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The HOerald THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 187 A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Far ily Newspaper, devoted to the material i terests of the people of this County and tl State. It circulates extensively, and as E Advertising medium offers unrivalled a vantages. For Terms, see first page. A Slight Mistake. A few weeks ago the Phenix can out in favor of the adoption of a ne State Constitution. We took occasic then to remind the public that whE this new Constitution shall be adopte the Phanix would be entitled to "a the honor and all the credit" for ha ing brought it about. The Phcni took our remarks in dead earnest bope nobody else did : We are ni quite so "childlike" as to entertai such notions as that. The adoptic of a new Constitution is a foregot conclusion, apparent to everybody and there is no need to advocate i discuss the matter. The remarl about the "credit and the honor th: would belong to the Phaenix" for i first advocating the measure public; was intended as an ironical allusion 1 that habit, so common to some new papers, of claiming credit for evei worthy public measure that is adop ed, a habit as ridiculous as it is ui founded. The newspapers don't i all the thinking. In fact, very fei if any, of them do any original thin] ing at all. Instead of leading tt public, as they frequently claim to di the public really leads them. If tt reader has ever seen a cur with a pac of hounds on a fox-trail, he will nee no better illustration. The hound with their noses to the ground, sta: off in a certain direction on trail : cur, seeing the direction they are g< ing, dashes off at a furious rate abea of the hounds, with his head elevate in the air. When about twenty yarc ahead of the hounds he stops to see he is going in the right direction then dashes off again, all the tiot supposing he is getting the credit< leading the hounds. We will n< stop to make the application. The Blue Glass Cure. This is exciting considerable atter tion. A man by the name of Pleas anton started the theory that sur light shining through blue glass woul cure several diseases, such as rheumw tism, go'ut and other chronic con plaints. Others have since professe to have been benefited by the exper! menit. The plan adopted is to pi blue panes in the windows, and to sit i the sun .that shines through then We have no disposition either to ridi cule the theory, or to discuss its merits Whenever any new theory is presente we generally adopt the language c Shakspeare, "There are more thing in heaven and earth than were eve dreamt of in your philosophy"-an "await developments." That is decic edly the best plan ; for then if it turn out to be a humbug, it is so easy t say, "I thought so all along," an thus get the credit of being very wisc Educational. A distinguished educator has rf cently said that it is better to have blockhead at the head of a Colleg than at the head of a primary schoo A blockhead has no business in eithe position ; but if he must occupy onc by all means, let it be the formei The first years of a boy's educatio are the most important. If he get a proper start then, lie ea'n take car of himself when he gets into college while one who has been permitted b an incompetent or faithless teacher t slur over the rudimentary brarnche seldom aoes well in college. *It is ia possible to build well on a bad four dation. Parents, should, therefor< be very careful to send their youn children to goed teachers. The Situation. The doubtful States have all bee given by the Washington Returnin Board, alias the Electoral Commnissioi to Hayes and Wheeler, making thei President and Vice-President. Nov the question is, Wr AT ABOUT HAm TON ? Notwithstanding we arc Ed tors, we cordially con'fess, we don know, but still incline to the beli~ previously expressed that Gov. Ham~ ton will not be disturbed. There a~ many~ men, however, wiser than w who think otherwise. All that a can do is to wait patiently, and see. ~ J~ mnton will aboli~ Newberry College. We had the pleasure Friday meeting Rev. S. P. Hughes, Age for the "Bachman Endowment Fun< for Newberry College. He authoriz us to state that he has already rais the sum of $7.000 ; and the whole this within the past two months, frc Orangeburg County and two charg in the lower portion of this count - The prospects are that a $50,000 E dowment will be raised with very I tle trouble. Now, these facts oug - to incite our citizens to use every E ertion to secure the location of t College. 