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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06
The Privilege Of Proposing.

Tho London Spectator h u 8
closes reviow Of Epos Sargent's
"Woman Who Darcd"-tho wo-
man who dared to ''proposc" to
tho man sho loved:
1t is strange that this domand
comes from the United States
from tho very place where tho
courteous doferonco to women,
with which it is obviously incom-
patible, is practiccd to an oven
excessive dogrco. Or do tn Q
American ladies think that they
can retain tho old privileges, aud
also secure tho new2 Will thoy,
for instance, still be able to lndi-
cate to u man, by n touch OF the
parasol, that he must vacate somo
scat they may fancy, while they
have every power and right for
which these concessions Of cour-
tesy ARG really meant as an equiv
alent? Why, tho parasol would
become the awful instrument with
which they would order off tho
unresisting man to the church, or
wherever else t cir advanced
wisdom might choose the cercmo-
ny, if indeed they still cared for
ceremony, to tako place. 1t is
quito clear, indeed, that tho whole
order Of our social arrangements
must be rcmodellcd before the
privilege of "proposing" at her
pleasure can be accorded to wo-
men. At present, tho woman who
chooses to do such thing usos an
enormous and most unfair advan-
tage which our customs give her,
on the implied understanding that
it should not be so employed. Tho
rules of courtesy which make hor
requests law must bo altogether
abrogated in view Of this new con-
tingency. There must be no pre-
cedehcc, no Difference, nothing but
the courtesy accorded by equals
to equals. And there must also
be the equal purse on both sides.
A man proposes because ho can
offer an establishment and q main-
tcnancc; a woman who can do the
same is allowed to do something
very like proposing. But that
women should propose to share
that which they do not help to
earn, is o thing which, if men
would endure it, they could hardly
venture. Such q state Of things
may como to pass. Happy he
| who can congratulate himself that
his matrimonial arrangements are
mado already, and who will find
in tho possibility of such an ovcnt
a new motive for hoping that they
may bo permanent.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

cy was going begging, thoy, as
wcll as strangers, had q right to q
part Of tho spoils. This feeling is
growing in strength, and during
tho last few months, public men,
whose hands before wcro clean,
arc declared to havo sold them
solves fora big foe or an interest
in q lucrative speculation. They
have given themselves up, body
and soul, to q band Of thieves and
robbers for q part Of tho common
booty. Men begin now to judge
by tho standard Of profit and not
by tho standard of right. Exam
pic has it's influence, and we firm
,ly believe that another two years
Of shameless thioving and public
impurity will so sap tho founda-
tions Of tho moral fabric, that all
South Carolina will secretly be
governed by tho identical inhuon-
COS which make Scott and his trce
companions Kissing and n by
word throughout the Union.
1t is not all of life TO grow sleek
and rich. How dare men make
money by triekory and bribery,
and thon hope that their own sous
will be upright and puro? Tho
canker of immortality eats into the
very heart Of society. Good citi-
zcns now calmly do things which
it would have destroyed them to
think of in tho times before the
war. The bolts and pins arc loos-
oncd which held together tho no.
bic tamo Of South Carolina intcg-
rity. Two years moro Of strain
ing and hcaving will sunder TIM
Der from timber, and send tho
whole mass into the vortex Of pub
lie and private corruption. And
upon tho citizens Of this State, for
themselves and their children,
rests the burden of responsibility.
They may restrain the advancing e
tide. They may burn out tho
fostering sores. They may drive
away tho thieves and money
changers, @ho dcsocrato the capi-
tol. They may show tho world
what n noble sight it is to SEQ a
whole people struggling rs Que
man, not for gold or lands, but for
an honest government, which may
protect rich and poor alike, and
will, in all its departments, be
able, impartial and pure. In this
way they may save tho old State
from ruin, they may save their
own namcs from dishonor, they
may encourage their children to
1.-Two like tho men who mado tho
namo Of South Carolina, in olden
days, synonymous with rcctitudc
and truth.
Charleston DniiV Nc,cs.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

Tho great botanist, Linnmus,
thought Of constructing n floral
clock by n special arrangement of
different kind Of flowers. It would
not bo so difficult u mattor as
might be supposed. Tho morn
ing:glory opens at dawn, tho star
OF bethlehem at ten o'clock, tho
EGGPLANT at noon, tho four o'clock
at that hour in tho afternoon, the
evening primrose at sunset, and
tho night-noworing ccreus after
dark. Tho beautiful whito water
lily closes it's petals at sunset and
sinks beneath tho surface Of the
Lake or rivor for tho night. At
dawn tho petals expand and tho
flower omcrgcs again from its wa
tory bed.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

