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Eort Societies at the- South -Important Roport of tho Ohief fte Unitod States Detective Polico. The followin.4 report onl tho ubject of xecret rebel astovintions, made 1o Ooigress iy the Chief of the UnIted States IDetective orece, will be ted by our reader8 with 'inter. est and wonder: WVasIRIOToN, Januar:1y -5. 7'o he aoinrable the Seaiutors and .eimbersof ( he louse qf Irpreet(tire : o(NTvi.exih : Oil the first of Septim er lt, muy tt1ention 'hadin4jg been idretled by the Soutetttri correspodtlence fi lie TIrilun -, and niumcreus other Northern .journals, to the tllegeti O)ieIctnen oi :'eeo't cie itis in the Wae rebli STates, for lhe purpose (of evadiig the 1 %ws of 1110 (overnimont or li. United btates, and keeping up at decip. liined organiza tion to be usaoi'ts it inoleis in A relowed att em pt to wVztrlbr'ow tle lov ernment, no soon aq the said Wtaes hae ntlloiiently recovered I heir ntterinl strength I conimnienated to his Excellency the Preltident ily intpression I lt t Ihere inui hIe som11e fnilatiol flor ritiors so generally ija' scoed aryl hel ievel., nio! was iitcted by lin to stitto ia i ninute iref iatitot into the matl ter througho'ut the whole of tle southerni countlry. i preparedi careful inst ruelions aeccording ly for my agent, iII Virginiat, Nott I Caroli na, South Carolina, Georgia, Piorida, Aln, Ittit, Misiii, 1,ouiaini, ''xa and A'katans, till Clbi ged tlie .l gents in tho citpes of Cl nieton, Savatnh, Mbile, New Orleans am i Galvest otn to be parulotlar. ly vigilati. in carrying out I hIor orriers, na it na -fippoped itt he a'nid secret ncio ties, it sioch1 existed, would hia ve thell heatd tirtzro-k in ot or mor of il cat ies, its blng itoit convenient For coin mu iat iait lon with foreinI powers and for ecape in case of tlc,very. J la'gttr communicat h n was kept up both by telegraph nod niall with all the stations ii Ith Staes talbi ialtned. but nothing Irantapired until about the li-st of Deccinber, when r'epor-t were s1imulattneously received fromn C.harleston andl New Orloauis. statn-r: int, afler a conetant watch utatinetd with the intl uncecaaing 'vigiance fret ia pridfit t tvio mouths, lihe agen's believled thejy were at Itast on the right trail. Nal trally it wits suppoted lat. h.e aitelings "r theses secto 4Oc~leie w'aouldhe heldI at ie dead of' night arld inl t lie itost out 6f feth wny plnce, ind lie clhief elfort or amy tigeit Were in ic cortdance Witih this idat ; but, Is will be seci further on, (Ihi!, opinlion tirOved eniriely in correct, and it lh vai1tlu:Ith': I inito andti i ren. in exe 'tiln wer tht:, wasted. Ily ia ut-ange Voincideine onl the first, daIy of 110. canid.r, sonlo imembers of the day iatlh, inIth in (.'harlestr.ii aind New Ot'lean.4, nin. Iotel Io the age'is a( those Itla'ei Ithait i hey haii egttla'ly 'nold, from , P. ,\I. to -1 P11. M. every day. ia greater ct:iimotion tttiong the population tan aliu t any other (tito. 'The agont veriled this fact, by por F.0onattl obeirvation the next day, tind inne ditt h1 ev legrai me its above stat ed. I teti not ilifitl the ageig't itt other placch of tiis discovery, aiati irecled iheir 'Inln to an ohnervance oif sill vhiular phonoinenonl in their dueptimentis. In lts than a wer' E became AiWtici, from reprts re'tivetl frot mly tgenlta in tll thlie linely rebelmlious dao that the r Iniicition or the asotla. ion, whAtever it mighlt he, to which wat attibitted tis afternoon Colnltn'lion, wo very ex teosive. Ott Deceibor 21li, I hal rciied reports i'rmo Cairleston, Mobilo ind New Oriennta, t hit it. bail bieen definitely as. carlaiih'l lhat. it great niner of' tlie In habitnts of I Iose cthies assituhed iiet ween the houra abov naimed at. privaie hOUSes antod ho0tl. in Cliques3 numbering usually five to a dozn perslons, but reaching sono Iti s hi Ih ai ono or to hundredi: and ha aI . h 4L 1te gathelItigs, aiong the Ilaily aslthlsWC disen Ised, there was one which was commllon to llt lie meetlings, butl that it wias imalos.4ible to dis:cover this ty lislel'inig lit doors And winldows, aind it. wouldi be neces,4ary, inl order (t) ot ain ruln itiformation, 1o violate tihe r'ivay of fami. lies. I immelodliately Ieegraphe them in caitnen. vor io intrOditec xpis itn ti houses tn Christi was day, ts thait beiig it sevason t' goeeral 'estivity, it colIt he dole Wth witi ever. 1o lh diaticlty of euri t h!l seri-_ Cei itt ,tti tabth' piersonsti. is opeatiinIion wasa ))ost ponted utitiil Now Year's daty. 