The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, December 05, 1866, Image 2
togislature of South Carolina.
moVD.A Y AVG VAN R.IJ 26, I 3.
SEN ATEI.
Thlt Senate motit ait 7 p). M.
Mmesrs. Brown ini J*'-ort. S..na:lora
elect, ap)eared aml qualiied
A message was sent to the I fuin,
announcing that the Sn. aalate uat t rtedy
to) proce.ed to. businek-s.
A cotmtite wa a ppoinh:d to wait
on tho Governor aid inform him that
tho Sellato Was reatdy to, receive an y
cor'nliction li iniy .feel disposed to
-n ake.
.Adourned Wdi ateet it 1 o'clock to
morrow,
HOUSE OF ItEPI(ESENT.TIVE5.
-The Housze .met at 7 1p. m.,, inl the
University ha.pel-a 1itorumt being
presient-.
MIe!ssrs. Carson. Melee, lhr nssure,
Walker, Is lihburane and AcElwee, laem-t
bers lect, were J)res(ntt, sworn inl an1d
took their seat'.
A cotmitnito was apjiointeId to wait
onl the (ov ernaor and itforAtit that
the I House was reaidy to - rective any
comtinunication from him.
Tho House adjotraed, to imeet totmor.
row, at 12 o'clock.
TU.EDA I-, x V0 'R.1BER ?, t1 .
S EN AT'E.
The So:iato Inet. at 12 m.
Mr. U-. isham, from the Comminittee,
a1p)oinltedI to wait on hi'] .xcAlency
Gov. Orr, reported that they hmad - per.
formed that dnty%,, wai thAt ho would
Comnantaaticato forthwith.
Private Secretary Simon .tLhen rea I
the mtlessitg. 'The talsliage nl arccomn.
panlying docimeit were moad', the 'p
cial order for 1 o'clock to-morrow.
Mes-rs. 1 e1terly, Towaes an1 Tra.
coy subamittel reports of Commissioners
of Free S-chool.
Mr. Artiir presenat ed tl pet ition of
Dr. M. La Hurde, Professor iii South
Carolina CoTlg-, praying arrear of
sala rv. A l.s, the petitaio of the Com
- missioners of Put lic 13 hildings for fitih
laind District, pray ing an a pproriation'
to bnild a jail. Also, the: potition of
Dr. John Mytich. pr'aaig cOmpltentsa oai
for a post norton .Xamiitaiol.
M r. Towm- preaenteid ilie petition of
Prof. J. 3..1ltrii k, p'raeyiatg arrear's of
salary a Profetssor ina the Stato Military
4\ cade-my.
Mr. Hetery presonted the petition of
certain offlicrs 4f the( W.tAington Light
. anfatntry Ch aritable. Assiocaata'in, p rav.
Iog all ant of incorpioration. A Iw,' a
petitioil praying inculorporatinon (.f 11he,
Soa -l. nd Credit and fjoan A.,;ocia
tion.
Mr. Uniwt introdu4ced, a bill to iniCaIr.
porate tho Sea Jeland Cottov, L1ud,
Credit atd Loan Associeatiotn
Mr. Kershaw introdnced a bill to
aanend the arter of thilt to i of Cam
denl..
Adjourned.
HOU'LSE OF IE lEPIM lSENTA T'IVE~S
Thea Hon~tie mea~t att 12 ma
Mess ru. (ray ton, T1 w, Ball, 1Iavets,
Sc'gl ing, ( u n phb4 To wnoseand. Sutl~er,
* N orton, Gilbet B,1 rownting, -Sparinags,
- .and others prt'eehd fetiationsl, }present
mnents aned ot her lp aer.
Mr. 'lTomaas pre'aented the pet ition of
thte C ommitissionae*rs oft Pnllic llehaihgs
for 1tichtlanda, )i~striett, fora aphpropriaCtiotn
to build a jail. A lso. pet it iotn 'n ae
colmaat of Dr. A. W . Kenned v, l'rofes
tsors Paitrick anid Wt hite.
M r. 'T~ley submintated the prese'ntmiteat
''f the G1raand Ju ary of hieichand District.
A~\lso, thte cla imt of l'. &' t. I), lII pe,
fr supplies fuarniheda th A ral~t
A cademy.
Mr. Unct(hmant pr'3tote acecounat of
.J'ahan A. Selby atnd Shtiver & 13eek.
hami. Aa thte petitiont of Johnt Wa
-- tie.', for saary ais Clerk aind aebrarim, C of
die Conrt of' A jppeals.
Mr. l iay itnLtr o u resohtwona ro.
lative to t he itmpora ationi of foreignt corn,
* whticht was ag.,red to1.