1 The Laurens Rail Road. The Laurens gentlemen who we - to Charleston last week in the inter< of the railroad met with success. A e rangements have been made for t w early completion of the remainii n eight miles of the road, from Clint n to Laurens Court House. We c *d gratulate our neighbors on the pr< ll pect of a speedy connection with t r- outside world. x . We are forcibly reminded of t t old fable of the ass in the lion's ski n whose identity was revealed by I n attempting to roar. The ass in t ie present instance, who has worn t ; lion's skin since the surrender >r Appomatox, reveals his identity s kicking. The following speaks for t self: ts POST OF COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 20, 1877. Capt. Thompson, Columbia, S. C.: .o DEAR SIR:-I have the honor 5' notify you that I have this day be y directed by the honorable Secretary t. War to irform you that his Excellen the President of the United Stat directs me to notify you that the mei 0 bers of the so-called rifle clubs, wh V, under his proclamation of the 17th - October last, were instructed to d e band, will not be permitted to ma 'ny public demonstration or para on the 22d instant, as is said to e contemplated ; and it is hoped y k will give a cheerful obedience to tr d order, and notify the members of yo club, or company, thereof, in order .prevent a parade. taking place. My orders require me to see th e no such paradi takes place. >- I am, sir, very respectfully, yo d obedient servant, d H.MN.BLACK, Lieutenant-Colonel 18th Infantr sCommanding Post. Governor Hampton, upon beingi Sformed of the above military orde e issued the proclamation below, whi< is as fine a piece of English as1 thave ever had the pleasure of readini PROCLAM ATION. STATE OF SCUTH CiAOLINA, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, February 20, 1877. His Excellency the President of tl United States having ordered that tl Swhite militia companies of this Sta - should not parade on the 22d insta: . to celebrate Washington's birthda ini deference to the office he holds, iiereby call upon these organizatioi to postpone to some future day th t manifestation of their respect to ti a memory of the illustrious Presidea whose highest ambition it was, as was his chief glory, to observe ti constitution and to obey the laws -his country. iIf the arbitrary commands of ~fChief Executive, who has not sougl 8to emulate the virtues of Washingto deprive the citizens of this State rthe privilege of joining publicly Spaying reverence to that day, so sacri -to every American patriot, we can s least show by our obedience to co stituted authority, however arbitrari exercised, that we are not unworti to be the countrymen of Washingto - We must, therefore, remit to sou more auspicious period, which I tru is not far distant, the exercise of oi .right to commemorate the civic virtu of that unusliied character, who wieldi his sword only to found and perpetuia e that American constitutional liber . which is now denied to the citizens r South Carolina. WADE HAMPTON, Governor. 2 In five days more the 4th of Mar s will be here. The President' s ima e guration will take place the 5th, the 4th falls on Sunday. o A Golden Wedding. Capt. John H. Counts and his wi Catharine, of Countsville, Lexingt< County, S. C., with their daughter a sons-in-law and pastor, on the 14th g February celebrated the fiftieth ant versary of their marriage. The oce sion was one of peculiar interest at was improved by appropriate religio1 services, in which all engaged wil n pious fervor. Father Counts and b: g estimable wife have for half a centui been active and consistent members aSt. Michael's Evangelical Luther; church, and have passed through mo than the ordinary vicissitudes of li: the husband serving the public: ~various ways and the wife dispensit t blessings throughout her neighborhor in her private capacity. And no that old age is coming upon ther their delight is in,the law of the Lor e and in his~law they meditate day at ~night, and are "like a tree planted e the rivers of water that bringeth for its fruit in its season," and are re~ izing the truth of God's word: "Fe tho +not . T am-wih thee; beh n Editorial Review. of Good-bye to Grant. Can we also nt say, Good-bye to Grantism ? i" The Supreme Court has made no 1 es decision yet of the question, Who is T ed Governor? V of Lerdo, the unsuccessful contestant against Diaz for the Presidency of S es Mexico, is in New York City. ' Tilden's white majority over Hayes .n~ is upwards of 1,000,000 votes. Most C it of the negroes voted for Hayes. ht Rev. Wm. Williams, D. D., Profes he sor in the Southern Baptist Theologi- 1 cal Seminary, Greenville, S. C., died at Aiken the 20th instant. WASUINGTON, February 23.