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The Herald.i TBOS. F.GEEER Er'rs W. H. WALLCE. NEWBERRY, S. C. THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1882 A PAFEa F9i: T!E PEOPLE. Tbe Ierald is in -be hi-ile, re-ct a Fam tere'ste o: tae people of this County and te StaVe. It eir ulates exten-i:ely. sn a.s ar Adverting ei 2Am o erd urlied ad vantae For Terms. bee ers: pa4-. The state Ticket. IILGH S. 'iHO,MPSOJN. t J1L'C C. -HEPPARDL. TObZ zC!ETAkY O bTAT: JA3ES N. Li1SCIOMB. ,';- FoR ATfoEMaFr- zsELL CUAELES aiCHAEi:SON M1LE 5. W. E. STO'EY. Y(J S~TATE~ TEASuY.z': JOHN PETER x1CHARDSON. FOE W1J LTLT ASL) N5YF rc,a. iZ5YL : A. 3L ]iA\i(ALLT. rr-_ YClE so-'T-(L OF EL,CCATIOS: ELLLSON c. rEK~ The State University. The friends of the State Iniver sity are attempting to sustain their cause by three very specious argu ments: 1st. They charge its oppo nente with being opposed to higher i education. 2nd. They insist that the appropriation necessary to carry it on is small, and each tax payer's portion is insignificant. 3d. That it is necessary to maintain 1 the ingh standing of our public men, and keep them on a par with the statesmen of other States. These arguments are too trans- J4 parent to deceive anybody. If the so called University offered higher education the argument would be worthy of some consideration. It is not a University, in any proper sense of the word ; it is simply a boys' school. It cannot compare in any way with the old South Carolina College, which before the war was the nursery of statesmen, judges and of men distinguished in every walk of life. In those days men of the finest intellects and of the highest ability and best train ing filled the chairs of the College ; but first-class educators have been importuned invain toaccept chairs in the present so-called University. The South Carolina College in its2 day offered advantages of higher education suc~h as could not be ob tained anywhere else in the State ; there are five Colleges in the State today that offer better advantages for higher education than this so- 3 - -called University. The objection I to the so called University is that it is not worthy of the State ; and that such a University as is worthy ~ of the State cannot be properly t ported by the State in her pres poverished and debt-burden ~~on The argument that d ri 2F nwill not feel the tax e 0'~If1~~. is too thint forbsa entirely, o'rbd knowsd that labor, not crul, pays the taxes. W~ith a debt o over eight r millions pressing upon her, the t State needs every dollar that can ( be saved to pay that debt, so that C taxes may be made lower. What we have said about the a University (so-called) applies as ti well to the Citadel Academy, with P the additional fact that South Caro- * lina has no more need for a military ~ academy than she has for a dancing al school or a skating rink. cl t4 "Poor Pay, Poor Preach." cc A writer in the Christian Neigh- Ji C ard," expresses himself as believing , in the principle of "poor pay, poor preach." It is not good doctrine ; k it is not sensible either. A preach- 82 er can preach as well on a small salary as on a large one-unless he preaches for the salary, instead of n preaching to save souls. We be- o lieve the true explanatiof of thisd1 matter is in the reverse of the old adage: it shonld.read "poor preach, poor pay." A real good preacher t~ in South Carolina will never have ti any reason to complain about his pay; while he who preaches for the salary will never be paid as much b as he wants, but fully as much as it he deserves. ti It is a remarkable fact that every b man on the State Ticket is an Epis copalian, except Capt. Lipscomb,g and he is a half scholar, as it were, f his wife being an Episcopalian, and u he not a member of any church. Ja And it is another remarkable factb that every' democratic nominee for Governor since the war has been an Episcopalian. The President of the Citadel Academy is an Episco palian ; and the most prominent candidate for the Presidency of the' S. C. University, P.ev. WV. P. Du Jit T>me i almsb. State Exeeutire Comnettee. The following is the Democratic state Executive Committee, elected t the Convention last w'ek 1st Dis net. Jas. F. Izlar. Geo. D. Bryan, Otey Reed : 2nd, G. W. Croft. ). P. Sojourner. C. J. C. Hutson; d. Eugene B. Gary. of A beville. ieorge Johnstone, of Newberry, E. 3. Murray. of Anderson ; 4th. Wm. lunro. B. P. Todd. Wiley Jones ; th, "Jno. B. Erwin. G. J. Patter on, T. S. Farrow ; 6th, Jno. W. Villiams. J. F. Rhame, J. D. Mc .acas ; ith, Win. Elliott, Chas. S. >inkler, Jos. H. Earle. James F. Iziar, of Orangeburg, s Chairman. Col. E. B. C. Cash, of Chester ield County, nominates hizmself brough the Reform .Sgsnal, as an adependent candidate for Congress rom the Fifth Congressional Dis. riet. Ex-Judge Thos. J. Mackey an iounces himself, through the same nedinm, as a candidate from the ame District. Next week's TTFRAT- will contain he article of Capt. J. F. J. Cald cell, of Newberry, describing the >art taken by McGowan's Brigade n the Battle of the Wilderness, which we copy from