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WINNSBORO. TiIsIeany. Mhariing, Juio 26, 166. -j- T. P3.IS.U, Esq., is the sole 1geil, for t.his paler in Charleston S. C. W e welcome 'Petit-e" ,o otr coliumns, and hope the pen wielded in a !nnner -o facile will continue to grace our paper. Jefferson Davis' Prio Lire. We again give sonio et,racts from CRAV9N?s di.4y of ex-Presidenit. DA via' prisonl life. Every one feels 'kn interest inhimi. This 'id fanaticism of powerful and viidiotivo foes blind.S theiml to the irresistible fact that being what le was;und ' having the honor le had, Ive can feel only the more honor and sympathy for Mr. v IV)s, the More they oppress hiii. "The unkindest eit of all" i that a n ition (we use the word literally) which had over a million men in the field, and ole por old captivo, and that old man captive inl one of the sron:ge,t fortresses5 thley possesse-d, and1( that fortresgs gutrded anuI doubly guair(led, the uildest cut is that he should have been manaolod a< an i ro-ul y conidenmed criiilal, WIhile ie (God ble,s hima) stood and st-ands the iloblest Roil:1i of them all. Such treatlent of such a man will leavo a sti:pnta upon that government . inidellile as lie branad that mnarked the brow -f the first murderer, and as invradicabi,, too. Politcal Elements at Work. A gY.Le at the elements at work to adminimter our gONvernnent reveals three kinds. 1. Those acting pro - grcssively under the Constitution. 2. ThosI e acting conservatively, and 3. Those ignoring the Constitution. The first desire changes, progres.sive chang vs, but, in aceordankeo with the provi Siions of the Constitution. The socond wish -to pteservo as long as possible the f6gime already vitalized by the Con t.itution, aid deprecate not only in uovations upon the Constitution, but eon upon the working of government under that instrument. The last ig noring the h16lin of the first, a; well as ' tihe mooring of the second, would cut laose entirely from both and lanneh upon the broad and trackless sea of that governmient which knows no gui(de but the caprices of the lement ila power. This last is the party now in Washington. Like Henry the V I[ fthey would buru as heretics, those who avow the authority of the fathers of our governmnCIt, :ad hang as trali tors those who own the authority of our Constitution. Iiisory lepals liself. - Our attent ion has been called to that pourtiona of 31lAcAa.au's IIistory oif I nglanad in which he describes the gar risoinmig of lingland with lrisha troops. It rerpiires no stretch of the iningina tioni to run) ai paallel hetween it and our own experienace, especially since thoegreat historian has illustrated the huge error of .1 AMs. the Second byv P6inti4g to tis country for an exam pie. What MAC% 0.sy barely eoneeiv ced merely to show what En~uglishugen felt, has really happened, andl now all the Month can read that part of MA c.av with an interest severely folt. - Iiut here is-the extrauc'. -Of the many error's which James -committed,- noneO was moare fatal than tMis. Already ho laid alienated the hecarts of his people by violating their laws, confiscating their estates, and prosecuting their religion. Of those Who ha,d once been nmost zo&louas fo mostauiih,y, he had alregtly iipgj~ reMis lp hearts; yet he. Jight ati1 ,wiAh om.e chane of suceesa, have- aph pealIetI to the piatriotic spirit i of- his anrbjects against an invader,, for thuey iWor eT sjualar in temper as well, ~~aphial positaona. Thojt pthies, were indeed, ini. , o unl'oasonably and unamialily *, st rong. Tjhy laud never been accus 3,6m'ed th scontrol'or interference of ny at r. . -- hj'o ofta t4eilr whavle nation b)oilj Jdls hought Tro be qre by Fronchnien or by Spaniards would have seemed comparativcly a tolera ble fate. With Freiiehminc and Span iards wo hd been accustomed to treat oin c(ual terims. We had -sonietimes envied their prospority, soniqtimes dreaded their pgwcr, sometimei eon gratulated ourselves on their friend