The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, April 28, 1869, Image 2
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,
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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....