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PIN Desportes, Williams & Co., Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Ar, Inquiry, Industry and Litratu VOL. 11.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1869. [NO. 37 FAIRFIELD HER ALD )E,SPOR,''TiS. WILLI % L14 & !0. 'Trna.-T1ite IF: nIALI Is published Week ly in, the To n41 o Winnsbor'), at S3|.09 inl /in uddrance. ':Y All iransient advertisetnents to be paiid in adlvnnce. Obituary Notices and Tribnles 31.00 per square. TO MY FRIMMD PAR AWAY. As cheerful spritIg wit I joy yot. bail, Antl Ilower< i 0:1 hill attl <lahr ; Ani bloonl in", youh} pr t:hu W'r the lets With bounding heirts andl footstep freo W"iten 4nnner shdrli her blazing light. O'er forest deep and inortntni-t height ; And the ,orn rtdes highl in her virgin Spheres, And hope cltoers the path of my wantler igs herc; \Vhen auttiuin cumu in sober grief, WY itl ripene'l corn and yellow Jeaf An<l Sol grows dilt, andi Cynthi:a litle. An I winds sighI throngh (lie lonely vale When ratzing winter howls aroinil O'er b:;r1rea tw:iS:e nntl froz:'n gtron .( And l : u'1m la ;for:n 1 ht northI his icy dlotnnin, A nl ( oWS his i ; wanlle o 's ow o'er Ith Oft a;t thes return throtngh revolving yenr: With tiheir joys, their griefs their sorrows annti tenas : Oh, will ye one thought of the past still re lain, And of hin who may ne'er share your siniles again ? [ li t'en R'.pressly for (ie l'irfield 11rald j Trh e itIetaInIOr)hOSis. BV %.1InE1. :il:lthl hath never given happiness, hit of ten uit'ien'd nisery. l T''ppelr' 1%rtceril Phi!mopnrdy.. On the portico of a stately dwell ing in fair C'itmbi-the ''City of Sks"-at a fragile, hut beanutiful girl of eighteen summters, with one ?f pale cheek resting upon her transpa rent hand, while the other hand toyed restlessly with a largo, white rose that lay upom her lap. Iler dre.ss of some diaphanous material, .1 fa ted airily atrounld her, the gentle evening breeza fanned lier g->ldon trotcov, nud it' nhi had only possnssed a pair of shining wing-, one would have thought her an angel--visitant from beyond tie Jor dan. There was a deep, earnest look in her young face and it was very evi dent that she was underdoing at trial of soeic deerition. A little apart and anxiously and intently regarding her, vas a young man eladtin a suit of soldier's hotnest gray. Upon hits mar ble brow Dime Nature had clearly stamtped noble man and through his dark mourtslul eyes, beamed the spir it of tho hero-strong in hattle, ten dfer in love. His searching gize had a magnetic ell'et, the girl looked up, their eye:l met, there was a prayer in his. "MAhel," he said gently, "you give me no hope, take into consideration my devoted love for you, I have no l thoiught, not hope, nor dream, but what it is in sono way blended with you. For your sake I would climb to I the very su<nn,it of the Mont Blano of fame, defying and overcomting overy obstacle that, chanced to throw itself in my path ; with your smiue to ehcourage, nothing 'voruld iT imnposhi ble to me.*1 "Lionel," said thte girl ioterrupt ing him, "do not tempt me, you know Papa and the Doctor hatve both vetoed my becoming a soldier's wife arid especially, the wife of one who has 1no fortune.. My health is two delicato' I could not'bear the sufferinig and anxi ety, indeed I could not." 'Mable, it pains me1 beyond mecas Suroeto sen hows thin and pale you are growing, I mtust cotfns, even to my solf,.that you are sadly changed from the blithesome school-girl of Lwo.years ago, fresh.from the swing, from jumlp ing the rope and from your 'invigora ting walks ill the opan, air. Oh ! if you would only lisren to me, would . nly consent to. becoine my wife, to go and live with my mother and two little sisters on the bauka of the beautiful Enloree I Exercise and pure country air wvould soon impart a rIeW vigor to. * your frame, churna.g and milking theo vows would soon1 recall the lonig ban ishedl roses to youri cheeks." "Lionel," answered Afabel, the Iiaughty Southern. blood. mIountinig to * her brow, "you talk nonsens'e,. hieaven * forbid~ that iiy "father's -daughter shioild eYWr leonideseend