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A Terrible Death-Watch. Scenes in the President's Chamber Saturda Night. Special to the New York Times. WASHINGTON, July 3.--Never sinc the 14th of April, 1865, when th citizens of the entire Nation wer looking for the momentary death c the martyred Lincoln, has the Whit House been the scene of such a terr bic death-watch as it svas last nigh Whether the President lives or die! the night of the 2nd of July will foi ever mark an era in the history of th Executive Mausio'i. and the incident of that night, when the life of Presi dent Garfield hung trembling in th balance, will be read with intere, so long as the English language i read or spoken. The full particulai of that night of anxious watching an fearful forebodings will probably neve be written. The actors in the scen were too busy and too much excite by their fears to remember half of th little incidents which go to make u the tragic story ; but some dim pi< tures of the terrible life drama whic was enacted in the President's chan ber, while the whole world was awail ing with. breathless anxiety its culm' nation, may be drawn at this tim while the actors of it still hold it prominent features fresh in thei memory. The Times' corresponden has seen and conversed with most c of the ladies and gentlemen who passe the night in the White House, hopin and fearing alternately for the safet of the life of the Chief Executive of nation, and the stories which they rt late serve-to make a graphic picture < a scene which all Americans will loo opon with intense interest, and serv still more forcibly to depict the chai acter of Preside,.t Garfield , and t place -him before the world as a hu: hand and father as he never coul have been known but for the attemp made upon his life yesterday by th assassin, Guiteau. 'From the time of the shooting i the Baltimore and Potomac depc jesterday morning until very nearl midnight, but little, if any,, hopes < saving the President's life were eu tertained by the physicians who ai = tended him. It is safe to say th but for the remarkably abstemiou eoutse of life which he had pursue from boyhood up he never would hav - rallied from the shock. His or thought, when it became possible fc him to think calmly at all after bein remove to his chamber in the Exec: tive Mansion, was for his wife an children. He feat'ed the effect of th terrible news upon M~.rs. Garfield and he was anxious to have her an their daughter Mollie with him, the he might reassure them, if possibb and look upon them for the last tinm if it was decreed that he should dit He was very weak at this time, an to all appearances sinking,-fast. H was told by Mrs. James, wife of th Posmaser-eneal,andMrs. Hun - who were doing all that sympatheti women could do to make him conr ~; fortable, that Mrs. Garfield won] be with him by 6 o'clock. Ever moment seemed an age to the fas sinking father and husband. H turned restlessly in his bed and aske the time of day continuall'y. It wa -evident that his anxiety to meet Mrs 'Garfield was aggravating the effectc the wounds~ which he had received but nothing could be done. Si: o'clock came, and with it, instead ( Mrs. Garfield, the news that the et gine of-her train had broken down 1 miles outside of Washington. Thi news was carefully kept from th suffering Pesident, and a fresh engin started off to take the place of th< disabled one. It brought Mrs. Gar field, Mollie Garfield, Gen. Swair anJd Mrs. Rockwell to the the city, a the rate of 60 miles an hour, and a 6.50 the party drove up to the pri vate entrance in the rear of th< White Honse. Here the almost heart-broken wif was met by her son, James A. Garfield Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James and Attor ney-General MacVeagh. She place her hands in those of Mrs. James ani directing a piercing inquiry int her eyes, exclaimed interrogatively 6 Well ?' 