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Jim Anderson, My Jo, Jim. ANOTHER CONFIDENTIAL LETTER FROM JOHN SHERMXN TO JAMES E. ANDERSON. Jim Anderson,-my jo, Jim, When first we were acquaint You hadn't ka'somined yourself With pal-istic paint; But now yourjaw is oiled, Jim, You're telling what you know, And I am shaking in my shoes Jim Anderson, my jo. Jim Anderson, my jo, Jim, We planned the iraud thegither, And promised that we never would Go back on ane anither; We juggled the returns, James, Jim-James, how could you blow And peach on me and Rutherford Jim Anderson, my jo. t Jim Anderson, my jo, Jim, I promised we would pay, But you despised a clerkship at Three dollars eveiy day; Old Evarts should have sent you off Consul to Calloa But hindsight isn't foresight much, Jim Anderson, my jo. Jim Anderson, my jo, Ji', 'Twas not a fair divide: You stole the male for us, and then We wouldn't let you ride. And Stanley M. is sick, Jim, And Hayes is lying low, And I'm the deadest sort of duck, Jim Anderson, my jo. -New York Sun. Ladies who have pale complexions, blotches and pimples on the face, rough skin, or freckles, should use Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. Tidings of the Azort Her Quick Voyage and Safe Arrival at Sierra Leone. [By Cable to the News and Courier.] SIERRA. LEONE, WEST COAST OF AFRICA, May 19, via Madeira, Satur day, June 15.-The Azor arrived here to-day. For too many of the hopeful immigrants who sailed from Charles ton on Easter Sunday, the voyage has been disastrous. Indeed, at one time there was reason to fear that the Azor would be nothing less than a floating charnel-house. The first days of the voyage were wholly uneventful. Capt. Holmes or ganized a police force, and required every part of the vessel to be kept clean. There was no grumbling at this. The submission a'nd docility of the emigrants cannot be too highly praised. Soon, however, the need of an experienced physician began to be felt. Even before the Azor sailed. measles had made its appearance, and this malady spread rapidly. This was not so~ bad, however, as the ship fever caused by the close confinement be tween decks, the scanty accommod:a tion and, above all, by the want of water. The sufferings of the immi grants were intense. They had not been accustomed to practice self-denial, and soon exhausted the limited daily supply of water. There was great waste despite the efforts of the offi cers. The fever spread rapidly, and before we reached this point, which is a colonial settlement on the West Coast, belonging to Great Britain, twenty-three of our ill-fated emigrants had died. I have never seen a sadder sight than when their remains were committed to the deep. The names of the dead will go to you by the first mail steamer that touches at this place. This dispatch I forward by* way of the Island of Maderia, from which point it will be sent to you by ocean cable. My own health is good. Capt. Holmes has been unremitting in his attention to the immigrants. I can not praise his vigilance, thoughtful ness and judgment too warmly. Despite the loss of life the immigrants are in good spirits, and filled with joy at the prospect of soon reaching their destination. A. B. WILLIAMs R.adford Osborne, Kane Ill., writes: "For sixteen years I suffered day and night with Neuralgia and Dyspepsia, and tried all of the Doctors and spent much money, but got no relief until I procured a bottle each of Dr. liar ters, AGUE SPECIFC IRON TONIC, LUNG BALM, and a box of LIVER1 PILLs, which cured me of more suffer ing than tongue can tell, and, I have no doubt, saved me from an early grave." For sale by all Druggists. Mir. Stephens Speaks to the Eighth District. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has written a.-letter to the Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of the Eighth Congressional District1 of Georgia, in .which he says he will neither seek nor decline a nomination at the hands of the Convention soon to meet ; "But if," he says, "the Convention shall repudiate me as an unfit representative of Democratic principles and shall attempt to rule me out of the Democratic party be cause of anything connected with my recent public acts or statements, then I say to you and to them, plainly and distintly, that 1 shall regard their edict as but a brutumfulmen, issued by an irresponsible faction of trick sters, and the question whether I or they are sound in the faith of the fathers shall be left for the true De mocracy of the District to be settled at the polls. If this shall produce any division or dissension in the party, then the responsibility for the conse quences must rest upon those who have so assailed and so grossly mis represented me." A pretty picture is a healthy look ing and well cared for Baby. By the use of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup you can keep the health of your Baby in splen did cnditin. 