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Lines. WRITTEN FOR THE NEWBERRY HERALD. If life, when crowned with health and length of years And constant joy, to Truth and God appears A weaver's shuttle flying through the loom, Or wild swift day that hurries into gloom; Oh! what is Youth-life's dearest, fleetest boon? } A flower that fades, before its bloom is known. Bright days, and bright because they hasten by On feet that touch not earth, as on they fly! They shed a splendor in their onward flight, One ray of hope, love, joy,-tben all is night. Then why, young friend, since life is but a dream, The still swift current of a running stream, And youth is transient as the clouds which glow On sunset skies and gild the world below Why linger still in memory's dreamy shade, And mourn the hopes which blossom but to fade ? If youth is gone and love which made it blest Has left a gulf of ruin in tbJy breast, Why o'er that gulf hang memory's spectral light To bring its hollow depths before the sight? Why spend thy manhood in a ceaseless strife To mar, not fix, th' unstable joys of life? O vain delusion of the youthful brain! O mad'ning draught of bitterness and pain! Seductive promise of our early years, That turns to ashes, or dissolves to tears! Vain, vain and mocking hope that life will be A fairy dream of sweet serenity. Say, does not Nature fan the fires of grief And fledge the wings of joy to make it brief? E. A. L. T xARuA, May 29th, 1877. Some Important Acts Ratified. We shall, from time to time, and as soon always as practicable publish for the benefit of our readers all acts of public interest passed by the Leg islature. Below is the full text of the new Jury Law: AN ACT to provide for the drawing of juries in certain counties, and to amend the law in relation to the drawing of juries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, Low met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : SECTION 1. T.at in all counties of the State where there has been a fail ure to prepare proper and legal lists of jurors for the year 1877, as pre scribed by law, the board of jury commissioners of the'said counties, or a majority thereof, respectively, shall, within twenty days. from the passage of this act, prepare legal and proper lists of jurors, and from the lists so prepared all grand and petit jurorsre quired by law for the said year 1877 shall be forthwith drawn, summoned and returned, in the manner now pre scribed by law ; and the jurors so drawn shall serve at the general and special terms of the court first follow ing the time of such drawing, wheth er' or not the same shall bave taken place the number of days before such general or special term now required by law. SEC. 2. When by reason of chal lenge or otherwise there is a deficiency in the number of grand or petit ju rors duly drawn and summoned at any term of the court in any county of the State; the judge of the Circuit Court shall order the board of jury commissioners, or a majority thereof, forthwith to attend in court, and to draw, in the presence and under the direction of the court, such number of jurors as the court shall deem ne cessary to fill such deficiency. The jurors so drawn to reside within five mniles of the courthouse. And when drawn shall attend and serve during the term. And no juror who has been drawn to serve at any term of the court shall be excused, except for good and sufficient cause, upon affida vits, which, together with his applica tion, shall be filIed in the office of the clerk of the court, and remain of re cord. And no jurors shall be sum nmoned from among the bystanders other than in the manner herein pre scribed ; and all acts and parts of acts providing for the summoning of ju rors from the bystanders are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That whenever, during any year, in any county of the State, the list of jurors prepared shall be ad judged illegal or irregular, the judge of the Circuit Court in and for said county shall order the board of jury commissioners, in and for said county forthwith to prepare proper lists of juirors after the manner prescribed by law, and therefrom to draw all such grana and petit jurors necessary for such year, who shall be drawn, sum woned and returned in the manner prescribed by law, and shall serve in like manner as if such lists had been prepared during the month of Janu ary in such year, and the said jurors drawn therefrom at the time now re qjuired by law. SEC. 4. That when the jury lists are prepared by the jury commission ers for each year, they shall place in a separate apartment in the jury box the namnes of one hundred persons qualified by law to serve as jurors, who reside within five miles of the Courthouse, from which shall be drawn the jurors to supply the defi cienc-ies provided for in the second setion of this act : Provided, that in the County of Riichl and, the num ber of names to be placed in the sepa rate apartmient heretofore provided for shall be two hundred, and in the County of Charleston three hundred. SEc. 5. That all acts and parts of acts iaconsistent with this act be, und the same arc hereby, repealed. THE AMERIcAN FARMER.