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* .A .- .. . ..... mm......amm .almaa .=nmm . . ..lamamaias1~a Ptes, W Proprieto1 A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquiry, Industry and Literature0 VOL. 111.1 WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1 18. [N. 13 Tll11 FAIRFIELD ERALD is 1101n..41-is p n:: ta y DESPORTES. i t1:l MS & t0, 'ermL-i'.-TrN IT:na is plIil>hiel Weeli ly in the Town of Winnsboro, at 03.00 in. vareahdI, inl advance. K All transieut advertisonents to 1>c Pid n Titavan0ce, Obiltitary Notices al Tribuits $1 00 per equare. In tho Right bt) Strong. 0 *oldly forth and fear no ill, When fierce oppressors rise : Lot nuental strength. nbounrling still, Such puny foes diespise. Though stung witl *niany a bitter word, And persecuted long ; Let theni pass, as ir unhear<d. Audin the right be strong The noblest entsee ever known, llave net with scotr and jeer The brave, though jottruejing alone, Should never yield to fear ! Go onward-up the rugged sleep, Beyond the lagging I irong Thy own heart's vounsel wisely keep, And in the right be strong ! Although grown weary, strive not less, No diuy leave utidone ; Soon will oppressors jolit to bless The tcuds that daring won. The strife once over, then will earth Senl fort h her svetest.soig, To laud antid bless the noble worth That in hi1o rigtaL was stronig . lave fith-Iivc courage-never fear, The promise is i sight ; The latip ot' Truth io shining clear, To banish Error's ntglit. Though Irials-gather t hick aind fst, And all the worldi be wrotir, Onward. still onwnril to the last, And in the right he strong. Attorney-Geueral Hoar's Opinion in Re card to the Test Oath in Virgin.a. PIcuIMON D, Septetmber 4. Tih following is llour'.. opibion, re ceived tias mornitng by Ger Canby A TTOnRNEY G trNViit A .'S OFric E, W.AsilNUT'.N, D. ( '., Aug , 28, 1869. Mmn. John A. R1awlinOV, MenCr lar| (!f SIR I i.' ih h1 ,1n0r to a'know j e 7: 1.-6l, I I .Vilil you reques MY TIPIIom g .4o 0 .n'l t' ile CrIs t 0Ab e , theJ1 letter Ut tfe itt~ia n' aaiti G neral j: tht,- Fi .t, Shtlitary D.,: , thute'i )Oh, in't., aitl 1 0 ac iing: .:y hng ft Ijian, ,- ie oft which arte , ni tweti, .1 'et-rs t athe legal qualiliutations uf villee0r" to be elected under the pro).)sed Constittu tion of the State of Virginia, and c f ecially upon the question whether persons elecoted to ofib e in suelh Sttte u ider the said (Cutit utit tre re quired by tht suppltmntita 1 R.,0 t. structioni Act of Joly 19, 18, 7, 1 take anti sub.iori be the trith pt en, ib. ed or referred to Section 9 of staid Act b.fore entering upon the dttios of their respective offices. 'Tite latter question is the only one indicated with such distino'n-ss as to enable ne te b3 fully satibfled that its purport is apprehended, and I propose to Confine my answer to that. By the statute of April 10, 1869, the registerped votern af Virginia were authorizltf 'to ' vot on the question of the adopi-' ,of JonCstitution for the State, and at tI same time to elect offiders undeur it subjectto the appSroya.E of CJongress Tevote has been taken1 int purmanettc of the provisions. 6f the Act, andt~ tlic election held, and 'soudo patrt~ of th( C onstitution subihitted havn e e redopted by tho'p oople and others re y ~jeoed. Tbhe parts of the proposer onttution thus adopted, it they~ sabe approved b y Oonagress,' wvil * be the Cnstitution: of Virgini,. uin der which its oflioer's will be required noat, and the quallioationd ats well at o duties of-tthese difiocrs will bo de Stermnined by it. Whben Virgintia is re Sstored to Its prdpef rblations to thi eduaitnfy as a S tate 6( thd' Wailon, 'it 'officers and Legislature will be'suei as the Constitutioh' of'the State pro vides, deriving theh'V okeregfrotfi thti instrumnt;- and It will olearly not b< in the power of (Jangress to imposc anytequiremtent of additional qgaal fleations upoti 'thooI1~diffrenit fron those wich, tit4derthe Consrttrloh 'o the Udited States, raiybe -'egulret in all other States. : " AIf, therefore, anytests -. ete td b< Simposed upon inidsbes oif'th'e Leghs ture not proVided- by the (Jout aita tion'of Virginihtg of any9 restraint im Sposed upon the~ liople of the State ii Itheir coholke: of 'thel State in- thei ohoide of offiseri'ntit rebogniv~edi by It and udt made a~~Iidableu1dddrithe le BeSates, the Legislature enud oflicer would Ootb.itfbyvopiwida,;bsr- the-he~ Sgislature and.