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The following well-timed remarks were extracted from the Greenville Enterprise: It so happens that most of the news papers of South Cacolina, with many excellencies, are yet in all that relates to State improvement, mere fossils of the past. They are fully alive to the discus sion of the Radicals, and leave untouched and unq-sestioned the most practically oppressive and ruinous laws of their own State,and leave unrebuked the laws which oppress and beggar them, their wives and children, and drive them from the State, or keep them here to be arrested and imprisoned for debts, or to give bail, endangering their friends and cramping themselves for twenty years' time to come. Not a paper in Charleston even utters a sentiment adverse to imprison ment for debt; yet they wish to see their city prosper, so do we all. Let them learn a lesson from New York ; they know something of what conduces to commercial prosperity, and of what makes a people and cities prosperous in money matters, in population,' and of what makes a great city;. and yet with all the natural advantages of New York, years ago.she added this additional ad vanta:'e. Her customers cannot be ar rested for debt when they visit her, and they go there. In Charleston, her cus tomers owing a debt there, or anywhere, may be arrested on it when they go there, and they don't go. We feel justified, therefore, in expect ing some support from the Charleston business men, who may sympathise with our views of State policy. Certain we are, Charleston would gain by anything calculated to encourage customers, old and new, to visit her without the fear of being put in jail for old debt', or new debts. There are many other things in which we think we can claim sympathy from Charlestonians. We purpose di recting some attention to the abuses of our railroads which contributes so much to her injury ; they can be remedied. It is time that we discuss the things that male for our relief and prosperity. The Radicals, bad as they ray be represented, are not our only enemies. As OMIsots Sm.-The Richmond Times has the following notice of a very ominous sign of degercracy in this ennntry That r.olitica and social demoraii, . tion go hand-in-hand, we have a l,ainful illustration at present in ma::y of the large Northern cities. Tte decent, con aerrative press teems with strictures upon the once exraordinary, but now eommon, spertacle of drunkenness among the fashiotiable women of the people of "grand moral ideas." That such sights Were common in Sodomn and Comorrah before a fate of brimstone and fire fell upon those places, we have every reason to believe. We know, from the reiterated assertions of history, tha~t all the corrupt and wicked nations of antiquity com menced rotting and going to pieces in this way. When woman takes to liquor, the house or community in which such practices prevail may be safely consider ed to be in a very desperate way. There is no sign of the decadence of popular virtue and morality so alarming as this. The mnissionetl woman in America has heretofore been a high and lofty one. She has been the custodian of those vir tues aad proprieties which have not been safe in the keeping of the sterner sex. it is a most gloomy and ominous symptom of social and moral disintegration, when we see females, moving in circles deemed respectable, fall victims to vices and de baucher:es which have hitherto been assigned almost exclusively to the u,ale sex. All moral and religipus barriers maust b'e broken down ini a community where women, with features of loveliness, and draped with all the adornments of the latest fashions, stagger from their carriages and reel through the throngs of Broadway, in the blaze of mid-day and the glare of gas-light. Rome saw such appalling sights when plunging to her doom, all reekmng with corruption and wickedness. But has the North, in the pride and zenith of its boasted power and virtue, come to this ? If so, let her mourn in all her borders. YALUE OF THE POL-ND STE.RLING IN~ CURRECaYc.-lt is difficult to explain the seeming mysteries of foreign exchange to one who is wholly uninitiated. A ster ling bill is a draft payable in English pounds, shilling and pence, called "ster ling money." A sixty days' bill is pay able (with grace) sixty days from sight ; bills were formerly payable on presenta tion ; but the custom of granting three days' grace after sight came into general use in England, and thus "bhort sight" is used to designate those bills legally payable three days after presentation. The rate (109j) for sixty days' bills, describes the price at which the drawer undertakes to pay a pound sterling to the holder in London sixty-three days after presentation there for acceptance. IL is not 109j on the actual value of the pound in the Federal money, but on a certain conventior al rate-namely $4.44. Thus $4.44x109I- equal to $4.86.6 (omitting fractions.) The latter is the value to be paid in gold here for each pound sterling of the bill of exchange. Now $4.86.6x1361 equal to $6.64.8 which is the value in paper currency of the pound at the rates given. The rule therefore is o'ovious: Multiply four dol lars, forty-four and four-tenth cents by the quoted rate of exchange ; that will give the cost here of one pound of exchange in gold. Then multiply this product by the quotation of gold : that will produce the cost of the pound in paper money. This is a very simple process, and one which, it is probable, every reader will be able to understand. Wii&r A LABAxA T[TIxs ABOCT TfnE "So cALLED."