The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, February 24, 1869, Image 2
THE FAIRFIED HERALD
WINNSBOtO, S. C.
Wedlnosday Morning, rob. 24, 1869.
DIl lims & Co., Props
The Fifteenth Amendment.
It is supposed that, the Legisla
turcc of almost all of the States be
iug thoroughly Radical ti, present, the I
15th amendment forbidding any dis
tinction in the right to vote or hold of
fiee on account of "race, color, proper
ty, education or creed," will pass three
fourths of them and become a part of
the Supreme Law of the land. It is
a direct interference with the suffrage
llws of every State in the Union, be
o.ause they all require some gualitiua
tion of "race, color, property, educa
tion or creed" at present, and under
the guise of securing liberty, will
certainly work its overthrow.
if the principle that political pow
er belongs of right equtilly to all men,
which underlies this action of Con.
gress, be correct, then we see no rea
son except ungenerous prejudice why
the the article of 8ex was omitted in
the amendment. Certainly there is no
logical stopping placo short. of allow
ing women also to vote. Their intel
ligence, sence of duty, interest in the
welfare of their country, in taxes,
wars and internal improvements, is
just as great as that of in en. If, then,
it is wrong to exclude even the most
ignorant man from the exercise of po
litical power, for any reason of oxpe
diency, surely, it is wrong to ex
clude our women. And to this it is
coming, if military intervention does
rot prevent. If the negroes and Chi
nese hope to retain their political pri
vileges in this country, ''they must,"
as a New York paper, a fortni6ht ago,
remat ked, "take the women along
with them." Thore is, therefore,
sound logic and strong senso in our
own Legislature instructing the Judi
ciary Committoo to report an amend
nmont to the State Constitution doing
away with political discrimination on
account of sex.
The Latest Moral Idea.
Moral [deas,whethcr right or wrong,
whether believed in, or simply hypo
critically professed, are these which
consciously and unsconsciously control
human action, and rule, or rather con
vulse the woril. -The idea at, Abo bot
tom of the present manhood suffrage
movement, when distinctly stated, is
this; that every man, by the simple
fact of existence as a man, has a right
to an equal chance for political power
with every other man, and should not,
therefore, he debarred of the privi
lege of voting or holding olice. We
do not understand those who are sin
cere advocates of universal suffrage to
hold that men are equal, but simply
that they should enjoy equal political
as well as social mand civil rights, and
be left free to rise or sink to their
own proper level of political iniluence.
It is this idea that gives power to Ra
<dical D)emocracy throughout the world,
ntnd banish sin, vice and ambition, and
we soon muighthavo founded upon it
a glorious commonwealth. It must be
confessed, however, that this truly di
vine idea has hitherto been the mere
pretext and stalking-horse that rogues
have used for selfish and criminal pur
poses. .lforts to extend political pri
vileges to the multitude have resulted
in despotism. It is rather by being
under wholesome constitutional res.
traintIs in the exercise of power, t,hat
mnankind have attained any approxi
mnation to self-government. The po
litical as well as thne legal rights of
mankind have been better protected
by a system that establishes trustees
paid for their services, and, therefore,
to some oxtent fit to perform them
than .by a system wvhichi submits great
interests to the direct deeision of those
most interested, it is true, but often
lcast competent to comprehend thenm.
Faith in the wisdom of the masses is
the necessary corollary of the idea on
--which universal suffrage is founded,
bat viewed on the light of history, it
is a corollary that well nigh reduces
the proposition itself to an absurdity.
The ides, in theory, is beautiful, but
try i6, and we soon find a remorseless
nnd irresponsible tyranny as the re
sult. It is the fruitful source of
eltange and convulsion.
- Gold our Curreney,
'ho Supreme Court lias rendered,
svittmin ma fortnight, two decisions wor
thy of tihe serious consideration of
tbe business meni of the Souther':n
X t t.es, ahrico they blaze out far us a
fiincial poli'y, which will both keep
our espitail at homo, and prevent loss
es to us by -.tho . mismannagemnont or
-waste'.ofs Federal .Finanes. It has
debid ed, first; that 8tate Governments,
* n thd'Orogog case, masycollect taxes in
*gjold ; 'second,'.that til centracts for
gi arogoo.and .oinn'ott be ,settled
h-b iianor-. -List oyeryv. - Rat.hun Can
tract t,hon, be "a gold contract" here.
after, and let every btuthern State 1
Treasury deal only in gold--taxes in
gold, and all their expendituros hi
gold. Thus will we practically con
trol the Finances of the Union, gra
dually forcing a universal return to a
hard money currency. We are not yet
in the ltnancial irredeemnable paper
currency maelstrom. Let us keep out
and go for repudiation, if it becomes
neccesary, as it surely will, unless
Grant reforms the Government.