IoRRlnLE DEArn.-A fow days
ago, u young lad passing hurriod-
~ across Wost Broadway, Now
York at an inopportune moment,
was knocked down by tho horses
OF a city railroad car, and his body
thrown in such an attitude as to
bring his head at tho wheel. On
went tho car and before it could
bo stopped the terrible crushing
noiso which startled tho passcn
gers, and tho i'rightful scrccch
which almost turned blood to
frigidity told q terrible talo. Tho
lads head was complctoly y severed,
and his brains scattered over the
track and the wheels. Horror
seized everybody in tho car and il
was long timc before thcy ro-
covered. Tho accident was purely
tho fault Of the lad.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06
Tho Remarks Of tho Edgencld
AdVertiSer-The Spirit Of
the Day Goncrai Butlor
Progressive.

Tho Phmnir ia publishing the
remarks Of tho advertiser on tho
spirit Of tho Reform movement,
justly says:
They arc, wo think, based up.
on q duo appreciation Of tho spirit
Of the timos hero and IN Europe.
They recognize influences that
prevail. AS for our duty in these
times, we think that General But
lcr showed that ho understood it,
whom he said, "I propose to step
to tho front and grapplo with
less evident that Con. Butler is in
accord with the progressive spirit
of tho times, when he says, with
force:
"Look whore wo may, tho ten
doncy Of tho timo is towards the
enlargement Of popular rights.
Tho German Confederation has
sprung into greatness under the
magic power Of the illustrious Bis
marcl. The French dcmand re-
form, and tho Emperor concodes
it through tho medium Of tho plc-
btScttum. Tho poople Of Great
Britain demand reform, and it is
granted by that strong Govern
mont. Spain is emancipating hor
slaves, and Russia her SORTS. All
tho civilized countries Of tho earth
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06
Slanders Against The News.

There is, in this city, u filthy
ovcning paper, published in tho in
forest of tho Scott Ring, and
supported from week to week by
money robbed, with or without the
forms Of law, from tho State Treas
ury. Few respectable people arc
aware even Of its existence, its cir
cnlation being confined, almost on
clusivcly, to tho State otlicc-h o}dcrs
Of high and low degree, among
whom it is pofcctly well under.
stood that tho tenure Of their
places involves uncomplainingsub.
mission 20 tho petty black mail Of
n transcription" to this wrotchod
organ of tho Ring. Zach day tho
editorial columns Of tho shcot in
question toom with grovclling
apologies for tho fragrant atrocities
Of the gang Of thieves and scoun.
drcls who arc in possession Of our
State Government, varied only by
impotcnt abuse Of and lying in
nucndocs against, The Charleston
News. Conscious Of tho syste-
matte vcnality which rules its own
differences: it has had tho unblush-
ing cllronLcry to insinuatc, not
once, but repeatedly, that tho po-
litical course Of Tho Nows has
been influenced by corruption.
10 these insinuations, coming from
II notoriously infamous source, and
inspired by II desperate and shame.
less thirst for notoricty, we have
chosen, hitherto, to pay no heed.
llmboldcnod, perhaps, by our ST.
lencc, tho month.pic Of tho Ring
ventures to become moro explicit
in its ISLANDERS. In its issue Of
Saturday wo find these words:
"Wo charge that Tho Charleston
News, which makes such Il show
in its advocacy Of honesty, re-
ccivcd bribc to ccaso its denun.
Citations OF tho [Phosphatc] bill"
In South Carolina, where the
relative standing, integrity and
vcracity Of Tho Charleston Ncws
aud its accusor arc known, any
notice Of this charge at our hands
might be needless. But lest tho
talsehood should find its way un-
contradictcd beyond tho limits Of
the State, to tho discrodiL OF the
Union Reform cause in the eyes
Of tho country, VIC doom it best TO
moot it at onco and squaroly.
Wo therefore brand tho state
mont we havo quoted as utterly
and maliciously false. If ovon Il
shadow Of foundation exists for
tho Charge, tho proof must be
easy. Tho proprietors Of Tho
Nows hero distinctly invite and
defy the Ring and oil its satellites
to adduco such proof. Until tho
proof bo Forthcoming, tho editors
Of tho Ring organ must stand be-
ioro tho public not only as politi-
cal knavcs, but as unscrupulous
and solfconvictod liars and do
iamors.-Charleston News.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