-MOTGoMERY, Jlanuary 24. Chief Justice Walker, of the Supreme Court of this State, delivered an opinion to day, sustaining a decision beretofore made in the Circuit Court, that Alabama was a de facto Government under the late Confederate States. The effect of this decision is to relieve from responsibility all guardians and ad pministrators wrho iuvested the funds under their control in Confederate secu rities, and to make valid all transactions which took place in Confetderate money. DES-r7E is LAscASTs.-T1he Luan easter Ledger says ; From various quarters of this District comes up the well authenticated report that the poor are alarmingly destitute of the means of subsistence., Many must inevitably perish befor-e the close of the present winter, unless relief is obtained from some quarter beyond the District An inch of ground in Quincy, Ill., re cently sold for $11.200. NEWBERRY, S. C. Wednesday Morning, January 30, 1867. The Galaxy. The abere popular magazine for February, has arrived. It is brim fell of splendid reading matter. "A History of the late War between the States -Tracing its Origin, Causes and Besult." A work, entitled as above, by Hon. Alexander H. Stephns, will shortly ap pear frotn the popular National Publish ing Co., Richmond Va. Declination. It will be seen on reference to a card in anothercolumn, that Dr. C. H. Sondley is not a candidate for the office of Tax Collector. Richmond Type Foundry. We base received from Messrs. H. L. Pelouze & Co., a neat specimen of- their printing material. We commend the Rich mond FouLdry to Southert, printers. Genuine Peruvian Guano. The attention of farmers is called to the announcement made by Messrs. Carwile & McCaughrin of tbeir ability to offer 'i a day or two, a fine and unad'ilterated fertilizer, bought from the only authorized agents of the Peruvian Government in the United States, and which is warranted to be the rnre Peruvia4. The sir, ple word of these gentlemen is a suimeiett guarantee of its pu rity. Secure a supply of it at once. The District Court. The first session of thiS Court terminated last Wednesday afternoon. His HonorJudge Pope presided, for the first time, with the dignity, courtesy and ability of a *.;ucb older jurist, and gave una-sing evidence of a mind well stored., disciplined and forti fied. Business W*s done with dirpatch.1 The follo': ing cases were disposed of : State "s. Claiborn Kinard-Stealing seed Cottg i. Sentenced to 12 months bard labor in the Penitentiary. State vs. Robert Barre-Hog stealing. }Sen,ence. $25 fine or 39 larhes. State vs. Sim Stone-Corn stealing. Sen, tence, 39 lashes. State vs. Philip biaffett-Hog stealing Sentence, One $25 or 39 lashes, IMPRoYEMENTS.-IlandSome and sub stantial houses are going up on the burnt district, and in various sections of the town neat fencing displaces the dilapt daited railings of the past. New and strong banisters we are glad to see grace the Court House steps, wbile to the late council we are indebted for very substan tial bridging over the rr.ilway track, on the Kinard's ferry road. We hope that the unavoidably unfinished portion of the small bridge so bappily begun will be finished by our present able TOWn fathers. Xeusrs. Wearn & Hix. During our recent visit to Columbia, we learned that these very popular artists contemplate removing from that city. This information will be received with regret by their many friends, and we may venture to say by the whole up country, for th~ey have 'gained a iide spread celebrity - for their beautiful and life-like pictures which is not confined to their own narrow limits. A visit to thei.r gallery is a treat well worth going f>r, and reveals the fact that it is scarcely possible to conceive of the art being car ried to any greater perfection. Wearn is certainly a master ini his branch of business, anid Bix stands preeminent in his particular line, and should they in deed seek a wider and more lucrative field, we see no reason why they will not realize the benefits of their genius and Iability. Wherever they may go we wish them unbounded success, but trust they will think well on it ere doing so. We were particularly struck with their exquisite Miniature Portraits on Porce lain, which are equal in beauty and fin ikh to Ivory Portraits, nor are their colored Photographs the least feature of attraction. We believ, that it is their intZention to visit our town ere long, and 'oefore leaving the State, when an oppor tunity will be afforded our citizens of sitting for their pictures. The Lannena Why. The following are the reasons given by the Arkansas Legislature fo'- rejecting the Co,nstitutional amendment : 1st. Arkansas does not know that the amendment was adopted by such a Con gress as the Constituti on provides for, one third of the States being unrepresen ted in it. 2d. It was never submitted to the President for sanction as the,Con stitution requires. 