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od" 1' 1 VOL. XT.] . WINNS13OROS. C. WEDNESDAY MORNiNGS J&NI _ ---"."-fir - - -- - r r rsr. wn .rr " r + n "7 '71'G '!""lrT3 !! n_ 1 1F 1?1 I i t 1 '1l1l DI laiPUnLIstiDn WFEKLY BY W.fI L. 1r A J?3S 9 R. AV ,y 7.anms.-''hb I4R4LD l/$lblittied Week y hil 'lho T btn of' Witthsbofo, a $.00" s t uaribly in advanec. tom All triasient. niotertieonit\ tote XI'A IN .4) VA NCR. Oninuary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per i quiro. Honorably Adjusted. Irom the Augusta Chronicle and ,Sentinel we extract the following, which explains itself : Yesterday morning the following dispatch.was received at the Mayor's office : Wurisnono, Dec. 20,9:50, a. m., 1875. To Mayor Aietes, A ugusta, Ja. : I havo reason to bbliove that S. 13. Clowney and T. W. Woodwata have left here with their friends for the purpose of having a hostile met ing near your city. Please take stops to prevent a ineoting. PIERRE J3ACOT, Intendant of Winnsboro, S. C. ' The telegram was imeinodiately turned over to Mr. Christian, Chicl of Police, who at once took stops tc prevent the duol. He went before Judge Claiborno Snead, and mnade the following affidavit State of Georgia, Riclhnond Coun ty. Prsonally caLuts John A. Chris tian, who, on oath, says that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, i is the intention of Samuel B. ('low ntoy and Thomas WV. Woodward t< fight a duel with dedily weapons il said State, and this deponent nake this aflidavit to prevent said dul b requiring the parties to give bon< to keep the peaco. Jons A. C:1Rtsm.N Sworn to and subscribed befor me this 21st day of December, 1871 CLAISORNE 8N EAD, County Judge. Upon this affidavit Judge Snea issued a warrant for the arrest of tl1 parties. Officors were sent to the differor hotels to look for the principal The name of Mr. Clowney was four registered at the Planters' and thl of Mr. Woodward at the Angus Hotel. At the Planters' the office - proceeded to Mr. Clownp' No. 10, and knocko-l at the doo Mr. Clowney, who was writing a le ter, supposing that s&mlo one of te. party was outside. F:iid "come in, and was confron"1 by the oliceri The litter inftmed hin what wa their errand-. wlhereu1pon lie asked t o the anturned t their ,linani anuo e, u otds gacemay And safen it h con dttion impovemeaon is abemttera cownsec ofan temobilieviofs sn tihaet ad dayha Apomasof theno the sn of the Soutih cobanded athorrernectpofatheirurnnemiosthni cirledes, aquishedibu, no feel gracifed tAtdw it s onsideredt tat is imovementay as exponrat ofet the ares of otion pof ploeha ofsedb the Sotwicbomned theatpeo thefr wnomie and atinat withbe wayna the exoment ofteaatof afoomo n ar portio ho thils peop Incceeddin asdio by myr frihnd my regre ate pang i tricpto winthme ing'hs enoyment Military School, who has had experience as a contributor to joun alism and has soveral times already assisted in the editorial manage motnt of the Nilws and hInnu Whatever reputation the News and1 HEAan have enjoyed, he wiu sus tain, and' I bespeak for hime the gpo(d will of the. people of Fairfield Roping again in the future to meet mey many friends,.' I now bi them adieu.. i I. Mas. DAvE. t Salutatory. In assuming editoi-ial charge ofj f the NEWs and the [INREAD, I deem itd necessary ?o, say but little. The C principles upon. which the papers h1 ,hatve for years been cond'ucted, are ' settlement was arrived at, a hostile meeting was to take place at Sand Biar .Ferry this morning. ; But as Ti previously stated a complete settle. ment was effected, perfe tly satisfao tory to both ,parties. Mr. Olowheyj is &asllfr pA Jhe Winnslord National Benl an Ml1 r.i Woodward was for several years President of the South Carolina Ag S ricultural Society. Both occupy p high positiOU i1 spcety. p Great credit-is due to fie'authori- C ties for their action in the matter, li and especially to Chief Christian. it They were warmly commended by A citizens, yesterday for thoij notion tl Chief Christian is. dotot.iIned that S no niore duels sha1l take place here h if he can prevent it by arresting the A parties. ?.___ Detroit Free P.tessinigs. 