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.111111[-t - - - * .b*W VT- C. um A ' iiiw- o- 1' A')U n~~f in t1 -t1 d WILLIAMS & DAVIS, Pro ritors,J . A Family Papqr, Dev-tOed"to 80jenCof Art. -'1nqujy1hwoustry.. And 11tertUres TRS4.OPr nu nAvne -OL - WS C. YED . -)AY -. A 1 -i -cuinin e cRV -~~~s -il - r-.u a e l - m.yPprDe37t7n77A $rii iert 0NrAnu da -T HE AIRP I R L D BIRR11 18 PUIS.IPtID WNEKLY DY W I L L I A M S 0 ) A V I S. 2erms.-The HERAL,D IP publi ed We4 y in it.e Town of Winnsboro, at $8.0 n variably in advance. gj- All trisient advertisements to l 'A[rD IN A DVA NCE. O1ituary Noticen and Tributes $1.1 per a quare. AD YOUR OWN CONCElNS. Mind your own concern@, my friend, For they are yourt alene , Don't talk about your neglbor'n fault Bub strive to mond your own. 8uppose he does not. alwayq lead A truly pious life ; What a4attere if lie sometimes frets Or quirrels with his wife I Don't meddle-let him know, my frien Your,hi(iLhitture spurns To aot the spy on him or his Just. nind yo%r-own eonaerns. Yes, mind your own conb6ra,.my frieni And pr y you48 l qu d That all ouzr* Ino.is ocoupled. And y k-gotinoigh to inind; What ie oftre If 4pooks or r3 ooks Should kk Rily Jones I Vliat neatte Wur A half a 11illio oils f Tito money is not yollrs,-my friend, Though,lgi giores-he- earns Be do notL..4 hint his wealth, Dut inind your ownosncerhs. Yes, midI4 youtaowUaebc.a'au,- my frlen It is 0,1titer plan ' Than aliwsys'tebe s'ying, tut The ddeds of brotber Inan. Ilomenber thaVall peVsons>lkv*, ThouglY hiddenfrom your view, Thoughtb that, to'liiim 6f right, belong, And ntt all tqy*ut And also'bearin p,It, my feldnd A genroeti hqture *orms No secret fro,aneIht.r' i.breast; 8o uIild yourd*n. oenierns. . A-.Dlel 'ai to r Feet. In 1837 Colo1-'UDfal a ,ean'dl date fur,'t' , 6 A u' 4916o8 th upper Sonai9ria, tr qo,6. oti-j sippi, became imyo've F.a persona affair with,youp 0Pu famuotis agQ't unngm n OD ,k taiuo Ps - eoaut Carolina. . :,u1pidula6M was . -up twenty-?P .'e was a oniall,.1hanA some yo", w)th long fflioa. hair bright 'Wq,6 cyes, and very amia6 l geltle maiers, but af most daunt less dtemIation and oool odutage Cunnintiar 'lii4d challenged Duvall who haJ;fonght before, and wea re garded .as ano adept in the -d Duvall, in1a spirit of what. was eon hidered V hborderng. on bragga.do'dio uccepted40'e .lege, but presori4eq the torins that hey should'fight IIii pistols at four feet off. lid evident ly mistobk4his man if be imagine that suo' -erins wo.uld be rejcqtau by Cun n. The 'parties me opposite Viokaburg. An iinmens concourse assumbled to Witn6ss th 1affr. .ThW-boyish Citanin;gham- ot cited universal sytipathy, tinglo with pity und- admiration, when Wi appeared in the field. lie loukoi younger and'more boyish than' really was. Ture wa asofelus de'sign on th part of the spectators to intefer and prevent the fight between a ful grown man and a mere boy. Bu Gunungham and his frienda. by 1.he, determined conduct, prevented ali such interforence. The parties wer soon stationed in their plnoes, ju four feet apart by exact measuremnent Cumnningham fixed his eye upon hi antagoniset witia that peculiarly gentI smile oharactoristic of him. Duvail 'though doubtless a brave man, coul not but feel and manifest some nei vousness on the occasion, as ho ha prescribed the perilous mand desperat terms on which the combat was to b, -determined. "Attention" wasn calle and the parties declaring that the wore "5ready,"~ the word was givel and both fired at the word "one. iDuvall fell, shot through the hear 'Cunningham.stood coolly In his pIae unsoathe,l. An 'involuntary "hurrah arose from spectators at the issue< an affair which shad enlisted the feelings so warmly in 'behalf of th young.David of this combat-Ne 'Ouleans JBulletin. .Fatal Rlencontre in Edgefili'. Wo'leaen that a fatal shootha .a ray occurred at Edgefield