The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, February 16, 1870, Image 2
Afloat Undergrouud -A Fearful Experi
once in Ncollet Island Tunnel.
It is not generally known in this
vi einity, anid the newspaper men have
no t yet got the ite), that William
W. Rast man, the proprietor ot- the
cmloebrated Nicollet Island TVanel;
David A. 8,aoomb, a noted lawyer
here ; and George Histwan, a younger
brother of William, had a narrow
esope froi death a few weeks ago
while exploring the ruins of this su
terraneun-excavation. The party had
proceeded in a boat by paddling about
five hundred feet from the entrance.
The awful darkness of the place was
appalling to the stoutest boart? the
vays 'of the lantern shrunk within
themnelves, and the cavernous reaches
re-eotood a deep, metallio resonance
to the tones of the voice. The elder
Eastman drove the canoe slowly on
ward through the darkness, past sunk.
en rooks and logs, Soacomb and George
steadying the frail vessel and guard.
ing the lantern. Suddenly chaos
seemed to have been euthroned; the
water in the tunnel rose and fell as if
the took strata below was upheaving;
the most infernal crash and booming
echoes stunned the car and brain;
portions of the rock above were fall.
ang I Whole yards of solid lime rock
dropped bodily around the boat, and
into the awful gulf of roaring waters
drove the frail vessel, to be thrown
up again toward the yawning gaping
rook-roof by the swelling wave. Why
the boat was not smashed is a mira
cle. With fragmont of rook and
earth it still floated, and still offered
the bold spirits within It chances for
life. Up and down the long, and to
thema Interminable, length of tionel
ran the erashing echoes of new-falling
rook, and the rook aides of the exca
vation. It can never be told how the
party ever survived the tretnendous
gauntlet of that terrible experience
and gained the entrance with their
shattered boat. Palo, drenobed with
water, and soiled with mud, bruised
and out by rocks and sandstone, more
dead than alive, they dragged them.
selves, weary and worn, to the sun
light of the upper world, and thanked
God for all His mercies. None will
wonder that it was agreed that noth
ing should be said concerning the dis
aster, especially in their families, and,
as I said, it is only lately the occur
rence became known to a few. But
of this remarkable chopping of the
rook roof of this tunnel, and its effect
on the enterprise, I will write us In
anothes letter.-Minneapolix (Minn.)
Cor. Chicogo Republican.
Tiur CoLORD Succzsson or JaF
DAvIs.-Tho war has exhibited some
dreadful revenges. Nine year ago
Mississippi was represented In the
Senate by Jeff Davis, who left mainly
to assert the right of white men to
hold black ones disfranohised and
without rights. Now there comes to
sooeed him Revels, a colored man,
whose chief aim seems to be to assert
the right of black men to relieve
white rebels of their disfranchisement
and to take off their bonds. This is
putting coals of Are upon an enemy's
head wIth scorohing effeot. Bet the
most terrible revenge of all falls upon
Sumner. The black man has been his
idol. le has worked for him harder
than tho. black slave ever worked for
Jeff David. 'He has set his highest
aimt on attaining the Senatorship for
one of the oppressed race. But in
proportion as he loved the negro he
has hated the white master. He has
been grinding him hard ever since the
rebellion tripped him. He has, like
8hylbok, got "him on the hip," and
would feed fat the ancient grudge he
owes him. But at this very juncture
? comnes this negro Senator, whom he
(sumner) bad, as it wore, raised to
the.enatorial sent beside him, and
this negro, of all others, brings in a
petition to restore their rights to the
disfranchised rebels and to let Anto
nio keep his pound of flesh, it is
enough to make even Sumner swear
at the black man, "Out, out, damned
spot !"-New York Herald.
The recent comnmunicatin publbehed
in the Cowarier detailing an inte~rvuew on
the political situation, with a public
man, has ercited much comment.