'lThe .'ti'irm wi'ith Ithe wtorin~Itg of-'lheIt n11utii lit n tele'graphi ti ouch an e'xatn that I havte beten uinalle ileb botly ; butt I 111m happy~ new i to lie table to relieve your mind ofniidt'al fearis tas to I ho existnc ofC v ny such'8101 societieos. 'The tmost. niure's med Iailm ther'ie are inio "ich s.ocie'tites, nndtt that 1at h ' i'jellunttiversally't di tsaussel, itt the a fI ernoontl metatings of' the louiter etiques, iwashiiis::n. ('ifct Uilted States Detecijy o leg. Acts of' the Leogislaturie, AN .reTi TO sl~tuoT AS itn~ti nr LATO Tt K t'n iiiu irutax or' Xut-taaa-s Toi A tnsti sue IIA.i'Ts iN KqUitYV, 1. /ie it enteid by thle Setiat e nad ti{ Ilusie of' le preCsenttis s, ntw t meit ant d sliittng in Geone'atl Atsnembily, ani by thle atnlhortilyi of .'fsa' maly hes hadt agains~at- anty defend'anat t t o a bill otiermt proceedaa~ing in l-si i' , who tatay lbe withoititt thle Barita, at teot ie'ie fromt thte llegis:er' int Iiinity f'ort thne l);ttrict in whlich Ii hil Iln' or other' pr'o'oedilin.-; is ii lted, publlisheod itt a newaeriiiio' ' on' wiIth'iln ever'y ien days-t ci'thne Ihnc herteinat teri ment tiioned, swier' or' domur~i to suchl bill, ori t her r'o. ee(edIing, withlini forty datyt t'rotm tht ae tnf thne fitrst putblioitnttin of ai'l ntic~t, or' tht a deoree piro cotn/'s/t'i ha ent er'ed ont r'ecord egtait. himi, anty liw, utsaige, or' praticoa' to lie contrar'y ;nt antywise not withlstatnding, int lie donat~e II ousei, thet intet ethl daiy ad D~ecerai, int thle yeari of' ottr latt'a cite Stousanid eight hundtirt'd anditisix ty'-i. Pr'eident ofithe n 'nato. Speaker IlIttuse of Itliriesentative-'c'. A ppraoveda DX'eember 10, 180tti: JA.tt:s . AN ACT To AL.TER Tilt LAW ON TiIK SU')JECTa T. 1e it enaci'l by thie Flenato andit iousei ofitt'laheeentatives, now Inet. antd a-ill ting in Gener'al Atsemibly. andt biy thle auit htoriiy tat the same, 'Thait tin ALcii enit led "Ani Act to reguite fenc'es,'" raitiled ont th eta ighleeth diny of Diaencbe. In I'e year' of ouar TLord ontithtoust~and eliht huniadt'd atnd I wet,.. neveni, be, itndt t he samio, is horetby repieailed, Joh~tn's Isianid, Wa'idaatw and Jameis il. laindt. 11. ''lTha frm aind aiftei'the passage of thils Act, ai fence shall not bie reqireid to be kepit arounmd cultivatedt grotauds on the ill. l'hat it' aniy htorseso, fule, cattle, ihoga, sheep or goatit, subailieh f'oundl In any flel, in whichal be111 t growinig onr untgath-. ecel, ainy gran cot ton, or- Vlegial-lo priodite. uton raised for nitirket or domtteslic onsmiltip l Ion, I ithl be lawful lfor the ownier or per. 14on1 hatving chtarge of such l'ieild to steize such tior.<ea, mls, cetitit, hogs, shtrop or' goats, uatnt keep Ilhemr In confinemnt nti heIt shatll hlave niotifle:1, wIlhin six hours after such meiure, the owtner, or hist, or lier' ag~ett, whio shaill be bioundl to paty to thie owner of Is ute Soniate Houise, tho (tetieth daiy of ecernber', in ihe year of outr Lord one 8ijt tLhuu.sand eight l'uodred and ixiy-six. CR..A1S 11. S1 aON L'ON, 01111 Speaker House of Itepreseviinlives- nat W ). 1l'ORT ,lt, Presielent, of t 8onate. the Approved Deccimber 201h, 1866: J Maas 1,. Olit, Govcrnor. A Nfi Wo " of .---A cor respin-lent propwzes to rectil'y a mnanit'est Itiol or1 introcL d ' ,l' le years into our i i. inge, in, the progre'ss of iivottion. "P Vot tograph"-has a lerniuinat ion levoie.l to ihe ItIg verb Activo, or otherwiso to the nmmno of iho igentl ; "-photognuitn " is the proper l'orta for I he aneot' I he etiet (Ir pn-oilluct.- The 4ug-r gestionl is un11intpeaeluh le. 'T'h .4a11ne argki o. itelt, Iy vIioellt thw iitriuletion of th e w1 ord 'I elegrata" w1:41s succe421'.v14lly) ntiord ro- a~ quiresi ts to accept "-photograrn." We lun Iight its properly ijpelk ol' sending it tote.42 gntpi as or b i ai phoograpi. liothI 11re Lbilorrent to A4sical orter. 'The rea. tit, 1on is, ,tiatt i;g: 1i 1th roo of tle pres. gtat oit aotiv-to w ito, Of, li" 11 kto participIo subtsltantiv'ly--nnyhnin willing ; while of 4 "~t-ltil" isi the ro t ot' t1 i liti-foot. inrticiple ( passive- writ teln, Or, stb.:al I ively, any. t tilig wri t l en.-- - / . WINNSBORO, S. 0. die JANUARY 1.6, 1807. TERMS---TOR HERALD. T:!RfD3 DOL. \Ims -r y-nr ; TWi DOLI..\RM P)r for sx temsiths.; W! Dj I GA(d it 1',r thre1' .nenh - . 1:p in "t rct, e: ia' Akir % g1 t e 1I yi4.vilt 11p1% IN- ell ' 'i do Sniclriberi %.-!t) 11:141 :I cr-.4 in% irk 4n tlie wraIpp:.r (r 4 Illr:'0 1 o ' Oh r p 4 1---r, w.1 I 4!.oler..a: i ti th t th irno latia thr h Ia o.. ru. A'v iTT W t T . -: .: D..1;.r pi-r settin o Off) It'lor 11.1 ir. u l . 