-ofloeorsof Nigii un d ter. Its Constittltion. I do riot-'see. tha Cougrese an unddrtake to furnisth th SState with a suitable a Legislature to start-withi, or to '6ercise anty' "ontto * over itts coinpositionfwl'oh'onld 'no ' be exercised over atub4squent .begha latsures. I am, therefore, (f the oplin ion that the oath presoirbdd 'by th statute of l8fl2,'and'by thte-tatuts a July 19, 1867, Ohapteria0, 85t6tion 1l required to betttan'tai1-potsorn elected or appoinltbd tet,ffic4"i tth4 Mititary Districts, under'an'y ab calle, Saeor municipal authority, is not t ba ranuiend of the amliara of th State of Virginia or inembers of the Legislature elected kinJer the. new Constitution. It does not seomn to me that the provisions of this seoond Ree tion, Whioh arwapplicable to the gov. ornmont of the State under military antlority, wetre intendel to apply to the Logislature and offeers' under whom the State is to.be restored to its proper relationis to the Union, and ) . h: the golverniii..it of the State is to le :idi.ud nDt.er ith restara tion. Thi:- piion irtronngy n lirimed by a reference to tO second section of the sane Aut, which ou tiorizes the ommander of any )is triet named iu the Act to remove or suspend fron ofh.,e or from the per foriance of ofliuial power any uffiter or person holding or exerci.ing, or professing to hold or exereic, any civil or military oflce or duty in said District 'under any power, election, appointment or authority derived from, or granted by, or claimed un der, any so-called State, or the gov erninent thereof, and to detail a com potent officer or soldier of the army to perform such duties. It would be impossible to suppose that Congress could intend that a Logislature, under the Constitution of a State, could have its neiibers appointed by a detail from SBldiers of the army. The only reasonable conclusion seomis to me to be that it was not in tended that any such Legislature should be allowed to exist and act until reconstruction was completed, except for limited and qualifled pur poses requisite to reconstruction ; but, on the other hand, I fully concur with the view of the General Commanding in Virginia, that, under the Reccon. struction Acts of Congress, no officer or legislator is competent or should be permitted to exercise any of the functions or powers of his office with in that State, except as far as those Acts themolves provide, without taking the oath which is referred to in the statute of 1867, requires the legislature to meet at a time whiob it desiguates-that it is to meet implies that it is to come together for sonic purpose. It is required, under the previous law, to act upon the questio i of adopting the fourteenth amend. ment to the Constitution of the Uni ted States before the admission of the State to representation in Congress. I am of opinion, therefore, that it may come together, organize and act upon that amendment, but not until Congress shall have approved the eon stitution and the action under it and shall have restored the State to its proper place in the Union by recog. nizing its form of government as re publican and admitting it 'representa. tion ,the Legislature is not entitled and could not, without violation of law, be allowed to transact any busi nea, pis any Act, or resolve or tn dertake to assume any other function Of a lregislaturo if the test oath has not been required of its nembers, and that no officer elected under the new constitution can enter upon the duties of his offiie without taking the oath while military government continues. Very respectfully, E. I. ROAR, Attorney-General. Tur. 16nas or AusTrA-An -i it rI T P_ wt v .n LUXRInTr Tu <II ---A~ ir p'rndept of ilhe B ["st 1:rite" *a follots :-"'The oprt of Austria is enjoying the ivigolr~ene air of tihe Tyrolee Alps. lI.r heaih 'e.