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E FAIRFIED HERALD WINNS11U0, S. c. Wednosday Morning, Juuo 9, 1869. DW Williams & (o., Props The Nogri Majority in South Carolina. Thlc uttr apathy of' our people as to takill-- any really practical0 Step. Ioward l-iIngilig inl white iiilnigraits; t0.0 contant ciigration of our white nlative lopilation ; and the probable inmigration of llacks frIom Virginia, No.0Ji Oolilna,Kenl tucky, TennleSSe0, and'perhi.FS Georgia make us be. 4.e, 'Oh'at it will Le lore thall ton, or oven twenty yearS, before the wVhlte'i (q41 the blacks in I, umlbers in ",pth Car6iIna' J. W. D. is also wI i t ikilig.the m,ortuary btatis ties of tt city (Chhrlcston) as a stntd. a:-d fram'which to renson. On page 6, prjitnina'ry report 8th U. S. Con so le wo.ill find the following remuarlc upIou.tle death-rate of free colored people :-"Tatkng town and country t,fether tihe resultk are more favora. bc!b. Bcidcs n11,1iy sick negroes no 00110 . 1111 tho citic. such as Charler4ton, Savainnah,. Norfolk, Mo bio,; &c., from the surrounding coun. try, inA dio there. The proper staidard of comparison i the rato of im:rease amoniglt (lie races, as far as we kniow it. The ef fCt hlicia f.ectoin Ilay havo uponl it i is -yet. not a mnt ter of rth I ist ics, but of wild *iopnjecturo. We ourselves be li-.vo that frcedoi is Iupropitious to a greater increase of blacks 1.h0an oc. curred duit i,g 15-- 18 (10o. It was then ?3.3 per ceit. '1u.aking proper and ckdet allowall.e for white immi gration, tho nati%e whites increased buto' 2.3 per cent during the saie d eca:I d e. Now leave out. wl ite emi gration from the State,and black im. Iigration into it, and let Its appy these rates to our i,100,100 i>lacks, and r03,000 w-Litem. J.W DI'sclna tion is far from the resuilt. For add 23.3 p en I. ot.1,00000 o 0001,0,-md wO have .1931'200. Add 2.1.3 per cent. of 390,000 to 300,000, aold we have 372,900., the eiilq'/,i,s/ of yoar, thr-efn-e, tht negrnc majority will haec i ?E'?crse-C/f,rn 100,000 to 120,300. Afgain., suppose that the rate of in. orease amoiipst tbe blaks ha11I de will nun.)('r -I the el"T -0 1. - iy m.41 -111,600 amd te vhites, :372,900 ; that the nengro majorily ill be 7) It is Iiset to look at tlim question from ever3 side. II* our suggestions n wake uip slvepy li.How to 1lhe im rt ance ot Ianllilactires ,aml : 1110re varied am1 intelligent ilIustry, as the '-dectital mewalls of at ract ilig white iln in.igranits anti keeping onr enterprisinge done11 good. We wih it dist inctl unitderstood, lu.owever,anid againl and a gain repeat, I hat 1 w' aric enot hooli!e to) the .Nero<s, or to their incre'ase, wich we belieove in). We dlesir the lincri iea so of labor eris, hioulse-serlvanlt s, and m chliantics, wich jotheli'ir prosfer'ity p'Jromnises, at the samtie t.imte that01 we dlesi re an in. erease of whites and the intell igent anld dlivyersi tied indtlustry' ltIati ome oly thirough i the mor1e illI ilign lot ter' ednetated aind more eniterpris I ig 1ace, ancd the beI t t government that 1 they' will bring. We are piersua (itd, thant the tit wo rnees, separait ing mnore antd maore froma each othier, daiily, by' a groin tg disnttiction! of' .ea1ste,. cani h vo hiarmniaousily inl thle sonei cotin ii ty 3, andi con tributo to elh othier'd weolfare. Death of Col. L. T, Woodzuff. i)urinig thie n ighit of thle 25th of May:t~, a dIisastrous lire occutrredl in t he eit-y of Mobile, accompanied with a fa tal entastrophte, whiicht depriv'edl the city of one of her mtost eflilent anud worthy citizens, lie whose name , tanids at the head of thcis columtn. ThIrty-lre years ago, Le~wis T. Wood ruff' becameo a citizen of the town of W innsboro, and before hi9bad reached t he years of manhood, h'stabl ished in this communmity' a reputation for in tegrity, enterprise, industry, and uin t iirimi energy, whllichi connieted with ,his social qualities and high honor, . ebarncterized imt as atn inidividual always hield3 in the h,ightest esteem by tIhe Carolitia gentleman. Nor was , tias r'elitat ion ever t:trniished dulring bi i lozng residenice in