1 v, t li. v r% i r 4':,rb H, - 1i11o11tin.4erenir. A. sIg t4 11convi u th a u 1 Iui'lI fy twev e Ihe 'tI 6i. i u 14 type. n C1.11t' it \'\TI ) r414.eiC4 4ll.. 3 u*4r T Ily five Doa ii i. 4.i e- Xtleniu apy 111 11p) o th e :i u i p 111.11d 1 1' it he clash.s 'stler ill.' 1.1 it ie. .1 ni. stii C :y" W'Ni:blb so o nl I iti n11141 th- 4t to a C1111b , re t ino:i uul t1he- niu it-y i* uill, iho le'rs-i tiki; t11ii .ix 4 cl . m0y ;Ad any nui ' rr ol- t imiiu a I 41 i e k- rato. T- - V w his iiti wst. y olimb rs1-it th-it utir fee or aahepr: ietbind jvb wV, rk are ba Ca 411. Tho Now rouca Law Yill 1be founi inl another part of tht this issue. It will b seen that the lisI aw 1 imerely loal inl it's application, an 0 a- -stri The Audorson Appeal, Col. W arreni D). Wilkes has. become Associate Editor of the l ppcH/. Iis able and rocile puln will lend new in treslt to that alruady vell condtted ma pape. .tiol -.. twk Rural Kiouthe'rner,th T paper fror 18G' has secured an ttl able corps Elitorial. Prof. Jolmu Le- tac Vonte, Col. D). Wyat t A iken, 1 a1'ti Craimiond, Jas Wood 1)avidsoai 01-41 pr< IMrs. Matllio tist, com)11 s thle array I V Of taleit which i4 to coiduct the Rui r rat. Inu lcentt of tho 1'rarest, kiid lia are offered to competitors for secutiring on' subisoribers, being a number of vtlua- c(1 blo premitims. 8011 "Addross to tho Pooplo of Tonnossoo." Such is thlt) title of a1 pamllphle' is- for sued it Natshiville, ald co tai1 ing sOv enton lotters from Mr. J. 1D. 11. De Bow, 'sidelit of the Teiniessee or f'entral itallroad. V iti t hat isdoli- 1 table energy an1d Coiprehenisivo ,,r' k'nowledge a1nd statistical information, 0 wih cht2araeirise Mr. IeIv, he wh ats suchl a1 ma~SS of~ invaluaible mtn'ter', ttat nio (one who is at aill interested in lt' the sn1cess$ (of ri'lrioaidx now in operai t in, or' in buildin 'up ntow IIW ones, (caui lfor41d to be withoutt it. 'I'hio auithior' shows the grt'it imiportanieo of1 a Itor onigh-f are fromt (Chartleston to thle ill- .l (x~mtled r'esoulrces of' the West. Tho ronoo Law --'No Moro Piold F'onoing' 'Th The last Geoneral Assembhly r'epeal1 0(d the old Flentco Law, atnd hencefor-thi tth etult ivated tilds can~ be0 turn'ied ed out., atndl tlho stock kepit. in. Wie coni-th ho4po for a pr'oloinged existonee of otur be alreactdy tinnied out fores0ts4. all lhut there ii hIOpo of some01 ting else. set Weeks ag~o we sutggestedl a lanl of "h s Jwinig downl u-eed forl bothI I wintr and1111 "a summerl~l pasltura'ge, near~ Winn1sbcoro, " f'or the muitttual benefit of tihl land- " ownerl and1( of those411 whol keep ih-h e~a co(ws. We gutess ther'e are at leatst sixty head ofsuch01 kinio in 111 this lac, ( and14 at the very muoderate rat of tive i4.) d~ofllar' a1 yeari, eaci.hi, for palsturling, it Ijbu whtich woutld be prolitaible. Tlher'e is r hopoil thait sotme suchl mlotht'd wuill be W adopted for' the ben'fitof' thte town. hun A Hfopo for the Fuitureoh iThoso who lived under the G overn- m< mnont of' the Uhnited States, w~Ihilo citi1- th zens of' a State, before the lato disas1- p1 tr'ous warl, till onttini ihpes tha-t: the dayl~ will como1) whenI lrty1~ unert the tw~io-fold gov'ernent will agalin "1 obtain, as it did in days of yore. l l'rinci ples htave become to bo muceh 1ic Ilike fashtions. There is no account ing for tasto.,. "De gustibusm non disputan uo dum."1 It 1s equally so notw-a-datys "e wvith polieial priunciples. Itf a mian "v wihes to say that t1m powvers of Con- W grqss aro unliited bly aniyting, OX- wi cept the0 wit! of Congross, why lhe is w< Simply out of fashion-that's all. .11f is F'ashion1 is~ a tyrant, its subjoote yield ari with remiarkabl1y good graco. So if' th, COngr'ess is a tyrant, its suibjoots must wa field with a grace equally as coml Tendhope ofto Ftr hncn tre( as imuch in a Igood "grit" to sue- I 11h, s it does inl a strong dotorni- I LOlu to look on the bright sido of devoloping picture. The Voto Message. re have road with great satisfac I the Presidenit's masfterly melssageo >ing the late Act of Congress giv geneioral suffriage inl the District of tIbIIia. It gives a succihet histo )f the expressiol of tle poplalir be of that territory at the ballot iin 1865, whon there wias ihlmo0st a nimonsm decision aga'aist graniting' 1 suIdTrage. It quf o L fu OSIlIly fr'oml opiniols of the moat distiniskihed *(elill and constitutiotial I tawye rs mek Coltry. And all. these liin stionai bly support Mr. Jolhn.ms -inl positioll. 