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THE FAIRFIED HERALD _WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday Morning, April! 28, 1809. Despartes, Williams & Co., Props The Columbia Convention. We confess to a proiound interesi in the Convention to meet in Co. Iumbia "to-day, and it is the firsi 'gathering in the State since our de. feat and subjugation which we would have taken pleasure in attending .The Charleston News suggests several topies for tho consideration of the Convention, but it omits three of .pri)pe importance. 1st. A now fence law, compollinf tho owners of stock to, fence thoni in, is very much needed, and of all measures of assistance that gov ern'ment could adopt, it would help oui peoplo most, and add millions of ..money, both saved and made, to oul resources. 2d. Some practicable plan, backed by suflicient money, of intro,lucinj improved stock, and testing now va rietios of seeds and fruits, should be adopted. 3d. Special attention should b< given to the consideration of Ramie and encourageuent, in the way of premiums, &o., given to experimenti with it, both because it can be gather td by nachinerg and promises to ad( an unexpected value to our worn-oul lands, and because it can be gatherec and sold four limes a year, which wil give our trade a perpetual life and vigor, by pouring into our countri an unintermittcd stream of wealth. If the Convention will consido such points as these maturely, i would perhaps do well to omit the la b,or or negroo question, leaving it t< tiluo. War with England. The North does not fear, but rathoi desires a war with England, a, a means of prostrating British Con morco, and acquiring for itself th< carrying trado of the civilized world It is this portentous fact, and the un scrupulous greed that distinguishes al nations in their diplomacy that ron, ders the situation really alarming Relying upon this secret desire foi commercial resuscitation and aggran. dizeument, the United States Sonat< have rejected tihe Johnson treaty by v vote of 54 to 1, and in their individ ual uaJIlt j, l,u.. , u*.a gct .r renu in the extremely bitter and in suiting speech of Senator Sumner Chandler of Michigan, has also offerei a resolution instructing our new min ister, Metley, to open negotiation for tho cession of British America ti the United States as the only apolog tuis govern mont will accept for thi wrong iniflicted b.y recognition of ti belligoreney of the Southern Confed racy. WeT are, then, likely to have wvar, and if the present ministry worn true Statesmen, we would have it IiI me~diate'ly; /or England will only lose b'. delany. F?or a year at least, Englans could sweep the seas, so unpreparec arec the United States. But time wvil tame the British lion. England wil mink in a prolonged struggle, lie statesinen would show wisdom, tlhere fore, in beginning thle struggle a once, and in ending it as soon as possi ble. It is folly to suppose that th temper of the North ill become mor friendly. Sumner, at tIhe head o hundreds of demnagogu.es, will con tinuc to lash it into fury. H-is lat< speech is well caloulated to inflam every angry passion. England can not escape without huuiliiiationi or fight. The longer tihe fight is post poned, the more disastrous will it b to Great Britain. Boearding the English Lion. The vote of the Uiitod States Sen ate rejeeting tile Johnson treaty by majority of 51 to 1, cannot but creat ill-blood between England and thl United' States, and taken In connlee tion wlth the policy' of the adninistra tion towards Spain and Cuba, may rc suit in war. It is no trifle to insult . nation so powerful and so jealous o its honor~ as England. Thme gage o battle may be taken up promptly, un deCr the conviction that if further blue ter and insult be permitted, war wil not be prevented, but postponed to less advantageous season. It Is wel known in Enurope that our navy is bu rotten timber, and our finances in sa ruinous a condition that war can onh, bring on us repudiation and donmestil strife, and disorganization and revo lutioni in its wake. The vote of thi House on reoognizing the independ on ce of Cuba, an)d tihe strangely *in consistent vote of the $enate dlurinj the sameo week,.resopting the recogni lion of the Southern4,n federane as a belligerent,. even tlib6ugh the United States Government ,mau~ actually exchangjpg prisoners Wvith the Con federacy at the time,'pte u country in a very critical condition. But perhaps European governments will forbear and regard it all as so much democratic impudence and blus or, and wait for some overt act of hos tility. A Beautiful Compliment to Woman. Dr. Samuel Henry Dickson, of South Carolina, one of the Professor. in Jeffer. so Medical College in Philadelphia, in addressing the recent graduates of that