[trom the Itoant iah;o )
The Writing >n the Wall
Johibert. said that tlero are heads that,
have no windows, so that the daylight
cannot strike from above. Such are
the !.elads of the jourllnhlsts who are on
ly jaist beginning to discover that im
portant truth about, Gen. Grant.'s future
political rObuions which was clearly set
forth by the /e,<n n 'atTle as long as last
November. Iminediately after the Presi.
lential election it was shown in these
colnns Ihat, the sitUItion oltle siiCeCIss
bil eandidate relalivl"lv to the ext.reu
ists of the dominant party was snhi that
lie must inevitably either hm ruld by
themn or set them at defiance; that, inas
i tieh is at the fimle of the CO7mvention,
they nrie'le him very much more 1han1
lie needed them, it was unlikely, evetl
were he a plastic man, that they could
control hiu policy as 'resident ; and that
as ho is by no means a plastic mnn, the
contrary alterntative might ho regarded
as a cInutnty. \Vo have no objection
to furnish ideas for the journalists---ctus
tom has made it easy ; for the discriti.
nating public will hear witness how
reg,.Jarly the seeds have been sown by
lie Round Table that have sibseuenit.
'y sproitlIl into foll bloom st-isatioiis,
.uisai les amid stardin, dvelopments mn
the fertile ages of the Ililies, 11ut.
we really iliinc their wimdows might
havo been sofliciently open to admit, so
obviouls and Iecessary an inIerenice .as
this about. Gen. Grant, without. b,:ing
obliged to take it from s.,cond hand
more especially after so long a time
that, through its disseminatio among
the iiia<tes, the 1i ns.ructIiv e reflect ion I ins
cotmi( f"lom below rathvr than from
above.
Cen. Grant's visit, to the metropolis,
at a1 uuomnlet just bef r'"e his inaugurat.ioi
selms to have been; instrimi ntal in
prodlicing t.his suidden etllighteunmrnl,
a mid for reasons not. diflieult to Ilcl. I Ie
has for so nm time( been strengt honing
nimself wi:I war )eimocrats andl con
servative Repnlulic tas, and giving the
Railin:als of bothI parties an imp11artial
cold shonlbler. This has hieU accoin
pliisliel throngh ineans well imderstood
by the Iniated, but only dlimnly alppre
ciated, throgh results, by the general
tpibbc. Floating in the atmosphere
everywhere-wlence or how n1onu.
could exactly tell--has been, and is,
the conviction that between Gen. Grant.
and the hitherto ull-powetful Ia:dicals is
to be a deathless flml. lBut with the
General's visit to New York this has
taken a more palpable form. It, is now
known that the disposition of those
great. bones of contention, and in the
mat ter of tleir listribution, I hose unierr
ing in.d;ces of policy, the Cabinet, ollieea,
lie forg miisioiis, anid he th.ree gra
G overmeniit. posit ions at. thle tiet roplolis,
will lie sueh as to constit.ute a gunamnlet.
otf delianace thr mowna dowin at thle'en-t of'
tihladical faicton. It is knowyn th-i
lhe Tlresuiry has b eeni olIered t.o Mr.
A. 'T. St ewart--an id thait, lie has decl in
ed' it.. Th'e Sinato D)epa rtmenit. hias been
oll'ered to Mir. Gharles leranucis Adams
-and lie has takeni lhe prioposal imo (
serious consideration. Should h~e refu- e,
Mir. MIotleyv is the next, choice. Th2me
War IDeparmtmuent--andl this is v'ery sig..
mihean' ii "it-ba bueen tenidere'd to General
McCeleIim, andmu has so far niei their been
niecep' ed nor declined. Ex GIovei-nior
I"ishi has the opt ion of the portfolio ini
lie latteor case. Tlhe Navy Decpart ment,
having been gratefully declinied by
Ad dir~al Farraguit. has been offered to
Admiral Porter, who is pretty sure to
accept it. Strong ef'orts haeve been
miade to mduiice the appointment, of Mr.
F. IB. WVashburnie as NIiinister to
F'raiice, bitt they aro almost ce'rtaini to
lini. Tt. is preCt.y wvell decile d thai.t Mr.
M. 11. (G1rinnell is to be Collector of
New York, and thait, Mr. C. A. Danna
will be either Surveyor or Navy' Agent.
The last-named geiit leman is almnost, as
pop~uilar with DemX.iocrats as with Itepupib
lheans, anad hiis ap~poit ntet amid anubse.
eineiit career-ablo and n pright mni
ihat, lie is--witl no far to t'fltco the stain
lefi. on New YorkI jou ralisii by t he
colineut, iin the hitter oflice, of a formeir
imeumnbenmt. Other names. inighit be
mt.i'iionied mi ct'.mleetioni wit hi impijor'tan lt
post sill mioro sharply indicative of
Ruadical discomiftittre, anid the onily sop
to Ce,rbernus seemns to consist int the
elect ion of' Mr. Grieeh-v as Moiisteir to
En~tgland-a step1 F'r wlInchi there excep.
tionial reasons, and which is now said to
be finially de(term ineld tiponi. Mr. Jobhn
WV. Forniey has been spoken of foir Mr.