the Charleston Weekly Sews. The Conwayboro Telephone this eek has two good editorials-botl :opied entirely, and without credit, rom this paper. It has anothei >retty good one copied in the same say from the Chrizttan 1Neighbor. Col. Thompson has the satisfac ;ion of having beaten two as gal ant, as brave and as patriotic men is ever drew blade in defense of a ioble cause, or ever trod the pathP >f civic life. The day that Hugh S. Thompson was nominated for Governor his on was elected a Professor in the itadel Academy. Congress adjourned Tuesday, 8t1 nstant. fDE TEZ HERALD. Some Free Advice to Hard Tack. M DEAR HARD TAcK : I am sure ou will overlook my presumption in ,ddressing this letter to you. I must rite and tender my congratulations n your victory over Ajax, Jr. You are tied a brick to his tail, thus ilencing his melodious voice. In my ind's eye I see him wending his ilent, slow and solitary way over the on gsinorum, and on into the dark imbo to which you have consigned im. What I most admired was your aode of attack. You approached him oidly from the front, seized him by he ears, and forced him frotm the round he occupied. Happily for you, on were thoughtful enough to ap roach him thus, and not a tergo Ise you might not have escaped to iien'-e the echo of his resonant bray. But, my dear Hard Tack, with all or acumen, have you never thoiight bat now is j'our time to desist-now hile vietary perches on your eagles ? our task is finished. You have per. rmed your work well. You have one your duty as a citizen by dis >vering the weak points of our Coun r administration; yoiu have vindii sted your character as a faithful sol ier ; you have annihilated Ajax, Jr. [ad I the power of kings and empe rs, I would summon you to the his ir rostrata of our temple of justice, with a lower case j) and amid the beers of our approving countrymen, tingled with the stirring strains of See the conquering hero comes." I ould twine round your noble b:ow e laurel wreath of classic Rome, or lace on your deserving head a crown verdant leaves, plucked from the iv-saded slopes of Helicon and lympus; but the power is not mine, d the only reward I can offer is a ~romo which is herewith publicly ~ndered you. Don't be backward in ming forward to claim this, your it reward ; and when you have re ived it, retire, I entreat you, like incinnatus. from laboring for the ablic good. You have done enough. Your fel -citizens ask for nothing further tve that you stay your hand when te fatal ca;oet4es scribendi attacks yu. As a soldier you must kno;w iat Hard Tack soon grows monoto us, stale and insipid-to the readers the HERALD as soon as to the so1 ers of the C. S. A. To speak plain. , the public is alreadiy stisfied with hat you have written. It wants uo ore. The wonderful time referred in your last letter has arrived-a me when all men think alike, for w all unite in thinking you have id enough. If you continue your rggle with Ajax, the eyes of your st friends 'ill become blinded, and the smoke and <iust of the battle ey will be unable to tell which ia [ard Tack, and which Ajax-you will th seem jackasses alike. In conclusion, I would advise you you wish to deserve the lasting ratitude of your fellow citizens, and you wish, at last, to reach a land here comphints, and bickerings, and kass-fights are unknown-ecrawl, I seech you, like the storied ground. g of Virginia-crawl into your >e and p~i it in after you. SCYLAX. An Imlpossil - Deserving articles ar - lways ap eiated. The exceptional cleanli s of Parker's Hair Balsam makes popular. Gray bairs are inmpossi e with its c,ceasional use. rhe Platform or IS2 or the Demoeraatie Party of .Sonth ( arolia and 18I an-i ti:e'r c':in-' iio, to the pri::ej..s of the \ aS D-.i ticp-t. and tpic - teat: try :er -arfse=t eo - ,7 ar.d Euprt. delare the --V prlucip*- as fr:aul:-t:ra it_ of t: 7sutfl Carlina DeIo':rm t . State ald Federai aairs, anid i't the aid and sup.ort of all g%d .e ze in eaIry'.:2g thl'' i:,to ef-t 1 ise and just iegisasi1. - in.p;artial adJinitrat:on of tqaA .. econOtly with eticet.cey it, Cvert de ~arttueut of the State gover:j..t 2. V'pu. -r edetl,: ist.: " of free inti:i,n. Liberai et.psr titrsi for the p,ublic sh f',r :t;e } . The 6 t crmatic E ri'ftr Republican party tc trt- :. and d.-.ruy gri govern:.tett i. ub Cari,in4 by t.r:ing to parti . pu pe., the :.ppciti:^ power f t e Federal gcverniaent is a _ta-+lng re.ace t' the peopie of tLi tate aa a growi:: ds:ger to _ood c:t:z_ns r, every par: of the Union. Th, F4d ral o5ce in this State ar. ilade pi litical firL,aries and tr-ining schw for the defeat of honest govern:e-ut in South Caro i-a. 4. Honest iom e rule The Dem oeracy of South Carolina, representing the taxpayers of the State and a ma jority of th. whole people, invite and have the right to expect the sympathy I and support of their fellow-countrymen in their str.t.us c.forts to preserve an intelligent and equal adviniLtra tion of the government. 5. The practice of packing juries in political cases in the United States Courts in this State is a criminal vio-, iation of the inalienable right of every citizen to a fair trial by a jury of Lis peers. 