' Mr. Wadein~ jtroduced athe followinag
re'sot oluts, wvhiih were mtatd the sapo
c ial order for Tltursdauy nto(at, at 12 a:
.Resolvecd, That t his body deisires to
- o pareass to ,Jetfl'rsont Davir. their deep. st
sattthy', their pirofound respect., thoir
comtbianed per'mzal attachmntt't tad thir
enidtrmt-g rteembratnce bf his vittnes asu
-a man, and thlose great qlaaiax of amnid
.anduu heara, which, int that Cabinet anad oat
ste field1 -in prosperit y aid adhversit ---
whtile In power atd trtatt his parison
honase--call forth and rece ie 1'rh.n tem
thn same acknowuIldgmtet of love~and
regatrd as whent he wan tho ackntowledg
e'd heoad of a g~at peopla, coattendoatg
against, over.whehtnintg odds for freeodom0
anld sell gove'rnmnent.
JRuolred, CCThat the mtemtbers of this
Hioutse retatrd the contltitued imuprison.
rment. of Jelairan D~avis as untwararaata
biot by the Con.titutaioni, antd asi tyanniti.
cal, oppressive and tunjtast.
* Rusolved, That this Hlouse isi prepar
edr to mnako apropration3- to deil'rav a
par t of the expenses necessarr for athe
defentce of JIeferson D~avis by' able. and~
* eatrnted *counsel.
. .Resolvewd, Thant this Itonso cormmtenad
tho faamily of Jel'eren Davis to te
'ndly sympathies oft their contstit aocnts,
and recoammaend that cotributionst be
udo int ove ry Disutrict for their sutbsis
tonueo anad support.
Miessrs. Sit l5ing, Ctaophell anad others
gaave nottce ut dthe iantroducotion of hills.
Mr. WYagener,, from '.ho Special Cott
* aittoo relative to Eutropeanitemtigration,
submiuttedl a report.
Mtessauge No. 1 from hia Excellcenov
'as read by Mosasrs. Tim rod atnd Sipdt.
. Auck.
On mtton of Mr. ]tichatrdson, 1,000
- -catpieis of te message ant.h atcmtpanying
doeunmenats weare ordered to ha printted.
Hop1so5 adjeturanod.
WJWEDNESDAY,' NO VEMBER 28, 1860.
The Hlouso was cailled to order at 11
o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Dr. S3hand.
Mr. Gouch memoaber eet froin Ches.
- tersold presented credlentials hut it
'bein~ shiown~ that hte had awLeicded iu
Soith Carolita for three y.ears, he was
lot ( alified.
Mr. Walley inde It a11 bL o prIe.
Veit A SOerifiCe of lid at SIerli.' sah-s.
Reaid aiti referred tv t1h e'uilmiitto-e on
tihe! jidicinry.
Also a bill to edt the ri ght, Wute anl
interet of the State ill clii esche:st
ed pirnpeltty ill eer'tinl pbers n S 4.
Mr. Ca tphl l introtited-1 .a hill to ill.
corporate- thlt Soa klani-, QWon Jn,
Credlit, lo' n Aociation,
\f-r. G rven, uf!' t r, ia ila .i
bill toti.itmu te f r.l tion of all ct
1"itholizing the A'or ati.. of honin.!
pa rters.iip.
Mr. .aipbell o:F..redI a runoliit t
t th'e joinit re".1litiln (Pl' 83G, pr.).
vidinig tilat tie UJt islattIre in l'tituie
shall grant. io l low ch.arteyr or :vI
itncorpolo m tilo l n or inon-nei mn1ot t of 4 Char -r.
previovisly gratral unleis the applicants
for t hIt ile ai shaIl fi rAt hi:n- I i !6 ven I A ree
montl!14 notice, i, hef-r-eby suspjewivqd
during thiA Messi'o of' the Ilene l A :.
duembly. lnnetli:ite Gonid-leration was1
requestedo, but after som di r'ion, on
inuitiol of .\r. Campbell, tIle ivnintion
was referred to tihe co i t t. On incer
111ratini.
The ttinfavorab!c repoit of Ilz- cfona
ilitteef ot tht- bi itt doclar- I h< la w% ill
relaitii t to U,: statue oh !:tnittibon a.
Tlm 1,,' to deda th lawx il rvliationl
to tl. h i iry of th, lorehas i ,(
sliaes, introthtcedI like lie a1bove; nt the
last(ss'sioIi was lati uploni m I-h lble.
Mr. Canybll moved ihIt wheii thei
Iflti-: ad ijtE it be to iee't oi hrilay
at. 1.2 o'elock, Tinrnnday being :I Nation.
Al diay of thalgiving. A gnedi to.
