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Gareldv Inauzural Addres. Pe2low-citizens: We staud 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 ty 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 danger ou every hand. It had not conquered a place in the family of - atious. The decisive battle of t he war for independence, whose cen tennial anniversary will soon be gratefulir celebrated at Yorktown, had not yet been fought. The colon ists 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 ment could be safely entrusted to the guardianship of the, people them We cannot over-estimate the ter vet love of liberty, the intelligent courage and saving common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government. When they found, after a short trial. thai the iConfederacy of States was tro weak to ineet the necessities of a vigorous and expanding Republic, ther blxdly set it aside. and, in its stea establtshed a National Union, 4onded directly upon the will of the *pie, endowed with ful powers of self-preservation, and with ample au thority for the accomplishment of its great ojects. Under this Constitu-i 6 tien the. boundaries of fr eedom have been eniarged, the foundations of or der and peace have been strenghen ed,s=d the growthr of our people iu aU the better elements of national life has indicated the wisdom of the founders and given new hope to Aheir descendarts. Under this Constitution our people, long ago, made themselves safe against danger from without and se cred for their mariners and flag eqcmlity of rights on all the seas. Un der this Constitution twenty-five States have been added to the Union. witiconstitutions and laws framed and enforced by their own citizens to seure the manifold blessings of Sloci seWf-government. The jurisdic Stion of this Constitution now covers an ares fify times greter than that ~ af the original Thirteen States, and a population twenty times greater thanI that of 1780. THE CIVIL WAR. The supreme trial of the Constitu tion came at last under the tremen dons pressure of civil war. We our - selves are the witnesses that the Un -Js emerged from the blood and fire -9fthzt confict purified and made, stronger for all the beneficent pur poses of good government, and now at-theclose of this first century of its growth, with the inspirations of 4ts history in their hearts, our peo WI ~ - pie have lately reviewed the condi L tion of the nation, passed judgment upon the conduct, and opinions of po liticat parties; and have registered their will concerning the future ad ministration of the Governmient. To -interpret and excute that will, in * r' accordance with the Constitution. is *the paramount duty of the Execu-j tive. Even from this brief review it is manifest that the natio.n is resolute Ilyfacing to the front. resolved to em ploy its best energies in developing the great possibilities of the future. and sacredly preserving whatever a has been gained to liberty and good overnment during the past century. 47 ourpeople are determined to leave behind them all those bit ter controv 4 - ersies concerning things which have been irrevocably settled, and the far ther discussion of which can only stir up strife and delay the on ward inarch. The supremacy of the na tion and its laws should be no longer the snbject of debate. That discus sion which for half a century threat enred the existence of the Union was closed at last in the high court of -war by a decree from which there is no appeal, that the Constitution and the laws miade in pu-suance t ereof ares and shall continune to be. the 'au premne law of the land. binding :like ~' r upon States and people. This d e-1 cree does not disturb the autonomy of the States, nor interfere with sayv of their necessary rightis of local self government:; but it doesdIx and es tabtish the permanent supremacy of the CUion. EFFECts OF EM.GSCIFATION. The will of the nation. speakinrg with the voice of bat tle and through - , the amended Constitution. has ful filed the great promise of 1776 pro claiming liberty throughout thne land to all inhabitants thereof. The ele vation- of the negro race from slavery to the full rights of citizenshi p is the most important political changeo we have knowin since the adoption of the Constitution of 1787. No thougzht fui man can fail to appreciate its beneficent effects on our institutions and people. It has freed us from perpetual darn.er of wvar and dissolu tion. It has added immensely to the moral and industrial forces of our K people. it has liberated