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FOR THE HERALD. The Broken-Hearted ]Dutch man. I'm a proken hearted Ducher Vot's filled mit cr'ef und shame; I dells you what der 0 ouple ish: I doesn't know my name. Mein moder had dwo liddle twins, Dey vas me und mein broder; Ve lookt so felr mooch alike Xo von knew vich vrom toder. Von ov der boys vas "Yawenp," Und "Hans" der oder's name; Bat den it made no different, Ve both got called der same. Vell von ov us got dead, Yaw, Mynheer, dat ish so! But vedder Hans or Yawcup Mein moder she do'i't know. Und so I am in droubles, I gan't kit droo mein hed Vedder I'm Han's vot's lifng, Or Yawenp rot I tead! LIBERTY H'LL. FOR THE HERALD. Broadbrimi's New York Letter. No. 63. St. Patrick's Day in the Morning--New York and Brooklyn's Tribuqte to Our Patron Saint ---The Capture of a Notorious Sneak Thief--Captain Hazard's Divorce Old Shep's Ghost. "It's a greet day fur Oirland," said bowld Paddy McCarty, as he looked up at the decorated cupola on top of the City Hall, on Monday last, while a wheezy organ on the corner of -Chambers street and Broadway ground out the inspiring notes of "St. Pat rick's Day in the Morning." I never see those bare-legged Scotchmen, dress ed up in their tartan plaids, wi' their kilts and fillibegs, and bare hurdies, pitching heavy stones and climbing up greasy poles on St. Andrew's day, but I have regretted that we here in America never had a Patron Saint. I bave envied the Englishmen on St. George's day, as they bowled cricket and broke each other's shins, and got jolly 'tight over their'Annual Dinner, and wished that we on this side of the water had been lucky enough to have a St. George and the Dragon, but I don't think that the devil of envy ever took such complete possession of my soul as it did on last St. Patrick's day while I stood viewing the pro cession as it filed through the City Hall Park, after being reviewed by his honor the Mayor.. It was exactly ten years ago that another Mayor, the Hon. Oakey Hall (ex-aetor, ex-lawyer, ex-journalist, ex lecturer, an ex-traordinary individual, who made such a sudden ex-it to Europe), was dressed in a swallow tailed coat of bright pea-green, while on his~ left arm hung a bang-up Ulster, made from real Irish frieze, and a small, green feather stuck in the side of his hat, awakened a wild enthusiasm among the thousands, who-passed in review, which has had no parallel in our beloved country except on the oc easion of the German Peace Jubilee several years ago. Green flags flew in every direction ; they fluttered from the tops of the omnibuses; they waved on the horses' beads; th5 newsboys abandoned their usual vocation for the nonce, and dis pensed little green flags, with bright yellow, golden harps on them, for the modest sum of a penny a piece. Pa triotic servant:girls had them pinned all over their dresses, and grand mar shals, with immense sashes and won derful cocked hats, waltzed through the principal streets on cart-horses and mules, filling the hearts of all comn mon pedestrians with terror; as it would that of our neighbor, John Bull, if he could only have looked upon the splendid pageant. For sev eral hours all business was suspended, as indeed it was fittaug it should be, for if we have no patron saint of our own, let us rejoice with those that have. Our regular travel was driven into side streets and alleys; our prin cipal thorough-fares were completely chocked up; citizens attempting to cross the streets, or cartmen desiring to pursue their ordinary avocations were promptly knocked- down as they deserved to be for disturb ing the march of the St. Pat. rick's procession. On the corner of the Bowery and Grand street a mis erable sacrilegious wretch was heard to exclaim that St. Patrick wasn't an Irishman at all. I am happy to state that in less than two minutes that young man was sent home to his aunt on 'a stretcher. Another indi vidual, of an arehoxological turn of mind, remarked to a neighbor up .by the Cooper Institute that he did not believe that St. Patrick was born on the 17th of March. In less time than it takes to tell the story there was not enough of him left to hold a coroner's inquest on; the police have been looking for the pieces ever since, but there is not a gr-ease spot to be found. The day broke dark and gloomy, a drizzling rain came down in the morn ing, but it would have required somecling akin to the shower that sent Noah rejoicing on his way to Arrarat to have dampened the ardor of that portion of our fellow-citizens who regard St. Patrick as the fore most saint in the calendar. The pro cession was the smallest than New York has seen for years, though I re gret to add that the philanthropic efforts of Theobald Mathew and Fa ther Tomn Burke have not produced such golden fruits as flourish in the garden of Hesperides. Potheen, Us quebaugh, and Mountain Dew had evidently been insidiously at work, and patriotic Milesians, who sought to drown the shamrock in something else than cowld wathter, were by no means singular or scarce. The most im nosing feature of the procession was~ [Iennesy." "Dhriscoll, is tnat Jack Murphy's horse yer an ?" "Oh look at Kelley in a swallowed-tailed coat." "McCarty, where did ye get yer stove pipe ?" "The top o' the morning to ye, Paddy Lynch, it's moighty grand ve look on