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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02

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kind we have yet seen.
3doz. cosmetiqucs, SO w
l box honey soap. 3 w
II gal. cologne =. 10 0,
l gal. bay rum q oO
8 gals: alcohol 20 5O
l ct. spts. camphor 2 90
J shaving brushes y 90
4 doz. plate brushes "a 90
~ lbs, bathing sponge 35 81
des-~rauSs o w
J doz. flesh brushes 9 90
"a boxes lemons 1865 90
l91 lbs. sugar 80. -. 36 20
6 bottles extract of ginger 3 90
~ doz. palm leaf fans Is 90
120 extra Scotch wood pin
cushions -. 122 90
A. W. Winfield, furnishing
tea and making the same
for the use Of the Senate 81 80
And yet the distinguished gen.
tlemen who occupy seats in the
United States Senate all consider
themselves honest, incorruptibls
patriots!
Cosmetiques, honey soap, col
ogne, bay rum, alcohol, camphor,
shaving brushes, plate brushes,
bathing sponge, (suggestive },
mugs, flesh brushes, lemons, sugar,
ginger, fans, pincushions and "a.
W. WINFIELD furnishing tea and
making the same for the use of
the Senate /" We might stand
the soap, cologne and bathing
sponge for the filthy, and the flesh
brushes for the itchy Senators
but every honest man will be as
tonishcd to learn that al these
articles are paid for out of the peo
pies money.
Admitting the legal right of
Senators to use all kinds of fancy
goods and luxuries at government
expense, we ask II any Senator
with one spark of moral principle
would make himself a party to
such swindle as is implied in the
use Of cosmetiQnes and bay rum
at the peoples expense?
The little list we publish above
serves an admirable purpose. 1t
shows the rank corruption, the
unparalleled profiyacy that per-
vades governmental circles at
Washington. Let the reader pic
ture to himself George Washing
ton or Thomas jefferson using al
cohol and flesh brushes at the ex-
pense Of the people who elected
them. and the contrast will be suf-
fciently suggestive.
Wilmington Star.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02

A man who gives his children habits
of industry, provides for them better
than. by giving, them fortune.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02
New Laws.

We continue our synopsis of the
laws of interest to our readers,
passed at the last session Of the
Legislature.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02

=. - = = BRIDGEPORT, CONN,
.sga 5iseaabled to select the most perfect
e finished Machines, and forward them to
H;vAhose who may want, at the nanufac-
? pfurer's price, free of commissions to the
;" purchaser. ANY orders sent through
=, Silas Jehnstone & Wm: F.. Nance, will
receive prompt attention.
Dsc is
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02
CENSUS.

An enumeration of the inhabi-
tants of this State, and of the pro-
ducts thereof, including statistics
of all kinds, is to be taken this
year.
PURCHASING FROM FARM SERVANTS.
The penalty provided in the
act Of 1866, against purchasing
from persons engaged as servants
in the cultivation of the soil, has
been repealed.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02
APPROPRIATIONS.

The taxes cannot now be esti-
mated, but the act provides that
the amount raised shall not exceed
one million dollars.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02
LAND COMMISSIONERS

Is appointed with a salary of
two thousand dollars per annum,
to be assisted by an advisory
board, consisting of the Governor,
Comptroller General, State Treas
urer, Secretary Of State and At
torney-General. The Treasurer
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02
DUELLING,

Principals in a dnel shall be de-
prived of the right of suffrage, dis
qualified from holding office, and
shalt be imprisoned in the peni-
tentiarv for a term not exceeding
two years. Seconds, and persons
present giving countenance there
to, are to suffer like punishment !;
except as to the right of suffrage.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02
CENTRAL RAILROAD.

