The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, April 25, 1877, Image 2
The Model Subscriber.
--Good morning, sir; Mr. Editor, how are
your folks to-day?
I owe for your next year's paper; I- thought
I'd come and pay,
And Jones is agoin' to take it. and-this is his
money here;
I shut down lending it to him, and then
coaxed him to trv it a }ear.
And here is a few iteuls that happened last
week in our town;
I thought they'd look good for the paper, and
so I just jotted 'en down.
And here's a bushel of russets my wie picked
expressly for you;
A small bunch of flowers from Jennie, she
thought she must do something, too.
You're doin' the politics bully, as all our
family agree;
Just keep yourold goose quill a flappin', and
give them a good one for me.
And now you are chuck full of business, and
I won': be takin' your time.
I've things of mr own I must tend to-good
day, sir, I believe I will climb."
The editor sat in his sanctum. and broughat
down his fist with a thump,
"Good bless that old farmer!" he muttere.l,
"he's a regular jolly trump."
And 'tis thus with our noble profession, and
thus it will ever be still;
There are some who appreciate its labor and
some who perhaps never will.
But in the great time that is coming, when
Gabriel's trumpet shall sound,
And they who have labored and rested shall
come from the quivering ground:
And they who have striven and suffeied to
teach and ennoble the race,
Shall march to the front of the column, each
one in his God-given place ;
As they march through the gates of the City,
with proud victorious tread,
The editor and his assistants will not be far
from the head!
American Invent-ive Progress.
Under the above heading the Scien
tific American of April 7th has a long
and interesting article, from which we
make the following extracts:
To show with what rapidity inven
tors made improvements on inventions
embodying original principles, says
the writer, it may be noted that in
the early days.of the sewing machine
116 patents were granted for improve
ments thereon in a single year; and
out of the 2,910 patents issued in the
year 1857, 152 were for improved
cotton gins and pressEs, 164 for im
provements on the steam engine, and
198 for novel devices relating to rail
roads and improvements in the rolling
stock. In the year 1848, three years
after the publication of this paper was
commenced, but 660 patents were
granted; but under the stimulus of
publisbiog those inventions as they
were patented, ten years later, in 1858,
the number had increased sixfold,
reaching 3,710, while up to January
1, 1850, as already stated, the aggre
gate of patents issued amounted to
27,467; since that time and up to
dhe present the total is 18 1,015.
And curiosity here leads us (adds
the editor) to review our own work,
extending back, say, twenty years. or
to 1857; a period during which 170.
745 patents have been issued. We
find, by actual count, that 62,062
-applications have been made through
the Scientific A mericau Patent A gency
for Patents in the United States and
*abroad. This averages almost ten
applications per day, Sundays ex
cluded, over the entire period, and
bears the relation of .more than one
quarter to the total number of patents
issued in this country up to the time
of writing
Fenmale College.
'Jc citizens of Prosperity the beau
tiful, eight miles below Newberry on
th'e G'reenville and Columbia railroad.
are determined to show the Synod
their devotion to the Lutheran Churchi.
Although her handsome offer of $15,
000 for the College was rejected, her
citizens accepted the rejection with a
good grace, and now, with smiling
faces, they rise to inform us that they
still desire to do something worthy of
themselves. They have resolved to
have a Lutheran female college located
in their charming village. We bid
them a hearty God-speed. It is what
we have advocated for years, and what
we greatly need. There is no wisdom
in the sleepy cry of some, "Wait,
wait; one thing at a time."
This enterprise will cost the Synod
no outlay, and will not cause to be
withheld a single dollar. The citizens
propose to do it, and we say to them,
go on. go on ! you are awake to your
best interest; and you are doing that
for which future generations will rise
up and call you blessed. Build your
college ; and in doing so you .build up
you r town, yon build up your Church,
oubuild up your Syncd,you advance
the happiness, prosperity and useful
ness of your families a hundred fold.
lf you do not build the college others
will and you will lose it.
Shut Out.
Not a little surprised were the ex
State officers upon going to the capitol
yesterday morning to find a neat little
band of red tape, about six inches
long. stretched across the doors of
their former offices, with a little red
sealing wax attached to each end. A
constable stood guard at e:ach door, to
warn the formier occupants, if neces
sary, that their reign had been sus
pended in those quarters, and to pre
vent their entering should they see
proper to attempt to oppose the law
fully constituted authorities placed
there to keep them out. A majority
of them, who seemed to anticipate
what the solution of affairs would he,
and to be willing to submit to the
inevitable. approached the doors, and
seing the seals, smiled and "stepped
d:'wn and out" without further ado.