t he master! as. wel as the slave from a relation which wronged and enfeebled both. It has surrendered to their own guardianship the manhood of more F than five millions of people, and has' opened to each one of them a career of freedom and usefulness, It has t given new 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 j~. i.afiluence of this force wvill grow. greater and bear richer fruit wvith r ~ the cotming years. No doubt thel great change ha.s caused serious dis iT turbance to our Southern commnuni Sties. This is to be deplored, though it was perhaps unavoidable, but those 6 who- resisted the change should re-! miember that, under our- institutions, there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and ri, equal citizenship.. There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States. Freedom can never yield its fulness of blessings so long as the law or the admninistra lion places the smallest obstacle in the pathway of any virtuous citi zen. The emancipated race has al ready made remnarkable progress. With unquestioning devotion to the .Union, with patience and gen tleness not born of fear, they have followed the lighut as God gave themto seej the light. They are rapidly laying the material foundations of self-sup port, widening teli circle of intem 4ence and beginning to enjoy the >lessings that gather - around the homes of thc industrious poor. They leserve the generous encouragement If all good~ men. So far as my au-! thority can lawfully extend, they -hall enjoy the fui and equal protec tion oi the Constitution. The full tnd free enjoyment of equal suffrage is stin in question, and a frank state inent of the issue may aid its solu tion. FREEDOX OF THE BALLOT. It is alleged that in many com inunities negro citizens are practi -ally denied the freedom of the bal lot. In so far as the truth of this al legation is admitted. it is answered that iW many places, honest local government is impostible if the mass )f uneducated negroes are allowed to vote. These are grave allegations. -o far as che matter is true, it is the only palliation that can be offered for opposing the freedoni of the bal lot. Bad local government is cer :ain1v a great evil which ought to be prevented, but to violate the free lom and sanctity of the suffrage is iuore 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 higlh treason to compass the death of the King,. it should be counted no .ess a crime here to strangle our sovereign power and stiffe its voice. THE DANGER AND TUE REMEDY. It has been said that unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations. It shbTd be said with the atniost emphasis that -this ques tion of suffrage will never give re oose or safety to the States or to the Nation until each, within its own ,urisdiction, makes and keeps the ballot free and pure by the strong sanction Qf law; but tile danger which arises from ignorance in a vo t2r 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 iurks and hides in the sources and r)untains of power in every State. We have no standard by which to iesure the disaster that may be brought upon us by ignorance and vice in the citizens when joiued to corruption and fraud in the suffrage. The voters of the Un-ion who make and. unmake coustitutions, and upon whose will hang the destinies of our government, can transmit their sn preme authority to no successors save the coming generation of voters who are the sole heirs of sovereign power. If that generation comes to its i-n heritance blinded by ignorance and corrupted by vice, the fall of the Re public will be certain and reniediless. The census has already sounded the alarm in the appalling figures which mark how dangerously high the tide. of illiteracy has risen amonz our vo ters and their children. To the South tliisquestion is of supreme itn portance, but the responsibility for ,he existence of slavery did not rest apon 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 fgrces of the people should be summoned to meet this danger by thbe saving influence of universal edu eation. it 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 meaning 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 RECONCLLATION. My Countrymen : We do not now differ in our jndgment concerning tue controversies of' past generations, and >fifty vear's hence our eid:dren will not be divided in their opinions concerning our controversy. They wrIll surely bless their fathers and their father's God that the Union was preserved, that slavery was over thrown, and that both