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WYNNSJEOROE ' hurstlty .)larntug, Novnmber !,1866 ,. T. 11. Si. it, l'sq., is the tR' a'getit. for this paper in (Ghnrleston .C. (r M r. .ls If. S1tirii, formerly of' this plac', but now residing in I'l:-l,itto, N. (. is our authorized a-nt ft'r the N y:ws. Mr. Smit-rtt c:at b found at the ' w11 s ollicr. The American Farmer. Worthington & an Lewis, 52 S. Gay Street., Balti more. - Price "2.00 por Year. 'the Variot.ssvstems:; of Field hota t ion, I'hre, Four, Five and Seven Fi-ld, arte fully disenissed in the pres cnt antld previoms nuetubcrs. The.-a and tt .everat articles on "Clover 'lt lr," "ir Domes,""The value of mu- Lain,s," &., in recent ntmbers in d i,"ate the thorougl ly prac' a.' c.r :ter of the ''(Jld Farme'r." Wlhtie the Irge amount of matter on Fruit rowing, gat hg ared front the best oltree, sh"to how well tl:e "1ionecr' .folui:l keeps, itselt at the head of the .\_ricnlt:tral :1l llorticultural pro tig t te ay. I al :i its latling departm nts c,f lihl, orvha1ri aInd garden cultivation, andt stock g!'rowinlg, whether in its nri;in::l or. l-ted matter, T/,c 1r,n" t- ,h)wS a tirt tiont wile is at once prm-t ial :uIn scicntitie. Murder in Columbia. W(! learn from t,l,e carolin im of the .' l4 insm nut that. Mrs. far' 11,. I Iamherg v:as m-itrdred by Toland It. Bass. 'The in lith cas of r Mary I;. 1Iamberg, wio w;ts ort on h'rictav. th' i11th inst., Iy I'loaun d R. l:ass, and diedu from her wtontl on Suday, tho IStlh, the follow int' evientite was take"n beforeh.te jury - in ii -iet, empannteled by Coroner \fir..10o 1ph H1urd1ell, being sworn, tes tified, that. out Iriday, nit, one o'clock, he was si'Wing in the dining-hail of Mr. liu:itnhrg: htard words pasa in Mr. I famber:.. store. Mr. Il. raen throt'_It Si room iinto the el-itooint and got. a pistol. ('aught him at thedoor wit h the h al.:nd Mr-. I[Inmhi'er:tt ghtihim lt r.-, a , r :,ni took Ilte pistol tromt Lim. Witnest then walked ott of the store; I In, i1r,; ws. b)-hii hint. [r. Bass I'r"-,nt el his pistol at Ar. Intiibrg, nai witn ,ss said "don't shoot." Mrs Iiamber,* then cate to the store door with at pistol inl her hand; and said to I .i, "if vion want, to sht'ot anIy onte sIh:lo it ' time.'" Bass attempited to take the i frtm het-r-but failetd. Bass then .1ped mI ,nce live steps front her, then (re rt ,"- Is pistol at her three timet, t- t:.iond it a fourtlb time+ and, fired. it-iMi:esed said she was shot, and asked !ponntit to raise her. saring: "I am :ring~ to Iloinnt." Witntiss took her tip andI caried her tot hier room. Thie tdis tancite was 5somte five steps from B:ts. Shte wat.< oin t.t h oor-si eps ;Bass on t he John A. Fe iner s*worn said: Ott Fri caime inito Mr. H abkb rg's .store to set tle anttnnt, andi after siettliig tmy busii ite lmit, andi called for t wo diriniks ut wlhiskey. .A f tter get,tinig his whiskeyv, lie wantted Mr HIaberg tochatrge it to ima. Mr. I fanihberg stid hto couidd not, and ltat hie muiist ttle wit.h his. wife. Ilie thten rauid, "Walk ont of' the store, yon GI-d d -d-anid t will set tle withI you. Mtr. H amhberg siid