-The nt commission adopted a resolution that >st the ballots cast for Odell, Carcwright r- and Watts were the lawful electoral he votes of the State of Oregon, and ug should be counted for Hayes and on Wheeler. The vote stood eight yeas in- to seven nays. 7 be OR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION-RU- I he .IORS OF REPUBLICAN DISAFFEC TION -PRESIDENT GRANT AND its LOUISIANA -- SILLY EXCITEMENT he ABOUT ASSASSINATION - APPRO he PRIATION FOR ANTE-WAR INPEBT at EDNESS - CABINET SUGGESTIONS. by ETC., ETC. I C it- WASHINGTON, D. C., February 21, 1877. The Senate yesterday voted to sus tain the decision of the Electoral Cow- 5 to mission in the Louisiana case. The on House has to-day voted not to sustain. C of Thus the decision stands, both Houses a cy not having decided against it. The A es best speech in the House was made by Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, in opposi of tion to the decision. Most of the c is. speeches were pacific in character. C ke The President yesterday said - that de be had reached no eonclusion in regard be to the "recognition" of Packard as S is Governor of Louisiana, but that pro ur bably he would take no action unless to forced to do so to prevent bloodshed. In the same interview he commented not unfavorably on the action of the ur people of South Carolina who refuse ~ to pay taxes to the Chamberlain usur pation, but pay them cheerfully to ythe legitimate State Government, and are thereby peaceably starving out the ~ usurper. Consternation struck the Radicals yesterday when the House, after the meeting in joint convention, took a recess until to-day (Tuesday,)t at 10 A. M1. After recess was voted r 140 to 1:30, the Democrats went into caucus. The town was full of rumors which may be pronounced more un- t 1founded than even the stories of the a 2e "intelligent" contraband who in war te times furnished news to army head r at quarters. First, the Demno-rats were to take recess from day to day, and so a prevent the counting in of Hayes. is Conkling was preparing to denounce I the Commission for excluding evidence at in- the Louisiana case. Bradley was t ito be impeached, etc. But the caucust was held, and another last evening, and the only result was a decision to . ri a adhere to the present line of policy )t acquiescence in the acts of the Corn-V ' isin at least until afterthOrgn [ case is decided. d The Union of this morning virtual b at ly gives up the fight, and prophesies - victory for 1880. The administration has made itself Sridiculous by arresting Don Piatt, the b st assassination of Hayes. Now Hayes ir and Piatt were personal friends, andt the friends of one are the friends of a te the other. Piatt visited the aye b y family last fall and wrote a glowing of description of the domestic life of the Republican candidate. But he .is a 0 literary swashbuckler, libels every Democrat or Republican he thinks of, 4 :h and lives upon the notoriety such at a warfare gives him. He has, besides, aan insane idea that he was born for S greater things than he has achieved. a Given this combination of character, F ind the present condition of affairs, s and we were just as likely to have P fe assassination called for as to have a e ., jest made of the country's danger.b of The only lamentable thing about it is t' '- that the President is weak enough tot a- give it official notice. -t The Committee on appropriations of as u :h the ~House yesterday agree( to recoin is mend the sum of $360,000 for pay ry jment of Southern mail contractors of whose contracts were interrupted by ~ e the breaking out of the war. There 'e, has never been any good reason for in withholding this money. The claim- 0 g ants are scattered from Virginia to b d Texas, and the claims are mostly i w, small. n, The Republican papers, and some r: d, Democratic ones, too, are urging the t id retention of Secretary Lot M. MIorrill t )yiih aie,i M.Hyssalb >y inauthedbint ifmrayestl said of v lth iauguate hI t meauraly frce of. r- frim thae oliticat affasurablyfree: ot freiodml the iataffais, whic hee n ml ~i~(:nmn Cade n oe ot received all the attention of Secre FOR THE HERALD. The Crowned. A picture from real life by the late Edwil [eriot, Esq,, of Charleston, S. C. 