GIreeley's lon g supposed futurein niche- --
lie Post olice ; but Mr. F'rney's sinister
eonnection wvith let ters ini formier days,
wvouldl naturally daiiage his chanc~es.
even if his extreme Radicalism did
not.
All thisclearly indicates thie general
nature'of P'resident Grnt's fuituiro poliey. I
The Radicnas have not lifted hinm I,o I
pdlwer, aind lie (hoes not, mean to show 1
them gratitdo for favors not conferred.
lie knows that lie is strong~ eiionglj
wit liout them. Moreover, not. because
they are lUopnblicans-for D)emocrats int
thie hike position wouldh have donoe thee
samie-but. because they had the chuance, I
the extremists aro so far idlentif'ied withe
the schemes of piublic plunder thatt
Gratnt'a cherished plans of retrenchmemit
adeconomyv must needs bring abont a
collision. Thus the hianduwritlig on lie I
wall is daily becoming plainler and plain. t
er, and there is little occasion to regret t
its import.. Thie Radicalfaction ha.m out.
ived the t'yt'en that gave it birth qtito
oig e-nough, andj the sooner it -draws
he drap'ry ofits couch about it and pro
)area to ho down to ploasant dreams,
ho better for the nation.
['reaties Botween England and the Uni
ted States.
On Ft'iday last the President trans
nitted to Congress copies of three
reatios which have just boon conclud
3d between our Ministor at the Court
)f St. James and Ea,rl Clarendo.
rIhese treaties were submitted td the
Dabinet at the meeting held on Fri
loy last, and when they reached -the
JIeate it was t-v Late to havo ,hcm
rcferrr.d to thc p, ;.,er comn :u ii.ees.
T'ho first trcat, is in thln form of a
protocol, and ,dta to the subj.Aot of
naturalization int the two couutries.
''hea reason ai.tig:red for making thi.,
treaty condit i""ls I i.; tt the subject
)f naturalizatiun it, El.:c1:1nd is t6 n:at
Ier of common i 1v, t i equi..s the
ianction of 'arli.taent hteoro the
Ministry can p;el..ia it. T!:c pro
Visions of the Irotool are siuilar to
those of the tecaty on the same suL
ject made by Mr. 1l.uncruft of G(a.ln
tly. The second t reat.y rla tes to the
lispute about the bonudry of the
San Juan bland. The third is' tho
draft of the treaty tigned by Earl
Clarendon and .lii ,tcr J~hnton on
Friday last. Thu ut ticles of the trea
ty are eight in t.uub1er, antd ato sub
stantially as follows :
Article 1. The two (O.vcrnments
agree to the settlement. of ell claims
and dilffrecues. which have ari;nli
since the Convontion of 1853.
Article 2 provides for a .commission
of four persons, each Government be
ing entitled to two ieprsentatites,
this Coinltiission to agree upon'a plan
of settlement.
Article 3 provides that a najotity
of the Commi.sion shall decido the
questions involved.
Article 4 provid.' for cases of dis
agreement on the Cunonisson. In
such an event the two Governments
shall chooso nn umpire. The Presi
dent of the United States shall net for
the United States, but th ulmpire
selected shall not he qualified unless
confirmed by the Senate.
Article 5 providcs that in the event
of the refusal of the umi,iro to decide,
the question shall he Settled by lot in
presence of the Comris. ion.
Article 6 excludes from the juris
diction of the Commission all cases
arising from claitm: whieh have been
tdjudicated by Courts of Admiralty.
Article 7 provides tha, claimants
hall have first proved that they are
British subjects, that they preserved
atriet neutrality dliring the war, and
aid not aid the South.
Articlo 8. The sessions of the Com
missions are to be hold in Washing.
Lon.
A1t ALAnMx; AND Mos-r Uxrtr.
Elr:nI:NTFu I'ntom.::mc,u n.-'1'he J'dge
field Adertliscr, of Wednesday, the
17th inst., sayvs:
The trial of the case c.f the State
igainst Ililirly i Iaidy' a' '.cwis h'ree
ian (I wo negroes) for . m. urder of
Mrs E'lkins, terminated on Thurslay
morning of the second week of the late
61"rm, in a mis-trial. the jury having
bec19n aibsolutly i:ablet to aigroe upon a
verdict.. [The ...ese, like a wiounded0(
mala'c, lhad d rage&ri its slows lenegth ailoneg
ior more1 thain thre dav ls !iand thoc div.
