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WINNSBORO, 8. 0. Wo~dncesdayMorning., Feb. 5i, 1808, Desportes, Willinais & Co., Props. TERMS---FOR HERALD. TIIRri fY0L..LAnS per year ;TWo DOLI.Ai I ror <i.x mmith; ; ONE DOn.LAR fotr thret' moilths -- playitile if "greeinick<t S, higle cipits eTol 4:enite. -- t- h 1 .1ter wvin b fnr it iti l l till- ex .1 r:\ie f the time ir whli h p1liftynln't la, boeen t pm.eit utintsrritor< woit luind a t. nurk oni the t wriaplwr opr meert.ol't 01 1ett ilrier, n% ill ntttlerskutti it:it the ti1m Aovn' t iiidlN R.\Ti-. --Ont Dollar per sqterie 1-ir tilt, tirst. :,ad arvvan) five coni; ('.r eais stiake qimit inisei tioi. A -qu1 ot runs t i the eliste tocett iv1i je tw lv-bles ot' thia size typle. eLIRi R ATisi - -it copics tine year '1Twenty aivo T bu . A:i vxirat roisy to 0in- 11,14r801 i takhl.g till the C ti lter th ist J a uitary, 1,! 7. ;j' M 'i11ie 1 toy lise t hii from the 1i tio n citi i re nie. l id tie iiutey i paite, the putrsitt lmikinig tihe tiam - admd ulv iinlherouf almintit t the sis1on ratov. IJ - V' ' w- W 1It h eiitluicuiy uppntirtlle that our termt for .atibst ri ption, J41i1e th iitt itJo ork aire u th. Tho Olub Houso racas. Tile C/wrle-ston AMrcury has ieen as .tiled by siome of thec great ntri ped. (I Monday last, after the (Convi ,ention adjouriled, dlhe reporter, Mr. l o):'well T. Logan was attacked by teyoung r Machoy. The .1erury gives the fellowing accountic of the affair. "Yesterday, ininnediautely after the aJdjli rnmr'li t (if lie negro conlivelntion, :11l before tle delegates hal left the h:all, E. WV. Il1. Mackey, delogato from ( rangeht-ur,'anid a sonl of Ak.G. Mack. py, 1hW chairmnan of the convention, ith oached Mr. Rtoswell T. Logan, 'lorts fur this; pper, and de -! lf him whtewr he was the author of tihe keit itf A. ". ) acke iq yelordaye .1/lwrt/. t lr. Loga i replild that hle Wa:,. I t W. Al. *Mehuly thoum Atruck .11 )Ir. L., and a few blow.; :.elId ente. Thecy were both.l iedh parties stianding Iy avil separatoed. (reat exeiotit, iniun, eijate'l aroese in thell hall, the efooling being s'trongly against the o r F. J. Jr.es, .ii. 1111l oi hier delewgates wishinle tprottet ihe dignit p of tht luoly, ini-ere d itp vent Mr. L'8 imi.., iiiobbced. Aee. I'. tlIaceCy a':1. inl 1 a tm%%vtri Iig pa)lssi on 1, ail thougl preveited froim triking th ielpesentati of the Jle 'it/, he ahtil him mrrilole y, while ie was il a pln hl in whbich Ieli could no1,t re hent it. rThe piee thle"nappeared, :4u41 )fr. L. left lhe 11111 uler tile pr:, ction ot' one of them and ;!eeral of the le:taling tiwertII of thus asfemIh -- Ily, A.. w W akey heing on, atnd af fet iI gIat. miagnaimity, t't1er he hiad indllged1 his wrathl inl outrageous a1111 cowwardly ahnsei. Fats are .stubborn thing1, al un les I laokey, and11 otlheerI whc feel ggrievel, ein prove the fab1lit-y o; tlt hlistorie d elt's concernling theml inl these oluini, attacks upon any one conneetod withll thisoffice are not like ly t h1el, (hemc." When mnen comep ont as public ar gets, they must be expect to be shot at. Do Spidors I'ly aid Swim ? A certain French savant, P.7e'tr l bi/ has len!i stolyiig the luabits ot sttlers, and he asserts that. they caln * and switu in the air. Ifo saVs they perform this feat Iby turning the ir backs to the gromil, aid keeping their I lgi cle l oled upt i on lieir bod ies ande t hat ini tithis poistu rt, thley~ sa il atboui i t i te peect ease. Comiuinet ha 4& t/tc Nes Thu ms sayet thIle de tponent . A\ gran erl miistaiko comuld liaridly leave bteeni put, t'erthI to t~he weirbl . We iv-e tsome wha t stid ied thle habeits of1 pidhers teoo. And we ace willing t) miake issue with ltie isavanlt 'tf Frcancte, that lie ii enc I im'ly meuistaken. Ther~e isi no use in letthii.g so plenIpable anc error go lor'thI to thie world as truth. Theo spider desn't. fly. 