'hey are weaving garlands for her youthfu brow Chence come these laughing groups tha shout in song, o merrily-and trip with gladsome steps cross the verdant lawn-these gay festoonm 'erhanging chaste and tasteful arbors bowers f fairest green; bouquets of richest colors n gay variety? 'Tis Friendsh ip's tribute, 'o modest virtue. See-they are bringiu flowers, he of the sparkling eye, and rose-like cheel s chosen Queen of May*-and all the res Tave come to bid her welcome. Each lon peal )f voices spreading far the grateful news, and all preparing for to-morrow's dawn, How joyfully! 'hey are weaving now a shroud-a funer shroud, Lnd who are they that stand in palsied s lence Lround that bier? What placid featnr( these? 'he same calm smile? Alas! then, can it 1 'hat some insatiate spoiler hath been her Lnd dashed from Beauty's cheek those bri liant hues 'bat did but yesterday such life impart? es-she of the glossy ringlets, lightsom s!ep Lnd joyous heart, lies cold in Death's en brace! carce closed the eve that ushers in tb morn, . Vhen that fair coronet would deck her head Lnd now pale forms are bending o'er tb sleeper 'lad in Death's Robes! their tears fast cour ing down, How silently! 'hey are weaving yet a crown, a glitterin crown. Pho now are these that stand around yo Throne af Light, encircled with bright diadems? ,o! that Celestial choir are welcoming recent guest within their happy circle; Lad holding in their hands wreaths of fa flowers, 1weet messengers of Mercy come, and shi Vhose brow was destined for a coronet f fading earth, now wears we trust a crow If never-fading beauty. Mortal, hence lesson learn-she, whose brief history s here, was once as bright with hope a thou. eek then to wear that crown-to reach thi goal Trir.mphantly! *A true incident. FOR THE HERALD. 3roadbrim's New York Letter NUMBER SIX. he Weather---The Fashions-The Widow The Elopement--The Am2teurs-The La test Sensation-The Ruffian's End The Course of True Love. Not the least remarkable thing il bis remarkable season is the uninter apted run of two weeks of gloriou ad bracing weather-several times il bat period we have been seriousl; breatened with change-an occasion 1 cloud or a slight twinge of frost i: be early moining may have served ti emind us that it is not yet fourth o uly, 'still the man or woman whi ouid find fault with our presen reather deserves to be deposited in ow bank and choked- to death witi owballs. Now is the time to seo be first sprigs of the new Sprin; shionS. There always will be a fei patient souls who, craving for noto ety, desire to be a few days in ad ance of the season. They want t hke March by the forelock, and fore all their neighbors in getting ou heir good Spring clothes. For tb enefit of the boys out your way, ot a surreptitious view of the lates lroadway Spring fashion plate, and ive you privately the result for th enefit of your fashionable subscribers ut for mercy's sake don't let my nam< anspire or the Bon Ton tailors wouk ssassinate me for letting dayligh to their secrets. The pants are t< e mostly worn in checks, of foun iches square, with alternate stripes f yellow and blue ; they are to b< airty-six inches -around the botton f the leg, and sixteen and a half al e waist, with moderate allowanc< r the size of the man. Vests are x inches from the back of the neck nd the coat-tails reach to the* hips ockets in front, behind, and at th< .des, calico shirts, red neckties, blu' ocket handkerchiefs, with pea greet ye-glasses; the hair should be parte ehind the ears (if the ears are nol > long), and gathered in a knot o1 1e top of the head ; this knot pro -udes through a hole in the top of th4 at, and at a little distance has nique and striking effect. By ob trying these directions closely au) oungr gentlemen from your vicinitj ho contemplate visiting the city ma: sily be mistaken for New Yorkers 'he Spring bats for ladies are jus at ; these are turned up in front ehind and at the sides, with a slighi identation on top, which can be con eniently made with a stove lifter ; oster's feather in front, and an os .itch feather behind, is considered ary becoming. Skirts with Polonaise ounces and Riddengoat outriders are tceedingly graceful and much id ired. If the skirts are worn long d foing, a piee of brown pnpns 'and Madame Demorest. have formed a combination against me to prevent me getting the earliest fashion notes, but you can see by the exhaustive i synopsis of to-day, that so far they have labored with only indifferent tsuecess. AN ELOPEMENT. About two years ago a lady arrived in New York from Chicago, and pur chased one of the handsomest man sions on Murray Hill ; the house was g splendidly