top of a horse." "Finne gan, is that yer great-grandfather's cocked hat that lie wore in '98 ?" and such lixe complimentary remarks were showered on the unlucky pe destrians and equestrians, though they seemed to be given and taken in the greastest good-humor. A car-driver. attempting to cross the procession at the junctiou of Canal street and Bow ery, was knocked off his car by a marshal. The police came to the aid of the eardriver. and it affords me sin cere satisfaction to be able to state they, too, retired with broken heads. The reserves were ordered out, and, after a desperate fight, a single rioter was arrested, whom the judge, not withstanding that he fought all the way to the police station, nearly tear ing the clothes from the policemen's backs, discharged with the hope that he had suffered no personal incon venience, promising, at the same time, that no dastardly policemen should interfere with their procession again. This was as it should be, and I am proud that at least we have one offi cial who properly understands the duties of his office, and, understand ing them, is not afraid to act. The evening was wound up with the usual festivities. Wednesday morning's cal endar showing no abatement in the drunks aed disorderlies of former years. We are now rejoicing in the cap ture of Minnie Watson, the most noted sneak thief of modern times. She is young, pretty, petite and plump, and looks as demure as a cat. She came to this country about nine years ago from England, and her plan has beeu to hire out as servant in first-class houses, watch her oppor tunity, make a clean sweep of every thing, ad suddenly disappear. Sin le robberies have netted her from ive to ten thousand dollars in dia mIonds, jewelry, silks, camel's-hair shawls, -and other such "unconsidered trifles." Her aggregate depredations will not fall short of a hundred and twenty-five of fifty thousand dollars, and may possibly exceed it. Every thing was fish that came to her net ; she refused nothing, from diamond ear-rings to a red-hot stove. The de tectives say that they have got her '-dead . to rights," which means, I. suppose,. in a very tight place, so that State may possibly be her entertainer for some years to come. One Captain Ha4zard is suing for a divorce, and the -trial brought forth some singular revelations. He picked up his bride in a gin shop at Amster dam, and from the subsequent conduct of the'lady, I am inclined to think that an Amisterdam gin shop is not a good place to select a wife in. Her an tecedents were of a character, entitled Magdalenish, without the Magdalene's repentance, for she punched her hus band's head ; she tried to gouge out his eye; she split his nose with a poker; rifled his pockets ; seetimes locked him in his room and sometimes locke d him out ; she carried knives and pistols in her pocket; and con cluded by. bringing a baby into the, house while he had been two years at sea. Captain Hazard feels a natural anxiety to know something about that baby's forefathers and it is not aston ishing, under the circumstances, that Mrs. Captain Hazard should want him to know nothing about it. There are several bumps on the captain's head which phrenologists fail to properly locate with the ordinary calipers and chart. Mrs. Hazard's kitchen poker 'if it could speak, might. possibly give us some valuable information, but the poker is dumb. In Brooklyn, on Tuesday last, a young man was discovered dead in a cellar, where he had literally starved to death; to aid his exit he had taken a small dose of laudanumn, which he had procured in some way, and then laid dow to die. His manner was re fined ; he was gentle spoken, and had evidently seen better days. The turf of- Potter's Field closed over him on Wednesday last. A family by the name of Ross, in Brooklyn, was dis covered in the last stages of destitu tion; the children were starving and in rags when they were found. The father was once a respectable, well-to do book-keeeper, but the devil of drink took possession of him till it drove him to madness and the gutter, the wife became insane, and at the closing scene the Society for the Pro tection of Destitute Children came forward and rescued the worse than orphans from a life of misery, and per haps from the States's-prison or the gallows. -We have been greatly ex ercised in New York for the past few weeks on account of a genuine ghost none of your hollow squashes with a candle stuck inside of it, nor anything of that sort, but a ghost that you could pelt with boot-jacks and glass bottles, and who rather liked it. It was the ghost of Old Sheppard, a watchman, known along the docks for many years. Old Shep got drowned, but he would not stay drowned, and he keeps bobbing around among the shipping as usual; sometimes he can be seen about midnight sitting on the en.d of a bowsprit, and at other times smoking his pipe on top of the main truck. We are uneasy. Some of liis old friends suspect that there are no fluids where lhe has gone to, and that the old man has come back for a drink. It certainly would be very natural.' Trusting, when my own time comes, that I shall suffer no such iconveence, I am truly yours, BRiOADBRIM3. Babies are the institution and should be guarded from attack of T4eh er a. THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS. W. H. WALLACE, 