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Desportes, Williams & Co., Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquiry, Industry and Literature. LTerms--$3.00 per Annum, In Advance. VOL. .] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1869. [NO. 33 'THEr, FAIRFIELD HERALD is PUiei,taD -i wRCKI.f BY DiSPORTES. WILLIAMS & UO. Terms.-Tis lin.IAL is publishedl Week ly in the Town of Winnsboro, at 93.00 in vareably in advance. y"' All transient advertisements to be pIaid in advance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per aquare. Selected Poetry. HAVE NO MOTHER NOW. OD! vow I have no mother, For Death has called laer hence, lins cast his sombre mantle Around her cherished form. lie came with hasty footstep And entered still our door, Then whispered to my mother, That God had called her home; Oh I when I saw her loved form Lie in the silent tor.ib, My sad heart came nigh breaking I have no mother now ! The gentle breeze still murmurs, The sky above is fair, And flowers as sweet as ever, Threw perfume on the air; lint onoe of these can cheer mne, I am lonely, I am sad, This earth to tne is <freary, Since mother (tear has gone. (h I for one hour of childhood, Vhent .t my mothter's knee, Bile taught me first tu "icr A prayer to ilim on high; With tears she hade me early To seek my Father's face, Her spirit :. beh^id::!!r My mother is in Ileaven. Then guide me my dear Saviour, Teach me Thy ways to know That I may with my mother, Praise 'hee for evermore. Life oi the Turning of a Card. Some eighteen or twenty years since, a well-known resident of Tipton county, Tennessee. w as put on trial, charged with the murder of his wife. As nsta!, im such casel., popular feeling was large. ly against him, and the eloquence atd ingenuity of counsel were required to make an impression in his favor upon a jtry which, however impartial it might * desire to he.in the conclusiveness of sworn dut y, could not but see the waves of popular prejudice surging in upon them). Ihe case was ably argued The cotn sel for the defense made most vigorous and passionate appeals. The case was aubmitted to the jury, and they retired to tnnke up their verdiet. Time passed, and as the set ting sun warned all of the approach of night. the large throng in attendance, the judge, counsel, etc., re tired, all anxious. the accubed not the least so. to learn the verdict of the jury, and some wondering that the jury heai tated for a moment to bring in a verdict of guilty. In the meantimu the jury had come to a point beyond which they could progress no further. The appeals of the counsel for the defense had not been without their influence, and the jury stood unchang -.l,le-six tor con. viction and six for acquittal. Some thing had to be done. In those days twelve good fellows could not be got. together for a night and -sleep. Cards appeared mysteriously from the depths of sundry large pockets. and exercises in seven-up and poker were zealously commenced. About midnight., one of the number, Col. P., proposed that they should pity a game ofse.ven. tip, and the,result de id'.overdict. The proposition was heartily and unanimously agreed to, in all serious. ness, and the whble crowd colle"ted aroiud Col. P., atid his opponent, who proceeded to play the game, on which wvas staked a hum1an lile. - Col. P. played to save the accused. The bickers, five to five, stood Ibehind thoem encotiraging the chanmpions, and watched the game, dimly seen by the light of t wo tallow candles with t,he most intense interest. The gamne proceeded with very equal Kfortune, till both parties stood at si and *six. It, was Col. P.'s deal, He dealt Kand turned tip Jack. The prisoner w~as acquitted, and every member of the jury joined in the shout which startled the village, oven the revelers in the "groce ry. Next morning the jtury went into ~"court and gav', to thid astonishment of .many, the verdict of "not, guilty," The .juryman who played at unsucesful game (or human life still lives, and i.s a SOne of the counsel is a very distingmish. edI member of the Memphis bar, and( , the aiccused is go ne to a higher court ; bat neither of them, nor the court, who marvblled att the verdict eighteen years ao hts ever knowni that a human life wa saved by turtning Jack. There arc 4some curious episodes in the history of our early setihimenes; but who would think of' venturing life on turnuing Jack ? O PUiTSIKnN CAUoUm.