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WINNSOUO. S. C. Thursday, November 1, ; :1877. B. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. 8, REYNOLDS, Associate Editor. GENNUIAL E1On) FoltRE'', the groat Confederate cavalry leader, died at Momphis, Tenn., on Tuos day evening. EDWIN ADAMS the actor, is olad. His best role was Enoch Arden. For months past he hadi boon a "ship wrecked sailor waiting for a Hail." CONGUIEA WAS convened for the special purpose of making an appro priation for the army. Two wooks have passed, and it hasn't said "army) once yet. CAss CAPENTER was arrestod at Elizabeth, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Re was going about under tho assumed name of "L. Cass Cuport." He was arrested on a roquisition from Governor Hampton. HON. yrmo. H. EviNi has been placed on the Committoo on Mili tary Afairs, by Speaker Randall, and Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken on the Committee on Agriculture. GAnFIELD TUINKS the more you sit down on the Democrat party, the more it will riso again. It will be remembered that Garfield is from Ohio. CHAUnIT All-NoRT, colored member of the House from Richland, has ro. signed. Two years ago, ho and -Nash held the county in their hands. Now. none is so poor as to do him reverance. MEN AnE strange animals. The Italian government has ordered a one hundred ton gun which will use a chargo of four hundred and soventy-five pounds of powder and a projectile weighing two thousand two hundred and eighty pounds. The same government has all her scientists at work preparing a metal plate that will succossfully rosist the gun. TnE CoMMissiox appointed to in vostigate the indebtodness of Richi land, reports that the county owes $31,000. It also reports that .D. B. Miller had overcharged the county more than two thousand dollars for costs in the general aossions, the penalty for which is tell times the amnounu, or over twenty thousand dollars. The .Ponrix haysthlat it is reported that Col. Miller Will appear in an article dlenyinlg the charges made by the Commission. The Taxes. The action of tihe comptroller general in giving fifteen days ad ditional for the collection of taxes without the penalty is exceedingly gratifying to tile thousands of im pecunious taxpayers throughout the State. Tile alacrity with wvhich the people of South Carolina re sponded to the call for the ton per cent. contribution was sufficient evidence of their,willingness to pay their quota for the support of thleir administration----the first thley hlad enjoyed in years. So tile large sums now uncollected speak more eloquently than words of the lhar d times through which the people are passing, and of the impossibility of raising money to satisfy tile do mands of the government. Appre ciating this, the comptroller-gen oral is unwilling that they shall incur a penalty for not performing an impossibility. At thle same time, it is hardly probable that there will be any additional extension after thlis. Tile taxpayers shlould therefore stretch every nerve to put themselves on the right side of the treasurer's account during thle ensuing two weeks. While the State is liberal to hler eilsons, she needs money and must hlave it. Taxo's had better be paid at one, in order to avoid the penalty. The Chicao Inter-aOcean doesn't believe in monocratic economy. That is one of the groat multitude of newspap1s that insist upon "re-. form within the party" and--some A DISASTROUSASSAULT. t Oaptain Williams' Boat Attaoic upon Fort Sumter. The Philadolphia Press publishes the following : Old Sumter seemed to be tho groat point of aggression for the I South Atlantic squadron, and a number of attacks wore mado at differont times and in various ways. Any change of squadron command ors was suro to bring an attack on I the old fort. The most disastrous and somingly badly planned was the assault made by boats during Admiral Dahligron's administration, who conceived that tho capture of that historical and well-battorod pile by the naval forces would rodound to the credit of that branch of the servico, particularly as the country was ringing with the praise of "Gilmore's Swamp Angel," which had been playing havoc with the syminotrio.l lines and angles of tho fort, and throwing