0 fz NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, APR. 10, 1878. A PAPER FOR T11E PEOPLE. r'le Herald is in the highest respect a Fain ily Newspaner, devoted to the material in terests of tie people of this County and the state. It circulates extensively. not as an Advertising Medium oirers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. FOR G OT ER3O?: WADE HAMPTON. state Press Association. The fourth annual meeting of the South Carolina State Press Asso ciation will be held in the city of Charleston, beginning on Wednes-. day, 24th day of April, at 12 m. The annual address before the As sociation will be delivered by Henry W. Grady, Esq., of the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, on Thursday evening. Journalists who are not members are cordially in.ited to send in their applications, accom panied by the initiation fee of $5, either in advance or at the meet ing of the Association. Members are requested to be punctual in at tendahce. J.km,s A. HOYT, President. A New Journalist. Col. R. C. Watts, of Laurens, law partner of Hon. Y. J. Pope, has purchased the interest of Mr. A. W. Teague in the Laureusville .erald, and will hereafter edit and publish that staunch old journal jointly with Mr. Thos. B. Crews. Col. Watts is a young lawyer of success fal prac. -e, has a fine mind well cultivated, and is as true as steel. We welcome him into the quill. driving fraternity. In the East. The British lion is roaring and the Russian bear showing his teeth. A conflict seems imminent. En ghand objects to the treaty of San Stefano; it gives to lissia~ the province of Bulgaria, thus making her dominant over the Eastern Mediterranean ; and the provinces of Bessarabia and Batoum, which makes her supreme over the regions round the Black Sea. Austria sides with England. The army and navy of England are being put in trim, and the war may begin any day. G. & A. R. li. Fourteen miles of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad have been completed. Convicts from the pen itentiary are doing the work. The road boards them and pays the State three or four dollars each per month, the State taking its pay in stock. So it will be a veiy cheap road. When completed Greenwood will become a place of importance. Why can't Newberry build a road ? -a road to Augusta. Get con victs, unite viith Edgefield in a small tax, and the thing is accom plished. Shall a small place like Greenwood get ahead of us? state News. Lexington will organize her County Convention the 11th; Edge field the 17th. Hon. Samuel Dibble, of Orange burg, will deliver the Commence ment Oration at Wofford College in June. At the municipal election in Col umbia, the 1st inst., a straight Democratic ticket was elected-the first since the war. Capt. W. B. Stanley is Mayor. The new artesian well on Citadel Square, Charleston, reached the depth of 1878 feet, the 4th inst., and the flow was 201,600 gallons per day. Wor-k is still going on to get a flow of 547,000 gallons.1 The wife of a well known Demo cratic colored man living near IRe a hoboth, gave birth the other day to three whopping male children.] The children are thriving, and have< been named Hampton, Butler and Gary. Straightout to the bitteri, nd..-Edgeield Advertiser, Ath. ECONOMY IS WEALTH, Poor Richard says. If this be true, then it I is wise in every family to' use Duryeas's Satin t Gloss Starch in preferecce to any oth:er, be cause it is the most economical ever manu facturd in the world. It is the most economn-( ial because it is the best; it is the cheapest a beaue it is the best. It is purer, whiter, and st'jt'er than any other starch. it has i ceived tne highest award over all competi- a tors in the four quarters of the globe. Don't be decived by your grocer. Ask for Duryeas' [mrovelI Corn Starch for food, and Duryeas' s Sain Gloss Starch for laundry pur-poses, and ;t.ke no other. Dr. C. XV. Benson's Celery and CHAMO FOR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3, 1878. Neither the two Houses nor the Aommittees thereof made yesterday Vonday-memorable in the history )f the country. Debate was contin ied in the Senate on what is becom ng known as the Funding bills, which propose various ways of securing the jovernment in the advances already -ade towards building Pacific Rail oads. Mr. Thurman is the accepted eader of those who seek to hold the -oads to terms not in the original yrants, and Messrs. Matthews and Hill divide the honors as leaders of hose who hold that the Government must abide by the terms agreed upon mhen aid was first given. Blaine, who flies from subject to subject with a rapidity which is perfectly amazing, has alighted on both sides of this -uestion, as he did on the subject of ilver remonetization. He has a com promise to offer. Yesterday Senator Christiancy argued in favor of com pelling new terms from the roads and was happily answered by Senator Hill The debate promises to continue al most indefinitely. In the House Mr. Stephens intro auced a bill in relation to the curren cy, which he thinks will bring about at once a substantial resumption of specie payments. Secretary Sherman was before a House Committee and tried to show that resumption, as he had previously claimed, was not only possible, but, in the absence of further legislation, was inevitable, by next January. Montgomery