Cou Nouse-on Monday the 19th, at o'olook, resulting in the d'eath of M~ Marshall Glovier, and the slig1 wounding of the two'Stevenson brot era. It appears that' the Stevensol were tenants of G'oVer, and all p. ties had repaired to the town for settlement. Words arose, and, we are informed, Glover was oh down ; while on the ground, he usi hsis pistol on the brothers, woundi' thorn both slightly. The firing w returned, and he received his dea wound after being so severely woun ed that he could not rise. Altoget or there wore about fifteen shots fire T1he Stevensons attetopted to escaj but were arrested and loged in la There is much exoitement.-C Pht eni~x A difficulty occurred in the low part of Sumter county, a few da tgo, bet ween two muer med W in ham and N4esbitt, vbloh t Father Poland aR a Punch Maker. Even Poland likes his "tod." I would rather count all the money in the Trenjury, which to be done beforo Spitner.1aves) ian und k k to tell y9u hb'- m"yrocktaili iave 0 disappeared inside of "old blue coat" all buttoned down before, When he >a first came here sofiq of the' bovq Ihou bt it would be splendid (d se'ae )0 9id dignity B.. "how come-you sp4gg they, attempted ,to "put up. a jbdmon him. A stag party was inaugurated, and the."waiter",was implicitly in struoted to give the. member from Vermont a double dose every time. , This e faithfully otrried out, but what was the astonishment of all when every time the "wino went rounol" the old duffer complained of the weakness of bis beverage, and pma4e the waiter brace it up. Thej had reckoned beyond their host. He was as bright as a new shilling in the morning, and as he gazed on the pros. trate forms of the conspirators, like Alexander, he sighed for more whisky--to conquer. Thejuke leaked out, ard the Green Mountain boy put his wits to work to retaliate. On a oertain dvening he invited the haine pirties to a kind of hot EOotCh masquerade. The guosts sembled "on time." F,,rth is 6rought the "whi6ky," smoking-fiot was not Jong before it was:,liddoveri ej that the punch was too strong. "Add some more hot water !" said the Judge. 'The suggestion was acted upon, and again and again the water was added, sttil the stronger the beverage be. eane. It was wonderful. ' Finally it-was decidqd that the strength was boly in the imagination of the drink. o f. This decision was, however, rqversod when the gay worshippers at ie shrine of Bnechiid sought the -M06ft side of a plank" for a downy e4ch. There was some talk of a partition of, P.olande I'e k '1b t day, lmhen it was discovered that the ekrtaiu water was filli of wbiaky all 1. Ale: time, and every drop added Ilbb'drefron only made the p,inch atidnger.-Rochester Expiress. A man died a fow days ago at I Gray's Mills, Oneida county, N. Y.,. sud was placed in a coffin, on the top of which was engraved a cross. Th'ere w#s a funeral, and the services eie over, and the coffin was placed outido the door. The wife; who had not lived happily with her buso bid, wished to re ain the cross as a % e(norial of the dead man. Accord ingly, some of her friends undertook to Carry it off for her. But the hus band's friend objected, and there was A-'bnfiot over and around .the coffin for'the possession of the cross, in which some persons were hit and the cross torn in two. The officiating pciest finally appeared and compelled them to place the mutilated cross on the catket and allow it to be buried with the body. . I the westward travel is increasing. Telegraphic adlviots btate that from five hundred to eight hundred 6 arrive at Omaha daily and every r uffort is used to elude the vigilance of' military authorities who op pope, 3 the ocou'ation of the ltack Hills t- region. The rivers along the line of -the Union Pacilie Ratilroad are all ' overflowing their banks, and .theI e whole country is inepedin-. trave-1I considerably. Those