theo city of Mo. b)ile, mll proof of wthichi the highest honiors were paid his mortal remtains 13' the Mobile ]Boardi of TJradle, (of 'h.ie h lhe was the President,) by the (&eneriap4obtly of the Presbyte 'ra'n Cir6h ; tho City Council ; the SFire Doepartnment, and citizens gener ally, not to forget the little remnant of' that heroio .regiment which lie * onnuianided,' until wroundeod on the batthfdlehd, ini the late struggle for th tgh1ts of the South, In all the reia. 4o"' , Co.Worul a ioted for prudence, punctuality and ,ysteiatic order ; as an upright man he never asked nor granted any favor 1r position inconsistent with the stand ing of a higl-tonled gentlemain ; his social relations; his hospitality to wards his friends, and his liberal con tributions towards the poor, secured for him during his whole life the re spect and confidence of all wbo know lii ml. His example to -ill young muen, contending with the trials of life, may well be reieubored as worthy of mit a tion. After his remova.l from Winnsboro for a poriod of thirty years, ho al ways reinembered his early acquaint ances and friends, whom lie left be. hind and whenever an opportunity of. fered, gave sincero evidences of his pratitude and respect, for the citizens of' Vinnsboro. On'the very day of his death, the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church ofth.is place, with othidr Caro' lina friends, enjoyed liis genorolS lbo3 pitality ; and strange to say, whilst. spending an hour in the contery among the dead,- he stated to-one present "I have always believed. that I should dio in the -month of -blay." Why ? Fail one of his friend.?. He replied, 1[ was born in May,' I was onco shipwrecked in 1My, I waA in jured by a i )wder explosion in May, 1 was wounded in battle in May," and, he was killed in May. Provideneo fulfilled hisserious anti cipations-let us all remember the text selected for his funeral service "Now in tho accepted time," and whilst they, who knew himi- regret his deatil, let us imitato bis exampl through life ; cherish his Iemory, iW denth, and so live for the future, that whon we coiin to (lie, we can truly add, "iVor is the day of our salvation." Pushing Them on Us. The ladical papers, headed by the Tribun-, are working in favor of white immigration to Virginia and North Carolina. but describo the moro Sutth orn States s in a most unreconstruot ed uaid rebollious condition. Thore is a moaning in this, that we would do well to heed. The State of Virginia, too, is work ing in the matter of whito immigra tion,.or itsdj, in real carnest. The speehes oif (Ieneral linboden in N-ow Vork, pumblisied in the New York pa pers, prove it. The papors meti ion association, and other practical ioas ureS. The Railroiads-aan iienso power-have began to import white laborers, and the negroes aro reported as le-aving iho State, in greater nuim hers than heretofore, and coming Virginlia, too, has shown at more pro. gressivo spirit, than the other Southern States as to thiose enterprises that, are 'ertaina to vary her indumstr'y and at. t ra t whiito immninigra tioni and m uclh nieeded capital. It is statedl, that Nort herni ca pitaliiists have just conoiu. d ,td an arrangem,ent to complete the C".esape r1 ake and OIo 10!Railroad-a road as imulport ant to Rtichmiondl and1( Nor f>lk as the Ba:ltimno'' and Ohio Rail. road is to Baltinmore We do not profess to bo "a nigger. maim,'" as one of our citizens elegantly says that he is :but we value Negroo labior, notwithstaniding, and we ox. press our coniviction, that it is being dleli beratehy resun n own from Vir ginia and North CJarolinia upon us, with all the good and tIhe evil that it miay' contina. And in view of this fact, the question of white and Chi nose imnmigration becomes worthy of our attention, an acquires an interest. ing meaning. If onily neogroes immi grate to South Carolina-..why, it is a serious matter. But if whites also conie, or if even Chiinamen, in suf lceit numlbers,a also come-that will very miuch cha:ngo the p)ros pect. andI render additional blaok labor a sourco of wealth and prosperi ty. Ouir