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New and Important Laws. AN ACT CONCERNING HAWKERS ANT PEDDLERS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina. now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : SECTION 1. That before any hawker or peddler shal expose to sale,. or sell any goodsv wares ot merelndise in any county in this State, spe'h hawker or peddler shall firs; ipply to the Clerk of the Cour t of Common Pleas and General Sessions of such county for a license for the sale of his or her goods, wares or merchandise, and the said elerk, upon the payment to him by such hawker or peddler of the sum of ten dollars-,'shall thereupon issue to such hawker or peddler a license, au thorizing the said hawker or . peddler -so to expose to sale. and sell such goods, wares, merchandise within the limits of the county wherein such li cense shall be granted, for the term of one year from the date thereof, and no longer. Sic. 2. That such license, so grant ed as aforesaid, shall not be construed to authorize or permit any other per son to sell or expose to sale any goods, wares and merchandise exeept the person to whom and in whose name it -shall have been issued; that it shall not be-lawful to transfer such license y assignment, endorsement, delivery, or otherwise, so as to enable any other person.to use it for such purpose. SEC. 3. That if any hawker or ped -ale. from andafter the passage of this a.t shall sell or expose to sale any goods, wares or merchandise in any county in this State without having 'obtained a license for that purpose ac cording to the provisiuns of this act, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction ..thereof shall be punished by imprison rent in the county jail for a term of one mouth or a fine of fifty dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 4. Tlmt the provisions of this act shall not extend to venders of fruit, fruit trees, maps,. newspapers, maga Zins, books, vegetables, tobacco, pro visions of any kind, or agricultural prodicts, or the products -of nurseries, or to sales by sample by persons trav elling f or established commercial bouses, or to sales of staple articles Manufactured in this State. SEC. 5. That all moneys collected under the provisions of this act shill be turned over to the coanty treasu rers of the several counties to be ap. $e& to. school purposes. SEC. 6; That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. This act shall not take effect until ninety days after its passage. Approved February 24, 1876. AN -ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1 OF CWAPTiL OF THE GENERAL STAT UTES, AztATINa TO FENCES. Be- it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatife& of the State of South -Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the authority:of the same: - SECTroN 1. That Section 1of Chap. ter La of the General Statutes of South Carolina be, and the same is hereby. -amended by striking out the word "freeholders," occurring on the twelfth *line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "taxpayers or legal voters." A Hint to Taxpayers who Have Tueieeed Bills or the Bank or the State in Payment for CoLUMIA, April. 22.-A copy of -the -following order -of Judge Reed. which has been handed me for publi. <eatioii 'carries a, hint of some conse acu.enee to certaitof our taxpayers : ,State of &i f Carolina, Orange burg County In Common Pleas. On reading the annexed petition and affidavit, it.is ordered, that the county treasurer of Orangeburg County be -enjoined -and restrained from further proceedings .o1zevying upon, adver tiusing or selling of any property be longing to - , situated im said enunty, for taxes, upon which bills of the Bank of the State of South --Carolina have been tendered in pay. ment of said taxes, until the further order of the Court. J. P. R EED. - M1arch 24, 1876. ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTICE. .The "bill extending the time for redezntion of forfeited lands," &c., allows all bick taxes to October, 18T5, to be paid and all forfeited lands to be redeemed in bills of the Bank of the -State. The bill has been approved by the Governor and has become a law, and il may -be well to state for the benefit of your readers that all taxes -are now considered past due, except those now being collected. When parties tendered the bills of the Bank of the State last year the sale.of their property was enjoined by order of the conrt, because the parties had already offered what they consid ered as a legal tenider but now that injunction does not hold against the sa:e of property this year, because the State is now willing to receive those bills, and the property will, therefore, be liable to sale in June unless the owners shall tender them before the middle of May. Delay under the present arrangem~ent will subject the property holder to advertisement and other additional expense which it is advisable to avoid.-Correspondent Netos and Courier.. A Frrss FouR-FOOTEE.