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roin R fiou'ond. Q N l.JaI I 4 .-2f1t convert. I; . 'Le .fllwing I .0iti.1 of in w eluo refre Of.lunitiing le titl laipd labor to e iglthours; of .1 all"ebt incurred previous, "t A ,865, at twenty-five Cents Qn tle og; of levying no ptoll tax 'of re qi g foleilers to reside in the S:,io to before voting ; of legalizating 1th' 1Of chi il )on ol parents in, fia .so thyy may inherit property ; Of a tinig tolor'ed pVrsons to coIlegcs ; of tin Military Iustiitte, and (r the proceeds to tho edneational fill Thlm newspapers wero severely celAg.d for' mlirepriesentaions. of th~e 1 rs and speejlheS in the Conive li, A djotrniied. city has be!) qnite. lively .witlh n apter fiIgiiiS to-day; One OCCUrrmg (11 eia reporter of tm 'xamine lIt correspoldalt. of 'the New Heri/,l, .md one betwcei a )O O ter of the Jbp"e/h and the offi oporter of .heConvention, in a itimimber of the Conveitioni and er reporter joined; no serious -0 doic, and all the parties were ed. Inmomr, .1anuary I.-Colored Societie leti lo-daV in aelelbation of' ihe fourth 1 %tersary of emnicipation. and were ad. di sett in 1lhe iark, by Gov. Pierpoint, .James Mitcholl aid Geo. Rye, Secre of Convention. -i Cablo Despatohes. bfxbox, January 4.-Inportaut Feuian < nontims, discovered ac, the headquarters 116 ris, havo beenl captured all selt, to .1lwaml. 0o Iecont diIploniatic notice fl-om St.. Potersburg. regni'rling lie "Iisten guTstioen, Nil hi warlike signiflicance. The Rloman colfrnto has beCn aiandoned. ,fl.o Sultan protests to Napoleon against. pi agenis endeavorin' to CXCIte Cevolt .a glio Charistian subjects. Itrian dispatClics from Alexandria, Theodore having yieldel, lithe Aybsiulan expedition will bo suspended. ODON, Jat. I -Two headcentres i live captains of Fellili ol'aIi za - 1 s have been arrcsted at Methyr, i 16 ihl W ale. h41 government hits determined to . *bed againtr Mr. Sullivan, of the ]Fobliii Nation,-and oilher persons who htlde taken conspieoils parts in receit f~deral prociastons ii honor of the Pe pitns ekeented at Maichester. Ajlt is reported Ihat, the mnen10 who Et0rned thle town of'nrtell. netir Cork, 1 broke into a gun siol, Come 0r U~tnited Stes. rrom Washiug on. V ASiGTo, Ja1. I.-Gov. 11ullock, a IMs ah tts s messe ic, Says St180 then, lhaar 11o mlore of conJi.ia jon and attaindcr for the 43oi' b'aern iaises ; let itis l:o an end of illiberal lid uifrieiidly legislation, and while lnpromilising no principle for. which ae I have contonded, let us restore tile I'tely inl rebellion, to equality of hts, As speedily as Is consistent Wlth tle national safety. 1l1 con h0111u1 with a long cnlogy of Grant, Wvitli sfrong expressionls regardingr his itness for the Presidency. W ASINGTON, Jan. 1.--The statistics Qf casualties on the Westerr. and South wcskemn -rivers for the past year, show T.1 accidois, 82 resulting in I he total loss of vessels. Loss involved $;I5,. 000-insuiranco.$512,000. Loss of lilf The'ii Massachneeiti~ts and Mamne Legis la~rswere organized today. 9 nternal. revenuto receipts to-day $2,. 113,000,.. The0 Austrian Government forbids recruliting for the Papal army.. Th'iasevening's .Axpress says it is nOt..the. lea.t among the many .credita ble things Atne by Geni. H-oward, that hehsissned ani order dismnissing from thew employ of the Freed men's unreau, t1hose -sub-oflicors -who have permitted ,theitmselves to be nominated for political G enleral O'Neil, recently ,elected Vice-President, has, by President 110. .berts' resignation, buco head of the 4 B3rothi .rhood. Th, Feniian Senate has issued an ad *dress, disclaimning comuphcity with the outrages' comnmitted mn England. The11 townt treasneV or Spcer, Mas Sanchiusetts, vamosed with $20,000 in corpora tiont f'unds. Dispatches t.