people mustoeast off their aphathay and1( conid(er the future of their chaildrenm ; must meet and con. quecr their d ifliculties-not run from their country in its hour of need. Natural Rate of Inorease of Negroes in the United States, In our editorial above, -we have used the lowest figures; Laet the read. er who fancies Nogroes ne'o not pro. lific, and is ready to snatch up jac theories about their dying out, read their rate of increase during succes sivo doenades, as given below: 1800, 27.97 per cent. 1810, 33.40 per cent. 1820, 28.70 per cent. 1830, 30.61 per cent. 1640, ' 23.81 per cent. 1850, -'28.82 pot cent. 1860, 28.3 3 & We have on hiand no means of osl culating the rato'eofinerense of 1sati4 whrte,, excegt IN JleadeoY 1 8%O -1860, (2.43 per et.) bub;suspeot, indeed, we are sure, it is not ao high. Southern cotton Gleldajin.11he 'light of the abovo tablea glbot 'be se r deserted, therefore, aa: .:6Ie a~~ Moral Neoessity. A gentleman bbjects to the use of the word, cdinot, in our local of -Sat urday, in the following sentence ; "'Fortune way strip us of prospority ; slandor, of reputation ; death, of all other things: but trb LO(EF EXCEL iENcE once wrought into the habits and disposition of the soul, Deity 11imsolf cannot Nv'o:ich itpway. It is ours-ours forever." We usually weigh every word we write, when oxpressing any opinion.Qu. moral and religious subjects ; for we, feel our'rC8'onsibility,and' do not*v0 knowledge any man'-i right to be inI error.upon them. If he don't got tire truth, it is~his own fault. -and lie is absolutely certain 6f difmntiation. God say' so, III his co inenp; sa'y , )b is Providuce ; say 0, in nature ; says so, in the Bi6le, which, oven were. wo to admit to be uninspiredfatilllex. presses the religious conviation .of the human race most 'lcnrly ;-and "it i4 impossible for God' .o. liu." We d0. liberately assort, therefore, thut or friend's objeotion isa thoughtless one, an-d that wfe lnld .a a I -truth' as certain as the existe6co' o, Gd Ilim; self, when we asse.rt, as above, t6at God CANNOT take away-the LOVE Ot RXCtLLENCE :flotn 'eny one %iho once fully attains it, any more than lie can deny himself,. or 'annihilate 1imself, or be otherwise than,holy, is, just, merciful and true. God is all 'power. ful, and therefore, ennot do . wrong for to do wrong.is to be weak. Virtue is strength ; vice, weakness. Joli 'ness is happinoas ; ainfulness, misery. 'Our faith on this subjaet.* a sublime .one, but it is not- the Anbliniity of inaginutiot),. but' the stibliitity, of truth. It is not tho..result of superii cial fancy, but of a life-time's sober study and deep conviction. Ar. Ed'itor: Will you please give me a short spaoc in your paper for the purpose of presenting a few points for the serious consideration of the younger portion of our white oitizens ? It has been askod, "why would you desire an increase in the population, siae it would inorease competition, and make it necessary to use greater exertions and practice more strict economy than we are compelled to 81 I t.glliti he oient, to state that L8se wto as' suIqnestions are over the- oonscript age. But there are other reasons besides the ones includ ed under the head of conscript. We will soon be compelled to enroll our selves and be drawn out in the hot July and August sun aad formed into line with various black musk-bottles, with undoubtedly a big black musk bottle to command us all over the old field. And step by step will im.digni ties be heaped upon the younger por. tion of our ectizens by the Yankee bigots in their efforts to hmumble our pride, and bring us on 'a level with the negro. We already have a gov ernment framed in part by negroer, and as they are in the majority.in our State, we may expeet them to have their way. They have no idea of justice, and no love for the white race, and they realize their power, we need not expeet any merey at their hands. We are taxed to educate negro ohil. dren, and to pay the negro leglnlators for making laws for us. And there are various other things, which you know alreadly, but perhaps do not give them