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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-05-24
Total for eight years $40, 1872 70
Annual average. 2l,5I2,5g7 81

The Democrats in the Forty-fourth
Congress reduced the apprGpTia tiOns
for lSTG=17 fuur millions, as appears
in the last return above, and that re-
ductiOn was continued during the cur
rentfiscal year, and is the hill for the
next year, with some additional re
trenchmept in both, but far below
what it should be,
When Mr.. WhitthOrne investigated
the late Secretary and the condition
of the Department, it was made clear
that SecOr Robson was corrupt and
the navy was worthless. To verify
these facts i'll official form, so that the
pQuntrY might realize the stern truth,
he addressed minute inquiries to Mr..
Thompson and to the heads of bureaus
as to the exact state of every vessel in
the service, and the estimated cost for
repairs, engines, and the like, That
information has been collected and
embodied III a report recently presen-
ted to the House by Mr.. Harris, of
Massachusetts, who up to this time
had been one of the staunch support
ers of Secor Robeson.
This report proves suhstaH TALLY that
there 10 no navy existing, either as an
element of aggressive warfare or of ma
tional defence; that the reports of
RohesOn were deliberate deceptiOns,
and for the one hundred and seventy
two millions OF dollars squandered
and stolen under his venal admins
tratiOn, there is now nothing to show
but rotten hulks and worthless IRON
clads which dare not venture to sea,
and which combined would not have
the value of one good torpedo for har-
Dor protection. Here is the condition
of the navy i'll brief:
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-05-24
DKs4sWO.VrD OIL,

A LinimCnt universally acknowledged ~
the most renowned quick cure ever brought
before the public In the Nineteenth Gem
tury, for the perfect cure of both
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-05-24

Dealers in cotton and an kinds OTprrIuro.
Liberal advances made on guuds lu store.
Nov. I9-76-ly.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-05-24

OF this number In service, several
are ON foreign stations, which can
never return home, OF the eight ves-
sells built by Robson, but one is con-
sidered fit for naval uses. Others of a
different class are equally unsuited to
active duty. The five ships ofthe first
class, built nearly a quarter of centu-
nv ago, and which were then the pride
of the navy, are all given over as use
less for war. OF the twenty-seven
ships OF the second class, nine only are
fit for service, and nearly all the 9TH
ers are rotten and worthless OF the
thirty ships of the third class, carry
ing eight, six and four guns, only
fourteen are available. Df the tWen-
ty-four ironclads only one IS actually
ready for sea, four are rotten or worth
less, and all the Others require rebuilt
ding or repairs;
Tens of millions have been voted
for construction, repairs, and ma
chinerv, which were used for jobs to
favored contractors on ships never in
tended to leave the stocks, and for en-
gines which the ships could not carry
II they were epee- launched. More
Uarefaced robbery vas never practised
In any civilized government. These
sham ships were used as q standing
pretext for appropriations to he stoleT
and divided.
| Now, when the whole fraud i,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-05-24
7VN Bred Land al Water fowls

Eggs for Matching in Season, Fowls for
sale IT ali times. Prompt attention given
TO all orders and communications, which
are respectfully solicited. octl5-7-ly.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-05-24
TIP"

Shetland pony, bay, 80 inches high, al -
the season, privilege OF returning tan YOU
get n colt. At my farm near Spring lilil.
March 22-2m. CAMPBELL BROWN
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Stations for 1878!
"SKEPTIC ~

Brown, lGlt hands, by WO0dfDrd Mann
brlno. CsOn OF MambrinO Chiefl dam Graco
by Pilot, Jr. Terms: Sl2 the season, prvI-
lege OF returning I'LL you get colt.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

Butler says: "He laughs best
who laughs last" He ie in favor OF
grinbacks,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