'rs poimics of' v idece ar eising had been
h s'essedl by cotensel, ini presence of
Judge Phoit t, thr ioughe all thle staeges of
'ply,. r'joinad;r, rebutner, su rrebrai ter',
Sic., in fact almost ad infinitumi. A aid
after all, it,c en minat ed, as we lhave
chovo stat ed, in a mi s tria!.
Incdeed we maedy say ini worse thliatna
mis.t ieml ; ina:smchi cees on Prida v Iast
thle p)risoniers . ctic he aest onislhmion t. ancd
inidigntionc of aell who imidie finltest
icenini: ance w ith Iaws, woe - releaesed
I roumjail uipone ahoer own c recogn iz/ance
by iiu-.hoi ty' ol Jucede Plat t.
Our comnm iity,~m na'cnisi omed to
I.his novel, spee ed ace miqulitois mieth.
cd of' general jail deli very, evoen whler
r>lfenerseic w%erc imiprisonei(d foer mincor
>lences, wvas, as a matter of' course,
sheocked to lean act imt two stal wart ne
gr.'o fellows, indicted, imiprisoned and
irraigened for muerde'r, reaidered incde'ois..
Ily heineotis b)y suspicion oefn rpo, had
beene tumrned locose unohiiplt. of' just;gice,
ipons their simpl1)e and sole r'Cegi.
Wer v'entuare to sax theat the records of
Souith Carolinca wd'l'cot, disclose a ' parn
dd e ase. Im ei((d we have never hieardl
t imtlmnated beefore. thacit a prisoner ini
licted for inreri 'oiuld he relcesed sav'e
iponi recogmze'.lio wilth apuproved suire
Lies. Nor is ,t. lhkely denht. Hdle'ry
Ilardy and Liewis Freeemnan, 11md t hey
3001n whijte men0, woul leave bos n thua
released.- A and if ae bis is to 6c0 dieemed
c precedent. in lhk,ecases. old Ecdgefiield
hvoniid do well to . considier the question
>f(setting her houei in order'.
En viiew of' lee mncifol restilts in vol v.
'd inI thli r'evuchninahry wa'cr n mCuba,
lhe best couirse Gien. Girant canc purse
s the one taken by (Gen Jackson inc re.
ardl to Penscela acnd ho Spanmsh po)s.
Ossionls ini Floridia--iako pososieon of
he country, anid setule the matter by
aegotiation w IhI Spaicn aifterwards.
phis step would cut nll t.he knottyv
cointi in the Ctnbanc qulesi on, anad be the
est nd ev.ent nally the most sat.isfaictory
or every intereat involved thereine-tho
3 iited States, Spacinc. Cenha awil civili
altion at large.--N. Y. Herald.
A young gymnast in floston - boa3s
hat after practicing three years% . he
an raise himself with ettther arm
rein thie "dlead hang'' six tiie in siue
ossion, with a fifty pound weight in
he other hand.
[A million francs change owners in
arseyigtn consequence of
heogambling carried on there, and
hie cards used cost eight thotaand
ranos a day. - .
-- '- = m a~ a 48 hA h
I IiT ATflNf} ITSELF--A
PAARAL .'Tho disorderly soenes ']
i&hoeIduso yesterday afternoon du- n
ring the opening and counting of the o
rleotoral votes for President and
Vice-Prosident were a repetition of 6
what oceurod when the votes were t
counted in 1821. Then the northern b
memborsof Congress insisted that thQ b
vote of Missouri should not be count
pd, while the southerners deolared r
that it should be. A compromise t
was finally mado, which resulted in (
the passatnYof a joint resolution pro. a
viding that the vote should be an.- n
nouncutd -as it would be if the -votos
of MissYuri were counted, alud as it
woulij bD if they were not 'coutred.
Notwitbtitanding the passage of this
joint reuolution, when the President of a
the Sonato cane to the vote of Mikou
ri, Mr. Jiver:aor, of Now hampshire. t
objeted to its bein~g reived ont the
L'round that 3lissouri was not a St ate f
The Sjnate withdrew, and a debate V
ensued in the IIcuse, during which s
John lutdolph made one of his deli- I
ant speeches ; but the Iluuso atood by 1
ils joint resolution.
When, however, the P,e.ident of t
the 8enato declared that "if the votes e
of Missouri were counted the. number f
of voks for James Monroe would be a
231 ; if they are not counted tht.num
ber of votes for James 3Iunroo is 228,"
Floyd and 14,ndolph, of Virginia, be
gan to protest against this partial d
recognition of Missouri, but were
called to order and made to take their
seats. Order being restored, the
l'residont of the Senato announced
the vote, when Randolph rose and be.
gan to declaim with gr3at vehemence.
The President of the 8enato proposed
that the senators should retire, ,whiuh
thoy did, leaving the excited Virgin
inn to conclude his protests. It is
evident from the accounts that had it
not been for the firmness of tho pro
siding ofiiceor there would have been a
regular row.- i ish inylon Repubi.
