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A t:al1icat View oftie Late Is Suc$'. 1 [i a rect I otuse on the "Transi- t [. - a P riod of t ho United State'," in e il-Ioi Lt," bfore the Merceantile Libra- O ry .k-ecation, the lion. U. 8. Haout we' IIb Sec retary t-f t he Treas ury, made n th ( following remarks: "'it duating all this period there wits between the slaveholding and the no.'lavoholding seetions of the coun- e try a contest for mabtery. and each enoeeded in the particular line in which it entered. Tho south-the dnhccholding section-struggled for tho mastery in the government of the coun try, in the politics of the country. The institution of ulavery gave wealth and lux'iry, opportunities for attention to politic.< taul matters of government, to a snail clays in the South, and these opportliities being availed of by per. tions of tho peop'e in that scetion of the cio't ry,t ,hey came actually to control the UGoverument. On the cuntr.ry, the people of the North sought fr mastery in the develop. mnit in agriculture, in manufacturing a t d mero. ntilo arts, and in commerce, and in those pursuits acquired the mastery. The civil'za~tion of the North was a progressive power, in cre'tingt population, augincnting all the resources of .his section, which wero being rapidly developed, while under slavery the reverse wts the gnirial cuiditiol. F.) that it h?'p ponel when the struggle came that the Northb had posressio.t of all those materials ess ntial to success, and if the ISoutlh had been left without the oppertunity of aivailing itself of Means of carrying on the war defraud cud from other sources, and had had to depend upon its own means, then the war could not have lasted more than two year-, or two and a half years at the most. In 1860, when the men of the South abdicated their power, such tin amount of property had not been in the hands of an aristocraoy for ocentui ies'. When the tacit of the South left, their seats in Cot gross and abandoned puer, Liaey aibdie,.t d such an amnaunt of power cs lIf:d not been in the hands of an aristoo,.cy for soveial centl ries. WVhen the rai;n 0f ;l 3outh, Repr'esl'I, .i ' ". and eLm , left their sea' t (ongree, they a : doned power, such as was not wielded by Cromwell, such as was not assum ed by W illiam of Orange." Tar DimrF5:lEN(;s.-The Federal Con. stitution provides: "Section 1. All legislative powers herein gretab d shall be vested in a Con gress of the United State-, which shall consist, of a Senate and House of Ren. roe liat ives.' Tle Radicals rend this section as if tli words "herein grat,ted" were not in it. 'l'lToo who believe in administering the Goverment as the framers of the .onstitution intended it, should be, uoa th, above secdi ail it is writ ton. The sectio'n marks tle diffe1.roncu boween elie B3ritili Pa rlianent and w Congi ess. Th former possesses all le gisat.ive powers ; the latter only such as are granted to it by th-e States. At presentt, however, Congress claims and exercies polvers not granted to it; and we doubt whi-ter it will ever surrender these usurped puwers.--Ichmond Dis. S rrrics.-Tihe number of China aen who hiavye arriived in California sice t he first settlement of th'e country is 138,526;. Of theso, over 37,000 have r turned to China, and nearly 10,500 have died. Thlerti arc about 41 000 Chiinese in tho St ate now, the emihers haiving scattered through Nevada, Mon ania, Idaho, Oregoen and Utah, a few deon getting as far as Chicago and New Yo trk. That they are generally a steady and lawv*abiding peoptle is best t~roved by the faet that out of 4 1,000 in California Ithero n ro only 183 att this t ime in the Sa:' e I'i ison an I various county jails. Balt im:ore Almciican. Vseviar Sai tin Mongol, King of Siant has wvritien a letter to a Boston lady who usedt to be his~ preceptress ini Chris. tiai tv, ini whIiich he thanks her .for tinv.' 