Ibe wtuld lot do' it. lie thon.i repeatedl his wordls a tiri nit. Batss ctepped out. of thne str dloor inito thei street, drew his pis oh1 Iromt his belt, plaicing it to his right sidit. Mtr. IHambiler'g then left the store andu wentt into hisi. ehnmbe r. [He return ('(.1 i thie stoio do..r with a pistol in his handtt(. ' Ten Mir Bitrdiell cuttght him. an rd thlen his wsife got, a pistol, bt. I dont, kno1w whet her hie gave it to hetr or not,. M r. Bordetll let hirno looso a nil-v amo naid to Mt. Iltrdell, "dtoni't, let Mr. H1am heilg go out--' bti mnan Bass-has his piistol drawn." Mr. Bturdth! '.en sten lied to the door, Mr. H amnberg behmnd himt. Thnen Mr. Bass presented his pis tol at Mrs. Ilrtmhorg. Mr. HIamb)erg deoll t,hten threwihis hand btefo're Mr. Bass atnd said:- R'oWttst not shoot.". Mrs Hamnberg then stepped to the door withb a pistoI itt bor hand,, arid sid: "Mr. Ilass, if'you want to sh.oot, you must shitoot, me." ,Mr. B3assa tempted to take the pistsh fromn her, but fhiling~ to glo so, he stepped about five paces f.-om her, and raised his pistol at. her. Mr. lBur dell said : "D'on't, shout a women." Bass raised his pistol a third time, and . drop. ed it to his side ; then he raised his pis tel a fourth time. and fired. Mrs. lIum berg, the deceused, holding her weaptbiu in her hantd, and mnaking no attempt. to lire at Bass. Af wr Bass tired, I saw her dress move fromi the effect of the ball, near about the thigh. She stood about hal'f a minute, and said to Mr. Burdell: "Catch me, I amtn shot, and about to faint.." M.r. bur(dll then canaht her and c!trried her i!.o her room. Dr. A. N. Tally, sworn, testified-I was called on Frilay, t.h' 160th inst., between tlie hours of one and two P. M. to see Mrs. Chiarles 1[amiberg. I f'ormid her in a state" of alarmng prostratittn resultittg fron a recent wound in -tlhe upper part and oiter pordtion of the rigit thigh. An e.mttninat iou of the wound indicated that the ball had passe(l in'. wards and inward ito the cavity of Ie. pelvis. 'The depth of the- woutld was such as to precinde' any attempt. to ex tract the ball, the location of which could not be determtie(l. The symttptotms which at first pre'sente.d the:ns.'ives countined until I.et d 'ath, which occurred this day at. two and a hmlf P. M. I have no hesitation in sayin; that the woettl be fore mentioned was the cause of' her death. After heating the foregoing evielentce the jury rettrneel the ft>l lwm verdict: ''hat Mrs. lary E. i Iamiherg caine to her death on the I8th day of Xovember, i86J in) the city of Counwuia froi the efl'ects of a ball fired from a pistol wil. fully, anl maheiously by one 'Tolanl It. iss, cIce. .pecial Telegram to the N. York fT"ra,l. E;teorio Shower-Brilliant Display Ob served from Greenwich Observatory, England. Ganeswicn O1.anv.treonY, Exor,Ast, November 14-ti A. M. The expected meteoric showers were ob serve.i last night At. nine o'clock a few tneteors fell ; at eleven o'clock they had in. crensed in number in d size, and het ween ene and tw6 o'clock this nior"ning the ma-xi mint was reacled. The night was cecar A.nd the stars were out in