-no ti be restalishe'. A\ R ien i lys behmjng to the houseohold of t ho (z/in Jhax ja rde. late.d to mie ,somue initerelstinig anee dotes~ (of the Eumpress Elhizabth~ I, whtom she used to see, and converse with 1dail'y lIst y'ear at the. baths od the Kissengen. -'The Ei mpiress is averse 'to to Franeodunstrian' alliance, from a fear that .the lE-nperor Napoleon may prevail on Franci~s Joseph to do par~ from the ,lhberal policy of Von He s.''a l s ni~tural joyous, but themmisfertunes ohr husband 's re lations, the political perturbations through' phiqh Austria has pased, an~d an intense sympathy 'vjith human su11~ring,have infused into her apaspive strain. She has a keen senise of the beaut iful, and paints and sings like a r .poet gud. ap at~tist,. The personalap pearance of the Empress corresponds withlier delicate,, hiving, high-strung nature. 11cr tall form js beapitifully Imouilded, her eyes are large 'and ex.. Spressive, .ind speaks oftei' things hwhich, correetlyt, 'eti uette torbidea hler, tongue to-utterj. IIeor comp leiob is exquisitely transparentk., ,o 1 xrL'os1oN.--AbO t half pa, fi ye o'clock yesterday afternoon an acid rptort MtW The"' wofka of the Pacific . GJuanmo Company, at Rtikersgville,' enc . i wbyhieh *esupojiotpadent of he rks, Mr. Ebaug i, wps sqelds ed in the face, The injuries sustain e d, thoug'is extesalvely~ t4anf61ly, are I.not considered serioue." ' e oanae to Stown enireceited, medlgl treatment6. -Charic don Netas. ~ T 'he parents of a H~ebt'ddtafden et f 'the.hips havlg .,ithhold their per. , mjispion .7her marrying~ a, youI3. a 0bristian,'e' drowned herasit an< I trng'ady' ceenitred deu Cubi add a turesqute locality well known to tour 'rihe pliban IlI uinatum-Text of Ministe ickles' Proposition and the Proposi tion of Spain, 'here hos been a great deal pub lished lately concerning the negotia tions inaugurated by M inister Sicklci with the Sp-Miih government for thi stetaleueinit of the Cuban difficulty,bul it appears from ofloial documents on file in the State Department that ver3 much of it i8 mere speculation an< miost ,f it wide of the mark. Th 4rigioal proposition prosented to Re. ge-nL Set rauio and his Cabinet sets forti that "whereas there is now prevailin in the i-land of Cuba a devastatin ivar, destructive of life and property and11 inimical to the interests of trade and coin merce,the United States in the interest, of humanity and with a view to bring the sanguinary struggle to a close offer their services as a media. tor." The proposition submitted by General Sickles was in the following terin : Ist-The Spanish government la to acknowledge the independeice of Cu. ba without conditions. 2d--The Cubans are to indemnify Spain for the Spanish property on the island, such as castles, arsenals, forts, custom houses and other publio build ings. The aggregate amount of in. demnification, however, is not to ex coed $100,00u,000. 3d-Slavery is to be abalished on the island. 4th-As soon as these propositions are accepted by both parties hostili. ties are to cease, and the United States government will guarantee the fulfil inent of the agreement to both par. ties. About two weeks ago Secretary Fish received a despatch by cable from General Sickles, which was the reply of the Spanish government to the above propositions. After stating that Spain accepted the mediation of the United States, and thanking our government for the interposition of its good offices for the settlement of the difficulty between Spain and the "Ever Faithful Isle," the despatch goes on to say that in lieu of the ba. sis of settlement proposed by the United States Spain offers the follow. ing: 1st-The Cubans to lay down their arms. 2d-Spain to grant a general am. nesty to the insurgents. 3d-Cuba to pay Spain for all the Spanish property on the island and for all the property of loyal SpaniardE destroyed by the insurgents. 4th-Suffrage to be granted to all the population of the island, so that the people may have an opportunity to decide whether they will remain with Spain, or whether they prefer to be separate and independent. 65th-Spain will guarantee full pro. tection to such of the insurgents am may be selected to come through the lines of the Spanish army, for the purpose of treating with the rep-ro scntatives of the Spanish government for a settlement on the basis of these propositions. 