ship. In spite of our unsocial pride, we admitted that they were reat na tn; i6ldn t1i' 't16y "oid "yoltst of meni eminei !A the arte%f war And peace. But-to be subju;ated by dn inferior caste was a degradation be yond all other degradation. Tile En11glish felt as the' white inhabitants of Charlestoni and New .Orleans would feel if those towns were o'ccupied by negro garrisons. .The real faots would have been sufflicient to excite uneasi ness and indignation ; but the real facts, were lost amid a crowd of wild rumors which flew 'without ceashig from c.offee-house to coffee-house, and from alu-bench to ale-bouch, .and be caio moro wonderful and terrible at every sta-ve of the -progress. The number oFthelrish troops who had lan,ded'on 'our shores might justly ex cite serious apprehensions ai to the king's ulterior designs ; but it was ilagil ified ten-fold by the public appre hensions. It may - well be supposed the rude kerne of Connaught, placed, with arms in his hands, ailiong a for eign people whom he hated; and by whom lihe washated in turn, was guil ty of some excesses. These excesses wele exaggerated by report ; and, in akuiLioni to the outrages which the stranger had really committed, all the offences of his English comrades were set down to his account. From every corner o.f the kingdom a cry aroso against the foreign barbarians who forced themselves into private houses, seized horses and wagons, extorted money, and insulted women. Amerlean Medical BIography. Dr. J. M- Toner, of Washington, D. C., is engaged in compiling and writ ing a biograpliical dictionary of all do ceased American physicians of whom he can collect data of a sufficiently ac curate character to enable him to give a brief sketch of themselves and la bors. Physicians and others who have de eised relatives or friends who studied ind practiedd medicine in any part of tile United States, and will take the pain* to furnish the Doctor with definite facts, comprising the full name of the individual, with his birth place, date of birth and death, his' pte liminary education, -medlal stuiqs, place ofgraduation, locatiop, success mn any particular branh'of -practice, and whether filling any and what pub lie stations during the life, and if an author, the exact title of his publica t ions, aind where and by who publish oil, will besidesconferring a favor on Dr. Toner, servo the cause of medical literature of a very attractive and useful kind. It is, .expooted.te col leoction will reach about ten thousand nam es-Medical and Surgical Report ers .Jmnrnal. When the claims of Science are ad vnTieed, the South Is in the Union; when aniendments to the Constitution are to lie ratified, the South is part of thme United States, b)ut whien rep)resenlta tin is claimed, tile Southl is a stranger in a strange laind. Well, this is just a re flect.ion, and is suggested by the aibove. If anybody knows any M. D. deceased who ought tolhave his name enrolled, he'll know where to gend the sketeh, as by dikections above., Public Laibraries. Below wo giv'e. a brief account of the Charleston Library clipped from the News. It is given na enco4rigo, macnt to the effort now makiung to os taublishl a library in Winnsboro. .Al ready the Club has a library contain ing over 500 volumes of valnrable works. It is to be' hoped this will form the nucleus for a permanent one in which all the citizens' of .the town will becomne interested.. Tihe Cher e,o Jibrary wsg'44 on the ftht '',. 1748,.-h sa n young genltlemecn, whIo associaed'fdr purchasing anid collecting 'such fow' pamlphl1ets"' uIshould be occaaio'n'atlf published, in Great Britain.' On the ' 28th December,.- 1748% a Constitution,.with the presentnaame of th,scey a formally adopted. nth sAp 1749, offleers werq: firM' elected, ani~ before 1751 the'so ieyeolled 1members. 