great numbere. The whole i[eavens r'ere brillian'ly illumi"\ nuated. The shoirers of meteors were * of great beauty and htrilliancy. and radiated fron the constellation Leo, near the staf Cainat:r L.eonis. Their direction was mostly from the eau'to the west. The paths of the une tcors were from three to lour degrees in the nort Nenia Ursa Major twenty or thirty were observed at one time, and cro.,:sin the zenith fifty or sixty -imoro or uniautul sizd and dlural.ion, the mnjority being larg(r than stars of the first magnitude. Several exutled from the vicinity of jutpiter ; onw of immense dimtensions, was edlwured red, lue, green, orange and amber. Nettrly- all hal trails of tire. Of two tlttnng from Leo at the same time, one crossedt he la (emino rtm and the other Mars Two more. one 'le I and the of .er of an oriental sapphire ::olor, crossed Atlpha Urionis. Some of the twei cors burst forth in spten dor; one. breaking behind the rising elonds. flashed like sheet lightning. and another el emerald ine burst near Eta Leonis at fifteen 'minutes after~iwo o'clock, n. mt , its trail of fraite being visible for a iinute and a walf, and then fadel away in brilliant nelule. At three, a. t., they contnenced to di. minish gradually, intil, at the present mo. tuient, they are all. m .eteors anid stars, fad. iwwg away in thle meriting light. We count ed five thouswand itw onie hout',I necarly t welve thousand in all, with the tnaked eye. Siwder< xo.-We hatve had relatedw to use a ease whIich shoeks till thIe fitter felings ofi ownr ntutre. in ati ad.joiing lustrict, a tage, weull educated, witd ver'y respec.tabIty conntweted, took a fantcy to a youwn,g coelored man, It htaving becn talked about iwin tie neighibor'oddI, can sed un t'pleasan t feelintga. Finally. thle woman elopedt withw the negro. They wereO pursued to .withtin a short dis Lance of this place. Traed' to as negro's houseo, wherie she, was foundit lauighinig nattl. talking with' hex' paratyour's ,..fwaily. O<n hieing diseovered aIhe ac'fempte.l. .escape, but wais arrested uand retutrned to, "hie par.. senltu.-)f'k .T@k,'ori*. ADMIRA L SE.MM.s' Swon.-'It will be rememwbered bf some readers that nutmber of English officers and( noble menci gave Admwiral Semmttes to uinde'r stand, shortly after his aff'air with the Keange, that they intended to kive him a swotrd. Th'le sword ha.ws nowt ar rived, but the oeditor of the Mobile Ruegtste'r a~nd Advlerti'ser' has seen a photograph of it, and to imi we are indebted for' the following description: The blatde bears a suitable inscription, and is oratmenitcd in the h-ighest style of the sword-mak'ler's art. The seab ,bard, wlh Iwh is of gold, as is also the hilt, : t, least theo g'uard, is ornia mnenteL, not profusely, buiost; taste-. fully, with devices emblematic of tl:e ntaval profession anid of Sousthernx agri culture. Wlby is,ai febrows in perfoot health like a diamond ? Because he la a Jo.1mrcll. - ews teiu . n. V .ute8ti ror7, NAombcr t l.