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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-04
TINE LATE FIRE IN chicago.
I.oss One Hundred Thousand Dollars
Amount of Insurance..

The Chicago Tribune gives the particulars Of
the frc Ia that city on Wednesday, which de-
srosed the i've story brick building on the south
east corner OF wabashs avenue aud south Water
street, owned by Michael Lanin and occupied by
a number OF business firms. The building, COM
prising Nos. AZ and A. South Water street, was
badly damaged Messrs. Childs A Briggs Wholesale
dealers In groceries, occupied portion OF the base
ment and the first and second floors OF 40. Their
stock was valued at about $4,000 and was greatly
damaged mostly by water The loss OF the firm Is
n a list OF the companies IN which they have in.
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L,LowERs, FLOWERS, FLOWERS, FLowERs-FREsH
~ and wthersd Bridal and Funeral Wreaths, Crosses,
Bouquets OF natural flowers preserved cgany warranted
10 years; patented; only place IN New York
BHADsrREET A CO., 500 Broadway
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BELOW


BARK Carl Georg HG) Arfmsnn from bremen Sept 4, In
ballast to knoop, Hanenann Co. Has bsen ordered "a
Savannah
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-04

PRIZES CAsHED AND INFORMATION FUR
"A. nshed in Royal Havana and all legalixed lotteries
JACOB CLUTE, Broker 200 Broadway and 1853 Fulton street
DARTLETT's REVERSIBLE SEWING MACHINES ARE
ID universally acknowledged to be the lowest priced
reliable machnes they be used by hand foot The
style sold Al H2b win do MI the family sewing Depot No. 56
Broadway, New York
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02
" WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1868.

SENTIMENTAL SwIMMING.-Id don t
wonder women are not enamored
OF bathing for the costumes worn
are unbecoming to feminine beauty.
Out of the window I catch 3
glimpse of a blue eyed girl I tried
to teach to swim this morning,
though l. presume I took more of
her lessons than / gave. She is
in that cbarmingly uncertain con-
dition between girlhood and wo-
manhood, and in her blue trowsers
and tunic, her little white, feet
treading symmetry into the sand,
and her arch and smiling face
! looking out from beneath straw
hat, she certainly looked moro be-
witching, than she does at this
moment. / carried her to where
Twas obliged to- hold her up, and
then supporting her gently, / told
her to strike out. She, did so
womanfully. She seemed so pref
ty playing the part Of the boy,
that I yielded to the temptation
to let her slip from my hand,
knowing, that SIZE would be fright
ened and cling to me like ivy. l
was right. She sank under the
swell Of the sea, and I caught her
in my arms as If 1 had done a he
Eroic instead Of sentimental>thing.
The little creature was terribly
alarmed, and l had to hold her
tightly for the remainder of the
bath. She afterwards told several
persons I had saved her life and as
I had no desire to- receive credit |
did not deserve, I informed her
kindly of mystrategy:: She pout-
ed and looked prettier than ever,
and assured me she would never,
go into; the sea with, me again.
Pehaps she won't. But, being a.
q man of incorrigible- vanity, and
great grandfather besides; be-
lieve1 she will. What girl Of Six
teen is afraid of man of: seventy,
or more or less? We old fellows
sometimes forget our age:-hony
Branch Letter.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

LOVING AND HATINa.-If you
love, love more. lfhate, hate less.
Why war against mortal who is
going the same road with us {?
Why not expand the flower of life
and happiness by learning to love,
by teaching those who are near and
dear the beautiful lesson? Your
hands may be hard but your heart
need not be. Your forms may be
ugly, but do you not know that
the most beautiful flowers often
grow in the most rugged, un-
Sheltered places The palace for
care, the cottage for love. Not
that there is no love in the man
sion but somehow, if we are not
very careful, business will crowd
all there is Of beauty out of the
heart. This is why God has given
US the Sabbaths and Saturday
nights, that we may leave business
in the Office and have heart
cleaning.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