. This company is incorporated
to build railroad from the North
Eastern Railroad, through Man
ming and Sumter, to Charlotte, N.
c..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-11-12

;s,M Mr. 3HohAoa GmEEtRY, II IL ,saia; ;iis about
10 purchase ono shopsa1d acfes' bfp htid ID
vikkita, ala alaltl bafdoltit oa. and settle ten
fanSilies on ths tract +. ~ 4. 3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
na In regard to annexation N

eeA. In regard to annexation. Mr.
Grimes, in bis London Times letter
says: while IL is not to be denied
that there is dosire in the North
western States of tho Union to see
the British Provinces added TO their
Government for the purpose of secur
ing control of the navigation of the
ST Lawrence river, which drains a
large port 81 of their territory, it is
also true that many of tho Atlantic
States are opposed TO their acquisi-
ton, because they fear that, it &C,
CURED, the West will have uninter-
rupted water communication with
Europe, without passing through and
being tributary to them The intel,
Iigent people OF the West are patient
ly biding their time, in the full faith
that when the British Government
concludes, as they sooner or later
will conclude, that the Provinces are
an element of expensive weakness to
it, and that it will no longer support
them, they will be quite as anxious
to join the United States as the pub.
lie men, who almost exclusively en-
JOY the bounty bestowed by the
home Government, now profess to
be unwilling to do SO. There is not
respectable minority of any party
in any State in the Union that would
for moment Justify an attempt tc
wrest the Canadas by force from the
British Crown"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
IN Example for Young Men,

The Greenfield CMass.) Ga.ete
publishes the following little story
about a family, some members OF
which are already pretty we'll known,
with a prospect that they viii be still
better known hereafter.
"Somc years ago there lived IN
neighboring town man OF Integrity.
Tanning and currying leather was
his occupation lie had aevor al sons;
one Of them learned the business Of
his father After he left home he
went to Boston and there engaged
in the same occupation During his
leisure hours, instead of frequenting
saloons and other places Of low re-
sort, where SO many take their first
lessons in vice, he found the room Of
the Mercantile Library Association.
lie spent bis evenings storing bis
mind with useful knowledge. lie
there became acquainted with some
Of the members. They, surprising
him to b. . merchant, thought him
good fellow, and invited him 70
join the Association, which he gladly
accepted but, upon inquiripg as to
his business, it was found he was not
eligible, for in an article in their by
laws no mechanic could be admitted
as member. You may imagine that
this refusal, upon such foundation,
was pretty sharp cut for . sensitive
mind. This narrow-m minded Wow Of
a large philanthropy wrought in him
a firm resolution that in bis inter-
course with mankind he would treat
them according to merit, regardless
Of occupation. He left Boston, and
in another city, with his father and
other brother, built mp large manu-
featuring business, from which they
have acquired q competency of this
worlds goods. As an evidence Of
his standing among his fellow citizens
he has just been elected Governor Of
the State Of Connecticut. One Of
his brothers is now Speaker Of the
House Of Representatives in this
State, and they arc both of them
Jewels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Wheat-Advance-The Cause.

Wheat has advanced from six to
seven cts, which is undoubtedly from
reduction Of freight per rail to the
East. This reduction has been oc-
casioned by the late river movement
by which, in some cases, grain has
been G. nveyed all the way by water
from the Valley of tho Mississippi to
Boston and New York. This m ye-
mcnt bids fair TO be an important one
To orr farmers and others Interested
In the transportation of grain. The
exorbitant prices charged heretofore
f"r freight, per rail, have induced
our friends down the river TO inau-
gurate "a system by which our farm
el~ will eventually receive from
twenty To thirty cents more per bus.
for their grain. The only question
to be decided in the matter is by
which route can grain be transport
ed the cheapest and most expedi-
tiously. High prices have caused q
divergence and unless lower rates
can be obtained it is certain that the
divergence will will prove a perma-
nent one. 1t is said that the present
cost of transporting a bushel Of grain
from st. Louis to New Orleans is
but 8 cents, and that when certain
arrangements, which are now in pro-
gress, are complete, the cost will be
only five cents, ard perhaps but
three. From New Orleans to Liv-
erpool it costs but 70 pence and it
may be done for 6 pence Five cents
st. Louis to New Orleans, and twelve
cents from there to Liverpool, make
but seventeen cents for the entire
voyage. At present it is costs by
the Lakes and canals, 324 cents to
take bushel of grain from Chicago
to New York, and 81 pence then to
Liverpool, making difference at the
present time of 22l cents in favor of
river transportion. We have, during
the past week, witnessed an earnest
of what the future has il. store for
US, in the reduction by the railroad
companies (and consequent advance
in price, of the freight on wheat
We have noticed but few transac-
tons in wheat during the last few
days. Farmers who have wheat do
not care to sell at the present prices.
--Galena Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Farmers Wives.