furnished, a magnificent carriage was ordered from Brewster's, ' and a coupe and fine buggy from d Wood's. Chickering furnished a grand piano, and Sehause had a cart blanc for the pictures and bronzes. Horseb, servants; everything denoted a first il class establishment and every bill was met with a check on the Chemical National Bank; her custom was sought ;s from all quarters, and her praise was in every tradesman's mouth. The widow is fat, fair, and fifty. Her 1- parties at her magnificent residence were attended by the best of the kid e glove and swallow tail aristocracy. Mr. F., the fat broker of Broad street, i- whose blonde whiskers were so much admired by all the boys on 'change, e was supposed to be the lucky man. [; "but you can't amost always tell, es .e pecially when there's a widder in the case." Frederick Augustus L., the son of Mr. L., who lived next door to the widow, was one of the nicest g young men in society in New York, for although he occasionally led the n German, he was also prominent in the Y. M. C. A. He was one of the ush ers in Dr. - 's Church, and some times led in prayer. Well, to make a r long story short, he is gone, the widow is gone, and now there are all sorts of stories afloat very damaging to the widow, and not at all flattering to the young man. Reflecting on this I s could not help thinking on the sensi ble injunction of the Elder Weller : "Sawivel, my boy, bevare of the vidders." Brooklyn has had another sensa tion. Last week an amateur per formance was given for the benefit of a Mr. St. George. After the performance of the screen sees in the School for Scandal-a brigandish looking fellow, by the . name of Walker, was seen to pass from a private box to the'stage-the curtain was down, but in an inistant the audience was startled by a cry of a pain, and the hissing blows of a whip, -next instant a Mr. Clark who had s been playirg Joseph Surface, leaped i from the box with his face all blood , and dashed wildly across the stage in - front of the astonished audience. It i appears that there was a lady in the y case, one feller wanted her and an f other feller got her and so they fit. > The affair is now in the police court t and I hope the ruffian who tried to a imitate MAY-may be sent to the ipenitentiary where he may learn to e behave like a gentleman. The fine weather has put a stop to most of what is known as out door relief. - Have you ever seen a soup house ? If - you have not just s'.ep down with me to Fulton Market-and then you will .know what a soup house means-you t see it to the best advantage of a cold and sloppy day. There stands the [ place right on the corner of the Mar t ket down in the cellar there to the right. WVhat is that crowd-come over a here and I'll tell you-just look at ,them; it seems as if all the old bum mers, soakers and rounders in New York were assembled in that dirty, villainous looking crowd. They have been standing in line for over two hours waitiog for the soup bouse to1 open. All of them have hungryi 3 looking eyes-all of them have the samue hard look of mendicity, all of them look as though soap was their bitterest enemy and water a distant relation-not one of the whole crowd looks as though he had ever done an honest day's work, or if he did, it was so long ago that he has entirely1 forgotten it-nearly one half of the charity of New York is absorbed by these miserable, unworthy objects the poor widow, the distressed trades- I men, the starving children are seldom seen at this precinct. There are soup houses however where they come with their pitchers and tin pails, and re ceive a quart of soup and a piece of bread. Two weeks ago we had our Annual Fashionable Charity Ball, the great, event of the season where for i one night fashion walks hand-in-hand with charity. Four hundred and seventy leaders of the beau monde ~ figured on the board of managers and everybody, that is everybody who is anybody was found on the list of subscribers-the result is nearly $20, 000 for sweet charity's sake. A cou-. ple of short-haired ruffians in Brook- 1 lynl got into a fight on Saturday night ~ and the funeral of one of them was attended yesterday by a delegation of the Slaughter House Rangers--the other cannot be found. The Secre I ayo h aeComnato h tarkyn Nfv Yard Comandof at ofte withaol ofv sweet sixteen, lavin wee 1 wife an furl seet hied,reang a th chae agnsd four slcid the to ofarhe agair-t thirlai she d-tio dutdhrefadtemntl h of th'e girl-but the girl said she ab - ,su.si bersif-and the man told the si FOR THE HERALD. BETIIEL