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A Terrible Death-Watch. Scenes in the President's Chamber Saturday Night. Special to the New Yor k Times. WASHI-NGTON, July 3.-Never sinc the 14th of April, 1865, when th' citizens of the entire Nation were looking fsi the momentary death o: the martyre. Lincoln, has the Whit, House been the scene of such a terri ble death-watch as it Ras last night Wbether the President lives or dies. the night of the 2nd of July will for ever mark an era in the history of the Executive Mausi"',. -md the incidents of that night, when the life of Presi dent Garfield hung trembling in the balance, will be read with interest so long as th, English language is read or spoken. The full particular, of that night of anxious watching and fearful forebodings will probably never be written. The actors in the sceue were too busy and too much excited by their fears to remember half of the little incidents which go to make up the. tragic story ; but some dim pie tures of the terrible life drama which was enacted in the President's cham ber, while the whole world was await ing with.breathless anxiety its culmi nation, may be drawn at this time, while the actors of it still hold its prominent features fresh in their memory. The Times' correspondent has seen and conversed with most of .of the ladies and gentlemen who passed the night in the White House, hoping and fearing alternately for the safety of the life of the Chief Executive of a nation, and the stories which they re late serve to make a graphic picture of a scene which all Americans will look opon with intense interest, and serve still more forcibly to depict the char. acter of President Garfield , and to place him before the world as a hus band and father as he never could have been known but for the attempt made upon his life yesterday by the assassin, Guiteau. From the time of the shooting in the Baltimore and Potomac depot yesterday morning until very nearly midnight, but little, if any, hopes of saving the President's life were en tertained by the physicians who at tended him. It is safe to say that but for the remarkably abstemious course of life which he had pursued from boyhood up he never wot;d have rallied from the shock. His one thought, when it became possible for him to think calmly at all after being remove to his chamber in the Execu tive Mansion, was for his wife and children. He feared the effect of the terrible news upon Mrs. Garfield, and he was anxious to have her and their dxughter Mollie with him, that he might reassure them, if possible, and look upon them for the last time if it was decreed that he should die. He was very weak at this time, and to all appearances sinking fast. He was told by Mrs. James, wife of the Postmaster-G eneral, and Mrs. Hunt, who were doing all that sympathetic women could do to make him com fortable, that Mrs. Garfield would be with him by 6 o'clock. Every moment seemed an age to the fast sinking father and husband. He * turned restlessly in his bed and asked the time of dycontinually. It was evident that his anxiety to meet Mrs. Garfield was aggravating the effect of the wounds which he had received, but nothing could be done. Six o'clock came, and with it, instead of Mrs. Garfield, the news that the en gine of her train had broken down 17 miles outside of Washington. This L'ews was carefully kept from the -- suffering Pesident, and a fresh e-ngine started off to take the place of the disabled one. It brought Mrs. Gar field, Mollie Garfield, Gen. Swain, arnd Mrs. Rockwell to the the city, at the rate of 60 miles an hour, and at 6.50 the party drove up to the pri vate entrance in the rear of the White Honse. Here the almost heart-broken wife was met by her son, James A. Garfield, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James and Attor ney-General MacVeagb. She placed her hands in those of Mrs. JTames and directing a piercing inquiry into her eyes, exclaimed interrogatively: 'Well ?' 'Oh, everything is going on beautifully,' said Mrs. James in re ply, 'only he mnst not be excited, You must be very calm when you meet him.' Mrs. Garfield had nerved herself for the ordeal andi she answered simply, but with gret firmness :'I can do it.' The party then went sad ly up the stairs, young James A. Gar field with his arm about his mother's waist. Arrived in the library, every. body but Mrs. Garfield paused, and the doctors withdrew with bowed hends from the President's chamber. Mrs. Garfield passed quickly in, and the door closed. Of that solemn meeting between husband and wife no record will ever be given. The two were alone together, without witnesses At the end of about fifteen minutes the door opened, and Mrs. Garfield came slowly out. There were no tears in her eyes, and she walked with a tirm step and took her seat in the library. She was very brave and bore up nobly under the great blow which had fallen upon her. As she left the room Mrs. James passed in. The President was smiling and he beckoned with his finger to the lady to approach. She leaned over the President and he said: 'Have you met Crete:' Mrs. Garfield's Christian name is Lueria, and Crete is the pet name by which the Presdent always speaks of her. 