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.gW" Peteos APt_ to points beA this, will 4o nfer a fator on us by 10g a4our office and pr9cdrpg papers for dis rbation along their ronte. &ate Papers andfews. - Ay fiends receihing papers, or Mrl nt with paprsornews, from any places bot now in full conneotion by mal, will blige a specially by reporting .o Ahe swa office, and will thus aid.in pre testing exciting rumors. A 8eriptral - aigma.. We publish in anothet coluron a scrip tural Imnigma, and invite etw'fiends to Solve the problem'. All anwers to the sigma will be addiesed to eAtor News, with the name of 1e person sending the copnntmicatioi. This must be rigidly adWered to, as no notice will be taken of the aswer, Iless accompanied by a re nosoible natne. 'The Walside ine-9o the ladies -JWe have been requested by severaj ldies to invite' meeting of the ladies of Winnsboro at Thespian Hall, on Mon. day neAt May 1, at 1I o'clock, for the purpose of getting into immediate oper ation the Wayside Home. We hope that all the ladies will turn out, and lend their aid in this important matter. The Truce. Again has an 4rmistico been agreed 'upon by Gene. JOHNSTON, SHBAVAN and Others. This time it Is for ten days. We suppose those Generals are bound to settle the difficulties between the two Governments peaceably if they can, or by force if they mnt.' We await) anx iously, the disclosures of the terms of the proposed settlement. Death of an Old Citizen. Mr. JAB. ELLIOTT, one of the oldest and highly respected citizens of Winns boro, breathed his last on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. ErtUo'T Was born on the 27th of September, 1773, and died on the 26th day of April, '1865, being ninety-one years and seven months old.' He came to Winnsboro about the year 1807, nd was a Magistrate for thie District fora long nuniber of years, and after . that Clerk of the Court for sixtemeyears, and an elder in the .4se iste Reformed Church for twenty-two years. Mr. 1Z.UOT. was e. thiough seoss. eionist -and in a conversation with agen. tieman the mornin4lefore his death ex presed himself as very unwilling to go act into'the Union. He. -* as a silver. - mith by trade, and has left many a S poon -that will all up redollections of youthful days emopg his. old acquain * tandoes. He lived. to' a green old age, *nd .ws at last gathered unto his Father. T eace-tobisnashes, '. hke rmsistte Again.--Proposals for From an o or of the Qovernmient, Swho is in a positin to know, .we-learn thp following facts relative to the late * armistice, and the proposals for a settle ment of the diffeicuties betweeta the North and the South: 'hrMe8 01 AGnEEMENT. *The terms~ of agreement between Gen. 8eanMAN and thM high piffeighio the Oonfederate Sttes, were about asfol lowe: Pint-A recoes'truction of the Uniica and Iinm4dfate tresenation ba ihe United States Consgress. Seoond -'eUni~ed Sttes auathori. ties to garrison all the forts and arsenaik Third-The troops of the vauloun, Souter Stflr e6kd to their separate 8W. caps e n smanded, isd theit and tffep# g hejA and other high offMlls petidigth .If6eation of an agroomeat, which '* 6tiftdp~ to oOWr tynde. b mtroAtiox 4i u o 'that Prea D rted te eem'ent but Aiwr Jti so, (the Vied President of the United States) repli'e to Gen. SiuniAue "that lxs woekd take ,occaon o i hint t"at hedgs simply a ajor0:e 0n the Upited States Army, and herea i he would .con#ne himself to the inange mebt of the .military affir's of is de pItment, and .l9t the adiinistration. of the Goveranierit aldhe. ANbT JoHMSQN is reported to have endorsed 6n the agzeetantfour words, - "Submission" "h~WanOlp.ion"' "Conflcaiion"--ad if -these .were not entitely agreeable, then ".zrernina. TB Ett'IRATION OP. THU tRI7oE Was therefore announced to the Con. fbderate' authorities. They' were noti. fled that it would expire at 12 o'block, on the 28th April. , WHAT GRANT'AND SHERRAN nAID. It is reported that Gens. SHERMAN and GBA NT stated that the Southern soldiers have made a gallant fight and deserve the most butiorable ternms, and that if they were not granted honorable terms the war would .