-A enucus of the S~ outhern Sentators was held on Friday 4 n ight to secure umiteul action on several ,a atters Iel,ating to the South. Otno is Sto secure g fair share of t,he F1edral ofB. oes r prvet donArmati.on of' othuers. SAnother is to talk over railroad matters Sand to doinhe to oarryr throngh their lpe~,alschemes,, toehrwt the new bill 'of the cod&bitned Patciio ra i.road comnpa~. nies. A thuird, and the on. uder' dis * eussion, was a plan to insist on payment < of alariesa for the full periodt of the For, tielhi Congress, and block legislation on some vital meaSure, if tiecessary, until tho demand is olen=d with. .r any conclusion was arrived at the can cus was broken by the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, in search of absent Sena tors to secure a quorum for iho evening session of the Senate.-Na tional intclli gencer. The Legislarure. FOnTY E:tOiIT11 DAY'S PnOCDINos. SeN ATE. The Se"nate assembled at 12 M., and was called to order by the Pr,sident pro ten. The House returned to the Senate, with an amendment., a bill to ree-en:act certain Acts lending the name and credit of the State to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, and to validate the action of said company thereunder. Concurred in, and the ti. tIe of the bill changed to that of an Act, and ordered to be enrolled. Report of the Committee on the Ju diciary, on a hill to provide for the col lection of capitation taxes was read, agreed to, and in accordance with the recommendation of he Committee, the bill was ordered to lie on the table, The majority and minority reports of the Committee on Elections, on a bill to confirm and declare valid the recent election of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Charleston, were discussed and finally made the spet.ial order for Tues day, February 9, at 1 p. m. The Speaker of the House of Repre houtatives attended in ihe Senate, whent the follwM : om Itand Ai"t.s were duly ratified Jint resolution au thorizing the Governor to estiploy an armed force for the preservation of the peace ; an Act to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to anuhorize the sale of the Columhia Canal ;'' an Act to incorporate tie Aiken Sanitary Asao elation ; an Act to regulate and provide for the pay of Commissiuners and Mana gers of Electiena. The Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF RI:PRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 M. The Speak er took the Chair. The Committee on Incorporations, to whom was referred a petition of t. Y. lice, asking for a charter for the naoise. le;s traction engine on the highways r and streets of towns and cities of South Carolinaa, reported by a bill to incorpor ate the Noise;ess Traction Engine Com. pany of South Carolina; which was read the first time. Tho following resolut ion was adopted : Whereas the State endorsed bonds of the South Carolina Railroad Company to the amount of $2.093 312.40, which became due in 1868, and this House is not-informed of the p aymnent of said bonds and the interest thereon ; and whereas the State is secured in said on dorsemente by a first mortgage lien on the road of said company; the Govern. or be requestel to inform the Flouse if the interests and principal of said bonds have been paid ; and if not, what amount of interest is past due, and what legislation he deems necessary to secure the intereste of the State. A bill to require bonds for *ahre of whole estate, real and personal, from administrators, with will annexed, was read and referred. The following from the Senate, ras referred to the Printing Committee: - That the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be and thie same is hereb.y authorized to have 100 copies ofrtheiouornals of the Iast speCi al session oh the General A s aembly, and 100 copies of the proceed ings and debated of the Constitutional Convention, bound, and to forward cop ies of each to the various State fibra. ries in the UnTmited Sta.tes; and also to forward tweat-y copres5 of cachi to the national library att Washington, D. C. A number of bills were received from the Senate, which vrere read and refert ed. Adjourned. THEc SoUiTHiKnN PACIFIC RAilRoAD Buy,L --The Memphis, El Paso and Pa. cific Railroad bill will be introdneed into both Houses of Congi essn very soon. It diffsrs from others in tIs, that It asks for no subsidy of land, inasmruch as Trex. as has given it eight millions, of acrea;, it asks Tor no aid nipont second mortgage., but simply for the guarantee of the in terest upo'n its bonds, amid provides an ample sinking fuind to secure the par menit of the principal and jint.erest. 