races were made equal before the law. We may hasten or we may r etard. but we can not~ prev'ent jinat reconciliation. Is it not nossible 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 te employment of our best powers. Let our people, leaving behind them the battle fields of' dead issues, move forward, and ini the strength of liber tv and a restored Union with grand er victories of peace. THE CURRE~NCY AND THE DEEr. The prosperity which now pr'e vails is without a parauli 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 r-esumnptioni of specie payments so successfully at tained by the administration of my predecesors have enabled our peo pIe to secure the blessings -which the seasons brought. By the expe rience of co:mz.ercial nations in all ages it has been found that gold and silver atford the only safe founda tion f'or a monery' system. Confua sion has r'ecently been created bv variations in the r'elative value of the two tmetals, but I confidentiv be eve that arrangements can be made between the leading commercial na tions which wvi!! sccure the general use of' both metals. Congress should provide that the compulsory coinage of silver now required by lawv may not d'isturb our monetary systemn by driving either mnetal out of circulat io.If possib)le such adjust.ment should be made that the pu"chasing power of every coined dollar wil'l be exactly equal to its debt-paying pow er in all markets of' the wvorld. The chief duty of the Nationatl 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 paper 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 value and currency upon its :ouvenience in tise and its prompt rdempion in coid at the will of the iolder, and not upon its compulsory :irclation. These notes are not nouey, but promises to pay money. If the holders demand.it.the promise rhould be kept. at a lower rate of interest should be accompli,lhed without compellin( tbe withdrawal ot Nitional bank glotes aud thus disturbing the busiuess of the. country. I venture to refer to the position I have occupied on tiricial qnestions du1ring a ion" ser;ice in Congresa. and to say that ti: e and ex perience have sirent. hen e, the opinions I have so often ex prerscd on these subjects. The finan Ce.- athe Government shall no diriment whieh it may be pos ble- my Adminiistration to pre vent. AGRICULTEtME AND 3rANT'ACTT'tES. The interests of agriculture deserve mre attention from the government tLan tiey have vet received. The farms of the Uiited States afford homes and employment for more than one half of our people, and fur niih much the largest part or all our exports. As the government lights our coasts for the protection of mari ners and the benefit ofcommnnerce, so it Zhould give to the tillers of the soil the best ligrts of practical science and experience. Our manufactures are rapidly making us industrially independent. and are giving to capital and labor new and protitable fields of employ ment. Their steady and healtnv growth should still be mahitained. Our facilities for transportation should be promoted by the continued iuprovement of our harbors and in-I terior water ways and by the in crease of our tonnage on the ocean. The development of the world's commeree has led to an urgent de ma.nd for shortening the gi-eat sea voyages around Cape Horn by con striucting ship canals or railways across the Isthmus which unites the two con!tinents. Various plans to this end have been suggested. and will nee' consideration but none of th-n have been sufficiently na tured to warrant the Uuited states in extending peCniary aid. The .ulec. however, i; olne which will im:'ned;atelv engage the attention of the Government. With new and Ohorough protection to our commer cial interests. we will utrge tio nar row policy nor seek peculiar nor ex elusive privilege in any commercial route: but, in the language of my predeccssor. F believe it to be the right and duty of the United States to :ssert and tninti such ;liper vikioni and authority over any !inter oceanic eanial acros the Lthmnus that connectS North and 'South America as wil protect our na1t ionl1 it erest. 