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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.] WINNSBOIIO, S. C., TUJESDAY MIORNING, MARCH 27, 1877. YOL 1. NO.2 NEW ADVEiLTISEMENTS. 5 FANVV VAJ DS,15 styles with naio,' lots. post paid. J. B. HUsTaD, Nassau, Rens. Co., N. Y. TRIFLING With a Cold is Always Dangerous. USE WELLS' Carbolic Tablets, a sure remedy for Coughs, and all 1)is eases of the Throat, Lungs, Chest and Mucous Mombrane. - PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE DOXES. Sold by all Druggists. C. N. CRITTENTON, 7 Sixth Avenue, N. Y. 00 a month. AotN-s WANTED .. o Our TIpEE (IIEAT $2 zooms. . The Mosy Af- 'Clsa 'ley toss, a full account of this great mys tory written by his Father, beats Robin son Crusoe in thrilling interest. The Illustrated RAND-BOOK to all RELIGIONs, a complete account of all dernominations and sects. 300 Illustrations. Also the ladies' medical guide, by Dr. Pancoast. 100 Illustrations. These books sell at sight. Male and female agents coin money on them. Particulars free. Jopies by mail $2 each. JosN E. POTTER A Co. Philadelphia. A L UV R A TI V I, BUSINESS fue We want 50 1 more-first-class Sew ing Machine Agents, and 500 men of energy and ability to learn the business of selling Sowing \Machines. Comspensa tion liberal, but varying according to ability, character and qualifications of the Agent. For particulars, Address Wilson Sewing Machine Co. CurcAbo. 827 & 829 Broadway, New York, or New Orleans, La. A HOME AND FARM OF YOUR OWN, On the line of a great railroad with good markets both East West. Now is theTitme to S cure it. Mild Climate, Fertile Soil, best Country for Stock Raising in the United States. Books, Maps, full information, also, "THE PIONEEli" Sent free to all parts of the world. Address, CO. "Ee. 'E a,'U'ME , Land Con. U. P. I. It. OMA HA, NEB. Wonderful Success 1 25,000 or' Tn CENTtENNIAL EXPOSITION DEsCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED, Sold in 610 days It being the only complete low-price work (7711 pages only $2.50,treating of the e- tire history ,grand buildings, wonderful exhibits.curiosities, great days, etc.; illustrated. and $1 cheap er than any other; ever% body wants it. On. new agent cleared $350 in 4 weeks. 8 000 agents wanted. Send quickly for proof of abov i, opinions of of cials,clergy, and press, s'a iple pages, full description, and our extra terms. I HUDEAaD Bnos., Pus., 783 Sansom St., Phil., Pa. Caution. Beware of faliely claimed offiial and worthless bovas. Send for proof. on Gold Jewel - .rf combina don out. Con C nting of el, ant w a tel shain, ladles san deomue urooch and ear tons, set spiral studs, collar button, heavy plairi' waigrnand gents' Parislan diamond pin. The above articles sent, post-p~aid, for 50 cts, have been re tailed for $8. Bakutsokand ms he' sold. Solid .. il ton Gold Watches, $10 each, for -specultive pusr poses, goo d timers, equal inappearance to a $200 g fnu inie gold. "JIl is repuntion for honesty, fair d~id jb liija unequaled by' Any' advrter 'n ''thl a elty. '-Net York Day Book, Dec.16, 1870 JPostage stam ps taken as cash. F. STOCK MAN, 21'Bon'd St.;N- Y. DI. RI. Flenilel K(E!Pse.stantly n handa fuanup ply of Choice FAMILY GROOERIES and PL ANT'ATION SUPPLIFA, Nis stoRl lat recently been rEplensh., and IIe is pow Pea4y to supply-the wanta of ? 1 J, le MogARbEY. B1.3EG(S to inform the citizens of Wiinns boro and the public in general, I hat he has on hand the largest and best sob cted stock of WESTERN RYE, and N. C. CORN, in town. ALSO, Brown Porter, Cream Ale, and Cockney's DoligMi, Alf and 'A:If. Smoking and Chew ing Tobacco, CIGARS, &c. J. C. SEEGERS' Palo Ber always fresh on draught. --ALSO A lot of patent ALARM CANDLES. suitable for family use. CALL AND SEE THEM. mar 17 lTOTIO.E. TAE undersigned, having %itlhdrawn ortirely from the mercantile business, gives notico that his notes and accounts are in the hands of a lawyer for co lection without discrimination. Prompt atte"n tion will save costs. mar 17-tx2 JAS. R. AIKEN. THE BALL STILL ROLLS ON -AT THR GRAND CENTRAL Dry Goods Establishment -OF McCreery & Brotier COLUMBIA, S. C. r HE success attending the disposal of our MAoNIFICENT STOCK, which we put upon the market