is the necessity. of wringing from
the people nearly sixteen hundred
millions Of dollars in three years,
when so neagre a share Of it has
been devoted to the, reduction of
the debt i? The same party that
is responsible for such a state Of
things. stands arraigped'for its eff:
forts>te corrupt and destroy our
republican. system Of government.
If it is entrusted with a longer
lease ofpower, we shall soon have
neither property or liberty. = tits
a1eeeh that has, fastened upon the
vitals Of the Republic. and will de-
stroy it's life, unless it's own is de-
stroyed first. When such a crisis,
has arrived for a nation, it is in
deed the. hour of It's fate.
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The following is an eStractfrom
a letter to the editors of the
Washington Evening Express, from
one of the most distinguished
statesmen ofNew England:
. "With regard to the political
situation, it seems to be very favor
able to the Democracy. I find it
is the universal impression among
the Democracy that they are to
win in this contest. It is a pre-
sentiment which foreshadows the
coming event. There is very lit
tie spirit displayed among the radi-
Gals in this vicinity, while the
Democracy are wide-awake and
full of confidence. W h hatever
might have been their feelings
when the nominations were first
announced, they are all now con-
vinced they are the very best that
could be made. They recognize,
in Governor Seymour, the first and
mostaccomplished statesman ofthe
land, and, in General Blair, a brave
and patriotic soldier and statesman.
In comparison with Seymour, the
silent candidate of the radicals sut-
fer terribly. I believe that Grants
defeat will be as signal as that of
General Scott, when he ran
against ex-President Pierce, in
1856. The skies are bright.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

TRIBUTE TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.
An able writer in Putnam's
Magazine pays the following glow
ing and well fne1ited tribute to
Governor Seymour
Governor Seymour possesses
eminent abilities, and underlying
his polit' t'eal career are amiable
qualities of mind. and heart, which
are harmoniously attended by that
external dignity and personal
grace, which, should -adorp' the
Presidential office. Governor Sey.-
-mour's talents are greater in debate
than, in Office, more rhetorical thar
executive. AS a Senator, had the
complexion Of the New York Leg
.islature admitted Of his choice for
that Office, he might have won; by
spavity, in discussion, something
of that personal popularity, in
fuence and esteem from his op:
ponents, which distinguished Rev:
erdy Johnson. Diplomatic by
nature, he would make an excellent
Secretary of State. We have
hardly a more admirable presiding
officer: His disposition tends to-
wards harmony and compromise.
Like Gerrit: Smith he entert aims
no political opinion which hezwould.
not waive rather than see it made
the cause Of bloedshed. He is a
peace man, q compromises and
reconciler, by conviction, instinct
and habit. Heratio seym ur
would havo made a good President
under: the order Of things that
prevailed before the war; when
the most adroit compromises was
the greatest statesman.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02
FoRGoT TO. LOOK Up-We have

FoRGoT TO. LOOK UP-We have
somewhere seen thestory of a man
who went to- steal corn from his.
neighbor's field. BE took his little
boy With him to sit on the fence
and keep a look out so as to give
warning in ease any one should
come along The man jumped over
the fence with large bag on his
arm, and before commencing to
take the corn, he looked all around,
frst-one way and then the other,
and not seeing any person, he was
Just about to fill his bag. Then
the little son, a good little fellow
he was, too, cried out:
'Fatber, there's one way you
haven't looked yet!'
The father was startled, and
supposed that some one was COM
ing. He asked his son which way
he meant
"Why," said the little boy, 'tyou
forgot to look up
The father was conscience strick-
en-; be came back over the fence,
took his little boy by the hand,
and >hu ried quietly home without
the corn which he had designed to
take. The little boy had remind
ed him that the eye Of God was
upon him.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

- SOMETHING FOR THE SIoK:-A
correspondent writes: Frequently
we find sick people whose stomachs
reject all kinds Of nourish ments
until conditions follow. that : in
many instances terminate fatally.
In twenty instances in which [
have heard the popular sick-bed
nourishments prescribed and re;
jected by an invalid's enfeebled
stomach, I have never known the
simple saucer Of parched corn
pudding or bowl Of Cruel refused,
The corn is roasted brown, pre-
ciseiy as We roast, coffee, ground
as fine as meal in coffee mill, and
made either into mush, cruel, or
thin cakes baked tightly Blown,
and given either warm or cold,
clear, or with whatever dressing
the stomach will'receive or retain.
Parchcd corn and meal boiled in
SKINNED milk, and fed frequent
Iy to children suffering from sum-
mer diarrhea, will almost always
cure it, as it will dysentery in
adults, and I believe cholera, in its
earliest stages.
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to say that at. least sone hundred
are equally likely to 60 for sey-
mour.-Nev York Herald.