'It asks for ino anch asssistance only an,er the road is completed ir sections, so that when this is doiie it may proceed to the next section. Thie bill contemplates 'the construetion of a main trunk road from Monmp his to the Pacfloe Ocean via Little Rock, Ark. ; Jefferson, Texas; and throngh Northern Texas to El Paso, thence to San Diego, California, connecting in Ciiliformiia with the Cali f'ornia and Sonthern Pacific, if arrange meats can be made for this. The bill1 asks also for the same assistance to the Cairo and Patton, the Vicksburg and Shreveapo~rt roads, which will be regaid od as branches to the main trunk, and thus the road hadi three tertoinl upon the We trtist that this redd will rEoelye the hearty sapport of. every 9uthern member of Congresq. It is hig time that the South had son1. helps frl the Federal Government, anid 0 'know" of tio pasject'that wiWho of greaer pdvyri. tage to the Southers States thae the 'Snnthern Paciflo Railroad. Affray:at Lowndosvillb, S. 0. The Abbeville Jiannc r, of Vedne d.iv last., givcs the folowing particula of an affray which occurred at Lownde vilo , in tha. district, on Thursday, ti, 23th tal.: On b'riday, 29th hilt., a Tennesseeni by the namec of Wrlch, who had bee residtng for some time near Calhoun Mills, called on M1latth ew M11cDoncah Esq , Ch-rk of t he Court in Ablieville ttnd maele the followmg s:m taitt,t wit: 'Tiant oi the previous day t liowndesvtlle, as lho was about to lea v I atore, in which he had been buvin zoods, he saw sitting upon his ho.re. l'ennesseean by the name of Briscoe .hat without waitinig to hear B3risco ipeak, or to see him act, ho drew hi evolve , and leveling it at Briscoe, sail o him: '1y G . von are mine, ta.d shot him through ihe body ; that, a Briscoe attempted to riete off, he slto aian trough the arm, and that, pullin he trigger the third time, he shot th torse in the head and brought him an is rider to the gronnd ; that he wouh tave fired again but that his pistol wouh lot go ofT. Fe further states that whil, o was shooting. Briscoe and a mai amed Curtis discharged four sl- a umn (WVelch) without. eflect. The reas >n which he alleged for his attack o1 3riscoo was that he had a warrant fo ,he arrest of Briscoe for horse-stealing hat he had heen upon his track ami hat he had been told that. Briscoe ha< maid that ho intended to kill him a uglit. ie firther stated that. lie be. ieved he(- had mortally wounded 3rtsco, is he lad >een in,forned that the stir rcons in attendance did not thmak lu :ould live. In consequence of this informa ion riven by himsu"lf, Squire McDonald fel t to be h s duty, as a civil oficer, ti s:e a warrant, for the arrest of Velcl an a charge of murder. Th a warran ,v.s placed in the hands of Sheriff Cason avhose oath of ofiee bound him to cxc mute it. The samtate (venting, the Sheril accomp-mied by Guflim, oi,. of the Stat, Jonstabies, undertook the arrest. W'elch resisted, knocked the Sherifl' it )>,ca direction. Gaafun in another, anl r.ade his escape. It. is heliev ed that Ii & as harbored here during I he 'ight b: t party that. woull he ealled "loyal" a teadquarters. At any rate Welch ha, aid to Ex-Sheriff Jones that n thinj vould he done with him, as lae had th, RLadical party to back hait. lie ham id a warrant for the arrest of 13ri.cor tiet lie had turned it over to the Guffin, Ile was only the prosecator an the ease Flo wa not known to any civil office na this place as a Constable. He dii iot pretend to show any authority. Tih ;lerk and the Slaeriff attemipted to dis harge their duties as civil officers. Hat hey failed to make the attempt, a hnti ind cry would have been again raise< itGov. Scott's office against the peopl f this district, and against the officer ,f the district. But what have we here Rend the following: STATE OF Souru CAnO.INA, OFFICE OF CituiI" CONSTAni.a, COLUMnI., Jan. :31, 1869. ro the /i eri'of Aibbeville County : San:--F'rom information received a his office. yo have arrested one Veleli in officer who Wasattempting to arres Briscoe, an ontlaw in your county, an ava i comtielled to shoot him in seff lefence. T will inform you that yo aiaall be held strictly responsible for tha irre.st, and I wouald also say :If to wPould make it a more praictical point t try and arrest, some of the onltlaws ana iesp"'radoes an A bhe.vile, inasteiad c State officers, it would add to your imaall amount of crodit, as S'heriLVof AL beville (County. Respect f-aly, JE~RRY HOINSHEAD, Aetig CIhief' Coaastable. A FaonT 0ov1R MR. WBY.Is.