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Garield's Inaugural Address. FeUow-citizens : We stand to-day upon an eminence which overlooks a hundred years of national life, a century crowded with perils, but crowned with the triumphs of liber tv and law. Before continuing the onward march, let us pause on this height. for a moment, to strengthen our faith and renew our hope by a glance at the pathway along which our people have travelled. It is now three days more than a hundred years since the adoption of the first written Constitution of the United States, "the Articles of Con federation and perpetual union." The new Republic was then beset with dagger, on every hand. It had not conquered a place in the family of ations. The decisive battle of the war for independence, whose cen tennial anniversary will soon be gratefully celebrated at Yorktown, ~--''had not yet been fought. The colon S tiss were struggling not only against the armies of a great nation, but the settled opinions of mankind, for the world did not then believe that the supreme authority of govern ineiA could be safely entruasted to the grdianship of the ,.people them adixeos. - e cannot over-estimate the fer Qet love of liberty, the intelligent =J urage: and saving common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government. When-they found, after a short trial, thatthe Confederacy of States was too weak to mneet the necessities of a vigorous and expanding Republic, they boldly set it aside. and, in its stead, established a National Union, nded directly upon the will of the ople, endowed with full powers of sel!-preservation, and with ample au Z thority for the accomplishment of its great objects. Under this Constitu s tion= the boundaries of freedom have been enlarged, the foundations of or der and peace have been strengthen ed, and the growth of our people in ,.hAbe .better. elements of national - ;-ife has indicated the wisdom of the founders and given new hope to h.r descendants. Under this Constitution our people, long ago, made themselves safe against danger from without and se cured ,for -their mariners . and flag ;equality of rights on all the seas. Un , der this Constitution twenty-five States have been added to the Union, with constitutions and laws framed andnforced by their own citizens to' cure the manifold blessings of oca self-government. The jurisdic tiotano this-Constitution now covers anarea fifty times greater than that of the original Thirteen States, and a -opulation twenty times greater than that o.f1780. .THE CIVIL WAR. The supreme trial of the Constitu tionot came at last under the tremen dus pressure of civil war. We our el~oves are the witnesses that the Un -oemerged from the blood and fire - econflict purified and made Ssronger for all 'the beneficent pur poses of-good:government, and now a'~t-t%e.,close of this first century of ~ tigrowth, with the inspirations of as history in- their hearts, our peo aie-haye lately reviewed the condi 4ion:of the nation, passed judgment Supon the conduct and opinions of po iltidal parties; and have registered 9their will concerning .the future ad Msiistration of the Government. To daterpretanud execute that will, in en,-acordance with the Constitution, is the. paramount duty of the Execu Even fronm this-brief review it is manifest that the nation is resolute -ly facinglto the front, resolved to em ploy its best energies- in developing the great possibilities of the future, and Isacredly preserving whatever h las been gained to liberty and good ~-~government during the past century. a@ufpeople are determined to leave rh qeid them alL-those bit ter controv S ersies concerning things which have befi ir-revocably settled, and the fur ther discassion tof which can only - tr up strife and delay the onward ~ . The supremacy of the na ti' andl its laws should be no longer the subject of debate. That discus sion which for half a century threat eired the existence of the Union was closed at last in the high court of war by a decree from which there is .n6appeal, that the Constitution and - thelaws made in pursuance thereof areg and shall continue to be, the au preme law of the land, binding alike upon States and people. This de creadoes-not disturb the autonomy tf the States, nor interfere with any of their necessary rights of local self gvernment ; but it does fix and es tbshthe permanent supremacy of EFFECTS OF EMANCIFATION. The will of the nation, speaking -with the .voice of battle and through - the amended Constitution, has ful filed the great promise of 1776 pro claiming liberty throughout the land to all inhabitants thei-eof. The ele vatioriof the negro race from slavery to-the full rights of citizenship is the mostimportant political