6;h-The United States to guaran. tee to Spain the paymant of Cubas proportion of the public debt. In reply to the above lleoretary Fish sent a despatch by cable statins that the government . of the United 80tes was glad to know that Spair acc.epted its mediation in the difflcul. ty which had arisen heiween Spair and Cuba. Inasmuch as the attemy at negotiation for a settlement hai beent t hus far succesful ; he trustec the Spanish government would deo it to he for its besti Interests to accep the proposition offered by Ministel Sickles. Mr. ish in this despatel made no allusion to the substitut< presented by Spain, may be regarde< as a refusal emn the part of our govern ment to accept it or indeed to tak< any notice of It. The r'epresentativei of the Cubans in this country hav< already signified te Mr. Fish.- that un der no circumstances will they acoep1 the proposition of Spain. So far as ,i~hby are con3erned the baseis of nettle ment submitted by General Biekles i their ultimatum. Since the receptioi of Spain's substitute and the reply o Secretary Fish thereto about half dozen toelegrams have passed betweel Minister Sickles And Bceretary Fish They are merely advisory of the situ ation, however, and repott no materi al progr ess. Judging from their eon tents $1r. Fish i8 of opinion that Spaii will ultimately aecept the origina proposition offered by the Unites Sates. It appears'that recently 8er rano, ras well as a majority of hi Cablinet, are opnvinced that the wises and best talog for them to do is t take the Cublans at their word and go thehundred millions, of which poe Spaiw standeugo mucxh In uneed." Tb trouble is,. however, that heretofor< tlre Spanishp,,ople have been kept il prof'oundtignorageo as to the true prc portiens and oon~trdn tf thb ine reetb'oa Cuba. The~ ham'been Ie to believe through their 'pro., vii 1s controlled by the government, the the rebellion was inignIh~iboksi .at bb gutds gnd dba boiila beOde og( his eoussellbd atehV 1~~1t aida the United States woul do, It thought, therefore.. that, an alran r stated in these despatches, final action will be postponed untill a king is se leoted.-N. Y. Herald. "low Shall the Aspirations of the South era Heart be Realis3d 7" We ft ser, by a wise political course, and by a steady inditrial de. volopment. We regard polities at the means whereby the prsperity of States is scoured. It Id a practical thinc, and means not only principles but business. It is the duty of the legilator not simply to declare the corret principles that hould be car ried out in the adminstratioof ptab lio affairs, but he should prdvide the solid eians to make the Pi-inciples effective. Not by rhetormi , h not by logip alone, can tho rightve of the Stateii be secured. Around hr politi cal ground solid muniments .must be thrown up -such munimentsa wealth and tomew a, d activity and intel ligene in the peofe, provide. In our opinion, then a We Political fourse at the Suth tonsists in .hr adherinig to tho.so political convict~idina which her intelligence approves; and at the same thie making hoe polities practical and promotive of 'er iute. rial intere ta. ut to fuke ther poli tis such, she ousth get power ; and to get power, lheo must acquire wealth; and to get weal th, she mnust -scoure a full development of her resources, varied as they may be und aire. Thus, after all, the answer to our question is in a iutshell. The aspiratiois of the Suthern heart are to be realized by WnR. Out of Southern soil, out of Southern metals, out of Southern wood, out of Southern fabrie, brought out by intelligence, seal and activity must come the sceptre of our restored power. With us "to .labor is to pray." And in spite of the political incubus that rests upon the South, it is in hweessr to pass with triumph through the ordeal of her woes, and to plant herself upon the solid ground of a substantial prosperity. That impetuous sipirit that rallied her sons under their chosen banner ; that per. severance that grew not faint in the Wilderness; that fiery valor that charged the heights of Gettysburg ; that sublime resolve that ket up her flag amid the ruins of Surv4ii ;.these qualities, that show a brave, high spirited race, still animate the South. And when these energies seek a peace ful channel, as they now do, who can doubt the result I Let no man, then, despair of our future. It is within the scope of our means to secure the realization of our just aspirations, Awn ix. IIE JmPTEENTH AMENDMENT.