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[From the News and Courier.. The Court o' Claims. Objections to its Powers and Jurisdiction. COLUMBIA, April 29.-A masterly inactivity prevails throughout the several departments at the State House, save in the office of the odjutant-geu eral, where the clerks are busy com pletiug and forwarding the comrris gions of company officers recently elected in several regiments of the State troops. Commissioner Coit and his twos clerks are literally neck-deep in work already. From the number and va riety of claims presented, it will re quire several days yet to get into fair working order. A number of claims have already been submitted for which. appropriations had been made by the Legislatures of 1872, 1873 and 1874, the provision for the payment of which has been overlooked or valuable time lost by hypothecation or nume rous tranfers. Alleged serious defects are being already discussed in legal circles con cerning the powers of the Court of Claims under the act creating that tribunal. This belief bas gained such strength.that, I am credibly informed, a prominent lawyer of the State has declared his intention to test before -the Supreme Court through the agency of a writ of mandamus the status of certain classes of claims or dered to be referred to the Court to consider them. As before intimated the claims which are being presented are of every conceivable character, from open accounts against the sev eral State departments, for necessary articles furnished them up through Woodruff and Jones's pay certificate mills to what are now somewhat an dient but apparently genuine comp trollers' warrants on the treasurer. Many of all classes of these evidences of the States indebtedness bear uu mistakable signs of roughj usage and dilapidation-a few warranting the in ference that at some period of their existence they have to come in aontac, with a paper mill. From present appearance the duties of the Court of Claims promise to be far more arduous and delicate than those of even the Bond Commission. Col. Coit seems fully alive to his own responsibility, as well as the interest of the State and her numerous credi tors between whom he stands. The crowds which have daily besieged the court room are suggestive of a run upon a slippery savings bank. W, H. McK. Fo'ster Blodgett as a Rail roader. When Foster Blodgett was super intendent of the Western and Atlantic Road, in 1870, he gave. to Boorman, Johnson & Co., of New York, a note for $25,000, and another for $15,000, which money he said was expended for the. road. When the notes be came due there were no funds in his hands as supetintendent, and he paid the $25,000 note and $69,000 of the $15,000 note out of funds belonging to his wife. This sum was never re paid to him by the State, and he brought a suit to recover it. The defence of the State briefly was, that Foster Blodgett had no power to bor row money for the State- it was shown that as the road was built the *work was carried on by appropriations, and that not . even the Governor or any other individual had the power to borrow money -for the State to be used on the road. The case was sub. muitted Wednesday evening, and Thursday morning the case of the Elliott National Bank of Boston - against the Western and Atlantic lRoad was taken up. In this case it appears that the bank and its presi dent, John Damaret, discounted for Foster Blodgett two notes, one for $12,000 and the other for $8,000, which money he says he used for the State Road. The defence of the State was that while a promissory note is good against the drawer if bought before due and in the hands of an in nocent purchaser, yet in this case the notes were void ab initio, as Foster Blodgett had no authority, as the agent of the State, to draw any such notes. The case of the State was sus tained by the court, and while this case was in progress, plaintiff's coun sel in the former case movod to have it dismissed, and it wa's so disposed of. The plaintiff n. ay intend to bring another suit on the first case. (News and Courier. Vesuvius (the world's great safety value) again threatens eruption-al ways uncontrollable by human effort. Eruptions of the physical system. as Bo4,s Pimples, ete,, are nature's safety means to warn the sufferer that his blood needs entire purification-most quickly and effectually accomplished by using Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. POSITIVE RESULTS-There are numerous remedies