-The June num ber is at hand. presenting the usual comn plete and varied index of seasonable contents appropriate to the season and to the needs of our farmers, who should not be without the advice and suggestions of this now ven c-rable farm journal. The use, the prepara tion and the application of fertilizers is al If Hemphill were as competent Lnd faithful as a legislator as Mc Einley, Moroso, Blackman and Richardson are as newspaper re >orters, his cut at them in his peech Tuesday would not have been so ridiculous as it was. The Name of Washington. As in evidence of the regard the Americans feel for the father of his' -ountry," there are thirty-four coun ies and two hundred and five towns ind villages in the United States ind Territories named Washington. We learn this from the Centen nial Gazetteer. Editorial Review. M. L. Bonham, Jr., has assumed editorial charge of the Ninety-Six Guardian. Oliver Hewitt, of Barnwell, Grand Scribe of the Order of the Sons of Temperance, died last Thursday. The New York ierald is getting out a second Odyssey. Kate Field and Olive Logan will be the princi pal authors of the work. The scene is in London. There has as yet been no great battle between the Russians and Turks. The two armies are still stationed on opposite banks of the Danube, and Russia does not seem in a hurry to cross. There are ru mors of peace negotiations. A French painter named Courbet who took a prominent part in pull ing down the Vendome Column in Paris during the reign of the Com mune in 1871, was exiled from France. He was offered the priv ilege of returning on condition that he would pay the government 300, 000 francs-860,000. A few days ago he paid the money and returned to Paris. Legislative. TUESDAY, JUNE 5.-SENATE. Resolution to provide for a comn,is sion to investigate the indebtedness of the State was passed to third reading. Bill to prohibit any person from holding the position of trustee and teacher in a public school at the sam~e time; bill to prohibit the levy oif spe cial school tax ; bill to prohibit sale of seed cotton between sunset and sun rise, and bill to repeal an act estab lishing certain State Scholarships in the S. C: University, were read third time. A great deal of talk about pay of members. HIOUsE.-Mr. Verner presented Bill to iucorporate Walhalla CoMege. Bill to fix the pay of members of the General Assembly. Several long speeches were made. Mr. Orr, (dem. Anderson) was in favor of $600 and 20 cents mileage. Mr. Bradley, (dem. Abbevilie) thought $400 and mileage enough for both sessions. Mr. Ver ner, (dem. Oconee) wanted $600 and mileage. Mr. Hempghill, (demu. CJhes ter) said $6 a day was good pay. Mr. R. R. Hemophill, (dem. Abbeville) wanted $600, and made a foolish at tack on the newspaper reporters, who, he said, "had taken a great deal of in terest in the pay of the members, and yet they each did not pay more than 3S .ents taxes." Mr. Hamilton, (rep. Beaufort) favored $800. Bill to reduce the fee forn dieting prisoners to 30 cents a day, and bill to utilize convict labor, were read third time. WEDNEsDAY, JUNE 6-ENATi The following Bills were read a third time: bill to raise a committee to in vestigate the indebtedness of the State; bill to amend the practice of the Courts in relation to Executions. The Conference Committee on bill to fix pay of members reported that they had agreed to recede from the following of its amendments : amend ment proposing to strike out 881,400 and inserting $105,000 ; amendment proposing to pay the Solicitors and Attorneys in attendance $8 a day in stead of $5. They also recomm ended that the bill be so amended as to pay aeh member $300 for the last session and $300 for this session; provided, hat no member sworn ini since Dec. 23, 1876, shall receive more than $300 or both sessions-made special order for Thursday. HIOUsE.-Resolution to impeach Wright was offered, and adopted by rots of 75 to 23. THURSDAY, JUNE 7-SENATE. Rouse resolution directing the Attor iey General to institute proceedings to est the validity of the election of Cir uit Judges-agreed to. The Senate decided to receive $400 or the regular session and $200 for he extra session. HoUsE.-The concurrence of the Seuate in the House provision denying >ay to the MJackey members for last ession produced great surprise on the 1epublican side of the House, sever a wmemr on that sid protesting-. It was resolved that the unexpended balauce of the 10 per cent. levy be paid into the Treasury-the amount is $47,G55.83. Judiciary Committee reported favor ably on bill to establish Ninety-Six A County-postponed to next session. The hour for electing a Judge for the 5th Circuit having arrived the Senators came in and a ballot was ta ken with the following re'ult : J. B. Kershaw, 128 votes; S. W. Melton, 2. The resolution to impeach Judge 1 Wright was adopted by 75 to 23, and e Messrs. Hamilton and Verner were I appointed a Committee to go to the d Bar of the Senate, in the name of the House of Representatives and of South Carolina, and impeach Judge Wright for high crimes and misdemeanors. n They did so. . FRIDAY, JUNE 8-SENATE.