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ri P Desportes, Williams & Co. Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquiry, Industry and Literature -- VOL. 11.1 WINNSBORO, S. C. WEDNESDAY MORNIN,AR .L .. -e-i THE FAIRFIELD HERALD IS 1'Ut1ttDt'n WEKKI,Y AY DESPOITES. WILLIAMS & 00. Term.-Tim II FnALn is pubisbhoil Week ly its ti le Tow of Wiinnsboro, at. $3.00 in. Varew.y in at!""ne. f2 All transient adlvertisemnents to be paid in anivance. Obitary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per ',*square. "S 'WING HIS WILD OATS." ".-owing his wild oats"-aye I sowing thenl deep, In tihe heart of a mother to blossom in tears. And shadow with grief the decline of her years. '-Sowing his wild onts," to silver the head Of the sire who watched his first pulse Ihrob Witi joy, And whose voice went to lleaven in prayer for "the boy." "Sowing his wild oats," to spring up andi choke The flowers in the garden of a sister, whose love Is as plre and as bright as the blue sky above. "Sowing his wild ;oats." Aye! cheeks shall grow litle, And sorrow shaull wither the heart of the wife, When manehood thus squandors the prime of his lire. "Sowing his wild oats." Death only shall reap, With his keen sh,arpened scythe ; the fruits will be found In the graveyard near by, 'neath tLat grass. covered motnd [From the New York Herald ] Women's Rights in Massaohuso.ts, Thte q'testiot of placing women upon an equality with the mascltlint's, so far as civil antd political righits are concern ed, is one which has fio a it ear or more agit:tted the pteoplt of Massacho,etts. S. r.e aix onatts since a three das' w convention wits ht'Id in Boston, antl that has been closely followed ever since by a series of ma a meetings in every town, iamtilet and city th,rongho"tt the State's domnain, and. added to all these, thin strong.mtinded fair sex of tho d(iIYrenI. locntties heave been"i undsstrions. y tngagetd in obtnaing sigmittar's to pt.iti.'us, and the two bratncha of thle regi-latiree have been flooded wit It thtem. In response to the calls of the petitioners and andvocates of wome"n's rit7ht.s te L.'gislature appointed at joint special cottnattit.ee to tvestigate tlhe whola q'ws.ion, anal this forettoon the cottit te' gave a plhlic hetring to nil partl.as interested. Titero was present. a largo- number of women, and also a uttnher of nwt who have teen pron i nantly t detentiflrd with tIe movement, for the Past. wety years Wendell Pihnibp3 was the. first to n1 dress t"w comtitite. IHe said lie lad hontid tht"a. Miss [nttv Stone wotd"l have been present to nakn the openmng arg'nntint, adil he regrettetl very nmeh1: h"'r ne'c':saery iahs"ene:;.. Ti.e n ,. ton of g9''entins; wontn the right oif biatlot, it sat1d, was not a new on' eta her in this coulnt ry or Etarope, and t both conn trie's it seemed to be the great, question of the hotr. lie aivne:ieed'it first on than around o' eitmple, absolute righ', and if it waS disputed on this graaand of civ i1Itbt in ot this Conitinlentt was igiar.l. 'Th*ecardfiai parinacipio of A mer'ticma . poi Sia*< i<~T t ait' a t rttpr'ettat ion,~ and' sida lay sid1e oft this tri taetiie is tnathear ta . we ht. at'n right' to atke. a stahjtct, respoasihia t lasv itunlets hatins conaatmat ed to itat lawa. PTaxat'itn. ahaerefore, onaght to ciarry wiath it thea ballo', aol as woimaan samnall to Ia wv slat onsgbr, to have a voice ina maakitng t bat, law, lHe clatmeri thIait diistmettiont of sex wvas ntot sniaflii'nt to amtakae a d)isl inttiota ina grantt inag t.he ahot, and woana coutldl not, hter mrnt. trigt of' mtakmtg laws to anothter ; for it, was ntothitng maore noar less thIan atsurrenadering ht'r moral ganr ditanshtip. No otte denied thtat, womiana wans comnpete'nt to express ana opitniont, and ihe ftailed to see wher ith*ai. obijiettiar was tot allowvia'g haer to iexpres.s lby vote an opimton wihshe wda"is cornpietent to form. CJotming wvahll to the questiotn of tihe ex pedti nacy of grtantinag the ballot. to woant an tad a nnataatttr ira whiich sihn shanli nse it, hea claietd that, situ is t,he eganal of ant ; andt if she was~ not, so lonhag as site is (oeenta. to he hungaj and ot her wise suffi'r undtler thte laws, site is pompoeenl, to haave a part a intakmtg