The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, May 08, 1867, Image 2
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A. T. Stewart's incomo last year was tLi
$1.276,653,72.
There nro 3,618 lungtIrgeR spoken, and tLI
I,0. different religionsi. There are on the o
globoil abvut 1,282,000,000 of souls.
All Ireband seeini to be emigrating to In
America. 'Tlie steatmers caunot begin to is
a(o,'llii1lato fihe crowd of people seeking in
paWsaigo to Ih is country. H
Several Portland uorchints have recover- C,
edl by law ",2016 from (lie (tonind Trunk t
IRilwaiy, for unreIasonablo detention in E
tie hipiient, of a utianit ity or Ilour from the ti
TheoE 11ro throo ex-Confederate naval t:
ollicrs editing iiewspapors in the South: ;
Lietteniit Kerr, of file Weldon State ; Lieu
tenant J. It. Eggleston, of file Mobile (Ala.) ti
Tribue, and Admital Raphael Soiies, of ti
lit) Memphis (Tonn.) Appeal. All distin- Ii
gokihed oflicers of t he old navy, atnd most s
aeoomplished gentlemen. b
Ge,-rge Kinloch, lsq., who, for over lalf m
a century, has been a resident of Charles- it
Ion, and a leadiig grain merchaut of that 3d
city, died oi tle 1st inltannt..
The posfilheo clorks at Virginia City, g
Nevada. came across a sispicious looking m
box partly open, in lhe moaii matteor, receit
ly, wttiol olno of heiim thrust his peliell into it: I
wheretipot out jimnped a lingo tarantula, '
which ran acrosi tlie distributing table and a
fell to (the floor, where it Wa suimmarily f
dispailtced Oii inspection (wo taraniittuas <
'wero found in the bo., which suffered a like I
fate, regriless of postoflice laws. I
The latest idea has occurred to hatters is
to call their business caputology. istead
of saying "Who is your hatter 7" it will
be proper to say "Who is your cnputolo
Tlt liritish anl Foreign Bible Society
hias atllhrst. received perilnissionk to sell (lhe
Bihle inl l'iirtland. A depot for tle ,tile of
criplures lis bevin opuiienl inl Warsaw. Oi
ithe tirst, iy 1010 copies woro sold, nod
during thlie first, week th o puroliastcSamount
oil to 3172.
Tlie city of Newbuiryport lis a self-pro
ieling stelun fIrI' engino, called thlie "on,"
which fhe 1/,ild4 of that city says is iniovel
oilut. le stree, ulp hill, 1nd down,
illtrogh iinow v oW mul, 4-n13 easily as a
wi'elie row." Several ollicors of thl lies
ton irn deiitit ht It ave seenl tihe enlgine
tiavel, and pronouncitct a ideclilel Success.
l'.arton, inl ii irticle on sewing mntitehinesii
in tIh-' liast'~ .fiie Moft/ilq, COmiputCs the
w01411 n111WIll'e (11 mach.111illes nutIlutiUIrecd,
ip to it close of .ist. year, 750,000; andl
lihit piei'enait rate of m1nainufetuOre 101 about
"10,000 peraun1 n
Tho Port1. Waynlo (Ind4ianna) ("Iet/c re.
marks Ihat Prof'essor Agassiz 's iniiiudwriting
is raither hail, aniId sgges:ithalt "ihe re.
n in' l iover ot 11ng1-s ki'ep lne ' ofi is (iavor
ites Ias li amanonis an nuke it, inl.
tenti, y., and the iropi ling analyzed
were fouit to coittaiii it sobition, o pictci
pinto, probably derivel flri'im mountailn
forests over which (lie clouds hail settled.
A himilsome uit f clot ies inl londo
COstr l'r~om :-15 to $25. A man may tire'
nli ioigh, hat ant boots included, for 03
15S. say $1: An liglisliman additils the ilti
ties, btt li0 catniot tigIiro up Jie cost. in
Americtt. 8o a 1111Y )uys in elegant. silk
dress fori' from $5 to . ll, anid Imnot. o
count for the prices she hears lier Ameri.
can frviendk (alkt nhonf..
An order lins beet rpceiv'ed in San Fran
uiso0i l'ior ai iniumbier of live l'ioys lo be sont
themi in (lie 'maindwich I lands, it has1 beeni
It'iedl neveral timies, btt thle frogs have ail
waly) bieni ilestrioyedl In thei courise of ai few
mtiuthst byv rats or some ether animal fond
of cho iice mieats.
A tirmiiil' deirous of Iintding out. the pecu-.
niiar'y sntat us of it pers'on whio ishietd to pur
chatse goiods tlegraphed't~l fort the itnformau. I
I iont. Thel anisweir camte lack, "Note good I
for any' amouniiit."' So a large bill of goods
was" sold atnd shippjed. T1hie note enme due
isgu.~st that the di"patchl shmoaldl havo r'oadl,1
~ ' No good tor' anty amountttt,"'
Thiei'e is cine lanidlordl in Bufflo-l-Judge |
Peabilody3--who hits retfused to riaise (lie rent
of toime stores lie owins, beucatuse ho says8
'he tenant i~pay all tho st ores ate worth."
hiiilar stoires beinig dotuble tho rent heo getsu.
