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18WINS~BORO - _Wj8 _ _ Job Printi Job Printing 1 AIi-We ~1y i VISITING CAR W IV 8 E WErDING CA BR E S111. nmmosaorwIlllEF3 L L.u.:taa+ tw . 1IL L 11 A DS, Desportas, VIms & Co. -I1NF.;yPf)~3 TYtt11: $4.00 per annum, in ndvenco. ;y L t;;; ________ c1Ys Tasient advertisements inserted a -- -- - -- --- ~ _ _ _ _ _ _9CI L'L ' SC:UULE CC.S, $1.04 per square for the first and 50 cents 1TT T m~-~. C G . 'U?'Pl 1t, Sai. ur o+eI eoquonL insertion. VOL. VI.- WINNSBORO, S. C., TUKJRSDAT DECEMBER 16.1869 148 I EXECIJT4) 1'11 DISPATH . Po?tr3r. Eighteen. You are el teen to-day and life'e sunny haours Have ih splendor over your head, Bright a. 'deW on the opening flowers That ati ily hide in a soit mossy bed. +1es, eighteei to-day---in the bloom of your . youth + Aim high to, the holy, the pure and the good; B. steadfast in virtue-and bat le for truth, And lite In the beauty of true womanhood. Just eighteen ie.day-then arm for the fight 'Gainat psion, and folly, and wrong ; Grave on y.ir soul-shield "God and tle right,". And yoi/' arm and your heart shall be strou-, Yes, el bteen to-day--then here's to your holth, Not,with wine, but with water refined. My 1o0st is your purity-anl a f.tleless wealth Of beauty-, heart and of mind. The C,1: o ir's Repo Ft. The follow lo' a brief synopsis of the annuall Keport of Ililnnd R. Iul burd, Comptroller of the Currency: Since the last annunl report, nine National banks have been orgsnized, making the total number up to Oeto bor, 1869, 1,694, of wbich 1,620 are in activo operation. The total amount of notes, and fragments of notes, of all denominn:. tions, outstanding September 30th, 1869, is $299,789,895. The total amount of U. S. 'bonds held by the Treasurer of the United States to se cure the redemption of the circula ting notes of national banks on the 30th of September, 1869, is $342, 475,100. Owing to tl"- abuse of the present law concerning liquidation, it is re commended then Congress pass an act, requiring all banks that go into li quidation to deposit legal tender notes for their outstanding circulation, and take up their bonds deposited with the Treasurer of the United States within sixty days from the date of the vote to go into liquidation. It is recommended that all taxes imposed on national banks by the United States be tnnde returnable and payable to sthe Treasurer of the United States. The recommendation of the estab. lishment of an agency in New York City, to redeem the issues tti trans act the business of national banks, is renewed. The average dividends made by national banks during the last year, are said not to exceed ten per cent. upon their capital, af.or deducting taxie and expenses. The total increase of United States currency for th y 'ar is $3,713,6.12. The volume of rency now stands $390,000,000 issuel by Government. and $300,000,000 by banks. It is urged that there should be but one paper currency, and t'hat should em nate from a source that is influenced by and amenable to the laws of the State, It is claimed that the present banking system is an improvement, and its faults are the result of an irredeemable ' curr oy. A self-ad justing system of o reney is needed, and tnay be res tied through the agency of the national banks, before the return of spo'e payments. By the etabllphmnt b1'1A4 a specel 1ass,.the;, resut '.of specie pay. aoent fs bAff ated, and famil. iarity with gold *iues will tend to relieve the suh'jeo4 of its mayateryr. * Looking for ward to unifor m. values, by wise legislationi now, a national banking system cen be established which will furnish. R ound currency .of uniform value melevery State in the Unono.--S. C. R?ep Iica. The Georgia pers neot'ioe the 'Venesuela entton I rod.nced and out.. tiwated by Dr. 1tner, who makes twee bolls grow 4 e only one grew before. This b~ tiful and silky plant put down 14 uly will mnaturo *opner than the boi species planted ispring, and It gItes one hundred and fifty boll. on a 4talk--ft,y boils taaking oe. pound. 4lUandment. ThQse ao*the twords of the four teenthamendment :-"No State shall make or enfo.rce any low which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. * * * Congress shall huvo powcr to enforce by appropriato ltgislation the provisions of this nrticle. . By the adoption of an amendment with these words the States have in el eet vacat ed their sovereignty as to all the sub jects that can be brought under t:.at amendment, since for all euch subjects Congress is the supreme law-making power. What is to be done in the case of Georgia may give to the States at large som light as to the practical possible operation of the anodment. In addition to these important top ics we notice two propositions already up for complete amne."ty ; an inquiry from s'runch old Cameron as to Cuba, and a hint from the Censss Commit tee that the legitimate suecepor of the slavery ait.ation i., .