'ng taughit him to trend the straight iatd narrow pathI, antd be~gs tier to ae (oE'pt, as "keepsakes fronm her baby friend," :a set of diamieso coins, and a svar ,iar box, finished ouitside with] g0l I I snys that civilization has doe wendaers for Siam, the commerce Cf Botigkokc Ihaving greatly increased of late, anid ha has o:,neinded commtreial I t re-ies. with All the great nations of the I ena'. I Je says lhe knows that Christi, aniiy is good anud trne, for it cnarrs wi'h~ it success iii this world's butsiness, and assure is n15 of f',tle happ'ness. ."TIwo Dot.r.An1 A i'AY AND ROAS-r i iEFF "--We all remember mn the old dayls, that the promise of "two dollars a dny Sand re t bee~f," was rang as a charge on the stilmp anid in the news. pape.rs, freom one end of the land me die t othter, against one -of the parties of that day, aund it had its effect. What wouldr have been thought, in those days, of a prophet whlo shionht have predicted the ~ presenit state of affaira mn our capitol, a where tiliterato nuzmskulls are getting y "seven dollars ai day an.I roast turkey." aud turkevs sellirng att 'iroe do'Hars a9 pair at that ?.-italeiga MinIcl. fr'om Nu w Yurk a'n : Pe'rmos *lsts! C ly wvell i c ar d ini Cubian mta t,.rs, fr em e Sihe W~ ihin;on (A .dniitin';)std atui peint, .sav) thtore is somethmng in a doublo-lea'deda teh'ram' the flibune puiblishes, to e 'th .et that 'recognitioat' i will come att an e..rhy day. T1he pres 0 sure en Presidents Grant?. ini favor of the el step, is known to he .very powtfi.h. g, from prominent sien of the'Republican I party, here And here abour, and to that pressure it i.4 thought he must yield, W not witfitaindiesg the scrupli's of Srecreta, m Younir ghzhn are employ ed as Jtnp. Ibtorsa InIutd~o ie t:0 -I D ar~ke go with hmp 1 0' W L ONDER sEv5Rt . yEE 'le following ctrd, from Impend 'tisis Minton Retwan Ifelpor, pub' d in the Raleigh Sentinel, has an M f freshness about it that pleasdsas Sir:-t have seen it stated in' h ews papers that certain members o he Legislature, from facetious im ulses, or from motives exolusivel heir own, have voted for me for'Oleri f the House of Representatives. 'hat any such preposterous action wa ver contemplated or intended, I hap ot the slightest intimation until aw it published. It would boa malt or of regret with me to suppose the ny man, p ossessed of good heart an well-balanced mind, would do i he injustice to believe that I wouh >r oould, under any oonoeivable oi iumIstances, accept any office, howe' r high, or however humble, that coul possibly be offered me by the Radio )arty, or by any other unnatural pr iegro-party. IIINroN ROWAN TfELrEn. As/ i.'/li, December 3, 1869. FAIRFIELD HERALD. IINNS OR, S. 0. Wednesday Morning, Jan, 12, 1870 Desportos, Williams & Co., Proi T'Iuo Remedy frowns iWilisot not 11rom1 Witil. The first thing a mill-wright wi ascertain is, from what quarter ti water to turn his mill-wheel is conic, how high it will rise, and what direction it will flow, and tU known, lie will put his machinery position to make the water-pow available. And so, the first inqui for the Southern patriot is, when come our troubles, and whence, ther fore, must come our remedy 3 In t remedy within ourselves, or must a seek it from without 1 Now a m mont's refkot ion will make it clear ur, that our troubles are inflicted up us by the Congressional majority, in and hereafter the supreme and abi lute power in the Union, and o remedy must come, therefore, fr< Congress, either by conciliating present Congressional majority, or contributing towards its overthro and the bringing into power anotI and friendly Congressional majori of another party. Now we are goi to state an apparently eontradicto proposition, and it is this-we c both best conciliate the present Cc gressional majority, and best contii n ' to t- rnrthrow