change we have knowtn since the adoption of the Constitution of 1787. No thought fui man can fail to appreciate its beneficent eflects on our institutions and people. It has freed us from perpetual danger of war and dissol u Z,ion. It has added immensely to the moral and inidustrial forces of our people. It has liberated the master as. well as the slave from a relation which wronged and enfeebled both. It has surrendered to their own guardianship the manhood of more than five millions of people, and has --opened to each one of them a career of freedom and usefulness. It has given newv inspiration to the power of self-help in both races by making -labor more honorable to the one and more -necessary to the other. The anfluence of this force will grow - reater and bear richer fruit with the coming years. No doubt the -grest change has caused serious dis 4urbance to our Southern commumi ties. This is to be deplored, though it was perhaps unavoidable, but those who resisted the change should re nember that, under our instit utionis, there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.. There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry n the United States. Freedom can never yield its.fulness of blessings so long as the law or the administra tion places the smallest obstacle in the pathway of any virtuous citi pport, widening t hc circle of in:clli t4ence and beginning to enjoy the blessings that gather around the homes of thc industrious poor. They deserve the generous encouragement of all good men. So far as my au thority can lawfully extend, they -hall enjoy the full and equal protec tion of the Constitution. The full and free enjoyment of equal suffrage is still in question, and a frank state ineut of the issue may aid its solu tion. FREEDOM OF THE BALLOT. It is alleged that in many com inunities negro citizens are practi cally denied the freedom of the bal lot. In so far as the truth of this al legation is admitted, it is answered that in many places, honest local overnment is impossible if the mass Of uneducated negroes are allowed to vote. These are grave allegations. So far as the matter is true, it is the only palliation that can be offered for opposing the freedom of the bal lot. Bad local government is cer tainly a great evil which ought to be prevented, but to violate the free dom and sanctity of the suffrage is more than evil. It is crime which, if persisted in, will destroy the gov ernment itself. Suicide is not a remedy. If in other lands it be high treason to compass the death of the King, it should be counted no ;ess a crime here to strangle our sovereign power and stifle its voice. TE DANGER AND THE REMEDY. It has been said that unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations. It shoulid be said with the utmost emphasis that this ques tion of suffrage will never give re pose or safety to the States or to the Nation until each, within its own jurisdiction, makes and keeps the ballot free and pure by the strong sanction Qf law; bttt the danger which arises from ignorance in a vo ter cannot be denied. It covers a tield far wider than that of negro suffrage and the present condition of that race. It is the danger that lurks and hides in the sources and tountains of power in every State. We have no standard by which to ineasure the disaster that may be brought upon us by ignorance and vice in the citizens when joined to corruption and fraud in the suffrage. The voters of the Union- who make and. unmake constitutions, and upon whose will hang the destinies of our government, can transmit their su preme authority to no successors save t he coming generation of voters who are the sole heirs of sovereign power. If that generation comes to its in heritance blinded by ignoranoe and. corrupted by vice, the fall of the Re public will be certain and reinediless. T[he census has already sounded the alarm in the appalling figures which mark how dangerously high the tide of illiteracy has risen among our vo ters and their children. To the South this question is of supreme im portance, but the responsibility for the existence of slavery did not rest upon the South alone. The Nation itself is responsible for the extension of the suffrage, and is under special obligations to aid in removing the illiteracy which it has added to the voting ~population. For North and South alike there is but one remedy. All the constitutional power of the Nation and of the States, and all the volunteer forces of the people should be summoned to meet this danger by t be saving influence of universal edu cation. 