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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-08-29
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VIA RICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD,
FROM GREENSBORO, n. c., VIA DANV1LLE
AND RICHMOND, VA, TO WASHINGTON,
BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA AND NEW
YORK.
The travelling public are informed that
this line is now fully open, by the compile
tion of the Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad between Columbia and Charlotte.
Through tickets can be purchased at the
ticket office Of the Charlotte and South
Carolina Railroad, at Columbia.
THOMAS DODAMEAD,
Sup't Sichmond and DanvlAe Railroad.
July 25..
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MEDICAL

MEDICAL.
DR.. J. C. CALDWELL offers his profes-
sional services to the citizens of the town
of Newberry and the vicinity. He can ne
found at his residence when not professions
ally engaged ~ -. Juty 10
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ever reforms the security of personal rights,
the enlargement of popular liberty, and the
perfection of our republican institutions
NAV demand
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-20
End of a HNatiOnal Bank"
We find this melancholy history in an

We find this melancholy history in an ex-
change:
The Freedmen National Bank, an insti-
tuition organized by a Boston firm, at Sandy
Hill, South Carolina, to receive and take care
Of the savings of the negroes in that region,
has closed it's doors finally. Its name was a
mere sham as it had no connection with the
Government to authorize the assumption oft the
title National Bank Its notes were wretched
Autographs, much resembling backing box
labels, but printed in gaudy colors, which
captivatcd the eyes of the poor negroes
Each freedman who deposited dollar green
back in the bank, received two-dollar note
of this gay pictorial issue, and fancied, of
course. that he was so much richer.
There is no telling how much longer the
swindle would have lasted, if CAPTAIN Jewett,
late of the army, who had leased a planta-
ton in the neighborhood of Sandy Hook Hill,
had not discovered some of the fraudulent
notes among the hands ofthe place and learned
from the supplemented creatures the nature
of the financial enterprise in which they had
embarked He Immediately wrote to Wash
lngton upon the subject, but Charges 4 Hig-
gibson, the proprietors of the institution,
somehow getting wind of the discovery, stole
away in the night carrying with them, Of
course, all the deposits in their vaults"
1t is supposed that they realized by this
transaction between $4,000 and $4,000
They came South as temperance lecturers,
and at first eked out their subsistence by
selling tracts and bibles. It is said that GER
tain parties from the North, who are occupy
ing abandoned plantations near the site of the
defunet bank, D suggested the enterprise te
those two adventures, induced the freedmen
in their employ to exchange their wages fol
the beautiful bills Of Charges & Higginson
and divided the profits of the concern with
those worthless The freedmen who have
been thus shamefully gulled have learned a
lesson, but a very hard and unpleasant one
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-20

DARk1Es IN WAsHINGroN-A correspon-
dent of the Baltimore Sun writing from
Washington, says:
1t is noticeable fact that the Union Fair
at Washington for the benefit Of the soldiers
and sailors orphans, which has just closed
and which was conducted almost exclusively
under New England auspices, orders were
issued not to admit colored persons. This
was caused by a number of them applying
for admission, under the impression that the
civil rights bill covered all such cases, and
that "their money was as good as white peo-
PIES" The managers proposed to set apart
a day for their benefit, but the colored people
stood upon their dignity and held aloft from
accepting the gracious invitation. The cir
cumstance is eminently suggestive and might
afford food for profitable consideration by
nearly all the radical sojourners at the capt.
tai who favor unqualified suffrage and negro
equality.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-20

