BURGLAR CAUGHT BY 5* A GIRL. I was fifteen years old, very shy h and rather sentimental. I had a been brought up in the strictest d seclusion in my father's country 'a parsonage, and all my mother's i time and care had been bestowed si upon me, her only child. g I need hardly say I had never k been from home, and had never P even contemplated the horrors of ~ such a possibility. My dismay, T therefore,-may be better imagined a than described, when one morn- u ing after breakfast, just as I wast -running off to my poultry-yard, b my mother called me back, saging ~ that she and my father wished to 0 speak to me. I couldn't help feel. a ing very guilty, and very conscious ,8 of the fact that "Lalla Rookh" ~ was at that moment hidden under my mattrass. Was it possible that e mamma had seen its circulating ~ library cover peeping out? My 5 heart beat fast, and my face was b very red, while I stood to hear ii Swhat she had to say.f "My dear Clara" (of course my -name was Clara, and I wore curls,) d "my dear Clara, your father and .t t have though t it best to accept for ~ you an invitation to spend- a day d and a night at your godfather's, a Sir Thomas Builyori, at Golding t ~Park. How shall you like it ?" | I felt that this was "oat of the 0 frying-pan into the fire." I had h ;much rather they should have h found "Lalla Rookh." I had a E Shorror of strange faces, even 0 when papa and mamma were pres ent to give me the support of their s countenance. But the idea of be- Js - ing among strangers, alone in a ' sgreat grand house, and for a whbole r day and night, was insupportable. b *I wept, and bewailed, and entreat- r ed, in what I considered the most 1< - moving temm, nr-h an ought to y tave melted a heart of stone. B a vain! My parents were fa nee, inexorable, and I was to g I need not detail all I suffere n my journey, nor during m rst day. With all Lady Bullyon indness, the day dragged wearil n, but I managed to amuse m flf tolerably till bed-time, whet fter a good-nigb, I went up y room, and found, to my ho )r, that the lady's maid was wail ig there to undress me. "Am I never to be let alone ? thought. But I had to submit to her fin ers and her tongue, which latte ever stopped, to make up for th lence of mine, I suppose. Amon her things she particularly cau oned me not to mistake a rope iat hung beside a closet door, fo bell-pull. I inquired why ? "Oh, miss, don't you know ? e said, evidently delighted a ke notion that she was about t< tonish me by what she had t ll. "Why, miss, the people tha ved here before had a,raving ma< d uncle with a great deal o oney, and this was his room iss, where he lived with hil eeper. That' closet, miss, is iower-bath, with a great, big cis irn over it, big enough to drowi u and me; and when he wa ore than common fractious, hi eeper used to lock him in ther rou see the key is on the outside 2d pull that rope, which let al ie water down on his poor o< aad till he was half dead. On y when they went to take hin it he was quite dead, and hi ,mily got all the money. Whicl Il-gotten gains never prosper,' a :ubtless you've heard, miss , an< didn't do them much good, see ig they haven't a penny now wing to spending it all, and wa liged to let this house to Si homas, and hide their heads ii reign parts. They do say, miss iat the poor old gentleman mai a seen at night in the shower ath, be-weeping and bewailin. ie cruelty of those that kille< im, which they did for certair ood-ight, miss, and I hope yoi tay sleep comfortable." She had certainly not taken th st means to insure that happ~ aslt ; but though I was so sby ,was not in the least nervou bout those sort of things, an< >nsequently did not trouble my ,f much about her parting words had to turn Lfy whole thought! ad energies to the consideratioi E an important question, viz ow I was to get into bed! I -as piled up so high, that any or nary means would have beer holly in adequate. The chair ere all so large and heavy ( ippose to prevent the mad ol< entleman throwing them at hi eepers,) that I found it quite irm ossible to lift one to the bedsid ad help myself up that way e only plan was to take a rui ad ajump, and after many fail res, I at length alighted on th >p of this mountain of feather ads. There I lay for some time -atching the flickeringr of the fir, a the ceiling, thinking of hoim rd of my different misadventure ne I had left it so short a tim The house had become quiet "ery one must have been in bed hen all at once an odd fanc ized me to look into the shower ath and see what sort of a plac was. 1 fought against the ide >r some time, but finding it ker e awake, I thought it best to ii ags it, and after much hesita on, and not a little laughing a iysef for being so inquisitive, escended carefully from the be( ad advanced on tip-toe towar, se mysterious door. I had already placed my han, n the bandle, when 1 suddenl: eard a slight noise within. M eart stood still. I thought for ioment, What if it should be th Id gentleman's ghost ? But as quickly dismissing so at ard an idea, I remained perfectl i, holding my breath to listen 'here ! I heard it again, a lo' ustling, such as would be cause y a person breathing heavi ly i ather stiff clothes. I had n nger any doubt that some on - hidden thee with an evil de it sign. Quick as thought I turnec r the key so as to lock the door, anc ). seizing the rope which hung closE d beside, I pulled it violently, at the y same time screaming for help. A 's gasping, strangled shout