On tuotion of .\Ir. A ikon of \Vitinn
boro, thin sntbj'-t nmatiers of Lla- tit nop g.
of' t lI: ( v reftred to Ihw
upprpriate c n 11it teeo.
The 110o1 e adjournled unl~i Fida ,i t
V1 .I ocl.k.
I'lill)Y N*vtV me 2 o.; r
SIG.\T'I'.
ThA e t m et,:tu ti at u O'd m. tILv
tofr pi1re nai ve , ttin I tI i tt i es
M1uillins, l ia ttll t iichu-h.l, h i-. .
a pointelra co-mmiier to" reort . a e Iage
ar ueceary i the unte .. hlee0 iwi t w rb
Cers b) contiorrin o te ;\o .f)I'
0iva In tho elt" ,1 1 of n tif h
Utit d Sr trit : 14, a.11.1 thle app i. tlan,,.n
(of ae similar e uit i n ui'tte 1! p -t ), lthe
Mr. Facy) .\i bill to exten-l. ! h, Ihne inl
which I, trr rr.d lost -il'in"t uint in
Wiin ;"M4 , i'i'nga t'il t t ll at r I th u inl .
't0he t..il ' i-VblE.Itta oftI tl tt ii tlt. lg
Iniog te twh .Imi i r Iiyi~' ~bl
Uenspapersi
A bill 11 repeal i a th . 3 pl ry L.aw-. fti thi'
mtate w.3 deltlt el, nl4 m tl le the qleeils
, Nerfr In.- in r o i 12 l'.! m
ttisaglv e N-6. '.! fromu' ' ii E ',wi41V'teln v the
(lovrinor, giving a rep-c, ti l parhe s c a'
01d by hin11, wV-Is c41nnann111~ica s ito thv 'Filkile
110USA 0- RAeI'llt.SRS l TV V-ES.
\eI'. h11 ~or t sItti I Im li ncgii'tl o'-r e
imi uarimt Distriet, ',ended, woii s sworn,
tind look hi w a.
Ol tal ion o .it Mr. Ri111 ti Ad, a mllas'l. gei
wais ordirt to btit nt 14o the Sente, aiitg
The 0 nnM j t 'liito uthA lie iii lt! 1 111 11 .
reectin t Ioll wingt h ii ill ' " .\ b ito
"t il I o Iincro othe py .,f'' cot b~le at
'hit-13 .Oelat ii Se tti e' to i ti-nt ines.C -:'ige
'h t liniie of thrieimembers o
t he uen et i h t a tpoit ed, anitit ti que.tinl I'
-umuirc' t comi tte byni ii teilo -- ,p r
w i'.T. P irrng ltiti'ti provl ja l t;:on iil o
thade f t hei~i 1 leio erawe.fS na r
arni' ths ttetinto t h t orwn o' theiini.
le tthi Pr v o ohf reqibrmn,
n .\t' Ototoi re nnnhr ton. anti m'.m onern of
holing il1 e 'ltionsclf rttoaii f's . in n neh
Th et Snao.t 'fthai tou aoMl.et in.
otor ohe i'vsu tof bno-i~ or it.tpt' fto'
willntadpe fhrontrahet fori~- satlil n'Oi
fo nw itStatliong.e;hnta wq biltl to prvin'ci
fort teca a onii urionn itev i nt etI dof wi t maile
ipn the xecuon ofar piiwirc; of hihtwere
rendo thew thiit3 an hetitl~ iey e- age'l
.\olr.l fbront er peted flhon memora. ofthe
tharston sia 'Ihatnjne erd~ :i mmeri e amiO.tt.
ad 0.of Trad,) paying for ltie reeal '1the
ihundryjt' feiizn of Sumo ttier PCi'stri'c recm
mending some.N perinanent pvont fo Jnly
lenonaay, ta 'redmyta, woiot an hi-a rm and
dean , t ~t srice otchoS att tiun
t r. spliacklinqi troca thifllow'.igt : lTha
otis tte isecatrsent arlue fro. 1h
reprsentasIioninngess, oea whibse
heldee ho~8erf thonstittiona'ly enthitld fornd
an elcio at~ tin t81.Iineoh ihos to b
misade er ignbrnty. oifsbthe poli(eah
bsuehin hichithe Sta' oub he S teret
ed at~ the tie when, byj~3 an apaEt. prb.