that cure some time and become trusted as useful, but none have ever proved so effectual -cured so many and such remarkable cases-as Dr. Ayer's medicines. The Cherry Pectoral has restored great numbers of patients who were be lieved to be hopelessly affected with consumption. Ague Cure breaks up chills and fever quickly and surely. Ayer's Compound Extract of Sarsa parilla eradicates scrofula and im purities of the blood, cleanses the sys tem and restores it to vigorous health. By its timely use many troublesome disorders that cause a decline of health are expelled or cured Ayer's Pills and their effects are too well known everywhere to requite any commendation from us here. [rantson a) Tivms. The ilerald.1 THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDIRS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1878. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect aFam ily Newspaper. devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertisin- medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. 'or Terms, see first page. FOR GO VERNOR: WADE HAMPTON. The International Exhibition at Paris was opened Wednesday, 1st instant. Congress has appropriated $5, 000 to erect a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson. John Morissey, ex-prize-fighter, ex-gambler and a State Senator of New York, died May 1st of paraly sis. Out of $7,300,000 appropriated by the general government for river and harbor improvements,the South gets only $1,500,000. An amendment was adopted in the U. S. Senate, Wednesday, fixing the date of the repeal of the Bank rupt Law for January 1st, 1879 ; the Bill was then referred to the Judiciary Committee. Tilden 6as his eye steadily fixed on the Presidency for 1880, and the New York Sun is working up his interests to the best of its ability. But Sammy is not the sort of a man the Sotith wants; he hasn't got enough grit in his gizzard. Insurance Decision. The Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Eggleston & Eggleston, Administrators, vs. The New York Life Insurance Company, decided April 29th that a failure -to pay premiums on life insurance policies where there is no local agent to receive them does not in validate the policy. The company claimed that the policy had been forfeited by failure to pay the pre mums. Civil Service Reform has played out. Several months ago Hayes -is sued a circular to United States officers that they would not be per mitted to take active part in poli tics, and -a few insignificant post masters were turned out for offend ing in this particular. Now Hayes says: "I expect to contribute my quota to the campaign fund, and would be pleased if others holding official positions in the party should do so too." Candidates for the Legislature will be' "as thick as leaves in Val ambrosa." We hear of some aspi rants for the position who are ut terly incompetent to fill it. Of course they will be disappointed. After suffering for years tunder in competent Radical legislators the people of this County are in no hu mor to gratify the absurd, vaulting ambition of insignificant and in competent Democrats:T We want men in the Legislature, bold, inde pendent and thinking men, men of good, practical sense, who can take care of our interests and will re flect credit on the County. And we are going to have them, let these petty politicians scheme as they may. - State News. Hon. Thos. Y. Simons, of Charles ton, died April 30th. Aiken County, the 27th ultimo, adopted primary elections. The South Carolina Dental A.sso ciatio: will be held in Columbia, beginning June 4th. Dr. W. E. Dodge, of New York, has purchased the "Preston Man sion" in Columbia, lately owned by F. J. Moses. The Straight- Out Democrat, of Columbia, will come forth the 12th as a daily under the name of The Phenix. The tri-weekly edition will be kept up. Jeff David, colored, was convicted at the last term of Court at Abbe vile, of the murder of Geo. and Drucilla Franklin, December 20th, 1877. He will be hanged the 17th instant. The evidence against him was all circumstantial. r1he County nonenn of Ker The County Convention of Lau -ens met 29th nltimo, and resolved :o adhere to the old plan of Con rention nominations-the Conven ;ion to be composed of fifteen dele rates from each Township, and re 'ommended that the delegates be Alected not more than two days be !ore the Convention is to meet. The Old Snbscriber. Thefollowing o'er true tale copied !rom a Western excange is a very athetic