-The amendment has been rejected by Delaware, Georgia and Ohio. The following States, Alabama, California, Iowa, Kentuchy, Mary. land, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebras. ka, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Is land, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia, have taken no action yet, The resalt is as follows States, 87 Ratified, 14 Imperfect, 5 Rejected, Not acted, 1f-7 Thus far votes of fourteen more of the States is required. Negro suffrage already exists in the Sothern States. And against it, upon a safe basis, there would proba bly be no dissent, T1he reason why the cottntry is op posed to the amendnment, and why it has net heretofore been ratified, Is be cause its adoption makes the Govern ment one of consolidation. It takes away from every State all Jurisdiction over suffrage within its respective limits. IIt therefore chainges the whole form and character of the Governmtent, and makes every commonwealth what the States of the S.,uth have been for the past four years, provinces of a IGovernment, Repuhlican in name but imperial in its action. What the higheist polley of the States should be as to suffrage, is one thing. But their voluntary surrender of their rights under the CJonstitution, as to the suffrage of their own' oltizens, as entirely a different matter. -'.The Southern States, who have vot :ed for the ratification of this amend ment, have done so not of the volun tary will of their people, bet under the systems enforoed by thie R'eeom. But there is no such pressure on a the other mates, The rdin itts b.' .b hf has certainly declined. And it may be that tinkering It the t Cvnstltuttioa has at least reached its r limit. The land has had oret than a enough'of it.-Ch('arcestm C.ourecr. i The New York-Wortelseys: "Gene. rat Meade did not go to Geity 's gu bertatorial an~d Bacheldet's bucolio M book ganse at Gettysburg. Os the if .ontrary, at 'tit mooment" ty ,fau t toasting (eatjs Pueuesssou' th the I sentiment 'Our heat, the tlon. Ana d Paoket---ma' his success i,. the psat * e hel I psd byhis sdecess% they fa d tote.' TPhe one Al roetebets that & Geavy wa den t.ruaiise %f Sliak. 5 s dttabordiun enatotineatly qo) Pf e derats tbir ght, awadid 'os4 is ~hem thousands of needless lost lived y at Gettysburg." Ort. Josternl E'. JOiINSON.-As hai been tannliounced through the publi prints, this eminent citizen has recent ,y bnvisitor to this State, havin st~iourned for several days at Trao City, at University place, (the .sent o the Epscp l Uiversity of th( South,) atld in Warren County, tih g ost of Gon. B. 1. Htill, formerl Provost Marshal-Oonoral of tho Con federato a'ny of tho South-wes while under his command. It wa greatiy desired that ho should extent his visit to the capital, but tho naturc of his engagements forbado, and hi has returned to his home. We were inform ed, on yesterday that during his staly In the mloulltains 0(onl. Johnston was approached ol th< subject of becoming a citiion of Ten nessee, und that fil Ihformal tende Was mado to him of the presidency o the University of N-ahvillo ; or ti least that the matter was presonted for his consideratloti We but speak the sentiment of th< citizens of Nashville in saying that under the presidency of Gon. Joseph 1. Johnston, the Univ'ersity wouh timmedlately take rank with the firs institutions of learning in the South nay, outrank them aill ; and In tim would securo a patronago wihiel would onable it to colipeto with tih older institutions of tho Eastori Sta tes.- Mash rille Union. We protest. Gen11. Jolilston is too good a citizen for Savannah to spar< him. Ho has a lucrative positior hore, we believe lho is contented wit1 his new home, and we hope lie will allow no one to sedueo him Ulcavo it - Sa.van nahc Repucb. ian. DEATII OF Ex Gov. \VOnTI.