Eliovtt. however, who is contesting
A ttorney-General Con ner's place, seem
ed disposed to be a little obstreperous,
and made inquiry of the guard to be
informed by what constitutional right,
&c., he -was debarred from entering
his office. The constable at the door
politely informed him that he had his
orders from the Govrernor. and it was
useless to waste words over the matter.
Whereupon the defunct ex-Congress
The iHIeraId.{
THOS. F. GI NEKER, S Th ir
W . H . W ALLACE, B R Y S.C
NEWBERRY, S. C.
W & DNESDAY, APR. 25., 1877.
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
The Herald ig in t he higlest respect a Fam
ily Newspaper., d'voted ti. tl rnterial mn
;erests of the people of this County and the
State. It circulates extensively. and as an
Advertising med ium offers unrivalled ad
vantages. For Terms, see first page.
THE NEWBERRY HERALD.
PRICE REDUCED
To
ONLY TWO DOLLARS!l
We take pleasure in announcing
to the public that the subscription
price to the HERkLD, from and after
this date, will be only $2.00, instead
of $2.50.
This is no forced reduction, but
is made voluntarily and cheerfully
in view of the low price of cotton,
the scarcity of money and the strin
gency of the times generally, among
all classes of our people.
We desire to send the HERALD
into every family in Newberry
County.
While we make this reduction in
price we propose, and are deter
mined, to keep the HEnRAD fully up
to its present standard, and to use
every effort in our power to make
it still more worthy the patronage I
of the public.
We confidently expect a large ad
dition to our subscription list.
Thos. F. GRENEKER,
Proprietor.
The Legislature.
This body meets to-day (Tues
day.) The Republicans have a ma
jority in the Senate, but the Presi
dent, Lieut.-Gov. Simpson, Demo
crat, has the appointment of all the
committees. The House has a
Democratic mnajority and a Demo
cratic Speaker. The D'emocrats
have also a majority on joint ballot.
The Democrats, therefore, have
practical control of the Legislature.
It seems to be the desire. of Gov.
Hampton and others in authority,
that the session be as short as pos
sible.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
There are grave questions to be
considered. The matter of the
public debt will demand serious at
tention. The interest due in Jan
ary has not yet been paid. Addi
tional interest will fall due in July.
There is no money in the Treasury
for this purpose. Taxes must be
raised, and it is very evident that!
they will necessarily be high. The
faith, credit and funds of the State
are pledged for the payment of the
public debt and interest thereon.
No doubt the public debt is largely
fraudulent ; but we do not think
that it will be, or should be, repu
diated. Such a course always in
jures the credit and good name of
a State.
A large proportion of the State
bonds are no doubt in the hands of
innocent holders for value.
We believe that the people of the
State generally-the tax-payers
will be willing to pay every dollar'
of the legal debt of the State. They~
know now that the money will not
be stolen, but applied to its proper*
objects. They can stand a heavy
tax a few years much better than
Ithey can stand a permanent injury
to the credit of the State.
TAXES.
We desire to impress upon the
minds of the people the fact that
the days of low taxes have not yet
come-for this reason : the radical
administrations have piled up a
huge public debt and large defi
ciences that must be met. To use
a classical phrase, the Augean sta
bles will have to be cleaned out.
A matter of great interest to the
State is the election of Chief Jus.
tice, to succeed JuOge Moses, de
ceased. Those most prominently
spoken of for the position are Judge1
Aldrich, Gen. McGowan, Associate
Justice Willard, Hon. W. D. Porter,
Judge Maher and Gen. Kershaw.
Judge Aldrich or Judge Willard
will probably be elected.
Anofh~v matter of - great interest I
mportance that wl Vc to be
onsidered.
It will be seen then 'ht a heavy
weight of responsibility rests upon
the present Legislature. It is for
bupte that a majority of the mein
bers possess the ability and the
patriotism to meet these grave
luestions, and to dispose of them
is the best interests and the honor
)f the State require. The people
should feel assured that the inter
ests of the State are in good and
safe hands.
The Southern Question.
The Southern question has been
a troublesome one in national poli
tics since the days of reconstruc
tion. It has been the theme upon
which rabid Northern politicians
loved to dwell, and with which they
delighted to fire the public mind.