't he does this :lie spins his Il(t. , at fl unt ilI it fastenus som11.1iIe whee anad thent thle spinin~ig spidher moves to aot ion. We huavo seen lIhe spiderc tsp in hmi' thlread and singict to it, anid lot thIe wind1( lowi hiimtil h le could feel his fine thread touch seomeothIing. lin connleiitionef wiithI this, it. may not bo camishs -to stato t.h~at ine our' own c SouttIhirolina t here a re spiide rs which spinc as good silk as the silk wor'm gives us. Gen., Grant the "Ad Inter'im " The great I~oreucles of the late uniu v;ersaul beutchery of' the Soucth, has been. retcently phlacod inl a mcost unipleasanict 1.Ositioni. lie had bettor goneo back to hi t any vardh--Gen. Uirant had. lie is no0w tainned huiiself. The old tai-hor' Presidenct anid hiis (Cabiinot lhaveocut hsimc out ai suit of charl~ges5 that would d isgrace any manc in decent societv. tNut the wrortt is, they inaho the suit it the o d Gr)1. (ant. The ocnequece is, bce will be ro. Itu clT'Tted bey all Oee pt the prev'~a ilng n aijoricty of'ci all te spotted Jonyon.. 1iions now ase nblod in the Southc. ,Graint has~U' uo mnd, unless wo arme willings ti grant thit a bull-dog has u~h lc anondowmencti . lie is a~ bull lO n a flght, whe re menu and whciskoy Iro furnished hiim, the first as thiok as ackhorries in June, aind the scond tploniyas old oen's waves. Butt' Otint hass mos~t notoriously provaric tdi in reiging his position fo President Johnson na Seoietary of. iiaat'Ntain-i. (3. in the interval of isne bot ibeh 8-rd4roN's ronuovali and op y u biy the Peosi. mlsborQ to Now York, the same cost* VI. 13. This by I.ho way of Norfolk. Ii i a siiiignhr fact, aia I worthy ol rote, ltimtt col loll ni be shipped lenc< to Coluimibia, :nid back again I brotigi tis place to New York, ch eaper than il Van be f'rwvo rded by the way of Chmrlies ton. This is all a matter of wondur. Mobooracy. As will ho seen below, the Charles. ton Mfrr'ry has been comi elled to sc curo the protecting powerP of the mnili. tary au11 tocracy that nlow rul.'s ir South Carolina. Trhe M1ilitar y a th.>rithin ha-: 1w sides, so it i ich tit.A , -ni' eidt I Ill arrest of tihe vounn'tr .\laclwy wIo as salted the r'Tr.: IfIhI.: rn~ an taccoutnt or which we iive al-el eury in relationll to its ditlienity wit! arl Vy in h1 af nooi of yester day, we, w-ve infir med, throufighI th< I fimtt tX o i iilta.y omeer, in per ''n lit fit m.i tilI-y Sion of facts w Id t .I I to appre hind tt. a . ri te p as ii ed 1n vlr an11.0, put f\Ir-rd b theil I'e n tl. fhieto iiitg tl ~ ( I vl1lId i f i whiite ol jutor.,,U iti'iic a~~I I -i the vio en , lrvonult ion s ar. ,ien by tiht tili' r ilr-i It, prt I e r' ,ti fl t% : 14 tit t iliy o 11l hi t r put Cl C ititibcr :ita a r e )I : ti i n h ,-- . \\' stati Ch-. I thin - :I s fm+- :i l w !ive a few r,-u: ri, I: le lio (he:ub - .* Wiie depreiiktei t exleeiteisy in fuli. sta -ban bi ut it' it is dosired5 bth iim 11 1 rh e:- ri llsi Chlwtttljoi in hav a r w h ! . a v i; . I :l , -flmi olie. Th'e \\ oi i rf t'h1ai- s It'lnare n1oti ;ll d.i it ad :, . , .be I il.t oui d loli t ft n i,i 5, if' violen V h i:uoiourti ci.' t) k'lisiau -ha. r - the r; e i ic ii ha I I ast I. (ii iOist oif' ainbo ta' t ot heslu mitlir holrilie a WC 11w 1 i .t a d bi 1 I hat it is, Il i . vt ti i ile Iis, :am ati'ivery l ost. i1t. wili ittali d o'. a In i an iiev n nt, W .- li bt i that thw Charlv., -o .A/..-. if; pmr SuID of culnrs in ' lie I i v Iha brent Of rullian s r11 . :1e I hilvohtralion s III negro's. \\'i p i h a w mi.:1 ,; u.n' in a fo' it' . w rs!. : mld i i'ttur in ni ti, f'it o p 1 ho th iIt oit- a bi t , w .'r l l*r : t-::: of n i t ' iegt theur il ofa Ihev ~denln o biuy if whLi ite a mbyiI~ hot idl tie p harli esn. And weo aro ]in-h liSt akentif ther are- inot. Crienlds enughmr Vlte , m;-c,; mont t hCharlesto iefectually to potect this OAce, amu with if, their 1ri snnl the libiery (;l the pres, agiast all Ihe ngms il, their inilgatoir.i e weno the Asle aid the Cooper iivei. Wo have ilolonc tho inton. thin of the mtiliiry tli endore irder ll we have n in thei n lilt, willing itws :uil ability af t white men or t'harl n oilI th prio t their right l is, tgainost negmo~tteacy.