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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-25
CAFETY OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE.

OAFETY OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE.
To tile President and Directors Of the WASH
inqtOn, Alexandria aEd Georgetown RGlIroHd
COmePany:
GENTLEMEy Under your Instructions | OK
amned the bridge on your road oyer the Foto-
mac river, on the 1st instant and reported that
it would be safer if the long spans on the Vir-
gnia side were supported in the centre by tres
ties. l have this day examined the bridge
again, and found that trestles have been placed
under the centre of each span, as recommended,
and the bridge, in my opinion, is safer and
stronger than when first built and is perfectly
secure for the passage Of trains required for the
local and through business of the road.
(sgned L. JOHN ELLIC0TT,
Civil Engineer
BALTIMORE. Dec Goth, 1866 jan 23-lm
rg1HE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
ALEXANDRIA offer for sale
$4,000 Orange. and Alexandria Railroad
Bonds, lst mortgage.
$1,000 do do, Ind mortgage;
And 1913 shares Water Company (Alexandria)
Stock, in lots to suit purchasers.
For terms apply to
Or. C. w. WATTLES, Secretary.
jan 2S-eo2w No. 127, kim st Alexa:. Va.
"A BBLs. SUPERFINE FLOUR.
4U 50 g Extra Superfne
For sale by GREGORY " PAUL.
Jan 23-tf
ITO FISH SALTERS AND OTIIERS-FOR
/ SALE OR RENT-Thnt desirable large
two-story FRAME BUILDING, southwest cor
ner Princess and Water streets. Being near the
fish wharf makes it desirable for sailing house
or for other purposes. c,,,ro,r,
jan 22-col0t Chairman Com. Pub. Prop.
A FEW PLEASANT FRONT ROOMS can
- " ~ - MRS. JORDAN'S,
ian 22-lw l02, Cameron st.
NATIONAL, -
~ UNION INSTANCE COMPANY,
OF WASHIN GTON, D. G.
CAPITAL, 81 000 BY CONGRESS
Office, No. II, Louisiana Avenue,
First door east of Seventh Street,
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN
SURED ON THE MOST FA-
VORABLE TERMS.
DIRECTORS.
Chas. KNAPP. Geo. S. Gideon
George w. Riggs Marshall Brown.
Thomas Berry. Richard Wallach.
Daniel Dodd. VIM. Dixon.
II. D. Cooke.
CHAS KNAPP, President.
GEO. w. RIGGS, Vice. Prest.
NOBLE D. LARNEE, Secretary.
WASHINGTON, January 2l-lw
- n y I,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-25

- DWELLING HOUSE WANTED
E=lzH A brick dwelling house, containing six or
seven rooms, in q good location, and situated on
a paved street 1t must also be supplied with
water and gas. Apply through the Post OO1fce,
IN box 219 jan 25- -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-25

r OST-On Wednesday night, at the depot Of
BLACK LEATHER SATCHEL, containing,
among other things, a pair of gold spectacles,
and a breast pin. The value of the contents of
the satchel will be given rs q reward to the find,
err if returned to GEO. a. bOooAhI,
ia1f25-3t# West End, Fairfax county.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
Still they Come !"

We are gratifed to state that our lists
are growing day by day. Old sub
scribers are paying up and renewing,
and new ones are subscribing. The fol-
lowing words are familiar to our ear :
"Mr. Editor, please find - dollars and
renew my subscription. I cannot do
without the Herald" Mr.. Editor, l
want ~ paper once more-the mails
now reach my settlement" "Messrs
Editor: Please find enclosed - dollars
foT which you will send me the New berry
uerald-I learn that mail facilities are
again established with my remote section
and I must keep posted in the news
Of the District"
1t has been qnite a deprivation to
many of our citizens living in dark
corners and distant sections of the Dis
trict, to be without the Eight Of the
Herald" but there was no help for it
in some instances, owing to the disturbed
condition of the mails. Clubs, where
convenient, atoned in great measure for
this evil, but now the matter is remcdied
in the good old way.
a new subscriber told US last week
that he had intended several months ago
to take the Herald, but had neglected it,
and had he done so earlier it would have
saved him long ride to the village, in
a busy season, to see the tax officer, as
per advertised notice, that officer visited
his neighborhood recently, and he didn't
know it till it was too late.
So it isl There is not a citizen IN the
district, who does not at some time (from
single item) receive benefit from his
district paper for exceeding the amount
of subscription to say nothing of the
amount Of general intelligence to be
gathered during. the year. What is. the
I local paper-but "a map OF the ousy
life" of the district!
News of the world is presented in
brief; Local matters are discussed. and
district interests and enterprises set
forth, together with legal matters and
the advertisements of our enterprising
merchants stating where the latest,
freshest, cheapest, and choicest goods,
wares and merchandise ETC., are to be
found. Sales of real estate, furniture,
stock, etc., ETC., which prove Of incalcu'
liable good to the reader.
We hope the day is not distant, when
each district will take "a district pride
in sustaining a splendid local medium o.
incelligence-better than they have yet
attained to.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
Life Of General Robert z. Leo,