shells into Chailotston, fivo miles away. On the morning of Septombor 8, 1874, Lieutenant Commander E. P. Wil liams (familiarly callod "Barney" Williams) of the ship Wissahickon, was designated by Admiral J. A. Dahlg:on to command a division of boats in the pr)oposod night assa'lt upon Fort Stunter, whicn was to be Made in )auncl.e ; and small boats, and was oxpected to be a fwvero < hand-to-hand struggle. Captain < Williams procoodcod. to obey the duty I assigned to him ; st., tod with his vessos outsino of Charleston bar to collect from the diff3rent vessels on I the b.ockado duty the quota of men I and boats for the assault, which duty was satisfactorily performed, ho roturning about dusk, so that thie Coifederatis would not suspect anything from the long string of boats astorn. Af tor his arrival with. in tWe bar, the boats and crows as sonibleJ around the ffag-ship Phila- I dolphia, while the officers were ar- I ranging the projiminaries for the I assault which waIs to be In ido in i three divisions, the first under E. P. Williams, the second under Liouton ant Romey, and the third und3r Lieutenant Preston. The little fleet consisted of twon< ty-fivo boat; some of thom very I frail. They were taken in tow about midnight by the tug Daf fodil, Anting Mastor John P. Carr. 1 The order was that, on being "cast t off from the tug," to pull quietly for I the fort and land without firing. Every man was explected to take care of himsolf, each being armod for close work with a cutlass and Colt's navy revolver. The marines were armed with niuskots, to cover - the assaulting party while trying to gain a footing on the limited ground I around the fort. After nearing the fort, the tug "backed and fillod" ai numbor of times, which led to some confusion, and the boats became entangled, which had a bad effect on the men, whio, in opon1 boats,. woroe being pitched and tossed upnm t the sea in front of the grim old guardian which stood as a sentinel barring the approach to thme much coveted Charleston. The boats.9 were finally cast loose, and the first division made boldly for the fort, Captain Williams in the lead. W~hon withiin fifty yards of Sumnter the sentinel hailed, b)ut received no reply. HIe tired on the boats after the third challenge, when the case mates andl ramp)arts bccamne alive I with men, tihe wa'ter was lit up by port fires, the ekv' illuminated with signal rockets, m.nd showvers of hand grenades, firo-balls, musketry and brick from the dobris showered down upon the bravo band of men a belowv. The forts on James and Sullivan Islands opened upon thme boats with grape and canister, cut--~ ting up and disabling most of them. ~ The air was filled with screeching shells and whistling bullets, and the (lying groans of the wounded, mak ing a p)andcmonium. The rebel ir'on-clads Palmotto State and Chicora tookc an active part in seats toring the invaders, who were comn pelled to pull in all directions to avoid capture. Ninety-five men and twelve officers were gobbled up i by the Confederates. Of this num, ber two deserted their flag and p took the oath of allegiance to the * Confederacy. The boats wvoroe armed with small howitzers, and the ( men, excep)ting the mariners, with revolver and cutlass. Tihe policy of sending a handful of men thus armed to attempt the capture of one of the strongest United States built ~ forts, made doubly so by the dob)ris caused by the fearful cannonading given by Qilmnoro's guns on Morris Island, was severely criticised. ni There were no scaling ldors to reach the parapets after landing; our force had only to remain to be 1 captured or killed--with rev6lvers J to (d0 what .guns of the heaviest y calibre had fAiled to accomplish, viz: reduce Fort Sumter to sub)mission. ~ The men who succeeded in landing found themselves upon a narrowv ledge of a sharp rock. They succeed.. ed in reaching the second tier of easomatos, when it became appa.. C rent that no footing could ho obtained, as there was no means at hand to reach ho top of the wall, the casemates )rojecting rendering it impossible o closo with the robels. Tho mon ought protection from the storm of ron by stowing themselvos in the iolos mado in the side of the fort by fho Swamp Angel's firo and the bat orics on Morris Island. After