~O rik tan k in o! Ingran int wAc gntllonm otnr Tea lamt fre dounof'ethough aro it droppedd. Wlppn romr :motther paperr, whael hen he rehld (in tbr periigewo re G rInt told Johnson that be would not loave the position without his (Joliison's) approval or cisoet., or at I not before giving him n otic of .o'Me to leave, and that in Lime uson to allitat iucssr Gran ( ioIlated all this prmise. But Grant is a:(n a honorable man, says the advoontes of Radicalismn. Ui many be the next President liceause his ecnduact is congenial v.'th that of (he .liadicals. The Relation of the Pro;idont to Con grehu. Attempts are now inaking in Con. gress to j uist if Iy t Ie poI;it ion t hiat the Presiden t in "Ile subordinate of toi Con grem.." This is only file con tililance of that, Radicalism which knows no law but. what it apis. The- very mun powi-r that inade Cm(,grcss, al no :ole ihe Presideney. W hat inteolligenlt. Inani uptsl reading cairefully the oro tatin of the Unitehd St1t1, e C ir a meniii d loubt that in that ini.stroinint the three departmnit;: of Governmnit are Mladl oodl~l i re that, tlw(y have asucinofjrmito. But the prerogat iv f e V 4Svry ont of the tlr-ee are " v"'-ll 'ied tlat. nothig bu brue foce e inl, rpret, and enfhorce Ih-. pr.1.nof\~ chart whiib d lhio.1 Ih 'ir duthi"., .o to Iakie any on'! .lordina i nsdto. ielad of co-ordinair-, A iuore bliful sItoi of goen lmen Iiim i~l~eth to tweai to peulte,:l 1llfC. a Otill "e 11. 1 v i .4; I t il litr "ahillo iie fo iwl. nl litr R i Is tLo Iho ahnId by euni one (.F i *thrlie grand wneature thln lie 'ditford image 6f it once ira maown will ever aillit nr idM-m, NA d i,rnl am! "Loi I V . 1 w il he Ill lid. it rej rl In lu lt. ilit ince ilent , whi h vliecelliel ill li's ta: '. W o i llp it i fr. illI l1.! , /' /a Demochrat i : lwelit pub iitliShed in Now York ill- ( i I Il rt .. . l'e bie. one of tlhe 111"A illle pedlely it Pemi'ri l l ii Ila pers is-l d fr t h le iroi' wilil .l a . hls iecident reriti'd ti'f l Vty ilat ctlpendl in this town wn the VIM - tion for dIeleales to the Convention now)\ assembniled in Charle-ston,) took place. (114: we il st ilwle i lili:1 I01 l.4t' e I I ll why ot,1. We le h'tr a whiti unml( askeiililri "4how ho votedl. '' The "a~e aid - odn't know how lithe) aoe lic was (hopnPske "whto Ito votoll for." His reply "I. do't,. know sir, I jitA . pty "my icke inwhar. Isew de Qoders inilt Now tlhisi is an indina t ionk of tie ex pression of the eIlmen whih i now brotlrI int i play to Colt r- t. lied icets and ignorance, it may the'd (~la e l tion.tl110rcid 'IS iii L'lh l that.d ii lec ion forc thatli Tolli Ix rt 51i omentt ive ofili wha :u-el VO11 mi I lCe ialbu; ad tfri perplet umhaJ tdo a i atu i t~ of i'ein. UI s T e Ii. ' of suc a s thingc t! Why tlheret;al li't'adoen lmembeto oft h ltli t'snvent'ionie wh kain o t ilerenit'ic'bt ween ionsthtu Maionae-lat aI) iej lregtilt' (iet o sha t laew.hAtlie are aked oto eect and1 i rever hetn ! "Thxle bea mayw thekna tohae kinx, Raid whyan tot we jook at a me.artig The onv ento otaseble. i Iveryjf phaiiit pr esets Paiamen.. ther o a purpo'l'i , fand $tht. theyoi the floor, but do not, doubt that sotno body will be tihero ropresenting tho Merury, to tako notes, aid hope it will bo so. III speaking of the compliment the Conivenition his paid our contemporary, tlio Mercurysays, "If it were possiblo for the lawless body of negroes ass3mbled at the Club lionso to confer a compliment, they have done so upon the Assistant Edi tor of this paper, in expelling him by vote fron the floor upon which they meet dlaily to do Ite bidding . of the le adiial revoltitionists who desire, bro"ugh this instruiietalitv, to