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Deportes, Williame & Co., Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to. Science, Art, Inquiry, Industry and Literatu .1 n n VOL. 11.1 WINNSBORO, S. Co, WEDNESDAy MOINN,FB~A~ 0 THE FAIRFIELD HERALD IS 1'tUInt8tSKD WxEKL.Y It DESPORTFS1. WILLIAMS & CO. Ter,ns.-Tus IUSRALD is published Week ly in the Town of Winnsboro, at 83.O0.in- 4 Sareanly in adivance. &ll transient advertisements- to be paid in advanoe. 94 Obituary Notiees and Tributes $1.00 per square. ROOK ME TO SLEEP Backward, turn backward, oh Time in your flight, Make me a child, just for to-night I Mother, come back from the echoles shore, C Take me again to your heart, as of yos ; Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, a Smooth the few silver threads of my hair; Over my tlumbfrs your loving watoh keep Rook me to sleep, mother-rook 'ne to sleep! [ .Backward, flow backward. oh tide of years ! I am so weary of toils and of tears Toils without reonmpense-tears all in vain Take bhem, and givo me my childhood again! I have grown weary of dust, and decay, Weary of flinging my soul.wealth away- ts Weary of sowing for others to reap, Rock me to sleep, saother-rosk me to n sleep! cr Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, cu ltother,oh mother, my heart calls for you! t i blany a summer the grass has grown green, ro Blossomed and faded-our faces between Yet, with strong yearning and passion,te pain, Long I to-night for your presence again. ch Come from the silence so long and so deep- an Rock ne to s,eep, moQaer--rook uno to reI sleep ! fil Over my heart, in days that are flown. mi No love like mother-love ever was shown- El No other worship abides and endures, by Faithful, unselfish and patient like yours. rct None like a mother can charm away pain From the sick soul and world-weary brain ; gr; Slumber's soft calm o'er my heavy lids creep- .ta Rock me to sleep, mother-rook me to I sleep ! -Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with WA geld, the Fall on your shoulders ag-tin, as of old- wi P. Let it fall over my forehead to-night, Ac Shading my faint eyes away from the ligh:; l8 For wiit its sunny-edged shadows once more lapt will throng the sweet visions of yore: tfts ).osingly, softly, its briglt;billows sweep- hav Roak me to sleep. mother-rock we to thit sleep! 18( Mother, dear, mother, the years have been Or. long 00( Since I last hushed to your lullaby song; fer Since then, and unto my soul it shall seem, Womanhood's years have been but a dream. Clasped to your arms in a loving embrace. rel With your light lashes just sweeping my ser fsce, - - Never hereafter to wake or to weep, tra Itoek me to sleep, mot her-rook me to sleep! or The Legislature. ne pu FORTY-SKCOXD DAY'S pfOCiCiCDIWoS fal: SENATE. ing The Senate assembled at 12 M., and H was called to order by the Presidentpro I tern. th The Committee on Elections to whom th was refer.ed a gill to confirm and de- St clare valid the recent election of Mayor th and Aldermen of the city of Charleston, the with a request to report this day, re- m pt'rted that the committee have had ac- pa cess to the official rerorts in this case m< before the Acting Board of Aldermen of said city, also to the records of the of Supreme Court, and finding th'e case wa somewhat complic'ated, and in view of the fact that this bill was so recently i referred to the committee, they aisk for further uime- eo r The Committee on Engrossed Bills, reported as duly and correc?tly engioss. p ed, and ready for a third reading, the follow4tg: A bill to punish persons ob- r taining property under falso p retences ; a bill to authorize the renewa lof State stocks and bonds lost or destroyed ; a bill to detormine the value of contracts Smade in Confederate States Dotes or Iin their equivalent- th - A bill to regulate contracts received its first reading. Sat A bill to authorize the consolida-- itt tion of thu Charlor,te an4 South Caro lina Railroad Company and the Co-- m lumbia and Augusta Railroad Company, was made the special order for to-mor row, at 1 P. M;i- et A bill to arnendl an Act entitled "An Act to organize the