Ilut thle tenants, appreciat ing his geneorous
poilicy, hiav' v'olunitairly explendedt~ live itit_
dried dolar apieeo this tSpring in repairs
Soime one told MIr. Just ice Montlelel., of
Montreal, on (ho ist of' April, that., a straus.
ger' in the (ourt was cite of the dutdgos of
the Ruipremn Coutrt, from Noy Y'ork, andI
triavelling inioq- lIIis hiontr, of coui'so, in-.
itd his brot her to a Boat on the benoch,
and conisul ted himi fra t'rnally on all knotty3
points. T'he learned jutrlst ttu'ned out to be
a travelling mocehiant.
Genecral Kaler'gi, who was recntly (a18
patched 1by (lie Greeck (lovernment on an
extra'ioriniiary mission to (the United States
is danigerously ill at Paris, and cannot lpro.
eued to Washigtont. Mr. Itangatbe, form-.
crly' Minister' of Foreign Afairs, has been
appointed to succeed hhn. Mr. Rtangabo is
a P'rofessor' in the Unlver'sity otf Athenis,
tnnd is kno'wni as oneo of the best schiolars In
E irope.
M. do Chaillu, tihe great explorer of A f
w~oa, though born in Paris in 1832, oao to
thme UitedLC~ States when ito( a boy, and as
soon as ho was of age, look out his letters
of naturaliaatlon. llis love of nat ural his
tory and taste for ethnological studies do.
veloped lthomsolvos, early, andl hO became a
regutlar attndatnt at the meoetings of outr
Now Y'ork geograpical tand ethtnological so
elettes.
Th'le rowa EState Regqister ays that there is
ev'ery indication that the next. wheat erop C
will be by far theo largest ini acres that has
ever boen put out In Iowa. Farmore sayt
that int every loecality t here is ani unusual C
quantity doeted to the small cereals i and
it Is satfe to say that nearly three folil morn
seed whecal will be needed this sprIng than
was sewn last year'. .
The lobster biusinoss of Now Enugland is
getting (o be0 of importatom-o. RJil roadul'no w a
vnable popne iin (lie h .t erot lo ottu t.l' .
st of all shell-1tih in a froeh and fit con- I
tion to. eat. 'The Cape Ann Advertiser says
mat 1000 boats, 1200 men, 14,000 traps,
md $150,000 capital are now employed in
mis business, andl that one- half of the lob- I
ers at least are sent. to inland towns.
lon. flenry Barnard, lnited States Com.
issioner of Education, will in a day or two
Sue a circular calling for accurate infor.
allon of the designation, history and pre- 4
Ut condition of overy institut Ion and agon
r of education in the United States, amid of
o niau, residence and spoial work of
-ery porson in the a'hinistration, instruc.
on and mavagemeent of (ho samne. All this
''orinatiol must necssarily be of a volun
ry character, as tIe departient hafs no
lwer to collpel persons to give it.
Lynn, Mnssachusetts, is the leadquar
rs of the shoo trade in this country. The
6x assessed for business dono during the
onth of Mlarch, wals *31,819 37, whichi
iows i larger businloss than was ever done
ufore in one month. The valie of shoes
yid in that city during the month of Jan- I
ary, according to the returns, was $390,. 1
71 ; In February, $1,011,513; and in
larch, $1.26,4541. The total valuo of the
oods sold diuring the last three months,
ias $2,t063",349.*
An act was intro(Iced into tihe English
'arliamnent in 1770, providing that. 1 wo
tenl, of whatever age, rank or degree,
rhether vigins, maiis, or widows, that shall
rom and aftor such act, impose uponm, se
Luce anm betray into mtitrimony tny of
mis Majesty's irle subjects by tlie scents,
amints, cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth,
also hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops,
ugh-hooled shoes or bolstered hips, shall
nour tie penalty of flhe law now in force
igainst witchcraft and like misdemeanors,
aud thlt tie mnarringo, upon conviction,
shalal staimi mill anl void.
The Mledicel Me..enyr of St. Potorsburg
:onamins tle tollowing details respecting tIme
riinter in imissa : ''The present season has
ecen remnwrkimble for the severity or tie
enmperatiro, and ip to Ilhe poresent time
hreo has been lit one '.thaw, after an in
eno cold of 110 degrees below Contigrade
22 degrees below zero Fahrenheit). The
imiber of persons stuloering front illness
ima9 itereased considerably, and all tie civil
iii.l mtilitary hospitalsare filled. The pr
vailing ameetiost aro y pits and intermittet
fever, dipitheria. etc."
Noriman Wiard has made a proposal to
tie War iepart ment to construct an 8-Inch
eilo which lshall stand all tie following
tests, or to be considered a fiilire : ']to
will fire sixty pounds of powder ant a four
iunudired pouniul shot. Then Iwenty rounds
willi thirty potid shot. Theu lie wi Ie x
plluidle a sh1e at, te hottoim of tie bore,
iwti a s4hell inl sucsiIe4on at sitecessive dis
inces toward t le muzzle. Then hie will
"ii1imuitaneiim.'oulmy explodeo tie boro filled with
iidi ; aitd imially will tiro hiiirty pountids o'
,owmle'r, behinid a sh101 so fixedi in 1he bore
I o ho $3000.
