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Desportes, Williams & Co., Proprietors,] A Family Paper, Devoted to Scieflcd, Ait, Inquiry, Industry and Literature, VOL. 11.1 WINNSBORO S. Cl WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1869. [NO.30 TilE FAIRFIELD HERALI) IS PUtBI.SIlxD WIEMLY ity hESPORT.S; WILLIAMS & U0. firm..-Tu: IPlALo is pblislhetI Week in the Toiwn of- Winnsbore, at 83;00 ia tareably is advance. WiF All transient advertisentts to be laid in advance. . Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per kquare. LOVE LIGHTENS .uAB0-). A good wife rose from her bed one morn, And t hought, %ith a nervouts dread, br lite piles of clothes to be washed, and niore Than a dozen mouths to be fed. - het-'s the nicals to get for the men in tie I field, A fid le children to fix away To school, and lite milk to be skimmed and churned ; And all to be done that day. It hadi rained inl the niglei, and all lihe wood , Was wet. as it could be; There were piding-s and pies to bake, be side A loaf of cake for tea. And the day was hot, and her aching head Throbbeil wearily, as le said, "If macidens but. knew whi g'wl wives know, They would he in no haqte to w 3d !" '3en.tile, what do you think I told Ben Calllei 'he farmcr-from tlie well ;n And a thish crept up to his bronzed brow, a Aid0 liis eyes half htash fully fell ; 'It, was t his," lie sdid, coining near, I lie smiiled, aid stooping down, kissel her chek-"'twas this, that yon were fihe best Andi the dearest wife in townk !"' The farmer went back to the field, tnd (lie wife . In a snaiiling and absent way, Stig snatches of tender little songs Sho'd not sntig PA' many t day. And the pain in her head was gone, and the Were AitU as 11k M'>ani d' tie ion a her brea-l was lighi; ahld heii butter was t sweet iI l.\nd golden as it could be. "Just think." the children all called In a al breath, I "Tom Wood hits Poil. off to P"e ri lie v.oul n't I kn34, it' lie oaiy bi,; Ill As luppy a heme as we." The night caie down, and the good wife C smiledi To hersell, as she softly said "Tis so sweet to labor for those1vic love, It's not 1t range Ihat maids i d !' a Rm fi Virginia and Her Lines. . ti Tho Vaislhington Chfoife (Foriey's C metropolitan sheet) of ydstdrday has an claboritte and well itrgued article in behalf of the Virginia WIdtl-t line in which that line is representoa In a ilptional necessity. The two routes of Wair coinihuttieation. between the i Nhississippi and the sea tre border lines-both, in part, passing ovt~o 0 our own boundaries ; and the Chron - cle considers the >ro5o8ed centrakl line at minter.of great it onial bxbd'dbneh It is demanded; itiofbol0Mr; as a n6w and cheap outlet to ielisvo the great West of its surplus production, Which is lost to the consumers of the Atlan tic States either bccause it cannot t bear the charges of tffiinpdftatfonior because the present m6nhrS ia'b inadd. -V qIuato to its removal. 'fTh Chronicle 0 represents thee aren td b8 drealned by this groat central ctanal 1,400; QO stinre miles, now inhabited by 12J. 000,000 peoplc. , . Speaking of what Virgin ia heas doiio towards the construction of this int provement., it says: "The State of Virginia e xpended upon tbis canal npwards of $I3,000;. - 00, ye wetatid tio hesitation ii Any3 ing that, although this canal runs through Virginia; there are States 'which will lbordler updn its river con tinuations that will doritc more po-. 'buniary benefit fronm it than VirginIa. will. Most of these States o~ carved but of the territory given by Virgitija ~ o the Unioit andl owe their existence to her generosity. . i6 wduhd foiff slightly recompense thid .ifidtitur State were hter western offspring to botitria l buto sometlhing toward thte comnpht tion of this great work, arid it Is a case I in which thte fainily interest is sot etrong that any apparentt generosity bn the part of thto children would be j amply compensated by the botnefitsI they would receive. ."At its last session thte Iowa .Legis-. laturo memorializdd Cdrqgress and Instructed their representa ltf tde herp in to use ttir best efforts to1 obtain huch aid frdui the Governffetnt tus will. *. oo~euro tho dady~ compiletiot of tho great cent ral water line thiough Vir ginia to the sea The meftfdrial pro. I perly describes the work its dne of nathootal imiportanece, the benofits of I * which will be shared directly by more than half the eople of this country,3 and indirectly by all. It is a nieces itary addition to thto improvenirtant of the navigationi