-be ifterminable. 'That honorable terms'should be granted them, and that if they were not, they (SmERMAN and GRANT) iwoidd diaband their armies, and ead their men home. What gives credibility to this is that the truce has been resumed for ten days. [The above may be relied upon,, as we get ' a etleman whose ve racity' cannot be questioned, from" the fact that he is in a position to know what has been,related.-Eb:Ton Nawe.] TUE YANgXE.8 17YING AN. Ino* CLAD.-The London Index says: "W, are credibly inforned that secret negoti ations are. now progreissing betwpen the Government of the United, States and that of Denmark for the acquisition. by, the former of the large Clyde built iron clad, of the Warrior model, which, it will be remembered, wasat one tire supposed to be. designed for the Confederates, and under the threat of proceedings by. the Crown, sold by her owners to Denina'k, then a belligerent.. The^wessqlnow lies at Copenhagen, anWit we. ar well in. formed, as there is no reason to doubt, about the negotiations there pending in regard to her, the practical result of Eog. hneutrality will be to transfer this for. midable engitip of maritime warfaie iito the hands of. the . North, probably to match herself beford long against her model, the Warrior." H. C. -ewwa -ft ere : are not many soldies- in the Western Armay who do not remermber Winslo, the arny news agent. He was a Yankee from Mainb,' and rekered the appoint ment from Gen. Brab*. We have po. tiv~a information that durng last sumineqr he wont to Florida wth $90,000 in Con federate money, and $718 in gold,,all 6f which he had muade aIling papers to our army. In Florida -he purehased rninety five bales of cotto6h and'took themn'te St .Merks. Burt as soon as he got there the Yankees seised Winlow, cotton, god, and all. He took the oath and did all sorts of penance,. but ntot a dollar or a bale did h' get back. T1he ltankeee, however, generously and graciously gave him a free passage North.---.Ataio. l. Horia- The iog yin. maese a grato. ful arbor la musamer. #t grows luxuri ly inQgrcelipate. Itsu re an' oe. Isianeeiy d1emenat in .slt o&ygsat. It is a fabddinental princi-, tre, 6%i04t b~natuM, brees arndd dr aepetndifyq a ,4 o wh ht nnho (the onI *pta~pwilnjs .a ogt de4 g o~ or W M as a ready sotibe in 3(howe 'w? l iot sitrfasting'long, -an "ngel 'iw? W%*hat -prophet wrote of Syria's oTor- I Who from her. husband's mnothier w;ould notwgo? - Whose "Servant tried his niagser to de- i ceiv~e ?7 Where did St. Paul his books and 'A'rch - Iftnts leave ? ,- .' ) What kinfgi'ant race did israel ilav? Who led the Hebrew nation on theilr toil * solhe way? Wa riest frst used a pulpit made of wo ?I W h so g t at4 risk of life, the people's I Whr did kservant slay his lawful king? What fiend'did Paul reque t his cloak to bring ? l What king to Solomon rich tre r. did send ? A title given to Paul's Phillippian frien'd? Who threshed, sand by the wine press hid the wheat ? What mount ofA bore the Saviour's saw cied feeto? W.hat loving father in a. tend'er strain Mourced for a rebel son ignobly slain ? Now dear children search .your Bibles, and you'll fitid, Each name is there which I had in my mind; Takethe intal and note them down 'With cate ; Oh may the text you see incite to pray er. TAt PO t v uL'sivlAlN.