6. The extenaiou of the franchi=e, as a political result of the late war, has enlarged enormously the number of present and prcspective voters requir ing education in the public schools. 1 The burden was increased, while the ability of the State to bear it was diwinisbed. The Federal governaent, by liberal appropriations from the Treasury. no the basis of illiteracy. should help the Southern States to cure the evii of non.inteilig-ut etf frage. A national daiger call for national actio- anda :ational aidI. 7. Civil servsice reformII, alpoint wen; to winrr offices under tests that will indicate 'ie quaiications of the applicant, promotion by merit. a fixed tenure of office, and no removals, ex-] cept for cause. S. Blackmailing public servants. under the guise of political assces ments, converts the public treasury, to the extent of the contributions called for, into a cawpaign kynd for the ad vancement of a political party, thus taxing the whole people for partisan purposes. 9. The present protective tariff robs the many for the benefit of the few. The duties on imports should be de creased, and an early repeal of the duty on cotton ties, on the saohinery used in the manufacture of cotton and wool, and on tools and agricultural implements, will stimulate manufac tures and be a welcome relief to the farmer and laborer. 10. It is most desirable tha.t the internal revenue. taxation be abolished, so soon as this can be accomplished without rendering permanent the e: isting protective system. Rigid econ omy in the conduct of the governtment wil hasten the day when the tariff shall be as moderate as in the early days of the Republie and the army of officeholders eumployed under the in ternal revenue laws be disbanded. 11. The public credit-nationai and State-must be religicusly maintained. 12. In the conduct of affairs in this State the DemoQeracy have been actu ated by but one desire, and that is to promote the greatest good of the State. Only within the Dernocratic party and by party action can defective legisla tion be remed4ied with out imperiling the safety and we!l-beinag of the Strate. Democratic unity is public safety and private security. 13. ID the State, justice and equal ity for all, to insure harmony and good will between ..he races In the Union, no sectionalism in policy or f'eeling. An indissoluble Union of indestructi ble States. One flag, one country, one destiy. Fox THE iERAiLD. Club No. 3. Township No. 9. Met July 20th, 1882, and was call ed to order by the President. Min utes of last meeting read and confirm ed. Motion by David Rikard that Club No. 3s of the Township pled'e themselves not to support any eandi date that treats to intoxicating drink to influence voters at primary elec tions ; it was discussed at some length an !ost. Motion by Ji. I'. IRanks, what kind of men this Club wauts to represent them in tbo Legislature, lawyers or farmers ? It was decided that they wanted farmers or men that would represent the agricultural interests of the County ; that they wanted but1 few laws anod them plain so the people could understand thema, as the laws are so comiicated th:t the lawyers do not understand them. Moved by David Rikard, that the Secretary furnish a copy of these pro. eedings to the BERAIUo and requestt them to publish. Sec'. S. A. I1NTR,Se'y A munificent Providence placed in I Natures storethouse a care er reme dyi for diseases which would first afilict the human family. Skin or blood dis eases necessarily was the first to seize pon raankind. S. S. S. is Nature's remedy, taier. fro:n her bounteous storeouse, and never fajls to cure any skin or blood diseases, as thousands have joyously tes-tified. Price, $1.00 Fot H HRA.s Rerollection% of War Times. By a Meber of the &i S. C. E-gPn=. do .':r *:;r" i :.v:E .~ of l- -ter t:e eie Gf :h:: ---.rtfa teriod. Wn.r: - Regme.:. i: :e. ad dot! .rn a:. Gr-bo N (C.. end .f : it.:rmg a.C exc.tl:.Z aet es o: ,- ;o: ..at the' .op-d to be theque : - .. av,ocadtot. of civi L'e T e rar y nd 2orow , h 'd to-di- the boys o .:att period f'.d Chem-eives fL:- tecomsi:._ e:..- nevr to grow ::. G. :!O: p .: -tory , evu: to g':or+' . A!e:i CV'.raGe t. . : :.: ile.h. i:eidntena tio--don t.e o-ci-: bo e ai:.:-ie to, Y :.c ::. . cZer:t d.." . a: a i t -'-'-.o: ., a -o:n m o'. e-.-re an ac:e :I -, .:e ILoeG o.*e," tit:uay pruoe ... !L.zLe iee-o.: to O.h.r . o e:Saw C: -ii S:,uht themw .t exi=te--::e :o :" :ci it noriorZ. Tbe great batt:e of ; t Z~ . Sda the tist o Sep' t. It not my purpise to re Pe.:. story of that bo,ody day ; o frou: i O'es,ek A. M., uti Z, P. M., :Lae .i coi.:nnz of frier.d and foe collided aa c:ished ami: the pealing thu:dere of ar:i 1-rri and t:he incessant roar of the deadi; rid. of that ghLasty fieid. covered wi:h. it dead, abo,se gias'y eyes seemed to grz ieavenward. Of tne wounded and dvi - giving to the p.siig reeze their last fare well t.e:saj: to di_tan: loved ones. Ho; a:nid thie death-deal;i.g c4rs,age the mai; of the =truggling soldier would leave th, sce:e of conflict and go back -o 1.IZ owt happy ome, at.d contemplate the probabi occupatior, of icved o:es amid their gui.' s.ath surro:::dings, dizturt.ed o:iv ; their ever-present, atixious solicitude.,n in bliseful ignorance of the scr:ese trar.spiring on the banks of the Chickmau g. Or. of the night succeedinr: (who ea: d.escribe the night after a battle ?) when th excitement consequot upon the stirrin scenes of the day is subsiding, and uthe sad duties await the wurvivor. The writer of this wiii not soon forge he hours of that :ight, as asi?ted by e:g. of his comrades, (dl: a bo e5caped of a corn pany of thirty-six jolly boys in the u.or:. icZ), they scoured the fieid c; .