disad'vantages Ihave, however, no,effect, as tjae band4 of emigration p'resses -onward. d! Hiding in-oanons by day and.tgaveI e ing at night they dodge the troops, e. and If the doc.trine of ultinateo destj, d ny is worthy -of dredenest en it may" Y be considered as a settled fact a new im ining region Is opened,. and the. aborigines will be sy~dily driven f reim the Btack fills. iThe aotion of the Georgia Railroa r nreducing fares to three cents a mile 15s ratn somic com men inraiod a orols.A leading -director in the Georgia Company is of the opinion thbat the'reductidnm wIll stimillate tray el to such an extent as to materially increase the receipts of the line, pnd thIs will be aeoomplIshed withiout rt adding to the usual e'xpensRes. It Is ~2 not probable that any of the other *roads will follow the example of the Geeorgia Rtoad, through all of them . will doubtless issue their summer 'ex a cursion tioketi. . a low, has the model sheriff. )hn:rg.. as ed oilliy witht the.sale of a, r it-. at road he agi'eed to'do~ it for :.8 00o ad but was horrified after the sale lied Itaken plpoot fn that the law . pro ma hibited his receiving other than the bh legal foe. Sadly,therefore, but with a I- .stern deteridination to 'obey the l'aw, b. he-refuses to. darx'y otit his fliegtl d. sgreement,"and says he il tak'e drlj e, the $1 1,000 which is allowed himn by iI. the statute ini such ease. made and ,l. provided. er A Pennsylvanian boasts that be ys makes a soap that would "%vash a d- politician's character white os snow.' he There must be a good deal of "lye" ob"t th-a 5 m The Libel Case. The libel ease 81gajhaftihe 119wo & Courier was begun, in Charleston on. tho 19th of April. Ito preeedings re full of interest. Bowen Vr6aos dutes thi News and Couridr for lifie.. iug him as the nur,dergr of Col'. White, of the 21st Ga. Hatalionl, who -waH killed at Wacoatnaw in 1864. A. the.career of Bowean is probably not ,twoll known we will r6prodh-' is. of hie extrpeto ffon ' 9 Newd and? Coarier in relation. to, )Im. We will premise that ln ,1868 Capt. C. 0. Bown of Comping "Dj" 21st Ga. Batallon wal trioe 'befo're oudit urtial in Geprgetown, E. . on the follgVing charges. . 1.,FVoy conduct unbecoming-an offi. cer and a gentleman. This biarge was brought against lowon for ei having applied for pay during thi month of June, 11363, wfih' .s bsoit without le0ye,,and being reftiad, had presented.his leave . of .bsenoe altered and the date extended, -&ad on this fuct being di'6overied, be b,wor6 that Surgeon Waring hao 'made the alte.raiog, when he knew said state mceqgt to bi '-teally and unquulifiedly 2 For breaking his Arrest. 3 For conduct ,rejudicia' p good order and military disclpline and d6dobedienoe-~ Qla1'awful "tJJ i i aful.egdl Tle accused was fount.guilt,y of the chaeges, and was dismissed the service. Tuichurges,were p roeferred by Col. White. ; A short time after, Col. White was shot &hile sit-ting in his room. Be. fore his death lie avored that 'Bowen was two murderer although he had. not fire.d the' shot. Bowon and a you g man named Grimes were ar rest1d, and were in jail, whod the fede al troops entered CharlesLon and role sed them. Oil Feb. 9, -1871,. the ChArleston Nowi contained. the following coufes 1ion of Grimes, who had surrendered W.isblf. We roproduoc a portion pf this rtiol m ' v m ! . I i frHE PRELUDE TO THE DRAMA. It appuar' that .on Saturday last, Gov. Scutt, on the applioation of Mr. Steele MlcAlister White, o(Savannah, issued a requis.ition on the Governor of Georgia for the person of oi4e Eli G. Uriues, charged with being the naur erer of Col. Win. Parker White, Df the Twenty -first Batalion of. 9eo0gia Cavalry, then encamped on the Wacoanaw oppohite Gergetown, in this State. The murder took place on the night of the 7th of Marob, 1864. It may be here re worked titat Mr. S. McA. \lhite is the son