-day report (ivo cases of drowning, caused by skating. Immiigraution of 1867 exceeds that of 'of 1866, by. noarly 1 0,000. j SAN FnlAXCome, -Jan., 2.-News by ' ~atnir from (Obina states tha th'e 11mp5urialiforces; met with a severo re.. pulse. A powd'r ex plosion at~ Wvichung *destroyed many hillM,,nnd much proper. ty. ;'ho iViebroy's , palhce was blown int the air.: TIhe United States Consul made a treauty withthe'Fennose sava$e, byv which wrecked steamers will be pro. teod. dress en stiilt i'vi f on ill' part of thoi s and loy a Ly on th Ll'part of tbe pople us tim oi ly' tean' of rehtor ing happier days, : .I Alidiig to" Iieslaye tr1d-, ie hat thle pLb)ic opiuiIn is )v W.eh.n, ingly against it, and tie dcrees ngainst It aid tie penalties aita'tced have killed the traiic foreve'r.. Panishol'Tarrento, baxiailian's ser va'uft., aiid bearcr of his last wvords io Carlotta, died of vorlnit It St. Thom. as. A decree from Madrid autholIes th con'tiiilamc, of mail service by sleamer btween COwn and the United Statos. Emaunoipation Day in Virginia. RiouiMoxtO, Jai. I .-The colored so cieties paraded to-day in celebration of their emancipation. They. wero ad. dressed in the Park by Gov. Pierpont and others. Now York Market. Nrw YoiR .fJai. 4.-Cotton deci dedly less active and about ] loirer sales 2,000 bales, at 16f-. Uold firm, 3d1 a 3.11. Charleston Market. CHAnRILES-ON, Jal 4. --Cotton qui et ; sales 250 bales-middling 15. Liverpool Market. I'vimnroo., Jan. 4I.-Cottoi clos cd still firier, having advanced .'r Cent during the day-olosing uplands 7. ; to arrive 7.- ; Orleans 71t. Man ceics advices favorable. IIVERrooL, Jan. 4-3 p. im.-Cot toml more quiet. Campaigns of Foirest anld his Cavalty. Mi ii' us, 'i.:NN., October 3, 1867. In the work, now in aourse of prepara tion by tie Pu blislhrz, will Ie f'ound an Itil) ieilt ic accotlil. of t.he camlipaigns nnd operations InI which I took parL, d1!11(ur ile war 'or tile independence of ti Confederato States. Bolieving it to be proper Liat there should be a I imelv and lasting record of the deeds and seivices of those whom I have been so fortunate Its to coimnianid, I placed all'. the faicts and papers ill my possession, or av'aila. ble to me, in the hands of accomplished writers, wilo have done their part with closo nd conscientious research, and have endeavored to make ill) a chroni le neither over.wrougit nor over-color ed, as I can testify. For the greater part of the statements of the na1'rrative I mini responsible, an(1 all facts and inci. dents derived rrom other sources are properly credited in the fool.-notes. i ai oped thit justice will be found done inl some degiree to the coturage, Zeal, for ituda ad other sohlierly quaIliies o[ the men of "Forrest's Cavalry," for that has been the main purpose of the work. N. B. FORREST. The campaigns of Liontenant Gone ral 1orrest and Forrest's Cavalry, anl octavo voltime of G25 pages, beatifully illustrated, wVll he sold oily% by Agents. The Canvassinig Book is Inow , ready. Those wisiing a profitable business, should secure an Agency at once, as the sale of this work will doubtless be large. Send for Circulars giving full particulars. Addross, J. P. MILL1 & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa. er' pniblishies ai commlfunication from TI. P., Lide., Esqj., otf that lisirict, in wicih he staties' thiat. huis gin-house ahd some smiahier buildings were destroyed by inendiiary tre, on thie 2ti tilt. On the saie nighi, bult. .at