history of the man who Ion't take a paper. We publish or the benefit of others of his class: He came wearily up the sanctum Ateps yesterday afternoon, and burning the waste basket upside 3own sat down upon it with a sigh hat might have been cut up into tornadoes and whirlwinds enough to go around half a dozen agricultural ounties. He had a weary look ibout him as though he had been rying to die and could't find a loctor. His coat was ragged and patched here and there with pros perous and clannish communities :f cockle burs. His boots, water proof variety, were so arranged that If you stuck them in the river the water would run out faster than it would run in. We asked how he fared, and he glanced savagely at a Kansas paper among our exchanges, before he answered sadly: "Well, pretty miserably; thank ye. Ye see, times come in pretty hard, and it was pretty hard fledin' to get along. I either just bad to sell the six dogs, or cut down expenses in some other way, ind so I stopped the paper. I missed it powerful bad the first few weeks, then I kind o' got used to it. Borrowed it once an' a while here and there, but folks didn't appear to like to lend their papers, and so I finally lost sigh' of it altogether. Then trouble begun right off. The first thing I knew, I was arrested and fined 920 for violating the game law. See, the thing has been changed a little, and I didn't know nothing about it, but the judge said as how ignorance wasn't no excuse in these days when the State was so full ol papers that you couldn't fire a stone out of the window without hitting an editor. Then in a week I was arrested and fined $20 for violating the fishery law, and when I begged off and said I didn't know nothin' about it, the judge asked where I was raised, and remitted $2 of the fine for me to take a paper with. But I kinder thoughi I couldn't get in any more scrapes, an' I sorter hung on to the twc dollars. In about three days after, I was took up and fined $4 and costs for huntin' on Sunday ; and ] hope I may die if I knowed it was Sunday, an'TI had to sell the gun tc get out of the jug. Then a fellon come along and bought every graix of corn I had in the crib for sia cents less .than I found next day it was wvorth in the market ; and ] lost two of the best cows you evei saw, and th ey was took and adver. tised, and all the time I was huntin all over the whole country for 'em an' when I found 'em at last, the costs was more'n the cows was worth. The taxes come due an' ] had big costs to pay before] knowed a word about it, an' every week since I stopped the papei I've paid out more money to keel out of trouble than would keep me in newspapers all gmy days. Pui my name on the list." Medical men often puzzle them. selves over the large sale that D)r. Bull's Baby Syrup enjoys. Its great popularity is due only to the excellent qualities possessed by this household medicine. 25 cents. Peculiar People. Old bachelors who never smoke. People who will suffer from chronic indigestion, constipation, andi torpid liver or "biliousness," when Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets are known to be reliable and speedy reme dies for these diseases. Old maids who do not love cats. People who have catarrh, annoyina and disgusting every one around them, when Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known to be a potent remedy for this disease. Women who do not love babies. Women who will suffer from all those painful diseases to which the sex is heir, when Dr. Pierce's Favo. rite Prescription is admitted by every lady who uses it to be an efficient remedy for these maladies. P-ople who believe their progeni tors w are apes. Peoi.le who will read about "Helen's Babies," and"That Husband of Mine," and "That Wife of Mine," and "That Mother-in-law of Mine," and "That Son-in law of Mine," and yet fail to read about themselves in "The Peo ple's Common Sense Medical Ad viser." Christians quarreling with each other on their way to Heaven. People who will seek health at fashionable watering places, smother ing at Saratoga or Long Branch, or sacrificing thems~elves to "Graham diet" at Water Cures and Health In titutes, when the magnificent Inva ids' otel, at Buffalo, offers all the elegant comforts of the finest hotels, :onbined with the bcst sanitary ad antages, - Russian, Tyrkish, and plunge baths, gymnasium, etc.,-and s situated in and near rome of the nest natual senery in the Empire Our Trip to Florida. CHARLESTON. S. C., May 1st, 