1t draws broad and ir line14 hotwooni the juliAitionls Ie tLlgislative, lh'xecntivo, and Ju iary departmnts of the Federal 'eriinmcnt and closos in the follow words : 0'ter fall deliberation npon this isiure, 1 (miut briig myself to ap ve it, ve %.!I 11uon loclal coliidlera 1, lor y et as the beginning of limt (erilment 11 ag rrger Ia . iyield m on1e attichmieniit to that Itulo of U1.11l siflalige whielh d t ingi:Abes poli-y 'u, a nation, but (it hore is a1 it wi.l:'Iy vbjurvcd Iih lihrto whieI K.i tih ballot a p6ivilego-a trust chi reqitires ofsoio clas.os a ti1lie abie for probittini and preparation. give it nuliserliminaitely to a niew ,s, wholly inprepared, by previou-1 >its onil opportuitiis, to performIl (rlst vh icih it demands, is to do do it, and filially to destroy its rer ; anmy be safely asuuined L lit political truth is bett retb od t hha a iit stiol ild iscrininato I all-elmbracinig extousiun of popu-1 suffragn muttst end at last in do Wction. Congress -The Radicals -Money. L'bo lieguislative departiment of the ited Sta ites (Govermiiieit 111 110 re regard for constitutional liimita Is to-day than a liungry hog for a >-rnil. fonco. What boots it for President to urge wise and consti ional objections against its insine s ? To tell Congress the Constitu 11 is inl its way, ill ally thing it >poses to do, is like breathing inst tht tornado. It is the South. I people, and the Preitident, who -es to claim for thom rights not y under tile Constitution, but ao ding to the dictates of Common s i ad humanity, that Congress ans to overwimm. . But Coigress is radical. Will' it ever so continiue ? It is certainI t the -10th Congrens, which begins Se14s1ions oin the 4th of next Mareb, Ibe Radiel ; and if the present ly inisnt n11n the extroii pro unime they have already marked 4 in other wyords, if Congress does at it now dones "ini thle groen tree, hat will it do in the dry."' lhere is but 01ne. thini g, it appear's, t will bring Radicalism to its ses. Let the stuenou money0) erests of' the-'North be~gin to qunake, I an avaanebio (of' fury will rush s thatt will restore thiemn to ai con ousnecss of' a derelic'tion in duty. :i Freedmen's Bureau-Au Exhorta tion.' de have 1been considerately Cur'nish wvith ai: large oilicial envelope f'romn ('ijommandant of the Post of Chos ,conltaining an autograph letter im the said olieor', aind ai CirOulari ftter, as wiell ats at "Circunlar, No. I;" of' whic'h' is', as the said lot ter as ts, to let "t he people of Fair'lold ecomo acilqua inted wvithi ihe views id opinlions of' G.en..Scott with re-1 ii'd Inothe trleaitmient of freed men, nl thle mlanner or' modo of' makinig sitr'acts with themil." w (w0 dlnt ob~ject to r'ead ing ni. RI- I. Sceot t's "views and opiin s" uabout the0 miat ters inl qfuestion, t the G1eneral wvill please excuso us se declino to inflict, upont ouri r'ead a11 hisi exhiortation uponl them. e doubt not, they are well meaning, f, dear bles~s us ! has Geon. Scott ?iu rinduig at largo lantltation, that is so much (Iu fait in the manago 'nit of' the presen)ht systeml of' labor rthle can inidito hiomiilies to all the mtor01s anld f'airmeris about it ? One thing the (Gener1al waiits is it. we of Fiairfleld should "praet ical acknowledge the freedom of the >orer'." We arc silly enough to be voe we had long ago do that. But the General saya "tho results f theO past conv'ic mO that practi mi antd fair minded men can succeed 'ith the freodman as laborers." biy we heard a many a man, both ito and black say as munch, before 'saw Genm. Scott's Opinlion. And there ino doubt of it ; and if the freedmen "practical and fair-minuded," too, >re is no0 reason to doubt it will al y's be so. 1'hio Genoral gives two formns'ot con-. at, one to be used when a share of I cron is iironn. the othe men rvaged a1f' paid, which o recoimonds int o bo uad as tho asl ay be. W4 As we said before, Gon. Sooi6, As- rol .istftll.ouIn issloner, &c., no doubt .l nonas welfi it '1 this effort to inatruct At is, buwo tlih4facts pnd oxorieno gi ro the bost school-nitors. The V reediton know a "hawk fron a haud- wh aw," and thir employers know an I..hilhankhbp they see bii Tshey- th mvo sligiy got a glimpso of him, th1 Osy time lats o-ftho , privilhage they w havo OWJjoyed ;%ad the e-naqniued'is, s8t: ha bth otpiloyer atid employeo aro ha rynag, each, to drivo i sharp hargain It 1 every contract now mado-and that tih a wialt ev;'ry iothor's son .of ,theml lc.whoro General Scottoame fryum, 411 ior have we. over hoard that that was co itly indication that the oemployor of R factory at ti North did not "prac- 4a 'tically recognizo the