COMMUNITY, Feb. 22d, 1877. ])EAR HERALD :-This being the irst time that I ever grasped my pen For this purpose, I hope that the eager devourers of the highly-prized HERALD will look over the abrupt manner in which I propose to write this. Messrs. Editors, I notice in your issue of the 17th that a writer from Smokey Town said something of the backwardness of the grain crop. (It is true.) And that it was on account of the time we took up in early fall in the great political warfare that was waging. But, sirs, we not only took up a great portion of the early part of the fall, but it has been continued nearly up to the present. I notice that some of the farmers have begun to plow, and repair their old fencing. I notice, as I pass along below Mr. H. D.'s, that he has put up a tall fence on each side of the road, and he doesn't intend that stock shall browse on his crop. I wish to ask the question, as the General did, What has become of the rest of the Democratic clubs that were in such high glee just before the elec tion ? Have they died ? If they have, we may find our opponents harder to control the next time than they.were this. Those that put their shoulders to the wheel this time and pushed like men, I fear will go back if our clubs die out. Ours is in good trim and we have applications for member ship (of our opponents) at every meeting. Since the shower of bacon-sides that the General reported as falling near Mr. H. M. D.'s, there has been another shower of hams and shoulders to the number of thirteen or fourteen, said to be as fine as ever were seen. Mr. H. M. D. also devoured it as eagerly. I think he ought to take the Editors one of the finest hams and not keep it all for himself. I hope that the next shower that comes will be a shower of sausage, spare-ribs and backbones, and that he will fry some of the sausage and spai-e-ribs, and make a great .big backbone pie, and ask some of his friends to dine with him, and amimg the rest myself. Messrs. Editors, the Piney Woods are counted poor, but we generally have some rations and what we call "tin"-you may call it "spondulix," or what you please. And it is not as J. D. Bos ton said with us ; we-mean business and can run our own machine with rations and "tin." So much for that if no more. As it is Valentine time, the young gents and ladies arc enjoying their time in telling each other of - their ove secretly, when it would be wore pleasure in visiting them, and talking it over in a tete-a-tete manner. Though it enlivens the heart of the~ maiden, nd especially, those of some years, I wish that I could describe one to you; but I fear that if I were to undertake it I could never get through. They are the lovingest things imaginable from what I can learn. I heard Mr. Einard say that this year was going to be a good crop year. I think just s he does about this matter; for ~here never was more marrying in one all and winter in my time ; but I on't say it will be a good crop year n eatables. For fear of wearying your good pa ~ience, I will close for this time by wishing the HERALD long life and a >uber of new subscribers that will pay the "tin." To the Editors of the ame a long and a happy life, and at ast a crown that fadeth not away, 'ith an innumerable number of stars n the same. Yours, VALENTINE. FOR TE HERALD, Corn~m1A, S. C., February 17, 1877. MR. EDITOR : "Uncle Sam" has estowed on the good people of this :ity an edifice for the Post Office, vhich is really -an ornament to the lace, and a tasty and beautiful one. Phe style of architecture is light and iry, and the indoor arrangements are :omplete and convenient. It is on he West side of Richardson street, Lnd presents an imposing front, the walls stuccoed and colored. The first loor is devoted to the use ot the ~ostal Service, and the upper floors to he U. S. Courts and the offices con iected therewith. The State Asylum on Elmwood ~venue has always attracted attention rom visitors to the Garden City, and s an institution of which our State 2ay well be proud. The female de araent is West of the Male, and as erected in the year 1822, which~ ate is exhibited on the noble facade, arming the lofty portico, supported y the massive columns, which affords gress to the main entrance. The lale department is separated from the ther by a street running north and 3uth, and was built some years sub formerly of Baltimore, is the efficient and gentlemanly Superintendent, and his courteous and considerate treat went of the innates, renders him very popular among them. The venerable and respected