Jsessho to eleto't tona tr for the net'Sna
ling ite v tilRlity lieit ,i~l~ III *JirAt11411'Cttitik
ra ilwa n-t .'ir~gili I t o JUt~ag l r twrk
4 Mell iij ift eeti )Car.4, Ithat~ oft .\'ierieaal
Iwvv Oi. lly tteviil Ye~i~ A I Itwitig 2p,I
Ii A < O pet n Pei- liile, lit liltI. v tetitt4 eachl,
~ u.Iper Illilit. of Altiseti'tiu -tiltitad theeay I
u viii. ,;4VVI Year, 'Itwaw-ighte itlpregJait
tllm 11:43 l(iiet'.i W itha sulpitatQ ii i cfltjttt, It it
i'ti Or of Y Li e ltli V11cCtI, 1114 itI V l 01111 Ivutu it
I w i.o it ti11g. 'Jhitw woi't l it - efftuv~.(d a
S.1viii" o itt88 .MS' ile 111 ilk (t e ven yeats.
1,1 S i lll sUIi I t.) I C. ",Ih r r 3 0 nil~
ol, zliil -id . (Il woihole s'avttt.", otl hiti wotlt.1
-w tIlv:1 , 44, i'U)
A ili i, lit ' i shIt vIii it'. (I-!-'iI
ias i A i s. 1t "0 ntt erg toot iu j (o 1f1114)e
w41 11 1. l ll~ t-ll z hoIp I'v l dlot ;Ioktt
Ilw( ' ild i !ful a o iil '.t:; of tihkA.
;ttlo uitio o iiti i tt pliitl ty O i7 i o ne1 1:1
III til' 'l- ' 111llS:1.k-in 'n t. It .lt l til ,
(or Ii i l 'm nfe t 1 hV ti i l.t 1i1. 'r "
('ti I fi ll-::. I t-14z. ol, ,!t'ie u jj
p ilt I. v lill, *. .1 'apt It : i . -.: ll t k.e a il -. tk
buc! NIm %Yittv 1j"'L a (tt c ImI'i uit;Ulit
y -.:Ih tIll- lii''llA- 101, ) (tilt
Im(i Vhn n;1wats t Iih"MR iqt he 'iO'l
cmit sciii' 'l'kittt uof'I tt.: rtad areit
.4usot ii. eattuse, t'u'ell' M tt P!t1,s t (I-f
".tie it l i il 0 Ow -I ti r1wloe. t ail.. t t.
'lyet (it wit ytt ,6 Iule I'tis live t' (i t'ltIIt -.
hill ( li i c~i x ig ttliii- illlti ~ it Ci.; Itoi
oi) Nad v t4, li' . 4ti l lie ( .W-10 . (It iis'td b
t., eve ltii~rnple-1,i I%%-soelitit' ii.-~ I, thu1
W~io Oi IN tttilt OtOft) B's~tt CS
lItI .' A ) tAi It ItI I Ri 1),i pJ it'ln.
l. 3.u f It Eil Ia 1 o 11 T. e ttswv t lWit
tent in ttith , itithl ethot Ill 1(t
th .,re~ th ft''tty N, tht
lestheRt' .v s td 'n - t t oi t
(il Ot' 'tfl' ttOw 1 Ila ftt r at-i
itot h~tott' 1 a1 wito ti1itt'tiv .)
Metlni wi t t tlUl of AMpltci palyittnl o
I ~1 i-11 t it, ou which i'as g nttldel
grJvi1o thetian 1 eha a ideau 'it wag.l
Tse'tn wiites arte uite ha xtnbm
besr t ~i i ig I f h - I'd rooni i. WTShis
C'ivipa di'itoU ia bftehutn tllirdrtoal
blinch of keys from his pocket, that
tho human mindti may he compared to
that butich of keys. Keep it in your
pocket and the friction of the one up
on the other will keep them bright ;
sCparate themt, and keep them apart
and they will all rust. So with inids.
Let them llc Con" into c opetition, let
thei rub one against another and all
atlong themuselves, and all their pow
ers wittl be invigorated. This com
parisen was used by the -gentleian in
miarglt nenttLLi uon the im'tosiility of
all agrioulturlal pecopio I'ver beComling
It Pe-file of artise and higlultivat
Od, mntal lowr.Thef gentle..man
is e o)t.fthe flivl terati of (Itm SouthI
and in I ho above mn nne F-argumn st
xersed tproei.-ely what% we htav'! Ing
bOlieved to be the cause of our wOut
of a literature in Ihe South.
We cannot close ths brief account
f what- we Su mid hard without.
mnention of' the urb.1ane andacom.
,'ating conductrn both onl thet Chlar
loitte road and on.t t he So)uthIt Carolitna
roatd.
Auswers~ ti Questions3.
eI with anlt or an a inete.: last sylI la.
2. -'What does th phr!liltase I 'e::d
over hea ls' me9n ; and uijo'ht it to 1-e
'head over ieels,' or -heels over
head' "?