- be an agita tion as t, railroad.s. Among the most important matters which were brought to the attention of the Senate yester day must he enumerated a communi nation from the Governor of South Carolina, enclosing resolutions of the Legislature of that State relative to the recognition of Cuba as an inde pendent government ; a memorial in favor of according belligerent rights to Cuba: the necessity of the nubli cation of a new map of the United States illustrativo of the laud re sources of the country, to be made in connection with the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office ; a resolution by fir. Sumner aiming at such legislation as shall so oteo for medical practitioners in the District of Columbia equal rights and opportunities, without distinction of color, and a report from the Com.it tee on the Judiciary of the bill relnt ing to the appellate jurisdiciion of the Supreme Court, with an anend inent in the nitture of a 'substitute. The House of Representatives was mainly occupied with a discussion as to the most economical mode of tak ing the census. Evidently we are to have a session of very great interest to the people, and if, as rumored, it is to be short, it must, perforce, be very practical.-N. Y. Hera,ld. The President, in his message, tells Congress about various policies that should be adopted, but it so happens that he doesn't want them adopted at present. lie say" that.,ur taxes might be reduced $60,00),000 to $80,000,. 000 per year, were it not for some experimeint.that h,o wants to make in funding the public debt- but, as thigs eare, he thinks it host to phst lone reductiou. le desires a return to specie payments, but this, he tells us, must be deferred for the present. HIe asserts that the tariff ought te be c'ut down, but the process, he holds, should be put off till another season. The internal revenue tax, he assumes, should be adjourned for three years. The Alabama olaimn.i, he resolutely contends, must be i igorously settled, but the settlement, be is well convinc ed, should await a future and calmer condition of feeling between tb Uni ted States and Great Britain. All these things, he tri doubt, will de mand the energe'.io action 'of fut>are aidminiattits, bitt bt of 1ie. nS~tate Rights seem lik~ely to come up in Kentucky once suore, and in a shape in which it will be hard to get thema out of the wa,y without going near to the decision that there are no States. It is a question of taxation. The power to lay taxes is the first ne cessity of the existence of governe ment; that is its moat vital .funotion, and one in which it wmust be absolute ly free. This general prinoiple is.no ddubt the basis of the deoision just given in Louisville, that it Is uincon stitutional for Congress to deolare that, States shall not tax certain kinds of propert.v, such as United States bonds. -N. Y Harald. The first vessel freighted through the Butes canal sank in the Red Sea. Thae Treassary Report. Mr. Routwell's report is of the hiy?est im portance. Among the more salient and gratifying points is his an nouneemeut that, including the inter est earned and not paid, and deduct ing the cash on band, the debt of the United States on the let of March hart was $2,525,463,260.01, and, sub; ject to the so conditions, it was $2,453,559,73423 on the first of the present month, showing a decrease of $71,903,525.78 This apparent de crease of the p4blic debt is less than the actual de$reaso. Considerable sums have boe paid on account of war and other eld claims not previ ously ascertain d, and therefore not included in any debt statement. The Sooreta found the Sinking Fund provisio of law utterly neg. leoted. le io reports the law com plied with, the being a surplus of of. $55,432,000 i redeezsed bonds to be added to the Pond. Mr. Boutwell proposes that the resumption of Fpedle payments be de layed until a part f the Five-Twenty bonds can be fund in a new 4f per cent. gold loan, wb h bhe would limit to $1,000,000,000, at most $1,200, 000,000, one-third payable after fif teen and within twenty years, one