-tage search of their cead, and, as they iG"ni them, bore the: ir. their ar:.s together an: kid toem side by side as t:ev had stood il the fray. As thev, :fter the midnight hour toiled wearily t;r. di,igently to gzive then decent buriai, not many words were spo ken; each was br-y with his .wn thoughts At irat the morning bruke. a;,d the earlI tap o.f the d:um called them Lway :rpr their sad tssk, faithfully but rudely 5nished to other duties, not inore stirring, for thi would be 'areiy poseible. This is a picture, though painfully vivid and real, I wou: not attempt further to describe; it it enough to point the mind of the 6oldie: thitherward and jeave him with his owa memories. But to go on thinking. This being a de .-ided victory for the Clonfederac s, the ene my mnoted baci to their base aL Ci:auaoo ga, closely followed by Bragg and Long street. For some cause, no special effor was made to dislodge him, unless the' pro et of Gen. Alexander (Chief of Artillery; o shell him out might be considered as uch. His pet idea seemed very ingenious y conceived, which aas by t'he use of heavy imbers to be used as skids to so elevate s guns as to enale him to shell the ene caj froi his 'ca.e:.at. Ac:ordingly. a; ter several days of busy preparation, eve-ry hing was declared ready. The whole army was in a state of expectascy, as if Lockou: ountain had heens in labor. The appoi.s:. d hour arrived an:d the "ll ilouind ere turned loose. The fit. .'zot we atched with: intense interes. Ber i. : ieket at the time I had a f-e oppo'rt n *y f witnessaing the cionter:ialon ofth: ene n. A heavy b,ooru was h1i'a, and la due ite, apparen't:y about two ::iles high a:id um:diately a'cove the euemy's p.osmon', a cheil exploded with a puff of scio.e, undI reporS as of a fire-cracker.' Anothcer, :d nother, until the whole machiney -asi ective play. Surprise and curio.rity Wae ex icd along the enemy's picket line, v.Lich was in full view and at short range of our They seemed to forget for thie timae the'ir >roximity to our line, and their former pa. ime of picking at each other with their ong-range rifles. At last Yankee curiosity :ould not forbear. One fellow mounted a tamp and balloed : "I say, Johnnie Reb, hat in bell are you all shooting at!" Of ~ourse we had nothing to say:; the laugh as against us. Thus ended the mortar ceme. Thiis little incident, however, ieemed to soften the tet;por. of the ankee .d disposed them to sociability, add would o doubt have resulted in a prolonged riendly contfab, at least until the feasibility I shelling the Moon with Howitzers had een discussed and settled, had it not been 'or special orders from headquarters against ;uch. Now comes in recollections of icici !ents of a more pleasing character. Every eber of The old ,i'd wUi op do;:ht recur ith pleasgrable emotions to the days spent social intercourse along the base of fissionary Ridge, underneath the au:u-n oliage of that picturesque and lovely land, 'cape. How between his turns of picket uty and the more laborious task of con ructing mortar batteries, he spent his. cisure hours in climbing Lookout Moun sin and viewing from its summit the grace ul curvings of the placid Tennessee. Of be good dinners he may have, or would ke -g have ea'er.. with the g'ood settlers erched upon tha iesated plateau, as se unre in their i~aaion from haicm from e hreatenin~ imies below as if they.had een looking down from the Moon. And te will recur with no less pleasure to the juiet evenings between the twilight and attoo as he bivonaced beneath the eaves If the stately Watkins House and listened o te clea:- tenor voice of Joe Smith as he ouied'forth~ iis budget of aoa on the ee breeze. And who will forget the Q aer Recruit" on such occasions as he rould be dragged from beneath the folds f hi somber-colored blanket, and impor uned autil he would thrill his audience in ong, with the exploits of young Lochinvar, ir quiet them into silence by the plaintive tory of Auld Robin Grey. Ah! soother igure inseparable from this comes up, to t; The graceful form of the swee mis s of' die Watkins oue. '*hough rn valid, nightly would she lend her presence o the scene, and would oft, by earnest sn ores, call back the reluctant singer to the ret delight of all. No doubt one doughty ~apain, the Lochiovar of the regitment, re nembers her, if for but one kind act, viz: aying received at the hands et a return .'g comrade as he supposed a dainty paek e om hiD ladyo'e, he at Once rtahedi to he door- of the marision, and with charae erisic bows and apo!ogies, he be:rged the* se of a lamp by which to inspect his treas re. The lampi being furnished by the istress in person he proceeded to expose e dant) thing, evidently pleased to have looked upon- b rennec eyea. But, oiu, Loses ! It turned out a hideous bug. S:'e 'as very kind and brave. She did not .r.a on trn the lamp oer, but of pure. -.oodr.ess of heart r.d ..jfee:ec '.r- pa4iy, .X:O. :) 'o: :.: ininl di,appo;-.:ment :,y C9=efi':g ner own d--- . s":if, et 11! ESc:IJ-e . . a c- e . prt ..x _0 .