The tri-weekly news. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, March 15, 1866, Image 2
-Thursday Kernag, March 1, 1861.
.gr T. P SLIDERi ESq., in the
sole agent, for tNis p*1per'in Charleston,
S. C.
n i &ave E suppO ot'Revenue Stamps
of various denominations, which can be had
by applying either at this office or at the
office of the Clerk of the Court. ' -
B. A. GAILLARD.
Conceit.
Mr. JosEPH DENc and Ilis accom
plished son arrived in our town on
Wednesday evening and we are -jn
formed by him will favor odr compiuni
ty, as recently announcedin- our paper,
with an instrumentat efiteitainmet at
8 o'clock this evening at 'the Ithespian
Hall. We. do. sincerely tHist that a
generous response will be made to this
noti& ad a hearty appreciation tani
fested by one people for the high'cilture
and ackuowledged powers so eminently
possessed by the performers. Mn.
Josup DENCK, Jr., , has 'eceived th6
plaudits of the Virtuosos atid the most
cultivated auditories o! Germany.
Variety will be afforded by perf4rmance
upon the "Zithern an - instrument.with
which we are not familiar but sweet
and melodious we are -told.
We hope everybody will be present
it is an opportunity not often enjoyed by
our ipland towhe
The 86idiers the Nspe of the Country.
When the grand interests of the cotin
try, with which the' radicals are now
trifling so much, are thrown. back upon
the people, the great National Union
party will speak with telling erli-ct.
No. inconsiderable number of that party
wil, he the solAiers of the North and of
th. South who hiav so 'often in late
yea" dnet in deadly strife. Now that
6hujjtr of battle has ceased, they. can
ivet 11ponl onle Co1m11ni political plat
form.- and an adnirition for.each others,
mourage will ten(l to unite them upon is
vm(s involving the salvation of the
U4ion. From Maine - to the extreme
ga,at Northwestern States, ill true
U.fioin soldiers will show their apprecia.
tioti'of honest Southern eoldiers by aid.
ing',iem in restoring and perpetuating
the Union of all the States unpon the
fundamental -principles of the constitu
. *Polities.
The, inajority in Congress seem at
last to have shaped a definite scheme of
action in relation to the Southrn States.
Tiw. reconstruction committee have re.
ported a bill for thepdmission pf Ten.
nessee not to her just and constitutiqnal
prerogatives a aconstitient member of
,of the'Governmnt-but to aplace in the
Union-assuming that she is outside of
the holy pale if the Union--and that
the remanded herself by :force, of rebel.
lion back to a territoral condition.
This wonderful inversion of the wvhole
principle and theory of the late.war as
conducted upon this. Federal side has
been enunciated already by STCEENS,
and though -not embodied before- in -a
general policy, will of course secure the
dutifud assen't of the .pljable automata
that compose the Congressional 'mnajori
ty. Upon the question~ 'of the pro
bability-of a Senatorial concurrence~ in
thian-enlihtenment may be derived.
from a recent vote u'pon the -Constitit
t.ional amenIment 'ill .in the Senates.
~This bill thougt a pet of the part.y,and
a special grouge of ts oracles within the
past few 4uya faepassed, the Senate by
a Vote of 25 to 22. Unless t,he'. close'
ness of the vote was occas.ioned by ex
traneous considerations-i 'm ay indi
cate a waping minene or. at least a
hesitation in theo"arty." Bhould either
of t,es 'oeasures her'ever. fecekte the
regularCe.gresiovIal sanctIop, we haye
the asuranee of the laat- vetq bf the
Prisident, 'that it will - inet'blA(be
<;rushed 'to aeth beneath 'the weIghit d
his executive disapproval.
Hfe thet -1* taught to live upoi. a.lit.
vie, .owes mor e.to'his father's wisd%m
thvin he that hus. a great deal left hinm
.loes to his fat.her's carr.
Cominnlatlon.
EDITOR NKwS: On the 8th inst. I
.hahl the satio.faction of attenditig tht
exitmination of the pupils under the
lcharge of the Rev. A. G. Stacy. The
examnation was one of the'most satis.
factory kind. The proficiency of instruc.
tors, and the progress of the instructed
wre gratifying to the pttfons.
The examintion"devel6ped two im
portant facts. These are that Mathe.
maties and Phistology should be made
prominent branches in fed%le education.
This the Rev. Mr. Stacy has donei
and its benefits are already visible. By
such a. course the raind is trained for
thought, and the inaterials of thought
are nindo subservient to all the faculties
of the mind.
