The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-03-08

has become hopeless invalid in
mind and body. If true, it is quite
sad. Of course the story has been
contradicted, but the man of billions
remains in deep seclusion.
The old struggle between Dem
ocrats and Republicans is becom-
ing rivalled in Importance by the
fight between free traders, tariff for
revenue and high tariff men, and
the way the special organ of the
latter, the Protectionist, or pirate.
Technist" as it is called by pun
ming opponent, has been working
up public sentiment, is annoying.
1t is presumed the paper has some
pretty heavy backing, in view Of
the fact that it has been getting up
expensive public meetings, and
circulating several issues of late of
10000 copies. Our prime pro-
ducers seem to be tending to free
trade as against our Eastern man.
ufacturing interests. It does seem
hard that farmer should pay $40
for suit of clothes that an En-
glishman or Canadian pay $40 for,
but if the duties were taken off the
people whose wages run up the
prices of domestic goods would be
starved out, and if they all went to
digging potatoes or raising corn
produce wouldnt bring as much as
it does now, and the farmer would
find it just as Lard to pay $40 for
his clothes as he does to pay $40
now. Benevolence is all very fine,
but charity begins at home, and for
my part I want scisy folks to be
comfortable, and perhaps they
wouldn't be if we got cheap Cody
labor, whether here or in India or
China, to make all our goods for
us.
Gorringe, the Naval officer and
engineer who brought over the
obelisk and set it on end, and who,
on the Pinta in the winter of 1873,
brought over news that the Span,
iards had knuckled down about the
survivors of the Virginius massacre
in Cuba, very solid man, with a
smooth, benign face, has resigned
his position, not unmingled with
disagreement with Secretary Chan
dler, and is going into iron ship
building. He wants his materials
free and then says he doesn't care
that wages here are high-he'll
try and make them higher-for with
American grit, genius, improved
labor-saving machines and hand
and FRAMEWORK applied just where
they will do the most good, he
can compete with the shipbuilders
of the Clyde or anywhere else, and
get the best of them too. Gorringe
is good, fellow. Long may he
wave! It is understood a number
Of capitalists with very big bank
accounts are backing him.
AS you are probably aware this
is season to be observed with
great quiet by numerous religious
people. But everybody doesn't keep
Lent, and the maddest, widest ball
Of all, that of the Arion Society,
came off the other evening. There
were 10000 present and the ex-
penses, direct and incidental. were
estimated at $250,0O0. Many of
our "highest society were there,
it is said, under close disguises, and
decorous matrons and discreet dam
sells managed, just out of pure
curiosity Of course, to see a great
many curious things, and if they
stayed late no doubt got quite too
awfully shocked. Fashionable break
fasts the next day were late, and
refreshing little pick-me-ups were
found quite necessary by way of
restoratives.
Now we have SO many rich among
US, people who think nothing of
paying 100000 for a house, as
much more for the furniture, and
as much each year for feast, frolic,
fine feathers, fruit and flowers,
where Germans and dinner par
ties, supper parties, riding parties.
breakfast and lunch parties, theatre
parties, afternoon teas, lawn ten
mis-, scrambles and what not abound,
the chief end of all Of which seems
to be Irritation, platonic or other
wise, in the most elaborately ex-
pensive way. Weddings, which used
to be the chief of all grand parades
for brides, are tending toward a