those laws. Hat did not accept thae tihtti ry thast womtan ats bettor thant masn, bt, he believed t.atatr tIhe mnomntt shte cvas putt tito ptolia ies thav wotald be iam proved, fatr thean thtere w'tonhi be harmno pty of act ion, andat sheg wonk! rnt he a vogwhaeel in the goavernmnat macine a 1)oW. WVomana las pturifled lIta.ratutre - not, becan-eo abte was bettier, butn bicaan sh)e htad hatrmtojaired society---.and tibe sam.e result wouJld foil ,w int pohtaies if site wvere' aadied to thte righat, of stof. Irage. Hia contrasaed. geneoral society witht potli'ies, anfd claiita-d that'thae latter was fifty per.cet belowv thte former brat theo political stantdard coutlb,e raised if woman was aditte.d to part icapast. int poties. Hae referred alno tot the' cor vaptioan of politic. ut Naw York, Peann aylvaaia tand WVisconaain, attribtatirag the wihole to .t4b1 Rprsih pf,ip,epspaoratedl wealth, and portraying a derk ftgreffr the wholte eontrty i. .the o1olticaf; a.t maaphere wa not soon pwri8pd, , and in this light ahEvalused and advocated# 'thet qneBtion.of womon's rights. He tuathe valed the ballot in women's hands be case it seemed right and would con ir.h.ie to the edlteation of the masses. Referritng to the social vices of Inrge cities, the canttcers of th whole comint I:itV. sub"idlizieg till cl:sse. he claimed that tle evil" could be grai pied if the womtn1,i had Ile sate opportunity to gain we:nti and an honoratblo iving as men have. Ti.-i...v would take advantnge of it, rnd Its the socili vices would ne diminished. Mr. Phillips closed witi a protest. against. any Lgislative grant of aid to nnv tnstitution in the Slnte which did n1o1. adinit. women, aid in this he wvnutld incule H1iarvttrd and all other cal.-ges. Womi-n are taxei to support Ihese institition5, end tt.hey should 11:1ve the e qual ni vu ttngi.s of tliem. On' of the comt, tittee asked Mr. Phil. lipe if he wonld have the State refuse to grant. aid to the A gricn!tural College. whii i:i designed parr i-.-larly to educate men for fauing ptrsaits. Mr. Phillhps replied that he woild have tlie doors of that institution open to Women the same as 0ohers, and if I hev did iot cboose to nvail th...mselves of it. tlie State woull not. be at faetlk. HTe statid. also, tht. a latdy of his no quaintance recently -lesirel to learn eiiiet.hling of the cuhivnciion of eraiiher. ri's, and r he A ricni'uril Colego was just. he pince foc her. lis- cliinchtid all tiii4 lay savlug i hat if womi wits ahut of the Vol in list slee shouli he crossed off Ihe tax li', mddng suio I ln. if sihe was not cireaable of tnttkina g a law she was too ignori it to iuff-r from it. TNI.AN ()CTItA A:s IN ).\eor An T':n. IT-r,iY---PARTY OF S11l.n1i>":SIs I)1FI":AT El) nY TIII L'AVAOES--1NDIANs PI1M PAI4NO FOR A SPRnNo CAPAtIaON.-A let.tor recei'ved here from the net:tig II. d11nn1 agemt at. lte Yallliln agoecy, Da coli hi Territory, by the tctii: ageit of that :Staltion1, who lit now in this city on ulicial hiinitess, gives an acconut. of somne recent spni rage i'here by hoat iis Idid ins upon white setthrs nil soidiers. According t.o tlhs leiter hifteen lndiatts clie to the Yantcton agency Witih a nitiible story, begging for filod to eat And for aimiutit.ion to enable them to procure gam11e. They were supplied Wiili what thaev a54ed for snd l.vft.. In-lead of c o i d it c t i n g then selves qietly after this kinidly trent menllit , the 1liln tin went. io the'houei' o' n t'ttler nenr by, detmaided food and clothing and commenced firing (AT their gin1s and o1raging the people of the hIon<e. A lior seizing all they could carry of in ihis dwelling they crosed ihe Mf issoiri ri ver to Nebraska, entered the biuw ae of a German settler and re pented the outrages they had eommitt.d at the other side. They theit recrossed the river into Ducaotah Territory, and mleetinr asne soldiers attacked them, killing t hree and putting the rest to rent. '';he eoldiers abandoned their arms and nd in confitsion. The Indians, during their denre dations, declared they iiieuiled so.n to i'eld a councl of the Sioux Indl.n+ at. lFort Pierce,for ihe pur. pose of arranging plans for clearing oet ill the s'lliers an tw w hit e settlers in their country.-N. Y. Herald. -" a,'* 'w -- VHACT I.ANDS SirAI.t, WE DRAiN? 