freedomu of th 'laborer." bit We hope the day is not far i istant x v'hen wo shall be able to say with the si ittlo black urchin in iticliniond the to ither day, when he saw ani miicer of It Froodmen's Bareau slip and fall pe [own on the.frozen stroot. . in "Dar now--do Freedion's Buro th lone busted " a : 'he Mails -ommunieations from Mr. a. Lyles, Mail Agent. With 1v'ry great pleasure and satis- n iaction. l !ay before our renders the " wO Coiiiililth icationsi below, from Mr. b . i.ylor mail agent on tile Char otto and - South. Carolina Rnilroadi . baro 'tid to Ace that Mr. Lyles so Ully appmogates tho annyanico to Lny guqtn)1unity,'of an irregularity of he mails. . : - If our strictures were reogarded as p csovoro6;1 hfd fn anly 'wise "u'n11just, h1 iforoico was drawn . frii what nay have appired a spirit of fjult- 11i iuding, but which was really the Cx-. >ression of the general voice in rogardi oa o an anno'ypndo long borne. The o0111 ni unication received by the ty ip mail is as follows: CiAnLo-rT, N. C., Jan. 9,- 1866. EN1Tont WINNSnonO-NEWS : Iyour y Ksqe of the 5th inst., I observo soel ovoi'O and- very itjul t stridtures upoi he mail agonts on1 Charlotte and So. Ja. Railroad, for an alleged noloot of diuty in the delivory in Winnsforo, lis if the Columbia papers. This fault, Y* can .assure you most eiphantically, Sil Ost-s with other parties. To secure ric L prompt delivery of these papers ly, iong, the route, they muist bo taken for . the (ol umbia Post-officeo by 2 >'clock a *. p to the mail agents onr >oio rtn noe ture or tuu Jrn-; -- 0 >ften failiures on the part of the pub- liii ishers or their onr-iers to do this, the vholo'diffienlty is attributed. 9 Being flily aware of the annoyance Sil )f irregularity in the mail service, to ily comimlUnity, and the important du g ies imposed oul' an agent of the Post-' >flice Departlont, I have made it iy yell onlstalt niina nd endeavor to pre- 11 eIt the formor 'to -the extent of ny ,ower, and that~ discharge faithfully hie latter. In just ice to iniyself I re-I poetfully aisk, that you willI lily this est xpilanation, with the aCompaniying a ~xtralcts fromn theo Charlotte and Co- 1111 umbila papers, before your readers. ruil I have the honor to be, most respeet- inl uliy, your ob't sorv't. Ir Mail Agent, C. & S. C. R1. RI. to The following is the extra,. fr.nu to lie Ch1aotto imesc ; thalt from' the iolumnbia 1%/wnibo we have already We clip) thle following from tihe W~innsboro Newsi, to correct, so fall as a reo can, any imtputaution whiiich mayi) be thi sant upon01 the Ro ute Agent. The uin casoniable hours at which the trias jiO cave Columbia, preclude, we opno wi ,boe Columbia papers from beinig malil- bia 0d1 placed into the hanitds of the a Sriil Agent, since they ofti .as the rai inlicos before he ever t~ets 1hom, fhatL w~as for som11 timle, the case \ithi - the im,nc but. since' we se nd ourpa 1er direct to Mr. Lyies, we are' in orimid, lby our sulbscrib~er. in lair ild, Chester and1( York ditriots, that hey get thoti regularly. Mr. L. is very pluotnall anld particular, an'd if c ~he papers areo rogularl y seat to hiin1 nu time, we are willing to guiiaantee thieir .puncitul delivery. :The News, M if $aturday, says: "Forboaranee, with this ceommuni ~y, towards those wvho have charge oifn hot United States mails between .this ai pouint and dolumbia, has ceased( to be a virtuo We hiave the most positive issutrioo 'tha t the Colubia papers' ire forwarded from their respective incs oth ail agents 'in amlple timie to reach US inl the morning. We know thle are not put of', as they o The comminunicaitiqnt whlich we ro recoivedl by the down mail is as fol- anl ows :Lsa _ January 10th, 1867. P,~ 'EnrronTO Wt xNsnonmo NFuws : In )'il e paperO this mloltinig you are anxious to m Learn why it 18 that you somietimoes re soivo your Columbia papers in -the nail from Above. TJhuis is owing to lhe fact that It is sometimes the case no hat thos~e papers are delivered to us of ifter we hayo puasod a number of )fliees on tile route, by somo1 E~xpress ph dlessenger or trahi hiand to whom the oc ytapora had boon given, to be dolivered u :o the ifil' Agents, blIt had failed. toab lo sto. Hliecf they wore sent bac1k b~y j ho downk matil. . Xours Re.spoetfully,.. i. W. LYII. A Now light begins to dawn upon us O9 reqard to tliogo trocliorous mailk Whl M. ie dxfilanau~tion, cor oratod by tho .o.traet froi thi arlot'o Time., conpletely Oxoner ashipi froin :ay blame. We ar d'tlit we havo 'brought him out 0 are now prepared to discover jus cro