FEELS LIKE A MoUsTACHE.-Sov-
cral young girls woro amusing
themselves short time ago with
an electric battery. Miss Emma
proposed taking ono Of tho poles
and her friend Annie the other.
and instead Of joining hands, kiss
oach Othor. A scream from Annie
caused tho. lady who was turning
the wheel to stop suddenly, whom
Emma exclaimed that it "fclt liko
moustaahc."
The point is, how did the young
lady know how a moustacho
fools?
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

A SUMMER DnlNK.-Some years
ago found tho following ro-
coipt in tho Telegraph for max
ing q good summer drink. I have
used it ovory season since, and as
much approved. it, l think it is
worth ropublishing:
Prepare tivo-gallon kog ca ten
gallon ifyou prolor, in proportion
to the Sizo Of tho fumily-.draw
~ picco Of COARSE bobinot, or worry
COARSE ok-muslin ovor tho ond
Of tho faucet that is inserted into
tho keg, TO provont its choking, u
good tight bung, and noar to That
II gimlct holo, with u peg to fit
tight. For tivo gallons tnko ono
quart Of sound corn, put into the
kcg, with half q gallon Of molas-
scs then fill with cold water with
in two inches Of tho bung. Shake
wolI, and in two or tbroo days it
will bo fit for uso. Bung tight.
fyou want spruce favor, add one
tcaspoofni Of ossonco Of SPRUCE
lomon, if lomon is profcrrcd--gin-
ger, or any favor you prefer. The
corn will last to make fyo or six
brcwings; when it is exhausted,
renew it. When the beer, passes
from tho vinous to tho ascctous
fermentation it can be corrected
BY adding little moro molasscs
and water.
This is simple, cheap beverage.
After the beer becomes ripe, it
ought to bo kopt in a cool place,
to preventit from becoming sour
before it is cxhaustcd.--0er. Yclc-
graph.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

a young man in Indiana worked
all last summer to clear an eighty
aero tract Of land belonging to u
young woman who had promised
to marry him. When, just as tho
weather began to got cold, he won't
to claim his reward, sho married
another follow who had looked on
while the victim was working.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

If you want to cure q scolding
wife, mover fail to laugh ut her
with all your might until she
coase---thcn kiss hcr. Sure cure
and no quack medicine.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

An Indiana divorcee is engaged as
chambcrmaid to her remarked husband,
at 80 per mouth, and finds 1t moro
profitable and agreeable than her former
situation.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

Tho General Synod Of tho Evangelical
Lutheran Synod Of North America,
which closed its session at Winchester,
Va, a few days ago, has decided to locate
q Theological Seminary in Columbia,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

WASHINGTON, juno 25.-,Hhe
South and Wost will have an in
crease Of banking facilities to tho
extent Of $I5,000,000.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

a Chicago woman now wants a.
divorce because her husband is
might editor"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

aro engaged in tho samo progress
sivo movement, and why should
we Of America lag behind in tho
race? Sir, it is in tho pursuance
Of these great demands of tho
hour, that wo concedo what has
been embodied in this platform.
If wc had no othor reason, the
motive Of progress alono would DO
sufficient excuse for tho position
wo take. Tho difference between
tho governments Of tho Old World
and Of tho Now is, that when re-
form is demanded there, states.
men aro sagacious and yield to
tho pressure, ut tho samo time
that thoy preserve tho dignity,
and integrity Of tho Government.
In America, however, wo tear
things up by tho roots. We en-
danger and impcril tho cxising
state Of things, and turn tho bot
tom up, leaving tho roots to cX-
piro in tho sun. Now, sir, all tho
reform wo urgo is in tho manage.
mcnt Of tho affairs Of tho State.
1t is not question Of politics, not
II question Of power, but Of truth,
honor and virtue"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06
Our Language.

Dictionary English is something
very different, not only from COM
mon colloquial English, but oven
from that ordinary written COM
position. Instead Of abdat 10000
words, therc is probably no single
author in the language from whose
works, however voluminous, 30
many rs 10000 words could DO
collected. OF the 10000 words,
there arc certainly many moro
than one half that arc only en-
ploycd, if they arc ever employed
at all, on tho rarcst occasions.
We should any Of us be surprised
to find, if we counted thom, with
how small number Of words we
manage to express all that wo have
to say, cithor with our lips or
oven with tho pom. Our common
literary English probably hardly
extends to 10000 words, our com
mon spoken English hardly to
5000. And tho proportion Of ma
tive, or homegrown words, IS un-
douDtcdly very much higher in
both tho 5000 and 10000 than it
is in tho 10000. Perhaps Of 30
900 words, or thcrcabouts, stand
ing in tho dictionaries, that arc
very rarely or never used, oven in
writing, between 10000 and 25,-
600 may bo Of French or Latin
extraction. If wo assume 225OO
to bo so, that will lcavo 1000 Tou-
tonic words in common use; and
in our literary English, taken at
10000 words, those that aro non
Roman will thus amount to about
onc-half. OF that half 1000 words
may be current in our spoken
language, which will therefore be
genuine English for four-fifths Of
it's entire oXtent. 1t will CONSIST
Of about 1000 Gothic and 1000
Roman words.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06