troops is q matter Of history; that
previously prepared looking to
peace is not, and it's existence must
be proved from other sources than
official records. Tho evidence on
which it rests is the following state
ment:
Mr.. A. T, Oavis, a proof~roader at
the government printing office, is a
gontlcnan of intelligence and cul
turo, and of undoubted voracity.
He is IL native of Pennsylvania, but
went to- South Carolina in 1S47, and
remained until after the war. Pro-
vious to and during the war, he was
editor of the SouM CoroIi7au Guur-
dan, published at Columbia. His
position gave him acquaintance and
association with the State authors
ties, and he speaks from personal
knowledge regarding the matters
herein stated.
The proclamation looking to a
peaceable separation Of the States
was obtained by Dr. Todd while at
the White House, and by him given
to Governor Picls sens. 1t is not
known how he came in possession
OF it, and it is not necessary to
inquire into that now. But that he
had the original draft of the procla,
nation, that it and the obi torial
designed to accompany it's publica
ton were written on official paper
bearing the Impress "Executivc
Mansion, is undoubtedly true.
The proclamation and editorial were
shown by Governor Picllens to Mr..
CaVls, and by the latter published
in his paper, tho South Curofino
Guordiam. In tho burning OF
Columbia by Shermans troops the
office and files of the Guardian wore
destroyed, and there is no CODY Of
tho paper eXtant containing these
documents. The original papers,
however, are i'll the possession of
Mrs. Pickens at Edgefeld, S. c.,
who has carefully preserved all the
books and manuscripts collected by
her lato husband.
This is most important and in
terestlng fact connected with the
unwritten history of tho rebellion.
1t shows how difficult it was even
for the most sagacious men to "rcad
tho signs of the times,' and the
events following proved that the
people kpew more than their rulors
and assumed leaders, BARTON.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood and Gives
Strength.
Dp QUoIN, ILL.,, Jan. 21. 1879

Nc, IT y ~ QUoIN, ILL.,, Jan. 81, 1873.
Dear Sir--Your ,"ycgetine" has been doing
wonders FOR me. Have been having the ChiliS
and Fever, contracted in the swamps of the
SCUM, s% nothing giving Me relief unfit I began
Ine use OF your Vcgctlnd, it giving mo immedi
boo bIS rf'tsf 1"ning up my system purifying my
clncS weakened me and filled my system With
poison ami am satisfied that Ii families that
i've IN the agnc districts OF the South and West
would take ycgctlne two or three times a week,
tlcy would not be troubled with the Chills or
thc mali3nant FcvclS that prevail at certain
o'ncS or the year, save doctors bills and live to
Il good Old age Respectfully yours,
j. l.. MITCHELL,
Agent Hondcrson's Looms, St. Louis, Mo.
Al: DISEASES or TIE E1ooD.-If vcgctine Will
disciaSes, restoring tho patient TO perfect
ncalth AFTER trying different physicians many
remedies suffering for years, isit not conclu-
SiVe proof, II you arc sufferer, you can be
cured2 Why Is this medicine performing such
epHat cures @ 1t works in the blood in tic cir
Great Blood Ruriticr. The great source OF dis.
ease ease 9riginates In the blood and no medicine
That does not act directly upon it to purify and
rehovatc, has just claim upon public attention,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01
VEGETINE
Has Entirely Cured Me of
Vertigo.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. %, 1878.

NJ, " , sn CAIRO ILL.,, Jan. %, 1873
Dear Sir-I have used several bottles Of
,NEGRFlNE"; It has entirely cured me Of
vertigo. have also used 1t for Kidney Com
paint IL Is the best medicine for kidney
blood purifier. N YOCliE \:
PAIN AND DISEAsE.--Can we exnect to entoy
go0d health when bad or corrupt humors Cir
culate with the blood, causing pain and disease:
entire body, produce pimples, eruptions ulcers
imdigestlon, costveness, headaches, neuralgia,
Remove the cause by taking Vegetine, the
Ing the blood. ''N f
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

House, and acquired information. : G.
aprivate way that no ono could have
Obtained in an official capacity, and
which was made uso of as timo and
circumstances required.
The negotiations of South Caro-
Ina with the government failed,
not because of an indisposition to
entertain the proposition submitted,
but on account of tho precipitate
action of South Carolina troops in
bombarding Fort Sumter. This
made q peaceable dissolution of the
Union a matter of impossibility and
"ar an inevitable necessity,
While these negotiations wero
pondlng, however, q proclamation
mad been prepared recognizing the
tact of the secession of certain
States and virtually acknowledging
their independence, surrendering to
them stated powers of the general
government over property and
places within their limits, and
guaranteeing them peaceable pos
session of the Same on conditions
specified. This proclamation had
the sanction of Mr.. Wade, of Ohio,
and was in accordance with Mr.,
Greeleys frequently expressed
views. With the appearance of the
proclamation was to be nm editorial
in the Washington and New York
papers sustaining the action of tho
administration. This was also pre-,
pared and held ready for use when
the occasion demanded it. But the
action at Fort Sumter changed all
this and proclamation was issued
instead for $4,000 men for three
months to suppress the rebellion 4;
and war was thus accepted by an un-
willing government and people.
The proclamation calling for
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01
UNWRITTEN WAR HISTORY,
Il FhOCLAMdTTON ON yVIELCIF THE
FATE or TIE NIfTION DEPENDED,

