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[From The News and Courier.j The Berlin Congress-England's New Empire. The Berlin treaty was signed on Saturday, and, on paper, the Eastern -question is once more finally disposed of. There has been no actual par tition of the Turkish Empire, but it is evident that Russia, Austria, Ger many and Great- Britain see that the end fast approaches, and make prepa rations accordingly. Austria occupies Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with out any declaratic#n that these provim ces are subject to the Porte. Russia gets Bessarabia, and a slice of Ar menia, with the best port on the Euxine. Rouniania, the ally of Rut. sia, is repaid for her sacrifices by the loss of Bessarabia, which is vzrested from her, in spite of protest, by the representatives of the Czar. Both Montenegro and 'Servia gain in a small way. Great Britain takes Cy prus, with the engagement that she will defend the Asiatic possessions of Turkey. The range of direct Rus sian influence now extends to the Balkans. Southern Bulgaria will be practically independent of the Porte. The loss of every vestige of Ottoman authority in what is still, in name, Turkey in Europe is only a question of time, and not of decades but of years. In what precise manner the complexities of the situation will be entangled or cut, it is difficult to tell. It is safe to say bhat no change in the settle-ment now made will be to the advantage of Turkey. The high contracting Powers are apparently satisfied. In the British view, the only Power that has reaped solid advantage, at small cost, is Eng land. In London the present opinion is, that R.ussia has made little by her sanguinary and costly war. This is flattering to British susceptibili ties, but it is hardly just. It is a great deal gained to have secured a foothold in Armenia. and to have broken up or shattered Turkish authority on the Balkan Peninsula. The mountain passes, .and not the Pruth, will be hereafter the southern boundary of Russia, and south of the Balkans the new rulers are not likely to be capable of serious resistance,. if anxious to offer it. Russia, therefore, is far nearer to Constantinople than when the war began. without counting such advantages as -securing both banks of the Danube at its mouth, and neutral izing the quadrilateral of fortresses which, in previous, wars, has been a thorn in the side of the invaders. The Armenian acquisitions of Russia pro tect her flank, as she pushes down to wards Persia and Afghanistan. This is an advantage not to be underrated. The best proof, however, that Russia is not dissatisfied is- that there has been nothing more than a copy resist ance to the modifications of the Treaty of San Stefano, and that the carrying out of the Anglo-Turkish treaty is not even protested against. Russia feels safe, and so does Great Britain. Each is confident of being able to out mnanmuvre the other. By occupying Cyprus, with the consent of Turkey, England secures a direct line of communication with her Indian possessions. Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus, strongly fortified and gar risoned, make the Mediterranean an English lake. The projected Euphraites Valley Railroad gives England a short road to the Persian Gulf, and makes her independent of Egypt and the Suez Canal. Meanwhile English cap ialists .are gradually absorbing the stoek of the Suez Canal Company, which will pass quickly into English hands- A~ free and open road to In dia is not all that is won. In some sort, in compliance with her engage mients, England will supervise the civil cdministration of Turkey in Asia. This will give to 17,000,000O people what they have not known for cen turies, a stable and just government. The effect will be instantaneous. Even the sterile 'wa~te can be made fertile by irrigation. England will control the trade of the whole of Asia Minor, -obtaining new markets to take the place of those she has lost in comn petitioni with the Continent of Europe and the United States. This will give general satisfaction in England, especially as England will now b able, by her command of Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf, to counteract the schemes of Russia and to obtain the trade of Hindostan. For what is won there is .a heavy price to pay. Russia is broken down financially, and will feel the strain of the war for many years to come. There are in the Empire forces