Carcuii Courts," was read by its title and referred. h The re ort, of the Committee on In-' corporatiofW n A bill to incbrporate ir Citi,en#,Sving Bank of South Caroli- kc nia *-as boksidered by sectiots-.t A bill to alter and amend an Act to authorise the sale of the Columbia Ca. taal recoived its second reading, was considered by sectior,s, anid ordered to a be engrossed. Bills to incorporate the Aiken Sanita ry Associationn; to provide rot the revi. ion and- consolidation of the statutes of laws of the State of South Carolina, and . to amend an Act entitled "'An Act to laeattachnfents," wefe read arid HOUSEI OFh REPRF 8ENTATIV!48 er took the.Chair. The Coamiwte emo Engrossed Bills gress. - The Coinmitta 1n 2tnoval of vo litical Diabhilities reported favorahlf on petitions of isaac J. L<-ng, of Hurry Dounty ; Lemuel F. Griffin, of Abbe. ville County; Robert Hawthorn, of ["airfield County, and Thos. J. LaMotte, Af Columbia. Agreed to. The Committee on Incorporations Tas requested to so amend the charter >f the town of Orangeburg, and all oth r incorporated towns in the State, as o conform to the Constitution of this 3tate, and that the same be included in he general incorporation Act. A bill to provide for the revision and 'onsolidation of the statutes and laws of he State, was ordered to a third read. ig and to be engrossed. A Senate bill to alter and amend the riminal law, was taken up. A bill to renew the charter of a ferry cross the Congaree River, was referred 1 a Special Committee. consisting of Ic Representatives of Richland and exington Counties. Adjourned. FORTY-TIlRD DAY'S PROOIEIDINGS. SENATE. The Senate assembled at 12 M., and as called to order by the President pro ni. The house returned, with amend. ents, a bill to alter and amend the minal law. The amendments con. rred in. the title of the bill changed to it of an Act, and ordered to be en lied * Phe Committee on Elections, to whom t is referred a bill to confirm and de ,re valid the recent election of Mayor I rl Aldermen of the city of Charleston, lorted back the same with a recomi. nd,ttion that the bill do pass. A E noraty report of the Committee on a ctions on the same bill was reported t the Senator from Beaufort, who ' [tested further time, which was nted. r l'he whole affair was made the ape. 1 order for Thursduy, February 4, at e in. 0 Wessave No 26 from the Governor ti 9 presented, covering a report from t< Comptroller-Ge ,eral, in accordance re h the requirements of Section 33 of ti t 65, passed at special session of 16, to report the following estimates h',,,l"1t;""--lrdWm:5er,'"18G5, wich P1.1 Pe been furnished since last report on i subject, under date of January 2, w6; Edgefield County, $22.295 ;- *t tngeiburg, $3,500; Richland, $31, . Received as information and re ed. 1essage No. 27 from the Governor, ' itive to E.ecutive business, was pre. ted. Bills to determine the value of con d ets made in Confederate States notes, htir equivalent; to authorize the re A val of State stocks and bonds; to ft iish persons obtaining property under t te pretences. Received third read.. , passedi and ordered to be sent to the n mu3e of Representatives. . 1 rhe Cemmittee on the Judiciary to d om was referred a bill to provide for revision of statutes of laws of the 1 te of South Carolina, reported back ' d same, with a recommendation that bill, with the accqmpanying amend tit submitted by the Committee, do F is. Ordered for consideration to. rrow. A bill to afford aid in the extension the Spartanburg and Union Railroad a presented. The Senate adjourned. )USE OF REPRESENTATIVES. e The Hotuse met at 12 m. The Speak- I took the Chair. | A resolution was introduiced, but not c ased, that any member of this House | io shall obtain a leave of absence C im this date for more than ten days, r cept iu case of personal illness, shall t receive his per diem during any por-. n of the time absent. E A bill to re-enact, certain Acts lend g the name and credit of the State to ,1 mm Greenvi.le and Columbia RailrQad, >mpany, and to yalidate the action oft id company therennder, was Pitt up~on second reading, when the following , ms proposed :That