31OR MONI11. The Constitution guarantees bs1t tute religiou; freedom. The Coin gress is prohibited from nmaking a la.w respecting an estabbslhiment of religio. or prohibiting the free exer ci:e thereof. The Territories of the Unitied -tates are subje-,t to the di rect ie-ijlative authori v of Con gres4. and benwe t he General Govern Ment is resp)onsible for any violiti-mn of the Constitution in any of them. It is. therefore, a reproach to :he Guvernent that in the m11ot pop1 lon- of the Territories this contitu tional guaran te is not enjoyed hy the people. and tihe authority of Con gress is set at naught. The M'or61mon Church not only od'etds the morals ofmankind by sanetion ing polygamy. but prevents the admniinist ration of justice through the ordinarv instru mentalities of the law. In my v g ment it is the duty of Congress. while resp)ecting to the uttermuost t-he contscientious convictions and re ligious scruples ot every citizen,, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices, and especially of that class which destroy the family relation and endanger social order: nor can any ecclesiastical organiza tion be permitted to usur p in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the Nat ional Governmen t. THE CIVIL sERVICE. Civil service cani never be placed on a satisfactory basis utitil it is regu lated by law, for the good of the ser vice itseif, for the protection of those who are entrusted with the app)oint ing power, againtst waste of titme and obstruct ion to publi business caused by inoediu:ate pressur-e for p)lace, and the protectiton of tncumubetnts against intrigue :md wrong. 1. shall at the proper time ask~ Co-jgress to tix the tenture ot the minor offces of the several Excu:imive Departments and prescribe the ;tounds upon which remno-vals shall be mnadeC during the terms for which incumubeuts have been appointed. Finally. acting always within t he authority and limitation o t the Consit ution, inivading neither the righits of States nor the reserved rights of the p)eople, it will be the purpose of mny administration, to maitntain the authority of the Nation and in all p)laces wit hitt its jurinsdie tion to eunforce obedienuce to all the laws of the Union in the interest of the people. To demand rigid econo my inm all the exp)endi ures of the goverinet, andi to require htonest and faithful service of ali the execu tive orlicers, remntemberingZ that the oilces were created not for the- beL'e it of the incutmbents or their sup porte-rs. but for thme service of the "overt ent . And,~ now feiotv-citizens, thLat [ a mabout toI a-ume thie great trut3~ wvhieb yoeu have 'comm!Iued to my hand'l. I appeal to youl for that earn est andi inaghtiui support which wil ma::ke I t' i ovpietnnt in faict. as tisin1hv a govern:n"nt of thie pe O pie. Iwill great eyuo h wisdomi and~ pat riot ismn of Congress and of tho.se who may -hare with tme the reponsibiliies and duties of Lhe arhninist raLion, and above all, up on outr ciYorts to; protmote the wvel tare of this great people and their iovernmhet,t I reveretnt ly intvoke the support, and blessings of Ahn.ighty God. Em' Loa: orE FoDD,F..-M1r. John Kei2.dy, se e. Mr. A. B. Keuedy, of~ L:c" Cane, brought to Abbeville last Saturday the largrest load of fodder ever- brought to this market. Tbe load consisted of fifteen hundred ban dies. weighing twenty-three hudred and eighty-six pounds. for which be realized $835.5. Mr. H. W. Law son, senior. being the purchaser. When the load made its appearance i the distance, the minembers of the loaf ers eib were struck with amazeument, and a full meeting assew bled at once to discuss the mjatter. As it came nerer all the faces in town conld be seen fr-om the windows and doors of the differeut hcmuses. Suome people imagined it to be a houise, others thought it was a circus with the tent already spread.-Aeiff(e Press an~d The Herald. THOS. F. GRMNE&ER, EDITORS W. H. WALLACE, E NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNE&DAY, MAR. -16, 1I1SeI SLL .1 P.PER IOR T!HE IeEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fan - Uy Newsp=ner,devote1 to the utterial 1i tereszs ot the people of this Coanty :ta.1 the Sta.te. It circrdates extensively. and U.S pn .dvertsin medium otTers nrivae i - vantages. For Terms, see tirst pag. Y ''Piain and Simple" Preach- a ing. S1 We- he.rd a minister once after an unusually good sirnon pray that God would bless the sermon -plain and simple though it be". The iden. conveyed by this prayer was that he was apologizing to the Ii Lord for preaching a --plain and .a simple" sermon. Instead of tiiat S he should have been gratified-at i his success, for he had reached what should be to every minister the highest plane of pulpit effort- it a plain and simple sermon': a ser- to mon that is sensible, practical. S. clear, without duplicity, and per feetiy intelligible to all. There is' too much -hifalutin" preaching. too much straining after something