by others (for h11itu vm ! throw it) by conformi most thoroughly to their will, by c ing exactly as they bid ; a do, and 1 voting exactly as they bid us voi If we will only execute all of th< very worst measures towards us m< sincerely and thoroughly, instead vainly carping at the orders of o miastera, WO may indluce a remoe from without, in the course of tiui by causing the victous thenmselves feel the weight of the sword. Th or a fixed determination to fight age upon the very first opportunity, is tl common sense of the situation. Tl course which the South, Virginia e capted, has adopted up to this tim will, if continued, only bring to pa t~he fulfill ment of Thad. Stevens's vi :lietivo prophesy, that "Congress wv mot get to the end of' Reconstruetic for twenty y ears." uTo know," sa; ~he poet Campbell, "to know, is ~onquer our fate." To give point, ,lenr iangib'e point, to our homily, y third time repeat, by way of cxar le of ,bat we judge beat for us ho, that, in South Carolina, just >resent, we should swamp tbe preset ladical party here, by using the huinder. WVoshould run a black an vhite administration ticket for Con ;ress, and black and white tiokets f< he General Assembly. And we nmu niend no trick. WVe must do thisi 11 sincerity, and if such a thing b ossible, u ith enthusiam. But wheti r we oran do so con amiore, or not, tblh r to do nothIng, nothing at all, is ou olicy. If we can't do it, the fulile wing the Radioal. hero and ja ev'r outhorn Stato have, the sooner wil hie government of' the United State each the point, whatever it be,' I, rhich it is tending. We, we of th outh, it is very certain, can no mnot ~oifits course, than a fly onl a 0oach heel can stop the conob. hea Demnocracy or New Yorks Those in this subjugated province o outhi Carolina, now, and until the reat West begins to control the gen ral goverament, a mere appendage o e foreign country known es thb rnlted 'States, with no part or 'let Ii etermniniug its' desting;,'thoghfore, i toshare itrand *h9, jgeg, b si remote proxlino., ea9q ipetts the prograuame of the' atidsIen~pn tratioti party lta the U~nited"Sta4e, ill be delighted by the po~utusld 6 *.ong. ef Governor JNofrue, hi probably prin4 a portion of i r- poit iseit.. Goverdeor Itoff n. lers (6e poldlest arp# s *;hso sa b dv o turn at once spes p ou ,d a tronchant o slap t i a gputwell's flnano B policy. jIs lensing to discover one f outside of theKt1adigil ring, in posi. - tion to gain the sitrhof the foreign peo ple who ,.,a Not a Mere soidt) $44 a N,. - WVe are entbsa te in.ong ,tg, or.belie in toe p<cwer apd bebl= ,t .pacuf trutb, and hence we will al d -ways ste what we believe to be ti fact, oven when we can see no good connected with it. If we believe that . emigration exceods iminigration, in d South. Carolina, as we do, and as fig. il ures, so far as we can reach themg seem to prove, we Fay so. To find a cure for a malady, must be preceede by knowledge t-f its exiteuce and ex. tent. If we think that wages. arc toc low, we say so, and suggest steadines. skill and soientille knowledge in th labor as the source of i'noreased production, and as a consequence, o1 increased wages.. Just so, when wt do not believe that the usurpations o Congress are simply evidences of Madi cal policy, but believe the cause o it these usurpations is very nauch deepe and far nearer the vitals, and consist of the vcri vatur itself of the govern mont developed for thUnited State ly the war, and that this nature wil is exhibit itself in the self-came condiut in no matter what party be in poasessio1 of the offices of the government ; the this root of l ;aterness will of necessit boar bi.tsr 'uit ; that, in short,irre cc sponsible power will display itself F be deeds of arbitrary atuthority and un ye restricted will ; we say so. We be lieve it, and we say it. The loss c the doetrine