The Academy 'under .the charge of
tev. A. G. Stacy is in a flourishing'
condition,' and bids fair to become of
great imp6rtance.to the educational il
interests of this community.
A PATRON.
The So-Called Conpittee on Reconstrue.
fion.
In the House of Representaqives on
tl. 26th uit., Mr. Rogers, of New Jer.
sey. the only conservative member of
th4t Jaedbiaical cabal styled the Con.
mittee on Reconstruction, thus spoke of
.this committee:
The name of this compiittee ought to
mo changed frowu the committee on re.
constraction to the committpe on des
truction. It is a source of despotism
tind partakes of the ch.aracter of the
English Inquisition and the Jacobin
committee of France. . I usurps the
p6wer't6 regulate the affiairs ofthe Union,
Iits in secret inquisitiotn over the liberties
f the people, issues edicts and mandates
to Congress, and wilh iniperial dignity
orders Congress -to pass laws which
would snp the life blood of the notion,
-Postrate the Coiistitution, break dow.n
the Union, and destroy the rights and
liberlies of the people of Amedrica. Its
condici has' been recorded for posterit.y
to jndge of. and that judgment will con.
sign its acts to oblivi-in and eternal
shame. It was established to prevent
the Southern States frim having repre.
sentation in the- Uniou, to reduce thetp.
ticonqijered provinces, and t6 blot from
the fng . of our country eleven of
its stars, and to allow none to even
como in by act of Congress until it
would ratify these aibomnable and des
potic amendmients to .he Constitution'.
This is wicked, pestilent, and odions
despotism. 1. say th'at the liberties of
Fr%nee were no more invaded when
Napoleon sought, to regulate the destin
ies of France. -he bloody acts of Nero
and Caligula were not conceived in a
more determ.ined hatred of law, liberty,
and order than are the results of the ic
tion of this committen I do.not believe
they -intend to'do wrong, but the are
mad alid know not whait they do. They
are like John Brown. who believed he
was doing God's will in the murders at
Harper's Ferry. I kndw they would
not do an intentional wring, but fanati.
'cism has made thei delirious in their
vengeance upon, th South. Do not n.
angurate this spirit of despotisup within
the portals of this Capitol ded icated to
the immortal W asingt on. -
.* -0 * * *
In regard 't3 this committee, I say
that a more fatal and bloody tyranny
did ,rnot' insult humanity when Louis
XIV. proclaimed hi,s edicts than thro'
the operation of that committee i-a stalk
ing forth over t.his country. The Em-a
peror Tiberitns harbored no m'ore ven
.geanve tqwatrd 'thme Ronman people than
do. the radical portion of this committee
toward thme liberty and rights of the peo.
ple of America. When Charles I. sent
his file of soldiers to the Britia)h Parlhia
ment to arrest smembers of thmat bddy,
he did 'ni defile liberty more ti-an is
proposed to ~e done by these consLitn.
tional amen ments in sweeping away
the civil, religions. and political rights
of the people of tJhe States.,
Axustro'Ihr.ina.-Ani amusing inci
dent is told of .a woman in England, whose
husqband,.';a wealthy 'man,- died.asddenly
without leaving. any will.'. The wtdow, do.
sirous o( securing the whole property, eon'
oaled, her husband's- death and persuaded
a poor.shoemaker to take his plade while, a'
will could' be miade- Accordingly, l h4 was
closely muffled in bed, as if very siok, anid.a
lawyer Was called to write the. wilh .The
shoemaker in a feeble voice, bequeathed
halt of all the property to the widow.
asWht shall be dlone whith the remainderd"
i,sked the: lawyer. "Thme redms qer," re
plied he*, "J give and bequeath-ohe poer
1ittl shmomaker asrosa the streot, '*6'as
IIw#y been a good neighbovn t-t
tajn,"ths*eeit-la.g a tiebi aMS for
bin$sif. The widow was- 1hua4stc
wifja the man's audachous eunqleg. ba 1
Ret dat-espose the fraud, gliogigotpqei
phbed thie est ate.
o-filuVerno by Mr. Johi A.
4AahIugigp.
DhnuYVIL., VA. Feb. 26,1866.