3d. The enormous power it seeks to give Congress would virtually abolish all local and domestic State laws. 4th. It seek~ to force negro suffrage on the States, as shown in the second section, while the fifth and third sections disfranchise the wisest and best citizens of the State, who, having perfor med all the conditions of surrender and general amnesty, are entitled restoration to tbe status they held before the war, and there is no reasons for believing its adoption would secure restoration. The committee recommend a quiet andl digni fled course of endurance, rather than purchase restoration at a sacrifice of the principle of self respect. Beef, Bacon, Buttei-, Beans, Potatoes and wood taken in exchange for this paper. Also, a young shote or two and, in fact almost everything else, save grinding stoncs, shavings and young puppies. Verbum sat. New Advertisement. FRESH GARDEN SEED-Dr. E. E. Jack son, Columbia-warranted pure and genu mne. NonxcE 'TO DEBToRs-Mfars & Mfars, Exor's. NionIce, IItETO BENT--Y. J. Pope. NonrcE TO DEBOs-L. C. Kibler. FoR 'r8E Esservo LEcHSLATURE-R. V. Gist-Many Farmers. DEcLIIA~rIow-C. Hf. Sondley. REMOVAL-Girardeau & Kittleband. FREsH FISH EVERY WEDEDAY AND SAT'RP AY-A. M. IBiser. I i'----.-- U TX D1,~..,. In Memento Mori. Many members of this conimunity w sensibly affected ~last Thursday mornii when the sad an,iouncement was made tl Mrs. Emilie Gonin, the beloved wife of ] T. F. Gouin, had departed this transit< life. Mrs. G. was a lady of most agreeea and engaging manners; kind, gentle, get rous and considerate. Her life was an i pulsIon of kind words and gentle dee Her love for her household was as tr steadfast and devoted as time in its cour And while she was entirely unobtrusive, I heart and soul went out in sympathy for animate life, and affectionate ministries tended her wbere'er she went. Althougl comparative stranger in a strange land, a far away from the beautiful home of I nativity, her genial, happy nature kept I pure flame of charity alive. We shall miss her kind salutations, with her it was always morning; brig beautiful, serene. The casket is open, the jewel is lost ; 1 vase is broken, the flowers are withered, the ashen leaves that remain will yielk fragrance that shall never die! "There came a rush of memory o'er me, And-I wept-I wept.'' For a cloud obscures the brightness of < horizon, and sepulchral winds breathe pi sive requiems over departed hopes and j< that are dashed-yet not forever, for alt the frosts of winter may overlie the lov flowers of earth and crush then in their ; folds. 'tis but for a season; the ball breath of spring again restores the lati germ to "life and light and beauty." And this new birth of the flowers-t type of a new life-admonishes ns with holiest inspirations, that there is anot life and a more glorious reunion, beyc the pearly po:tals of the Ccestial city. "Our friend hsa but disrobed herself rest k littt. earlier than other members of I.mily." May her sleep be awet anl tn Iquil ! 6(COMMUNICATED.] MESSRS. EDITORS: It has been t good fortune to secure a copy of 1 "History of McGowan's Brigade," by c talented young towns-man, James F. Caldwell, Esquire. When the puhlidati of this work was announced, I look for a success, but the reality has excei ed my most sanguine expectations. 'I Author has taken up this Brigade of Sot Carolinians from its organization, a traced its history throughout its t interrupted connection with Gen. Le grand Army of Nortbern Virgi "during the years '62, '63, '64, and ' In this work are contained admirat written accounts of the battles arou Richmond, the Valley c6mpaigri sgaii Pope, the invasion of Maryland, the b ties of Fredericksburg, Chancillorsvil Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderne Spottsylvania C. H., Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and finally the todcluing si render of all ou; hopes at A ppomatt C. Hi. The author has exhibited a m< through acquaintance with all the mo' ments of this Army, and while maki his Brigade the stand-point of his obs vation, yet he has written the best et nected history of Lee's army, the wri has been able to find. Mr. Caldwell I succeeded most charmingly in divesti his work of all local-prejudices and p tisan failings. In no instance does I writer recall an injustice to his comrat of other Commands. A beautiful ill t,ati~on of this is exhibited in the gria he bestows upon Kerhaw'sriade, their conduct on the 6th May, 184 when referring to the temporary con sion whi:h resulted during the battle the Wilderness amongst the troopsI cause of a misconception of some of I General officers,he says: "Yet Kersha' Brigade bore themselves with illustric gallantry. Some of the Regiments h not only to deploy under fire, but wh they were formed, to force their w~ through crowds of flying men, and re tablish their line. They met Grant's gions, opened a cool and murderous f upon them, and continued it so stead and resolutely, that the latter were co pelled to give back. Here I honestly 1 lieve the Army of Northern Virginia a saved !" A work similar to his, coming from soldier who participated in its dange its toils and its glories, in his own pers< and who is not, therefore, dependent ta on his imagination and the dry repoi of Generals as other writers have bee I have long anxiously desired. Knowi that this work comes from just su hands and possessing such distinguish mei, nothing gives the writer greal pleasure than to commend it to the vourable consideration of all the frien of the "Lost Cause" and especially to t citizens of his own