grand and imposing: too much loe fur *high sounding words and! glittering generalities' too great a desire to preach eloquent and learnL-d sermons. Sermons are too often artificial and refined iectores. dealing with abstract principL-S andT idealisms and philosophical sp,cu lations. They may please for thi 1 Lionenf, but they leave no lasting impression. It is not every preacher that can preach a plain and simple sermcn: it takes one of clear intellect and a L IE good understanding to do this. He mast necessarily understand thoroughly wtat he is talking about. and he must beable to-convev ;i;i meaning so clearly to his cogrega tion that they understand to.) Such a sermon must Ie to a gruat 0 T extent practical, dealing wit.a factj, with the true issues of life : nt e with generalities. The greates living preacher is C. H. Spurg eon. i of London. He preache's weky to i. congregation of ten thousand J people, who never tire of hearin~gh him. And the amount of good he C has accomplished cannot be esti E mated. And yet his sermons aren all as plain and a& simple as can well be imagined. We need miore a '-plain and simple" preae bing : te a world would profit by it. The leading business men of Col umbia have at last waked up to the fact that fortune favors the braye. and that if they- weald bring sac cess to their city the" must p": their own shouTders to tne wheel. They have entered into~negotiationsm with Messrs. Thompson & Nagie to whom the Legislature grant d the water power privileges of the. canal. and have made arr'angemnents9' to reimburse them for their et penses 'made up to this time ar.d unite with them in developing this water power. Judging from thee names that appear in these z ego- j tiations and the manner in whicht the business is being pushed fur ward, something substantial may be expected at no distant day frjm! the much-talked-of Columbia Canal. It seems to be pretty well settled that the Presi.ient will call an extra session of Congress to cnvene about the middle of May. The Funding Bill was vetoed by Hayes and the Apportionmient Bill w as de feated in the Senate. and it wi: be to take action on these sn-i't that Congress will be called. i calledi at all. The chief interetst in the session will be the contests for seats. There will- be contests from ever-v District in South Caro lina except the Fourth. and con .ests from several other States Ie sides. The Republicans will be in the mnajority. Senator Wu.. Mahone. of ir ginia, is giving both parties inthe Senate considerable uneasiness. He holds the balance of power, and both Democrats and Repulicans, are therefore anxious to. ihave his vote : bas, neither side- feels dis posed to claim him. Malione. got into the Senate.-by-being the~ leadr of the readjusters, or debt repua: tors. in Virginia. The Texas Senate. the 9th in stant. by a vote of 23 to . n,assed:. a bill to submit to the voters of the pr State a Constitutional amendment prohibiring the importation. manu-1 facture and saleofspirituous-liquors in that State ercept for mediial is and ac-amental nurnnaas. Lal !een-ie on the Rail Rom Quest i. Lhe municipal election -cam Greenville the 12th to ser'-e t. b-Cribe to tieprpo,to h-.& Lanrens TiL, 'oa,L T te stood : For subscrip I 70 - . By ti e ei :tis tu sunbcribe l . a inota . .n tn - U. wieC is to cow- no- tf h O cuour,-y. Tll:! ":Lm S ription will h rote.. On S,on C -:52 we thik. P"reside nGa I .igy*o*atznents Levi P. Morton. Minister Xcem: Wm. 31. Evat. of N4 >rk. A]len G. Tinu-:an. oi Ob: d Timothly U. Howe. of Wisec , Comiirionerh Eo tle Ir.Art mal Monea.y Cuni-rence Vt ii".."'.17. mel of the Honse frA: liine. b enl elected U. S. Nor to e unexpired to: o e ines G. Blaine. Elaine-s term nator wuuld have expi:ed 83. Both branchcs of the North Cai a Legislature have passed a b prohibit the sale or purchase iritnous liglna. except wine. at State. TL- aet wil.i :e st ,L,ed to the voLers for ititeatic Angs Catneron. P:-publican. h en elected by tt Wiscous =isature U. S. :Snator to ;t ed Hatt Ca.rpentr.. deceased. J. W. MeDill has hetn appoint S. n.tr by th veor wa. to ll th un2fe'xpired te:L S,nator Dav.d D. -: f lino C-Lnes to si- -ith , ithl r CL Cal arties in eSa. State News. I2 the case of A. A. tri killing Dr. Wallace E. BI.nd dgei*ld Court Horii last Ap e zay he 10Oth is.n.rtr veUiCt of not guitv. The D:eh of te 5th instant I 10. T. Gaston store at Edgeit as set on ire. pro;:tby witi ew to burning up the vila L.e wie was detecte.i in timet, to singuisLed before doing harm. The four negroes who were ei eed abount a year ago for1 rrg the Acad:r.y~ of~ 46 -Grcern.iUe andi s :t.