institution, paid tho following beautiful compliment to woman, which we know every woman will appreciate: It has Inn been remarked that the physician, above all other men, should be a gentlemin and a man of honor. I avow myself as one of those who hold in profound reve,ence "the grand old name of gentleman,'" whether it represent the chivalrous knight of the ancient legends, the Bayard without fear and without reproach-or the madmat of Cervantes the peerless Don Quixote ; the hero of Thackerary's charming fiction, the dear old Colonel Newcone : the bright poeti. cal picture of noble King Arthur, as drawn by Tennyson, or the glorious statuesque model of history, Sir Phillip Sidley ; and I regard honor as the bright, fragrant flower of morality and virtine. Our profession is one of the highest and must sacred trusts, which to violate must entail all the penalties of the basest treachery. Our relations with our patients, and especially with women, are inexpressibly confidential and delicate, and afford us opportunities, which should never be disregarded, of sustaining the feeble and protecting those who need sympathy and help whose "faces we should not permit the winds of heaven to visit too rough ly." Depend upon it that in proportion as you fulfill such duties in the domestic circles where you are received as a guardian and guide, will be your frtitro success. I am proud to say t.hat a large p;.rt of the purest happiness I have rn joyed in my checkered courso has ro sttlted fremt my professional relations with women, and Ilie close and valua ble friendship originating therein. It in to them that we must look for tender ness, gratitude and fidelity. Woman's soft hand mny early cradle spread, . tier gentle care bedecked my bridal bed; By Woman lot my dying hours ba hurst, Her love the last fond solace, as the firsl. Tit IjONDON TiMss ON THi A.AnA M.A N KUOTIAToss.-The 'imes in its leader on the 6th speaks int a very flat tering tone of the prospects of the ap pointtent of Mr. Motley as Minister to tho Court of St. James. The conclusion of the article alltded to is as follows: It is a great thing, however, to feel ourselvea demonstrably in the right. This country has gone to the extreme of concession in the matter of the Ala. bana claims. It has agreed to refer everything except its own honor to the arhitratinn nnd to Itha judeamnnt o f mixed commis)ion. It has agreed to give Americans who profess to have been wronged every opportunity to as. sort their claims by providing that the - Commission shall hold tt.s sittings at \Vashington. Except absolute submis toln to every demanm the Americans may choose to make there is nothing fuirther that, could have been conceded. 'VThe ConvYention., in w hicht all thtis is stiptulatted, has been the work of their ownt Minister and their own Secretary of State, and has received the asse*nt of their own President. If they now set it aside our duty will simply~ be to ab qtaim altogether from further overttures, anid let any proposals for a re.newval of ntegotiations proceed from the A merican Government As for that downright demand for paymnent which our Ameemi. can correspon-lent dlescribes as being ad I vacated in t.he Unit ed states, thisemmtt. try, would, of course, know how to treat it ; btut we htave not the 8tmalhest belief that President Grauit's government con) templates in cou)rse of acetion) so unfriend ly and offensive. It is more likely thatt, assummng thin present con)vention 'to be sat aside, Mr. Motley will be instructed to open tnegotiations for another, differing somuewhiat in machinery, but embodying simtlar prmneiples. Should this be the ease otur governiment will be ready to give the proposals a fair consideration. Should it, Ont the other hanad, be the do sire~ of the Americans to keep the ques. tioni still unsettled, the British nation, having fully matmfested its good disposi a tion), will not feel boutid, how~ever, to initiate fresh negotiations. In any case we shall welcome Mr. Motley, not only as an old friend, but as otne who has the confidence of a really powerful ExcCu. tive and one of the most powerful politi cal party in the United States, M..BURNE:D.--Thursdayv night last, ..SmknsMll-nEgRi Counity, .below Beech Island, in South Carolina, was entirely destroyed ,by fire. The -mill was used as a grist and saw mill, and the same water power- rtniing a f' cotton gin. Near the mill is a store, whore wvere congregated a crowd of' tmn, and it is thought the fire origmnated from a matolh being thrown among some - loose cotton, wvhich commttnicated to I the mill. The less of the mill alone is ab)out $5,000, wIch is a -sad calamity to the neighborhood. Besides the bturn ing of the mill, a quantity of' corn and cottoti w~as also destroyed, the amount of which wo did not learn.