(:_x,:. t.::C.3: :t " c- a:2o t-. o= go & -t -~. -r Urve< T.r --.IC.iO:. Bow +solt - . -:" '-.:. of :.:ct!at . ua: ; . er. :r.e, - .og : :e - , ro ed .: .d of proae a 'er .iucy::..r t )o 6h otced :t3. ir _: Zitr :,tr iives iu their atds so eare m_n: O> =owt close over thei. E di .a:.d k:,d!y remembered by evexi - of athe old od, wt:o 'hsendI to bi k.:.:-. a I.onit:on.. .w from Mi'i;o:rv Ridge, Look --e: Mon-ah: ani the WaYilr i:o.se tC .M :. a-.r. a:.d :ror. ::.e:::e a.e:osa the iio o:, to K.ox'r.. The ois::I is a ,bt c:e too formDidaui. " its, '1 .3vo,. "ay of .:7ssing -. ::,- i:, 'ti,ose d2y-.) Ther a d' e !a:.-, .::- .:.: .-acei ::.. . . . . ie i. , mo-e a :c>u - w .~ : : e i. ': ar:r L, but r-e: of' : evngfrwad e d.- --to air d . :tie ft U: .-; rp'1.'--. :i-:ou:o "s: c.e ?te .i-tance le- - _ --- ..rd Lit: .C nd -j"e I,c-i: o *: ".. 3. _..Ay ip:e on.(:V Vouerc waon ier, . e-:a. a ,id a: once renai- tod a t:at ' of Ger. Longstreet eiurely mo?:ng parr.lel totou u::.eO, apaen I inpc:ng !tsort range .r": . o.?io.in iron-. Te enem i at once *o'oseved Lim a::d as .'>on as practicable urned their pieces upon :im, and for more than a : .ue powed the Sod at a feapfuc r re. Just at this juucture Gen. Kerr-hau arose, an:d wi:h his ha.t twiriirg above h 8ea, C eid for three cheers for Gen. Long nsteet, which wae i-roupty reppordel to by a risi:g vote of te ioge li:e, actM ompae iied by a r'-be! yeil. .-T .is i neard c-hen proLmed by reas inspiratior, while the old he::erac without hste or fpparet designr tored behi:d a hillock a hieh mru Lave saved him from pedy d-striehn. Whsy we paced himself tnere I cud not 'l!, unlaess simply to sLow that he was noi -aead'ted." The day was far spent; a p oon adarkr.ess cowered our movement a w=:s bid whih it ras hoped would t ofthel . por ti it of our oppositian d cap Wr hi -.us. The old :d (ad p oerhps ct.-r commzandej was a.signed z..sduy te 'e e ,,..t tu :e,:l our si.y to wth enemy's e The r ::o. t siThece was ejipned ad sn-.dtar:dingwe moved with so e c:el.. ty, tie fact was fully demonstrated hat it i possibie for several hundred men {ally equpped wi:.h arms and baggage to more thro:tgh a tiek wo d in thie dark al :o4r.s noieeasiy as a snake would crawl. At last we were, a we th.vzdr, in rear 0f oCr enemy atd, p-oud of tle post assigned us, were an.ious to make ure of the game. The dimly-burning faggots hih h.ad served to draw his evening cup of sure-enouga co:. fee, could e seen as we stealthiiy roved to the surprise ; but, alas: the game had flown, while by those buruing faggots sat our ubiqui'ous forager with his spoils of ilankets, anteens, &c., lying around him, while he enjoyed the contents of a well file.avernesk left by a careless Yankee, apparently as ::aconcegrned as if he had been at hiouse eating sweet p'otatoes is mother's back kirchen. We blvouaced1 that nighat or. the ground where we bad hoped to h'1ve gained some rich spoils, and in the early morning pushed forward in the direc tion of Knoxviile, in the wake of our re treating foe. No other hait was matde un til we came in sight of the chouc spires and the donie of the - Institute within the env:rons of the city. it js uaually a pleasa.g thing when nearing a town or city to caten sigh-. of its domes and steeples if it h::s such, but at this time there was no thI!.g ir.spring in these things, perhaips for th:r?r:2 tha tre was nnother object of moure ig.tec thought of les; grace:ui propor ;ous interYe:,ing, viz: Upuu a pro y:,iWelt ekva tion between us and the covet ed city 'here frc':ued a :.se ofpio E.r in :.ed-: a*:tervals w.ith dark emora .ur s, fromr w:ie dimnly protruded the mnuz z!es of heav.y cannon, while above floated lazily the f4ruiliar em.b.emn of our implaca > oe. No lihvig object could be seen -.boe is r:upats.Itsvery abosen.ce o of ite imparumted an ominous foreooding. But betweeni us and this rnmbre-looking pile', ..:.d a.ong a lesser elevation there atretchecd a uormiuable line of battle, along which there was no lack of evidepce of life, uj ti.e co::trary ea;.h r.:an ,eme to.be urmed' with a platcon of rifles judging from the rapidity with which they fired, (an un usual feature, which was alterward explain ed on learning that each man was armed with a Burnu'ide r-.fle, an ingenious weapon leading tronm the breach in such a manner as to ena'ble one to fire sixteen times in al most as many seconds.) Our position at this time may be familiarly illustrated by the figure of' two "Tomi CtsY" :gg au oc cupyIng tt:e gitched door th'e other the gar den fence; the one in the door afraid to come out while the one on the fence dare not go in for fear of a kick from the cook -the fort representing the cook. This dilemma was attempted to be overcome by a strategic movement. Away to our left was a thick wood, which seemed to extend re!to our en!emy's rear. ?;-om Qur pgsi tiori it see-m'd passir>le to 'cove on.e of our columns, under cover of this wood, far enough in his rear to effect a surprise, and thus drive hIm from his rail piles without drawing the fire of the fort. Accordingly the oh- t,d was selected to execute this tick iish movement, We set out well knowing that wye aould be watched, not only by our big ofiicer.