Some persons looking at the course
of General Butler, in Congress, think c
that he has some important public
aim, and that it is to put down the
Senate and subject the entire govern
mnct to the control of the llouse of
ltepresentatives. The Senato, as a
rival power, stanis in the way of the
supretacy of the m:oro popular branch
of the legislature.
The Seiato desires to control the
M:cecutive notion in regard to appoint
ments, and arrogates to itself the
riglit of dispensing the patronage of
the Government. The House resists
that monopoly, and therefore Mr. But.
ler's mesure for the repeal of the
Tenure of Offico Act was passod by
t In lrge..majority. The next House of
Reipresentat ives will, no doubt, loan
towards a paper :mor.oy system, and
will he antagonised by the Senate on
that subject.- Butler has put himself
forward as tla champion of an exclu.
sivo paper currency, aid of course
iu-t contend against the fin ancia l con
servatism of the Senate. Butler, as
every one must notice, is likely to be
the leader of the Republican party in
the IIouse, and through it of the on.
tire party of the country.- Wttshe.
Cor. Uutiu'er.
FIiT/ Am-EAnANIC OF TlE ELO
CiP'EJE IN CmiIRL.sToN -"XVbat's it 1"
"WhIere's it ?" PWho1m's got it ?" 1
"Whol~re did it coine from ?" "IIave I
you seen it ?" "There it goes !" p
"Wlioop) ! don't it fly ?" "Break lie c
neck durreckly." "Do debbil in datt
samen ting." "The ghost of Tami
O'Shanter's mare." "Any other
borso. would get as thin that cat as ~
as ,little."' Snoh were seome of the
hy'riad 'initeir.gatories and renmarks
made by .the 6rowd yester day on the I
appearance of a "veloesip.hde in the ~
streets of tihis 'olt. The Savannah
Ad'eid4~'s' that;Savanniah is not I
behind thle wvorld, b)eause somebody
has an agenoy for velo'cipedes for I
Georgia andi South Carolinta. Well, ~
we acknowledge that Charleston is &
sonmc seconds behind Pauris and New ~
York,'but she has a veloeipede of tier
own manufacture, and she intends to
eatch up. The one that created such '
a sensation yesterday was made by
Mr. D)uo, and expert tinner, ini con-.
junction with Mr. D). B. hIIaselton, the
sewing maclino ma111.
C(C'hrleston .Nos.
WONDJERFUI. Es$.AP,.:-Ono of'tho t
most thrilling spietacles ever witness..
ed by man, whore life and dea1th seem.
ed weighing in the balance, was seen d
at tile dlepot on Thursday morning ~
last, a little-after midnight. It seems
that ar"gentloman fronm Water Vamlloy '
wvas waiting far the up Express train I
to take hinm homno. Having boont C
awakened hurriedly, Iho wont toward ~
the stopping point, taking the v'ery ~
center of the track. 'The train a11 ?
this tme coming toward him wvith the I
almtost certain aim of death. BHnd.
od by the drummnond light,- and proba
bly believing hinsel f on -the' "oil'
track," ho0 rushed onward tovai-d the ~
eniginea. All of a sutddeni they' camne I
together amnids the thrilling, cries of'
the by-standers,ujump froim the track!, r
ajnmp fromt the track 1" but it was too
late. Luckily, 'bowever, the train t
had almost come to a stop, and as the
oow-catchier struck him, lie grasped thme
massIve iron tie holding on for life r
ar death, while the engine dragged I
him along fully twenty feet, amiddst I
the most soln suspense. Finally [
the engine stopped, and he wais helpedi
off, badly but hot dangerously hurt.- I
Grenada ,Sentnam,
A wife joinli g lier 'hushAnd in a e
otveyaiioe of roel estate; was asked a
by the judg9 lio' examined her in r
rivate accoordirig to.theo'aot of' asst. ~
slf, whether ahe acted without corn- '
sulsion the part of her husbanid.
he atuok he, arms akimbo, and re lIi
4,' "'e corg modo-mor twelity bi
ek~ hi." -- a
M As M AM JA At x
JOHN RAN DOLPii's BLACK COLONY.
'he fairest experiment on any scale of
tagnitudo that has been made in this
Duntry to test the capability of a ne
ro community to maintain itself, was
to notable one made by the celebra
sd John Randolph, of Roanako, who,
y his will, emancipated a considera
lo number of slaves, who were subse.
uently settled on good land in the
reo State of Ohio. The latest men
ion of these negroes we find in the
inoinnati Enquiirer and it comes from
gentleman who resided for some time
ear John Randolph'scolony of blacks.