at work more dangerous than hostile armies. Absolutism has feet of clay, and 'a revolution in Russia is well within the probabilities of the future. Great Britain, in return for Cyprus, has assumed the protectorate of Tur key in Europe. The policy of anexa tion that followed the disintegration of the Mogul Empire will necessarily be pursued in Asia Minor. It will be England's duty to put an end to ra pacity and rapine, to rebuild ancient cities, to raise crushed peoples, to abolish slavery and polygamy It is an enormus responsibility for the gov ernment of India, South Africa, Aus tralia and Canada. Not without fight ing and the lavish expenditure of * treasure will the task be accomplished. bnt brains. pluck and money are not wanting, and the Indian troops will always be available for service in Asia Minor. Renewed activity will be given to English trade. The pride and the acquisitiveness of the English will both be gratified. As an assertion of the principle that treaties made with the consent of Europe shall not be violated or modi fied without the concurrence of Europe, the Berlin Congress is a melancholy sha~m. The Sch-ouvaloff memoranduw and the Anglo-Turkish Treaty, the act of three I~owers, settled the re not yet at hand, and the Providence ii of diplowacy is still on the side of the a laage purse aud the heavy battalions. The iLerald. rV T a TH')S. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS W. H. WALLACE, ' a S INEWBERRY. S. C.& WVEDNESDAY, JULjY 24, 1878.s t -~ t A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Hferaid is in the highest respect a Famn ily Newspa-per, devotedl to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circalates extensivel"y, and as an Advertising mnediuim ofTers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. .FOR GO VERNOR: d WADE HAMPTON. e t a Civil ~ ~ - Sevc.ec HonRY . C.ako N.Pttr i i oration at Roanoke College Com mencement, gave expression to many valiuable thoughts in relation to our government, a few of which we shall notice. First, in regard to the Civil Service, the executive patronage should be. diminished. The President has the direct ap-t pointment of 100,000 offecals. Say that each of these ohcials can con trol two votes besides his own, a fair estimate, we have then over 300,000 voters dependent on the executive will. Of the 40e000 post I masters, Mr. Potter thinks that they, at least in the rural districts should be chosen by the popular vote; or if not chosen by the peo ple of their respective districts, then to be appointed by the State, or county, or township or municipal authority. He says: "When we shall have relegated the appoint ment of Federal officers as far as practicable to localities, and have made the tenure of other subordi nate offcials permanent, we may expect real reform in this regard, and not before." In these execu-. tive appointments little, if any, re gard is paid to the fitness of the appointee, or to the wishes of the locality in which he is to exercise his offce; the sole consideration being whether he will pay promptly his political assessments and work for his.party. Another great evil that has fas tened itself upon our government, both State and Federal, is private and special legislation-legislation which gives to particular persons special privileges and monopolies whether it be charters for ferries, or railways, or banks-every form of legislation that benefits a few at the expense of the whole. Of this evil we find numerous examples in1 Congress, and one very notable ex ample in our last State Legislature -the phosphate monopoly- The only remedy for this evil is to de prive legislatures of the power of private or special legislation, as has been done in some of the Staites. It is time that some check should be placed on the growth of corpo rations ; "a privileged class more dangerous than any hereditary aris tocracy ; holding estates vaster than any noble ; having continued exist ence ; without moral or personal accountability ; without conscience, and without possible inducement to public good ; having for their I best object the private good of their I corporators, often only the wrong ful gain of their managers. To-day, some of these corporations virtually rule the States that created them, and exercise a controlling influence in politics and business over thous ands of miles~ of territory.".