'Oh, everything is going o beautifully,' said Mrs. James in re ply, 'only he must not be excited You must be very calm when yoi meet him.' Mrs. Garfield had nerve< herself for the ordeal anwl she answere4 -simply, but with great firmness : can do it..' The party then went sad ly up the stairs, young James A. Gar field with his arm about his mother' waist. Arrived in the library, every body but Mrs. Garfield paused, and the doctors withdrew with bowei -heads from the President's chamber Mrs. Garfield passed quickly in, ani meeting between husband and wife n< record will ever be given. The tw< were alone together, without witnesses At the end of about fifteen minute: the door opened, and Mrs. Garfielm came slowly out. There were no tear: an her eyes, and she walked with firm step and took her seat in thi library. She was very brave and bor< up nobly under the great blow whici had fallen upon her. As she left th< room Mrs. James passed in. Th< President was smiling and he beckone< with his finger to the lady to approach She leaned over the President and hb said: 'Have you nmet Crete"~ Mrs Garfield's Christian name is Lucretia and Crete is the pet name by whic1 the Presdent always speaks of her Yes, I have met her,' said Mrs James. 'And how does she act; hos did she bear it ?' was the next eage question. 'She bore it like the tru wife of a true soldier,' answered Mrs James. 'Ah, ihe de::r little woman. xciimed the President, 'I wouki rather die than this should ause bed, she said : -0h, papa. T'm so c!ad to get back to you, but I':- o sorry to see you in this way.' Then she kissed him, and the President, put tin:; his arm around her neck, ex clained : 'Mollie, you're a brave, good little girl ' 'Well, I'm not go e ing to talk with von now,' said the stout-hearted little girl, as she tender c ly removed his arm from her neck ; f -wait till you get well,' and with these parting words she kissed him again L- and turned and walked from the room, t followed by a beaming smile from the President. From the moment of Mrs: Garfield's e visit to him the President seemed to gain in strength and spirits, and if he recovers the doctors say that it will be e due greatly to the presence of his de t voted wife. After Mollie had left s him he turned over, and with one lhand clasped firmly in one of Mrs. d James's and his head resting upon r her other hand, he fell into a gentle e sleep. In half an hour, however, he d awoke and complained of a pain in his e feet. It did not last long, and he P dozed off again, still holding the hand of Mrs. James. This time he slept a b little over half an hour, and when he awoke he said to Mrs. James : 'Do you know where Mrs. Garfield is now ?' 'Oh, yes,' Mrs. James an swered, she is close by, watching and s praying for her husband.' He looked up to the lady with an anxious face, and said: 'I want her to go to bed. f Will you tell her that I say if she d will undress and go to bed I will turn g right over and I feel sure that when I y know she is in bed I can go to sleep a and sleep all night. Tell her,' he exclaimed with sudden energy, 'that >f I will sleep all night if she will only k do what I ask.' Mrs. James con -e veyed the message to Mrs. Garfield, who said to her at once : 'Go back and o tell him that I am undressing.' She returned with the answer, and the d President turned over on his right t side and dropped into a quiet sleep e almost instantly. ni t Strange Coincidences. y of I Augusta Chronicle & Constitutionalist. That such a villain as Guiteau and we take his father's evidence for s the villainy-should have been born d into the same world with such a gra e eious man as Mr. Garfield is suffi c iently remarkable. But that the rpath of such a fiend should cross the , noble orbit of the President, and with Ssuch fatal significant. is a fact that d no earthly lore may satisfactorily ex e plain. There would seem to be in the lives of some men the most startling d conjunctions. H- dory is full of such t marvels. The r?wst memorable need , jnot be evoked, for they rise up in e jthe mind of the most ignorant. Tra .dition is replete with examples. The d Bible fairly bristles with them. Every e Ian!cient or modern history taught in e the schools makes them proverbial. ~We find examples of greater or less e significance in the ordinary walks of . life. Nothing is so common and d nothing so startling as the strange in y fluence one individual has upon the t destiny of another. Often this fatal e collision of mortals is unexpected and d brought about, as in the Washington ,s tragedy, by accidental causes, or what, ~in our ignorance, we are compelled to ~regard as such. It would be easy for Ius. to fill this and other pages with Sillustration, but refrain from doing ,fwhat may be a superfious thing. One Sremakable incident bearing upon this yproposition may be pardonably men s tioned, because, perhaps, it is not gen e erally known. When school boys in e ibrance, a French lad named Lamori-' ciere always accused an Italian urchin named Cialdini of possessing the evil ,eye, so far as he was