25 cents a bottle Lhe iHer*aI. S4 rHOS. F. GRENEKER, Emns. W. H1. WALLACE, ' d d p .1 -. ti a NEWBERRY. S. C. VEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1878. v A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fain Newspaper, devoted to the material in- C nrests of the people of this County and the tate. It circulates extensively, and as an Avertisin- medium offers unrivaUed ad- I -antages. Tor Terms, see first page. FOR GOYERNOR: WADE HAMPTON. Canton, China, was visited by a ornado on the 11th of April, which >ew down 8,000 or 9,000 houses nd destroyed as many lives. The Southern Christian Advocate, 'ormerly published in Macon, Ga., vill hereafter be published in Char eston, S. C., by Walker, Evans & l ogswell. Rev. F. M. Kennedy re ains his position as Editor, and Eev. S. A. Weber becomes Assist mt Editor. A woman in Cincinnati has ap i lied for divorce on the ground that aer husband obtained her under alse pretences: that is he repre ;ented himself to be rich while he vas courting her, but when they wvere mari.ed she found he wasn't. garried him for money, and didn't et it-served her right. William Cullen Bryant, the poet, lied in New York, the 12th inst., in he 84th year of his age, He was ] t native of Massachusetts. For nany years, and at the time of his leath, he was editor-in-cbief of the NTew York Evening Post. Some of is poems possess great merit ; bis >est is Thanatopsis. Judge Mackey is not so hea1 y on riminals as ho wa~s. In the Cor-t >f Sessions last week in Charleston, be sent five convicts to the periten dary for grand larceny ; one forb hree months, two for six months md two for one year. He sent two . for highway robbery; one for one year, the other for three.1 Bond Court Gone to New York Messrs. Meetze and Pope, on the part of the State, and Simonton & Barker, Attorneys for certain bond bolders, left Columbia for New ork Friday, the 14th, for the prv pose of tal-ng the testimony of sudry persons relative to the hypo hecation of bonds in the halcyon lays of radicalism. Gov. Vance is the coming man in North* Carolina for Merrimon's seat ] n the U. S. Senate, which becomes acant at the close of the present session. Merrimon doesn't fancyi :he idea of giving up his Senatorial1 Fgnities and emolt"ients, and has< written a six column card for the< papers in his own defense. No use all'ng, Zeb will get it.< "Special Cases." All the Returning Board rascals, ~heir confederates and their subor- ' linates, were treated by the Fraud- - lent Administration as "special ases," entitled to have priority .in ppointments and patronage.. .After ~ ;he chief managers, like Sherman, 3 .oyes, Stoughton, Kasson, and the t ike, were provided for in the high ist trusts and honors, the tools vith which they worked were paid 3 ff in. proportion to the value of the 2 -isk they had incurred and the ser- 1 ices they had rendered. Thus Wells, T. C. Anderson, Ken 2er, and all the principal clerks of' he Returning Board in Louisiana, 1 ~xcept Littlefield, who had exposed i he forgery of Vernon parish, re- t ~eived and now hold valuable places n the Custom House and other pub ic employments. McLin, Stearns, Ld Cowgill of the Florida fraud C vere also billeted on the Treasury 1 without delay. Then what may be ( 'ated as the third class in this cate tory pressed their claims to con ideration. Some of them weret vell rewarded, but others did not 3 onsider they were fully apprecia. - ;ed, and gave up the offices to ~ vhich they were assigned. The fact stands out in all this ' obbery and corruption that the ( 'raudulent President personally re- s ~ommended to the heads of depart- j nents the applicants for office from ouisiana and Florida who had in mny way aided the villainy by which he votes of those States were tolen. The cases of Dennis and a Fames E. Anderson are only illus-. rations of a practice applied to the ~ ,lass which they may be said to r epresent. And unless the evidence ~ >e destroyed, numerous instances ti an be found in which others with ti imilar claims were appointed to of- ( ~ce solely because they had worked ii tat crew, whose only title to con deration was that they had all )nspiied to alter the vote of Lou iana. Hayes had never seen An orson before that time, but he romptly and fully endorsed him in ie following letter: Hon. W. M. Evarts: "Please appoint this gentleman - a consulate in a warm climate. "is is a special case. "R. B. HAEs." L. G. Dennis, who had planned rd executed the fraud in Alachua or1ty, Florida, by which the State ras counted for Hayes, was also mong the band of patriots then as embled at the capital, whose head uarters was established at the Vhite House. He was accredited Ike Anderson, and received his or er for an office in these terms: "ExECUTIVE MANSION, "WASMNGToN, D. C., April, 1877. To the ion. John Sherman, Secre tary of the Treasury : "DEAR SIR: I am reliably assured hat L. G. Dennis, of Florida, would nake a capital special agent of the Lreasury. 