- "The curse of our present time is too much legislation, too much patron age, too much interference with natural laws." The true and only sufficient remedy for the evils of the present, and the greater evils that threaten us, Mr. Potter thinks, is a thorough application of the three great principles upon which our fathers founded government, viz: the limitation of the powers of government, .the localization of those powers ; and the restraint of any privileged classes. . One cause of many political evils that we labor under is found in the 1 fact that politics is left too much to a politicians, to those who interest ( themselves in public affairs only for their own pr ofit. This is a popular a government, at least it was so in- ~ tended ; the i eople themselves are a entrusted with the conduct of the government, and if it be not proper, ( ly conducted they have nobody but I themselves to bla'me. And yet a many good men-man who are fit- c ted by education, abi. ity and char- a ~ IJY~~1A ~ ) ~ I icompetent, but busy, politicians nd wire pullers and log-rollers of- I ,n rule the country in their own ] iterest ? The best . men; those < rhose character, moral, political ] nd social, will command respect nd carry weight, should conic to ( Le front and make themselves felt ( i the conduct of public affairs. < 'here is nothing discreditable in 1 ny man's taking an active interest i politics; indeed, it is every man's . uty to ' do all he can to get the ight kind of ryien in office, and to ee that political tricksters do not ave everything their own way ; to ee that the government is adminis Ered in the interest of the people, nd not in the interest of any pir icular men or class of men. Presidential. It is a long time yet to the Presi ential election, but, owing to the atimate connection between the lections this fall and that, specula ions are in order. A prominent entleman, with whom we entirely gree, says that Grant and Conk ing will be the Republican ticket. -'he plan for re-electing Grant was iut in operation shortly after the ist election. The Republicans hen saw the power slipping from heir grasp ; they made a desperate, [nlawful but successful effort to re ain it four years more, and in the aeantime they lay their traps for a rand coup de main in 1880. Know ng that they can elect no man but rant, and knowing that they can ot elect him if he remains in this ountry as a private citizen and inks down into the inevitable ob curity that awaits a man of his imited talents, they send him broad to hobnob with the crowned ieads of the old world; they man ge to impose him on other nations .s a representative of this country; ie secures a warm reception, which is friends here work up into some hing grand, and Ulysses is por rayed to the country as a great nan-a wonderful man. In 1879 >r 1880 this great man will return o this country by way of San Fran isco. There and all along his -oute to Washington he will meet vith an ovation (prearranged for a >urpose) such as no man has ever iad or seen. Following upon the leels of this popular demonstration vill come his nomination. Conk ing will be placed alongside of him ;o conciliate and capture New York and all the disaffected Republicans vho are opposed to Hayes and his >olicy. It is no use to disguise the act that Grant and Conkling would nake a strong team, and if the emocrats of the country this fall ail to do their duty, and thus ena >le the Republicans to gain the dvantage, they will go by the >oard in 1880 sure. The election his year will determine, to a great >xtent, that of 1880. The gentleman above mentioned hinks that the ticket to beat Grant n 1880 is McClellan and Hancock. State News. Two colored men died in Colum >ia the 1.7th of sun-stroke. E'hefield will hold her primary lection the 5th of September. The Radicals of Richland County ire said to be well organized, and >ropose to run a County ticket. Colleton and Hampton Counties ave nominated' their candidates or the County offices and the Legis ature. Two young Georgians from At anta, E. L. Jennings and James Logan, fought a duel near Colum ia, S. C., the 17th ; both were vounded in the shoulder. Senator M. C. Butler, in a public ~peech in Edgefield last week, pro. ested against "mixed tickets." He avors a straight fight out and out, n every County and for every of ice. Jno. Weeks, white, of Darlington, was shot and badly wounded by dartin Jackson, colored, the 18th. While Constable Mayi.nt was car ying Jackson to jail he ran, and dayrant shot