Aimon1g lite privato sioldtiers now on duty
it (the Jackson liarraks, below tie city of
New 00mleans, is onmo by the name of Schilty,
who served during tie late vamr as Colonel
)f the illinois reginetml., and leaving the
service was brevotted to t lie grade of Brig.
idiier. Fimding, no doubt, a charm in nill
ary life, lie reuntereI the service andi en
hkted as a high privato. lt. hero's hlie
'ub. By an act of Congress, all ex-onicers
ftihe United States are portmitted ilupon
iitary ocnilons of importanco. to wemr
he inisignmia of thmeim' brevet raniik. Th'iere
'mito, upont tihe next paradhe, will lie prtesenlt
idt the citious anmomauly of time Jirigmidier's
tar carmried on tihe samoi shoutlder' with ia
nuske1(t. Will time itspeeted outrank the in
peet or.
It is not. probable that. tho regnlar mioth
y statemnent of time pumblie dobt for time lire
'ent omontl h will be dlelayedl in ils pumblia
1(on1 biyondi tho 1st or 2d1 of May. Time
mnmications ar'e (lhat it wilt pr'esent an exhmi
>it of a r'eution in time dlebt to time extemnt
f between five andl six mtillion of dlhlar's.
'hie receipts fi om Customs and internal
evenuoe sourcees, during timo month, will,
udging fm'omt time sums which htave already
'een reported, amiounit to nbot. $28,000,..
00, onte half of wh'leh being for Cusetoms, is
in coin, Time oxirtemo lowntess of time Int
al revenue receipts, as eompared with
ter per1iodls, isi a faet which has been the
ubject of consider'able interest for several
oeeks. It has ontly ben cit Otto or' two
oecasins lately that time receipts from (limt
ourm'e appearemd less, or even as low rs
htoso der'ivedl fromi cutibom's. 'Thie statement
mili proubabl~y show ant anmountt in the T'rea
uiry ml 00oin ofl $00,000,000, wvit h $i1,00ti,
(10 or mom'o of gold certificates oni depos.
WVtA-r Oistia.u-. Ew'em.,, ms Dorxo..-A
ipmg llill ('Tenni.) correspondenit of t.
.aluimmbla Uudtee', writes as follows to that
tiiper:
Iam glao sea yott immging time farmera
o go back to stock riaising. It is time trmue
lolicly, oeortainiy. By time waly, one of tihe
argest landimlom'mt t inhe ounitr'y is adoptling
I oin a lar'go scailo. I refer to Gheneral Ew
ii, who, as youm are awar'e, Is residing
tear here. 1 o has a farm of several thou
atnd acm-es, 'nit I believe is not pumting any
f it in cotton. Lanst yeoar hie made a begin
mitg to stock it, anmd has got ton up some
litig near' a thtousand head of sheep, oat.
ho, hogs anid othier ftartm stook. lie Is pre-'
mating to take care of thton in time ' inht
say, too, by puttintg do~wnl a groat deal of
;rmis hmlad for' mueadows andI~ pastures. I
nmerstandl from soime of his neighboturs
hat lie hta .beent rettmrkably successful in
tanaging his ltreedmten employees, lie is
em'ry libmerai andu kirmd to thmemt ; at the same
mine lhe is firim it support of hisa righlts, and
his is lime scret of his smuccesai. Iexpect
omtebody will have to show somntingoexlra
nie at (lie fair thmis fall, or, the General antd
is good wife wvill take a premium or two.
ly (to way, Ite has the best crop of wheat
mat have seen.
Wtno ARI DisFRAwNgitis ?--A Ogeegia u
otemuporary has receivod, in reply tothe
hmove inquiry, from a friend in Atlanta,
thart. puirports to be a semni-ofiolal declara
otn of Gemnerai construmetion of this clause ~
f time mtilitary 11111. It Is as follows;
All oflicers or persons whto held positions T
emnneted, with the jutdicial departmenmt, of t
8t ate ovrnmnt, such as lawyers, clerks,
hem' 1(fs, cot'oiners andm thte mayors and aid1.
rmten of citilea whore their cihart ers declare t
Ietmn "r oficii jumit lces of Lime peace, as well
S .)iuigl's and just ices of time nleaog, are
f a uau hold and oxrcised any one of those
mi or positions, and took an oath as
uch to support and defend the Constitk.
Ion, tnd afterwards got his <mm free will
Ad consenm to throw off the (Jovornnent of
he United States for the sake of the South.
irn Confeteracy. lie is disfranclised by iho
aw. Bitd even if a man did hold one of
hese offices before the war, aud did noth.
ng of his owufree will and accord to throw
ff the United States Govorntent, lhe is not
lisfranohised.
WINNSBORO, S. 0.
Wednosday Morning. May 8, 1867.
D. 1B. McCREW GHT, E'Drron.
TERMS---rOR HERALD.
TI-TEBE DOLI.AnS Laor year: TWO DOL.ARS
ir six moniths ; ONE 0I.,A R- ir thren muonths -
aytiuole in "grconlbarks." Shoite cples 'en Cenits.
T-r)- Tihe p:trier wnlt helis:sintinucci ou the ox I
tam: ur thu tin- ieAr vhaloh payrent harks lIen tweloe
ituhcritiers whIto itia it cross mark in the wrai'ivor tir
iistuin of tho'r Imper, tviI uiers an,.ti lthat tih lti e
aili fAr litun expiredl.