District. In addition to Mr. Caldwell's bon< able c-:iection with the Army throug out the War, which enabled him. thoroughly understand its history, has enjoyed and successfully enjoyedt opportunities of making himself a fl ished writer. His good taste in freei his book from the rich colourings oft imagination is highly commendable. E is a worthy theme, and he trents it Wi the dignity of a Roman. Tho' failure acknowleilged, he neither whines aroul the "Stars and Stripes" nor abuses o President and Generals, nor indulges private boastings. On the contrary unflinchingly aavocates the justice of t cause, deplores the result and beautiful illustrates the glorious deeds of the livil and the dead. H is descriptions of the bi tIes are followed with touching memol of their dead. His tributes to Greg Perrin, Marshall, Smith, Bookter, I wards, Miller, McLemnore and others a just and graceful. In referring to Cal John C. McLemore so kindly remei bered by many of us he says: "His w a strange character and a strange li difficult to understand yet more diffici to describe. Contradictions met in hin ambitious, he pursued ni fixed purpos a lover of worldly pleasures, he was se sitive and ideal; an indifferent studer he read and acquired much ; unaddict to exertion, he was a model in all soldiE ly exercises ; brave and independent, was as affectionate as a woman ; to 11 eye of the world, he was bright, han some, convivial, happy; to his neare friends, he was proud, honorable, unprt tical, generous, with a dark shade melancholy underlying the surfac * * Could I write the symbols, would express his mind and his life by smile and a tear." As a pen-portra all who knew the gifted dead, will pr nounce this perfect. Candor cornpells me to say of Mr. Cal 'well's book, that the style is terse ai vigorous, the language chaste and bea *;~i *I~A ~ ~hntt and ener~reti . Fcreign ewsin Brie. * GREAT B1t'ajxN -$torpts and -fdoda. 'g, Destruction of life and property. Stal iat wart men begging for bread in the )r. streets, and not getting it. Reform bill >ry expected. Protests against ritualism. ble The Queen has a bad cold. Sir Morton 1e% Peto will . m- FRANCE.- otests against Mr. Seward isl about the ineffective blockade of Canada. Qe, Much opposition to the Army Bill. The sei French in Coctrin fihina."retired in good ier order." The 'sfudents' whto did not. be all have themselves have been fined and im Qt. pr isoned. is TuRKEY.-The Porte wants the great d powers to compel Greece to remain neu tral. Turks defeated again. Canadian ier men and women imassacred. Turkish he trigate firing on women and children. 1rTAL..-Nothing definite from the for Pcpe. Brigandage has taken a recess un ht, til summer. The Persano trial is going on. Garibaldi is not dead. The Italian ,he Bishops will be independent in all spiri ret tual matters. I a . HuNGARstillsuffering, Austria making promises, Prussie receiving addresses and taking possession of captured prop erty, and Russia consummating the an mr nihilation of Poland.-Char. Mercury. y - The Blue Ridge Bai!road. eit It will be interesting to our readers to learn that there is a probability that that Icy portion of the Read, in Tennessee, will be placed under contract in a short time. sWhen the charter was obtained, the mn State of Tennessee subscribed $10,000 per mile, with $100,000 for the bridv at he Knnxville ; amount.a, in the aggregate, to $600,Ou. -iDuriag the lakt session (f 1er Legislatu~re oi Tennessee, $300,000 was ' given by the State, in addition to her former subscription. - Besides, Blount for county also made a liberal subscription, the' which is now available. . mn The authority is good for saying that operations will he commenced at Knox ville, at an early day, for the completion of the road in Tennessee-a distance of fifty miles. And that it is confidently ny believed that the means will be obtained, he ere long, to complete the whole road. 0ur Pickens Courier. SIGNIFICANT.-An evening paper in on Washington says ed If necessary, its strong and iron hands d. will be invoked to stay the course and 'he prevei.t the consummation of radical treason. The great oath of the Presi ith dent to protect and defend the Constitu nd tion will not be forgotten, and the peo In. ple who sustain him with their five hun e's dred thousand majority of the voting . population, North and South, will not aforget him. Events have'already brought 55. the Government to the very verge of an >ly other revolution. If the Radical majori nd, ty in Congress p.ujeues its.course much 1st longer the Govsn~iet, in order to sus at- tain itself, will .have to arm its support l.ers, North and South, and the army and as, Navy will respond. In such a contest at the issue cannot be doubtful. Congress I- men may be valiamt fighters on the floor or of Congress, but Whten they come to lead >st their cohorts into the field it will be an re- other thing. TIhe. real army and great ng soldiers of the Republic will be found a- fighting .nder the flag we adore, Not mn- withstanding the opposition of the Radi ter cals, it is a determined fact that Andr-w las Johnson will servt out his constitutional nig term of office. ;he -CU:RIoSrTY OF TifE SE.