-ncei w. onrrt. Tnie Court limr~i a A-eis ie 11i o inmant :.?a:6 u er :U t:i.; The Municipal election caime I.exing~ton the 7th instan:. a da .dry ticket being in the fi hnthe nolls were closed anagers found that the bcx I een astuffed". ana :he2v reinsed arnt. the votes. The mat:er robably get into Cort on a m !:n~s to com3pel the coant. The R j.' r s:.y-s that the St gneau:tura: .uepa: tai -n Ito the State T:e:msl tis v 253.00J fromn the 23 cunts tax m n uf.rtilizers. It fm ther saVs that 15.50D0 t< commercial fertilizers have b< trried up the Greenvii.le RLailr: urs vear. And t'eat 40.000 morebae tton have been handled on reenvi.le Railroad this sea: ian iaist uip to date. Fox tm:i E2A:at The 31anicipalI Election. -Up, be bold, V:rquis fiiue by ener-r ' nind, F.,r rut o-: pla:nes or c?aooled in a:atie It is cb h.pe?d :h:: the t. inry van poin o no ru p ru.... .ss: at adowed uter~ l y:aa *i per :'.-d taat- *'i=t.u or.res--a:ir ITIIIfd A W::f1! AD w.ua ) Three- Dilau ied~ eoti L' aro - ~lWinaI . Ediortu Ss i.-n nov eatr. tre gegnr .ti.* Ala alartsii.r Ter (uy e ued tw adfverin 'cent uu A Foa -Sz R-4. Our Wahiz:gtoa Letter off, Chd -:t:. :.L2 n j I ??auor:ation~ over. th addret~SS be2 e .a'u- the Mim~o::. ehe-:'I- a S dcrarAble fui the ai.rC Ji:es tv i.ai mmeeed. Pid!.edct Girdci:d Id --i l. piuataaL to say w'! C I .au ;s reall eleeted to the n- di:fc-is overrun with delegatiois, b . ; dividuais. ad It.ters Ly the - u-lel, aill on the subj..ct of piacus ;Aoad and at Ilowe. So are the Cab it Lieers, especially M1essrs. Blaine -a W indom. So are such Senators LO 'W are supposed to have icffuence. L, Lveu are Senators Conkling and iawero.;, who do not seem to have n ininence. So is General Graut. our a only living ex-President, who has beu in the city for two days. Ye' it is not likely removals will be very nu n- werous. As a weasure of good policy a:Pre.idet Garfield will retain a vast ill aj.rity of ufficials, no doabt. Some or o& thet; have colmissionq signed by as Lincoln, Grant and Hayes, and. of i ourse, they represent all the nuwber iess phases of that organized incon :itency known as the Republican 1 party. To keep thew ia office ensures o a presuuably respectable perforwance n of the- publie business, while to re b W-ve them would nut probably iw prove the service. much and would n. certainly increase the bitterness al as ready felt towards the administration %y grat IJ,-U who were overlooked c when the iar-e offices were gziven our. Prezidvet Garfield gave us a bettLr atddre-. in towd important respects. fha I expected, and the above sug :..L;etion i- freely offered him ai a re oI ward cf werIt. It vi,lint already that. escept in SCast o' the Enjish Mission, which he w-ii be retained by that scholar and -eltieman, James Russell Lowell. the iiportant foreign uppointwents will ed be given because of party service and at without special regard to the 6tness of the appointees. The otly advantage this administration wl have over the last in that respect is that the services 40 paid for are cleaner than those per. dd forwed in 18763. There will probably be no extra sssion of Congress. One is urge< obly by extreme Radicals, and tht chI.f reason given for calling one is the alleged aecessity for investigatin; tite c. iMs of Southern Republicaus tc heseats in Congress, beed oun charges o sic Demaceratic fraud. Prubably the Presi (* dent, in the first place, puts. ilul1a faith in these charges ; ad in ths 00second place. he has declared for: i a oily. in connection with the wateria and educational interests of the coun of! try. whieb cani never be successfu vet Iwithout the aid of Southern Senator Id. an.d Representatives, and it is no he i:kely he will commence his admninis Lad trazion by a raid into the countr; to where so many of his recessarv sup nill porters are There will be no extr In- session unless he shall submit, as di< Mir. Bayes, to the bufldezing processe ate of Radical Republicans. my Gen. and M1rs. Grant ea.ed at th ear White House yesterday mornina per Gen. Grant rewained with the Presi dent about half an hour. Before leav >ns in thev were invited to breakfas nwith th iresident and his wife thi ad morning und accepted the invitation. - DEM. of TE NEW CETARY OF THJ the NAvy.