Radicals confes, that such publications
will do more to damageo the party, and
weakneth cooredeneent than any
other course that oa:i be adortedi,
They are afraid of aniy conlcessions
whatever, especially if made by the peo.
ple wiahout reference to old party ines
or party nuemes, and they are only
anxious that the Democracy shall
remain intact under it. present organiaa,
tion,
Oun the other hand, thoughtful men of
character and position reo i thne
forc, of this policy suggested in that
intervtew, and concede that it is only
by ad9pting someo such plen that we
can lbppe to disintegrate the Radical
orgamisation, anl rescue the State. from
its clutches. The ,up country (people
are so secure in their strength, however,
that thie leaders there are pot haply' 19
moye first, but, wil wait on- the expres.
lion of the sentiment of the lower die.
tricis. There are already hints of a
preliminary ,meeting for the purpose of
"rallo;ng over moitters."--Oprr
14swntoa'ria,-Three weeks ago we
chro, roled thme prevalence and fatality,
in Ed eld and ite vicimity, of th. tep
rible' dsease aboye narned. And .we
are pah~ ,to. snguiice, that, after .
cessagip' '&etaout. two weeks, it ha.
broksen out, a4PitP.. Within the laet .few
days jwo *hhdrup~ hiui died~ of it,.-a.
little boy of Mr. l. O. iBaysa, and a
little girl of Mfr. W. .W. Adams. This
makes ?ight v.:ieins of \i:bgoges.since
Oh rus~a g mn the ,whire:e alone~
All ~ bwere ,yongg pgqlw9, gr~ging
roim five to seventeen years of e ..
A moaf thesbieks the'enebe ot*+
?imese tih se gemt et ibos' Asd
the.. 1we inte hte every youqg $4ti
5os. 4 9 tic
Caet n the, tag i Eall
tre ote 1. T pat t suffers Pde.
scr 0;i bland ally if total 40on
seiduotea. A 'to ti 1 writ we P
oearof no ne casesb.. efl<{ Ad.
Ilertuise.
Tita HAVAN4A MASsACR.-The four
roung men who wore shot at and in- t
ured io the streets of Hefana o6
Monday had been sent there by the "
Irm of Lnman & Kemp, of Now d
York, for the purpose of dpefning a a
brranob hopi~e in tbat place. -They b
have all been in tho "emplo. of the
frm for years, mays the Ngw York
Commercial, and"fave always had the -i
greatest confidence reposed ini them.
In the States of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and, we ti
believe Georgia, there are very few fe
acres of public lands. To help poor W
and industrious men in thoe States, f
Mr. Julian, of Indiana, has submitted
to the House Committee on Public 8(
Lands a proposition to create a' Na- ti
tional Land Comm iion for these d
States, to purobase land in them and ti
resell them at cost.
Butler is trying to worm his way
into the White House. At pnq of
Gen. Grant's state dinners the tables d
glittered with gold plate. The next e
day Butler, In a speech in the House, 3
spoke of the President as "that great
and good man." But of course Gen. 1
Grant has a safe place for his plate.
FAIRFIELD. HERALD.
WINNSBORO, S. 0. t
c
Wednesday Morning, Feb. 16, 1870.
besportes, Williams & Co., Props e
E iie nti Uca ton and In
dustrial Activity. I
The New York Free 'Iader some. V
what profoundly remarks, that .ues- a
tions of mere "polities" are now sub- b
ordinate to questions of "social econo- V
my," and instances the intense interest it
being awakened in the Union by ques- i
tions of finance and the brilliant free y
trade-triumph of Olivier in France in '
boldly advocating and carrying -the f
renewal of her commercial treaty'with A
England. Here, too, in South Caro- Y
lina, the spirit of industrial activity 8
is in vigorous growth, aud the people '
wish a government that will' promote, I
rather than, clog, their material pro a
gress. But of the pecessity and value
of education, both geneial and soien. t
tiflo, as the means of supplying both
the desire and the ability to grow in I
wealth, our people, or at least those I
who speak in public for them, do not t
seem sufioiently persuaded. 'We i
have, therefore, been delighted b
the perusal of the proceedings of our C
State Agricultural and mechanical
Society, and by reading the teportGot I
the Committeos now first published.
Our worthy fellow-.oitzen, -Major T.
W. Woodward, has put aflother proud t
feather In his cap, by his admirable I
suggestions on the culture of fis in *t
addition .to those he already wears as r
a progressive .Agriculturalist. But 1
the report of Mr. Clemson is the one :
that the State needs to read and to '
study. It is a masterly dernonstra
tion of claims of scientifio education,
in which we are so lamentably defi..
coet. Every position taken in the
progress of 'Mr. C's report, is fortified
by a fornaidable array of *isear ils.