of State Sovereignty, th i killing of that fruitful principle of a extensive stem of rP$ulated libertj 3- has completely chtinged the very nd ur Lure of our governuc at into a govcrs ment (f the Congressional majority, an stnl le whether that ms.jority be of one pat by ty or anothes, it is bound to assert, i its conduct, it. absoulute ahoritl e This is no fanciful question, to whic ty citizens of the Union can be indiffe' e' ng A knowledge of tle nature of one' ry governmen', is of a far more impol tant character than a knowledge c the selfish aims and partisan scheme of the men who hap.pon, for a brie ve season, to administer it. We den ng the charge of puculiar selfishuess, a unusual depravity, against the Radi cals. They arc simply men woi kin & a machine that has lout its balance ir wheel, and which is working nbrmally Et ancording to its exact nature, and an of other set of men, the Democrats, fo ur instance, might apply the machin somewhat differently, but they m. and they will work it theseamec way. oOur contemporaries seem surprise< ethat Conogress keeps tinkering at RE in Oanstruetion. Th'ey lift up thel hands over the Georgia and Suprem aCourtb ills. They see in such mens urea iho vindicti,,e policy cf apat eBut we see in them' evidences of th, essential nature ofour gov3ernment1, i respective of all accidents of party as 11een doney. The question, to our mind isinot, can this party be overthrown btcan the nature ofour goverrimen be ochangod 1 And we answer no ;i a is impossible. We cannot go back Sate Soxne tpen diet aSaeSvereignty, any more than w< oan raise a dead man to* life again What then ? Submnit completely ani thoroughly, and make the best we ean .for there is but one possible methos d of ehanging the character of our gov' ernent-armed revolution, for whiel: rthis generation is unprepared. Set i down as a faot, that Congress Is su, n premse, nd then do whatever wisdoi and rudncedictate as proper infer. enees from it. jn this State, just al present, run black and white ad 'ministration candidates for Congres, r and black andi white tiekets for the r next.General Assembly. YOme-ns Taetleg It is proposed to tax South Caro line again to the extent of .5irtte on the dollar for; State purposes and 2 mills for oounty pusposes, so that an Bother million oft dollars' will - have to be paid lsto the State lreisurj Osti of 4he proaeeds of les than hal ba orop, .Now the oorh erop of '68 was a tolera' t hle one, and the outton brought about i $20,000,00o. But, the dora' drop of '89 haa been a failure, and the ot'tod r crop will. harday, .yield mere ti $15,000,000. Tkatthfee 0illUong of t!yilshould id li.f thsState trweur7$ ~aip9~rYfb 44& .:' Niiin~e Goverisnen% itk exitr~agn .byi d' oiag attetIon to e ole~p matet bf est.of uarjgy ' feggpg ( toa*/woueI4hpease4 t.1.e At. t on%altseilitd Itsmianpvop, ed P& b it w,o g he -e - n i ma $ the 00, wil ain eon ma more, , Those S,r rtede ed b ery o ass th bill ed to 68 out a, vh par what they obtained, by funding or the bills of the Bank of the State, at .ip . pr 4Apja- e th$ jal,1er, hace, c nevertheless, endered practicable the vu 'dtrgenb ( hph Ita O GN4Nnrrfltt with but half a million of- dollars ro edtby W%4eA' pt tye i r o bA'e f obtained' b Iy'Issuing b h a Ihec h present rrgimewould do sa moat:popu- .o lar thiqg,if jt should rolieven ,s ug ling population~.by 1ijImpo ing only to ono,halfor onothird of the usual tax, 1i and we believe th4ey could use such a fact mnost effectually to strengthen N themselves during the next. electiop. We call upon them, therefore, to con-. T salt their own popularity, as well as the interests of all,olasses in tlio 8tate, at by levying only 'three mills on the dollar for State purposes, and one. ti will, for county purposes, and issuing six or soven hundred thousand dolle a of bonds bearing interost in coin, to uake'up