concerned. In ,numberless cases the Italian discom t Sited the French boy, and, in many .respects, without deliberately intend s ing it. They left school and went in to the world, their paths diverging e' widely. Both became soldiers, and both became famous. It is supposed :that they met, for the first time since j college days, on an Italian steamer. j No sooner did the Frenchman per y ceive the Italian than he left the boat .hurriedly and in distress, excusing himself for his abrupt departure by -stating that the evil eye of the Italian compelled him to do so. Years Spassed. The Frenchman had become a Shero of many battles, and then, in a jburst of zeal, offered his sword to the [Pope, who was beginning to be envel oped by armed enemies as well as pri vate foes. Against the Pope's Gen Seral marched Cialdini, his evil genius, and, as if to carry out dramatically the presage of youth, the French officer, conquered and mortified, sur rendered to the adversary of his col lege time a sword that was dearer to him than life. From that time forth Lamoriciere's star sank beneath the zenith as his old enemy's planet rose, whether for good or evil, upon the ruin of another's hopes. SThis is a curious example of fore Sknowledge of disaster, through an un Sfriendly interposition. It is very rare. In the cases of Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Garfield, there is generally small warning, if any, of when and by whom the blow shall be delivered. I A Great Enterprise. The Hiop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester's great 1 est business enterprises. Their Hop JBitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from their in Strinsic value found their way into a!. r most every household in the land. [Graphic. WasHIsGOo, July 5.-Daniel IMcNamara, who is supposed to be in i I ~ anne-ared at nolice hcadciuarters The .eraldc. TIHOS. F. GRENEKER, E rrous. W. 11. WALLACE, E s iiIJEWBERRY. S. C. W EDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1881. ' PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect aFam ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivanled ad vantages. For Terms, see first page. Some Incidents of the Attempt ed Assassination. President Garfield's fortitude and bravery under his severe afflic tions have been heroic. Shortly after he was shot he asked the Doc tors what they thought of his con dition. One of them replied, "You have a chance for recovery." "Then," said the President, "I'll take that chance." It is said that his strong will and cheerfulness have done much towards bringing him through. If the President had not been a man of regular habits and strong constitution he never could have survived ; he would not have ral lied from the firot shock. Mrs. Garfield has borne herself bravely through the trying ordeal. Though just recovering from a long and severe -illness she has done a great deal by her quiet cheerfulness and self-control to encourage her husband and keep him in a hopeful frame of mind. Had she given way to her grief the effect on her husband might have been very se rious. Amid all the sadness and horror attending the shooting of the Pres ident there is one comforting re flection : the occurrence has created a bond of sympathy and fraternal feeling between all sections of the country that nothing else could have done. Another good that may flow from this evil is, that it is a solemn warn ing against the spoils system-the bitter contest for offices. There seems little doubt that this dread ful calamity was the natural out come of the bitter, partisan feelings engendered by the war on the ad. ministration. This miserable wretch Guiteau, unbalanced in mind, and frenzied by refusal of office, im agined he was doing the country a service by removing the President out of the way and thus bringing in to power Arthur, Conkling and that faction. If Conkling and his parti sans were in the line of duty in their fight against the administra tion then they are entirely blame less ; but if their opposition to the administration was simply a fight for place, as we believe it was, then they are, in some degree, responsi ble for the result, though no fair minded man will accuse them of in tending, or even desiring, such an occurrence as has happened. When President Lincoln was as sassinated by a Southern man the enemies of the South characterized the act as the embodied spirit of slavery and rebellion, and the South was held responsible for the crime. When the attempt