te such low oc01upationsl" '"labol," said the youpg man re pi-oachafully, "may mtother is a lady and bhlO (108 n0t eollid(er it ~a iace Wo #fo'ii'thf&so little househobi, duties. R tecolleot ,thatt wbhen. the war: oOtn mueneed, she waethe:owhaer of' a pa;ls ry. comfort-.aud hiuuy thab .W0aIh could furnish6e And dnow, thai. ther fortunes of .war'have'!l4ft *s2%Othinlg but a log-cabini a sm,alL farnuandn, fo# fiitnfhl alaveppn thei f tfe on.obilty of hi4r oheraoter displiaysi$bqf& ;Bha has passed throbgh a fiery )rorda1! and has come forth rofth#d and yt1ifidta a.great degree...,, repl.ed, i A "1 . e. , , * "I beg your pardon, iJoni, IA1k not intend to cast alny insinuations upon you mother whom I know to be a most admirablo lady, but wlen 1 | am compelled by a stern and uncomi ptoniniig necessity to toil and spin, then I shall have to submit. Tust s, long, however, as Clotho, L-iehesi:s an I Atropos spin and weave gold aid silver threads for me, just so long will c I remain, in case, luxury and refine- I ment. Were I in your log-cabin on r the baiks of the legendary Enorce, l i should hold up my hands in holy hor ror and cry Oh ! for sweet civiliz-ation r once more." 1 The young man flushed - painfully and turned away, then as if tuddenly Changing his mind, lie went to her, I took her hand and in a low and inex- I pressibly sweet and mournful voice, 4 he said, "Darling, if the time should ever L come when you have no roof to pro teet your head, recollect that the humble cabin in the woods stands open to receive you, that warm hearts and cheerful faces will welcome you there." !Ip raised the hand to his lips, I looked long and earnestly into the I violet eyes that were slowly filling d with tears and then, was gone. 'I Alabel watched his retreating figure with a dull pain at her heart, r1arcely I realizing that he was gone, yet fully v consci-us that he was too proud to c return. After he had vanished, I with a sigh of tremulous weakness, S she raised the hand that he had clasp.. a ed so fondly and closely regarding it t for a few moments, suffered it to fall a heavily in her lap. c "It is too small and delicate," she d murmured, "work would destroy its a sy nietry, sully its whiteness.'' I Mabel Vaune was the only child of a d widower in good oircumstances, whos delight it had been to surround her a with all of the comforts and many of it the elegancs of life. Mars andi Iiellona had summoned him to join 2 their standard a short timo previous v t.a the opening of our story and she 5 was loft under the protection of a re spectable widow lady, who had been li installed asliousekeeper. Two years ri before Mabel had met Lionel )anvers 0 in: Charleston ; he w as then wealthy c and might have offered her a princely u hom'e, but for relentless war, *which s bo no favorttc nnal r-paren, none In its I wild fury. If he had remained in t easy circumstances, Mablc would have h accepted him, for she did not deny c that he had gained possession of her hi heart, but now that lie wias poor, she was neither noble nor self-sacrificing i enongh to share his noble fortunes. 8 Indolence was the bane of~her life- si the deadly Ilpas tree that was slowly I lit surely poisoning her existence. Dressing for parties, dancing, reading a novels and sleeping late in the morn iug were her chief employments sonie- 9 times, but rarely, she was seen with a 1 piece of embroidery in her hands. t 'he ultima tlule of her ambition was to be considered the belle of the ball- r room. Latterly, she had grown so t feeble from over-exerting herself at i night and not oxerting herself at all e intthe day time,.that the family phy sician had forbidden her to attend n any more pnrtice. Day by day Mabel t grew paler, feebler, and more discon- i tented, and when Guneral Sherman t entered Columbia she was scarcely < able to leave her room. I Lione~l DaLnvers, after a brief visit to hi.s niother'shome, returned to Vir. ginia, where, he soon after lost an ar m< and lay for weeks in a dreary hospital, prostrated by a nervous fever resul tirng from the wound. On one of those fearful nights in< February, eighteen-sixty-five