1 specially desire that is claims may have your favorable ,ttention. Sincerely, "R. B. HAYsS." To pretend in the face of these etters and others that Hayes was gnorant of what he was doing when e made these "special cases," and ested them on the "claims" of )ennis and Anderson and their as ociates, is to insult public intelli ence. He was only making good he contracts- of his agents, who hemselves had been rewarded with he choicest honors of the republic, ,nd demanded pay for their subal erns.--V. Y. Sun. [NOTE BY HEI.D ED.-Sherman vas appointed~ Secretary of the Creasury; Noyes,Minister to France; Atoughton, Minister to Russia, and asson, Minister to Austria, by layes soon after his inauguration. orie of these men possess any spe ial fitness for the positions to vhich they have been appointed. 3ut they all took an active hand in he Florida and Louisiana frands nd in the Electoral Commission windle,] Congressional. Monday, the 17th, was the day ~et for the adjournment of Con ~ress. The U. S. Senate, by a vote of L to 8, has passed a bill appropri ~ting $200,000 toward the improve nent of Chai-leston harbor. The Senate Thursday passed a >i1 restoring the State 1Mlitaiy cademy, or Citadel, in Charleston, o South Carolina, provided the tate shall demand no copnpensation or the time it was in the possession f the general government. The House of Representatives riday, by a vote of 116 to 21, >assed a resolution declaring it was iot their intention to question or ntrfere in any way with Hayes' itle to the Presidency. Every epresentative from this State oted for the resolution. The Senate Committee on pri.' eges anad elections have reported Ldversely on the joint resolution dding a sixteenth amendment to he Constitution, conferring the ighb of svC:age on womsen. Hoar, >f Massachusetts, Cameron, of Wis~ onsin, ond Mitchell, of Oregon, resent a nmnority report in favor >f the amendment. state News, Judge Wallace granted four c rorces at the Aken Cor"t Jr-ie 8th -all white couples. A lady died in Sumter Cor'ity a ew days ago, at the age of 112 rears ; and there is another near he village 100 years old. Another Revenue outrage in ?ickens. Sir-iday, the 9th, Deputy darshals H. P. Kane, Win. Dur tam, G. W. Moose and R. P. Scruggs rent into the mountains twenty ailes above Pickens Cor't House, search of Redmond, the outlawed istiller. Expecting to find him at he house of a man by the name of mos Ladd they went there, and hile there became involved in a ifficulty with Ladd and shot and -illed him. They then went to reenville and surrendered them elves to Sheriff Gilreath. Of course hey feel safe. They are their own itnesses and the only witnesses to he killing, and will be ti-ied, ac ording to Section 643 of the Re 'ised Statutes, by the United States ort, which has never yet failed to creen the revenue officers from astice. 'he Laboratory of the System. The stomach is the laboratory of the sye m in which certain mysterious processes re constantly going on. These result in e production of that wonderful vivifying gent the blood, which in a state of health laden with the elements of vitality to the motest parts of the system. But when the omach is semi-paralyzed by dyspepsia, lood manuf'actnre is carried on imper:ectly, ic circulation crows thin and sluggish, and ie system suffers in consequence. More rer, indigestion reacts upon the liver and :wels, rende:ng the first sluggish and thej a.te constipated. The henin also sunfers by Che Storm of the 9th Instant. z A UGUSTA, GA.-A storm of wind E ;zd hail prevailed in this vicinity. I [hos. Wyane's Gin Manufactory at i 3elair was blown down. Outhouses 1 md fences prostrated. A vast quan- 1 ;ity of large hailstones fell, brcaking I window glass and cutting down corn i md cotton. In Columbia County a school-house i ised for a Sunday School, in which i ,eachers and pupils were collected, was 1 )]own over. Two boys, aged 7 and 10, sons of Mrs. Allen, a widow lady, were taken out of the ruins dead, and LJr. Joseph Walker, a young man was fatally injured. Others were hurt. ft is also reported that Mrs. Newman, near Harlem, was killed. Most of the houses and fences and many trees in that section were blown down. In Washington County hailstones measured sixteen inehes around-as large as a cocoanut. ALBANY, GA.-Welch & Bacon's otton warehouse was struck by light ning, burhing the building and the cotton. Loss $15,000 or $20,000. CAMDEN, S. C.