Mmri,.* REIJftr Zaltis.ore 4azeu .-E
In your-issue Of thi 21A inbtant yon re.
rTr tda inphle6eoently &sblishe# in the
ity of ton, by G.' T- Trowbridge, Gihl
lianilton and a woman tamed Lucy Lur
com. The-strictures made by you as pub.
liojournalists upou state:ents contained in
that publication, designed to blast the re
putation of a decestsed relativeand friend
hd late John A. W%shington, demand from
ins and tho'se who rev,;re his momory so1
notice. 'to silly anecdote narated by the
author'above referred to in tiltr pamphle
in regard jo the negre woman, is too eor.
tqmptable to to be w4Athy of notice. But
the referehe,to lhe sale of Mount Vernon,
ade by Colonel John A. Washington, does
loservo a passing notice. The item refer.
redito is in these words: "I have heard
pedple scoff at J. A. Washington for selling
he inherited bones of the great-for sure
iy $200,000 paid lSy 'the Ladies' A veocia
Ion' for the Mount Vernon estate was not a
price merely for the old mansion, &c." Now
%lessrs. Editors, will you believe me when I
state that Mount Vernon never was offered
ror sale by Colonel Washington? When
taked if he would sell the property, his re
ply was, that if the United States or the
itate of Virginia were to offerhum $200,000
[e would sell it under certain restrictions.
lie even went so far as to publish in the
public papers that the property was not lin
ie i*arket. But so great was the desire on
he part of the public thht the place which
was held sacred by the American people
should be in the hands of the people of the
United States that great efforts were made
.o induce the Government of the United
states to*purchase it. This, however,
'ailed. Then the same attempt was made
o get the State of Virginia to purchase it.
rhis %lso failed, and as a dernier resort, the
)nt,husiasm of the American females induc
!d them to form an.ass9ciaion for the pur
pose of making the purchase. This scheme
Inally prevailed, and the property was sold
inder severe legislative restrictions, dicta
ted by Colonel Washington, one of which
eft the enti:e control and ownerahip of the
.emetry in the hands of Colonel Washing
on, thereby giving the lie to the charge
hat he had sold the inherited bones of the
great. But. Messrs. Editors, to put the
.rowning cap-stone upon the reputation of
my deceased friend, I will mention a fact
inknown to the general public- Whilst
this subject of the purchase of Mount Ver.
i n was agitating the public mind. it struck
some shrewd and calculating Yankees in
he city of Boston. that there was money in
it, and they sent an agent to purchase the
pe'operty at the larfie sum of $300,000 I and
the (offer was actually made to Colonel
Washington But lie at once declined the
)lfer. Where among the traducers, can you
5pd one man who would "vi valued his
principles above4190 0? If the defam
era of my lectaid fri ad 1kd goi amongst
the-ionorabte and juliT of our lard' to learn
the true character of Colonel Washington,
they might have been able to' write his epi
aphias amongst the pure, the honorable,
thejust, the gifted and the truLy noble .f
iheland. i S. 13.
Amx. BUTItit T DJlD."-Tho Wash
ingidn correspondent of the New Orleaus
l'ewaPyuna thoisr notices An fncident that took
place at the Bancroft oration on the Lincoln
%niversary. Ilesays:
"On the Hoor of the House were the
Judges of tei .oSupreme Court, p their ele.
gant and becoming black -:ilk robes, the
President of the United States and the Cab.
inet, the Embassadors from foreign coun
tries, all the distinguished officers of tie
irmy atd navy in their rich uniferns, and
Aenators and Representitives General
ilter ,sat directly behind General Grant.
Niere were three vacant arm chairs beside
Itim; nobody woW sit, althou h every other
)hair on the flodM the Hox .6was ocks.
pied. Nobody went near him or spoke to
fim. All the other persoa near him were
he recipients of courtples aod'lvilities.
Reverdy Johnson, Senat'or Harris, of New
i'ork, Chief Justice Chase, and'many mor~
listingumished mn, all grouped in that I
nediatoi vicinity, pdntid thefr respects to each
ther, and to Gleneral Grant and Commo
inreShimbrick, but took. rIot tho slighmtest
notice of him. It was the most complete
:ut I ever saw.