ADVORT'ISINIo IATis.-Onu Didllir p-r synqi o
r tile tirst. linal t'vonty five conts f r eiola ihubis
tiont iti-ertlin. A t qunre cnsaists of the puace uucct
leal ly twelv Iitos f th'sa zo type.
oIA, IATIat -10 Copies one year TV.-:ty-five
)uihars. An extra copy to the tiertont iniakoiug tp tlo
tii. nflr they 1-t J tutaurV. 1807.
-7" W ithie. o1o 1irunth1 frooes the ele Ito n ctil I.
rittred da the 1ano10y 1% initut, tie persn tzkIng thb
ItIa, in$%y arlet ney uitunher of natuuet- nt the saiso rate.
tr- We wIs I It etistactly inlerlooel thrit nor
erneua for subscrplovau, aivertisling mit Job wurk aro
ash.
DESTILUCTIVE FIRE !
Oc>Ic 1%Z'o-uxn1t 5Esion'
I]1q JiOUTWS I I
With a sorrowful heart we an
bounco tho destruction by fire of thia
venerable old Institution.
About 4 o'clock on Sunday after
noon, just as the scveral congrega
tions had assembled for worship, the
alarm was given, and a dense volume
of smoko told too plainly thunt the
Collego building was the cause of the
uryof fire.
Of course all the town turned out.
Whito and colored worked nobly to
save whatever could be gathered from
the ruins.
Tears flowed, and eyes glistened
with that, which melts sorrTow, from
and of those who in the shuook of war
faced hooming cannon with nerves of
steel.
"Great God !" was the exclam-a
tion wo heard from the lips of
those who are not acoustomed to use
that )iriso in al irreverenit manne11110r.
It would be impossible to give the
nities of all who aided inl the rescue
of private property (belonging to Mr.
Wood wa rd, the Principlal,-to Mrs.
and Miss Brittingham, tenants of the
East Wing, and to the students), as
The personal effects of Mrs. and
Miss Brittingham wero saved, at. a
great risk, by W. A. Morrison, our
postmastor, and Thomas -Jacobs, a col.
ored man. Tho excitemient was tre
Inindous, when theso two, one after
tile other, asoended the ladder to the
second story window, and entered the
room above which the raging flames
and falling timber hung, awfully
threatoning. As for omiself, we turn
0(1 awaty from tihe soone0 with an excla
tmat ion weohad(1never used bofor'e.
The huge building roared wvith un
quenchable flame uintil lato after dar'k.
The four groat columns that sup portcd
thte portico, eacht had at nine o'clock a t
night, a lenping, brilliant flame cap.
ping its top, wih ichl tadded to tihe dolo
ful darkness thlat environedi the old1
classic wails.
The granid old oak, which thousands.
af the alumni of old Mount Zion will
romomnber, crisped and cringod in fo
liage before the dreadful flamocs.
lronm the Pceo section of Sonth
Datolina to the muountain-looked coun
try of the great Southwest antd West,
there are thoso who will remember
with pleasure thme grateful shade of
t-hat granid 01(1 tree.
To Mr. Woodward, both as a oiti
rion and as the presiding oflier of
Nlounmt Zion, inl behalf of this whole
ommun ity, we tender our dloopost
tymupathmy.
Thme friends of thme Intltitutionu who
tre at present patrons, may rest assumr
id that the exercises of the school will
till be contitnued. Every effort will
)O used to secure a proper building
or thme exercises of the school.
Old Mount Zion College hase an ar
-ay of names of these whmo first organ
zed it, which history will niot let (die
rho naimes of tile miost distinguished
non of South Carolina who figured
n the Revolution of 17716, are found
unong those wvho first organ izedi the
iooloty, or united themselves with it
'ery soon after its organization.
Chore were tile Pinekneys, the Rut
c dges, the Vanderhorsts, the LHugers,
lie Pino~kensics, the 'Winne, the Bu1
hanans, thme Grays, and a host of oth
re.
Bunt-we are reminded that this Isno
limo to exhaust the patience of the
eador with a history of dear old
fount Zion.
Those old classic walls stand to- ~
ay, or at least a part of themn, a sad
m1onumient of the mastery of one ,
he most useful of all thme elements--.. ai
re. Towards night-fall theo walls of V
lie eastern wing fell with a crash to
thich the quivering earth around
-airfield -ible Sooioty.
This venerable organization held
its 49th anniversary in tihe Presbyte
'ian Church on Thursday last, May P"
2nd, Major S. 0. Barkley, presiding. s
-The President has oliciated inl that L
capacity now for about thirty years. 'e
Rev. G. R. Brackett oponed the ra
meeting with prayer, the reading of st
a ohapter from the Bible, and an
aniouincing, that in tihe absence of "
time divine who was expected'to preach a0
the sermon, tihe Rev. 1. A. Bolles, .,
I Agent of the American Biblo Society,
would address the meting. L
The Rev. Mr. Bolles did add ress the n
meeting, and gave a most interesting
statement of the work accomplished f
and anticipated by the American Bi
ble Society.
The addross of MIr. Bolles was full
of interest, and we only wish there 0
- had I cell more of our community out, 01
who were interesked in the spread of
the Bible, who could have heard his
stateIImints. I
The Society renewed its connection 0
with the American Bible Seciety, l
which has its publish ing house in New
York.
A Noticeable Event. h4
The Firemen of Charloston, on the
27th, celebrated their 29th Annual t
V Parade and Inspection, of which the
. City papers give a full account.