--Somewher down, in the wilds of Jersey-if Jersey has any wilds these p sent Centennial days -n cail ea nalteptirb comfortDanied dgnits,iclhe patarchath EngmishtLord ofgte wao.hch aa to the aEsaly msordrve of timb er anrk aalthey manston grmoes racif stimbler, and Aerica. Thes royat eaostrabcsmgestaes con tAmmeor Theea oa l etls!hes con - torn cama nf tha finnar and fleetest horses m Tlx e emsald. TMOS. F. BRENEKER, EDITOR. X1 NEWBERRY. S. C. I WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1876. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is In the highest respect a Fam y Newspaper, devoted to the material in tter.sts f the people of this County and the State. It irculates extensively, and as an Advertising medium ofrers unrivalled ad vantages. 'or Terms, see first page. The State Convention. To-morrow weets the Democratic State Convention. The delegates are sent to elect representatives to the National Nominating Convention at St'. Louis. It is, however, obvious that they will not confine themselves to that sole object. Views as to the future policy of the organization and its mode of action will, no donbt, -be t presented and will create a lively dis- I cussion-we hope it may be no more at to the futu:-e action of the Demo cratie party. We have abstained from expressing any opinion as to the man- i ner. of proceeding in the attempt to i redeem our State government. We 5 are willing to be governed by the ac- j tion of the Convention, and we are j glad to see that most of the Journals t of the State express now the same t opinion although some of them talked ( rather wild some time ago. We trust i the gentlemen who are sent by the County Convention will lay aside all prejudice, if any they have (as the i lawyers say) and will steadily have in ; view the redemption of the State from Si'isgovernment by all honorable means ; -and no other-and regardless of all 1 former associations. Our correspon- c dent 'Aneleh' thinks that we are- all a old fogies, and 'Countrymaa' says : plainly that the delegates do bot r.p- t resent the county. We are willing to open our columns to the honest es- s pression of any opinion if done decent- c ly and in good spirit. But we must t say that our old citizens can adapt t themselves a little better to circum- c stances than these young reformers s may think, and we have no doubt, that our delegates will not be in the way of a any progressive policy. The resolu- a tions passed by the County Conven tion we think were misunderstood by c our correspondents ; they seem to us s simply to allude to the officers of the j Democratic Club. Whatever the con- r struction placed upon them may be a they can at any time be rescinded. The members could not be bound by them for'all time to come. Finally, ( let the delegates meet in a spirit of ' charity, but still of determination to 1 throw off by all honorable means the t yoke which has pressed upon our s neks, and do not let us doubt the sin- a cerity of our neighbor because his e judgment dictates to him a different 'l mode of procedure. We await with t anxiety the result of the Convention. 1 - - - - - - - - - a -The Puor Rich Man- a In connection with the death of 3 A. T. Stewart, the questions are asked, c how did he stand in the.,church, was t he with his opportunities rich in good ni deeds, and what faith did he profess? I Alas, after all that has been said and b written of him, we fail to find any a mention made in this important diree- o tion. He was rich-he has left mil- C lions-his immense Tenth street store b if spread out on a level would occupy J( over twenty acres-he had cloth fac- di tories, thread and other kinds of fac- C tories-had wills in all the principal t1 mercantile centres of Europe-lived in I a marb!e palace-was the builder and f< proprietor of an entire city, with his a own railroad and rolling stock-and o eu;ployed over ten thousand persons; and these, together with many other interesting facts as to his life, charac ter, business habits and accumulations have been dwelt upon and filled col-t ums upon columins, but not one sylla b ble has been said as to his religious views or his charities. Rich though ~ he was in money, bonds, real estate and in dry goods, he was a poor man in the great essential of religion. What a sad commentary. "And the rih man died," without one record to his credit. Journal or commerce. a The Charleston Publishing Coin- s pany propose to issue on the 1st of ti IMay, the first number of a new Dem ocratic paper under the above title. It will be devoted largely to the de- ~ veopent of the local commerce of A Charleston. and the general interests of the State. The editions will be l dal,t-ekyadwel,a b8 $4adai$ inwel afdancekly, ate8 4an 2iadac.TeS a ca elafr ogv h or a genwerou suport. tor subscoription, y rhe Republican Party to be Destroyed. In an article of the most scathing nvective and an exceedingly clear and onvincing statement of all the corrupt >ractices of the present National Gov-1 rment in its different branches, the iew York Sun express3s its decided pinion that the nation cannot be saved rithout the utter destruction of the lepublican party. There is a very killful summing up of the facts, fron rhich it appears to the clear eyes of he Sun that reform from within is mpossible. We only have space to usert the concluding paragraph: Yet with all these developments and thers which are sure to come, the urface has barely been scratched. The >tton facts cannot