'Yes, I hav-e met her,' said Mrs. J,ames. 'And how does she act ; how did she bear it ?' was the next eager question. 'She bore it like the true wife of a true soldier,' answered Mrs. James.- 'Ah, the dear little woma-n.' exeise~d the President, 'I would rather die than this should cause a relapse to her. Soon after Miss Mollie entered the room. She, too, was very brave, and forced herself to assa'ne a calmness which she could not feel. Adyancing steadily toward her father as he lay be,, she ;aid : Oh, papa. I'm so gla to get. back to you. but I':- : sorry to sev you in this way.' Then she kiwsed him, and the Presidont. Put tin_- his arm around her neck, ex claim:ed : -Mollie, yuu're a brave. good littie girl ' 'Vell. 1'n not go ing to taik with you now,' said the stout-hearted little girl, as she tender ly removed his arm from her neck ; -wait till you get well,' and with these parting words she kissed him again and turned and walked froto the room, followed by a beaming smile from the President. From the moment of Mrs: Carfield's visit to him the President sc.med to gain in strength and spirits, a id if he recovers the doctors say that i will be due greatly to the presence vf his de. Voted wife. After Mollie had left him he turned over, and with one hand clasped firmly in one of Mrs. James's and his head resting upon her other baud, he fell into a gentle sleep. In half an hour, however, he awoke and complained of a pain in his feet. It did not last long, and he dozed off again, still holding the hand of Mrs. James. This time he slept a 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 praying for her husband.' He looked up to the lady with an anxious face, and said : 'I want her to go to bed. Will you tell her that I say if she will undress and go to bed I will turn right over and I feel sure that when I know she is in bed I can go to sleep and sleep all night. Tell her,' he exclaimed with sndden energy, 'that [mill sleep all night if she will only do what 1 ask.' Mrs. James con veved the message to Mrs. Garfield, who said to her at once : 'Go back and tell him that I am undressing.' She returned with the answer, and the President turned over on his right side and dropped into a quiet sleep almost instantly. Strange Coincidences. Augusta Chronicle & Constitutionalist. That such a villain as Guiteau and we take his father's evidence for the villainy-should have been born into the same world with such a gra cious man as Mr. Garfield is suffi ciently remarkable. But that the path of such a fiend should cross the noble orbit of the President, and with such fatal significance, is a fact that no earthly lore may satisfactorily ex plain. There would seem to bein the lives of some men the most startling conjunctions. History is full of such marvels. The most memorable need not be evoked, for they rise up in the mind of the most ignorant. ~ Tra ditiou is replete with examples. The Bible fairly bristles with them. Every ancient or modern history taught in the schools makes them proverbial. We find examples of greater or less significance in the ordinary walks of Ilife. Nothing is so common and nothing so startling as the strange in fluence one individual has upon the destiny of another. Often this fatal collision of mortals is unexpected and brought about, as in the Washington tragedy, by accidental causes, or what, in our ignorance, we are compelled to regard as such. It would be easy for us. to fill this and other pages with illustration, but refrain from doing what may be a superfious thing. One remakable incident bearing upon this proposition may be pardonably men tioned, because, perhaps, it is not gen erally known. When school boys in Pranee, 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 fited the French boy, and, in many respects, without deliberately intend ing it. Th ey left school and went in to the world, their pathe diverging widely. Both became soldiers, and both became famous. It is supposed that they met, for the first time since college days, on an Italian steamer. INo sooner did the Frenchman per 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 passed. The Frenchman had become a hero of many battles, and then, in a burst 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 eral 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. This is a curious example of fore knowledge of disaster, through an un friendly 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. A Great Enterprise. The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester's great est business enterprises. Their Hop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from their in trinsic value found their way into al most every honsehold in th e land. WASHIN-roN, July 5.