seize ;Ill thet, powvors of governinen4"lt anid horee tponi the count ry a negro-elected -' President. The proceedings of th1is o1leot ion of inegroes hasi on11y heret o t'ore b1een not iced in th is jont'rl, that in telligent ien else where imtigh t see tle gr'os mtlonstrosity of the whole atf fa iI Wo have thouglt it duo to the people of the- coiuntry that we should so flrl give circulation to tle proceed ings of this illegal body foisted upott the State byn ramp Congress amd the bayonet ; anid, inl doing so, that we should expose the material of' vili it is mde p11). The 'wri'or was an. is the pub'ished Assi.stant Elitor oi this paler, wri(es Iis own opinions an' i respon.1ible f rlti le wvrites. Gent. i t's O'Ircular Letter. Inil. Scot of Ile Freedieni's 1311 re'au, is out again inl a 'cire.lr for the 1-n11106t, of ori colored peoIlle. l I o i.4 aiuthtor ized to ext lld reli-e' to ceirtain pa"rt ies. I1t10 ie nitnt ounices itiost. ein p aioi that "To - Aa-rI s tx;AmJn 'uI . o to A N ; N 1u1 F.x-EN' -r iN -I: cmTriv.CrIoIN or cor N NO AS Eleven Dollara a Day. W it It laratetriistie grasping, tle l~icalsi inl chaleston1 have begunl ti roit int ithe liockets f' our people i-1 lit't timte of Olelell dollars a day. Tho inmers af'ter talking over, and with roeodile tears veepinig over, tie p(v-tly of tie State, se'lre to themn .lvsa salary at the rate of over threeo thousanld dollars at year. Of 'ree thos land sharks will keep the ti-le of the Coivenitioni itowing and Ibilg as long its posisilde so as to iave tir3i p0nn iary maws w evll-filled. Des.lumn.-oonafte th ocupaio of this city b, the relotral fories. in 1862,\ thereC wais all irnlividuail 6.rom1 Massach.111 sett1 oi Coei cuftiei Who caml1e vith thei namedI John Porter [lily. lic ostablishled a1 newspaper inl Porsotilli h calludl Ile 1,.gin in, in which ie published a stiteliell inl tis VdVuil1 colutis, Setting forth tha te LIa her of' C<.eral Benjamin V. lltler was 1 piratC: mt11u tIhIt for soMO of 11h 1cts of pir-acy ble 1111. heenl caughtIl, conv~icted an1d hung inl New 14Cean. Whether this was Ite or no, we have no meais of knowiig, but We k10nw It llat. theZ sta'itctl , C1maant.0 ilg l'romi a Fe'letal selrec, caused ur pWO ple al I ie time at gool deal o1f siiurmisilg, in 1 -imong other tings it was smiiised that Itit was why Miltlord wits hilling inl New Or'leans3: by Iiiiler ; 11hat he~ had3 swornt an1 oa:th for venigeanlce oin "03me ci' izen of Iau.-I1hat the occalsiont 0 was ava1ih1 .o by himo to extcente his oathI or veanici. Whelther~o uhi was13 -surmiise alonie 01r tru'th I he fuiture't enni ontly revet. TIime3 wore oi ; Joblt aPorter llaf pape - 1.r1 ier11 an3: abail~oed charaicterl. lIe hn tger 3ed oni here, tand tnnally G eneral lhuler i-ok Sthis it was ;tiven31 out. t hat Joh PtttI'1ore 1blay hadl3 died and13 wa's bm-tiedl. People0 111 inq id about31. Ifrom3 one(3(I to ntherIii ifI they knIewl of Lily cirmtan31t:ices of Ii the 1 Ieth or tin. t-ne. ralI. Stiimise a1galInI r'ang tip, 133 a ii many were o heeiion t(hat111. Raly had13 been foul. hy dealt1 iit: lthit3 01 Con cold tell. Pubh' lic o3piion31 fina1I'~llyetled3 inte the~ heqile that1 rpdi'3 .'3 XAbiny3'I Io tis (1333 be:1.lee Iihat hiis b'ody seuro:Iy1 3 buied, becausie hie pubil Iilihed thle damoagintg recvlaitiot ittn regari. to tlhe Itakintg ofl' of' liutle'"s fa1 ther. -- 'wf./ Ilul. 1t331n ('6:.i r Ats. -''heC Newhi1s0') Jolt //e'raldsays33', withI delight fuil ye3 tt'lr 1:13)se fra innss: shlnl have made us .t he fasl 0est fr'iends, and3 I o-day3, 1 tere i o patitt of tis countryilI ') I that has.3 go much333t n 1 't st it 11h33ir rt'o ra-03 tionthirfll13itI and pefCt'3.t I estora itn-as New lngland3." This 131y is very differentt fiomi thle' anc3ient3 SneerlI at ov1er'ytinlg S311louther. Not 11 many years' ago(, it Wats fishionable to believe such01 1i l -i Is these: "Al.l the capita1l inttheli 31 Ioth is owned03 inL 1h0 NorthI." "Wo iI not1 for1 us3 11he Somb~l wo)ilb t tar'vo."'' "We. heep the1 Somb' I hus:y at, outr ownv expen'e.' '' "Th 3 iters 3 is riot iiltii 011, lie Son ht 1leglig liglt 11s for supphot:." ('urs~ed wih an 311'gotis 1 and 111 self-suflicin. cy cut iilig Ithe presumtfion iofl01 Nahiucha donosor,' 1133(3i thes i fIschtoodsI b'eame 1meat1 and1( dlrink to the vanlity of' Ihe NourthI. .