1t is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them by intelligence and virtue for the in heritance which awaits them. In this beneficent work sections and races should be forgotten and par tisanship should be unknown. Let our people find a new mneaning in the Divine oracle which declares that "a little child shall lead them;" for our little children will soon con trol the destinies of the republic. FINAL RECONCILATION. My Countrymen : We do not now differ in our judgment concerning the controversies of past generations, and 'fifty years hence our children will not'be'divided in their opinions concerning our controversy. They wIll surelv bless their fathers a: their fath~er's God that the Union was preserved, that slavery was over thrown, and that both races ware made equal before the law. We may hasten or we may ictard, but we can not prevent final reconciliation. Is it not possible for us now to make a truce with Time by anticipating or' accepting its inevitable verdict ? En terprises of the highest importance to our moral and material well-being~ invite us, and offer ample scope for the employment of our best powers. Let our people, leavinig behind them the battle fields of dead issues, move forward, and in the strength of liber ty and a restored Union with grand er victories of peace. THE CURRENCY AND THE DEBr. The prosperity which now pre vails is without a parallel in our his tory. Fruitful seasons have done much to secure it; but they have not done all. The preservation of public credit and the resumption of specie p)aymnents so successfully at tained by the administration of my predecessors have enabled our peo pe to secure thle blessings .which the seasons brought. By the expe rience of commercial nations in all ages it has been found that gold and silver afford the only safec founda tion for a moneta-ry s'stem. Confu sion has recently been created by variations in the relative value of the two metals, but I confidently be ieve that arrangements can be made between the leading.commercial na tions which will secure the general use of both metals. Congress should provide that the compulsory coinage of silver now required by law may not disturb our monetary system by <riving either metal out of circula tion. If possible such adjustment should be made that the purchasing power of every coined dollar will be exactly equal to its debt-paying pow er in all markets of the world. The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value. Grave doubts have been entertained whe ther Congress is authorized by the Constitution to make any form of |pper money legal tender. The pre sent issue of United States notes has been sustained by the necessities of war, but such paper should depend for its valuet ndf crrTAe 1upon itsA at a lower rate of iiitcrest should b accomplished without compelliinz th withdrawal of N:atitonal bank uote and thus disturbing the bu-i:iess c the countrv. I venture to refe to the position I have occupied o fiaicial questions during a lou service in Congress, and to say tha time ancd experience have strengi her ed the opinions I have so often e3 pressed on these subjects. The finar cc- o the Government shall sal no detriment which it may be pss ble for my Administration to pc vent. AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTUR:E: The interests of agriculture deserv more attention from the governmet than they have yet received. Th farms of the United States affor homes and employment for mor than one half of our people, and fui nish much the largest part of all or exports. As the government light our coasts for the protection of mar ners and the benefit of commerce, it should give to the tillers of th soil the best lights of practical scienc and experience. Our manufactures a re rapidl making us industrially independen and are giving to capital and lah new and proritable fields of enpio. rnent. Their steady and healtn growth should still be naiitainec Our facilities for transportatio should be promoted by the continue improvement of our harbors and it terior water ways and by the it crease of onr tonnage on the ocean. The development of the world commerce has led to an urgent di ma.nd for shortening the great sc voyages around Cape Horn by coi structing ship canals or railwa\ across the Isthmus which unites ti: two continents. Various plains t this aid have been suggested, an will need consideration: but not of them have been suliciently nu tured to warrant the United stat( in extending pecnniary aid. T: subject, however, is one which wi immediately engage the attention < the Government. With new an thorough protection to our coim me cial interests, we will urge no na row policy nor seek peculiar nor e: clusive privilege in any cotnunercu route.; but, in the language of m) predecessor, I believe it to be ti right an1d duty of the United Stati to assert and mlainitaj) such sttpe vi.ion and authority over :tiv