REVISING TIE BlBLE.-.Tho ar
rangemcnts made by tho Commit
too Of tho Convocatiou Of Cantcr-
bury for tho revision Of tho au-
thorizcd version Of tho Scriptures
seem to be exceedingly wisc.-
There arc to be two companies !;
ono for the revision Of tho Old
Testament, which is to begin
work on tho Pcntatcuch and Que
for tho revision Of tho Now Tcs-
tamcnt, which is to begin work
on tho three Synoptic Gospels
Tho Old Testament Company,
consisting Of tho Bishops Of St.
David's Llaudan, Ely, Lincoln,
Bath and Wells, with four schol-
ars from tho Lower House, is to
invite Il number Of scholars Of all
opinions, churches and sccts-
ranging from DIR. Puscy to DR..
Davidson-to join it. Tho Now
Testament Company, consisting
Of tho Bishops Of Winchester,
Gloucester and Bristol, and Sails
bury, with tho Deans Of Cantcr-
bury and Westminster and Canon
Blakosly, invites y similar acccs-
sion to it's numbers from all their
logical schools-irom Roman Cath
olics (for Or. Newton is inviled)
to Unitarians, who nro roprcson.
tod by n learned biblical scholar,
tho Rov. G.. Vance Smith. Tho
| object to be aimed at is to mako
no alteration that is not really OF
import, and oven thon to mako it
as much rs possible in tho style Of
our authorized version, aud to
mako mono on tho authority Of
any MS. reading for which thoro
is not a decidedly propoudorating
evidence. Tho Now Tostamont
Company Is already at work-tho
Bishop Of Gloucester and Bristol,
who is tho soul Of it, having tho
work really at heart. Compnuios
constituted ~ is proposed, if thoy
can only roally agroo, should com
mand tue confidence OF almost all
Englishmon for thoir alterations ;
SO that wo may at loast got rid Of
all manifest orrors, admitted to bo
errors by all scholars, without un-
dormining tho popular rovoronco
for the Biblo.-L0nQon Times,
June 1.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

SLEEPING CARs.-A lady travel
CT, disgustcd with slooping cars as
now arranged, writes 1t may be
Christian and civilized, and all
that, for pooplo to lodge together,
but | think it is not convenient,
and think ono gorgeous car OK
pandcd into two plain ones, for
tho separate accommodation Of
tho soxcs at night would be pub
lie blessing. Men will stalk up
and down tho cars in q negligo
habit, but women will not. They
join tho curtains togothor, undo q
hook-and-oye, unfastcn q lace, tako
out hair-pin, and aftor they arc
in bed draw off their CATERS. Fur
thor they dare not vonturc, for if
stono walls have ears, tapestry
has eyes.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06


Take away honor and imagina-
ton and poetry from war, and it
becomes carnage. Doubtless. And
take away public spirit and invisi-
bio principles from resistance to u
tax, and Hampton becomes noisy
domagoguo. Carnage is terrible.
Death, and insults to woman worse
than dcath--and human features OBJ
liberated under tho hoof Of tho war
horso--and rocking hospitals, and
ruined commerce, and violated
homes, and broken hearts~-thcy
arc all awful. But thcro is somo-
thing worse than death. Coward
ico is worse. And it is worse than
death, aye, worse than q hundred
thousand deaths, whom q people
has gravitated down into tho creed
that tho "wealth Of nations" oon-
sists not in generous hearts
"Firc in each breast, and freedom on each
Brow
in national virtues, and primitive
simplicity, and horoic endurance,
and preference Of duty to lifo;
not in MEN, but in silk, and cotton,
and som othing they call "capital."
Poaco is blessed. Poaco, arising
out of charity. But poaco spring
ing out of tho calculations of sol
fishnoss is not blossed. If tho
pricc to bo paid for poaco is this,
that wealth accumulate and mon
decay, bettor far that ovcry street
in every town Of our once noblo
country should run blood.--Rob-
crtSon.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06
Writing by Sound.

