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WINNSBOUO. Sanurday rdormng, October 7, 1866. ( - T. P. SLIDER, hsq., is the sole ggent for this paper in Charleston S. C. 4 Mr. JAS. H. SMITH, forrirly of this place, but now residing in Charlotte, N. 0. is our authorized agent for the NEws. Mr. 8MITH can be found at the Tinm office. TO OUR SUBSORIBERS.' We earnestly appeal to our friends to come forward and cancel the claims on our books against them. Many of them subscribed to pay when the cot ton was sold, and we would respectful ly that now the 'cotton is selling every week, remind our friends of the im portance of calling in at the Office and settling up. We have to pay cash for all materia! used in the publication of our paIers, and hence the necessity for prompt payments on th,e part of .our subscribers. The Stupendous Issue., In about a month hence will probably occur a political earthquake 'that will shake to pieces this already tottering Governnent. Unless either the Radi cals modify their bold schemes, or the President yield measurably 'his posi tion it will be impossible for the Con gress of the United States to assem ble withnut being followed by a. colli sion' between the Executive and Leg islative.departients of Government. The former rigards Congress 'as n3t constitutionally organized ; the latter charges the President as colluding -with traitors, and therefore-implicated. eno.ugh to deserve an Impeachment. if the President continue to hold the present Congress sa a usurper, and they consider hkn as such, the con test will begin by a bold stroke for the aseendeney. No doubt the prelimina rie. will be, on the part of Congress, a series of acts which they know the President will -veto, and on the part of Andrew Johnson, it.will be the exer ese of the veto power. After this, it is too soon yet to take bearings as to what will follow, bat th' most casual view of the tendency of events now, would lead one to decide that a shook .will come too strong to leave this Government hs it finds it. Death of a Minter. It 'is with much regret th4t we learn the death of Rev. R. S. Douglass, one of the Ministers who lately attended the Prosbytery at this place, and who, for the last two or three years has been Pastor .ofthe Presbyterian Church at Union Court House. Whilst in at tendance upon the Presbytery here, he was the guest of the Senior Editor of this paper ; we, therefore, feel more than ordinary interest in the sad an nouncement of the death of this young minister, whom we est'eemed a most worthy and proniising servant of the Church. He, left ,us, feeling slightly - indisposed,.on Monday morrg, the 8th inst., for.his home at Union C. H. Going as far as the Rey. Mr. Sayq's in Chester District, hre was taken ill and died there, on Sunday morning followmn--the 14th 'ins ant. Aga'n are we reminded, that "in the~ midst of life, we are in death."--Lacter. Ledqor. The Rev. R.8. Douglass was a na tive of tij is District, and the numerouis * friends of the family sympathise with them in their afflicetion, as'well as with 'the'Chureb for it's loss of a jpromisrng ~and useful.yowng minister QourtWeek. "On Mofeid.'terv begns~ the fall *rmn of-the'Court ef. Comm,oa Pleas. .Lawygs 'and mrehnts no.dou'bt have eve,rything In apple-pie oetaedrith a view. to the. busiess of the-' coming .week. .Elections Noirhu "On the 6th of'Ndvmnber eleotions luneo$', Missouri, - anuaaewdaj* 3Idland and Delaware. Very Desirable, The Richmond Times argues that the ireater part of the 11adical party will not subscribe to the ultia meas ires against the South dmandod by the Cxtremists.such aA St6vens, Butler and Phiflips ; and that they may even abate their attempts to force ulon the $oit Constitutional Amendment. Such A bi&'pbot is surely a very comr fortable ouey but after all the 2Vme is presuming to represent the views of the moderate men of the Radical party. It is impossible to - foretell what the next Congress will do, because theiy have out so far lQose from all fixed principles. ILook Out for t8s. Professor Newton, of Yale Collegep and Professor Furguson, of the-Na tional Observatory, are preparing to take scientific observations on the ox pectedmeteorio display in November next. This meteoric shower is ex poeted to occur aboutthe 12th of neM mouth. Like some weather prophets, professors of astronomy have been for several years past predicting such an event, so there is no doubt that they will hit upon a right prediction some of these days. Star gazers may look out therefore about the middle of No. vember to see sights. Picking Oottom We find some of our exohanges call ing attention to the insufficient amount of bagging used.'in packing cotton. We observe on our own streets cotton merchants having addi tional bagging put around the cotton they.have bought. It is, said that in some places cotton buyers will give as much as one cent more for cotton where it is well bagged. New Advertisements. Bacot, Rivers & Co.