3lesarising frorn jemalousy iand appr. iomhioon of political applications, ja 3harter was obtained in l'hn doma ' 'Govervor Glen, and confirmed in 1755. For some years nCsureb were in con toiplit6n.f4r a 'school or.acadeiny ; and in 177) a Uibrary was bequeathed by Johli Iackuzio, to be used and kept iAd fortlie "Charleston Libra ry-gooiety," natil a college should be, foundea. - Are any books of this be quest thus marked yet preserved 1. T49.. isaotrouA, r_ 9.. 4pasary, 11781 almost destroyed this library, 'witil 4ADy pa+is*|pd rc6Xd& 6f fthe provine and city. - 185 v'm and amnphlets alone were rescued. The inekenzio Library, bolng''sebaratclh depoited, was noarV Allftved. Thioj the zeal and cars of Mr. Varian, libra-. rian, who remained during the Brit ish occupation, tho library did.uot Auf fer undemiiilitary ruloasotoly and sa,d. ly as books, church bellsiear-rings and watches have suffered In alate ige of Christian war. A catal oU of Not. 3, 1790, records the h1M r' of Vl.. unies then on the shelves a842 in. ad. dition to'tho volumes of tha Maeken zie collection, tlieh trdaced4k ,403. Through 1790-'91, the 'average of books taken out was threecagh month. In 1798 the library was repbhod pt 4500 voluies. In 181.1 -,the report reached 7000'volumes; and for the catalogue of 1826, to which we - may refer again, the collection isestimnatOd at 12,000 volumes. A wag says the above sign which is seen everywhere is the brief history of Drake, viz': "Started Trade in 1860 on Ten Dollars," There is another nuqn Who gives his autobiography after tis fashion we think : "B. T.-186-...& C;';" which interpreted mightb b I"Bree in Trade 1861; Since, Convalescent." [FoR TIM NXwS.J A Chapter on Hats. Hats I hats hats 1' Nothing but hats-mon's hats, and women's hats, boys' hats, and girls hats, tall crowns and low erowns, rims 4nd no rims, but still hats. When are our eyes even again to be blessed with the sight of a pair sf bright eyes and a modest lit tle face peeping out of a cottage bon net, of course, to keep pace with the times ; but 4rtill,.a bon"f- a,. boiia fide bonnet, and noqa hag4 . We don't want coal scuttles, noo 'ot bonnets without crowns,.nor bonnets with huge bags behin4, nor bonnets alternately ascending'to th'o skies.an4 descending upon thd nose, nor three cornered baskets of flowers mounted upon the head but we want, what an old friend, who rathet roughly speaks h1is mind, denominates, a deasnt bon. net. We are savage on hats-women's hats-which have assuited every foran and shape, until at Iast, we bve. im pressed our freediwomen's fanners, and reversed them, oversome of our loveli oAt, faces. Well: t it is a.atrang ag; an age of *Jats and cravats! Shall we gently remind our young sisters of that explanation, whierein, we are told, that women in the chtirch es, go net "with their -heads uncover ed" "because of the angels,".and sug gest, that they barely fulfil .thEe agos tolio requireme'nt, by appearing to borrow at thme doors of the ' sandtuary, thd "covering" which the mn are equally enjoined to east off. If they must wear hats-let themi at any rateo be something else than men's hat. THE OnPs -TIn New England the crop. are generally" repo rted good ; In.y will be abundant, and the fruit yield gilh. lion ofdo1llars in 4lyanecs of last year. In tthe South the general report is that thy,crops will turu out well, although.in sonle narters ekeeksiveirairns are e'ont. plaif ofThe 'whyat '.frduliutit Geeoja )j I ,hfrve)alq44, hJjfrgh tuamnta'-better than- *as'antcipated somer timb, ago.' Along the low'er' Mis sihs1ppi fgeint 'erevd&aes fmiamtede gi'agd4eftruction, Join Soutlierni l'lipois th.ew1hey propsis ain d'to po a failure, hb .as;~u promishig ,well.! it. Ohuit and n ndthe ket prtruia .very i. 16 is etellent. raI Mary a4nd. *r4Ipqnsylvania it is only mode r Er '. . ir b 1 - t a.ln, A RYMARKABL9 E30APE-F7toJT-| FUL E1A, FLIGHT.-The most re markable escalie ro% persotni, injury. if not death, thathasgima to our knowl idge'for many a' sy, ucured on Satur. day 'last. a few miles,West of Iowa City. As the ftgnI%psWhger train coming east',as nearing that point, a man was disco"Vered walking on the track. The whistle was Qounde4 once twi;e, thrice, and no attention paid toit by the slowly ploding VeAbstrika. 