-Daniel McNamara, who is supposed to be in sane, appeared at police headquarters to day, and said he was from King William County, Va., but had been living in Philadelphia. Hie announced thiat he had been inspired by God to kill Seeretary Blaime. He inquired where Blaine live4, and exhibited a The .eaId. TH10S. F. GRENEKER, E-ro. W. 11. WALLACE, NEWBERRY, S. c. W EDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1881. ' PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The IIerald is in the highest respect a Fain ily Newspaper. devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Ativertising iiedumn ofrers unrivalled ad vanta11es. For Terms, see first page. Some Iicidents 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 dont 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 fir.t shock. Mrs. Garfield has borne hersrli 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 feelinga engendered by the war on the ad. ministration. This miserable wretct 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 evas natu ral in both instances, but in both unjust. Booth did not represent the South, any more than Guiteau 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 aud 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-Adminis tration faction without any evi dence ; and there is certainly none so far. The New York Methodist says: "However wve ma~y 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 al animosities over dirty and dis onorable gains of office have armed an unbalanced man to do a deed of horror." The Manchester Guardian, one of the leading papers of England, says: "By reforming their system of patronage the Americans will best show their sorrow for Mr. Garfield's death, or their thankfulness for his recoverv." It is known that Guiteau was a constant reader of the stalwart newspapers, and their editorials convinced him that Garfield ought to be Iut out of the way. Ex Pres. Jeff. Davis says: "I sincerely trust the President may recover, and that the startling event will arouse the people to the consideration of a remedy for the demoralization which a wild hunt after office is creating." The International Cotton Ex posit-ion, Atlanta, Ga. The following circular has been issued: To INTENDLNG ExHIBToRS: I have the pleasure of announcing that the financial success of this great inter national enterprise is assured be yond a doubt by the liberal sub scriptions that have been made to its stock, by the large number of actual entries already made, and by the certainty of an immense throng of visitors. On my return from an extensive trip through the North and West, these facts were laid be fore the Executive Committee at its regular meeting, held June 28th, when it was unanimously voted, to rescind that part of the rule rela ting to exhibits which required pay ment for every square foot of floor 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 in the civilized world can enter his wares for exhibition, and secure the necessary floor space, by sending his furmal application n ddressed to THE INTENATIONAL CoTTON ExposI TION, accompanied with his check for the entry fee of $25.00, in ac cordance with the following amend ed rules herewith : RrULE 4. An entrance feeof $25.00 (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 floor space. RULE 5.-The entrance fee must in each case accompany the appli cation for epace. RULE 6.-Merchants and manu facturers' agents desiring to make a collective exhibit of the goods they handle in their own name, may do so upon payment of one entry fee; and the award will be to the person making such exhibit. H. I. KmALI, Director-General. June 30, 1881. The railroads have agreed to transport all articles intended for exhibition free of charge. The Commissioner of Agriculture of this State is manifesting great interest in the Exposition ; he urges the citizens of the State to send exhibits of manufactures, farm 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 8250,000 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. If 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 ling 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. Laphanm and Warner Miller were named as candidates. The next day they received 67 votes. A good many Republicans still hold on to the "half--breed" candidates, Depew and Wheeler ; and some of the "Stalwarts" still stick to Conk ling. The Democrats vote .solidly for Potter and Kernan. No pros pect of an election soon. A negro man in Fernando Coun ty, Fla., was left by a Mr. Mickler to take care of his three young chil dren during his absence from home. The negro murdered the children, robbed the house, and then-waylaid Mr. Mickler for the purpose of killing him; but was prevented. The negro was lynched. This 00 cn--red Jne 9th Latest from the President. By Telegraph to News and Courier. WASHINGTON, July 10-Midnight. --The condition of the President is improving, and the chances for his 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 Colum 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, I and killed him. Wim. Gardiner, white, shot and 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 r have it. The average dog will kill more sheep in a year than ho is worth in a centu ry. Tom Tracy and Charles Simons killed Henry Walker in Colleton 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 of the Department of Agriculture savs: "If we would have health and h.ppy, 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. Then all other things shall be added unto FOR TUE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. 