the bill be recomn 1 isted to committee, with instructions I answer what length of road is laid in; aw iron; what length of the road hasil rap iron on it;' what length of' the 'i ad will twced new -iroti ; and how -long , e road will be safe without now iron irg laid; what the old iron is worth Columbia, anid how much mpre new srn will cost than the, old iroit well sell r at Columbia ; what it will cost to ke up the old and relay the new iron ; hatarrangements are being made to. ry thie expenses that will arise within me next few years for such .repaira as . indicated above ; how much money deposited to the credit of the compa y, and in what ba'nk such deposit is made. Referred to the Committee on tailroads, and the furth cnsideration I the bill postponed and made the pe4OIsi order for Tuesday niext, at 2 Abill to p,royde for the widows. and hans of~ me.irdered for their po-. ic esop tionk *Aa taken tip,, anda made fie spe tal ordertfor Wednyedtay nett, t 2 p.1) At.3.3u p<. mn. the THius. ad uruai. mntil Monday, TiSeauasembe a 12 11., an4 scalled to ordr'bW tPr?esidasM Messages Nos. 28 and 29 from th Governor, on Executive business, wt presented to the Senate. The Committee on the Judiciary, t W'hom was referred a bill to enforce th provisions of the civil rights bill of th United States Congress, submitted ti report of the committee, *aith a recon mendation that the bill do pass. Ordet ed for consideration on Tuesday. The Committee on Elections. submit ted a dissenting report of members a that committee on a bill to confirm ane declare valid the recent election of May or and Aldermen of the city wf Charles ton. Made the spt cial order for Thurs day next, at 1 p m. The Committee on the Judiciary, tc whom was referred the petition of sun. dry citizens of leaufurt County, praying legislation to prevent, del redatiotis on their property, submitted the report of that committee, recommending tIat the petition be laid upon the table. Also, on a bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to organize the Circuit Courts," withit a recommandation that all after the enacting clause be stricken out, and nserting in lieu thereof the amendments mubmitted by the committee; which were ordered for consideration on Ties. say. A resolution was presented, that the 'lerk of the Senate and the Clerk >f the House of Representatives be nstructed to draw pay certificates for he per diem of the members to and in :husive of , and for officers and em >loyees of the General Assembly in uch ainounts as may be agreed upon y the Committee on Finence, of the ienate, and the Committee of wave rd Means of the H )use of Representa ives. Ordered for consideration on 'nesday, Sundry bills received their second eading. A bill to alter and amend an Act rititled "An Act, to authorize the sale the Columbia Canal," received its ird reading, passed, its title changed tthat of an Act, and ordered to be turned to the Houlse of RepreWenta ves. Senate adjourned. The House was not in session. OUSE 01F REPRESENTA TIVES. The House met at 12 M. The Speak too'< the Chair. The Committee on the Judiciary sub itted a majority and minority report i a bill totinish all persdns having or retending to have, authority to solemn e natrimony who shall marty minors itbout the consent of parent or guar an. Also, unfavorably, onl a bill to ilarge the powers of dho Mayor and lderien of the city of Columbia ; also, vorably on a bill to extend the power magistrates to imprisonment in cere in cases, and recommended an amend ent; also, favorably on a bill to regn. te the sale of poisons, and recommend. I an amendment. The bills were or ere. to lie over for a second read. ig. A bill to provide for the enlistment, iscipline and pay of an armed force for t1 purpose of governing and keeping tie the convicts ml the South Carolina 'enitenttary, was lead and referred. A resoltition was referred to tile Li tary Committee, that the Governor of ie State is hereby authorized to pur hase for distribution such of the pre ious volmes of the State reports, both f law and equlity, as lhe may deem nec asary to complete the exqhanges now eig made with the other States