-The most violent bail storm for many years visited this place at 4 P. M. The hail covered the ground, breaking window glasses in every direction, and ruining gar dens and crops. One lady on DeKalb Street had every glass in her green house smashed into fragmentS. Storm lasted fifteen minutes. No loss of life. UNION COUNTY, S. C.-Near the line of Newberry hailstones fell as large as a guinea egg. Much damage done to crops. ANDERSON, S. C.-Two severe hail storms. Cloud four miles wide passed over lower side of town. Destruction of garden and field crops along its path almost complete, while the lands are terribly washed by the heavy rains. Where the hail was heaviest nothing' can be made without replanting. I Storm extended to Iendleton and Bel ton. COLUMBIA, S. C.-A terrific hail storm in the lower portion of Richland County. Stones as large as hen eggs. Daniage to cotton and corn consider able. EDGEFIELD COUNTY, S. 0.-In the Currytown section, near the Savannah, corn, cotton and fruit were completely destroyed over large areas. The hail, stones beat through the roofs of the houses. The oldest inhabitants never saw the like. A wagon load of hail could have been gathered from a sin gle fence corner. Dr. Shaw, Rev. J. P. Mealing, Dr. Hudson and Mrs. Jno. Mealing were the greatest suffer ers. Pigs, chickens and even large ogs were killed by the hail-stones. LAURENS COUNTY, S. C.-Two se vere bail storms-one in the neighbor hood of Warrior creek: Cotton and corn of J. R. Fowler completely ruined. Another near Clinton. -Jno. C. Davis had nine large. trees blown down in his yard. FOR THE HEEALD. Our Washington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12, 1878. Since the testimony of Levissee, Louisiana elector, by which the forge ry of his name to the papers on which Hayes was declared President wes shown, no evidence of a startling char ater has been taken by Mr. Potter's Committee. General Butler yester day sought to show a "bargain" pre sumably between thc home friends of Mr. Hayes and agents of Southern men, but failed to find some of the douments necessary. It is proper to say that although the General was per mitted to take charge of the investiga tion yesterday, the control of its affairs will be kept in Democratic hands. To-day Louisianians will, testify among them Darrell. ex-member of Congress, Pitkin and Mrs. Jenks. This Pitkin is the "Dear Pitkin" to whom General Butler addressed his letters on Louisiana affairs some months ago. Dennis, of Florida, is here. and will go on the stand this week. Governor Stearns, formerly of Maine, now of Florida, will arrive in a day or two. In House and Senate considerable progress in legislation has been made lately, and adjournment on the 17th inst., is clearly possible. The Army: bill will take considerable time, as will the sundry civil service bill. The in-1 dications are that this latter bill, like1 the river and harbor bill, will cover a1 great deal more money, when passed, than when first voted through the House. The House yesterday disa greed to all Senate amendments to the Army appropriation bill, including that which increases thie Army to 5,000 men, and that which provides j m Commission to inquire into the ex ediency of transferring the Indian 3ureauto the War Department. The I [ouse had voted such transfer, andi iad ixed the number of men in the n..y a 20,000. A liel oni test ppointed, at the request of Senator tanley Matthews, to inquire into his onnection with Anderson, of Louis ana. There is, too, even among Re )ublicans, a feeling that it would have >een better for Senator M. if he had ;one before the House Commit'ee vhen requested, and had not asked in restigation by members of the body to vhich he belonged, and who would iaturally smooth over as far as possi )le any irregularities in his conduct. It is matter of congratulation among Washingtonians, and ought to be imong all good citizens of the United 3tates, that we of the Capital City have a last been furnished with a Govern nent that promises to last and thus rive stability to property and business nterests here. The Congress has ex ,rcised its constitutional right of de priving us of suffrage, buL probably 2ot half the people in the city desire o vote, and the payment by Govern. ment of one-half of the District ex penses, as provided for, goes far to oothe even the most earnest lover of iuffrage. SOLON. FOR THE HERALD. Our Solons. Two years have almost passed since the battle of the ballot box decided the fate of South Carolina in favor of Dur choice and pride-Wade Hamp ton-who is the exponent of the truth, honor and integrity of the people who 3alled him to occupy so high and re 3ponsible a position in their midst. Two years emblazoned upon. the record f fame as living witnesses of the fidel itv with which he has kept his pledges; the unwavering adhesion to principle and the unabated