early this season at such low figures, convinces us that the public appreciate our efforts to supp y them with the newest and most stylish goods. luying as we de from the first hands and for CASH, enables us to offer SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS. We are now receiving a now and elegant stock of SPRING AND SUMMER 3D . Y a- C> 4 D s BOOTS, SHOES, Bat" ancs. daps which will be sold at the same low ruling popular prices. We expect to do a IVE PUSHINO nUSINESS, and bargains will be offered daily. "A word to the wise is sufficient." fl- Samples sent on applibaticn and expressage pail on bills ever si. McCRIEERY & ]ROTIHERL, Grand Central Dry Goods Establishment. T1. A. MoCRExanY. B. Ii. MClF.ERY. D. A. IIAwlM. WM. HORKAN. feb 20 . MARk 4e*A tat. 5nw 3s, teni. wEonLAIM FOR TUn IMPROVED WHITNEY SEWING 1YZAOZ~fli S The following speoific points of sup.. riority: *I-f4reat hatingeldcly In Con 2--DutIty. 3-ExiceeInugly Light Run-t nilsag. 4-Mill Iluanninag. NolsetlesM. g5-Perfor.'aus tfal Varmeties or O- etaIy or Finish anid Wemship. TV-GIt AT RIEDUTOIVl LV Single Machines sent on orders direct from 'thie'actory, written guarantee with each Richino. WtI1Y PAY OlD PBIOESI. 'end -for ciroulars and particulars. 'Address, T, Whilatney Mr'g.Co., feb 17 Paterson, N. J. fETyoi) ob Printin do ie at n.J*Ta WE av MD004 IMPORTANT -TO --AND AGRIOULTURISTS I --o Emperor Will'am Cabbage, rI IE best, largest, hardiest and most Jprofitable variety of WINTER CABDAGE known in Europe, and imported to this country exclusively by the undersigned, where, with littlo cultivation, it flour ishes astonishingly, att~ainmig an enor mous size, ani selling in the market at prices most gratifying to the producer. ln transplanting, great care should be Lused to give siient simco for growth. solid heads the size oftihe mouth of a flour barrel is the average run of this choice variety. One package of the seed sent post paid on receipt of 50 cents, and one 3 cent postage stamp. Three packages to sne address $1 00 and two 3 cent stamps. Twelve pacakagcs sent on receipt of $3 00. ,A,4' Read what a well known Gar ett Co. Marylander says of the EMPEROn LIAM Cabbage: BLOOMINOTON, GaITRET CO., Did + 1i. '2, 1877. Mn. JAMES CAM1'DELL, ti6 ulton St.. N. Y. Dear Sir: -I boughtsone seed fron You last spring, and it was gqod. Your tim perar William Cabbage suit. this climate well. On a mountain side the seed you sent iue produced Cabbages weighing thirty poUnd each. Very truly yours, JAM1ES BROWN. o all I am Solo Agent in the U. S. for the famous Maidstone Onion Seed from Maidstone, Kent Co., England, pro ducing the most producing the most prolific and finest flavored Onions known nid yielding on suitable scils from 800 to !:0 bushels per acre, sown in drills. Mr. Henry Colvin, a large narketgarden er at. Syracuse, N. Y., writes, "Your English Onion Seed surprised me by its large yield, and the delicious flavor of the fruit. I could h- ve sold any quantity ir this mar et at good prices. My wife says she will have no other onions for the table in future. Send me as much as you can for the enclosed $5.00." One package of seed sent on receipt of 50 cents and one 3 cent postage stamp, three packages to one address $1 0i ani two 3 cent stamps. Twelve packages segt on receipt of $3 00. iy supply. is limited. Parties desiring to secure either of the above rare seeds, should not delay their orders All seed WARRANTED FRESH AND TO GERMINATE. Cash mu:t accompany all orders. For either of the above seeds, address JAMES CAMPBELL, mar 1-xtGm 066 Fulton St., N. Y. CONGRESS STREET N E w G 0 0 D SI WINNSBORO, S. C. NEW GOODS AT U. G. DESPORTES' AND B AURG A I1NS IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, WVINES, LIQUORS, Etc., E~to, J. OLENDI.NING, Boot and Shoo Manufacturer., 'WINNSUORUO, 8. C. 1,1 THE underaigned re. WJspectfully announees to thma ~U citizens of Fairfield that he Shas removed his Boot and Thee Manufactory to one door below Mr. D).Muller's. I amn >repared: to manufaeture d11 styles ..of; wor~ ,in a substantial And orkmnanlike manner, out of the very best innterials, and at prices tully as low sth mmne goods can be manufaetured for at the NIorth or elewliore, X keep constantly