But that question has been elimi
nated. altogether by the settlement
of affairs in South Carolina and
Louisiana. It was put to rest by
Hayes precisely in the same way
that Tilden would have done it;
but there is this difference : the
Republican Senate will have to ac
cept the settlement and abide by it
in good faith, for it was done by a
Republican President. Blaine and
Morton and their ilk will have to
find a new hobby-their old one
has played out cotnpletely.
A TMistake.
The Anderson IntelUoencer, usual
ly so exact, makes a mistake in its
last issue, when it says, in speaking
of the Lowndesville murderers, that
"such a spectacle as ten men sus
pended from a gallows for the same
act has never been witnessed in
South Carolina." In 1821, or there
abouts, twenty-two negroes were
hanged at the same time and place
in Charleston, for insurrection.
There is an old negro in Newberry,
William Waring, formerly Gov.
Hayne's coachnan, who witnessed
the hanging, and can tell all about
The Pee Dee Watchman.
The fist number of this new
Darhngton weekly has come to
hand. It has a tine look ; the types
ar new and clear, the editor-ials
well v ritten, the locals spicy and
the selections attractive-in short,
it l s the bill of a good County
paper. The Proprietor, A. A. Gil
bert, has had long and successful
experience in the newspaper busi
ness, and will no doubt give the
people of Darlington a good paper.
Thanksgiving.
Now that the people ar-e rejoicing
over the happy termination of the
political contest and the bright
prospects before them, it would be
eminently fit and proper to have a
ay set apart for Thanksgiving and
Prayer.
,The Inaugural Ball
Will come off in Columbia, the
night of May the 3d.
Editorial Review.
The wsar between Russia and
Turkey, so long anticipated, has
actually begun.
47,000 barrels of petroleum were
destroyed by lightning at Petrolia,
Pa., the 20th instant.
The street cars have commenced
running in Greenville, and the
small boys are spending all their
nickels.
L. Cass Carpenter, Collector of
Internal Revenue for South Caro
lina, has tendered his resignation
to the President.
NEw ORLE.As, LA., April 24
The U. S. troops were removed
from the State House at 12 o'clock
to-day, by order of the President.
There is a man inl Elberton, Ga.,
who runs eight different establish
ments: Hotel, grocery and pro
vision store, drug store, tailoring
establishment, photograph gallery,
tinware store, blacksmith shop and
livery stables. His name is Ed
munds.
Ex-Congressmanl Jno. A. Kasson
of Iowa has been appointed by the
President Minister to Spain to suc
ceed Caleb Cushing. He was one
of the counsel that argued the case
of Haes before the Electoral Com
mission. "One go:yd turn deser-ves
another," thinks R. B.
The ten Lowndsville prisoners,
who were to have been hung last
Friday, have received a respite
from the Governor till the 4th of
May. Strong efforts ar-e being
made by many citizens of Abbeville
County to have the sentence of
some of the murderer-s commuted
to imprisonment in the Penitenti
arv for life. It was on this account
that the Governor ordered the i-c
C. P. Pelham. Esq.
It is with sorrow we chronicle
the death of C. P. Pelham, Esq.,
which occurred in Columbia, the
19th instant, from Pneumonia.
C. P. Pelham was born in Marl
boro County in 1816, graduated at
the South Carolina College in 1838,
was for many years an honored and
able Pro essor in that Institution,
and in 1857 entered upon the pro
fession of journalism which he pur
sued to the end of his life.
In the death of Mr. Pelham the
State has lost one of her most able
and consistent journalists. It may!
be truthfully said of him that he
was a man in whom there was no
guile; pare and incorruptible in a
profession that for the last ten
years has required unswerving pa
triotism and the strongest devotion
to principle. Through the dark
days of Carolinas oppression his
pen was always wielded in support
and defence of the best interests
and honor of the State. No bland
ishments of power, no difficulties;
no obstacles, however great, ever
once caused him to deviate from
the straight path he had marked
out for himself.
As Chief Editor of the Columbia
Register, from the day of its birth
up to the day of his own death, his
every energy~ was bent to the ac
complishment of that grand political
victory in State politics which we
are now enjo3 ing ; and to him is
due in a very large measure the
success of the Democratic party in
South Carolina. All who love their
State will drop a tear over the
grave of C. P. Pelham.
He is dead, but his v orks live
after him, and he has gone to reap
the rewards of a well-spent life,
having caught the first glimpses of
that bright dawn in South Carolina
for which he labored so nobly and
so incessantly.
IRev. W. H. Fleming, D. D.
The death of this distinguished
Divine has brought sorrow to many
hearts. He was well kntown in
every part of the State, and was
honored and loved by all who knewv
him. Dr. Fleming was born in
Charleston, in 1821, joined the S.