Blair's resolution, di recting the Attorney-General of Mary !and to "exhibit a bill" to the U. S. Supreme Court, showing that by rea on of fraudulent counts, &c., in other States, Maryland had been deprived of her just power and influence in the Electoral College, and asking for a re vision of the electoral count, passed the Senate of that State yesterday. It had previously passed the House. The A ttorney-General will take early action. The proceeding is a novel one, but is understood to have the sanction of the foremost lawyers of the country. The Senate has put an end to the Toledo Post Office fight so far as Mr. Reed was the cause of trouble. It yesterday refused, by a vote of 27 to 14, to confirm him. Senator Thur man said the present incumbent of the office, Dowling, was. an efficient and acceptable officer, and the nomination of Reed was not in the line of civil service reform. Senator T. forgot to add that if the nomination had been in that line it never would have been made. A suggestion made only a week since, that Committees of the two Houses be appointed to consider our commercial and other relations with Lhe British Provinces, with a view to a closer identification of mutual inter-. sts, receives wide support. Senator Blame would doubtless be Chairman >n the part of the Senatte, and in the House there are a large number of men fitted for a like position. Impor iant results might be brought about by such action, especially as it is be lieved public feeling throughout the Dominion is such that we will be met af way in any advances we may make. SOLON. FOR THE HERALD. MR. EDITOR: We desire to retar.1grateful icknowledgments to friends and citizens who o kindly assisted us in our efforts to relieve he immediate and pressing want of Mr. Liv gston and wife, whose house and every ar icle they possessed was destroyed by fire on he right of the 4th inst.* Mr. Livings ton is employed by the G. & . R. R. Co., as night watchman at Newber y Depot, and we cannot forbear mentioning :he fact, that dhough in sight of his burning iome, and even the cries of his terrified wife eaching him. he never desert -d his post, a are instance of heroic devotion to duty and Ildierly discipline seldom seen. This brave nan lost an arm in our late war, and is said >y his comrades to have been an excellent oldier, which we cannot doubt. This case Lppeals to the sympathies of a generous and Thristian people, and we take especial pride tuld pleasure in mentioning the names of hose who have come nobly to their assist nce in this their houir of need and misfor une. Through the prompt and generous baity of Mr. WV. T. Wright, this worthy ouple have a shelter, he having given them honse, rent t;ee, a month or more if neces ary. Also, Mr. 0. MI. Harris, furniture; U. 3. Whites and others, money; J. D. Cash, Iry goods; Jones & Satterwhite, dry goods; 1. MWhirter, provisions; Crawford & Har ly, provisions; WV. W. Houseal, goods; J. E. McFall, goods; T. Cook, goods; T. C. ool, goods; WV. A. Cline, goods; and to Mr. . B. Whites and family, and all neighbors ho rendered assistance in their dis.iess, we ender, in taeir name, most heartfelt and rateful thanks. M. A. EVANS. Try it for it never disappoints. Dr. lull's Cough Syrup. Per bottle, 25 ents. NIJNE NovORoDo FAR.-The great narket of the eastern world has been Leld at this junction of the Volga and )la Rivers, in Russia, every summer or~ hundreds of years. Here the ations of Europe and Asia meet with heir products for trade. Cossack, hinese, Turk aL.d Persian meet the lerman and the Greek with every 'ariety of merchandise that mankind poys, from sapphires to grind tones, tea, opium, fur, food, tools and st but not least, medicines. J. C. yer & Co.'s celebrated remedies from toaerica were displayed in an elegant azaar where the Doctor himself iht sometimes be seen. They are A .l~c~n Afl ~t~nno~ nf Asia FOR THE HERALD. NEWBERRY, S. C., April 2d. 1878. MR. GRENEKER. DEAR SIR.: As you allow "Pound I ed Preachers" to report the facts con nected with these novel occurrences, and as the HERALD itself pounded us with writing material, we submit our experience. We were invited to attend a meet ing of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Thompson Strect Church, on the evening of the first of April. Wishout reflecting on the use often made of that day, we repaired with our family to the hospitable home of Mr. J. N. Martin. But soon after tea persons began to drop in at Mr. M.'s instead of waiting at the church. The crowd grew so rapidly that we soon gathered that the home instead of the. foreign field would be cultivated on that occasion. The merchants came but with no talk of "butsiness ;" the Dentist, but without his painful in struments; clergymen, but no ser mons; a Legislator, but without the troublesome State Bonds; officers of the courts, but with no warrants to issue or liens to record, and so on, through the whole catalogue of occu pations, races and religions in the kind-hearted village. Mingling with Baptists, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, Jews, 0. S. and A. R. Presbyterians, we strengthened the tender ties that bind us to our fellow men. and recalled the noble sentiment : "I myself, am a man, and a stranger to no human being." 