-We pen nod t paragraph, a day or two ago, . commeding the poppy to cultivation< and, fprt e manufateire ofopium, Meana whale we happen upon a communication io a Georgia newspape , in which a correspondent, who appears to be au faitdescribes the methodf cultivation of the a pop.y and the preparatio of the wpiut. Herecommends thetahile POPPY Oh meteretee to any other, bpt every ind nid p a raswer, according to his plu. TheI ma in g of cultivation is fOWS: t aHave good land, wel broki, and ow i in d'ills about 2 feet apa mwhemun enogh t work, hop it..outas uwould a Cotton, leaving one or two stal in a hill; or if your eeds are searce, you may drop four or e in a hill about twelve or fourteen tnohes apary then ut erykias iot.Whnn it begins to -bloom and until it matures, if .he weater is dryi it will be neceoary ;olt ate ia t oft, o this ,makes the pods mnore,' Infey. If 'our. land is good and is well Ii.prep*aV sow deep plowin or choein ouyour wola cot, with aittle hoeing and ilin ahil t ifhe weeds. ,I aW In 8, yohe m Tennessee, foureat qouAtftiiel a twelve made from t hepat, that waii e t as by Whe ladies an ildrn for ornaniet. iThe way e gather pi um isat lllow4: The pods should be a little IfOre: yhan half ri awhich time You are toae ae k i ade for-the ing, with tbrp shoft bladesithe mide d the sho so that it may pot g Io dee .r than th Others for yu sw' reco the n b41 is roundish. gith. this knit U make c'dtfro ith pony, thet ' p k not bthe lades a u chld 4 fo thea eo nigh e way ''alapu ni Is .ex lows a The hpods houl the littl an'aore toai thal ide, at thic meou arn t or t' e benfoe thadI shire, pupte wit tb eI snoa pladthe idebladeithe sirte sor thit myrookd g, mder s'han te thesp fof o~i eol~ the h t t s - roedish. yo t tii wokig in th e ex d totngthe ysn, the os atq truhe, ill, Ab u sa tlydus thk ite huls *he~itWthe <hantandap t p nthe e of t 'phoppy an th hif~i o ina puate oi sdl, wth an d n, poc car thoke craen asd soa 34 thahpfthepds an'tu ee expoed as t sta,,wtm 'vda et i thesv6 fhe*p ndi o soae nsal ottaowjv bke d jiotion of an be rev e. )y a tew grai Gl o ur. Pears are y proved by graft ig on the mountain . . Sulphur is valusible in preserving rrapes, &o., from insects. - Iard never ipoils in dry weather, if it a cooked enough in irying out. In feeding with corn, sixty pounds ;rotind gods as far as. one hundred ounds in the kernel. Corn meal shond' neoer be gropnd ery fino. as it injures the richness offt. Turnips of small size have double the kutricious' matter that large ones .have. Rate and other vermin are kept away rom grain by a sprinklingof garlic when acking the =heaves. Money skillfully expeTded in drying and by draining, or otherwise, will be eturned With ample interest. To cure scratches oii a horse, wash he.legs with warm s6apsuds, and then vith beef-brine. Two applications will lure, in the worse case. Timber, when cut in the spring, and 1poted to the weather with the bark on, decays much sooner than if cut in he fall. Wild, onions -say be destr6yed by ultivatilg corn, ploughing and leaving he field in its ploughed state all winter. -0~4 . A correspondent wishes to know how o make soft sosp herd. Add salt and. ontinue to boil until it is of the proper *asistency. Here i a recipe, which ins been suicceesfully tried in. this citv . 'ake 16 gallons water, boook heat, and lbs. sodd ash, 8 lbs. unslacked lime: -t itbol up and settie untilclpar; pour off the liquid aid add tp thlme and oda left 1I gallons water.; stir well-and t boil a %w minutes, then settle knd :iou into the othet mixture anid.add 21 bs. grease, ana let boil steadily witil lone. To tell ,lhen dond, Put a litle a a cup to cool, and if any . liquid is left a the bottom it U' not:done? and muat e boiled more. *'ope prefer to let the aixture boj .att hour or:. tWo, and, add he water.cold, agallen -at a tinie, until beginsto-thiokned and then be gov. ed by the taste, adding.water until it ill not bite the tongue. cun FOR CANcER.