\n so0, 1 t p3ove liheir a1set'ionis, t Ihe lunittlies milserable $oth which tinecoedled inl blast ling ihIo itIS frit 11ul portioni of' the country. But i 11he desolat ion of the Soutth, all these pretentllous tictions ai'o being laid balro and theIr wiocernets oinmausked. We re. Jolee, amitheli relics of our household godls, that th4Q pride anid slns of' the enem-y aro bo ing broughtt to judgment.. As. tho .years roll ont, the noknoiulodginen't of the North thatt hier br'ead atnd buLter doponded uponi tho South wnll greoaud strougtheni. When t he North shall have {iwakened from hipr BtupId dicamn and Ikarnedjiow ntterly she ha5 -been dupedi and goanidalised, the Sonth 'wl~lIthavo a tortion of' bo?(debt. ren'~t a At present, it is a satisfaction to know that humble po is taking the place ofolam.ohow. der in Now England ;tbat the iltIto war was an expensive folly and stupendous orime; that its authors will be comupelled to admit that tboy have attained a degree of asinini.. ty which Dogberry himself would lAush to own.--Augusta Consitutionalf*. Official, 11 VA U4UA1VI9H 18 SECOND MIITrARY DISTaITe-, CUA RLPsToN, .. C., Jautary 27, 1868. [ lienera I Orders, No. 11 ). ' It lving been r'presented ithat, ow.. ing to certain informalities and "on compli aneet Wilit ceri.ainl regubitions4 i'-eserihed.4 hb the laws of' t he Stato and boy i litary lirs for drawiing juries in Sout I Carolina, such drawings have in somie cases been rendered irregular aud invalid. It is ordered: 1. That. juriej herchire drawn, or Which, previoust 1o thet, re"Cular S8pring Terms of thC Circuit Courts now approach - ing. may be drawn for a Circuit or 1tis I riot Court. in any judicial listriot of Sont h1 Carolina, whether the provisions of (lene ral Orders No. 32, or No. 89, or No. 100, of ilte year IP'07, f'rom Ihese eauatters, were regarded in the pr)eLation of tie liit froin whicb any drawing was iele or mY be I:ile. :tnd whiiatever .such ldrawing wa.s, or' mafy be, at a re'gulalem ofNI 0anly Court, or' it any ourt, )' at annil ex i ra oit, of' by the clerk of a 4outt l Atol the sheritt o a 'is - trict in the p' senvC I f I a ta:igistIrate, and wh wli l . st e t I.: (. -',I-t or i twinig ty Iliie olicer's f it'uliy on I' as oldorii by the Giovernlor of1 Hte State 11, avJe- Circuit 'ourt. or ('otrI of \ ppe':iks, aro Ierleby eg1al.. izedl: Ind tile righit of' Challeonge as givn' bly 11hv said e eri O d r N.). 89. :110l the incory anving of tale..s are herebyr pre served "s heriet 'ifR. '. At the next Spring terms of the Mir cuit.an-i 11isitie flottris respectively, at"l whenlewowver: therealfter new jury listsq are. t o be.I1.44 i i o r few lany dlistrict, julry lists s1h.11 he pireparell for illt list Of al1 ImalO cit izens therein who shall ive poil taxes within I he wlvetiN o Ill 1 t monlit nxit r inoIag. dII uiillttnge lhotl beoulowedt in Conioriy with 11en iral Orderin N . 8 t. N. Upon Mhe retl-urneOw he voir*,:I the p i'eI' in it'lge thl e colut-t Ii 'nll b e a i t ho l - izedl, at Ih etn. i nelingl. of .jurlil.- o <irawnv , :lil aid a y juror. forl personal1 untlt hion byreason of intelectual ofr moral dis, gitalitications : prorieter, I hat. race, color or 11,f0or111i'r corn'ilian of servilud e Shl l not of ifsel' he a ground of exchsim;e. 11. 