We have received from the National Pub
fishing House, Richmond, advanced sheets
of the "Life of General Robert E. Lee," by
James D. McCabe, Jr.. of Va. The work
will shortly appear. 1t will be for sale in
the book stores, but is published and sold
only by subscription, Agents are wanted
in every district.
This book has been written and will be
published for the purpose Of enabling every
American citizen to possess clear, connect
ed and consistent account Of the acts, pubs
lie as we'll as personal, of the most accom-,
plished military leader and strategist that
the New World has ever produced. It is
from the pen Of one Of the most gifted au>
thorS of the South, and is in all respects be-
lievcd to be the most finished, accurate and
complete record OF many of the events which
tranSpired during the recent war that has
yet emanated from the Confederate side,
giving the principal features of the late gi.
gantic struggle as it does, from essentially a
Southern standpoint.
The publishers have labored diligently to
produce book absolutely unexcelled, both
in superiority Of material and beauty of ty>
biography; by anything ever issued from the
press.
It will not be for sale in the book stores,
but is published and sold only by subScrip-
tion.
The work will be comprised in one large
volume of $50 pages. and will be uniform in
size, style and finish with Dabnev'S Life of
Stonewall Jackson" embellished with q fine
steel portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, by W.
G.. Jackman, of New. York, and illustrated
by series of carefully prepared maps, the
most of which were made from surveys by
Confederate Engineers for General Lees es-
pecial use. They are so numerous and COM
plete that the movements O. the armies arc
rendered perfectly ineligible.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF
MAsoNs.-At the regular annual con-
vocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chap
ter of Masons of South Carolina, held in
this city, the following officers were
elected and installed:
M...E...R. S. Bruins, Grand High Preist,
Charleston.
H.. e. B. Rush Campbell, Deputy Grand
High Priest, Laureus.
RE. Montgomery Moses,' Grand King,
REC. NJ. Miller, Grand Scribe, Laurens.
REC. F, Jackson, Grand Treasurer,
Columbia.
E.'.Ebenezer Thayer, Grand Secretary, Chars
lesion.
M Rev. .Thos. P. Rayzor, Grand Chaplain,
Branchville.
E...H. H. Miller, Grund Captain of Host,
Geo. P. Wood, Grand Royal Arch
Captain, Charleston -...
E.. .Thos. Allison, Sentinel, Charleston.
Resolutions we're adopted to present
Bro. A. G. Mackey suit!s:.toie Testimonial
for past services, and also~to present q
testimonial 70 BIO. Z. S. Burns. for his
able aud elaborate report on Foreign
| Correspondence, also resolutions of re-
spect to the memory of Bro. David
Ramsay.-Charleston Courier.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
%(1>

THE CEL1BATE's SoLILoQUY.-"To wed,
or not to we'd? That is the question"
Whether its as we'll for bach, to suffer
The peculiarities of single life,
Or taks a loving damsel to the parsons
And stand the consequences? To eat,
to sleep,
No more? Aye there is much more
Even a thousand unnatural "bonnets,"
Besides ali the responsibilities"
That flesh is heir to. "Tis consumma'
ton"
Which won't pay expenses. To eat, to
sleep,
To sleep. Perchancc to wake-aye there's
the rub!
For in that "sleep" so called what squalls
may come
When we have shufled off our panta'
looms,
To get up in the-"That's whats the
matter"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

We have received from the publisher,
T. F. Smith, Esq, Ocala, Fla, an interest,"
ing pamphlet, which embraces a series of
letters on the topography. climate, resour-
ces and productions of Florida, as COM
pared with Texas. The reviews principally
embrace East and South Florida, and are
very interesting ; certainly the land of flows
ers claim many advantages. Floral and
vegetable life abound there, with variety
of wood and good water in abundance,
not alone near the rivers, but all through
the country. Much Of the vegetation com
mon to the tropics arc grown there as well
as that familiar to our ,and higher, latitudes
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