thi i-equirod. amount. The ti half-million thus, loft ii tie pands of n the people, will quadruple itself,and in 1871, they will be al'le to pay it thus C qtiadupled, that iQ, a full two mil. lions of dollars, more convy iettly than a half million no-v. . [com Unic n. t [COMSIUNJCA TED.], f Clfr. Edafor: d The nitnerous former patrons of 1 Mrs. C. Ladd, cannot fail to notice . with pleasure her" reappearance as teacher of young ladies at Winnsboro. There is probably no other teaulcr who has oducatud more of the daugh ,f ters and sisters of old Fairfield, than e this gifted and indefatigable woman, n and we confidently bespeak for her a full share of ti.e patronage of the Dis. trict, to whose reputat ion for lospi. tality and learning she has contribu. ted so much. I AULD LANG SNE. Abst inance from tobacco and wino '" is taken by son-o good people as an in Ih fallible mark of goodness. The thorny is fallaoious, however, and one .should not be too eager to lend unlimited v amounts of namney to a' man s':.lily t because he neither stokes nor ir;dulg ' as in vinous bovtirnges. E is stated a of Gray, tJle' absconding defaulter and E f forger, that he never cheered his hi as t with a glais of R iQe, novpr. tranquiliz- L ad his spirit wit the fragrant fun.es f of a segar. He might have done both, b habitually, and been a fugitive front justice all thbe .eame ; but the fact b . points a nioral' which is: '-Don't think that a uan must nocessam ily be virtuous because be denies himself the 0 Y useof liquor and tobacco, necessarily V r vicious because -he dosen't." Of o e course it would be too much to. expect , rabid tcetotalers to view the natter in this light, even with the~ e.nwpin 0 Sltodaw the moral, nevertheless. thd u ti~j~ ' r COMIPLIMENT TosTHB UNITED STATFs. A Havana dispatch of~ the 30th saysJ e "The 1Vos de Cuba to day pitblishes a 8 slur, telegraphed from* New York, c ' Stating th at Cuibans he gone to , Washington to buy Senatore,"f .'The point of the "blur" is the pro. bability of its truth. The mnisfortuneo 6 'of the CUban patriots is that th: ir ij , ty rants have been able to outbid o 1 t hem.. The Junta shouild have pro- " Ssented General Grant with a sugar ~ plantation, and given Butler a liberal donation of silver spoons., The new census, it is thought, will 'i ' show the United States to 'have over h .40,'000,000 of people, and South Care lina 750,000 ; and if the House of Reprasentatives shall remain the samen as owtheratio will have to be in-o creased to one mneniber for every' 160,. 822 of population. 'South Carolina would thus have five- memibems, in . place of four, at present. It t In India the elephant is made ser. y' viceable before a gigantic plow. Tihe implement is guided by two inen, and turns up a huge ridge and formsaa fur row three feet dee p by four and one- te half feet wide at the tops -* . p The Ohiosgo Times says of Stanton - "He is dead, and .he leaven..behindit tnore admiress of his determination; Ia .and fewer. ftiendu,.tiiatany otlher man of his prominfqee:ihom to cQ4i~try S TFhq lai 81 or e. i*Yei' te ~IO l isfomd in time (act' that th e Powera tr. prepmtng hemselvce so' sphlndmlly. Pe Ucre is theliek an IU nuelf.4t hbnyer in pa our' markets of three hiitmdred and (thv 'wi Thme Repumblican states, thati J5 J>A. efi ston, agunt of the Chamsgo Scandinavian *Jnugrana Soeiety' heres edntracting t waith Pl'airtems, far a 'unpplyd.f tho h be dree4 laborera' per '*eek,. Ndrw4gians, IA Swed. D~e Germanattdother~ do *5Q 9 4 ~lta 4w sweet-do e eat uoer "asJmto yt bo beswa ve 'ane, Shl *oIU 'e It. Theo Ural $ar i' g ld be in e hsid of e*ory. farme.i, ueorbwat, professional man. S4bariptions ro ivod at this office. Pice of this luablo work is only 5.00 per'ant' n. &'YN il! furnish it and the E tAY.D, one year for$4.50. Now is thhe to subso'rlbe. Come for whrd ie and all- atid