-jJde WilIliam Henry Hunt son the new secretary of the navy, is; native of this city. He is the son o the Hon. Thomass hunt, who was a o. ace time the BritiTh Governor of th, Bahamas. who married Louisa Gail lard, a sister of thme Hon. Theo. Guil lai 0f this city. and had four son Theo. Gaillard Hunt. who was a Gen eral of considerable prominence in thi Comnfederate Armnv; Randall Hunt te who is now a promilnent member a ub- .h New Orleans bar ; Thos. Hunt. Ket distiagnished physician of New Or - lan-. and Willia Hlenrv Hunt. thl V. uh4est son.] who lhI?h:riston a. he age of six years. and resided i: Louisianaa until his remwoval to Wash b- io ton a few vears~ agto. rs (3 eu-s and Courier. Who ' eaa tell what has become o on th ol tmlitary bo;unty land warrants 45 There is outstanding nearly twenty id v th.ou-aud "f 160. 120. 50 and 41. dacres wh~ich were issued to soldiers o: :heir heirs for s.ervi-ec rer,dered in th, Revolutionar y war. F:orida war. 181: es Ma,3exican war. Arustook war, am~ 16. tIdian wars. They amwount in t.h< a g:re'nte t'o over two million and fivt .ar nu.d,red thousand acres. They musi inbe awon. the old papers left by vouw n I Tanudther. vont fath:er or voor mo' ther. and o,.t tho'ughft to0 be of value - Let th r.ead;r of this article see if h< *r or'e ea-uet na~d .le 'or wore o1 S ;whenou,and. wri:e Charles D e.F =tre,-t. -ind you will be- informze< waind'- to nI.ier It av:.iiable, to- yo. of .By Rev. G. 3f. Boyd, at :he Reidville Par -.:age. March 9. 1881, Mr. W. S. Wmx.. ol rt* eidest daughter of the offciating minister. mee March 3. 1881, by Rev. J2. D. Bow!es, Mr Pcrmwa L Was to Mis& Fk.zar Bain all of Newberry Cotnct, S. C. e DIED. Feb. 2G, 191, in DenikiuCo..Tea dJy of mea.-les, Joa J. Eararn, in the 29ti 11 ye of his ge ono E . n ,r i bat~wsir ley,aSoas Caoin. ww -Yew X .Mise :&EARLIEST FLOWE DESPORTES & WRIGHT'S HOTEL. - IN STOR IMEAUTIFL LAWNS. at c. BEAUTIFUL CAMBRICS, at Sic. BEAUTIFTL P!NTS. at';e L.ARGE TOWELS. at e LAU!GE LINEN TOWEL;. at 25c GEUNTS! SILK HAN DKEEC H LADIES' LINFN 1 AND LADIES' LINEN H.v LADIES' L %WN I MISSES' SU2N A beautiful line ot Ladies', Gents' andi ChildI cheaper Lalities. Gents', Touths'and Boys' HATS.SHTERTS,HOS VALISEs, STEEL SCISSORS and NEEDLES. DRESS GOODS in all the novelties of the seas, CRETONNE CLOTHS and LACE CURTAINS ft Gents'CASSIMEEES, CLOTHS, JEANS. DCCS tories of Nmerica. We are prepared to sell GOOD GOODS ad ches tion guaranteed. DESPORTES <z Wright's Hotel Block, - Mai. 16. l1-3m. THE TWIN SPING I F=fted Now. 1%8N WE, 'he nnd--rbh BED, ma.nnl WM. t Helena, S. C , perior to any we 1, Sisar.s PAILa E. H. Chrisia- T Geo. cWhirter. -. W. Boone. V. A. Carlisl. G. W. Holland. W Mrs F. Ble2se. D. G. W. GrmanY. The sum ca.beI at J, . ME&LR Nfewberry, NOTICE. NYwaaar, S. C, March 9th, 18S1. Th! Execu-ire GCmmittee of the Demo cratic Party is rtques.ed to mee: ie at my office on Monday, the 21st day of March, A. D. 1881. A full attendance is req'ested. M. A. G.RLISLE, E County Ch.drnar. L. W. SLM1sS, Secretary. - Mar. 16, il -it. I Charcoal! Charcoal!: Wauted at once, 1f00BESHELS CH4-j. d COAL. A. C. JONES. a Mar. 16, 11--It. bo ICE! ICE!! ICE!! LArrnnements completed to furnish Iei Iduring~ the season, from April 1st, (without there he considjerable adv.ince in the cosat of it), at the following prices: -I to 5Olb., @2c.&al1. 5u to 75 bs., @ lie.a Ib. : 10'and up, @ lie. a lb. -Special arrangements made with mer .chants. A. C. JONES. Mar. 16, 11-cf.$ STRAYED, Jo On Saturday, March 5th, a milch COW. with red and white spots on back and sides;. neck q'uite red; cow is nall. Supposed to . be somewhere on either the Columbia or "IC rhe Adrford. Ferry Road. Suitable comn pensation will be given for her return t Newberry. W. W. HOUSEAL. Mar. T6, 11-lt...s mo 50 Shares ofSteekof The Na in ,roo tional Bank of Newberry, ipri, S. C., For Sale. Pursuant to the order of the Hon. David I dr* Johnson, as Judge of Probate for Union Countr, S. C., I will sell, at Newberrv C: n H.. S.~C., on the first Monday (Sale-day) in April ::ex:, FIFTY SHARES of Stock in the National Bank of Newberry, South Caroliria, belo:mginug to the estate of Pettus o W. CThick, deceased, on the following terms -FO CAH.SA RAH E. T G HICK, As Ea-ecwrix of las will and testament of Pso its W. G;hick, d.-eeased. T I ith -dateb, 18S1. 1 1-3t Piedmont Seminary for Young Ladies. Pedmono House,. SpartanburE, S. C. g, Ree A ihcase School for Young Ladies,'M we~e t i.ucaton isgaate e ised. f.ocatedl in the we!