TIE MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS
IN JApAN.-The martyrdom, at
Nagasaki, Japan, Of one hundred
and fifty native Christians, who
were drowned by order Of the Mi
kado, is exciting great: attention.
The missionaries in modern times
have never made any converts IN
Japan, and the question arises
what is the history of these one
hundred and fifty natives? at
the present time every Japanese
must register himself at some tenn
pile as a Buddhist, or be condemned
as an outcast; and so strenuous is
the guard that even the simple
contract Of a Japanese servant
with his employer contains always,
as a part Of it's legaEform, the spe:
cifeation thut he is not Chris
tian. The persecution which the
native Christians of Japan suffered
at the time the government ex-
pelled foreigners, tand made the
profession of the Christian faith a
capital offence, has no parallel in
history and all its rigors' have
been continued to the present day:
ekeve1 theless, American residents
ia Japan. it is s-stated; recall a ru-
NOR which, from time to time,
came, to their ears Of a band or
community of Jesuit proselytes
still existing in some part Of the
empire. Sometimes they were
said to Iive-in the very heart of
'Yeddo, and at others in one Of the
southern provinces. 1t is ceniec-
tured that this secret community,
encouraged by. the revelation in
the empire, has ventured >rashiy.
to disclose itself. It is believed to
bshighly probable that; they are
of the-oid stock, who have in some
way zsaeesedsd IN keeffiasE aliEe,
through. successive generations
for two hundred and fifty years
the religious faith preached by
the Jesuits. The fact that the
principles Of, Christianity have
been kept alive for: nearly three
centuries is new proof Of the fol-
" Of the attempt tocrushj religious
belief by persecution.S
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

The New York Times speaks as
follows Of the social equality bill
brought before our motley legis-
lators "A nice. question has re-
-"cently arisen in -the-South Caro-
"lina Legislature in which the
elements Of social and political
"eqnality are strangely blended.
"The blacks. claim that they ought
mot to be, denied accommodation
cat the public hotels. There is
"some justice in this claim. Why
"should they be excluded from
"hotels and not from the railroad
"car or the steamboat ? We will
"not enter into the merits. of this
''question on the ground of justice.
"The fact, however, that the pre-
"iudice of the whites is so strongly
"against the claim put forth is a
sufficient reason why the negroes
'sshould waive it for the present.
"If there is q demand, for the Ae-
"commodation of freedmen at no
"tels- some means of supplying it
"wilI arise without legal interfer.
tence., The freedmen can afford
,'.'to wait"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

A WIFE LOCKED UP IN A CROCK
cry CRATE.-The Daily Wisconsin
tells of Tueton who confined his
wife at home by locking her up in
a crockery crate, which stood on
end in one corner of the bed room
and which was used as prison
cell. He placed his wife in this
with her sewing. Two small chains
with padlocks kept the door fast
ened, and here the poor woman
must sit and sew and await the
return and pleasure Of her lord and
master before she could come out.
The husband, in palliation of his Of
fense, acknowledged that he did
lock his wife up in the crate, but it
was done to keep her at home. She
had a bad habit of getting away
from home when she could, and
when she getaway she would drink,
and when drunk she made herself
disagreeable. He had tried coax
ing and threatening but that did no
good He had tried locking her
up in a room, but she always ma
naged to get out in some way.
Then he tried locking her up in a
crockery crate, and that worked
to perfection. He thought it was
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