'The etgiaeer sup. posimg that it w4a some laborer walking home from his days work, and that he 'hewould off as soon as he engine got too'irear him for safety,,did not tt first reduce speed, but kept on at the rate of about twenty five miles ati hour. But when he saw that the cowcatcher wai at the man's heels, and he yet iade ho igas ofleaving his rail-lined path, stea was shut off and the train brought to a stop, not however, until after the man had been violently thru'st asidt In a most fearful inanner. In much less than it takes here to de. scribe thke shock, the man was kicked up by the swiftly approabhing cowcatchor, struck, ai it is 6dppnsed, betveen the legs, and' thrown in the air a dist4ance -of some twenty feet, ,makiug at the same time' one of the most frightful leap and summersaults-that a man need ever wish to make. As soon as ' the train'was stopped, the employees rushed back; ex poeting to find a mass of mangled flesh and bones; but imagine their surprise on beholding the man walking. towiArds them just, as,calmly, coolly, and deliber. ately, as if notI.ing had happened. lie proved to be a deaf and dumb-man. evi dently on, his way to [owa city, to nt tend T.he mnstitition for such- persons at that plce. His name and plade of resi dence cou4 not be learned, as no ong understood his signs and mtiQlwns. The onlyinjury lie received was a slight bruise at the back of his head. He w-as saved by the novel manner in which the iron Jiorse hustled him aside, id t ho fact that after performing his wonderful gym naatio feat lie landed qpon -a bed of sad. [Davenport (Iowa) GzOette, Jwt 3. FATAi. Liui.-A most singular and distressing ach$ent occurred in Chelste-r fielld a few nights since. Oi ih:,t eve niig in question Mr. Jo iah Keswick, of Pittsylvania, but formerly of Chester field, left'the residenco of his uncle, whim lie was visiting, and. proceeded !t "Lover's Leep," a romantic Spot near the centre of the county. This place is it cave ity feet deep, from the precipice of which-,ir. K. sprang to the rocky bed below, where he was found next moyn ing with bothlegs broken, left arm shot. tered, head severely contused. and body bruised. As soon as possibh- the assisi ance of a colplo of citzenls was obtain ed-one of whom desceendd t he ca ve and succee-led in fastening a rope nrotund his body. by which lie was drav n ont. and afterwards carried to t he residence of his uncle. Here medical skill was brought'intp reqisition, and one of the broken legs amputated; but the other, and nrm were reset. During the oppe. hation the patient was put unler the in bfluence of morphine, und after ilie er. Tects had %6orn off reason returned. lip thein explained- that after tea lie has been much interested in reading an iie count of a coupile of lovers, who, mnti years since findng strong paiternial'ob. stacles to their uniojs. repaired to the spot where lie had been founid and( com.mittedl suicide by jumping int-o thme nhyss. After retiring for the night, he thiniks he. must have, in state of somnaumbulismn,(of which he~ was "ommewhiat amflicted,)heft, his bed and,.unkuownm to any one -on the premiises, paoc'eededl t.o the historic "l.'ap," and jump~ei in. Mfr. Keswick lived'only about'five hours af'ter his re turn to consciousn'ess, durtng which timo lie seemed to be suffring from intense pain. He was a most estemable citizen. and his uuimnely,demise will'he keenly felt, by those wvho himvo'kuown mbst, inti mat ely. This is a most, singuilar dircumstamice, and has been the theme of conhverqAtion *ith the neigehbori M6teri'it;'occairedi. --Rchn,gpd''Tnu. There are in ?hflielphaia 460 oil companies, of whieh the took of only about fifteen have any value in the marketr Thes tobJk of the j'est cannot be, dispd d pfqt thw stoeo } ,erd at an~ price2., ,h e nogl:4 ( inyestAe in oil omipanse Is 0048O0,000, anid the amount of money that has sunk in these speculattiot S furlif $20,000, 000. .A itharquls ( L'aItracier, "I would hava yo4ti thM, Uat I am a~ man .of. quality" A ..n'dT," sopliled the finanoierj"mai athan ,df quanti .. ake awaiy )y firs.t letter, take away Local Items. 