'Ihet qeti.ii imitnediate'lv ri.-es, when a farmer thinks of draining, which of my fild. shail I dram first. ? and le gener ally aiswers it by selecting the worst. In fa. a, wrie(r oil the aihj.ct f dri-. Sig shlnioist always rie.ommne.di tirat. It, hie first applied to suach tiieldd as are mfos4t ini need .if it-Utat is, t.o allerly worth. less awamaps anid very wet b'rnskt p-a. ures. Though, at irst sight, the ad vice seems to) be good ; on farther con sideration, it will bce seen that there are some good reasons whby these Aelds are nor thre onesp whose i'arly draining will resulh m the grieat est. ently profit. The draimniig of a wor thless SWnmpij is tin Iac quisrition ofi more Inrnd, nu extrensioni of thir actrnal inrnits of then furni ; and! it i plies a greter anmount of work to be done in enhiivat ion arnd hiarvoa.ring, mare caipita si ro e ested in imiplemntsiia ntd ho hr, and edudit ionale acres to be ruannr. wd. Thlie rurop resulting frorm its ne imaironi must pay the. charges of intie. et, labor, live srock, and maenure, be forne it cart yield ua any netutail prosfit; atid probably dliring the first ten years sitter t hi reclaimmtig of ncih land, when we cotme In conlidier the ext ent to which other lacnd mulist be nleglected for ft sake of it, t here will not, be mutch clear parofih resulting. Probably liibe land whieb it. w ill pay the fairmer best to drain is tire best land on ham whole farmi, if this needs draining at all. WEAKENING 45N (iIANT.-TheO New York !Ier-d( is in thie dildrium. Speakmng ofi lie Presidlent.Genseral and tl.e Seniat.', it sa ys: "'-He has a poli teel army at ins bneck large eoutgh to get hini~ ont of thi.s wil derne's, i he has the brathsg to handle the force oftered to hini. The prospecta are, that with. these, lie may wreat the usurped power from ti-. Senate.t Shorld hiefatil toi avail hiim,e)ftof tis opportu-. naty aned give .thte 8enate ..maore vantage grounld, they will conquer, arnd. the nlexI. fouarr yeara will give.nis political chasnges such as we have sh,owt ouaraelves pow. erless to resist." ,. H-itherto, the Ilerald ha. been op: pionts in iti raiseof' Granit'tebinri 'arid yAlabam. ha. a.ue# Stat. .stu,ihsp a the motoa. "Her. wa ,.a." Labor for Cotton, The following, says the Mobile 7j. bane, is from the Winnsboro, South Carolina, News "The Mobile Tribune advocates the imnortition of Chinamen, and General Forrest the importation of A frians as freedmen, to snpp!v the Sot h wit It la. bor. But the tendenc of either mteas nre would be ta. degrado onr social con diiion and weak--q our poutiettl power. 1t W hat 1th!e 8 .nh needs is ntelligetnce.t more even Ilihn netibers, nmnongt ler lat oring populalion. 'WVe have ever ACcoInpanied our advocacy of immigra tion from Europe and,] the North I.v setying that we needeei, no. ia larg t and wor1lIless popnlation, but. killed liaher. ers,'' There is a .-lass of people both in E,rrnpe and the Northern Stites that would prove to is only an +dditional t burden. L:t, ii riot, then. inpott bar barianlts, beit educ:ate o'lrneive s, edneate our laboretrs, and encouage sef-support. ing awil skillful working men to cueme ann setle in our mids'.. \Ve ueer none others. Let. our growth be sl->w. if' ti-ed I,e. but let it be a he:hty and vigorous growth to unexampled material power, anl, as its cert:ain Consequtence, to recovery of plliti l influen'e. To this end let the patriot bend his efi'>is It is a peacefutl ,tnd a sitre remedy lo. our late iplaral-lIlel cala-nity." We long ettertainel j,st, such views 11$ those expresse"d above. Ve still idv,,t trfer to alse the future of the South wholly on a while basis; we wol n t. encourag." miigrntilo int') Ihe" Sout h from either Asia or Africa, but only from the seats of white empire. Btt we lhave it. not in olir power o fol. t lew our choice iii face of the pressing neeesity u pon ns. T,te finitncial pro-perity of the South k rests at. prebent. and is likely in do so for years to come, almost, wholly on her l CotI31n bales. For her to dipenuse with thein now or iitring the next ten years, is to sink sud. r denly to the conditin of Jamaica. [ "Edcaiu our Ia birers." Bui:. where are the ? Our IsL.re'rs for thIe coton i field are negroes. ad the ,' are