'WASHINGTON, I). 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 his life. T1here is infinite cordiality in the tele grams and other messages 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 te 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 Preside3nt 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 Conkling. Grievous as the offense of Guiteau was, and deplorable as its results will be in s'o,ne respects, it has yet not been with out good effects which will be long en dluring 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 sem 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 suit 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 of1 his actual insanity loses currency daily in view of the events of his past life. This (Wednesday) morning work was I for the first time since Saturday resum ed in the government offices. There has been no formal closing of them, but from the time the President was shot until this morning few employees I were at their desks and little was done. rhe Nenior on the Rampage. in Accommodating Train-Stop at Union, Glad of it-The Parker House and Fami ly-Pleasant Ride-Genn Springs Hotel History-Housa Filling Up Pleasant Comnany-Come at Once. July 6th, 1881. In accordance with titne-honored usage we are enjoying a short sumner flitting, destination, as in tiwes past, Glenn Springs, and by happy chance lighted Friday night of the day of leaving in the lively town of Union, into the hospitable armb of the Parker family. It came about in this way. Two trains are advertised to run on the Spartanburg road so as to connect with the up and down C. & G., and so they do. The morning line is hot 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 unecived, .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 EIDE 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 cottaiges and fine mansions; the people are good looking too, and have a fsesh, hearty appearance, indi eating 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 idea, 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 ooking 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 arly if they come down the road and bake the accomodation. AT GLENN'S ONCE MORE. For years we have been making egular annual visits to Glenn's-only issing the last sumer-and on ap yroaching on this occasion pleasant issciations were recalled of times ast, of the many friends made here,4 nd of the many who have been re tored to health by its healing waters. [he year the valuable-properties of he water were discovered we have not ~nquired, but it dates back to where he memory of men at present living unneth not back; suffice it it was die-. a overed by the Indians. The present die was built in 1838, by a company I omposed of Dr. Moore, Dr. Win .i. , J B n R Sm, Wur. Pen: )avid Caldw-ll, Robt. Moorman, Dr.- I ran Lew, Dr. 0. B Trvi.' Dr ['horne and Geo. Alaard-ta ..1 . )er of M. D's. in the company show ug even at this early period the L;REAT ESTIMATION IN WHIC11 THE WATER WAS HELD. it was kept by Dr. Moore and Dr. Win,Rmith in 1840, and in 1841 by David Caldwell and Robt. Moornian at the close of that season it was sold by the Sheriff, bringing $15,000. Dr. Vasn Lew became the purchaser, who transferred the property to J. B. Gleun, by whom a new company was furmed. In 1842 Mr. John C. Zim mernian took charge and by good management made a bnug fortune. Some years later it was bought by this gentlewan; the whole period embraced in his experience being 10 years, Mr. J. C. Janney managing it for h.im a part of the time. In 1853 the Revs. Arthur and McCullough, Episcopal ministers, bought it and establislied a High Schh(el: th;s pr.oving unsuccess ful, after one year's tria., it was again opened as a hotel by Thor. Steen and run for two years. Mr. A. W. T. Simmons, of Newberry, then beoame the purchaser, and after an experience of two years transferred his interest to W. C. Anderson, an Englishmaa, 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 aree. Mr. Anderson kept it through the war aqd for 10 years, making only enough to keep BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER, and so used had he become by this time to the bard blows of fickle for tune, that when times began to change he would not accept it, preferrirg to fight it out on the same line. One of his oddities was a table which so oommodated 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 1874 Dr. J. W. Simpson -now deceased-and J. Wistar Simp sou, 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 tat 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 corrteet. A fair complement 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 inibibes 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. 