1878. Since last writing, time has sped on enchanted wings. The Press gang consisting of Maj. Melchers and W. H. Brawley, of Charleston, Maj. J. C. lenphill. of Abbeville, Major Bradley, of Pickens, R. McKay, (Un ele Bob) of Greenville, J. A. Buchanan, of Marion, and your own correspon dent, the HERALD Senior, accepting the liberal and flattering terms of the agents of the Florida line have been made happy by a trip to the beautiful land of flowers. The time of depar ture was eleven sharp Friday morning, and promptly to that time we assem bled on the deck of the Dictator, one of the splendid boats of this popular line of steamers, under command of a thorough seaman, Capt. Vogel.' The signal whistle blown, the fastenings thrown off, the little brass piece on the main deck fired, and the noble vessel glides gracefully out into the spacious bay and speeds on past Sum ter, Moultrie, and headlands and points all famous in history. At 12.20 THE BAR IS REACHED, and the critical period in the lives ol ruralists who venture down to the sea in ships arrives. It was interesting to see hor curiously each looked intc the face of his brother to see if any effects were visible. One or two seem ed indisposed to bear the scrutiny and quietly retired, they were not exactly under the influence so generally dread. ed, but they felt that discretion wac the better part of valor and a recum. bent position the best under the cir. cumstances. -Thanks to Purser Jamec Chase-one of the politest, most at. tentive and jolliest of sea-dogs, whc administered an alterative of pleasan character-when the Steward's sum. mons to dinner was sounded there wai a full meeting, which was presided over by the Captain. It was A ROYAL FEAST that first dinner on "the wide ani open sea," with the "blue above ani the blue below,'' and with no littli satisfaction we record the interesting fact that there was no weakening down, every man stood to his post The afternoon is spent in pleasant chal enlivened by sundry YARNS PROM PURSER CHASE, and in the growing twilight Tybe4 lights twinkle out on the broad wast< of waters, and we cross the Savannal bar and enter the river on the ap proach to the city twenty-five mile: distant, and which is reached at ter o'clock ; at twelve the gallant steame: with its precious freight is steaming back down the tortuous river. Satur day morning dawns bright and beau tiful as the day before, and it is ou: fortune to see the God of day rise fron its bath in the sea; we sail in sigh1 of the Georgia coast; Darien, Bruns wick, Cumber land Island, appear or the picture, many interesting incidenti and histories ini connection being re lated by our attentive Cantain as w< gather round the wheel house, fron which he is only absent when all il absolutely safe. Cumberland Island is the extreme S. E. extremity of th< Georgia coast, and from our deck car be seenthe tall. GHOSTLY CHIMNEYS OF THE DUN GEON, in which Gen. Lee was incarcerated during the Revolution. The walls 01 this dungeon are said to be six feet it thickness. At eleven o'clock,we reacl St. Mar,y's river, and passing Fort Clinch see the thriving CITY OF' FEUNANDINA, situated on Amelia Island. The per. mission to land and take a quick in yen tory of its principal features was joyfully embraced, and the rural knights of the quill were soon in ani. mated motion. Here Mr. Dotterer, formerly of Charleston, took the party under the shadow of his wings, and with generous hospitality led us to hiE sea-girt home, where we were enter tained with a feast of reason and a flowv of soul. We shall not soon forget that bright episode in our life. Here were seen the golden hued orange, banana, japan plum, bright geraniums and other tropical plants of rare beauty Mr. D. and his accomplished lady hayv ing made for themselves here a PARADISE OF BEAUTY. Fernandina has a population of 2,500, and the island is 16 wiles long by 2 broad at its greatest width, and has a beach 22 miles in length-its exports are cedar for lead pencils, hides, cotton seed and lumber, and in winter is a point of attraction for visitors. But we must hasten on. The whistle blows and steaming back we again en ter the ocean, which is as gentle as a babe at rest. Jacksonville, 28 miles distant, is the next point, and at half past pne P'clock MOUNT CARNELIA. 