The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, January 13, 1869, Image 2
TU IAIRFIED HtALD
WINNSBOR0, S. C.
Wednesday Morning,.Jan. 13, 1869.
D asportes, Williams & Co., Props
iisa vas cololjhot.to know tbat an
odito,i4hasiiltanod the thoughts of
cvew-Vingle intelligent-fellow-oroature,
1 g(eply, they~fWre, to the question
p,tt u.ds-bf a friend, who road our
lust,adirorial on I'Uigher Wagos,' we
say, knog%ledge of the causes that.bring
abtout higher wages,. would provant
rpn from offering or accepting dis
Advintageous conitracts; for no contract
iS9yi14. (and a libbral mind will im.
la'dlatOly assent) which isn'tfairfor
bt4parti,. 'This is the first and im
ioediato use that what we have writ
tens'Andmay write, may be put to.
S6ondly, thot ' knowledge would
c,tee bVerybody at present to work
c44prdudy, for,we. are all, cmployor
qAd,coployoor on the road to wealth,
if w' will-Only work intelligently and
sfaddlj en, neither demanding nor of
f!Vn too niuoh before the timo.
t11 at wages will riso, upon the in
troduction of Immigrants, Is as clear
as daylight to-onr mind, and freedmon
should; therefore, assist a movement
cetiain to benofit thoemselves, equally
a,sI,ell as the whites. Since argu
ments freshly put, will not tell so
forOibly as sonethhig written many
ydhri ago, as if purposely to prove our
Positioll, we will now simply print,
roju,Adan Snith's "Wealthi of Na
io.is" a few forcible though discon
otod sonto'noes, and beg the roader
a ~ly thema.
Wlion the landlord, annitalnt, or
monied man, has a greacer revenio than
what.h judg!s sfillient .o nminltain his
wH en ftmily, h employs oither tle wholo
qV a part, of the surplus in mantainir;g
e ot more nionial servants. .imrease
-hia sorplils, and lie will increaso the
.111ber of those servants
' Vhfdn an independent workinti, such
a y a weaver or.a shoomaker, has got
More attck than what is ufliciepit to
purchame the materitls of his own work,
and to maintAin hienisf till hek can di.
)oeof it, he naturally employs one or
inore journoymen witi the surplus, in
oder to make a proll'. by their work.
i,ncreoso this sirplus, and he will natin.
rally increaso the nmnber of his jour.
(40yrnn. ,
The domandforthose -who live by
Wiages, liereforoe, necessarily increases
wit.h the increase of the revenue and
stock of overy country, and oinno6 pos
6bly -,increase. wathout it. The de.
mand for those who live by wages,
therefore, naturally tcroisei witi the
mlorease of na tional Wealth, and cannot
possibly increase without it.
I t. is not the actual greatness of na
'Jinl wealh, but its conti"llil increase,
whIclh oco4aions a rise i th0 wages of
labotr. It i4 not, accortiingly, ini the
richest: qictLris, but in tIe most t.hiv
lng, or inthtioso which are growinig rich
the fastest, that the wages of lahor are
the highest. Englatnd is certainely, ini
the presc'nt times, ai much richer cunt rv
mnany peart of North America. 'Th~e
w ages of labor, however. are much high
ei- inc North Atmerica than inc any pcart
.The price of previsions is every where
in North America much lower dian inc
Elande)l. A. deearth hacs never been)
Ik'ownm thecr,'N . In the woerst aeansones
they hiave alwacys ha'd a suillicienccy for
ghemlselvee, though less for elxportationl.
If Ahn. imoney prico of labor, therefore, be
higher thm'c it is any wyhere in thlie moth.
er e-tmntry',its real price, tihe real comn
!Ouand ofthe, iioosri~es*at'(lil onynilln
es of life which it.coemveys to tihe labor,
t'r,.mnet be higher in a still g eator pro
port lon.
. Sut thouigh North A4qmerica is nlot
yet so rich a. England, it is.mncehl more
thiriving, anid .advancing. with muclh
grea~cter rapidity to te further acquisi.
R'LhoQgh thu,wcealth of' a country sihould
l*(.very great, .yet if it .lhas lonig been
stattonary, wve must not expect to fn
th~e wscges of Itabour very ligh inm it. The
funds destined for'the phaytment of wages
crarveneand stock of.itq inhlabitamntp,
mnay. le of thc9.qrea test eaet ; buft if
.thty lcqvt :.oe itited fo.r .several centu-m
ciea ofthe eme, or very. nearly of the
IanlGRztent, the nuniber of haborere
emwpleyedievery year.could easily sup
plgneen.mr than supply, the
'idmher@ wanted the folowinig year.
:Chcure coukld,dlor be any. lecareity of
haid,. inr could thie masters he obliged
?..9;iid againat.one another m order to
~at themn. The hacnde, 9.,t1h9.contraryv,
e uld, in this ease,. naturativ mnh tip.y
iyondtheiterioymen-. TIseres.would
't.enat sant: seree ty---of en~ploymeont.