of tile Jnlion, provided thle amnoutiT expended oes nIot exceed $500. A resolution was presetnted, bhut in-. eflnitely postponled that, during the emamnder of this session, not more than wetyt members of the Hoiuse shall d~e leave of absence at any one timne, xIcept im cases of personal illness. The Committee on the Judiciary were nsatrulcted to prepare an amenldmlent to le Constitution of' this State extending he right of franchiso to all fematbs of he age of twenlty.OneO years and up yards, provided said right be restricted iy property and educational qualifica, ions. Tile following was introduced and eferred : Thlat in consideration of the act that no tax hlas yet been collected inder thle newv regime, nor hras any OHi~ ~ial report been received by tis House rrom the Assessors appointed to. assess ~he real and personal taxable property f the State ; conseqnently that noE bill or resolut.ion, the ol ject, of which is to solicit aid from this State directly or m-l directly, shall be considered unttil the H{otise has received 6filcial mnfotmatLonf ot the amount of real and persoal pro petty liable to taxation in *ttia State, anid until the sjhairman of the Commit tee onl WVays and Means reports the amnouln United Staites currency ,tiecessarf to carry on the State GovernpienI ,for the present fiscal yea'r. A resolution was referred to thle Corn. mitlee on Wa,y,s #fnf' ang,3 that the Hon. W. E.'Rose'an R . Elliott p and they are ke,reby, a #hd uafjd~'t thor1sod to r~ephtt the diook'l10 si thle State, and by the Bank Q(iho.$Lat oZ2e nue incidenfal Ie,rf,pah SSate,.on h preentatonn ofathei h uliVidai erti,icate, to tdg A cono',arrent resolution wss receive< fram the Senate and concurred in, tha o a Joint Committee, consisting of two o a the part of the Senate and - on th part of the Honso of Representative be appointed to investigate and repor a what Acts are important to be passed a a this session. Said comn,ittee shall ac during the remainder of the session wit i power to report as A standing commit - tae. Tho enacting clause of a bill to d. - clare Iho rights of the creditors and to i provide fur the winduig up of afl:irs o I railroad companies in South Carolina, - was stricken out. A bill to amend nit Act to regulate - the manner of drawing juries was amended to read : A ball to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the manner of drawing jurors,'' and was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. A Senate concurrent resolution rela. live to laying out townships, was laid on the table. Adjourned. The Senate was not in session. FOnTY-SIXTH DAY'S PROUES.DINo8. SENATE. The Senate agsc"mbledl at 12 M A message was riceived from the hlouse stating thata resoluiion relative to laying out townships, has been laid on the table. The House returned with concurrence a concurrent. resoiltion for the appoint ment of a joint committee to investigat.e and report what Acts are important to le passed at this session of the General A asembly. The petition.of the City Conncil of Charleston. praying General Assembly to declare valid an Act of the Cit.v Council entitled "Ail Act providing for the asses.ment of property, ratified by the City Council cf Charleston, January, 26. 1868, was referred. The report of the County Commis sioners, of Charleston County, relative to the sub-division of that Counnty as required by the provisions of an Act I ratified at the special session of the General Assembly, 1808, was referr ed. T he C o n n I tI.0!" ":- k Iy t-n rl h j II entitled a bill to alter and amend an I Act entitled "An Act to lease the State Road running from the County of Green. ville S. C., across the Saluda Mountain., to Henderson County, N. C.," reported back the same, with a recommendation that the bill do pass. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill to regulate banks in ligi:dation, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the consid eration of the bill be indefinitely post. poned, and the accompanying bill sub. mitted by the Committee be substituted. Agreed to. The Committee on Enrolled Acts re ported as duly enrolled, and ready for ratification, an Act to alter and amend the criminal law. A bill to establish and maintain a system of publia schools for the State of South Carolina, received its first read ing, and was ordered for a second read ing to-morro.w. A joint resolntion relieving F. W. 01 ever late Sheriff of Fairfield County, of a penalty 'of five per cant. par mouth upon executions not returned by him, re ceived its second reading and wa8 agreed to. A bill to incorporate the W'ateree and North Carohina Railroad Company. was made the speial order for Monday Fe'b rtuary 8 at I P. t%f. The Senate adjourned. HOUJSE OF RElPRESENTATIVE~S. The Honse met at 12 M.- The Speak er took the Chair. The Comtnittee on Tncorporations re ported fatorably on a bill to renuew the charter of the ferry across the Great Pee Dee R1ver, known as "Old Ports Fer, The Comrnttoe con Ordidaynce of the. Conventjont M.sabbmsh A Land dommia sion reported on a bill to establish a Board of' Commissioners of Publio Landa, aind submitted a substitnte en titled a bill to establish a Board of Com milsslonersof Puiblic Lands, to defIne thef i nti6A, and to authorize'the issue of bonds or stocks for the pai-chasse of lands. Ordered to hie over for a second reading. ' The C iinitteo on Agriculture re poited on a bill for the protectior p( the co ton crop of plantors.and4 farmers in ths astate and yecommended that the bill ibe indoeinitely postponEda Ordered . for a0 Recond readiffg, The"oh e~1~ ' oh Vaant OllhIces submitted the tuBoiing repor: The Committee on Vacant Ofices, to whom was 'raferred a commnicatioh frosi the Suratary of Sity, *etting forth the niie of vacant offlqos,n the severai dounties, together with a respia tion reqnesting your Committee to s'eport what MAiilatod' is'neepsary in order to cancie, od dr tit 9rpp,,tM would-r eeet tally subm*t the following I"An Act, to define tliWjurisdiction and I dtuties oL. 19ijj A Qot|AtK03t3R ox ~ reasly 8e ares11q, egyqgies shall be I vis: Judges of Probate, School 5our. Ii WisSionera. Coroners and Clorks of th< I Courts ofCommon Pleas and General 3 Sessions, no provisions have been made , to fill such, vacancie5. TPhe Committee t respecctully submit a resolution, thalt the t Com uittee: n the Judiciary be request. L ed to report a bill directing how to fill i the dil'eret County otlices madle vacanrt b>y denth, resignation, rvfusal or inabili ty to serve, shall be filled. Agreed to. A bill to re enact certain Acts lend Slug tilt namlre and credit of the Sitte to I the Greenville and Columlbia Riailroao Company. and to validate the action of said company therounider, was debatetd and alendel. The yeas and nays were called fi%e times on trivial poimts; and object ions raised to action on the matter at present, as no quorum was present. Adjourned. iOIITY-SEVENTH1 DAY'S I'lt% IFNoS. SENATFE. The Senate met at 12 M. The following Message No. 30 from the Governor, was announced, and pre sented to the Senate by Mr. E. S. Jen mlsonl: lXEOUTIC DEPARTMENT, CoL.uBIniA, l+ebrrnary 3, 1869. To the Ionorable the President o/ the &natc.-Sua: The enclosed memorials of citizens of Columbia and of the Cotn ty of Lexington, for the ere.:tion of a free bridge across the Congaree River, opposite Columbia, a1re respecthnllv transmitted to your honorable body, witi I a recommendation that they be favora lily considered. The iiportance of the means of safe and speedy communuie:. tion between this city and the snrrouud. ing country cannot be over esliimatal, I and it is highly desirable that they I should he provided at as early a tLte as I praclicable. 1 'he quest ion as to whether the ex- I penses colnnectetd with the construction of a free bridge across the Congaree should be defrayed by the State or the Counties' more especially benefitted hv r the improvement, is a matter appropri. I ate for consideration. It may also bo a ft question whether steps should not be i; taken to compel the corporators of tho a -unnter, nt to surrender I repectrll~ fl . ' , * .....,' _... r: R. K. SCOTT, Governor. Received as information, and referred .0 the Committee on Roads, ]iridges and Ferries. 