1l n In a breach of promise case tried in Iowa the other day the judge said that once in four weeks was often enough for lovers to sit up and C spark. . The Sandusky Register has dcci- a ded that writiu two .poen pet, year v and catching fish the rest of the t time cannot justly be called alitera-y ii pursuit. Kansas has still another castor oil C factory-stillh ann~ther inducemnent for children to be good. The New York Times has struck -another libel suit. They make good ')vercoits to kee) a paper warm through cold weather, China is getting ready for war. Her pre)arations consist in march ing soldiers around the towns and Liowing horns. Liars do abound in Arizona, or else tiat is a heap of a country. It seems imp1ossible that one man killed nine ty wild geese at one shot, but an e Arizona paper says so in good black ink. The vital statistics of this country i prove that a woman will spend more I d tino to hide i pimple on her fore e head than she will to take care of .s3ven children. The man who doesn't read the ad vertisenents in a newspaper is like t a traveler who passes along a strange Lroad without consulting the guide boards. 2 C 4fPOI4,iPU EUicveros.--The Com p'ulsiry Education experiment is gn-iig rise to considerable trouble in Poston. The public schools in tha- city are kept open ol St:LIurdly out I noon. The newspapers report tha some time since a little girl of a bnImhamie descent w s arraigned nly as gen defiance of mob compllosod of of hisi own party is a .moral spectacle. Many of those who two weeks ago were en tirely opposed to Chamerlain are now his most deternmined supporters im the present issue. An Amicable Adjustment. The Judicial emb~roglio) isI difmcult of solution. Should the Supreme Court dlecide that the clec tion of WhiIper and Moses wasI legal, there appears but one peace ful solution of tile problem. Whipper and Moses aro both a! loged defaulters. Let the Attorney General, immediately p)1rocuto them in the courts. *While these prosocutions are pending or after conviction, these muon cannot be. elevated to the bench. The radicals, likeo drowning men, as they are politically, are catching a at straws to save themselves from c utter submersion next fall. They m now hop1) thmat the supreme court v will decide that Judges Reed and s Shaw wore elected for a fulln term of four years, thus p)ostponin~g Ig the mnatallatioln of Moses and Whip per. Bunt it is too late.. Tho f ir 'anmus of the party wasR platinly h) ihown in the election, andi it mat- 'o< ters not when these twvo arch t eillains attempt to take their seats .j tI ~he- radical party must h~ear the i ust odium of what they have dlone. jp L'hey are only "wiso. after the fact,"1 h< bnd it will avail them nothig.. m Eheir doom is sealed- ni Some-men are fond of nice die- c inctions. Many members of the k( rigislature ,oted for Whipper but. ot for Mosos---doubtless taking to at hemelves great credit for their S iserimination.- Senator Cochran f Anderson is an example. H e as always claimed to be a nioderato e >publican, and in general~ ho has en nLd~~ssetywt 4~poo~ Public .Opin6n.. - 1E PUBLIC JOURNALS OF ALL pHADES OF ] FoLITICQt OPINION ABSOLUTELY UNANI MOUS IN DENOUNOING THE OUTRAGE SBNTIMENT OF TIIn STATE PAPERS. (.from the Nation.] Les- than eighteen months ago, Bnator Morton was engaged in a aiblic attempt to extenuate the alitical demoralization of South arolina, and to :clear the repub aa party of all responsibility for At about the same time, the dministration, beginning to fool io mecubus. of this pet republican outhern State, was sending down mnts to get rid of Governor F. J. Loses by impeaching him. This 'as aftor the failure to get tried for rand larceny, his defence being iat a Governor of the State could ot be indicted before he had been npoaohed. Shortly after that lie >st a renomination, and was suc oded by Chamberlain, and the eneral impression was that reform ad been begun, if not already chieved, "within the party." It cry soon became evident, however, hat the Legislaturo had not been icludod in the reform, and that the reatest service the now Governor onld render the State was to watch 11 its proceedings and veto what he ould of them. He had enough in uence with them last winter to irevent their appointing the noto ious W. J. Whipper to a vacant udgeship in the Charleston district nd his appeal to them to preserve lie party from such a disgrace cally seemed to have some weight. vith the Assembly. They have town wiser, however