lead a helping hand, a truly Southern, farmones' nmonth. ewv AdCv-4e1s' n s.M. To lent-Wm, A. Milling and bos. I. Milling. Executor's .Sale-Wrn. A. Milling id Thos. H. Milling. Selling out at Cost-J. P. Mlat mews, jr. Mules - J. M. Talbott. Attention --J. C. Deal, Appoinument of Receiver of the Plan rs Bank of 1ai:fild-S. B. Clow. ey. lT) Rot-P. Ihasting, Jackrson's reek. Oranges--Bcot & Co. The - iakory of Messrs. Gooding, tu- -rt & Co., is in full blast, and all Lrose.desirous of obtaining nice, warm, resh bakers bread eau leave their or era at their store, next door to the 'otoiflico. Mr. Siruek is a first.lass aker, and knows how to make good Another barrel of fine old Apple ack, at Gooding, Stuart & Co. Dissolution--Withers & .Law. More Groceries at Bacot & Co. Disolution-McE1froy & Propst. Livery and Sale Stable--A. F. oodiug. Notice--.W. A. Milling, llomioval-.-. If. Parkt . Aje Olsewling Tobacco, Me srs. Thompson & Woodward ill accept thanks for a sample of no Chewing Tobacco-the purest and 'est we have eeen or tried since the Par. Messrs. Thompson & Wood rard hane several boxes iu store-and boha' who desire a good chow of the roed had butter call on them early. ruma bs. Since the first of January, we bale ad genuine winter. Sunday last was irely cold 'and windy, with ice. J. M. ''aibtt will have ii Wimns ore, between the 25th of January nd the 10th of next month, 40 head f young broke and unbroko mules hich he will offer' for sale. Look ut for them. Columbia has a giant and giantess i esh ibition. Col. Dowd, the cor~st rvartive candi. ate ror Mayor of Charlotte, was alee ad by 41 majority, on Monday last. 'here was great rejoicing, with peeches by the Mayor.elect, Govern r Vaucnie and others. Thme Putheomford Vindicator has the )llow ing good hit :Our delinquent ubscribcrs must pardon the lack of iteresting mat ter in this number of ur pamper, as we had to work out last eck in ordeor to buy paper to send hem. HIope it will not be so again. A Western local, who has become red of 'going it alonie," thus pathet ally n ppeals for his principal to come "O, tajor, dear Major, come-to na teclock in the hotel strikes rio ; you said you were comning right ome from abroad, as soon as your attires were done ; times are quite ard, arnd items are scarce, and omed 's played out--d'ye ieei oh, Mfajor,] ear Major, come home to us now, >ur local is waiting for thee." apes' Super--Phosplaat. We call thme attention of ti plan. ra to Mapes' Nitrogenized Super hophlate-a fertilizer of es blished putation, which, the miore i is tried, e better it sells. WV. W, Ketohin, agent. iutlu Carolina Mon mentail r Assocation. AN APPEAL./ Women of South Cat fina, there r odm rio urgent: flpeal f our sym-. thies ini a cause so 4ored as that mioh We now undertak4 The great ho f a,d versity' a hohr assvept over r adiappylado, baa'9dihevtu Atiusd ort In' this~ dir'eot ri ; b't net, ~reforte hanve o t a oqased to 6 for the glorious iead. Boareely d9d10 qu atnonge# wbhdo thouglah t o f wentEion 'if bomr t(6ha toisomoe~ we~hloh k ni~eat ri. into ed to hoi.. ... Mfotherq, wide a, sisted#hterg; 9ao lgarts s *dIg otlie. so[. f ~a yayin' tbriilai helpd Omymn eOial. WiNNSanono, January I1 -64 bales of Cotton were sold in this market during the past week at 20?22i. P OOial "NGftiaes., Testimonials from England. fSla,---laving suffered severely front rheunatic pains in the head and face, 1 was induced, from what I heard said of it. tv ,4, PiRt DAVIS' PAIN ,ILLSUt. front Which I- loon found relief. It is indeed a valuable article. 