strat Ions and indisputable .facts. We t
believe that it will produce a pro. "
found impression, for it is the "word t
spoken in due season,' and its
thoughts are destined, one day, thro'
the legislation of our general Assom- g
bly. to become working institutionn ,
Denmocrats laying a Teap rot *
Themoselvs.sgtut Anothera
Fact. V
The majority of the Judges of the
Supremne Court of the United ,Statoa o
are Radioals. Bee how this faot also a
bears upon Conservative Republicans
and Democratu respectively. If Con
iervative Republldans obtain a ma.c
lority of both franobos ot Congress, ji
whieh they 94t 4o in three,years, a. o
Riadilal -8apreaq .Court eannoot pate. *
vent theit mesres becoffiigi 6pereJ
tive ; for, as Gy the~ held tha
the 86prtne hs 'noti
jariadotlos, and eaniaot, interfere to~ e
oheek the friee eoutes of the .ill 61'f"
the people'asexpresed 1'ythir. et
with the 1betndetba ti ~ apw, b
what they enoe gqrelbessantly reject-. .
ed as .to to tometr aboist'it,'the ab.- S
eurd and impracticable theory .of "a
divided iesel'aiti,"'tn ilne .(1%at
the Supreine (4iq f juI
pfre, That Qouyt, then, lAoinig. radi
Cal, ef eerts, willy by Iten decIsion.
eompletely ehecknmate Demoorke,
eten if It ge~ pgssoipIoun ef as leglp d
etive end qeeotive departamts tof
SAelonet DseoeaV d Oonse v
Watife 'apubIteanst I, ewbe aobj *t
essass teeth e idea wih eptm4 a
A Bleer Wan.ed in the Natibial 0aptol.
jTh4,ational Capitol is a Iignificent
itructre. 'On'the erot or a command.
ing hill and in the midst of a pretty"
park ofgreen trece, stammer or. winter
its appearance to the eye, approaChed
Irom any point, is exceedingly beautiful
and imposing. Its position gives it all
the a(tvantages of an abundance of fresh
air from whatever quarter 'the winds
may blow ; and yet it appears our n4
tional lawmakers -in both chamlnerk aid
somewhat in the condition of a mouse in
at) exhapsted receiver. The two cham.
bers -ar6 so enclosed in sucli 'masses of
masonry as to be exclpdid Jtom the air,
and the required oxygen has to be
pumped in by machinery. The folly of
this sort of architecture, ignoring vt-n,
tilatiou and fresh air, may be detected
in the new Parliametr buildings of
London on the margin of the filthy
Thames; but the stupidity which has
placed our.two houses of Congrees unch
in tho centre, its it were, of a great stone
manastery of unmerous walls andi clois.
ters on every sido is uistirpassedi
Of course the atmosphere in I oth
wiings of the Capitol is considered unheal.
thy, owing to the insumliient supply of
oxygen fron the pumps below, and to
its rarified condition from the action of
the subterranean furnaces. In this
extremitv a New Yor' engineer has
come to the rescue with a proposition to
supply a blower to both. houses. A
blower I A grim joke, thiu. A
blower I As if we had not had a
surfeit.of blowers in the House and in
0he Senate since their first opening I
As if these blowers who had blown
u1pon the country a raging four years'
tornado of fire, sword, I-lood and chaos
were rot equal to any requrenients of
blowing I But they are not:;, and so
a New York engineei proposes a steani
blower, a blower of a housand horse
power, embracing a system of blowers
which will blow the fresh air in through
the openings overhead and blow the
exhisted air out through the openings
in the floor, and regulate it. to the tem
perature and moisture of a pleasant
summer day.
So, then lot it, be.-New York 11er
ald.
Tuz FoUR LARO.ST CATTLE IN THE
WonLn.-The ouriosity of the city
has been greatly excited to-day upon
"bovine" matters. Mr. George Ay
rault is a well-to-do Duchess county
farmer, a mat) who takes great pride
in iaising sleek, fat cattle. In this
branch of a farmer's business he has
met with the greatest success ; so
great, in fact, as to be able to-day to
state with truthfulness that he has
raised the four fatest steers in the
world. The lightest one of them
weighs three thousand pounds, and the
heaviest over four thousand pounds.
The latter is named "George Pea.
body." Recently Mr. Ayrault sold
these cattle to Mr Lalor, of Fulton
Market, Now York, for $800 each,
or $3,200 (or all.
They are jgurply American, having,
been calved on Mr. Ayrault's farm,
and they are indeed wonderful to look
upon. They were brought here from
Mr. Ayrault's on huge barn-like sleds,
being drawn into town one by one,
the first two by six horses and the
last two by. twelve oxen. As they
passed through the city to the stables
of .the North~ern Hotel vast crowds
followed them, and windows in the
streets through which they moved
were filled with men and women peer
log down upon the monstrous masses
of flsh. .They are to remain here on
embibition till:Friday, when they will
be shipped to New York and there
butchered, after which their hidosare
to be stuffed and placed in Central
Park.