- is s ulrendy been 5ti,t,ed, during til' 1 w eln tlit the President has h.ad 'ui autt'ience wifh proitni'nent mten from all sctioi, in relation~ to the pree.'ent condition of. political afliTirs. ('iiief. .Justice Chase, G en. l.1rant and M1ajolr Generals Sickles id .) jx, aiotig oth. ora, have freely givenl their v iew - *11 of tItem beiitacititted by ;t sin eere desire- for .ieh action s- miuy be bestcLloulated to'fully restoro ti;" re lntilns df the ,Southern ' State i to tile ( ,eiceral GOunt. TheI idiea se(em)t to .be, tht:-so lonl,, as the exceutivo iin lt? t''t d\I. ( pa)0ttnentts.t a iv"i d(ed inl r.pipion, the Soutriinst tiumia unropre.utC1 in Con'gress hen-ce tire ttfor:i t la toi .'ot .otttnarIneiliottit to accolhiloilite thfdli tteiaeW 4 )ietw\"lel. tliem tl,- A o)-drlin : t .enr -ent i(t,resen.. t'ationis, the Prietent !mt)ls a wi:lling_ lar to all suggest.ion, in that dirett ion, but, So far, nothinr deinjite h.; been cousamtlIed:t. The J)()artimt'Ilt of St aio hias .1 'en iinfonined that the<unainCel. tion't of ilfa"tna niv)ae been forutin-, n1iotifl'd:. l t t v\;sse.l; .Ievi' )' , 1 Ports of thI'llited Sattes, except -r.. Phiil:idelplhia an0d New.' O;l:a) , i s - port,; in tha:t iahnil, with!t u b! of healthl, shall be jicruitted to mntr nt oncg, indc di:-.,larrr,t h tir pj n ers 111nd ei'r n e. All ":a:ls f'roin Ph ila l )h l il and N ew O rfei il are t ) be q1uamr~ntined for thiree dlays, for ob e.. vation. .Ci o, Novemlcr 19.---A. Iire y.etort d els't d (i:l'v it sItor(es I L.tiko'streot. fi.)tt15;00 ; vine1fx :31,.. .edto $ 36,(ton. '1\ srNItrox, Novebor't* I 9.--(' .:Im -med ore .T Jumas (r:a vn ;'. . .. I ; beon' pi-otetd tO a Rear l N Yotx, Novela 19.T :' : 4)11O' nil ? I:~ v~i ti t (' no j" t' (lrp: tob y I:,h')"w lit!th 1hp t t ih ! 'r' . " 3ii mlesntgie.: . A .S cell, to the C o , Y l ..:' : is otldidently e xpe,e.: recOIt; 'rc I on *ilbealiedn 'bly sett! l in t he th:itlirpoiare in pro: th Preside ; : :: . . j i.'' Ciaatiof aill parti ..: It ,.! m'. The lasis of setle-nent .wi;1 be luni.,." slt alaffa!_Ce :)tt tt.o nr I a nmie- iy T'i.: Priden ialy 'lt!s to this pr O it hat , i i-"tN, yi >l) (:" c :n if-.l tionial g ronnac , th.at the' (It 'st i t' su11fi.ie i)-Op,erl b." e lontgs to) the :)! a ld -is so far :llierse 'to.m en ioness tupon that subj e"+. T ~ egrtn also :)tea, that, if ori:lalie cani beC obt a ined from hhiiut leader('s of thie s'peedy ottion ofC ii:1 vorsdn~ siti'ie, - the. Previd en t w'! wvaive his obijectioi:i.. A fo-rtun hii unter, biji in -i :b Ul roemi, Jo'ar ai gIlnt lenran1 giv. i:n a,. yeoir,' ;Hd th i r:iiatuor, 'hat'a pi v cc l:in1d thel fotune- n.nter - '.rb two <bi ago ! - VALUACLE REAI ESTATE ITAi I N purchl'.led firt Salintg Wi IFnilid 18 '*io,,'co shisw ti'oi 03ne PIantia boro, co:, - ii Onoe other place cail!ld tho beoro fil Llhti in ii Iiiad and conlt;iiintg abouti 309t aicr*o., a lot, in t ho L.wn . l' innsboroll' knownas the Ii WOLFE COTTvA(.E LOT!, fronting on Zion01 Street, anl severalI burnt 10o140 (n ongress 0or .iae ,tr' et of .Said~ towl. f3rly plantaltli ion is not1 sold1 mi a short timo1 I wtil rent the samri, next~ yeanr. I wvill nIuo rent for neCx. year thle Wolto dottaigu Ldt if not soldl soon. Anyyerson desiing to purabi~ soor rent any poriion of M/nd reaf' starfia inuitejd to call upon J. 15. McCatnts, my AuIorhC.y at Winnsboro, or on mec at Catidedn, 8. ('. - - .1DAUM1. nov 17.