a moments thought., becaure, thobe of you who are farmers are working the negro and making money, and .those of you who are following other. ocu pations are getting plenty of the mon ey that the farmers make and spend so freely. It is giite probable that we will need more white men worse than we do, now, and perhIaps at a time when it;will-be impossible to get them. We had money last year and gave a great deal of' it to the Yankees, for their, no doubt, worthless dirt, called guano. Another reason is, w'd are unable to prevent any levy made upon us by the North. So long as we content our selves with making cotton for the Yankee factories, and spend all the money we make in buying their goods, of course they will not be so blind to their Interest as to interfere; but, when we -begin to start improvements In our cuntry and' 'bringomwoney in from other countries and keep- it in our own, they- will begiur to make lev s upon us in one way or another. Another reason for 'inoreing-the population as, that it -will increase competition, whichi is the life of trade, develop the resources- Sf our country, and increase.the .val4e .of our- lands and othoftkoperty. Without mentioning half of, the reasons for*icesn thme wbite popu lation of ou tt,1hse on to the ~main subject of this piece,--AacAan ei'y., Those who are anxious to encour age imigration witht the view of get tiesfarm hand..4o supercede the ne gro willibe much 'mistaken...a :whit. mnnllorhab#n lfRde. all' the ya but will not work -anothej'iunWs lad Y-Ay' .wr in the 'shades apN dp nirp4<b&/or W9rk th~a the' negr. TqMtactqrrpa aui'send Spend your tdoney towards improv 'ng and building up your own State md Distriot4' Keep your money near lome. Instead of sending one hun Ired dollars worth of cotton to the Yankees to be manufactured and a part sent back to us with the duties, per cent. and freight attached for us o pay, manxfacture it at home and sa,vo the differeOt taxes, or if not, save the taxes, encourage home industry and enterprise, and help those who will help us. Who can realize the ef foot, that, a -large and imposing fac. tory building with its necessary ap partenances, would have upon the neighborhood i It would inspire them with- onfdence in the future success of the -ccuntry, determine them to coiteti t hemselves to remain in the State and run the rihk of the factory, anud.enco.ura;'ge tiimn td work to wanke botto-n, orn, tnt and vogetables, to supply the fatotry and hands, more latd would be cultivated in vegeta bles aid highly improved, making more clear money per acre and show ing-to farmers that the land can be improied wheu the right plan is adopted. Porters and carriers would be needdd and find woik to do, nier chants, doctors, preachers, sohool teachers, locksmiths, masons, carpen terp, etc. All would have to be paid but the tuoney would btill be in our country, and would benefit those who would vote with us. and as.iist us in es tablishing a white min's government. S.41j.of the factory hands after bt. coining .accustomed to the country would prefer farming; others would marry in the neighborhood and retire from the factory, and some would wander. off to other parts, creating vacancies, which would be filled by the proprietor with fresh installments from Europe or the North. Though I hate the Yankees- enough to desire to whip them with machinery and every othOf.enterpri.ie, yet am not op posed to.them ' comio among us to settle permanently. rhey would set examplds of enterprise, industry and economy, and after becoming well ac quainted with us, would be able to bring about a better state of feeling between the North and South. Let those who desiro land and a home, buy ; have no doubts about the future of the South. Go to work, make per ianent improvements, to last for your life time and for your heirs, make up your minds that you will not submit to be run out by an inferior race. There is iot a more desirable country, naturally, to live in on the globe. There is water power enough at and near Catawba falls to run five hundred thousand spindles. I have been told by Mr. Daniel