whlen South Carolina lifted up her,voice in wveeping and lamentation, refusing to< be comforted, because of her sons< slain in battle, her daughters render.. ed houseless and homeless, her beauti- d fuml city laid in ashes. Oh I on one of I these never-to-be-forgotten night C wyhen mothers clasped their wailing t infants to their bosoms and begged I God to have mercy upon them, Mahiel Vane stood at the window of a small n dwelling in one of the mnore retir'ed piortions- of Columbia and witndsset)l he destruption of her father's house. ii From the open doors arnd ,windows of, I tildpioud dwell in g huge flames, likea fiery writhing serpants, were leaping and hissing and crackling in wild and I deimoniae glee. Othier stately edifices- t were sharipig the same fate, reddening I the. sky and illuminating the earth wi,t'h the g.are of their. conflagration, I but the' girl's gaze teemed riveted on that particular spot, the spot where she had been born and reared. There were no tears on her cheek, but the quick gasp for breath now and then, inidajted plainly, the intenge mental 1 ordit,Aldnt uuider which sh!e labored. Onbe:eheywhisperedt, "All is lost-everything i I am ai beggar without even a chango of .raim mgonti no Ij9.use, rio. home, and my I father, my dear fatlher,s ,ineareerated, in a Y'ankee dun gdn." 'Then thliNNshed befdre hersimind's eye' the:pioture of a littlei ewbin in themwoods, khe sm~iled, involuntarily, and thne angej f hp orepM n4o . her heart. The invaders mayohed on, Cotmvn1 ,bl& w~Aleft behind inib6 herdesilatt'on. formed by the Blrad. .Eigei Enoree rivers, was not moleste d,the nemy preferring to steer elear of vater-courses as far as possible. This ioble widow, r eetmbering her son's ove for the young (:olunlbian and earilg that ;.he nmight. be in a state f destitu-tion, prepared for a visit to he Capital ai :u soon s the lee hand rossed the foatitt* Catawba, stai ted o her j urnev. Nabel was too prottd 4 F:cek a shelter that she had once ejec!ed so contemptuously, but when t was again oi'ered, rlhe gladly avail. d herc If of thn kind inrilation and eturned %%ith I\r;. inver's to New >erry. 1.ike all true womeu she aroste hove her nistortties, and corning () he a b,urden uIpon any Qo, sootn ed ho self in assisting her kind riend to d i.chargo her daily Itlos. ountry life has its charms and Mabel iscovered that it was tot.us intolera le as sh( ha.t(d supposed it to be. ( To be conlinued ] [Corre:iponttdent Charlestone From the State Capital. CO.UMIIA, S. C., M arch G.-Th ill for the enumeration of the in abi!ants of the State led to a long iscussion in the Senate yesterday. 'he Ilouse bill on the satne su'j ect as laid on the table in the Senate. l>th bills were drawt in accordanco ith the provi:ion of.t mn now State onstitution, which requires that an nuteration of the ithabitants of the tate be made in 1869, again in 1875, nd itn the course of every tenth your hiereafter. B3oth provided for the ppointtnent by the Governor of a ensus taker for each county, at live chars per day, with the privilege oe ppointing assistatnts who are to be aid at the rate of three dollars per I ay. Senator Teslie opposed both bills, nd t,tovel to lay them on the table. he said that it. was well known that t was his intention, as United States Iarshal, to take the consus for 1869 ithout one dollar of expense to the t tate. Nash interrupted him by asking if e had already received his appoint tent. General (1 rant, ho knew, was I mly inatguratad the day before and ould have had no time to read the vol mlinout potition of the honorable t nator for the tftice he was seeking. t' was not, lie Nith, atx 7! tt+o b ,t it to surest way to wait for dead men's toes, and if the senator from Barn 'ell waited for ir. Epping's shoes o might be disappointed. These old ernans are very tenacious and long ived. .Ile therefore thought the enator should not jump at conclu ons without ttottme good guarantee of is hopes being fulfilled. Senator Leslie said if he was not 1 ppointed James G. Gibbes (who is a I andidate), or some other equally ood man as himself would be. It erhaps made but little difference