was made to assassinate President Gar field enemies of the Conkling, Grant and Arthur faction charged them with being responsible for the crime, The charge wvas natu ral in both instances, but in both unjust. Booth did not represent the South, any more than Guitean represents Conkling and his fac tion. There is this difference be tween the two cases: The South had nothing to gain by the assassi nation of Lincoln ; Conkling and his crowd had everything, political ly, to gain by Gargeld's assassina tion. The Southern people have felt the gross injustice done them in holding them responsible for Booth's crime: they should there fore be very slow to charge Gui teau's crime upon the anti-Adminie tration faction without any evi dence ; and there is certainly none so far. The New York Mlethiodist says: "However wve may glaze it over, this assassination is a fruit of our strife over the miserable spoils of office. - "This is the shame of it, the in delible shame of it, that our politi cal animosities over dirty and dis honorable gains of office have armed an unbalanced man to do a deed of horror." The Manchester Guar-dian, one f the leading paper of Engrland, It is known that Guiteau was a constant reader of the stalwart newspapers, and their editorials convinced him that Garfield ought to be put out of the way. Ex Pres. Jeff. Davis says: "1 sincerely trust the President ma recover, and that the startling event will arouse the people to the consideration of a remedy for the demoralization which a wild hun1 after office is creating." The International Cotton Ex position, Atlanta, Ga. The following circular has beer issued: To INTENDING ExmnITORs: I hav< the pleasure of announcing that th< financial success of this great inter national enterprise is assured be yond a doubt by the liberal sub scriptions that have been made t( its stock, by the large number of actual entries already made, and b] the certainty of an immense throng of visitors. On my return from at extensive trip through the Nortl and West, these facts were laid be fore the Executive Committee at it regular meeting, held June 28th when it was unanimously voted t( rescind that part of the rule rela ting to exhibits which required pay ment for every square foot of floo] space occupied, and to make the entry fee of $25.00 the only charge against them. Under this decision, every mer chant, mechanic or manufacturer it the civilized world can enter hi wares for exhibition, and secure the necessary floor space, by sendinc his formal application a ddressed to THE INTERNATIONAL COTTON ExPosI TIOs, accompanied with his checi for the entry fee of $25.00, in ac cordance with the following amend ed rules herewith : RULE 4. An entrance fee of $25.0( (except for products of the soil works of art or educational exhib its,) will be charged for all exhibits. There will be no charge for floo space. RULE 5.-The entrance fee must in each case accompany the appli cation for space. RULE 6.-Merchants and mann. facturers' agents desiring to makE a collective exhibit of the goodF they handle in their own name, may do so upon payment of one entry fee ; and the award will be tc the person making such exhibit. H. I. K1xEu4, Director-General. June 30, 1881. The railroads have agreed tc transport all articles intended foi exhibition free of charge. The Commissioner of AgriculturE of this State is manifesting greal interest in the Exposition; he urges the citizens of the State tc send exhibits of manufactures, farnm products, minerals, and everything else that would tend to set before the world the resources of thE State. And he advises all who can to attend, for the benefits that they would derive from witnessing what -will be on exhibition. The Exposition will be opened the 5th of October, and will remain open till the 31st of December. The New York Chamber of Com merce has offered to Mrs. Garfield $250,000 as a token of their esteem, and as a means of relieving the mind of the President from any anxiety as to the future of his fami ly. It has been described as a no ble and generous act, and perhaps correctly so. Had the Chamber of Commerce waited until the Presi dent's death (in case he does die) then the act would certainly have been both noble and generous ; but a gift to the wife of the President while he is living is like a gift to him, and when made by men whose business interests may be affected by Executive favor or disfavor, there is room for suspecting inter ested motives. We cannot say that