-Mr. ldi he special commaissioner of internal reve iue, has origlinated a very nativo quiarar by his late report upon the matters entruasi ni to him. In thts ho grw1e a history c many gross abusce, and1 suggested the prc priety of more stringent measures to pro 'St thes revenu-io iroa- frauds of rings rarious kindw, estpeoiWty whiskey. Ile was indcpcaident. onouagh to- expres ~he opinion thiat thae oustomns duties wect njudi'ously laid withaout respect to 11h ~eneral weltare,. but niaiinly to prot namrlberarers. H e aigued, thmat congret ional fegislation on alibi and othier subject etfedtao make the rioh richer and tlae poo poorer. Thaia lasa inoensed thae proteoti, ariff party, and the Tribne,. hae org-aw c bth. jarty. reads ha a shlarp ecoturo fo; als temaority. rho New York Times take nrp thes cudgel for Mr. Wells, and aclorts witha spirit upo la os.sailants. it derlarce ihat thes puibli knows (lint -'tha whole tribe of lobbyists whao are on tlae watch for opport unities 6 push schierne i.otagh Congress. hiavo mad sommon cause againist" Mr. Wells, Mr. WellA's report laos bcean tha, subje< 1iso of a warm debate int the Ilcouse of Re, preselivols. ils prominent - asilar was Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, anh l defender Mr. (Garfold, of 3lhid--both Radi sals, ThIs it. anoahier of the.. sigai.tha, ith party sttagggle whichl Mtept the' patis4iie I lice beinmg ove r, ihero . Ia niore , freedora opinIon and speeh, aand that the process< dlibt'mphloai and deformatioai af pArtieshba Ing gradumally developed. The lington So*Akerer has,been rolUnb1 ing:ndthat a gentleismsa of: capital, late bureau oiterv in a neighboring ooo.,h p urolhased two haudred acre. of laud nea Florene for the. ppfe.eQpatigai yard, groWinig ' atbldk,; (atin i tv(y and at46k .fall kide fot'rli~ copiract lyta bit''otbut fordthte tio edaaw tlity bfildr on the plaoe;r d soon as comipleted t y will bo oooupled I as many famIlIas of Germnns. The Ma.nor in whtoh Congress Attonds to the Affairi of the Nat on. s We clip tho following from the - Philadelphia Age,,of last Saturday: e King Caucus iules Congress just now with a rod of iron. All ques , tions of any considerahlo nfonwnt are a decided by the Radjeals outside of the s lIoiige, and the mere forms of consitle I, ration attended to in the halls of leg isll t ion. Dturing the debate on the Switzier and Anderson case, in the t House, Mr. Whittenore, of South I Carolina, obtained the floor for thu purpose of getting off a prepared i speech, which he had been previously unable to deliver, on account of not having been able to catch the Speak s er's eye in time. He ha<d gone on for I about three-quarters of an hour when the following colloquy took place. s Mr. \voodward--I rise to the point I of order. I have listened attentively to this discourse, and have not hearul one word in respect to the pending 1 case. I make the point that is not in I order for the gentleman to discuss I elections in South Carolina on the question now pending. 1 Mr. Whittemoro--L am speaking in general of the question involved. - Mr. Woodward-I insist on my point 1 of order. The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Schio field in the chair)-The chair over I rules tle point of order. So far as I the chair has given attention to the t rOm: flin ntleman from South Carolina, they s'eem to be something about elections. Mr. Woodward-They are in refer ence to elections in South Carolina, and not this election inl Misssouti. The Speaker protemp>rc--The chair t has not been giving particular atten > tion to then. This is a fair illustration of the I manner in which the majority in Con gress attend to the aflairs cf tho na tion. The Speaker occupies the I Chair, a Bill is called up, soine one imakes a speech, to which the Speaker - pays no particular attention, and when a vote is had the Radicals act I .upon a caucus -agreement, and with out the most remote reference to the merits of the nionsuro proposed]. All the "reconstruction' Bills were enact 1 od under this system. In some enscs. ? Denocrats wero tihowed to stuto a few objections in tlhe briefe.ot possibir I narner ; in others the gag of the pre vions question was forced into tie mouths of the minority, and laws lut upon the statute books of the nation r to which a vast majority of the peopl I were and are opposed. It is a favorite j theory of the Radical party that Con. gress is the Government, and acting I upon this despotic idea they wish to exercise power with the least possi I blo recognition of the rights of the niasses. A SinooxiNo OccURnIFNCu IN Oionnos rowN, S. C.-Two Coi.onru: Cin,nRn)' IlURN'r To DF:ATi.