During the past year these animals
haved gained 1,460 pounds each.
Their feed has been mostly meal and
beets.. A beatatiful. ehromo litho,
graph of thdin, has already been is
sued, and it Is soon to be followed by
a chart from $1r. Ayrault, giving
particulars relative to their "bring
ing up." The heaviest pair weighs
300 ponds heavier than any on record
in this country or Europe.-Pough.
keepsie Correspondenice ofthe. Neto York
Eveniny Telegram.
.AN Af::. KILLED.--The Mae
riana (Fla.) Courier, of the 27th Jan.
uary, says '
Calvia Rogers,e the smidnight assas
sin who murdered Miss Maggie Mc.
Clellan on the night of the first of
october last fn this place was arrested
at the zesidence of Andrew Watson,
colored, last night, and in attempting
to break arrest was killed ' by 'the
constable and pose.
Thte Macon Telegrph. ealla nvon
thie discharged Governusent emsplayees
and those persona *ho are -adreatising
foQr situationsi in~the Now York papers,
como South If- they want Work, and
pJdnty of: it. n"I fouta ntsituationa,'
,iere they aro by the thousands."
(7 A good ~deal ad bsoitemdht" s *e.
ported on the othet side of the Atlan.
4tib ot~tddait of g rTidof IEi an ai-'
'nexatlon Ieagu6e4xists In N~ew York,
made tz of mon who are determinedI
to h&Oa i 0445,and ,the Mrfik
Provin#M a6 el htndrds -
The ,enaaoclp ion 'of the 'srfs of
liusslay itis. stat, y111 beoqDue entiro
,4,ors teog .rqaryL9thj 179.,
lQunid down torl ir oom
~Cwill inafy pat of Russit.
fftra-gdrhe orlyLegielstur h a.
Yitlqed the" ftteemth iameidmenas
'This,com'pleps 4h. le of Sttep pe,
eeary to wake lhe flfteentEamea,
(hb:Ptersbetglade aesomnees a
aad schemne for the regeetation Pt
i(AtlIa-iha t irybody shall yo to
or, a e in it the doouial
i . union is ut a
p a sit? And a pqw
y lican, and not 4na
16,01toois't a . 4.
A seareliang Question.
Does any '9obe man believe that
ie Democrats can possibly carry the
xt Presideqgtial election, if they
ire to nonliiAtfe aeinoodt, id not
Conservative Republican as their
andidatb ? TrhIil.1164 bu) tials,
id sneer at a niew pary, if you can.
abooing Federal Polities
net rall Absdrd.
The A9dorqon )nellate ne auggeps
at we "tat oo Federal polities next
11.", Uafortunately the Radicals
il not 'agree to thie, toor will the
'eedmen regard Federal politici as
tcondary. They will voto a State
cket and a Federal .ticket the same
by. We have, then, to elect both
ekets, or lose both.
ka All-controlling Principle.
The Southern Press hras ivoed tn
isoover that John 0. Calhoun was in
rror,. when he bold, against :Daniel
febster, that a divided sovereignty
,as morally Impossible, and that the
tates were sovereign, or the Federal
loverament was sovereign,' and there
,as no possibilit.y of both being sov
reign. The editor of Carolina's
ribute to Calhoun is one who has dis
overed this error of "Carolina's fa
grite s6n." Since it is a matter of
[ao utmost importance, we returq to
. Are the States sovereign ? .8oy
reign, we mean, in any respect ?
'or we do not intend to mince mat
ars. Now, for the unreconattuoted
hat can never be reconstructed, suchI
a ?4essrs. Rhett and Stephens, we are
ehind no one In affectionato venora
on. Thank God, tiat human nature
i capable of producing such martyrs
) ineradicable conviction. But we
oung men, born -when the world is
hanging, must form our convictions
jr ourselves, and-the most important
'estion to an'American at present, is
Iet the one we have put-Are the
tates de ficto, in any respect, sever
igu Is not the Federal power Su
remo I We wish our readers to an
wer for themselves.
Men are the more instrumentaof
heir ideas, beliefs and convictions.