an earlher hour, the gin-house andi fo'dder of his neihbor a'ndl friend, Capt. Wmi, Law, were tired, kut it was discovered in time (o frusrato. tie diabolieal purposes of the( wretches, and save his premlises froma most disastrous' contlagaona. There it goodtreason for hlieving that this was all tho work of 0one party. "A few days bot'dre Mr. Lide's calamity, (ho torch was applied to a building, contain ing fodder anud hay, on the premises of the latt. Chihncellor' largan, andi the same wis conisumnedi. "On Sunday night last, thie torch was also applied to some buildings at the Cyprus Plantation of ile late Jameis S. M~cCali, and one 0or more of them wer~e conlsumed~i. "'Siealtng hiss become so comonl thatlt. it is scarcely no0ticed now'; the abisorbbig question is how to slive oe 's premises fr'om th inodaystrb 'No one feels sat withot a srict watc upo his prcimisos,and Giod only knows how tihis thing is to end4, "The dwelling house on Gen. J. DI. Net. (les' p'lant ation--in wich~ thle GonoralS was sleeying for theo first tIme In mnuths-'nfrcd on Wednesday night, and before mucth conld be saved was soon in blaze, and the Genural b'ad1 tt time to savo lhinlyself. Foeuno DP.A D--Thoeody of Joshuia Odlom, a-citizen of thIs District, wlas foutnd dead( at or' near McCall & Co.'s Mill, en) Tiuesday miorninn last.' It is supposed that. Mi. Odom was too much intoxicated to bd able to get. home, and' fell down near (lie rill an~d froze to dethl. Ait inqutmowais held on Wednesday, whilch. reiaterqed (hlo, followigg verdict, that, hqecame .1o'his detith ?kom ini. I olibation 11nd oxp(sure to (he weather. Darlngton Rou t hener Sidim i 'ho qnidersigeII.d, 0 to I, ach,j I)ahO,bof W t estateogner in said island, d.es tle t beV'in 6st iubuii ;i to lhV holtire feir etssihv a donple'O ied" aicc' rato list of' all (io shocks ind r'unubliuo oiso whAiih foftoded tho dreadl' earth (ialke oui ilaid'expur:eed dn tie 18ti of N)Vemiib.r last. fy Imieitltion is not t.o ive y1our Ex Illelcy a scinillelie desCn ij lol of said catastroplie, but I feel iat, pirhaps, the learned sOiies of yoitr OnlighenI country may Imake use of such minuite obszervatiois Us (hOSe f Lave mado; and, if So, f shall feel highly flAttered by your ncceptane of L. 1 enclose the list, and subscribo my. self your Excellency's most subinissive surv illt. IM. rTA cIt. Lists of shocke and rumbling sounds which followed tie earthqu( ake in the WVest India Island (f St Thoima, oa Lhe 18th of November last : The 1 s of November was a bauti fill clear day, with a line ilue West India sky. The wind was 'A.st by North,- but very little of' it. The oceaii was fqiim, .nearly a calin. '.le stnn sIhone iright and warm, and ihe barome. Oer sLood aL 2.1 degrces, Iteieur, in thein shadi. There was not. Ihe least sign of ainy kind that foretold tiis great, revi~ttion inl nature, when at once, just about, a quart0er 0 o3 o'clock P. M., there was Ieard ti inderground rumn bling noise which iminilintely was follow ed by a Ifrril eartIiI ialw. which seeied I coe fron omh by \vest;aInd pasil oin to Nori b Iast. ' The ea14lhsm ed as 1i composed of small waves rising and sinking under your feet, so that. if you maide a stejp forward, voori foot seimed to meet higher groud, and if 'oui put it backward it also luere met higher gromid. To stand sill i oine, spot was impossible, and when trying to walkjt. was as if sonethimg kept you back. 