C. Conference in 1841, was Pre
siding Elder for fifteen years con
secutively up to last December,
was for many years delegate to
the General Conference, received
the title of Doctor of Divinity
from Trinity College, North Caro
lina, and was, at the time of
his death, the 16th instant, Pastor
of Bethel Church (Methodist) in
Charleston. He was a man of clear,
vigorous intellect, of fine social
qualities, inflexible in his principles,
of a kind and generous nature, and
whether on the floor of the General
or the Annual Conference, in the
pulpit or in the social circle, his
strong sense and polished address
commanded the very highest admi
ration.
H fela victim to that dread
FoR THE IIEEALD.
Spring.
Spring, the most beautiful season
of the year, remiuds us of the Morn
ing of Life, when youth and gaiety are
ours. She is represented as a beauti
ful maiden, aidvancing laden with
flowers; and what a triumphant com
ing is hers 'The sweet warblers of
the forest sing beautiful songs of
welcome; the latubs gambol and frisk
on the streen sward nature has so
kindly pr~ovided for their tiny feet to
tread on ; her own beautiful flowers
swaed by the gentle zephyrs nod their
lovely heads in homage as she trips
lightly o'er the earth, and in their
mute homage we feel that there is still
a greater language expressed to the
great and good God of the Universe.
Yes, we poor frail worms of the dust,
as we tread the green carpet of Nature,
to catch the baln of the gentle eve
ning breeze, inhale the perfume of a
thousand wayside flowers, listen to
the sweet notes of the songsters of theI
grove, the music of the babbling brook,
forcibly acknowledge that all proclaim.
"There is a God ; we render him our
homage; frail humans, why worship less
than we ?" What a lesson in the silent
beauties of nature ! How grateful weI
should feel to Nature's God for spread
in a mautle of such glorious beauty
o'er this world of ours, making it a
shadow of the bright world to come,
as reflections east from the rainbow.
"All nature wears a face of beauty,
and is animated with a spirit of joy;"
and we should not only be grateful
for the countless beauties that sur
round us, but for health and strength
to enjoy therm; and fur the kind pro
tection that a loving father throws
over us as a mantle of his love, alike
in the silent watches of the night and
the open light .of day. Each season
has its language whereby we shguld
profit. Spring rewinds of youth, sum
mer of maturity, autumn of decay,
but not as the seared leaves that
for we feel that the Bright Beyond is
not far distant, where our youth will
be renewed as we bask in the radiant
- - prmne-u God. Winter is deh,
Fon THE HERAI.D.
Broadbrimn's New York Letter.
No. 14.
?he City Hall-Wandering among the Ghosts
of the Departed--Dr. Muhlenberg.
It is exactly twenty.five years since
[ last crossed the threshold of the City
Hall. Then Henry Clay lay in state
in the Governor's room, and thousands
were struggling in the Park outside to
get a look for the last time on the be
loved face of the great Kentuckian.
It is seventy-four years ago since the
:orner-stone of the City Hall was laid
-and it is refreshing to know that we
ire not the only generation that has
sxceeded its estimates. The original
aost of the City Hall was estimated at
S250,000-before they got through
they expended over half a million.
he room known as the Governor's
room extends over the entire front of
the main building and partially into
the wings, and here hang the portraits
of many distinguished New Yorkers,
and others who in times past have
been the honored guests of the city.
Conspicuous against the west wing is
the full-length likeness of LaFayette,
by Morse. He may have been a great
benefactor to this country, and doubt
less we ought to be much obliged to
him-but it would require an en
thusiasm of which I am not possessed
to describe him as good looking; in
fact he is quite the reverse-for a
nian with yellow breeches and a cross
ye. however much he may be entitled
to our reverence, can scarcely awaken
our admiration. An eminently re
-pectable figure even in this respecta
ble company is Governor Bouck, whom
the sacrilegious gamins of a past gen
ration used to call "old fuss and
feathers." A barbarous portrait of
William L. Marcy disgraces the east
wing, and it looks as though it be
louged to the era when the art cf por
traiture was exclusively exercised by
house-painters and whitewashers. Ad
joining it is an admirable likeness of
William II. Seward, by Innian, repre
senting the Governor as he looked
about forty years ago. It is told of
him that previous to his departure for
his tour of the world, he wandered
into this old room and stopped in
front of this picture. The original
was bent with age-the cruel wounds
inflicted on that terrible night, April
14th, 1865, had sadly mnarred the
beauty of those features, which had
made him a conspicuous favorite with
the belles of a post generation. D)is
ease, and age, and disappointment had
each plowed their gravers deep in the
old man's face, and he could see no
line of himself in the splendid picture
before him. IIis head slowly dropped
upon his breast, and the big tears
rolled down his cheeks,. and, quietly
sinking into a chair, he mournfully
exclaimed: "Never more, never more,
never more !" In this room Abraham
Lincoln lay in state. Cuban patriots
and Fenian exiles have been placed on
exhibition here, and the extremes of
royalty have here touched common
ground, commencing with England's
prospective ruler and tapering off to
the king of the Cannibal Islands.