of the-xintrdered ofli.6r. THE PURSUIT AND ARREST. Armed with this paper, officer -. t J. Coates of the State oonstabulary,. started at once upon his mission, and ( after:'visiting several pointe in Geor- t gia, suoceoded in tracing Grimes to Mouglfie County, Ga., where the qrr4st was made. The prisoper was nowhere restrained by handcuffs, but < made his ' journey in a genteel, pe-00 able and volutitiry maniadr. They were accompauied from Georgia by Jairrimore, a friend of the prison er. ARRIVAL IN OHIARLESTION. The ,party arrived in Charleston on Tuesd ay evenIngby .the -Savanns.h and Ji Camluston .1Iuilroad, aned yest.er day morning Gri-mn asf *'e arfriod be fore Trial Justice Cautiled, anad made a full confessijon of the 0.i'euatmuOes j attendingsthe -bloody da4d. 'o rE asIoN OP THEi PntsiONERt. ,I He tee that his name was Ei G.. Grinmes; that lie was born and ra-ised iu Leo County, Georgia, but at pres ent' was a .residenat o'f MdDuflie -Coun ly, Georgia. That he was presepit at the killing of CJol. .W n. * ParkerI White, on-cho hight of the ?ch tof, March, -1864, nesargegrgettwn, S. J.,, and lhe himne.lf Oired t,heo .fatal phot,, being eomnaled~ to -do so by ('apt. 'Cris;opher C. [Bowen. That he Was first approsohod -by said BowedIin -the latter part of F'ebruarys i864, qnd .told to kill Cpl. WV. ut the iipt op. port.unity. That BoWen tllereup,on *ouetrueted A 'rtJaRiEY BiNSO , (a place from ihI3h turkeys Are sihot,) on the road which the Colonelbw~as in the habit of traveling on hisi vists to certain lady, friendsu, and :ftind prisoner a rifle, whioh:;ho (IHowon)I hadl loaded. Tihe prisoner at first re jeeted the proposition, put subs. quently fearing that lBowen would kill him, (Orimes,) hie dil renter the 44i d and *a'tah'fo,r his etcLim. Thai Mhditquently, however, prisoner lo moved Tse look'Trsin~ tTo juThand broke tdel inudnbjrl6g, - infot)hlg Bowen that the latteg was broken while in.the aet of eucki~g' b~e.rifle. That flyep rem ke,"'4ar amny od etrange that fleoJseng of uagu ab6dd break: the aspring."'Tf Boyen thedn built'. secodd'blindo the,road h1din''from the ,atf f,o'the boat,)anding, and ga.ve ,prisonerfaiI other rifle,-likewise iaded by Bo wen. That'primloner..Again refused to kill Col. White, saying he bad done him no wrong. T1his was on Saturd y. PR180NERt TiiHREATE~NEi WiT H DEATii. ,Woiog,to Charleston,' an& *111 eretI on Tuesday niorading. Whib j1pot b4ck, if you he;detkill6d fal8 Witu yo%*hWkl-neT*V,ehom0rftr --wit kill you." TM,1' th'dibon, tho prisoner, on the folio ipg -oda Dig6ij.about !1'0,' tj1.%r ,"tb " 'IN kdpntibal rife givenrbyI'deret1 4?a weqa,n.er T the blmeloootspisd,ib CoIL oite that thqe laorifagi t't. ,ting in'has od room, Ar ',."Mga w4dre th'e p isdnet toa d 10t lIm L , o head or body, or anywhere else i trds,oenatit4Q :thi. eidsm,ofth b 841.fired lth ,the ijeahm frg: ' dit16 i he WhTito to be sitting ; "thait- th Gi' Wh la etohe d ad trTzi d VIoflwbiob' h led if a f0w dys ; that prisoner, thereupon tht W the gun i danAd pa ed a mier qiu ugu, au. the next,06rult-) ol. Ivlite and co -_41,M'i; THlE D AN' A , Th14t Col. WiAt9e'ai ved audi forgave hildeld.6 6 was a I luck-hearted villi 0 d shuuld sy r for the crime. That Col. White spo e to prisouer as a fa4thsr would 4pe~ tq. a, 4 p T.t I i f tr ard J i9, id*a6ped from the guard while they wer bringing him to Charleston, and fro that time has been at large in 0eu gia. That he be* suffered "W.