1rom every countenance beamed benevolence and cheerful generosity. After several hours spent in social enjoyment the crowd began to disperse, with our heartiest thanks for their kindness. We were then allowed to inspect a table on and under, and about which, were piled parcels; packages, bags and bundles, of almost every article of ser vice in a Pastor's home. Let us spe cify some of these : Hams (8), break fast strips, mackerel, lard, sugar, cof fee, (raw, roasted and essence,) tea, rice, flur, pearl hominy, soda, pep per, ginger. allspice, nutmeg, starch, pickles, preserved and canned fruits and vegetables, blueing, soap, prints, bolt and pieces of white goods, socks, shoes, blacking, best quality of pants, linen towels and table cloth, linen and silk handkerchiefs for each member of the family, lace collar and cuffs, writing fluid and ink, paper, candy, nuts, dolls and other valuable articles, and money. And now, dear sir, in concluding this note of thanks, let me say to every person present, and to you, and others who were absent themselves, but present in generous gifts: Who soever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, a cup of, cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward. Yours, ,'c., E. P. & E. J. McICLINTOCK. The Crisis. What think you would be the re sult if the earth should stop spinning around the sun ? Were you ever near a large and intricate ma chine when one of its wheels be came clogged or broken-near enough to hear the grating, jarring clash, the sudden, deafening crash ? Astrono mers assure us that precisely similar effects only on an inconceivably gran der scale, would be produced if our earth-one of the wheels in the uni verse-machine-should suddenly cease its revolutions. In other words, there would be a general clash and crash of satellites planets, and systems. What we term financial crises are due to similar causes. One of the wheels in the finance-machine becomes clogged, perhaps shattered. The terrible Wall street "crash" which follows is com municated to every part of the finan cial mechanism of the country. But analogies do not stop here. There is that other mechanism, the most in tricate of all--sometimes called an organism because it generates its own forces-the human machine. When one of its members fails to perform its office, the whole system is thrown into disorder. Members before considered unassailable, break down under the unnatural pressure. The shock comes, and utter prostration is- the result. Reparation can only be effected by the restoration of the impaired parts and the re-adjustment of its levers,-the physical forces. There is one part of the machine more liable to disorder than any other,-the liver,-the great balance-wheel of the machine. The liver being the great depurating or blood-cleansing organ of the sys tm, sets it at work and the foul cor ruptions which gender in the blood, and rot out, as it were, the machinery of life, are gradually expelled from the system. For this purpose Dr. Pieree's Golden Medical Discovery, used daily, and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, taken in very small doses, arc pre-einently the articles needed. They cure every kind of humor from the worst scrofula to the common pimple, blotch, or eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly heal under their mighty curative influence. V irulent blood poisons that lurk in the system are by them rob>bed of their terrors, and by their neiaeverin~ ~ni .~ eewhat pro FOR THE HERALD, Spring. In the spring, the young man's fancy Lightly Laras to thoughts of fish, Ser !ed with smoking rolls and coffee, Heaped upon a chafing dish. Little does he care for beauties, Sparkling in their happy teens; So he gets fLed eggs and bacon, Buttermilk and turnip greens. In the spring, the young man's fancy, Lightly turns to thoughts of shade; Thinking how t - keep from ploughing, Oh! the lazy t-ifling blade. Oh! what aches do rack his fancy, When the time for work arrives; All the ills that fall to mor'als. From the measles to the hives. In the spring, the young man's fancy, Lightly (?) .arns to thoughts of wine; Sugared up, and spiked with sherrj, Or some dash not quite so fine. What were pouting lips e'er made for, If for them there were no need; What do sparkling optics mean, sir, But to dare you to the deed. Live for something, be not idle, Up and doing 'fore you're old. Now's the time for eating inguns, Kissing girls, and catching cold. In the spring, then, let your fancy, Lightly turn to maidens rare, Who were made for nothing else, sir, But to make y6a happy here. Cet a wife e.