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J. D. Boston's Letter. Senator Robertson called up the resolution to recognize the Hampton Government. In the course of his remarks, he said : Mr. President, I shall also ask to lave incorporated in my remarks a letter which I have just received from = prominent colored man in my state. It is proper for me to say that. I am personally acquainted with him and know him to be a man of good cha racter, and that he enjoys the confi- I deuce of the entire community in which he lives, irrespective of party or race. And I have no doubt in my mind that he speaks the sentiments of a large portion of his race in the State : N wBe Y C. H., Jan. 27. 1877. Bon. 7. J. Robertson, United States Senator: Si-Permit me to occupy a small portion of your valuable time with some suggestions on the state of af fairs, past and present, in the State of South Carolina. You know we to be a colored man, a Republican, and, as a member of the House of Representatives of the Legis lature of this State for four terms, an ar dent supporter of Republican principles and institutions in all political con tests in the State. It is therefore as a colored man and as a Republican that I make this appeal to you to make use of your personal and official prominene to set before the leading men of the nation the present unhappy situation of the colored race, and to suggest to them the course which ap pears to me to promise the solution, and the only solution, of our difficul ties. The two governments which profets to exist in this State negative each other, and leave us without any cer tain government at all. The wealth and intelligence of the State recognize that of Hampton, as indeed does the majority of the whole people, just as undoubtedly as that majority voted for it. The great uproar made about the acts of fraud and intimidation alleged to have been perpetrated by Gen. Hampton and his followers is without foundation, as far as my knowledge extends- Not being a candidate for office at the recent election, I watched both parties with the closest scrutiny, in order to be able to elect for myself what course to pursue then and there after, and in order to assist my own race in that contest and in its conse quences. But I saw no fraud, no in timidationi, practiced by the party of Hampton. On the contrary, the pre v-ious majority of the Republican party of upward of 1,700 in this county was redaged to one of .565 by the honest, liberal, and fair arguments of Demo cratic speakers, and by the kind and frank dealing of the native white citi zens. They appealed, not to our fears, but to our intelligence and our con sciences. No colored man was threat ened or cheated as far as I know, and I know that a fair discussion, a fair vote, and a fair count were the cardi nal doctrines of Hampton's campaign. My former political associations made me somewhat slow to appreciate that state of affairs, but, as I did not close my eyes to the events occurring before me, I could not help seeing it. A change in the Republican vote in all the counties of the State equal to that just mentioned as having taken place in this county, would alone have se cured Hampton's election. And that there. was an equal change in the other counties, on an average, there is scarce ly room to doubt, for this County was Nepublican and a Chamberlain strong hold, without an equal except in the counties immediately on the coast and Richland and Orangeburg. The evi dence .presented before the congres sional committees is entitled to no consideration whatever, for it consists, for the most part, of the statements of ignorant, prejudiced- men, hired. train cd, duped, and, in all probability, forced by ambitious politiciacns and office-seekers. But, whatever may be said in regard to the conduct of the campaign and the election, it is indisputably true, according to the admissions of all races and parties of men, that the .colored people are in-the most wretched situa tion they have ever known since their emancipation, both as to their present condition and future prospects. Not one of them in a hundred has the -means--owing to the bad crops of the past year and the low price of cotton -to subsist himself for one month. They have, therefore, to depend upon supplies to be furnished by the whites. -Scarcely one in a hundr'ed owns a cabin to shelter h-is head, or even a foot of ground. Homes, therefore, and food have to be supplied by the whites to them, either as laborers or tenants. And the prospect of this being done, as things now stand, are