--PhAwns. The Darlingto .Decratu says : "Ephrimt Jackson, a black boy, lately ini the service of Jack Smt,i hstown, has been called to Washington to act as a messenger in the office of Secretary of State. We presume 1)e owes his ele' vationi to the the influen~ce of Whitte more, and as Whitteomore owes is ole, viou nm a great mteasure to Jack Smith, it is a very pleasant gamneof'you tickle me, anid I'll tickle you." Conversation teaches more than medinli'an:. N:ws REOARDINO CUBAN AFviRS TIIE MARY LoWELL SEiURE DENONNC ED -GRANT WANTS WAn.-The Lon don papers of the 21st, comment very freely on the present state of affairs in Cuba. The Telegraph, a ministerial organ, moderate in tone, says that in regard to the independence of Cuba, England is unbiassed, but at the same time ad mits that England's interests oan be best subserved by Spain retaining her authority in the island. The article does not say, however, that in any case it should be the business of England to interfere and endeavor to prevent Cuban independenue, but it unuintaius that the good ofliecs of England might prove useful to avert a quarrel be tween Spain and Aumoriua. It desig. nates the seizure of the ship Mary Powell as a mad act,implicatiing Eing land, Spain's best frieud, unluss the latter country offers reparation for the insult. The article thou goes on to argue that the Cubans can never wil lingly attach themselvos to the United States. The London Owl of this evening also has its say on Cuban matters. It argues that Piesident Grant has been mad on the subjetct of Cuba, and thinks that England and France would declare war if America attempts to wrest the island from Spain. Giant, says the Owl, longs for a foreign war, knowing, he does, that the feeling at present porvading Aworican (fliuials is one of intense hatred to England and, though in a less degree, to France. It is stated that in a day or two a yacht will be despatohed from here to Cuba, on a mission tfrom the govern ment, to ascertain the exact position of affairs there. The belief is that a heavy storm is brewing which way yet occasion much trouble. THE COTTON COLD MoVEa1ENT. The Mobile Reeti.ser, of the 17th, in its Weekly Review of the market, says: In our remaiks of two weeks since we stated that the Board of Trade would take up the question of "Gold for Cotton," to take offect from the 1st of next September. Since then the Board has held its regular month ly meeting, and appointed a comnait tee of five of the leading bankers and merchants of the city to take the mat ter under advisement, and to open correspondence with the Boards and Chambers of all the Southern ports, in order that co-operation and unity of action may be secured in case the question should be considered favor ably. This Comiittee will not report before the 1st of June, and in the meantime it would be well for the Press throughout the State to discuss the question fully and freely, so that a clear understanding may be had of the change proposed. EARLY ELUT:oN IN VInGINIA TO n flonni,n .-Tho proeont undor standing is that President Grant, under authority of law, will issue a proclamation at" an early day submitting to the people of Virginia the constitution of that State, with separate notes on the clauses-first, as to disfranchisement; second, the test oaths, and third, tho county or ganizations. It is- understood that the vote is to be ordered for the fourth Tuesday of M.ay next. A new registration of voters will be made. Colonel Joseph Segar has announced himself as a candidate at large for Congress in that State. The citizens of ClarendorD and Sum ter propose to build, at an early day. a railroad from Gourdin's Depot on the Northeastern Railroad to Sumter, the trains of which will connect with the latter road. A meeting has been, held, and the matter discussed with enthusiasm. Leading Democratic influences in New York have united in supporting substantially Mr. Pendloton's recom mendation to the people of Virginia, Mississippi and Tese, to refuse to par ticipate in the reconstruction elections to be ordered by President Grant. The ironclad Lissa, just launced by the Austrian Naval authorities, Is the largest ship ever launched in the Adri atic. Her engines are 1,000 horse power, and she will be armed with twelve 800 pounder Krupp gns. Major Lallerstadt, a well known lawyer of the Augusta bar, died at his residence in Woodlawn, near that city, on the night of last Sunday, after a protracted illness. The Princess Metternich decides that dresses shall be lower in the neok." We think some of the women are sufficiently near neck-edness now. A t a recent skating match at Alpe na, Minn., both parties skated ten miles in twenty-eight minutes, and came out even. After a long period of wet weather, when the Chlinoso have p rayed va inly for relief, they put the gods out in the rain, to see how they like it. Victor Emanuel has stuck the i. tial spade into the lava of Hlerculane um~,and new and rare discoveries are expected. Napoleon has ordered experimonts to be madec with a now kind of fusee inventedhby a soldier of the guard. An undertaker in the town of Ver mont having abandoned his unde thking for the shoe business, invites the custom of his old patrons. Alexander Dumas, Sr., is engaged upon six different novels, three plays, and a cook book, and a treatise on hogs. A wife murderer named Joseph Masser- was sentenced in Rochester, N. ,on N[onday, to be hanged 4th 3n next. TIIE SPANISh CONSTITUTION.