Many faces hang upon these old walls
which have a peculiar historic inter
ast. George and Dewitt Clinton repre
sent the very best era of our politics
-there are some here which represent
the worst. Conspicuous for its ab
sence is the portrait of Oakey Hall,
who has "gone from our gaze like a
beautiful dream." And I- wod1d re
pectfully suggest, for the considera
tion of his constituents, if his like
ness ever is taken, that we may have it
in that celebrated "shute av green"~ in
which he reviewed the procession on
St. Patrick's Day, 1869.
In the next wing is the Mayor's
roomn where much of the villainy of
he old Tammnany ring was corsumu
mated; and here, on a single morn
ing, Oakey Hall signed bills for the
new Court House for ovcr three n,il
lions of dollars. All of the thieves
have come to grief; and nowv it would
p~pear as though the coming revela
dons of Tweed. by which he expects
to purchase his liberty, may ireach
soae of the highest officials in the
State, filling with grief and shame the
heart of every man who truly loves his
::ountry.
We are having desperate hard times
in the city; the people are frightfully
poor, and yet the other day a little
pictui-e by Meissonnier, only 12x15,
br.ought -$12,500 at auction. At an
other sale last week a collection of
forty pictures brought thirty thous.ind
dollars, and the entire Johnson collec
tion, sold a few weeks since, comnpris-I
ing in all ninety-seven pictures,brought
the enorrmous sum of three hundred
and ninety-seven! thousand dollars
and yet we talk of hard times.
On Sunday last the Sixth Avenue
National Bank was robbed in open
day of. $12,500, and, as usual, the
thieves got off with the swag. One
Rooney-a blacksm ithI and notorious
eracksman-bas been arrested, but is
likely to take Sam Weller's advice
nd prove a halibi. "Wheu a feller's
in trouble, there's nothing. me boy,
like a halibi."
We Reverend Alvahi Wiswall, the
chief almoner of St. John-'s Guild, one
:f the principal charities of New
York, has been on trial for the last
week. If the story of his matrimonial
xperiences be true, we ruay bless our
lucky stars thr't such women as his
wife are scarce ; but Mr. Wiswall will
nave the consolation of knowing that
whatever becomes of him in the other
wvorld. that his condition can't be a
treat deal worse than it was here.
Cleary, the brutal Brooklyn police
nan, who nearly clubbed a citizen to
eath, has been dismissed from the
'oree, and sentenced to the peniten
*iary for si months. ~
of his compan;y. It seems as though
each lady and gentleman in the caste d
was made to order for that particular h
crer.tion, and the result is a perfection i r
of perfurmance rarely witnessed on T
any stage. He has done more than d
any other manager to disarm preju- p
dices of the religious classes. and night sI
after night his boxes are crowdud with ti
country clergymen and city church P
members, who weep at his dramas or
crack their sides over the harmless c
fun of the Fifth Avenue comedy. ft
"My Awful Dad" is still running at d
Wallack's, and Barnum has taken pos. of
session of the Hippodrome made fa- T
inous by Moody and Sankey. He had w
a splendid procession of his wagons (
the other day, and all of them, were d
covered with magnificent paintings of ol
rural and tropical scenery. On the v
side of one wagon was a Florida
lagoon, and in it a tremendous alliga-. t
tor with a struggling darkey in his g
mouth. and underneath, in letters of d
gold, the inotto-"We strive to please." h
On Wednesday all that was mortal b
of the sacred poet and philanthropist, a;
Dr. Wi. A. Muhlerberg, was borne o1
to its last resting place in the beauti- p
ful little cemetery of St. Johnsbury. g
The man has passed away, but the b
sweet savor of his blessed and gracious p
life remains the heritage of humanity
forever. The present century has
produced no nobler specimen of ster
ling Christian manhood than the gen
tle author of "I would not live alway,"
-who, in the matured fullness of his
glorious age, h s just been called to A
his reward. His pathway through b
life was strewn with the golden
sheaves of charity-the wretched, the 81
forsaken, and the suffering of every to
degree, were remembered of him and d
by him. The widow, the orphan, ai