[is statement. is that the original
:- tlers were extra-iutelligent no
roes ; that they ivero 'established on
uins having good houses and fences;
nd well stoeked with domestio ani
a', itnpletients and requirements;
hat their condition was bettor than
hat of the small, even moderate,
nrmners of tho ncighborhood, but now
lhat remains of them and their do
Cendants are sunk into a state of
arbarism, shunnod by their neigh
ora, except Quakers, who still extend
harity to and coninuuicato with
bem ; that their houses are dilapidat
d, their fences roted down, their
elds grown up in briars, and their
nirnals and implements long since
one.
Senator Perry, of Connect ient, having
enied, in solenn conclave, that
he Nutmeg State was independent, his
olleague, Mr. Dixon, t efreshed his
temory and morality thus :
"The State of Connecticit provides
i her Stale constitution that her clec
ors, before voting, shall take such oath
s shall he prescribed by law ; anJ part
f the oath prescribed is in these words:
You, A 13., do solemnly swear that
on will be true and faithill to the State
,f Connecticnt. and the c matitution and
overnent thereof; as a free and in
Iependenl Slal,' I took that oath,
nd the Senator took it, but he seems to
mve foeuotten it."
Even the classic Sumner was ignorant
f this provision of the old constitution
f 1818, which has never been repealed,
nd FIerry, if lie knew anything about
lIo organic law of the State ho claims
o represent so conspicuously, for.
ot it. contumaciously. If Ferry was
ilenced by these threats, equally-discou.
erred was the mighty Sumner when
f r. Dixon read from the first Constitu
on of Massachusetts the following
rords:
"The people of this Commonwealth
ave thin sole and exclusive right of gov
rning themselves as a free, sovereign,
u(] independent State."
Warit a bit. The chickens hatched
y the .war will come -home to roost.
Tme JocRNexY. oF LIjrE.-Th cele.
rated Bishop lurgess,whose sayings are
uoted as replete wih sound judgment
lid beantiful ideas, says of the journey
f lif', "that ten thoneand human beings
et forth together on their journey.
lfter ten years, one-t.hird. at least have
li,appeared. A t the middle point, of
ommon measure of life, but half are
till on the road. Faster and faster as
he rank ' grow thinner, they that re
anined till now become wearv, and lie
lown and rise no more. At three-score
id ten, a hand of some four hundred
'et struiggle on. At ninetv, those have
ieen redueed to a hanidful of thirty t.rem
ling pat riarchs. Year after yeair they
all in dimiiimshinug numbers. One Iin
ers, perhaps, a lonely marvel, till thme
ettry is over. We look again, and
he work of deat h is fliishied.
We believe that Gen. Blair is the
nly Democratic leader at the North
who comp lrehmends thle full nm''aning of
he late election. WVe ink thait with
iin we can iifor'seo -comnpliations in the
"'deral G4overnmnent the like of which
his generation of gret. hlistory..mlakers
ad nmot direa med of beholdhn.
W hat isiust tihe Sout hern people do ?
lemamn united above all else; aind
iiil we have our way wewul r
a ie al te tue meninto a secret.
ueiety, sw ire to uphold t.o the last the
ainse of' their race ; to keep in cheek,
g'ith the damgger if necessary, the aggres.
ions of the JIacobin adlvenuturers mn our
idst ; to be prepared for whatever
mergenicy"rmay aise5(, and it is coming,
n take p.osoen once more of our
The Baltimore Gaze tte, speaking of
he hightoned morality of Congress
non, says:
i$utler, in writing to his correspon
ents, intersperses his letters with
eriptural quotations. Wilson puts on
solemn visage as lie talks of the
Rook of Ages." Yates makes tem
eranco speeches. Harlan discourses
f the beauty of holiness and the bles
ings of a well spent life, and from a
onditlon of poverty suddenly acquir
a great wealth. Pomeroy becgmes
resident of a couple of railroads in
~ansas, and of the saubsidy granted by
~ongrePn to one-of them puts, it is
eserted by Gen. Boynton, one hun-'
red thousand dollars into his own
ockets. One hundred millions of
cllars Mr. Jenokes tells us, are an
ual ystolen from the revenue, and
Ir. Wells to a great degree confirms
he statement.
Br.oony CONFLICT BIETWEEN A NC)y.
r.n oF Ciii NKSt AND TiHE CRisw OP AN
INot.tsu GUJNnOAT.-Ljato despatchee
'on China report that a Collision took
lace at Swatow between thme Chmnese
ihabitapts and the crew of the (British
unboait Grasshiopper. The fight was
batinate and bloody. The sailors
)tghit desperately, but were overwhuelmn.
di by the natives, whose numbers con
antly increased, and were compelled to
3tire to their ship with eleven of their
timber wounded. Many Chinsmen
'oe killed and wounded in the all'ray.
"Let's fusel,"' is the way the people
iLynrchburg, ask each other to drink,
ad a drInk 18 nalle 'a fu.oi..o.
