The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-02
HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE.

ANOTHER GRAND SwINDLE.-oone o"e,
intent on opening another grand scheme
for robbing the taxpayer, and placing
thousands Of dollars at the command,
and in the pockets, Of the authors of the
vilainous measure, Inns introduced bill
in tho Legislature entitled "a Bill to
authorize Comfy Commissioners OF each
aud every County to purchase farm, to
be cultivated under their supervision
and direction, as n model farm Of their
respective Counties"
4 model farm indeed! A way.>idc
home for trifing Carpet Bnggers and lazy
nrgrocs-all to DC fed and clothed Mt tho
expense of the tax payer. TO buy thirty
of these "modcl iarms," stock them,
furnish wagons, implements. &C., &C.,
would cost the people Of the State at the
least three hundred thousand dollars
Can the people stand up under this ad-
ditional and altogether unnecessary
burlcn2 Surely not. We would like
tc sec hundreds and thousands Of "modcl
farms" in our District, but VIC " ant them
conducted with private capital and in
dustry. Edgcfcld don't want any Of
your County Commissioner ',nodcl
farms" Not any. if you plcase-cs.
pecially whilst we have to provide "ways
aud means" for 30 many other useless
"modci" laws and regulations, and
Grccnback .graspings and uDScrupulous
officers. E'lgeficld Advertiser.
A DAY OF TmANxsGlyING.-Thc House
Of Representatives, of this State has pns-
scd q resolution directing tho Governor
to proclaim day Of thanksgiving and
prayer on the ratification Of the Fifteenth
Amendment. Thanksgiving for the dc.
struclion Of oil independence and liberty
Of tho States and the possible surrender
| Of our glorious American institutions to
Chinese. Japanese and other colored
henthen; institutions for the sake of
which the heroes Of l776 fought sewn
years to secure their blessings to them.
selves and postcrity. We hope there will
be prayers to the Almi.hty 10 avert the
dangers and threatening curse Of the
Amendment. We have 6cen n great aud
tIourShing pcopao without that, for near
hundred years. .--Grcenvllle Enterprise
RloTEns PARDoNED.- Governor Scott
has pardoncd Jno. Evans, Samuel Mus.
taphn, and Benjamin Mills, the parties
convicted MS leading participants in the
base III riots Of last summer. Maeis-
tra,c Il. j. Mackcy, who had brought
the requisite "prcssurc" upon the Ex.
ccutive to obtain these pardons, with
Characteristic philanthropy carried the
precious documents to the Jail, and then
drove off in carriage with tho three
durkics whom lie had rescued from limbo.
charleston News.
SNow.-Thc third snow for this year
is now on the ground to the depth of
six inches. Whilst this intelligence
neither "points n moral" nor "adorns n
story" VIC have tho satisfaction OF rccor.
ding the trite saying, in connection
thcrcwilh, that it bctokcns fruitful
season for the farmer.-Keowee Cou.
! ricr.
In the u. S. Senate, bills were intro.
dncctl to declare the ratification Of the
fifteenth amendment bill to abolish the
Frcedmcn's Bureau, and to establish n
Bureau Of Education, which shalt coon.
crate with MI other educational organi-
cations throughout the United States for
the education Of all classcs.
The judiciary Committee rcportcl
tEat tho evidence against Jnngc Bust ecd,
| OF Alabama. was not sufficient TO base
articles of impeachment. The Commit.
too was. discharged from tho fnrthc.
consideration If tho Bnsteed cnse. The
disability bill froni;h Srnate was amend.
ed by vast number OF names.
Tho Supreme Court. In the case oi
Pelham rs. Rose ct nl.. drri1ed that the
tonfs'nti"n Act "f 1862 required the
nctnal seizure Of tho property aud credits
lihcllcd, and Tint the Sriznrc Of the debt
ol the maker Of n note to the holder.
without the actual arrest uf the note it.
self, WAS insufficient.
MEMruIs, Feb. 26.-Thc cars on the
hlis<SSirpi Central road went through U
trcstlc below Oxford ,0,lay. Mr.. Nc.
Conco and son wcro killed. Col. Samuel
Tate had n leg broken. Seventeen per.
sons were killed. mostly Of whom were
emigrants for Texas.
dispatch from Vienna snys that the
Austrian Government, if it receives the CO.
operation Of Napoleon. proposes to ccnvoke
the Catholic powers in opposition to tho
p'>h> "o'o"o W VIZ OpCs
DR.. Joseph d. Harris has been appointct
assistant physician, head attendant, and
secretary aud treasurer of the Lunatic Asy.
lum. DR.. Cornwcll has been removed iron,
his present position as head attendant.
Judge j. j. Wright delivered lecture
the other evening in the A. NJ. F.. Church
Columbia, on tho subject Of Strength
and Beauty
PARIS, February 2l.-I'hc conscripts
in camp ut Lyons are disordcrly, and
have been singing tho Marscillaisc. Sev.
cral arrests have been made.
The Senate is considering tho bill ia
divide Texas into one State and two
Territories.
A hill admitting Georgia was reported
and referred. It's precisely like tho Mis-.
sissippi bill.
The Governor has appointed Malcolm
Wallingford Commissioner of Deeds for
South Cnrolina in New York.
ALEXANDRIA, February 21.-The uni.
form depth Of the Sucz Canal is nineteen
feet.
Land Commissioner Leslie has resigned
his Office.
DR.. Peter Horlbcck and Mr.. Henry Boil.
man, OF Charleston, are dead.
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