31ASSACRES OF SPANIARD AND HU (JENOT. Where the steamer now forces her way in passing the Bluff is said to have once been immense corn fields. Here we see large numbers of sea birds, pelicans, flamiogoes, eagles and others feedieg on the reefs and sand bars, while in the'deep water the grace ful porpoise disports around the ves sel. The morning's diversities are made pleasant by the steward's call to dinner, and another superb meal is disposed of with appetite? whetted by invigorating sea air, and this time without the least fear that shark or smaller fry will ever know its compo sition, for we are on the placid silvered bosom of the St. John's. A SOLITARY LIGHT HOUSE in mid river is passed, it is a neat, cottage built edifice, wherein dwell the keeper and his wife. Solitary and alone they live, no gossip reaches their ears, no dread have they of the measles next door, or that the fire in the next house will reach them, and the good people are not troubled to fix up com pany dinners very often. Here in deed is a lodge in a vast wilderness. JA-OKSONVILLE IS IN SIGHT, is reached, we go ashore and are dazed with the sight, it is a perfect surprise, instead of a small unimportant city we find it of splendid proportions and magnificent stores. But as we return here on Sunday and remain for 24 hours, we will defer further mention till then. In the cool of the afternoon the steamer moves on-beautiful set tlements, orange groves, boats of all sizes are passed in rapid succession, supper, then sweet sleep and we WAKE AT PALATKA, a lovely, quiet Sabbath, in an atmos phere as soft and delicious as that found in our mountain regions. An other sunrise, which puts Uncle Bob, the poet laureate of the party, in an eestasy of delight. We have three hours for exploration, from 5 to 8, and the party spreads itself; the town with its fifteen hundred inhabitants is Si lent, its streets shaded by.orange trees hanging full of golden fruit,are almost deserted. Capt. Gray is holding up a corner post, he looks as if he had been there sometime, and he tells us he is well acquainted with Burr J. Ramage in our distant home, and his injunc tion is to ask Burr if he has been to Boston C. H., lately. Thereby hangs a tale. Ask him, reader. Hemphill, Uncle Bob, Nelchers, and Buchanan, the most IRREPRESSIBI.E AND IMPRESSIBLE, catch a glimpse of femiale figures on their way to morning mass, and we lose3 them for a time. Bradley and Brawley quietly drink in nature's beauties, and the writer goes in quest of a couple of cousins .of the gentler sex and finds them. It is a pleasure. Corn in roasting ear and vegeta'bles of all kibds, bright flowers and singing birds, and last but not least an intro duction to G. W. Pratt, known as the Bugle Horn of Liberty, and editor of the Eastern Berald. Palatka was settled about the year 1884, and is a place of considerable resort in winter. On the boat, andi a delicious breakfast, which every one is ready for, and we speed back for Jacksonville. From Jacksonville to Palatka the ruralists were under shadow of night and lost in balmy sleep, returning we have daylight and can see all the beauties of the ever varying scene. As the steamer's "veels go wound," the captain orders her prow to be turned toward BUENA VISTA, the residence of Col. Dancy, one of the kindest hearted and most hospita ble gentlemen we have ever met with. He could not do eniough; he wanted the little party who looked with all their eyes for the first tinie on an ac tual growing orantge and lemon grove to see, touch and taste every variety that he had. He is an elderly gentle. man, yet he skipped about like a school boy, delighted to show his South Carolina friends all that was possible, and we have no doubt he would have gven each one of us a whole tree had the request been wade. The reader will appreciate our delight at eating the golden fruit fresh from the tree. The next stop we are permitted to make is at GREEN COVE SPRINGS the flow from which is the enormous quantity of 3,000 gallons per minute, and which boils up from a depth 'of 30 feet, and so clear as to induce the belief that it is not more than 8 or 10. This water is strongly impregnated with sulphur, and is resorted to by in valids with beneficial results. There is a fine hotel at this place. Mandarin is next on the Captain's programme, but permission is only ganted to jump ashore, run about .