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I took it as directed, and the relief was imc. mediate, and so satisfied was I of its valu as a medicine, that I imme'lintely sent' to New York for half a dozen hotties: and I am thankful to ;ray, that it has proved to my family and friends who have used 4 of inestimable value in relieving almost all kinds of pain and suffering. Yours, &o., H. D. MEAD, No. I Pall-Mall, Manchest e'. dcc 21 Th , Great Pictorial Annual. Hostetter's United States Almanac for 1870. for distribution, gratis, throughout the United ptates and all civilized c')untries of the Western Ilemisphere, will be pub, lised about the first of January, and all who wish to undertsand the true philosophy of health should read and ponder the valu able suggestions it contains. In addition to an admirable medical treatise on the causes, prevention and cure of a great variety of diseases, it ombraces a large amount of information interesting to the merchant, the mechanic, the miner, the farmer, the planter, and professional man and the calculations have been made for such meridians and latitu'es as are most suitable for a correct and comiprehensive National Calendar. The nature, uses, and extraordinnry'sani tary effects of HlOSTETTElt'8 8'IO~f Adir DITTElfS, the staple tonic and alterat ive o'' more than half the Christian world, are fully set forth. in its pages, which are al" interspersed with piktorial i-lustrations, valuable recipes for the household and farm, h. morons antcdotes, and other in structive and amusing reading Inatter, original and selected. Among the Annuals to appear with the opening of the year, this will be one of the most useful, and may be had for the asking. Send for copies to time Central Manufactory, at Pittsburgh, - Pa , or to the nearest dealer in liOSTETTERI'S STOMAChI BI'fTER'. The BITTF 11 are sold in every city, town ani village, and are extensively used throughout the entire civilized world. deo21 S.IAr, No'rc.. -To >arties in want, of ads e(1ilsenet- of P. P. Toale, the ' manufacturer of those goods in Charleston. Price list furnished on application. July 20-Om Oranges! Oranlges ! Just received another lot of fine Florida Oranas. for sale by the barrel or dn. Call at once as they are going fast. BACOT & CO. State of South Carolina-.Fir fild County. HT[ERR IA81 have been notified by Hon. 'J. L Neagle. Comupt roller-General of said State, that the Planters Bank of Faiv field has1 foiled to makulO any report to his office in accordance with the requirements of the Act of the Gencral Assembly of the said 8tat r, approvell March 18tih, 1809, en titled -An Act tn enable the Dainks of' Ihe Btate to renew buimniess er to Pin1ce ihenm in liquidation." And whereas it dlevolves utpoti me as a dnty under the provisions of aid Ant .t appoint a suitable person as receiver" of' said Bank. It is therefore ordetred th.at Samol. BI. Clowney, Esq., of ila tt li''Cttt aforesaid, be appointed lReceiver of tih~ '"Planters Bank of I'attid."' and that he do take charge e~f tihe pr..porty anld aseet's of enid Bank and~ forihiwi'a proceed to com~ ply with aitll lie pirovisi,>ns of said Act, in relation to the duties of rece'tiver. Signed, J. M. RtUTLAND Judge 4th Circuit, S.'. December 81st, 1861,) Pursuant to the above order of the H[oat J. M. Rutland, Jud~ge of thie 4th Cir cuit. of Souith Carolina, appolinting the undersigned "Receiver. of tihe Planters Blank of Fairfield " notice is hereby given to all persons havitng claims against the said l'ank. that they must be presetnted and provon Withlin Forty dhays from tihe date of this notice, at his office in Wininsboro, 8. C. 8A2lJ. tt CLOW NEY, 1 nnsboro. 