The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-06-27
News Items,

It .naF be some consolation to those here who
are suffering from the heat to know that it is
intensely hot elsewhere? exchanges generally
say so. r...
An attempt at rape was made by a negro on
! the person Of Mrs. Frank Dent on Saturday last
in Columbia The cries Of her little daughter
gave the alarm, when the william fed, but was
afterwards arrested. Hanging is too good for
the scoundrel. ~~... ~.2. ..
Two horse thieves have been arrested in
Charlotte, n. c., by name Wm.. Blizzard and
Charles Medlin. : .... :.s= :-z-s s. 1T
The Charleston News is luxuriating upon
watermelons, grown on Roddins Island, Wando
River. We are not quite as far along as that,
and can only boast of having seen bloom or
two. :'>.,s - =. J., : - -
! .The Enterprise and Mountaipeer Of Greenyie
have each had.a bag Of nav -four laid upon their
tables. The first as vet, that we have noticed
No doubt Newberry is not behind in new -four,
andsour Office having been destroyed is the reason
whYa sample has. not been left With the Herald.
Harvesting is pro crossing in Alabama. Wheat
crop average. Corn prospect good. -. =, :. ::
" WASHINGTON, June 25.-In the Senate, a joint
resolution was passed, providing for an official
history of the rebellion, and authorizing the,
Secretary of war to appoint some competent
person to write it, at a salary not exceeding 81
500 per year The tax bill was considered, and
various amendments offered and adopted. -s-
. FREEDMAN rKILLED.-We understand that on
Sunday last, at the Methodist Church aGSpringhill,
a freedman was Shot BY. Mr.. Charles Briten from
the effects of which shooting he died in a very
short tine after. -. ~ *..,..~ .: s12e>lz
On Monday last Mr.. Brtton presented himself
to Captain N. Boyce, then commanding the gar
rison at this place. and told him that he was
ready to have the matter inquired into, and a
decision made therein, TO which Captain Boyce
reried that he did not consider that the case was
one which called for any action on his part, and
th,t he thought that Mr.. BrittoD was amenable
alone to civil court-Sumter News. * 3
It is rumored at St. Adams that demand has
been made on this Government by the Canadian
authorities for the extradtien OF Generals Swee-
ney> Speer, 0Neill, and the other Eenian officers.
Two thousand volunteers had returned to- Mon
treaT llD to Monday night. is runored there
that the Fenian prisoners will be hanged. An I'M
lnense open air meeting nfayor Of repeating the
neutrality laws was 4hefd at Frey, New York, on
Monday evening. - :" .-..~*s.. -
IF there is anything IN the "War and zganiofss
of war" theory, the world has. never been nearer
a collapse than at present. Here are the fenians
lighting the Kanucks; there the Mexicans are
fighting Max and the Imperialists, A little far
ther down on the map the Peruvians are fighting
the .spaniards, with Chill to help, Tnen just
over the way, Paraguay is fgh ing Brazil and
the Argentine Confederation. Il Europejs get.
ting ready for. a big fight. The Russians are.
fighting the BokharraS, II Chinese are fighting
tl:c Mongolians and the Tartars, and Congress
ar, fighting call they know how, against Andy
johnson. -. ,z.-.. < - >s--.3
81 While working party engaged a few.days'
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