The Lynchburg (Va.,) News thus sets
forth the advantages Of agriculture over
all other pursuits now open to Southern
~ers:
"Manufacturing establishments may
fail to pay dividends and involve en-
ployers and employees in one common
destruction, the learned professions may
fail to secure for their votarics the neces-
Saries Of life, the merchant may find all
his Judgment and energy at fault, and his
shrewdest calculations barren Of profta-
ble results, the miner may be disappoin-
ted in the extent and value of the mine
raj deposits which he labors to- develop,
but he who with untiring industry and
unwcarted diligence faithfully tills the
bosom Cf the earth, will certainly meet
his reward. We would therefore earnest
ly advise all who would escape many Of
the threatened evils. and desire a safe
haven ofrest from the harraSsing cares
incident to life of trade, all who are
without remunerative employment, or
who are only precariously occupied in
our cities and towns, to return to the
first, greatest and surcst means of sup:
port, and by their earnest efforts advance
the cause Of agriculture and at the same
time promote the interest, and minister
to the prosperity Of our commoo coun-
try.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

SaALL WE MAKE BREAD Or CoTToN.-
If we may believe symptoms, the North
Is on the eve of a financial crisis. The
stoppage of. mills and factories the re-
duction of time, the strikes among labor
ers, the sudden fuctuation Of gold, the
returns from Europe of large amounts Of
American securities which found no pur-
chasers, tbe oVerstocked markets and
general duilneSs in trade, all seem to
mark the approach of a "crash." The
spirit of radicalis.n has at last begun to
affect trade. The mad orgies Of Congress,
threats Of impeachment and territoriali-
cation are producing their legitimate re-
suits, and commercial anarchy reignS.
TCaroiiuian.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

t'OCK PLArFnRM. Under the above
heading the Nashville Gazette keeps the
following standing its editorial columns:
'.Let the Southern people be sure to
produce, as they easily can, an abundant
supply OF provisions, manufacture their
own timber and iron iRto all the imple-
ments they need, spin and weave all the
cotton they consume, and let only the
surplus OF the staple, if any, pass over to
Lowell and Manchester, to be paid for in
hard cash. Let them do whatever may
be necessary to secure. a froe Republican
State Government, and steadily refuse,
By any debasing compiances, to purchace
the privilege of enjoying their constitu-
tional rights in the Federal Union. So
employed, let them manfully meet what
ever destiny may be in store for them,
secure at least in. the possession Of their
own Sclf-respect." "
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

The RoUTE.-The city Of Louisville,
Kentucky, has. by popular vote, con-
sented to subscribe 81, 100000 to COM
plete the Lebanon branch of the Louis
willie and Nashville Railroad. This SUD-
scription, we learn, insures the compile
ticn of railroad from Louisville to Cum
berland Cap and Knoxville, Tennessee.
All that is now necessary to put Char
lesion in direct connection with Louis
Vile and Cincinnati is the building of
the Rabun Gap railroad from Walhalla,
in this State, to Knoxville, Tennessee,
upon which large amount of work has
already been done.-Pickens Courier.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Sherman's
substitute was passed at half-past
o'clock, this morning-29 to 10. This
is substantially Blaine'e amendment
which is as follows:
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That when the constitutional amendment
proposed as article fourteen by the Thirty
Ninth Congress shall have-become part
of the Constitution of the United States,
by the ratification of three fourths of the
States now represented in Congress, and
when any one of the late so-called Con-
federate States shall have given its assent
to the same and conformed its constitu-
ton and laws thereto in all respects, and
when it shall have provided by its consti"
tuition that the elective franchise shall be
enjoyed equally and impartially by all
male citizens Of the United States,
twenty-one years old and upwards, with
out regard to race, color or previous
condition of servitude, except such as
may be disfranchised for participating in
the late rebellion, and when said consti-
tuition shall have been submitted to the
voters of said State, as thus defined, for
ratification or rejection, and when the
constitution, if ratified by the popular
vote, shall have been submitted to Con-
greSs for examination and approval, said
State shall, fits constitution be approved
by Congress, be declared entitled to re-
presentation in Congress, and Senators
and REPRESENTATIVES shall be admitted
therefrom on their taking the oath pre-
scribed by law, and then and thereafter
the preceding sections Of this bill shall
be imperative in said State.
It is prefaced by preamble providing
for the division of the lately seeded
States into Military Districts similar to
those proposed in Stevens bill, but gives
the appointment of the officers who are
to control them to the President instead
of to the General commanding. It fur.
ther requires that all death sentences
shall be approved by the President be,
fore they can be executed; that the writ
of habeas corpus shall not be suspended,
and that no interference by the military
with the State government shall occur.
The bill will meet with serious oppe,
sition in the House. Several Republi-
cans, Including Brandagee and Stevens,
are reported to be indignant at its pro.
posal to give the President the right Of
appointing the officers, approving SEN
tences of death, as also its permission to
the Federal Courts to grant petitions for
the habeas corpus.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

