The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-04-28
sold at auction every week, but at
prices so low as to indicate heavy
mortgages in the background.

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prosperity, we have had the usual
| influx of amusements. Commenc-
| ing with those bare-legged abor-
tions on the ballet known as the
"Black Crook" and "White Fawn"
in which young women with in
expressibly thin combinations re-
semble gaudy colored umbrellas,
we have run the gamut Unpopular
spectacles from the circus to the
opera. Brignolia has just gone,
after having drawn the largest au-
diences that have attended any
public exhibition in this city. 1t
is fair presumption that not less
than fifty thousand dollars have
been taken out of South Carolina
by these popular nomads. Paste,
posters and printers ink, will draw
green-backs out Of a Carolinian's
pocket in less time than a mustard
poultice can raise a blister.
Our citizens are on the qui vioe
for the decision of Judge Carpen-
ter, in the case of Pillsbury, Us.
the present Mayor and Alderman.
The claimants, through Corbin,
their council, base their proceed
ings upon the Act of 1869, which
legislates Pillsbury and bis friends
into Office. The chief ground on
which the claim is opposed is that
this Act is unconstitutional and
void. The case was argued four
or Eve days, but Judge Carpenter
thus far has not rendered his de-
cision. Several attempts have
been made to "bull and bear" the
money market on the supposed
result, but there has not eeen the
ghost of an intimation as to what
that result will be. Judge Car
penter, however, has established
himself in the confidence of the
Bar Of Charleston, as a lawyer who
will not allow himself to be sway
ed professionally or judicially by
mere political C o nsi derat tions.
Among the new enterprises on
foot, is the publication of a month
ly magazine to be called :'The
Nineteenth Century," which it is
said will be one Of the most
uniqueand enterprising magazines
ever published in the South. Some
of the ablest writer's have been
engaged to furnish reading matter
for the million, and the design is
to make it attractive to everybody
especially planters, merchants,and
professional gentlemen. Those
who participated in the war will
be glad to learn that "Personne"
will commence in the first number
"Reminiscences of the war" dat
ing from the first tombardment
| of Fort Sumter in April, 1861. 1t
! will doubtless be a faithful histori-
cal record. and especially interest
ing to the officers and privates ofou
Carolina regiments. W. W. Hicks,
D. D., the popular preacher here,
who is a graphic writer, and no
mean poet, is the co-editor of Mr..
F. G. De Fontaine: The an
nouncement of the undertaking
has excited a great deal Of curios-
ity.
Speaking of DR.. Hicks, You
ought hear him preach. ST..
Johns Lutheran Church, whore he
oficiates, is every Sunday night
filled to overiowing with a con-
gregation such as few other men
can gather, and the universal crit
icism bestowed on the young d.
vine is that he is one of the best
pulpit orators ever heard in
Charleston. Perhaps a reason
why he is so popular among the
young men, is that he breaches
from broad religious platform,
and is bound by no narrow Sec
tartan views. He is a Welshman
| by birth, but has spent much OF
his time in Maryland, and as a
missionary in the East Indies.
! The latest sensation is the We
locipedes, politely called the "By'
cicle," the recipe for riding, which
| is irst"to straddle, then paddle and
then skedaddle." Personal ex'
perience permits me to observe
that the most expeditions mode