the totion the assaulters who had land d wore quietly taken prisoners. It was understood that the sol.. liors and iron.clads wore to assist hie boats, at least to cover them vhilo landing, but no assistanco vas sont. Much amusomont was and at the oxponse of the assailants. Am the capturo was supposed to bo i sure thing, the officor of each )oat quietly stowed away a United itates flag, and quito a rivalry ex, sted as to who should be the one ,o raiso the flag on the staff of 4umter. It was believed that one )oat had the original flag hauled lown when Major Anderson capitu ated to Fthio Confederates. Some ,ore saving their cigars to smoko >n tho ramparts after the work was ompleted. Tho men captured voro very kindly treated by tho farrison of Fort Sumter, but were dtierwards sent to tho "pons" at Jolumbia, S. C., whero many died. E. POST OFnICE DEICIENCI.:S.-It is lisucovered that the post oico lopartmenit, in tho matter )f salaries alone, will present :o Congress a dolicienicy of $284,000 or the fiscal year, and ask for elief. As the salftrics of postmas, ers are fixod by law, it is difEinilt to indorstand why there should be any leflicielcy, but Postmaster General Key sayri that Congress was fully nformel thit thoro v.onld ho a da icieney when the last appropria ion bills were up, and that it is not the fault (of the department. Other >flicers of the department say tha t 'ho1 fault is with certain Democrati ( nombers of (Jong-ess, who wantod .0 Imako a groat show of r (lntiions n the appropriation bills for cam aign purposes, even though they inew that a deficioney bill would imvo to be pssed beforo tho end of he year. The name of Randall is spoecially montioned as one f the cind of Congressmen alluded to. Tim AnrTIC Exrtou.q.-The latest lows of the Areic explorer, Cap - ain Tyson, of the Schooner Florenc, tow on a voyage toward the North ?olo, is a letter received by his wifo, n1 Washington city, dated Straits >f Belleislo, August 20. All wero vell, but the crow had experienced Iroadftul wonther since leaving Now Eondon, thick fogs and heavy gales. Che letter was written in lead >Onil, and camo by the way of ;cot.land, after being carried at sea 'or woks by a sailing vessel. Sheriff's Sales. % Y virtue of executions to me O) direted, I will offer for sale hofore he ('onurt lIotnse dooer in Vaintnsbioro, S. ('., >n thet first aliondayi in Novembler netxt, v'ithlin the legal hiours of sale, ror CASII,the ollowing describued property, to wit: F"ifteen hunildredl ptouhus of sed cOt ton, nuore or less, forty bushels ofeornt, moore ir less, andi live hmudredi pounds of fod ler, levied on us thei property of ii. M. onliy, Dennis Ynrborou gh and William arborouigh, at the suit of John S. Swy ert. A LSO, One black horse mule, leviol on as the rop)erty of Jim Jones, at the suit of J. ~easter Lyles. ALSO, One black mule, levied on as the pbrop rty of Morgau Latta, at the suit of Jno. S. W. RUFF, Sheuiff's Offien, t15. F. C. Vinnsb,oro, S. C. Oc)tohor 20, 1877. ctl 31-fl2 B est is Chea pest NEW WILLCOX & GIBBS LUTONIATIC Silent Sewing Machine, aatest Invention, Producing M,arvelous Results. Its surpassing me'rit places it beyond nil comn etitIona, and makes IL theO cheape't, niotwit h andling tihe large Indlu(emenlts offerI by lers of noisy, hazrd-ru nnin g, troublesonme, two. urcnd, :oenir.n lain a ics, nly Machcline in the World with Automnatic, Features, and1( Wit 110 TI'OnlII to Manage. Vri(e by Postal Card for Price List, List of Offices, &c. WILLCOX & GI1111S S. M.0C0 (Cor. Blond St.), 658 Broaidway, N. Y ly 15l-y Lowest Prices for Cash. HAVE just received a large and4 well assorted stock of Groceries, hiehoh I offer cheap for CASH. I am selling out my stock of oots and Shoes at COST PRICES. Triumph and Lynehburg Rye,and tone Mountain Corn Whiskies. Fine Brands of Tobacco and igars. Highest prices given for Cotton, R. .T. MnCAULT;y'c. Tho Stato of South Carolina, COUNTY OF FAIRFIEbD. Court of Com1mon Pleas. Samuel B. Lathan vs. W. Watt Brice, Wmn. J. Lathan and John L. Caldwoll. IN pursuanco of an ordor from the Court of Common Pleas in the abovo stated catso, I will offor for salo before tho Court iouse door inWinnsboro,on the ir ,t. Monday in November noxt, within the legal hours (if aile, tho following de, scribed property, to wit: All that plantation or tract of land lying in Fairfieli county, on waters of Wateree Creek, containing FIvE HUNDRED AND Ilil TY-TIER AND THRtEE-Q1AR;TIAs AVCEH, nI101-0 or less, and bounded by lands of Sainuel 13. Lathan, A. 13. Montgomery, an I the lands of W. Watt 1rioo. TERMS oF HALE: One-third of the purehas-money to bw paid ill CAM, the balance on- a1 Ok rt(edit of o0ne and ,wo years, with interest fromt day of valo--the purchaser to give hils bond and a mortgago of the prelill.ie., lnd to pay for all necessary paupers. 