ite oceanic canal across the Isthmus thi connects North and'Soutih Aniherit as will protect our national interes MORMONISM. The Constitution guarantees absi lute religious freedom. The Col gress is prohibited from making law respectintg a establishm ent < religion or prohibiting lie free exe: cisc thereof. The Terr'itories of t! United Startes are subject to tile (d rect legislative authority of Col gress, ntd hence the General Goveri it is responsible for anty v'iolati of the Constitution ini anyv of ther It is, therefore, a reproach to ml Goverrment that in the tmost pop! loris of thle Territories this conistitl tionral guarantee is not enjoyed I the people, arid the authority of Co; gress is set at naught. The Mormi Church not only ofll'ends the mora ofnmanikind by sanicthmtinig polygaml but priev'ents the administ ration justice t hrou.gh the ordinary instr mentalities of' the law. In my jurd mrent it is the duty of Congres while respecting to the uittermno t he conscientious coilvict ionis and r ligious scruples of every citizen, prohibit within its jurisdiction criminal practices, and especially that class which destroy the fami relation and( enrdanger social o.rdej nor can airy ecclesiastical organiz tion be permitted to usurp in tI smallest degree the functions at powers of the National Govern men THE CIVIL SERVICE. Civil service can never be plac< on a satisfactory basis un til it is reg lated by law, for the good of the se vice itself, for tile protection of thto who are entrusted with the appoini ing power, against waste of time ar obstruction to p)ublic business causi by inordinate pr'essur'e for place, ar 'e prot ectionr of inicumbeiuts again ..-tr'igue alr~ndrng. I shall at tI piroper time ask Congress to fix tI tenure of tire minor offices of tl1 several Executive Departments ar prescribe the grounds uponr whic removals shall be made durintg tl terms for which inicumnbeuts ha been alpointedl. IFinally, act inig always within 11 authority anti limitation o t 11 Cons! t itti, invading neither tI rights of States nor the reserv rights of the pleople, it will be tI purpose of myv admrinristrat ion. maintain thre authiority of the Natic anid in all places wit hin its jturisdli tionr to enforce obedienice to all tU laws of the Union in the inIterest the people. To demand rigid econ my in all thre expenrditures er tI governmellnt, and to require hone and faithful service of all the exec tive otlicers, rememnberinig that 11 otices were created mnot for the beu fit of the inceumubents or~ their su porters, burt for tire service of tl governmien t. .And, now fellow-citizens, that am about toC assumiie 1 he grreat tru whieb1 you have conun!iItted to it hands, I appearl to vou for that emr est ando thUought ful support whur will muake this~ govecrnmeniut in fact, it is ini law. a goverr nenit of thIe pc pe. -I will greatly rely upon011 t wisdom and pat riot ismn of Congre ard of those who :may share wil te the responsibilities anrd duties< the adinist ration, and above all, u Onl ourl efforts to p)romote the we fare of this great peop)le antd the governmentii, I reverent ly invoke tI spotand blessingos ofAlih God. Bio LOAD OF FoD)DER.-Mr. J011 Kenedy, son of Mr. A. B. Kenedy, Lg Cane, brought to Abbeville la Saturday the largest lead of fuddi ever brought to -this market. Ti load consisted of fifteen hundred bui dIes, weighing tweuty-three huudre and eighty-six pounds. for which I realized $35.'75. Mr. H. W. Las son, senior, being the purchase When the load wade its appearancei the distance, the members of the loa ers club were struck with amuazemnen and a full meetiug assem bled at om< to dus the matter. As it cam The i e eral. C!! TIIOS. F. GRENEkER, r" W. H1. WALLACE, NEWBERRY, S. (. e WEDNESDAY, MAR. I6, 1881 t di A PAPER 1'OR THE PEOPLE. e The Herald is in the liishest respect a Fai ily Newspaper, devote" to the m:aterial in , terests of the people of this Comity and the State. It circulate extensively. and as an S .cvertising mnediun oters inrivaUledl ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. 