came y from within the closet, and ther no sound was to be heard but my 1, own screams and the steady down o pour of the water from the cistern. Soon footsteps came running from b- all directions; my door w'as open ed, and a confused troop of ser" vants, with Sir Thomas at their head, rushed in. But I still clung - to the rope as if for my life, scream r ing, "Don't let him out! Don't e let him out ! He'll kill you." g Sir Thomas, in the shortest of night-shirts, and the most wonder w, ful night-cap, with a tassel at the r top, stood motionless with aston ishment, grasping in one hand a pair of trowsers, and in the other t an old scabbard without a sword. > The servants, too, overcome with terror, did not stir beyond the t door; and had not the water in I the cistern failed at last, I know f not how long we might all have remained in our respective posi s~ tions. When nothing came of all I my tugs at the rope but a few slow, heavy drops, I let go my hold, and gasped out to Sir Thom S as: "He is there; I'm sure of. it. S But you may open the door now; I don't think he can hurt ) you!" 1 They did open the door, and sure I enough, there lay a half-drowned a fustian clothed ruffian,whose bunch 1 of skeleton keys, and other bur s glarious implements, sufficiently 1 showed what he had -come for. s He was thrust into the strong I room as soon as he had recovered his consciouseess, which was not , for some time, thanks to my exer B tions with the rope. r A guard was placed at the door, I and he was left to his own medita , tions till he could be conveyed in r the morning to the rearest county -magistrate, who would commit Shim to the county jail. The bur glar had never heard me come to .bed, nor the maid's conversation, 2 nor indeed anything, till down came the water and roused him a with a vengeance, only to deprive i him of breath and consciousness , almost immediately after. We s afterward heard that he was fully Icommitted for trial at the next as - sizes, where he was condemned to -penal servitude for seven years. 3 When Sir Thomas died, some i few years afterward, his will was :found to contain a bequest to me t of three hundred pounds a year, -"as a mark of gratitude for the 2 service she rendered me and of 5 admiration of her courage and I presence of mind." Upon this I three hundred a year I lhve, re s tired and happy. e There is a vague suspicion in - the public mind that this delay in a the verdict is a conspiracy to sell newspapers. In the newspaper e offices on the contrary there is a -firm conviction that it is a delib , erate plot to kill all the editors. , "My business is to talk," said a s stump-speaker. "I deal in worde e and sentences." "Yes," said a voice in the crowd, "and as long ,as I have known you your place ,of business has never been closed.' ."Lenny," said her maiden aunt, e "you should eat the barley that is a in your soup, or you'll never get ta man." Lenny looking up inno .cently, inquired, "Is that what .you eat it for, aunty ?" Nevada never held 60,000 peo pie. It contains one desert which alone covers 30,000 squaro miles. None of the mountain Territorief dwsill average one acre in twenty fit for cultivation. 7' Young man, if you call on a ayoung lady now, and she doesn't e offer to light the fire which is laid in the grate, you will be safe it ~-calling upon some other girl thE Y next time. v At an examination in one of thE d public schools a few da.ys ago ~ n youngster was asked to name th( o different forms of government e "Democracy and Hypocrasy," wai -the reply. ciz5peUaueo5 FOR THE HERALD. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17th, 1877. This Congress will go into his tory as an investigating Congress, whatever other characteristics it may also be distingushed for. There have been many important and many unimportant investiga tions in the two year which will end next March. That of Mr. Murtagh, President of the Police Board, though at first appearing to be of only local interest, shows that Congressmen and gentlemen visiting the city, if their politics did not suit the ideas of the ad ministration, or any part of it, or any of its hangers-on, have been subjected, in their daily life, to mean surveillance by disguised policemen and street roughs. The Committee carrying on this inves tigation should publish the results broadcast over the country so that thoughtful men may realize to what a condition the country has bees brought. It is useless to say that Murtagh alone is re sponsible for this degradation of our institutions, for Murtagh is appointed to office by the Presi dent, and is. kept in office after both Houses of Congress have unanimously voted to abolish the office to get rid of its incumbent. President Grant pleaded his own limited civil experience as an ex cuse for errors in carrying on the Government. His last year is worse than his first, and the peo ple may well thank God that he came to his first civil office fresh from fields of slaughter rather than from political employment. The Senate investigation into Oregon affairs has not produced any damaging result. The money sent to Oregon from the funds of the Democratic committee was paid to Re'publican and Democrat ic lawyers for legitimate legal ser vices. The investigation, howev er, brought out an opinion that Governor Grover acted in accord ance with law in commissioning Cronin an elector from Win. Beach Lawrence, a lawyer respected wherever the language is.spoken. The President