most gloomy. And this is not because of anything like a general proscription of colored men as Republicans. That threat was only a brutumnfulmen employed by a few excited Democrats during the campaign. There is no danger what ever of its being carried out, except perhaps against a very, very small number of colored men whom their neighbors may consider dangerous to the peace and good order of the com munity. Some of the most ardent colored Republicans in the county now have, and are secure of, the very best situations filled by men of their qualifi cations- The whites are indisposed to hire or rent land to colored men, partly because they see no prospect of realizing anything from it in the pres ent state of the State government, but chiefly because they are unable to do so. They live and operate upon credit, j1ust as we do. Their supplies are not sufficient for their own subsistence, much less for the subsistenes of ano ther population more numerous than themselves. They are unwilling to supplies or credit ; and they could not i bo blamed for their refusal. But the whites cannot supply us, if they would, out of their own stores. They must ic have credit in the towns, and the mer- ! chant must have credit with dealers W out of the State. This credit is not re to be had while the deadly upas of the le Chamberlain government blights the land' with its ruinous taxation. its wasteful expenditures, its dissension sowing among the pcople, its utter in- a ability to legislate as our necessities w demand, and its contemptible impo. u tence to enforce the laws even so far as to protect the lives of the people. Soldiers may guard that Executive in his office, they may hold the State ec House for his self-styled Legislature, el they may terrify and silence the public c voice, but all the armies of America cannot give hope to a robbed and wretched population, or secure it that' credit, at home or nbroad, which is tl necessary for subsistence and the con- is duct of life's business. And this all o of us feel. And, on the other hand, we feel that the fair, firm, equal, and humane administration of Hampton would secure every man his rights, S< wourd secure the eoforcement of the h laws as they now stand, would har monize men of all classes, at least as far as required for the affairs of busi ness, would save great sums of money g to the people, would inspire hope and ti energy at howe, would vastly strength en our credit abroad, and, in fine, would set in active and harmonious operation all the now clogged and c grating machinery of this Common wealth. This, I say, is the sentiment o of the colored wan as well as the white 1 man, and, if it could be put to the vote, would be the expression of nine- e tenths of our whole people. h I beg that you will exert yourself it to present these things properly before l our friends at the North. I know that there are incendiaries and office- a seekers, who, having no real concern t about us,. will scoff at the appeal, but lh I am sure that, if the honest and true c men of our party could know but half 1 our unhappy condition and half the real feelings of our people, they would c hasten to spurn from them Chamber- k lain and bis idle government, and ac- h knowledge Hampton the Governor of I South Carolina and the Governor of all her citizens, without distinction. I have the honor to be, very respect fully yours, t JOSEPH D. BOSTON. n ti The Herald.t THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORs. t W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. n WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 1877. i1 11 A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fam ily Newspaper, devoted to the material mn- e terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as ant Advertisinlo medium ofrers unrivalled ad- l vantages. or Terms, see first page. Louisiana.f The Electoral votes of this State ii have, like those of Florida, been count- p ed by the Washington Returning p Board, alias the.lectoral Commission, a for Hayes and Wheeler. The vote in n the Commission was the eight Repub- c licans against the seven Democrats. c We have not been surprised at the n action of the Commission. Our first l1 opinion of it was written and publish- e ed immediately after reading the tele- n graph copy of the Electoral Bill. A e~ majority of the papers, though not of F the people, hailed it as the very thing b needed. Well, in one view of the case it may have been, If the North er Democrats, who were the fathers t and patrons of the Bill, intended tot back down at all, it