0 --- -- - e "Plain and Simple" Preach e ing. We heard a minister once after t. an unusually good seimon pray r that God would bless the sermon t "plain znd simple though it be". . The idea conveyed by this prayer was that be was apologizing to the Lord for preaching a "plain and simple" sermon. Instead of that he should have been gratified-at his success, for he had reached a what should be to every minister the highest plane of pulpit effort e a plain and simple sermon ; a ser d mon that is sensible, practical, e clear, without duplicity, and per feetly intelligible to all. There is too much 'hifalutin" preaching, too ii much straining after something I grand and imposing; too rauch love for high sounding words and - glittering generalities; too great a desire to preach eloqueit and v learne.d sermons. Sermons are too ie often artificial and refined lectores, dealing with abstract principles and r- idealisms and philosophical. spcu lations. They may please for the moment, but they leave no lasting impression. It is not every preacher that can - preach a- plain and simple sermon ; a it takes one of clear intellect and a good understanding to do this. LC He must necessarily understand thoroughly what he is talking about, - and he must be able to-convey his la meaning so clearly to his congrega tinthat they understand too. i- Such a sermon must be to a great 'extent practical, dealing with facts, Swith the true issues of life ;not "with generalities. The g-:eatest Iliving preacher is C. H. Spurg eon, ~of Londun. He preaches weekly 'to i. congregation of ten thousanud ,' eople, who never tire of hearing st him. And the amount of good he e has accomplished cannot be esti ,a mated. And yet his sermons are af all as plain and at; simple as cau well be imagined. We need more a"plain and sinmple" preaching ; t he eC world would profit by it. The leading business men of Col umbia have at last waked up to the fact that fortune favors the brave. r- and that if they would bring sac cess to their city they. must put (their own shouIders to the wheel. d They have entered into~negotiations with Messrs. Thompson & Nagle, ec to whom the Legislature granted e the water power privileges of th~e ~jcanal, and have made arrangements h to reimburse them for their ex Spenses *made up to this time and unite with them in developing this e water power. Judging from the names that appear in these nego d tiations and the manner in which e the business is being pushed for mward, something substantial may e- be expected at no distant day from " the much-talked-of Columbia Canal. ic It seems to be pretty well settled st that the President will call an extra e session of Congress to convene c- about the middle of May. The SFunding Bill was vetoed by Hayes, and the Apportionment Bill x as de I feated in the Senate, and it will be to take action on these subjects i- that Congrxes will be called, if h called at all. The chief interest in the session will be the contests eC for seats. There will- be contests from every District in South Caro 'lina except the Fourth. and con Stests from several other States be *sides. .:.he Republicans will be in e the majority. Senator Wi.. Mahone. of Vir ginia, is giving both parties in th~e 0 Senate considerable uneasiness. He 'holda the balance of power, and tboth Democrats and Republicans are therefore anxious to have his i- vote ; but neither side feels dis d posed to claim him. MaLone. got e into the Senate by being the leader of the readjusters, or~ debt repudia a tors, in Virginia. f. I The Texas Senate, the 9th in stant, by a vote of 23 to 7, passed fr. c~uihn-ui1-. tA th~ vnfn'~r~-, Al' th~ t reen'i3me on tLe Rail Road Questican. Te[ mnfliCipal eicction -C:a oL i( Greenville the 12th to sit(' t.t ( cS1otioni w1!t her tilt, S hit Y Si lt(i subscribe to the proposied (T een vill L Lanlrens !Zii1')aila. Tb< vote stood : For subscription, 70 ags"r . 14. By this voto tt.e it a:.r(es to subscribe 25.0);) an( also Ier (11uota of 'til ticitioi :dl S50. U0. which is to come from the en tire County. The .$50,f)00 sub scription will he .voAe.:t on soon the 25ti we think. Levi P. Morton, Mijuister it France ; Wm. M. Eva: ts, of Nev York, Allen G. Thuruama, of Ohio and Timothy 0. Howe, of Wiscon sin, Commissioners to the Interna tional Mone taiy Conference a Paris. WNo. P. FeveC. Repubican. mem b.)r of the Hose: frt m Mine. hal been elected U. S. 6cnat or. to l he unexpired te n of Senatoi James G. Blaine. Ilaine's term a Senator would have expired it 1883. Both branches of the North Caro lina Legislature have passed a bil: to prohibit the sale or purchase o. spirit.n.ous liqois, except wine, it that State. The act will he sub rmittec4 to the voters for iatiication Angus Cameron. R-publican. hai been elected by tha Wisconsir Legislature U. S. Scator to sue ceed Matt Carpenter. deceased. J. W. McDill has been appointet U. S. Senator by the Goveznor o Iowa. to fill the unexpired term o ir kwood. Senator David Davis. of Illinois d3eclines to sice with either of th political parties in the Snate. State News. In thet case of A. A. Cisby trie( for killing Dr. Wallace E. Bland a Edgefield Court House last Apri thbe jury, the 10th instant, returne< a verdict of not guilty. The night of the 5th instant M2 Jno. T. Gaston's store at Edgeflel< was set on fire, probably with: view to burning up tbe village The fire was detected in time to b eninguished before