in the in erval, and on Thursday, by a strict party--vote-- and- on strict arty grounds, actually elected Vhipper to the identical judgeship -the most important in the State -and ex-Governor Moses to an ad oining circuit, the third. Whipper s a black man, a politician o the owest order of morals and intelli fence, and shares with Moses the eputation of having been an em >ezzler of State moneys. The latter tot only robbed tiae treasury, but is Governor abused the pardoning power in a way which has never econ surpassed for cool defiwee of justice and unconcealed personal ends. Judges at last refuse: to go through the farce of giving long 4entences to condemned. riminals, -md in his court suitors would loubtless soon learn the folly of niying counsel instead of bribing the bench. Governor Chamberlain :as once more effectively thrown in himiself in the l)eoch, by refusing " isnue CoinlissionS to these 4:Con and in tho nlati. tits chlief depeindan(ce. Nor can11 it-d(o ifythingr, beOtween this tiiuo and next No'vember, to atono for~ itsi Wourso as to) thme jud~gos. That is be yonfd recall, and beyVond r~emody for The Prosident' View. The p~residen't is re-preseted as >ming decidedly dlisgustedl and ;omewhat distuirbed at t ho election >f Moses andic W hippler---mro par iculairly the formerm, of whomi ho spoke, in an interview with Senator tobertsoni, as5 a "'uani who hnad madei I imiself notor iousi be-foro the whole~ :ounitry." - ie likewise asked, 'Wh~at enn be done ini tihe ma11tter-. vhait can the Jegislature do towad ndoing, its o wn action ?" P.resi lont Grant may well. ho dis turbed, or, as5 Senator Robertson samys, "the, lection of Whlipper- and Moses has Lonc rmoro inljury to the repub~licn alty, both in tile state andm out of it, me10 reconlstru1ctin." liut notiin' an be (1ono.. Thmo Odlious pair lay withdrawv, yet such a course rould1 effect nothinlg--for we con ier it already a fixed fact that ei ther will ever wear is judj~ill own ini South Carolinam. What ill injure, and. whait has already juirod tho re'publicanl parLty, is tile ire fant of thle Olectionh or attempt 1 olectLion of two infamous rogues the beneh. It is the spirit of eo action and( not thei action itself, at ow numakes S)outh Carolina reJ iblicanuisxn justly odious to alI mest mfenl.. The choice of such 01n to such positions, on1 im shies anm additional proof of that rXIuptioIZ which, thiough at tinmos pt, beneath the surfer' by an nusunl force of cir~cumstatnces, mftti last Show itself. Tho party imd uth Carolina is hopelessly r-otten the elements of honesty. beirsg rely per-ceptiblo and utterliyf wer-less. There must be an early' dl to their caror-. non on'constitutional grounds. It is o be hoped that he will be able to old hig own in the interests of the eople against the birds of prey which are seeking to fatten upon what is leftof the lifo-blood of South Darolina. (From the Joston .Poet, Dem ] The judicial appointments recent. ty made by the South Carolina Leg slature are so thoroughly disgrace ful that there should no longer be my hanging back on the pqrt of those who have a vestige of self respect or a single spark of patriot ism left in the. i. The hour has struck when all the elements of popular honesty and all the forces Df self-preservation must be united in the redemption of the Common wealth. Corruption has not been (lead, but sleeping in South Carolina, and now it wakes up livelier than ever. The citizens of South Caroii na who wish to avert social and po litical ruin for the State must no longer be governed by shades of dif ference in opinion. There can henceforth be no half-way work in the struggle between good and bad government in that State. [Flom the Washington Chronicle, Grant Organ.] The election of the notorious Moses, of South Carolina, to a posi tion on the bench has caused quite a flutter, not only among respectable people who are desirous of seeing unsoiled ermine, but among the gamblers and other doubtful charac ters throughout the Palmetto State, who also take an active interest in his elevation for peculiar reasons of their own. Their glee is likely to be of slort duration, however, as Governor Chamberlain is strenuous ly opposed to the Legislature's choice, and will interpose every ob stacle he can to prevent Moses from iceupying the seat to which he