TIE CoNNECTICUT BLUE LAws.-An ex-
change paper gives nearly column of s'Pu-
ritan Laws" which are said to have appeared
in the Northamptanshire Spy in 1877, from
which we clip the following:
No one shall travel, cook victuals, make
beds, sweep house, cut hair or shave on the
Sabbath day
No one shall run on the SabbathNtay, or
walk in the garden, or elsewhere, except
reverently to and from meeting.
No woman shall kiss her children on the
Sabbath or fasting day.
No one shall buy or sell lands without
permission of the Seleetmen.
A drunkard shall have master appointed
by the Selectmen, who are to dcbar him from
the liberty Of buying and selling.
No minister shall keep school
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold,
silver or bone, or lace above two shillings
per yard, shall be presented to the Grand
Jurors, and the Selectmen shall tax the often
der at 9300 estate
No one shall read Common Prayers, keep
Christmas or set days, make minced pies,
dance, play cards, or play on any instrument
of music except the drum, trumpet and jews
harp.
No gospel minister shall join people in
marriage; the magistrates only shall join in
marriage, as they may do it with less scan
dial to Christ's Church
When parents refuse their children con-
venient marriage, the magistrates shall de-
termine the point.
The Sclectmen, on finding the children ig
norant, may take them away from their pa
rents.
No man shall court maid in person OF
by letter, without first obtaining consent Of
her parents; Is penalty for the first offence,
G1O for the scond, and for the third, impris-
onment during the pleasure Of the court
Married persons must live together OF be
imprisoned.
Every male shall have his hair cut round, ac-
cordlng to cap.
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BOTTLES.
Legeys .NDtsces.

rONE SEONEEeS' SALE OF
~ LAND. BY virtue Of decree of the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, in the case of Moons
administrators as. Moons widow, &C., rendered
23d day of June, 1868, the undersigned Com
missioners will proceed in front of the Court
house, in the town ofStaunton, on
Saturday, 2Sth deg Of July neat,
to sell the real estate of which Fleming b. Moon
died seized, and possessed, consisting as follows
LIST. -Four lots lying near the town ofStaun ton
adjoining the lots of N. X Trout and H. NJ Bell
containing together, 45A-2R-3OP. These lots
front on the McAdamized road and will be sold
separately. They are the same lots that were sold
by John Ramsey and S. f. Taylor, Commission
ers on the Goth day Of May last, and are now Of
fered for resale by order of the Court.
I'd. About IS acres adj Looming these lots on the
North, which will be surveyed, and perhaps di-
vidcd before the day of sale. There is a fine spring
this tract.
Sd. A tract of woodland lying about d miles
from town, adjoining David Fultz, Optics heirs
and VIM. A. Burke, containing 439 acres.
Plats of this land may be seen at the Offices of
the Commissioners, and will be exhibited on the
day of sale Creditors advised to look to their
interests.
TERMS OF SALE.-Enough in hand to pay
costs of the suit and sale. One-third of residue
in sixty days after confirmation of sale; onc-third
in one year. and the other in two years from day
of sale. Bonds with good security will be requir-
ed and title retained until purchase money is paid.
Sale to commence at / o clock, A. NJ.
II NJ. BELL,
July Cts N. X. TROUT,
commissioners
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-20

The European news, by the America at
New York and the Nova Scotian off Farther
Point, dated July 9th, is very important. =
Up to these advices the battles fought in Be-
hernia were claimed as victories by both
Prusslans and Austrians, but it now appears
that the Austrians were defeated at Nachod
Turnau, Skalitz, Trentenau, Munchengratz
and other minor points, with great loss in
killed, wounded and prisoners The two
Prussian armies, under the Crown Prince
aud Prince Frederick Charles, which, in or
der to protect Prussian territory, from inya-
sion, moved on Austria from two directions.
were enabled, from these successes, to con-
centrate, and attacked the army of Marshal
Benedek near Sudowa, on the 3rd inst,
where a holly contested and bloody battle
was fought, lasting the whole day and result
ing in the complete rout of the Austrians =
The number of killed and wounded on both
I: sides was great, but owing to the extent of
the battlefield was not ascertained The
Prussians claim to have captured fourteen
thousand unwounded prisoners.
-a Whether these accounts are true or not,
there can scarcely be a doubt that the Aus
trians have been severely handled and that
Marshal Benedek has been compelled to give
up all his supposed strategic positions and
concentrate his forces further in the interior
Garibaldi attacked the Austrians at Mon
ia Suello on the Bird inst, and was unsuc-
cessful. His volunteers were withdrawn in
good order. Garibaidi was slightly wound
ed in the thigh.
a Liverpool dispatch Of the 9th says Aus
tria has agreed to cede Venetia to the Empe-
lror Napoleon and accepts him as mediator
Napoleon Immediately communicated with
the Kings Of Prussia and Italy in order to
obtain an armistice The Prussian and Ital-
ian reply hadhot transpired, though it was
run1ored that prussia's reply was not favor
able.
What will be the ultimate result on the
map of Europe, may not be foreseen. but if
she reports be true peace is not far distant,
IN fact it is believed in London that peace is
Vow virtually effected
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-20