is better that they al should have done so thus than to have t brought on a civil war, by maintaining their rights; for in that event they would, very probably, have left the Southern Democrats to fight it out. s The love of the Northern Democrat for his party is, with few exceptions, 0 much less ardent than his hatred of the South. After the South had made great sacrifices in her State cam paign for the sake of the national party, that party at the North has "backed down." The Democratic party of the whole country is much stronger se than the Republican ; but the Repub- Y lican party is much stronger at the J North ; therefore, the Republican party d rules the country. Sectional feelings, 0 not the election, makes Hayes Presi- te During Grant's administration he fe has had one Secretary of State, four Secretaries ,of the Treasury, five At- 1 torneys-General, three Postmasters General, four Secretaries of War, two Secretaries of the Navy, and three Secretaries of the Interior. Hlamilton b Fish, of New York, Secretary of State, e is the only member of the Cabinet re who has been retain~ed through the eight years. bE tit "Words Cannot Express," d The Editor of the Greenville .News Ti 00 i~ ~nninlainin~r of the weakness of the 00 Public Opinion. Punch was not far wrong when he I tve as the definition of Public Opin- T n, "What I and those who agree ith me think." Of this we have a si cent example to the point. The ading daily paper in the State, whose E )inion either coincided with or was lopted by nearly every other daily c id weekly, greeted the Electoral Bill, hen it first came out, with the most qualified approbation. All were fools id politicians who disliked it ; all ise and good and patriotic who favor I it. But the Electoral Bill doesn't ect Tilden as the "daily" expected A sf ange comes over its dreams, though I )t over its spirit; for that remains e same. It doesn't acknowledge d iat it was mistaken; or if it does, it b in such a way as to deny all credit honesty or good intention to those ho differed with it. Don't talk of d wyer's trickery again till you have i en an editor's. "If the Commission h ad gone into the merits of the case .1 all good people confidently hoped P d expected they would," &c. "All Aod people" are those who think as n iis daily thinks. Punch is correct. v Charles O'Conor, The leading counsel for the Demo ratic party before the Electoral Com- h ission, is one of the remarkable men i the day. Born in New York City t 804, received only a common school lucation, admitted to the Bar 1824, il e is to-day the greatest civil lawyer this country. He has been the ading counsel in many of the most oted cases for many years past-in e Forrest Divorce case, the Lispen nd will case, the Juo. Mason will use, the case of the Slave Jack in 835, the Madame Jumel case, the ise of Frank Walworth, tried for illing his father in 1&73, &c. He as never held office except that of istrict Attorney for 15 months at e request of President Pierce ; al ays declined political preferment sough often offered it; was nomi ated President by two political par- a es in 1872-the Labor Reform par- e r the 22nd of August, and the h Straight-out Democrats" September tl ae 3d. Both nominations he posi- a ely declined ; notwithstanding, in E e election that year, he received o 1,539 votes,. Punctuality. s Be punctual. If you make an engage- n tent meet it promptly. It is best for d ou and best for others that you do so. 2 ocietv is somewhat like a complicated ich inc-if one part gets out of order :clogs or disarranges the whole. For istauce, A owes B one hundred dol- it irs, which hie promises to pa on a rtain day; B, on the strength of B iat promise, contracts a debt with C, i kewise C with D, and so on. A fails ai come up to his cngagemnent; there- t( >re B can't pay C, nor C, D-and so - goes, all because of A's lack of n unctuality. Then some one of the F arties goes to ]aw ; property is sold at e sacrifice perhaps ; time is lost, and o: money ; bad feeling is engendered and te nfidence' destroyed. Besides these el nsiderations, it is always easier to " Leet an obligation promptly than to . t it run on and accumulate. It is t isier also to secuire favors or accom odations in business when you have tablished a character for punctuality. ri or all these reasons, and many more, bi ~punctual. _ _ _ The New York World says :s 'here can be no reasonable doubt ti tat we are really entering upon bet- b r tmes, commercially and industri ly. We are not-Heaven forbid 1- tE expect, indeed, anything like theA ish and