1t has been my fortune to see many
farmers wives who had no sympathy
with their husbands vocation, and
who always seemed cnyious of the
position of the wives OF merchants
and professional men. Nothing, tC
my mind, more secures a farmers's
love and confidence than a wife who
eau enter into the spirit Of his plana
1t IS my fortune to be the wife Of a
professional man, as we'll as thor
ough-going farmer. Not that / have
two husbands, but that both these
are combined in the man | am sworn
TO love and honor. In practice of
his profession, as physician and
surgeon, l have a feeling interest in
all his patients, whether high or low,
rich or poor. But unless / very
greatly mistake my husband, there il
nothing which gives him more pleas
ure than my thorough understanding
and appreciation Of his agricultural
and horticultural plans. As we walk
over the farm together, and he talks
OF proposed ditch here, and a change
of lots there, or of trees to be planted
for ornament or shade, am confident
that | never give him more pleasure
than when | enter into the spirit of
the matter, and aid him with my
suggestions. To appreciate the Gne
points of the farm animals that he 80
much admires, / know elevates me in
his regard, which | count worthy
object of ambition.
How many farmers wives have /
seen, as | have attended him on his
professional rounds, carc-worn and
sad, without sympathy or adapted
ness to their mission! How often
have | thought that they lacked in
this, one of the highest sources of en-
.ioymeptl With no Kno wledge of their
husbands dolngs and no sympathy
with their plans, it seems to me that
they had missed their greatest OPP
pcrtunity of comforting happiness on
them.
The objec and aim of what | have
written is TO induce those who are
WHY'S vi iUi lilSi5 W LGhc IL UcaFGH III =
terest in their husbands agricultural
plans; and they may be assured that
this will win from them counter in
terest in all their homework. In
stead of growing cad and sour over
your lot as the wife of a farmer, make
yourself and husband happy by one
ness Of heart and purpose. Instead
of depreciating your calling, and en-
vying others, be proud and honor it.
1t does seem to me that no woman
can be so pre~eminently blessed as a
farmers wife, with a comfortable
home Of her own, to which she may
attach helself for life, and in which
she may rear her children, and in
which she may endear them by q
thousand recolections, and to which
they will always count it their
greatest JOY to return.-Hearth and
Home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

nsa-ln recent pastoral letter,
Archbishop Spaulding, of Baltimore,
laments the decadenco OF the Rom an
Catholic faith in the United States.
He says
while we are gratifed at witness
ing so many intelligent persons
throughout the country embracing
the true faith, we are obliged to con
TESS with sorrow that q greater mum
Der are lost to the Church. There is
NO evenga~ation IN saying NOW that
Bishop England felt it his sacred du-
ty to state many years ago, that hun
dreds, nay thousands, of souls an.
nually stray away from the fold in
his country on account of their ear
ly religious education. If we look
for the descendantsIof those numerous
Catholic families which have emigrat
ed to the country during the past
and present century, we will find
that many of them have wandered
away from the faith of their fathers,
and not few of them are now rank
ing among the most active and.un-
relenting enemies of the Church OF
Sod"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
a Nest OF Seven Horse Thieves Captured
in Walworth County, Wis.
From the Milw&ukeo Wisconsin, May .;