the maimed, the halt, the blind and st
the helpless, found in him a tender
and generous friend. Over fifty years n
ago he was engaged to Miss Coleman, v
then a reigning belle of Philadelphia, e
and sistel of the lady who once en- f,
snared the heart of the stately James
Buchanan. The match with the fu- a
ture president was broken off on ac- P
count of a misunderstanding, and Mr. a
Buchanan lived and died a bachelor. a
The affianced of Dr. 3luhleuberg con- t
tracted a fever while on a visit of
charity, and after a few days' illness
she died. The young priest, whose
hopes of earthly happiness lay buried Ic
in the grave with her, returned to his n
sad home on the evening of her fune- e,
ral, and there, in the depth of his des
olation, wrote the sweet poem which g
has made his name immortal. He Si
found no second love on earth, but ir
dedicated his whole life to charity and
the memory of the gentle saint who t
was waiting for him over the river;
and after his patient vigil of nmore
than fifty years, his weary spirit att
last finds rest and peace, and followed eC
by the blessing of millions, he goes to b
join her in the summer land, to be it
prted never more. Thrice constant.
lover, pious Christian, gentleman, hu
manity's unfaltering friend, grand old fi
sold ier of the Cross, hail and farewell! tl
Yours truly, t
BROADBRIM.
FoR THE HERALD,
Our War.hington Letter. a
TlE P'RESIDENT SELECTED A LEADERr
FOR THE (,PPOSITION-LOUISIANA
AFFAIRS -'' ARLINGTON"- T H E
SPEAIKERSHIP-PERSONAL, ETC.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
A pril 18, 1877.
It is unfortunaJe for the Republican
opposition of Hayes, and correspond
ingly to the advantage of that lucky t
gentleman, that those politicians who
have first att.aeked his Southern policy 0
are men of stained reputation, like g
Bai ne, or mere buffoons, like Martin
Townsend, or impracticable mnen. like 0
Wade. Any one of tliese men, at a 0
time like this, is a source of weakness.
They have a certain amount of strength,
but when the purest character and
the greatest practical ability are re
quired, they fail signally.
Hayes was picked up at Cincinnati
to beat Blaine with, for the reason t1
that one had never been accused of a
stealing, and the other had ; one was n
regarded as a safe man,- and the other s
was not ; one had the enmity of all f<
the leaders, and the other had no h
enemies. The party may not wish to s<
punish the man it then selected, but I
it is not likely it will unite to do so sa
under the leadership of the man then
repudiated. s
Indeed, it has been said that Mr. n
Hayes, knowing that his Southern
policy must make him enemies, judi-s
ciously selected them himself by v
offending thenm in his Cabinet appoint- o
mets. So far as active opposition c:
has shown itself among politicians, his b
choice seems to have been a wise one. h
The indications now (Tuesday) are o
that Packard will "stick ;" that the li
commission will fail to present an y
acceptable compromise in the Louis- n
iana matter, and that the President tl
will not permit the troops to sustain r<
Packard after this week. G
It being almost certain that the U. S.
Courts will restore Gen. Lee's estate (
"Arlington" to his representatives, a n
proposition will be submitted to Con- c
grss-perhaps at the extra ses- al
sion in June--to purchase that por- di
tion of it which is occupied as a P
National Cemetery, and in which the T1
soldier dead of all the Northern States
are buried The spot is in itself beau- b;
tiful, and is made more so from year sl
t year by the Government, and by p
frieds of those who there "sleep their ir
last sleep." The instincts of a com- ti
mon humanity protect against any w
violationi of the sanctity of such a la
place, and no doubt the proposition to
set it apart permanently as a cemetery 11
will come from some who during the f
war did not "wear the blue." di
'PI~ ~ C~r~m~ T)nk~~ ~ Ax- I V
To a few newspaper men the Presi
ent has a habit of speaking freely of
is intentions. One of them is cor
,spordetut of t'.: Philadelphia Press.
his must nut be taken to indicate a
,,sire to capture Cul. Forney, pro
ri?.or of that paper, as he is under
:uod to be couitited to the opposi
on. But the Colonel is not now a
uwer in politics as of yore.