frantic excitements of theb ar period of ten years ago. Men f e not likely to get rich now in a eek or a month. Thrift and enter- se ise, not anxiety and unscrupulous- is ss; labor, and not lust; must be re- p d upon now to consolidate the busi- oi ss and to insure the prosperity of al tr business nmen." Spry. e David Spry, col'd, who stole $1,000 veral months ago 'from ex-Senator Ju J. P. Owens, was sentenced by t 2dge Carpent er in Columbia Satur ty to five years in the penitentiary.S n hearing his sentence, Spry at- It pt:d to commit suicide by cutting a s thtoat from ear to c-ar with a pen. ri iife. No arteries were cut, and the wv low will live. All the Northern States voted for -tr ayes except three. All the Southern : i< :ates voted for Tilden-except one, h< rhaps. Tilden got a large majority di th votes, popular and electoral; to t Haes goes in. The South has wV >righ~ts that the North is bound to as spect. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Astronomers hae discovered, within the th1 st few weeks, that a dreadful conflagration in s been going on in the beautiful constella in of the Swan. Some mighty sun has un- St ubtedly been destroyed, alongside of which ti( r earth would look like a boy's marble. Le distance is calculated about 300,000,000,. U] D,000,000-or it may be only 300.000.000,- thb 00-n it ti s no geater than the difrer Editorial Review. Motto of the Northern Democrats he North first, Democracy second. lion. Alexander H. Stenhens was xty-five years old the 11th instant. J. M. Williams, State Senator from arawell County, died of Pneumonia ie 14th instant. He was a Demo at. COLUMBIA, Feb. 16.-The jury, in ie case of the State vs. Senator Juo. Cuchran, indicted for the murder Thos. Dent, returned a verdict to ay of "not guilty." A man by the name of Weldon, Lid to be a Pennsylvanian, shot at ackard in New Orleans last Thurs ay, the ball grazing his face. Wel on is under arrest, and is thought to e insane. Mr. T. C. Perrin lost his fine resi ence in Abbeville by fire the 13th istant. Mr. Perrin had insured his ouse regularly for twenty years, but st a few days before had allowed his olicy to expire. Loss, $40,000. Van Buren Hendricks, a deputy iarshal, was shot and killed in Green ille County the 12th instant by Hub ard Garmany, an escaped distiller on Greenville jail. Garmany, who ad his child in his arms, was shot at wice by Hendricks, when he returned de fire with the above result. On ie same day Jackson Ward, while ralking along the road with his child i his arms, was shot at by Revenue icer Johnson and the child was illed. - FoR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. URTHER EVIDENCE OF FRAUDS IN FLORIDA AMD LOUISIANA-CONGRES SIONAL PROCEEDINGS-AMUSE.MENTS -SOCIETY-AN ATTEMPT TO BRIBE THE MAN WHO BRIBED THE STATE GOVERNMENTS - COMMITTEE EXPEN DITURES, ETC., ETC. WASIIINGTON, D. C., February 14, 1877. In the Electoral Commission yester av members of the Senate and House rgued the objections to the three sets of rtificates from Louisiana. In the even ig ex-Senator Carpenter, counsel for ie Democrats, commenced his arga tent against the recognition of the ayes electors. He will be followed a the same side by Messrs. Trumbull id Campbell. The Republican side 'ill be heard through Messrs. Evarts, oughton and Shellabager. The argu ment will be completed to-day and a ecision rendered probably by Tuesday. )th. Senator Carpenter is very con dent. Before a House committee yesterday e clerk Littlefield of the Louisiana ,eturning Board was confirmed in an portant particular. A witness testi rd to hearing Wells, President of the .oard, say to Littlefield, that no matter the Democrats had a hundred thous rid majority the State would be given >Hayes. The clearest exposition of i Florida frauds was made yesterday ithe House by Representative Par ian, radIicaLl Republican of that State. [is very full consideration of the case, sposing what he claimed were frauds a both sides, was listened to with at ~ntion, ar.d will be published for gen -al circulation. He says the State ent for Tilden by 1,000 majority. In the SenatA yesterday (13th) a peti on was presented asking for a law Lowing any one to use any patented vention after giving a bond for the rotection of the inventor's money ghts. The credentials of D. T. Cor n, as Senator from.r South Carolina, er presented. lHe was elected by the imp legislature of that State. The nate also passed House bill to remove ie political (disabilities of Reuben Davis, other of Jefferson Davis. Beyond passing a bill to encourage legraphic