of thte western rivets, without ,which the benefits of that tieasure0 will beobiit hit reali zed. t 1s a work to 'be doneo by the wholeI boncntry, fdtr tio benytfit of th, t*hole country. U16 one td the Govtn tent of the Unit Stae. *The whole aftiele, n'obluren and a i half in length, he a hobyfrdoitr argu mont in favor of this gr~et*t work tow projeotod on this continetit; .There was atrrible ire hi Smith. til; , C., on~ Friday mornIn~ .8ev. i-n ste antd dweihngi honuss dte de e rnyad.. Speoio PAyments. '1h Tion. Thomas i1iwing, Socreiary >f the Tn-aanry under Presideits lIar i3011 and Tyler, and sibseqiieitly ec etn ry of the 14 -rior under President Paylor, has add ressed a leter to th< f.n;iance CommiLe- of lite United Stat e: 3enate on the subject of the resnimptioi if specie paymesi. i ft er insistimg hat Swe arn i ,t bonnl in faiih or morails t< niake Ithe 'ids Mvicli.we pav to th< ,reditor nw hi- priin-ipal; be it witI it mai Told or l teldr dor es-wbrti inort it the line of payment tiani it, wnm vorth when borrowed." A1;. liwing !oes on to argue against immediate spc: !ie resilmption o the ground that a seneral provisioh of ih is kind would orove a great. hardship and injustice tc lie debtor class, ruin the productive lase," and drive them into bankruptev. .'he post po(InI'n t, of the resumption of p'ecie Pitnyment by law for two years, id thOn making it absolute, ho thinks, iould "iprothice the snme result in I lightly mitigated degree." Mr. Ewing ays: Maki the greenbacks payable in go-d ia two years, and they will be at once lought up and hoarded by capitalists. 'o all who miderstatd their vale t.hey 6ould be worth at once as much as old, less two years' discount upon them -not.,quite twelve per cent. The debt. r-class then instantly suffer a loss of bout twelity-two per cent. O0 Fix Lhou And million of indebted ness -a loss if l,129,00 taken from tie debtor and ivent to illhe creditor class, for which it, ill be dillicnlt. t 'finmd reason other than ic Irite kingly sic vulo. The same act, dhen it s-mild produco its full effect, lotild make our national debt, now niivalent. to to $1 850,000,000 in gold, se at once in value to $2,500,000,000, taking an increased gold indebtedmen', 1 $650,000,000, and it would at onco ivolve the1, payment of interest on an iount of adelitioial debt narly equal > our present greenback currenoy, add ig nearly $l8,000.000 toeour annual iterest. This looks like sinking the1 up. anl I am afraid of it. It is cer iinlv better to let the law of trade -gulate the curreriey than to hasten ma suresiraught with suh conseqten-. Looi{d OUT FOR SLiG His.-There le some people always looking out Ir slights. They can not. nn111,03 - Iey -cannot carry on the daily inter. >urso with the family without sus ecting some offence is designed. hey are as touchy as triggers. If icy meet an acquaintance in the rest who happens to be pro-occupied 11h btqiticsi s they attribute his ab ractioit to some motive personal to temselves, and take umbrage accor ingly. They Iay on others the fault r their own irritabjlity; A fit of in igestion mnakeh them see imperti cttib in everybody they come in con 1t with. Innocent porsons who nov. r it'daitied o giviin g offence, are as nished to find 'olbo finfortunate rord or momentary taciturnity, min liken for an insult. To say the least Ite habit is unfortunate. It is far 196Pr to take a mor8 ehatitable view of illr follow-beings, and not suppose a light is intended, unless the neglect ).opei) tnid direct. After all, too, I Iakeb Its tu8 id ti giiitt d8fit rdm Cho color of oar own mind. If re are frank an generous, the world rdata us kindly. If, on the contrary, reO are suspicious, men learn to be old and cautione to its~ Isot a gota~n etthe tepiUtathoii of being touchy n1d oiverybody is under more or less ostraint; and in this wvay the chances f an itmaginary offence are vastly in.. reased. Petple fib .firb up Qtmnsily aisa .i t aal of haipjiinss. Thejir ttumidleed tempers destroy their 'own omiiort, mi~ well as that of their rionds. They have forever solne ancied slighit to bro~od ti-er. Tli8 iiny, sorsne contititment of' ies sel ish dispositions never visits thoem. tdo'i;unt of' ,tinimb-rN.