--We learn that on S1n. day evening. the 31st uIt.., t fire occurred in the Nortiienslern portion of the town of Georgetown. deslroying a building belong. ing to a colored man named I eanrmon Small, and burning to ashes two colored -bhlildren. The Times, of Iho 4th instant, relves the shocking,ocourrence as follows: Last Sunday evening between eight and I nine o'etook an alarlri of fire nas heard which the diffused light of the sky pointed to the Northeastern part of the town. 'I'ere appearel to be much constrnation and ex oomenvt, ftmYong trio colored people ant ihr t crowd generally who were bpstening to the ) burning Ibuilding, the property of a cood 'I men name'd 1lammuond Small, which was dliscovered whien becyond all hope, the fire rhating bu:rsted froni the inuerior, thien one masof flanmos, and horrible t. relate t wo r.e'gre children who were sleeping in the building fell victiams to ii o nm-de es ele meont. le-rum w,hat we cn 1drn fbli paleeems of the children were absent at CheToh and left them in chargu of two somuen,, one of' *honm wrt absent at fihe time of the occur rence. The gtateSnent of the ether Is that. se had pust the children to bed:withi a lighted . torch which she afterwards thraw in the' f ohlmney M,nd rolired for th6 ighf', ifiat site .arept pvrouondly and was 'only awaked from . her slumbers by the roaring of the flames ; f that she hastened toward the room whet e the children slept, but was obliged to quick a h retreat and barely made her escape. Our , fie companies wero protn4tly at the spot e and b,ome efforts were made to rescue the t. unfortunate victins through tihe flanme, bumt. . the heat was so intense that the at tempt was a fruitless. They perished amidst the burn r lug ruins.' Search was soon ,'nade for iho o remains and, two shapeless asses-a of oha'r f red metteor fco'. discovered.,. A jury of ,inquest, was held ever theye romanants or hmainniiy and,Laverdiot given as aboive.- The a names otf thet children were respectively a Jacob and Edward Rtuo arid their ages three o aundfivoeyears. Agi-eat, ship is t.obe buiTtin San Fran. e cisco if lihe plans' already on eahibition meet with favor. .1. ls.te be as large as t he tGreaLEastern, byt will dhrew enly .'ght.eent .feet, or two thirds the dranght of tIs liGreat liaiterhi. Commnioin boe Vilt be ubstituled ~.for bunks: the stater6rom will be vor,j unuch lartger than In common ships, and will be arranged. along thin coni)'. lnstead of sa tie * sides, making the rolling of tiho buge eran. ledI 6. 1 is d'dsigmgd th'at p at dal bedt by the#da, fbeing pr64idbd by IWe coldputing* - estelua s.t6A he loon 11 h ,io fude ~-The Art Eplscopal esthmedrM ever bailt in New Englandwasopered for tpe lt t,I. time d a Obdristh.- It. hiSs been .full)t organied r after t, English system, by the RighRei.' r. ,Neely, thTd''nsud pf -Mi Th 46U hanits1 fuhI- etbeda at*' 49 '90bfid',~ yDufal, Pi burg,and wM #6t?e' dide.., Nogro Su fl\ra'ro - Reconstruction and Dis franohiscmont, )ot 'iatt writes to the Cincinnati anne reio1 (iepubli:i) as follows: "That n egroes are eit izens, and ought to be end owed with the right to vote, is asl hard for a Democrat to swallow at it is that, other ftet that the lato rebels are tnow citizens, atd ought to have the right to vote, s i'."ks in the throats of our Republican i'l tends. "To see the feeble-tninled men, such as Kclly and 3Ioorchend, bit tIg their slkulls agaiust a stone wall is no unusual 1ighlt. We are taught, by long oxperienco to respect tlalt sort of' a fool's fightt. But to find gre.: organizations of mon doing precisely the sate thing is realli wonderful. Tho negro at tho North 'is not worth fighting over, and the late rebel ele ment, as it is called, of the South, can not be fought over. . We want peace, that time nay heal the wounds of war, and give uts onCe more a united peolle. 'hitis cattnot now he accot plisted by disfranchising the govern. img element. We might have necomt plished our end by turning the Sothtt into a military province, and govern- , itg it as such not it the mten who took part in the war htnd died out. But it is too late now. We are remodelling tho Constitution for all time, and to t insure its heartfelt aeceptance we ought to baptize it in forgiveness and niercy. We secre the negro his right to vote, od4 return to tho I' miasIer his privilego to vote, and we haveiin done) all t hat a ( overnmenit~t can d(1 itn the way of reconstruction. If we at. t.tutlmt by etendations of the (onstitt io and legal oetacment to back the negro agaiist his master wo e nter upon an end less task, for we keep alive th, onmity and henrt-burunig that are the elemonts of discord and the dlead. liest opponents to reconstruction. The time has come for us to say to outr colored friends 'Now youn inust stand aloite.' "1.r:'... A1t.1. M i :1.:v" An A IN IN T'll 1. MoI1Nl1."