'anvk4ehe iabocur,r would be. -obliged to
4itn'ingahrt, one an'otherintorder ' t'd ge,t
ItN~If-fa sucthn 66untrytho 'wacges rof
.aenaimn t mhe-lboreti and' to enable
MMate woufd eooniteiweT.em. to
hics loet rate whcich is consisteaI-diih
3. R1* ln~I)m ongy
ne tar k ai h 8Am dari)te 6ted
ok rM&a ethes5 EprEenti times: lt
.df dramplaiadn aorehis.tme,
tution-'mite it eO acquire. The no
counlt9. of all travolers, inconsisteht id
many other respects, agree iin thl low
wages of bibor, and in .. the diffielity
which a laborer finds in bringing uip, a
fiinily 'il Chia If b'y digging the t
grotrid a whole day he can ret what
will purehase a small <p1antitv of rico in
the eveimng, he is contented. The con
dition of artificers is, if possible, still
wor m. .Instuad of wvaiting indolently
in their work-houses, for the callsof their
customers, as in Europe, they are con
Iintillv running about the a reets with
th tools of their respective trades, oflr
ing their service. and as it were begging
emnploymn1t. Th poverty of the lower
ranks of peopla in Clina har smrpasies
that of tho mnost beguarly n'at ions in
Europe. I:1 thV n'leighiborhood of Cn.
ton niny iundred.4, it is said, many
(honand familties have no ha11b6tation on
the hind, but, live constnItly in little
flihhig honts ipon the river.i and ernals.
Tho subsisenco which they frid there is
so scanty t hat they are eager to fish up
the imstiest g:irb:ngo hrow overboard
fromt any s,Xiropmm ship. A ny carrion,
the carcas of a dead dog or cat for ex
ample, though half putrid and stinkmg,
ii as welcoile to tit-m !t. 11lhe modt
wholesom i food to the people of other
countries. Marriagn i, encourgod in
Chiiin, not by the profitableness of chil.
dren, but, by the liberty of destroying
th,m. In all great towns, spverul areo
every night, exposed in the street, or
drowned i*k ,- appies in the water. The
performance of this horrid offico is eveti
said to bo the avowc.d buvinems by which
somo people earti ther subsist.ence.
Ch in. however, though it may per.
haps stand still, does not seeml to go
backwards. Its towns are nowhere de
sered by their inhabitants. The lands
which had once been cultivated are no.
where neglected. The sitno or very
nearly tim same annual labor must there.
fore, continno to ho performed, and tie
funds destined for mainaining it must
to!, cols(ini1ently be diminished. The
lowest, class oh laborers, therefore, not
witlst anding their scanly subsistence,
must. somo waly or another make shift to
cont.inue their race so far as to keep ny
their usual number.
The liberal rownrd of labour, there
fbre, as it is the iecesary efAlct., s it. is
tho natiritl sVIymptomI1 of incronsing na.
tionli weith.hi. T'Ie scanty inam1ttainence
of the laboring poor, on the other hand,
is tlie natural symiptoin that things aro
at a stind still, and their starving con.
dition that thEoy aru going fast back.
wa rdls.
1V appears, accordingly, from the
expeonco of all ages and nations,
I believe, that the work done by free
Imon oomes choaper in the end than
that porformod by slaves. It is found
to do so even at Boston, Now York,
and Philadelphia, wher tlho wages of
common labor are so very high.
The liberal reward of labor, there
fore, as -it is the ll'ot of inoroasing
wealth, so it is the cause of iicreasing
population. To oQiplain of it is to
amont over the necessary effoot and
cause of tho greatest, publio prospori
ty..
It deserves to h) remarked, per
haps, that it is in the progressive
stato, whilo the socicty is advancing
to the furthor a -quisit-ion, rather than
when it h1as acquired its full comiplo
mont of riches, that the condition of
thme laboriig poor, of the great body
of t ho people, sc3omls to be the hap piest
and thoe most coamfortablo. It is hard
in t lio stat ionary, and1( m1isorablo in the
dlecliing state. Trhe progressive state
is ini realIity tIre cheorful and the hear
ty st.at to all1 the diWfeiront orders of
thet sociotiy. T1he at ationiary is d ull ;
the dool in ing, melancholy.
Theli liberal reward of labor, as it
encourages the propngation, so It In
creases the industry of the common
peopl)o. T1he wauges of labor are the
mlioluragemient of indtustry, wvhichl,
like every othor humatn qulalit.y, imu
prioves ini proportion to the ioionr
ageiient it, receives. A plont iful
subsistcince increases tho bodily
strenigth of the laborer ; andc thle 00om
fortable hope of bettering his condi
tion, and of ending his days perhaps
in ease and plenty, animates him to
exert that strength to the utmost,
\Vhiere wages are high, accordingly,
we shall always find the workingmenm
more aeti.ve, dIiligent, and expedittis,
thtan whecro they tare low ; in Engl~and,
for oxaip le, than in Scotland ; mu the
noighiborhmood of groat towns, than in
remote eoumntry places.4
Solf-Educatimn-uowledge Des6ends.