on hand a good Stock of Soie and 0oppr Leather, shoe Findings &ei, whieb will be mold at reasonable priqes, o pairing promptly attended'to. Terms striotly Cash. mfe-rad Hides bought. THE BLOODY ALAMO. --o l A8T DAYS OF TRAVIS, 10 WI 'IL A DAVY CROCKETT & Mexican tells the story of the siege How the heroes met their death--Hilt to hilt--Glorious in death. As long as the world admires true courage, so long will the story of rho Alamo be told, and the heroes of that bloody siege will be enshrined in glory. However rough their characters may have been, however lawless and godless lives they may have lived, the halo encircling their beaths will render all their defects invisible. They will go down to History as martyrs to the causo of liberty. Whi e the general outlines of the iege are familiar to all, the details ire but meagre. the following graphic description purports to be it true story of the scene of that blood day, when Santa Anna achiev id his triumph, and sealed his victo ry with the blood of his prisoners. The facts are narrated by an old Ifexican sc1dier, named Francisco Bu[rraf who was born in Guana junt i,ni151. He became a soldier in 189, was of the army that storm "I- l;Alamo in 1836, and was Lip npu13d by the Texans at San Jacirito: He became a citizen of TexaA, seived in the war of 1846-7 igainst his Native country, and in tlh Qonfederate army in the war between the States. He is now in honored and aged citizen of Brownsville. Santa Anna was joined at Laredo, where lie crossed the Rio Grande, by General Cos, who, in violation of the terms of his recent surrender at San Antonio, was forced to join Sata Anna and return into Texas. The movements of the Mexican army were greatly retarded by fires on the prairies, which rendered the horses of the whole force almost useless. Deaf Smith, a famous Texan scout, was the author of this mischief. Santa Anna halted a day at Medina, when he was met by Senor Novarro and a priest, who gave the General accurate informna tion as to the strength-268 men in the Alamo-of the Americans in San Antonio. A sudden rain storm and "norther" m:tde the river im passable, and a forced march and immediate assault impossible. Next day he resumed the march, Gen. Mora in advance with orders to seize the mission of the Conception, a massive stone structure doomed by Santa Anna a more defensible stronghold than the Alamo. A cannon shot was fired when the head of the advancing column reached the cemetery. The town was not defended, and Colonel Mora was ordered to take a position north ind east of the Alamo to prevent the escape of the garrison. This was late in February, 1836. Santa Anna led four thousand men and awvaited the coming of General Taiza with two thousand more. A bait talion crossed the San Antonio river and took possession of houses below the Alamo to build a bridge across the river. Thirty men of two companies sent the next day to make a reconnoissance wvere killed. A light earthwork was thrown up above the Alamo. The firing fronm the fort, nowv invested on every side, was ceaseless. An earthwork nearer the fort was constructed at night. On the third day of March General Talza arrived, and the plan of assault was defined and made known to the division commifanders On the 5th of March scaling ladders were distributed. At 8 o'clock on the morning of the 6th, ever memor ible in Texas song and story, the Battalion Matamoros was moved to i point near the river and above the Alamo. They were sup~ported by twvo thou sand men under Gen. Cos, this wing of the army being commanded by Gen. Castrillon, Gen. Talza leading that below the Alamo. Sant'a Anna spent the night in the earthworks near the Alamo. The whole fore was to move silently upon the !ortress at the-bugle sound, and not to fire till in the trenches of the l'exans.. The bugle was heard at four o'clock. Gen. Castrillon's di vision, after half an hour's desperate fighting, and after repeated repulses ad. un hpard-of losses, succeeded inl sffecting an entrance in the upper part of thie 4lamo is a sort of out work, jio'W a ou4rcar.: The fight ing ha~d Qnly begun.' . The doors and windows of the Alene leriding wen barriMdd'dind guarded'by bsig. o1 sanle~pedup as higi s a -man's p