'f'ho underground sound, Iluilo the first shock was going on for about one inlnnute and a Lalf, was most, dread fuil. It terrified every living soul. The siln1 sieCeld at once to become dil ; it was as if ii. was eclipsed. and- this dim ness lasted tiat first. day till siuniet and contmned the whoil next pav, but in a smaller degree, anid oti. wore entirely away in m lhe courso of two days more. It. was as if the siu, though apparently as bright as usual, had lost some of its w.armilg amd lightiig powor. A rcor i'he first terrific shock the ground kept on groaning and Irembh ig, whlen. about t.i minutes aner, a seconid strong shoci was felt. Directlv After this second shock, the ocean, which' shortly before the first shock had receded froni the land about several hundred feet, was seen to rise like one huge wave anad come in to ward the harbour. It $ioo(d pl) like one straight White wall, about fifteen to twenty feet high, and ,advanced very fast into tt harbour, s4weeiing or ill) setting tihe small vessels before it, and raisin hie large men ol-war and other steanlers to its top. '.lie appearanee of this wave was like a .white masoned Wall, erect and.straighti, as if made after a rule ; it. had no aplieannee at. all of a wave in, general. It bloke in over ihe lower parts of tho townto tile height of a couple of feet. and to the extt of t.wo hundred to twvo hmidred and fifivy feet inland, according o the flatiiess of the localit v'. Ttis~ wavt rising was re peated a second ti me, atfer an miterval of about toii minutes. id thte seconid wave seemed to be a littb largecr than the first, and went . a itule forther in land. After thieso two waves ud passed away the ocea'n'remained as gtr as thme eye could see again qite phin,. just as b'e. fore the first. shock of esthquiake. Theo shocks continued and' were felt every few minutes. it Was as if thle shiocks the first (day (hilnig together as in1 one ich.min, but. foun a' quairter before :3 o'clockonu the nornlinog of the 1 9th of November the s16eks wvere felt more separately distinst, 'and thiero fore seemed as if they iure more fre. qjuent. lromi 21 o'clock P. ?N. on 'the 18th, till 2j o'clo~ck 'A. M. od the 109th, there were eighity~nlne shocks.' Froim 21 A. M. oni the I19th, till mnidln htI, there Wvere two hundred and thiirly.eught shmocks. The shiocks becomiing lesa seveio from the 21st of Novemiber, tip writer gives thioexact hours of ovary one, as -also LI:O hour of every ruimbliir' iio)se withi out 'perceptible shock nedornpanying it. - T1ho system of'laying lailways wvith out the use If' s1eepers, jy placing tho rails directly o~ thle ba~tlust, whic h has been in operation~ for ;sohno' time p~ast, in Prtussia;iS'sa id to be. ruito sueoss fttl. i that country h is a rule on) the railwatys 'that every ifth wheel of' a train must have a bhen0 ty-iv.e .Ur.- &'%witt lii 4101g. )een 1owi al? Ohe. of th3 most eloquolint div ,inc U Peinsylvaiig .lie has - ben de pastor of them .Presbyteriani elirchi in H1arrisburg, nearly fifty' .years. Soyeval -timods during his ca rONr le Is: )ceen subjected to :everc peirsoal imiIII adversionis by tlc poli. ticians of tho Stato, formpirly those of (lie Whig party, and latterly by tho iepli icalns. His connection with G'overnor Shunk, and the resignat ;-on of that ollicial, brought. upoin )r. Dle witt censures on accounti of the iniflui enee wiich it is suppos.Ad le exercised over tihe Goveror's hst acts in ollice. loi after hr. Dewitt's cong regat ion provided him with an1 assistait, he was app'ointod by the Democrats State Librarian, ia position which ho filled bettor, and the.duties of witolh ie dis chargod moro creditably thia any pf I his predecessors or successors. The I library was never kept in as good con. litionl as when he had ciharge of it. ie liepiblicans, on obtaini ing psower during tho war assailed hin on ac coun t of hi i Deiocrat io sympat iies, relloved himl) from olice, and alpoiit. ed a Rudical to succeed him. TinE arlii s or Tii '. a N mioniN IA,- inMLOTTE COUNTY, lle(4ember 27.