8. C., 10th Janu~ary, 1870. MULES. r 'tu ILL receive between the 25th I January ased 10th liebruary, for ty head of broke and itnbroko Ken tueky Mules. They can be seen at Good.' Ing 'a Livery Stable, J. M AHT Attention I HE S ubscriber begs leave to infortm. I.the Citizens of Winnisboro, andl Vicinity ththei now prepared to do biokt woric a4placterng ot til eseripinbuldiing foprnric lson bprepared to contract, ftlbuckaand taron. bildings ott thw' niest odin 'ie can be feutdd'at Air, - ana8 s.DAl . ruke Stdeain wilb.I~ las, D lges and Wagns Mpdt aait b. get to lovQ nd, the m r f those wh '1tt d feil or cause. f i lostoakse, ev he e fore the mge lyven ; e does it become thd tmore .o t upon us, to briny to, this great sacri floe of pure purpose and heroc deed, that l3omago and veneration which the world pays only to success. With the wish th# 'iM1' who have shared in A common sorrow, may share also in the privilege of raising this testimonial to our lost heroes, the an. nual subscription for mesmhership it put at the lowest point protioble i that thus it may be within tly reach of those, who, having little to givo, have still the right, through tears and suf. foring, to join us in the fulfllntont of this sacred duty. To all others-~to men as well as women, old and young---to all who cherish the name of Carolinian, and cling with a fond love to whatever is left to us of our "good old State," we would say, give us freely according to your means ; give generously ; give graterully to the memory of those eh" gave their lives for us. (Signed) L. S. MoUOItD, President South Carolina Monumen tal Association. Tihe American Stock .Fouranl. The January number of this valua ble Agricultural monthly presents the following rich table of contents: Now Year's greeting, cooked food for stock, poultry, hints for January, the separution of butter from milk, foot rot in calves, Chester white hogs gray dotking fowls, sheep matters, care of sows during parturition, feed ing eattle, acute rheumatism, or foun der in horses, on feeding horses, Im proved farm stock, the Chinese hog, weaning calves, buff coehin fowls, koep sheep, application of manure to the surface, treatment of milch cows, be careful of stook in winter, &e. As this journal is published at the low price of $1.00 a year, with premiums to subscribers and agents, we hope our farmer friends willsend for a spe, oimen copy which will be sent free by sending a stamp to pay postage. Ad dress N. P. Boyer & Co., publishers, Parkesl urg, Pa. Etiwau Guano, Attention is dlirected to the ladiver tisement of Wn. C. te & Co., who have good fertiliz.r fkr sal Ntw is the time to precure tlheni, a true policy is to get the best. Chem ists have endorsed them-and their statements have been corroborated Let every planter try and get good manures. See advertisement. The Little Corporal. This brilliant juvenile for January makes its appearance in a new dress with new engraved title page on thi cover. It claims to have a larger cir oulation than any other juvenile mag. ozine in the world ; and deserves iti great popularity, both bcoause of it4 originality and sterling worth, and because it gives so much for so small a, price, only one dollair a year. Pub. lished by Alfred L. Sewe}} & Co., Chicago, Ill. All the children should have it. It will make them both bet. ber and happier, all through the year, Thae Rutral Carolinian, The January number of the Rurad Carolinian has Intrinsic mnerit rarely Bqualled, and must secure a favorable sOnsideration for the new- firm. Amsong the'-contents we especially no ice the articles on Fish Culture, Lie ig and Agricultural Cheomistry, a~cts and Figures for Fariners, Agri multure of Russia, the Sea Island Cot on Question, and the Culture of the )live--all of which are first-clasar r loles of practical iuntereet, and evi eontly written by mer. thoroughly onversant with the subjects of which hey treat. The illustrations of this umber areninmorous and hendqome, nd In appearance, as well as ith con Bnts, the Jausty tiumber of the Ru ral Carolinian can fairly stillenge omparison with any othor agrlqsltu al mangasinc, North or South. n Ancient Peopbaeey. In an ancleMt MSf-, 4batsilibg eatherwiso jalotheir rrqdIekaor, Lf hat shall hlt.ipsu iso certain Atente, the following loomny. prophooy, gp. lReeble jast at this time., mat l h m f r ~ t q ~ n f