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The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20
Fire in Savannah.

At little before II o'clock, on the 1st Feb,
commenced the greatest confagration that has
occurred in Savannah since 1920, 50 says the
Herald lyankee) newspaper Of that place.
Before midnight the ammunition was reached,
and then commenced series Of terrific explo-
slons. -
The roar and crashing of the exploding SHELLS
awoke many sleeper from his quiet repose.
People rushed from their houses half dressed,
and ran to and fro in phrenzied excitement.
Between twelve and one the scene was sadly,
saVagely grand. The harfes from. the burning
piles of building had spread in one lurid sheet
over the city with black cloud of smoke like a
funeral pile lowering over them, Every moment
Kissing, shrieking shells would mount in the air,
dashing their hurtling fragments around.
To add to the panoramic beauty of this sub
lime scene, shell struck the side of the reser-
Toir, and jet-de.feu, sprang forth, rivalling in
beauty any fountain, and looking in the fiery
glare like shower of moken silver.
About this time we ventured toward the scene
of ruin and condagration, and it was heart-rend-
ing in the extreme. Women and children were
rushing around in panc-stricken confusion, some
striving to save little of their effects; others
wildly escaping the dying missiles. With death
staring them in the face, the fire companies were
on the spot striving to subdue the devouring
elements. What, made the moral courage they
displayed tbe greater, report got currency that
several barrels Of powder were i'll the building
contiguous, towards which the fire was rapidly
advancing. 49,.
We'saw few dead and some wounded men
lying on the street and being carried away. Wo
men and children were huddled in groups under
shelter Of. walls and houses, trembling both with
cold and fear. ; "-. :. -. -. d,
:: In the confusion, families were separated, and
it Was painful to see mothers rushing back
through the flames and flying missiles, seeking
their children, and when found. trantically en-
bracing them and bearing them from the living
flames = -, - r ''---szi 7-..-
We have seen towns sacked, we have seen
many a battlefield, but so fearfully grand and
appalling sight we have scarcely ever witnessed.
The buildings on both SIDES of West Broad
street, on to Ann street and st. Gaul, with the
buildings along Congress street, Pine street,
Broughton street, and Zubly's street, are all in
ruins, with nothing but tall spectre looking
chimneys remaining. - . Il -.
1t was sad sight to see .houseless women and
children weeping over the ruins Of their late
homes. They were now outcasts, as poor and
shelteriess as Lazarus. Many who had contented
themselves that they had their comfortable
homes spared them from the wreck of war, where
they could nestle and toll through the world
anew, now felt the cold hand of utter hopeless
ness press upon them. ~ |
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NUMBER Il.
True Remarks.

The Selma {Alabama) Reporter says The
military ought always to be subordinate to
the5civil authorities exceptiu districts over
run or adjacent to the.enerny. 1t is common
observation with those who are observant of
the signs CT the times, that there is now not
much law in the land and realizing this, all
restraint is being thrown off by the dissolute
and licentious, and the most daring atrocities
perpetrated in the open light of day. We arc
drifting rapidly into anarchy and barbarism,
and unless We bestir ourselves from the stupor
which is a tacit license to crihe and Ioutrage;
such as is stalking abroad unchecked in our
midst, we must suffer consequences too
horrible to contemplate without a shudder:
We.must do something adequate to the ener
gency. if we would purge our commRnity Of
lion headed rascality and its attendant results.
Several atrocities of ofastounding magnitude
have gone unwhipped of justice within fort
night past, and if the sanctity Of law and the
inVioiability Of human rights continue thus to
be tramplcd upon, the day connot be distant
when our cities will be a bodlam from which.
honest people will be compelled to fly as from
Sodom ripe for the descending fires of ofHeaven.
Even now there is but a partial security OF
life for property there is none except bolts
and bars, and these are broken with the
easiest facility. It is plain to see that QUE law
abiding citizens will have to organize them
selves into vigilance. companies for patrol duty
and the other Offices essential TO self protection.
Neither civil or military laws affords the ade-
quate protection, called for under the terrible
circumstances that surround US: the first is
imperative, while the latter is prostituted By
Observation-Disclosures in theland. ..... o.,
We hear almost daily Of men here and else
where being SHOT down in cold blood, without
even the shadow of arraignment or investiga-
! ton, by military orders. This it will never do
to submit to, for such acquiescence in lswiess-
ness involves the absolute ruin Of eur beloved
country. Honest people cannot long respect
q country--mu n itSs will they fight for it
after it is seen that justice is ignored even by
the guardians Of the public veal, and good
men generally lulled into stupefactiou by the
internal vampire which is stealing our. senses
while it fans US to sleep. We are tottering
upon the, brink. of a precipice which will swal-
low, US up unless We spring backward from its
opened jaws! Rogues and aSsassins are mar
shalling in battle array to pillage US under the
cover of midnight, and they will accomplish
their purposes if something be not done speedi-
" to thwart their designs. Are we helpless? If
not, let US wake up at once, and confront our
perils at home ere We suffer our minds to be
diverted by damages that are remote. =.
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