-V< learn from the Raleigh papers thai Jonathan Worth, 1Fx-Governor of North Carolina, died at his resideno< in that city, on Sunday night, at I 1 o'clock, after a lingering and painfu illness, aged nearly 67, The Sentinel, in speaking of hir death, says: "It is not our purpose to attempt a lengthened eulogy on the life and character of this greatly csteemed citizen, and, for a number of years highly honored public servant of out 8tate, but leave this meluncholy dut, to the pen of som1e one bettor quwkli fled for the task, In all the relation of husband, father, neighbor and citi. zen, he had the love, esteom and eon. fidence of all with whom he was eon. nected. As a public officer, his hon esty, probity, modera'ion and firm ness, were known and read of all men Holding the most responsible posit ion in the Financial and Executive D. parts of our State government, at a time the most eritical in our history when obatacles and difficulties nol met with in ordinary times were to b< daily encountered and overcome, he discharged his duties with unwontet fidelity and almost universal satisfac tion, and cnme out with garmentt unstained, and a name oni whiuh th< breath of slander dared not breathe The remarkablo sormon of the ven erable Father Hyacinth, and for th< delivery of which he has been sumn moned to Ibmne, concludes with th< following strong sentences : "Da yoi know the way Prussia triumphed ii the field of battle? 'Twas not bi cause there was alack of bravery ot either aide ; it was not the effect o that isondrous weapon, for the aeqri sition~ of which men arc now so eager but it was because the assailant wa better educated than the assailed, an< bad a superior religious training ;i was because every Prussian soldie had a Bible in his ersp or hamlet. I, other places I have asserted, and assert it ogain here, that which eon atitutes the strength of Protestan nations is, that when the people coin from their work, they ontor the famni ly circle, and sitting by their hearths read the Bible and the national poe try. We are behinid-hand with Pro testant nations, anid especially with those that dwell beyond the Atlanti, and the Straits of Dover. I havy trodden E~nglish soil on -two occnsions and have come to the conviction tha the strength of that country is froa the BEble, Southern plantera have been mak ing efforts to scure labor in Virginis but thus far, without success, th< darkies not oaring to go so far frem home, Of available labor, there I a scarcity in most of the cotton grew I lag 8tates at present ; but the pliant era are very sanguine with regard t imnportation of coolies, and say tha Iwhen they can secure a' suffioiency c thin class of labo'r, a few yeam's wil mahe them aleher than they eter Wer before. CRors IN E~A5T 7:CNNse~.-A Ioi ter frowg Morristown,'t'ennessee, date Sept ernb er 3, safs :"Our crop proi poets are bettor than -was thougl they ceuld be ten . days ago,- and w shal bvo cora to,,parm pand san abut damie. of dep aend o~ta to, shig.'" Sellersq 4'th, hapfldsa,potitipp j1 bd~ygpe from her. husb4,qdK Charlotte, at an~ early day, a soho fror young mnn Ouni Du.ik-ric A LANc.-Does not tho radical party in South Caroli - na derive aid and comfort aini confi. r dence from its connection with the general radical party ? It ceortaInly I does. And we tako it that it is tot the less truo that the anti-radicalists of South Carolina would derivo no little advantage fron finding themi solves in accord with a body of 11en1 North, South, East, and West, haviig Ia common purpose and a common banner. 1lence it is that, in our opin ion, our "Domocratio alliance," to which we have before refer red, is not a suggestion to bo contemptuously thrust aside. That "third party" movement is very far from being a SUCCC8s. The elements that go to compose it, aro yet floating in empty space. And who knows but that they may yet quietly enter the Democratic mass, onlarging, and strengthening, and vitalizing it-leavening the lumtip if you please. Who knows but that the Now York Hera(: may not be right andisagacious when it suggests that all opposition to radiCulisin mlt conceitrate in the Dentc-aic organiza tion, or else le frillered away. Our hope is, that the Democratic party will wisely adjust itself to the circum slanees around it, and be a party for fthe country, and the whole country. (Our hope is, that it may stop out to resono the land from the reckless rule of the reigning power. If it, shall 1come up to the measure of its duties and responsibilitiew, who can say but that the nm111o of /kmocrat ma1y not yet be a pleasant one in the ears of a united country.