possibly be reached und the whole truth known until this dministration is driven root and >ranch out of power and the Repub ican party is crushed into powder. [he two are inseparably connected to ether, in spite of any personal antag nisms which may exist, or the indi idual purity of some leaders and aany followers. Corruption has so pread through the whole machinery f Government that reform is imprac icable without new heads and new iands. The Republican party must 'e annihilated. There is no other afety. -In the case of the State vs. Yocum, a -Chester, Lilley,. a notorious crimi ial, was offered as a witness for the ;tate on the ground that the Governor tad.granted him a pardon The ob ection of the defense was rightly sus ained by Judge Northrop. The solici or then produced a pardon fr3ni the rovernor which contained the follow og proviso : 'On condition that the residing Judge shall obly deliver said ardon when he shall certify under is.hand and seal to we that the said 'chn Lilley has testified in the trial of . G. Yocuw fully and in good faith." udge Northrop ruled in effect that it ras no pardon at all, as the witness ould not testify until he was pardoned, ad could not be pardoned until be estified. The ruling of Judge Nor brop is commendable and augurs well. John Lilley is a penitentiary con ict, sentenced to nine years imipris nmient for a notorious robbery, and he scene in the Court House is said o be beyond description. The action f Governor Chamberlain is reprehen ible and merits severe condemnation. The case was given to the jury, after n excellent charge by Judge Northrop, t about 11 o'clock Tuesday night. Lt twenty-five minutes before 12 'lock the jury returned into court rith a verdict of not guilty. The ury was composed of ten of the most espectable white men in the county nid two colored men. The Second Presbytery of the Asso iate Reformed Presbyte~rian Church, iet at Bethel, S. C., on the 14th st. Dr. Boyce was elected Modera r. The report on congregations bowed that several churches are in rrears -for pastor's salaries, and re ommends an increase in salaries. he finance committee recommended - hat collections should be apportioned the ratio of four fifths for general ud one fifth for the foreign mission ry fund, and that the Rev. E. P. fClitock, who shall receive the ontributions, be authorized to appor ion them.. Among the appointments iade to visit the churches are Dr. oye and Prof. Hood, for the New ery charge, the .Rev. H. T. Slo'an nd Maj. W. K. Bradley, the charge P Rev J. C. Bo~yd, and the Rev. J. I Boyd and J. N. Martiu, of New erry, the Cedar Spring and Long ne charges. The Rev. D. F. Had. on. W. A. McClintock and E. P. haners, were appointed to attend 1 examination of Erskine College. prosperity, in this County, was chosen ir the next meeting of Presbytery, d the Monday before the meeting Synod e's the time. Dr. Jno. W. Simipson and C. M. liller, proprietors of the famous -len's Spring, give the pleasing as irance that all things necessary for 10 comfort of visitors will be ready r the 1st of June, at which time the [otel will be thrown open. Every 1mig has been done to render the lace attractive. Capt. Jas. E. Black, of the Chero e Springs, one of the most delight i watering places in the country, ill open his Hotel on the 15th of une. The management and general rrangeents this season will be of ich character as must give satisfac Offieial List of Patents Issued by the United States Patent ~ffice, for the week ending Friday, pr. 21st, 1876. Reported for the IRAD by Louis Bagger & Co., So citors of Patents, Washington, D. C. SOUTHERN STATES.I 175,688. - Buteon-Sewing Attach ents for Sewing Machines; J. W. 'ries, Salem, N. C.. 175,692. Ditching Machines; H. ~nell.- 1.e.mihiion'le.LaT.n Editorial Review. Belknap's case is progressing slow ly. The Sumter Watchman has come out for Chawberlain as our next Gov eroor. Moulton has again challenged Beech er to have the scandal tried before a tribunal where the bottom facts might be reached. Beecher, of course, will not consent. There are now two vacancies in the United States Naval Academy at An napolis, to be filled by the appointment of youths from South Carolina as cadet midshipmen. A shipment of twenty-five boxes of Chinamen's bones was recently made at San Francisco. Poor Ah Sin ; when alive the Californians won't let him stay and when dead he won't stay himself. The State Democratic Convention will meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives, on this Thursday, the 4th of Maj. Seven o'clock, P. M., has been fixed as the time for as sembling. Moody, the Evangelist, at last ac counts was in Augusta, Georgii, hold ing large and interesting meetings. It is hoped that he will accept invita tions to visit this SLate. There is work for him to do, and plenty of it. Tbe Rev. S. C. Gorsely. colored pas tor of the A. M. E. Church in Colum bia, known as the pastor of the late bear grder, has been forced to sue his congregation for back pay of salary. It is a pleasure to say that he has re covered the amount in one suit, while two others are pending. Washington gossip avers that trou ble is brewi-d in regard to Mexico, which may result in a declaration of war by the United States