--The full text of the new Constitution of Spain, which came by the last steamer contains some proviiions of general interest. The form of government is to be that of an hereditary monarchy. In case of the extinction of the royal line of succession, the now monarch is to be elected by the Cortes. The lat ter body will consist of a Senate and a Congress, the latter-the lower house--to be chosen by the people every three years, and the former to renew one-fourth of its members every third year. Trial by jury to be guar. anteed in all cases, civil and criminal. Suffruge is to be universal, No Span iird, in full possession of his civil rights, can be deprived of his vote, or of the right of free speech or of pe tition. Public meetiiigs must take place only by day. The following are the articles on religion, which proba bly test the revolutionary movement better than any other provisions: "ArIer.r. 20. The nation obliges itself to maintain the worship and the ministers of the Catholic religion. Anr. 21. The public and private exercise of any other worship is guar anteed to all foreigners ret ident in Spain, without other limitations than i the universal rules of morals and of i right. ART. 22. If any Spaniards profess t any other religion than the Catholic, all the dispositions of the foregoing paragraph are applicable to thorn. An-r. 24. Every Spaniard may found and maintain establishments of instruction, or of education without previous license, save the inspection I of the competent authority for reasons of health and morality." The same mail that brings the above constitution brings reports of Protes tant meetings held at Seville, showing that the change is something more than 1 on parchment. Mr. Wendell Phillips, in address- I tug recently the committee appointed I by the Massachusetts Legislature to t investigate the hours of labor, estima- t ted the earnings of the laboring class- - es in our country at two billions an nually. This fact certainly demands I the attention of legislation to their in terests. The tendency, particularly apparent since the war, of legislating for the rich and the poor as indepen- f dent classes cannot be too much de preciated. As an immediate result t the rich are growing richer and poor t poorer. The growing evil of sepa rate education for the children of the rich involves both to them and to the I children of the poor the loss of the j mu"ual benefit of early contact and I seriously impairs the interest of our ii wealthier citizens in the public schools. t [N. Y. lerald. C THE Ross QUAIREi..-Senator Ross' own account of his "little onpleasant ness" with the President agrees sub stantially with what I sent you last night it ap nears that. thA dimlir.lty Was about the appointment of a Sur veyor General for Kansas. The pre a int incumbent is a soldier, and was a,pointed at the request of Senator 1 itoss. What excited the ire of the I'resident was that Ross accused him of turning soldiers out of office. This gave rise to the exciting conversation, an account of which has already been made publi.--W asht. cor. N. Y. lier-. aid, Aipriei 13. TnEN N ssEE T EA.-The Ne w York I Shipping and Coinmercial List says: I "Samples of the leaves of the Young IIyson Tea plant have been received from the plantation of Captain Camp bell, Knoxville, Tenn. The plants 1 were obtained through the Agricultu-< rat Department at Washington, in< 1858, grew well, and have attained at size of from six to eight feet. From the experiments made in Tennessee, it seems that the Eastern part of that State is well fitted for the growth of this plant.'' REMARKABLE DEATH.