-A London let les ter says the women are actually, from as- their euriosity, becomings a nuisance in ise our law courts, egpecially in cases.where for course and indeceat evidence bas to be M4, given in. In the Divorce Cou.rt they fa- act shamefullj in their desire to hear the of filthy testimony. T,he other day a Judge )e- attempted to get i-id of his "lady"~ au he dience, with only.partial -success. Some t's evidence of a very gross 'character being 'us impending the Juidge 'directed that all ad respectable femalesshould leave the court. en There was a pause, du--ing which sorne ay of the women retired. There was then as- another pause, and the rest evidently in I- tending to remain, the Judge added : ire "All the respectable females having left ily the court, the case will now proceed." >e- A SEwiNG MAeIE.-We hear of a -as young geBtleman, from Princess Anne, .who was entrusteith:s8venty-Bve dol Slars, by his mama, (being the proceeds of rs, her butter and milk) to purchase her a in, sewing machine. He came to this city, '- told his sweetheart all about it, and the -ts twain proceeded to North Carolina, where mn, they were made one. The young farmer ng then took his bride to his mother and de ch clared that she was the best sewing Ma ed, chine that he could find in this city. :er Old lady is perfectly delighted.-Norfolk fa- Day Book.. ds [Such investments will pay if the ma he chine is in good order and will work right.] h- 'DsowNED.-We regret to learn that a to man by the name Walker, said to be a he son of that well known and much esteem he ed citizen, John Walker, E9q., of Cross n- A nchor, Spartanburg District, was drown ng ed, in attempting to cross Reedy River, he at Fishdam Ford, near Joe's Bridge, in is this District, on Monday last. From ac th counts the young man was unacquainted is with the Ford, and entered the River id too high, and thus rode his horse off the ur bank into twelve feet water. Being ta in ken unawares, he must have lost his he balance, and fell off the horse and was he drowned. The horse made his escape. ly [[Laurensville Herald. it- Miss Jarrett, of-New Jersey has had a irs persevering run of ill luck. In 1863 she g, dislocated her knee ; in 1864 a careless d-man punched out her right eye with an re umbrella ; in December, 1865, she was t. run over by a sleigb and badly injured. n- A fortnight ago her pocket was picked of as of $150 on a Brooklyn ferryboat. Going re, back to hunt the money, a crowd of sky lt tanking boys accidentally knocked her i ; down, dislocating her hip and breaking a e; rib. it, GLVESToN, January 25.--Great ex ed citement p,revailing here, consequent up r- on Griffin's interference with General ne Albert Sidney Johnston's obsequies. de Griffin demanded pledges, which the d- Mayor refused, under wbich to allow the st remains to be taken to the Episcopal c- Church for service. The body remained of in open air all day, and was visited by e. thousands. All business was suspended, I and the houses draped in mourning. t, NEw YORK, January 26.-A t the South o- ern relief meeting, last night, resolutions were adopted that a commission, consist ding of thirty men, with power to add id three to the number, be appointed to u- raise money and distribute supplies c. among the destituteof the South without We have been requested to publish the following section of "An Act to es tablish and regulate the Domestic re lations of Persons of color, and to amend the law in relation to Paupers and Va grancy," as believed to be of force: Any person who shall deprive a master of the service of his servant, by enticing him away, or by harboring and detain ing him, knowing hint to be a servant, or by beating, confining, disabling, or other wise injuring him, shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to*a fine not exceed ing two hundred dollars, and not less than twenty dollars, and to imprison ment or hard labor, at the discretion of the Court, not exceeding sixty days; and, also, to an action by the master to recover damages for loss of services. Congreasional. WASHINGTON, January 28.-Among the number of petitions presented in the Sen ate, was one for a National Bureau of Edu cation. The judicial bill goes back to the House with amendments. It prescribes the ma chinery of the habeas corpus, but excepts from its operations military offenders or those tainted with rebellion prior to the date of the Act. In the House, Trimble, of Kentucky, in troduced a biil repealing the cotton and su gar tax ; referred to the Ways and Means Committee. " A bill to amend the Distr'kt frdiihlse, ex tending it regardless of ex, was introduced; referred to the District Committee. An nt:uccesstul effort was made to refer the impeachment to a committee of seven, on the ground that the Judiciary Commit tee lacked time. The Chairman said the Committee had time ; and in answer to what the Committee was doing, he said it would be known at the proper time. No one outside of the Committe knew, he said, and he branded all the reports sent North as false. Stevens' bill was taken up. Julian op posed the bill, as he favore- keeping the Southern States f-om representation indefi nitely. Stevens modified his bill materially, and appealed to Bingham to withdraw his motion to refer, so the biil might be com pleted. Bingham declined. The bill was referred to the Reconstruction Committee by a vote of 83 to 65. Go, D FARMING.