-Atterition is directed to the largely increased stock of Groceries &c., advertised by this firm. Messrs. B. R. & Co. have have entered the cott:n matket,'and hence the prepa rations they hav'e made to meet the wants of f irmers and planters who would do well to give thern a call. S. B. Clowney, Clerk of Court-Rul to plead. Attention Olub I At 7 6'elock on Monday night next it is very desirable that the Club should all meet psomptly at the Thes pion Hall. The order of proceedings embraces important matters. 11.&AAKAni,E HAm. STORM INNoRT CAAboirNA.-The .Charlott, Deocrat publiAbes the following, and vouches for the trustworthinessof its corres pondent: DAvIDsON COLLEGF, N. C., October 11,1866. V. J. Yates: DEAR SIR: The following is a de scription' of a very niovel.and d estruc. tive hail storm which occurred at half-past two o'clock yesterday 'even ing. The pibees, not stones, were of every conceivable shape, ith horn,, legs, arms, &c., resemblinag bugs, fowls, grass-hoppers, crawfish, allI'ga tors, crabs, fish, lizards; ceiuut burn, monkeys, sea shells, doll-babies, &c., &c. They caine down so rtpidly and in such size and quantity that manay of them lost an'arul, leg or winig in the fall. .The (not very) little creatures came down with legs and arms spread out so that they hitched upon the cot ton and other things, stripping pretty clean of leaves and limbs. Soste not. ton fields tare rained.. The heavieat part of the stortn was between' here and Moubt. Mourne covering tlie ground frem three to fout' incbes lb some plaes, a'nd to'4l4v It still lies in piles two'in~yeesieen, the pieces aver aging t**mid a half to t iw onnada in weight. Respetfully. * PLI. HeLPR.a -special! Washingtoni tht teBsoduilte fedies with the,Itdiperial Governient 4f MIexi 20 have speed ulyan, and vsraoTI nuder process of exchange The Firendhs troops, mnd .Maximilian viehdraw this year km Meuico. The Unitad States as. u n ~ s h e p t o eo a t o th e r pu b lise sensidention, Vt fro ni.tj Ad Stkites the $faa a L */ti 'rnis, ad etlir~rtt BautW of ~ iresenIt S'utha west boundary. Foreign Demand for Otii otton. The Montgomery Advert4er sayd that a well known resident of that city, who has just returned. fron Europe, expresses th onpinidn that England and other trans-A-tlantio nations are eareles' ai td .h amount 6f cottion raised In the SoVitNk other cottou pro-. duping regions having been so exten sively d6v61opdd dxrhig thd late war; e dvertwse. apppars to be greatly impr4sed with this view ; but the June repdrt of the ag+i6ultural dePart ment gives figurQs that tell a very-d' - ferent tale.- This repoit says that the amount of raw 6otton exported fro'm this country to Great Britain during foirt months of this year was equal to 506,626 bales of four hundred pounds eaoh-beig a.quantity. double that. brought from India in the same period and as much.as that from all other souftes (India included) for the foor months. The report estimates the cottodf sent from the United States in these four months it the valuo of $70, 000,000--suiely a corfortable sum, of which *efeatr the lfoh's- share has gone into- the wrong poakets. We need not fear Indial nor any other country, in the produ%tion of this impdrtant staple, If we can only procure labor and be relieved from the present oppressive tax of three cents per pound on all exported cotton. Our cotton is not only the best in the world, but it can be giown cheaper than elsewhere. 'OA SUoH THINGs Bg?"-We know that it will sound strange in the ears of this community, especially those of us who have been lavish in exppnsive "get-ups" for the'opera, to know that two families of aged and destitute fe. males have been perishing with hunger in the height of our revelry; and yet such is the fact. S'me of our city offl cerp, in their rides on the outskirts of the city, disco*ered two families of aged white females in a shanty belonging to the city, below the Fair Grounds, and near the swamp, and who had ndt tasted food for nearly three days, 'and . who were too infirm to make their, destitu. tion knowp I As soon as apprised of the fact, May or Collins had them promptly removed to the city hospital, where they will re ceive proper eat and nourishment. Wacon, (Ga.) Tesgraph. .NTIRNATOiL OocA TELEGRAPH. -Mr. Willian H. Helse, one of.the oldest telegra'ph superintendents in6 the country, has atepte4 the position of superintendont for the building of the International Ocean Telegraph Line, and will sail in a few days for Florida, through a portion of which State the line is to be built. Several leading citi sens and publio men of Florida have suggested that th6 line *be built from Fernandina to Cedar Keys, on the West side of the State, thence by cable to Havana. This will be determined upon by Mr. Heis, if the practicability of the suggested route is- rade manifest by personal inspection and survey. RosES IN FRANo.