-kcnown Piedmont -h House. one of the most char'ring Summer riort, in the -up-country." - ea The Cours-o ttudy comprises the us:ial 40J braachies taught in the best Female Col-Qu legea; the personal and constant supervi-ri sion of each pupil will ne foundto be a spe cialty or the Institution, as well as good rc and abundant food. and the rednzing in:lla- s t4t ecet, of 'a Christian home. TERM' PE.E SS-ON 0F TWNTWEEE& Collae:. Depart~ient .:i::cinding treet Tmitaan in Latin and French'.... $25 40__ Inttrme!ia:e Deipa- tmnent cgiving a u.'nd English training)............$20 03 Pimay Departmnent. (to which. espe ciiatnion is paia).............$is5 Contngentk'ee....... ............-----.. -$150 T soa:- aST: Board (inclnding fuelfuniture, lights N and service).. ....................360 00 Wa.hm........................ 50 Pupils receiv-ed at any time and charged l rom date of entrance. -pecial arrangements made with thie Ralwayr Companies. by which reduced. rates are given to parents,an' pupils. am Send Ar oscz for Cirrnlar and refrer-' ences. Present Session ends June 17; Autumn 41 Sesion begin.s aepte-nber 12. J. HNEY HAGER.A.Mf.. Principal. Spartanburg. S.C.. Mar. 15, 1881. .i-t( STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ICOUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Emina G. Maffett vs. L A. Halfacre, et al. I Partition.F0 The creditors of the esssae of James K.L affett, deceased, are requiredto render~ and establish. cheir respecivednimabefore ,the Later for said. Coany,,0n or before the FI.T3ET AT AlIL,$ st. I SILA JOHNSTONE, Eaaser N. 0. l rc.,sOie.. b. 28, l8or 9- j :S OF- SPR EDMUN. - COL: !: E . Rautits) af 1 EHIEFa.(Marvei I &)DKERCHIEFS. R A T. at25c. -en,: RAND SEWE [ERT, NECK WE&E i~~ n. A drve ih BLACK SA-LE; ir Upholstery. s. 1DMILLS, from a1 the celebrated fa ,ply as aay house in the State. Sad-fo doon I riania S O JE I ' . 'o. BSL - r now tzjn- the TWIN SPRO se-u ed or ZOBEL & CO ke p:easnre in ztating that they are LUe ever wed. C. Pool. W. T. arrzt F. Fant. James Welftosht. U. aavk- Jnius E: C W. Hoseal. G. G. DeWak IL W.'alkee. Z. f. Mases. W T. Eibler. . . W. T4mao.a B Whites. -R 2zMcanrbM:: "S, and a8 the Furfif't sem m - Lr. 16, 1881-1 1-dT. .'Faster's Sales. ATE OF SOUT a. CAROfaNA, JOUN Y Oif NWiERY. EN COMMON .PEAS r.beth Moon vs. EP.-Chanierg, adm'. and others. yi order of the Co%rt -I, - ot. er,. before vde :c:zrHo.et .Nw ry. Oty the first :a.>t.day int apn. 188, at of" iTnd iu ;he ta.n of \.am.b'rry, w:. t.s in Grave: *o P .?et (tf Rich m--dso n aere, m)'-e yr 10+, andL x .:"d h lotr of Win. Tti-ner aaTWIC em5tt, ?t'ad byjasum street unO a .as-The prua.r jill be er.-;4ret p-w one-bait of the purthas e a ia ht. u.d to secu"e -he- tniance, p:ty.Ie a~ monytths with intrets fronr thedad .ba bond and mortragel'ot-.l geese( i .Ad. and to pay i.or necessary tapena EILS OMsTN a.ttw3. C. laster'n Office, 8th M:irch, 1881. 11-3 ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA CUtNTY OF -NEWBERY. - [N cOMMON PLEAS ,e..h C.iidwell, Adtr'r., vs. Jamies 2~ Baxter. Foreelesure -. sy order ofB CLi, TiiiR lp -ucy e Cnhe itsi ? n Apc 5:wberry Court-House, a most valuabia Esase t.me K Bsr,. nmiulding was recentIW aeabie46 nid.sda-a lw .-ge is very com dous and der bulff; mog two storis rate re.-idence- The lot .rn-oon she ir' House Sqdia.e about twenty-fouris t fin w;dth, rn.-ug7 back one,.ut d and four eet, a:d is boued pj ece street and by lots ofC Ers2E.D.* ek, W. E. Ransom and Da.id E. Pba: 'as-Tne purthaauer will be reqind p?y one-half the purchase money it 5., and to secure the barance payanle as le mnout:z, Wi.h intere5t from the day ae, by a boud azitt a maortgage of the mise, and pay for neesay papem. SIL AS JO ihNTOYE, raster &(.. Ls:er's Office, 7.d 'iarc, I.88E IL 3S. Paper -12 Moaths for lW Ceats! 'he "Dixie Agricururai anti Kecaai io cr," devoted to a griculture .ad Xe-. nical Arts ; covtaine Nories and Fnsshion es for the ladies, Hamovous Re:idnig the Lovers of Jo'kes, Prize Puz~m ipes toe the Hlonaewife, Farmner ad. t.-.ic and othetr interesdngi rcaiu B,ecipes are wcria- $5- to any' farmer L.ove Storiss contains- dringb r (i1 .ougut at a B&ok Storey woulde cents-The "Re2~orter" is .gobised neLtty in ke. integet&.of da i* i .:ral Fair and wid be t'ent one year em n y{wiL. be Laiseni as.p; BILU iUTNR..g -e wrill stara -he THO;UGBmB .*LION BILL EtURO at our tb --:du'ai:.j5 fur insuiruace. . igrcee ot Bih .tut,ra:: aired Marchi, '. Tom Bacoa. Ine or .inchbug~ -. De, P'alme*ti, 4-. lick Ci.rndma .i Dam,. 'Fsriv, by it pr'ed Gkne JvDnm Mo.ac iziat.re, by [ampetb :.? Dam,.mpre .:y uc U. u.er an4 1a":med pedig ree, :a CHfdS$TIAM & SM&TII. eo). 16, T-2n. ~ a a now prepared'te supply BST NOB ti, and. respecrtn1i, iot:c nozes uiad. iaNewen .d ces. Ordlers prospel' satstesesgnraee