arendv eduiaited up to the highest pomntt. a: ce, tivalores(fe tton. It.is lnot a queation 1 (if e"d'icathmio but of supply ; not of drill. sl ing but of recruiting, ti be educated in the mechanic arts, in i commerce and navigation ; but to ac. compl.sh thnt, when cannot be done C suddienly, the land must ne kept. alive. t We Canniot stop the enhivatio n oh c tt.oi V suddenly without disaster. It is a htull e that we have tkeni by the horns, ant 1 the quest ion i4 how to hol1 oin. As h matter<t stanl we are grad,tally leosenineg 8 Qur oo!d, before we have tiken hold of C r.nyi tig else. How to renew it is the i qeIi' tiin1. j Our South Carolina cotemporary t off -r- no plan whatever. t W\e luav e comec to the concluisiot thtat I it cannot be accomplished by while ha- a bor from any p.nt.i.m of the world. The s white man with the world of varied par"niis before him will never cuhivete L the cot ton field. i C What next, since cotton we mn)11L t have or sink indir financial ruin ? - Wo r are re'dliced to a choice het ween the skilled labor from Alia anl the unskill. I eel muscle from A frien, if indeed the latter is to be takeu nto consideration' at. all, or re.aly it is not a practical < q ewstiont. There will neve'r agin i. he ainy g -rinral imiportIationt of negroes from A fiica.'2 If thge editor of the News saw the a whole coltton crop of htis District slowly S consuming raway under a sntmis-ring t fire, would lie not gladly avail himselft of any rmeas at his disposal to rescue it,? WVe thitnk lie woitld.1 The cot toil crops of thio Sonth are t year by year growinug less, for lie buihor ntecessary to their cuhiivation -a isldily! gr -wmig more searce and unreliabuel. 1I Uniless a renmedy is applied the Soiith Ii' will sootn be witbornt any cotton - in oth-. 1 er words withltou.tiany mtoniey.< Oibhrr indlustries ihIntty be inaugo rated will not paty in time. Wivho the i.thaut Acres the nle(csitV of rescning from rmii the cotton cromps' of the Seouth, will hiesittet abont, the means? Thot ml"ea is oflfered by Asia and by lheri alone--eithler in her Chiniese or HI luloo'stanel ' The imporniatior. of' such people for the (:lotlntand ric' flel.< wtill lnt d-. grade our sociral cenditioni miore thiant did the existence of slavery before ite Th itecore>tween the white man and the impertedl asiat.ie wtill be. tha? betwten empcjloye'r and empk-.ve&! The latte'r will hever seek ainy othier posption. for lie despises all c<'iinected with theI white man, savimrg only heis1 nmoney. By what means may the.8Sub get foiuror five millions 0 cotto)s bahed ou4 of:her sojll? Th.~at is the ythpule. 1qune A 'negro in, Jynch cotj y amneed 'hft-W th~ other dafy p'iWo. 1 irig two nwgro chdflett. HI~d tiiiflijl. tered:ths. poisonI Ma*est posta.od.i The~ chtildlren were the ofl'pring.q of A QJInI). with whiom, the mo: darer had been, i* . ing in illicik toteroonr.q - , me, j 1 a phiof bedus LProm the l'hilndelphia Telegraph.) witchell - He Makes a Confossion -Mrs. Twitohell Oharged with the M trder of Mrs. H ll-nlight of Mrs. Twitohell Ia the presence of 1av. Gdorge 3inghurst and William B. PI'kins, q., ptiston ruperintetident, Qeorgo 3. ''wichell, Jr. has made the follow ng coufession of.the particulars of he murder of Mrs li ll, It will he con by this statement of Twitchell hat the conditions of tbe 'urder were olewhat different from what wor euerally supposed I and if Tivitohwell Ias given a truthful relation of the ragedy, the horrors of the murder are !reutly increased, as it implicates the laughter as the chief popetrator of he fearful deed. "I went to my room on the night of be murder, and, instead 6f going to ed, lay down on the lounge whloh ras in my room and fell asleep. My vife was in bed at the tilue. I was roused at her repeated calls, and ran own to the dining room, where I und her much excited, sacing "I hav e had a Quarrel toith mnothler, nd killed her I' "I do not know whether she said 'Save me, or help tme to hide it I "But at last we threw the body of irs Hill out of the window, to make t look as if she fell out. "[ went down stairs and washed my ands and face at the hydrabt ; then ,ent to my room, undressed, and went u bed. My wife came up afterwrrds ad got into bed, where we staid until .1rah (Campbell) rang the-bell. "I think we were in bed ten or wenty ninutes. I made a. solecpn ow to etern.al God that night that I mnuld never reveal it, but 1 Cannet eep it any longer. I nut sorry that I aid '[ knew nothing of It.,' hut I did with the vow in my mind, and to ave my wife. "I nowmake this dikelosure that I ay have peace with God. Signed] G uo! or. S.'TwrTC1,1.., JR." In the presenco of Rev. George lringhur.t and William 13. Perkins. D1n8 TWITCiIELL I.E\v%ES TB CITY. This morning Mrs. Ca,illa E. 