}00 yards and peep through a dense gr..th of T.ive Qar at the rasidenna tor would not allow vulgar eyes to pry any deeper into her sanctuary. Some of the party declare that they heard the old lady snore, but Purser Chase contradicts it, and he knows. Jacksonville at 8 o'clock, and thanks to Major Melchers, of the Zeitung, we are MET WITH OPEN ARMS by one-of his friends, Mr. H. H. Feh renbach, placed in elegant equipages, and driven over the city. The main business street is a miniature Broad way, and its stores are fitted up in at tractive style, and abound in natural curiosities. At Greenleaf's Drug Store can be seen many stuffed speci mens of the birds of this latitude, while in his spacious yards are seen native bears, wild cats, deers, croco diles and other variints. Dr. Wat son W. Hicks, of Nineteenth Century and other fame, is also to be seen here. He still preaches-Hicks, not the gos pel. It was pleasant to the ruralists to be ministered unto by Mr. Togny next to Fehrenbach, the MOST LIQUID 3NAN in Jacksonville, to each of whom, to gether with Dr. W. H. Babcock, cor respondent of the Savannah News, and others, many tb anks are tendered. Jacksonville has a population of about 15,000, and has several large and handsome hotels. Our letter is already too long, or we would dwell further on the sights seen in this beautiful city, so we leave, but not without re gret,- only adding that it would do a Newberrian, who fishes in Bush river, good to see- bow the eats bite off the steamer as she lies at the dock. The bait used is bread, which floats on the surface, no lead being attached to the line. Rapid is the motto of the Flor ida eats, they don't fool round but take right hold, the largest we saw taken a was as big as a fifteen months old baby. It was lively sport indeed. Off again, the same sights in view as on coming up. Savannah, 9 o'clock Tuesday morning-one hour on shore to view the Forest City, with its elegant market, beautiful parks, monuments, &c. Only having one hour there Estill, of the .News, thought it useless to call out the Band or make auf. other extensive preparations. Again on board and prepared for the home run. The MOST OF US ARE SATISFIED, and Uncle Bob is especially anxious to see the green hills of Greenville once more, and hopes that "the dan gers of the voyage will soon be past." Tybee Island once mzore and we are out in green water, on the duck pond as an old fisherman expresses it. Pleasureable emotions are exeited as we cross the bar, and enter Charleston harbor while taking the last supper ou hoard the old Dietator. with her genial captain at the 'fore,' togedher with the smiling Chase, who feels happy in the thought that he will soon be rid of a band of brothers who have kept himi busy for five whole days. The sun is down~ and the twinkling l ights of. Charleston city are reflected on the tide which is at the flood. The little brass piece is once more fired as we swing round, and all hands file down to the lower deck eager to rush out as *the gang way is placed in position. Terra firma again, and nobody hurt. 'We cannot close without again ex pressing thanks to Cap:,ain, Purser, and all others w.ho helped to render the Florida trip so pleasant to the Press gang. Faa TEE HEEAMD. Query ? Who will be kind enough to answer ? Did God at any ime in the history of man impose on any nation a worse government than that she deserved ? True, in every down trodden nlation there are good and noble exceptions, but the mnjority were in error, either positive or negative, that have ever been ruled by tyrants or corruption. And now that our people have repented in a large meaisure both of sins ofT omission and commission, thus laying the foundation again of a good and great governmnent,even building to some height on said foundat ion, go back again as a "sow to her wallowing in the mire, or as the dog retuin to his vomit again ?" God forbid. Will his pea. pie, the sons of God, join hands with the pre-adnimites and try to force into the face of the pure and holy God amalgamation? We say by all that is holy and good, give to the colored man everything that he is entitled to under the decrees of the~ great creative power ; make him happy in body, C mind and soul, but is he or can he be the representative of the white man ? In the eyes of God he cannot, and whenever the sons of God attempt to put the sons of men in any rather than their true position, God wil!'friustr...te the plan, (if necessary to the e political destruction of bis own sons.) I have thrown out the foregoing hastily written hints as a prelude to my consoien- g tious convictions ; that to me to vote for ~ any man, be he whomi he may, that favors I colored men representing whites is a sin. P And though I have lost time and money, a and have saicrificed health and other valua. 