The Document that Mr.. Lincoln Pre-
pared acknowledging the Irt,epend-
Snce or the South--Why Ano 5her was
Substituted. "@''
correspondence Of The Ne,o To,A Sml
WASHINGTON, September 22.-In
tho dark and uncertain days pre-
ceding the outbreak of tho rebellion
there was much doubt in tho mind
OF Ar. Lincoln regarding tho dis
position Of the people north of tho
recognized dividing line between
freedom and slavery to sustain
aggressive measures; for the pres
ervatlon of the Union. State aftor
State had seeded, and no demon
stration had been made at the North
to connteract the force of such
movements at the South. On the
contrary, there were public men
who openly advocated q division of
the Union into such parts us would
suit geographical lines and their
own interests and ambition. Nota.
bly, MIR. Hendricks favored North
western Confederacy; some New
Yorkors saw in the confusion of tho
times an opportunity to make their
city the Venice Of America, and
some Californians thought ropub~
llc on the Pacific, with San Fran
cisco tor it's commercial and political
capital, would develop into mighty
proportions before the end of the
century. Horace Greeley had adj
vocatcd IN tho T1ibuuo pcaceable
separation, and boldly proclaimed 4:
LET the erring sisters go in peace"
The Indianapolis Jourwai in tho
West, inspired by an ambition to
"take position" occupied tho same
ground. The Northern States Sent
peace commissioners to Washington
TO plead with the South for n
peaceahlo solution Of the dil1ielltics
and maintenance of the Union.
The government under Mr.. Buchan-
an did nothing to repress the
military preparations making in the
South, and when Mr.. Lincoln was
maugurated there were nine States
defying his authority, and ready for
war. His administration had a
most formidable opposition in the
two remaining States that seeded,
and in those also that attempted to
90 so. His support at the North,
III the event of war, he regarded as
uncertain, and ana .a'>t appeared
.4o1 II |
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01
UISIIINGTON GOSSIP.

The Radicals Wasting Printer's Ink
Chat about General Grant--The
October Elections "A Contemplated
Change in tho Departments.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01
VEGETINE
l bolieve it to be a Good Medi
cine.

NJ suru,,. AENIA, O., March !, 1871
=, Dear Sir-I wish to inform you what YOUR
NSgeline has done for me- IhaVe been afiiict
eu Win Neuralgia, and after using three bot
lies lies OF % the scgetino was entirely relieved I
l believe 1t to be good medicine. Wv"
Yours truly, FRED IIARVERSTICK.
FEGETINE thoroughly eradicates every kind
0t n,Mnor, ana restores the entire system to q
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

Senator Dawes, in tho Massachu-
setts Republican Convention, gave
General Butler q severe cudgeling,
femarking, among other unkind
things, that the General is much
more successful in capturing con-
ventions than he was in taking. forts.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

THIS Hotel, situated in the aantre of
i the etown, offers and guaran tees to the
public INDUCEMENTS unsurpassed by any
other house in the place. Table sup.
piled with the best in the market. Com
Portable rooms and polite attention.
Terms-s2'oo per day ,,G aug 0-tf
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

, WAsHINGroN, Sept. 28-Roports
to Or. Woodworth, Surgeon Gene
raj of the United States Marine
Hospital Service, show as follows:
;; New Orleans-Duling the week
end'"" yesterday evening, 92G cases
Superinten 'eaths for the twcnty~four
below cases and 81 deaths ;
s.rATE,s 8,4G4 deaths, 2,7OO.
Osr,cr o. itouge-From the goth to
Co,uy If the 2Gth, 221 cases and
,aths; total cases, 893 {;
CAPT ROBE 46.
fof If lmine--For the week ending
E. rh, 16 de this and 1870 cases;
Dear $ ses to the 18th, 3O5; deaths,
form "
Jaroli' cksburg-For the week, 5S
books. his II in the "a honrs total
'choI tbs, ITO. Assistant-Surgeon
'ea, Us reports "The epidemic is
: er, save few sporadic cases"
Nc Grccnville Out of the remaining
population Of $50, there have been
227 deaths.
Grenada-Inor the week, 10 cases
and 3 deaths; total deaths, 274.
Fort Gibson-Total cases, G2O
deaths 116.
Momphis-For tho week which
endod the 26th, 297 deaths total
deaths, 2,42S.
Brownsville, Tenn.-Tor tho
week, ended yesterday, CT cases and
22 deaths total cases, 1877 total
deaths, &C.
Cairo, Ill.-Two oases-one a
rofugeo total cases, ID deaths, 6.
Observation-Disclosures cases and
lO deaths total cases, 95 deaths,
36.
Chattanooga-Total cases, Al ;;
deaths, 26.
Mobile--From the Goth to the
Oath, 10 cases and seven deaths.
we never knew person who
suffered with Boils or Carbuncles
but who was congratulated upon
sits being bettor out than in" How
much moro appropriate the ndyicex-
Use DIR. Bulls Blood Mixture and
be entirely rid of oil such annoy
ances: n
| The Connecticut tAreenbackors, of
tho third district, have nominatd
Chas. ". Carter on the soft money
platform The Democrats endorsed
the nomination on hard money
platform. Carter is absent. If ho
accepts the hard money platform.
the Greenbackers will re-convene,
Butler says: "He laughs best
who laughs last" He ie in favor OF
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01
TIE TELKOW FEYER,