IHE PACIFIC RAILROAD-LAY1NG
RAILS. The correspondent fthe
Philadelphia Bulletin, who accom-
panied the late editorial exc! rsion
to the Rocky Mountains over the
Union Pacific Railroad, gives the
following:
Track laying on the Union Paci-
fc is a science, and we pundits of
the Far East stood on that en-
bankm ent, only about thousand
miles this side of sunset, and back
ed westward before that hurrying
corps Of sturdy operators, with a
mingled feeling Of amusement, Gu
riosity and profound respect. On
they came. Alight car, drawn by
asingle. horse, gailops up to the
front with. its load of rails. Two
men seize the end Of a rail and
start forward, the rest ofthe gang
taking hold by twos. until tits clear
Of the car. Then, they come for
ward at a run. AT the word, of
command, the rail is dropped in
Its place, right side up, with care,
while the same process goes on at
the, other side Of the car. Less
than thirty seconds to rail for
each gang, and so four rails go
down to the minute Quick work,
you say; but the fellows on the U.
P, are tremendously in est.
The moment the car is emptied- it
lis tipped on the, other side, ofthe
track to let the next loaded car
pass it; and then it is tipped back
again; and it is a sight to see it 60
flying back for another load, pro
pelled-by a:horse at full galop at
the end of sixty or eighty feet Of
rope ridden by+a young Iehu, who
drives furiously. -Closebehipd the
first gang comethegangers, spRer
and bolter. and lively time they
make fit. 1t is'a grand Anvil
Chorus that those sturdy sledges
are playing across the plains. 1t
40 :, ssi PIE tine 3 strokes to . spike.
There are ten spikes to rail, four
hundred rails to the mile, eighteen
hundred miles to San Francisco.
That's the sum, what is the quo
tient? Twenty-one million times
are those sledges to be swing
twenty-one million times are they
to come down with their sharp
punctuation before the great work
of modern America is. complete. ,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02
INcEND1ARIsM IN FA1REIELp-A

INcEND1ARIsM IN FA1REIELp-A
Fact FOR THE NoRTH.-At a meet
ing ofat least a thousand blacks,
held at Blackstock, last Saturday
week, and attended by Loyal Lea
CUES from Chester and elsewhere,
and which, perhaps, was the lar
gest.meeting evercheld in Fairfield
District, gentleman informs us
that he heard the most popular of
their speakers use the following
language
"Now, my friends, you hear the
white people make a good deal Of
talk aboat their heavy losses by
black men stealing. But do they
lose anything by it? No, they
don't; for you work for them, and
they git it back in your, labor.
Suppose,1t It's something to eat that
a black man steals, it makes him
stronger, and the white people get
it back in his labor. Suppose he
sells what he steals and buys cloth
ing, don't he work for the white
people, and don't they get back
what he stole to buy clothes with
in his labor? Immense applause
Is comment necessary? We tell
the people of the North that the
patient forbearance of Southern
men towards these foolish semi
barbarians, temporarily converted
into our rulers, finds no parallel in
history. Through large tracts OF
country nine-tenths of the stock
has been killed, and small depreda'
tions without number are commit
ted daily which would long since
Fhave exasperated Northern farm
ers to an uncomfortable pitch OF
fury and vengeance:
+ Winnsboro' Nea1s.
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EXAMPLE Example is one o.
the most potent instructors, though
it teaches without tongue. 1t is
the practical school of mankind,
working by action, which is a.
ways more forcible than by words.
Precept may point the way, but i
is continuous example, conveyel
to us by habit, and living with us i:
fact, that carries US along. Goo
advice has it's weight; but withou5
the accompaniment Of a good ex-
ample, it is Of comparatively sm&:-
infuences and it will be found tha-
the common saying Of DO as l say,
not as I do is usually reversed II;
the actual experience Of Life
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-02

BAD LUcK.-I never knew, says
a popular writer, an early rising,
hard-working, prudent man, care
full of his earnings, and strictly ho-
nest, who complained of bad luck:
A good character, good habits, and
good industry, seem impregnaole
to the assaults of sll that i'll luck
ever dreamed Of
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NO So.
The Legislature.