-The So treme Court of the U..nited States amid lie Stuproe mtirt of towit .hath '"colhid d" Tlie subjeifvisors of Leo coity, 'own, recently refnused to levy a tax to >ay certain-connty b'.nde, fpayment oh vhichm had been decreed by the bipretilt Jourt of the United Stage. .'hoby bas. d their* tefiaal 40jum a deiiuofi, of flie upremsi Cottrt of Iowa, to the cfrect hat these bonds were invalid, and is uied without authorit . An applieation or attachment a auifi Lhbsb supervisors dade to Judge rdmHitnd, at Chiicago, nia bb'eff graiutel by hiin, and he guvei de'cision wiv is m in effect atn order 'or their arrest. The. Sumter .kepelicazn states that ~ona fldesuibscriptions to the amount oh $100,60 have bebn,.sttbMribed1 to thec muildinig of a edtton factory in Armerious georgia. A meeting of the stockhold' irs will be held in, that olty dn the 4t11 arox., to elec5 ofilcers. A prise fight lately took place idi . miloon at Bryan, Nebraska. 'T'he orde; yf performance was as follows: Music ight, mmfsic, a dgnee. Sixteen roundi were fought. "Ladies" were, admitted, and occupied seats on the mu'ei stanid. An. Irishman td writIpg a letter td his sweetheart, asking whee slue irould so oept of hIs love or not, writes thus:a "If you don't love mae, plaze send baol th klo1tce withoit breakIng the saal." Outrages in Tenneis68. Letters have beei received inl Wash. ingtonl by a Southwe.stlern nimbr of Congre; det aili ni bitt rah's iil t he Siitte of 'ennessee. It is siid thiat I wo loyal men were killed in Franklii cinhi' 'on the day of the 0h-etion, aid antther takeh froint jail apd h1.ng in t he ' ci-rt: yard. Nobody knoivs wio committed te net S. A ht ter from ShelbY vvlb-, dated January, 11, savs in a rocent fight ithe Ku Kkl.< w-ri badh whippe.d. I'.: they ihri-*,' 4n to c.1ia1.- 1 la to a Id strong fon Lincoli and Mirihall cottit ties. They were abot, thirty * v in inm bir; thotnmed on horseback. They dr.ve t.o the9 public s4iuare, blowing whistles anild yelling like demons. They then moved down the Murfreesboro' pike, and as they approached ntar Dunlap's t hey were fired into, and six of them were wounded. Jist ither Ile Kn Klux ran off, and dirii the excile. munt., a barn was set on fire. Anot ihr letter says if the Ki Klux organihationi shal not bo snppressed loyal meii, CaInlot live in Tennessee, and the writer adds: "If in Iis State, wii it a loyal el-ient and a Brownlow as Governtor, yon are not safe, wlmt would v.41, look for ill the other rebel States ? Wo Inave ad an. eurity for life <,r property. and nlo eker. cise of libertv. These are faIcts, and Congress i-t'st do something to protect loyal citizens or they will be murdered by the thonlsanid." A letter trom Aspin N1i. +Pnessee, says there has s(arcelv been a tight, br six m1oniths that the 16n Kilux have tnot gone somewhere ill the neighborhood and taken out and hnig, cr' shot, or whipped some one, phiei- white or black, aid have sticceeded in causing such a state of terror, tIhat all the blacks and every white Repuiblicai icarcelv dare speak of thi-m, who any they al. ways piuniishi meni for talkiig, and the citizens all wink at it from feor. But the loyal mon are armed, and are, hc eording to these letters, determined to assert their rights. Letters have been redeived by other members of Congriess showing the fear exist ing il I he South. t.est flom the Kt Klux movemento, and ispiealtig for a remedy to prevent future distn~rhanco. A letter has been received by the Coimmissioner of I nternal Revette, from ani officer of ith departmwent in Tlmlaiho am Con1nty) Tenntlesste. - - w -1 " uuim ti o'ttrastenaporpetraou upon reve nuie officers in h tseetion for perform ing their ditty. He states that a few mnghits since he was taken from his bed by a party of masked desperadoes, who threatened to blow lis brains ont if Ie -atIempted to enforce the revenue law. They then fired a number ofshtots at his hltise; but i;eleased him ,aftor exactirng htit he would not auempt to enforce the law. The matter has been referred to the United States Attorney of Teines see, with instn. ctians to reqnest the as sistance of a military force to aid tho revenie oficers to perform their do tv. LIADry8 Simoun R.An NEwstPAryns. It. is a great. mistake iii feiale edutcation, to keep a young lady's time and atten tion devoted to the fashionable litera ture of the day. If you would qualify her for con versation, you m list give her something to talk abott-give her edit cation with the actinal world, with the oijier woril, atnd its transpiring events. Urge her to read riewspapers and be come familiar wvith the present chtarac. ter and improvement Oh our race. His tory i1 of some importance, hit onr ihonignis and ditr &oddsfns shottitd be mainly for the present time-to know what it is and improve the condition of it. Let her have an intelbtgent opinion, and be able to sustain intellhgent con versation conucernintg the mental, moral and religions improvementv of our time. Let the gilded annuals sind yd~e~is dn tile centre-table be keji.a pari of the time govered wt~h weekly and daily jouirnails. Let tub ehaole faimily-mean, women and ch 1d1ren-endl newspapers.. , IP(OSTAhlt. GA$1.itilTS.