'ife Concert. On 'tursday nnd Friday nights last 1anic off the Concert of which notice had been 'given. "Robert 21eCaire, the Itoney-Moon, Luke the- Laborer %nd Box and Cox," were the priniil itiuusenients of the two evenings. The interludes wore the Quaker Courtshipy and the Phaton Cbous. The first scone onl Thursday night Was an illusAration of "All quiet along - the Potominao. On the whole ths6 Mi.trionie ehter tainn'ents gave mneMh atisfaction. 'the larget aud ience was pi-eseut. on Friday night, and notwithstanding the time. required for the exhibition they all ap peared to enjoy it. Shot, Wve learn that in' a difficulty oil Sunday last between Seild9 and Smun two freedime'l), Oi the plantation of M r. S. Woi.rr,near this place, the lat ter was shot by the former in tho siall of the back, and seriously wound ed. The gun with which the injury was inflictod wits charged with a in 1 nie ball eutt into soveral parts. We do not know whether or not Scipio has been arrested, but presume of course the case will receive due attention from the proper authorit ies. 0 0 M M E R 0 I A L. NrmW Yoitr, Jrie 22.-Flour dull and decliniiig. Cotton dull. Sales of 1,000 bales at :3 a 40. Wheat declined 3 a 5c.. Sales un important. Corn decl ined I a 2c. Beefsteady. Sales of 1,200 bbls.. Mess at $132. a 32 28. Lard dull. Whisky duill. Coffee dull. Gold 4931. FiVe-Trwent i es, 3}. Seven-Thirties, 2.. NFw Yoni, June 23.-Cotton dull. Sal sef 500 bales at 37 a 40. Col 1 524. E!xchan1ge 1 Oc. f Illns. GoLD S:NT TO EXuoi.-Thn specie ex. ported on freight from New York and Bos. ton within the last five weeks fools up as foll ws: - Week coding May 191h. $8,763.295 Week eiding MAy 260 h, 11,35-1,81(0 Week enlding .3tne 24. 6.873 278 MWeek ending J one 9 t. 5,835,1100 \Veck ending June 161h, C.163,199 Total, five weeks, $38,979,9'.". Cnor. k ix BAI.Mion. NEW Yon C1 rV, SCRENECTFDAY AM) AL1AnY.-There were six dosiths froim cholera in New York city 6 1 Si ud ty. On Friday there was one dh a- I tron i ie sanio causeo in Alhany, and during last week the pestilence is sidil to hmve kill ed three vietims - in Selieneoteday. Mr. Willifmn 11 MIq*nn. of ldlitnore, being iii New York on last. S uirLv was taken sick and staried hmomet hy tihe first,I itra. lie am - rived in Baitim-r on bundiuay miorninig andi walked to his residlence. P'hysiciiia beinig caill ini, prnounceed his case Asiatic chuolo ra. lie died Sunday evening at five o'clock. Tnik I-rrALIA ?MAs.m.L,AIS.--Tito foliow inig is a literal I ranslat ion of thie first 511an zas of thle famioncs Itianii war hymn just. comphosedI ini Italy by M. llrofferio' iat, .ho request. of the Minister'ofiWar, and iui on oivery pqp'ular .AoiCSoni. ialy : Let the bri'ght, flash of (lhe sword awake the throne and thie people. hIalians ! to the battle.fleld ! Your miother contry eaIlb yotm ! Form yonr bit talions to the roir o the cannon, helmet oii head, anid steel 1 hand. Long live the King of the Alps to thes sep; of the Po to the Tficino ; of thue soil of Siell.o thme land of Tuscany I Arise, oh Latin peoplul! Arise and conquer I II, is God who w'ils it." '. * ~~Rof LOST, A R Co 0 D SPECTACLES, in a ?.aiorocco case. A reward will be given for their recovery. Apply at, this01oll. . Jno deJ-tl MT. ZION IS1UE WrINNsBoRos Ss 0, (049 alies i School .L ile rgstiof~pmed Monday, TERUMBTER BESSION: Board wItlTnitioh in all thie branch es exoept PhIlosophy, Chemistry and Freoh,$1t Tul;ion of day scholars In the ciss cals or higher English and Math emat loal d epartnmento, 8Cl Tuition in of.her branches from $12 t o 29I Vourse of Chemistry or Phloohp l French, Ph.oI a ir, The above r-ates reckoned in the en eiy of the -ount ry. PmAyinent, requi~lI l dik4ee-the re#idt,e st the