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TV HE THE FAIRFI ELD RAt TOL. 11.] WINNSBORO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1868. [NO. 28.] WHAT IS A YEAR ? is a year ? 'Tis but a wavo life's dark rolling sti can, h1 is so quickly gone thxt we count it but a dream tit. it single earnest thirob Tiino's old iron heart reless now and strong as wh m first with life did start. t ia year ? 'Tie but a turn Time's old brazen wheel, tit a page upon the book hich death must shortly seal. ut a step upon the road, iioh we must. travel o'er, few more steps and wo sliall walk hife's weary road no more. hiat is a year ? 'Tis but a breath From Time's ol nostrils blown, rushing onward o'er tho earth, We hear his weary moan. 19 like thle hubble on thie wave, r dew upon the lawn, transient, as the mists of morn eneath the aimer sun. at is a year ? 'Tis but a typo f life's oft changing scene, th's happy morn comes gaily on ith hills and valleys green. t, Summer's prime succeeds the Spring, hen Autumn with a tear, en comes old Wint er, death, and all lust find their level here. [F*ron the Charleston News.] A FIRE AT SEA. .fling of the Stenniship Raleigh. A F h A IF I. 8 0 E E . AT LOSS OP LIFE-NAMES OF THE SAYED AND LOST. On Satuirdav last the fine sidewheel *Leamship lIeigh, commanded by Cap. % AniC. P. Marslunan, left. Pier No 3Q, North . River, New York harbor, for Qrleans The vessel wnas stanitoh nd coimnmanded by an experienced an, so that she had a good passen. list and fair cargo. Her living r it consisted of tihe oflicers and ,40 numbering thirty-nine, ial twen t laqssene three of whom were 1; s, making in all fifty-inino peirons. 8 the Ittalmigh steamed d]own the or there was no thouglit or dan No one cared to remember that bg een them and eterity there was n, hing but a few inches of wood, and th at iery monster lay in the hold, W , though ironed dowi. to the service of in. might it any time assert its nstery and avenge iII an hour the cop.straint and bondage of years. No incidot of anv moment occurred ofrSaturday or Mmiday, but, a; about, entv ix11es southeast off the Charles t*h light ship, the passengers and crew re awakened from their fancied secu r, and the cry arose that the ship ivas Ofire. A FinIE AT SEA. A stiff brer-ze was blowing from the rth, and when'the alarm was given, and it was know'n that the fire had bro. ken out around the forward end of the ler, there was a panic amongst the asengers. Men and women ran hur. ly to and fro shrieking for deliver. ind crying to heaven for aid. 1; did iot last long. Captnin Marsh. a, man of coolness, soon restored er; and the ship at once put before wind to throw the fire forward. was any measure neglected that ked to the safety of those aboard. preservers were distributed, and boats were held in readiness. Cap Mars manx himself superintend ad u1rec'.ing every step that was uti the fire fiend was not to bo eaied of his pro7y. The flames spread th amazing rapidity, and wvithini fivo nutes t~me of the first aippearance of aflames they lad extended themselves m the forward hatch to the smoking ' o0on. Again a fearful excitement ied uponi the passengers; and now it nld' nmot be -qtuelled even by the thor pugh self-possession and tried skill of the Ca ptain. There was no hope) of say Sng the ship; there wvas some hope of aving every lire. Then, was theo order ivon to lower theo boats. D Tefs oat werTH nwAsThs. i' boat No. 4. A German was the first man that jumped in, but as he did not understand the patent lowering anpara tus soene precions moments were lost. Finally the boat was lowered, and ten person s got safely in. Only a moderate sea was running and there was a chanoo for the lives of those ten persons; but the rapid motion of the vessel, and the swelliug waves upset the boat in an Instant, and the whole of its inmates were thrown headlong into the sea. The persons who were in this boat are sup. posed to be lost, although nothing cor tain is known of their (ate. Boat No. I was then taken in charge by Purser MeMannus, who succeeded in lowering her safely It was however, a dangerons and diffiult task, and, owing to the ship's headway, it was only acconiplished at great and terrible risk. I) this boat there were thirteen persons, but as there was some danger of the boat swamping, three of the num ber were transferred to another boat as soon as it was fallen in with. The ten persons left it boat No. I have air rived in safety at this port. Boat No. 2, in charge of C. W. Bartlett, chief officer of the Raleigh,was lowered successfully, and, with eight persons aboard, put ol Iromn the flaming wreck. This boat which, with boat