communication between merica and Europe the House did no asiness. By a change in the rules of the House ade yesterday, that body can now go with legislative business during the ssion of the Electoral Commission. Tt to be hoped that matters of small im >rtance only will be finally disposed ', as no legislative body can be in suit 1e temper for the transaction of its gitimate business wvhile its members id its proceedings are under intense ccitement concerning other matters. A poor farmer out in California has st been arrested for writing to Secre ry Chandler an offer of $3difto decide eedily and in favor of one of the con stants, a disputed land case. The ~cretary promptly exposed the man. is a violation of law to attempt to bribe public officer, and the Secretary did ght. But he is the same Secretary ho in defiance of law put his heavy md upon every officer of the Govern ent and forced from all of them con iutions for the support of the Repub an ticket in November last. Let us >pe that the obscure and ignorant bor er farmer will be punished according law, and then let us labor for a law bich can be executed against the rich well as the poor. Short-sighted people are objecting to e expenditure of more money in the vestigation of affaiirs in the Southern ates, now that the Presidential ques n has been taken from Congress. pon reflection, people will see that a rough exposure of the process by FOR THE HERALD. The following letter was written by request to a lady at the North whc had been informed by an intelligeni gentlemen from New England thai the South had produced -no man witi other than local distinctiou except it polities :" CHARLESTON, S. C. Dear Miss B : An agricultural people cannot gen erally obtain the highest pre-emuinence in any departments but those of the soldier and statesman. The South has without the shadow of a doubt, pro, duced the greatest soldiers; and a4 to stateswen, was there time, I could easily prove that "Southern statesmen were the first to proclain the great principles of Independence, that South era born men have held the Presiden. tial office for nearly three-fourths ol the life of the nation, and that South ern policy has doubled the area of the United States." As to their character it can be shown that "though ofter rash and intemperate -a language. they would not steal, and they could net be bought by a Ring." Yet the South has produced men in the depart ments of Philosophy, Theology, the Judiciary, History, Poetry, general Literature, Medicine, the Arts and Sciences, who have without doubt ob tained more than "local distinction." I have neither the ability nor time to spe:ak of the whole South ; but wil only consider the claims of a few of the sons of my native State, South Caro lina,-noting, in passing, that the peer in brilliancy of genius, of Haw. thorne is Edgar Poe, of Maryland. One of the chief reasons for the dearti of Literature ir the South, was thai our men of letters lived lives of luxu. rious ease, not being thrown on their own resources, and, save in the mem. ory of their friends, left no evidenc< of their accomplishments. In the department of Philosophy stands pre-eminent the name of J. H Thornwell, whose "Discourses or Truth" were highly thought of by Sir William Hamilton, who write: that he read them "with great inter et, and no less admiration." "Per. haps to Dr. Thornwell is due the firs' explicit announcement of the grea' formula, that the fundamental laws o: Rectitude implicitly contained in th< conscience sustains to it the same rela tion which the fundamental laws ol belief implicitly contained in the under standing sustains to it." .He wa: called by the historian Bancroft, "th< most learned of the learned." As Theologians and Preachers Southerners have attained the samt position. We have seen before tha the fame of Thornwell as a Philoso pher extended to England, his reputa tion as a Theologian and Pulpit orato: extended to New England. The Rev Dr. Hewitt, of Connecticut, says o: one of his sermons, as early as 184.3 "Howe, Owen and Robt. Hall, reap pear in him.... .. ...... in my humble opinion, no sermon har been produced in our country in m3 cay in any pulpit equal to this dis course." Until lately I believe that the names of Elliott, Capers ani Palmer spoke for themselves through out these United States. The State that formed the Americar Union has been the Mother of Jurist of no mean distinction. Among then I would mention the names of Petti gru, Harper and O'Neall. The nam~ of the first has certainly reached Mas sachusetts. I would note in