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin, May %.
All over this State horse thieves
are fiourishing, ana many arc the
losses OF animals recorded. Tho
farmers Of Walworth county being
thrifty and having good stock, have
suffered until their patience wasabout
exhausted.
In Geneva, it was known that d
gang of horse thieves infested the
neighborhood, and we learn from AZ
officer who was in the city, that il
was determined TO interfere Tith tho
sport Of the lawless gentry. On
Tuesday The people got together and
set out. Taking y trail through the
woods, they soon came upon log
house hidden away, which they sur
rounded. Before the inmates Of the
house had warning, the citizens had
entered, and with pistols 1T the heads
Of the inmates, demanded their sur
render. They surrendered, notin the
best Of grace. The hut contained
seven men, and in the vicinity some
Of the property which had been lost
was found The hut was hidden in
the woods, so that by the merost ac-
cident it was found, and from this
the men could sally out to the differ
ent localities about, do their work,
and escape detection.
As much property had been stolen
from Geneva, and as many Of those
engaged had lost horses. they
naturally became anxious relative
thereto. The captured men were as
reticent as you please, and would di-
vulge nothing. Some time was spent
in coaxing, and this proving without
avail, it was determined to try force.
A halter was attached to the neck of
one of the men and the end being
thrown over the limb of tree. he
was ask to "squawk," as the detee>
tives say. Not o word would the
dignitory deign in reply. The signal
was given. Strong arms pulled at
their end of the halter, and the pris-
oner swung between the heavens and
the earth. Swinging thus he kicked
and struggled, and having had a
lengthy pull, he was let down. Conn
ing to his senses he was again asked
relative to the property, and the
threat of another swing was held
over his head. Not word. Up he
went again, and this time he was
kept up to struggle until he grew
black in the face, and things looked
decidedly desperate. Let down and
back again to life, he said: 81 know
nothing about your horses, and if /
did | would not tell. So swing away
as soon and as long as you like" It
was little use trying to get anything
out Of SO desperate a fellow, and he
was let down, and, as some of the
lookers-on expressed it, sit went
much against the grain" The seven
men were taken to Elkhorn jail and
locked up.
Of course those who had suffered
would not be justified in taking the
law into their own hands, nor did
they intend to, but they evidently
have their patience pretty thorough
" tested. They lose their animals,
and when the thief is captured, if at
all, his associates come in with mon,
ey and set him at liberty. In some
localities in the West they boast that
they think 10 more of hanging a
horse>thief thai hey do of killing a
snake.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

sar Fashionable preachers in Paris
now raise the wind for benevolent or
church purposes by arranging lotter-
les of a very peculiar description.
The prizes drawn are no other than
themseives-that is to say, the wins
ners have the right to claim their ser.
vices as preachers, etc., for three or
five days. The idea has, in several
cases, been very successful one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
There have been several attain,

There have been several attempts
TO run hotels in London on the
American plan; but they have all
ended IN bankruptcy. An English>
man does not seem to have the re-
quisite qualities for excepting no
tel' in the American style.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
sss- There are suspicious that Nav

sS- There are suspicious that May
or Fox of Philadelphia, recently
elected by the copperheads, will
prove to be republican finally. He
refuses to appoint thieves and roughs
to places, the party is growing up
roarously indignant, and upshot may
be that be will be driven from the
ranks of the gallant democracy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

GTA singular disturbance occur
ed in a court room at Greensburg,
Ind, few days ago. A Mr.. Ew>
ing, lawyer of that place, in ar
guing against new trial in a bast-
ardy case used language that was
distasteful to the Judge, whereupon
the latter assaulted the former, IN
flicting dangerous, if not fatal, in
Jury. The Judge, Bonner by name,
was arrested, and now is now in iaiI
awaiting the result of Ewing's injur
les.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
cWJohn Stuart Mill writes fro

E1 JOhn STUART MIL writes from
his retreat at Avignon, that if be
should ever visit this country, there
are no people here with whom il
would give him more pleasure tc
exchange marks of sympathy, thar
with those who are working so ener
getically for cause so dear TO hin
as that of the equal claims of al
human beings, Independent Of ser, tt
the full rights of citizenship.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

Great preparations are making
for the celebration Of the anniversary
of the battle of Gettysburgh, which
will occur July 9Th, as the Fourth
falls on Sunday. General Butterfield
Of New York, will be Chief Marshal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

IS1~ Not the least remarkable man
in the Old School Prcsby terrain Con-
vention, in session in New York
is one of the colored members from
from Georgia. At his home, which
is the whole State, he is known by
the familiar title of "Uncle Joe Will
iams." In the Assembly he is look
ed upon as one of the uncommon
men of bis race.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