It may be set down as among the
.rtaiuties that not one Democrat will
til to vote for the Democratic can
idate for Speaker at the organization
the House of Representatives.
hey have all been communicated
ith on the subject. It is most likely
ar1ield will be the Republican can
i,a.te. He will more likely than any
:her man get the full Republican
Ae.
The prospects of genuine reform in
ie civil service are not considered as
od as they were. What has been
Ine in the merely local offices here
as not been in that direction-places
sing wade vacant without charges
;aiust the dismissed, and filled with
it any examination of the new ap
ointees. The conviction is becoming
eneral that the offices will be held to
a the proper plunder of the sup
srters of the administration.
RENO.
FOR THE HERALD.
From the Seaboard to the
Mountains.
MESSRS EDITORS NEWBERRY HER.
LD : In my last I tried to give you,
riefly and pointedly as I could, the
dlient features of our beautiful moun
Lin lands : Variety of scenery and
iversity of soil, and wealth of water
2d woodlands, et cetera. As my
ay in that region was limited, my
otes were meagre-a mere bird's eye
iew. I gave you not one word in
Kcess, as some may suppose, but fell
tr short of Lieserved mention of its
tarvelous beauty and richness. I am
ersuaded that from the rarefied spot
t which I viewed the charming vista,
ad within a radius of sixty miles, is
be found the garden of North
Lenica !
From the corrugated brow of its
ftier cone or crest, to the deeper
Lountain rents and chasms; from the
npyrean height of purple mist and
!lden setting, where Tennyson him
If might deign to send his Knight
quest of the "grail." to the gloomy
orge or grotto off "Old Baldy," where
he voices of the gnomes and naiads
rere recently heard, perhaps in an at
ipted catacelysm; and out upon its
>ngeries of mountains and pleiades of
ills-its highlands and its lowlands,
s promontories and its plateaus, there
health for the invalid, and wealth
>r the looker after lucre, solitude for
e student and harmonies for the
>urist.
The points I desire to impress upon
ae reader are-healthfulness and
daptability to manufactures, stock
ising and the growth of grain. The
lleganies being a barrier to the
leak winds of the North and West,
>gether with its latitude and altitude,
earness to the ocean and largess of
rigation, render the climate superb.
brought does not affect the country nor
oes the grasshopper ever invade it.
t has never had to buy its bread un
1 providentially disturbed by a wave
f those waters which have of late
one abroad over the face of the earth.
The depth of its forests and the fall
f its waters will supply any amount
f manufactures and machinery.
Corn, oats and rye are produced id
rge crops, while wheat does well.
n superior spots one hundred bushels
C corn per acre is sometimes har
ested.
When the legislature come to know
at the "rise of a million"~ of miser
be, marauding curs, fit only to make
ight hideous by their cries and by a
laughter of the innocents, (and whose
>od costs as much as our schools of
earning) should be curtailed by whole
>me laws, that a Department of Sheep
[usbandry might be established, then
-ill Mr. D. W. Aiken's truism, that
there is gold in the pathway of the
eep," be known of all men from the
iountains to.the seaboard.
The healthfulness of the Piedmont
action is in part due to its mineral
aters. And now from the fastness
F its forest another voice is heard,
rying vale, vale Vichy. and Valam
rosa, for Seneca has arisen with its
~aves and its waters for the healing
f the people ! "The. Seneca City
lineral Spring," was discovered a
ear or so ago, by Dr. J. W. Spear
ian in company with a friend, and
e following is the qualitative analysis
~ndered by Prof. Land, of Atlanta,
Sesqui Carbonate of Iron; Sesqui
~xide of Iron ; Crenate and Apo'ore
ate of Iron ; Carbonic Acid, free and
mbined; Carbonates Potassa, Lime
ad Mapnesia; Traces Carbonate So
a ; Sulphate Soda and Potassa traces;
hosphates of Lithium and Alumina;
races Hydro Sulphuric Acid.
Many persons have been benefitted
y the curative properties of this
ring, and the City Fathers have ap
ropriated an amount of money for its
aprovement, and we do not doubt
iat the Seneca City Mineral Spring
ill be known among the most popu.
r resorts of the day.
I told you that the minimum of
ortality by consumption was to be
und in the region of country under
*scusion. In my next I shall give
u the determined data of the distin
.I1arried,
April 19:h, 1877, at the residence of the
bride's father, by the Rev. A. B. Woodfin,
Dr. JoaN M. TaoxPsoN, of Silver Street,
Newberry Co., S. C., to Miss MELLIE CROsS
WELL, eldest daughter of J. 51. Crosswell,
Esq., of Orangeburg, Co., S. C.