-, but by every member of .the di-rii. The point designated from which .e would make cur a:tr.k, (if we should be suIcvces! l in r'ea fo- that poi.t withog. tei:.4;u:eored) ha 'been gained, and iro:n the corner of the wood we looked upon the backs of our enemy and watched himi as his attention was directed to the front. Between our potition and that of he enemy there intervened an open field, through which ran the Rail Road at right angle. with his line, aud at this point was marked by a considerable emboankment. O.r pqrpo.;e was to,. gain this em'oankment and from its cover pour a deadly fire into the flank and rear of the enemy which would cause him to dust out and give his position to our men from the front, while the old :;d would be crowned with gloryI eno'agh for one day. But the thing did not work exa4ctly as it was planned, as we shall see. The lamented CoL Nance manmpulated his men well,cven to the least important min uim. IThe Qutman Rifies were assigned the duty Df protyting bia left ank, '.fhile he wi.h his min force would executte the indi cated maaueuver. At a given signal, unsus pected by the enemy, with yells we rushed across~ the intervening space and gained the Rail Road emnbanakment. But, holy fathers! On the opposite side of this embankment there lay in reserve, basking in the morn mg sunshine, and waiting thetir turn at the ri oiles, ten thousand Yanks, more og leas. If -e had been engaged'i a frieridly bout of snowba'inig this would have been a rare :portu:ity for sport. But this was not the amnusement.k It seemed to be a game of head ducking. The men at the rail piles would not ruu worth a cent with so lare a rearve bjetween them' saud' tfle attacking party; ;~g, with evident delight, tarced their Burn de upon us, much to the in crease of four embarrassment. Our next I-r wi -r 'd-- i- and make a Trid ad . aceG to a'.e ---, .a ,rder that was prfn J1 EZ_C!~ ~~ r 1J4,'11..II I - .".t c yee se.rpriwe and cO:iQkralat-O ,.i- a"" - D :t1: a . : S . . !.." .. id !d -e -:it-. o. a r : Ue: s,--". :e ..te4::tard i.. a . e-er ed RX R ,a.:T r oot on~-ha a errei Oi a I s ever ppd Ce ' hard tack 1 T i ?o :e --.-r- oi : h.r go:y the foilowiog i fl the morning is %r&- eviCet:- tO t!a tr=ei.Vd e.e OS t.e -c"ii- :h't a uselnci .P, ar.r r .."ert h.e.d an.: "eti a e Ce t ni. w WO :ets' of bat e (li -she u..) were fo:.ed. wz.Le nur ehoe f'rx o: tr:I'iery .ere n.ed on .,' elevetiOn .-me *,u:i ear. The cid :-d agjn Lad por"lo in t!e front rank ;ROt -" " sia dest:7', j"nir reglar order) and cpcomhe L:.e io:n.ida,e rri. pies. At tne appr.:ea ere.: --: ar{iers oper.:-d with al e " :'z-' ig rigor :t could commnan, anc e: :. tie ir.atry a- ordered :d. - we r:shed for '.e rsi: pslc. d. - m::--d c':time to c.s:ry tx-:: or per i.'-- of ' r' ' ; fa. t : -.Y b:oy C :r :: ti: a ort p.eu -. :es,aC oers were p-- eC a - L d "i fe. :n e v..a i . - t.i :..2 e C.-. "' .ti!t- Q Ii:i :.._ intrenehmeLr.'ts e.:dla u- :. s= ed -m o.y byoa, 4:c-:.e.; -co: frO the fort, thsitce:aCme cirect-d uT ..V -nats p :;. o'ect, Out rae:ier as a ::res C: :, a t L? to our tenterity. -re:-..I d{y. ;> ere 5p.et kiit eri: r.'u" app arer:.- to no ;-ac.oe. At la', how ever. at a- ': was determined upon, a:ad :h ipo= .:oc made accord:t.d,Ic j"-.t on the e:e of which a courier arri-ed trotn I G:. Bragg, ?.eiow Chattanooga -ung the ;act of defeat at Mi ionar- Ridge, and a tnther fict that two co-ps of Tho-n as .rmy were on the war to the re:ief of Ktoxvi:e. T:is was no pa ,st :.telli ge:nce for Gen. Loi.gstreet, !:: -::-nined him to take the attack at once; the fail ure o: which mar have resteo fron: the necesar t.-te under wa bch .. .:.. to be made. Thi- is now a mr.:tzr of !-is-or.. and as the old 3d was in no :ray respoui: e fcr that failure, I wil offr no apolo:ties or cri:ciams. The sun sent down, and under cr.rer of that pal' which co--r: :'-e ,,od as we:i as :he bad deeds of rua:.>in.. we slid out, prelerring to take otir hant-S among 1 t.e Ta:.-vard.: of sAzt Tennessee than to he sand%i:ed between :wo atmi. t.