8. W. RU0F, Sheriff's Oflice, 8. F. C Winniboro, S. (I., October 5, 1877. oct 6 i-As Tito Stato of South Carolina. TO Daniel W. Gladden, Janmes 'Tidwell a(nd Kziai Tialdwell his wife, Isaiall Tp Miiddden, William 11. 1. MAlingo III (I Maryj Janeo Miungo his wif,', ley:d bemr anid ro'esuntatives of Mlinor Ghidlein, who died intestato: OU are lereby required to appear at t Couirt of Probato to be holden it Fairfield Court Ilonso for Faiifielt County, on the' 10th dl of DeCemb11er, A. D. 1877. to show cause, if any you can, why the real vstao of Minor (lodiei, develoned, ileseribcId in tlhe petition of Eliza J. Powell, filed in my oflice, should not he divi,h-d Or sold, allotting to the sail, Eliza lJ. 'owvell (-lolel-Ilf, anild to the Said )aniel W. Chaulden, Kezialh Tiilwell and Isiialh T. Glialden the other half in equad proportoni betweent tho-m. Givcn11 ull y hanid und seal, this Jilh day of Octobvr, A. ). 1877. 0. R. TILOMP.ON, L..s. Judge of Probate Fahir.ield County TO the defoidats Daniel W. Gladden, James Tidwell silld Kezial 111 wl hi. wife, William 11. IH. Mingo anIld Mary 1n111le Mingo his wife. AU- notice that the Sulummonsg in this 11. lict,1on. of whichl the fore.-ming is, a copy. wasv frled in fth oilco of( tie Proate Court, lt Wiinsboro, in the coulity of p airlid, in thI() Site of South 'arolin, oil the-4th dhay Of October, A. .1), 1877. J AS. 11. IGN, Petitioner's At tolney, Winnsboro, S.0. oct ')-x1aw%6.W Estate Sale, Y virtue ofa power of alt ornv(y given .) to mno by thoso interesto.1 ill the estate of]). 11. Ritf, deeae:1, I will oier for sale at puIblic outcry, at Iti4geviy, S. C., on the 20th day of Norom(11ber next, the following real property beloinig to thestat oof the said D. R. Ruir, de easeOd: One lot of lnd, conitaininig alf,11bout four aeres, oil which stantds a two story dwell nig-houlsl. Two lot; of land, on:, acro c(eh, on each Of Wlieb sMtas Co.:lgo. One lot (if lall, containir g (one hlf1' of an acro onl which staiti1 a it(liall cottIge. Onet tract of landl 11 onDtchzia's ('r44ek, (contammn one 14 ho ((dred andl sievenlty-fiv acres, m(ore 01r lessi. A .o, liy virtua of nut.hoity given~ to me1C by tIhe Probate' .Jud(ge, T, as exneutor of1 th(' will of 1). II. lRuff,' dlealnsed, wuill s,ell, atf the sae tim an0 ((d plaUce, the following l>Crson1a1liprope.rty: One inoe Pianol (Knaube), 7.3 octaves. One tine Parlor Organ. Two Glol Watolhes. One Buggy and (IHarness. 0On( Eigh(t-day (lock. One sett of' Walnut, Furniture, complete. Two Milch Cows and1 Calves. HolusoI1ld and Kitchueni1 Furniture, and 1 other arlticles. 'rlEMs OF SATE-For real estate, one third cash, and theO balanco On 11 credit of one and1( two years, with interest from d1ay of 3(a11, to b)e secured byv bond of purchaser50 and1( mOrtgage of' thle promisos;5 pulrchaser to pay for' nil necessary papiers and to prooe plolicies of insur'ance on thle sevearai buiidin(gs, to lie conthinuedl unItil ihe purchase-monecy b)0 paid, and assign tihe same to A. F. I uff. For per sonlal p)rop)erty, CAsu on day of sale. A. F. RtUFF, Attorney in Fact Oct 13-f1tx3w and Execu tor. SHIERIIFF?'sSA LE. 1YviT3i''''ef anexcuntion to me direc.. ].-.)edl Wi il o'Ior for saie bofore the (Jour t 114l1useor in Winnsboro, on thle lfirst AIonday in November next, within the legal hours of' saie, FOnl oA5U, the fol lowing describad priop)erty, to wit: Al ta plalntation or tract of land lying nFa1rieo( County, on waters of Be0aver Crooh, cont'in ing TUaEEhih n1UNDnED~1 iNDi FOUaITEEN AoIIEs, U)Oro Or 1es(s, and11 bounded by lands of Mrs. J. P. Coleman, iliss Sallie P. Lyles, T. M. Lyles and >thors. Atso, One tract of land lying in Fairfleld 3OuInty, on waters of Roecky (;reok,''con :aling OMEi HU(NDaED AND) slivENTY-THREEF (01RE3, inOre or less, and ounlded by (0and5 of Wesley Mayliohd, J. C. Feaster, Rstote of 11. J. Lyles, Mrs. M. E. Moans, [saac ii. Means andi Samuel 13. Ciowney, dl levied on as the I>rop)ort-y of W. S. Mlontith and R3ichard O'Nealo, at tho mit of Edwin S. Scott, survivor'. 