has >een called. Governor Chamber iain's efforts to preserve the charac ter of the judiciary of his State, and .o protect its inhabitants from the lepredations of a class preying upon the vitals of the whole community, leservo the heartiest commendation, Lm( the moral support of the whole country. Oharleston Has spoken. rhe News and Courier contains a 'ill account of the mass mouting eld the December 28 in Hibor nien Hall to protest against the e ection of Whipper and Moses to he circuit bench, and to give ex pression to their hearty approval of the wise and firm conduct of Cham berlain. It was large and influen ,ial, and was presided over by George W. Williams, Esq., with nearlyforty of the first citizens as "sidentp. It was addressed General James Smythe, ,Q1v - a1Y much good'work at.t c. NA platform of prin pies was1 atdopted, denouncing the recenl)t action of theologisLpturo and p~ledging to Glovernor Chanubrlain lunsworving supp)ort in the stan lihe huas takeon. A commnittee of fifteen was a~ppointed, whoso duty it is made to organize Charleston 'county, thoroughly &nd efhhiatly, fojJ the a ic'comuplishmentfl~ of the ends pro po)0s0d. In Edgefleld, Sum tel- and other counties me ing ewro an nlounced for the first Mouday in the present month, and we have no doubt thcir proccodings wero the sanme m spirit as thoso- of the Chaurleston people. -This is a good be0ginhiing and the work should "g > on, till . very iontm the state hats put ini tangi hle and umphimtic shape the enuti. .u~l,(fte hllonst peOple in .ithe~ piresenit juntumro-o~f affhurs. In this good work, Fairfield 'muat ilot b~o t:ardy. S3ho hats too good a name to let if be imjurod by ingetion tha t nuI ght tbe conistrueldi to indiffei'enco. Lect us by all meng havq a mneeting ats earuly as practicable, and let that metiog be0 yo snm gaithering of tOwun People or itteidentalu visitors, Imtt a commifg together of All the best and1( strongesele ~ments in the comuity. Who will sot th& ball 'in 'notin ? Wh6 in iFairfuold will take thlo first step forward in this ' new upnismg of the, confsorvativ'e people of South Cu-olmna ?' We hIope to find( ant ansrwer in the early action of' the peopl)1 themuselves. The Impoumdedj Fund. Omrr attention has more than once been called. to- thQ fact that the couInty mnoney dhpositod twvi years. lgo (n .the Winboo National lamk, to awauit a, distribution ac Dording to law, is..stillI. there, with . Hdeinglf prolbability of renmaining there indefinitely, There arc many fl'cditors of' the county whlo woul ec mititled to p pro rqta share of ~he funds, and who havp been, kept uL of their money a very botg time. t would therefore be nn net-.of sim lo justice to tlftn that all the egal questions be dottled as Aon ~s possible, and - dia..bun b L'1E ORDER OF "AMERICAN UNION." An Alleged Third Term Conspiracy. The New York herald of Tuesday ontains what purports be to be a 'nil exposure of the plans, purposes mnd organization of the "Order of American Union," of which it assorts President Grant, Postmaster-Goner ii Jewell and ex Speakor Blaine are nembers. The fundamental princi los of the order or society are learly defined and asserted in one >f the printed "synopses" aneilg the nany al-eady issued by the Sonato wsupreme body. These principles read as follows : "We oppose a division of the ichool fund for any sectarian pur poses whatever. In a word, we are >ledged to maintain our republican form of government and its institu bions as inherited from our fathers and to place all men jointly in a position to defend themselves against the iggrossions of Romanisn." The Herald says the Order was organized in the year 1867, with the wvowed purpos to "disfranchise Roman Catholics, and to provent them from holding political ofilce." Its national government is called the Senate, while the State organi nations of "governments" are styled "State Legislatures," and these lat ter are divided into lodges or subor dinate organizations, known in the union as "councils." Candidates for admission to membership are subjected to numerous questions, all showing the anti-Catholic cliarac tor of this new political organization, after which the candidate is blind folded and required to repeat the following, uplifted hands : "To perpetuate the American Union ; to oppose the power of the Church