The importance of the ear in educa
tion, that is, of listening well, could
be argued dtherwise than fronm the
constant eustoimiof leeturing and giv.
Ing oral instruction, which has been
over practiced by thie world's greatest
teachers, 1t can be doedueed from the
well'known maxim that "knowledge
descends"-fronm the higher order ofI
being, to the lower, and from the
hinghor intollgonce in the same order
of being, to the lower, For, that theI
hIgbor intelihgeunchboul4 bq conipro.
hionded by the lower, written language
is-not os&ough. The l,ower intelli
gence may understandq written lan
guage, and y ee neM the reassuranc
thatt the took the gesture, the voice,
of.tho hidte intolligence,' conveys,
whe9,94mftnanlqating 'kinowledgo, by .
.wordAf wouth, .throuigh the oar. .it
is very ueldomn that even a well-ti.in
od utudougeowtirohids'a subjoct in a
viefnVdthorughmanner, until his
.thouigl ao been cjdicdone4 into na~
onorgy, oftdni inexplicable to hIm'self, .
IQ the sound of theroettnest voioe 0of ani
Nftit to llow man ,fallhing ' UI*rug
We reooet 'tfha't ~TornweWcone
tended,and we beleve- -correctiy, isa
is tract ef$ ion, that, though,
'4e obtablibiPe.Ot of.comnmon fchjooi
vas by no 0eana to be neglected, the
Dstabliahlent of a fine college, with
'he m6st learned mf obtainable as
>rofessors, qps far more important,
linco it would teach the men, who, in
,hoir daily vocations, would, by ordi
iary business and social intercourse,
each society. -.Indeed,' often one great
JOnius, a Socrates, a Plato, a Bacou,
Newton, a qal.houn, is.the mastor.
pirit that toachoso and ' moulds his
wil ai.d all succeeding ages. But
>nly so, when his thoght.is takei fire
jpon the tongues of his follow-mon,
md roach their hearts throu,h dhwir
mare. LISTtN, therifore, w, i,i. und
ioon you will be surprised to find, that
-ou, who know nothing as you wish to
inow it, are yoursolf liitened to, with
ttention, by your fellow-mnii. IlIe
Ihat hath cars to hear, lt him hoar
loar and underst and.
6L Oall upon "True Reconstruotionists,"
and."Sawn e'Oreek."
We h:io boon reqested to ask,
'True Reconstructionist" aid '.Saw
Ice Creek," 'where are they I' Is
1ot this the time to commence the
Nork of introducing Iunigraiits, or
when will there he "a more conve
ient season 1" We will even ven
,ure to be personal, and ask those
gentleinon, if they read our editorial
:m "Demand and Supply." Did they
mvcr hear of a great need, a crying, so
,ial or other necessity sup1dying itself,
with no earnest, inteilligent adapta
tion of means to the derired end ?
Will even the wisest lo-ws execute
themselves I If immigrants are need
ad in Fairfield, will it do great larm
to lot tle immigrants know it ? Will
omeo specific, tangible, practicable
(and not simply vague ard general)
)ffer of a home prevent inimgrants
:oming ? We are simple enough to
Ahink not.
The Chairman of the Democratic
Dlubs of this District, has not thought
it worth while, or perhaps, has for
rotten, (and it indientes the general
indifference) to respond, by a call of
Ale people, or otherwise, to the aug.
restion of the Executive Committee of
i Convention or delegates to meet in
Jolumbia, on tile twentieth of this
month, to devise ieans for furthering
he imanufacturing and other iidus.
trial pursuits of South Carolina. We
nuppose that Convent ion therefore, if
biold, so far as its influence here is
1oneerned, will prove, like most pro
!Oedings of clubs and conventions for
sevoral years past, a mere fizzle
iomo wind, but little work to any
iractical purpose.
Therc has been held, however, one
lensible mectinl., during tile past
Jbro years in Vinsboro, and the
iommiittee then aippoluted, did devieo
mud print somolwhant that hooked like
musiness, and an eye to what was not
io beautiful (theoretically and politi.
ually, and poet ically) us sonmc resolu
lone that have been offered here and
lseowhere, but which wyas far more
'oasible. The miemubers of that comu
nittee, however, being totally unac
matomed to what wvas simply plain
somimon sense, felt strngoly, felt, we
ear, like crininals, guilty of a hein
ms~ innova tion. W ha t ! cease to leo
urc Congress ! Stop expounding the
acred principles of the Constitution
if the ,United States I Let "the nig'
ecr" alone, and attend to their own bu
mness I They felt guity.. They
'ouldn't look "the Distric.t" in the/face.