PAYING DEBTS. One of cur religious
exchanges has the following strong re-
marks on this subject. They drive the
nail in to the head and clinch it
- ''Men may Sophisticate as they please.
They can never make it right, and all the
bankrupt laws in the universe cannot
makeit right for them not to pay their
debts. There Is sin in this neglect, as
clear and as deserving church discipline,
as in stealing or false swearing. He who
violates his promise to pay, or withholds
the ayment of debt when it is in bis
power to meet the engagement, ought tc
feel that in the sight Of all honest men he
is swiudler. Religion may be very
comfortable cloak under which to hide
hut if religion does not make man dea
instlv. it is not worth having"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
Wicked ! Sinful !! DiabolicaI ! !!

With malice aforcthought, We believe,
and with no hope of heaven in their
thoughts, we are sure, some unhappy in
dividuals hare determined on legal pro-
ceedings touching the late firm of Slider
& Grenaker. 1t is an insane policy a
wicked, cruel act; against all reason !;
subverSive of order; and calculated to
hurt somebody's feelings, We view these
ugly, diabOlical proceedings with lively
horror and dissatisfaction, and wonder
how can they? Strange, passing strange;
perhaps they are merging into radical,
ism; can't account for it else. No one
is scared except it be at the thought of
being hauled over the legal gridiron, and
suffering from the tender mercies Of those
who stir. the Goals there's the rubl 1t
is hard. We dou't Gaze a contit entail
otherwise, and. flour tears DO flow, it is at
the thought of the melancholy effect it
will produce or our unhappy, late CO.
partner, who is inhaling the sea breeze
in bliSsful ignorance. In tender consid-
Grafton Of the above, parties indebted to
that firm are invited to call and settle,
and thus prevent any dire consequences,
which failure to do may produce. Va
rious little notices have been sent out, all
which it is requested will be attended to
forthwith, Immediately, and at once.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

IMMIGRATION ScHEMEs.-The New York
Ship Owner advocates the establishment
of an American steam ship line for the
purpose of filing up the Southern States
with industrious farmers, mechanics and
la6orers. IfCongress fails to take steps
towards aiding in the establishment of
such line, it suggests to the States "de-
sirous ofincreasing their laboling popu-
latio&, to pay bounty OF $25 per head,
the same as Maine already does, and also
to offer any respectable organized com
pany the loan Of the bonds of the State,
say for $500, ,0O0, to run twenty years at
seven per cent. interest the company
to furnish security for the loan of these
or other vessels. By the CO operation Of
a number Of States, a semiwcekly- line
could &hus be established Of first class
steam ships, that would bring over. and
turn TO those States 100000 emigrants
each year. Those emisrantS who came
from Germany aod the North of Europe
last ea-, averaged $50 in gold Fer head.
: st this rate, which however, would be
probably increased By the plan in qucs-
ton, $5,00O,0e would thus be added to
the taxable wealth, and every year at
least SIS, 100000 from the productions
of the .labors Of the emigrants.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

A New FASHION IN GLovEs.--A Paris
correspondent writes that the latest
fashion for ladiesin that city is ''to wear
dogskin gloves and to wear them till
to use a gipsey-like, perhaps, but still
expressive Simile-they are as black as q
sinker's pot" The more like they are to
that engine of the batterie dc cuisine or
tbe domestic repairer the more they are
admired. At last, then, ces petltes
danes have found cheap fashion; but
no, perhaps they will buy up fine old dry
and dirty gloves at a fancy price. How;
ever, nobody now enters certain society
with clean hands, if they wish to be that
which an echo from the continent calls
'.ehique."
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
Saturday o5th instant is Return Dav