Dr. J. W. Parker, so 4 lopg and favorably known throughout the State, is the house physician, and long may he be spared for usefulness in his active and green old age. Dr. Ensor deserves the praise of our people for his strenuous exertion to prevent the throwing out upon the world of the unfortunates under his charge. In the face of unpaid appro priations and exhausted credit, he prevented this catastrophe, urtil timely aid was obtained through Governor Hampton from the first fruits of the response of our people for a modicum of the taxes, which with the charac teristic consideration of our represea tative Carolinian, was applied to the relief of the pressing claims of the charitable and penal institutions of the State. KAPPA. .Mew ' .llliscellaneous. AU CTION_SALE! BARGAINg TO BE. HAD! The subscriber gives no tice that he will sell at auc tion, ON MONDAY, SALE DAY, all of his remaining stock of goods, consisting of DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES,- &c. Together with Several Pairs of Platform and Counter Scales, SHOW CASES, &c. T. F. IIA RMON. Feb. 2s, 9-It. WINE AND LINjORS. Pure Brandy, Wines and Whiskeya for medicinal purposes. Al.co, Bass' Best Pale Ale, and Bordeaux White Wine and Vine gar, just received and for sale at low fig ures, at 2OPE & WARDLAW'S Drug store. LAMPS. A fine assortment of Lamps, Lamp Fix tures and Lanterns, for sale vERY LOW for cash, at POPE & W ARDLAW'S Drug Store. ALso, A fresh stock of Aladdin Security and best Kerosene Oils, with Sperm, Train, Lin seed, and all Oils and Varnishes usually kept in a Drug store, just received. We regularly add FRESH and PURE to our stock. eWe invite special attention to our assort ment of Segars, Tobacco, Pipes, AND FRESH GARDEN SEEDS of all kinds, at. POPE & WVARDLAWV' DRUG STORE. Feb. 28, 9-tf. GUANO and ACIDS. Parties wanting any of the following GUANOS and ACIDS, viz: PACIFIC, WANDO, BAHAMA and RHODES', will call upon JOHN C. WILSON, Agt., -Office at store of Brown & Kibler. Feb. 28, 9-2t. UNITED STA TES OF AMERICA. -DISTRICT OF SOUTH CARO LINA.. In the matter of WISE & LATHAM, Bankrupts, ex parte GEORGE G. DEWALT. In obedience to the order of Hon. George S. Bryan, District Judge for this District, all persons who bold liens against the Es tate of tihe above named Bankrupts are hereby required to file proof of their re spective claims before me, at Gharleston, S. C., on or before 8th March prox. E. M. SEABROOK, Register in Bankruptcy. Feb. 28, 9-2t. Seegers' vs. Cincinnati Beer. Tbe Cincinnati "Gazette" makes the as tonishing announcement that Cincinnati Beer is no longer pure, but adulterated with molasses, sugar of btarch, fusil oil and the poisonous coichicum. J. C. SEEGERS guarantees his Beer to be pure and reliable. He does not adulte rate it, but brews from the best barley, malt and hops. Feb. 28, 9-tf. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. By James C. Leahy, Probatte Judge. Whereas, Win. A. Fallaw bath made suit to me, to grant him letters of Adm in istration of the Estate and effects of Rob-e ert Scruggs, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, that they be and appear, betore me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Newberry Court House, S. C, on the 19th day of March next, N7Vew X *Viscellaneous. HOT SUPPER. A HOT SUPPER, to be furnished by the Ladies of Mount Bethel, for the benefit of the Thornwell Orphanage, will be given at Mrs. G. B. Boozer's, on Friday night, the 2d of March. Both old and young are in vited to attend. Admission free; Supper 50 cents. Feb. 28th, 1877-9-it. Guardian's Notice. Notice is hereby given that I will apply for a final discharge as Guardian of Dray ton T. Wicker, before the Judge of Pro. bate of Newberry, on Saturday, the 31st day of March, 1877. P. -T. J. WICKER, Feb. 28, 9--5t* Guardian. RAISE MULES! BLUE FRANK, the FINE SPANISH JACK, will stand at John Hayes', near town, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wed nesdays, and at Jalapa, Thursdays, Fri days and Saturdays, commencing March 1st. Patronage of Town and County so licited. Terms, $10 to insure. J. WM. FOLK & CO. Feb. 28, 9-1m*. BEER. The Commissioner of Agriculture, in his report for the year 1875, speaks as follows: "There can be no doubt of the general adulteration of all malt liquors. In England and other countries, where heavy penalties are imposed, and an increasing vigilance practiced to detect and punish such frauds, by a system of inspection of all malt liquors manufactured before exposed to sale, the practice is very common. How much more