has given a quali fled recognition to Pacllard, claim itig to be Governor of Louisiana, but will not use force to sustain him until the Congressional Com mittees report from that State. Packard is known as a man of con siderable ability and dash, aed stands 'better with Grant than Kellogg does. In Louisiana he is officially called "a shameless and wicked imposter." The debate in the House yester day' on the question of arresting the members of the Louisiana Re turning Board, for contempt in refusing to produce before a Com mittee of the House the official papers of the Board, was exciting and important. Messrs. Frye, Garfield and Kasson spoke against the right to arrest, but none o them with their accustomcd force. The question went over and will be decided to-day.. (They were arrested.) Further inquiries into the Chan diler dispatches will be made to day. One trouble with Chandler was that he could not separate his duties as Secretary of the Interior from his business as Chairman of the Republican National Commit tee, nor could those who received his dispatches. So, when he tele graphed-the day after the elec tion--to the Returning Board of Louisiana, that it was necessary for Hayes t_o have that State, and that money and troops would be furnished, the Board couldn't tell whether the dispatch came from a political committee whose services were over or from a trusted mem ber of Grant's administration. The House Committee will to-dA ask Mr. Chandler questions on that particular point, and insist on ar answer. The snow which fell on New Year's day is just disappearing having remained lon-ger than it any other case in many years The weather is mild, and th< charming and healthful climate o Wnashing-ton will no doubt delighi us and our visitors for the remain der of the winter. The "Woman Suffrage Women' are holding their annual Conven. tion here, going before Congress and its Committees and urging Congressional action favorable tc their pet theory of government Some of the old veterans in the cause have not so far appeared and the public interest in the meet ings is not as great as in former years. NEMO. NEW YEAR'S DAY IN WASH. INGTON. Of course, nearly everybody went to the President's. This is the last season in which President Grant and his honored wife' may be greeted in their present state. And their home will be especially attractive this win ter, owing to the presence of Mrs. Sartoris and Mrs. Fred. Grant, not forgetting Miss Julia Grant, who was presented upon this occasion. This little lady, the infant daughter of Col onel and Mrs. Fred. Grant, six months old, was the object of much attention and admiration. She wore a robe of white French lawn, with numerous rows of Valenciennes insertion over pale blue silk, and tied with bows of ribbons to match. Necklace and bracelets of gold, set with turquoise, and a tiny diamond ring upon her dimpled finger, guarded by another set with turquoise. Mrs. Grant, the elder Julia, wore an elegant trained dress of black vel vet, trimmed with lace, with diamond cross and ear-rings. Mrs. Sartoris wore claret-colored velvet, trimmed with the richest lace, (one of her bri dal gifts from her father,) and clasped in front with diamonds. Mrs. Fred. Grant wore an exquisite dress of white lace, over pale blue silk. --ei- orna ments also were diamonds. Mrs. Fish wore an elegant trained dress of black velvet, with overdress and fichu of the most superb white lace. Pale blue ostrich tips ornament ed her beautiful gray hair. Mrs. Chandler was attired in ricd purple velvet, embroidered, witi sleeves and overdress of black Brus. sels lace. Her ornaments were su* perb diamonds. Mrs. Morrill wore a handsome combination of violet and pearl color, with rich jewelry. He daughters wore light silks, with Val enciennes trimmings. Mtrs. Taft wore an elegant combination silk, and her da'ghter, the bride, blue silk, poini lace and diamonds. Mrs. Robeson wore rose-colored silk, covered with black lace, and magnificent diamonds. [(lome Journal. A GOOD Joxi ON A LAwm.-The ownership of a dog was the subjeci of litigation in Clarksville, Ky., and there was a large attendance of countrymen at the trial. Greal things were expected of the oppos ing lawyers, Hurd and Dougall, who had been hired at great cost to come from Louisville. Hurd was prompt, but Dougall, was de layed, and the Justice being E stickler for punctuality, decided that the case must go on. All the evidence had been taken when Dougall entered. "I'm afraid I'] have to lose my fee," he whispered to Hurd, who responded, "Oh, no; I'l1 give you the points of the evi dence in two minutes, and you car sum up just as well as though yot had been here from the start. Thereupon Hurd told him that th< trouble was about a trade of a dog for a jackass, and pretended tc give him the particulars. The au dience was impatient during the whispering, and was deeply atten tive to the oratory when it began Dougall glowingly described the qualities of the dog, told affecting stories of his sagacity, and wroughi his hearers up to a high pitch o: enthusiasm. Then he paused, wipet his heated brow, and said, solemn ly : "Now, gentlemen of the jury we come to the jackass." "Eh ! said the justice. "Now," the ora tor repeated, with impressive em phasis, "we come to the jackass. "You are the first jackass I'v hearn of in this case," said the justice, and an outburst c laughter informed Dougall hov badly he had been sold. On th< way to Louisville he said