to t be people of the State which of the rst >aned respectable gentlemen oceived the appointment, but one hing is certain, whoever got it will :r.... to do exact!y what is alled for in the bill. 1le contended hat the intent of the constitution was imply to have an enumeration, and hat the people should know how aany senators and representatives hey are entitled to elect at the next leotion. That being done by the Jnited States Marshal and his depu ics, would be a virtual compliance with the provision of the constitution n the subject. Senator Leslie's views, however, rere overruled, and the Se.nate bill assed its second reading and was rdcred to be engrossed. IDuring the heat of the discussion n the above bill, Senator Leslie was bserved to h)o looking intently at the hook in the rear of the presidentt's esk. At 2:30I P. M. he rose to a uostion of privilege, and desired the resident to itnfortm hitn whtether that lock was regarded as the legal official. lime of theo Senate. President Cor in, in'reply, respectfully referred ho decision of . that question to the enatQr from Barnwell. Mr. Leslie hereupon, pointing to the dial, an ouniced that "Blla%kville bad become law, and the county seat of Barnwell Iunty, irrevocably changed to Black 'ille by the- expiration, of the three ays' constitutional limit given lisa kocellency to approve an act or re urn it winh his objections to the louse in which such act originated, ad neither of these prov'isions had 0een compl1lidwith.'' The tannounee sent caused a general smile in the enatr Leslie left' for Blackvillo )ourthtouse to-day. In the HIouse, the Educational bill as caused .an exceedingly tedious nd unig~teresting diecussion for two [ay s. Th'e main poinits .d bted 1v >een the respective salaries ofte ilicors named in the bill, and their howers and duties. It is urged that he office of School Commissioner is utended %(s an honorary position, sind he d4t,ies to be performed by tho n the compunity.who were whilinto lve a pQrtion of their time to pu' lio >onefactionls ,wit.hoiut other: reward lumi tlpat of doipg a Iservice. to hu nanity, The opposition, however, ~rgued .t)mat~ the pressn$ eondition ould nrbe found; th)at the w94 was both arduous and expensive, and ,hnd'ld be paid for. The bill was firatlly reforred to a e,io1 commit too of nine, with instrt^ tions to report t su.ttI titutle. The pre'-.ing businres.4 before the e in -r i AsemIybly will very likelv prt"vt''tt, any further ncti'm iln th I;nreational b'iil befre the next siOn. It was a:tnou:nd thi :11ning th1at he net to enable. the S ivatnnah 11a1l Charle=ton 1tilroad Comp-iny to cora plete their road, at 11):39 A. M. ha'I become a law without the si:niture of ho (O.%riaor, by the xpiratintt ot he con-titutinat lilmit, of three day n t which it :iblould h:aec 1b.: returi O. the pr"-e:t.nent in the Scnate, 1 riiday, of a copy of the prosent ent )f the t. rand Jury of Antderson , Se ws or I'li o t,t:tde a unoii'rn that, it, ho ipread in full on the iournatl,, which ras agreed to. li>s tated that it was .hot first p aper sWt t0 the (;etieral its:uitbly w;hich contitiled a state nent showing th:t th, conscrvativo antd moderate men of that rection of sountry are detoermlint"t tt all hazards o maintain good order 'And peace. It vas entitled to more than than tho irrlinary coulrtesy exttled to cotm iutli.atiots; freqently sent to the The f'u)iiowig:i is thi statement al udei to: The (I rand .Jiry taikt this (,pportu ity to co r,"t:alt ltte th citiz.ns of the otnty tpouu the gene1nI good ordor vhiolt prevails throitghioult. the County, and we call upon every citizen, with milt dlist inct ion of raee or color, to titite in enforeeing the: ltaw and pre erving the peace of tle coutnty, and ending his infiluo.nce to restore ponce, larmony and prosperity to the coun y. To the presiding Judge the (ran'd fury ret urn their than1a for this uni ort hind ne;s and cour esy during the ession of the court, and heartily mite in colgratulating the citizens of ho cireuit in securing sod istittgttishe'd jurist as preaiding officer of the olort. The bill to omend the not to regu ate the manner of