The Freedmen's Bureau has organized a
plan for providing work and homes in the
Northern States for unemployed and desti-
tute freedmen on the Virginia Peninsulas
where in the single district about Fortress
Monroe the Government is obliged to issue
monthly sixty thousand rations On Satur-
day, the 9TH inst, quite number of colored
men and women were sent to Massachusetts,,
where homes have already been secured. -
This is the best work the Freedmen's Blu
reau has yet been engaged in. IF it will
60 on says cotemperary, and cram
Massachusetts, with at least one hundred
thousand niggers, the balance of the country
will have less reason to begrudge the money
it expends AS Virginia was for Union and
Massachusetts, for Disunion at the commence
ment Of our troubles, it would seem to be
Sin accordance with the fitness Of things
that at their close the curse Of numerous
negro population should be lifted from the
former and laid on the latter. Besides,
sending them to Massachusetts would simply
be returning many Of them to the homes Of
their ancestors-to the first places in this
country that knew their grandfathers after
the Puritans stole them from Africa, and be-
fore they sold them to the South "-Rona,ey
IntcNigencer.
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.VeaU advertisements.
SALE OF

NONNH ONERS' SALE OF
Y LANDRY virtue of a decree Of the Circuit
Court of Augusta County entered at the July
Term, 1866, in the cases .sof Piman vs. Allison,
and Pitman VS. Krebs the undersigned commits
soners of sale, will proceed upon the premises,
On Saturday the 18Th day Of Augua nert,
to sell to the highest bidder at public auction II
tract of land in these bills and proceedings men
toned, containing
1 , = A G r. Il -
This land lies upon the Valley Turnpike two miles
South of Greenvle adjoining the lands of James
B. Smith, Finey's heirs, N. NJ. Hit, and others.
The farm is in good state Of cultivation has
upon it comfortable improvements, and consists
of fair proportion of cleared and timbered land.
Mr.. Brownlee lives upon the Farm and will show
it to parties wishing to examine it. This isa good
chance for persons wishing to purchase good
small farm.
TERMS OF SALE SO much cash III hand as
will pay the costs of the suits and of sale, and the
residue upon credits of one, two and three years
in equal payments with interest from date
Bonds with approved security will be required of
the purchaser and the title retained as ultimate
security.
Sale to commence at II clock
JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR., co,,,,.r
II. NJ. BELL, oo'i = :
July 20-tds-Spec. Vir copy
W. maryland Union copy IDS weekly and
send bin to this Office.
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News Items.