any such motives actuated the giv ers in this case. It would be bet ter, however, that Mrs. Garfield :decline the gift with thanks. IR the President survive she will not need it; if he die and the offer is then made she could accept it with out impropriety. The New York Legislature is still voting for successors to Conk ing and Platt. Platt withdrew rather hastily from the race Thurs day, on account of a private scan dal. A sort of Republican caucus was held the 8th, when E. G. Lapham and Warner Miller were 2amed as candidates. The next day they received 67 votes. A food many Republicans still hold mn to the "half-breed" candidates, Depew and Wheeler ; and some of Ihe "Stalwarts" still stick to Conk ing. The Democrats vote .solidly or Potter and Kernan. No pros >ect of an election soon. A negro man in Fernando Coun y~, Fla., was left by a Mr. Mickler to ake care of his three young chil hen during his nasne from home. Latest from the President. By Telegraph to Ncws and Courier. WASHINGTON, July 10-Midnight. -The condition of the President is improving, and the chances for his 1 recovery are favorable. He is strong and cheerful, and the at tending physicians are greatly en couraged. State News. Dr. W. A. Templeton, of Abbe ville, is dead. Mr. Robert Swaffield, of Comm bia, died the 9th instant. Dr. Thos. T. Moore, of Columbia, left the 9th for a three months trip to Europe. James Clyburn shot John Sheorn with a shotgun at Camden the 10th and killed him. WWm. Gardiner, white, shot anc killed Richard Murphy, colored, in Camden the 4th. The proposed State Temperance Convention has been postponed till some titue in September. C. W. Lucker, white, of Monk's Corner, shot and killed Henry Hines, colored, on the 4th instant. Edgefield wants a Graded School. It is a hopeful sign to see any community interested in education al matters. Some persons are clamoring for a dog law. Let us have it. The average dog will kill more sheep in a year than he is worth in a centu ry. Tom Tracy and Charles Simons killed Henry Walker in Colletori County the night of the 8th with a musket. The parties were all col ored. At the colored Firemen's Tourna ment at Greenville the 4th, Rich'd Moultrie, a member of the Palmetto Fire Company of Greenville, was run over by a fire engine and so badly hurt that he died Tuesday night. The News and Courier of the 6th instant says: "We are authorized and requested to say that the whole stock of the Charleston Manufac turing Company, being half a mil lion dollars, has been~ subscribed, and the books are closed." The Monthly (June) Report ol the Department of Agriculture says: "If we would have health and happy, prosperous homes let us do four things, viz.: 1. Kill out the lien law ; 2. Do away with fences ; 3. Plant peas on drained land ; 4. Prohibit whiskey. Thei all other things shall be added unto us." FORL THE HERALD. Our WasMington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 6, 1881. Two days ago we at Washington were contemplating the disadvantages which a fatal result to Guitean's infa mous act would produce. To-day we look forward to advantages to arise from the President's recovery, and, in directly, from the attempt on bis life. There is infinite cordiality in the tele grams and other maessages which come here from all parts of the land. The country is united as it never was before. Much of this, and much more of like good will follow in the future from the fact that the President and the Vice President-one face to face with death and the other with a great and unex pected responsibility-have the most cordial relations now in place of the constraiped if not unfriendly feeling of a few days ago. Enmity, contention, distrust-all have ceased, If, happily, the Preside~nt shall survive, he will hardly have hereafter during his term a thought but that his duty is to the people of the whole country, and with out regard to party. If, on the contra ry, the Vice-President shall become the President he will not be the Arthur who was a week ago intriguing against the President's wishes in New York, and who seemed to think his duty done only when he served Senator Conkl,ing. Grievous as the offense of Guiteau was, and deplorable as its results will be in seine respects, it has yet not been with out good effects which will be long en during if not permanent. There is a suggestion, made by an excellent Republican here-an admin istration man-which is gaining sup port. It is that the New York Legisla ture, whose