drawing j+iries, vhich pas:Sed the Ilouse, was read the ec,ind time uI the Senat,. to-day, and ho annticiaments subiim ited by Sana or Corbin, of the Judi iory Comn n it The bill to incorporate the Dout eer Atillerioe I ite,st.usungs o -cin, received it.s third reading in the 3onato yostoni:y, passed, and was cot to the ionse of upreCent tives, vbere it was read the first time to la y. .fI the Ilonse yesterday, Iurvi, ron the Committee on .Incorpora ions, reported favorably on the fol owing : A bill to renew and amend tho harters of certain towns and villages herein mentioned. A bill to incorporato a home for in :alid clergymen of the Episcopal Jhurch in the Town of Aiken'. Both aid over for a second reading. Bosemon, from the Medical Com nittee, reported on it bill to establi.sh L lazarett.e or (puarantino hospital iln he harbor of Charleston, and for oth >r purposes, and submitted the mi lority report: "The undersigned, constituting a ninority of the Medical Coamittee, -eeoltenid the passage of the hill, >clieving that theare exists an urgent ecess:ity for sucha action on the part if the General As.sembly. (Signed) . B. A. ThISEMION, Jr.' The report were considered to-day, 1h0 miajor ity report laid ont the table ind the minority report adopted, Th'Ie concurren,t resolution to op. oint JT. M1. Allen, C. W. Montgomeao -y, II. J. Lomax, Wilson Cooke, .J. 51. Wilder and Josepha Crews, proxies .0 represent the State at the meetinags >f the GIreeniville iand Columabia Rail.. oad Company, was adopted in both [louses. Elliott, from the Committee on [Railroads, reported on a bill to aff'ord did in the extention of the Spartan urg and Union Railroad, and reeomn ntended that tile bill be lid on the able, and a substituto entitled "A 'ill to aid the extenasion of the Spar anburg and Union Railroad," be idoptedl. D)eLargo moved thaat the further sonsideration of the hill and substitute be post ponaed, Iand( made the special rder for Miondtay, March 8, at half past twelve 1'. M1.. Agreed to. This maomautre tmeets thte general ipprovial of over two-thirds of both branohes and will undoubtedly pass. SUnarsIh.ATil OP AN I-ISCOrAL MIjNI sTER.--Anaothier very sutddont decath occurred in this city on Satur> clay -nmorning., ''The Rev. Charies Q-illetto, of Brooklyn, N. Y., had. heon 91n a visit to this city for several 'days On s3atuirday. mornIng, after break, fasting, lhe 4tarted out amid the storm of wind aind snow to visit some friends1 and about 10) o'olock stepped inte WVilson's 11ot01 and requiest,od to see a city, directory. The book.was hatided hiim, and just as lhe was abhout -opening its pages ho sank to theo foor and oig pired. immediat91y.-BalUimore, B,~Z 8.k A8Sqq ty,fog .ho Proteeoaa g Ba most dar8fu nutses and to iMothiri who nuirso their own infant. 1'rom the Lexinglon OiUerver, 17th.) The Tragedy in Loxing on, Kontucky Particulars of the Fearful D3od. 'l'hi whole community was thrilled and horr ified yesterday morning by tho news of one of the most fearful tragedies ever enacted in this city. ''ho tcrsiblo afftir occurred on the beautiful farm of Mr. J. W. Lee, which is located at the head of Second street, and adjoining the cemetery. At about daylight yesterday morn ing a sistcr of Mrs. Lee, who was sleeping in the second story of the f rm re,di.lenoo, was awakened by cries for help proceeding from the bed room of iM1 rH. Lee, and heard her si+ter scream to her in fearful tones: "Mr. Len has killed himelf and is t;r3 ing to kill m1e." She rushed to the door of the bed roombut found it locked. She then o a I I c d to Mr. Lee's little son, who was in the room, and told him how to open the door, which he suedeedod in do ing, and disclosed to her horrified view such a scene of blood and crime as we hope will never again be re corded in the history of our city. Mr. and Mrs. Ltte, in their night clothes, woro weltering in their blood on the flior not fir from the door, toward which Mrs. Lce had evidently strug gled de.perately, hoping to octtpe. Mr. Leo was quite dead, with his throat cut from ear to ear, and Mrs. Lee, horribly cut up, was just breath ing her last. In addition to