~las I that they should be put into
ea Thermopylao I But this we
ye must say, those gentlemen have
iovcr qourted mnartyrdlon.aa the altar
>f common sense. They have bowed
mnt. Tlhdy have a pologid- thor
oighly, heartily, fully, and in every
>artlcular ; and the public ought to
'orgive them their errors, as wo our,
elves do. It was a mistake--all a
nistake. But Query. Willl it be a
nlistake hereafter I Will they claimu
t as a mistake, ins4t upon it uis a mis
uke, when some thorough going char
eter,' ventures a little money upon
mmlgration ar4D eUccEEDs ? We'
lope so. Bunt we fear that, like Sheri
Ian's oraz.i man who claimied all the
rood things in all the plays be ever
weard, and was speoially pleased, on
mei occasion -with some1 artificial
rhtunder, they will thdn, in case of
necess, that Is, exclaim, "Ah I We
voe there before him. Don't you re
olloet oun meetin~g in) the fall of 1868?'
t is oraotly the thing WE always said;I
rohn Smith and .William Jones have
IMPLY. -sTokBN *OUfl; THUNnB5R.".
~Ievertheless, oh I 'foui John Smith anid
WIlliam J6nes. The' so6ner they
So'w 'tlionss Woa the bditter.
In.coonohal,op, . oga6p tiat tho (gh
)ur 4olRUns,arO..open tosany rejoi
ier whatever, If' any of theogentlemen
yo ha0.o.jf9rrM Nt re , ggrieved,
"And SInally A' (to. lraitate-the par.
o*s) this lamraat. itroada Into
Newbory, wo understand, ha e.done
so well,avi. rkod so profitably,"as
w11 as sekaday that the nove*nt be.
gon thore Is not likely, we rejoice to
ree6rd, t0 go bg'okwards) but forward,
to complete su0cess.
[cOMMUNIOATZ11.]
Suggestio98a6to the Plantera,
Mr. Editor:
In our former article upt,n gl.asses we
made no allusionl to blue-grass--from the
fact that it Is still unknown to us whether
our sll and climate are condusive to its
growth. Sti.1 it will cobicomrnP!1-Rtively lit.
te money"and labur to test, it, and its some
of our planters may desire to Rice the tcst,
I wilt' now mtake a fow suggeetions for their
benefit.
Blue-grass is not well adapted for hay
making, as it will yield miuoh lss, an inte
rior hay to that of clover or Iim1othy. and
from it,; very naturo nnd tiality i' is ai.mno
adapted to grazing. and as suteh, far excels
all others, both in yield and ii nitricious
qtalities which makes it va.ui,aLc it all :een
sons of the year.
The blue-grass seed is never :epe-:ted
from the chaff, and therefore rt4inives more
to be sown per acre, which shoul. never be
in less qnantities than one peck per acre
and as it It nauch cheapor than oth.r seet's
it Is tnuch better to sow it, even thicker than
that. .
The best time andi place to s,w it, is on
wheat or rye 61rotad, early aftor the fornier
Is sown, but, will grow If sown at any sea.
son, and In connection with clover, as it re.
quires several years to form thick, heavy
sod, ati as tie clover gives way the blue
grass will take its place by spreading and
formation ot' the sedi, which will continiue to
improve for an indefinito period-once es
tablished is too valuable to be displaced for
any purpose.
Blue-grass bpreads nail the seed from its
own stalk will fall oiF and grow, so where at
first it is tihi, will gradually come thicker
and thicker each year until a perfect soil is
formed without any nditional lithor.
In our former article we failed to montion
the process of hay making, and the way to
take care of and preserve it.
Clover should be cut when half of its
blossom is dead, and permitted to lie in the
slin until fully wilted, which will require
from a half to a day's sun, and should then
bostacked either under shelter or covered
with timothy, or some material that. will
turn the rains, othet wise, it will soon be
como wort bless.
It.would be rnuch htter to add a little
salt upon It, between the different layers,
which will not be lost to the stook '.hen
feeding.
The same process is ntil in making hay
of timothy, only it, will be r st ac,iig in the
fields, as it is so cens!itried as to turn wa
ter and protect itelf, cilbier will be very
materially injured hy nllowing raini to tall
upon It after b1oinj 6?t andt before stacki g
or by exposing it too lotig to th sin.
STOCK ItAlSRlE.