1. Like I speaker in donbt. which
i e of a1 quetiol he Shall take, we
liay reply, that.much m11elt tght be~mid on
both sides of' the point ImLade in the
first inquiry. Abde lexicographers
tik one side, and as a le ones i ke
the other side. E%,1h doliubtinog tind
then had1-4 better take its I aice and
Lohl to it. Ve pre''r touse the c.
2. %% L. suppose it to he a toipari
sol ex pressiv'05 e of a nIu. X inu me111illas
ureient. For example, when we say
a mani is 'lhead over hel' in busi
MISS, the idea is that Io 'is Its deeply
enigaged in that business ais Ie can be;
in other .words, it deiantds all his
time and CCrgLis. The* idea om
nyasurpimit involved in the phrase
is yirlaps the distance from Ithe heals
to the hitd when the latter is in a verti
cai line above the former, which is as
hiighi above thte hols as it it is pbsAblC
for the head toget.
It is corroet, to siay "eel. over
head" to exlirest the act of a soiimer
Sault. Bit Cither' phra. is a barba
rhueottmposition, and i., alloiwable
ontly when the ptitls are intenided to
cotnsis't ot barba')Lrims.
.Our Columbia Exohantges.
There is a scrtew loose between us
atid Colubia which we would liise
ehto ha~vt t.itenied . It is ai rarc
thing to r'eceive the (Uarolintianu or the
I//ni'.c regularly. at this otlicea, atnd
setie dur~ copies are never receitv
od. Are they sent oil'i Our content.
poraies can answeri that. WV ill they
pi~Lase di) it. Not to wait howver for
atn answer, let us: ask'(ini caise they cleart
ttemselves), wht:Ie te there is Liny o th
er mtediumn e:Senlt ial to our1 exchtaniges
rceching us which may antsweir theo
agent between this point anid Colum
h ia may~i possibly etnligh ton ut. We
wanttt the light f'romn some where. We
kntiw the fautlt li tiot, at. this otIliceO.
We' di)niotn bIi eve it al ways Olhatrget
ble to thie ollie:s, e i ther0 pot: or ptrintI
inig, in Columbia, but we fea'~r much
of thle Ifailurte to receive our Columtbia
excha~nges is dlue to the neglect of' the
Labor ,and Capital.
'VT pihaise oif labor and~ capital is
now chatnged in the Setuth. It is a
very imliportatq uer'y how thte caiItal
of theL Sou1th shalIlibe t urnied to best
atceiint. Between Agricutltftre and.
Mlanufactutre (lie issueos lies. Some
helieve thle inlter'est'of the Southt now
l ies in atn entergetje dlevelopmtent of' her
reu'eesl~'O foir mnanufacture. Others
think that hter algiiulitural resources
are the most promising. 'l'hte great
touchlst one of all quest ionts of poli tical
coonomny is, will it pay ? . .Bet woen
agriculture . and mnanuifacturo there
o:im hardly be at present any issue.
if the South- manufacture, she must
dli it in competition - with the North
and wilth England. It is well knowtn
t.hat theo North bas demanded pr'otee
tiv'e tariff to enable her to compete
with foreignecountries. It is imp~ossi
ble for the South to comtpete with the
North ini manufactures, for the simple
reason that her population is too
sparse'. When the same reason is ap
liedlto 1j inabl~il it y to conmpeto with
ngland,W is stronger, because her
population is far less in proportion to
the area than thatt of Groat Britaint.
'Zthe contsequence is that Englagid capi
-ta~l employs labor at its own price,
whiilo it 'this conutry, .aud especially.
in the South, as famr as matnufactures is
concernied, labor dlemuands its wages,
andl dapital is obliged to accede to it.
-Labor is from 6 to 9 times higher In
the South than it. is in Enigla.nd, when
dircted to manutfacturo, while .it is
less in agricultural pursuits than Eng
land can afl'rd. en icu the South
must, dopuid upon her iagricultural re
sources more thnum up:i lier mianufac.
turing.
Plantera and Farmera.
Numbers ofour, population who for
years hliv eariled their bread froim
the soil dircotly, design disposing of
their lands either by sale or rent.
IN unbers of our young men on the
contrary are heairtily entering upion
agricultural pursiits, and are tilled
with Iigh hopes as to the result of
thwir underho (ni ts inion
tfih i 1 i. Well r et k think that any
Ollinous4 adkhnuni:i- cwnm from thlt
action of In ftoriller, or- any extraordi
itI'Y rsult s will follow fron the el
thusiasmii of tit! litter. The transito
ry state in which we tiow are, gives:Atn
easy solAtion of the whole matter.