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 amiable qualities has made herself a universal favorite-we feel under many Dbligations to her for kind attentions. Every day adds to our numnber and soon the building will be full. Come on then, friends, come before the-rooms are all taken, come if you are sick and be healed. We regret to say that Mr. Wistar Simpson has been juite sick for several days and for several days the guests have been de prived of the pleasure of his company -he is convalescent at this writing. We can not omit mention of an old riend, well known in Newberry, Mrs. Bobo, who lives at the crossing, with vhom we had the pleasure of dining n Tuesday last. Her house is full Lnd is as well kept as of old. Mr. e nd Mrs. Goree are here, but leave in he morning. The yuung ladies are barming as ever. POST OFFICE, NEWBEEET, S. 0., July 9, 1881, List of advertised letters for week ending , uly 9, 1881; reen, Mrs. Amelia Simq, Mrs. Rachel [erly, Miss Mary ISuber, lial$an a [arden, Mrs. Nancy fSpearman, Misu Lucy 1: [etts, W. (i. Walter, F. H. Parties calling for letters will please saj 7he President's Thanks to the People. S,-ervtary Blaine hus given to the --vs :he following : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASMINGTON, July 4-11 P M. On behalf of the President and drs. Garfield, I desire to make public e-knowledgwent of the very numerous nessages of condolence and affection vhich have been received since Satur. lay morning. From almost every ,tate in the Union, from the South Ls bountifully as from the North, and rom countries beyond the sea, have ,ome messages of anxious inquiry and ender words of sympathy in such )umbers that it has been found im )ossible to answer them in detail.' I herefore ask the newspapers to ex )ress far the President and Mrs. ra:field the deep gratitude which hev feel for the devotion of their fel ow' countrymen and their friends tbroad in their hour of heavy affliction. - (Signed) JAMES G. BWNE, Secretary of State. Attvw AdvertsemwIs. METALIO Rosewood, Walnut and Cedar BURIAL CASES -AND CASKETS. RMan, .P0rt10d ad Rosendale een . L. . SPEERS, .At Marble Yai-d. 7 Jun. 13, 28-3m. &EPORT of the Condition of "Th Naanal Bank of Newberry, 1. C.," at Newberzy, in the State of Suth Carolins, at thels a BusineM on the30th Day of Jun,1881. Loans and Discounts.......$303,45 91 Derdrafs.................. 6,361 09 U. S. Bonds to secure Gircula ion.. ............'...e 1500009 Due from other- ationaBaiks 5,611 4 Real Estate; Furniture ind Fix- 8 tures.................. 8,500 00 urreut Expenses & Taxes Paid 7,112 8 hecks and other Cash Items, 1,207 39 Bills of other Banks......... 4,51100 Fractional Paper - Currency, Nickels, and Cents......... 449 711 Specie................ 45,627 00 Legal Tender Note 3,300 00 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer (6-percent.-of Ci, culation)...... ...----.- 6,750 00 Due from U.S. Treasurer, other than 5 per cent. Redemption Fund..... ........... . 1,199 75 8544,087 38 . LtABILITIEs.. Ca pital Stock paid in........8150,000 00 Surplu.s Fund............... 20,000 00) Undivided Profits...........068,902 30 National Bank Notes Outstand inig................... ...129,000 00 Dividends unpaid............ 1,518 (0 Individual Deposits stubject to, check.................s. ,111 57 Due to other National Banks.. 2,451 65 Due to State Banks and Bankers, 35,308 STATE OF SOUTH C'AROLINA, -' ..1John B. Carwije,ACashier of "The Na ional Bank of Newberry, S. G.," do sol mnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and 1elief. JNO. B. GARWILE, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this th day of July, 1881. *T.'S. DUNCAN, N. P. S. C. Correct.-Attest, Y. J. POPE, J. N. MARTIN, ).Directors. C. H. SUBER,) July 13, 28-1c. STATE OF SOUTH CARO COUNTY OF NEWBE Y IN COMMON PLEAS. ['homas S. Moornman, as Execu, Robert Moorman, dec'd., A. Moorman, Robert Moolr , et a - By virtue of an order of above [hereby notify and requ' the creditors ;he said Robert Moormnan, dec'd., to te&& mder oath and establish their dems efore me on or before the 10th day August, A. D. 1881. SIL AS JOHNSTONE, Master. July 9, 1881. 28-4t Mndenhall Mil khil AND READY F#R WORL. I have -ebuilt the "MENDENHALI. hILL," having had the work perf > Mr. John C. Sease, the beat Millwright md Miller in the County, and second to,. aor.e in the State, I am ready to grind Corni Ld Wheat. The Mill will make Flour not inferior to my in the County, if not better. Give Mr. Sease a trial. WM. LANGFORD.~ June 29, 26-1mm Lumber For Sales FIRST -CLASS HEART PINE LUMBER~ nr sale at my Lumber Mill, three miles aw Prosperity. PRICES AS LOW as at. ny other Mill in the County. GEO. HI. T.A.YLOR. July 6, 27-lm. - NOTICE. All persons are warned against hI 'em Snot den, or Tom Johnson, who is aU5e er contract to me for the year. Any on iring him will be prosecuted to the fu xtent of the law. DANIEL BUZBARDT. Jun. 29, 26-3t* [CE! ICE!! ICE!!! A large supply of PURE LAKE ICE of 'ays on hand, at l+ to 2c. a lb. No charge >r packing co- 'try -orders amounting to o0 lbs. Hout ior delivery on Sunday, 6 >9 A. M.L, 12.30 to. 1.30 and 6.3m) to 7.3' . M. No variationi from this rule except iases Qf sickness.T A. C, JONES.