- neh nwas the exclanation ft a dving child, as.the red rays of sutm. mner stre:aned through '.t(w c.tsemntn: "(God bye, p:,p., good le I lamina c has come for me to uigit. 1)o't. r1 rv para ! we'll all meet again in the torn ing I" It was as If an angel hal spc kento thnt father, and his heart. grew lighter under < hi~s huirdeh-, for somtethtintg a stture him it that his little one had gone to limt, who said : ''Sitffer littlee chilren to comoe t unto ute, for such is the kiiigdot of n heaven " There is someting cherrful to all who I atrc in t rouble : "we'lt :all meet aga,:int I the morning." It ronss tip the faint.' ing soul like a tron pet Ia it. and fright- i eni away forever thle dlark shades Ihron!ging the areitin of the outer if' . Clouds mty galitr upon our pat hi, -dis4 appinmttmlenits gather arotind its fike ,t army with hanners ; but, all this eniot destroy the hope within, if we have the motto npan our lips "All will be right in t.h tornirrg?'. If you wteru to dlie to..tight. wutnid it be weIII with yot inl the mtoruing ?' A Contrr Fn C,tcFn.-A writer hr the P.rhiladelphia rIvening Journal claims to have an infalliblo ott'o for cancer. The recipo is: '(The iee of sherep-sarrel prtessed,- and e$ijo.sed ott a pwte pltein thec suian ut il somtt. over unid atoutnd (the canicer, the ap. ptlicationi to be, confnned liltt il its1 toots loo.ent anid' d'olf onIt5 wIhich will be in te course of three or four days. 'IThe intgred ients of wh icht the pe'wY ter 13 comp'osed, comb6inintg with the acid of thte planit, tire believed to) he' itmpor'tanit int the comound. 'lie leaves of theo sheep sorr'el iare wha.t hotanuists cpull sayi/ia", whtich r'esiemles in shapo the head of atn arrow. ThoIi merftet' also sfates that lie cured his corns by an aipplication of thie leaves of the sheep sorrol to thtomt which in' a few hours softened them so mucth that they wold be pealed oil' anud cure efl'eeted, - N.w POS-raas S-rrAts.--Tho new series of postage stamtps, shtortly to ho issued bey to Postoffice l)epar.ttetnt, will dift'r frotin previous ones ini se,1 baii'g smalle1r, and in respeeb to thie otngravintgs, which wrIl nuot, us btoreto~ fore, all be likeness of. p.M.o tmen. The desit'gns are thuts: Oh te two cent statup is an engraving, of a post boy on bonback ; on t.io,three-cent,4 a locomotive utnder a full b ead of steant ont tho fivo cet stamtp, a heatd of Waoshtington ; ont the tcn-et. stamap, a pitargof the Deelarafo Qtldo' petIle nce ; n.the, t.wolyc.cotut stamp, all ottgr'avinig of' an occt eteam it shi'p, and on the tlairty-centt sttamtp thO sut' i'endler of' I urgoyne.. FIREMEpN'8 RIOT INPrnJ.n. 9i;o of thte companies .of thyt preset vbluinger fire. dopptrfment of, tits ' ty f'elnov'd to rinew' location 'yes erdaty, ad1d 1j nanutr1 in such cason 'a butiding "njdrj by was set offlto 6idebit the event.' Thi.' brdight 'n(Ihe uim' kh\el bIh tIifdrduai, antd ft tlot'han~t)&ed ttlti inff~hi t'ortnlfy W1ottialitig' ior '0,, 'taui *ith -ii iron ' bttV.' '8&.bseqhntly 'b#dedw'u;h-stettes aft1'tt,hri:njfirldA JI'h'4frteciy 6fiMitllarhite las'tirL ed a movement in tho Cit Cut*neil 'A'oz a naid donartmeint Thera Is very good attlihority for the 'aleutent tltt, int a conversation of (len" rit (3rant's lthe other evening, at his resi lence, lie retmarked that he hal made up his mind upon his Cabinet but .hint as yet he persoIus whtom he shoutl invite to accept positions hld been gieti no tntimntions of Iis intetions. , Mrs. (irant retnut ked, "That is more thin you have ever lold tme, ineral." lIe answered, "Yeo. mro thantlt I havo ever (told tny e yet." A niumher Slfeelers were then thrown out, but nil riled to elicit any hits upon that sub. Vct. A Wa'shington letter to the Baitinore r/..rtrle says : "While I here is great uncer. ninty prevailing ats to who will anl who will not he inviteld ito Uenelnl Glrant's hul inet, thore is good attth"oity for saving Il Cabinet when formed will inclheit a outhern man. 'Thisi has been pretty det. titely settled, though it is uncert int what lepartment of the governienIt mny be en rusted to his keeping. The gentleoman low in lieneral lIrnut's eye is one of the nost distinguished jutrist of the ounltry, ,ul one whose ability nod experieno rould well fit him to'r any sttlion to which e in:y be assigiei. It is also lellevtl hait (leneral (hrnnt hna tleetrminctd upotn Iho lher members ot his Chinot, hut will ntt Itake knownl his choice evet to the g;etlie nc'n themselves ututii ni'ler the P'residtal 010 has been counted and he has been flicially notitied of his election.'' Tu lloM asiA.