: ENGLAND AND Observation-Disclosures ba-
pers intimate that England will soon have
trouble in Australia. The people,. see by
the Picayune, have determined that their coun-
try shall not be made place of refuge for all
the villains of Great Britain, and are persist
emily urging the Home Government to abolish
the system Transportation. For many months
petitions and remonstrances, private and official
have been sent forward against sending any
more convicts to Western Australia. Men of
oil shades of opinion, and of every class, have
taken a. part in the agitation, and made a COM
mon cause of it. In fact the feeling is unani-
nous and profound, that the soil of Australia
shall no lonber be polluted by the filth Of Eng
land, and that persistence in the policy will
inevitably.tend to estrangement and final sep
aration. Since the discovery OF gold better
class of population has enigrated to Australia,
aud with the thrift and enterprise of it's peo-
pie it is becoming wealthy and prosperous.
Melbourne, the principal city, which had but
a few thousand inhabitants ten years ago, has
more than 1900 population. With coun-
try, three millions of square miles in extent,
which embraces every variety ofclimate, from
torrid to temperate, with arabic soil, and en-
riched with the golden treasures of the earth,
it is natural that the Australians should seek
to remove the stigma which rests on their
country as convict land, and strive for an
honorable future.
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to the new influences engendered by. that pro-

to the new influences engendered by that pro-
gress. o.. -. d"
Still, had there been no railroads and telegraphs,
this revolution would never have attained its
present magnitude. The country would not have
been ove-run, the temptation to pierce and occu-
py our interior would have been wanting, and a
few pitched battles along the frontier would have
brought our acknowledgement as free and in
dependent people. In Texas they have but few
of these two-edged swords. War on her soil
would therefore, be conducted in aboriginal style.
Once in the State, we could never be ousted /;
and once in, the enemy would never escape. The
old principles Of military art would asai1; be ap-
piled, and long before the war could terminate
on this side of the Mississippi by mere force OF
arms, the victories there achieved through the
combination of hundred influences in our favor,
would result in a, glorious peace.-CaroIsnaam.,,
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

At to polite rebukes they are not unconl
mon, and are more easy to administer, Fred
eric, called the Great, of Prussia, was at leas
very great snuff taker. To save the. troubD
of continually pushing his hand in his pocket
he had a snuff box on his chimney piece &
every room in the suit of rooms he occupied
One day, when busy in his cabinet, he saw !!
page, who fancied he was not observed, ur
tremendously testing the royal snuff. He tooi
no further notice at the time, but about al
hour afterward he ordered the page to bring
him the box. "Take PINCH" said beking;
Chow do you find it ?" Excellent sire" "AnI
the box ?"-"Superb sire" Very we'll keep I
then; it hardly holds enough for US two"
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

TIE CuR1oUs. curious man is necessarily
endowed with many virtues; or at least, his
curiosity stands him in the place Of them.
Industry and perseverance, he must possess in
the highest degree. There is no stone which
truly, curious person will leave unturned, in
order to obtain a bit of intelligence. Queen
Sheba performed tedious pilgrimage merely
to get sight'of King Solomon. Acteon en-
countered cruel death to learn what sort Of
stuffa goddess was made of; or probably to
ascertain whether she was as great prude rs
she pretended. One woman jarnmed herself
into clock-case'to surprise the secrets of the
Freemasons land many man and many .
woman too, have sacrificed the happiness of
their entire life for the mere pleasure of
satisfying, themselves that they were not
loved by their welded life-partner. What a
world of intrigue will truly curious man
bring to bear, for the purpose.of knowing the
contents of your butchers tray, of learning
what news the postnsn brought you this
morning, or of discovering whether you dine
at home or abroad. another quality essential
to the curious man is courage. As all the
world have something to conceal, all the
world have their hands set against him who
would penetrate their secret; and kickings
and cuttings innumerable are the reward Of
that patriotism. which would make itreif o
substitute for Mousus's glass window in the
human breast. .1 -.
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BLOCKADE RVNNING.-In connection with
the closing of the port Of Wilmington, the fol-
lowing statistics of the blockade running ar
interesting .s.@. ..~
Ins1s62, 1868 and 1864, no fewer than I'll
swift steamers were built on the Clyde for The
purpose ofrunning the blockade Of the. Cor
federatc ports. Of the whole Ill steamer,
70 have either been captured or destroyed
leaving at the close of 1864, % still running
while II were on their way out. The numbe'
running at the close of 1864 was larger thai
at any previous period in the annals Of th'
blockade, The average number oftrips mad
by blockade runner does not exceed five, 81
that enormous profits must be realized pc
voyage,to make this peculiar branch of adven
ture at all remunerative. Most of the block
ade runners become watchers, in which ca
pacity they prove very serpiceadle. It may b
added that notwithstanding the large humbe
Of blockade runners captured or destroyed
more new steamers were built on the Clyde il
1864 to supply their places than either il
1852 or 1863, showing that spaculators ar
not at all disheartened. ~.
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