TIE NEWS FROM CUDA.-'The intel
ligence from Havana published in our
telegraphic column is of a very impor- I
taut character. It will be seen that
Count Valmaseda, who is operating in
the Eastern Department, has been forc
ed to send a portion of his column to
St. Jago to save that city from capture t
by the Cubans,while in the Central Do
partment there is a significant Inaction
on the part of the Spanish troops. A c
new and formidable movement has
broken out in the Villa Clara district, I
involving all the sugar region of Cien
fuegos and Trinidad. At Cardenas
several arrests have been made, inelu
ding the -British Consul. But the ap
pearance of insurgents at Guanajay a
and San Cristobal, places west of Ha- u
vana which have hitherto been quiet,
and the advantages obtained there 2
over the Spaniards are of groat signi
ficance. They prove that the revolu- t
tion has acquired a new impulse, and
indicate that it will speedily involve
all of the Western Department. t
The feeling of hatred between Cu.
bans and Spaniards is acquiring great
er Intensity, and the youth are leaving
the towns to take their places in the '
field. This feeling has its dark side v
for our own citizens resident in Cuba, e
and a representation has been sent to
Washington stating that Americans 1
are being arrested, but no measures
can be taken in their behalf because
Captain General Dulce denies to the
Consul General of the United States
diplomatic functions.-N. Y. Herald. s
LAID ON TIHM TAm.E.-Ben Butler's
resolution in referenco to "Old Ben
Wade's" invasion of the rights and o
privileges of the House. "Old Ben," a
by his binndtring, had got the question
into such a snarl that even Big Ben t
could not unravel it, nor Schenck, nor s
Shellabarger, nor Bingham, nor any of I
them. And so, with a spread eagle F
speech from Logan in the way of an
apology 'for "Old Ben's" blundering, J
the snarl was laid on the table. But
the afftir, as between the Senate and
the House, is not settled for all that.
It will break out again, after awhile, on
some other question.
A Scoth engineer has discovered a
method of producing intense light
with common coal gas by mixing it a
with atmospheric air. Under ordi- c
nary conditions the introduction di- a
minishes the illuminating power, but t
greatly increases the heat of a gas c
flame. In the new plan the mixtures
of gases is lighted after passing through
a tissue of iridio-platina wires, the
metal soon becomes heated the flame a
disappears, and a vivid wLite light is f
the result. It will burn, it is said, in t
a gale of wind without protection, and
a downfall of rain will not quenohiit.
CALIFORNIA S.rAr.Pox.-The peo.
ple of California are afflicted with small.
pox just now in apparently a very viru
lont form. Thig they perhaps owe to
the Chinese. Disease.i of this class n
affect differently the different races of c
men. Smallpox, for instance, as it
sfhcts the negro or Indian, is more ter
rible than the smallpox of the white, and
white men taking the disease from these r
taWny races seldom survive. Doubtless r
the Mongol is ano.ther instance of this
differe nce, and the disease in Cnlifornia
K
is perhaps of the Mongo! typo.
Tuxi Flirri.--Our late Spring weath
er, says the Con.stitutionaligt lias great.
ly diminished the chances for a fine fruit
Crop) this year, in this part of the State,t
and it would seem that even farther 1
North similar apprehensions exist from
the same camue. Our Maryland ex
chaniges speak of thes probabilities of a
total failure of the crop in that State, a
and we fear that the first cold weather
we have will end all our hopes for
neaches this year.
The Empress Eugenic, according to t
Figaro, has recentlj become a convert
to spiritualism, through the influence
oif a clover clairvoyant, M'lle Elise
Gullotten, who calls herself the
"Light of the Future." The Empress
has recently attended almoht daily the
seances of this woman, and even Louis
Napoleon is said to have consulted E
her.
PHa PArPEn.-Experiments recent- s
ly made in Georgia prove that-good pa- e
per may be made from okra, the whole c
pant being utilable. The Mob>ile Reg- r
isser has seen specimens of good'printing,
writing and wrapping paper made from t
tis phiu t. Thi. discovery is expected I
to re'duce the price of paper. r
Below will be found what is deem
ed a proper text from which to p reach
the funeral sermon of lBen Butler, j
from Jeremiah 11, 19: .
'"And the basins, and the lire pans,
anid the caldrons, and the candlestick, '
and the spoons and the caps, that which I
was of gold, in gold, and that which a
was of silver, in silver, the Captain, of f
the guard took away." v
a
ANOTHER VWro.--President John
son has sent up to the Senate his veto
of a certain bill concerning the color
ed schools of the District of Columbia, ~
and this time, even on black men's
rights, we think he has Sumner on the
hip.
The leading apothiecarios of Massa.. I
chusotte have petitioned the Legislaturet
for the passage of a law to prevent any '
one engaging in tha't line of busioess,
unless he had received a special educa.
tioi for it.
TecyofRome itself is said.to be '
invaded by- bandilti. Hotels, andr.
vate houses are contrnually rob bed.