1 ble interests to build up Democracy, and have suppresad my own feelings and voted n for white men that I detested, because they were the Democratic 'iominees; yet I will p not vote for any man, no matter by whom P nominated, that advocates that those not ofp he Adamic family shall hold any office irk ur government. With the great venera ion and love that I hold for the Honorable . C. Butler, whom I delight to honor, yet hen he allowed men to catch him in the ...rapofatiednva 5 I helped to deliv- e. FOR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. i WVAsIINr(;TON, D. C., Mauy 1, 1878. There was a geieral expectation, D among those who visited the House s yesterday, that some u.eiher would offer a resolution in relation to the Florida crookedness, but those gentle men who have the matter in special charge were not ready to move, and 0 other eager members had the good i sense to refrain from any act which might unduly hasten investigation. I G have industriously sought information I as to the Florida trouble, and am sure that it is a more serious affair for Mr. j Hayes and his friends, and for the L i J Republican party, than is conceded by them. As certainly as two and two make four, just so certainly the Elec- i toral Commission would have given (; no eight to seven vote that it could not "go behind the returns," if Me Lin's present statement had been be fore it. Before the week is over I ex pect action on the part of the House c which will lead to .the bringing of McLin and Dennis and other Florida people before a Committee to testify. U I Besides this Florida business there V is a story of wickedness from New Or- S C leans. Senator Kellogg is said to V have charged that one of the members of the Louisiana Returning- Board re ceived ten thousand dollars for throw ing out Democratic and throwing in Republican votes. Nobody will doubt the story, even though it comes from Kellogg. It is certain that all those Louisiana and Florida rogues got office if they wanted it, and the common be lief, based on concurring Democratic and Republican testimony, is that not one of them would have refused money if -it had been offered. About the 0 only question, if there is any question, is whether or not Jack Chandler, Fos- t ter and the rest, attempted to buy the ( precious lot. If they tried they sue ceeded. The Senate .and House appear to agree that there should be no further contraction of greenback circulation. I The House expressed its views to that effect yesterday by a vote of 177 to 35, and in the Senate there is thought to be no greater division of sentiment. A sub corz:iittee of a llouse Corn- - mittee has aigreed to report a bill liin iting - to -15. the numib.r of Chinese who may comec in one vessel at one b time to the United States. This, I " believe, if passed, wvill b'e our first law of t.he kitid. U. S. Judge Sawyer de. - cidcd yesterday in Sani Francisco that a Chinaman is "not a wh'te person within the meaning of the term as used in the "Naturalization ILaws," and not therefore entitled to beome a citizen. Few of the race have shown a desire to be natui-alized, and the de- I cision of the Court, even if sustained, a which i-s doubtful, will probably have F little effect upon emi gration. But the prop osed act of Congress.will be effec- I 'i'feLegislative, Executive and Ju dicial Appropriation'bi fas.,as a it passed the House, less than $15,- e 000,000. This is $6,000.000 less than the last bill of the kind passed b by a Republican House. It is also less than the bill of last year. The v House, Committee have shown a dis- A position to make reductioni 'wher'ever they were possible. A few years of aC Democratic Congress-Dewderatic in P both House and Senate-and the ex- h penses of GoverYment would be re- a duced very materially. Control of the House by Republicans, on the contra ry, means a returuing to large expen- e: ditures. This is so plaiti thatI don't ci like to repeat it often, but all do .not o seemf to understand it. A sunset singer of Iowa sends to Congress with his protest against an land grab bill the following verse : "The law condemns the man or woman ~ U Who steals the goose from off the common. But lets the grea ter felon loose a Who steals the common from the goose." SOLON. FOR THE HERALD. SuUUS OF DUTCH FOaK. i MR. kDITOR : In reading the News [ notice a piece written by "Alpha," apeaking of the drunkenness caused at alapa by Mr. John A. Hudson's