-The 1 Senate went into election for a mem- 0 ber of the School Book Commission. Prof. Jas. H. Carlisle was chosen. Messrs. Meetze, Walker and With- t erspoon were elected by the Senate on the commission to investigate the public debt. HOUSE.-The Chair appointed as committee to conduct the impeach ment of Judge Wright, Messrs. Blue, Sheppard, Orr, Aldrich and J. J. Hemphill. Adjourned sine die. Fox THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. - WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6, 1877. I am just now !ooking at the Re- t publican party and Ben Butler, some what as the Rev. Mr. Battles, of Ban gor, looked at his wood.pile and the dissipated atheist who was cutting it up. "I can rejoice in the man's labor," said Mr. Battles, "though I can't endorse his theology or commend his morals." Butler is just now in a position for which nature and expe rience have peculiarly fitted him. Incapable of achieving a national fol lowing, though abler and more honest than many who have done so, he has acquired an acid turn of mind that makes him rejoice in the errors and frailties of more successful men. Bolder and more reckless than other prominent Republicans, he will call black black and green green. With a vast store of knowledge of Republican party history, and of Republican poli - ticians, he is able to enlighten any of us as to the true inwardness of things as they once stood and as they now hang. He is preparing for what, whether timid politicians follow him ~ or not, he will make one of the warm est fights in our party history. At an.interview last evening with District men here who wished his infuence with Ha,yes for the appoint- I ment of a R.epublican to an office here, General Butler said if their friend was to succeed he must have the influence ~ of WY. W. Corcoran and Gen'l John B. Gordon. These are excellent gen tlemen and Democrats by nature and associations, yet Butler came nearer the truth than usual in assigning to them a high place in the regard of ~ Mr. Hayes and great influence with him.t We may confidently look for a full and early expression of Butler's feel- ~ ings and stat.ement of what he knows I and thinks and guesses about the President and his supporters. If the politics of the country were in a more settled state, his ecbaracter would make I him comparatively powerless, but at C this time ii know of no man more dan- 1 gerous to the Republican party. The recent order of the President ~ to General Ord to pursue Mexican ~ marauders into Mexican territory ~ whenever he thinks it necessary, seems C to be an unwarranted as it is certainly ~ an unprecedented order. It may not ~ be that the President designs to bring ~ on a war and acquire territory-to "water the stock" of the country, as I they say in Wall Street-but it looks ~ much as if he intends to do0 so. He may believe that restless spirits North J and South will be ready to support a him in s!uch a movement, and that C prospective use for the army will pre- ~ vent its reduction when Congress C meets. One-tenth of the force that a C war with Mexico would render neces sary would protect the bordeF sett!ers from harm, and would still allow the I expected reduction in the army. I C say nothing of the spirit a great nation would exhibit in 5'bulldoig" a weak one, for a universal sense of justice will suggest to every one the meanness of such a course. t So far as the apparent contradiction i between General Garfield and MIr. o Gibson, of the New York Sun, is con- V cerned,it Enay be said that there is no doubt Gibson is substantially correct, t and that President Hayes stated in n writing that he wished Garfield to t withdraw from the contest for the h Senatorship in Ohio, intimnating, if d not positively stating, that the influ- . ene of the Administration-which iU the President then thought would be d powerful-would be given to Garfield a for the Speakership. That Garfield a should equivocate is not strange ; but P Gibson is one of the most conscientious si men who write from this city. Any- s thing like falsehood is not in his line. t( Besides, others saw the President's b letter. and their recollection of its - contents, soon to be published, will c substantiate Gibson's statement. a RENO. t1 MARIA DE MEDICI.