'witchell left the city under, uircun. tanoes which would appear to lend le countnnaueo of truth to pbove. mriann. n ,r--noy .0 ro1r'1DL,.. . _. )r the murder of Mrs. Hill. About a week ago she visited the ondemned man in his coil for the list me. She then had a conversation rith the Rev. Mr. Bringhurtt, in the nurse of which she manifested the veliest concern as to whether her u,band had said anything to his piritual adoiser which would iupli ate her in the murder. She Inquired especially if T%itch 'oll had made any statement about he crime. Mr. Bringhurat responded hat he had. Then the wife inquired rhe had made a confession, to which he again received an affirmative re pon,e. Mrs. Twitohwell then irquired if or husband had made any statement oneerning herself in connection with he murder; to whiuh she likewise eoeived an affirmative response. "Yes," said Mr. Bringhurst, "lie as told me all about it.." "Then,." exclaimed Mrs. Twitohell, he is a villain-the greatest villain n the face of the earth 1" She then directed her inquiries to he day of the execultion, asking if 'witchwelL initended to ma"ke any tatement on the seaffold. She was sured by Mr. Bringhrrt that lie in ended to do so. This brougt out lie inquiry as to whether any iewspa er reporters would be present; and rhen she was told that such would be hoecase, she exclaimed "That would be bad 1" Since the day on which this con ersation occurred, Mrs. Twitchwell1 as not been near the cell of her bus and, and this morning she left the ity for parts unknown. LETTER FROM GENEnA L EAni,Y -ro )ur. HUN DRED CITIZ ENs OF .LYNCH UOo -4Iehc/but'g, Va., April 3. e3ntlemen,--The honor to which you ave done mue, by propobing to wel owe my return to my native State ya complimentary dinner, has been nest gratifyinig to my feelIngs, and ad any return taken place under more nappy auspices, it would have afforded iie great pleasure to accept your in ritation ; but in view of the condition if our unfortunate country, and for 'easons whieldi anm pure you1 will .En lerstand tdilhout a particular specAif 'ation of them, I am,1 constrained a leelidlethie' P lopupsdd ntri . :s doingAo,I Weo'Ire toexj,pes, to uu ny most heatffelt thdtik$ tfo the f lialgreetiregou h4oe,iven -s,jp. ihroad, nor on may return, have l'sepp mny eaysue to bate.in, attap,eot 1ldldof'tni lthl4 b6 t vet4n M'd it on hute 10 foi'l ill that was dear. "" *a .l .~h tha hneso.feab and. adyet ity 4j weal)y -trieo:4ho beata dandi tave passed through all its tempt. Ions wuithout ,aa I. A. ALT.. A Shiftless Man, Tiie Jdit<'a D.-awer of IItrpcer-' Month'y for April has the folloaing : In~the spring of 1841 1 was soarch ing for p studio in which to set up no easel. My "houie-huutintg" ended a' the Now York University, where I found what I wanted in one of. tho -turrets of that stately edifice. Whei, I fixed my choice, the j.nitor, whi aecouWpaitied ie in my exan,ination of the rooms, threw open a door on the opposite side of the hall and invited ne to enter. I found' myself in what was evidently an , artist's studio, but the object in it bore indubitable signs of.unthrift and neglect. The statu etts, busts, and uodelt of various kind,, were covered with dust and cobwebs, dusty canvasses were faced to the wall, and atunps of brushes aund scraps of paper littered the floor. The only, signs of industry eonbisted of.. a few, masterly drawings and little lusyious btudies of color piiiued. to the wall. "Xou will have, an artist for your neighhlor," said the <jrm.itor, "though he is not here utuch of lite ; ho scews t to be getting rather sh jlesa; lie is wasting his time over som silly in vention-t machine by which he ex pects to sendttrmnsnges frot one plauet to another. le is a very good