~ - 'F h a~ Iderfnl imvenitioni las gived~ miot sdds'ao. tion to purchasers than an'y oiir liat. that has ever been sold in our city. - 'ih' aid tt94 v used everywhaere, andl oven hI tis1vaiitages 6vt-i b'al, gas. it. requires n-> machinery, gasomete~ s, or IpWe~e, and if desired, all tihe lights in the h lbtise can be concentrated into Onef room ; and they are perfectly safe (for thef ,canniet be etxp iglefl), and the cost is onily abilt oilit half that of coal gas. For the last two months and a half they have beetn put to, the soverest. tests in sugar hiouses. sirfd thi- dfatt~s RhtU ide tisifig thwefii sat that 'sit is by far th#~ linest light they have ever had, and must come into general use."-New Or. lea ns Bullelan. Work on the Chta'ham Railroad is sseid to lio pr. gressintg. The Raleigh ihindi-rrd says: ''Seven miles b'f iron have beena laid, atnd it is thougjht the road wdll be completed to Hlaw River by the first of March. iron is being laid dlown at the rate of half s4 mile per day; hta t~tentj'.wo car loads of sills left thi(I 6iiy on yesterday for the road. IMMxtnANTS ARRtVED.-Thb Iqortlh German ship Oean; ,0aptaitn Gerdes; from Bremnen, with a large^ number of IGermanmrmigrant~son board, arrrived at Baltitmore on 'hufsday last. Some Wisoonsln horse thieves rea contly murdered a biethodist olergy. man, in otder.to steal the horse he fas driving. Is Shell or Stone L me Best?, Let us look at. the reasons for ap jilying .lih'e... First.. It 1 lised is a direct fi'dd for plants. Anid hor this < jtirfosd hi1 ifiir' akigrio t hat the plrest lim i l be best: Mane' lti.e stones U1 conttainl a large prop0lortion of matgne- 9-1v sia, Which is injutrious inl lar1ge C161n- ha"d titiCS ; Whilo sh0l liIe coitains but a1 it mere trace. b9ing in arb ['!re r than IV stono litte. Besides shell litte con- t. i tain. from two Io fout pr olet, of mi eL l mlusteito o 1 if line (bone ea 3i,) whieb .\Ir. iutst adld solitthilg to itr value as a Il fertilize r. Bult this muost. it iportant . ronson for the use of shel I lime is, that.|,I it hans etitered into organtic life, wiich . required it to have becni in solitiotn, ,,l* and this rendero it more sdoluh1 atId assimila ble as plant food. Th is is not r theory. Natnral phosphato . of lime froil ro6k has often bethn reduced to v powder and applied to the soil as a fertilizer, but found to be inert and useless; while phosphate of litulq froimi o bbics is on6 of tie Imost vaIluable timan ures. England imporited ph os Ihat ic rock fromnt Erst ra n uad i ra, Ioping livi it wauld take the place oif bone s, buIt t6" louid it nea1r1Y valnelIces. The Frenlt aS a Aindemy of Scieniees experinlientted M 1. upsin the solniillLy ofthese natural n wa phosplates, anil found them insoluble mIn" in acetic acid anitd valueless when ap- Wes plied as a fertilizer. It is not disput- can ed at this 41 v; by aliy ex pe riicnte r; hi. thata fertiliser de riveI from organite 01tio vegetable or aimizal retaills is sipc- long rior to the sano derived from its iit nitural inincral. Then wh y should io notlitine derid. ft oth Chblh he iupe penor as 1 a food for plaits to that obtained fromt .limtle rock ?to Second. Lime is tsetl to corrct sourness in the soil, to decompose gatic t.it~tr: to render heavy soils gdau more friaWbl iilfl forois; for these grol purposes caustic limtle from rock is ans powerful s shell littie, and these are . the iipIortant offices that stono lime usually perforus. But in forming au 13hem ical combinutidis; "'i rdnitd dr1 "l"' vegitable imatter in h6 soi. nspimil .1 ble ni pkliuitt fbod; that .1 iibf Is b6st t, which is lisolf ist uassiiiltble al plant food. I have experimented with both kinds of illio, fiiding the I ho shell greatly saprior.--/lural .V w YOfkCr. DUTLTI ON 'TifEl FINANCE.-Ellvery distinguistled htI id il'all of o r -ti- , iappy organization considers it his sure duty to grzlpple with this silject, and every one comes out of the cotnte.st tmore or less damaged. The fact is, last thte toor fellow lowers his etitngros- Ceni sional hecad-piece, like thl, ,d"!