--In a narrow, wretch- t ed little street in the famous city of Cologne. d and within a stone's throw of its magnificent c cathedral, stands a mean, low, weather beaten house, which is one of the land-marlks -a of history, for here died in quad misery al one of the most famous women of which istory contains any record. She was driven I ou fFac yhrso n eaeawn outin ofugitie ne succsind bemgalan- b ein andugitiverand drvession Egaway ermanyei canie Swillrlast droesherte awy. roteronnc, a tdig, atlse fudsere way ft veryone, siand thin, shetund he r c a m n n aa in a rt -e ta-. -, FOR THE HERALD, croadbrinm's New York Letter. No. 21. Foreign Traveler's Impressions-The Mc Carthy Trial-Fletcher Harper's Death The White Whale--Decoration Day Theaters, Ministers, etc., etc. An intelligent traveler from the liji Islands-or Nova Zembla, visit. ag the city of New York at the pres nt time, if he were to take the baud ills and posters which ornament our Lead walls and fences as his guide be 7ould never suspect that he was in he great metropolis of America. He 3ight probably fall into the error of nany very experienced travelers, and iuagiue that lie was in some capital f Italy or France, the names have uch a decided Centennial flavor. I iave a list of three hundred and six y-seven posters which I have collect d within the last five months, and it s my intention, if my life is spared, ,fter I get them properly collated and lassified, to present them to the New Cork Historical Association to be in orporated in a grand work, which it s my intention to finish in time for ur next Centennial, entitled "Curi sities of American Literature." I ook at handbill No. 1, and it calls for n early meeting of the "Michael )onovan Guards." No. 2 requests he early attention of the "Denni. 1cCarthy Association." No. 3 in. orms us that the "Patrick O'Flaher. y Pick Nick" takes place on the 6th f June, and No. 4 that the "Darby elly Rangers" will take their annual xcursion to Coney Island on June 6th. Nine other excursions follow n quick succession, and the names ire equally interesting and suggestive. [he "Terry Shea Association," the Felix Driscoll Association." the 'Alderman Hennisy Association," he "Mike Murphy Coterie," the 'William Finni-an Social Club," 'O'Neil Light Guard," etc., etc., etc. [ill I looked carefully over this list : was not aware that our foreign pop ilation was composed so largely of :talians and Frenchmen,-this how. ver is an inexcusable oversight in he intelligent special correspondent. For the past ten days a church trial as been going on here which has >een marked by an asperity and vul ;arity unparalleled in the history of hristian investigations. It is true hat some of the old-time saints were ot over choice in the selection of their 'ernacular; but these modern apostles ,pened a wevelation of Billingsgate, rhich was as grievous as it was shock og-liar, fraud, cheat, and such other erins equally endearing and instruc. ive were bandied about between these ious gladiators. I know not which o award the palm of vulgarity to, r. Sweetzer or Mr. McCarthy; but ertainly the Universalist Church has Lo pa'rticular reason to feel proud of ither of its chosen representatives. The present week will be memorable or the death of Fletcher Harper, the ast of the four brothers who founded he great publishing firm of Harper rothers. I suppose it is safe to say hat there is not a house in the United tates which contains a half dozen ooks, but one of them bears the ima rint of the Harpers. it is impossi. ile to estimate the influence which is firm has had upon our character .s a nation ; I do not refer to their olitical views, but simply in their haracter of honest, Christian pub. sher8 of a style of literature of which ny nation might feel proud. There re several great publishing firms in he United States,-in Boston, Phila elphia, St. Louis, Chicago, and thers,-but no one of them ever stood a prominently before the public as he great firm, the last brother of hich has passed away this week. ~horoughly honest, upright, and just, e leaves no representative in the firm ehind him better or worthier than iself, and it will be fori.nato for the nior members, who now represent be house, if, after the lapse of half a entury. they shall be worthy of as ood an epitaph as that which pos rity will inscribe on the tombstone f this dead Christian gentleman. New York is jubilant just now, for re have a white whale. None of your orposes or skipjacks, but a genuine !d blower-just such a fellow as iight have carried Jonah about in his ack parlor, and then have had lodg >g to let~ in the two upper stories. remember, about a quarter of a cen ary ago, when I was young and fool ;h (I don't know that I have got ver the last half of it yet), I was andering down Broadway, Barnum's Lmerican Museum was then where e Herald office is now. I looked p, and was immediately attracted by 1c magnificent portrait of a lovely Ldy about twenty feet high, the only rawback about her general put-up eing that she sported a fish's tail short, she was a mermaid, or a sea amsel. Yes, that is what she was, od I think one of the worst sells I ever t' in my life. I have no particular rej udice against fish-tom-cods or lob er, cat-fish or