From the report of the Mercury we d
make the following oxtract. 0
The proession was to have moved F
from the (itadcl Green at 10 A. M.,
t precisely, and it was ready to movo at.
that hour, and as we have already c'
stated thotusands of people were cont
gregated along the route and were
ixiously and impatiently waiting its 0
approachl. They were compelled to
wait a long t ime, at least two hours,
as the fi emen were themselves O
ready toilovo lit the appointed timic,
ofi course they also were kept stand- Of
3 ing idle on the (itadel ( reenl for tihe
Sam111 length of time. "People wonder- d
041 greatly what could be tile matter, ly
till at leigth a fireman on horseback t<
wats seen galloping down Meeting- W
f street, and a report spread like 'iild- k,
. fire that Getierai Sickles had forbid
o dle the parame, and ill consequenCeo at Q
great. mIi inany people left their posts of 0,
observation and rethurned home. The
V rpoirt, however, proved to be exaggo.
rated. When1 the' procssiOnl Wats ei
Sremly, or almost ready to move, Gmn
eral Clitz sent for Mr. Nathan, the
Chief' of tile Fire Department, an(d
showed him an order from (Gumeneral
scopy : in ~ i
IIEADQU4RTERs, T
S SKCofND Mr.i-rAin Disrtuc-'r,
S.Charlestoni, 8. (., April 20th 1867.
9 (1 KENnL. : You remember the re
- grets we expressed to prominent citi
zons Ol the day of the last Firemen's
Paado that the A merican Fluo was
not. to be seen in the column. This
was then said to have been an inad- m
ver-tent omission. It is reported to er
ie this morimizmg that among the vai- re
ous ommblemis borne b~y the several
compJan ics at the rendezvous on the 01
Citadel parade ground, the flag is not as
- there.
f I (desire that you ill at once send c<
for the Chief of the Fire D~epartmient
, and infor'm him that the national 1ii
standard must h~e borne in front of' tihe a
column ; that an escort of' hionor' to
consist of two miembiiers of each comn- ig
r panky present ill be detailed by him- w
self to marcoh with the colors ; that the
colors be plaed~ opposite the review
ing personages on the ground designa- y
tcil for the rev'ie w, and thamit every per..~
son in tihe column shall salute thme
colors by lifting his hat or cap oni ar- l
rivmng at the point three paces (his
tant from the colors and carrying the
cap uplifted miarchming past the color-s
to the point three paces di.stant from
the same.
Tme miayor of time city, the Chief of Ji
hen io Departmnent and the Fore- to
me fcompanies w~ill he biod re- P
spmonsihle for the observance of this or
dcer, and they are hereby authorized
anid requlir'edto arrest any person who ci
d isobeys it. a
You will take such nmeasures as you' '"
may find to be nicessary to ensure Limo *
execution of this order.
. Very respectfully,
(Signed) B. iR. SIeKnI's, i
Major General Commanding.m
To Brevet Brigadier-General U.
B. Chitz, UJ. 8. A., Commianding Post, ~
Chai'lestoni, S. C. i
[Olficial] J1. W. CrOus,
Capt. 3d1 Inft. A. A. A. Gen'!.
lIn this connection it will be rememn
bor'ed that the Fire Department, as a
departmeont, has never earried a na
tionail flag on paradoe ; and as no K
JUited States flag had been carried e
at the parade of last year, it was not iU
su1)posed that it would be necessary thi
on Saturday. No flng had been pr'e- gr
paredi, and one could not be p~roculredl h
without considerable delay. Never- ~,
thoeloss, inm acce'rdance with the re- wi
quirements of time order of General be
Sicklos, the flag was procured, time Ti
guardl detailed, and tihe column mhoy.P
odl foirward. It is believed by nhany m
--we do not know on what authority ofi
--that General Siekios wvas indluced to ir
take tihe stop he did, by the ropresen. stI
tat ions of certain citizens, whose eons P1
duet can oinly have been irifluencdd by ya
*a desire to sIlander anid injui-e thb po-.
ple of thuis city' th
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,T'o Darzvmo AWAY R Ars.--CoaI tar Nc
mixed with sand, to the consistency of or
lhic~k motar, is an effectual stopper to 0n
rat holes. Or-rats may he driven off in
b~y catchming one, soaking him in coal p*
tar anid letting him mun. o
LCUOM) UI'It(Th).]
Mr. Editor: =
The golden blush tints of. maiden Spring M
,int in ronvate hu':s the scene where but
otingly a few hour3 since the icy grasp tIl
hoary winter held his sway supreme.
muded nature has resumed its robo of
ilage, and Ilourashed in the balmy qu
ys of the "orb of ages," and thetiny song- In
)rs, "who aifrighted to their woolnests th
iw," at the coining of the chilling blast, gy
iw warble cheerily in lihe wreath of the
y iaiden, and iiith pride exu1iitnt gaze,
hisjoyous notes float upon the winged
phyr--on his own gay plunmge. 1
Spring is indeed beautiful; and every at
ibuto of nature soeens to raise its voice, ex
aillcn peciliar to its tribe andi nation, m
the Great Giver of their hnppiness. The
ivy breezes wafted by the gentle hand
the zophyr o'er beds of violeta, and liow
y groves touch the cheek with icalth, t
id inspire us with joy. Iy
With thoroso cubowered month we have
ir Queen, and our Fairies, and it has been vi
tr delight ful pleasmre to reei vo and accept.
fair-y invitation to the May Party at
lythewood Female Academy.