members seem incapable of acting upon the Senatorial question with any degree of calmness, shall ad-* journ at once, and permit the factional strife on the subject now before it to be forgotten. It has been said that such action would be turning the State over to the Democratic party. That, how ever, whether it would be a misfortune or not, is by no means so unlikely a re sult as it seemed a week or a month ago. The opinion, so prevalent a few days since, that Guiteau was insane, has not now nearly so many supporters as it had. That he does not realize the en ormity of his offence, and is incapable of doing so. is certain, but the theory of his actual insanity loses currency daily in viemonf the evnsof his npat life. The Nenior on the Rampage. An f.ccommodating Train-Stop at Union, Glad of it-The Parker House and Fami ly-Pleasant Ride-Glenn Springs Hotel History-House Filling Up Pleasant Comuany-Come at Once. July 6th, 1881. In accordance with time-honored usage we are enjoying a short summer flitting, destination, as in tiies past, Glenn Springs, and by happy chance lighted Friday night of the day of leaving in the lively town of Union, into the hospitable arum of the Parker fiamily. It came about in this way. Two trains are advertised to run on the Spartanburg road so as to connect wit:a the up and down C. & G., and so they do. The morning line is not an accommodation train, but puts the the passenger into Spartanburg in quick time, the other is and gets in about the time the passenger is ready to vote SLOW TRAINS A HUMBUG. There were but four unfortunates, self and better half, Capt. Nelson, commer cial traveler, and a darkey. The three first named smelt the mouse early, when the conductor presented a little blank book with printed heading for inspection. It read somehow thus : no passenger allowed to ride on this train without signing away his right to demand damage of the road in case his neck should be broken, and that the conductor must enforce the re quirement. The Captain and self signed the death warrant under pro test, for the sake of peace, with the mental reservation that if we were killed to sue for $100,000 each, and reaching Union without broken bones at 8.30, got off. The DARKEY FOUND IT OUT in a different manner when the con ductor demanded his fare. "Why," said he, "I been told dis was a 'com modation train, wid nothin' to- pay." The poor fellow was~ undeceived, the callous conductor taking his dollar and a quarter without the slightest compunction. It was a pleasant change from a slow coach, dimly lighted, to a comfortable hotel, a good supper and surrounded by pleasant friends. So much had to be said that when bed was sought the time was somewhere in the "wee sma' hours." The sleep which followed required no rocking, the bed was all that could be asked for, and more than is looked for in the average hotel. Morning cool, bracing, a capital breakfast, and then by invi tation of Mr. Parker, Sr., we were treated to a DELIGHTFUL RIDE through town and suburbs, behind a spanking pair of chestnuts. The ride was highly enjoyed, Miss Kate adding much to it by her lively sallies. Union is well worth viewing, with its many pretty cottages and fine mansions; the people are good looking too, and have a fsesh, hearty appearance, indi cating that the atmosphere and water are good. Jack Jones is there, wait ing on the ladies in a first class dry goods store, and is doing well-and whispered in our ear that "HE IS A GOOD BOY" now; anybody must be good who is thrown much into contact with the ladies. Early in the day we concluded to make the balance of the journey overland from Union, only 16 miles, instead of another ride by rail and 12 by hack from Spartanburg. This was another happy ide2, and much the pleasanter way of the two, as by it we had a charming morning with our friends and another first rate meal at the Parker House. Leaving at 2 o'clock, Glenn's was reached at 5.30, ahead of the regular backs from the other point. We cannot conclude our pleasant experience of Union without a word or two for the PARKER HOUSE, and for the benefit particularly of_ the traveling public, who do not know the family as well as the people of New berry, nor how well kept their excel lent house is. Mr. P. is a caterer of long experience, while Mrs. P. cannot be excelled in her management or keeping ; everything is as bright as a new trade dollar and clean, while the cooking is unexceptional. Our people at home know this all to be true to the