The Legislature.
August 2+.-HoUsE-Tho bill to
provide for the temporary organi-
Ezation of the educational depart
ment of the State was passed.
Also the homestead tiil, with SEN
ato's amendment, making it retro
spective in its operations.
A bin to- establish. justice courts
was read second time and passed.
These courts are constituted by
justices of the peace, who are off,
GERS ofthe same privileges aud ju-:
risdiction as those heretofore exer-
cised by magistrates in tlIis State.
=, The bill allows the Mayor and Al
dermen Of incorporated cities or
Intendant and Wardens Of incor-
porated towns and villages to de-
tefmine how many justices shall
be elected for such cities, towns
and villages;
The bill to declare the manner
by which the lands or the right Of
way over the lands Of persons. Or
corporations may be taken for the
construction and uses Of railways
and other works of internal i'm
provemcnts,- was read thiEd-tjme
and passed.
SESXTE-The bill to authorizes q
State loan to- redeem. the obiiga-
tons known as bills receivable Of
the State of South Carolina, we're
each read the second time and
passed.
The bill to provide for the: per
diem and mileage ofthe members
Of the General Assembly (the same
mentioned. in the House proceed
1ugs) was read the third time and
passed. ~. =.
The bill to extend relief. to the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad
was, on motion, postponed until
The regular session,
-. A bin from the Senate TO provide
for the payment of the. per diem
and mileage of members and Off
GERS. of the General Assembly, was
| read first time and referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
It provides that pay shall be made
in sufficient quantity of bills re-
ceivable, at current rates OF ex-
change, to place. the amounts on>a
par with greenbacks-that is. six
dollars per diem and twenty cents
mileage each way. each nemher
ss}seeetting how much he will draw
up to the goth instant.
Aug. 25.-HoUsE-Besides the.
notice of new bills to be presented,
nothing was done in the House
except the passage of the bill to
re-orgauize the State penitentiary.
August. 2e.-The~ election for
Judges resulted as fol1ows:' First
circnit-D. T. ,Corbin;. seeond-Z.
Platt !; third-John e. Green;
fourth-J. NJ. Rutland ; fihh-Lern-
uel Beozer; sixth-G. W. Williams;
SEVENTH. O.. P. Vernon; and
~eighth-James u. Orr. It seems
to be pretty generally understood
that the-latter, whose wishes have
not been consulted, will not accept
tie position. -.
The bill to provide for the pay
ment of the per diem and mileage
of the mem bers-the.> same which
contemplated the issue Of bills re:
ceivable at current rates of::ex-
change-was,, after some discus
sion, passed, but, subsequently,
Whipper stated that the Governor
had secured a loan Of $4,000 in
greenbacks, with the promise OF
as much more as he needed in the
course of six days, and therefore
moved that the vote by which the
bill was passed be reconsidered
and the bill laid on the table,
which was done; so there is now
exceedingjcy in the radical camps
[Ph9nir.
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They say *there should be no
doubt. Of Grant: carrying at. least
these" They hope for others, of
course, but eeature to count only
the abose. This estimate, there
fore, is. a concession and admits
the failure OF RadieaHsm in, the
great. States, that; have, hitherto
given IT force in the nation. -,
Bns, what right have they to
count even:the States they names
They, ceant them on, the strength
Of past votes; pu5-tss-;e rs q time iq
which people go completely oyer
from one side to the other. of polH-.
ical divisions, as we recently saw:
in Oregon: From the fact that we
are reasoning for sueh-a period We
should be very slow to project the
future from the past. New York
is uet,eonnted; for Grant, because
of recent changes; but how can
any man say that changes of the
same tendency will not: drop from
the Grant list several of the States
6 ven?
How many Of The. States named
above are so, positively strong in
the Radical faith that they can be
counted upon despite contingency?
Only two-Massachasetts an d
Maine These-atone are sure. tt
is, however, in the very highest
degree probable that Grant. Will
carry seven other States ip the list
Rhode Island, Vermont, Kansas,
Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and
Wisconsin, : New Hampshire is
pot By any means a. certainty for
Grant, while Indiana and, Illinois,
in the absence of slavery and, the
broad war. issue, are Democratic
States and will in alt likelihood
! indicate a well defined sympathy
! With the reactionary movements
against the party they have acted
with for. the last two Presidential
/ elections. No man has a right TO
count, Wess Virginia, far any party.
IT. has no recorded predleetioH.
It has. only voted in one Presi-
Fdency, and then it decided for the
war, and for the simple reason that
it's right to decide at all, even it's ex-
-istenceas aState, would at that time
have been denied by the otherparty.
Ohio is somewhat in the same
position as Indiana and Illinois.
It was a democratic State IN the
old days, but went with the Re-
pubhcans on new issues. Can Re
publicanism count on the contin::
ued support of a people that keeps
it's eyes open for new issues-that
can separate itself from a party as
to outlive it's crimes against hu-
manity?
Five Southern States are lnclu'
ded in the Grant list; but we need
scarcely say that is founding
Grants chances on a very shaky
foundation.
Of the one hundred and htty'
nine votes above estimated as near
ly certsin for Grant, it is quite safe
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necessary that he should do so.
The Judge said, he must sympa-
th1ze with the husband, but fined
him SIS and put him under $500
bonds to do so no more.
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Radical Estimates Of the Pres
.-,~z. ideney. &

Radicals base ti:eir hopes Of the
Presidency on the conviction that
they can carry Grant these States,
whose electoral votes : together
gave a majority of the whole NUM-
her, :