interest manifested in the moral and material welfare of the great people over whom he has been called to preside. South Carolina did a noble day's work in his nomination-a nobler still in his election. In the enthusiasm of the camppign, that clminated in such glorious victory, it seems that the peo ple committed a great error in choos ing as co-workers with and advisers of the Governor, not the wise, prudent and experienced men of the land, but those who seemed temporarily solicit ous regarding the welfare of their fam ilies and crops; could shake hands the oftenest and yell "Hurrah for Hampton" in the most stentorian tones. They brought forward many good and noble men, and many who evince such a repugnance to the per formance of any and all of the pledges made by them in the campaign, that they-the pledges-seem to have been made (like pie crust) only to be broken. The amount of bombast, maudlin rhetoric and supercilious gas evolving from the latter class mentioned has proven conclusively the contaminating effect of Radical misrule. It is strange that they, with their pledges stamped with letters of fire on the political firmament, should be contented, aye ! mre yet, feel no compunction in charging the people sig dollars a day to sit in Columbia and do nothing. Here comes in the knowing -and per sistent violation of the REFORM pledge. The educational plank in the plat form was one upon which the most gorgeous pledge-paint had been spread wit.h lavish hand. The varied hues of this plank pleased the, people, and the painters were remunerated. The painting was indifferent, and the first exposure to a test of its materiality re alted in one broad, long, wide and high "blister," just the size of the plak that it was spread on. Superintendent of Education 'Thomp son had introduced in the legislature a bill, authorizing or empowering the Governor to borrow the sum of $100, 000 with which to pay the public school teachers, in advance of the col Lection of taxes which does not take place until October. The said resolu ion being in strict accordance with party pledges; notwithstanding which it was unceremoniously kicked out, not mly in open violation of good faith, but also all principles of humanity. Now, in order to appreciate the indif erence of our legislators in our mate rial welfare, it may beabeneficial to mention a few facts, backed by figures. l'he $100,000 could have been bor rowed at six per cent. for one year, mounting to three per cent. for the ;ime required. Thbe money with which o repay the loan is in the hands of he people; drawing either six per ~ent. interest or a premium of ten per ent.-I-am not certain which ; but hich, in either event, would leave a ~onsiderable balance in favor of the t.ate, arising from the premium on he tax loan from the time of the re ection of that bill until October, or rom the Spring collection to October. The school certificates are due at he expiration of each month, else rhy give one each month ? And the noment they are signed become Coun y bonds, which the teachers are comn ~11~u1 fn h~i~ nn~il OM.AhAr~ withnnt long to? How will it be entered in the books at the State House ? Possi bly to the odds and ends which go to make up the six dollars per diem of our patriotic rulers. The average pay of the public school teacher is $26.66 per month, (four and a half days pay for the legislator.) There are about fifty teachers in this County, the pay of which is about $1,333 per month. Dividing the $100,000 by twenty-nine-the num bers in the State-or even by thirty, we have $3,3331 enough to pay up for two months-allowing the balance to square the difference in population of other Counties in the State, and have the effect of lightening the heavy load of anxiety which rests upon the shoul ders of the teachers-anxieties, no less than board, or supplies for their fami lies. Will the gentlemen please re; member that the instances are few and far between when we can negotiate our papers at anything like fair rates. In proof of which assertion allow me to offer the fact that several teachers in the County have tried to trade their papers for bread and meat, and have been offered only fifty per cent. on the face value, and that to be paid in goods at "bonanza" prices, by more than one merchant in Newberry village. I am happy to say that there are othors whose mercantile sagacity and innate patriotism find an outlet in deeds rather than words, and who are assisting the teacher to the amount of their ability; but this is no palliation of -the inflicted wrong. Did I not know that a sense of duty impelled these men, and that a consciousness of right is gratification enough, I would mention their names, with the hornor that is d4e them, I hope that no representative from Newberry had a hand in that wholesale