the fault lies. We have breght it rIght: down t o QIles of our Coluubiat exchange t Croliian and the /enix. An watnt our coiltomlporaries to undet Ad ud in thig matter. The evil w vo discovered they can remed is to their interest to do it. Le :in deliver their papers directly t Lyles, or the other mail agent d the evidence is that we will r: ivo our papors in duo time. Th ,press Agents have as much as the 1 attend to. They have alway en extremely obliging to the Presn t it is imposing on good nature t pect thcmii to assume all the respoi iilities of a mail agent in additio their already onerous dilties. Mr Lyles states that if those^ pa rs are deolivered at the Post Olli Coltimbia by 2 o'clock a. i., or t )mail agont h ofore the trainis leave 1rompt delivery at this post offic 1 be secured. Wo lipo iow that all parties ar do aoauninted with the diflicultic the way, that there will honeefortl no 'necessity to ehtarge any on, t1a failuro in the discharge of duty PE'OSPECTT-S OF TIIE F.AIRFIELD HERALD, tblAted in Wilunboro, S. ( IIE I 11lA .1) has been greatly Impro eid in app1earance, nad tle Puldishei letermitied to mako it, a FAutm.v 41n rrnitr paer tha1 ho citizen ienitici le hi thle enhg~hiehed progress or the Distri( afford to do withont. bloy appeal to every present subscribe toere at least, one new subscriber, t bor( putt ing in thcir power to spare ito es so in making the I lALU a first clw vs nit F.ut n.y Jom u xL. lie ierrns arO moileratt, only $3.00 r, in advanco. Preiums! Premiums!! rOU IIf F 31RN. 'o the gentmlemn srini us the large. of subscriber-., with the cash for oil r's subpcription to tihe ivilIAbI), w I give a haniidioimely bomlad copy ( ikespoar. or an approveil wirk upon Ag tilture, together withit tihe Cresent Alonh or 8ootIs .Iontliy or the Lvt1 We Love, one year. o time gentlemian ending us tie 1'.N gest list, we will give two copies of ilh It ALI) -for one year, and a copy of ai ofi the roiir orits %int-,,.,, ,., r t oe Sotthorn perlodicals above namned. TO Tit LADIVs. !o thlie Ildy Soiling its ti1 largest list 0 Iscribers., ts above, we will give a lui. le SO L of teaspoo.as with her initials en vetl upon each one. NJ the laly setuiling ie niext lairgest, IV Ia ciopy of thel lM.a L) 1,11r onl r together with a! copy ot' Gotley's Llnaly )k for the same ino. TO Tlt HnOYS ANtD Oint.5. P'o the boy (or girl) sending uts the 1Arg limit of suhbscribers, as above, we will giv roity book. le th bt oy (or' gh'l) senrding the ne~s gest wTo wilt give a mticroscope thait wi ti ihl enotugh istt ruti tion ana to iseme: ne year to repay a lionmicreul himes iii nible of s'ecurinmg the '.tbscibiers. lo pretmiutms will bc awardlet on the 4t next .May, bmmt competitors many begii tendi in their li'.4s at once, antI continui vdd to thbenmiuntil t he above tio* gr~" Th-s cash mutt in every csencl iy thme name ol' the otbsriber. The Oarolinian. Sublscribers to the Caerd.iniqm will fit expilanttion bieow from that pa1per, <n irregularrit~y sometimes, of t heir p: r. We hope the Ne ws Asaibein tio il spor up now, atui gi vi the CJohm papers telegramtis ini time to get t ulTiti t issne f or subscib ers alonig th Iroaids.: Tru- MAI..--The WVinnsboro N~eu ' iutterancte to comlainits concer'i e the dehver~y of t ho mails at ih it, whmich imn'ttte a lack in the pma umnce of dutty sotmewhiere. Ini oth urds thto mii s itret somnetimiecs not, re ved at ail, or so irregirly ast ke niewspapers comparatively worth1 S. WVe have rcemived a visit f'rm th sil A gont on th Charlotto Rt. R? mo feels agr'ieved by the charges whtic imn to inmlicate hiim as a fianhy partyi d ho assures tis that we may asur r sitbscribers tt he is ini to wi-o a tdt. A.ll matloe dheied to him,i him promptly dhelivered at the respe<n -0 poitita of dhestitiation, so that if alt atme is due, it mutst be to parties wh'l !in charge of letters or papers be(for after they leave htis hands. Int th livery of p~ipers there isi somet,imes a egntlarily - owing the bmte honrmt tich telegraphic dispatches are receive d the early hour at which it. is necee 'y to go to press.- fence the nowstp: r oliee~ many some~ttimes lhe in fan11l 0 atatements- of the Manil A gent is pet thy satisfactory to us, arid the laxit 1st thiereford be attributed to som ecr party. CoTToN.--The CottQn estimates ar w complete, showmng a total produt 1,750,000 bales, of 400 pounds cl the actual bales are nowv nearly Sw imils nach this iseqtuivalettt to 1,500, 0 anch bale. The estihints ato mad as f'ollows; Nprthr Ciaiolina, 9 1,001 e; 8Qnth Carolina, 102.000 ; Gteor m, 2O6,000s;ilor'ida,' 30.000 ; Alabi ;20 00; Mississinpi, 270,000 T4ah,10,0 exas, 300,000 kansas, 182,000 ; Tenntesseo, 148, Q0: otbher S'ates. 87,000. The Impeahtlment Question. -VW. suoNTOx, Jinuary 6.