e' whiskey. That is something I never a ;aw. Also that he (Hudson) had 8 aused an innocent hog to be shot. Er Eudson did not cause the shooting of i he hog ; but the whiskey that caused U he man to shoot the hog was bought 'romn another party in Jalapa,- which an be proved by competent witnesses. Alpha" should mind how he speaks f blind men. OMEGA. at B. hi The Antecedents of Disease. St Among the antecedents of disease are in- ca rtness in the circulation of the blood, an R nnatrally attenuated condition of the Bi hysique, indicating that the life current is th eficient in nutritive properties, a wan, hag- ar ard look, inability to digest the food, loss to f appetite, sleep and strength, and a sensa ion of unnatural languor. All these may or e regarded as among the indicia of ap- a roaching disease, which will eventually r ttack the system and overwhelm it, if it is foi ot built up and fortified in advance. In igorate, then, without loss of time, making be hoice of the greatest vitalizing agent ex- de int, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an elixir hich has given health and vigor to my lads of the sick and debilitated, which is vouced by physicians and analysts to be ure as well as effective, which is immensely ei opular in this country, and- extensively ed abroad, and which has been for years ast one of the leading medicinal staples of .menica. ECONOMY IS WEALTH;A Poor Richard savs. If this be true, then it wise in every family to use Duryeas's Satin loss Starch in preference to any other, be use it is the most economical ever manu- Mc itninred in the world, it is th~ most econoni FOR. THE HERALD. loll of St. Luke's Democratic Club, Township No. 9, Club 3. avid Rikard. .3 L Bowers. 'arren Bedenbaugh. G C Counts. E Hawkins. W 3 Bedenbaugh. ?P flawkins. H K BeO-rbaugh. B lawkins. Geo. Morris. L Dominick. Daniel Moore. M Myers. T B Morris. Tin.Lestr. ZW Bedenbaugh. Tm. Lester. I utr Bedenbaugh. N Hunter. T C Hunter. Mawk. L Hamm. A Bedenbangh. IJ C Taylor. P Harris. JP Rikard. C Dominick. W D Boozer. Tin Dennis. G B Lester. B Dennis. A D Lester. ames Lester. Charles Lester. eo. Lester. P W Counts. . P Vaughn. N S Merchant. r P Havird. D Moore. Hawkins. J A Rankin. B Dawkins. L A Boozer. W Leaphart. Jos. Nobles. H Kibler. Henry Boozer.. L Boozer. Y C Myers. D Rikard. J W Boozer. IS Conwill. RCBoozer. A Hunter. EH Pugh. R Vaugbn. G A Clamp. 'ierce Taylor. J F Taylor. co. Taylor. L Sheely. L Whitman. y B Hawkins. H Alewine. John B Dawkns." E Williams. E P Cromer. J Boozer. H Stockman. 7 P Bedenbaugh. J A Hawkins. D Bowles. W P B Haman. ohn Whitman. L Hendrix. B Simpson. W I Counts. S Enlow. A Y Enlow. A Enlow. DPrysock. F Boozer. H Boozer. I Boozer. W Boozer. EJ Wrigh4 SSMinick. H Rankin. J Boozer. H W Cameron. r S Boozer. D Boozer. B Coats. P Dawkins. R Coats. B F Nichols. 7 H Eulow. Lake Nichols. S Nichols. H L Nicbols. C Minick. A H NichoLe. W Cameron. M7ew or s n Cenateous. Phe Annual Picnic or. tke IYong' Ladleg o4 Ito XW berry Female Aeaden a Newberry Ride Cmpany Friday, May 17th 1878. The relatives a:nd friends of the members , "The Newberry Rifles," and of the young idies of The Newberry Femrsle Academy, re cordially invited to assista celebatgh. ieir ANUA.l iCNIO at Mr. Wallace A. 'line's Grove. The ladies are.requested to ring baskets. 'Very respectfully, J. W. . SIMMONS LAMBERT W. JONES, Committee on Invitation from Newber ry GBfLes. Miss MAMIE McCAUGHRIV, Miss LULA LANGFORD, Miss ALIOE HORNSBY, Commtte P frmFml Acadts. MayS 8erchant. A rd ndwhie pote coRanki. sml orn. ny nfrmaio oozerni e Jo. H.obLLACE Maynry,Boozer. WILLIAMSTOC Syers. apprachig th cls oaoe an ~idproperu essoR Th BozE UD ianis osibl hnhnd is ocpied. TE SPRING, E Phr Cromane.omh nlge,hasgretl bene tockdman i . ipls wo,coinJt Asi delicate -elh L Hendnd. Unusal ttetio i gCoentos. ca the EALT-LIF ePrysdy,o e evi. sedetarylif a J gretyiigted, if n entirely overcome )p fo aCatl uke hos .New~7Ot $13 . Nsewanous. ['esbt LAnn aPeil ho thed derang o adotinoteg s TheNewac bad fersy Femadly Actmadm Oand Th Speilatifes, and cirnoth embrs red codianoy ntd ogass-n raelbrain Baes, Wholeale PioI and rga Weal-eA lie' Govea,. Mheyadie are-reqestdm rin bskts. axs er espectfuldly, lsel i Comediten Invitatiorgm Newberr rlCommie vle roF,ised incademy ... A not issueditethpotfed coe,toiConfmal ehiereut wilor tankfuiny reeibveb COO P W. H. WLE A LLEE. May 8, 19-f. aretnS.. )DONAMTNES!C. areprosperomua fesomlao Dr. oN-STD re, whic is oneiof itsC.