doing harm. The four negroes who were cor viCted about a year ago for th huriiz ef the Academny of Musi at Green'siile andl sen:1tenled to b hanged appealed to the Supremn Court. The Court nied a decisio: tihe 11th instant granting them nEW trial. The MInnicipal election came o: at Lexingtcn the 7th instant, a we and a .dry ticket being in the ieli When the polls were closed th Managers found that the box ha been "stuffed", and tliay refused t count the votes. The matter wil probably get into Coart on a mat damus to compel the count. The Reg4.'tr says that the Stat Ag'riculturai Departmti'tt willp into the State Treasury this yes S25,000 from the 25 cents tax pe ton on fertilizers. It fuw thxer says that 15,500 tor of commercial fertilizers have bee carried up the Greenvil.le Railrca this year. And that 40,000 more bales < cotton have been handled on t Greenville Railroad this seaso than last up to date. Foa TueEAD The Municipal Election. "Up, be bold, Vanquish~ fatigue by ener.;y of minld, For not on plames or canopied in state It is to be hoped thait the forni cu stom ef rur cit i aeet in in pul lie ase .l,a d n:-c tn ii fnr Inited'~:a!t an.d W rde:ns. will b rrdulcion; o t*xI" . c . lly t re ' .r. Sl.u1i~d i .r::. the absnrl cired citizre. It we ne lvi d 0 al lIbtwe rn 1 and .~ :.r :irnd withl hie wrt8i2s, wti vr n-a or i ainary. can pointa to n'o s.uch (ppieC sive t2x ns this. Thle youith of l( stru gli perhaups :o :iutau wdowed ut ther. i' tas.-. Siper yea frI:1n!hiw.sa-ali pito ee. This is it Greenville Ne.w-. difan ha cS 1 :I - I ?t *1:. . it r wih d n4?; h h- . ia to of thle prei iu'ly .n.all numtber o i isters ia recordedC. I T P:ss Asso eatio .ICC*w con'ijd t of tr:eCeerl t en c'aln I-. a mlijSes& s:e ou~ s ssrt I.f t of m.aors aund capttacins and thre< r~ri ~-ates---'i'he N~ Wtt fl'y I IERALL Fo1 THE HERALD. Our Washitgiot Letter. W ~U~1atu?r)ot. D.ti ~C dli. e and the t:1 i.r- cuw u, a eidscratubie fo1 th:e min:or ,%ii es h,as ct?mI;eieed. i 1r eidelt G1 . rticd t i" pleasant to aay "Pre.ideut'' b ie,I a ma11 is really elected to the !"--C--is overrun with delegatius, * Ie individuals. and lctters by the - Lu-hcl, all on the subject of places ab road and at home. So are the Czb iul -ieers, especially Messrs. Blaine ald Windom. So are such Senators a. are supposed to have icfiuunce. S. Lveu are Senators Couuling and (aweroi, who do not seet to have influeuce. So is General Grant, our only living ex-President, who has been in the city for two days. Ye, it is not likely removals will be very nu ulerous. As a measure of good policy President Garfield will retain a vast wjurity of officials, no doubt. Some of thet;l have cowission, signed by Lincoln, Grant and Hayes, and, of course, they repre8ent all the number less phases of that organized incon sistency known as the Republican party. To keep thew in office ensures a presumably respectable performance of the publie business, while to re wove them would net probably im prove the service, much and would certainly increase the bitterness al ready felt towards the administration 1 vy grLat u1,eu who were overlooked when the large offices wele given out. President Garficld gave us a better address, in some iwportant reapects, than I expected, and the above sug gestion is freely offered hiu as a re ward of werit. It is evident already that., except in the case of the English Mission, which will be retained by that scholar and gentleman, Jau.es Russell Lowell, the important foreign appointments will be given because of party service and t without special regard to the fitness of the appointees. The only advantage jthis administration will have over the last in that respect is that tbe services so paid for are cleaner than those per. formed in 1876. There will probably be no extra sessbon2 of Congress. One is urged only by extreme Radicals, and the chief reason given for calling one is the alleged necessity for investigating the claims of Southern Republicans to e seats in Coogress, bnsed ou charges of c Demouccratie fraud. Probably the Presi 6 dent, in the first place, puts little a faith in these charges ; anid in the a second place. he has declared for a a policy, in connection with the material and educational interests of the coun Stry, which can never be successful t without the aid of Southern Senators L. and Representatives, and it is not e likely he will commence his adminis d tration by a raid into the country 0 where so many of his recessary. sup [1 porters are There will be no extra L- session unless he shall submit, as did Mr. H~ayes, to the bulldozing processes e of Radical Republicans. y Gen. and Mrs. Grant called at the rWhite House yesterday morning. r Gen. Grant remained with the Presi dent about half an hour. Before leav s ing they were invited to breakfast a with the President an.d his wife this 1 mnorug and accepted the invitation. - DEM. STHE NEW SECRETARY OF THE e NAvy.