this con nection that the decisions of Chancelloi Wardlaw are received as authority it some of the Courts of Great Britain. In the department of Belle-lettres the histories of Simames and Ramnse) are well known. The former is con sidered greater as a Novelist, both it this country and England. In som< characteristics he is considered supe. rior to Cooper. (See Edgar Poe' Criticisms and Biographical Sketches. But the highest representative in this department of South Carolina, is Hug~ S. Legare. His article on Demos. thees iu the N. Y. Review "would alone immortalize him." His Re views, I have the authority of a learn ed friend in saying, are in some re spects superior to Macaulay's. It was said of him that "he rivalled the splen. dor of Burke, and his flashing rcach of thought." [lad he not had the misfortune to have been born at the South, I am confident that the above would be universally conceded. When Legare and Elliott edited the "South ern Quarterly Review," it was consid ered in England, the ablest Review in America. South Carolina Poets are Timirod and Hayne. The former has been called by a -Vorthern critic, "The I'ennyson of America." Another orthern critic says, "A Poet who as capable of enriching our some. hat scantily endowed love poetr-y with pieces in which we should find all that warwth, purity and idealizing , subtt demanded by the American In the department of medicine, Dr. J. Marion bims, of South Carolina, forwerly Physician to the Empress Eusr rie, and Dr. Thomas, both now residents in New York, worthily r present the State. In the fine arts Washington Ails I ton and John B. Irwing, Jr. The former is justly celebrated for his paintings of Sacred History, and for his wonderful flesh tints; according to a Northerner, in this particular branch he was superior to any painter America has produced. He was an Author and a Poet of no wean pre tentions. The latter, like Paul Hayne, is yet young, and may prove himself truly great. Visitors to the Centen nial say that his historical paintings are of reniark:ibie merit. Perhaps the ablest statistician of which this country way boast was De Bow. I have heard that, in the halls of Congress, the bare mention of his name as authority for any point in his profession was sufficient to settle the question. The fact that a Charlestonian (I cannot now recall the name) was the first to review the old theory of Geoffrey St. Hillaire,- Goethe and others, viz: the doctrines of Spencer, Darwin and Hacekel of to-day, ought alone to '-silence envious tongues" who reject our claim to any but local distinction. The calling of Professors Gibbes and McCready to professor ships in the great American Univer sities is also a significant fact. Trusting that my deficiencies and mistakes may be excused, I am You-s, &c., Y. S. Miss M - B , Boston, Mass. FoR THE HERALD, MIESSRS. EDITORS :-Wc took occa siou not long since through your col. umns to speak of CHU As as a highly important food for hogs. A gentleman of Americus, Georgia, writing to us on the subject says be can supply all who may wish seed at 81 per bushel, that one bushel will plant four acres. "I had about ten acres in Chufas; thirty odd hogs ran on them, twenty two of which I killed without feeding a bushel of corn to them, and there are more now in the patch than my hogs can destroy. Will grow on the poorest land and will make fifty bush els to the acre-mine made one hun dred bushels." Will our people provide the means for raising their own pork ? POMARIA. It is with sincere regret that the citizens of WValhalla and West Union learn of the resignation of Capt. J. Clarke Wardlaw as Agent of the Blue Ridge Railroad at this point, and thes removal of his family to Newberry Court House. During his residence in this community, Capt. W. has made troops of friends, and his social and business standing being of the highest has endeared him to a large circle of acquaintances. He goes to Newberry to enter into the drug busi ness, and we wish him abundant suc cess.-Keowee (lWalhalla) Courier. POST OFFICE, NEWBECRRY, S. C., Feb. 17, 1877. List of advertised letters for week ending Feb. 17, 1877: Barker, Mrs. E, G. JLewis, John Caldwell, Win. S. Mennick, J. WV. -Cooper, D A. Morgan, Mrs. A daline Gilymph, Miss Mary 'Robinson, Mrs.