McCullough that eiough water power can be had on his place, "Mount Dearbon," to run two hundred and fifty thousand spin dles, and that he ii anxious for ma o,inory toto started there, ad will UVL1VU1 Auo C .'VUjF'6SAj &A . .2 of the land on most any terms, but will give all the aid possible toward the advancement of the enterprise. iiow kind and liberal; and how blind will our young men be to our own in terests, if we allow some shrewd Yan kee to step in ahead of us. I am axious to be one of a Manu factoring Company and to take stock in an Immigrant So,ciety. RI spectfully, EX. A Wa*hington letter says: "The Secretary of the Treasury received some time ago a letter from England, written by an ox-member of Parlia ment, enclosing several hundred dol lars which the writer says he believes was in good conscience and jIustly due the United States as in excess of in terest on bonds which he holds. These bonds bear six per cent, interest, and the ex-member says he thinks three per cent. Is all that should be paid on such investments. Another letter fromn the same party was received to day, dated in Pennsylvania-(the ox member, it appears, is on a tour of observation in this country)--enclos ing a one thousand dollar bond, cou pons attached, which the writer says he thinks is also in excess of what should be paid as interest, and he asks the Secretary to convert this bond into a three per cent., which he be. lieves is all the United States Govern ment shoul dpay on its indebtedness. Mr. Boutwell1 has replied, requesting the ex-member to call this way and have a talk with him." PAnTrCULAns OF THlE INDIAN MAS SACRE jIN KANSAs.-The Time, and .Con eereaive has received the folliow. ing particulars of- the Indian massa ores. The tongues and hearts were out out of the dead bodies, the calves of their legs slit down and tied under their shoes; pieces of flesh were cut from their backs, pieces of telegraph wire were struck into their bodies, their ears out off, and heads scalped. The Indians boiled the hearts of these men for medioine. The Swedish set tlers who were attacked all lived in one house, and only those were killed that loft the house and attempted to reach a place of greater safely. Those that remained in the house were not molested. This occurred in two in stances. -The calamity Is mainly at tributable to lack of arms. Whenever i was fired the savages made no Greoley says in the 7'bune : "As far as we can see, the Treasury offi soe made very little, either peounia rily or otherwise, out of their presen batlon of an old bill of $10 50 agaInst Qdneral. Beauregard. -But the goy pnment.would have a considerably betfd balance in Its petty cash ac mdu6t if all-the officers who went into herebellion would show as clean biands a the punctIious little Creole wbbeieoheepping has broiight our wooo#ntine cerks to plot." Local Items. ffew Advertisemen s. Parties wishing to make good pur 3bases, would do well to call on our rollow-citizons, Messrs. Bacot & Co., who have just opened a lurgo lot of provisions. Give them a call. Mr. F. Elder, ?advertises one of IIerman's Steel Horso Rakes, the best nud cheapest in market. Soo advor tisement in another column. See notices "In Equity."-S. B. Clowney. Stockholders Meeting, Charlotte & S. C. I. R. Co. btockholders Meeting, Columbia & A. 1t. It. Co. Ohinamen Oom.ng. Be sure and road the tesimoniy of those who have tried Chinese labor, on our first page. On this same ali important subject of labor, let us havo your objections if you hav.3. any, to the view taken in to-day's edito riul. A Finfi 1us of Tuinipa 4nd Dish Pota tojs. Our thanks are due to our young friend, Mr. Robert Phillips, w4o has sent us a large lot of Turnips and Po tatoes that exceed anything in size that we have yet seen. Fairfield has not yet collapsed, low-spirited plant era to the contrary notwithstanding. Olean Your Lots. As the season of the year for dis eases approaches, it becomes the -duty of all our citizens who feel an interest in the health and welfare of the com munity, to clean up their lots ; and thus prevent mnuh sic'kness that