ere the close of the present session of Congress. The subject is now under grave dis cussion, and the probabilities are strong. Silver payments have commenced in Washington, and the Treasury cash room is. crowded by people who want to experience the satisfaction of hear ing the jingle of hard money. After the first novelty of the thing wears off it will become a drug, and the greater cnveniene'e of paper will be more ap preciated. Another Chinese item. Charles G. Leland is about to publish, a volume of Pidgeon-English Sing-Song. Pid geon-Eglish, our readers will.remem ber, is the mongrel language used as a means of communication between the Celestials and the English ; some kind of a Pennsylvania Dutch, we suppose. The Emperor Dom Pedro is an ac tive visitor. While in New York within thirty hours he went to the prayer-meeting, the theatre, the reser v'oir, Central Park, the Catholic Cathe dral and the photograph gallery, and made a visit, in charge of a police guide, to "the down-town police sta tions and other interesting places." .Fanny Lear, who caused a Russian Grand Duke to steal his mother's dia monds, has been after one of Victor Emanuel's sons. Daddy, however, found it out and had her shipped. She is now at Munich, casting her nets for the young eccentric King. Munich is a good place for Kingly in trigues. Lola Montez reigned there supreme in days of yore, before she became a Sauday school teacher. The Turkish lookout has not im proved since last week. The crash vould have come long ago if the in ~erests at stake of the. great powers of Europe were not so tremendous. Wre hope they will hold in till the Centeu ial is over. We want to buy some Turkish smoking tobacco at the Phil delphia Fair. Potluck Pasha has promised us a few subscribers to the HERALD fro:w Philippopolis, subscrip :ion prepaid. Wait awhile. Talking of bones we mention the 'ollowing sensible action: "The Protestant husband of a Ro man Catholic womian was deuied burial u the Roman Catholic Cemietery at Port Schuyler, N. Y. There was no aibord rioting. The widow quietly vithdrew from membership in her hurch, and removed the bodies of everal relatives from the cemetery." A living woman and a hundred pounds of bones lost to the Church :hrough intolerance. ECL,CTIC MAGAZIN.-The Eclectic for Kay contains the conclusion of the Re~v. Fames Martinean's paper on "Modern Ma erialism: Its Attitude towards Theology," wich is attracting.so mutch attention both in tis country and in England. It is in re ponse to Professor Tyndall's paper on ''Ma erialim and its Opponents," and is the abest bit of criticism to which the doctrines >f the famous Belfasi AdJdress have been ;ub)jectd. -Another extremely important md suggestive paper is that on "The C'atho ic Peril in America," by Mr. Frances E. Ab yott. The statistics which it contains of the rowth of the Roman Catholic Church in the nied States are of the most startling char mcter. The remaining contents of the num yer ire "Alphonse de~ Lamartine;" "First rmpressionls of South Africa," by Lady Bar ter -"Modern British PoetryJ," by W. Mi. lossetti;" "Humor;" 'rTo Maimey ('M'Ay nez')-" "William Godwin: His Friends and ontenporrie," "Any Poet to his Mis ress" "The Life and Labors of Francis )eak'," by Karl Blind; arnd additional chap .r. of "Hear Dearest Foe," by Mrs. Alexan ThrilUng Adventure jWith a Maniac. It was in the Spring of 187-, that the fol lowing incident occurred, the exact time, locality and the name of the principal actor being withheld. In the lively town of - the young people had for some days been on tip toe in preparing for a masked party or ball. It wts to be a grand affair, nothing half wny, but in every particular the chief end aimed at was success. It was to be on a large scale too, and invitations, therefore, were not limited to the immediate section in which the ball was to be given. The gay, lively and beautiful were invited from far and near. The evening arrived, and though not given to the indulgence of light fantastic toe exercise, the pleasure of witnessing the gay assemblage could not be resisted and we entered the hall and became a looker on. We will not attempt a description of the va rious masked characters, suffice it there was the usual complement, and the dance com menced merrily, the dancers in blissful igno rance, except in a few instances,as to who this or that masked figure could be. No one thought of anything else than pleasure, least of all did we have an idea that the light laughter would ere long be succeeded by shrieks of horroi, or that. faces wreathed in smiles would soon be blanched with teiror. Alas! how often do we stand upon mines which in a moment may spring and engulf us. Dance succeeded dance, and the musicians inspired with the scene and their own melo dy, played as .never men did before. It was about eleven o'clock perhaps when there was a slight commotion at the door, and all eyes were turned in that direction. A new figure was on the point of entering, his unusual height, peculiarity of costume and a belt around his waist, filled w1th long, keen, glit tering knives attracting general attention as he strode into the centre of the.hall and stood for a moment, as it were, inviting scrutiny. An unaccountable