-Emma IGraham, Jno. Rutherford, Rev.Thos. Hatton, Dr. Wmn. W eaver, Frank Johns, Wmn. W. Whitman, Geo. ,Johns, Mrs. W. W. Williams, Pink Lake, Miss Nannie Wright, Ned Parties calling for letters will please say if advertised. R, W. BOONE, P. MI. AnRivALs AT PooL's HOTEL, Jas. Walk-cr, Boston: Chas. B. Trumbo, L. B. Chieathamn, New York; J. W. Ansley, C. H. Glidden and wife, L. Gilfillin, Charles ton; W. H. Terrie, F. A. Stewart, J. H. Ken ner, Jno. E. Tyler, Geo. WV. Clotworthy, N. F. Neer, S. T. Payne, Ed. Snowden, Win, A. Piet, W. B. Seal, Baltimore; Jno. Willis, Edgefield; C. R. Clark, Georgia; W. H. Evans, Columbia; D. T. Walker, H. A. Ma son, H. S. Harrison, Richmond, Va.; Robt. Dorsett, Lee J. Smith, Tennessee; Wmn. F. Nance, C. G. Jaeger, Dr. D. S. Pope, L. A. East, Jno. B. Carwile, J. D. Cash, WV. T. Tarrant, W. F. Ewart, J. E. Brown, T. J. McCrary, City; Maj. J. P. Kinard, J. F. Ox ner, J. M. Kibler, Newberry; C. J, Work man, -J. W. C. Bell. Laurens; J. S. Blalock, L. W. C. Blalock, Martins; P. F. Pescud, Jr., Raleilh, N. C.; L. S. Salmons, Atlanta, Ga.; W. D. Mellir, N. C.; A. M. Reeder, Boston; E. E. Pelot, G. & C. Ri. R.; Jno. T. Bynum, Enor-ee; T. J. Stewart, Maybinton. M7airied, Feb. 15, 1877, by Rev. H. W. Kuhns, of Newberry, Mr. SIMEON DI. MATHEWS to Miss S.AHi ALlcE WHEELER-both. of Prosperity. Ne MPiscellaneous. LOST, On Tuesday, 14th instant, a GOLD PIN, with emerald set. The finder will be re wrded by leaving the same with Mr. W. F. Ewart, at Mr. Tarrant's Store. Feb. 21, 8-it. TAX NOTICE ! The Tax Books for Newberry County, for the collection of the ten per centum contribution, as called for by His Excellen ev Wade Hampton, Governor, will be open ed again at Newberry 41. H., on Mionday, the 25th February, 1877, and remain open until Saturday, March :3d, 1877i. All par ties who have niot yet paid their ten per centuim, are earnestly requested to do so during the above time. U. B. WHITES, Special Agent. Feb. 17, 1877---10. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned against trespassing on the lands of' the undersigned, either by fishing, hunting or in any other way, and any one so found trespassing will be deal; with to the full extent of the law. WV. W. SUTBER, DANIEL SUBER, S. J. WOOD, MRS. SARAH SLIGHT. Feb. 21, 8-3t* FINAL DISCHARGE. -Al p nesns ;ninte to ihe estate of Xlew X' M'iscellaneous. MORE BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! WNTER GOODS IAT COST! I COST! COST! The subscribet of fers his entire stock of Winter Goods AT AND UNDE COZTI Thus affording the citizens of Newberry an opportunity of getting BARGAINS. The stock . is large and varied. Come early. M FOOT. Feb. 21, 8-tf. Forbidden to Hire. I hereby forewarn all persons whomso ever against hiring Richard Sligh. colored, who is a regularly bound apprentice to me, and any person so hiring the said Richard Sligh will be held responsible and be pros ecuted therefor. Any person knowing where he is at present will confer a favor by giving me information so that I can re cover him. JACK DAVIS, At Mr. Willie Swittenberg's, Jalapa. Feb. 21, 8-1t* .mIscelaneous. NOTICE. At the written regnest of the County Executive Committee, the delegates from the Townships composing the County Dem ocratic Convention are requested to meet at Newberry Court House, on Wednesday the 21st day of February instant, at 11 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of transact ing business of importance. By order of CAPT. JAS. N. LIPSCOMB, Presidt. County Convention. THOMAs S. MOORANs, Secr'y. Fe b'y 13, 1877-7, 2t. Private Boarding. MRS. J. HARTWELL BLEASE respect fully announces that she is prepared to ac commodate regulyr and transient Boarders at nmoderate rates, guaranteeing satisfac tion. Residence the Thompson Brick House. Nearly opposite Mrs. Whaley's. Feb. 7, 6-3m. HOUSE TO RENT, Containing EIGHT RO06MS and FIVE FIRE-PLACES. Good garden spot-out houses, &c., &c. Cheap to a good tenant. Apply to W. M. SHACKLEFORD. Feb. 14, '7-St. Notice to Trespassers. Notice is hereby given by the undersign ed landowners that any person found tres passing on their lands either by fishing, hunting, or in. any other manner, will be dealt with to the full extent of the law. Mrs. P. M. ('romer, ~S. C. Hargrove, Mrs. S. F. Glasgow, M. M. Buford, H. W. Cromner, W. H. Whitmnire, - W. C. Cromer, - J. A. Mars, J. R. Swindler, S. L. Atchison, J. G. Houseal, .J. C. Hargrove, L. D. Abrams, IJoseph Duckett, Wi. Ray, S. P. McCracken, Thos. P. Abrams, B. Duncan, W. T. Abrams, Lewi Duckett, N. S. Abramns, 1Alfred Denson. I. M. Suber, IFeb. 7, 6-3t*. IN THE UNITED STATES COURT -FOR DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. IN BANKRUPTCY. Ex Parte- Henry C. Suber. In Re-Wmn. Hatton, Bankrupt, Petition to Sell Property, &c. By virtue of the order of the Hon. George S. Bryan, as Judge of the United States Court for South Carolina, I will sell, at Ne w berry Court House, ON MONDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH NEXT, all the real property of William Hatton, Bankrupt, to Wit : NINETY-SEVEN ACRES OF LAND, bounded by lands of Reuben Davidson, Martha Davidson and others. Terms of Sale-CASH. R M. WALLACE, as U. S. MARSHAL of S. C., per JOHn J. GARRINGTON, Deputy Marshal. Jan. 16, 1877-7, St. ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. By virtue of an order of the Hon. James C. Leahy, Judge of Probate for Newberry County, I will proceed to sell in the town of Prosperity ON MONDAY, THE 26TH OF FEB'Y NEXT, all the Personal Proper ty of L. C. Kibler. deceased, consisting of the following, to-wit: Two Horses, Five [lead of Cattle, One Wagon, One Buggy, Household and Ijtchen urniture, &c. The property will be sold for cash. NANCY>0C. KIBLER, Administratrix of the taof said de ceased. Dry Goods, Groceres, Pc. GOOD AT LOW PRICES AND IN LARGE VARIETY. ifs V &LIICK Have now- in store, and are offering at UNPRECEDENTEDLY LOW PRICES, a well selected stock of FALL and WINTER DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CLOTHING, &c.,. Which are complete in all their lines, and embrace every article needed by the ladies in DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS, &c., or by gentlemen in PIECE GOODS, UNDER WEAR, &c. That our assortment in the above is large and superior and cheap, only needs an examination to prove. JEANS AND WOOLEN GOODS, HOME SPUNS, SHEETINGS, BLANKETS, in great variety. In addition to above we take pleasure in calling attention to our superior stock of HEAVY PLANTATION GOODS, Together with HARDWARE an-l CUTLERY, SADDLES and BRIDLES, and TRUNKS of all kinds. In short our stock is full and complete, and with prices so low that we feel confi dent in giving satisfaction. P. W. & R. S. CHICK. Oct. 11, 41-ti. Drugs A' Fancy Articles. 1iE Fill! The undersigned have formed a partner ship under the r.ame and style of POPE & WARDIAI and having purchased the entire stock of PELHAM & WARDLAW, will CONTINUE THE DRUG BUSINESS at the same store occupied by said firm, adjoining the Jewel ry Store of J. 0. Peoples. AH persons in debted to the late firm of Pelham & :Ward law, will make payment to us, and thcse holding demands against the firm will pre sent them. We have on hand a full stock of DRUTGS, PAINTS, PERFUMERIES, TOILET SETS, RESII GABDB SEEDS, PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM1 POUNDED at all hours of the day and night by Dr. D. S. Pope._ D. S. POPE,. -J. C. WARDLAW. Jan. 80th, 187-5-tf. Sheriff's Sales. STATE OF SOUTIH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James B. Floyd, and William M. Dorroh and others, Execators,:Plaintiffs, against' Andrew K. Tribble and others, Defendants. Complaint for Relief. Pursuant to the order of his Honor Judge Northrop, I will sell, at Newberry Court House, On the .First Monday in March next, the "GARLINGTON PLACE,", containing Seven Hundred~ and Fifty Acres, more or less, boundcd by lands of Mrs. Su san C. Nance, W. W. Davenport, estate of Jno. H. Williams, deceased, an'd others. Terms of Sale-One- third in cash and the balance on a credit of twelve months with int"rest from day of sale-secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of prem Also, at the same timne, 'about Fourteen Head of. Horses and Mules, and a Herd of Gattle, and Fige Wagons. Terms of Sale of Personal Property All the foregoing property both Real and Personal is sold as the property of the said Andrew K. Tribble, defendant. JOHN J. GARRINGTON, s. x. c. Newberry, S. C., 12th February, 1877. 7-t. 115 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE ~PROBATE COURT. Thomas V. Wicker and Thomas S. Moor man, as Ex'ors., etc.;'of Andrew it. Wick er, de'd., Petitioners, - ' Against - Nancy Wicker, et ai, Defendants. Petition to Sell Land to Aid fur 'Paym Debts. - By virtue of an order t edirected in the aboe stated action, I will seil, at public out cry, at Newberryd H., S. C , n SaIffy Monday, the Fifth & of March, A. D. 1877, asibe proprt Ade 31. Wicker, de eased that' .yALUABLE LO ,~x situate in the town of Newberry, in said ., County, on the South-east corner of Adams , and Pratt Streets, fronting .on Pratt Street - twenty-six 2-12 feet and ranning along Ad ams Street one hundred and eighty-ths,ge feet, and bounded on East by lands of Etbh - Mower and others. containing a Store House and eidence comnbined, a~nd known as "Talmoe s Core rd fth"rhs T nmso?a e.- n-hdo bte urchaset mmi~yW be paid in cash, )Ut purcJ~a~r to