'T'lie [iourtsis Colion Pleas and General usenio s in South Carolina ire hereby inveted wA t l concurrent. iivisdi - lien with Distict courts ofai e s and imitter of lieb tLhe itrit M il 'ors hmve juorisdicltion ah thnd ltfile constitutiont aL laws of the Sta'e. Il . The provision. of fihe Act( oente ral Assmlibly of Ith Stae of South roli na, el'r. it li n "l A i lc t t enl the I aws ill relatin to I enants," alirqlo Decemtber 19, 1806, .Ohall ble conlst-ruedi to extend und ap. Illy to all cases of tenlancies, wh~ether. at w.ill or- for a IOrmn limitedi by (hieact, of Lihe priw Lies or by opraoion of law, an Whether much tenancies Were creit by parwl or by Written lenses or cotraicts o letting, wher over ront shall bli lie uef n in arntis, or wherever the tenani shall hold over afteir the ssation of his ight. f occpncy. - Whenr Applicaeion i made to a magis trte i. for remove n ean ot~ foi rn cause ibh iu n theinen ofi iad Acas heeyr iosu Ad iti, shall be the dutys oft~, tuhemaii'rat and 10 thepshei t oronsblfoe toe poceedo ut le the At hin ectedf candh to harge noegre:.tor fee than~itt toset teritn prescrib.. ptili f ii nottuliti cise' whr l''tere ts ed litoipparipso beforo .e or.o Appeals but. iniaicse of capi \utal i e.lny, IL. S. C'anby. Aid-de-tCamip, A. A. A. Cl. fT' New Re~tconst ruo ion Act, imiking GIraint abllte llici at or oh ten Stauteis, wvithI a iew io an I'Li(Sgrein of' ihis juislict ion to cover alIii he oter' Shiates, and3 so '' 1nm.3) aige"' ttht elect ions as t o secur'e his' own isI)e. 'sfo thle piresidetncy, s('ems) to hian like --or, ratheri, between vib amni hlht Th'le ai4sassins' he~sitte friom coawarice onily', hlowever'), to t his ai tempt.t theV~' velbrotw of' the I Extcu'iiive, as weill tat of' lthe Jo lic iary' bty a uogniate hiu. lit it i-s happly n-i niounicedt hy well 1))informed wr: i)ters in: Wash -- I nyt1on, Ilit ilis very doutlh whetliu h iher uo lthos mieaureii-s ctn tie cart-tlil I hroughi ith Rutip Satiti- 'vr' the Pre'(sitlfial veto, Tihink ttf ytai.- ne: ge'nt lemten ! Rent'n boer t he fao of' tth Ruhelierren,'i'i D~antons and .\ats i!J Te people of u t his counltriy foirce thle issue I D~on't i'ousie thle lion of ptblic Indligntio tha it, now15 slieeps but anl unieasy sunbier-. D-|nngr of Jddlerty, A hor'rilt antild lament able oCurrenuce ttook lpla c neair Fourf Valley. Gan., on Friday ini which a fthier was shot andt killed oy his .Jacksotn, n, brot her of the JIacksoni who ll. edl Colonel Ellswoirthi for hnuhing dlown a I'o f0tederijie flag fromli over his hot el0 at Alex - atndrita, Vii., u<hiri ng fte first- yen)' of' I le wiat. Dr). .Jackston romliovedl to Gleor'gia dii. ring fte revolut ion, and has been residling therte over since. Th'lere had beetnt nangiry failiy alteicatiuon, durimiig whichh thle doctor is, saidi to have forcibly ejieetedi his son from hiis prominses, who I ter ttponi )lind and fired upon his lather t wico -killing him. INExin.tn W a--ino -,O0' (li |whioro. ab~outs of' Patrick Cashin, who served du. rng the war in Conapany P,, 1st Georgia Riegimnent, Mor'oor's Br'igado, Walker's Di vision. -lHe link notbbaahnujdeft mtoo he olos ot tho wau, - Also, of Margauret CashiA, who loft Sa vatnnah for Washington, D. Q, where e was-last heard from. Address Mrs. Cashin, oaro of OVarnjelo 4' Senm4, Augusta, Ga. Our Oatemporarhee will obhigo by insorting f-ho above. e* Local Items. The Life of Jefferson Davis Dy Frank 1. Alfriend, lichimond. V a. Prico (bound in the best EJug lish Morocco cloth) $3.50 a copy ; or if hound in half calf antique, $5.00 a copy. Address National Publishing 'unpany, Atlanta, Ga. Of courso every one feels an inter. est in the public career of *Jefferson Davis. io was the only President that the South could ever call its own. He steered the ship of' State wlhicli tle whole South muanned as an undiviled crew. His magnificent scheme vas to Imake the Southern States a Nation, not becauLse lie would hav .ivery perpeti al, but because ho loved the Southern race. 