-Iaw'lw Cabin Disr:atches. 1.\al.i, Noveillbr 20.-t is g.i,l thlat Ml. .\Io.tiei(,- tl 1"r'ncht .\linister, is jr''Iiritig a 'Iotte oil lue \Ixic it <;n - tilln. It ,is mlderl::n ,d it w1ilI.bo enneihitory tova1rd the ITitled State:1 j . c.' trii , it I ' will Hilt u'bjlct to thu I re~'uitiuln of tI, l t;:lr'z (7 overninent,. 'I Itrai ',t i ')I i l' t'v 1c"it1e i eIn of I.i;ne by t It Fi'enh troops wvil 1 be ;aiyV ;il,ljlll tt-d on the ]CStlof IJemen. I1l, .v N!ovlr'i~r 20---Noon --- Co 9 i i.~ far veltwielt8 7 itti5,1~' 1' l-it.s Lt t :, \ o eCill),'r 2O - A plrnIf<ii tin h n it reci it(ln"ed tlii the I1~o 1(It o witht,rizo thet twgIltiation ,>f a 1 '. ,1 , it 21 1l 8tltriIrit: It : I ' lil lt -t o l il l al f're'nce, 1 11l IPN,bVeter, it w'as rl"solve d to Ibhi lirt to e- i nlteract the . La lc i l Ow r , I 11(1 to, 1rvpare t he -ouli!!u of at rt'Illt) 'Itill. I ,1 I i t'' t i, : oveIi it b !r II --- gon . i - nauker .1..r 'ticon ,en i opens i . :t e i a I , t1 I --'r . u tol l Iiiat ; i 1"1 't 4. Jin ll ii. for in- i -es t hat theI day'e, :ad0.i wil anla":tut tO 10,00)0 balcs. Iewa Itiems . \V.'.-I:X1''N >T'. N Hvlwr' 2')..---A I'u oins -in of & wh( ndi,i lt ki was t t !i o t t veut off, t) i l . ler the (O '? i lll. T le - tittlg was w h 1 I1v' - "nain> I h I1 nd n( her r.L r-., u i ::In( " el;man. IIL: II a1r ': .:I , 'd :- t! w,1 '"li,"l than it Cong9i.sa wn 1,t oI f r illplrtial slrron ag , :~oi-. l bi 1)0 lii) '1,Iji."lic lt i i t.he 1as 1 <t. l;lr fil-m put rpon;t. 1,.\ !.r im1)i:!, N>ov.'s 0.---.T. le Presi.. 1v! : i bi , 4 or1i ig, to 1tlet1l 1he .\i:1 il-ph7. lielis theSi gu.sto \Itt',( l " II1 I~I1, IS tit rV3 g Ilt", .1i-1.\ ..M i::". N Iv\ m I" -r11 01 ----T he -\ '" I i ji ill Ihi i t ( v t -d a was .1 i u N:1 i 1 'in n, -: (1:rf iist ing 1"i' yI i I j 'I: 'i I T '' illdIl'Ierl"11o I 'Vf - 21.1 :,ena in Cher c1rn. 117 : I' i c jt' on in, inil rga l,:l , :1 'i 1 I i -i-l"I ill fr"11i .1of sic I' d,'t.I ' t (;(,i. S wa: nn, :and rit. I s t h 1 : .I ,'. I t.' a : rwar rd , :It""~ . { \ b 1 i' i '\.1.tv til r>l-i -I '' 1 I, w\!~"- 1" :I!I'.'111,r-s'1).1*' (11f 1 Ilht"ne I "'I u" th ,e! gr:1w sia lo. rt is ,", i ili d 'tllt11:. it,0I) . l\bl els Were i the l wit '. - ,' r A 1."Nm\, N. t .OY V'.P' Nonir 2l. - 1- r, i tOl ti n' :- bueil' Stolne, .\ r. I1 'r -. 1':rk' r. lti b rv illi Prod. %.I!!rt itr u na utd11,hpurgtIus. 'h th" - .I tr.S -!: I'i i"li' t"1Iit"n I i t , t ul . Su h r:I:I'':l_' IJt 1,. 1. 'I11tWo! . i V 9 -i t 1 o 'tNope.ne 1 9Nwa, 'Itr:..' io. , . 't ),-..'1'hu stt1 m d r i -in r o on 8tIh \ .'l,il -r' of" i 'ab\i!It" ('nu l.11 w ere bI ..i r 11.',' I1: ""-- '1"i. T hle .l il sS savs th7y V :H hTII :miy!\ be III t he S111 jeeL of TI:I. snIa 1 ,Ir ,ll 1rl tlh- port, of L .e y w, 1 .,:; l.000 bh-l", of whilch no1nmh anl Agst hIrBad AVaISsTA, Novemnbor 19.- --Te totall vote cast to-day wais 627- for subscrip tion, 537 ; against subscription, L" i for loan, 1. So that the City Coutm-i J will be authorized to .ubseribc $l.0o,r 000 to the Augusta and Columbia Railroad.. This. settles the suceoss of the road. - Importaut, from Mexico.. G ALVEsTON, November 1.9.