-key IIIot the old stt , bad a cheese, anid feteites tip agiainst, a grindstoite. IH' hury wakens to the conteiplationi of two est I unpleasant facts in referenceo to this a re infernal indebtodness-viz : upm1 1. The people are unwilling to ploy. by 1 2. The people are itiable io pay. elver The latest instance is that of the bteen lion.B1.njaimin Day before yester- ther day ho was a power. T .1 t-day he Altt rides at anehol; A"ithll his Iu1l 1 iddled, his poop siashed in, I and his whole eti I, fratie shatterod by his own guns.- I Don Pialt, Cincinnuti Commercial. 11101. In other words, repudiation must (ot come. nor HOW TO IIA.J: DiSAII.mITICs 13:.ov- dele Fi.-Fornov a vs :If s Now, The meact. oh askiig for a y- be thing shows ttat ii. in valutabh-. Tlhtost'ou who do inot, chioose to ask for tI net, ol maki grceo eithe.r shtow an entlire' Want of' iurn dontrit ion for ti'jast offece, or a sinht,rn t defianea or the doitmiinatot iutmio: ii v, whot' so gbiriottsly an d loya lly pros''ented theI't' w~ar to a snci-ssfutl temintatin Do [), t siteh individuals mer-it a'iv r lit-f r''tm s8 Us ? Simch dtn tei e asn Jtidge liintg- Ccin ham are rendy to aniport, in th ithearti~ saidi iest mannetutr, all propetr easesp ; htat itt' mte first gtta tran ee wichk J 'dg.: Ii itgham ihtIlrt desm-res an il apph eation (,>sr rehte by the Con party re'qmrmig it. is tfltll.1artdra for stobk; Will saf food: They~ tejiiirc Iio~re . to resist T thte cold storms. Is not thIis evident to every onto ? Whty, thei', is so tttuch stoei exposed to tho psititcess tive ato'sniisl t is always at te oXpanse her of tite owner', either in the ldfe of ant- nolt mals, or in the extra food to sustain 'is a them.. And, h1ow mereiless to 8o0 thio sI shivering~ stock, with nothing btt j ?dnco b'rfiers to prbteet thel; whton a the rain and sleet are 1oiur ng do vn: sl We shiver Wd ,..ontofnn# iiii it: ntd " ydt tiot halfof' our stock is protected. By all ineanis, kitil Uhan; . build 0 barns, stables, sheds, or somtethting, to ji keep youir suffring stock warmn. Niow ch merciful to his beasts. Two men nairrowly escaped dlrown,. thi ing recenttly at Hav're, France. JIThey te whi-e iintof fated and itt tifistato felli into the htarbor. rThe custoM.ltoibib Mr. oflicers snooeded in reseuing both gini fromn theit perilous positton, when one cov of' themi actually urged his delivers to divi dive Again and get his htat. ad Cuff'y said bo'd rather die in a rail- b'et readl smash dy (fut a stoumboat burst the up for this reason : "If you gets off the and smashed tip, dar. you ts, tbut if' ou and gets )blowed up on the boat; whar is ei Josh Billings says he has noon some tiot awful bad throfe diseases comnpletely wo: cured In 8 days liy simply jining a p tenmperance societv.. the 'le ,ninLm corieso'ondent or ti le Boto. I gives tile ,l'llokwing lively and ilter S ii abot ile 'niuing -iheir t< iii brime it i'igland" I ii saiid .h-i Wah,'s jiriec..ti Ilhi.' I ni Iiiseenta i and Qe i'te i tlir as a illn 4) :' foi- in .-ra sedI wnges Youi know Iiba the To'ry Alinitry r'ei-ined in porilii -:1 1s gId :s CommittIiied to vote himl I InulIret" hloue:.in14e of plounl.la addtitio. tia e.inct, whiebl. wvih aibt rloen 1t hande.1 by the Ielribly arithmkie-tiedt U lid nile, i.s out oft lie queii's in. Als ihe. Wale., adil his wife, hin:.j to do 1l1 rec eptionis, &C., ut great cos.t to thiei e5 : !i coiseq(uetice of which I ie4 i( enisiVleily in debt . Ilen ri.Ii ilk t11:11 the Quls''en might, coubil. woihl' hioi1b1l nbtidie.ile in her ion's faivor, lIir the buiineqs to I ity.>mi ph'l nl >iig hlself hlineforthii to the liter:iry hosis otilhe late Prince Aliert in iinn, able Volumnes ; Aln idea lhe formr1 iirt hlieh WaL,: was Il ;S i Ipomed w r aIly it) r. i\ d, now, i is a tell1ei , i ; 1 i draws, en1 f.,13i.'. 1 i i te wlien tVs. y is II order f te 1s,. 1nd whel iamlt-111 is ablout Ill hw iln at newl S41:1_01, hilt thait li, thinks something 14-ht 1i one for him. Ile intenis. too, il s:ay y nut1il Maly--in aIll, upwa, l~ ive that leaving, the nristeeiney anaIlifhe I eiders to get, nlong as wel ?I, tle wyitiout him antd all tle dloings wliii PlreseniIce natitally origilnlt. s. No it, too, ie likesi lie protg. eet of it gotl iliaiy 111.1 plenty of free.an.1 easy :einig in rorteign capitals, where lie c-ii I Ile thenire onl --undiays anid Ogpe pret0 t resces. ad idanlice aill nigiht till ilte I daylight and---hnt it volint't 1 fir Complete the quliotatiion. lie is winit iouls" (li hidies lie nlecnislom1ed i) '-A very gay yinjfg li.' ,' li1ha-4 It cirpillent and thick- necked. n111i . like the grent-gzIiaudsoni of' George the d ; though hils beard !hides the Iach of aii implroves the ntli4Ilisfactory f'acial e. Il ilikes colisliumedly anld lies a I ipe 1 it' goes mtost persisteliy t. 1reA Ainl t iiii sio halls ; 11indl once 1ut greal Vance," as htoe lls hlimself--a ianse hIis. guiest $ ; ill Coli iieuit'ee uit i the fellow liis niveitised iimslf as ler the especial it ronage tr Ilie Prinie' n a bergo c op of A11d illne-. I lite II. I dlai's lf W ichi dlon't y-oul nav 1,e difiniiisi in telling. Cn o'rrI:sIrnw ltre ox.