in this country, where there are no laws on the subject, and no officer to carefully ana lyze the products of the brewery? Sonme years ago, Professor Mapes, of New York, analyzed the beer from a dozen different breweries, and all were found adulterated with noxious substances. It is said that the sale of drugs to brewers is a profitable part of the trade. This is perfectly infamous. Coeculus indicus, (fish-berry,) nux vomica, (dog-button, from which strychnine is ob tained,) are some of the delectable substances found in beer! These are potent poisons, and the brewer found using them should be drowned at once in one of his own vats. The British Parliament passed a law to pre vent this nefarious business. The following is an extract: 'No druggist, vender of or dealer in drugs, or chemist, or any other person, shall sell or deliver to any licensed brewer, dealer in or retailer of beer, knowing them to be such, or shall sell or deliver to any person on account of, or in trust for, any such brewer, dealer or retailer, any liquor called by the name of or sold for coloring, from whatever-iaterial the same may be made; or any materia-or preparation other than ungrounc brown mai,TOr the darken ing the color of worts beer, or any-nolasses, vitriol, honey, quassia, coccolus fsaicus, grains of paradise, Guinea pepper, or opiuni, or any extract or preparation of molasses, or any article or preparation to be used in worts beer for or as a substitute for malt or hops; and if any druggist shall offend in any of these particulars. such preparation, &c., shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any officer of excise, and the person so offending shall for feit. five hundred pounds.' "Under this law, very many druggists and brewers were brought to griefs, and yet the practice continues. Unless the American public are ready to admit the immaculate purity and innocence of American brewers, they must be consent, while drinking their beer, to cherish the belief that they are at the same time guzzling some narcotic poison or damaging medicine. In view of the -unpre cedented growth of the barley crop; of the great increase of the number of,mahsters and brewers; of the vast unknown quantities of beer that are drunk in every city and almost every town on the continent, it is the dictate of sound wisdom that the attention of legis lators should be called to the subject of the adulteration of our malt liquors, and severe penalties should be inflicted as apreventive." JOHN C. SEEGERS' BEER is pure and reliable. Feb. 28, 9-tf. .Plseluaneeus. Private Boarding. MRS. J. HARTWELL BLEASE respect fully announces that she is prepared to ac commodate regular and transient Boarders at moderate rates, guaranteeing satisfac tion. Residence the Thompson Brick House. Nearly opposite Mrs. Whaley's. TRESPASS NOTIGE. All persons .are hereby warned against trespassing on the lands of the undersigned, either by fishing, hunting or in any other wy; and any one so found frespassing will be dealt with to the full extent of the law. W. W. SUBER, DANIEL SUBER, S. J. WOOD, MRS. SA RA H SLIGH. Feb. 21, 8-3t* [N THE UNITED STATES COURT -FOR DISTR1CT 0OF SOUTH CAROLINA. IN BANKRUPTCY. Er Parte- Henry C. Saber. In Re-Win. Hatton, Bankrupt. -Petition to Sell Property, &c. By virtue of tbe order of the Hon. George . Bryan, as. Judge of the United States ourt for South Carolina, I will sell, at New erry Court House, ON MONDAY, THE TH DAY OF MARCH NEXT, all the real roperty of William Hatton, Bankrupt, to wit: NINETY-SEVEN ACRES OF LAND. >ounded by lands of Reuben Davidson, farta- Davidson and others. Terms of ale-CASH. R M. WALLACE, as U. S. MARSHA L of S. C.., per JoHN J. CARat(GToN(, Deputy MarshaL. Jan. 16, 1877-7, St. HOUSE TO RENT, 0ntaining EIGHT ROOMS and FIVE 'RE-PLACES. Good garden spot-out ouses, &c., &c. Cheap to a good tenant. Apply to W. Mf. SHACKLEFORD. Feb. 14, 71-St. FHE COLUMBIA HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C., Has been refitted and thoroughly renova ed, and is now open to the travelling pub TIlE HOTEL WILL BE KEPT FIBST CLASS IN EVERY PARTICULAR. . Satisfact ion guaranteed to all parties fa oring me with eheir patronae. OWEN DALY, Proprietor. Nov. 15. 46-.tf. DINNER HOUSE AT PROSPERITY, S. C. Pasngers on the G. & 0. R. R., are al >wed 2o iminutes for dinner at Prosperity. A cordial invitationi.is extended to trav lers, wl-O will always find a good table, olite attention and moderate charges. Terms-D.iJnner, 50 Cents. Board per ay, $1.50. G. S. CH APPELL, OB.I.8--Sf PropKietor TnRIAS DAWKIM.