* tqareof consioeae as the' reNilf' 'of the criin'e'- h'e Goinnfitted, 'ltif fl[ tiv r enjoyed p.a a d 60iydo' hat, oti sMV.brA1 ooaslons id li6t Iod subi6qrudqutlj,' le 41id f' tate ment of ylopsPegor. bunl plhi. M.r. , oga eve aIrqsd iblee PliZ4ns o )oorgia. at hie is,now twentyi.four Per of age and west ygPteen at the iue of Qi19 I urder. Ihat. he woqld; 1ave I apself,up long ago, and, ufo me the relatives of Col. White,' hat na soon as soon *b Bd*ea was ar edted he wduld appear against him n evidence, but did not dare do so vhile Bowen was at large, from fear )at Powen would kill him. A warrant was issued against Bow. n, but Sheriff Mackey was ill sever. .1 weeks, and 'the, went 'ot6aripfor tis health, and .i the me.an .ine rimes had *Vn s thd robe'out'' A I0ee4s t,or est Bowen. Rti 'm's t'ots rested util in the late eaypan, the News md Courier renewed the charges g,inst Bowen, and for this Capt. F. V. Dawson, the editor and joint pro. iriotQr, is on trial. In this conneetiou it may be of in. ureqt,o otr readors to hee what ludge T. J. Mackey had to say of C. . Bowen. This article appeared inl he qharleston'NeWs on 18th Asagupt. 869 in answer to' charges inad gaiu'st the writer by Bowen. After admi'tting tha. I o was an x-Cofoderate, Mr. Mackey (he was: iot jqdge then,) says "In the courso of thst service, [ performed no aot knworty of a good soldier. or a man if hotqr. But how stands -it with C. -C. Bow. fn, whose na.meo, by a civic fiction, mow lieurs the prefix -"H-onorable.?" lIe is a New En~sgland man, born anid reared in Rhiode Island, nsear the very saltaur of Liberty. Ho entered thu (Jonfederate army as a 'lienton. ant of. -cavalry, and af!ter an iWpominious career of -two yesars, he a cashiered '(as I can show by the o pial record before :ne.) for the cam of forgory'/ It is aiso t rue that I was 'indi't'ed with Gecn Walker on the coharge of violatint g the.riaeutrality laws of the JUnited States, abut I have yet to iearn that t-hip $ap .Il detrapt from my stassding -* e 'gentleman. (simtediately after mny t'rial and ae gjnittalod' Lat chiarge, I wvas appoint ed by the authoritites at Warhsington as examiniser of United States surveys f6r Kansas and Nebraska,. I was not,a olerk, bua he examiner~ eof"' a,oounts, in. the . Freed men's Bure'au, and in that capaoity I be oapne aeqVainted with the evidence op which (C. C. .Bowenuwes. arrested and cospmted:a to ,pripoo . by Gen. Siekl,es,on the iehar'ges of. strEAar.N UoxieY -from the f.,eed men. It is (rud that I we.s priveto scoretary <to Gov. 8eot t, the same gallant soldier and ~orthsy gentleman whore duty it bceas e, as assitant commissioner of the Freme' Bureau for South Carolina to have Blowen arrested (for 8ALING) apd to make him, through the military authorities, 4isgorge a large amount of his il goR~on gains. It is true that gag-,"well fkjoWuo in Texas." i tuo duremer of 1865, as acting United States,provost mar l'tover 'wenty counties of that tate,L ,ar.tted mapy criminais, 6ei pf 'whom wore executed' for the episie of murdeggpfter s fair and imA -parta41 trial, on far less evidence than tha sd.dnood to prove that C. (3 Bower. murdered Col. White, by the hands of ahired assassin, in hit bed-room at Georgetown, 8. 0., Isi November 1864, for whio\ bloody ke thO Igh of ble l060Mi0ied, aftal .Pr soIbnf6hi Ou o bat'ha 6* ' "i lTe etied Wis eher i 'deliv i md'by Ih,U:tod.86sA eroekv th Air OBVIl i11Chre tv , 18 1dP.di 'but: ti-uthful, stor it a ed irme', to got 14o' 1 P Wi h0 'is Obtairtobr . -- y came io the 'dity Wi 1859 V 6614 t a band of the lo*eit Ol fitlers, aid soon algialicod biit-b)&411) evultngaib$ sit f(a .Wbd6eI T61W :46 ottbtfhmi i t ;ll fM;4+6t0VOWekAS6b"1ld - * Y ~,1, whore' thiE *d r6&% td by ei oufterf geher h *'IdotT[ u-rt'fa4lo ads !The mbni6lpat1 dthe f itsae b 10W hen eabd'to W if the gIV01 his wIfe' dt'Lo'Cs H011 w1ir'oi i ab addn0'd, -tAh # -00 1 ma roldsdle av althi i fr: 14t,Ml ,edett i inif 67061th-d ibthot'lid I4dity ddftpgW&h1%t I Irosf o i so- 914d.tibl Letghei, where, I a f f ffty dollars, ho puta - throu res !%tiosh,to slatidb good -14ppbul can .