would otherwise attmnd us. A word to the wise is sufficicit. Misplaced. The coiniunication signed "Long Branch" has been misplaced, and therefore, has not been published. We would be glad to bear from "Long Branch" again. A Threshing Maoine Needed. Our correspondent "Ex" says, "If you can induce some one to come up in the Rocky Mount neighborhood with a good field spike threshing ma chine, at an early date, they will get employment. New Wheat. The Chester, Reporter, of the 3d instant, says Our energetic follow us that lie has threshed and shipped to Baltimore tweiity-five bushels of new wheat. Who can beat it ?" Communications. In a population of seven thousand whites, it is strange that so few coni nmunication,s are sent in to the Dis.. trict paper. Send in contributions mnake them short and lively, but send thoem in often. It will do good to your neighbor.s. aounty Eleotion, The following is the total result of tihe election: FOIn PnloBATE JUDGE. W.M. Nelson, 706 Joel Copes, 359 Scattering, 164 FOR COUNTY COnMMISSIONER. W. J. Crawford, 850 W. M. Martin, 307 CORONER. Robert Hawthorn, 1204 Tot al vote east, 1230 Q~-We have received from Messrs. Walker, E.vans & Cogswell, a number of copies, in pamphlet form, of the proceedings of the Agrioultural Con vention, which recently assembled in Columbia. Our agricultural frienda can obtain a copy each, by calling at the NEwaSlnd HER ALID ofice. The American Stock Journal for June, Contains the usual amount of inter esting articles, whieh we commend to the careful perusal of our readers. Send your name and address to the publishers, N. P. Bloyer, & Co., Parkesburg, Chester Co., Pa., and they will send you a specimen copy free. Sohool f,r Young Ladles, Winusboro. Miss EL.IZAnE'IH STEWAnT has fairly won THlE PRIZE, in the above school for the session, ending yesterday, hav ing attained the highest mark, during the entire session, in every department except penmanship. Theinext session will begin on Mon day next, and will consist of four weeks before, and sixteen weeks after, the vacation of six weeks, in July and the first part of August. B3ENJ. R. STUART, june 5, 1869. Prinoipal. ~4An exchange has this. A ohild was recently born In Indiano1s, [owa, with perfectly developed wings. [t hived three hours, and then, a ready-made angel, was fit. for the rmheres. 3oene in a Railway Oar. On Saturday last, 29th ult., we itarted from Columbia by the I rain, C. & S. C. R. R. On looking xbout us as'to who our fellow-passengers might be, we discovered, Bitting in a very dignified attitude, and, make be lieve, reading a newspaper, a very flnely dressed mulatto. From time to time he rolled his eyes uneasily from behind his paper taking notes of how much lie was noticed. le evidently was some ill advised nigger on a ram page after social equality. There be gan to be some feeling of annoyance manifested by the passengers, just then the conductor, Mr. Gormley, came round collecting tickets. When he oamo to this man he remarked, "hav'nt you made a mistake ?" "Nosir, I paid for a first class ticket." "Oh, you did, well, we'll see." On arriving at the first station, (Killian't) we suspected there was something intended, such as the ejection of the noxious intruder. We were looking intently through the window, when the door opened behind us and in walked an enormous negro, black as a coal, greasy and dirty, and in a high state of effervescence, flat cap, a greasy coat hanging on his arm and carrying a carpet-bag. le walk ed very liesuroly through the coach until he came to where Mister had ta ken up his quarters. We now recog nized the party carrying the earpet bag, as a train hand, Sam the fireman. Sam assuming a half stupid, innocent look-familiarly touched Miter on the shoulder, "I bleve I'll take a seat wid you, jist move over-he did move very far over-looking indignant, but Sam did'nt see it. Sam sat down, put down his carpet-bag, and laying him. self out at full stretch prepared to en ter into conversation. Every eye was now turned to the little drama, which, we believe no negro minstrels ever equalled. "Gwino fur ?" said Sam. "To New York," Ah, to New York ? well Ise gwine to Charlotte, we'll hab a good long ride together. A-a-ah-legis later bisness ?" "No, sir." By this time Mister became conscious of the fact that the whole car was in strong convulsions, when seizing his carpet bag, he made for the door and left for the second class oar. When he was clear gone 8.m opened his sleepy eyes and slowly expanded. Placing his hands upon his hips he gave vent to his felingP, "yah, yab, yah, I dont tiuk dat nigger will eher Ult""' 11160 ft1nd gPmMAn any more." We have einee leurned that this in dividual is no other than the celebrat ed Jlfr Hammond, Secretary of the still more notorious Mr. Neagle, Comptroller Gencral of the State of South Carolina. Consolidation of the ~harlotte &B. 0, and Columbia and Augusta Railroad Coin pany. We copy the following result of the meeting of the Comahissioners of the above named roads, which came off in Augusta on Thursday, May 31, from the Chsronick4 & Sentinel: We stated in i\ce Chronicle & Senti. nel, of yesterday morning, that the Beard of Commissioners appointed by the Charlotte and South Carolina and Columbia and Augusta Railroads to arrange the terms for a consolidation of the two corporations, had held a meeti.ng in this city on Thursday morning, and had failed to agree upon any arrangement; but by the ad-e;' tisement of Col. Win. Johnston, the President of the road, in another col umn, it will be seen that the Comnmis sloners have agreed upon terms, and that a joint meeting of the stoekhold eswill be held in Columbia soon for their consolidation. It seems that at the meeting on Thursday morning nothing was affected. The represen tatives of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad were willing to consolidate if it could be done at par-that is, four shares of their road, twenty-five dollars, each, were to be given for one share of the ether road's stock, one hundred dollars. The commissioners from the Charlotte Road refused this proposition, but substituted in its stead a proposal that the Columbia Road should give five shares of their stock for four of the Charlotte Com pany's. This was, in Its turn, prompt. ly rejecte.d by the other side ; and as both aprties seetned equally deter mine ,the meeting broke up without anything being accomplished. At a late hour on Thursday night, however, we learn that Col. Willam Johnston, thie President of the two Companies, succeeded in inducing the Commissioners to hold a second meet ingr, this time in his room at the Globe Hotel. Hero the affair was again die. cutssed, and finally a compromise was effected between the two parties, which Is, in substance, as follows: The stock of the Columbia and Augusta Rail road is valued at twent -two dollars er hare tatof the Charlotte and ar, and four and a haff shares of the romer aie:to be received for oneshare f the latter. At the meeting of the 'tockholders of the two roads to be oeld in July, this agreeet will be presented to them for ratification or ejection, as they may deem proper. hive the Publishers of your DistrIot Pa per Pair Play. The follow;ng -exeln aceap pears in an exchange paper : Do not forgot that it costs some thing to puff as w9ll as to advertise ; and never to sponge upon the printer in any manner whatever. It is print er's ink that makes nine-tenths of your fortunes ; It takes money to buy ink, typo, paper and yet, after all this, ,few are the thanks that the printers get. Give the publishrs fair play, and give up ol expectations of grat uitous puffing, ete. The great Ameri can statesman, Daniel Webster, was (mighty near right" when lie remark od of the press, "small is the sum ro quired to patronize a newspaper ; am. ply rewarded is its patrons, I caro not how humble and unpretending the ga sette which lie takes." It is next to im. possiblo to fill a shcot with printed matter, fifty times a year without put ting into it something that is worth the subscription price. Grant's Speech. It is said, that Grant niado the fol. lowing speech on being visited by the committee appointed to inform him of his