- City miicil night -Lopl -:d Ia dectlrni 1n or.iih re elect ion, pet ling forth file number of I't'ceiv'eill fy. eacth candit litiic. from ht it app'lears. thalt Nlr. Gakleret Pilos and his Alder.nen rec. ivedl tle gieit itimhtiteri of votes. Coicil 0l.4o ndoiit-id tilri to tha1. writ of iiulamitnvs .sei'ved 1 0te, and oiling tile decl ara tion iniade hem, fnndfurher shlwin g.dtlai i' ion had beeni conlest el, anI tlat It il declared illegal andil void, nnd thali, 'fore, Mi'. GilierIt 1illsburiy niil his rmen were riot entitled to tichir eats. to declaration and relurn were prep-ir. y the City Attorney. te urn of the Aotlng llanrd of-A lder. will be filed in the Suptieme Couirt lt ibia, and read in oieo court on to. -ow, tle 20th instant, when it iVill be rimned whet her lie retini ik snliliien. ilet'elt1lded to be pnficient, tliee will in elill to the nuittlt pg. .i:t~ i id t ilmny procceid to comp iel thei boaird to c what, it deems to lie ai sufliient re. to French Mni 1 i era Daurug', Nail nud ade were recently at a pnety whecre lho its were pilaying at. q'tesh ions nnd an -s. Wmhien it was the turn of thie witty it ess '.\ uelard to pu it a cg scstion she to the three tniitiH. Tain you toll vsho t dill':r'ence I here is het ween ) oiu e ?" The milnh-ters gave it uip. Tihe nitess then saId, '-You. M. Duruiy, wire i:< ier of ,ust ruct ion ; yout M. Forcadel list er of Public Imiiprovteentb). arc inters of Conslitict ion, andit you, .\ar moavt wast loudl y iiapplande. d, ortenso Schneiuder is exceedingly pensl A somiewhiat hiarah remark uitterrd Io Is certain t- biring teers lo hier eyes. atage-mianiager' of the theatre whiere ihe OW engtagedl Is an exceedingly pla in, ten man, and, therefore, hiitoisolg is 11 by thie uteseses. "Do yoit know,' Ilortehse to 1im recntly dt a rehear whore he foiund faiult with lien noting, it f'd are like an onion ?" "An onion l! 4idod theo stIgo tdingef; In grent siir o: "Yes, an eioii;"t Santlnuted M'lle ndeidr, - or you wring uears from me at 'y remark you make !" oc-rtrunN I.oYa.ts-'5 Drero.t'n us . ('utintnI (onimerH(c.* W~ell, air. P'reshdetit,'- I i-esapondoed [to Lincoln], "1 have been le [WVest) Vir. a nearly a yeari and so far as I oaim dis, >r, Genoral Rosooi'ans ha correct In hIt alon. We have thts disloyal element the loyal elemedt--and the difference wreen themn Is this : the islojal man joint army and shoots att you on -principle loyal man gets behInd te holly busai shoots at you for your boots." homeanlng ofwhich Is; that th6 man di oan who was disloyal to his o* her sebe during that terrile war is hairdi) th taking into account. And thatrul lIes with egnal force to the North as t< South. V %ItNTY IN Cior's.-Cotton is an uncor Win p lat, nd if ftritiers emibark their all ili i'. and faill, disater and ridin will be cer lin fort he whole South, which after years if war, desolation, so lately and with such eyt dilliohy , sirted out again on the hirlhway of prosperity and wealth. It rlotild not be forgotten so soon (hat the diversitied and early crops of the past sea son, sntill lhough they were, brought the plantei- money ttiai stpplies at a ti me when ie was driven to the last extremity of the seas1on. It is a I oor policy which devotes the rich ndti prodnetive aci-es of the South to cotton for th piurchase of grain, hour and provisions at famine prices. Cotton mny fail or price: may not pay out (te cost of its production, but Ole thrifty planter who ny have devoted a portion ofhis hods to ejirn, Wi'hent and escilonis Nill b0 le ft iin ind.:pendeit and easy circumitances. 'luant plenty of' grain and vegetables, in. crenksi) y-our initeresti iII cattle and hogs, and our word for it the end ofanother sea Sin will r'ind fihe peopile cf the South II i a mnare prnsp.rons nild independent position thanl they have ever occulpied.-Memphis Tmi K. K. K's.- A irty of this inyste rious or'er (Ite K. K. K's.) came into town on Saitirilay night about two o'clock, and going to [he Johnson House, boldly entered und called for denator Sibley. The icon rill- not appeari ng, they took iho liberty, wo ire I old, ot' scarehing lite house, buit he was not found. 