houlders, and on the roof wert rows of sandsbags, behind which the Texans fought as men never fought before--muzzle to muzzle, hand to hanl. Each 'exan rifle shot ex hausted its force and spent itself in suceossive bodies of Mexicans pack, ed together like a wall of flesh. Muskets and rifles were clubbed, and bayonets and bowioe-knives never wrought such fearful carn 'age. The ceaseless crash of firearms, the shouts of the defiant, desperate, beleaguered Texans, the shrieks of the dying, made the din infernal and the scone indescribable in its sublimo terrors. Each room in the building was the scone of a desperate strug gle with fearless men driven to des speration and consciouls that escape was impossible. 'Ti'hey fought even when stricken down, and when dv ing still struggled, not with death, but to slay Mexicans. In the long room used as a hospital, the sick and wounded fired pistols and rifles from their pallots. A piece of artillery supposed to be that which Crockett had used during the siege, was shotted with grape and canister and turned upon the desperate occu pants of this apartment. After the explosion the Mexicans entered and fcund the emaciated bodies of fourteen men, torn and rent and blackened and bloody. Forty-two dead Mexicans lay at the doorway of this room. Bowie, whose name tells of his fearful knife and deeds, lay stark and stiff on a cot in this room. He was helpless and in boil when the place was in vested ton days before. Eleven Texans tired with terrible effct from the roof of the building, where they used three or four field pieces, which they charged with nails and pieces of iron. - Buerra, like all others, gives his peculiar version of the story that recounts the facts affecting the death of Travis and of Crockett. These two weredound living, yet exhausted by death dealing, and lying among the dead. - When Travis was discovered he gave a Mexican gold, and while con, versing with him General Cos, with whom Travis had dealt most gener ously when San Antonio was captur ed by the Americans, appeared. Cos embraced Travis and induced other officers to join him in asking Santa Anna to spare Travis' life. The President General sternly ro fused. Then Crokett, from among the corpses, stood up, utterly ex lansted by weary, sleepless days and nights and by five hours' constant fighting. Santa Anna enraged beyond mnea sure that his orders were not execut ed. He directed the soldiers near him to fire on the two Texans. Travis was shot first in the back. He fold ed his arms across his breast, and stood stiffly erect till'a bullet pierced his neck. He fell upon his face, while Crockett's body was riddled with bullets. The corpses of two thousand Mexicans were buried; those of the dead Americans were gathored andl burned, a holocaust whose fires lighted tihe way to Texan. freedom. The Hampton tax collector o Abboville, Capt. Perrin, has issuoR up to date two thousand, two hun dlredl and sixty-six receipts. IHis total collections amount to $11, ,070.7-of which amnount $7,641 86 goes to the Hamnpton government lunder tihe ten pe'r cent. call, and $3,428 90 to tihe county. During the past week there has been a marked increase in tile issue of me ceipts, and there is a disposition onl tihe part of all the people1 to pay up their share of the contribution. The colored peop1)1 are acknowledging the rightful authority of Hampton, and on Monday, out of twenty re ceipts twvelve wore issued to colored taxp~ayors.. John D. Lee, thoe instigator of tile Moun tailn Mead ows Massacre, of emigrants in Utah over twenty rvearsmago was excuted on Friday. .fhe laws of Utah provide for execu.. tion by shooting andl at the wnrd five balls pierced tile body of the con Idemned'' man. Be fore execution, ILee made a speech denying com plicity in the massacre, but the evidence against him was complete. Lee had over a dozen wives and six ty -oight chlidren, but none of themn attended the executcon. Springfield, Ull., hams a fema , dentist. Silo is said to be. a ladya of gentle extraction .-Areto York Commercial Advereiser~ Such a woman Is bound to pull through life'.'peaceably if she can, forcepely. if she must.-Norristowen 11erald. .Objllblanes can be cured, but imblainesecannot be.