FROM WESTERN CARoLlNA.-The last Ash
vile NeDs says that reports from East Tennes-
see represent Gen. Thomas, with from fifteen
to twenty thousand troops, moving up the
country, and repairing the railroad as they
advance Every indication points to the per-
manent occupation of the country. General
Thomas advance had reached Greenville.
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

INFLUENCE OF THE AMERICAN WAR IN INDIA.
The Liverpool Times says the merchants
and traders of Bombay have reaped a golden
harvest in consequence of the var in this
country, through the impetus it has given to
the cotton trade in Ipdia. Immense fortunes
have been made by every oneslargely engaged
in the work of producing and stimulating the
growing ofcotton. Millionaires abonnd. Clerks
with small salaries, have had their fortunes
swelled out togigantic proportions. Even the
ryots, the poorest and most depressed Of the
agricultural laborerS lin Hlndoostan, have par
taken so freely of this auriferious mama that
they now rejoice in every comfort and luxury
the East can supply. Every person however
remotely concerned with cotton has made
money enough to satisfy the rnisers' utmost
avarice. But there have been draw backs, to
this otherwise glowing picture. The price Of
other articles has correspondingly increased,
the value of property, of houses, Of lodgings,
of the necessaries of life, has more than kept
pace with this sudden shower of the precious
metals. Persons with fixed incomes now find
it impossible to i've IN thecity which has been
the scene of this extraordinary change, and
the Governor of Bombay, under the fear Of
being deserted by his auxiliaries, was .compell-
ed in self-defence, to increase their stipehds,
lest they should be overwhelmed and crushed
by this plethora of good luck to the compare
tive few. Cotton has been so remuneratiVe
under the new Stimulant Of high price that
the cultivation Of grain, rice and other edibles
has been comparatively neglected, and the an.
omaly is witnessed Of starvation following in,
the wake of tais sudden and unlocked for
prosperity. =.
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

"A GooD C0MPAE1soN.-Dah1ias are ike the
most beautiful women without intellectuality.-
They strike you with astonishment by their ez-
terror splendor, but are miserably destitute Of
those properties which distinguish and rende:
agreeable less imposing flowers. Had nature
given the fragrance of the rose or the lilly to the
dahlia, it would have been the most magnificent
gem Of the garden; but wanting scent, it is Ike
dns woman withoutEnino.
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

General Johnston is reported to be falling
back in : WesterDly direction, Sherman fol-
lowing, and General Lee to be in position,
which enables him to concentrate at will The
legions are gathering for battle, and in the
tremendous blows likely to be inflicted, Be
read sigus Of pronise. Caro!lnian.
The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-20

COOPERATION OF THE WIpE.-No man ever
prospered in the void without the co-opera-:
on of his wife. = If she unite in mutual endea-'
Yors, or rewards his labors with an efaearing
smile, with what confidence will be resort TO
his merchandise or bis, farm fly over the land,
sail upon seas, meet difficulty, and encounter
danger, if he know that he is not spending his
strength in vain, but that his labor vii be re-
warded by the sweets of home! Solicitude
and disappointment enter the history ofeVery
mans life, and he is but half provided for bis
voyage who finds but an associate for happy
hours, while for his months of darkness and
distress no sympatbizipS partner is prepared.
The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-27
Another Pittsburg BOrgia..Another
Grinder Case..A Woman Charged
With Poisoning he Hu hand