-By manuring and careful culture, Dr. Cloud raised 5,898 pounds of cotton to the acre. on poor, piny-woods land, in Macon County, Ala bama. By the same system, General Dunlap, of Mississippi, picked five pounds of cotton by weight from a single stalk. It does pay to farm well, any where, whether in a new or old country. The wardrobeofalady who had been invited to attend upon the Empress at Compeigne, consisting of three morning robes, six demi-toilettes, five evening dresses, one blue velvet train robe, one shooting costume, and accessories where with to change the five evening dresses into ball robes or dinner toilettes, and that too, in ten different ways. The following startling threat was mnade use of the other day by an excited pugilist : "I'll twist you round the neck and ram you down your throat until there's nothing left of you but the ex treme end of your shir t collar sticking out of your eyes." His- opponent then left. The Madison Argus told a newly mar ried editorial friend that be would find a differince between the matrimonial and editorial experience. in the one case the devil cries for copy, a'ed in-the other tbe copy cries like the devil. The Hartford Times gives the follow ing prevailing signs its indications of a very cold winter :-'Wheat high, corn husks thick, squirr.els plerty, mamimoth wpterfaills and miniature bonnete, and all the pretty girls getting married. A Western editor says : We learn from South America that there is "war on the Plate," and Prentice adds: When General Butler was in New Orleans there was a terrible war on the plate the gold and silver plate. Mrs. David Kitchen, of Morgan county, Indiana, gave birth to three children-a boy and two girls-a short time since. Her husband was a member of' the 83d Indiana, and was discharged for "disa bility." Weak doses of washboard are now recommended to ladies who complain of dyspepsia. Young men troubled in the same way may be cured by a strong preparation of wood saw. Fresh green peas were in the market at Tallahassee, Florida, on New Year's day. N. P. Willis, the poet-editor of the Home Journal, died in New York, on the 21st, aged sixty. "f'ort Hill," the homesqtead of the late Hon. John C. Calhoun, will be sold at public auction soon.-Pick ens Courier. Half of the town of LaGrange, Georgia, including the business houses, has been burned. There will be an immense immigration to the United States during the present year. fro Ireland, Germany, Denmark and Sweeden. DIsTIBUTION.-We would call attention to the opmnion of one of the leading papers of Canada on this subject: Most of our readersi haive no doubt read some of the numerous advertisements of Gift Enterprises, Gift Concerts, &ec, which appear from time to time in the public prints, offering most tempting bargains to those who will patronize them. In most cases these are genuine humbugs. But there are a few respectable firms who do bu.iness in this manner, and they do it as a means of increasing their wholesale business, and not to make money. From such firms, it is true,] handsome and valuable articles are procured I for a very small sum, and whiat is more im, portant, no one is ever cheated. Every per- .1 son gets good value for his dpllar; because as we have stated, it is intended to act as an~ advertisement to increase their ordinary business. We have seen numbers of prizes ent-out in this way by Sherman, Watson a Company, 'of Na.ssau Street, N. Y., and there is no doubt that somle of the articles re worth eight or ten times the money paid for them, while we have not seen or beard f a single ar~ticle which was not worth the ollar which It cost. But this is only one of 1 the exceptions of this rule, for as a general hing the parties engaged in this business re nothing but clever swindlers. Saturday Reader, Montreal, C. E., Jan. 13, Will be Sold, On next Sale day, in front of the Court ouse, the Rooms now occupied by Dufflei & Chapman as a Book store, and Genm. Gar-r lington ande. Maj. Suber as a Law office.1 The house is located in Law Range. and has I GENUINE Peruvian Guano. The undersigned will receive in a few days, and offer for sale 100 Tons Peruvian Guano, Which was purchased by one of the drm; from the only authorized agent of the Pe. ruvian Government in the United States. It is well known that a great deal of Gua no, sold for genuine Peruvian, is adultera ted, and therefore of little value. The undersigned now offer an article which they can confidently warrant as pure and genuine. Secure your Guano now for the next Cot. ton crop. Make up for the deficiency of labor by enriching your land. CARWILE & McCAUCHRfI. Jan 30 Im Notice. THE undersigned will rent that v.r: desirable Cottage formerly occepiat Col. I. F. Hunt, containing four rboms,*h a good garden and all necesary out build. ings attached. Terms reasonable. Apply to Y. t. POP, Attorney at Law, ofice in Law Range. Jan. 30-5-4t, Shad, Shad, &c. I WILL have Shad and Freah i,hof aof kinds every Wednesday and' Saturday. the lowest Charleston prices. ALL persons indebted to me by note s account must come fbrs-ard and settle the . 