entailment of hard times upon even so small a por tion of their constituency as the hand full of school teachers, who are labor ing not onlyfor the present but the future welfare of the County. If they had they should be remembered by the air.fed teacher and wronged patrons, and should be reouired to "stand froi under" in the coming campaign, and give place to those who will take care of the teacher-just as if he was one of the people-and not treat with in difference the educational interests of the whole-body of their constituency. Having expressed the animus of the conmtanity in whic,b I have the pleas. ure of residing, truthfully, and hop ing that my views in this matter may receive the consideration of good men, I have the honor of subscribing my self as Yours respectfully, - 'RANCIS W. IGINS. Dutch Fork, May 28, 18'78. NOTE BY ED.-The members of the last Legislature got $5 per day, not 6. There are thirty-three Counties in the State. Thae Art of Prolonging Life. People generally desire long life and good health. Sicrness and premature death are almost always due to vio lations of the -laws that govern our physical -being, and of which the masses are ignorant. If men knew better; but how can they avoid an evil that they know not of? While efforts are made through the public schools to give each child a so.called conmon English educatiop, yet the children are permitted to grow up and enter upon the responsible duties of active life, profoundly ignorant of the structure of their own bodies,-and the laws of physical being upon which their health and lives depend. They are sent to school and crammed with arithmetic, grammar, and geography, by* teachers who in many instances, have dever studied physiology and hygiene. They are taught to locate the mountains and trace the rivers of foreign countries, but are never taught to locate the vital organs and glands of their own bodies or trace the veins, arteries, and nerves, in their various ramifications. They are instructed in the flow of the tides, and the course of tbe ocean currents, ard the 'philosophy of winds and storms; but thcy have no correct con ception of the relative effec.s upon their health of breathing pure or im pure air, nor has their attention ever been called to the importance of keep ing their bodies clean and healthy by regular bathing. The criminality of such neglect in teaching becomes apparent when we consider that the masses, ignorantly violating the laws of health, bring upon themselves- sick ness, suffering, and death, that might otherwise be avoided. In this con dition of things we welcome into be ing any work that is calculated to im part to the masses a knowledge of the structure of their own bodies, the laws of health, and the importance of observing those laws. We find Dr. Piere's Common Sen.se Medical Ad viser to be just such a work. It is physiological and pathological, and the major part of it should be con verted into a text-book for the use of common schools. Its careful study will enable the healthy to preserve their health, and the sickly to regain health. Every parent should read it, and when their children become of pro per age instruct them in the all-impor tant truths it contains. Were thisadone,t much suffering and premature death i would be prevented, and many a youth a saved from a life of shame and licen- a tiousness. The book contains nearly t one- thousand pages, is profusely il lns,.aeA wit colored nlatesan nd FOR THE HERALD, NEAR WHITMIRE'S, NEWBERRY Co., S. C., June 3d, 1878. My DFAR FRIEND: I am at last enabled o comply with your request to scribble my mpressions of what I might see ind hear luring my trip to the town of Newberry. You are aware that my journey was per. 'ormed solely to transact business of a pri rate nature, that my stay there was con ined within the limit of a few houis, and :onsequently I could not take a tour of in ipection round about this Town, which iolds considerable Historical interest. How .ver, I made the most of meager miterial tud limited time. I was accompanied by some friends who reside eighteen miles from the Town. It was Friday, U1st ult. We left Mr. D.'s early n the morning, congratulating ourselves upon the fact that the atmosphere was cool and decidedly pleasant. But we had not gone many miles before the sun's rays be. gan to penetrate our umbrellas, and by the Lime we were nearing our destination I felt nything but comfortable. Grops on the road were looking splendid ly, and were under such fine cultivation that I was forcibly reminded of ante bellum days, when, as the "Overseer's" daughter, [ accompanied my father through rustling felds of corn and over miles of glistening otton rows. I saw some fine upland corn and fields of wheat and oats apparently well headed. Laborers, harvesting small