pain ter, and might do well if he. would only stick to his business.; but,.L.,rd," - he added, with a sncer of l'uptome conteuipt, "tbo idea of- tolling bhy a little streak of lightning w-hat a. body is saying at the other en4 of it !' Ills :friendh thi(,k ho is envy on fhe sub. c jet, and are tr) lng. to di.stiade- him J from;it, hut he persists in it until he is almost ruined.' " Judge of- my asto>tishment when he infarnied tme that'the "shiftless" ladi. vidual, whose foolish wast e of tintte so . exeited his cotmitlseration, was none other thait the IPret.ident of he Na. t tional Aeudemny of Design-.the mio'st exalted position, in' my yotithful arti" tic fAiev. it. trii' posisble for mortal to attain--. F.' -. Morke, since much hetter knon'anq the inventor of the electric telegraph. -But a little while after this, his fume was fl.hing throil,h the world, and the unbeli6v era who voted'him" insa je were forced liite 'r'iA r##h ..w"as at least Gns. - AND 8StiiSMAN.----"What preparations have 3ou made for re treating?" asked Buell of Grant af. ter the first da3'a fight at Shiloh. "I h:tve'nt despaired of whipping them yet," was Grant's reply. Tib s mnid like a ver'sion of a well knownt anco dote of Nipolenn during the Italian c,umpaign, but O(rant moy have said it for it i- oh truoteristic of his bull-dog tenacity. I is firmness in regard to the repeal of the tenure of office bill is an addi tional proof of his tenneity. lie does not, swear "by the Eternal !" as Old Hickory was wont, but he is going to win, nevertheless. What then ? We may well ask that question, and he is wiser than Grant who will answer it. Sherman's letters to Grant, writteun during the war, show a degree of td iiration 'which those who ielieve Shermian to he conscious of irtll-c tual superiority to Grant would hard ly think posible. Oi his acces; ion to thle Liecutenant Generalship, SIh rmnti wrote : '-You are now WVashsi gt(.I'd legimnate successor, and ocoupy a posi tion of tumpa, dangerous elevatin; but if you can continue, as heretofore, to be yourself, simple, honest and tun pretenditng, you will enjoy throtigh life the. respect and love of friend", the homage of millions of humaen be ings, that will award you a large share is seouring to them and their decen dansts a government of law and stabil ity " Anid G rant is no le's cordial and friendly in acknowledging hik in debtedness to Sherman and MePher s'on for those military suceesses which seenred his great promotio)n, At present, the friend'dhip between the President and Generalissimo seems anti in all probability really is, sincere. Wa have no reason to think otherwise. Nothing that we know of hits ourred to mar that friendship Bit "poor humn ntatture" .is-poor human nature. 'The holding of high office, to men who have within therm a spark of natural goodness, is much like joining the ehuroh. They, mean Iwell; they promise ,themselves great things-a completmi refornlatio~n wf life and character. But by And by the Old A:Iam returns, the.analot become. ln egsan the worlkl ru8hees,inm, aqd, the vnew convert becgryts . no, better, thg ,ejid,d yt hus eedgese be h ad so-otnmreld . Even~ so with eoe.hold.'r. 'Tijy, entet npon the' diceh.rge of their A~tiqsithb gtie beet ientiots,they grow wroery,, abuses' aeongiiulpeq, they despatv, they-gIv, up and thed.comes the weAk e4inge of,a bqld&~ginning. . h? Neb s i*6 n 18 'ianee4 i or teoren. ville and Oolumbia, Railroad Compa unt4ll be wl*I li IM*Abl AAdAL-s i guaran de o Maeompany. . Trank Blair's Propheoy. A FAIR 'ROSPECT OF ITS FULFII.LMENT. General Blair charged that Gene. ci al Grant, if elected, would turn the P're4ideutial chair into a throne. No od, believed this assertion. It was eceived'as an utterance which, origi. rating in only of a fear of Grant's I :ottoral policy, rather than as being i tble to a spocifeo and Uitvral con truetion. There is, as yet, " nothing which ,tl )articularly supports the literal mean- . ng of General Blair's ebarge, unless al >no be dIsposed to bo an alarmist.--~. 