<+'r one of which was our superior as to numbers, aid ve tly so in point of equipments. M3aki:.g our way in the direction of Bean's .atin,- we moved along a bea-:thul vtlev between two range of bih hls. or moun tai:!, whose sides wc- tereZ -.,ia the i rich autumn tints peculiar to the high iand, giving to the landscape a picturesque I and ever-changing view superlatively love- i :. The lengthening nights and the cool mounrain air began to make us realize that t we were in summer trim. This also made 1 as conscious of the fact that we bad no base, or depot of supplies; as for tations, we fared welt having an active, energetic acting commissary, (J. N. M.), whose hind quart-rs were ever in the saddle, and when he Lad no saddle, rode the hind gears-we i-cked . othing in that direction. But at las:, when the %inter storms began to pelt, and the beautiful snow spread her match less mantle over the once green valleys, and the mountain spray began to congeal into icicles, when the winter winds would howl throug'n the deep gorgs of thle cur t onnding hi;!;. a4:ty ti.e aan had set and the es.r!! camsp-lire boegan to burst low and endi, butt a faint glow of warmth, after the jodly sto:y or the me.-ry song had been hushed, cnd tired nature demar.ded repose though her couch be 'out the frozen earth ; then the solciesr boy realized indeed howI far he was from home conmfors. Per chance he would dream of a tender, loving mother and awake because bp accid not feel her g;n:e to.ch as she once tucked1 him in his linle bed. And now, Messrs. Editors, I have per that in any way may edify your many read erm. I wiil therefore le.r.:e the old :dat Rossehiville, Eas: Tennessee, on the 24t Decemtber, 166:s, while I enoy a t4riough of thirty day :-:r:zt upon nae by luck or sonme oter diety. I lo-tve the r.oy:: no (as I seu- t.:m ia nv imn'egiuation around thrir e-fli-:) as I did tin:an, w ith much reiucut:nce. But: I most not forgrt tat we arc pirted nov. That we are only ex nmembers of the old 3d ; biut we may come t. geth.er agiu. If so, wil nor, our greet ing ute warmer by our having worked anid -uffered together ?~ So monte it be. Let the People Coinsider. AbOeville Medium. .The public debt of South Carolina is about $6.640,000. If tbe Supreme Court affirms the decision of the U. S. Circuit Court in declaring that the Blue Ridge Scrip (which it is likely to do) is a valid obligation of this S:a'a. then our 'iebt will be increased 81,800,000 w:akinig the total S8,440. 000. We now pay $398,947.83 as interest on the public debt ; with the increase of the debt by $1,800,000 bearing interest at the rate of six perj cent. per annum, (which is the in terest South Carolina on her bonds) we will have to pay 8108.000 asa ditional interest making the whole amount of interest we will have to P pay ou the debt including the Blue Ridge Scrip, 8506.947.83 annunally. ~ The necessary expenses of. running the State governmjent according to the last. S upply Bill, will amount to ti S894,850 per annum. Henee we see . that we I:.:e ta raise by taxes the ~ enomo~u- suLta of $901,791.84 or nearly one million of dollars, which isj near'oae eighth of the whole publie~ debt. Does it not look like we had better husband our resources instead of trying to reopen Univesities, Citi dels, and Canals ? Does i; no; lok n like we had 'oetter go in for 'retrench-s ment and reform ?' Does it not look C like we had better put down expensesd rather than plunging into wild ex travagane? Let the people consider these facts let them give them ims- - partial attention for a short while and see if they think we are able to afford luxuries. Are no ;be people pessed :now for the uteans wherewith to pay thieir taxes, are we not now paying iast year's taxes ? Why is it in that sue-:. quaut.ities of land are au annally s--ld in this State to satisfy . the tax gatuerers deumand.s ? Reflect ~ upon these facts. HIow it was Done. 'How do you manage,' said a lady to her friend, 'to appear so happy and - good natured all the time ?' 0I al ways have Parker's Ginger T'onn handy,' was the reply, -and thus (si-A y keep myself and 'fam?ily in go~4 health. When I amn well I always \ feel goonatumred. A sure rare for impoeui4ed blood. pimples. and sallow c-r-"p- T ion. Brown' Ir.- Bitts. h wii! p~'dr.-- s ha''hy '..l'r. s:"-th skii. y: CE. \ tw ar sar. . C.. Aug. 5 ie< t 2 Ltst ..e a.-r:in-d ietters for w eek ending Aut. S. 1SS2: Carwiic. Washingtondisfett,J. M. Cu:,ni'gham, Mi<' 'Moor, and S& ite m iMft&Ih Dr;s, De;is C. :S:rotber, Anderson Aigrin'. Miss Mary Seney, Jacob Gan:dir. W. M. iTasden, J . Kinard, J. B. , Parri.- caang for letters will please say if advertce1i E. W Bt)ONE. P. M. .Vee .idtertise2ses"1. For Cognly Coi lener. W.uid r<p.ctfuliy ancoanee Mr. JOHN A. C W;YER as a randidate for the above offce-su't ct to the Primarr System. MANY FRIENDS. AT:g ii:, -L'. For County Treasurers r'=_";s. i-iruias: A:o-r -S to pl-ce i:n .r, i:. ::,.,, -j-.: to the Lrimsr= el-et on, for -he .:e' O: .,t.iY T .A-Ur-" v.e wuo is'2a i.6-tou:-;. We rr-fer to MARTiN R. i. the; erve:- - .::t} f:itful .