%! ' . I in true that I am president the Union -6es uo"of ''Charlesti the same vidiis t'hat subscrib mo e a eaed -4y the, hr4 fal oft 41a8 lbg po'who6ifly c01 pos it,g y4 dWen utati ae aemprispoed In Castle//Pind ;0y OR p)f. -lzargeso,p ,tca,alng. h Oh, ioh the' mo3bera of tl Loa %iW .Ore"ld' 'belide nt'r, fto 4i9 -plaObibli'- rdifoldntatio and earnest. aproteitatione of. inn beneo , : Th, fWetutions &e Whl mw , ofs w,ere, vaised -to d nou 0thep ropsd,,A! pRtment ,1s hd',' W Ci6hid a 0e9)Iset , '9f,t ih(o0q idni tb -WgifiWe. ti polit oai treachery of Senator F. .; Saw er 4nd.Q. Q 11.B . Surely ,did ot,require "a ,fee of dollare to in u' uie to'stp rt au4i resl Itlisworthy of nbte that Unit< States Senator Sawyer, who id n4 Bow4n'is bosom friend and oe. ounspi ator,!was charged by Hjwen, on oati in July..1868, with, having oonami ted Lyo crime of periury in takir the iron.olad oatth-a oharge whi< iostrute. I b!ave thus briefly glanood*at ti ..riminal history of this "lRnorab Representative from South Carolin It is to be hoped thatjustioe will y, overtake him, "And put In every 'honest hand n' wh To lath xlie rasoal nakod through il world." ST.J. M ACKW. Charleston, A ugust '10, 1869. A Spellig Mlateh. To the young people who are co templa-ting a spelling tiatoh .n ti city, %we suggest the following as i exeroile : The first word offered is said to 1 the -longest word in 'theN Fpglish In guag, used often in old pla1ys, al placed ih the mouth of qotird, Vl clown, in "Love's Labor o" a e, scene 1, "Honsori 'osbilitud'inital TP1-0 neat 'i "PIlg:rims #f tV Rthine,"~ by 15ulwor, "Aworontvbul gol.phorua." The neat from Rabelsis, "'Aot perienta:netanans,parbNged amphio RIibrationostoordooantium." Theb next is, the name of an o4Ro now in Madrid, Don ,Jhan Nopomz cene d-e Dut4on agonatoreoagagre a4g 'i''he neat is a town in the Is-le Mull, "Drlm-taijhyi.iokhillichattan. The next, "Juanget.rauon.imm1 durchaobwindsuchttoediungdegeny rion." "Nitrophonylefiedlamilne" al P d I .y p brastlcoontinomi.nega londu tion" asre two words that recent-ly n peared ina the London Timed a dtar. "Sa'nknehtaohaturthivratodyapai ''Swapanacbkaksharimahaupantrrai 'The names of two productions Snasoript literature. "Jaepadlot4maooelachoga1eokra, oleiyha'nokrimnpotrimmuatokioIilleol ossudho phattoperist errlsktuoenopt a k ephlokigklopoleiolagoessiraiobopt trag anoptoepugon." Th is last word is the longest any lang uage. It may be found the "EkkItloasouaai" of Aristopha .. Death em tht Trait. A man died in a car on the Pje mont Air Line liailroad, 'Ir d night, strortly alter 'the train l A tlanta. The niadie of the gentl man was AMexdnder (Osr, of ew'a N. J,, and ht wa returning .fr< Florida, whit her be bad ,gone for I health. H is disease was consuty tion, and he died ho quietly,' 1I brother, who ws'aditting on the s< .beside him, did not discover it un he wa's perfectly stiff and cold. 'I brother of the deoeased took onrpse on North Irat niahit for int mont W At rA. Tilto Will Say. Tb4 rumors in alroulation that Mrs. Tilton, unless called to testify, will publigh a' sworn ktateient denying the ObArgo of adUltery, appear to be well foundedi ;16 is- now further al. legO Ihat in such tatomeut she will admit having had conversations with biss Anthony, Mrs. Bradshaw, and Atheis, in which she said eertain un. bruthful tOinga concering her inti. i$oy With Mr. Beecher, but deelared bhat glo did so for a specific purpose, whi .she fully explail. It is in this view tht her evidence is sought by. thd Aefence. By such a statemen' ihs1entiipates the testimony of all to whom.ahe mAde .cofession of a guil by intercourse, and robs that testimo.. my of its force by alleging good rea. gons fbr thus delibarately prevarics, bing.-"-Brooklyn Argus., Yeryllad Prospect in the West. 8T. Louto, April 24.-Roports roin the 5tat show f of the Fall Nhoat crop lost. There will be half in Ayveragi of,the oat erop. Coru Ni be planted.-The peach crop of lissouri and Arkanusa has been near. y destroyed. -Apples and pears are ainured. The wheat in Indiana Is )adly:i4jured. Rye and barley crops ire also ohort. Crops in Kansas are n4 flne oond1tion..