'hd results of .party organication'are
ever detormined merely by what the
arty desire or propose, but by what
hey acknowledge and believe. If the
rar has swept away every vestige of
Itate Sovoreigntj, and if the great
ims of our people believe this, those
rho belong to a past faith, being
ractically impotent, however nueh
re roay love and respect them, then,
his new principle, fact, or truth, of
he absoltkaupreM66y df dhe Union,
a certaili to ondtiin ta& chmracter of
hie now party which the country now
eads, to do away :with the partisan
bominations of the Radicals. The
ew party is obliged to be national,
epublican and. conecrvative, even if
L, takes the 'old 'fiam, 'Dethookatie.
L Man 0x*e Hundred and Sixty Yeoirs
Tlaero is a man living in the town
f Osipo,.N Kw ;Hampshi're,' nam..
d ohu annook, who is, sccording
a the 'best inforapation, one hundred
nd sjxty years of age.' ..He . Is est
remely lnmbeeile, and takes the aim..
lest kand of. food. He. mnoed to Os
ipec from the State of Maine some
birty years .ago. Hie is' a native of
cotland, where hocived until-he was
bent, for'ty.ats- of age.: He. marri
d adlot, his wJfe.Jo hisnativeooua.
ry. Ike bad one daughter, who came
> this country, and .wijkb whom and'
ord4,s9 dagunho bas ,rquided over
inoe. .' be family sho have the care
I' him~ now are~ middsle.aged people,
nd, are . scopdapta'/in .the fifth
eneratione,.gs~erygd ;fingrths old.
'rench war ; was witir Rwrers, lrq hii.
hmag p'bu'ake Gieorge 'and
hapanade biB retwto, mocl
iets seeing Govetnort Shirley and 'his
aeretary, Williain"'Aleta'nder, uieur
lbsh'y.' . H' Wad also ot "In 'th6
ev'olutionwty War,' and his' todlleok
ons are 9tfite dist itaet fat bisek as
aat.o He speaks' of'Coloj6l' 'Aart
urr> as beinag 'a ytW ; istert'6ffi'er
bout 'New" Y ;~ *4e o o' be61
Tashin tdtbtahd Laay t a', and ases.
ally' ae611eets Uolt eT eA entiddr'
ring ordt' to the omc6*ha koibmand.
jq hia tued -tebao~ ' rojthi uth
eid has probatbly fe4afti a bkeal
lore attie. an ti Ud lalifettmb.d
Th~e terYok iboa ecires that,
heBretnini-months ofV. 4heqrent
rouced a~ the rate of a little over ibre
rllars, per second. -HOGn. Grant is
arty Ibr4Wo rp6te and * balL .
Jg Zewe Colina$ 6 et
e o t y,, legee9.wa,
29=0061 "Lto-2::3.ss
X~oiia1 Ctebzm. J1
NeW Advertinemats.u
Bdjd's lUnproyed Prolific Cotton f
Seed-'-G. W. X Crighton.
Sheriff Sales-L. W. Duvall.
Seed-For aele by 0. R. Brown, at
$1 per bushol. See advertisement.
H. W: Despo res advertises a fresh
4ppYI of fioe rlour. C
Grist and hical-F. Copes. vi
Fl9ur-Gooding, Stuart & Co.
Maeoni Meeting to-night. to
See notice of Revenue Assessor, W. er
B. Peake, and gevorn yourselves ao
cordingly.
Mr. I. N. Withers, and also Messrs. re
Davidson & Co., are selling out at
cost. Go and precure bargains.
Photographs-Wren & Wheeler. di
The Bost Seed Potatoes-Thomp- (v
son & Woodward.
Manure-I. N. Withers, Agent. gi
to
rumnabs. ^ ^
Snow fell in Greenville on Monday, O(
last week.
The matrimonial engagement of
Gen. Beauregard to Mrs. Haas, of
New Orleans, is announced. J
A negro baby with ten fingers on
each hand has been born in Louisville.
This is very bad for the hen-roosts.
Mrs. Amelia Hobbs has been elect
ed Justice of the Peace In Jersey r
County, Illinois.
Some music teacher once wrote that r
"the art of playing a violin requires the ai
nicest perceptions and the niost sensibili. i
ty o( any art in, the known world."
Upon which an editor comments in the
following manner: "The art of pub.
lishing a newspaper, and making it et
pay, and at the same time making it In
please everybody, beats fidlin' higher "
than a kite." hR
"The days have begun to lengthon" p1
at.the rate of two minutes in every 24 01
hours, and if the "cold should begin tl
to strengthen, we shall have cooler 01
a]
weather." Don't it ? a
An astronomer predicts for this at
year a comet of such brilliancy, and of
so near the earth, that our night will
be almost as bright as our days.