A second alleged poisoning case has trans
plred In Plttsburg, where a woman Is charg-
ed with doing 10 death her husband with
poison. The facts and evidence are related
by the POST
Some time during last September. man
named John Neyin, who had been seryino, i'm
the army, but had been discharged under the
order disbandng the armies, returned 70 his
home i'm Mount Washington
Previous to going into the army he had been
for some months IN Nashville, and while he
away his wife made mention Of ahuse
which she had received at his hands while he
wasintoxicated, and which she had neither for
gotten or forgiven. shortly after returning
home, he was taken violently i'll, the svlnptoms
being those either of malignant typhoid fever
or mineral poisoning. He grew rapidly worse
and on the sth day Of October physician was
summoned, who paid every attention. and rem
dered every service Of which medical skill was
capable, but notwithstanding everything that
could be done. the patient continued Do grow
worse until the 14th. when he died.
The suspicious manner Of his death was
much discussed among the neighbors. and
there were not wanting those who openly al
legged poison as the cause. The matter was
kept comparatively quiet, however. until
within week, when Mrs. Margaret Avery
stated TO Mayor Lowry such facts as she
knew, being urged TO make the statement,
both by her own sense Of right and solicita-
ton of her husband.
ON Tuesday the Mayor took Mrs. Averv's
information in form, charging Mrs Mary Nevin
with murder. and Mary Fleming and Hugh
McGinn a. associates. Warrants for the ar
rest Of the three were issued, and officers Culp
and Wilmot proceeded TO Mount Washington
and succeeded without difficulty in arresting
Mrs. Neyin aud Mrs. Fleming. Officer Lowe
soon after succeeded in arresting McGinn, and
the three Were committed for hearing To take
place yesterday. When Mrs. Neyin was ar
rested, she exclaimed, MY God have they
raised the dead body Of my husband ?" At
ten o'clock yesterday the accused We're brought
before the Mayor for primary hearing.
The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-27
New York Cattle Market.
NEW YORK, December %.


The cattle market current prices for the
week. at all the markets are: First quality per
head, Sl1 b0@ SIS 30; fair to good, Sli1SI4 20:
common, S1l 50@SI3 30; inferior, Sl0CdS1O 30:
COWS and calves, extra, per head. S9OQsl 20;
first quality. s6O@ $50; ordinary. SI5@6O; com
mon, S;3@i5; inferior. S3O@35.
Veal Calves-First quality. per pound. 1875
@lic; ordinary. ll@l2c; common, 9166tl1c:
inferior, 5d9Iz.
Sheep and Lambs-Extra, per head. Sl5d
20; prime. S6@S; ordinary, 500 80: inferior,
- 15@14 -.
Swine-Heavy; corn-fed. per pound, l03I@
III; light and medium, l0H@l0Ac; still-led,
l0L@l0Hc.
The market for beef cattle was withour
change. The demand was fair but not very
active, though first-class steers met with steady
sale at full prices. Common and inferior cattle
were IN limited demand. and the latter went
begging.
The bulk Of the cattle sold at from 13I6Cd
l,e.; fancy cattle We're in good supply and
sold higher, varying from 17@22G23c per
pound as TO quality.
Sheep and lambs firm, for good to prime. and
fancy sheep again sold at fabulous prices.
Hogs sold readily at our quotations.
The total receipts for all stocks ut all the
Yards for this week and last week were as fol-
lows:
This weeks, ,isl beeyes, Il cows. a32 veal
calves, IA, ,4S5 sheep and lambs, IL. .l9S swine.
Total last week-6.43 beeves. l6s cows COZ
veal calves, l,7s0 sheep and lambs, 4,I5O
swine.
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COM NJ ERcIAL.


NEW YORK. December ~.
Cottop-firm ai about previous prizes: 81 a
52e for middling.
Flour-5dlN. better on good sound low
grades. with. however. only a moderate bu-
siness doing: - DGs 30 for Extra state: - Gi
@9 90 for Extra Round Hoop Ohio, and ~ IL
6lO 10 for trade brands, the market closing
firm.
Whisky-Dull and nominal at q 25@2 ~.
Wheat-iM3c better and quiet; 81 - for
Milwaukee Club: II 90 for No. Milwaukee,
and al 10 for choice new amber Milwaukee de-
livered.
Rye-Quiet and firm at 81 0s for State.
Corn-Quet and very firm; slMs5c for un-
sound; 96d97c.for sound mixed Western, and
92@91e for inferior 10 good yellow Southern.
ats-frm nj fs@56c for unsound, and
60G63c for sound.
Petroleum-Dull at 40c for crude and 64ei65e
for refined in bond, and SIC for free.
Pork-Firmer but not very active, closing NJ
s2s "a cash, s2i for new prime, and s2l 80 for
prime mess.
Beef-Qmet at si5@2O for new plain mess:
sll@lt for old do; s22@24 for new extra mess; (;
SAG IL for old do tierce. Beef hams quiet at
llMllcfor shoulders, and l3Cd i6c for shoulders.
Bacon-ln moderate demand sales Of 100
boxes pork, Cumberland cut, at lI3Ic on the
spot, and l41<@1il<e for February delivery.
Dressed Hogs-Heavy at I3@l81<c.
Lard hrmer st l6@lSszc.
Butter-Lower n 30@3le for Ohio, and 2sG
42c for state
cheese-Dun at Isk@isc for common to
prime.
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Cincinnati MARKETS.
CINCINNATI, December %,