-y : :: anci by ::.r " : st arm. We thi:, waen i'u C i.t C. . peace, reward .:?s who, 9-:Terr-d i:, 'Itr de'ce:-e d-t:,Z :h:e dzys of :roub> a:.: a.rir ity i ho'd 'cer: be <c:. a 0:- :. p_ -he.pa qu ily mner: orior. ac Ou: ::r . ;.e?. Wili be it th- fi'-1"., but we > - raT wiii givr him a hearty tMANY VOTEE. Aur. 11), :2--i'. CARD OF THANKS. In the lange .ge of sincerity, I beg to re tu:" my :te1l appreciation to Many Citizens for the con.plimen :-f antuocCg my na-ne for & -at in :"-e Legidature, which, for reons set forth r,elow. I most reapeczfulic d-cline. Those who know me best and longest wii! pardon n:e for s.ying that never :i my wi:ole life have I fLiuched from duty to my country, or :meda my back on the cai of my fellow-citizens; but 66id. I fe'-l now too advnCed in cears to nter on the .to-mv sea of politics, or to sudergo the fatigues ,f a political cam paign, even though in the opinion of my fellow-citizens I may be deemed worthy of the honor of a seat in the Legislature, or a position far more profitable to a poor men. b hope to be further pardoued for saying I lo not object to my share of the pickings when they can be honestly secured without oss to the tax-payer, though I fear there is jot much left now, for honest or dishonest a pickingc either, so clean has the field been .wept already Identified with the good people of the town and County of Newberry : fro:n boyhood up, in public as in private :ations, my best efforts, though humble, wil! ever be used to promote the welfare td prosp-rity of m fellow-citizens of this 'ounty. Rtespectfully, J. Y. McFALL. rxzrs Y. CCLBEEATH.iW. ERNEST YEECHANT. CULBREATH & MERCHANT, Atorneys -at - Law, NEWBRRY, S. C. gg Wi!. pr..ctice in the State and Fed ~ral Courts. Aug. 10, 32-sm. rAXES! TAXES!! ~ Notice is hereby given that t'ne Tax Bocks will be open f.or the coilection of .axes of Newber:y County from the 15th of epymenx.er, until the 1st day of November, l882, after which time 15 per ce. t. penalty ill be added. The following is the levy: sate Tax.....................4* MillI rdinary Ccounty...............3 Funded County Indebtedness. ..,, " Punded School Indebtedr,ess.. [)eficiencies t.r fiscal Tear ending Eeici ee prior to fisc.Ll year be ginning Nov. Ist, 1880...... .i "1 chool........................2 " i per Cent. penty on 1st Instalh:nent. In~ . ord'-r to facilitate the co,llection of zid taxe I wili be at the following places yn the fol!owirng days. 'o wit: PomLri:, Mondy, Sept. 18th. Glyropiarille, Tuesday, Sept. 1 9th. May bin ton, Wednesday, Sept. 0t h. Cibson's, Tbi:rsday, Sept. 21st. Cromrer's, Friday, Sept. 22nd. A. Jalapa, Saturday, Sept. 23d.* LongsLore's Store, Monday, Sept. 25th. Willianms', Tuesday, Sept. 26th. Dead Fail, Wednesday, Sept. 27th. Prosperity, Thursday and Friday, Sept. !8th and 29th. All other days in the Treasurz.r': Of!ce at Newberry Court House. i,. B. WHEELER, Aug. 10, i2-2t Tresa., N. C. News co'py tw:ee. sUTH CAROLINA MILITARY ACADEMY,p CHARLESTON, S.C. Focsam 1%t2. Il te :;e-established October lst, 1832, fully organized and equipped. Col. y. P. TEKGX.8, Bapt. Af CADETS RECElIED FROM AlY STATE, But to secure admision, application must e made in advance to Gem. y0ENSON HAGOOD,4 Chainnan Board of Visitoys COLUMB.IA., S. C. &- Address for proges forms, informa on, &c. - Aug.~10,3-4. 7ALUABLE PLACE FOR SALE. I will sell, at private sale, alI tila.t tract f land in Newberry Cu:v, containing OUR HC.NCRED ACiiEC, se'en and a lf miles North of Newberry, owned by g e as Trustee. If not sold sooner, I will Il the samne at public outcry-at Newberry O .H., S. C, to the highest bidder, on Sale ey in Novemiber next. Terms made known a day of sale.ee G. W. GLENN, Trustee, &c. July 10, 1S82. 28--12t. TO MI1%J 1EN, .hd thers Using Machinery. No. i B'abbit MetaL. Wire Cloth for Sieves and Screens. - S Sheet, 3quare and Round Rubber Pack- any g. Russia Hemp Packing.de One ,jnd one and a quarter Rubber Hose. w'c Best quality Rubuer Belting, 2 to 6 in., are store, anyv other sie at s.hort not:ce. are Blt Hock: ard Lace Leather. noideo. Machinery OiL mor Oil Cans, Zinc Oilera, Screw Wrenches, Gre :. All at lowest market rates, at - S. P. BOOZER'S_ Jun. 1, 22-4t Hardwar e Store. W. H. WALLACE, Lttorney-at-Law, m NEWBERRY, S. C. ** At . 4$.-tf. BROWS$ IRON BITTERS ris, kidney fi vr em sad otba , COMM~ BROWNI 1201 BITTERS enriches the blood and purifies die syTem; cures wea , lack e en-rgy, etc. Try a bottle. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is the only Iron prepman that does not color the teeth, and wiR ot cause hadache or cstipatons, as other Iroa -ma=o wil BROW'S IRON BITTERS T.adies and an sufferersfimuema ralgia, hvsteria, and kindred cmks plaints, ill find itwithoutaneipL fyGoods Qnd. r_ GOODS -AT T' g DRY GOODM IMPORIUM~ -OF )RESS GODg TRIMMINCS, [LKS and SAflN SASRSTMERESR LINENS, coTroNADES, AMBURG EDGINS -AN~D INSERTIONS, 1 cent per yard and vowards 3r Call and Eann -r Stock. eite and courteous auentiona giren W vsior, whether parobasse or not. r 30, 13-tf. )LIERS um ln4 caused b~ mDiay service dto FEDiSIcOc 'idows, mnrhd~~ Aent mothers or fathers cof bn' id from the effects of their uJS aso enAtitled. Many lainalk ntitled to an I~CaAs Cari1 ;iven nEL.AYED Or evidene. Compet1srchMI menes sent on application:r~. A. KING, Attorneys-st-LKW,-9US ington, D). c. bl-tr. wi IGHT'S HOTELS COLUM&BIA, S. C. s2 new and elegant House wb RNAa m: imnprovet:- n:s, is no* open to tou oftguees. r - 1 , 4