and killed him. The&contest between E. W. M. Jackey and Senator Taft, of Char eston, for the nomination for Con tress from the 2nd District is wax ng warm. Mackey is making con iderable capital against Taft be. ause the latter introduced in the senate at the close of the last ses ion resolutions commending Gov :rnor Hampton. At presen t Mackey ppears to have the inside track. A man going by the name of )one was arrested in Charleston a ew days ago for conspiracy to kill nd rob. Thursday Sheriff Hitch ock, of Peoria, Ill, identified him s J. E. Merwin, who has commit ad -tnv fnoreine in I11innis, Judge Kershaw, at Greenville, 3as refused the motion of Kane, Durham, Scruggs and Moose, in licted for tle murder of Amos Dadd in Pickens, asking that their sase be transferred to the U. S. Jourt. They appeal to the Suprerca Dourt of the State ; if that Court lecide against them, they will pro )ably appeal to the Supreme Court )f the United States, and we shall ;ben have a final settlement of the 7exed question concerning the jn -isdiction of the State and United states Courts in such cases. The heat in the North and North Lnd North-west last week was in ;ense. St. Louis suffered more Ihan any other city. The sufferers ,ere not confined to workmen, but nen of all classes and professions, md women and children were in -uded. The 15th there were fifty our deaths in the city from exces ;ive heat. The 18th forty-three 5un-struck patients were at the Dity Dispensary, and several serious :ases throughout the city. Hayes and his Cabinet are inter nsting themselves in the Ladd mur lerers. Attorney-General Devens aas instructed the United States Nfarshal to take out a writ of habeas orpus for the transfer of the pris :ners to the United States Court ia the face of Judge Kershaw's de Iision that they must be tried in he State Courts. The South Carolina and Green ville & Columbia Railroads have been served with notice of a motion to appoint a Receiver for said roads. The motion will be heard before Judge Bond in Baltimore, Septem ber 4th. The thirteenth annual session of the. Woman's Rights Association, convened at Rochester, N. Y., the 19th instant. FOR THE HEaALD. Our Washington Letter. WAsHINGTON, D. C.,. July 17, 1878. In the removal of the Appointment Clerk of his Department, already men tioned in this correspondence, Secretary Schurz did a very wise thing, and un questionably intended to follow it up by sweeping changes in the force under him. The first prominent victim is General Spear, Commissioner of Pat ents. There is no special complaint against Spear-he has been investigated and was not found corrupt-but he is held not to have all the energy, varied information, and strength of character desirable in his important office. Be sides, he is a close friend of Blaine, and the new policy of the Administration seems to be to displace the friends of the party leaders. Blaine, I take it, will accept with bet ter grace than Conkling does, the slights put upon him by Mr. Hayes. It is said his equanimity will be severely tested soon by the recall of the only Foreign Minister in whose appointment he ex ercised influence. Mr. Potter's Committee will operate at two points-New Orleans and Atlan tic City-during the remainder of this month. Those in Louisiana expect to finish the work there in three weeks. Those at Atlantic City will examine the visiting statesmen. It is nonsense to expect to get the whole truth out of those eminent gentlemen. They went down to Louisiana and Florida, know ing that the popular vote of those States was for Tilden, and with a determina tion to have the Electoral votes cast for Hayes. They will not expose the means by which they induced scoun drels like Madison Wells, Tomn Ander son, Jim Anderson, Webber, Jenks, Mrs. Jenks, Kellogg and others, to com mit the necessary perjuries, forgeries and thefts. No one denies now that all these crimes were committed, and were necessary in order that Hayes might be made President, but does anybody -sup pose that Sherman, Noyes, or any of the other beneficiaries will confess to having instigated the commission of crime? If the Atlantic City excursion is intended to give the visiting states men a chance to whitewash themselves and -each other in public it had better be abandoned. Elaborate preparations are being made for the work of improving the navigation of the Mississippi River. A liberal appropriation was made at the late session