-e you are old, sir, Build a garden, buy a hog; Be a man of common sense, sir, Quit good living like a dog. NESTOR. Dutch Fork, March 26th, 18,8. FOR THE HERALD. ON THE ROCKS, March 27, 1878. DEAR HERALD 1 Just here on the rocks ot granite so grey, With the plashing water in view; In sound of childish laughter gay, I sit and write to you. The scene, the hour carries me back through the vista of years, and I sec a little girl on the banks of a still, dee- stream nestling close by the sidE of a tall manly brother, whose loving firmness and gentle patience controlled as could none other the chattering tongue and wayward feet of the littlE sister to whom he was the nonpareil of existence, but we must let "thE dead past bury its dead, keep heart wvithin for God's o'erhead." By way of preliminary, I would sa that "the little folks at home" were bent on a fishing excursion, and I an principled against piscatorial sport * but as they regard their enjovment incomplete without my presence] yielded t.o this last and most fiattering appeal and we sallied forth. Meeting a large snake in the pathway I had al. most repen;gd of coming, but th< brave little fellows rushed to the res. cue, slew the venomous reptile and gave loud cheers of victory, and] really believe that I came in with th! tiger. Awful admission to make1 know in this Nineteenth Century, but inherent love of truth forbids my re racting: Since you heard from me last we have realized the wondrous fact that 'A chiel's among us taking notes and faith he'll prent 'em." I allude to our recent acquisition, namely : the entlemanly editors of the "Temper awce Standard." We hope they may fid a pleasant and permanent homei in this our modern "Auburn." T( their in~defatigable efforts Williamston is due her first paper, issued 14th Mfarch, 1878, and warmly welcomed y an admiring and appreciative peo pie. May they icalize their most san uine expectations, and the ultimate f perftet success crown their efforta n the journalistic field. Death has once more invaded our ittle village and claimed as his own one of our first settlers and highly es~ eemed citizens, Mr. J. Acker. He was interred with Masonic honors in he Village Cemetery. A devQded ife wept over the grave, and eight cildren were written fatherless. ut why should mourners watch and weep ? eath is not an eternal sleep; Tis but folding tired hands ,rest, nd going home to join the blest. At last the long dreary winter is ver and "the charms of spring awa en." The grey hills are glorified ith many harebells and purple vio ets, while in the home gardens lovely sowdrops droop their modest heads nd fragrant hyacinths nod their beau iful bells in testimony of the fact that he time of the singing -of birds has ome. We as a village look forward to summer with pleasant anticipations. I'is at that season we expect an influx f charming visitors, who seek in our racing atmosphere and Chalybeate rater, health restoring qualities. Du ring such seasons and from such time e date some of our most pleasant aquaintances and strongest friend bips, which in and of themselves be ome the brightest bits of coloring in he summer's landscape. Others, like essels in mid ocean, we gre-et and pass n, each steering their different path ay through foam crested billow or placid wave, which heaven granting oth may safely enter port. Then le'll gather life's roses while we may, Leave tears for the futu-e, be happy to-day; ~row glad 'neath the sun, forgetting the clouds - rhich so often o.. sunlight with shadows enshrd College Column. G. D. HALTIWANGFZ. i Editin;Comnittee t G. B. CRoME-it. CAmniunications de igied for this colum :1 to be di:ec i ed to the Editin, 7o:-riti;tee, Newberry, S.C. The Excelsior Literary Society. The hall set apart for the use of this So ciety occupies the second story of the ex treme portion of the Northern wing in the College building. It has recently been fur nished by the members of the Society, in a maniicr which speaks well for their e-il pride and taste. The exercises of Friday nighr, consequent upon this fitting.up of I the hall, and as signalizing the beginning of the new career of the Society at its old home, were interesting as well as appropri ate. The young men were most fortunate in what constituted the chief feature of the occaion-the speaking. Col. M. L. Bon ham, of Ninety-Six, and Prof. G. B. Cromer were the orators. The address of the for mer on the benefits affordod bv literary so cieties, as auxiliary to a :eguIar collegiate course of instruction, was what might have been expected by any one who knows Gol. Bonham as a writer and thinker. It is not mere puffery, but the truth, to say that his speech, was not, as is generally the case on such occasions, a rehash of what has been commonly said on the subject of education from time immemorial, but it, abounded in rich thoughts, striking and appropriate il lustrations, and was characterized through out by sound and original ideas. The spe.tker did not waste time dilating on the importanceof education-concerning which, I there is no longer a question, but how to obtain is and how best to use it, was his theme, aid no one who heard him, we trust, was so obtuse as not to be able to read a useful lesson in his plain and thor ough handling of the suject. He dwelt with much force on the importance of early fixing an aim in life and pointed out the i pecuiiar advantages which those whom he I was addressing enjoyed, for preparing themselves, steadily and successfully to puisue any chosen object. The people of Newberry, and especially the faculty and students of the College, will long remember Col. Bonlam, for his excellent address. Prof. Cromec's eloquer t speech on Elo quence was characteristic of the man plain. strong, and effective. Even if time and space permitted, an extended notice of Prof. C.'s speech would be superfluous. His. reputation as a good speaker is well established and he needs no encomium from us. The occasion of Friday niglt added ano ther and a bright page to the history of the Excelsior Society. H. The Design of the College Course. There are few subjects