-The trade in roses, as well known; is of considerable importance in Franco. Rogries are cultivted in diff6rent parts of the coun try, in open fields, just as turnips or cabbages. Thus there are 500,000 rose trees near O)rleans, 200,000 near Miet:, 1,000,000 near Angiers, 1,00,000 near Lyons, 2,000,000 in the iteighborhood of Paris, and 2,000,000 in the 13. Om manes 'of rie Coate. Robert. The varieties celled the Tea rose, the Bour bon and the Monseisse flourish partion larly in the environs of.Paris and Or leans. RDIOra!, Diinozreu.-A special 'de atach t'A . FQrIey*ii thronicle, db~ Bltimore, October 21, "sayis: "ho bold staie of the UniQnis of' Bahrimore in oppositionr to the pTi i 'of thie rebels is producing iranatural frufta. The Mayor st.ands firm in aspporting the polhce commissionejs in' refusing the orders of Gov. Swann,. The whole staff of Swann have resigned and taken aides with the radicals. Genq. tenly, Jnis e$n a'1d Woolley have rported (JRuty to the Mayor; 800 po ,ouen.b 3 , 000 Boys i iie" r*in t(rtdsa and risidy. Lest night,;the UJnion uien met in their respeptive wards Rnd or-gnised for instant aetion." Adviedon Idia, via flngsal,,I pi:edist that;thie cotton.- orop of tlbat country fort',the pr.oeni year will show a material falling of as Compared iith the year just *olored, the inducenments to plattso 'far as the p 4ried Is cdeornEt. gnot beIta so gra,and the eost'Iof "iune which seriousldhrpt*f ftiu *i1h India in tboI with editton, *otin nd 'a oiId6b tMt free 'and unrestrahle& -growth at'4 staple.' Pe Atlantio Telegraph, *INNA, October 23.-The press of to- day says that BaroW V61h Baust i very likely to be Foreign Minister; LONDON, Otober 2S.-Lord Clarendon is etriously ill. Poiy ofthe'Goverw6ur TO exi WASixoTox, October 24.-Special dis. patchei reIved ft& etate that thilrenA -Government has Uaed for ar vtension of time for the withdri*al of'tfie firei instal ment of troops tinM n ' atil-anuary let, offering in that oase to waive the time allowed for the withdrawal of the remain der, and remove 4,11 substantialy at one time, which proposition is now assented to. There is no official confirmation of reports sboutour Government demanding payment form England of the Aabama claims, nor that a determination has been reached to establish a protectorate over Mexico. Neoreta1|y rawning s t Censt tutional Amendment. WAs8NOTos, October 24.-A longebhy l3etter from Secretary Bro*61tpg ddresb'ed to a committep at Quincy. Ill., in response' to' ai invitation to deliver" n address -on politioI topics,. is published this mornin. it argues forcibly against, the constitutional amendment, and, in vindication of the President's policy, says It is his purpose, as executive head of the nation, to maintain and preserve the Constitution as it Is Statement of Oommissioner of Oustome. WASUSNOTON,'October 24.,The dommiq sionlr of .Customs has publighe ..a state men',- dilled for by the House during the last sebbon, with reference to the mode of dispoit1bn of an cotton and other property coming into the'handi -of Tres'y agents during the war. Sl4V9 WASHINOTON, October 24-'ti ate De partment has received a copy of'hr'Spanhi.l Ioyal Decree. intended to maklido ,ssible the questioq of the African Slave 'Trade'in Cuba and Porto Rico. It provides for 1%e emancipation of every person who is in slavery in those provinces whenever they touch the peninsula or any of the adjacetit islands. Indian Outrages. Naw YonK, October 24.-A Los Angelos dispatohssys that a fierce fight has occur. red between the citisens and a murderous band of Indians in the vicinity of Hardees. ville, in which fifty of the latteikwere killed. Late Montana advicos state that the Sioux Indians recently attaoked ou encampment at the mouth of Milk"River, and Artr fie hour'si ghting were re sed with'the losi of twenty-one k.lled, Te white;ba4 tout killed and-everal wpundcd.. Brig Abandoned. Naw YoRx, October 24:-The Brig J. W'ebb,.from Wilmington, N 0., for &ico, Maine. was abandoned at sea on the 21st, The ,Captain and crew were saved and irought to this port this 1oining. The $vening Star. Naw YonK, October 24.-A Governmen Commissioner is at present investigatina the tvening Star disaster. MIxoamR GovZaxxNT.