of Congress and the pre liminary work has been assigned to o,ffi cers of the Engineer Corps of conceded ability. This is an expenditure that no one objects to. Judicious improve ments there will be permanent, and will benefit an enormously increased population ages hence. Notwithstanding the intense heat of the last two weeks, the health of the city is excellent. The late Board of Public Works conferred many benefits upon Washington, but none greater than the improvement in its sewerage. The Board of Health, just legislated out :>f office, was an efficient body in many r~espects, and to these two Boards and ~o our unrivalled location, we are in lebted for the blessing of good health n the most trying season. SOLON. FoR THE HERALD. & Few Suggestions to the Demo crats of the County. (CONTINUED.) I need not here repeat or enlarge upon what I last week stated as con 3tituting the dangers and necessities Df this year's political.campaign ; their bare mention should be sufficient to put us to work. But I feel that one point was not as fully set forth as it deserved-the connection between this campaign and the Presidential cam paign of 1880, and the importance of, that campaign to our people. It is not unlikely that the question ?f American Republican institutions and the fate of AmtLerican liberty itself will virtually be determined by that cam paign. The Republican party con ceived in hatred and envy, planned in falsehood, established in wholesale bloodshed, and maintained by a tyran ry almost unexampled in the history of nations, has become so bloated and rotten, so indefensible either upon theory or experience, so odious to all right-minded men, and so violently divided by the contentions between its own partizans who would pause to en joy its dishonest plunder and those who would -still farther push their course of crime and oppression, that the time is near at hand when it must either be established-as a: permanent authority, independent of the people's will or the people's vote, or must fall into utter dissolution. No fitter time will occur for the determination of this issue than the year 1880, when a new President is to be elected and a House of Representatives in Congress. My own opinion-derived from the opinions of thousands, and from argu ment which I need not give here in detail-is, that Grant, the completest representative of Republican greed, malice and tyranny, will' be their choice for President, and that,. con scious that their all is at stake, and that he will inflexibly carry out all their purposes, they will push the campaign with an energy compared with which even that of 1876 will ap pear tate. And if they place Grant in the presidential chair, we of the South may bid farewell to all hope ex ept such as is based on the bloodiest of revolutions. In such a crisis it would be impos sible to estimate the importance of the vote of a single State. And as the vote of a State may be, as it has been, decided by a single County, no man can say but that the camnpaisu in 1880, in the County of Newberry, will fix the fate of the nation. It is not at all probable that that will be the case; but whenever it is possible that it will be, and whenever the con test involves what that campaign miust involve, a most solemn responsibility rests upon us. Nor are similar occur rences extremely rare. I knew a brigade in the army to be stampeded by less than a dozen men. The con. test for a seat from California in the House of Representatives in Congress was, it was said, decided by a majori ty of one vote at the polls. The loss of the majority in Edgefield or that of Laurens would have prevented Hamp ton from being Governor of this State. To meet these dangers successfully we must have a thoroughly organized and active body in 1880 ; and if we allow ourselves to split asunder in this campaign we can scarcely expect to have such a body that year. But, as before stated, the immedi ate issues involved in this campaign are of sufficient magnitude to call forth all our energies. We must have the control of State offices, of the Legisla ture, and of this County. To secure this we must be united. Of course it is desirable~to make friends and con verts of our Republican adversaries, and it would be most fortunate if we could so conduct ourselves as to leave them no pretext for complaint, and therefore cause them to lay aside all hostility towards us and join with us in our efforts to