PRooRrss i 7nP. SoirI...-Whatever has
bcen said of the horrors of war cannot be
otherwise than true: still, it will he diflicult
t, point to any great forward movement
marking hunan progress which, either di
rectly or indirectly, has not grown out of
war. Arter our late war, the Southern
journals began to teach that varied indus
tries bring grtater Wealth than a few spe
clal ones, however- certain of reward, andl(
the p)eople, or at least the agricultural por
tion, acceptedl the doctrine andl acted ao
cordingly, for they have not only rased
their own bread. Which they had not. dlotne
for many years before, bitt they have added
largely to the list of farm products, and as a
rostult their affairs are approximatinag to a
most hopeful condition, while familIes and
individuals generally havo more varied, or
what is the sanme thing, better food. It is
trtue that conas and scanity food may scure
or- restore health, and impart itellectual
vigor to those enervated by luxury, by
Idleness, or sedentary -employment it
when such is the diet of the masses, it is
not t,rue, for no civilized people ever lived
on plainer food titan they in tho South,
while a certain class usutally had no moro
than.a few days' supply on hand, atnd often
tht' were without the means with which it
could be bought. Without goitng ito any
r-gument on tids subj et, it is siutliciet t o
say that, na A genemal thing, the better the
whole of the common. people of any coun
try live, the muore advatnced are they in
educoation, in art, and In refinemtent, and
time greater is the avernge wealth, ntd the
more et enly is it distr-ibuted By good
living we do not mnan what fashionable
people would utnderstand it to be, nor a ditt
which is as coarse as it is abundant, but
such as, by its qualIty and variety, is grate.
ful to theo hnporverte.d taste of ohildhood, of
maturity, and of old age. Therefore,, no
wiser counsel could have bieen given to the
Southern people than that they should pro.
duce, within thie boundaries of their own
homesteads, as great a var-Iety of food as tle
elimate tnt) sell would pertmit.
Tax CONvioTtoit or TwtTottwk.,. ----It waid
stated on Mlondhay that Twtchwell, tied In
PhIladelphIa for the mnrder [of lisa mother,
In-law, Mrs. 11111, had bedht convioted of
mutrder in the first degree. A letter says:
"A t twenty tantnutos of 11 o'clock Friday
night the jury ritired. Tfhe coui-t room
was densely orowded; the prisetner's dock
was gttarded by ai strong police force undet
High Cont,table ('lark. During the abiene4
of the jury the prisoner remained cahna and
composed in the dook, converstmg with lia
father and a steadfast filend, Mr. Johnu it.
McCtilly, who has manifested a'gteast fr-iend'
ship towards him during the entire' trid..
At a quarter pat 9 o'clock the jiry returtt.
ad, the olerk ealled')hew'oll,a,dthey all an
swered t6 their names , The'juff'And lis'.
onet then arose and 44jittbete elloh othef.
t he Clerk t "U il ine'n te'jdrD do
you dind the prisobt,'glttg ci' dotuiftf 1?
~'ipe foreman, in a t4st(net~ voice,. replied:
"Ouilty of murder la the first degree."..
TYheg ill answered to be eierky~ inqury,
o jrf'f 4 - all." i TA 't(e- femlne
AA A A MAL AA 4AA1
QompOPsed, when his friend MeCully fell
tiPon his' neck with a ory of anguish, 'lho
father of the pOlioner was also deeply af
feotd, and the prisoner endeavored to -on.
iole thetm. The scene was very affeoting,
and created a ptofound selsation.9
INDICTMENT FOl ritimsoN.-Tho follow,
ing is a list, litherto unpublished, of the
indictments for treason now on fil in the
ollico of tho Clerk of iho United States Cir.
oult Court for Ilie DIstri't of,Virginia:
Jeffersont Davis, John G. Breckinridge,
Judge Uenry W. Thomas, ex-Governor Win.
Smith, General Wade Hampton, General
Benijaimlin liug(r, ex-Goverior Henry A.
Wike. Gnerial Sannel Coper, General 0.
W. P. Lee. beneral It. E. Lee. General W.
It. F. Lee, Secretary S. It. Nlallory3, General
William Mahone, General James Lmigstreet,
General Fitzhugh Lee, Wlinin P inylor.
Oscnr F. Baxter, George IV. Alexnder,
Gencral Eppl Illonl, It. If. Bo,,,ker., M. I.
M. D). Coe,John It. Dellree, 00r eral Rtog
er A. Pryor, Mijor D, 11. Bridgfurd, Gen.
ercl Jubal A. Early, Generals Itichard Ew
ell. Thomas P'. Turier, Wihliotin S. Winder,
Nov. J:-iks A. Sedlol, Georgo Booker. IVil
liani 11. l'ayne, Cornelius Bayles, Itichard
S. Alldrows, William 11. Itioharis, lion.
Ch.ales L Fiaulknir, It. Il. Disney, W. N.
McNeigh ad It. B. Tyler Notle pro.'eni.
have icen entered in tle easej of iou.
Thomas S. Bocock and J1udge tobert Ould.