-It is beyotid question, that of the tax-paying, native. born citisens of the United States thdre in to-day a majority of more than a million against the radical party. If our radical politicians audoeed in impressig on the popular mind the idea that the mjority of the people of te United States have a right to rule the United States 'witlout regard to the Constituti'on, they will seen'find thal disabilities, created by the will' of a ma.jorl ty in temporarty power, will be swept to the winds. It is a eurious blunder for sensib's men to make, this doctrine t,bat a mincr;ty may make laws disfranchisi'ng a large per. tion oflhe people, and then clafm that thea rule-b'y virtue of being a ajbity. :Sne~ n absurdity wili not, stand tb test of cpent'sexamiuation, nor could the po*' p'of a minority, be sustained againdt the oEJrt n any such grounds.-Nsw or Sof Odmmeree. T s Nv*r YORK EfL~totN.-. 1i biate In the Novem~ber electkan. 'Vi &dmitted in' the Wue etlu ~f th 'Rp publicans do not 'erceed te Vole o 1885 by 60,000 the~ party iv;1eat$h We quote: - "Last year tleP"4trkent' betv e6ng) for tus, and we catried the state by80, 000 nhjofity : yet wcdr dhot '" oi * many *dtsab ~V0000 we 'di -thd yet befro: 'rety te Stat& i all this year, Wt tntst' all At least .00, 000 more d ltatfear " the medeoa lestons dprl # ma lay uip. ya lite care, ae fresh lemutn fat f fe f.e -v tients at Al so df tl e ear, k appeav to - AM' tYiCiDar de - Hiidrn.-AR5 aponsilY1 and iwafthf plt4ei- of 'this State, says the New Or cans .Bufletin, called.upon President -Johnson, 'three or four. days prior to July 80-the day fixed for the bogus Convention to asseinbe-aind a 'coriyrsation enaued upon the condition of political affairs in Louisiana. The Louisiinian de .nounced the animosity of Governor Wells to the policy of the Administra tion in such.strong terms as to cause the Prsiddht'to start' from his bhair with the exclamation: "Uan it bo true that he is teally an tagonistic to me Why, there is a letter,from him. which flatly contra diets Y.ur words." "Thirti"Viay be, sir," responded the; President's visitor, "but the radicals also have letters pledging his faith equally as strong to them." The fectiwas proven to Mr. John son's satisfaction,.tha.OV.. Wells was' thus playing a double game,. and most important consequehees resulted from this conviction. A despatch whilch had already been written, and which, would have place4the military forces in New Orleans at the disposal of Gov ernor Wells, was not sent. 'is it not possible that the expected receipt of this dispatch may account for. the singular conduot of General Baird on the day of the riot ; likewise; the' tenor of his letter to Mayor Mon roe-, a few days previous ! May the Conventionites and their sympathir era noti have ho?ed, until the last mo- - iment, -for the important message to come along? 4e alue of real estate in'Now' foris only beginning to be asserted. ;Prices' havq lately been rising rapidly,, and it only needs the settlement of the Southern question to send them up still igher. the property &d Joing the' new Herh1d building, consist in of two lots, and laving a fronfage of' fifty-nine feet on Broadway, ha.s. just ,been sold to the Park Nationdl Bank for$356,000. Z __ra *NATUitC'S BABOMKTP,;Rs.-A Venera :ble'gentl'eman with whom we recently conversed, assurad't*that spide're--were' t,he bett barometers yet prodiiced'.. The' barometer invented' by the scientifi,- he aftned', only indicated the liind' of' weathet we are to fmnvEk immediately ; while spiders'uT1errinly tol I.tl* chirao teeibf the wasther for.sveral days -in adva"ce For. instanc* if the w6iflerf" is likely tv become raitny. widy or in' other'respecto diodgreeable, -the qpidrs make very short and 'rm the termina. ting filaments on which their webs are suspended If on :he contrary,- tlicy mb,hle the terminating 6lam4ents or fasten. ings Uncommonly long, the weather will continne serede from ten to a dozen' days. Spiders usunAllv make ahierations. i their webs once in 2' hemrs. It' they' are totally indolent, and' do not even' watch forfdies. rain wilI'speedilf ensue. If the spideri stay out upon their nets '&ring-a shower, and seem actively en ,gaged in.puitingRaffairs irr good condi. tion, it is certain proof that the rain wilf be of short duration, and. that it will be l.earweather for sorpe time. If, during the stormi weather. the spiders are seen fixing their damaged nets in the evening, .it c.-rt*inly indicates that the night will~ be pleasant and that the rain is over for" the present..' Our informant haa often witnessed this result whien the skry look ed mlost threatening, and he has neverr kQown the sign to fail. MJUAE .T 142A D. IN THE < 9MMON PLPAS. A. 8. GatlIard, Asignee,) 1Deotarktic0 .'TtEREAS the' Plainti 'In this antiba~ -V 'did on this day $1. his D leait * talnst-Sllin Wolfe the Defegds ' y s I ati, '(is tI uaid,) 'and -havitig WIfe or AttOrUey. known, upon wh ~ ebpy ofthe to be#laration with a r' to plead thereto, may he servedi It is't - fAuesiub fliR*oe of rhe Act, of tb9 ci l Astby of the State In sucobses - jund -p ld4 Odered, that t,he -ote Wasshoro, 8. 04 $th Qg,I6 - ep27-le8ni1 , Bletok I ne r