secure now and here after an honest and intelligent admin istration of public affairs. But there are many of that party whom we could scarcely expect ever to win over, and we have'no prospect of the dissolution of the party. We must succeed, if thoroughly organized; and we must therefore make thorough organization and harmony amongst ourselves our first object now. One of the first means for effecting this nion and harmony must be the divesting of the campaign of every thing like a sectional, class or personal character. Township No. 1 must not set out with demanding a County Commissioner, or member of the Leg islature as'her peculiar right; Town. ship 2 or 3or 4 has no absolute title to a Sc~hool Commissioner or Judge of Probate. And the same is to be said of each section of the Coun*y. No section has a property in any office. Selections must be made with refer ene to the whole County in general. Otherie we are in danger of having Another danger from such sectional distribution of offices is that it must almost inevitably lead to log-rolling, as it is generally called, and combina- I tions among partisans of the scheme, to the utter neglect both of more capa ble men and of the will of the County at large. This must lead to cliques and factions, to disgust and disunion amongst the people. Where candi da'tes are of equal merit, a distribution of nominees amongst the different sections would be desiiable, because it wou!d have the appearance of fair ness, and because it would give those sections a wore immediate and per sonal interest in the success of the ticket. But the great, the prime question must always be, who com bines most ability, honesty and indus try in the discharge of his duties; and such a man must be our first choice, no matter if every other nomi nee on the ticket comes from his town ship or neighborhood. The whole Democracy of the County is affected by the selection of any candidate for the party, and the power of electing a candidate resides in the vhole people; it is therefore an unwarranted assump tion of authority for any portion of the County to undertake to say that we must put one of its men into office. And the attempt* to exclude any section from all place among the mati nations is equally absurd and wrong. If there is no man in a certain town ship who is fit for office, why, let us nominate no man in that townabip. But to say that a man of unquestion able fitness shall be excluded simply because he lives in a section other than ours, or because we do not fancy his neighbors, is to declare a rule as stupid as it is cruel. And no patriotic delegate to a nominating convention would knowingly commit such an of fense, unless, of course, he should feel cowpelle'to do so under express in structions from his club. These views scarcely need to be supported by ar gument. CITIZEN. Fou THE HERALD. SMOKEY TowN, July, 1878. MESSRs. EDITORs : It being some time since you have heard from this portion of country by letter, I propose tor.give you and the readers of the HERALD a few broken sketches of what has passed in this section. Crops are looking well, eonsidering the dry weather. Corn is very fine on very poor upland, though it needi rain bad ly. Cotton looks well enough, but as corn is King I will say no more of cotton. The people of Smokey Town are alive in politics. The Smokey Town Democratie Club met the 6th, had a good meeting. Speeches from the President and others. The following resolutions were adopted : -(First resolution omitted because it recommends certain persons for offiee, which amounts.simply to a nomination -and for that we invariably charge.) Resolved, 2nd. That we endorse the. sentiment of Gov. Hampton's speech, delivered at Ninety-Six cele bration. That the people should send the very best men to make.laws. Resolved, 3d. That we request the candidates of Newberry County, that may be put forth, to advocate the re duction of all the salaries from the Governor down to the County officers, except Senator, Representatives, Treas urer and Coroner. Besolved, 4th. That the Senator's salary be reduced to $300 per year, Representatives' salary $3 per day, Coroner's $300 per year, Treasurer's $400 per year. The Legislature shall not sit longer than forty days; if the Assembly do sit .longer than forty days said Assembly shall not receive any pay for the time over forty days. Resolved, That we have too many laws already, and we think it would be for. the