suckers, it's all the tine to me-but I always did object fishy women. I stepped up to the x.office, disbursed an honest quarter -that quarter was the constant ac imulation of several previous weeks, 3d was originally intended for pa iotic investment on the coming ourth of July. I passed in to see xe mighty woman-fish or fish-woman sporting herself in the briny waves. n arriving at the second floor, I saw little glass case about two feet long, id in it a wretched little mummy ithi a monkey's head and a stickle tek's tail, which looked as though it id ceased to exist before Noah wvent to the ark. I never forgave Barnum r robbing me of that quarter. It Dresented my sole available fu~ds; The Herald. TIHOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. W\TEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1877. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fan ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad- } vantages. For Terms, see first page. Whipper vs. Reed. In the Supreme Court Thursday the case of the negro Whipper, claiming to be Judge of the 1st Circuit came up, and the complaint was dismissed. Judge J. B. Kershaw. The people of the 5th Judicial Circuit have great reason to rejoice at the election of Gen. Kershaw as Judge of that Circuit. No man better qualified to fill the position could have been chosen. The Legislature Adjourned Saturday. The "Sal ary Grab" of $800 for the two se3 sions did not pass; but the mem bers who advocated it are just as much to blame as if it had passed The pay for the two sessions was fixed at $600. Hereafter the pay will be $5 a day. Wofford "Boys." Hon. Sam'l Dibble, just elected to the Legislature from Orange burg, was the first and only grad uate of Wofford College, Spartan burg, S. C., at the first Commence ment twenty-three years ago. Wofford has a pretty fair sprink ling of alumni in the House. The following we are acquainted with, (there may be others): J. T. Austin and J. Walter Gray, from Green ville ; Jno. W. Holmes, from Barn well; J. B. Humbert, from Lau rens; Charles Petty, from Spartan burg, and R. W. Simpson, from Anlerson. None of these are lo quacious, but are classed among the most influential and respected members, on account of their good sense and sterling qualities. This speaks well for Wofford. Remarkable, Isn't it, that the men in the Legis lature who are insisting on big pay for themselves are the very ones who insist on not paying anything on the public debt ? Now, look at their reasoning : They say, we are not responsible for this fraudulent debt contracted by the radical Legislature, and it should not be paid, but when they talk about their own pay they talk about what the law allows them-a law passed by this same radical Legislature. They succeed in striking out the .5:h sec tion of the Appropriation bill, which provides $270,000 for payment of interest on the public debt; but when the vote is taken on the ques tion of 8500 or $800 for their own pay, they vote for the $800 all the time. It does look as if a large number of the members of both branches were legislating strictly in their own interest, and as Col. Conner, of Abbeville, intimated in a speech the other day, the people at large have begun to think the same thing. The Newspap~ers and the Sala ry Grab. Nearly if not all the papers in the State, the dailies especially, have been ontspoken in.their criti cism of those members of the Le gislature who have been insisting on such big pay for their services. Some of the members say they are not afraid of the papers. The last exhibition of this sort of courage was made by R. R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, last Tuesday. He -seem ed to be awfully mad because news paper reporters took so much in terest in the pay of members, and twitted these young men on their poverty. We have never heard of anything more out of taste than Mr. Hemphill's remarks. Suppose these young reporters and corres pondents are poor ; does that unfit them for informing the public what takes place ? It should be remem bered that the correspondents only communicate facts and occurrences to their papers, and the editors ap prove or condemn. So, this venge-1 ful ire against the correspondents is easily understood; it shows that the truth hurts ; it shows that some legislators are very anxious to get the 8800-yes, and would gladly take $1,200-but they don't want tb~ ~~ai~ie to know it. Tt mht I but a real, live, genuine blubberer. He has just been secured by the Aquarium-which is now one of the established institutions of the town and an old lady from Maine, who was viewing the monster as he rolled about in his tank, said "she'd jest like to git on the inside on him for a few min nits, to see how Jonas felt." The proprietors of the whale have the mat ter under consideration. There seems to be a perfect mania for suicide. Not among the wretched and unfortunate alone, but with a class of people who seem to have