the gash es on her neck, one of which sevored the jugular vein, both of her hands were nenarl, cut in two. In a sicken ing pool of blood at the side of the bed lay a new razor. It was the seizing of this murderons weapon in the awful contest that had taken place that had caused these wounds. Dr. T. W. Poster was called in, but to i late to render medical asistance. Their little son, about four years old, the only and helpless witness of this awful tragedy, says that his fa. ther (lid the deed-first cutting Mrs. Lee's throat and then his own. It hae transpired that Leo also in tended to consign his little boy to the sim fate of it, inurdered mother. Ie did succeed in slightly wounding him, bit the littl fello eote ,av froyi. hintm and ran under time beed, and It is supposed that Lee was two weak from loss of blood to follow him. lrernity alone will reveal the agony endured by that poor, dying woman, as she struggled fearfully for life, saw her husbitnd rushing to a suicide's grave, and her darling boy almost under that lshining, deadly blade. No positive cause has yet been giv. en for Mr. Lee's conduct. Meibers of the family state that lie had of late been greatly troubled about his pecu niary affairs, and that ho must have becomo suddenly deranged. It is also rumored that he was heard to ask :;evcral days ago "vhat would become of mly property if I shauld kill mly wife and myself." It is stated that his relations with his wife were of tho most harmonious kind, and that he was never addicted to drink. Mr. I,o was i native of Cork, Ire land, and had just passed his thirty third year. He came to this place when quite a young man, and secured employment in the establishmuont of thelat Wm Sct.tas ia journeyman baker. My hsoniaaeet and with the aid of considerablo means lisa wife brought him at thieir marriage, lie succeded in aniassing quite a fortune. Duiring the war he did the government baking in this city, and was know as an extremist in politics. Mrs. tee was well connect. nected and much respected, Pa,tnnos.s nlY PRI9DE.NT -ONO ANi) llu:-nnEsT UNDEIR Tuir. Nnnw A nsMN'TR,IA TON.-" Waa8h. Ma rch (. Rouber t .\urry, Esq., United States Marshal, Nowv York city:. If .Jacob itid Moses Deopuy have riot been re leased, you will regard their pardon as cancelled, anid return the same at once to this department. E. 11. WVAsunUnJNF,, Slecretary of State " In compliance with the above, De puty Marshal P. A. Thompson aent the pardons of the D)epuya back to the State Departmoent. What further action will be takej in thme matter ia not at p resent known. Jacob and Moses Depny, father and son, were convicted of resening seized whiskey fr.om a revenue ofiier. .Jacob was sentenced to three years' imupriso)nmuint at hard labor and fined six hunidred dollars, anid Moses sen tenced to one year's-imprisonment and fined two hundred dollars. The pardon was granted on the ground that the D)epuys had givesn valuable information in regard to 'reveniue frauds, and had been promised p ro teotion.; The pardons wore condit~ion e41 pon the payment of the fines im pose. PEN:TTAnate--We have been informed that on,yeat&rday a colored mnhr reported himself .to the. Cmeptain of the, guard at th.o Ponzitentigry. g hayitig boon app9ivlt y S.upqrin eop dat nf8tolbrand a, nhelibg e nhgepf ' white men,. they Imme *dtg theIr nonitio.--PAmh The Negroes of New York. The New York Times contains a long and elaborate artiole on "the Dusky Race in New York," from which we condense the following: There are about 12,000 negroes in the city, residing ohiefly in certain I localities whore they aro, paoked like sardines in a box, in ricketty old i housos whose ceilings, floors and stair c.sos are begrimmed with dirt, and whore a docent mode of living is al most impossiblo. Their numbors have I decreased during the past six years atbout 25 per cent.