'The company then went to Itie residenco of Mr. i gelow, forcibly entered ite h:,use, he says, liraigged him out in his ig;ihit dress, but. rt'erwards allowing him to 111t onik his clothing , (lien took him out a ti1ile or so froi town, when the hdistly envalcaile halted umier a large trice ind si'aiily wartied iim to leasvu iho country wit hin thirty days, or he would be honged l i liinih, and(b then disilssed him, lie says, to hid his way back to town. lie says a watclh was taken from him, but no money. (11t mit.xeille Lindepndent. ".\' our yiv, so wns out' strength," and We wiint lhertd the torm with brave and hopelful Iarts. And now we think that we h:ie scen the worst, and (lint brighter days it klawnittg. Tho F'Iouth ins within her SAl all the eleienits ' of' 'promerily ; and if wie neglect nono our natural advaninges, b,111,,1xvirl t.:en : ;%, a prospewrouls anti n hl.ipy people. Our[ colored lopilation, too, evince, as a generni thing, a desire to become useful anil i ,Iist rions citizens. While it is truo ilit in stomemo pri'tioiis of (lhe South ithey are riotous and disorderly, ntnking themselves n t error f o the lhilted ahd ,( teprokhbl t6 th11ir own r'ae, inl our State they are pence able and quiet, and if left to their own in tincis, will yet prove a useful and law nhiding people.-Darlintton Houthcrner. .I ii supptr plij; nt. wilitch Aleianider Dias, Jr., was present, lie lady of the Iuso called upon him, in the name of the other guests, to say something brilliant and wity. 'Praly do so, M. Dumns," she said, Ik lie Itid not seeia to listen 1- 1ii'; ''nf soinething witty-that is your business you ore doing so every day " "Ah," re. Illied Dumas, "if you look upon the matter in, that light, I dii 'eady to do so, provided till the otlir glients give us, likewise, a specimen of their bu'iness. Pray sir," he continued, turling to -ili y moor, sit' tinn ont his left, "commence and fire a cannon slot, It wil be tmy turn next i" Loconrtyn wiTuiu S.Ax..-he New Yorkc Sun says that Mr. M61rai', after eight yenr~s' laboi', hasi pr'odnoedl a locomotive which lie believes will sutpeceCdo the use of steam ons raili'oadls, nnd relieve (lie public oft lie aipprehension of disastrous explosiong; Them machilne us set in motion by levers net 1tq dif sta~ e666iitrio, whioh pioves the wheels of thie' engl'no, Balancing weights and spri~ngs seem to supply the motive power. Trho model, which is on exhlbitlon' in New York, cost, the inventor $18 000. A GoobUGatige.-No'i Id Ihe time to hity the foundation of a good garden. TrUL icitsist.3 In gIving a liberalallowance of eta nu tre and deep working. Deep digging can not be dispensed with. A good garden must, be good in July tnd August as well as in April and May. 11ow fewt really goot4 gardetns are found during midsuinr I W'hon dver otno ty known you may be sture thaut deep working at the start is the origin of it. A correspondent ot the ptlhialla Courier sys: "In 1868, I plabted abotit tiiree quarters of an acre of poor ueli- gd'ound iti tobacco, and realised one hundred and for ty dollars from the sales tiotof besided ulsitng it two years myself. The sam. land woiid not'yheldl more than ' ten bushels of corn. 1 took painu In the selootion of my a' ed and the cultivation of my c." Take noth of this. CAustro.--The negro conventioi tiow in session in Washington called upon Lang..' ton, "the intelligent, contraband," for a speech. Here la a part of what he said: "The enemy of th6 colored man was to be found in the North. The negro in the South has his rights, osft vote $nd hold ofmoo,-but in the North if ti different.A A TRnAmcou Co!NotDAxos,-dr. Johnson started oa hIe ~Presidential orn'.. with 47 hostile fladtegie'gain'at him. Gu'aut'eikee' exactly thei sarme beglauing. The end of the one will probably be ver'y different flro that. of thO otia. A Berlin letter (December 4) to the New York Times says: Considerable excitement has existed Id milltary ciroleb, during the past (No or three mnonths, with regard to several breach-load Ing rifles of new patterns, which throw into the shade the famous needle gun ith whieli Prussia broke the military power of Aug tria at Sadowa, and cowed France into re ceding (rum her designs against Luxemburg and left batik of the Rhine. Superior as wns that formidable weapon to the ordinarf mnuzzle.loder, thl progresu of inventiot soon left it faf 6eiiind, and Prussia 41reidy finds horsell' As mch in the rear of othei nations as she was in ihe advunco two yeari ago. The Chassepot, "which did won'lerh at Monmano ngainst (laribaldi'e patilot ar my, surpasses the needle gun in several inI. por'ant partliculars. It is less complicated; and therefore less liable to get oit df brder; it is more scdicte; ant, lius a iei u' ionge'' rango, and cni -be be more rapidi loaded aid discharged. An army thi-Iislied witli this weapon would surjass otto armed with the needle gun In about the same ratio thai. the Prus'sians surpassed the Austrians iI the late war, is-TonIcAI. SucF:nr.