of Rome ; to sustain our freo, unsecta rian schools ; to oppose appropria tion of public money for sectarian purposes ; to oppose the the election of Papists to political office-to all of which I pledge my life, my for tune and my sacred honor. So help me God." The total membership throughout the country at present is said to be 76,811. The largest number in any ono tato is found in the State of New York, the strength of the order being 21,217. Now York State has forty-three councils; Ohio, twenty one ; New Jersey, nineteen ; Iilinois, sixteen ; 1'eunsylvailia, thirteen; Connecticut, seven ; Maine, four ; Vermont, two ; New aimpshiro, three , California, five ; Michigan, seven, and the order is increasing rapidly in every State. Hundreds are being initiated every day. The national deputy, State or county deputies can initiate any person privately, and secretly assign them to a council. This is done tt get into the order "hig guns" wh< do not care to be initiated in th< presenco of many w' 'rs, so thai if you charge thc m1em11 hlrti of the or' " lb l1 O.mis--White & Red 'a " Ro?. Foua-Hupr6' sack 3.75 14. Choatco Family 'I 6 4 "kog 4.50@c. IA1bunba., Late Arrials ! Oi RANG4ES, Apples and Bananas. 600 lbs, French and Americnn Candies. 2,0 0 gallons old and puroflod CORIN ANIl RYk. Kniokerbook'or Rye is of all, the best. Bo sure tq pairchase some for th< HOOIOAYS. 'Clothinug, Dry Goods, -and Shoes at Reduced Prices. UG Desportes. doc2~ u 8-Gw Double Tftino W7atr 1Ghei, . Embutactnrefnf by ~Iill, straig. BDllo Things We Have Noticed. We have noticed, in the beginning of every year, that the farmers are going to plant more grain and loss cotton. In the fall we notice that there has been just about as much grain planted as there was the year hofore. We have noticed overy year that the farmers are going to make pro visions eoW11ugh1 to supply them solves ; but notwithstanding this, we notice that about the same nui bor are engagod in hauling provis ions out of the towns, which they buy at ruinous prices We notice overy :year that the country in next year going to be self supporting ; but when next year cones it is* pain fully evidont that the country gets its support from the far West. We are told overy Spring and Summar by the farmors : "Publish in your paper that the cotton crop is going to be a failure," and when we smile incredulously, they toll us of the caterpillar, the boll-worm, the drouth, the rust, the had stand, and numerous other indutbitable iroofs that the crop must turn out a fail ure. We su.;pect at the time that they are trying to crbato an im pression through the- papers that the crop will b) small, so as to in dice a ris in the price. But how futile is their effort. The price of cotton is never affected by news paper reports, and it always stays dlown. At the end of each year we notice that the crop reaclhes away along toward 4,000,000 bales, and the farmers 'soil for less than it costs. We notico that the farmers try every means--except the right one -to. raise the price of cotton. We notice that the policy of raising a great deal of cotton and very .little provisions causes the country to languish, and spread bankruptcy throughout the land. We notice that some of the Grangers are wofully false to their profession of raising their own provisions and buying for cash ; and we believe that they are, the truest Grangers who live at home and do net have store accounts. We notice that fariners get more advice than any other class of men, and apparently pay loss attention to it. But we notice that the advice still !lows on, the supply see-us in exhaustible ; and as we belwlovo it is good, we propose to continue to do our share as long as the types hold out to print it.-Te Family Visitor. TiE CoUNERIPr. (PE UAVE3 AT FORT Dsm.Awans.-Governor Kemper has applied to the Secretary of War of the 'United States for information in regard to the graves of Confederate prisoners who died at Fort Delaware during the late war, and received a response to the effect that most of the bodies of the Confederate pris "'s of war who died at Fort Dela 'io two thousand five hun are interred in the ol "Mind at Finn Point ~ shore, opposite closed by al hilo not ii . old and young, 2mnostly made to order and warranted to he r .free from sh->d:1y. we ask is a call. We will con inee you that wa mean busi nToss. 