'lhat his idea was not to fight for the destruction of either the U. . overimineit, or the institution of slavery, is evident fron one of hisi last me,'ssages to the Confederate Con gress, in w hich he proposed that those negroes who should voluntarily go in to our army. should have their free dom. The following., however, arc cxtIa;cts fron the forth-coning life of' our late able, hon1i est and COIIscIielltious Pr.e4. dent, Viz: "'As all appropriate conclusion to this sketeh of 31r. Davis eareer in the louse of .lepresentat ivos, wo quote the t'ollowing extract niter ('11ing work, Iibl ished soe i years nc i'John Quiincy Ada ins iad a habit of' always ol'e rving new mem..1 )e r's. le woulid sit near theni oi the ioccasion of their Congre'isional dbud , Closely eye-"ing andl attentively linten-! ing if' thet speechl please'd him, but; qicklV -dy deiparting if ij dial not. Whwln Dnvis first arose in the diouse, he Ex- 'resiid nt. took a seat elose by. lDvis proceeded, and Adalus d il ot moveW. The, one continuied speaking !_ and the othe listening ; and t hu Who kIew 1'. Adaiins' hit Iiit ,i were 'iul - ly aware thiaLt lhe ;ew Iliclber had deeply imiessed him. At thLe clos of' the Speecl lie 'Old Man EIen erosI i)ver s to soe friends iju-aid 'That yong iian, gentleieii, is no Or" dimary man. lIt will inake his mark yet-, mind inc 1 '' "Tiie development in Mr. Da of'! the high and Ia re <ualities, reiptisite to parlninientariy leadlersh ip, was ra I and decisive. lis niatur instinctive ly aspires to intlnence and4 power, and under no cirltnstanl , cohubl it rest cotiented in an a:titude of infeiority. Independence, originality, and intre. 1)d ity,. added to earnest andi intelli genlt conviction ; un wavering dert on to principle and plrpo'se ; a will stein antd inexorab!o, and a disposit ion frank, c-)urteous, and gener'ons, a re features of char'aeter wfich rarely fail to mako a repr'esenitativ'e mani. After tho death of Mr'. Calhoun, he was in comparatively the ablest expolenat. of' States' Iights prineiples, and even during the life of' that great publicist, Mr. Davis, almost eginally with himi, shared tie laboi's and responsilb ilities of lea dershin. lHis personal coIage Is of that knightly ilorer, whIicI1 i% an age of' chivalIry wouzld have soughlit the troph1ics of the tonurnemiien t,:m id hiis mio. r'al hier'ismi fixed himi immiovabaly uon the solid rnock of' pr'inip f! I. imuI l!erent to the inconven ieince ta baing ini a mii niority and in mo d read oft the stormii' of popularni paina .1 lis f'aithi ni hi pr'inciple's was noa less earniest thIain hiis coiifidjee ini h is ability to triiumph-i anly def'end t hiem.' Cold( Weather. - For' two (lays past the weathier has bieen as near' the tempera tare of' the Noi'th Fr'igidl Zone ais we over care to see aund feel it. On WVednecsday night thle snow camiie down sullicienitly to miantle0 house roofs5 in whiite. F"or two (lays the IBlack ori Jack frost lhas not d isappieari eti. The suii iunve'iled its dhisc oni Thur'sdany, and mel ted thle snow, but whierive r its rays faiI il to r'each, thiere were quickly formed icicles. 10ori meat, the teminper'at.urein is excel Jeut ; but for' hard times it. is terriilAe. Wiiore is the Town. Marshial ? In the( absence of a town Marshal, privileges arc taken with puiblic pr'o paerty which the public cani look on wit~h as inuach pationne as it possesses;. F'or example, a few days since an olmr tied his~ horse up to the public wieli just in fr'ont of the Nr~ws Oimco, fand~ put the animal throngh a regular aors of bathing. Thait would not be ahloweud if we had an authorl~i'z(d re(preseniitat ive' oif th ltIowni athori ties. Salars-Day , ('st erd ay, pr'operty soldl as if t here is pleiity of' nioney in thIneaountry. TPhe caish sales, bay the Sh orilf, brougt betteri pr'ices. proporitionably , thiaii thle credit sales by the Caommiisioner. Life Isaranc., llave your life insured, r'eader', itf you can possibly do0 so. Mr'. Q. Rt. Thompson, as will be seen elsewhere, il the