- /'nix Tn : CA 1.11n Eii.A IC-110N.-SUn Francisco, September i.-Thro is unusual delav in counting the vote in the city. The Inde londento have elected Selby, mayor; lanoa, county clerk , Freeman, fire commissioner; three superviors and three school directors. The Democrats have oleeted White, sheriff; H iggins, iooorder; Klopen burg, treasurer ; .Rosenheim, assesor; hrarn, district attorney ; aud Marks, hat bor commissioner. The Independents claim that they hvve broken the "ring" in the board of ku mi iw; det royed the 'parti. *au .4c . the polico dbpatb. nit ; preventrd the fire dopartiuent from becoming a political machine and achieved a great victory. The Democrats ihave carried every thing in S fir n nd Nevada coun tios, uu it 1 1 R. . ~ lepublican. Ilon. W . .1. , J.., ..,; been oloot ed to the State Senato from Calveras county. It is asserted that his father is an aspirant for Mr. Cole's place in the United States Senate. It is statod that Governor Iaight claims that two'thirds of the Logisla ture elected are Democrats. By inspection it Canl be oasily die covered that tiese fields, whose own. era complain so much about the blight ing effet of dry weather, have not been plowed any timto during the year deeper than two inches-below the the ground is as hard- aind compact an in the maiden state. Who, then, skilled in agricultural science enough even to follow farming as a business, could expect any other result upon ill-prepared land? h'e lands, judg mug from every surroundings appear ance, are productive ; the weeds and grass have a luxuriant atppearance. Near Anderson Court Ihouse, whecre the fatrmers have been itnproving upon the old semi-barbarous system of agrieultture,by deep and thorough Cul ture in the s prink season, whten such is so esetntial1, although their lands are niot so good as those of A bbeville, the crops have qjuite a difkhront appear ance. Both corn and cotton are good. Why is this difference? It, cannot be accounted for in the' sa sons i therefore it can~only be in the cultur.-Co0r. S. C. Repu~rbi-can. A Pavina Cnor.--A great many of the people in South Carolina are not aware of a new enterprise in upper South Carolina. There is a sorgo sugar manufacturing company located at Greenville, 8. C. I have seen sami ples of sugar manufactured from the sorghum (Chinese osne) thbat would c lass with the best light brow~n sold in Charleston. From gentieotden in New berry, who are making the stigai- un der thits new patent, I I lrnu the-foh' s lowing facts as to whagt one .aere of ordinar-y Jan'] will produop:, Ope - t.housand pounds fodder, worth, ez , fiiteen dollars; fil huldetpu t sugard wdrth eighitben'dollat ptel' Owth f twentyfiw'o gallons sytup,'.*orth, onle 1 -ld)llar per gallont-t o ,eod 'on the c ane being equatl to freon buebels oj corta for bogs. Some will soy ffreer; dollars for fodder, twentytvidbltare and IEfty cents for, oa'no seed, one,bus ~dred and eiglht doIIars fox sugarma.nd -twenty -five olhtlgior syyp p,.w pkipg t atota ofe 1andid and' sovent o ddllars 'and fiftyv deht4 bfdfiede -land.'. We ink that ottlereCrop c thin elay lands caia equalthis~t A C'ap s Didkens says I 'Ihakkcnewm %vs ,oquattitles of: ndusensO .4 tdktd a bad men not, lookinglyousin the'ifs ,Don't trust that conversational ides n* Dishonesty will stare honesty ou6 c ol countenance any day in the week, I there Is anything to be got be It. SITIOUS CoxFLAOn.ATION IN THE DISMA. SWAMP.--ishinyton, Au gust 30.