Twenty thousand francs worth of.,jew- 8
elry was recently .taken from one
lady.
Chicago i to have a city telegraph for
the transacticn of local busitiess-prob
ably to counteract the effect of divorce(
suits by pnting husand o n closer
Local Items.
rew Advertisemen:s.
Good News 1 Good News 1--all on
add Bros & Co.
Dry Goods, &.-Ketohin, MoMas.
Dr & Brice.
"No Mulo."-E. W. Ollever & Co.
Masoulo Meeting-S. B. Clowney,
eo.
ire.
One of our merchants report the
arhamville Female College, near
olumbia,'a heap of smouldering ruins
a he passed it on the ears yesterday
orning. Accidental.
iporah Oottjn Seed.
The attention of farmers is direoted
o the advertisement of Mr. R. S.
)esportes, with the above beading, in
o-day's issue.
Fodey's Lady Book.
This mirror of fashion for March, is
pon our table, and, as usual, is filled
,}th the latest fashions, besides inter
sting matter for everybody.
Inoonstitutional.
The Charleston papers print in . full
he opinion of Judge. Carpenter that
he Homestead exemption is uncon
titutional.
Fen. D. H. Hill,
Of Charlotte, N.-C., called at our
flio yesterday in excellent health
nd spirits, though grown grey in pa
riotio service both with pen and
word. Long may be live to contri
ute his full share to the fame and
rosperity of "The Land We Love."
Luother Ohange.
The Charlotte & S. C. R. R., as it
fill be seen by this morning's issue
as again changed its schedule. The
own mail train arrives at Winnsboro
,t 9.28 a. m., up train at 3.42 p. m.
One of the gambling establishments
,t Baden Baden has offered Mrs. Lin-.
oln ?2,000 per year to remain there
a the guest of that establishment for
hree years. The offer has been ao
opted.
[She failed in the "old olothes"
sarket, also in her petition to Con.
ress for "pin money," and now we
ad Mrs. Lincoln, the wife of a mar
red President, betting her last chip
t "draw-polker."]
'he Old Blacksmith Shop.
This old shop so long known as the
Aiken Blacksmith Shop," has recent.
r undergone a thorpugh overhauling,
pder.tho special supervision - of cur
nterprising townsmun, Mr. Geo. H1.
IeMaster. Where stood a few weeks
go a delapidated old blacksmith shop
ow stands a beautiful store, and is
ow occupied by Messrs, Ollever & Co.
Would we had a few more of the
leMaster stripe in Winnsboro.
eouthern Almac fo 89.
We have received from Messrs.
Valker, EDvans & Cogswell, Charles
on,8S. C:, their Southern Almanac for
869, it is interspersed with ruled fly
eaves which makes it an excellent
uomorandum book. Every family
hould have a copy.e
lobaoo,
The following communication which
re find in the Phoeniix, is of interest
o merobants, and will explain itself :
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OPINTERNAL REvENUE,
WVAsINGToN, February 10, 1868.
SIR:i In reply to your letter of
'ebruary 6, in relation to stamping
obacco and snuff in the hands of deal
rs, I have to say that as the law now
tands, after February 15, 1869, all
ne-cut chewing, smoking tobacco and
nuff, and after July 1, 1869, all oth:.
r manufactured tobacco in the hands
f dealers, not packed and staimped as
equired by the Act of July 20, 1888,
rust be so packed and stainpod at
he expense of the owner or the holder,
>eing sold or offered for sale. Very
eso Tfu HOMS HIARLAND,
Acting Commissioner.
A. S. Wallace, Esq., Collector 3d
)istrict, Columbia, 8. 0.
DELICIOUS MiRDIINAL..--This is thel un
ersal .verdiot, pronounced upon PI,ATprron
iTERs by all who have tried themn.grhe
roll-known health..promoting ingredient.
reon which they ave made. and their lava!
able merits as a remedy for indigestion
ad all its consequent aignents, and the'pre
entive qualities agait,t diseases arising
rem climatic changes, miasmatic influences
ad imsperfect scret,iens, are so widely *
nown and so honorably endorsed, that we
ruse no one will forego the advantages of
Iheir use,
MiACNoLrA WATua.-Superior. to the hest
nported Germnan Cologne, and sold at half
li price. feb 18-tal
Ziporah Cotton Seed.
SHU8IEL ZIORAIH COT'TQN gNED
Jelected.withb care by Cal, I, . Pa
For sale at *8.00 per single bus.hel, or
2.50 by the quantity, (fur o,r sin bushels.)
Ootler. grown from this seed is seling at
l@85 Genii in Ohaplestont. Address
U. 8. DESPORTS,
feb 28-t1xl Ridgeway* 8. C.
Onfon Thuttons,
NIN,rihPotatoes, CorD, dearden
)BOed, &ro., for sale at
fe 10 JOUfI MioIN'1YE & 00.