-Along and throughout tim con ties niannl below a reign oerror prevails. The freedm1on0 have be come desperato awaiting tile d istribu ion of farms, and ntow seek revenge by house burning, cattle slayling, and other out rages.. The counties of Ame., lia, Nott away, Prince Edward, Lu n(nurilgr, I lalifax, Meck lellburg, and Pittsylvania are deluged with such otrages. Murder, arson, and incen diarism are of mighty occurreice, and a war of races Scotus inevitable. The civil authorities are powerless to pro toot, and military posts are so remote that the whites have determitied to defend themselves in different ways, as their defence may be, but the reso lutoun is death beforo negro suprema cy. Tie forty acres and two mules promised the negroes at Christimis not being forthcoming has caitsed this terrible state of affairs. -N. Y. Ikrald. (!ARRIAGE SMASHED DY A IOCOMo' TIvE-A GENTLJ.EMAN, ItA1)Y AND CiILD INSilDE ESCAPE UNmiUr.-Yes terday miiorin 11g. a iost lmiracutlotis es cape occurred at the depot of' the South Carolina Railroad, in Line street, just before the depavture of tile passeiger t rain for Columbia. A hackuan had just driven into the yard of.the depot having. in his carriage a Mr. Steadman1, ii his sister and a child, and had jumped down from his seat to open tho door, when the whistle of an approaohing freight train frighton ed his horses, and they dIashied off. Tho horses runnitig out of the yard, turned in the directionof the railroad track, and ran directly across it, They ixirely eseapod the approaching locomotive, which struck one of the hind whcols of the carriage, and throw the occupants out 11pon the ground. The carriage was dragged half way to Columbus-street., and lite rally smashed to atoma. The horses broke loose fromi the carriage as soon1 as it was struck by the locomotive, amnd ranl untlil the" slipped upi in a mud puddle, aind wereC then01 caught, Extraordinary, and( eveni incuredible as5 it may scoem, nteitlher people or horses were hu lrt.--Cur,. Mellrcurq/. Waosiineton corr'espondent of' the Rich mend Da'patcha under (late D~ecemnebr 2G. says : The" iRepuilbicanl party is completelyv demoralized and Jailing to picc('s. N'o state of things can take place to prvn its 'isgrace. Tile Conservatives will neCxt year carry all tile Northerp and1( Westein Siatos,.with, three or four exs ceptions. Theii "halnd-wri.ing iso 011 ho1 wallh." I haive closely observed polisi. cal mtters for forty years, anid hatve never before witinesseil so grert, a chainge ini pulicW'Opinion. 'Be of good ohd~er, andi we can save our dear old mother, Virginia. TVhe hour. of our deliverance is conuniig. - . A hior'an helanging to aL Toston steam.i fire engine was remioved to an ot~her staible on Sunday nlight, ini order to give a now-comner aL chance at, the ropes. . Thero was an alarmi during thbd night; and the old1 horse kiced. d own the stallsi an d overy't hltng else his hleels could tonch, in hise anxiety to get Out and go to tihe lire. ainherr-y wine taken intecrnally and ra plied externally, is anlnoun~ced ats a cure for <wrdula. dre. Oroonm a' white itan oflbw chtr actor, a Heorg- P00b9,- a'discharged negro soldior, Whicli restilled in IIth death of t'ho ', mer. Tlhoy were talk ing logethlter, and getting into a qarrel, G room cut at the negro with- a knife Iuakmg at hprlgo gash in his pattaloons whet 110 latter seized a billet of wood and strick Groonm on the head killing him instantly. Dutl'as was inmediate ly arrested, nid tho mlagistrate beforo wvhonlt) Lite clkse Was bronght caine to Charleston yestLerday torobtain. instrue tions, and return.ed in- the afternootv train.