8. W. RUIFF, Sheriff's Ofmic, 8. F. C. WVinnsboro, 8. C., October 13, 1877. >et 10-f1lx2______________ Fire Insurance. NTO" '" the time to ,nsure your Dwollings, Barns and11 Gin io'usos, ~iplo secuirity offored in the OTLD AND I WVELL ES'IABLISHS5D COMPANIES represented at this Agency. Apply to JAfI. W. L~AW, ] o 11--xt1m ]rm.m..no Agxt. Columba Business Cards. I] EADJUARTE118 for ciapest Gro L eries and l.rdwaro in Columbia to be found at the old reliablo house of LOllICK & LOWEANCE. IX'S, Portraits, Phtotograplis, Store . o0opem, Ac. All old pictmres copied. Art Gallery B1uilding, 12-.4 Main Street, Columbia, S. 0 Visitors aro cordially invited to call and examino. I1AiLES EIAS,formerly of Camden, ,111% ha iovoil to Columbia, an 1 opolod a I.. , it' Dry Goo-l amid Notions, JIoot,. . runiks and Valiss. Satis fattion ,tuarand, (-d. -D EUiCKS & DAVIS, importers and Dn h-rs inl It les, CloOks,Jewe Iry, Silverwind Platedl Ware. Ilouse Fv-rnish ing Goo'od; , &c. N. Dl.--AItehos aim1 jow Ory I ,airttd. Columbia, S. C. oct 2' -y Augusta Advertisements, >EST Dry (oods 1Iouse inl the South. I All exliross freights paid whure the order i1i $10.(11). Writo a Postal for S.u pies and Prico List. Y. RLCiIARDS & 1RO., oct. 27- Augusta, Ga. G. V. DOGraaf, li'lelesale and Retail FURNITURE DEALER -AND Undertaking in all its Branches. 147, 1474 and 149 Broad St. PARLOR SUITES. 3ix Chairs, Ilair Cloth or 1eps, $21 24 PARLOR ROCKERS. Carvetl Top, .1 tir Cloth or lIhp, 900 1.1 0 0 1700 MAITTRESSES. t.raw and Colton, S3 -0 .1 440 Shuck and C3tton, 3 75 " " 4 25 Cotton, 9 00 SIDEBOARDS. Nfarble Top!, $22 " " 30 35 10 " 45 " " '50 1T150 PARLOR SUITS. leven I licces, I lair Cloth or Reps, $ 45 50 70 " " "125 N'ino " Leoathier or Cano 1.5( Kighit "' Finie, ui pwards to 45~0 oct 27- Augusta, (Aa. 3:ev No chm rgo for drayago .jiacking'. 11h0 State of Sonth ('aro ina COUNTY OF F.'.llIIEL, In1110il 11r0obi1 0 Cout, samuiel A. Murphy, an Adint istrator, VS. Ta~rlet. n M:aphy and Others. 'N p'urMenco oft an ordcr from tho .. Court of Probiato for F"airfield County, inade in the ab)ovo stated ease, I will ofler for sale before the Court 1loniso door in Winnsboro, on the first Moniday ini Novem-. Laer next, within the legal htour of sale, dl the right, title anid interest of Eph. raim M. Murphy, deceased, in a certain lot of land lying an I situato in tho towvn )>f Winnsboro, containinig one-fif*h of an a~cre, more or less, and emfbracd within the tollowing area, to wvit: comn monoing at the south-west corner of lot number one hundred and thirty-two of said town and thenso running south along Congress street thirty-fivo foot, then cornering and running at right-angles to said street in rn easterly direction about two hundred anid fifty-seven feet to the track of the Uharlotto, Columbia and Augu ita Rlail.. road Company, then cornering and run.. ning in a northerly direction along said braeck thirty-five foot to the southern lino af lot number' seventy-two, then cornering '1d( running in a weosterly dlirection along lie southern line of lots number seventy awo and one hundred and thirty-two hoeu1t two hun dred and fifty-fivo feet, to aho beginning points, TEnMS or srAn: One half cash, the balance on a credit >f one year, with interest from (lay of male, purchaser to give hsis b.ond secured 'y a miortgago of the promises sold, and( 0 pa1y for all necssary plapors. ALSO, FO1R OASH: All the p)ersonal pr~operty, e-masistig of mne Gold Wateh ant the uncoolleeted 1otes and accounts belongingi to the estate >f the said Ephraimi iA. Miurphy, die. weased1. S. W. RUFF, Sheriff's 001cc , 5. F."C. W'innsboro, S. (1., October 9, 1877. >ot 13-tda JTOJE SAI.JBJ, 4nowv Piano, made by one of the lead.. ing manufacturers of thoe Unitedl tates. The instrument has a compass o seven and one-third octaves, and is inished with all the latest implroveme)nt. t can be bou.ght at a great roductioun ~romi retail prieo. Apply at t.he offie of TunE NEWS AND I ER.A , *jnna Q2-t