letter. We advise parties going to Glenn's to stop at Union, particu larly if they come down the road and take the accomodation. AT GLENN'S ONCE MORE. For years we have been making regular annual visits to Glenn's-only missing the last summer-and on ap proachinig on this occasion pleasant ] ssociations were recalled of times ast, of the many friends made here, and of the many who have been re- s tored to health by its healing waters. ['he year the valuable-properties of C the water were discovered we have not enquired, but it dates back to where David Caldw^ll, Robt. .uoorman, I)r.] Van Lew, Dr. 0. B 1r ie.. Pr Thorne and G.'u. ihturd- ..:I- . i ber of M. D's. in the company show i Ug even at this early period the GRE.tT ESTIMATION IN WI]CH TILE WATER WAS IIEILD. It was kept by Dr. Moore and Dr. Winamith in 1840, and in 1S41 by David Caldwell and Robt. Moorman at the close of that season it was suld by the Sheriff, bringing 15,000. Dr. Van Lew became the purchaser. who transferred the property to J. B. Gleun, by whom a new company was formed. In 1842 Mr. John C. Zim. werman took charge and by gcod management made a snug fortune. Some years later it was bought by this gentleman; the whole period embraced in his experience being 10 years, Mr. J. C. Janney managing it for him a part of the time. In 1853 the Revs. Arthur and McCullough, Episcopal ministers, houtht it and established a High Sehool: this privine u-nsuccess ful, after one year's trial, it was again opened as a hotel by 'Tholr. Steen and run for two years. Mr. A. W. T. Simmons, of Newberry, then became the purchaser, and after an experience of two years transferred his interest to W. C. Anderson, an Englishman, with whose eccentric habits as a host many of our readers are acquainted. This period of the Hotel history brings it down to the time of our acquaint ance. Mr. Anderson kept it through the war and for 10 years, making only enough to keep BODY AN_) SOUL TOGETHER, and so used had he become by this time to the bard blows of fickle for ine, that when times began to change he would not accept it, preferring to fight it out on the same line. One of his oddities was a table which so commodated eighteen persons, the nineteenth applicant being invariably refused admission. Of course he never paid the purchase money and the property then came into the hands of Geo. D. Smith and Dickson Fow ler, and after a short while into sole possession of the latter who made money. In 18'74 Dr. J. W. Simpson -now deceased-and J. Wistar Simp lon, his son, bought the property from Fowler, and it has been run success fully since then to the present time, every succeeding year adding to its popularity and restoring it to .its ANCIENT PRESTIGE. We trust that this account has not wearied the reader ; if it has, the best apology which can be offered is that we did not know that Glenn's had so much history when we commenced to write it up. The facts may be mixed, but in the main are corteet. A fair comnplemaent of visitors are already here, widows, wives and maids pre dominating, with the usual number of infants and little folks. The infants under the soothing effects of the water, it is pleasant to say, DO NOT CRY except when hungry, and that is rare, for the abundant good fare furnished by our landlord insures a bountiful supply of lacteal nourishment. The widows are charming, as they always are-the writer has a weakness on this point-while the maids and misses are all that fancy can paint them. One from Newberry has already taken captive an old widower from the pine regions of Orangeburg-his sighs make night hideous, and the quantity of water he imibibes in the vain effort to drown his passion and smother the fire which CONSUMES HIS GIZZARD is fearful. The doctor thinks his case one of enlarged liver, but he does not,1 and continues to sigh. All the time the young lady scatters her smiles right and left. Major J. P. K. is much missed, but we have the conso lation that sleepers have no fear of being disturbed in their morning slumbers. The friends of Miss Emma L. will be gratified to learn that she is improving very rapidly, and that by her agreeable manners and general miable qualities has made herself a niversal favorite-we feel under many >bligations to her for kind attentions. Every day adds to our number ad soon the building will be full. ome on then, friends, come before her rooms are all taken, come if you re sick and be healed. We regret to ay that Mr. Wistar Simpson has been uite