'same before the 1st day of March eeat, . for a settlement I m ust have, otherwisq I will put every claim in the bands of a Lawyer for collection. I am in reality. L. C. KIBLER. Frog Level, Jan. 80-5-6t. Nails, Axes, &c. 50 Kegs best quality cut Nails, tom .3 to - 40d. S. W. Collins' and other superior Ah Ame's and Rowland's Shovels and Spads. Rowland's Mill and cut Saws. Together with a complete aseortnt at Hardware, Wooden ware, Paints, Oils, Win. dow Glass, &c, all at the lowest living at S. P. B0OZER & 00'3. Jan 30 53t. 10,000 lbs Genuine Swedes Iron, assorted sese 31 to 8'inch x i and j. 100 Genuine Sweedes Plough Moulds.The, Horse Shoe, Baud, Hoop, and Nall Rod Iroa. Blacksmith Tools, Blellows, Anvils1 VIM Screw Plates, Hammers &c. The above at lowest~ market ateaMe Jan. 30 53t .S. P. BOOZER 4-00'D. Removal Messrs. Girardeau & Kittleband have removed from their late stand to the stoe lately occupied by Leavell &k Reed. They will be glad to have their friends,etutomeis and the public generally call and ersadie their fine stock of Groceries. Jan. 30-5-3t. Notice. BEINC necessarily compelled to benn very much from Newberry, I hare he e~ convenience of the public and of mywst' placed my notes and accounts in It.he sn of Messrs. Jones & Jones for ceiletiee and all persons indebted to mue are eanmebl solicited to call and settle with them. H. 1H. BLEASE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA NZwasmaY DIsTUs By John TF. Peterson, Ordinary of Newberry District. Whereas. M. C. M. Livingston has.epplied to me for Let ters of A dministration.on afl ad singular the goods and chattels, uights -a credits of Henry M, Livingston, Late of the district aforesaid, deceased: These are therefore to cite ad aduonlh all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear bese me, a; our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at Newberry Ceart H ouse on the 6th day of Feb. inst... to .sbow cau.,e if any wby the said Adminisratio should not be aranted.. Given under my hand and Seal, this 23rd day of Jan.. in the year of' our Lead' one thousand eight hundred and'sixty-sevea. Jan. 30 2t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA NEWBERRY DISTEl0. By John T. Peterson, Ordinary of Newberry District. Whereas John J. Klnard & Geo. S. Ein . ingston have appliedto me for Letters of Administration.on all and singular the goodi and chattels, rights and credits of John P. Livingston, late of the district aforesaid, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular. the kindred abd creditors of the said deceased to be and appear before me. at our next Ordinary's Court for the said Disatrict, to be holden at Newberry Coa,rt House on the 5th of February , to show cauw', if any whyr the said Adinitad should not be granted. Given under my band and Seal this 22d day of January, In the year of our Lord. one thousand eight hundred and sity. seven. Jan. 30 2t. Notice. T HE notessand accounts ofH. B. Bhess being placed in our hands for collectiem, we would hereby notifyv all prsoeindbhd to him to call and settle- as soon as possibi. JONES & JONES. Jan. 30-5-St. Central Hotel From and after this date, the "Shdleq House," will be known by the above masse. The patronage received by the present pre. prietress h-as been so gratifying that she is determined to enlarge her business ad give to it a distinctive title. The travelling public will he =aeme dated promptly and well ; an unexceptiom. able table always be kept ; attentive s, vants will attend to individual wants, a4 no effort be spared to preserve the reputa tion which the present management has em. deavored to preserve. MRS. D. C. SPECK, Dec. 19 tf. Columbia, S. C. Tfle Aiken Prehs. It is proiposed'to publish in the Tows of Aiken, S. C., a weekly paper under the above title ; to be devoted to general lntel, ligence-political oipiurcial,social,uuUSti and religiotns-with a department oif ag$i. culture, including the field, the orebard, th vinyard and the garden. A. news seemery, to contain a digest of the important evenw of the week, will occupy a portion of the paper, and particular attention uil be giva to the unsettled question of labor, as best adaipted to oir new conditIon, and the di. velopment of the resources of the coeit.y in Manufactures, Agriculture, Freitrasig anel Vine.grnwing. IN MEMORIAM. EMILIX Bour, wife of Th. Gouin, was born in Ile d'aix, France, on the lot4 day of Oc tober, 1820. She died at Newberrv 0. H., South Carolina, on the 24th day of January, 1867, after a painful illness of not quite one week's duration. Seldom have the sympathies of this en tire community been stirred to greater depths, than when the death of this most estimable person became generally known. Eyes unused to weeping were suffused with tears. Hearts unaccustomed to such emo tions were moved with sentiments of pro found .grief. The large congregation at t.nding the funeral services, could not fail to be impressed with the solemnity of the occasion, and the spectacle of touching sad ness there presented. In the tenderest of earthly relations,-that of husband and wife, this favored couple had been permit ted to enjoy together thirty one years of domestic peace and felicity. They were all the world to each other, and their home was the abode of blissful contentment and unclouded happiness. Their devotion could not but attract the admiring notice of even the most casual observer. And now there was the stricken husband, on this, the an niversary of the day which gave him birth, about to commit to the grave, the wife of his bosom, the partner for this long srace of time, of all his joys, the uncomplaining sharer of all his misfortunes and the comfort er of all his sorrows. Far away from the place