The Prussians have cartridge which ex-
plodes after entering the body of man, and
tears him to pieses.
Hon. J. H. Regan, late Confederate Post
master General, was married on the 3lst ult.
[31st June to Miss Mollie T. Taylor Of
Anderson county, Texas.
The St. Clair farm, at Hampton, upon
which thirteen hundred freedmen are quar-
tered, has, we are pleased to say, been res
tored to it's owner.
The Tuskegee (Ala.) News says freed
man found guilty of vagrancy was hired out
to the highest bidder in that place recently,
to pay Court charges, Jail fees, &C.
The Postmaster Of Welborn, Florida,
could not take the test oath, and SO resigned.
No white man Or white woman IL town could
take it. At last, wanting postoffice badly,
a negro was applied to, but when the testoath
was read to him and explained, Pompey re-
piled: Il can't take it | was servant and
Confederate soldier during the war. All my
sentiments are that way, and | won't have
the place"
The citizens Of Wheeling were successfully
victimized, on Wednesday, by some swindlers
who had announced themselves agents Of
Blind Tom, and had made elaborate arrange
ments for grand concert and lottery
scheme. Several thousand dollars worth OF
tickets were sold, and no suspicion of wrong
dealing was entertained until the audience
had assembled, when it was too late to find
or follow up the escaped sharpers.
The prospects for famine in the Western
States are poor. The Cincinnati Gazette
says that in Indiana the wheat is not good,
but the corn is wonderfully fine Thousands
of bushels of potatoes have been planted and
are doing we'll Oats-a fair crop. In Hi
nois wheat (spring) is excellent; corn splen-
did fruit-an average crop, and farmers
are in fine spirits. There is no danger Of a
scarcity if the weather continues favorable.
The hay prospect is fair.
General Mcclellan seems to be in favor
with the God of War. The Prussian armies
were recently in Saxony near Dresden, ca
gerly advancing to pounce upon that artistic
capital. Tee Austrian armies were to the
South of Dresden, Fastening north to save
it from Prussian seizure. General McClel-
Ian, with his family, has a beautiful house
just in the suberbs Of the disputed city. It
is certain says the Citizen, that Count Bis
mark has offered our great soldier very high
inducements and nearly as certain at least
so Partisan rumor runs-that the Austrian
Emperor has sssecn" Count Bismark's offer
and 'gone two hundred better"
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WHEAT DRHE4E4S.-I will again offer
w to the farmers of Augusta and adjoining
counties the celebrated

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w to the farmers of Augusta and adjoining
counties the celebrated
BICKFORD & HUFFMAN DRILL,
With the GUANO and GRASS SEED Sewers
attached. An experience of eight years has DEM
onstrated this to be the best drill in use, its SUI
pcriority as compost sower is incontestable
Persons wishing to purchase should hand in
their orders early, as large demand is expected
READ THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATES.
with pleasure state that for six years past
have used one of Bickford & lIuffman's Drills and
that it has given me entire satisfaction. | had
previous Y used other drills, and have since seen
various other patterns in use, and have no hcsita-
ton in stating my belief that it is decidedly the
the best drill in all respects, and especially as q
Guano and Compost Sewer, have ever seen.
WIN. j. NELSON.
We the undersigned fully endorse all that Mr.
Nelson SAYS above in favour of the Bickford 4
Huffman Drill.
WIN. BELL CRAWFORD, WILLIAM F. SMITH,
Thomas P. EsKRIDGB, DAVID S. BELL,
JOHN N. OpIE, WILLIAM r. DUNLAP
VIM. d. ANDERSON, JOHN CHRISTIAN
A. II. TAYLOR, A. A. SpRoUL,
We the undersigned have had in use for sever
al years the BcKford 4 Huffman Drill with Guano
and Grass Seed attachments. We have no hesita-
ton from our experience in recommending it as
first class machine. 1t has given US in all respects
and especially as compost sower, entire satisfac
ton.
We know Of no particular in which it could be
amended, IS it performs its work well.
r. II, DUDLEY, G. NJ. COCHRAN.
JOHN 4. IARNAN, JAMES HENDERSON,
THoNAs p. WILSON, C. G. Francisco,
JOIN RAMSEY, w. S. McCHEsNEY.
IIUGH W. SHEFfEy, B. WALLACE
BAXTER CRAWFORD,
I.have sold many of these Drills to persons in
this county, they are to be found in every neigh
borhood to whom persons are referred.
Sample drill can be seen at my store.
GEO. i. PRICE.
June eft Staunton, Va.
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The surgeons reports show that our ar
mics have suffered greatly from chills and fe-
yer which is induced by the miasma and
change of climate to which they are exposed.
They also find Ayers Ague Cure is an effec-
tual remedy for this distcmper, and are ur-
ging the government to adopt it within the
regulations. The Surgeon-General hest
tates, because it is put up in a proprietary
form. However great that convenience to
the public, he prefers the physicians of the
army should give their own directions for the
doses. Whatever professional pride may
dictate, he knows as well as we do, that DR..
Ayers g Cure" is an almost perfect antidote
for the Ague, and that the soldiers should
have the ben6t Of it, as we'll as the people,
(Uashta,gtoa Cd. o. Correspondent.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-20
The Telegraph Cable.