R EMAAESLL INDtAN A.--The
remrc faute (Indiana) Erpress says: We
mave mentioned several times time progress
in boaring an oil well at Lodi, on the Wa
bash, some 60 miles north of this *city. A
Few days since time auger brokcJthrough the
roof of a cavity. Thme auger was then ta
ken out, when the gas began to come up in
sonsiderable quantities, pushing the salt
wator"before it, and causing It, to flow over
Lhe top of thesconductbr. After the salt water
was driven out, sulphur water continued to
tiow in a small stream. The well was sunk
four feet, deeper, which opened new ,pavities
and increa'sed thebmmount, of water to ten
gallons a minute, and is how flowing five
hundred barrels a day of white sulphuir
The water as it flows frqm the conductor is
white; after standing a while It 4.sposits a
black sediment and becomes clear. On -be
ing agitated -L ht pils and etnit. gas. In
mineraleintredie'nts, dise eable- sntell and
spe'ifle if, Is said to ezxe the Lafayette
artesian-eap af the sulphrotis .oder ;
and it Is olace ta 4t" wijI rank willh tile
most famous gaigeral waters ofd4he...rrld.
The company, we understand,' will' cease
boring until the water is andlysed and test
5(d. -
Corncerning the monget, to John Bun
yan proposed to be erseted In the town of
Bedford, England, the treaurer of the fund
has Issued a circular Ia .which he says that
"it is resolved that, the monubsent shall take
lime form.of larg! and handsome schmools, to
he called o'the Bunyss Rooms.' The cat
is estimated at nearly ?,S,000.
Why is a soldier cting in cotnplianco
with an order given him, like his -most
formidable .weanon P Manna be's
WASINOTOic, Marcli 42.-,-The Sn.
preme Court, today, ajirigto4 thegebi.
sion condemning the steamship 'er
mudai" and cargo.
From Washington -WCitgre18nal'.
..AVSUINoTON, March 1.-The Sen.
ate has confirmed the iommation of Al.
bert G. Macey aftCollecter or Customs
for the port of Charlebton, ' and George
S. Bryan as District Judge for South
Carolina.
Later from Europe.
Nxw YonK, March' I1.-The steam.
ship City. of Boston lis arrived, bring
ing later news from Eur6pe. Cotton
had adyancetl a half (1) periy, the
sales it four dqys anyunting to fty-four
thousand bales; market closing dull.
Cousols 871 to 871. U. S. 5 20's.71
to 71k.
oENItRA1. NEwS.
Reports of the rsignotion of Earl
Russell are unfounded. Arrests con.
tinued plentiful in Ireland, and the mili
tary force in that country was'to be ang.
mented. Two vessels intended for the
Chilian Government have bVen seized.in
London.
.' Washihgton News.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-The Com
mittee on Ways and- Means have agree(I
to report in favor of a very aonsiderable
rediotion in InIernal-Revennio taxation;
especially to repeal the tax of six (6)
cents per ton now lai'd on freighK -
MAnICIn I1.-The British Minister
has been assured bv the duvernmentl
thkt no violation of the neitrili(y law
will be permitted .by the Feiinns. The
Canidians are greatly alarned and ap.
.prehend an invasion.
From Texas.
Nrw OnurANS, March 8.-The veto
of the freedmen's hil has arrested the
gontemplated emigration of a large nun
ber of Toxanp to foreign countries.
Goods are aelling at JTouton at twen
ty fiVe per cent. below invoices.
In the convention at Galveston the
effort to bise representatioU in the L'eg.
islatwre on the number of free persons
ftiled. The Committee on the L(gisla.
tive Department exprefm unqualified 'p.
position.to negro suffrage. . .
A proposition has been,madq for the
.election of State officers as soon as pra.
ticable.
Later from Iexi".
Nzw Yoji; Mareh.-The eiad's
Mexican correspondont ays that alf,im
country in the noighborhood of Tampi.
co s entirely in the possession o h
Liberals.
Communication with San LIouh Potesi
was ecut off, but has prob.a1pydbpn re~
opengd' in consequence, or an 'ihpe'ri
inove in, that~ direction.
Quantroll; the Missouri gnerrilla, .
reported to be in Mexico.
Maximilian hams establiushod-the grad.
.of Field Marshal in the )(eicap' army',
and Gsn. Mejia is to be the &rst one ap
lointed.
T wenty mHlions of legal.tendeor'p&per
is to be issued by th~e [4nperial Govern.
mat. --
The Belgiau .roops refused to fiht
under the Im'perial Miendez, who slhot
Ostego, not caring if the Belgian prison.
ers be shot in retaition, tohv
- Marshal 1'againe wanted toh4
every fifth one of the offenders shiot,. b.ut
the Empress interfered ia tlheir beh;tlf.
The Belgians say they are waitin'g~
go home in disgrace, but will not .gght
under Mendes., .* .