-The 'nice of the heep sorrel put in a pewter plate and posed' to 'the, sun until it becomes consistence of a salve, then applied to he cancer and repeated, the litter falls ut withallits ibres. Sevote pain ac onrpanteszh0 operation, but tho cure is ... ds tidebt a Wlt4it essed the procss. %e faceot he i. ker -whoer ~eancer ''wa becat"q mnh'inflaaid and swollen afid the pahl iai Wn han tdropt -'9i .e prae, a a a J s&ir pder's s. The -cavitl *a t ep ut. soon aled and filled up, and there was never return of the e. I have 'been hus particLr because the ripq 6.a n 4led, ut and in ation owing0 it A U oevef Votthe pto; er:resedy and was diconinued. The following is too good)t b losth 9e ejipit from ent exIeage ppeand in pe v hor feel dispose't spread timb paper lise: vyoung man >who actuhar deuired. r eral yfie o ould biple, we. T4. bargbln was co olidd the eklo* aa*Ito sen~l ,the inoli~ ahd '* It Mt 1.havei he soul pls ~ ti pied x)iii /~ 6Wst dtq ~o A.Ciua u PRaY A" eOO. ape follwing: ngJJnyen diretdy fbe un ' In stayed at my hoeseit ethe' 'mne Millerism As 110 its zenith in Cincinnati. - e related to me a rupifor which ho had heard (nr',rs,, of a man be met in our eets asea Milloet preghers hen prd to bet t-e , and ps h go0 em n t i prohi a school house, and to*c ocasion to Abuse all other denomlnatib'q in general, and the Methodists in.parlicul4r, . He said dlere *erp megi ,.hko pitof~.sed tb be' sailed and cooiisAied of God to.preach the gospel, but that e. reiended to no such high credendals. : trpeaching immersionc 'and absignalbuho would not say amen to his vi'ws, being about to close, a wag ,whispered to hm, If he. wishd somo one to close for him, to call on Mr. H-H--. He did, so. Mr. H{-a took the stand, gave out a hymn, and then praydd in this wise: "Lord, we thank thee that thou hasp ever seit thy ministers a mong us; we were a very wickod peopli before they came; some of us, however, have reform ed. We thank thee tf-at thou hast commissioned and son thy ministers to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ; but as for this fellow, he has told us that thou didst not commission him, and we believe him. We hear strange stories of him. Lord, we know not whether they be true or not j but thou knowest, but we hear -he went to Galveston a gambler ; thit afterward. he became a preacher; that. the young men who knew him in' these characters. 'thought them rather incompatible and, in don sequence, docked him in te bay: from which we doubt not lie dates his comniis sion.to preach the doctrife lie hs 'pro. alaisnd to us. We thev* hear also that lie stole a horse at Galve'dton; we inow not whether it be rze Lord, thou knowest ; but one thfil'g we do know that is, we kno* that he stoos with the widow C------- and we know that no [ecent ma4 would stop thero. By this thno the preaeher was makipg hieescape, without dismishsig his congreghtion 'and soou after 'was h9ldig forth in the big tenit. of Mi eism ip Cincinnati. - '9KGmULAn CUs'row -An auction. of unmarried lMdies used to take place annu 0ll i' n Babylon..I - in every. distrie, says thie historian, they assembled on a certain day of the year, all virgins of a marriageable age. The most bea'dtifu1 was* put up first. shd'the man, who bid? the highest or the lergeq stim gained the possessio' of lIer.., The seond In personal appearance fol lowed, and ther bidders gratified themsel yes with handsome *ive a.ccording to h d6pth, of Aeir pur 5ngek Ut hbt'in_ #obylon herp were iom 'tohomlr noson baaivesle l114to bo6ed, yet thosewafe o disposed Vwitdns '*ere the r igi were to staud uh and ,he hads opoIye. a'; lW~id 26srrvI'er "t*h a t ah 2!oi-d he if t iad1sth the Teast j aon' this inanon~1' Nwns Osgreaideoh 'er thasehad Burether imgerectioes ThiS @*to ifpdvalledabouttour hudp#e~s.fgte Ohris& yy W dthesris e b %?f4 r~(miastestwas -'4..~iuno(246 do e- hsewa tiero ener inc!