We arrived about eight o'clock, and fcund
m curtaini which separated mortals from ti
C beauteous dominion of the Floral Queen, fr
Red, and wo were in the midst of t diaz
ing array of youth, beauty and rosy A
leeks, and sparkling eyes, whose Cupidi
61 rays sent many a fatal shaft to the D
)arts of the sterner sex. of
On a throne erected near the middle of o
o stage, sat with modest, yet most queen.
grace, tile soon to be acknowledged sov
-eign of the reali.
On either side of the Queen were her L a- '
as of lIonor, and the throne was lanked T
i each side by a coterie of Goddesses, ti
airies, etc. The effect. produced by the h
tit cnacnble of a scene so rife with fairy
rms, may be bot ter inaginied than des
ibed; and I regret that ily limping pen
ust fall so far short of even just ice. L
Miss hD., having received froin her lovinig
>mpanions the crowtn of beauty, and the
.<y ru:eptor fpower, then arose atd in a
reetly llmiulated, clear am1is distinct to 1t
' voice, respolnded to her regal colrt. 1
The whole affair was a complete success
Swhiich Dr lloukhart may well lie proud. 1
We cannot but congratulite the young i.
es upon the very creditable manner in
hich they acquitted themselves. Were we
part icularizo t here is m1ore t1an n to T
iimI we could refer au having d)n1o remar
rbly well. C0
Wo would respectfully felicitato the
nocen onl having such fair, loyal subijectst. W
er whon sile no gracefully and happily r!
mitled the rosy sceptor. St
About, 12 o'clock the "retiring bell"
Mled us to a sense of the "living present,
id relilndled us that after that soletin hour
rither Queen ior Fa;ry li'Jd I lir ch- Ui
!s power.
Byver o'er those scenes (lear memory'l w
Aui Wteoiity Orouu la ,..,m-.., ,
mo but, the impressioi will stronger p
iake,
As streams their channels deeper wear."
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S N
[oOMiuxicao.n.]
JM[r. Editor:
Perhaps it will not ie amise to mention
0 namas of some Who ravo their whole
ergy towards helping at the long-to.be-t
membered fire of Sunday last,
1 saw wortihy eiforts made by many of
ir people, both white and colored. llut
the danger was to whites mostly, it is
oper to mention the names of some of our
loved citizens who acted finely.
Tenm Jacobs, at the risk of his life went,
to the r'oom of poor old Mirs. lBrittinghamn ab.
id saved somne of her articles,to
Thern was also John Smart, Emnanuo- on
ake, Billy Mlitchel, Abram Monroe, EdI
rd Bones, George Bird, and many others w.
taw bitt whose names I do not know. q
Tell mie niot that, the colored people of 'U'
innsboro and vicinity n~fe rog-i'diess of a i
a into~rcsts of our white people among di
onm they were raised, and whto are really to
cir true friends. gi
Srearrr~on. at
Yov':a is YaAas BuT Grn is Catui.-A be
mnlg man, seveniteen years old, has been hut
vest ed in Lcxin gton, Miss., charged with bni
c murders. The Lexington (Mliss.) Adver- ar
er spenkintg of ii arrest, says: -Thu thi
omuises of his father was suirroundlied andi W
a short tmn he was discovered omierging thi
nm anl open Ileld endeavorinig to reach the lth
yodls somie distanee off. Itc was hlothy pa
as~ed, nnd was eaptured after having been th
noek by a pistol hall from one of tho pur.~ m
ing party, which made a alight flesh thi
itund in his face and broutght him to the an
ound. lie wascarried toNoxubeo county, an
e scene of his last crime. p0
Ti seems young Fitzgerald killed a negro hn
DieSoto county, In thIs State, a- white tha
in in Tennessee, a freedman on his fit- thi
or's premises since the iturrender, assas- pai
ruated Mfr. John W. Shilcuit on the 20th of aff
~bruary last, at the residence of Colonel
ehard Cooper In this county, and his
lines culmilnatedl In the murder of Mr. let
inn, of Stimmierville, on tile 12th and his F1
pture on the 18th.oo
A special correspondent, With General no
luneook's expedition, att Fort Larned,- hit
mnsas, gives an account of' the great on- git
hteld with the Choy enno Indians, en the me
th of April. The ehiefs wore informed har
rlt they stopped travel on the road the bai
eat father at Washington would hit them ab,
rd. When the buffalo was gone thme in- art
itis would como to the white man for So.
1(d and~ he would gLeo it to himt. If thle
mite man or Indlian did wrong they must .
punfishedl by the laws ofrthe witt man. Gri
iI IBear, one of the obiefk. sal heu desired th:
atie, bitt the white snatt was rtankinig soarco ott
at of the buffslo.. When lie (Tall flear) tnr
nt to the white man's fort for. food the It'a
hoer in command said lie would shoot himt if,
bo camt he a again, lie could not undeor.. o
md tIs, andI evidently Considered the tnia
nishiment for offences a one-sided ar- ed
agemsent. a
l'he Albany enaing Poet says: Palrmer, W
sculptor, has just received a golden or
p wih vemillion tails from a gent lematn in
w York, a female figutre dono in marble oil
bronso, for which liengrees to pay $100,- na
), the iargest sum ever paid a seculptor-in -
worl for a single figure. The tiguro
ll be siztren feet hilgh, anid. will 'give om a
mnent to Palmer's -sk:l-. geniuns, c'ay and wa
sole for at imea the. yers..*
Local Items.
ty Party in the Woods.