1Vere ho one of the latter character le N night attach a certain amount of sig, 13 1ifcanceo to some prominent becur- Sl ehteos of Grnnt's short adniinistration. t." l'bus, he might argue somewhat as ollows :'h 1. The appointment over Thorna? .. if an -uterupulouv iisruiniti ' like - 3heridan is indicative of se.oto bad pfe 2 Shermann,'thd successor. of' rsnt t1 s commander of the army of the Uni- h el States, is kuotgn to, ho nu unoIotr- b romtising inouarohist. 1. G rait is filling amajority - d ' ili : flisial poSittotis nith rehttietd; per- li, onal ftiiends and 'his immediate re ainors. -; 4. (.rant: id '(dispsed to.,psphebour li elatious with Cuba and Greit Brit-, in to the v.erge of war, ai'(1in o i long, gives rise to the ,tispicion that cd 10 wtbhl's to eteate an army upon whose upport he can rely for the .tarrying q; ut of soue.ulterior aud.hinister pro- IC Of course, these assertion's are tiiose 1t f tin altrtniat. 'Grant iMf the peo- , I. Grant was elected by a party , hat is,so..governed by ooa-oienee, sotr evoted to the interests of Goti and ; umartity, so full of synip athyr for he poor people, that it wouid never. ermit him to comit.it the crimo of f~1 verthrowing the republic. vt [Chicago Times. to "Theoretically, our Govorument is on mntrolled by the voters; praetieilly, ne f late, by the "men who count the 0' otes."- TrViune. id Exactly. Wo feel this terrible of, u:h in its f(lidst extent here. The u. andc "fia'iI. " 're-i'ri Virginia we el; iver had any trouble about election vu rands. The name of every voter was ~.n :ied, as well as the names of those he , 'oted for, when his vote was eastt. His el ime waI duly recorded. The only rb luustion raised about a voter was to rhether the voter was entitled to np o c. In the natter of frauds there ha no comn parison bet ween the systems. of b hallot is a machinc for the man. wI .'.ure of frauds, wchilo viva 1oce vot- in ng affords so few opportunitios for looeption and illegal voting that it lily be said to he almost closed x ,gainst fraud. Btt. f'ongress seemed tal o reform ever)thing in the South, da mt(d mitade no di:.eriminations in the ph renoral revolution they attempted.- ml! P'he good and that which was not t bared the same fate. We must do i they did at their homes. That was in he lnw ; and so in elections we shall nut t.t have to consider here that the ell 'men who count the votes" control sU ie Government ; not the voters. We pC uppose this is "p'rogress." Co |i|Nchznd DisvpakhI. "I .. ~. he I Mrs. Young, formierly a resident of '" ndiana, a plitic'ian, orator anid edi ress,having imirpasired her health, aban- . loned all those plursuits and turned N er attention to farmiing. In 1805 *' hle went to Tdahio, arid engagedI in thi arming and fruit growing with great tr; uccess, having laborers under her harge both white and colored. One ear she sold over $1000 worth of R' traw berries. She now advocates the I iropriety and feasibility of women meomting farmers as a means of amne-c ioratinig the condition of the sex and " naking women independent and hap- C f'r A WEsmERN SPP,.cr -My compe.O~ itor has told you of his servicesl ho el 'endored hIs counatry in the late war, i jOt me tell you that I too acted an umble 'part in that memorable con- h est. When the tocain of war summon. id the chivalry of the West to rally to .ho defence of the national honor, I, a 'ollow-oitizens, animated by that pa.c riotio.spirit which glows in every A mnerican,'s bosom, hired a substitute arth'at war, and the bones of thatli nani now lio' bleaching on the banks of , .11e Raisin I Cora,scTicuT.-The Republicans iwe aleoled three of the four con rreasnen. 'Idt the laat ConAr.ss the lehegttion stood three Demorats and WV )n10! Republican. The flRepubileans m1' iave also abbut' 40' majority '46 joint m~ ballot-in the Legislature, whioh' will d >feourse r4tify the fiftheriths amend A gentdnin jut f rom. del~xn~~* 'ays, that qu Ite a number of' freedm " e ia4 abandoWed theoi' dordtu WIn a,j4 ida~f that place, and oen ~ 1IJ i * nhIat in t ( 1%t 16 area ari mon8ty ~ ' hyxp are morepfaono ay now than $3'fer s Igy.zote gl" zterminated, according to war re, Oart4.-A A F1I PornAiT of It Tt.ttit.