grain, were oc casionally seen, their scythes ever and anon glittering in the bunlight, like so many ill6 minated blades of silver! There is some com plaint, I learn, of rust infesting whe.t; bat Mr. D., a substantial farmer of the County, who accompanied us, assured me that the faming prospects in this section are as good, if not the very best he has ever known. Judging by T,hat I saw, I draw the conclu sion that the Newberrians understand util izing free labor. As we drove along, with stretches of bill and dale on either side as far as eye could reaql, diversified by cultivated fields and patches of luxuriant woodland made fertile by laughing streamlets, and illumi nated by a golden sun, I could not refrain the thought: How beautiful, and how val uable a heritage the Lord of the Ieavens and Earth h4th bestowed upon this people! ,But presently we began to near a neat, but unpreteutious church, to left of which lay a moderate size grave-yard with its snowy obelisks and shafts, marking the final resting place of departed loved ones. I was informed the church was Lutheran ; and straightway I remembered having read an extract of a sermon delivered somewhere by a Lutheran minister, Dr, Smielta.er, on the "power of conscience," if X do not mis take, in which the following applicable quo tation occurs: "The sun is but a spark-of fia A transient meteor in the sky;t The soul, immortal as its sire, Shall never die !" The next object of interest was the Lu theran College buiNding. It is a fine brick bilding, nat yet entirely finishied; but it h1s been open to the reception of pupils for some time. I perceived that a .numuber of rooms were fitted up, and through the raised windows I saw students apparently conning their tasks, uninterested In what was going on in the outside world. Miay they not only atta*in to those sub lime heights where the sun of knowledge bursts forth in all of its regal splendor, but may they also be enabled to bask in the focus of its beams ! This college is located ogi a grass-covered knoll the North-Western suburbs of the Town. It is finely located, commanding a beautiful and quite an extensive view of the Town and scenery round about it ; at least, a passing glance so impressed me. But, look you! Yonder is Newberry, the birth-place of Judge O'Neall, than whom a nobler type of manhood never graced the Bar of South Carolina, nor gave tone and strength to the elevation of the human race ! There have been philanthropists whose fields commandd a widerpope, hut none who brought a despesympathy, a keener appreciation into jhe -various rela tions of life, tharj.Judge'Belton O'Neal! Had I ndlanced over the "Annals,". and 0~! did I not relish those sketches of family history, and the quiet, faseir ating~ humor of the writer ! As we trotted along I took a general survey of the scene before me. Away to the South and Southeast were pleasant homes embosomed in hixu riant foliage, fronted by rich gardens of owers and shrubbery; and over .the man sions and the trees, blue smoke curled and faded into the soft cerulean of the sky. In our direct front lay the mercantile portion of the Town. To our right were some scat tered d wellings. A moment previous a lady friend called my attention to the advertise ments in large black-lettering on the board rences, of several leading dry goods houses and other business establishments. This is really convenient to a stranger who might desire to transact business of such a nature. At length I found myself meandering the streets. You may smile at what I am about a say, 'but there is a feeling of bewilder nent, unpleasant to a lady finding herself m entire stranger on the streets of even a :ountry town. You note the public and rivate buildings, you glance at the moving yanorama of busy people, but the thought hat no familiar face could be found in one f those houses or in that moving throng is it by any means assuring. If Paul Howard Payne, with the creden als of a Consulship from his native Gov rment, and bearing letters of introduction o a foreign land, under the protection and uspices of the American Union, felt so lone nd wear~y that, in the anguish of his soul, e cried out, "Home ! Sweet Home ! There's o place like home !" you will forgive me or entertaining a kindred thought for one uoment as I walked alorg one of the streets if New berry. You know, since the death of my father eore the battlements of Petersburg, fol awed by that of my mother, and the con equent breaking up of family ties in the epartion of sisters and brothers, I some imes repeat the lines : "I feel like one who treads alone . Winkle Tamily! Ah! but. I was on my usual line of making observations, forget ting the next instant all about the self-ap plied comparison. It is a favorite axiom with me, that wo men possess very little