-Quite an interesting use under the lomestead law cnle bet'ore uge tutland list week, in whiht the I'o" Jwing points were made: Was the act of the Legislature made in onfr'inily with the Coott!ulion ill provil ng that" Iho defenlannt. may ".'elrcc'' his otnestend, the constituttion appenring to fix a1ns nu exemption of the dwellitng aind laudv i' utel:ant ? ('iln one, though (he Ihentd of a faiully, esi ling with his panto1ts, have a lonesteai f lanns upon none of which he has Ia resi ence ? Can the hom estead ho of lanl ,d b d in C . t r i airt flcrsIp1 ? Can an1 int eresi Anl a Mill1 be set aparil as ia ortion of the homestead ? These questions all admit of argument, mi n i the Act is a he.v one, andl will give 4 iso to nuch Iitigatiotn, the Judge, after earing conniel, retuindti them for further onsideral ion.- Cheste:yi,rld Ikmocr~at. .TI'rl.ItntoN o' \l.\u1Tl tAurrs.-In the 'hurt of(1eneral Sessions the question as I tlhe jurisdiction of Mlagistrates in crimni nil cases came up before Judgo Carpenter 1 H the ret urn yesterday to a rule to shew I atuse why cellain I ersonus were detnined in uslodly. 'I'he jutlg decided tint no power 'esied in Mlngisttitos to hear and deter nino charges against persons aceosed nind o commtit to jail upon such trial. That th I e uthority vested in tt uinder the recent tot of the Legislature was c(nillned to tIle enring of t he causo and the commit ment of ho a ce,ised 10 jail upon Suflicient cvidlenc,d a at and trial at I he approaching tetrtl of he Iourt of (ienernl Sessions. Soveral risoners, therefore, sen tienced to jail by lagistrates, ntero ordered to be released. f C/iarlesfon Courier. ''n aius.t: Tnlt.ans.---''hero has been, for omo timuc post, an unusual demanduu for miles in Southwesturn Georgia. From th ,lloInig paragraphs if appears that. the de andtnt still existi. The Atlanta C'onslitution f ;:atn urlay, snys . Siice January 1st, 1809, and up to yes. etiny evening three hundred and sixty. even car loads of mules have been brought o this oity, pIr Westseru and Atlnti tail h,nd. limating a on load at twenty-one en,we havu rc?en thousanod sevenI lulti. read and1( seven 0mules. Abhoot threec I hun, red have airrived by dirt rondt, ming uMh ft 1lhousand in rolnd nil nnhers. Not I iqt oanding this large illflux, the moaiket ltilIlues livly, ad the dlomanuld active, at nIl prices. Thlae Columbuols '/'i.., of Frtiday, iny:. TJen mnlos10 were sioldl at ilalrrison'8 nueI l'is $125. Some brought $100. Tfhe ani 11n15 were wvell broke, butt commoni ones... tiler property brought good prices. Scoor, Cassus.--TIn Chesterfield Counity he f>llowing eenisus of' t hO childreni who re tiable to 6e pot to' echool, uinder the ro ent Act of tile begislature, huas been maile: Yhite.s--boys, 1,1105; girls, 1.35. Islacks --hoys, fl92; girls,86l. F'rcin this~ it.np. >enraS that the whitos exceed the blacks ~eiatly 0ne thiouisand, and. tile boys exceed lie girls ablout fity. Tile nlumblle1 of echool lOtrsda in the County Is only twelvo. In York Vounty the numwber' of children let WCoIn the ages ipeollned Is 6,901, of whlom ,0Aty are males anid 2,8i5' are females. As a race, they ar: 'Whites, 8,273 ; ,Indlans, 7: negroes, 2,061. These oblldren belong o 2,287 ftillecs, nllno Of whatfln have eabh elen chil'ion over' ffve and uinder eighteen 'ears old, there being f'orty-two boys and wenty.ono girls In thesoe nine families. .live youi men in Blerlin lately mande an greemnt, for a wager, to see who of them ~ould Reep a*'ake for a whole week. They Lll;liold otut foer about fve danys and a half. >y drioking largely of strong ooffee, and :eeping up a constatit round of active ex irolses and exoitIng aiuenments. At the tanl.Qf that time two of thieia yielded to lrowsitioss; a third soon fell asleep while riditig,ftumabled from hisi saddho and broire l,ld ?rif I s fourth Was attack'ed by a seovero uiokneae, and compelled to~ retire froanthe 60ti)iat; he Afifh held out tothe end1 abut 6IMwenty. Aye pounds of flesh In .winning o ew6ge: Long ago, Filoderick th.e Jreat I 4'~ tir0 my a *1'mildr' oxyerimen', rd loIt n'al o6l hehi bidiN,nhbai strong mras' sleep for more than four days. A nr. (1 s. Goxaz:Ii:..-- We extract the fl!owing fromi the SavannaIt llorniny Nes, of the 9th iust., The Tri.mpa (F'lorii'a) /\<ninsular, of the 30th tllh., savs: "Gvneral (onza lI.z, who was the second in coinmu.d in the ill fate:i i,op1'z e'xuedition to Cuba, aid who has bein residing inl ,South (':trulina sinco tbo liilure of that expe tlit:on, went over to Ilavana on the A1. 