1 A bill to provide for the administra. .ion of derelict estates, received its first reading. The report of the Committee on Print. ug, on a resolution to bind 100 copies 9' >f the journals of the last session, anm l 100 copies of the proceedings and de- a bates of the Constitutional Convention s was adopted. t Report of the Committee on the Jui diciry, on a petirion of sindry citizens i f Ieaufort County, praying- legislation to prevent depredations on ther proper ty, was laid on the table, in accordance F with the recomnandation of the Con mittee. c The Speaker of the House of Repre. f sentatives attended in the Sentate 1ou1se, when the following Act and joint reso lution were duly ratified: An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to pro vide for the temporary organization of the Educational Department of the State;" an Act to alter and amend the criminal law ; an Act to renew the char ter of Pendleton village, in the County of A nderson ; joint, resolution directing the State to pay S. Ls. Laeaphart, *184. 93 for extra services as Comptroller General durinlg the months of July and August. The Senate took up for a second readinle a bill to .ard aid in the e~xten simn of,he .ipartanhurg and Union Rail road Company ; which was read by its title, and referred to the Committee on Railroads. A bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to det.ermine and perpet unte the hiomestead,"i received its tsecond reading, was considered by tsectionis, agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed. T1he Senate adjourned. HOUSE 01' REPRESENTA TIVES. The House8 meotat, 12 M. Thie Chairman of theB Commii.teo on Engrossed A ctif, reported as duly en rolled, the following :An Act to regu late and provide for the payment of Commissioflers and. Managers of Elec tiene ; an Act to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Aet to authorize the sala of the Columbia Canal; an Act to incorporate theO Alken Sanitary Asso elationS ; a joint resobation ant horizing the dovernor to employ anl armed force for the p reservation of the peace. The Speaker laid before the Hiotie t.wo messages from the Govfrnor, one transmitting' a memorial from the esti zens of Charleston, relative to the city elections-which, without being read was referred. A resbhution was rpfefrred, providing thp niisinof three. apehnbers of t tou,s, rd -- mueimbere of, the Sonats happqinted to consider and re port upon the present railroad system of thuis State, and thEy LE ereby authori Ead tw ftqHertitndtitit9 1f t,his 16, aOh Ptesideunts orfTth~ 4 diferdnt r j a,s 4pnn., ~lfiRhrO2~Iut te tos a*tK to. O eouimend what railroad companies, by Choir masnagament, and importance. are worthy of aid by this State. The report of the Spec al Joint Cont Iittee on the nttumber of Natahccs of III Getneral Assembly, &C ., was . at(,p1t(, and the Speaker regnested to canrn out the provi-,ions tonttain ed in t:e r: port. Adjo.urne:J. Exit of M0srs. B3rookinridgo and l3atja. inii from the O,nfedeitcy. !here are a tfew facts connecred with the es:ape of Gen. 1lreckinriclhl' 'amd Mr. lienjamin froi the (C'ontf.ier -v are perhaps not generally km,n. A 1" ter the surre der of (Uen. er" ar ., hoth (en. 13reclirinridg :nd 1ir". 3,.i. jamtin made their wav tollelorid( . (t-n. 13. struck tihe State near M onticello, wher:e ho found friends who 1i hill) in getting to Iari.,m coutt-, fr,ml whence lie hoped to find an o0ltg(Iui, y to get out of the count ry. ( ;n. !reel:. intidge Spent a nunber of -laya in tttt ing and visiting with his frioid.a in MIa. rion, but knowing that li,e could not remain there long his friends procnred a small metallic b-at, in Which he and hi i companionA, Col. Wilson atut Captain Wood, and th qeneral's faithul sei. Vant, soon found themselves asenttnhu Ithe St. John's river. The party, ailler mtich toil, reacieih New Smtyrna, where t bey fonnd a sciooner which c rrietl them safcly to Nassau. N. 1'. The (;.n tral was known as Col. C:bol. M r . 13',njautin l.so ,itruclh 1'L,itr ne:. AMonticello, where ho tet i.. a o It tsistel hiut in the viciutti j ; I . i place. I fero A r. 13enjamin IopeI to ioret 10)t,1r Vav to Cuba, or one of t lt hali m Islaids; but there was t trict watch *pt by the Unit'd States troops sia. ined here, and there were but a low onts left onl the Coal-t. liut, 'Mr. Be.. unin flally procttredl a siall ,,at, al. Ina1tee, npou whjch the ex..