-A few days I since a man named Thomas James, I residing in Albany, died very sudden ly, and his friends were unable to dis- I cover any cause for his sudden do mise. At the post mnortemu examina-] tion, which has just been held, it was I found that a piece of ehip had lodged I crosswise in his bowels, stopping the passage, and producing the inflamma- I tion which caused his death. It has been ascertained that the deceased i aecidently swallowed this chip while< drinking some gin and molasses a short time since, the chip having evidently I been detached from the molasses cask. The Cheyenne Leadler says that the men sent out to work en the Pacific road continue to desert in squads, and march overland for White Pine. It is difficult to find laborers to keep the track clear of snow. Why are ladies like wates ? Je eause they have L,onutjful faces, deli= oato hands are ' more -admired when full jewoelled, and need regulating very often. The twenty-nine G~erman Unlversia ties have two thousand one hund red and ninety-four professors and twenty one thousand five hundred and forty two students. The friends of the Hion. Pierre Soul. have written to Dr. Chipley, Superintendent of the leastern Luna- 1 tie Asylum, at Lexington, to engage I apartments for Mr. Soul. In the sy- I lum. Josh Billings says:t "I am violently 1 opposed tow ardent speerits as a boy rage, but for nmanufaoturli' purposes< Itnka littlo of it tastei good." A forger, just sent i.e penitetiary 4 for four years, has draw~ n nmense I sum of money In a lotty - The Anderson Inlelligencer announ ces the death of Col, J. W. Morris, a distinguished olti2en of thatmmmunt. lolumbia Correspondenoe of the Oharles ton News. 1 ROW ADOUT DIVIDING TIIE SPOILS C R E W S VOWS VENGEANIE--wlo WROTE THAT FAMOUS LETTER. COLUMBIA, April 17. There has been a big fuss in the Radical camp, and from all I can ,ather, it is only the boginniug of a )igger row, It appears that Governor Scott )romised the office of Land Coumis. loner to Joseph Crows, one of the 3tate House of Representatives, and hen gave the ollice to C. '. Leslie, ho Senator from Ba.tnwell. This, of oursn, riled Crows terribly, and he wears vengeance ugainst the whole arty, vowing that ho will expose heir schemes and tricks since they tave controlled the government. Last night. Governor Scott sent for .;rews and promised to give him some. hing else if he would only keep quiet. Lut Crows would not be mollified, and ursed the whole establishment right md left, saying that they had all well cathered their nests, and that all the poils wore given to Northern men. {e would show them that it was too ate to talk of buying him. It prom ses to be a very pretty quarrel. By'the way, it has leaked out that overnor Scott's letter to Mr. G. W. 1illiamls, in which there was so much raise of the Mltercury and its late con luetors, and so much abuse of the V:s, was written by Mr. John Heart., rho was in former days one of the iroprietors of the Mercury, and is now Aovernor Scott's private Secretary. L'his accounts, &u. X. X. X. SPIRIT PI[oToGRAPIIS.-A tricky 'hotographer has been doing a good >usiness in New York by taking what o called spirit photographs, for which i obtained a high price. Ile adver. ised that he would take portraits of ny one,with the spirit of any deceased elative or friecd who might happen o be present at the time, standing in he background. Sure enough there ras always a shady figure in the back ,round, which the sitters sometimes hought resembled their relatives, and ometimes did not. The spirit, how vor, was there, and they were satis led that it must be some departed riend, even if they could not identify t. The police, however, suspected hero was a cheat in the operation, ad arrested the proprietor of the allery and his operator, and on ex mination it was proved that by ordi ary scientific and chemical means ust such shadowy pictures could be roduced by any photographer. So nothor set of fools have the satisfac ion of knowing how easy it is to be heated. FA-rAL. AFnRAY IN En,r:EL.-On Fhursday last, (says the Edgefield 1dvcrtiser,) Mr. John Autrey was illed by Mr. Andrew Moyer, Sr. jr. Autrey was t} respectable citizen ving some eight or nine miles West f the village, in the neighborhood of 'hillippi Church. Mr. Moyer, equal y respectable, lives there still. It corns that Moyer was owing Autrey, nd that the latter went on the said hursday, accompanied by a deputy heriff, to a field where Moyer and is son were ploughiDg, to levy upon certain horse. The younger Moyer 'esisted, and words or blows ensued, he elder Moyer joined the fray and nocking up a stone, struck Autrey uch a blow upon the head that he eon died. Both the Meyers were .rrested and brought to this placeo on lunday last. On Monday morning hey dieparted for Columbia, under barge of an oflicer of the law, to 'odeavor to give bail and return to heir home. A Quia CIuain AGAINST SECRE 'Any WAsunuRns.-Among other ~uoers things discovered by the Comn aittee of Commerce to-day, in exam ning the consular nomninatier'. was hat E. B. Washburne had procoured he appointment of a number of per ens from the State of Illinois and ad credited thenm to the Territories. Lhere is a sort of a rule at the State )epartmient that each State shall tavo a certain number of consuls, in le ratio of their population and re-. resentation in Congress. Wash >urte, after giving Illinois her full hare, found that he had not supplied he wants of all his friends, and pro aoded to carpet-bag them over the rerritories. TIhis is regarded as bout the coolest proceeding of the itiate and diplomatic iE. B. yet de reloped.