'a'nce w"eek before lait ; but we learnt lhnt he was atrrosted mn tifteen 'minuttea ilter landing and lilged it I Io Moro U:stle " in reilation to the above the K\nes (aeneral 0;onzaler. served gallatilly througlh the late war in tin (onfederate 1y111), and lie has manly warut Iersoill friends in this cily and throighout io outh,'who will be psai11ed to learn that Im' has. Iall, i nt.J troubtle with the jp:nish G.ovri.mtnent so ittmmediately on hs retorn to iS i;tive country. to a :'onv "ersatiei with hini while in ihis city -n ru'ite to niha we :slhei himt if ho (lid lot runi1 Somie risk returirng there in th resent di-tnrbed Coli'litionl of'atllhirs ill Islaind. I lo r'pl'u0l that lie ippiehtenl '-1 no lilhictily with tlhe (ovornment hat having lost, witlh 'he iefeat of ti,, ui nfeodcetec ctaus, tall he 1,ossessedl he 'turned to his inaive countrv to earn a ivelihood for. his family, :n Inv callcity 1: whlich he could l "mIlmlimnsclf u'lefnl, 'n:a witt a ;I"ttlcd resolh- to ha-' noth il llorc to do with 'Iolitie.I. \Vltot. ver ma y i i' lls sViml,:tthi' with i.e evoliiiarv m11ov i,iniit in Ciba we airo ssured that I,- is in no miiainner coniect.. d with it. I li has probibly been a'. "st,Iil for hi. Iairicip ation inl the Lop17 ttlaii maiiy yeariis ago. "'Cot.ttm.:n" on ''N I.:a ito."- -/1Silr 1/i illrIcAppe/: \V In t do you news. ,:11p,r men mean by "colored people." 'colored citizeiis" ainid "colored individ is'?" W riters on natiiral history and >hy sics generl'ly), tll us there are sev.. mII colors, to wi : ired, orange, yellow, ree'n, bhIue, intligo and viol-t. \V hat 1001" are Ilhcse i('ople that tehe papers r so contin ally mietionig as a part if our poInllation ? I have seen a "yel. ow ft"llow," ocewi'iually, and havct 'heard t"ll" of the "yalle' guil." Go tbout Ithe lunch hoit' and you will neu I "red faced" mInn now anw thlen'' ; but I treten, blit, ilfigo or viiet colored man ce hardly ever see theso prosper. )>s rirmes. \ilh th greatest deference, hen, [ wouhl suggest thut you news. >niper folks designate ihp color of tho sldividul:i alluded to in f(uttue. It enls. tot be possible that the negro is tho ,erson so oftEn inentioned, for ho is )lack, and Webster tells us blaclk is no :olor, PIAIN TnUTt[. We are glad to :io' somebodv besides murselves Ino - up cndgels agninist ~the m.lc"lievonl al uso of t he term "colored" is a11pli', t the negro. Southern palpiers by their use of it, 'rtdorse the pierni(ious New England allacy that the negro is a Caucasian in ltck. GKN. (InAN'-No-r "1io'I1 01.nEN" To A NYnony.-'Th New York .'Imes, con. ?idered as icnh Gen. Grant 'Ii organ as iny paper. has this piiitin talk to Iiscona entid Rpunnblcalin, who think (#one 'ml Grant ought, to tell them every hing: ''G'1. Grantlt will not be, in out' juid'g.. men', so mneh at thie mercy of party >rigctnz'tions011, inr co dependent uipoin horm for support and suecess, a's Presi. loents usually find theimselvyes, for the -easo tO3hat hio is not mndebted priminfi* v .0 any such organlizat ion for iins nlomm'n. 11no' 1o party conisiderat ion of' any (aid for his~ election,i rficl servies iii oppfressing the rebellion gave him a itre Iig th with thle country which mado t ai iiecessity f'or the( Repubbeanii party .0 make him its candidnte ; and Lthe gon 'a mfI;ndence of the whiole c'otuntry in us sound judgment, practical prudence, mnd disintLerested patriotism, will give )is' atdministrationi a degree of' strengthi wh ich no0 party organlization cani ro - 3ist." IrTiE SouTir A<>M'N Ivaler,.--The MAfcopolan liecord, after a cheer ful ro view of the now very prom:sing com miorcial sittion of the South, comes toi le conohuision that three millionf, of bal'es r>f cotton next year will p'ut tho qmetus an Radicailism, and wind up the whole machiincry of reconstrumction. "Thei spirit of trade, we are renmdod, is an obseq.nionw one, and worshIpR saca - Dess. Lo0t the giouthi raise three ihil. lion bales5 of cotton this year, anid thta very men who called londast. lot~ the en Iorcemient of the reconstruction policy will solemndy disehiim ever having beers the eny of itis peoplo? " A novel miode of' difn:ttg, hitely in' troduiced in New York, ~is io hire a ebuaiae painted in filiMing ved lotterm, "Collector's Chaia," ut which hie makes his dhaity rotmuas to the, douiilhI of slaw-payinig detI)brs, f in ver." ot)tihto eases, ahd' whisn tfle d'elitor' . litWsg i j fashlionable hIouse iL id kepastahdlng t' frontio the11 premtiiB'tses le al hohita it day. . L AItog S4A ,P. O, StTS C I4A$NA roef'tlyIpb n inEdgeflie Cd d adtit ijna near Aiken