Saturday, 25th instant, is Return Day
for this district, and we are gratifed in
stating that the number Of cases issued
upon is likely to be quite small, in COM
parison to the general expectation OF
those who believed that the opening OF
the Courts would produce such dreadful
results, In our opinion, the agitation of
the debt question, has produced the ma
iority Of distFust now in the country,
and to tnat cause may be attributed the
most part of suing to the approaching
term.-Anderson Intelligencer.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20

MARn1AGE.-JEREMr TAYLOR says Of
marriage: 49,.
Marriage is the mother of the EssFid, Esfdi,
and preserves Kingdoms, aGcaa~fflls cities,
and churches, ard dd~aeaven itself. Cell.
oacy, Ike the fly in the heart Of an,
apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness
but sits alone, andis confined and dies
in singularity !; bat marriage, like the
useful bee, builds house and gathers
sweetness from every flower, and labors
and unites into societies and republics
and sends out armies, and feeds the
world with delicacies, and keeps order
and promotes the interest of mankind
and is that state Of good things to which
God hath designed the present constitu
ton Of the world. =:
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
The S. C.. z, E,

The South Carolina Railroad prospers ine>
ly. An incredible amount of labor was done
last year. All the ramiications are attend
ed to. Washes in the. swamps piled and
filled in; bridges and treStles built; cross
tics and rails laid down, workshops repaired !;
cottages and tanks erected, and work on the
Camden branch vigorously pushed on. In a
short time the officers will have the proud
satisfaction of discovering their road com>
plete from end to end. The labors Of the
past year were herculcan! The receipts
amounted to 81 ,312. .73S 81, Expenses, in
cluding interest on foreign debt, S924,906 80.
Net income S397 S21 60, or 6 per cent on the
capital stock. Bond debt So j34, ,799. 90, of
which $2,212 ,944.46 is payable in London.
Foreign bond.holders have accepted terms
ofrenewal. Of the domestic debt, there
remain S133.6S7 so, balance Of past due
bonds and interest, which is nearly all in the
hands Of parties willing to renew.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
Ladies Fair at oreenHiIIe,

Through the kindness of the President OF
the Greenville & Columbia Railroad Com
pany, visitors to the Fair, from and above
Newberry, will be passed to Greenville and
back, to attend the Fair, on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next week, for ONE
FARE.
The Cars arrive at Greenville at 40 minutes
past S. The Fair opens att.
The Anderson Train will run to GreenTile
and return, on Tuesday and Wednesday, at
times to allow visitors to attend the Fair in
the day.
Mr. C. j. Elford, Chairman of the Committee
of Arrangements, will accept our thanks for COM
plimentary tickets.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
index tn New Advertisements

The following Advertisements appear to-day
for the first time. Those to be continued, will
be found under their respective heads In our
next issue:
Notice-Jones & Jones.
Chesley D. Spearnan-Agent.
Fertilizers-Kinsman & Howell, 159
East Bay, Charl eston, S. G.
Notice-W. W. Houseal, Ex'or.
Agents TYanted-Warren R. Marshall,
Columbia.
Notice-J. Y. Harris.
Agents Wanted-For the life and cam
paigns of Gen. R. E. Lee. Apply to
Richmond Publishing House, corner 18th
& Main Sts., Richmond, Va.
Hides and bark wanted Apply to J.
S. Hair & Go.
Notice-R. P. Clark.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
COMMERCIAL,

NEwBERRY, February 19.-Cotton 26 to 29t;
tax included.
NEW YORK, February 1S.-Gold closed at 33i.
Cotton dull and unchanged, with sales Of SO
bales, at 49,
BALTIMORE, February Is Cotton quiet mid
ding uplands 3li. Coffee and sugar firm.
NEW ORLEANS, February 18-Sales of cotton,
middlings 81; middlings 81, Sugar 13I.
MOBILE, February 1S.-Cotton quiet, with
sales Of 80 bales -middling 3)H. Receipts OF
the two days, 1,792 bales.
CHARLESTON, February 18.-Cotton inactive
and unchanged.
The Manchestar market is tending down.
BreadstufS are quiet.
LIVERPOOL, February 18-Noon.-C Cotton mar
ket opens quiet and steady to-day, with sales of
1000 bales-riddling uplands 14d.
Fiye-twenties I32.