Those who wer. aeistolli to controil
the ag:-ieulture of thecountry by lond
labor, air(! loath to accept tie trie sit
nation, imnpeded as it is, comparedA
With a systellat io labor.
Ihosw who are ot a qutel with
th:. syston of hbor a- it. obt ain.ed
abefore ouancipat , aln ticipato large
profits frum t he . rie.:ent system hi con
smrionenc of the aparcnt ease with
whici it is scuired.
. lmitee lands are roadily transfer'red
frott tho'lrolrietor to tenants. That
a system or thi s kind will eventually
w'ork well cannot be doubted. But
that aily great. resuilts will fiul -W at
once is iml)possible. Our hImtds are
exces ively barren To rclt lands by
the year. will. mit br: prolitable. It
would be rar bet tero tIhoS who have
hu)!s to dipo:wI (pt, to lese them in
sill.ill ll'wad . Oytils 11 tingt R muay
be ilproved 'lit n1o great impriove
mnL can be expected even by this
Im'!tlOd 1ult ji tu; CoutLry i inore.t hiei.
lV set: ied.
The Cotton Tax,
It. is a significant faut that an earn
c. t an-d sincere i,ppeal ariseos from INew
York fot the ri'ld of a tzax-which
falls immie .lateily p1)on thi. So)uth.
The N- York hiamber of Commiece
have again ' showi our public rul r,
and law-makers t he deleterious efl'oct
of imposingso hicavy i tax-as 3 cents
a poun-l on the ct tol produaced in the
United Stato.
Ihifore the war ths por c-mit, of cot
ton farnishecd the manutcitories of
Enugland1 was a bout .81 . Now it is
about 10 per cent. Every additional
cot ad-ded to the tax upon thle 'pro
dIu'tion ot cottoin, is' a bonust to those
countr'ies- outside' of the Untioni which
produmce cotto. But why should we
of the Sou th urge~ uip-m fanat ic Con..
r....m..the evil result of' their lei1
hathin ?it is bi9ter perhaips to let
themi riun t helltI le'ngu h of t heir' c..
price, and thlen wvhten t hey have f'ound
thatt a bur densoime tax upon01 Southen
produttioins is the samtfe thiing uponl
thtemslve, they wrill auwake to thle
true position of a ffairs.
Election of Commnissionecr i Equlity,
II. A. Gaillard,. Esq1., was on Satuir
day last elecd Commntissioner in 1%ui
ty for th is D istrmict , by au veryV smnall mai~
jority over' his opp~onlent, Mr, A. S.
Doug.has.
Editorial Inklings.
SSomea yeatrs ago, say3s the
North Carolin aT''unes, the Charlotte
/kmocrat publ ishied evidence that
showed conclumsively that General
Jackson was born in North Carolina,
in whatis no0w Uioni Count v, Since
t hen we hia;c seen nto pr'oolf to conitra
dict it.
Tho. JIacksont Itere allutded t n is
"Hickory." We have -secn conclu
was born int Waxhaiw set thement, Lan..
caister Distict, Sth~ii Caroli na. Ne
have we seen atiy piroof to cotntradiet
it. Wfll our- contemtpotrary the Layt
ca.'ter Ledge'r, give us the ,necessary
light itpen'this point 3
-We ind all exchange con
gratulat ing itself that a subscriber has
securedl for it three new- subscribers.
Sucht ati accessionl by every present
Aubscriber, to the snbscript ion list of
the Ier'ald will be gratifying.
-- The Charleston News has
positive information that' an. air line
railroad will bo built from~ Atlanta,
Georgia, to Charlotte,North Carolina,
by way of Anderson and Yorkville,
South Carolina.
-Sugar of tihe A and extra .0
stamp) is manuftacturedi in Richmond,
Virginia, as~chteap as can be bought in
Newv Yotrk,
- All Government Ionds are
announced by the Secretary of- the
Treasury to be redc'emnable in gold.
- 1x-Post.-mabter General, Den
ison, .advises Congress to be moderte,
and insists. that P'residenat -Johtson
will have t~o do worse than~ he has ben
fore he can be innpeacheod,
-Flour, corD, oats and pork
have all fallen in Chticago.
* - Sotme yankdo has invented a
machine to pick and gin cotton in tho
ield. It goei by horse power.
Au exchange says : Lovers,
like armies, geierilly get along quiet
enough until they are engaged.
Arkansas will not act upon
the Constitut ioal Amendment until
she is acknowledged as a State.
-- The Pen ians, it is said, will
have 50,OU men1 ready for the field by
the 1st February..
- Mississippi sIince, 1860 has lost
8,000 whites and 57,000 blacks.
- 'Tle complexion of the New
York Assombly, as indicated by the
late elections, is more Reptubliqanl
than Democ'iratie.