sick for several days and for everal days the guests have been de- a rived of the pleasure of his company -he is convalescent at this writing. We cannot omit mention of an old - ~riend, well known in Newberry, Mrs. obo, who lives at the crossing, with hm we had the pleasure of dining di in Tuesday last. Her house is full hi od is as well kept as of old. Mr.e nd Mrs. Goree are bere, but leave in he morning. The yeung ladies are_ harming as ever. POST OFFICE, \TEwBERRY N. C1.Ti Juy9 1951. The President's Thanks to the People. S-eretary Blaine has given to the r :he following : ExECUTIVE 1IANSION, WA.1INm OUN, July 4-11 P M. On hehwlf of the President and Mrrs. Garfield, f desire to wake public :=anowledgweut of the very numerous messages of condolence and affection which have been received since Satur day morning. From aimost every State in the Union, from the South as bountifully as from the North, and from countries beyond the sea, have come messages of anxious inquiry and tender words of sympathy in such numbers that it has been found im possible to answer them in detail. I therefore ask -the newspapers to ex press for the President and Mrs. Ga:field the deep gratitude which they feel for the devotion of their fel low countrymen and their friends abroad in their hour of heavy affictioo. (Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State. .i'ew .Idzertisements. METALIO, Rosewood, Walnut and Cedar BURIAL CASES -AND CASKETS. Roman, Portland and Rosendale Cenients. L. M. SPEERS, At Marble Yard. Jun. 13, 28-3m. BEPORT of the Condition of "The National Bank of Newberry, S. C.," at Newberry, - in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business on the30th Day of .une, 1881 RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts.........$303,456 91 Overdrafts................. 6,361 09 U. S. Bonds to secure Circula tion.. ...............i15,000 00 Due from other National Banks 5.611 69 Real Estate, Furniture and Fix tures................... 8500 Current Expenses & Taxes Paid ,128 Checks and other Gash Items, 1,207 89 Bills of other Banks.......... 4,511 00 Fractional Paper - Currency, Nickels, and Cents...........449 71 Specie.................... 45,627 00 Legal Tender Notes..........-3,00 00 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent. of Cir culation)...... ...........6,750 00 Due from U. S. Treasurer, other than 5 per cent. Redempti.on Fund....... ............ 1,199 75 $544,087 33 LIABI LITIES5. Ca pital Stock paid in........150,000 00 Surplus Fn............... 30,000) 00 Undivided Profits...........68,902_ 30 National Bank Notes Outstand-~ i1i.g.................... ...129,000 00 Dividends unpaid.. ........ 1,18 00) Individual Deposits subject to check..................i15,111 571 Due to other National Banks.. 2,4.51 65 Due to State Banks id Raakers 6,303 88 $544,087 '88 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CooUNTY OF NEwBERRY. L~ John B. Carwile, Cashier of "The Na tional Banik of' Newberry, S. G.," do sol Lmnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. JNO. B. GARWILE, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Sth day of July, 1881. T.'S. DUNCAN, N. P. S. C. Correct.-Attest, Y. J. POPE, J. N. MA RTIN, Directors. C. H. SUBER,S July 13, 28-it. STATE OF SOUTH CAROL COUNTY OF NEWBER Y IN COMMON PLEAS. 'homas S. Moormian, as Executo , &c., of Robert Moorman, dec'd., a mst Mary A. Moormian, Robert Moori n, e t at. By virtue of an order of t~ above Gourt, hereby unotify and requie the creditors of he said Robert Moorman, dec'd., to render mder oa'.h and establish their demands efore me on or before the 10th day of Lugust, A. D. 1881. SI LAS JOHNSTONE, Master. July 9, 1881. 28-4t. ANDJ READY FOR WORKe I have rebuilt the "MENDENHALI. fILL," having had the work performed y Mr. John C. Sease, the best Millwright nd Miller in the County, and second to oe in the State, I am ready to grind Corn nd Wheat. The Mill will make Flour not inferior to ny in the County, if not better. Give Mr. Sease a trial. WM. LANGFOU~ June 29, 26-1m* umber For Sale. FIRST.CLASS HEART PINE LUMBER r sale at my Lumber Mill, three miles be iw Prosperity. PRICES AS LOW as at iy other Mill in the County. GEO. HI. TAYLORI. July 6, 27-] m. NOTICE. All persons are warned against hiring ym Snow~ den, or Tom Johnson, who is on ~r cot.racL to me for the yer Any one ring him will be prosecuted to the full, tent of the law. DANIEL BUZHARDT. Jun. 29, 26 -3t* CE! ICE!! ICE! ! A large snnnlv nf PFR~' LAkW TC~'