.Xew d Wiscellaneous.
F. we ~IICI
INVITE ATTENTION TO THEIR
WHICH IS
LARGE IN VARIETY.
PRICES IN KEEPING WITH
THE TIMES.
AN EXlINATION 1IKED.
DOMESTICS of all Kinds.
We make a specialty of DOMESTIO
GOODS, and have, therefore, in store a
large and complete stock at lowest prices.
P. W. & R. S. CHICK.
SHOES AND HATS.
A splendid stock of SHOES of all kinds,
for ladies, misses and gentlemen, at low
down prices. Stock kept up to regular
standard. A fine assortment of gentlemens
and boys HATS, various styles.
P. W. &R. S.CHICK.
NOTIONS, IN VARIETY.
Now in store a full stock of NOTIONS,
of all kinds, to which additions are made
regularly. P. W. & R. S. CHICK.
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
We are agents for the sale of superior
SADDLES and HARNESS, and keep on
hand a variety in tis line. As we sell at
manufacturers' prices, we promise bargains.
Examine goods and ask for prices before
buying elsewhere.
P. W. & R. S. CHICK.
Apr. 25, 17-tf.
DR. W. F. PRATT,
DRUGGI ST,
Begs to inform his customers and friends
that he has opened astore in rear-of old
stand, next door to A. J. McCaughrin's of
fice.
NEW STOCK
OF
Drugs, Patent Medicines, &c.
PreEcriptions Aeeurately C.ouza8ded.
Dr. Pratt will continue, as hitherto, to
keep Drugs and Medicines of the first qual
ity at moderate prices.
FINE WINES AND LIQUIJOS,
-FOR NEDICIAL UsE.
BASS' GENUINE PALE ALE.
CICARS, TOBACCO, &C.
P. B. EUFF, M. D. ANDREW WALLACE, M. D.
RUFF & WALLACE,
Phpicians and Surgeoas,
NEWBERRY, S. C.
&- Particular attention paid to diseases
peculla.r to Females.
Apr. 25, 17-3m.
GRAIN CRADLES and BLADES
Senn's Superior Home Made GRAIN
CRADLES with Clipper Blade, set and
sharpened ready for use. Also, the Clip
per Grain and Grass Blale-the best made.
1Leave your orders early, as only a lim.
ited number of Cradles will be made.
Apply at S. P. BOOZER'S
Hardware atore.
ApI 25, 1877-17-3t.
Notice for Final Discharge.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that
he will inake a final settlement on the Es
tate of Lawson Fellers,1deceased, on Fri
day, the 25th day of May, 1877l, and apply
(or an order for his final discharge on that
day. All persons holding claims against
the Estate of the said deceased are required
to render themi in to the undersigned, pro
perly attested, by that day.
H. T. FELLERS, Adm'r.
V ANCE_PORTRAIT.
A -very fine LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT,
14x18 inches. of Gov. Vance, bearinghisown
autograph, framed neatl 1j inch walnut
moulding, (ready to hang inparlor) sent by
express for $1.50. The picture, without
frame, sent to any address by mall, free of
postage, for only 50c. This is pronounced
by all to be an excellent likeness of our
worthy Governor, and it should be In the
ome of ever true cien of the -OldKot
man or lady, is wanted In ever Township.
"PIEDXONT PRESS,"
Apr. 25, 17-It. Hickory, N. C.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
James B. Floyd and others
vs
A. K. Tribble and others.
By virtue of an order in the above stated
case, I will sell, at Newberry Court House,
Ont the First .Monday in May nzext,
the following personal property, to-wit :
Three (3) Milch Cows and
Calves,
One (1) Black Horse,
One (1) Horse named
James, and
One (1) Mule named Lize.
Levied upon as the property of A. L.
Tribble.
Terms of sale CASHI.
J. J. CA RRINGTON S N; (7.
A pril 19th, 1877- 17-2t. f6
STATE OF SOUIH CAROLINA,
NEWBERRY COUNTY.
By Jame~s C. Le'ahy, Probate Judge.
Wihereasm, Battes B. Frazier hath made
suit to me, to grant him letters of Adinn
istration of the Estate and effects of Sarah
Moore, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admomish
all and sinigular, the kindred and creditors
of the said deceased, that they be and
appear, belore me, in the Coturt -of Pro
bate, to be held at Newberry Court House,
S. C., on the 11lth day of May nest,
-c.t.. mn..linain hereof. at 11 o'clock -in