. young Ge.~ran .1ately: lost
his young w ife, anid seemed ca incionsola -
1)le HUe wrote poetry on her death.
lie had had her life insured for a good
sn1. Theu.surance conpa ny in.sisted
on a di.interient, an1d an antopsy.
,"Vgetable poison was found in her
stolmch anld thle griericken poet
was arrested.
Advertisers of things conneet
(d With tihe great Freieh uxposition
to take place iln liext 8.ring, pay
thre 0 dohrs a lite for advertising.
Ii Austria they have a prems
cenmsor. Some poet wrote line na
folhV; : ."ler vol uplnmns bosom was
a snowy white ;"1 which the eensoi
Chalnged" into : "fin r ont she was
very well built." Quite an improve.
ment.
Northern papers suflered i>
repntation iln Eu rope during tie war.
It. seems from lato accounts that.
'they Iave not. recovered, as they late
lV ainmiunced tht N apoleon was dead,
--an1d i a't.
-- Our lady readers are inflorm
ed that smalk bonnts are doomitil in
Paris to last no louger than uwt
Spriing.
----. Pruzsia and Russia are likily
to forin tin alliiance. AustriA anl~d
Tlirkey are likely to becoiiie disitler
grated inl "ICsequence.
---"ill did yo wxy you, are go
iing! to have your whisker* Jycd ?"
"Yes,"
"Let 'em aOone, Hill, and they'll
soon die . themselves."
--The2-N.nv York iirqdd of the
2~>th, congratabtes -the masses upon
the falling prices. Wouldn't the
//trat like to coongrithlate the count
try ipt. the priec of the fallen mass
es Soumh ? "What'll you take to
come back -into th- Vn '" ?
Butler's victims can only unawor
-'Ontneral Dix has gonc to
France as United'States Minister.
-On the 2dth inistanlt 15'-s-am
ers sailed from New York for vazrious
fore ignmind domestic ports. TPhese
dlest ined~ p)ortS were London, Liver..
piol, Breamen, H~an-bcrg, Glasgow,
PoitlIand, Wusii ngton,t1 o Richond.
Charleston, Sav'annah tind New Or
heans. Th'le aggregate value of their
eargoesi was about six millions of
mon11ey.
William G. Whilden & Co,.
Attention is' called .to the card of
his firm doing business in Ciharleston.
The chief of this hirm Win. 0. Whil
dien, Esq., is well known in this Dis
trict, Long connected with the large
est alishmnent of IHayden, Whild en &
Co,, thiis 'gentleman though young in
years is old in thiorough business
qual ilica tions. Persons visiting Char
leston would do wvell to call at 258
King Street,. corner of Beaufain,
where the obliging proprietors will
take pleasure in exhibiting theirstock,
and we are aatisfied will please all
purcliasers withI their moderate
prices.
-. PurA. -rO PtJis A NilwPA.
r'i IN IhenIMoso.-A proajrpects has.
here issuedl by Mr. H. R-ives Pollard
fur the publlicat ion of a week.ly paper in
h iintaile " The iouthern Opan
n"A ecoimpanyig thei prospectus is
an npre'ssion of~ the engraved. design
whlichl is to head theia niew joulrnlaI. It
is-from theg penecil of tihe tal ented artist
Mr. D. Crehien, of ibais eit-y, and is a
credhiiuale work of art, imiended to re
present the glory and sorrow of thfm
South. The well.writteni prospectuis of
the pditor wyill soon appear in the daihv
press. As a sample of the enlteririse if
the projector, a prine of .$ I00 is otfered
for tihe best p)oem on "Thc. Conf,-dal~rate
D~ead ;'" another of' thei same almnount (or
the bett poem on "The Valor and SuE
ferings of the onfedlerate Army ;" and
a-third prirse of thosanme amount. for the
best poem on "'The Diin gnishe~d Pria.
OnorF at Fortrt'ss Monmroo." Trho awards
to be maiide by a coammittee oflit'lrary
mn. Any one proonring ten sulacrr..
herat th~Ie Opinion will receivo a por.
trait.of Gelleral fieo twenty by wentv.
four in sizo.-~iechmom, isp k
8erni Canoi.SA Oosmrantux --I am aii.
thaorized by Col. Johnson, Prosident of lthe
Chirlotie and S.,0. Rallroa'd..to etate that
Ministers and laymen, attending. uupovu the
8. C..Couference omllally, willbo, passed
both ways~6vor the ron4(for oto fare. .J; is
expected that ?hiy.obtain fbom the Secre
tary of 1h Confenoo8. e tiflumalegrtiflato.
ei?LA~ C. PQWZn;,
"3ohn, can you loll ie tiho differenco be.
tweenm at traQtiot of grailtatio. fmnd 'MIerr
lion of egliosion ?" Yen~ air,"- .anIU Johun
"attraction of gravitation pulls a drnken
matn dlown; and the attraction of 40hiesloo
44
0OMMEROIAL.
cor'rccled T"i- I',-ciy !.y, Caiu-arl 4 ihttlecu s
Wa NNzon, ~hDecember 3, 1866.