WAsHINGroN, Sept. % 28-Roports
to Or: Woodworth, Surgeon Gene
raj of the United States Marine
Hospital Service, show as follows:
New Orleans-During the week
end'"" yesterday evening, 92G cases
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

tunes his harp in The region of the
blessed. All the old Methodists are
gone, but Brother Jordan and his
Christian wife and children. Allow
the writer to say in closing this
article, that tho District Conforenco
of 1877, which brought him in con-
tact with SO many of those memories,
qoaS blessed indeed. Ir1NEnaNr. .
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01

no Document shat Mr.. Lincoln Pre-
pared Acknowledging the Irt1enend
ence OF the Sou tn Why Another was
Substituted "'"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-01
METIIODTSM IN FIiIRFIELD.

Experience ofits Followers Forty Years
Ago, and the Great Changes Time
Has Wrought.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-02-07
TO THE PURLIC.

With this issue we commence the
second year Of the publication of THE
SOMERSET Press. We have reduced
the subscription to one dollar and sew
enty FIVE cents if paid within THIRTY
DAYS after subscribing, after that time
we will charge two dollars. So it will
be seen that it will be to the advantage
of every subscriber to pay in advance.
These terms will be strictly adhered
to.
The Press will be second to no
weekly paper in the state for news,
miscellaneous reading and market re
ports, in fact it will be family news
paper.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-02-07
"German Syrup"

No other medicine in the world was ever
given such test OF its curative qualities
as Boschee's German Syrup. In three years
two million four hundred thousand small
bottles of this medicine were distributed
free Of charge by Druggists in this country to
those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma,
Group, severe Coughs, Pneumonia and
other diseases of the Throat ond Loungs,
giving the American people undeniable
proof that German Syrup will cure them.
The result has been that Druggists in eve.
ry town and village in the United States
are recommending it to their customers
Go to your druggist, and ask what they
know about IL. Sample bottles 10 cents
Regular size rs cents. Three doses will
relieve any case.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-02-07
Poultry Keeping-How to Begin.

There is very general desire to engage
in keeping poultry. The business does not
require hard work, and is attractive and
agreeable. It also promises to be profta-
Bile, and profit is the chief inducements to
the majority of the novices who desire to
attempt it. A few general cautions are
needed By those who would undertake this
business.
A novice cannot, by the mere use of mon
ey, take up poultry keeping and make a
success. On the contrary. he will be more
than likely to lose all the money he in
vests, if he supposes that the business con-
sists only in buying some fowls and feed,
and in selling eggs and chickens, by simp
ly permitting the hens to produce eggs
while he gathers them. Success only comes
to the long experienced poultry man who
knows precisely what is to be done TO Sc
cure this result. It is best to begin with
few fowls making their keeping a second
airy business until these can be managed
with success and profit. Then the number
may be increased, and when the business
pays sufficiently, then sole attention may
be given TO il. 1t is more profitable to
purchase fowls than eggs. This is simp-
lie matter of figuring. Ifa dozen eggs of
! choice fowls are procured at cost of SAY
S5, ayear will elaps before any profit can
be gained from the three or four pullets
that may probably be Matched from them.
If trio of birds are purchased at cost OF
cay $50 now, a number of eggs will be pro-
cured before setting time arrives, and then
each hen may bring out a brood of eight o,
ten chicks. After these are raised, mroe
eggs will be laid, and if good care is give1
there may be on the whole twenty dozen o.
eggs, ten pullets, and ten cockerels, as tht
produce of this trio within the same tim,
that it would have taken from the dozen o
eggs first mentioned, to produce three O.
four pullets. There is an obvious difere
nee in favor of beginning with birds, boil
as to profit and time.-Americon Agricmt
urist
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RICHARD.