'n All good1s must be paid for o1 o deivery. 3. S. Eldeor & Co. N. B, Goods cut in quantities to suil purchaser. AUl persons indebtedtoheub rcrib~er by nmota or open account will please come forward and settle, as he needs money to carry on his BUSINESS.' Anid aHl persons owing him on LIENS will save costs by coming forward andc settling on or before Decemb~er 15, as all' IE'NS nmot settled by that date will bo given to the Sheriff for collection. -~ I of'er my entire Stock 'of Cloth ing at COST FOIL CASH. One car oad Wheat Bran and Shorts for c'ow feed LOW FOR CASK. F. ELDER. 150 lbs. Freshi MonanBte at oct 6 FELDERS, Nation, meor purchaser, on1 the1tMn da n Jnuay est to Chnrch bu it n Oak stalion on thec. 0. & A.h, near.it chaser to pay for all necessRI ar -r ft.Pur * 10.so~l J. . CALIl* d. Maaroni at the lowet tash p'riesr Itala PiERRw BACOT gy AGENT. 1004 ortwn propert y n COMBAT WITH A CATAMOUNT. Fatal Fight of an Old Hunter with a, Huge Catamount. A correspondent descbos theo t -or riblo fate of Jackson Fraily, a veteran old Pennsylvania' hunter, who started out from Martinsville on Wednosday of last. week with two comrados on a hunting expedi tion. The Welch Mountain in the vicinity is heavily, timbered and surrounded by great swamps And ravines, in which boars, catamounts and other wild animals are plenty. The hunters did not return on Wed nesday night, nor was anything heard of them the next night, and their friends determined to do stpatcl searchers to had them. On Friday morning twenty stalwart woodsmen stalrtod to search for the missing mop. At about 10 o'clock the body of Fraily was found nearly covered ip a in snlow drift near the foot of the nountabbi,. His clothing was torn off from his, throat to his knees, fnd his . face, Beck, .breast and abdomen were terribly laceetatod seeniingly by the' eltWs er teeth of a wild animal. Nothing : further was found until ithe party ro bed Tamarack. swamp.. While going about the swamp one of the men found Frailoy's rifle -sta ding against a tree. Both' birrels were empty. A short distance to the' right, in a hollow, was ,ho .body - of an enormous catanomint. It was covered with woinds, one being made by'a rifle ball, nmd the rest plainly by a knife. The snow hav ing been scraped away about the tree against which -the rifle stood, the hunter's knife, ka long clasp knife with a buckhorn handle, and pieces of his clothing were found. it was evident that there had boen a fearful struggle, for the .,ground was covered with blood for.. several feet around, and the underbi-ush was bloody and broken. The search was resumed, and the othei' two missing hiunters were at last dis covered alive and well, though they knew nothing of the fte of Fraily until now, ho having separated from themi on the fiu'st day out." Fraily was known throughout . Pennsyl vania as the Nimrod of the State. He had followed hunting and trap ping for thirty years, and had killed over two thousand door, two hundred and forty-three boars, twenty-five catanounts, three panthers. and unnumbered wolves and foxes. Eleotlons Last Year. Sixteen States held elections last year. 'Thie aggregate vote is' 1,923,111 Democratic and 1,907,293' Ropublican, a Democratic majority of 15,818. A comparisonof 'this vote with that of 1873 in the same States shows that in that -year the Democrats had 1,716,487, and the - R1epublicans 1,830,36:3 votes, thus evidencing a Democratic gain of 129,(i94. The official vote of Missis - sippi gives the total Republican vote at (7,000, which is but 3,472 loss f than the vote for the Republican a candidate for State Treasurer in. 1 1873, when an exciting canvass for ,iGovernor was in progress. The pro :tense of intindhtiofjmfbi G-2cCorida PI3OVISIONS. AT BOTTOM FI!GURES FOR CASH. sept. 4 DEN.TIST, CHARLOTTE, N. C ~~~~~r theprbi 'ee borm .( 0., profesusionally, the 14th dao D~ecomber, andl remain dtU '.crm (sh. bSatisfaction G 78. Terms.~ do0o 7 T. I. Ion~It'om, Tr'ing JIgttfe. OFICEt IN nI-..it Ofb CuiRT lIOUSg WIIN.?SIJORO, S.C. 3& All binesic nflergl him wit r(ai*P'OH)PL aigenge,5 Hi. A (I Anj a... 1.D ' GAILLA AAz ATJi'ORNEYS AT I ~AA W WISloR 2e 1NAf ?4~ brca ist wlm~orsl low for thle ennha by EiPRnug BAcCo,, JtdV O 2w ~A gent. ' la eerra b(- in haghno est eaf"e ar lten. I leaset ad