-New York He.Irald. APPOINTM1ENT OF ROUTE AGENTS ND P'osTMAsTERs.-The Washington 7hronicle, of Friday, says :"Post naster-General (Jrcsswoll was busily mngaged yesterday in mlaking appoint nenats of route agents and postas ers, especially in the Southern Dis riots, and miany wvere present with riends urging their -appointmients. omo of the present postmasters in ho Southl, said to bo talintOd with 'Southern feelings,' are being refiov d, and their positions fiilled with taunoh Republicans." Fornoy writes to a Southern man hat his "whole object is to see the louth not only to re.turn to its former >rospority. but to see it emlbarked ipon a career of renown that will >laco It in successful comipetition with he North." Forney has land to sell. One Harry Rlobinson adlyertises ilmself in the theatrical papers as a 'singist, miusicist and mechanical lonkeyist." The CJhamber of Commerce of hbarloston have adopted resolutions 'avormng the abolition in that city, of he charge of rico tiores .in .the saleD if ri00. lie who peepsi through a whole may 00 what-will vax haim. Local Items. Now Advortisemen s. Forty barrels Extra Fine Flour by John D. lcCarley. See notice of Election-By 1. K Scott. Assignoo's Sale-S. B. Clownoy. New Southern Readers. By Prof. J. L. Reynolds,'Duffio Chapman, publishers ; Columbia, S C Copies of numbor 2 and 3 hav been sent to us by the publishers, an we most cordially rcommond thet as beautifully printed and admirabl suited for purposes of instruction Dr. Reynolds is an accurate Englis scholar, and his diction in conversa tion is surpassed in correotno and purity by that of no man wi whom we are acquainted. Rabb's Improved Hill-side and Sub-so: Plow. Winnsboro boasts of no more ingt nious citizen than W. 8. Rabb, whos various mechanical contrivances an inventions shoold have secured him ai amplo competence long before nou The ploughs Mr. Rabb has lutel patented, if generally adopted, wil save the laboi of hundreds of horse hands, and add incalculable wealth t the country Wo ever rejoice it every triumph of intellect, especiall; if it be in some old and apparentl; hopeless field ; and such a triumnpi are the Rabb ploughs. We cheerful ly leave them to grow into favor b; their own merit. A Soiree. A Soiree will be hold in Columbia S. C., on the evening of tho 29t1 April for the benefit of the Ladies In dustrial Association. The ladies of Columbia earnest13 solicit the patronage of the delegate to the Agricultural Convention, o Stockholders of the Greenville Rail road, and of all strangers visiting the city. I To the Board of Manager we tondo our thanks for a complimentary tick et. A*tTreat, Yet awaits thoso who have nove visited Augusta by way of Granite ville,S. C. It has recently been ow pleasure to do so, and we woro delight ed with everything connected witl the new short line to the "Old Em" pire," and we advise our friends wh< bbRVn bualto U. A$uow ornmnl surplus of the needful uninvested, tc try the Columbia and Augusta road and if the sights in the beautiful city do not repay, then tho luxurious coaches, the polito Capts. Trezevant and Gormley, and the polished Cap. tain Wolfe ;--the rich lands, the ro mnantic scenry,- the evidence o: progress and desire for peace-- will. By the way--we picked up the go. nial and energetic Superintendaint, Mr. Caleb ]Bouknight, and had th< pleasure of a few words in regard t< the great convenience and success o his new enterprise, lie is a thorough business man ; and urbane to the lats degree. On our return ao took the oppositl side of the coach to that wvhich we oc cupied in going, and we wore furthe gratified by the evidences of 'On ward I" which we beheld. Much credit is due to Col. John ston, and his able staff--for thei1 great energy in the face of obstacles which not unfroquently seemed insur mountable- D. Pairfield Agrioultural Meeting. At a meeting held in the Cour iiouse, in W innsboro, on Monday 19tI instant, for the purpose of forming ai Agricultural Society. Thomas Mc Kinstry was called to the ehair. The chairman in a short addres stated the object of the meeting. G. 11. McMaster submitted for thd govern ment of the Society, a Constitu tion which was adof.ted. On motion a committee of thre was appointed to nominate officers which coannmitteo reported for Presi dent, G. HI. McMaster, for Vico-Presi dent, T. W. Wood ward ;for Secreta ry, J. S. Stewart, and for Treasurer 8. 