that are more fr4 quently adverted to by those engaged in the higher educational pursuits than the one we have chosen. And yet there are still fewer familiar subjects upon which such vague and incorrect views prevail. If the popular impression wer*e cor:et, the Co! lege graduate should be encyclopedie in his attainments and be prepared for ab:nvt any positionr that requires thorough previous training, Hence reflections are ofwvn cast upon him, because he is not an adept in the counting-room or ready to con verse freely on any subject.within the wide do mains of literature, science and arr. Of this impression, however, we would have little or nothing to say, if it did not also preva. and to a sur prising extent too, among those -who hamve had ampie oppo1tunity for know ing better. How any young man, of aver age common sense and judgmeont, can sper.d four years at College and yet fail to appre heud thre true design of the course of study, is hardly conceivable. And yet this seems to be the case, for we are charitable enough not to attribute the delusion to a lack of the elements we have named. The aim of the College course is essential ly disciplinary. There is knowledge gain ed, itis true,-valuable knowledge ini all only a necessary and fortunate accompaini menit. The chief thing to be attained is the thorough and symmuetri.-al development of the mind. Without this, education is only a name, no matter what may be the attain iments in information. The following from Prof. Mathews deserves attention: "The first' and most indispensable requisite to success in any calling, above that of a d-iy laborer, is mental vigor. A man may have a head crammed with information ; he may be a walking encyclopedia of facts and opinions, of dates and statistics on this sub ject and that; but without inmellectual Iforce, a trained and athletic mird, he is little better than the case that contains the books from which his knowledge has been drawn." ("sours with Men and Books," p. 122.) With a view to this disciplinary process, thme College curriculum contains many1 marhenmatical and linguistic studies whose practical bearing in profesionmal life- is not very evident. rt would be a sad muisfortune to tire true purpose of a collegiate educa tion, if these should ever be omitted. It is-I un'ortunate that they are pursued so large-] ly with the help of key and translation, for I their power in giving mental vigor is thus greatly vitiated. But no matter how faithI fuliv studied during the time allotted in aii four years' course, crowded with so many other studies, it is ureasonable to expect any student to become a full-fledged mnathne mn~tician or linguist by the time he is grad uated. Nor can it be expected that he will be, at graduation, a ski!!ful metaphysiciatn, chemist, physicist, logician. Text-books contain cor.densed statements and dikcus sions, but if these are assiduously stua.ied, { the result is mental discipline with not a little information. Rev. Joseph Cook, whose "Boston Monday Lectures" have at-| tracted so much attention, says: "College! courses are intended to sharpen sickles and not to reap the harvest. * * * Even c for the humble and indispensable purpose C of sharpening dull sickles, four years are too few ; and yet no more work can profit ably be crowded into those years. The. time occupied by the studies pursued at Harvard or Yale is already packed as full as an egg is with meat,' and so full that sometimes the egg will not hitch." (See' "Orthodoxy," p. 183.) Is it reasonable, then, that any graduate should be expected* to be an expert in any one of his studies ? If so, whence the occasion for post-graduate courses? Mfr. Cook furtber says, after stating that Harvard does not undervalue a ethics; "For my examin'ation in ethics, in . Harvard University, I prepared in two days; and the examination ran through twenty- i seven minutes." And yet he claims that he received much benefit in the sharpening process, though very little in the way of A equipment for discussion in that line. In ane-her place he speaks of having devoted L four yer,in a craninstitution, to one study.~ Here is an example, whence much light and profit may be derived. With the discipline attained in the CollegeA course, there is also gained the foundation a knowledge in the different branches'; and, di with the disciplined mind as an instrument, the student may afterwards build his super structure in any chosen specialty. In full S accord with this, Prof. J. H. Newman says: ~"The man who has learned to think, and to reason, and to compare, and to discrimi- or nate, and to. analyze ; who has refined his fo tat,adfre i uget n hr-D ase, nfred his jdmentalvso,,l noandee satp L onebm ayr noao,o tts ordi mal sin, orll got landeed, aorL one beAlwe,:ra oao,o tts aman of abphsinean, or a soldieandord ner a -n nf hnginess- or a soldier. or an en ;er." Read that again. It is worth emembered. if any graduate, therefore, shoul hat his mind has not such powers as nan names, has not the vigor to grasp and .ppropriate what it could not before, let iim cast no reflections upon tjie well-tested :ourse of collegiate study or his m.ructors, )ut rather let him undergo a .elf-examina inn, and see whetbor he himself did not lefeat the design of that cou'se by using such ids as were calculated to dissipate mental nergies rather than inv)gorate them. Such n examination may "t afford much pleas ire, but, t intelli ntly done, will prove >rofitable in man ays.