of their nativity, strangers in a strange land. without kindred, though not aithout friends, one has been taken, and the other left to mourn over his lemg, The deceased was knowr, to the writer of this sketch, as a regular attendant upon the Sabbath services of the sanctuary, of which he is the minister. She enjoyed the privi lege of worshipping at Aveleigh Church; to her it was a real pleasure, of which she felt and acknowledged the deprivation, whenever hindered by sickness or inclement weather. In this respect she will be sadly missed, in a way r",ly known to a pastor whc receives encouragement of heart from :.e punctuality and serious and devout at tention of his hearer. Though she led a quiet and unobtrusive life, her loss will be keenly felt.ly many in this community, and particularly by the needy, the s.ck and the suffering. She did innumerable acts of charity, and always in such a delicate, refined and unostentatious manner, that often they wer.: known solely to the recipients themselves. One instance came under the personal observation of the writer, where a destitute family had been for months, literally sup ported by her generosity, and this without their being able iorsone time, with all their exertions, to ascertain the source from whence the supplies came. She could not witness distress without relieving it, as far as lay in her t"ower, yea and beyond her power she was willing. For indeed, it may be told of her "how that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of her joy and her deep poverty abounded unto the tiches of her liberality." A very few days after the memorable confl.igration in this town last year, and which had strippe I her husband and herself of .iearly their earthly all, hap. pening to visit this same destitute and almost starving family,just mentioned, A servant arrived bringing from this samte generous hand now cold in death, a portion of what little was still left by the merciless fire; showing a willin.'ness to share her last morsel with the poor and needy: to divide her last crumb with those more hungry than herself. But upon the bereaved, heart-broken hus band, this blow falls with stunning force. It ia an agonizing stroke! No wife's soft hand to soothe his troubled brow ; no wife's sweet voice to cheer his desolate home ; no wife's ear to listen to his distresses; no wife's heart to return the love which his heart gives. It is hard, hafd to bear! When the loss is of another kind, it may admit of repair. Property may be injured, some cherished plan may be frustrated hut industry may be agatr successful and hope :nay fix its eye on other objects. But when those whom we love best die, there is no comfort of this sort with which w e cain he comforted. We cannot reason ourseives into t rue submtission. We .;u.y philo.sopi.iz ab,out it, but no comfort will come from this quarter. The world and its joys and busy scenes may he sought after, but they cannot make us forget our sorrow of heart. But wheni rel-gion conmes to our aid, then it brings sweet resignation ; God is with the believer in trouble, and there is a peace profound which passeth all understanding. Not that it removes all feeling and forbids us to weep: for on the contrary the heart when purified by grace, is capable of the greatest feeling ; for grace which removes the heart of stone and substitutes that of flesh, will refine rather than extinguish human sensibilities. But what words do we hear fronm lips, whence nothing but lamentation might have been expected to issue ? "I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Religion works this miracle. This can cause the sorrowing to be glad in the midst of their sorrow. Bereaved husband ! the desire of his eyes is taken away from him with a stroke. Yet in all this, he sinneth not, nor chargeth God foolishly. hi * * * * * COMMERCIAL. KEWBEBRY, Jan. 29.-Cotton Market quiet, prices irom 2'ito 260 Cor.UBrA, Jan. 29.-Cotton, ord inary to mfdq dIling 82c, Corn 170i to 18.), Flour 12 to 18, Gold 185. Nazw Yonx. January 28.-Cotton very firm mud more active, with sales of 1,5'-0 bales-mid dnling uplands 88bs34. Flour dull and 551 c. lower. Gsold S4j at close. Money market easy, at 6ai LivERaoot, January 26-Evening.-Cotton mnarket firmer and somewhat more active. Sales a.ceed the nooni estimate by 2 00'i bales. Mid-. dling uplands 141d. Breadstuf.fs dull. MOBILE, January 28.-Sales of COtton 3,70 bale.'; mnidd tings 31. LIVERPOOL . 'Jan ary 28 -Noon .-Cotton mar ket firmer and quite active. Sales will reach L',0 0 bales. Prices unchanged. MESsas. EDITORS: You will please an aounce Mr. R. V. GIS I'. as a candidate for a seat in the next session of our State Legisla-. tire. FARMERS OF NEWBERRY DIST. A Card. The undersigned take pleasure in stating hat the difficulty lately pending between 3enson M. Jones and Dr. Sampson Pope tas been satisfactorily and honorably ad usted. JAMES M. BAXTER, J. F. J. CALDWELL. Jan. 29th, 18671. A Card. MEssRs. EDITORs:-Thanking the friend rho nominated me for Tax Collector, I tereby respectfully withdraw my name. I .m no candidate. Respectfully Jan. 30 1867. C. H. SONDLEY. Notice to Debtors. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of VILLIAM MARS, deceased, are hereby otified that the notes 'belonging to raid ~state are in the hands of Jones & Jones or.cllecion, and will be sued on if not