The officers and Executive com (.
mittee of Iowa County Agricultural
Society have decided to hold the
County Fair for 1869-on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, Septem, ,
bcr I'D, 23d and Oath.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

oa- An Important meeting Of mems
bers of the Methodist church to con-
slider the subject oflay representation
was held at Pittsburgh on Monday
evening. Bishop Simpson made a
very able and elaborate argument in
favor of the proposition and Bishop
Kingsly spoke briefly in it's advoca~
cy. The question is to be decided by
the next General Conference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
sA-A cnrresnondent nf A. d

sA-A correspondent Of the OHIO
Farmer tells about picking between
four and five bushels of straw berries
from a little more than one square
rod of ground in two successive sea-
sons. That was something of a
'pick"-equal to 500 to 600 bushels
per acre At that rate of prodution
Ten acres enough" is too much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Sny-Tbe leading Democratic

Sr The leading Democratio Jour
nal in kentucky contends that NE
gro testimony is right in principle
1t is demanded by common sense.
No arguments against i, can meet
the arguments in favor of it. 1t is
needed by the black man ; it is need.
ed still more by the white man."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
GERMANY.

Arrived across the river at the
other depot, we were in Gcrmany-
| knew that to be tho fact for sever
al reasons. One was brief CONVEX
sation between two big, broadly con-
structed fellows, with boards and
moustaches which may have dated
from the Revolution Of 1913. "Wash
ish BETTER, asked one of the other,
than 'ein seidel lager ?" The other
pondered long, but at last said firmly
but sorrowfuIly, as if regretting The
limit to bliss in this world of vanity
and vexation, -"Nein, Wilhelm, ach,
NIGHTS better dan Elm seidel lager
unless"-and here CLEAN of light
flashed over his broad face-''unless,
it be zsote seidel lager" "Das ish it !"
replied the other "coom along; we
will try him." Another reason was
that tall and good looking officer
at the depot asked US, in German, if
we had anything contraband in our
trunks and when | shrugged my
shoulders, not knowing what was
contraband in Germany, but handed
him the keys, he politely gave them
back to me, chalkod the baggage as
passed, and lifted his hat as | retired
from the inspection room. 1t is the
second frontier L have yet crossed
on the Continent where the officers
did not lift the trunk covers; the
other was at Culoz, 10 France, on
our way to Mont Cents And so we
are in Germany After our long So
journ in Southern Europe, hearing
all the dialects from Naples to the
Alps, and from the Mediterranean to
the Rhine, it is not unlike reaching
home again. No more sour wine,
but great tankards Of foamipg ale !;
no more bad smelling cheroots, but
the stupendous meerschaums of fra
grant tobacco no more cells, chick
ems combs, tortillas and maccaroni !;
but bread of the Dimensions of a
stick of cordwood, cabbage and
sauercrout, watles from Kissingen,
and cheese from Limburg. Here we
are indeed at home. Here arc even
the signboards from our own State
of Wisconsin; the BrduerieS, the
GaSthots, the Rheinischerhofs, and all.
And here for the next month or so
we propose to wander and see where
some of our friends came from.
EUROPEAN PRICES.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

sG-The ex-Johnson Postmaster of
Helena, Montana Territory, is nearly
$4,000 short in his accounts, but
there is small prospect of ever recov~
ering any of the plumber, as the of
fetal put all his property out of his
hands on the very day that his sue
cessor was confirmed,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

g1-A Andrews, the notorious ruiilan
who was the leader of the terrible
anti draft riots in Now York, during
the war, was yesterday, by order OF
Tndoe Dowljnt, driven out OF court,
in which he appeared as lawyer,
The Tndoo declaring that he would
never be allowed to practice before
his tribunal A most just and righ>
teams act.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

s9- Vast ruins have been discov>
cred in the Zulu country in South
Africa-obelisks with colossal car
wings, terraces, and halls of hewn
stone, or cut out of the solid rock.
The natives regard them with mvs>
FERROUS awe, and keep strangers
from them, for fear that if they
are approached no rain will fall for
three years.