-and those who romain find great difliculty in procur ing the necessaries of lifo, for thoe prejudico against them, on account of their color, is so intense and univer sAI that it is hard for even the best I among the m to obtain regular om. } ploytent. They are nevor hired if 1 white men can be procured to supply T the wants of the contractors ; and 1 when they do succeed in getting work, they are always paid a low-r rate, anu expeotod to do more labor than their uore fortunate rivals. They cannot rent lodgings in the sam e tenements with the whitos, nor C are they allowed admittance to hotels, saloons, or bar-rooms, except of the 0 lowest order. Ther Theatres close I their doors against them, and even ""Tho Christian Convention of Minis- - ters of all Donominations" black ball their colored brethren of the pulpit. I They follow as trades-.whitewash ing, laboring, and waiting ; but thiov- t ing and gambling occupy a large pro- u portion of the entire number. 'I'hey T are not doing so much now-a-days in the way of miscegination, but indulge fondly in glorious anticipation of "a good time coming." The author remarks: E After making a reasching and pa- a tient inquiry into the condition, ways c and habits of the colored population ] of Now York, I can come to but' one t conlution --that, in spite of all their 1 effut is to the contrary, they are kept t ! ik by circumstances over which they themselves have no t;ontrol ; that if they could get rid of this inveter- o ate and all-powerful hostility to them, on account of their color, they would soon make rapid progress; but that till that desirable consummation i f brought abnut, they wilt' go on much i in the same way as they hiae done for years past. Trtc, RAnIrA: ltow JN Prrnsnuna. We refer the reader to the scenes at the .Radical Convention which met in t I'etersbnrg yesterday. It was a fight im mggt the jackals and hyenas over 1 the offices of the Stato. how sad, indeed, must be the fate of a Com- 1 monwealtlt so renowned when such men are clamoring and fighting over her oflices ! Is thero a man in the ' Union who can, in his moments of soberness a reflection, look with l any other felIng than horror upon t the idea that such men fill the offices t of Virginia? The leaders pull and a haul about the negroes an the pilot of N a steamboat does his chain-box, to throw its weight on first one side, then the other. Profoundly ignorant of the cause of the row, but rising 4 with the excitement, and shouting at 1 the top of nhis stentorian voice cheers I antd denunciatits by turns, the negro stupidly continues to be th e ats-paw for the cunning men who take all the chtosnuts. Surely such scenes as th6so at Pe tersburg yester~day should satisfy the people and the Administration of the 1 imtportanco of an early restoration of 'the order, dignity, artd initegrity of the government of th~is venorablo I State by enfranchising bo$r .whit4 citi Zens. Unitil this is done thore oan be, no public decorum, no well-regulated dlomestic e conomiy, and, of course, 1 neither peace nor prospirity. What is to comne of thisi strife over the offices we eanat foresee ; but one rational hopie fi-om it is that the more honest atnd truthful of the party may. be Induced to go apart from the in. contpetents and knavde for the purpose of doing so'mothinmg for thdo pnblio good by helping to save the State, from their corrupt schenmes. IIANoI?NG oF Foua nrF.-Vod negroes-6 illiam Wilson, Williamn WVells, Frank Rounds, and George lBailey-were hung in Prin'ces Anne, Md., March t,h, for' the murder of 11. F. Johnson, aild H~enry Oanhtou captain and that'e of 'an oyter iloOp' in Mgroh,' 1868. Ea6h pdsonoer. on' fessed his guilt. Rond a nd Weli died instantly, and ' BMI in a fd* sedonds. WilsonA geek 31d not break; hegroaned ' atid striz gled hiorribly, got'heo 'U is ad shmroifd of Routids ah thfi of.Ia bid'ti rope, drawieg hhAeel f.up 6n t1e leaf fold agtin, hIoJ Jilot 'seided aid: tightened the hod$ac, erid ggIn teho'd dQitsed t'o'st)ri1gle for i\t'" i'ofthe et,c '4n111 T hubotI execution ocupied forty-fffe idW4 broad and three Inobes de,y taine a solid foot I A shoo. THE SUPPRAOE AMENDMENT IN IN DIANA--A BOLT AGAINST EATIFICA-' rioa.-Indianapolis, March 3.