A progrcssionist who has boon,
looking quite deeply into tho mill.
stone offuturity, thus prophesies
Tho time may come, though it
may scom premature to expoot it,
when n mans words will bo mado J.
to write themselves down aut0mat-
ically as fast as thoy como from
his lips-when q speech will yiold
u sound picture, or u sonogram,
that wo may gnzo upon rs wo now
do upon q light picture, and trans
lato rs we do tho notes Of a piece
of music. Nonsense, you say? 1t
is no nonsense, no dream. > Go ask
physicist if ho oan conceive its
possibility, and, unless ho bo il
worry narrow sighted mcmbor of
his community, he will reply that
he can. You who now say "non- &,
sonco" would havo said tho samo
fifty years ago, if any ono hadtold
you that somo day tho image Of
your countenanco would paint
ITSELF photographically. But before
you repeat your dcrision think Of
this Light is n wavc-motion,
and the chemist has found u sub
stance which tho waves, as they
dash against it, can transform or
transmutc; and SO wo have got
photography. Sound is ~ wave.
motion; ; its waves are breakers,
lights arc rs ripples tho former
largo aud slow, tho luttcr small!
and rapid. Now, since w6 havo
got tho substance that is impress
siblc by tho littlo weak wnvo, why
should we despair Of finding sub
stance that will alLor under tho .
Influence ofthc great, strong onos2
Wo can make lamp glass ring
with tho voice pitched to certain
noto soon wo may cause tho samO
sound to vibrato II body that will
mako a mark on papcras it swings,
and then wo can make another
working body vibrato to another
sound, and SO on up tho gamut.
Thus wo shall get an apparatus
which will mark tho notos of IL
melody, each rs it il sung and
after this it is not difficult to con-
ccivc Il series OF vibratOrs each at
tuned TO ono of the separate and
distinct sounds that the human
voice cnn utter. Hero will bo an
analogue to tho photographers
camera placed before u speaker,
such an apparatus will sonograph
all ho has to say. Some who smilo
at this will 1.-Two to SEQ tho thing
done. "..
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06
I Charleston .Dniiv Nc,cs.

HAWTHORN AND DiCkENS.-Al.
most evory authentic anccdotc
and cvcry valuable criticism by
his compccrs, relating to Charles
Dickens, (says tho Philadelphia
Public Rccord,) will now bc eager
ly caught up and read with inter
est, so universal is the fcoling dis
played for tho lamontcd novelist.
Our attention falls upon u brici
allusion to Dickens in recent
volume Of Uawthornc's "Note
Books" lie says: "Spcaking of
Dickens last evening, Mr..
mentioned his domestic tastes ;
how ho preferred homo enjoy
mcnts to all others, and did no.
willingly go much into society.
Mrs. --, too, the other day
told us Of his taking on himself all
possible trouble az regards his do
mcstic affairs" And elsewhere he
records this brief but lively and
pleasant image Of tho famous nov-
clist in his journal:
October 22.-At n dinner party
at Mr.. Hollands last evening, a
gentleman, III instance Of Charles
Dickens unwcaribility, said that
during some theatrical perform
ancc in Liverpool he acted in play
and farce, spent tho rest Of the
night making speeches, fcasting
and drinking ut table, and cndcd
at scvcn o'clock in tho morning
by jumping lcap-frog over the
backs of tho whole company.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

."SoMErIME." ."-Thc following is
ono Of Mr.. Prenticc's waits, many
Of which appeared in tho Louis
villo journal III its palmiesL days:
"Somotimo-it is u swoct, sweet
song, warblcd to and fro among
tho topmost boughs Of tho heart,
and filling tho whole air with such
joy and gladness as tho songs OF
birds whom tho summer morning
comes out Of darkness, and day is
born on tho mountHins. Wo have
all our possession in tho future.
which wo call 'somctimc.' Beautiful
FLOWERS and singing birds arc thero,
only our hands seldom grasp tho
one, or our ears hear tho other.
But oh, reader, be Of good cheer.
for all the good there is n golden
'somctimc;' when tho hills and
valleys Of timo Aro all passed !;
when tho wear and fever, tho dis
appointment and tho sorrow Of
lito nro over, then there is tho
place and tho rest appointed of
God.--Oh, homestead, over, whose
roof fill no shadows, or over whose
threshold the voice Of sorrow is
never heard; built upon the eternal
hills, and standing with thy spires
and pinnaclcs Of celestial beauty
among the palm trees Of tho city
on high, those who love God shall
rest under thy shadows, where
there is no moro sorrow nor pain,
nor tho sound Of weeping"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06

A smart thing--a mustard plaster.