feeling of dread, that some .teriible denonement would follow the appear ance of this unknown late comer, took pos session of us; we could not sh ake it off, and spell-bound we followed his every motion with intense interest. Whether this feeling of uneasiness was experienced by others we know nor, anyhow the dancing soon recom menced and apparently the unknown was forgotten by the happy party. Bat soon the scene shifted, the first act was over, a change had come over the spirit of the dream, light comedy had turned into I heavy tragedy, the entrancing music had died out in a wail, the nimble feet of the dancers weie still and rigid as if hewn from solid marble, and scores of terror-stricken 1 eyes were turned to the far corner of the 1 hall,yhere could be seen the unknown with : mask stripped from his face and body almost I denuded of clothing, brandishing a huge 1 knife in each hand and giving vent to fearful i war-whoops, all the while leaping and danc ing in a -perfect state of phrenzy. It tooki but a moment to see that he was mad-mad1 as a March hare, and intended mischief. As he turned his face full upon ours, we recog nized in him an old acquaintance, or friend,i and called him by name-George. At the sound of his name his yiolent gestures ceased, and believing that we had the poweri to control and lead him out, and thus save an effusion of blood, we moved toward him, but it must be confessed, in terror, and with1 hairs which stood on end like porcupine uills. He suffered us to approach and touch him, and finally to lead him to tbe door andi ouside, the appalled crowd falling back and1 hugging t% walls affrighted. It was our hope that some of the b.ldest and strongest, of the men would follow, and a't a conve nient time rush up behind and inion the aniac. It was a vain hope-no one followed. [ the meantime we walked on, and although1 his phrenzy did -not return, it was apparent that we were in imminent peril, for he seemed] possessed with the Idea that his keen-pointed knives were harmless, and he drew them 1 across our hands and face with such horrible nearness that we could feel the touch. One of his knives fell to the ground, and unobserv.ed as we thought, we endeavored to throw it overi a fence close by. But his sharp, restless, eys saw the attempt and he at.once jumped) to the conclusion that we were playing him , false. Tancy our feelings then when he made a spring at us, and clutching our throat com menced again his demoniac war dance, brandishing a horrible,- keen-bladed knife in ur face. It was a supreme moment-where] were the strong arms to pinion the monster -would help come-were we to be butchered? Oh, horror! We tried to grapple with him < and throw.him off-an infant might as well have attempted to throw off a giant. Every oment seemed an age, and growing weaker nd weaker we felt that it would soon be1 over, unless something could be done. So ummoning all our remaining strength, we made one mnightyv, powerful effort to free our self from his grasp and-woke. We had been dreaming, and instead of being at a masked ball, and grappling with our maniac friend. George, had been agonizing under an attack of indigestion, superinduced by Newberry . beef cooked a !a Nanicy. Forn THa HERALD. BROAD Rivnra, April 27th, 1876. Ma. EDITORa:-l['he Democratic Conven enon mDe, pursuatnt to adjournment, ef fected a perfnanenlt organiz-ttion with a full1 orps of officers, and every th ing seems to be moving along as "merry as a marriage bell." The orgnization is a good one as far as its officers are concerned. 'They are well known throughout the County, and are esteemed for their honesty and integrity. They represent almost all the priaceipal professions, or occn pations in the County, viz: the Farmer, the Merchnt, the Doctor, and last, but not least, the Lawyer. It is very well to look out for a few of them, as they know how to draw up resolutions, make speeches when wanted (to kill time), and do the talking generally for C such bodies. Upon the whole, the officers- t and delegates to the State Convention-are r ell selected, and certainly represent the in- J1 telligence and wealth of the County. But let 1 us see whether they represent the people of the County or not. To be sure, they w- z selected by the people-by the various Dec.- r cratic clubs that were organized in accord- r ance with a call of the County Chairman,- t but do these Demnocra Lie clubs represent the views and feelings of the majority of the b while people? Are the majority of the white c voters regularly enrolled upon the books of u Democratic club:s? These are pertinent ques- it ions, and questions that will be answered in 11 the negative in the coming elections. Half a h jogen men can meet, organize, elect delegates " to the County Convention. &c., but st ill the V twnship is published as being fully repre- o tented. How was it with Township No. 11? p o her delegates represent the voters of 0 that township ? Let us examine her minutes ti . little.. We find that the parties to whom T1 wee entrusted the organization of said Club, fl uly advertised the same, were promptly up- ~ )ntegon n noldalpeet i. Sh ground~s Thnd enrolled al e res ent,i. e i ToWnship No. 11 is fully represented in tbt County Convention. It is true this does nol speak much for the political patriotism o the Township, but still are facts, solid, nu deniable facts.