No. 1, was making for this port. fell in with the brig Tangent on Monday evening, and its crew and passengers were at once taken aboard. These eight per. sons were bronght in yesterday morn ing from the brig Tigent by the tug Christiana, Captain Sly. This tug also brought in the ten persons who were in boat No. 1, which she picked up at sea at an early hour* on Tuesday morn Ing. Boat No. 3, which was boih large and sea-worthy, has not yet been heard from ; but. as she was in charge of a good semalna, it is hoped that she will prove to be safe. This boat is known to have eight persons aboard. BICLIKYED TO nI LOST. In boat No. 4, which capsized, there were the following ten perzous, who are sup1poed to he lost: I lenrv Pelvin. chief steward ; Thomas Collopy, third steward : James Pen ield, wailer ; Thom as Brannan, pantry man ; - Martin, a boy, waiter; William Welsh, boy, pas senger, of New Orleans; Joshua Silver. nail. coal passer; D. Lovelle, firenimn, and two others. SAVED IN IOAT NO. I. The ten persons who were left in boat No. 1, and who have arrived here safely, are named as follows: Purser Thomas McMannus and wife. 1). B. Rice, chief engineer. John Smlih, seaman. Thos. Keating, baker. James Crowley, third cook. John McDonald, seaman. Margaret. Murthen, stewardess. Captain N. I. Mills. Captain New York Police. Chas. Whitron, passenger. SAVKID IN BOAT NO. 2. The following eight persons who were in boat No. 2 have arrived here . V. Bartlett,chief officer. Gordon Young, second officer. Chas. Smith, quartermaster. Michael Gibbney, inesaman. ThIos. P. BrownI, firenll%. E. Rabbars. steerage passenger. J. Short, steeragui passeng'er. Francis Mehal. steerage pasengars. NO TIDINGS 01F nOAT NO. 3. Tile followving persons are known to hlave been aboard boat No. 3, which has not yet been heard or: Patrick H-arrington, fireman. John Larkins, firemanl. Eugetno Ellbs, captain's boy. 0. P. Marshmnan, Jr., son of the Cap tainl and acting quartermaster, and four steprage passengers, names no. known. STILL MISSING. Allowving ten persons to boat No. 1, eighlt to boat No. 2, eiight to Ioat No. 3, and ton to boat No. 4, as already Smentioned nearly twenty persons re.. Imain to be accounted for. Some of these probably fell overboard iln their hurry to reach the boats and woro drowned. Others clung to such light articles as were floating about anlid may have been saved. Il this way Mr. Bartlett the chief officer. and Mr' Gor don Young the second officer, male their escape. They got on a hatclw y, and remained thero until picked ip. Fiour person- were seen upon a raft, and a boat was making toward them which may have taken theta off. TiIM CAPTA iN. Captain C(. P. Marshman, the com. miander of the Raleigh, im well known in Charleston, and was for soio time master of the steamship Keystone State, runmnig between this port and Phila delphia. He had beei a ship mieter < for over tweni1.v years, and no man on the coast bore a higher reputatLion for seamaiiship an11d thorough knowledge of' his profession. Captain Marshinain wasi about fifty years of age, but still i the prime of his health, strength and abili ty. When last seen Captain Marshiman was near tie wheel-house of the Rai eigh, apparently anttending to the wants of soe of those who wIre still onl tho < vessel. Tho Raleigh had. in all, six boats of the best description, and it is hoped that one or more of t hose left nilowered may have been able to reachi the land. Captain M arshman will, it is earnestly hoped, he saved ; bit, what.- 4 ever his fate, it may be said of him that, like a true sailor, ho st-ick to his ship to the last, Til. n)OMiD) SinP'. The Raleigh helonged to (he A lan tic Coast Mald Steanisiip linle, was built at Greenpoint, L. I., in 1 $65, and was 868 tons burtlien. She was in evere wav a staunch and sea-worthy vessel. It is not known whet,er ! P sank (r not, blt one of tlie boani rep -a that '-. in flection of the flamis was seen I utmii about eleven o'clock Tuesday niyht, when it sidldenly ilsapp-a reti. E veil if the Ralimgh sian1k at this hiour, Cap tain Marshman wonld have had abin. daiit tune to get out, aliother boat or rig kp a raft, animd this wohavl hae been itimdo easier by the fact that the sea fell alter the sun went down. TuE CAUSi, or TiiE u111E. This is unkmiown, i but, it, is supposed thatit originated i the over heating of the boiler, and the consequient, ign itioun of the wooden bulkheads. The Raleigh had aboard a moderato fre (ightt of gene. ral merchandise, and, as several explo sions wero hea.d after the ship had been burning for sono time, it, is suimnised that ex plosive eompouinds forned a part of her cargo. MONEY Oil DiEATir. Many' incideits of' tragic girotesque ness-took place Oi the burning ship, and one of these will point a moral if it will not adorn a tale. A lady nrmed Bryant, from Mobile, about fifty years of' age, fell overboard during the rush for the boats. She had on a life pre. server, which would have kept her afloat, but around her waist she had belted a largo sumn in specie, and this additional weight carried ile unfortu. nato woman like lkad to the bottom. "FOR GOD'S 9AKE SAVE HER I" When Purser McMannus was ready to leave lie ship with his boat, he jumip. 