Biazaine is repor'4d to haye qJ
thought there mnst be -wai withIe
Heavy detachn of l~ iav
been sent to Quq 8 n,St ?Si
Potosi. . a
The nesppe le the
has been suspesed for exposip~ tke ae
sity of the eiid~ "a 6 (e 'nl
.newsp. ex ZcQ.
I. m orc x
dispatch t thi 1.rI *d San Iran
Cisco.. 6.01 intt',ft 4a. ct tiasilin
Mexican' a ljro i near,
ant epproachinOotit 4tkha k6 United)
State may. te cile.d 11poW1o af, MEmm
liomi4it in beial of the tjghits'an4 1ive's
of its own citiZensI'
-Tie French ttoops -in tlio -Xortber!
and Western MexicAn States have beeis
driven igtfiminiously to the coast, and'
are hemmed in in a few port. towns,
from Wrhencethey aro- liable to be drivel
yn board their vessels of war f6r safety.
Mza.tlan is besiegel, its sfreets,bar.
ricaded, and the Liberals,. Vndps QoTte.
nas, are pressing clse -tAp6n its'rear.
Fighfiig has occuired. in which the
Liberals, aided by Americans Who re.
cently eflisted, had been victorious.
he. antipathy of the Fre'ncli-Ond the
Impetial Mexicansto' the.Aeicun is
increasipg. Tfierb are instances of.
Ainericans having been thrown"#Ouso-.
lessly into.prison. Threats or the indis
criminate. elaughttr of Americans are
boldly made by the MQx1can and impe.
rial anthorities of cortain towns. It is.
necessary that war xesdels iould be lis.
patched by .the Uiited Stateslo preveht:
trouble, and demand a decent .respect.
ror'the United States flag and citi*ens.%
There is a ntemurirI tablet to.. BiShop'
Polk in St. Paul's ohureh, New O'cleab, in
scribod-i
6Th'e.iJg1tRev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop
of Louisians. Born April.10th, 1806. Died
Iutne 14th. 1864. Numbered with. Thy
saints in gloty everlasting."
Why is the letter L like a pricoleas
gem ? Beenitse iib jh-walabte.
0 0.X'x E R 0 1 A L.
'w n.AN, 3arch 7.-Cotton unset
lied and irre;nlar Sales -to-day,' 2,000'
-bles; receif'ts. 2869- Nliddling nominal,
at 41.}@15a. Gold 3i-. Sterling exchange
ST. Louis. aInrch 7.-lour. is dull and
drooping-sal-s at $7.50@ $11.14. Wheat,
heavy, at $1.75@$2.60. Corn heavy, nt,
5660@d13c. O#ts easier, at 40(m45o. Bacon
dull, at 14@Ci22.c. Laid ktgui&, at 10joe
B.ALTI.Vunr, Nlarch V.-Western ftour
dull. Baltimorehig4h gradesstead. :Wheat.
tirnm. Corn Steady. Oats quiet. Groceries
very dull. Provisions dull and declining,
A u(srA, .1arch O.-There is no material
change to report in the cotton market.
The figures. for strict niddlings are 3
cents, with very little doing.
The demands for gold it very lght.ant
no sales to refort today. . Brokers buying
at80it32, aug1 sking 84,
NAs,nLL1t, Maich .-TIere was conaid
orable 80tivity in the cot9u, nhrket, yes.
ter y, sales re;iohr1j 186 bales at prioes
'ang -fr6m 88 to 5. The receiptp were
18 bale, apd the hlmtous 2138 b*s.
Lovievil;x, t1arch O.r-Niliig Ootton
is rjuoted a, P6@88 eents. . o sales.
COnQ XXAvT,A1aro)i '-4otton quie4 ast
89 eet" fo.1middling.
-Na* Ton6, m1ari 8.-The cotton marker*
Va rather mot Oofiv,.f but without. Ia.,
proyement'In ,tone br prl. -Sales ;l,800
bales,.at, 4ll4j. for wilh PL. h ro
enit for' the week fasl ao 9e;srgs;
an a.tllogetllreAtitateb this
time fog-th, etooK 'will dodrese, a .the..
market, wHil derIv.e i4eresset sti3ngt frnh
BlMAEL but eie. ng
Americab Priete,' jalJ dross
barred ay rbpVs C. nade
an'3d .'to,ll o 4 ; lask
s 1Butons- - dea
k1%Jt a-r,~6
o had a
ass et A.
0..s us
d-4A.