-A spe cial tQ the Conrier, dated Brownsville, ftith,' reports a 'spirited attack on Matanoras,on the 9th. Skivmishing lasted several hours, the assaulting party nder Topia gaining the advan tage,. but suspecting Coi'tonas, hedid not follow- up his .success. The do fenders lost twenty prisoners, and Col. Bias, their command-er, was arrested for bad conduct on the field. On the. night of the 10th, Topia died ofchole. ra. 'This event will change the our rcit of events. The arrival of Escobedo is reported.. Ortega and party remain at Brazos. G(uStus, commander of the- United States colored troops, ha1 signified his. intention not to. return to Now Or leans. 1,500 troops are expected on the Mexican frontier soon. Market Reports. Nrw YORK, November 19-Noon. Gold 40k. Cotton dull, at 33.1 a 35.. Flour (dull- Southern $1'2 a 16.75. . 7 P.. M..-Cotton oponed firmer, but, closed, weak;. sales 2,500 bales, as 3:3. a 36; sales from the. wharf' at 33 for low middlings, a-nd 34 for mid4 dl.ing Orleans. Flour dull and low State $8.50 a 1l.75.; Western. $11 a 13.75.; Southern $12.16 a 13.75. Wheat, corn, oats and- beef dull.. Por firmer-mess $22.75.. Gold 410.. MotaLE, 'ovember 19.-Cotton sales, to-day,, 750 baDos; low nmid. dlings 30 ; middlings 32. There is. good demand, and the market ii hard (u iug. OOMMEROIAL.. Oharleston Market. CItARaLsETN, Nov. 19.-In comc quence of the firmness of holders,. an the light stock on sale, buyers wer Yesterday compelled to pay in soen mlstances a half cent advartee- on- th lriooy"c Saturday.. Tho transaction amtounted to.288 bales. We guot Low Middling 29 a 30; Middling 31 32; Strict Middling 321 cents po pound.. Oh rott ket. CIAn RLOTz, November 20, 1866. No sales to-day, but Saturday's price would rule the market. SHOES! SHOES! (\t PA1lRS Whole Stock Brogans. lJ 60 pairs Split U. . Brogans, 30 pairs I.. & B. Brogans. 0.pairs Boya ind- Misses Shoes, 2 cases Reavy-Boots. 20-pairs Gents Cal' Sh1oes, Ladies Calf and Kid Walking Shoes,, Ladies Glove Kid' Shoes,. Receivedi by L A DD B1108 & CO. nov 22-if 1iTATm I 'EATM I ! 91.DO/. GENTS RESORTE HATS, S2 duz. Gents Rticoli flats, 2 doz. Genie Planters Hals, 4 doz. Gents Heavy Wool lHats,. Boys lHats ad Cape,. Received by LADDBDROS & CO. nov 22-tft E. D7.'rA T raOt, DEALER) IN colton RlagR, Waste, Old Bogginig and Rope? CoppQTz, MzaiMm A,ND OT[NER OLD NETALS IIiEST CAdHi PR1I0I. paid f:or the 11. above artjicles. Assembly street, one hior from (*ervaiu, Columbia, 8. C. nov 2)-$8 Sii Winnsboro News and Yorkville En pirer pubibeh tiree times and send bills. MT.. ZION SOOIET~Y.. AN extra meetdng of the MI. Zlon Sooiet,f (1will be held in-the Court Room on Sit. nrday ner.t, the 24th instesn4 at.Il o'clook Membere are speialiy urged 'to at tend this mnoring, as mtSltrs of' vital importanei to lhe-8ehool willhate to be acted on *Ma JAMIB8 8. STEWART, pov 20-.ti 8eorelary. ALhapersong having plisalanst will epnder Ia the same properly -authe,ti~~ asle4 to the undasigned eat bii MaNIo -f'