0(d overboard, having previouslyv in structed his wife to do the saume. When he had made t he leap, he called out to his wife te jump off, wvhieh she did with out biesitat.ioni, ninfortnnately however someu portioni of her tjress caught in the gangway, and she hung suspetided for somi inlutes, being ralternately phmig od in the water and tossed in the air, as the vessel rolled from starboard to port ICaptin Marulhman, who was watching the scene, with acute interest, sihouted out to the Purser "F~or God's sake save her." Help was obtained. Mrs. Mc Mannnis was ena bIled to let. horself down into the sea, andi was infoly put aboard the boat. THlE SAVED). Pumrerur and Mrs. MoMannus are stay ing at the Mills House, biat most of tihe officers and crew who were saved are aboard of the Saranosa, wheren qme. 0:Igin and History of the Ohristmas .Holidays. The- firstutthentid traces of the cele. brOi io11 mong ile early Christians of tht advntm of Christ is found during the reign of the infamous emperor Commo (d 'Is near the close of tihe second cento. ry. Sonw. have stated it at nearly one huini red years earlier,. ditring the times of Antonljis 'ills, but the accomitan are not easily substantiated. IUnring the incidlo of the fourth century we have the first proof positi vo Hl the existence of the custoin, for it i recorded that durinD hg tie reign off l)iocletianu tIe doors of a church i i which a iumber of Chris. Liansiad gatlhered together to celebrate the nativity of Chrisf, we're Cl ,sed by order of the emperor. and the building fired, when all that wero w ithin it, per ishiled. 'I'he exact fatce of the birth of Christ iS un1kniowni. It is Su1plposed to have o(eirred noar Ilhe W!iInter sol4tice, but h is ,upposition has been refuted by soe, on the plea that, ";n December, which is the height. of the rainy season ill J uden, neitiher flocks nor shepi rlzi cold iive been at night in the fil-1 Is of Bethlehem, which w e are told was the case it the birth of Christ." Thia r'-.t soning is excq.ellt, and Cmmiit, with stch ficts flow to be obtainied, be dis proved. Therefore, the day which we now celebrate a8 the n:auvity of our Lord Cannot be hIe day of 1.is birth. 'The obs,-rvanee of this day. iat derived From tie Vestern Church, which cans ed the inativiiy to he celebrated on tle. daiy of the oldl Roian feast of Sol, which occurireid on the 23th of Decei hier, though n i.formation was possess. ed relative to t!he day of Christ's hirth. In tlie Eastern (Chiurch the celetbration o1141rr1,1.. onis tho '.'h .;f January. Sl. Luke tevll na that Christ was born during the night., ind hence the name in the (eninan of, Weihnactar, i.e., Holy or Conserated1 nigiit. Fron> Eiigland and Germany, irmci pally. do we derive tie customs incident C, tle clebraton of this festival in tile So Ii. In tIe former it, was at, one time the li iversal practice, anl is now, to a consileraible extent, to light, larg ciinidles on Christ imas Eve, and to throw on tihe hearth a tinga log, called tie yune log, or Christmas block. Ii the upper classes a "Lord of Misrulo" was alpoin ted to superintend tie festivities. Il Scm land hI iel sa me oflicer wias desig. tinated "A bbot of Unreason." The reign of ihis oflicer began on All Hallow Eve, andl hisied till Candlemas Day. All kiis of' pastimes were inangurated, and14, forI the Season, thle u1tmost license wasi allowed to servants as well as to the others. The honses and churches were decked with overgreens, and the iimistletoe Ilas ever sinco had a peculiar sacrediiss. These festivities were mat telr of such great. horror to all Piritans, thit it, becalle 2 point of orthodoxy with till goad Cavaliers i.o partake of them - The custom is therefore the legitimate inheritance of anillily of the p11)le of tho. Southerln Sta.es. The making of presents on Christmas Eve and day is an-old hoatheni usage, and lates back beyond the Christian era, and was originally derived from o, certain practice at the celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Sol, which the Christian observance has displaced. In thle Nor th of Germ Mly this custom lies for a lon~g time provaled, anld no. whore else, plerhatps, is it its closely ob seired as here in our sunny South. AN Oucr.