everything to bind them to life. The other day a young girl, beautiful, educated, loved and respected, talented beyond the average of her sex, took her own life because she did not think it worth preserving. She had positively no known cause for her rash act. And last week a young physician, rich, educated, surrounded by the most estimable family influences, killed him self because he had nothing else to do. It is not in our own country alone; it seems to be an epidemic all over Eu rope, and it would be well for some of our scientific experts to devote their time to the investigation of this fatal malady, and see if in the heavens or the earth they cannot find a remedy. Decoration Day has broken the monotony of the week with the holiest festival in the season of flowers. From this time forth it will cease .to have the peculiar distinctiveness which has characterized it in the past, for yesterday in New York saw it celebrated alike by the Blue and the Gray. The men who faced each other on the bloody sides of South Mountain; who were locked in the death-grapple in the charnel of Chan cellorsville; the warriors who stormed the heights of Missionary Ridge and the desperate veterans who strove in vain to repel their terrible charge, on Wednesday were commingled togeth er. On that day it is safe to say that there was hardly a known grave of one who fell in battle but received its tribute of flowers, and, as usual, Brooklyn furnished her weekly sensa tion by inviting Roger A. Pryor of the Confederate army to speak at the decoration service. General Pryor is the man who was most active at the opening of the rebellion.. Ic was he who went off in an open boat to de mand the surrender of Fort Sumter, and from his activity and character he may be regarded as a representa tive man. He is now practicing law in Brooklyn, and is universally re spected. It is the first time since the war that there has been this public affiliation and recognition, and I trust it marks an era in our national his tory which shall be but the beginning of a blessed and a lasting peace. This day was beautiful-there was a gen eral' suspension of business. Every body, inen,. women and children, were loaded with flowers for their peaceful and holy tribute. As the beautiful procession filed into Greenwood and my heart was filled with most glorious and patriotic associations to see my old comrades march past-just as my eyes began to brim over, and my vest began to feel about two sizes too small for my swelling heart, I experienced a shock very much akin to being plunged in a tub of cold water, to see the tail end of the beautiful procession brought up by two advertising wagons. On' one wais "John McIntire's patent carpet-beating machine," and on the other, "Higgin's laundry soap." For a moment I felt savage-all sorts of wicked cuss words rose to the surface. I sometimes feel that I am not an ex emplary Christian, and that possibly I may never have experienced a tho rough change of heart ; but if [ could have got hold of those two fellows then I would have pounded one of them to death in his own carpet-beat ing machine and I would have choked the other with a bar of his own laun dry soap. Summer is upon us at last, general business good. The majority of the theaters are looking to the summer vacation, and all of our ten and twenty thousand dollar ministers are packing their valises for the valleys or the hills ; those whose throats &re tender find the atmosphere of the Holy Land beneicial, while others troubled with eacoethes loquen di are recommended to the air of Paris and London. Hoping they may all enjoy themselves, I am, Truly yours, BROADBRIM. FOR THE HERALD. Revival at Williamston. WILLIAMSTON, S. C., June 7, 1877. MESSRS. En1TcoRs: I am happy to hronicle the fact, that the Baptist pulpit of our little village, has been filled ably and well for ten days or more by Revs. J. K. Mendenhall and G. W. Gardner. Their labors were sig nally blessed, many conversions being he happy result. It was our privi lege to sit under the ministration of hese worthy divines, one ripe in ex erience, having spent years in the lorious service of his Master, the other ut recently enlisted in the apostolic ranks. Day after day, night after ight, they told with irresistible love ad tenderness, the precious story of esus and His cross-while hearts owed down in mingled joy and sor row, crying in piteous accents: Saviour wilt thou not be mine, Lord, accept me, I am thine. Much interest was manifested by the entire community, forgetting name r denomination, they met on the broad platform of christianity hand to hand, houlder to shoulder, pressing on to the "green hills of God, the pearled alled howe of the blest ;" while the olden harps of Heaven were swept by agelic hands, as higher and higher rose the triumphant cry, rejoice for the Lord has found His sheep. May we have the pleasure of welcoming of souls, and a saint's diadem crown them in