-Tho following has been received from Richmond: A destruo. tive conflagration is raging in the Dismal Swamp in this State, the or1 gin being accidental. Miles of feno ing, oor( wood and other property ard boing destroyed. The area of the conflagration is confined to the territo ry between the Norfolk and Peters burg IRailroad and the Seaboard and Roanoko Railroad, abo si ght miles from Norfolk, and the passing traln are exposed to such an extent that the doors and windows are tightly sccur; ed to provent injury to the passon gorr. Swamnp cattle, black bears and till sorts of wild game are being driv on from the Swamp, and the farmers are snduring largo quantities. Tho vicinity of now libro factories ort the verge of the Swamp is particularly endangered. The conilagrations ooour frequently during severe dry .spells, but on this occasion the fire is unpre codontedly dostruetive. SENSATION IN'TIlE WEALTHY CIRCLE.. The following has been received from leichmond: About the middle of the present mnonth W. (. Ooorgo died in this city, intestate, leaving an estate Valued af $100,000, to which their soveral blood relations claiming heirship. He was understood here to be unmarried ; hut, to the surprise of everybody, a Philadelphia lawyer has inade his appearanco here to-day and ereated a sonsation in legal circles by exhibiting what purported to be a certificate of. the marriage of deceased to a colored woman, formerly of Richmond b b, since the war a resident of PidadeI phia. Tius woman has grown chilt dreti, nearly white, of whom, it ii claimed, the deceased was a father. The marriago between the parties, it. is averred, was solemnized some $hnW last year. The relatives and fgends of the deceased deny that any such inarriage ever took place, and, as the. wonian is bold in the assertion of her claims as widow 9f..tb deoeasesO and that the alleged marriage made the children legitimate, a suit will doubi less follow in the Uifted States Odurt, where the details of this novl ad sensational cane, even' to' the mibutesg particular,, will be fully ventilated. "oTl~'N FACTORY IN NASHVILLE.-a The Nashville (Tenn.) Banner says "The establishment of a Mama moth cotton manufactory, which fia~s during the past three months, been 0gtating the minds of the capitalists of our city, is now beyond a perad venture. The last dollar of the .$,300,UOO stock ,required has Ven subsoribod. The stockholders repre-. sent some of the strongest moneyed and energetic business men of gash' ville. The manufactory will be 1o cated on eighteen acres of ground, iri. eluding the MuGavook Spring, denot. ed by the North Nashville Land Oom pany. It is a litttle sinltar that upon the very spot where, in 17, the pioneers first pitched"their tents, built their stockades to resist the con, stant invasions of the Indians, cleared their first land, and raised their firat crops, so gigantic and industrial a concern as projected shoud be orect Tnu,r,a wN -rirv P, 0.01'P.-W o earn, says the Darilington .O'embc at, that the colored Methodist congregtfon fn this place is aboa6 to split, and a new church is to be erected by the sece. ders. They have been paying money by the hat full to Whiitemore, and were under the .angreeable, delusion that it would be "all right." -Now, that sanctimonious swindler, tells them that the church belongs to some Northern organization, and that they also own the congregation ; in other Iwords, have complete control of their thoughts and. piirses. The 'sensible colored people,, who dont wish to be slaves of the "carpet bag," are flea, ing the concoern. We have A1ways thought theIr eye. would be opened some day, and hope they -will soon drive the rascally. "oarpet-.baggere" from the 8tate. FFIMA t, O01,ONVf FOR N6TSotru1othd AA.-We learn fromn the aWarrentou' (N. 0.) Piesent, that'four negroawomouI and one nero zman woeontciopod t the Iast W~arron county court to. ishmecnt fo South Caroflnd, "#tb th6 T verbal promnise -of: a "beiwy ' potialt/y s1 hould they ,evous ahown'ftbetr ftoda'f mnentwe wasipogod attCie: t4 ji l1cfoepthbe dounty Oourt,. , I *loir'wifl; the Ald't'$deSi thatt ie fhtmay rMsdallt4 -If shhIe/kr with inter~at ;by banishinghes,tegune to North Carolina.m.ipach~ , a .j. oU~Htate~ WIvase, we heg~ 1 snob bnrfon' cuotone9 ,faeWuide cs, p14tJvi aloeung pggueg.s osesI eis rem.ioved1" Woe plt thttth C M ## pa~per, in tall $tt q s oef~nti f Radicalisenrpure anid uimple. .har New.