-Two 7ears ago a law was passed to prevent legislative bolting, with the penalty of ]no and Imprisonment. This law, owover, will not prevent Democratio nombors of the Legislature from bolt - ng to defeat the ratification of the uifrage amendment. The Democrat 0 caucus held last night, all the Democratic members of the Lsgisla uro concurring, resolved to either resign or get out of the way ; to break i quorum in both branches of the Leg islature if necessary to defeat the ratifoation of the amendment by this f,ogilature. Anticipating this contingency, the ecessary appropriation bills have 'con pushed forward to-day, and will >o passed to-morrow morning, so that to embarrassment shall arise from the olt, which will take place to-morrow fternoon, as the majority in both ranches have made the question the pocial order for 2 o'clock to-morrow. There is no differeneo of sentiment ,inong the Democrats as to the defeat f the ratifioation of the amendment. prom every quarter comes the advice nd the request for the Democratic nembers to resign or leave if the najority should press a vote. The )emooratio members fool that the ,iondment is a fraud upon the poo >0, and that the people will sustain horm in defeating action upon it un il they have had a chane to pass p3n it through the ballot-box. EMOCRATS nESIONED--NEW E.ECTroN ORDEnED. INDIANAPOI.Is, March 5.-Governor 3:iker has issued a proclamation for pedal elections in several senatorial nd representative districts where va aneios occurred by the resignations of )emiocratio members of the l egisla uro, to be held on the 23d instant. . special session- of the Legislature is o be held early in April. The Re ublican members of the Legislature old' daily sessions, but adjourn with ut trangaoting any business. DARUNO RonnEn AND ATTEMPT TO IURnIiE NEAIL WIIsINGTON, N. C. 'h W1ilmningaln .Tn*aL,'1 ng C,hn 5th nat., gives the following particulars if an outrago perpetrated near that !ity on a lad fro Darlington, in this tate: On Monday evening last, a lad ar Oived in the city from near Darling on, S. C. IIe was on his;way to the Vestorn part of the State to see his elatives. His name is Erasmus At inson. 'The train for floldsboro' oft him Tuesday morning, and lie sot ut on foot, accompanied by a negro nan, who affected to be traveling to lonnesseo. The negro had soon him n town with money, and .Axed upon rim for prey. The negro belongs to his city evidently. The two set out ogether early Tuesday morning, and rrivod near Burgaw that night. It ras agreed that they should camp out, t evidently being a concocted scheme o rob the youth. After the young nan had got sound asleep the villain us negro commenced his operations. To robbed him of all the money he ad, thirty-two dollars, a pistol, two >ooknt knives, a hat, overcoat and rticles of value. 'Iho young man Lwoko about the time the last of his >roperty was taken, whereupon the negro assaulted him withl heavy clubs, enlrveU and 6ther murderous weapons, eating him terribly and autting him ip badly, The )ad, Atkinson, was oft almost lifeless upon the ground is cries alarming the negrop who fled rith his stoleni money and property bove named to parts unknown. At inson finally revived sufficiently to oe able to crawl away to where he ould attract attention. lHe has been arriod to the residence of Dr. Satch roll, at Rocky Point, where his severe rounds and injuries are receiving roper attention. TuEp PIREsIDENT's RELATIVE. ~resident Grant's father and brother, )rville Grant, a merchantih (Ihicago, ~re here. In oonversation with the mid gentlemadl I asked shim If Mrs. Nraut, tho General's unother, would bo mnre fo,r the in*dguattion i "No " me said, "I tried to coax her and brif>e or to come, buti she would't-I did iot scold her about it, for I never did cold her and I am t'ooold to begin mow. She said, Pop, do you think I rould go to Washington and be stared 4 by f(thousand people and have >vry$ c,onme printed in ffty ewspap rs ;' no, indeed." 'she seed lot stay itWayonu that aeoount," said ,he old geritldinan,' "for- she would mave looked assevt s anybody here; gtlt phq avid Uiyes ae s good deal iligeserind 9e $er niind was made up here un si use; talking to her as y errtinpahi statE that the whol* *re hitie ci of fy Peteus. Muv i (#It,4, Ii plowly but wuhrfi e yand ha at Sit Ik, OsthrW be1o