third after twenty sod within twenty five years, one-third after twenty-five and within thirty ears, for which Five-Twenties should be ezohangable, which National banks should be re quired to keep as the basis of their circulation, whioh thoild be free from. taxation, and the intere4t of whil should be payable either here or at the loding money oentors of Europe, as might be desired. He makes many suggestion, worthy of the gravest consideration in regard to the currency, bankh_t, the develop. ment of our- conn gftl marina, &c. -S. C. .Rtpublcan. BOwEN AT No DIRTY WORx. Congressman, C. C.'Bowen, who, ' if he had received his deserts, would now, be either in the Penitentiary or a corpse, made such by a sheriff and a gallows, is still here. It has been a matter of surprise that he should linger here when his dntiep and per diem call hitm to Washington. But he has been busily engaged on other than Congressional duties. His ob. jects in remaining behind have been, if report be trugs to secure the pas sage of the coip,Uill, and the election of Whipper t4he Supreme Bench. By securing Whipper's election he removes a formldable rival from his path, for itris, pderstood that he would run for. as against Bowen. What hiq lit are In seegring the passage ofthe :ooin bill are not so easily divined,'but it is understood to be to get the tluence of the State officials, who supposed to be inter estea in the, l1-ooly for the credit of the State It is freely reported that money ht been used or pronised by Bowen to Jniuence members to vote for the eFeotion of Whipper and the passage o he bill. During yes terday and to hren the oin bill was under disusid, nolored mem ber", as I am hformed, were heard to remark to eslr other, "Hews yeo re. cae0d your money for lhis ' and to make similar, r.mFrk. Tbftu re mark* were bt ovevrhearj by me, but knowing the character of my Infor mant, I have no doubt that they wore made-Co. Okeriston Ne. - An inventive Frenchman who wit. nessed the great petrolenm conBlagra tion at Bordeaux, reeently, suggest. a new mode of harbor. defemsee: "li ease a hostile bet, shLould bombard a port, all that woutPk be necessary would be to pour several hundred barrel. of petr-olernm on the water at ebb tide and light It. Wooden ships, would be burned, while on tre, ships the crews woutd beroasted.," A noted Wetern express company prints on its shippingreeaipt that i will Inot he liable for ''any loss or damagi by. I fre,'-the acts of. God, *r of Indianos, or other enemies of the gpveripa.'' A FAT Jon.-The general provis, ions of the gold bill, now before th< Legislature, are these : Ecton ". That the principal o all bonds and stocks of thi4 State, an( the interest thereon, shall be paid it gold or silver ooin. Sec. 2, That.6he T,easurer of thii State is herebf authorized and requir ed to make the' ' necessary exhangei through the Financial Agent of tli State, in New York, for carrying thit into effect. Sao. .3. That this act shall take of reet immediately. The "interest" is a small matter tc the Radical speculators. What the' want is the power to pay in coin the following amounts: B per cent. stock due 1870, $314,453 6 per cent. bouds due 1871, 500,OO Total, $814,452 Supposing that they buy up these securities at 60 to 70 per cent. in cur. renc-, and obtain payment at par in gold, there would be a profit on the transaction' of about three hundrea thousand dollars in gold. This it worth.praying for, lobbying for and paying for 1-Charleston News. T! "difflcult and rarely attemptee lorg operation of the transfnmion o blood has recently been successftely per formed if the Pensvlvnnia Hospital. A yonng man in the upper part of the city was wounded on the inner surface of the upper lip. The wound continued tc bleed for 10 days, after which time the patient was sent to the surgical wards o the hospital. Several remedies were applied, and the arteries supplying the face were tied, but without success it controlling the flow of blood. Recour was naxt hs, to.:.,i- anu to th< common carotrd or great artery of th< the neck. and applying a ligature, so of to obstruct entirely she course of the blood. The oozing of the blood stil continued. but in lessened quantity On the 19th of October the patient wat in -such a state of extreme exhanttiof fron the long continued hemorrh'age sht his death seened to be imminent and, as a last resource, the attendinp surgebn resolved to try the effect of tranafusir.' Two medical students bared theb arms and gave the blooc required for the oreasion. Five oticet and a half of tbe' blood was intnsed intr the vein of ea.h rm of the patient, th< marked good 09cts of which were evinced in five d utes by a r.llying o the pulse a 'otherwise beginninp reaction. The as no fnrther die, charge of blood the original vouind, and in 10 days t natent was able tt walk in the war . a d rapiJy regaine:i tregth.