nomination : "You'd scarce expect a boy of my ago, To speak in public on the stage," And if I chance to fail below Charles Sumner and Galusha Grow, Don't view me with Ben Butler's eye, But pass my imperfec.ions by. From Marshal's pups great dogs do blow ; From little colts great horses grow. As you'll agroo, it is too late For mo to try to cultivate The art of speaking. Therefore I Will let tholittle job go b I'll only say that l'll fulfil1, Whatever you my friends may will. And it is now my full intent, If I am chosen President, To so disobarge official duty, That every act,, my friends, will suit you.1 State News-The Crops. SPARTANnURo DisiaICT.-The Ca. rolina ASpartan, of the 27Lh ult., says : We learn that a destructive storm passed through the Western part of this distict,several days ago, demol ishing fPnces, blowing down trees and several out-houses, washing the lands, greatly to the damage of the growing crops. The storm, in width, covered a belt of about a quarter of a mile, which is distinctly traced by the fallen timbers, nearly all of which then standing in its tract now lie on the ground. DARLINTOM- DIsTRcT.-The Dar lington Democrat, of the 26th ult., says: The weather is still cool and unfa vorable-cotton is much injured. and cannot long survive such a season. On last Saturday we had a heavy wind which almost amounted to a tornado. The weather looks dark, and planters look blue. CLARENDON DISTlICT.-The Clar endon Press, of the 24th ult.. says: Corn and the provision crops gene rally, ad far as we are able to ascer tain, are looking finely, and if our farmers had only acted a little more cautiously and planted more largely in this respect, our hopes would have been buoyant with prospects of a bountiful supply of previsions the coming year, bult unfortunately, they have overburdened the land with cot ton, and the result is seemingly a fail ure, for, ewing to cool weather, it has been so much injured that the planter in many places have been compelled to plough it up and are now preparing for the second sowing. SUMTER BIsTRJT.-The Sumter Watchman, of the 26th ult., says: .The cool weather continued almost without change until the present, has seriously injured the young cotton plant,,and the prospec*, just now, is anything but promising. Corn, though" small for the season, shows itself in much better condition. ARREsT OF A SUPPOSED COUNTER PEITER-The Ohief of Police arrested, yesterday, an individual deser'bing himself as John*M, Oliver, of Virgin ia, upon the the charge of passing counterfeit 25 cents U. S. currency. The charge Is sustained by the aflida vit of Mr. Richard Wearn. The note is badly, executed ; but the glaring * peculiarity Is the position of the gilt figues on the back-being placed up side down. The accused was examin ed before the U. S. Commissioner James Brown, Esq., and committed to prison. As the said Oliver arrived at this point by way of Cheraw, it is likely he has distributed his notes in his route, and we caution the pub lie to be on the alert for the presence of such counter feits.-...Phanix. .ALLIGrATOn RACE-The enterpris ing citizens of Jacksonville, Fia.,h ave been amusing themselves with an alli gator race. Five young animals were entered ; the purse was $50, best two in three. Spotted Tail, a frisky youngster, bolted the track, and "went for" the spectators. The Gazelle and Boston Boy acted in the same unseem ly manner, and thereby lost a good place on the track, and were outstrip. pd by Nimble Jack and Champion Maid. At the second heat, Ciham pion Maid came In ahead, but at the third Nimble Jack again did justice to his. name. All the animals are in train-. ing for another race, to come off in a. few days. A GOOD PLAN.-H4on. Joseph Sg.. gar has opened the campaign in. Vir.. ginia on the Grant plan of reconstrug tion. A good cigar Is a fine way to open any question the Grant plan. A Wisconsin paper having exulted over the fact of its coming out In a new dress, a rival sheet remarks : "In this as in everything else, they are an age behind our office, whicoh was asup pled with new maeria year a.".