- Now we judge that othei delegates bold their credentials under similai circumstances. The people will not turn out nor can they be forced to turn out. Persua sion has no effect, and they turn a deaf eai to all arguments and reason; the general re ply is, that "we have already had too muct of politics, our leaders have ridden us till we are out of breath, we think we ought to le1 matters alone for a while," &c. Now thes and similar expressions are daily heard, and what is to be done about it? How are we are going to get men to vote the Democratk( ticket when they even refuse or neglect tc join Democratic clubs? Answer this, some body-some one who is always talking aboul patriotism, devotion to one's country, &c Tell us how, under existing facts, are we going to poll a full Democratic ticket? The County Convention is certainly Demo cratic to the back-bone. The fiat has gon forth, "Let none but Democrats be In office.' No more coalition, no more compromise, no more sacrifice of personal principle "for the country's good." The country needs Demo crats and they must be put in office. Fare well to the hopes of such men as Horace Greeley or Judge Carpenter. Never again will we be called upon to swallow this pill-thih self-sacrificing principle of voting for liberal republicans or white-washed democrats. The County Convention has gone back upon the memory of H. G. How are we country peo ple to know when we are doing right? In one ranvass the bosses tell us to vote the Repub lican ticket, the bolting ticket, or they tell ai to vote for the icalawag, Judge Carpenter, oi for our old enemy Horace Greeley. Again they tell us to vote for a Yankee General, one who led a division through our State and laid our country waste. But now "a change has come over"-well, they have soured on somebody. Hear their resolution: "Resolved, That we are most decidedly of the opinion that no one should be nominated as a cndidate for any office in a Democratic rganization, either State or County, whose name is not on the roll of some Democratic club, and nho does not publicly avow his adherence to the Democratic party and its platform." Whew! This is a' stunner! Now a man must make a speech, he must spit it out where it can be heard; he must "publicly avow" his adherence to the Democratic party and platform; be must be a Democrat, body and soul, before he can expect Demo :razic honors-before he can be exalted to the important position as an officer in a Democratic Club, or before he can be "nomi 3ated as a candidate." Oh! ye farmers, doc. ors and merchants, brush up, think over Four dictionary and grammar if you want to e "nominated as a candidate." If you do aot, the lawyers viill get you; they have peeches always ready. So prepare in time. rhis is a strange resolution anyhow, a little neonsistent, But then the whole English anguage is~ inconsistent. These same dele ates who voted for the resolution once landed orace Greeley to the skies, talked for him, spoke for him and voted for him. They ex tolled his. virtues, .praised his talents and called upon us to vote for him. Nothwith tanding, Horace Greeley was known to us s being an enemy to the South from his boy iood, as having built himself up a reputa. tion and a fortune by villifying the Southern white people, a leader of the abolition party md a life-long Republican. Look now at tbe esoluion that was adopted by the County Jonvetion! - By the way, while we are on the subject, what is meant by this Democratic platform?~ Will some who really know be so kind as to iform us, poor, Ignorant, bewildered country people ? Is it a new platform? We know thai the old platform proinised gcod government, conomy, equal rights, &c.; but then the Republican platform promises the same. Please point out the difference in the twoplat rorms and pledges, so that we country-people nake no mistake, and know exactly what we are. We do not remember seeing but one National Democratic platform since the war, and that was written by Henry J. Raymond while he was a Democrat, but this Henry J. Raymond wrote the Republican platform while he was a Republican, and they are mbtantially the same. Webster says a Demo. rat "is one who favors the extension of the ight of suffrage to all classes of men." If :his is a correct definition, we are slot a [emocrat, neither are one-tenth of the whites in the South Democrats. We believe In an lucaional qualification. But the Republi !an party allowrs all to vote, regardless of >roperZy or education. So we are at a loss to Enow the exact difference between the two parties as regards platform and principle We know what is understood by the Demo :ratic party in South Caralina, it is the white aeople; and we treated in our other article he two names as synonymous. So if by )enocrat we-mean white, what is this white >r Democratic platform that every man nust publicly avow his adherence to before te can be "nominated as a candidate." Is it l those established forms of pledges about ionesty, &c.? W by every grand rascal that zas been in office since the war stood upon the ame platform, and made