The Atlantic cable expedition is now sup
posed to be well advanced on the voyage
across the Atlantic, as the Great Eastern
was to have sailed from Berehaven on the
10th instant, direct for the coast of New
foundland Except for the distance of three
hundred miles on the Irish bank, the new
cable viii be used through the entire route,
and if no unforeseen accident occur, the work,
according to expectations, will not occupy
more than ten days.
Anticipating the departure, the London
Ne,rs of the 29th ultimo says: - Wing.
The great point for congratulation seems
to be the precautions taken not merely to
avoid accident, but to rob accident Of it's
sting. 1t is agreed on all hands that the
graphing ropes and machinery prepared for
this years experiment are fully equal to any
strain likely to be put upon them; while the
arrangements made for reversing the process
of paying out, and Immediately recovering
the cable, should the unerring indicator point
to fault, have been put to every variety of
test. Yesterday artificial faults were erea-
ted experimentally at 600, / 200, and l, 800
yards, and were instantaneously detected
AS the change from paying out to picking
up will only occupJa few minutes, it follows
that fault would probably be discovered be-
fore the part Of the cable containing it had
left the ship. TO cut the damaged part out,
resplice the vast rope, and resume it's laying
would be mparatively easy matter, SO
that it is fair to assume that the contingent
cies most to be dreaded are fully guarded
against Assuming this to be the case, and
all to go well we may look for telegraphic
communication between Great Britain and
America about the last week in july.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-20

The Lynchburg Republican of Saturday
in referring to the Bell, Breckenridge and
Douglas Executive Committees of Virginia
to appoint Delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
vention, pointedly asks, ''by what shadow of
authority these defunct committees of two de-
funct parties i'll Virginia, can presume to ar
rogate to themselves such task as is thus
proposed to be assigned thcm?'' The func-
tons Of these committees closed with the
Presidential election Of 1860, and the very
parties which gave them existence have ceased
to exist. For two gentlemen in Richmond
Mr.. mcfarland and Colonel Rutherford
to step forward and undertake to do what
they have no authority, to do, and what the
people have not asked them to do, would be
an act of presumption, an abuse ofpower and
an insult to the people, which we are sure
such elevated and discreet gentlemen will
not commit. If the People of Virginia want
to send delegates to the Philadelphia Conven-
ton, let them assemble in primary conven-
tons and do SO. But if they don't want to
send delegates there, don't insult public in
telligence and outrage the principles of rep
resentation by planning off delegations
through the instrumentality Of an e9etc and
unauthorized organization. A Jacobin Con-
gress wants to assume all powers at Wash
mgton, and two gentlemen in Richmond are
to assume all political authority in this com
monwealth !! IF the people intend to have any
more representative government, let them
have it but if not, let us give up the shadow
and cease to delude ourselves with ridiculous
ceremonies
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OF INTEREST NEAR sTAUNTON.

POINTS OF INTEREST NEAR STANTON
Staunton is 36 miles from Lexington, which
contains Washington College, Virginia Military
Institute, the Grave Of Stonewall Jackson, and
the home of Lee. The celebrated Springs of this
County are II miles from Staunton, and the Nat
ural Chimneys, IL Meyers Cave, the second in
extent on the Continent, II; and 2 from the Cave
are the battle-feds of Port Republic and ON the
road to the Cave the battlefield of Piedmont
The great charities of the State, the Lunatic Asy-
lum and the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind, are in Staunton. 1t is the geographical
centre of the Old Dominion, and the Railroad and
Stage Lines radiating from this point make it a
point for travellers on business or seeking health
or pleasure in the Mountains of Virginia
July l3-tf
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HARNESS, COLLARS, &C.-The UNI

HARNESS, COLLARS, &C.-The UNI
| / dersigned has opened shop in the corner
room of Mr., J. Hardy's Carriage Mandatory, on
Main Street, opposite National Valley Bank,
where he is prepared to Manufacture Harness Of
all descriptions, Collars, &C., &C., and repair any
thing in his line at short notice. All work will
be done in a neat and substantial manner and at
fair rates for cash. He soicits the patronage of
the citizens of Staunton and Augusta County.
May 4-3m j. Ii. SMITH.