heaven. Then when life's tasks here are o'er, And they regch the golden shore, May they enter in that rest, Which remalneth for M,e blest. MAGGIE. FOR THE HERALD. From the Seaboard to the Mountains. About thirty years ago the German Colonization ociety purchased 30,000 acres of virgin forest- i old Pickens, and cutting a way for the sun to shine through its halls, set Walhalla as a "bright particular star" at the base of the Blue Ridge, to point the weary wanderer from the Fatherland to a peaceful valley in the West, where he might feast upon the inspiration of a new world-drink in new truths and beauties from her pure air and health giving waters, generated and distilled from the waves of mingled mist and ether which, limning the blue bul warks that lift their curtains high above the city, vibrate and flow from the majestic heights in never-endiog currents upon .the fruitful earth be neath. And there a devoted colony, erect ing their standards, pressed forward in the peaceful paths of prosperity as only the prudent, frugal, genial Ger man can. Walhalla grew apace under the gen erous guidance of the lamented Wag ener, and when about to grace and crown her work in tesselated pave ments of iron, that, from the rich vales and projecting plateaus adja cent; from the fertile plains and broad prairies of the far West. and from the "Golden Gate" of the Pacific, teeming trains should bring in their treasures of grain-their bountiful stores of bread and meat-their con signments of goods, wares and mer chandise-to save an hundred thous and dollars. per annum to Pickens, Ooonee and Anderson, to Abbeville, Laurens and Newberry ; -to radiate in wealth to the State from Columbia, and to make Charleston a commercial centre of the first magnitude, one of those dreadful "overturns" begotten of prejudice and envy, of passion and of pride, lays it red, ruthless and re morseless hand upon the implements of peace, and making them contraband of war, with all its appaling sequences, runs the ploughshare of ruin through out the State, leaving her torn and despoiled from the mountains to the sea. It was at this time that the thought was afloat of deepening Charleston harbor by closing one of her channels and then, by a system of jetties and dredging, give the beautiful bay and its bar water enough to float the heav iest ocean steamers, and to make Charleston, (midway between Norfolk and Pensacola,) a mighty metropolis and rendezvous for the South Atlantic squatiron. Albeit, Walhalla and her sister com munities stand now in the dawn of a new day ; and, with a climate unsur passed for health, and abounding in all the resources that will make up a wealth of stock-raising, mining and manufacturing; grape, grain, grass and fruit-growing, with a multiple of new enterprises, a large and prosper ous population will fill the country and develop its resources. True, that she has been defeated in her railroad, that she misses the dust of the man who was her best friend, and will deplore the departure of her college. Yet, these are not' forever lost. Incoming wealth and its de mands will build her railroad, and her children, rising up, will erect a monu ment over the spot where lay the ashes of their beloved Wagener, to emulate a faith sublime and heroic duty done ; and establishing and en dowing seats of learning, meet and welcome the mighty tide of imni gration that must ere long sweep into and enrich the Piedmont Belt of the Carolinas. WYalhalla (including West-Union and Middle-way) is three miles long, yet not quite so wide. Her broad and handsome street is abundantly supplied with water to satiate the thirst of the fire-fiend, and in this she rivals sister towns of greater .breadth and opulence. Some of the best farms and farmers are to be found in that region. The fields show high tilth, and that the owners know the value of deep plowing, pulverization and .the proper application of plant-food, to gether with drainage, rotation and diversity of crops and culture. While at WaIhalla I was reminded f the figure which, in substance, gives he idea of a city whose streets are illed with old men leaning upon the taff, while little children play about them. This, of course, is not literally rue of Walhalla; yet I saw quite a umber of handsome children of small er and larger growth, and old men and women, too; some of whoin I had nown long before the "flood of years'' which hac. come and gone with the war, and wrho, having many cares and much soriow, still show the freshness and elasti:ity of yore. Well, Walhalla, long may the bright ~un shine through your beautiful hall; aking it, 'ndeed, a Guild of delight o all. G. H. R. PETERsoN's MAGAZINE for July is on our able, ahead as usual of all others. The prin ipal steel engraving, "Cherry Ripe," after eyer Von Bremen, is one of the most beau iful we have ever seen,even in this magazine. 