One of tihe most ominius signs of tle
liis is tihe tendency of Connecting .or rival
rilrond lines (o conlsolidale, of wilieh our
dispntoces yesteiday unve tnollher signial
example. 'hlie wst ockdIo-ers who miay have
haid special plublic or privaie reatsonls for
their original invesimnit, find (hemselves
embarked in vast. titeerisres which they
never would I1 avo takeii n 1,arH inl voluiitr:1i
ly. Tihe piblic lim.d that consolidiation
menns an incrense of tilifls, 1nn t Ie over.
grown corporations Lave little dillity ink
controling Legishittres. Who cin estimat e
tile polilicll power Which could lie wielded
by a corporation owning n consolidiated
milfoad line from here to San Franticisco,
with a capital of, s.-y $500,100,000 ? Such
a corporation is extremiely probable. We
used to fenr tle "4iivo Power."' Will our
1-1al.road Barons" b less fornidable ?
[Netw York 7'imes.
lUN -r1h CoT-rToN &rAi.?.-The Waco
Idea, and we earnestly urge its adoption by
our planters, as the experiment would be
wholly inexpensive, aiid might-we are
inclined to think would-accoiplish1 tliot
most desirnble result, t le ut ier destruct ion
of t lie cotton worm and its gern
"It is said ihal the eggs oftie cotton
worm are deposited in the cottoli stalks,
toated eggs will not hIalel. um-n youir
ce)>Ion 4talks this wiutier, planters anid ee
ityuu are not free frout this terror next
stniner."
Another writer makos a sensibl s,iggesb
lion, viz plougli up all cottliln lids lur
ing winter, and expose the eggs there do.
poited to lie otion of frosts, which,it is
1hought, will destroy ihem. Nothing would
be lost by trying both plans.
- I -W .00 . .- _
(IFNXFltl,:nr OV RI-Co-rnUCTION IN
ioiuatA.--A privatC lettor has been treceiv.
ed by a gentlemian in Georgia from senator
elect ii V. M. Miller, in vlich le slates lio
Ceen ly hal a long Interview with Genetil
Grant. During the converatiion file reconl
striction (if Georgia was pasedi upo a
lengili. Enough was olioited front the 'ves
idet elect to warrant tle .enalor in nxFtir
in'g his correspondent Ithiat if we enn .tnii.
inge to hioi our present stat us until thle 4lthl
March all will ha well ; that here will be
no imoro reconstruciion by tlongress, am.
leasi so far as Genrgin i aconcernod.--JI,rconi
(fha.) Teleraphi, Ike. 30.
A K(enatucky edlit r aidvei'tises :--"Want
c 1, at this ollice, a bull dog, of any color
except pumpkin and ailk, of respectable
size, snub nose, Cropped ears, abbreviated
continuni ion--who catn 0otne when called
with a beefsteak, and will take his poundi
of flesh firom the man who qli'ts hIs to
baeco juice op the stove, and steals the ox
change -
The establishmnent on lie river Uruguay,
South America, for thie mannnf.mcture ol'
Llebig's Extraot of Mleat, i' is stated, has
Itle large'st kitchen in thle world. The
buildineg covoe's ian area of 23,000 square
feet, or nearmly haltf an acre. In one ball
iliere are four. ment ctiera, wh'ch cani dis
pose of 2003 hullocks etch per hour, There
are t welve digesterts. in which the mien t Is
boiledl by siteam. They can hol alitogesti
er 144,0010 pountds of beef. 1 h"tit eighaty
oxen per hour iire acitually slaughit ered fr
this Immense manulctory of meat extract
WVendell Phillips says ,"The 14cnt h
creates an ideal Yankee ; lie does nol ex
ist ; lie never did exisi. The North creates
an ideal Southiertner , he inever exisiced. The
Uniited Sitaties lav.islhes thouseanids of mnit
lions~ of dlolliars in an endleavor' to dleal with
Ian ideal indian tlhe uaeaer existeid."
Assignees' Sale,
BY virture of Oi deru, umnde by the Hion.
JGeo. 8. lirynn, Jludgo of the D)is( -ict,
Court of the Uniied sugtes. for the WVesf erie
District of South Caiolina, I will sell at pua
lie otutory to te highest. bidder foer eaAh,
before the Court Ilonso door, in Winnsboro,
at 12 o'olook one Moanday, 18tha ,ianuary,
lnst., the following property, to wit:
1 PIano,
I old lluggy.
Blolongig Io Estate of H., B. McMastor,
Bankrupt.
8.1B (ILOWNJiY, Assignee,
Jan 7-xltlaw2wr
The Dlue West Femiale College.
inlg. tInstitutions - in the
State. -
Pu p1ls8 reCoie 1 at anty ii ,
an I eliarged fr'om time of ente
ing.'
T.nition, ineluhit LatIn and Fenoh,
$4.00 per mont h.
IBearding, includirig -fuel and ;washing
$14.00 per' mon,t$i. - ,I ON
dee 10--8th ?resideuit.
PRESERVEjR (IlNGFA
DEANuTLQANDY, amon Gum Drops
'Lozenges, Ah'mond anadge Oa' d r
and 8ardit es, P4'e%j 1Sf 7ldr
norh12 JOiN MO YR & 00.
'Louafltems.