-, In the Senate th re are 6 Demo erate; 7 negroes,mnd I white Radicals For the Senate from bbevillo there are two olaimants-Co nel Cothran (Dew.,) who was legall eleoted, and Mr. Oufin, (Rad.,) who s defeated In the House, therw are I Democrats 72 negroes, and 36 white Riadioals. Tat Tsxas ELacSos.-Galseston December 9.-.Returnaifrom fortyssi counties give Davis 5,489 mtyerity, Flanagan, for Lietttenant-GovernOi 8,260. Gineral W. T. Clarke, e, btse.ol;~ . 9hoa the t dWA bl ;Wira3 elect Go} *o: prob4 ifries are tha all tlbe oanAldq4 to gree on th< Davis tiokes ar eleted, with goo< u.ajoritles indt .bta es' of th A Csi4A si p sdEk to promot the natim~ prosperaty by furnishing fre pae to any pa4de la Europe wh~ wish- frsake their isom.. in this. coon try:" To dQ this he calTs ona congress ~pppriate $90 00,O00 a year 1r av ~ear fs the employenent, of sukabi ssserbel. to ha ,onisenuded b *Ibt. M~be~w.' ashed atesell 4 A i ~ obuit.r," was th cepfrt~4~gp lid fellow. '!An &~Jfr"One of thirer diIIiI~'~IJ is evident. Agricu aM Facts. Tutf a.ou io;l ; tree does as tuch harm as ht, eboker on a boy's neck. Four hundr t,;is a day are used on the bar o; the Purugua in making Liebig' cr'et of meat. It is a little s"us that the mak ing of potash a 0 1 diseses of the potato are co ectcs:. The less pot ash the m.re ot. On an a;:ge th..-ule can do a third more wcork, l"v s third longer than the h,rso, saue iv, 11s particular about its board. Mam Earl of Ii" : on County, Ind., b.d a corn patch of nc;, -rres. Cau "anybody say is e o h,.e.r ? The grain is now fatteuit:s 4,001 beeves. le o.c farmer i he w-. makes the most t,,snoc. The nei. best farmer is b., i..r hu- - he most. Many far..;cr . brA, bit: butter in winter, because they skim too much milk with the cream and do not churn often enough. All manures that are handled with the shovel and fork may just. as well be applied 'between rrw and April as in the busy season. T-ime is no ex. oeption to this rule. The vine has give: more comfort and joy, with less loss .-nd cost, than any other fruit-plant. Apples are an American fruit ; grapsi are eaten all around the world. The wisest farmer is '.e who has the most experience to light his way. The experience of others well notsi and applied with discretion may mak, the young farmer as competent as the old. A FAIR Tuin.---"I uydorstand, Mr. Joncst that you'can irn anything neater than any other nan in town." "Yes, Mr. Smith, i t4ink so.'' "Ahem ! Mr. Jones, I don't like to brag, but there is nobody on earth can turn a thing as well as I can whit tle." ''Pooh ! nonsense, Mr. ,mitb I Talk about whitthng-w-"%%hat can you whittle as nice as I can tern I" "Anything--everythisoz, Ar. Jones. You just name the urticet. th:at I can't whittle tha, you can turn, and I will givo this dollar if I do net do it to the satifaction of these gvtlcmen present. (Here Mr. Smith tables the dollar.) "Ahem ! Well, then, Mr. Smith. supposo we take tuo grindstones, just for a trial, you kuow--you whittle the one while I turn the other." A fair "soll." Mr. Surith stared a moment, and vamanotsed. The fur,feite. dollar was quickly .e1 e of by those prezent, with t rne ;e and sat. isfaution. It muust, moreover, be mentioned among the cignsjof 'he times that on the same.tAy the hishomt met in Roma tho Deiys aasemlbled in ctonvertion at Naples=,' and that the news of this co,n. vention and of the opening of the Ecumenical Council was anshed\sinul. taneously by the Ailantic teleg'Jph to New York. One by one, the old ban 'f -fr State are teauming busmnessi T e test cheering tndicaton of the kd in. the case of the 4, an nsti tt.tion ' K'i; . c, ' s iformttf ld, %oepenud its dorifrf br y.ester SThaSt. Louis DemocraL, one of the ablest And most influential of the papers traich have advocated a. oon traotion'of the ountenov. bas dIiscover ed that perhaps contra'etion is not ne ferteefforts of the contractioniaS "Lenny, you're a pig," aW4 a f *f to his litto Qve yeas' o'd 7 "Now, do yom kon'r wbat. a r- M. 7 Lsnn-y 1'" 'Xes ir, a #:g's *a .g's little boy." A . TheColuablaRadials kao wetony.eea habdoa i tecoigta"frGv r t W