the same pledges. ho made greater pretensions to reform, to ionesy and good government than our nodel ex-Governor, F. J. Moses, Jr., while te was a candidate? "Promi-es like pie rust are made to be broken." (1 wish I :new the Latin for this "refreshing- adage," hen I would write it in Latin, the country ieople would understand it better you know.) 3t enough of this at present. We will vait a full explanation of these much vexed Luetions by some one that knows, and ratch with interest the proceedings of the rate Democratic Convention, as everything Lepends upon what action is taken by that atelligent and patriotic body. Before we close allow us to briefly notice a omunicaion in the HERA.L, signed "Po aria." We are not so fortunate as "Poma ja" claims in knowing the author; but udging from its tone we would imagine, it to i written by a boy, just home from school, rith all his Greek and Latin fresh in his ind, and who like moat boys at his age, iust either blow off or bust. He very natu ally takes advantage of the first oppor unity to show the fruits of his researches in me ancient -languages and histories, and rings up as parallels to our condition ad ir redemption, those old wars. He has war pon the brain, and lets off as if he was urg ig on some valiant band to overcome seem ig impossibilities, where bold daring and eavy b!ows were. required. Such haranes 'ere quite common during the late war, and 'ere sometimes necessary when the worn at soldier was required to make some des rate charge, or to overcome some great btacle, or when a few had to contend igth i many. It was then a mat ter of prowess. here is quite a difference in a bloody con ict and quietly putting a ballot in a box, here an old, ignorant, helpless negro is rual to a "forest-born Demos thenes." These .etsare o..nly .exame in arithmetic. squash, or wben you think it is going to rain, in fact tell us anything except about those old wars of which we never heard. It Is too far back for uf; to comprehend. In the meantime, if you have a talent that way, do a sum in arithmetie for us, and give in your next article the resulit. Find out from the census returns how many more negroes there are in South Carolina than whites, then sub tract the number of negroes from the num ber of whites, then allow every negro tovote the Republican ticket and every white man the Democratic ticket; add to the number of white votes ten thousand additional voters for good measure., then in a fair election tell us who will best. Remember, put it down in figures that we plain folks can understand it. This will be a great deal more apprecia ted than an account of those old fights- you speak about. COUNTRYMAN. FO THE BRALD. MR. EDITOR1:-It is agparent that this generation has to pass away before South. Carolina can adapt herself to the new situation. We are old fogies dyed in the wool and the wool was dyed Confederate grey. We may lubri cate our months with 'possum-fat and goose-grease, but we cannot swallow the Yankee, nor more than a little -bit of the negro. We acdept the situation as an abstract proposition, but when we come to act we are governed by our old instincts. The acceptance is on our lips, perhaps, but it has never taken root in our hearts. We like wise adhere to the old, time-honored practice of party organization ;. we have imbibed it when we were little chaps, and it has become part of our constitution-impossible to get rid of it now. We are old .fogies to the backbone. If there were any -doubts about it, the resolu:.ions passed at the late Democratic County Convention would destroy the last trace of it. It is well known that the meinbers of Democratic clubs are greatly outnum bered by .the non-republican citizens who expect to vote the Democratic I ticket if proper. gersons are nomina ted, but who do not wish to be made I t party-slaves by just such resolutions, and. who prefer not to join. the clubs on that ground. The clubs take. it of course-for granted that all sach will support the Democratic nominees. for without their help it would not be worth while to have tickets printed Yet this very element Qf success . is deliberately slapped in the face-"no candidate shall be nominated whose name is not on the roll of some Demo cratic club and who does not publicly avow his adherence to the Democratic party and its, platform"-whatever1 that may be. If .by such means it is expected to increase the membership of the cIuk,.except by the-.ddition of few office-seekers, human nature must have changed of late. These indepen dent Democratic voters might take it in their heads that as they were so ut terly ignored they might be justified in ignoring the club ticket. These doings are, no doubt, all in accordance with strict party politics, but these old party politics are out of date; they de not suit the present situation, and are destined to insure .defeat, and we half way feel it. To repeat it, we are all old fogies and can't help it. Nobody is to be blamed except our age. If we had been born twenty-five years later we might be a little more elastic, but our mental joints are getting too stiff to learn any new political jigs. ANELEH. An English judge has decided that a woman can keep her wedding ring and wear it when she