to Hurd "I will make an earnest effort no to kill you, if you will promis< never to mention this case ;" bu ' Hrd said he would risk his lif rather than not tell. WONDERS OF MODERN SCIENCE. The perfect accuracy with which scientists are enabled to deduce the most minute particulars in their several departments, appears al. most miraculous if we view it in the light of the early ages. Take for example the . electro-magnetic telegraph-the greatest invention of the age. Is it not a marvelous degree of accuracy which enables an operator to exactly locate a frac ture in a submarine cable nearly three thousand miles long? Our venerable "clerk of the weather" has become so thoroughly familiar with those most wayward elements of nature that he can accurately predict their movements.' He can sit in Washington and foretell what the weather will be to-morrow in Florida or New York, as well as if several hundred miles did not in tervene between him and the places named. And so in all departments of modern science, what is required is the knowledge of certain signs. From these the scientists deduce accurate conclusions regardless of distance. A few fossils sent to the expert geologist enable him to ac curately determine the rock-forma tion from which they were taken. He can describe it to you as per fectly as if a cleft of it were lying on his table. So also the chemist can determine the constitution of the sun as accurately as if that lum inary were not ninety-five million miles from his laboratory. The sun sends certain signs over the "in finitude of space" and the chemist classifies them by passing them through the spectroscope. Only the presence of certain substances could produce these solar signs. So also, in medical science, diseases have certain unmistakable signs, or symptoms, and by reason of this fact, Dr. Pierce, of the World's Dis pensary, has been enabled to origi nate and perfect a system of deter mining, with the greatest accracy, the nature of chronic diseases with out seeing and personally examin ing his patients. He has spared neither pains nor expense to asso ciate with himself, as the Facnlty of the World's Dispensary, a large number of medical gentlemen of rare attainments and skill-gradu ates from some of the most famous Medical Colleges and Universities of both Europe and America. By aid of Dr. Pierce's system of diag nosis, these physicians and surgeons annually treat, with the most grati fying success, many thousands of invalids without ever seeing them in person. In recognizing diseases without a personal examination of the patient they claim to possess no miraculous powers. They attain their knowledge of the patient's disease by the practical application of well estabJished principles of modern science to the practice of medicine. And it is to the accura cy with which this system has en Idowed them that they owe their almost world-wide repntation for the skillful treatment of all lingering or, Ichronic affections. This system of Ipractice and the marvelous success which has been attained through it, demonstrate the fact that diseases display certain phenomena, which being subjected to scientific analysis or synthesis, furnish abundant and unmistakable data to guide the judgment of the skillful practitioner aright in determining the nature of diseased conditions. The amplest Sresources for treating lingering or chronic diseases, and the greatest skill, are thus placed within the easy reach of every invalid, however Sdistant he or she may reside from the physicians making the treat fment of such affections a specialty. [The peculiarities of this scientific system of practice are fully explain edin the Appendix of "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," a book of over nine hundred large pages, which is so popular as to have reached a- sale of almost one Shundrec thousand copies within a Ifew months of its first publication. fIt is sent (post-paid) by the Author Sto any address, on receipt of one Sdollar and fifty cents. Address, R. V. Pierce, M. D., World's Dispensa jry, Buffalo, N. Y. Hint to young bachelors-Pay Syour bills before you pay your ad ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements Insered at the ,as at $ per square-one insh--for Am8 ialue;es~w 75he. for each subsequent insertion. De column advertisements tenper cent on abo?e Notices of meetings,obituaries and tfrbvdc of respect, same rates per square as ordlaaty advertisements. Special notices in local editsu is . en's per line, Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal dednctionsi n above rates r (M PRz vrl.ig Done with Neatness and 31~ptck Terms Ca. b. HE WANTED A -LETTER "WRIT. " "Be you de boss man ob' dis shop, sahb?" "Yes, I'm the proprietor; what can I do for you ?" "Well, yer see, I wants a :letter writ, an' if you kin write it far me 'doubt much -trouble, I'll be more' n obleged to yer.. "Yer see, I'se 'gaged to a cullud lady down here 'bout fifteen mile, an' she's writ me a mighty sweet letter, an' ob course, I wants to answer it; but bein' as I can't write, I spec I must git some scollard to write it fur me." Business being dull, Thompson drew out a sheet of paper, .smiled as he winked to himself; and an nounced that he was ready.. "Fust you say, boss ; tell her dat I was happy to receive her sweet letter, and make it sorter hifalutin, boss-you knows -hoyr to fix it up." Thompson wrote : "The delect able recipient of your epistolary effusion was transported from the