executive ability as a rule, and are not to be compared in this respect with men. And why is this ? Sim ply because so few of them are ever educa ted for a business career. And those of them who are so fortunate as to obtain this kind of training are prone to forget that business requirements are as inexorable as the laws of the Medes and Persians, that they must forego society ir its broader sense, that it is impossible to-serve two masters, that they are in a certain sense machines to meet the demands and cater to the wants of the public, and that only in this way and by this means can success be wrung from an unwilling world. From a business standpoint, caste must be forgot ten. The rich and the poor must meet the same polite affableness from the lady be hind the counter. The oddities, the idiosyn cracies of individual dress or manner be entirely overlooked and the wants of each and every class of customers supplied with that chterful alacrity, the usual char acteristics of male clerks. Woman-cmu do this without any undue familiarity on: her part, without the least- sacrifice of ',*f-re spect, and she must do this if she would win! She must forget the distinctions of sex in performing her wor, bearing in mind that men are usually the recipients of better salaries because of her lack of the very qualities or requirements to which I refer. Lat her make herself the comnpeer of her brothers, and the world will have need of her, and public opinion will acknowledge her value'and accept her unconditionally. However, I have seen gentlemen clerks, sonic few, in my life, who were devoid of the qualities to which I have 'just aIeded. But, comparatively speakiig, very few. You ask why. I have entered this qustion of the fitness of w-omen, or rather the-unfit ness of the majwity of women for a busi ness career! Well, I. was" onversing with a friend on the subject not long since, who -regretted that woman's field of labor iffthe South is so limited, and gave itgs an bon est conviction that women would ere a great while, be almost universally employed as clerks. It would be a Heaven sent bless ing, and, of course, if such should be the case they will eventually learn the hard facts I have mentioned and utilize them ; but I fear the stumbling blocks will not be removed, as soon as they might be, I.am so anxious that they should do welL But to return. I found the merchants, those I saw, not driving a very lively'sale, and yet there was a.good deal of purchasing on a smaM scale. I did not price. maay.r ticles. I visited two 'millinery establish ments, and think you might do well to or der from Newberry, in this line. . Upon dhe whole, from all L could learn, there are a large number of stores to select from, and as accommodating set of merchants as you might find this side of Columbg-. I catiaoc locate the Hotel in this letter, if there is one, but it does not matter, I did not remain long enough to see more. As we drove out and reached again, the rise beyond the Town on the Cromer'road, I took a parting look back over tie' ouses and trees, resolving sometime in tMiuiser tamn future to spend a longer timaedhise~ Though weary I enjoyed the.meowy tint ings which distance and - --ecinzing~sun gave to the view, and as' the scineladed from sight I turned, settled mysei comnfort ably back and fell into a kind ofreverie mixed up with the little historical know ledge I had of the Town, and the thing I knew.we were considerably. way. Hoping to see-you soon, . I remain, very trul TAKING C One of t plaint aga that he would take care tf2friends at. the public 'tpense, noG matter how great rascals they had beea proved to be. It is a melaneholy feetand is fast becoming well knon that.his successor follows closely to ti4foot steps in this respect. The care that has been taken of the Louisiana Re turning -Board and -their brother knaves in that State hia for a long time been a public scandal, and now4 the worst feature of the -Florida frauds developed by the . Sub-corn mittee of Investigation in that State is that every villian implicated has been provided for in some-way pro portioned to his supposed usefulness. (News and Courier. QUERY : "Why will men smoke common tobaco, when they can buy Marburg Bros. 'Seal of North Caro lina,' at the same pr'..2?! 5-hy. .7Yew A' .7Iscelanseouts. 600 MEssas. CoPPocK & JoHnsoN-The Ot and Fodder Cutter of Wilson & Co., is the best thing. for our farming interest that I have ever seen. D. W. BARRE. Missas. CoPPoCK & JoHNSo4-YOu? Tele graph Oat and Fodder Gutter, made by Wil son & Co., of Harrisburg, Pa., is the most complete machine used that I have ever seen. JAMES 0. MEREDITH. We are Agents for tEe above Machines. COPPOCK & JOHN{SON. .May 29, 22-f. Jt received a-first rate lot of RUBBER rELTIrGa - nl. whch wil baea sol lwe