pleases, but she can not give it away without her husband's consent. ( Txz SCIENCE OP HET for May Is re ceived, and it is a good number, full of good. things on all subjects relating to hygiene and matters ot genera! interest. Monev ex- J pended in subscripdion to this m:igazine is . well invested. Terms $2.00 per annum. Ad- - dress S. R. Wells & Co., New York. .Tew # am?scellaneous. Positive Notice to Trespassers.f All persons are hereby warned against hunting, fishing or t,resp issing in any way on my plantation on Saluda river, and any one found so trespassing after this date will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. A. M. NICHOLS. May 3, 18-3t* Notice to Trespassers. We, the undersigned, do hereby warn all persons against hunting, fishing or tres passing in any way on our plantation known as the Suber place, without our leave, as the law will be rigidly enforced against every one so offending. W. S. SWITTENBERG, R. P. CLARK. May 1st, -1876-18-St. TOBIAS D)AWKINS, PASIIONABLE IIRB El, .NE WBERR Y, S. C. SHOP NEXT DOOR NORTH of POST OFFICE. A clean shave, a neat cut, and polite at-( tnton guaranteed. May 3, 18-tf. Assignee's Notice of Appoint ment and Order of Publi cation. In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of South Caro lina.* IntemteCfWS AHN.ak Ithmat rup ~ <s. ~ Bak InBnrupty. To Iho B anrcy.:Te ne Tone whoereby entce: Tof uiponer enasAsignedhrbgies otie &4 Lata,oft menta.. Asine thf Winne n& Newherr, o. Prosperity, in the County of Newberry, ? s7ew w .listelaneoss. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES! Own tose cr ityo oney the.under 111ed4as,fromrthisedate,'reduced his' en Ire stock to prices which cannot fail to please those in seaach of GOOD goods for lit-. le oney. Full and complete stock of DlY -GOOD, N0TION, A Always on hand. FANCY COODS A SPECIALTY. Latest novelties now in stok CRNE LACE, LACE TIES, GRENADINE, ILLUSION, PIQUES, LACE XUSLINS, EIBBONS, all widths, and the new styles at25 cents peryard. All orders promptly and careMuny attend. ma to. C. F. JAoKSOt, LEADER OF LOW'-PRIGESs ' OLUrA,.8.'C. .- Send for samples. - May 1st, 1876. NOTICE. OFFICE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, NEWBERRY COUNTY, NawmaaRy, S. C., April 21-,18'. Notice is hereby -given that from this late all the Public School in this Coonty Lre closed, exceptipg those in Townships so. 1 and No. 5, hich will 'close on the [6tif UMay IHARRYBSCOT May 3,18-It. Scool Commiioner. make no engagen 400lR p s our NEWB OK Vhich in thrilling interest, sterling meri legance and ch ' has-absol zo qual. It is' "TE N'for the Centennial - eriod-takes on sfght. The North American Review says ift.i deserving of u~quUe&prs we an i ate for it an extensive :pop th )buque Times says s scha work as housands of the amercae will be 1ad-to possess".- the Detroit A Aertiew ails it "preferable to any yet b1ishe& LVY ACTIVE -MN OR Wg d - Iress Insured large profts anratead wr or a year. For f m 'rticus address T. B. 'ORD.& 00, Pak<PIse,eY may 31-8t..- -- - IUghIitt's IVOry WhatI AKE MONEY AND R1EF 6E NEElBOB. - & .DEAR SIR: Allow me to cal yFi W ;ion to anew klnd of Sring !el.from eighty.to a:b#ded,dbubiti sre. This wheat-was grown In A 1rca t s 'en grown in the UnitedSteswl ileled success for- two year. fl-ph his wheat is small, plump andbv hitlsh color, and wjb O.pu~s nesured-bashel. Iar~h. int from ELi.othcaer of ieng sunfcwet topmUts - sd gpains o(.Ahe seed k s armertoplant, inordr toohsna ance ofsedOr4#bty>-tbnIrty boloIng year. ItsA 'at value consists 'A 1. Its abundant yrL 2. In its flour es.Ifr - - 3. In the qua 'of2%ii6s tn lour. being equal to thatnide 4t~~ wite wheat. 5.lth I acnyin whihktis 8. In Its making a good73Sik O&-f - f land.- - - 7. In its being of a ivy h rOfik aot liable to rust. 8. In its being easily threshed aomerson n'on thresher.-. - 9. In its .retention -of thos]ar broughz successIve years of eultvc, 1o? "ruu918L2nt" as many no kmerca.. 00 grains of Ivory Wheat.. .. .....:$3 00gransto one addres.....a... No discoant allowed oa any order torsuke~ ;han 500 grains. Mdney must be sent- in registe eler irepaid, or.post offiee orde,Itwi- bayt e sender's risk. All commnIcations requining an answe as havea stamp encDse4. All whes-wlllb.nttreeofehago. Now Is the time to mkeu-ls Addres, C ( Clevdaelam aRsFEENCE AB TO CKrARACTE. Clevelimd National Banky1!kchang.ud eposit Bank, the Mayor and-Chief xf-Polfc..: levelad, Tenn., Herald offle, Banner of s, or any omaier of the Coungo C Brad!y May 3, 18-2c. T J Gos00*Wesr2. We take plealsure innou eng toou. - iends and customerphta we have now in Lore OUR SPRING STOCK 0O? DRY GOODS, VIL LINERIY FANCY GOODS, CONSISTING OF . Ladies Dress Goods, Alpacss Muslius, Piques, WhiteG4oods, Bleached and Brown Home spuns, Bleached and .Brown - Sheecings and Pillow Casings, Tickings, Cottonades, Lineus, and Cassimneres. -A PULL LINE OP ~entemens' Furnishing Goods, Ladies' Cuff and Collars, Ruff. Handkerchiefs, Hosie ry, Belts, Parasols, Fans, Gloves, Dress Trimmings. ar.o, -- BEA UTIFUL STOKF MILLIIERYa ansisting of all the latest.Paris Novelties iii Ladies' Hats, 8ilk and Lace Ties, Basket Silks, Tvied Ribbons, Ornamenta, e. All of which we have marked ithe Lowrest Living Pries S