--Another terrible state secret has been unearthed from i1d dust of three centuries. Juana, the mother of the Emporor Charles V, was the legita mate Queen of Spain. The historladn suty thitt Eile ieit, mild In conse4ineneo of th sudden death of her husband Philly; 15 in reality, she was iiot mad at all, but was kept druelh lipriloned. ih-il, by her fa ther, Ferdinaiid, ind-then by her s'dil, 1116 German Elinperor Charles V, for fifty long yeat s. The persenutons of which she was made a victi:Mi ier6 con imendcd by lhot mother, Isabella, becauso Juana ittored heretical views about the perseoilons at heretics, (burning at the stake, etc.) Af. ter Isabella's death her father, Ferdinand, continued to maltreat the poor woman, in order to reign in her place. Finally her owit son, Chnafled V; dllied hof Ih I dil geon; abd erkittd himsel' to abuse ai6 torture her whei 0Ii4 reriIe- to take part ii the divine service held iii t11 iison. TheiB facts have boon brought to light by a bori man historian, M. Bergenr6th, who derived Lhen, from tie autogra i letters of Charles V, hithierto keo. AcN 1. Inn t1 ai'oii4s &i Simations and ,,nehltall 6-,n A.- -- A correspondent of the Orangeburg Neu-i writes as follows; J 4 'i Biv hlo ol'' iUR to subscribe to that cotton factory. Start your company. I think we can, &el td hundred bales to start wiih.'- Whereupoi the kews lay u: "Three or rour of our friends the same thlili. l01 t 6 hundred jalei of cotton, averajgfl'd' t hundred pounds each, at 20 cents a polin4 is sixteen thousand dollars, and quite unil cdent to comience operations on a sure and 1It1t1 Ubib. It is tiot rdt- its t'o ritidoitkO the move. We sinply throw oit ihe siigges tion. The leading men in our botiiinuhilt are the proper persons to take tIhe ,iistei- in hand. A oompany well organized, with sixteen thousand dollais sulkorlbod in oot ton, can, we iaranteco, ell 6no iuidred thousand dollars worth of shares to North era capitalists. The factoiy ian be i hilt It our $60it6 Will it." Who will folloi th example of Orangeburpliind which county will have the first cotton mill in operatidd thl jci- i SocIaLEQUALTt-Y.-TheC Orangebidrg New. says: We want it did:Iid undefstood that the columns of eur paper can nut, and nevr will be used, while we contro'i them, to li& the colored race above the white. Arnd tho' white man whno willlolberde1y strive to' mako the colored race think that they ard siiperior to the white race, is i gnd [ std the truth is not in him. 'lho bloed Miani hhImself *oui't trueL bhin. And whilst we advooate gIving the colored people all thi.1t political rights as citizens-and uise our every effort to see that they are justly dealt by in a C'hritan land, we at tlle same tinio assert to our own race that "wthither tiio4 *oeut, I will go ; a*d Nhr tiiou lodgest t will lodgejt thyT people shall be my peoples and thy God my tod. W9hefe .ili~Itt , itiest; will I die, and there will 1 be burled;i the Ford do so to meand more also, if aughb' but death part thee and me." A Nsw Ltpu'r.-The New Yorkc HUEo says: "The initiative step in i,144 revolt tion of means for lightning the streets, pub. il buildings and stores has at length been taken, and has proved a deeided suaeess.-J Prom this time, therefore, the enormous' dividends of the gas momopolies'will dhinln ish. On bliristmas eve the large establish. ns5nt &f Bathl; Efa~k & Co., Blredway, was I1luminated with the noer oxy'geit -ght, agaiti last night, and will be for' ppb~le inspection to-night. The ne* light Li'tof 615d. i bleasnt, taud is Sirduoed al. mueh lower oost than the uncertii, ugeq ligb'le stuff of the old gas opmes.e~ FatILUn o7 A ILAVAFA )SA.xa--A dis patch from ~Iavata, dated th. lpuutane says * "'The basso dt! comrnser.to hnqggap, Fesser's Bank- tritieha for se tine ai has been in a W aV eendt~o,9t~~ payments yestafiaf~ Te 90IfIE uapoa ble bale' Ilaged ge V~# u1~ *a4t awf6al sall &f.40~ eWQ minutch aft etrav&"