- charleston Aferctry. oP A VfNInAis: LA-.y Our com ntintty was inuch0 pained to learn tie death orMrfe. Nizabelh Ken. driek, which sad event occured, in this town,on lTuesday hist,- at an advanced age heyond 70. This verrerable and vetietated lady had Come down to us, from a past generation, Full of wisdoun and cristian piety, atid had ever beetr a bright alyd shining exaimple of virtue, truth and kintdnmess. n aillicled fainily antid a large circle of Iriends iniotn t le loss of one w~hoso whole lif'e was spent inl lcts (if goodless and I -xci of those gInalities which adorn the chaineter of tho ChriS t ian lady.--Sum/n4r Aew. Iiow To C' Aoo A Go1:.-gSped yoturell' in front of a brisk fire, and re volvae arefullyv and regniardy until you t'e dione brown. A dinflistiators Sale. 1 1 u, oller for sale to the highest bid dk-r I* o cash. , I he 23rd day of Janu ary itstanit at his Into residence. all th personial property of ( toi ilato of ithe late I t I i llif. deceased, consist ing of l101rSes, Mulles , C'W, 81e, 1inep, I(OgO, 00-1, 'odder, flay. I'lanation Tools, and Ittnple. ments. Together Irith all fihe htotischold andlit he nl fi inre. Als 11h4 Planltationls, drist, Fl(our and Saw ili it new a Ind good repitit Will be lentedvi. Terms of reat will be jambllsled on dity ot sile. W. A. M1ILLING, jan 8--Ji xI Adm'r. Adiliistlato's Notice. A IL persons hvittg drnands aganst (i'd L I itat( of Nicholas Wyrick, deceased, will witloni (elity render them in, rperly at teted, to Jag. IT. liion, Attorney, Wtils, boro, S. , ; or f t lie undersigned. .V. N. lASON, Adut'r. .an 8-xlawfw Fott in iH Campaigls of Forrest flti His Cavitlry, n m A tntF ULmLY 0iLUs-raA-ATHn. T IIit itit'oical record of tile mdst brilliant exploits and daring adventurei of tlhe wa, uaong its many valuable and interest. ing tortribitiotm to historlcttl truth, clears tilt, oil uiqtiestionible authority, all tis reiwepentations4 in regard to the taking of 'ort l'illow by GenEral Forrest. Address, J. P1. AdILE1R & M., jan 4-It Piladelphia, Pa. S.AL]IJ. ON Wednuesday, loth January next, I will siell at. public otorey tW thle highrest bidder, at. the resdtlenlco of the lIto J7eto miah Cockrell, deed., toh personal property of the Estate of Mars. 'liza Cockroll. Con' istmitg of Mules, Household Furniture, &c. I A. GAILLARD dec3-t laWtd Adnt. flN Friday lih inst., I will sell at public '1outcry in front of' tho Cotti- flouse iti Witnnsharo, 7 niules and 1 Itorse, the propet. ty of' Estate of' Dr. WY. U. H~all, deo'd, if. A, GAJliLASD, Jani 4-2xtlaww A ir fIllEP Plantation, whereon the late Go, J& .LII. bleans resided, known as the "liemp Patch"--contaning 1400 acres, ahottt 600O suitable for grain and ootton oul. t ivat ion, and affords fine pasttirago for cat.. tie. For particulars apply to 8, B. Clowney at Wintnsboro, 8, C., or* to dec 25--x2, .. TO RENT. ( fi Aoeres of land lying on the Calawba UUJl River, four miles below Rocky Mlount, 75~ actres of bottoms and 50 aores fresh utpland. Thtero is a good fishery at, isaohed to tho place, one of the best Trap i-isherticsa n f River. will be rented to the highest bidider in Winborl, ont the first Mlonday in Januiary neil, if nof. rented be.. fore. To an apptroved tenant, the place will be leased for a number of years. Apply to I. N. Withers, Winnsboro, orto, the undersigned at his residence. J,. C, CA LDWEJL L, dod 2i-x2XAgent. Afor sale by DPOlTEs& BRo. jan 8