CINCINNATI, December 26.
flour-Unchanged and quiet
Wheat-Steady, at 81 % for prime old rel.
and 81 - for No. new red.
Corn-ACtiye and In good demand. nj 53@55e
for new ear, and 5s66Oc for shelled.
Oats-Dull and prices nominal, at 4la42c in
elevator.
Rye-steady, at zoe for prime.
Hogs-Active and prices advanced 10 Sll@
III - net Receipts, $500 head.
Mess Pork-Firmer and 81 per barrel higher:
closing at $2S for city.
Green Meats-steady, at 9@9l.c for shoul-
ders; llAGl2c for sides, and l5Izc for hams.
Bulk Meats-Irregular. at 12lle, 15J<c, and
lsc for shoulders, sides and hams.
Bacon-Nothing done In bacon.
Groceries-Quiet
Cotton-Steady. at 46c for middling.
Whisky-Unsettled and prices Irregular;
sales at 81 23@2 % free, and 81 20 in bond.
Lard-sold at l7Ac, and was held at the
close at lsc.
Weather rainy; thermemOtor 55 deg.
Gold 81 49,.
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I tt + Err \ LATEST.
THREE O'CLOCK \. VI.
NoNFy. STOCK. tND OTHER MARkrrs

MONEY. STOCK. AND OTHER MARKETS.
NV lensK. Dec. ~. Att the stock exchange
this morning. the market was dull and slightly
lower On ~Hfne western >hare~. After the cafl
The dullness continued on the street and the
market Wa heavy aad lower. especially on
Erie. OH >outlern and Pittsburz In. fall-
lng Cd IN the earnings ~ the road> for the
third weeks. In soIe casss was made the basis
for haInmeing on the part II the Bears. Dur
ing the day the dullne>s continued. and AZ the
close the Bears eiiered % contract the market.
The Bear appeared % control the market.
The following were the closing prices al half
past four. y. VI: -. 4 NJ. certificates. 3,31; y.
\. - *; Erie 95a.; Hudson l0s: Reading
Va Michigan southern ~; Z. 4 Z. s3A. X.
i; n iooz; y. ". as de. preferred oi,.; Fort
The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-27

Shooting at slght is:the order Of the day in
Mexico A correspondent of the New York
Herald says that during his short stay At
Matamoras twenty-five men We're shot down
with scarcely the form of q trial for alleged op-
position 20 the Imperial authority.
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Penny trains are now fully established in
London, England. They run entirely under
ground, late and early. They will take per
son 10 his neighbOrhOod for two cents in ten
minutes, while II he took bus above ground
an hour would be consumed in reaching hi.
destination, and have 10 paw twelve cents.
The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-27

Stocks heavy. Gold 81 4j%. United States
6s 30 coupons of 'G2, lO39.; .5O's, first series
9Sll+ o. and NJ. certificates, 2sE; Quicksilver
A.; y. Y. c.. 9jH, Erie. 9iN; Reading, 1862
NJ. G. n. l., 737z; c. x p, s34; \. W., 80; do
preferred, 6l1z; Toledo, III; Rhode Island,
l065s; +. W., l05.
There is rather more inquiry for sterling ex-
change. The supply of commercial bills, how
ever, continues limited, and the rates for lead
ing bankers bills are rather irmer. Leading
drawers quote 81 0S1@l 09ss and a. bust
ness progressed the latter become the prevail
ing rates.
Prices Of mining stocks bid in Boston this
day: Copper Falls, 2534; Franklin, Al; Han
cock. liA; Huron, 50; Isle Royal. liX
Minnesota, 2l1z; Quincy, 5s; Rock Island, ~
Bay State, IL.
The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-27
FOR CHILDREN.

Toy Tea Sets.
Fine Dolls.
Drums.
Guns.
Sleds. Skates.
Hobby Horses.
Tool Chests
Albums, Carts.
Doll Gigs.
Magic Lanterns.
Dancing Darkeys, Iron Toys,
Games. Puzzles,
knives.
Mechanical Toys.
Childs' Chairs, etc, etc.
The Largest Stock In the State
AT THK
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