)n Friday last the Sunday School of
u Presbyterian Church eclebrateud
a opening of Beautif'ul May with a
cen-crowning. Under the Inaagc -
mit of Miss Lou L1aughlin every
ing went olf very suCcessfully. A
alt. for which the Imuager was not
iponsible, howevv, was the low
lie of voice inl whichi nearly all the
ees were repeated.
Mlerely to enacoutrage all those vhto
pect so to speak In pulIic, wo
yUh inl.st[nCC tiO totne inl which little
anie c MeMaster repeated lher parL
tere was a general huzz of satlefne
>u whevn she concluded, because near
all heard what she said.
The tablo groaned with the rieb,
ands prepared for the owcasion.
Miss Karlo, the Quteen of May, and
I her atteudatits, shono bright and
v'ely 1CCath the orient suni and the
.rotie of vordant fuliago, the first
uits of baltity May.
Large Eagle.
We are informed that Mr. Williai
rice, living about eight miles north
' this place, killed, a few days ago, an
tglo which ineasured about seven
ut froi tip to tip of its wings.
Mr. Brico ought to be treated by his
ighbors to a great big chickeon pie.
he day was, so the forefathers say,
int in these parts, when one killed a
twk, he was rewarded with a chick.
i pie. Is not a dead eagic moro
tiluable that many hawks I
abor-Savinag.
Attention is called to the advertise
ent. of Mr. Colton, of Columbia, il
strating the celebrated Woon's
iat- Eln with Mow an conuhined.
Full iforanntiot as to the character
Ad usefulness of this inachin cain be
st-ained by addressing Mr. Colton in
oltuinbia.
lo Weather
For somo days past hits been two
Aol for the growing crops. Onl Tues.
ly night there w1as a Copious fall of
Lilt, attetided with a heavy thunder
or1t.
istrict Court.
This Court tmet yesterday, the 6th
May, his Is[ono Judge Rubertson,
:.eidintg. No Very important cases
ore on the docket for yesterday.
Judge Robertson will sentence all
arsons coivicted at this tortit of the
istrict Court to-daw at 10 o'clock.
1W Advertisement.,
C. & S. C. 1t. 11-C. R3ouknight,
'por intend ent.
Wood's Stlf-Raking Ileaper-A.
Colton, Columbia, S. C.
Cheap Printitng Paper - J. S.
trasher, New York.
Parlor Matchecs-Despotes & B~ro.
Fresh Ireatd-Desporte's & 1Uro.
A Duar. ANDa Ira Coss:uss -The
ivaana Corrospondlott of thea New York
mnes relates the followitng
Ana atnntsig dnxel took p'ae yesterday
out fiv indetsis from the city. It. origins.
1 in a rettark adae by a man to his friendt
seinitg a lady cotmittg out ofechurch. VTe
ly wais unaktnown to thle person1 ttakitng,
a renmark, htat happeoned to bo thet othters
t'o. A sitnp in thie fiace was the conase
ence, atnd a chatlletnge camet soon after.
5s was neceptedl, natd theo se'oonds selected
laco. The wife gos wind of the an'air
d1 mmtedibat ely took steps to prevent tho
endfual calttasropho. TAO first thouighat wats
niotify the police, hut I hai. might htavo
'en her, huasbanda tho reputation of a cow
I, antd she took a better- method by going
tho house of thte otheor party, wvhero shao
tt his wife, andl a plan was soona concocted
twoon thao femnines. This meoraning both
shands got up early ; wives dit to. Huas.
nds1 took carrihages, atnd their wives-ono
med wvith five chailrett and (the otheca rwitha
ree-took other- vehicies ina wvaititng.
aion thao two dutellists arrived at liho spot
my wore somaowhat astonmishedl ot seeing
s I wo oa (her caarrigos drtivo up withI theitr
s.'engers, who oooly inf'ormaed the men
4t (hay also hmad comne t~o fIght, so as to
tke it a comaphete famaihy quarrel, each at
same tismo parodaioing anm emnpty purnse
dl a packago otf baby linen as thaeir arms
dl munitions of war. 'lho little ones htad
p-gunan ad fire.orackers, andi soon soe
ilged in a otry. It Is usoless to add that
m bloodtirsty lionediots atdo peace on
Sspot, andl returnemd to .IHavamnn, ita comn
ny with their sconuds, to eolebr thoe
air over a champagno ditnner,
rAN OUTRAoE ASD Aangs5T.-On Tutesday
t fiftaoen ntegro amen were0 arrested near
>rene, utnder' the following circumnstan.
a: oaSoe twe weeks since Mr. W. Z.
lgate was way-laid near his hom
alow Flor~ence) by aln organtized buand at'
gro meat and taken to thte woods to bo
nag ; by bhagging aatl ptrmisintg, Mr~a. Wiln
to was toloused, aafter givinag up all his
nuny--some $40. 'Tis gatng was rognt..
hy orgaatir.edl with ohlicer~s, tad tile mailfer
ng to the comndcat of h 105,(o
>vo anumbaer. of thema wore rarresfod' anda
no0w it contfinemtant htero.-Da rlington
athJernor'.
rhe Hoosino tunnel, on theo Troy attd
ontfteld Itailroad, Mlassachutset is ta.
as fat' cost $700,000 for pr'elimintarios ands
.slde work, andl $800,000 r'or work ian th
nei proper. At recon. trates of prongress
vill tako aighat and a half years to fiih
at a total cost of $fl,700,000. 1ait I he
nemIssion, in the past six weeks, hiavo
to re t-apid tadvance thani was expmeci.
as, for intanctte, oat tho cat idt
a mnthtl was estiamated, but really 91i
ding was amado int Matrch, aid 30 in first
weeks it April.