(nilt' iatos Senator ai ex-Con-dei-mrate tales Secretary of Suite emharkel a ook, and ini a few dayis futnn,l ii:-ehf uder (lte prutectimg 1ods '' t he. 1:riti.I; ag. Alr. 13(enjamnin I :t,-"i imitei oi s t land hunter, na nt f lowar,1. There I itle al anlusing hl tf , necdoto con ec .ttl .itl . \Ir.I t:jniIntin t tri I; hia e but e rcfrain from ni pub Coso.:ss AN i i i um C(X(tt: ti Dt 'i'll t , i ..*..._ AIi.ltAn-A--ThI bill to tid this rnd ais been reported on favorably witt me"ndmentts. ''hc: bill now ives I he mt in leaufort Cotuty, bidden In by Im United1 Stales iunder tax execeuon, > the road inder These coiditions : the >m1panty mty use stout", woo,I, anl al ter material which they futnish for te construnctiont of road t(ed, the road nd the depots. Tho land io then to be Irveyed at. the ex)c"ns(' Of' the coinmpa. y, and divided into tots of forty acres ach. A lternate lots tre at once to be ut into market and sold at t rato not xceeding $2.50 per acre, to actual set (is only, antd Iut. a smngle lot to each nrchtser. In idlition to this, It' bill rovides that of the mioney already re- I eivedl by the United States for lands id, this comttpany shal recive $3,5 }0 ir eacti mile completed, the road to give herefor a first tortgage boni to the Itate of South Ciar1lina, the intcrest of vhich bond shall be annually expentded y the Stato for common schools. As n additional gunarnty I hat the mtoney llowed to the road shall be in the an tre of it loan well secaured to the State, is provided that the f-rst mort ga-e n the road shaill nt exceed $15,000 eor mite, of which the $3 500 above entionied shalh contt'e a part.. T,tE NEw MovEMr,N'r IAs SPnEAD -0 TENNESSEE.-A dispaitih from %'ashivillo says :"A letter signed by irominent ox-rebels of tis cit y was en t off Saturday evening, ai(ddressed o IIornce Groolcy, ill response to the ate editorial ini the Nowv York Tri unn ad vocating universal amnosty nd impartial suffrage, The signers ieartil1 endlorse the plaitfom laid hewn in the '/Hibunds. article, and huaranteo that Tennessee will prtompi1t y respoud to it, agrocing not to titer oro with the political rights of hier lack citizens if tier disifranohiriod vhiites have equal privileges extended ~o them.' In brief, the letter favors the constitutional amend ment omibo :lyinig impartial suffrage, aiming at the same oud as that proposed by the Virginia Conservative Committee in Washington, Among the signers are ex-Governors Neil S. Brown, Henry S. F'oote, and Hon. A. S. Colyor." Trho very fiact therefore that Mr. Cor binu hae solemnly appealed to the Legia lature to pass a Bill "to confirm mid validate the Municeipal Election1 in the city of Charteston," is a confession or its invalidity. If the election is already vAid, is it-not a mere waste of' time to pass an Act doelnrin g it valhd? Trhe significance of the; Bitt, thleref'ore, 1. the confession thereby made by M r. Corbini of counsel in the case, itt which he makov,, by this apptication, the broad ackniowledgment that the electior. is .l1. legagthat in his judgoement, the cou4rts will, gnd tanst so adjudge, when the tnerits are 'heard, aind ttherefore, ho in.. itokes us against, tthe conctsioris of his own judgtment rand the laiw, shd a;gAinst the decisionl of the -trib,tuals' doid thomselv..,-Oourier, 1breis' said to be about five thousand personsi gID w Yorkc learninig the voee. nade locooitIon. .' Wet copy from the ('hat'le5tun Xeis the follow ng nceount of a bold bur 'lury thitt recently occurred in that city . "Oi o'uced m 1' norning, between anid 5 o'lock, while Mr. and Mrs. ( eit; \faroia, living at No. 17 Ann street, were lyNing inl bed, Mrs. Mar till, who h:tppened to be :twal:e, saw two colored mien enter th( window of her Chamber 1,om11 the piiz;. \rs. aiti lay p o"efrfly'il ,uict and tried to r,iuse her hiuh:ad, wih> was sound 'up=t'e. Oae of th.e buglra remain. ed inl tlh( elambUer, while the other one ttnt into an adjoining room. The