The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, January 16, 1867, Image 2
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