-The Re pubtlican members of the House of Re. preentatives held a catncus at the Capi tal to-nighit. A bout sixty Representa Lives were present. Spauldinag, of Ohio, offered a restAition that no menasure looking toward thie impeachment of the President of the Unitel States should be presented in the Houso unless prc viously a'reed upon by a caucus. This was amended by providhing that before - any finli aclion by the cancns the - subject should be refierred to the Com. D mittee On Judiciary. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, moved an amenlm6-nt t hat no artilces of impeach mientiL shuouid be preferred wit hout flast being considcred by a caucus. TIhis 1was adoled. - Mr. Stevens moved that the whole subject he il upon tho table. The qO-4stio was dot ermint.d in the negative by a vote of nearly two to one. The original resoluition, as amended, was agreed to by a large majority. There 0was mi nuch incidental debate between Binghamin, Stevens and others, on the legal Illesttion ilVOIVOld, namly : Wi'her an impeachmit could be pr'ly tried by the Senate of the130th9 - Cogress ; also, whie'ther I he I 1)ous 01 L Represnrtatives of the 391-h Congress could prefer articles of impe.-achment to be tried by the Senate of the f imh Con gress ; or, whother, should articles of impeachient. be now preferred and that not conelndeil it the expiration or the ipreselit. Congress, they would have to be renewed int ii. 401th Congress Mr Steveis took the ground that t ho Senate did nut expire with the Congress, 3on Lthe .1iPh of Mlarchi next, it, being a perpetulal body. Mr. Binghiam replied, aniging that as one-third of the present Sotators wotild go out on the 4th of March, the President could afterwardl continue to bo tried by a Senate composed of ole third iew members on artichcs partially tried by ' he precedinig Sena te. Sevens thought there was alm ple t ime for this Co ngress to act in t lie natter. 110 was, however, not, in fivor (i of hastening a subject of so nmuch im. 1 portrnce too apilly, r.n1 tien yielding after preferring charges. Members of Conigress shonld have tiiet to give the subject dme deliberation. Ile believed - thilt it oglrIlt. to be done, but was not willino )joiln in it undess it should be perforied thoroughly and-certaily. A r. Spaild ilg, of Ohio, opposed the proposed act ion very (earniestly, and did not beliovo any good could result from Mr. ig)y, of C(alifornin, thoulght it the most momenton qutestiont that had e been presi-ied for the consideration of r tie nni-mbers of this Congress, and de precnted any haaty rctmi. - Mr. Washbr ve, of' Illinois, did not tliik i m peachilent possible ; and whilto ie believed the President did mainy e th;igs that were objectionable, lie V thought, that the question of impeach. Iueit. .houtild be referaed to a Stamli, Coniliit.ee, in order to liavn it regular ly and dispassionat ely consilered. r The debato benteen thtise g.'nttlemmen was extremtiely spirited. inghiam speaking inl his usual impulsive style, iand Mr. Stevens exhibitiig a correspon ding d .greo of arnei.-tness. The v be. Scame pon'ial in lheitr remarks. The canoni i however, w~as in the ma in liar mnotictus. There appeared to be aene. rally a disposil ion to vote for any iqi e ry miii' tho ta netr as to wheLter t he 1l'residetnt should he imnpeached, while a Slargtnauhuer wer'te of opinion that the I'rsiiden t ouight to be impeached. eu Ar. i ighani made thte point that art ieles of iuipoachment. for time ireasoin b lhe hiad ptreviouisly stilted shoutld not b)e preferred dur ig th'e pr'esent Conigrmes.s Sfor want, of time ; ad remninded gentle. mnein t hat the trial of W'arren Ilastings Iast ed sev(en years. It wa- finally determine~d thart 1no r. soliutioni lookiing lowards the i mpeach, 11nment ol thne pres8ident shiould be adopted iiunless usanct ionued by a vmte of twuo-thirdm of the. Republohica n 'memibers ini caucuis: - hat in I he ineantinme, al1l resolutions oa a lie subhject should be referredl to the . Jtidiciaray Committee of thle H ouse with 'ot deba to. TPhe caticts was in sessiori twmo hoturs, and then a djnmrned. LADD BROS.s.