For THE Press.
A communication from Wellen's Station
correspondent appeared in last weeks issue
to which beg leave to respond, also to
correct one little item namely, the man
that can kick two feet higher than his head,
il is not Jacob Gall as stated but G. J.
Litzinger the man to whom midnight
pantomine appeared on his return from
T. Scallon's. Felix also passed over some
items which I shall name. The measles
have about gone out of fashion yet we are
sad to learn that Joseph Leibig still fingers.
Miss. Dempsy of Newark is visiting her
sister of this place, we welcome her back
once more. Samuel Dittoe has started a
beard which the girls all say adds much to
his appearance. Simon Gall may be seen OF
nights on the shores of Wellen's creek.
Whether il is the grandeur of the scenery
or q desire to roam that induces him there
remains mystery, and now Felix knowing
you to be kind and indulgent remain as
ever yours.
COEoHHaAN
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dow long will we be compelled to
1ay such enormous taxes" is a ques-
ION asked over and over every day.
y IS easily answered. Just so long as
IN continue to be slave to the old
parties. You are voting the tax up
on yourself and should not complain.
Put the Independent Greenback par
ty in power in Perry county and they
will cut down the expenditures
from five TO seven thousand dollars
per year. 1t is an outrage the man,
ner in which some of the officials oi
this county are discharging the duties
Of their office. They are squandering
me public money on the favored class
They are sworn to fill their Office tc
The best of their ability. Are they
doing it? Most undoubtedly they are
not. They fear the political ring
Who they serve instead of the people
They tellthe people what we say is false
and use every effort in their power t.
deceive. We are prepared to take tn
records and prove every word wehav
published. They know it is true ant
this is the reason they pour out thei
wrath ON THE PRESS.
We propose to fight this corrup
ing until they are wiped out in thi
county. We want the support of tn
lax payers and we will show to tn
public where their hard earnings ha
seoua
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-02-07
For the Heather or for Thee!
WiIkesharre [Pal Leader.

Wilkesbarre (Pa) Leader.
The house was small, and located in one
Of the many little streets that are hidden
from the public eye by means of their
modest pretentions. A constable stood
outside, experimenting the removal of
lot of we'll worn household furniture. At
the door was woman, clasping to her frail
breast little baby scarcely six months old.
At her side and hanging on to her thin
skirts were three other children, the eldest
not above eight years of age. No one else
was near. Not word was murmued as
chair, bureau, bed and table went out the
narrow doorway, and on to the cart that
was backed up in front to receive the goods.
The face of the mother was picture of
sadness and despair. Her eyes were dim
med, her lips trembled, and the little one
at her breast seemed to creep closer as the
sighs of the parent broke out now and then
in heartrending manner. Oh! mamma,
don't let him take my horse, don't let him
take my horse! suddenly exclaimed the ell
dest, brigh boy, as he saw one of the men
carrying to the truck the defaced remnant
of fwhat was once a decent hobby horse.
"My little chair, my little chair" exclaim.
ed another, wee bit of girl; "oh! nam.
ma, he's doin' to take it away" 1t was a
pitiful sight to witness, and the smother's
heart could not help making one plea fol
The things her darlings craved. It was nc
use. Everything was taken, and few
moments after tie woman stood in the cen.
tre of what had once been cheerful parlo,
now utterly destitute, with only the cold
barren floor meeting her gaze. In another
hour she and her little ones would be turn
ed into the streetsf without friend, with.
out food, without shelter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-02-07
She Wouldn't Gossip.

During reporters wanderings about
town the other night, he heard alady, talk
ing acorss lhe strsst to a neighbor, thus de-
liver herself on the subject ofscandal: "Of
all things, do hate in this world it is a
scandalizing woman. Now, there's Mrs.
Jingletongue. that everybody knows isn't
daughters cut up so shameful that no de-
cent woman ought to speak to them, and
whose husband gets drunk, and they do say
he owes for that grenadine she puts on SO
many airs in over her betters. If was to
say any mean things about people like she
does I would pull my tongue out by the
roots, the nasty scandalizing, stuck up old
cat.n