.\ppler, Buishel, 3
Bigging, Guntntly, 1 yard, 40
" Dunzdee ~
ltale ltope., alnill.l, 1- 11.1,.0
'' Niy Yrk or Western, 1)), 206.odM
lincon, llats, '' 1),
-iSides, iCt 116,
" Shaoulders, . l lb, 2
i8ute, outdr, .1 0, 9
S'otton, Yarns 1101 $300
* Ordinary lb,
SMidldling,
indlesi. l'arataine, Ib,
Ssperm.11, It6,
' -f 'e: .\ n ti e, It',
46 Jag1 i1;)yt, Ii I.
.1 .Java'. it,.
I ides Dr,
aroffe, 11., 2-b,
.4 New ODr~ll!z', ' .
s~.4. l11, el
0l 4IIi,0e$le ali,
230
' l iteaav , I giltll
-40
Bll % t, it1s,
E x I k aa -'
l bva , I w I(,b. 2 .11
W whe . e, l-:ngl z . lb , 126: I
o. G4 u be l b,
id aie , 1'XI-11 , ll. 1100(' ha (161
. Ase J.. . & oi i a i. 21 00
** liv varghu e l "1o. 21U
Nzhai ions nc,, , m-,!tzzbir Ib.-u G-h1, It i -
toil, leo ite al lon, 1.'1 I*I tp idy
* . u s.0 o x iululi 1-ur . 1). - T ne , '.'.
I ra iisfet ivi~i if' the Iwc,'. 6tt up tit 1 711
b:res. W iote ow Mid., ing )it
MIididlinzg 32 St rict M idlinhg ~(.
' f ive .l , 1 ek, I. BlI ti I! ot
luar i4 beis, g sold. ils.,vs 28A , dozir ,iddhug
MA&R{ED iDOWN.
"i n n ,nst., tb,
tioid rsigm -pM ell o',tvi
E"N'1RE S'i'UKIi: ( (W4 DO
AT'
COST' AND II-XPENSESI
$.
T ir 1:o k i 4. fvv'. i, %v( ',I 1,i'lte I nn-i
hkilig I ell "vai'. '%- I '1-t 13A U'1.A.ILN:;~*'
'I, j!..M 0 N aIa. :2 ' '
dec h-I1'
JUST RECEIVEDA
" |-cxii a, Mciti'&C.
* iSon~ lb11, Chea
" ' Bh rrk. Ibrahtu S iagt'
1Toneco. t~hewing No lb, ccr
II) ~ixs 8nc~a*'ll~iii;a>,91a
'' i sc ilve ,.
" Oio, Glxa2x* bi 1d 0(eis,
\xS.tW.c.k --:wks&, odz,210
" orlin s, : ru tildr. 2 0
Nw YounISheesu Bl.-Gllu.Ct
Non- quoet an I3t.@:i fo' upanothe .
Stant01' roos, Noeb el 30.--Tet
traiLacrions oiv alwe'kt,d :a1]ns ,thIeN
bal of qVluot Lon .\liding aenasel -r
.\liddting to. z'oriet Alirili'tng .r'erl
iilCuut ior, D ecembho earsig.e-lnt h ile oco
i n is bn o d. p ~os29 ,f, \ tdlng
EN'lR SOCK OF 00.
Than S t ioesh buidingmeei n
Tnavi a Iib.,.\ l'anON, I i'.l r'. - 470
dena c i - o l~ n;L~i
KIletchin,.il h Mc oast 1er t e
OboarfrenlrCrncphed tho r, zzbo~
Ladies c s No.1.yakrl
ro SIb oxe Sin kd $2,ier ses o o
'rve, aokesTupnie8g,
TaMla uu MacrccuDvir flwl
BoLine e Oil,. za *Lth n~ll
SADJE,1ARE0, &.
Cow),I4 Ha ShNep Bel~ [ld
Ex ospiod o ariv inr a ewl day in i
AllwYork wand, ultore, ate -r Fula
Sock ofDyGo* helas c
nov 20--tV
~I'Lperon hatvling demans against. the
direced ronder in th pop'l saameprpoiy
auten104e to the u dersignedl ol hlwfis ine
HYosor. *I. A. OXAILRD.
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