& COs, AVE~ remiovod their Store to NO. 2, BANK II ANGE, -formierly occupied by Air. .helb Wolfe. We huave on hsad and mare conmstanatly rce civing at comapleto assort ment. of Dry GAoods, Ii oots. and1 Shtoes, a (Olothuing, s ilats and Caps, Rivoll andl( Sontaug Shawls, Chiildren's Woolen Jackets~, L Nubias, Yankee Notions and Toilet Articles. - We Invito an inspelon of our stock. WMI. J1. EG LESTON, with Ladd Bros. & e Co., will bo p1 ased to seeIhis frienda. jan 12 op SADLER'S SI1OP! THE suibscriber has re -emoed hig STORE and - OP ppostoh Court Hiouse, w ore lie ;will continue to blanuifacture at reduced .prices. Reopairing done with diepualeh. 'All wvork warranted. Upper1 Solo and liar ness Loather for salo, Jan it)F. GEIQ, Local Items, The (onoort. The Cosmopolitan Concert on Monll. day night last, givoh by several of the young men of toWII, went of very pleasantly ; all the characters being wvell represented. The W7eather, Two weeks ago to-day, we wore en shrouded iln snow and Aeet. To-day the windows of our ofiey a're alt hoist ed, and the most delightful baliy summer breeze is dancing atnong th ty1pes. Capture of a Horse-Thief. Last Wodllesday nlight a horse be longiig to Mr. Jos. Newman, of Co lumbia, was stolen from a stable near the Charlotte Railroad Depot. A do spatel being received at this place, announcing the theft, publication was Iade of the salme, resulting in the capture of one Riley with some n//s1 appended, who Hays ho escaped from tihe guard-house in .1'lgeficld, and. hails firom Utica. Ne' York. Mr. Jno. 'layloi 0r I o I ;O about 7 in iles below hole, un . p-.: ned t havo one Of tile hanld-bills i1sued l-nm th is ofivco, describing tile horse, wiu tho said Rile,, rude up and offered the stolenI horse to hia for eighty dollars. Mr. Taylor together with Magistrato Vaughti arrested Riley and broight him to this place, wheni he was coil mitted to jail. Another Trip to the Bottom of the Well. On Wednesday night last ilr..Lean der Brown took a trip down to tho bottom of on0 of the o('en wells int tie burnt district, mcl i) the detriment of his bodily parts. This sanic well has proved a serious pit for the third or fOurthl tim11o. It is time this community were de nionding of our Town aiuthorities the flu ilg up of tlese0 dangerous caves, and compolling tile owiers of tle property where they are, to pay for the jobs. A publie nuisance demands public attention, and ill behalf of the pullic we pronounee all open wells in. the Corporate limits nuliisanlees. There is on1e iear the Baptist Church, just upon tile very edge of the side-walk, a very (angerous one. There is one o tile Boylston lot, opposite Cathcart & Matthews. There is that yawning one where mienand beasts havo tun bled headlong down. Perhaps there are others. Some lost child, 'r other serious casualty, will yet be tihe 0011 (Ileioe of those doep and dangerous openings scattered hore tld there over our town. Must snio family circle brohen, be yet the cost of so great negligence on tie part of Somebody ? e hope solietling will be done to avert 8o distressing at blow, but onto wichl is not only possible, but proba, blc, every daiy. Now Advertisements, Forl Sale-Il. A. (Gaillard. tihe Prospctuls of this p~opuilar wcok ly. (Jorr reed 7',-- Viedkl y Ccacart ,& Matthews Wzxsntono, January 15, 18117. A pples, JBushel,' $g 00 llaggin~g, Gunny, y yard, . 87 " Dundeo Vi " 85 itale Itopo, MAlnill. O Ib, 28 "Now Yor'k or' Western,9 lbIi, 20@25 laconi, Huas, jy Ib, 21) itut Acer, Coun r'y, "e lb,, 26 t'otton, Y'arts $1 bunchb, $2 76 " Ordinary Ib, 25 " ltliddling, 27 S.'anldles. Patrafine, Ib), 50t. " 8pecrm, lb, 50) *' Adamnatine, lbt, 'offce, Rio, 16,8@8 " JAgua~yrn, Ib, , 45 t'haeoie,'Englih Daliry, 1b 283t80 " Gsnlb, 22(d25 ilides, 1)ry, lb, 1( I ard, lb, 1)c~ - Molasses, Muscovado, gallon, 75 4 Sorghutn, " (II. '' New Orleans, " $ I 25 NJa'is, lb, Ithiins, bushel, $1 50t lil, Korointe, gtalon, 1 20 " Tainnters, '' 1 70 Uorna, White, butshel, 1 (10 " Yellow, 1 50O 'alt, Liverpool, sack, 8 76 lards, Collotn, doZ,00( " Wool " 8 00) Sugar', Crushed, Ib, 21 " lPowder'ed, itb, 21 a5281 " Brown, ib, 1r e16 "' ExtraC, 17(<38 - 'eca, uEra Gunmmpwder, lb, -$2 00 " lyson, ib, 1 IiO0@2 01)I "Black, ib, 1 25@1 60 Spoolo, Gold, 82 " Silver, 211 IPlour, Cotuntry Exhra. owt, 0figo4 "Ohuio, Extr'a, lbbh. $10 01) "Collins, Warranted dor.. 21 00 OIOUR FORIMER MU'ANY of you1 are porhaps not aware that ai. majoritfy of you hmav'o accounhs of 1800 or 1861, yet open on our hooks. We (herefore. beg each ono, who has not ohosed his nocount by oash or note, to do so as soon am possible. Our inlenton is not to oppres, but obly. to put our assets in sucht a abape as will bes6 enable uts to meet our liabiliie. jan8-lt KTO11N'& MoM4AsT Rt