one who roinained in thu chamber wnt towantl. thO bed, a;rtl whilo ho. louwurel the coveling an felt under the pillow, had a large .b utcher's knife in I i i ind. which lie held over MNIr. Ifatrtint. Mrs. i1artinl mado nu sir<nl, but saw all that went on. W hen the btrglar left the bed, he 'laced the kuife inl lia teetIi, and walked about the rooin, searching the (raveirs, Irol which lie took thirty. livo dollars in greenbacks and five dollars in gold, in one dollar pieces. lie then welnt out and joined bi4 co)1mp1aiion1, who Wis Ope'atinlg in the next room. Aftor awhliele he return ed, and again approaehedt the bedside of M r. Martin, and elevated tih huge ki 1e over hilln. Mrs. M1artin, with groat couliies aniid courtage, then jumnp ei iu an I i, an artillery sword near tle bed. anl while the burglar's arin was e-icilede over tii.r ieepiur, iiishanld, struck the burglar a terrible b1loiw,wlich e:used ithe kiife to fall from h is gras>. W1'hilr lie stooped to pick up Ihw knil'e, she gave hiun a ctl on the head, and a:s Iis tfatce swung back, she 'are him still another blow on the orcl head. As the blows foll tho looid flew. 'l'h burglar rushed at ..0 lirt t lvi'uwonin utad succeedod in 'i ig her a :evef;e kick in the side, >rok ing I wo of' her ribs, which caused "e' to faint aind l all. TIhis awoke hIr. M1art in, who instantly leaped out I bed, but only ini tim to sOO b9)th l' the scoindrels jump out of the win 1uw1. They eailo l off elevon shirts, tO 't tio -its, (Ile liw boinbazino y;; iu rern[i,ek8 ani $(~5 ill gol rlsc i litd~i' Pake r m ldh :uiwing that there were fioeo dogs in lie yard. Mirs. 11nrtin is still in bed, 1iifering from the eflects of the severo >low in tho side whiclh bt"oke her ribs, mt is doing well. This is one of the oldest burglaries that has happened in Charleston: hut it. afhorded the TP)orllnlity for a display of female oism, tis remarkablo as it is rare." iti:tcii Rooi.s--A VA.LU ar Suu w.wron.hiiors('ouuntry G-entll"man: I. has been suggested by a friend that lie new style of French roof, which is lecoming so common both in city and 1irial architecturo, might be turned to irofitablo account and at the same in ure an amount of beauty and convo. lience that is well worth considering, The suggestion is, to have the cov. ring of coarse; strong glass, in place >f slate or shingles; and thus, by the iii ssion of light ttd heat, this part 2f the house would become an admi able conservatory, whero fruits or lowers would flourish in the rankest uxurianco. In the city houses espe ially, wator could readily be intro luced in so convenient ia manner as to usuro the proper degree of humanity, vhile the simplest plossible arrange mienit wYould secure ample ventilation. 4ruipes of all kinds, dwaVfrf fruit trees >f plum, apricot, p)eachi, &c., could be 'cad ily grown, ats well as all kinds of lowers, and)( the attio of one's house l>ceono the most pronItab)le and do. lighitful feature of thle domin.i Glass, suitably cast, could be more heaply prod ucd and appliod than date or even good shingles, and wo,ud bo0 quIito as strong and durable asoth or. Th'le introduction of eoloring ma terial would add very slightly to the cost, and couldh be applied-with charm i ng o f fot.--J. B. Okie, Delawate doun ty, Pa. Lusrus NATUnA.--Thioro mruay be seen at the store of Drs. Raoul & Ly-. nab, eorner King and Marko'istroot, says the Charleston, Now* a. romarka b)10 lusus~ naturo, a pig wltht two per fact bodies and sets of~ legs. Tho body of one is fused into tho side-and shoulder of the others from which the forefoet project. -From :tihe; point of fusion the development is almost n,at ural until the snout is .reood, whoro the dual formation is agamn manifest od. Thore are also two tongues, one perfectly developed, the otbet adho reat to the roof-. of. tir abper jaw. This curiosity, was brough)ftrm the plantation of Nir, I$ggemj~near Green Charleston Rilro. -Lageor boor oona'tcatigo as phd ale "doctored'' with salt,lii tid tilum, are amp~ngt1 ~ ~~ dult4r, tion discovros i*Y6( .'ake a resh; :M~~,Ati ne,tqlwei meldol . - the Bogsp441l'bb' wit SThbe bill tfgsfr "'&e u of Nebraska to Omaha has bec