--Wleat in Michi. ,aq is badly injured. Nebraska orobpeots are fiattoing.-Wisoonsit ats al.d barley are badly injured. he prospect for Wintet wheat in linois is very discorageing, mavy hoa4fields being plowed for oorn. Fire snd Legg or LITO. A IegVe -cabin was buraed 4ows uthli plntation of Mr. J. 0. Hi. q.r on ,ast Friday pvenipg, and a dl:lod "Obild about one year old orpehe gdi ie lamues. The lre is appeod to have oaught a straw iattos . and. in a few mements rqd over th whole building. The 1Id woo blowing ve y hard .at the :me.--.,cuaser Ledger. Inquirios as to the position or con ition of the overland mnaila, delayed y breake on the Union Psoi0o Rail. >at. -are .unavaiv-ing. Neither the Dneral superintendent of the road Dr the postoffiGe .o1i0ials re able to ive the 4lightest idea as to whore e delayed mai Is are, .or when they .ni be eirpectoid to -ot tbrough. -8: 0 40~*- -- -- Paul Boynton did not quite sae. 3ed in swritom'iag across tle British hannel from) Dover to Bologne. Vben wIithin.eight miles of the Freouh 3ast darltness -came on and -tho sea as very rough ; the lpi4ot irefuseod tie .rsponsibility of guiding him irtbor, and he was taoen 4n board be presso steamor, much againet his 'ill. The valte -of his life-eying in ention woems to be -woll .estaldlished. The locatioa of the yacht Ella LOna, recently sonk in -Charleston arbor, by which three young men st .their lives, has been discovered. kivere will be sent to recover the odies of the lost. Colonel Sarvis, ho was on beard, and who came ear losing his lide, is slowly recover ig. lHe had an arm broken. .8tabbig slir'ys arcebecoing fe-. ueset in Anderson-two. occurred here last week., 'between A.bner lowell and---Magoba, in ~wih be latter was fatally inJured - and VJm. Pack nedl hugh P'oor, the latte angerously burt. "F'raoe out so:Pe 4Dero pancalfest' rained Wm. Mel4rff, as 'he sat at table ina Kansas City, and as the ~aIter *ouildu%4 prance 'em, Mr.. d uff split his ear with a Bowle On 8atcrday last the steameh4p harleston, for New York, took 8, 'G5 crates vegetables and ab-out.5,000 rates,- straw berries, a nd, the steamu hip Equator, for Philadelphiia., had 23 crates g.nsen pea~s ; all from the :ardens aroundi Charleston. They are harvesting thie barley crop in California, but yet that is no reasota why a Michigan mtana should be discouraged from repairing his idewalk 'and payingb hs grocor's bills. We cat''s all live an California. and aiso barley. News. girls are boeoming nupnsrous a New Yir)gand thireatocr to drive he boys ou,t'of the l>usiness. *A mian of larMe experience says his ecquaintance would filli a cathedral, but a pulpit would 'hold his friends. l'here arc sixty-three widows in orsailles, Kentucky, and the stran gcr-who passes thirogh the town is told to run for his- life. The importance of.a single vote was ogain illustrated by the election, re ocely, of a Democratic Mayor in Liancaster, 0 sio, by one majority The New York TIiu.es sa3s Senat.o Eaton, of Connecticut, was wound iu Bavid Di - on CottiPlatig. W. The f0owing .ih Jcopi9d from a .V "Troatibo on Agriouj,kur44. kpayid 4113 DiOkson, Sparta, (IA.' - ork tbat should be in the[kda'of 'oVry far. ofnbr. The premium otton crop, ex it h'Ibited tt heStato Fair, II -Aeorgia, in 1869, of eighteen. bales on it lt acres, wa 0utiYeoted according to ai Mr: Dickson' pn: bi ' . Lay off 6tt -roE' fp6r 'feet oF' ' rt 1rithA e114Vl pic, ovdoubals "fdr 9M . 