-A Scotch highlander, a very heavy whiskey drinker, took the pledge, and wilted day by day thieroefter. Ils physician ordered him an ounce of whiskey ~per day. -How muitch an, ounce wa~s Donald slid. not know, but lisa boy consulted the arithme4tic, and found it was sixtoen drachmis. "HIurrah:," shouted Doni. ald ; go for. Ivan Mohir, John R~oy and D~ougall Grant, anid we'll have a night of it before we die." In i'ep ly to a paper vhsicht called General Sher'man "the coming mail," a Georgia journal pe ttishily says it hopes he is not coiming thait way again. ,ers were kindly olf'red to them by 1aptain Crowell until the v coub'Il re orn on his ship to New York. liose vho were saved lost, of course, all their iaggage, and efl'eets, anid some of the lasseigers are said to be cmlbarrassed or the means necessary to enable them .0 proceed fo their lesti tint ion. The New Yo'rk /I-ral is analyzing ie speeches. ote., of the n(e'ro dllegates n srime of th lie :nonrIel colveltions;. 3o111 h, to show the spirit whicb animates ,hbm. For inlstalice "In the lJouJisialna Ieconstr ict.ioln Col. "elntion th1e inoralit and fanatical negro 1adical delegttes seem to lie making !esidelal!e troul1. (.)n of them in i dcbate the other dav-Crom well by ame, and Cromwell by nature, on ~a mall seale-deiared him4elf readv for war of rac,*s. 'We don't ieid,' said Ie, 'to gir. down on our knees and beg or ou rillts, but 'we Vill rule till the st one of ui goes down forever. Gen lelmen1-, mnuch i..; said of arndder rebel I IIion. I may if we can't get ouir rights >nI a faIll e'(ipia1ly widI de whites, let ii. oiiie---l ti d. rebielllt.on coale.' A rid o goe on the work of reconstruction 11 LIouisiana. General Harcock's re enit order, subordinaiing tihe mlitarv to be civil authorities and the law, hias -vidently taken somiet'lhing of tihe con - !it. ot0 of the ultra Radicals and giving Omle hope to the Conservatives of fair 'lay. To get id of him as soon as >1sb!" the RadIical cionveition wil louys linsake haste with dhe work iefort, th em. i anil get. un1ider the wi ig of 'ongress as a full blown reconstructed uaIe." Theic Cnirhrbu (Ga.) E'/urer says hat the trial of the negro conspirator m1d re volIIt ioin is(, Ge o. Shorter. t .1 mon Springs;, Alaba ma, resulied in Is conviction and senteWe to jal for ix 11mnth s. Oi the trial. materl. Ifact s hreretofore published) abot.his organi ion of a negro G overntmem in Hul Ock County, were proved. Tho report hat he claims toi have been sent to do hi3 work, by radicals in North-westernl ltls i1 confiirmed. But for thie timeilv liscovery (if this secret orginization, ild the active anrid einrgetic ieaseSil 1iopted to break it up, it, would doubt e(s have been mexteded among tIe gnoranit bhuck9. and prouilced a grea t h--al of mrisellief. It wns reported ill Jnion S'priig-, early yvesterd(ay morning vit Mhecars left, that Shorter Ia )roken out of jail the nigh. previous .nd IM1aped. W hether he efl'eted his es ape unnidel, or wa: nssistet'd bY i ,roe's hlongingri to his so-called Gloveni tiwI, we coilid not learn. The no rroes generally, as ieretofore tated. vere much incensed against him. The Green ville .A d"reic sa vs the legro who, a few days since, shot a voman, because she refused to marry im11, was apprehende(i on yesterday by everal of his own color, who had sworn 'engeance for the black and wicked we(. 1Ie was armei and showcd >lck, andU ii. was riot until after fh0 Wts iverely wou ced by it gun shot. which xill in ll probability prove fatal, that ic was mado a prisoner. -SoLOMON' SSoN.-A Eenieman in air 1and] reguhir stanling ill one of the 'ashionable and city churches, entered mie of thle lead ing miiusic sheps :.nme ime since and stated his wvish in this w'ise: "liave you Solomon's sonlg? [ wan'. to get a copy."1 "No-no," salid lie salesman, not being able to remem-* er any lit.hiographe'd sheect with that titlhe ; "nro, I'm afraid not." "A Ih," said lhe amiatoutr, drawing oil Iris kid, '"por. raps it Isn't out yet. Our rector sp)oke >fit last Sunlday as a production of ~reat genius andl beauty, and I want mny laughitor to learnl it." Thle shopmaib, wit hi what gravity lbe coul commnd~(, re'gror.ttedl that Ihe had no copies in yet; anrd tihe customer left itn seasotn not to hear thn lould laugh at tire desk behind the curtain. Fourteen out of two hundred g irls otmployed by a di' goods firm in Bios' ton wore reently taketn the satme day with the smra li-pox, snpposed, to have hecu1 conitaitnnd in imniotod nnds.