NEWS, is li'prepaed to insiuro lives. As a conitemporary anys, i. though persons are conitinually dyhig, yet few expect they will son be eall ed, and therefore are little inoliniod b presen t1me'jfin, tol Prov'iE abbahnst an evil which, though they know to be certain, yet they supposo to bo distant. Thle benefits to be ade rived from life insiiranco areo how. ever, bQcomng (daily alppreciatedt, and / - the fair dealing n(d pronmpt patyient Inudo by companies, even on losses for which they might not be legally lial ble, hias inspired gencral confidence in their system and practice. To "A Lover of Nature," - Will the abovo-named correspond ent, from whom we have received a coumunication which we desire to. publish, please send his orilbr nano. As we before anniiouiced, the law of it priit'ing olie, like that of tili e de's and Persiais, is never to 1o violate(l. Ni coll III cai en n i u C.l1 be puldishied, unlless te Imie of the writ Lr is giveki, ut loist to lie 0ihee.___ The Phrenological Journal, For Il'abrunary lIos tle following L Pem ('Ooper, ((harles A. Maev. )Dni iel Drew, Charles F. Deis. D. D.,. Earl Derby and Lord Stanley, of the British Pailiinient, Baroln Wode-. house, Lord i Lieuteonant of Ireland, with. Portraits, lilograiphies, aid Chia eter.: Also, .or Whi(es of th South, (oleinusn nndS till( Mental Ae tion, Abuses of' Cuilturn in the Minis try, flow to Choone a Wi'fe, Origin of' the Races, etc. (ly :30 cents, or $3 a yea r. S. R. Wells', Publi.hser, 38) 'l-oiilway, New York. Godey for February, in tle worIs of :111 :i lhge we Can11 say we are in receipt of this ancient; lionllthy, a:. fu1ll of 1;islinii, veryhd s-)mo plhites and elegant feminino lit citutre, as ni em (if Inwat. Wo h1avo exaiiiileId alidL re--eXamined tile pretty :Lates, anld somehowl talm ke at Imucl great er inteifrest it this srt of, t.hing tiaan forIinely. We e-u'oceiv" how our1 I~idIyI' frieidaIILS d is I-ise wI ti Pt. , .l- d zin for Bsoys 111nI GirI. ). U. Elilr, 245, \Vash ingtoni Street, B on, 1'ublisher.. Subs:cripjtion :I year, $1 50. This ver; entertaining little peri od ical for .f:or ary . is on our ha ble, and hI as the f.>!lowing table of coltents, Viz '"'i ify's Christiuas, illuistrated TIwo \\ray '.'w Wys of' bingl M .ly ;Liuilt Pearl, il rilat edim; Wishs - A hkit s ille Boys ill (lit el's l.iiiioiis (Ir'alimother'.s --C' . 'illustrated ; IIat 'olly Founuld ill her Stocking 'I' he Advh eitires of a W\iosted Boy, ii. lu1-: -n ted ; Thte Lo.er's, or, Six INl th s ill the Fore-,ts of Maine . Aunmt Sue's. Scrap Bag ; Merv's MoIIthIlV (M with his Friends, illus trated ; Ainn Sue's Puzzle Drawer, illustrated. "Young A.ter:ca." Demorest, beside.s the hiandlsomnest, plretties: :nd f:iiiciest: Mon bl 1l aga zine ot I.ashion, issue.s a beauti fil lit te volue, 11n111l, styled, "Young America,'' which we can i hea rtily re coimin to our little readers. It is brillianitly ilhistrated, and has a large fundh of .ina nile r'eiling. New Advertiseents. To' all Whmn it. \la;y Cenecern--Sa rah S Wolfe. Noticeui-Ty II. A . Gaillar'd. A dmiin istrator's Notice-W. A. Fresh Arriv'al of Choice (Grioecries W. M. Nelson W~eekJly Rev'iew of' the Will11Ih~ro -111~ d101 for cot ton i'r the past wer k bIbo.thi quite ai run1 with thle maruiket. nt withstandimrg t11e unfavorabhle weather. Ihitring thie past week 8285 baies have been soldl, prices cAosinig &irm. Ordinary, 10@(~ .-' Low MIidd'liag, 16 l 1 ; Middling, >tf.taxN. Cottfon Y~aine, $2.00. (Oiniiy (!lothi, 25ia 26. IlfcOnl Xides. l1af'7 cents La'id, 17 a 18 cenit, Molasses per1 barr'e 05 a 7. Country Flour, $6 50 a 7.00. iti niore-Plouri $ 11.00 a $12.01 c'hr rel. 8ilvcre. 25. Lify lI-s 10w'iioOm,~ IS I. mu fo t~lo 1i~l hi 0 y erI bari,I ilver, 25.llg t*oeibtli t m L idif 'hoy1) Insu iac CompangltlOl .I or the itgithro lyrs divi. er30n de' n Jitoen 01ed *to a . crit 4rornly pi'or benyo the -amoun ' i febj1 t' fluj )1