-Judige William Henry Hunt, a the new secretgry of the navy, is a native of this city. lie is the son of the Hon. Thomas Hunt, who was at one time the British Governor of the Bahawas, who married Louisa Gail lard, a sister of the Hion. Theo. Gail lard of this city. and had four sons Theo. Gaillard Hunt. who was a Gen eral of considerable prominence in the Qonfederate Army; Randall Hunt, r who is DOW a prominent member of -the New Orleans bar; Thos. Hunt, a t distingunished physician of New Or e leans, and William Henry Hunt. the youuf est son, who kl. hareston at e theo age of six years, anrd resided in e Lo.uisianua until his removal to Wash. 1Iington a few years ago. s ( Aen:s and Courier. Who can tell what has become of n the old military bounty land warrants? 5 There is outstanding nearly twenty e five thoucaud of 160, 120. 80 and 40 acres which were issued to soldiers or their heirs for service-s rendered in the Rlevolutionary w'ar. Florida war, 1812 wvar, Mexican war, Arostook war, and luIdiani wars. They amount in the a aggregate to over two million and five r hundred thousaud acres. They must be among the old papers left by your grandfather, yo;ur fat her or your mo Ither, anid not thought to0 be of value. Lit the readar of this article see if he or she ca.:;ot tiud one or miore of in, m ; when found, write Ch:trles D. u,re, of Washiuu iou; city. ' D. C., (ii F street. :and you will be informed wit to doQ to mI~ke it a v:.ibiable to you. BRv.G .Bod,art ted RedilePr sonag~e,.G Marc 9,188, Mr. W.e Re.dWILLe, Pof .Johnton's Sac 9., 188o Mr.s NETI S. WIOY, eldehstoaughte of, the oiciaNTng minister.I M1e~ aht 1881 byhe. J.catn D.Bower. PIrENs 3, 1881, by Res. FA.ND BAe~ r. PICEE'tS L WIsE to Miss F~~rxE Bsx~ I *~ II ~ ~,rh~'rrt' ('.c~nt,tv. ~ CL "EARLIEST FLUWEI' C DESPORTE-& - WRIGHT'S HOTEL, - - iN STORE ILEAUT'l ']. LAWNS. at 'tc. EW'A UTFUL CA.M:itlCS. -it Sic. IBE:.TIF ''L PRINTS. at ;--( .AItGE TOWE.LS. at It . LAItGE LINEN TOW -:LA. at 25e. GENTs' sil.K H.\I)NERCIlE: . LADIES' L,NEN E.\AND) ''11 LADIE' L.INEN H ANil. i LA'I)EI . \WN Ii \'";)i M KIES' SUN HA :.a A beautiful line of Ladies', Gents' and Chi1dren' >. :heaper qualities. * aK*' Gents', Youths' and Boys' HATS. SHI [TS, HOSIE'Y. N tALSES, STEEL SCISSORS and NEEDLES. DRESS GOODS in all the novelties of the season. A d * *K *K' CLETONNE CLOTHS and LACE CURTAIN- for Uiho Gents' CASSIMERES, CLOTHS, JEANS. DUCKS. 11IL ories of \merica. We are prepared to sell GOOD GOODS as cheaply as a ion guaranteed. DESPORTES & E Wright'. Hotel Block, - - Muar. 1ti. 11-3mi. TILE T1WIN- SPRIN BI Patented, Nov.21, 1878. No.1 TE, the unde'r'$m'i. BED, icn u ei cd WM. ZO at Helena, S. C, t i e pic perior to auy we live eve SINGLE Pita. E. H. Christian. T C. Pool Geo. McWhirter. S F. i:nt R. W. Boone. J- 0. Havi M. A. Carlisle. - W.H G. W. Holland. W. ii. W , Mrs. E. F. Blease- D- - . G. W. Garmany. U. B Whi The Springs can be had at J. 0. BAVYLID'S, am ewerry, NOTICE.__ 2EWBERRY, S. C , March 9th, 1551. STA'Ti The Executive Gommittee of the Demo cratic Party is r.quested to meet me at my ffice on Monday, the 21st day of March, IN ' A. D. 1S81. A full at tendance is requiested. M. A. G RLIS.E, E-7-^beth. County Ch.uirnmn. L. WV. SnimNs, Secretary. Br erde Mar. 16, il-1t. iie ome.ry, Charcoal ! Charcoal !! di~ Wanted at once, 100 BUSUELS G H AR-I :i( d c COAL. A. C. JONES. hn'&Jh Mar. 16, 11-It.boi.d ICE ! ICE!! ICE!!! ST+:ns ArangemenltS completed to furnish ice cash: od during the season, from April 1sat, (without there be considerable adv.ince in the cost sae b of it), at the following prices: ises~ d, a 1 to 50 lbs., @ 2c. a lb. 15SicL 50) to 75 lbs., @ lic. a lb. Mater' : 100'and up, @ lic. a lb. Special arrangements made with mier- gTAT bants. A. C. JONES. Mar. 16, 11-tf. IC STRAYED, IJoset h C. On Saturday, March 5th, a mnilch COW, ~ith red and white spots on back and sides; B re neck quite red ; cow is tal!. Supposed to licB otre be somewhere on either the Columbia or atcwbr: the Adhford Ferry Road. Suitable comn- lo Nadwbr pensationi will be given for her return to the Estate Ne berry. W. W. HOUSEAL. Th uildia Mar. 16, 11-1i- said diece.m 50 Shares of Stock of The Na- im&gh rom,an tional Bankt of Newberry, prvter Court Hou S. C., F'or Sale. and ,? h,lf . dred and Pursuant to the order of the Hon. David Bve smr Johson, as Judge of Probate for UnionCik,W County, S. C., I will sel!, at Newberry C. TEFcn. H., S. C., on the first Monday (Sale-day) inm RS A pril next, FIFTY SH ARES of Stock in toaph, and the National Bank of Newberry. Southn ah n Carolina, belo:iging to the estate of Pettus ~ 11 W. hick, deceased, on the following terms pis, -FOR CASH.Si SARAH E. T CHICK, M e' As Execurrix of last will and testament of P..ns W. Ghick, deceased. 