general good to repeal the laws already made by those swelled head politicians who seek the destruc tion of the farming interests of the country. Resolved, 5th. T hat our taxes are too high, and by the above reduction of salaries in the fourth resolution our taxes would be lightened considerably, JAS. S. DOMINICK, Secretary pro tern. .FOR THE HERALD. NEWBERRY, S. C., July 22, 18'I8. MESsRIs. EDITORS: Your "Smokey Town" correspondent, in your last is sue, labors under a misapprehension.as to the importance and compensation of the County Board of Examiners. They do not receive one cent of the people's money. Their work, which is onerous, and, as we think, of vital importance to the school interests of the County, is performed gratis. I am glad to know that a goodly num ber, if not all the teachers examined by the Board, feel that they have been benefitted by the ordeal through which they passed at their bands. I might state for the benefit of your correspondent, that thd law exempts School Trustees and Examiners from militia, jury, and road duty. This is all the compensation for the duties per formed by them. Yours, &c., J. C. B. When everything else has faldt A. i~edtoj X ew Jr .Mise THE BROWN 4 IS EQUAL TO THE BEST. [veiy Machine Guaianfeed, I PERFUT SELFFEEDER AND CONDENSER. These machines have been before the public reception, that it is only necessary to add that guaranteed to be a perfect machine in every p RIALS, and constructed in a thorough, wor kl other respect, the equal of any Gin in the marl FAR AIHEAD OF ALL OTHERS N CLEASNG AND SMOOTH 11RUNNING' Received the premium at the Georgia. State I ton, May, 1877, and other State and County Fai REDUCED PRICE LIST OF COTTON GINS, FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS. Price of Gins i Price with Price with Self-Feed-iSelf-Feeding Al ze o ing Attach- i tachments ant I ments. Condensers. 30.Saw e75 00..$ 97 50..... .....$120 00..... 35 87 50 ..... 113 75... 140 00.... 40 " 100 00 ..... 130 00.... . 16000.... 45 " 110 00 ..... 141 75.... .....173 25.... 50 120 00!...... 15-2 50..... .... 18500.... 60 130 00'..... 166 00...-..20200.... S.P -July 24, 30-2m. For Probate Judge LEWIS W. SIMKINS Is respectfully nominated. His capacity ag a lawyer and a book keeper, added to his social, intellectual and moral qualifications- renders him eminently competent to discharge the va-ied duties of the office. Besides he is a single nian and will, therefore, be able, notwithstanding the moderate compensation of the office, to give it his entire time and attention. July 24, 30-tf. CITIZENS. I hereby resp- 'ully decline the nomina tion for the o.ti- 'robate Judge. I am a candidate for no office. Many thanks for the compliment con ferred by those who kindly suggested my name. 0. L. SCHUMPERT. Newberry, S. C., July 22, 1878. 30-it BARBECUE!. BARBECUE! We will give A FIRST CLASS BARBE CUE AT JALAPA. SATURDAY, THE 27th INST. PRICE of DINNER, 40 Cts. All .nnmusemients, as dances, will be pro vided for, accompanied by an excellent string band. Geot ge Johnstone, O..L. Schumpert,E-qa., and otheri', will make political adoresses. Rigid order will be enforced. - T. H. DAVIS & CO. July 24, 30-it. JN. MRIN & (JO., ACENTS FOR THE TAYWII& WINNl1P COTTON GINS.i July 24, 30-St. PROCLAMATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, CoL.UnrIA, July 19th, 1878. WHEREAS information has been receiv ed at this Department that an atrocious murder was committed in Newborry Coun t, on or about the 27th day of May, A. D. 1877l, upon the body of Cornelia Kinard by JUDGE DAVENPORT, and that the said Judge Davenport has fled from justice. NoW, THERFORE, I, WADE HAMPTON, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in order that justice upay be done and the ma jesty of the law vindicated, do hereby offer a reward of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOrLARS for the apprehension and deliv ery in any jail of this State of the said Judge Davenport. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at Golum [. s.]t bia, this 19th day of July, A. D. 1878, and in the one hundred and third year of the Independence of the United States of America.I WADE HAMPTON, July 24, 30-2t. Governor. NOTICE. OFFIoE OF COUNTY CoMMIssioNEBS, NEwBERRY, S. C., Jly 18th, 1878. All persons holding claims against the County of Newberry for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1876, and end ing October 31st, 187i7, will hand them intot this office at once for registration. By order of the Board: Z. P. MOSES, Clerk. July 24, 30-3t. A LECTURE1 WTO YOUNG MEN.1 Just Published, in aSealed Envelope. Prise i six cents. h A Lecture on the Nature. Treatment, -snd n Radical cure of Seminal Weakness, or Sper matorrheoa, induced by Self-Abuse, invol- ti untary Emissions, Impotency, Nervobs De- 1 bility and Impediments to ariggee rall; Consumtion, Epilepsy ,n 'is Mental and Physical Incapacit, i&c-By BOBERT J1. CULERWELL, M. DX, author - of the "Green Book," &c..e The world-renowned author, In this admi rable Lecture, clearly proves from his own exerience that the awful consequences of I SelfAbuse may be effectually removed with out medicine, and without dangetous surgi cal operations, bougis instrum nt, rings, or cordials; pinigout a moeof cure at once certin and effectuaL, by which every sufferer, no matter what -his con dition may be, may cure himself cheaply, r pritelyand radically. ~- This Lecture will prove a boon to1 eaneous.. JOTTON GIN. Rear View, showing Method of Delivery. so long and have met with such favorable th are, (thouh greatl reduced in ) art inlar.. MA OF HE BEST anlike manner, and is, in this and every :et, while the fact is unquestioned that it is THE SEED, FAST GINNING, AND LIGHT air, Centennial, Texas State Fair, at Ioas e,s. Respectfully refer to following persons who have our Gins in use: John R. Spear man, A. J. Longshore, Thos. M Ned, L. .1E. Folk, JohnC. Wilson, N. B. Davenport, M. X. Coppock, Connelly & Vaughab, C. Minick and others. Also. Gin Saws, Gin Ribs, Bristles, -Twines, &c , furnished for any make of - Gins at short notice. Please examine sample Gin atmyStore. . BOOZER, Agent, N EWBE RRY,4. NOTICE! OFFICE OF COUNTY OMM!sO3Z3, NEWBERRY, S. C., July 23d, 18'8. All Owrseers throughout the County ,ill call out their hands at once, and- put he Roads in good order. By order of the Board: Z. P. MOSES, Clerk. July 24, 30-1t. . - eVisceUaneous. For Congress. HON. D. WYATT AIKEN, is heieby iominated for re-election to Congress from he 3d District. FOR JUDGE OF PIOBATE CAPT. OSBMR- L SOUNPERY. As the time is near approcbing, -wben a iomination will be made for the'abbie im ortant office, we recommend as a suitabl& ,andidate fbr said nomination, OSBORNE L SCHUPERT,.ESQ.. His high legal attainmeits,'1troe%eai ound judgment and unquestioned integrity :ombine to make him acetable to the ar, and to the County atlarge. MANY YOTERS. *ONLY E I IIILITE111 111. THE GREATEST REDUC DREAPER THAN STAYING AT ROXL. You can get your horses well fed at BLEASE'S ST ABLES for TWENTY-FTVE ?ENTS. The most commodious -Sables in he Southern States, and where sfock. are. tetter cared for thai any where else. HENRY H. BLEAE July 3, 1878S-27-3m. THE ONLY "ONE-STUDY" IN T HE SOUTW. THlE FALL SESSIGI OF HIE WILLIAMSTON, S. C., Will open on MONDAY, Aug.4 ad lese'on FRD A~ ~ RATE.-Boar icadin" washing, 60.00; Regular Tuition, includn Lstiu, $20.0O; Piano Lessons, $20.00; erman, ireek, or French, $10.00. STANDARD OF SCuoLABSHIP UNUsUALLY IGH. It is no uncommon thing for one of ur pupils to go from us to some other Fe-' naJe College, and graduate in from one to ;wo years' shorter time than we woulli jiav -equired. gg' I will come. up from Branch'rille on saturday, Aug. 3, to escort pupils to Wi! Send for a catalogue. REV. S. LilPER, A.E, PRERinENT. July 3, 18718. 371-ly. STATE OF SOUf H CARO)LINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. . By James C. Leahy, Probate Judge. Whereas, E. P. Chalmers, :as Clerk of he Circuif. Court, hath made suit to me, to ~rant him letters of Administration of the state and effects of A. RI.Gauntt, deceased. These are therefore to cite .,nid admcoish 1 and singular, the kindred and creditors. f the said deceasedy that theroj IVa~i ppear, be. oreoe tue ~n the Court of Po a, to be held at Newberry Court House, .C., on the 21st day of August ness, fter publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in e forenoon, to shew cause, if anyathey ae, why the said Administration should ot be granted. Given under my Hand, iis 5th day of July, Anne Domini, S78. J. C. LEAHY, . . r. .c. July 10, 2S-5t. NOTICE. [NITED STATES DlISTRICT COURT. DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, In Bnkrupte5.... . The creditors 'of John W. Folk, Bank apt, are hereby notified tha't a meeting r the purpose of finally estabhi~ ing all r.;mo .~,,nqt s~,tid ~tate: and for declirint