Read )eipentpi
Thos of our, pub iberd hqiro
indebted-t6 us for tho Ne-agid'ir.
field I crald, are carliestly requeited t
oall and settlo theirubsoriptions.
New Advertisemen a.
Estato Sale and Renting Land.
C. D. Ford and J. M. Rutlak*v RoX0
utors.
Shoriff Sales-TL. IV. DIIVIall.
Our Sohools.
The prospect of M. Zioun Institute
is, wye uinderstand, very fine, since
there promises to be an increaso of
about twenty pupils at least. The
I three schools for young ladics and
children, of Mrs. Otear, Mrs. Por
1her, and Miss Blain, have all
opened nlready remarkably well,
there being a hirger aittendir.co than
I last year. Mr. B. I. Stuart's school
for young ladies is a new enterprise,
tint prom i mes a tolerabIy fa ir sta it, up
oil thle ill of thiis mou th.
1e understand, too, that cxtenlsive
preparations for tie instruction of tle
Children of the Freedmen are beling
made, through the agency of a North
crn Presbyterian Missionary Society.
All this is cheering, and indicates
t brigiter fituro for Winnsboro and
Fairfield District.
Death of Jio3r i Mush att. Freodman
One Hundred and T6n Yca-'s Old.
Died in Winnshoro, some day last
week, Cicero Mushatt, a native A fri
Cn, sipposed to have been On1o hun.
dred and ten years old. IlIe remained,
until death, wit his former owNier,
Mr. J. S. Stewqrt. Hc said sometime
ago, that freedom had not made a fool
of him, as it had in the case of Imiost
negroes, for ho had been free before,
and was born free in Africa. During
the last year (1868) of his life, by Un
ccasing, industry to tle day of Iis
death, he mad two bales of cotton,
doing all of the Itocing and picking,
also twenty bushels of corn-more
therefore than many younger inen in
their prime.
A SugCetion to O.iarleston Faot>rs and
Railroads.
We believe that the culture of cot.
ton and tite trade of Charleston would
both be considerably stimulated and
increased, if Factors would arrango to.
advanlce the Charleston Phosphates,
upon a credit, to thoso planters that
woubl Pledge to sell their cotton crops
in Charleston, and if the railroads
connecting with Charleston would ad
vertiso to deliver the Charleston
Phosphates at any of their stations
free of charge, anid to deliver cotton in
Cliarkston, next fall, at say $1. per
bale. It is a matter for the Board of
Trade and Chamber of Commerce. as
well as for individual Footors, and for
the Phosphate Manipulating Compa.
ie s.
Delay in the Mails.
We htope the proper autthorities will
oorrect thte grievance comnplaineod of
below:
Ma. LDITon :As editors are sup
posed to know everything, antd to be
able to answer all questions put to
them on aniy subject, pa0rticularly anty
miatter whicvh pertains to the public
welt'are, allow mec tQ in< ir of you
htow it is that letters malled at the
Wintnsbor.o Postofftce for either Ridge-.
way or Doko, take about twelvo.biours
to reach eithler of these places after
they aire'delivered to the Mail agents
en the manil ear t.t WVinnsboro 1
Is it that the mail agentsgo'to
sloop after they .leave aWinnosboro and
won't get up to deliver. theo mails at
Rtidgeway and IDoko, on thehr ay
dlown to C oluimbia, 0or is it that tho
P'ostimasters at thecse placea wont get
up to rcaivo the matiis fromt the Mail
agents ? Tt must be from one or- the
othter of thecse causesy'for certain it is
that letters whtich are miled a6 thte
Postoffice in Wintmbo ro foer Eidget
and Doko,a,ro e8ldoim now <eiiered
on their way down, .but are carried on
down to Columbia, -and brought bacek
In the afternoon ttrain arid dhtou dctiv.
ered, thtis takuitig more tinm .~~
terR fronm Vinnsuboro to RIidgawury'o
Doko, than, it :does to get them. to
Charleston or Augusta, althouigh they
have to pas 'imeduittoly hy both
Ridgeway and Doko,' about tedelve
hours before they reach Challdt6h oi
Ihave htad occ9.io1 eyqa ie
lately ,to .wrte ergenit h,uainugssletters lo
both Ridgway and Dutko, .and w4uhi
take thi'ni I etaon-tthe'p68tt'6fie in
WVmnnsboro, and mail thein Aa'lj in1~Ie
diablngfsotfliat thet&Ew6tlld bdhp dbubt
of th r'oin4adf the. n,'oru mi tgi
and in nearly' every cieq hiavel been aa.
suredl that these lette were noi deliyet.
gd&t hpg pqqt Qfficos;tRgqwa4' and'
Doko)Auntil ito1exct/evert1gs thme ail
tralfr wa, phsslit rr4h tOOh -~
jNoev (hltedet aihYik #jdth
nosf uysomeow'mere, ahd It ce~il
lies between the postinasters at Hi(1ge.
way and Doko or the mail agnts on the
mail car. Wheru is it? [et its go to
work and find it out, and thou take the
matter to "Headqnarters" at Washing
ton city; and have the proper remedy
applied.