--Don kit writes to the Cincinnati Commerl al : '1'le New York Times is pleased to y that Ru.lec is working hitireif into e leadership of the I lo;ne. Benja in. suruit,ned Butler tho Beast, is cer inly busy, but. I rati,er gutes this does t mean leadership. If I understand h' lion:)rable gentleman, lie means mis ief. "3utler is ttn ambitions man, is we I know; he is aho a senssitve mant, as a all do not know ; and he has just omit. as much c,nscience and principle his Sataiic Ma'jest y. I don't rmean ilimo's devil, who was -a gentleman, itlter is not, nor that other personage uken of in the; Bok of Job, but , the dI tld ftihlioned dt,vil, wit i a odd >t nId a inrrativo attnchment, and ge t11-ns, who goeth about seeking tbrnt he mln devonr. Disappointed dt. secl)riag Ihie.'lendership long since sttng-to the quick by the open con,. npt shown him vw hia fellow-members he is strivine to divide nud destroy R nublicoIi organ iza tion: This has !It Lis'history. lie will rule or ruin ; as ho cannot rid h.n)t ruin. 3'lhates Grant, wiilo.pretending to be friend. lie hite thIe IRepuucan rlv. Ie liateseverythling but Hen. ttler, becnas, he his Iiren. I3utli'r, and -n. Buller' he despises. "''hIoa who have seen him in contact th Grant, tell me triat the ill-concenl contemipt ,f thu Y3rsi'lent is in strik. coillrst w"i.tih th(+ su)liuig syeophatt of thctet emb)4r froml Massachusetts is not possiblct but that Butler per es this hiiwli"f,. atn it does not seem strength'-i the'uovo between the two. will be sometim!t, I oline, before.. t he it le disorgasit 1r tis)kes the' frank, nigltuftrward soldier bei.eve that, ie n friend " Hlow Mucsn MAtt i?-\e clip the !uwiig from sn 'vhnnge. . We ad e 11_.4hly visitor. of dry goods cler' A erk. i t a dry #oods store retired night, having for hsis bcd.fellow an 1inintatt:e datiig back to st;haol days, r itifrunant slept. in the liekt' root joining, thd d,sor of which was partly en. In the middlo of Ilie mlit. hb s lie was a wa,kuned fr .sleep. V iim, ''ow many yards did Von sav II want, d, tmarn ? TIrl'e yirds nuigh ?" and thil next. Ilbing heard. a trinig noA, and tho e bed fellow of the rk shontrd out, "What, are you nag ? -you have torn my shirt Iron 1 liotton." 'Th'le poort dreatmer im) ined himitelf in ri,s store, wating oi ft ly en stoner, whs:) wated three vards calivo. The shouta of merrin;t't aliith e( event Created enn well be agiucd." h'itotu CInA.-l-The full)t ing is an trnet from at co)'nercial l'ftter receiv. hy on,' of our \Vest Iniha houses) ted Carhnrien, 213l March. We ce it, before ,utr read'rA that they a ee I lIO con,lit hirn ofl a ff irs in thIt rt of i he Island of uban : I,;ut. week hais lien di.,atrous.. The :nrgrnts sncvededl in burnmg two gns'icent esit,a , sand y ue. n c n cal' litie the )e,a of thren hundred Ihds. of gar ; this eaves mli a margin to snp so that there will bo other fires in the unt ry. hut fortuinately, up tG the pres t, w have tiloot dihe miLdortunto to, re:it new cal;inai's of n hiko na Tihe wvar is terribile, buut wo do not r the, resnht. Thei eniemny does not tin a linanily n.an ner. anid lhave n10 La ry honor, no iiaire dlest ro ying overy rig and demolishing t heir ownt coutn Oss~ Nmo.rnn K(i,..s A Normm;R nrE usi.: ira WVom.n o- Gi ot TOnunen. mt M tont Tdieyrapha gives the par 'uirr of ant a1 trociouas murder that was mrnit.ted on Suind;,y last ini Crawvford ututy, Gai. A neuro tmnn nmed) ruee~ n itnientt shot arid killed anioth ne'gro nanmed Ned Jones, merely be ose he (Ned) refused to go to chrch, rsen had threatened to do much if Ned as not inure strict in his> attendance at orchl, anid, according to the testirmtny ken at. the Coroner's inquee?t, it is pro. med that he committed the murder eatd.tt Ned did not heed his p,ious in 'uct.ionts. Groen is still at )irr tnd o negroes thureatten Lo burtn him'if they tch him. TPiltoti's Iulependent savs that Grarnt nra' lot nio great idea," dtatoh is ted to a station wh icht is one placed > high for hh eentins," and4 :ithat the idical party "will gradually grow Nmker and weaker, and their opponenti -ohgr Atid StrohngCr.e it is repor til iii d'rmatny that the. rnling~ '" itablish'mesnts ' n/ takdng MAn't' es o pVevnnit 'tame publication 'of uulbgence of aucicides comnaitted by aipaiing loears., ; A4~comproipise hats bgh.~ matde in Pa. 'bet,waa tjo long and shortfIeosses. heite aeto be' 'n by fates witi ae kl&thter Are to be allow. r8.liob4uend ithre e oloe'. benpats as-hVO9tleed inl e apiul fr om Oranie. The greater tilt man, the greatet o orimo.