The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-01-21
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, Brief Mentions:

- IgfS N0lderS o. ltife, DIS iH- Giie 1't.ih
IF the St:rte of South Carolina held 4
meeting in Chsr!eston on the 18TH inst.
to take such action rs would cause the
said bills to be receivable for taxes. II
was moved and carried that I commit
tee be appointed 70 take steps to sc"'rc
concerted action Of III the holders OF
the bills. Mes<rs. Wm. 4 Courtenay,
4. L. Smytllc and J. W. Shuizc were
appointed by the Chairman rs the Com
mittcc.
Caleb Cushing has withdrawn his
name rs nominee for the Chief Justice
ship, and his-withdr=swsl hase-beesr-re-
ceived by President Grant. Who next?
" The Atlantis (Ga.) Constitution. on the
9TH inst. ",nourned" over the departure
of about foar hundred negroes for Ar
kansas. How dc'cct>;5ic it is that we in
South Carolina have no such canse of
gricj,, for wherever the carcass is there
will the eagles l'e gathered together"
or something to that effect.
Of the 1000, 900 inhabitants of Spain
there are Il, 100000 who cannot read or
write Whist i spectacle! No wonder
she is 20 rotten and l,lcerouS.
On the 18th inst, a large number of
unemployed men made riotous demon
stration in New York. The police in
tcferred and the crowd diSb2ndcd after
drawing and spilling a little blood. 1t
is said lone man had Communist
flag, but he did not get time to unfurl-
It."
A most disastrous fire took place in
Camden On Saturday night the 10th
inst. Among the sufferers were Messrs.
Kennedy IL Bcykin, Capt. W. L. De-
Pass, MeSsrs. Hodgson d Dunlap, Mr..
z. N. Kennedy, Mr.. J. S. Cloud, Mr..
+. S. Zemp and Mr.. VIM. Wallace
Total amount Of loss $4,000, Insurance
about one-half.
The AbbeviAe MeGiatns says: Twen-
ty Scotch and German immigrants
have been ordered through the agen-
cy at Charleston by the Due West
people. They will be given employ
,nent in the several families and upon
the plantations around that place
They will add something to the wealth
of tho country. The people arc naoa7'sg!
An immigration society has been
formed in Fairfield and Il committee up
pointed to prepare an address to the
people.
A number of delegates from different
parts of the Union met at Washington
on the 1dth, to consider the subject Of
cheap transportation.
On Friday night the 9th, the store of
alr. w. Q. NJ. Berly, of Lexington, S.
c., WAS entered by some person or per
sons and robbed Of goods to the amount
of three or four hundred dollars.
The first instalmcnt of immigrants,
four in number, arrivedin Wmnsboro
ON Tuesday. They are from Ireland.
The Uulos-Hc1Ado of Columbia. says: {:
There are ut the Fair Grounds some
sixty Italians, all of whom, except two
OF three. are men-laboring men. They
nave come here under the hope of be-
tering their condition, and will prol'a-
form an Italian colonyin Spart;,nbarg
county. There is real scarcity Of Ia
bor in parts of the up country, and room
for all those that our people can afford
to treat well. Now that they are here,
it becomes us to do what we can to
make them comfortable, or they will
advise others not to come. and when
our State is better prepared to receive
them. we will not be ablc to get them.
This party, we understand, was landed
in Columbia, from New York, at cost,
Of about eleven dollars apiece. If they
have no money to buy land, they ought
to have land given them. In fact.
there are hundreds of our own laboring
population that need homcsteads more
than wages. The terms upon Which
these men contract are ten dollars per
month and board.