-E. K. B., in Penn. ollege Monthly. Grang Department. Resolved, That a special committee ,onsisting o Brothers L. E. Folk, alan Johns&ae4--A.'J. Kilgore, 'or the Conmitttee on Agricultural 5ociety, notify, through the Grange ,olumn of the Newberry Herald, the ub-committees to continue soliciting ubscriptions for the same, payable on r before the first of October nex tdopted. It was moved and adopted, that the -egular day of meeting, of_Ne'wberry Pomona Grange be changed to Friday tfter first Monday in each quarter.i A. J. -KILGORE, See. N. P. Cheaper than Physician's Bills. "A THiNG OF 13EAUTY Is A JOY FOa WVR."-Whi is it? Something prepared or woman only, and to bo used by woman xclusively. It is adapted especlally to .ases where the womb is disordered, and vill cure all irregalarlties of the "menses I >r "monthly courses," by res',ring the dis :harge in every instance, whether acute or :hronic. Where is it ? Dr. J. Bradfield's ?emale Regulator-Woman's Best Friend s prepared aud sold by J. Bradfield, At anti, Ga., and may bebought for$1.50per )ottle at any respectable Drug House in the Jnion. We, the undersiSaed druggists take pleas ire in reccommending to the trade Dr. J. BRADFIELD's FEMALE REGULTOR, believ ng it to be - a good and reliable remedy for he diseases for which he recommends it. W. A. LANDSDELL, Atlanta, Ga. PEMBERSON, TAYLOR, & CO., Atlanta. REDWINE & FOX, Atlanta, Ga. W. C. LAWSHE, Atlanta, Ga. W. ROOT & SONS, Ma.-iet+-, Ga. For sale by Drs. S. F. Fant, Pope & Ward aw, W. E. Pelham and W. F. Pratt. 15-2t. altiMied, At the residence of the bride's uncle,.Cullen Lak, Esq., Laurens County, April 3d, I1-78, by Rev. J. B. Traywick, Mr. J. B. LEONARD, ) Newberry, to Miss PAwmEE, daughter of the late DEIiS LARK, of Newberry County. Tribute of Respect. WHEREAs, ..The Almightj Grand Master ' )f us all has seen fit to remove from our Or ler, to their eter.ial abode in the heavens, three of our worthy b-others, E. K. ScHux P~ERT, D. A. CEOS8ON and. DAVID HALF ACE Theref'Ore, be it Resolved, 1st. That t' 'arn; Pomona I G-range has sustained. 4parable !oss in these our beloved Brothers. Resolved, 2d. That the members of the Pomona Grange deeply lament the loss to their Subordinate Granges, and sorrowfully sympathize with their Lamilies and their sr" riving brethren. Rasolved, Cd. That a copy be furnished the Newber.; papers for publication, and a re ord be made in our Minute Book of the same. Da. L. B. BATES,) M. WERTS, Committee. S. A. HUNTER,) .71'ew A' .7lseUaneous. Democratie Convention. A Convention of the Democratic Party of Newberry County, will be held at Newberry Court House, on Saturday, 27th April in stant, at 11 o'clock, A. Mi., for the purpose of electing officers for the next two years, and organizing for the ensuing campaign. This Convention will also be called upon to decide the question of Primary Elections, s.nd the manner of electing delegates to the State Convention. The Townships will send the following number'of delegates, respectively: Township 1-11 Delegates. " 2- 3 " "L 3- 3 "t " 4- .4 " "~ 5- 3 " " 6- 5 "I - 8- 3 " 9- 8 " " 10- 5 " " 11- 6 " Clubs in the same Township may divide .he representation among themselves as ;hey may agree, or they may each send the wvhole number above fixed for that Town. ;hip, and the Convention will apportion the rote amnong the delegates so elected. It is urged that all persons who voted the Democratic ticket in 1876, or who are tnown now to be Democrats, whether they >e members of Clubs or not, be invited to rote for Delegates at the Club meetings2for ,hat purpose. J. F. J. CALDWLELL, T. W. HOLLOWAY, S. F. FANT, T. J. LIPSOOM, . JAMES. McINTOSH, County Executive Committee. A pr. 10, 15-2t. areenville & Columbia Railroad. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday exce'pted, onnecting with the Fast Day Trains on South ~aolaa )mil Road up and down. On and after 'uesday, March 19, .1878, the following1will be he Schedule: UP. leave Columbia, - - - - - 11.00 a m "Alston-, - - '- 12.5 p " Newberry, - - - -~ 2.10 p m " Hodges, - - - 510p m " Beitozi, , - - - 6.5 p m ri-ive Greenville, - - - - 8.80 p a DOWN. eave Greenville, - - - -- 7.4.5 a m " Belton. - - 9.20 aa " Hodges, - - 11 08 a m "Newb>erry, - - - 2.08 p a "Alston, - , - 8.40 p a .rrive Columbia, - - - 5.16 p a anderson Branch and Blue Ridge Rail Road. DOWN TnAIN. eave Walhalla at, - - 6.10 a a " Perryville, - - 6.50 a a " Pendletou, - - 7.40 a a " Anderson, - - 8.2 a rrive at Belton, - .. - 9.23 a m eaye Belton at. :6.56 p a " Andersc!n 7.50 p m " Pendleton 8.46 p a " Pe-ryrime 9.20 p a rrive at Walhalia- 10.0p m Laurens Brauch Trains leave Clinton at 10.15 a m. and leave Newberry at 2.15 p. m. on Tues tys, Thursdays and Saturdays. THOS. DODAMEAD, Gen'! Supt. Jaza NoaToN. General Ticket Agent. )uth Carolina Railroad Comlpany. CoLUXDIA, S. C. March 3, 1878. O and after this date the PEasenger. Trains. the South Carolina Rail Road will run as lows: LY PAssENGEE. TRAI-SUNDAYS EXCEPTED. ~are Columbia at - - 6.00 p m rive at Charleston at - -. 12.15 a a ave Charleston at - - 5 .00 a a ~rire at Columbia at - - 10.50 a m RIGHT EXPRESS ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.