R~oeetly a cow, anntointted With coal
to keep off'luILlo gnals, camto too
ar a fire in the h-i, and was insltnt.
in a blaze alli OVer, She ran amomong
ardh simdiarliy oiled, antd the resualt
a an imomptjtu larbecate ont a largo
Ie.
Ex-Provisioual Governor Porry and Re
coustruotion.
We republish from the Columbii
1%hanix a letter from Governor Perrj
in regard to the matter of Reconstrue
Lion. This is a remarkable produc
tion. G(v. Perry published in th<
Charleston Courier, in 1860, t Mos
able and claborate argument to prov
that the election of Lincoln to l4
Presidency would not be a justifiabl<
caus for Secesion. We opposed Mr'
Perry, and yet we regarded that argu
iit as the muost con vincing we ll(
ever Seen.
Wo accord Mr. Perry great fore
sight inl the positioni lie then assilled
and giant., that if we had followed hi
advico then, we might have been bet
ter oil.
But thero is a tremendous diflicul
ty just here. Was,; it-that war--no
inevitable ? W'o boasted of the in
stitution of Slavery. But was it no
an obstacle in our way. We neve
saw peace for thirty years during iti
existence. We did restrict agitatioi
upon it once, by adopting the Mis
souri Compromise. But we of tl,
South repealed, or at any rate, aider
in the repeitl of that compromise
which involved a quichis to the ques
tion of the African race.
There were abuses, it is true, in th
history of that institution, and if eve
we felt that we could cheerfully aban
don our position in regard to Slaver)
it was when Wo saw piarenits and ch il
dron ruthlessly torn asunder, and sen
in Opposite directions.
For one we to day do not regre
that the African race in our Stat
has been emancipated.
. We, therefore, are prepaired to say
With Mr. Perry, that we have no u1
kind fcolings towards the Africa
race.
But let us Comve rigdt down to ti
substance of Glov. Perry's letter to th
Pl/oaenic.
It may be proper to state here tha
this letter is the secoid one( Iblish
ed by Mr. Perry siine tho passage o
whamt are comlunly kiowi as the It
construction acts. it his first lette
Mr. Perry tiok tile general positio
that South Caroli na 111ust preveit an
Conveition b)ir.g held under thos
acts of Congre. With at view to at
complisih this lie advised every one t
vote "No Convent ion."
some. arguments to provo thz4t hI
former a d vice is the part (if wisdom.
The firist pr'osition of Mr. Perry i
one which si'pri'es u1:4, Coming as i
does from so able a. man. Ile assume
that we are '"going to en franchise 60
"000 black votas, and surrender ti
"political power of the State into th
"hands of the nereroes."
Is it not very strange that Mr. Per
ry says we, the people of Sou th Car
hina,ar'e going to enfranchise what vic
tory aga inst us in a terrible war ha
done. It is niot "we" who arc en
franchiisinmg ; that thing is a p'art a
the result of our defeat. We fough
to mainita in the C1onst itut ion miakin1
this a White Man's Govern ment
We went to war upon that i:ssne
We left the issue with the decision o
thme sword against us, and we have ii
good faith accepted that decision. I
par't of' that decisin is, that the negr<
is no longer a slav'e, 4, e. a commodity
but lie is a member of societyv. Ru
Society forms Government, iind in I
Demiocratic Society it is maintaine<
that thoe majority must rule.
The v'ery acknowledgment that th<
negro is not a slave, is equivalent t<
the one that lie is a citizen, and bein1
a citizen hie must be entitled to en
I'ranchisoment.
Now Mr. Perry assuimes that th<
"60,000 black votes" will be consoli
dated against tho "410,000 whit<
votes."
He also assumes that a refusal or
the part of those 40,000 voters to enai
their votos for a Convention, wil:
rrustrate the purposes of tho parth
in power to carry out their policy ii
regard to the ten exoluidedl States.
We deny most emphatically botth
Lhose asstumptions.
Mr'. Perry reasons most abstraeth
wrhen lie denies virtually thle influenec
>f the whites over the blacks in til
Btate. 'There is a unity of self'-inter'
ist among both whiteo and black that
nill uinquestionably secure a unity in
loliticalI interest.
It is simply absurd to say that
those two interests will part company
ibsolutely, when it comes to a ques.
ion of votimg for representation.
These eommnonts we must olose for
his time ; but we propose to continue
hem as the subioot-matter of Mr.
~orry's lettev, and the ability of
ho author domand that some1 effort
houild beo-made to noutralivse the influ
nee his arguments are calculated to
zert.
We are glad to say thant, so far as
re know, Capt. T1. WV. Woodlward andl
few others of this Distriet, are all
rho are disposed to eudorse Mr'.
'erry...
Unavoidably we are p revcenbed from
uiblishhig Mxr. Perry's letter In this