11th March, 1881. 11-3t A L' aff Piedmont Seminiary for Young The "Di Ladies. Rpre, ,Notes for Piedmont House, Spartanburg, S. (' for the L< A high-class School for Young Ladies', ehai where a thorough education is guaranlteed(. and the best methods and text books are The 4iecipi used. f..ocat-ed in the wel-known Pi edmnont jThe .govo House, one of the tmost charming Summler y aI i o resort, in the --up-country.' ~ O The Coutse of Study comprises the usual 40 eents ratnces taught in the best Female Col- Quar terly Inges; the personal and constant supervi- rieuit 1. sion of each pupil will ne foun d to be a spe-. cialty of the. Institution, as well as good reet .. 1 n 1~ abundiiant food. and the retining influ- stJtmtj aiil nc of a Christiatn home. Addiress TER.\S PER SEssION OF TWENTY WEEKS: Collegiate Departnient (including Iree y Tuition in Latin and French)...-:i2 00 ~ [terediate Dehpa-tment (giving I - soudK English trainling)..........$20 00 ri mary De pa:tmentL (to which espe-iI cal attenitioni Is paid)............125 jo utinget Fe.e.. . ....................$ 1 50 \\ e wiil BOA R1: STA;IJ l3oard (including fuel, furnxit.ure, lights Nea w . ry, and service)......................$@) 00 zt.~:~ Washing.............................. 5 W ~e Pupils received at any time and charged 1 om late of entrance. pccial arrangements made with the 1 tailway Companies. by which reduced *&0 ~ites are given to parents anot pupils. ) ai send ATr OsCE for Circular and re fer Preant Session ends June 17; Autumn 4~ ssio begins Sept emnber 12. u J. HENR HAG ER, A.Mf-' Bre. Prmncipal. Spartabug, 5. C.. Mar. 15, 1851. i1-ti TTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Fe.16,' COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.- -- IN COMD10N PLEAS. 9 yS imiiza C. Maffett vs. L. A. Halfacre, et al. i t now Parti,ion FO L u YS 911S. CO L V 1 f 'A , .C' S. CR*iES.210 t 25c. IND EWVEI) .IiOE ; a:zo the ECK WAEA ,t.jLOVES, TiUNS, a * * rive in BLACK SILKS. a * * * Itery. * * s LS, from all the celebrated fac any house in the State. Satisfac DMLTNDS, Columbia, S. 0. E -4 of u,ing th,e TWIN SPRING t, S BEL & CO. re in stting that they are -su r sedi. W. T. Tarra:,t. .Janies McItosh. ri. Junius E. Chapmaa useail. G. G. DeWak. - lace. Z. P. Mc.ses. C-ibler. :A. W. T. Simmons. . es. R L. McCaughrin. I at the Furniture Stons-fa WIiaster's Sales. DF SOUT1 ( CAROLINA,. TY OF' NEW BERRiY. LMON. .LUEAS. toon vs. E. P'. Chaimers, Adm'r. and others. Sof the Court I 'alzl sel, nt pub beflore I1e cart Hoin. et Netw U. ti:st .2:o.d ty in lla,.; 1881, and in ;he t,vw:: uf N..betrry, he Gravet i on ;~zI ke o Rich deceaced, mul g thirty- LWo lot. of \Wm. T urner i W. If. ud by; Bestsa street 4W CannonGf. The purchias.r ~il be req-dred -half of Li.e patrc.hase ma: m.Il3 o secre ..I:. :ance, py.e .. with, winte from! the day df ond and moertgage of t;he preuk id to pay for necessary pjapers. m JOH NSTONE, Master N. C. Ofice, 8th March, 1881. 11-3 OF SOUTH CARIOi4NA, TY 1F NEWBERRY. MMON P1LAS dwe!, Admn'r., vs. James. 1. Bax ter. Foreclosure. -of the Court, P4ili seil~at p~i on ~the. First Motiday .in A pril, -y Court-House, a most valuable uiling thereon, the propery o of James M. Baxtdr, dece~ was recently occnpied'by th ed as.a saw odfice. is ve-ry comn d wvelI builtt banug two stories ud containing sour lage sized d is suit:.he foroffces..or for a. idence?. The lot irouts.on the e Square about twenty-four fees in width, run: ing back onie huhn four feet, ad is bouded by yet and by lots of Mrs. Z. D.I H. Ransom and David R. Phifer. Tc purchaser will be required ehaf the purchase money in to secure the balanice payaole a. nth., with interest fromi the day a bond and a mortgage of the d pay for necessary papers. S JUNTO'NE, laster N. C. Jiice, 2d March, 18S1. 14) St. r -12 Months for 10 Cents! xie Agricutural and Mechanical devted to Agriculture .and Me -ts; cor'tains Stories and Fashion the ladies, Humorous Reading av rs of JoXes, Prize Puzzles, r the liouse.wife, Farmer aud td other iu:eresdaig reading s are worth $5 to any farmer. Stories i: contains during-the LOht at a Bjdck S:.re) would cost -Thle "R:-p'rter" is published in the interes.Of the Dixie Ag air and id~ be .er,t one year on u cts. to pay poszage. Postage ue taea-: as pm J. T. FATICK, Secremryfixiy Fair, n-tf.'.W.dsh.oro. N. C. [1 itUNRO.. ta 'he T a UGHB.REDi10h BI L af u Tabpled 3. a 6 -ga:ag. arch 1see re - y -. ie rh1 earvi:oed tosGleyBTNO. Mo:inati :- :tr, in:peor enSTthAN & aie: H.~ fo --2m. ers! Ovsters! et prepared to supply BEST NOR. l'ERS in any quantity, hrge or