1B Qlowney, all of whom woro dul3 elected., The Prosident having taken th~ chair, under a resolution offered b3 T. W. Woodward, appointed a comn mnittee consisting of T. W. Wood ward, J. B. MeCants and Thomas Mc Kinstry, to noinoate eight delegaten to attend the Agricultural .Conven tion which is to convene in Columbia on the 28th inst. The 'following gentlemen wr nominated by the Convention : HI. IL. Eilliott, T. W. Woodward, W. D. Aikon, N. C. Robortson, Rt. E Ellison, Jr., Dr. Thea. McKinatry, G. B, MeCants, S. B. Clowney. On motion of Rt. 8. Ketch in, it was Resolved, that a committee of flvt be appointed to m.epar for te con sideration of the Society, at a subae. quent meeting, any necessary altera tions in the constitution and by laws. Under this resolution were appoint ed R. S. Kotchin, J. S. Stewart, B. E. Elkin, U. N. Reolds and W. S. Rabb. On motion of R. E. Ellison, resoly od that the next meeting of this Socio. ty be on the first Monday in May. The Society then adjourned. J. S. STE W ART, Sa. "Look Out for Them." Under this head the Charleston Courier makes the following remarks: "A party of swindlers have recently been operating in Richmond, Va., and succeeded in going through one s firm for $2,500. Their names are James Chambers, James Colo and Chas. Osgood. The former has been 1 arrested and detained in Richmond, but his accomplices have imade their escape. Our citizens would do well to have a sharp look out for the oth. I ers." Waltzing. Th3 N.Y. hiome Jourli says that the newest idea in waltzing Is that, instead of elasping the lady's hand, or even her finger tips, the gentleman shall bond his left arm at about the same angle with which a fashionable girls carries her parasol, the lady supporting her self by placing her hand against his arm in the hollow of the elbow. Thus he carries her around delicately, with. out any of that contact which con. demns the round dances. This mode is introduced by a singular sot of cx , clusives. Appointment of Oensus Taker for Fair field, Henry Johnson, "echwartze" has been appointed census-taker for Fair field by the "Great Ohio man." We wonder if Gen, Scott thinks Mr. Johnsing is the only competent indi. vidual in this Kounty. 0 We publish the following spicy piece of poetry for the exclusive bone,. fit of the "Great Ohio Man," and his carpet-bag fraternity; who now infest the Executive Department of South Carolina : TnE OAnrPT-UAOOEn. IIe boro a patent coffeo-pot the day when first we met, And peddled tin from door to door, in weath. or cold and wet; le had a very scarecrow look. Methinks I see him now, No vest., torn pants, worn boots, stained ooat-an o1 1i1t ol his brow. But once again I saw him-a carpet-bag he bore IIe slouched on a propollor.lug, bound for the Southern shore: le looked half-starved and hopeless, and with rn abject. air Ile pleaded with the captain's clerk to pass him for half- fair. The next time that. I saw him, 'twas in the Sout hern land, Surrounded by a ragged crowd, a woolly paned band; Ile stood upon a barrel, and he cursed the Southern white, And called each Pompey brother dear, each Dinah his delight. And yet oneoo'mro I saw huim, no signs of want were lthers, In fashion's garb he was arrayed, and paon. Ilspus was lhla air; Hscheeks were standing out with fat, his purse was filled with gold, As Governor lhe robbed the wllites---the ne groes he had sold, -Domorest's Yeung America. Of all the juvenile magazines, the children say this is. the best, and we agree with them. Its bright eolors and its toys have the charm of being different from everything else, while the stories and other skceces are ex eeptionally good combining the useful with the amusing in a s,markably successful manner. 'T orms $1.50 pier annum, with a premium. Address W. J. Demorest, 838 Broadway, Now York. 4 Demorest's Monthly. This magazine has the great merit of keeping up with the times every year, and almost every number is an improvement on the last. Its varied departmients furnish exactly. what every .lady needs throughout the country, and its immense ciraulation and great suq~oess show that they knQw it. The proinent featu.:es of : Pa6 terns, the"ladIes club-," the musio, eta., are each one of them worth mere than the price of the book, in the real Value that they represent to the subascriber. Terms, $3 a year. 838 Broadway, N. Y.. Clay1 the Louisiana negro who was appointed Minister to Liberia, has de olined the honop, Fred Douglass has applied for the plaee. Mr. Alexander U. Mazyok, a native of Charleston, died on the 21lst, inst., at his residence at Graham's Orosa Roads. Por.rrc.--There was a man so or.. tremely polite that, as he passed a hon on-her nest, he said 'din't rise, madam.' A man at Now York is learning to ride the volocipodb on the tight rope, and proposes in ,that wiiy to cross Niagara on hia nmahiie th..sum....