Puli oA(.Fj6ot ilig hro !ir_g
public dtities pro erly and promptly, and
When1 thoy ftlqo,alp ci filhould
bo set aside, and others found for- *,hir
platces. No one is ref uir red totan ti
ollicer, thwy are gen ralyhtia tr
0e1PS Ow Il 1 dt'h 1 aIlW(-n , t r.
ef-pt- thrdiohn-1-iltoyropf4r"
ly or urrendor h l-* Up1) to :lmrs who
Will nLeId to I hItI IIthy shilm . Old hp.
Wintei Eve*g oeh't
A ady-houha~ 't'ied thi&be-SrfM
ient, saysA beputifutl 1nd , uatl y at..
tained show of evergrons nay: b. 1jf1
by a simple plan, which- ban been
found to work reinarkably woll a
sm1a11 scalo. If goraniui)i .14irnces
tare tak6 0 Vroin 1in iet 'lt
trecs, just before the Winter seto
he cui tis fdr'sli.,'Aiid l '1'ig Aed i,
soap water, they wilhafV r v9w (ays,
shoil their leaves and'put.forth fresh -
on1s. 11nd contiue in the filnst. vigol
tall' Winter. By plAcinr a number-of- 494
botles tlus filled in flower basket,
with moss to conceoal, the bottles, a
show of evergreen 0 easily scoured,
for the % iiter. All tio alift'crent.v;.
rieties of the platnt b iag uso<l, tho va.
riouls sht8peO an,ll 01 of th0-10ves
blend into beautiful .feet. -.'hayre
quire no fresh water.
The above is clipp fron, the Aj."
lana Intelligencer, at We reconiuond
the trial of th ex rinent, to O -
lady friends, for, i it is SUOcessful,
sotine verY attraotivi4ants oan be sq.
cured with t)ut litthetroublo.
A Financial Craah Pteiot Id. 4
Tihe Baltimore i1nnntercial says1
"A friend of otju 1940 fronfi New
York, called in t us toly, and
says that a heav ' y pressure. ex.
ists there,'wh' -h, _ is believed by
Ualy of the best tizons .and m0st
reliable fin 1nciers 11ust terminate in
a finanoi brealk6, Inoro dists0ous
than has ver ye Mttd'on thIa1onlj,
tinent. The gaIves and lavish s.
play8 the cityla the false'cit6.
ment whiih in.*neral prcede.tho
crisi of disea# The failures that
have already ' rred are M aoq sig.
nifi unt as th. growing anxiety dis
play d on evo aid for- *tgitig 'ff
oaormous stol f goods oi alinpt
any terms thafay bring ihoney.
The Mount Aufn taox4
We have rgtived :nua or 3 of the
Mount A u>urfndex, a liday edi
tion, contain g twelve est This
number like ioso whlich h c preced.
ed it, contni 0 articles frot iombers
of the school and shows I partk the
work done ; the lasses.
The Ihdi is publishe by the
Mount Au un Young L Ta Insti..
tute of C iceinnati, and is ted by
the Senior class, assisted b e hey.
A, J1 Rowland, Presiderat~
This Schools stands in front
rank of Female SemInarles 10 en
tire country, and we advise, avia
daughters to educate to. .fer a
catalogue. The,. next, see willI .
commuence Monday, Februtar.
Nine newly mrred couples.p ' the.
Si. Jame'r UioIl, Cinoinngt.d, en last
That was sweetness enough for, o tel in'
one day. surely.
We guess friend '"B." would 'I ch a
eroud. Old man would'nt you C ugs
in yourn. What say you old ma
PJ,ANT'ATIOS BIrTsS are es a
commefded to Clergymong Pgbh ie
and persons of litorary habits si
tary life, who reqar~o:elpixer ~ loes
wichl Can) only be obtained by blt
food, tad a perfet, digest idn.ot
mDales aEre -O5r[ain. to O. i' tdr
healh an strn~il. .x
~l OHoKA- WAia -Stpaiov bl
ra, atairs~~i ( tes
hath ad stenjygt.~agr
mpoted follmn Clognot,t oand hi
the ptae o-Neq~ .P~~
TefOFie LAe(oNU81hi 'r
~.. - yteudsg - **
onThe ltodyin,&etpiary pan
fou20ho' oes *d-dt 1 .':'aa.
The Jlelon Placde'ontnln 0b06
acres.~ ~ :e:,l
The Deho Place, don3tafin n
.Thooeos ?ace, t geacoa&l
-1800 t'ere; aIS preer -' nl
for cda,' on T..-1a m;q g
debhdtag g i theM..
above hnamed, In the order,'ab~n
eommeneing at, th.1om PlaGe the
lI oori"enlbl