9t and,:pub. in" fortilheu* eight 'Ischis deep. - - R.aioge ,wth lop epoter, five 4b ido,ies wid. .Make ' he boas with 14'rt'p16Wb, &soiu the % $ lw fdr' of o ;splt dut' tliol iles Iwith ri, yliovsh , Plant with a ebt'baiseed ly 'oMr, aqA. .qvctr wiOU - a bord.; or by .harrow. in ,Zrat pQwipg-fun 22 inch 'Swoop re- wit right'ingttrar6ed' d6wn* hoo >rt out to twooV.tbree.stalki to the - hill et , y qry ninei. i nuol t onl .days after plowing. Spcond Jowig-1-use amo toep, th'e right wing turnod Up. a 'dr itil'inpri.' Tird plowibg in same gh way# run athird furrow 'i iiiddl .o 1 4,Qqttnotsn ing thick . !ii the of Vrill rilOe azPuqh wore , forward in a ma1 ring. S 4 t y- . rdquires distanoe de one'w a;y l : - . a. Bo carefal not to cut tho roots re of lton, , *I, . , le "9O Wavra doqp water. furrow in I k. the 8priig'; work flat by. hot weath. -a er. - io 7. On level-lad run the rows eorth ie and'southu - rii - ., q. ptto.9 plant,s to, st anda twp, a- weaks drouth'% uust haivo four ipches Ih soil khd ii i inelfe ''usoil ; throo 0 wool d"six iidhas soil t6d name sub Df soi four: weeks+-Vight -inobos - and. r'th6 atne sp oilAng.i..D , ;'. f,i io - '9. Ifu U.pqp.gg your iJpd as L& oarr4 out this p an*well, and minure it libe liy, you i'a expoct' froni I4r " hun red 6ie thousand' poWids- iof 1- lint -itton io thq:adro i ' - , o10 Firtilizers bring a crop of bols Ad on the cotton early w 11. To imuprov thile 'o0tto.n ,ph..n.; r. select seed every ye.r i& ter the 'Ii-ri d picking, up to the nriddle of Oto.1 b ' bar, taking the beat stalks and the r best bolls on the a-.lka. g 12. On all farms th.cre are -ome i acres that produoo.oot6on better than g others. Seed should always ibe so- t e looted from those spotq,. lo 13; M4nure everywhere you iplow I. and plaIt, You,r labor will :be wore t -cortainly rewarde4. It pays to umo 0 manure, and -it pays best on land that C pays best without it. 14. From the lt(th to tho 20th of 0 April Is the best timo to plan .cot. - too. L 15. Apply one-half of aU -labor f and land to the making of full sup- t plies.of a,ll kinds that.are needed ot the farm, and .enough to spare for v those, engaged':io other pqrsuits, and i you will h%vo more money than-if the whole was.omployed in maling cot ton. 16. Leave no grass to bunch and, I cause a futrnre bad 4tpnd. -117. Plow ootto every three weeks 1 A; and let the hoes como ton days ibe. 10 hind, learing it perfe tly. -18. Continue plowing -cotten t,illi the 45th or 20th of Augusts Once li Or'twige during the season shove out, the middle with a furrow, to keep 'the g 'land loee.t '1$. The plowsing' of cotton requires I 'onue and a f'ourth days per acre. t 20. 'Cotton plant oomence when er small to take on and pqature boll., d . 'an continue until they .exh.ast the e- lolub.leiatter.ef exhaust the full 'capaoity of the Iaat4. Two stalks will do that nmuch eooner tipan one a ,, and will so avoid ,the deputh, ester . 21.Cotenwilt grow' after . etton a' num.ber of years in agooebsion, with id p$en'ty of' nanure. a.--22. Mlake just the amoupt of cot. ton you want,.at plying prices. Keep ~ on't of debt, be the oreditors, mako ( your supplies at home ; then and I .only then wall- yeu have power. 23.RoAtonof crops, deep and i deeper plowing every year, inacor ofporation of vegetable mold, return ing the proces of the cotton pile,t ,exeept the lint, to the soll, making .as stuch manure s possible, coni . prCs my system of inmproving lands. 24. One object in cuitivatiop is, okephesurface broken,.go s .to in lot in light, heat. Md air, ,Never in sop he powsforda.y ,we.thber. a. 25. 4ypoicy hqs been . t9 mna e temoat money with the,lest labor and eapital, even if it appeared to lie wasteful. 26., The cotton planter shoulM d.. make hi #910 supplies, everyttinog my tieAsary to ran the farm.. ft The B3u'al Ex,Ths s~ays that Ge Oo'ge- Washington: eould't "spell k*?d oot'* and Apoll It'ehtl butt thea, 'mX bang itetimes have ohanged,, and ones ye. ight spell "doorP41 btbi life -and P' have no shows of being a WVashinagton 'at Mark Twain pays taxes on nearly til $90,000, and that's where the laugh be comes in. However, if he had been he an ambitious man he would h.ive er-1 nlsrne I ri:' foer q livina ins .L~m af