'hen follows 'a mammoth colored steel fash on plate, with tive figures, a miracle of love iness. In addition to this, there are some wenty other engravings of fashions. There re also colored patterns of butterflies and lowers for applique embroidery, be3ides a ozen or more other patterns in crochet, em roider.y, &c., &c., for the work-table. Mrs. ooper begins a powerful novelet, "Blue eard's Closet;" Mrs. Stephens continues er "Dependent Cousin," a story which _is lone worth the subscription price; and in addition, Frank Lee Benedict, and the author of Thbe Second Life" have thrilling tales; while all the res t are far above those usually ound in periodicals. "Peterson," in f'act, is celebrated for its stories. This is, un loubtedly the cheapest and best of the lady's boos. and it combines more attractions FOR THE HERALD. Twilight Musings. I've been gathering ferns on the hillside, Ferns of the loveliest green. They grow deep down in the shadow, The cleft of rocks between. I mused as I gathered the treasures, Of one who had long been dead, And fancied I heard the leaves rustle, 'Neath the weight of his manly tread. He had taught me to climb grey hilltops, To list the thunder's fierce roar, To skim in a boat o'er the water, My laugh keeping time with his oar. Then we gathered ferns from the hillside, In rear of the dear old home. But far, far away he lies sleeping, And the ferns I gather alone. But their delicate fronds as I press them, Each whisper this sermon to me, Wait thou in patience, and meekness, Thy peerless brother thon'lt see Just beyond, where streets all golden, Awaiting the weary feet, Where the angels' glad hallelujahs Wayworn pilgrims greet. These thoughts come to me in the gloaming, When the harp of memory plays, Like "Allan Bane," prophetic bard, Sweet songs of bygone days. MAGGIE. Williamston, S. C. .ew eiisceaneos. J. N. MARTIN & CO., AGENTS FOR J. I. CARDWELL'S Thresher and Separator. June 13, 24-2t. RUBBER BELTING and LACE LEATHER. Best 3 ply Rubber Belting 2, 2f, 3, 4, 5 at:d 6 inch. Superior quality Lace Leather, in q utities to suit. Any width Belting furnished at short notice. All at low prices for Cash. At S. P. BOOZER'S Hardware Store. June 12, 187'l-24-St. H. A. BURNS Has opened at ho old stand of W. H. Dickert, and will keep on hand ICE CREAM, SODA WATER, LEMONADE, And a choice lot of CONF ECTION ERIES, CICARS AND TOBACCO. gg" Special attention given to Parties and Weddings. June 18, 24--3m. Shai[ and Hir Culing NEWBERRY, S. C. JAMES RATLEY, Respe~ctfully announces that he has open ed in his new room next door to his former place, where he will be pleased to serve his old customers and the public. June 13, 24-tf. B ARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINEEY. 11different machines 1with which Builders, C iand M r Wagn mniscellaneous work can compete as to QUA.uTT AND PRICE with steam power manu also Amateur's sple,saw - blades, fancy wosand designs. Say where yon read this and send for cataogeand prces. W. F. A'JoHN BARasEs. ~E kford, Wnebago Co., Ill. June 13, 24-6m. Distressed and dull feeling after Eating, Dys pepsia and Indigestion cured by SIMOoNS' HEPATIC COM POUND or LIVER CUE -ONE dose after a hearty meal woould caus ae all the. diges tive organs to Livrawork in har mony. malring the dinner a - benefit instead of a curse to CUR E and evehm next one with i a, 1 a keen pe of this life are dearly prhased, oigto the evils following in thei train. Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Heartburn are natural followers of good living, but te are not all-powerful; with a bottle of-SM MiONS' HEPATIC COMPOUND near athand, the "Ban Vivant" -may eat, 11rink and be satisfied, resting in the assurance that the. languor and headache of the next dycan be overcome byone dose of SIMOS HEPATIC COMPUND. Try them at once and be convinced that two of asgreat curses as ever troubled the "Amerncan Peope" Dvspepsia and Indigestion-can be ced. For sale Wh'ol.sale and Retail b DE. S. F. FAN, POPE & WARDLAW, DR. W. F. PRATT, DR. W. E. PELHAM, Newberry. DOWIE & MoISE, Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. It. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. By James C. Leahy, Probatte Judge. Whereas, George J. Black hath made suit to me, to grant him letters of Admin stration' of the Estate and effects of John loyd, deceased., These are therefore to cite -oid admonish ll and singular, the kindred and creditors of the s-aid deceased], that they be and appear, belore me,. ini the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Newberry Court House, S. C., on the 28th day of June next, fter pubulication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they ___ ave, why the said Admiinista'ation should not be granted. Given under my Hand, his 9th day of June, Anno Domini, 877. J. C. LEAIHY, J.-r. x. c. June 1, 2~ 4-2t, A Good Thing to Hare in the House. NON-EXPLOSIVE AND UNBREAKABLE AMPS AND CHIMNEYS. For sale by DR. W. E. PELHAM, .fld J. P. MANUM. Junie G, 23-3t. RESS-MAKING. I am now prep.~red to cut and make