"8hould old acquaintance be for
got ?" Not if they have plenty of ti
money. A
"And Joseph wept aloud, and he C
said unto his brethren :I am Jo- C
seph ; doth my father yet live 1' And el
his brethren answered him : 'You m
bet ; the old man is doing bully,' for
he boards at Brown's Hotel.
The New York Evening Mail heads M
a colutin foreign gossip, "Transatlan
ticalities." 41
Punch's "le smole a ghastly smile"
and "Many a wink he wunk" have
been imitated by a ministrel wit, who T
said, "You sneezed a snooze and said
I snose it." n
In italy they blow a horn before the It
train start&-in this country they aS
take one. d
The next State Fair In this State if
will be held in Columbia on the 9th, tc
10th and 11th of November next. ti
A *obderil' spectacle, it is said, p'
was observeht ii Germany on the night f"
of the 1st of .fanuary. At Messerits, ai
from midnight to one o'cldck, the en- cc
tire northern sky presented the -ap- p1
pearanee of a sea of fire, from which W
fell a constant and dens, shower of u
many colored sparks. The immense
sheet of surging flame finally took the ,
form of a fiery arch from which the ii
brilliant rain continued to descend d1
till the whole waxed grad ually fainter
and disappeared.
O:> I will be seen by an article in
to-day's lsueu, from the Charleston
News, headed "The'Coming Party,"
that the Shanghai chicken has come
home to-roost.
Attentlem Adwertisers ! ai
*Wei ard it want of 'money-ila "
uut have J-~-we; therefore call upon
our'advertising patrons to come for- ai
ward izzimediately, and pay a part,.
If not &ll'. All of: I o should have P
isoney at this season, and as we have ei
experpor time and labor for your
boslwe hope you will not delay to
hand in the small sums due--which
would make a large arount to tis.
6oaskInVtrba ftu W~erue. -se
A correiporadcnt of tlpe Prairt, ~
Fanrsp- wtqe $folloN& ti
:One of the best fumizer, that I know ai
saves one-third, of hi. norn by soaking '
it lbefore he feed. It to his hgrs.. Hjs u
plan ia' this: Hie laoes two hogs. p
1ak n liia ana11ar, uecre fromi
jefrost,hefla theak 'with'eard~ of cebrai 8
~ered. 'Wheh'"wll*ad he' feoda
o64 ose to bhffhte "abd t the tiatee
er is 19ke." The 'obu 'becolnd i
ub it'that'the h4us.et W'Nm with
andthef tqute e~'alf t twr
'thirds meeb a61s aMwheli fed
olt soikIueg. b.d~ 6 4 t1t hib
the do ad84 ?h011e '$K iaderh El
hed 'meleiea . oetfW b
'.1 3
painted with lanip black. le says
"Thar aint no sens in noospapor ad
vertizon, so long as a nan is smart
enuff 2 tend 2 hiz oan bizness, and
kan stand at the doro and boller the
fellors in."
PnmiRNx GuANo.-Four unguanoed
rows yielded forty pounds, and four
guanoed rows l01-believe it' the
best Fertilizer used in his section.
MKERiwrTIlER,' 00. GA., lee.4, 1869.
Messrs. Wikox, Gibbs & Co.:
I used one tou of, J honig ,Gyano
with the following results; 194ft-four
rows by the sidd of that 'which was
guanood, and fro "thes a fo\ "ugit
anoed rows I gathered forty pounda
cotton, and frqui ufpn, 9f to guanoed
rowvs on saltue abil, 6nd' bultivatod
alike, I gathered one hundred and
one poutnds. I beljvo the 1Vbwpix' e
the best fertilizer that has boen 'r6,31
in this section this year; It stood tho
drouth better than any I saw', The.
laud I used it en has been cleared
thirty years-it is a light gray soil.
I used 200 lbs. per acre. Where I
used the Guano the crop stood the'
drouth~ better than whoie 'th6ic was
none. leseotfully,
J. D. CULPEPPER.
feb 12-lw
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY viritue of sundry Executions to me di.
rected, I will of'er for sale at Fairfield
Court Iouse on the first Monday and, the
day following, in March next, within
the legal hours of sale, to ihe highest bid
,der, for Cash, the following Re4l 'Pro;
pery. Purchasers to pay for Titles and
L'tamps :
One tract of 488 acres, more or;- levs, of
land in Fairlield Counly, al oining lands of
Mrs. William Lyles' Mrs. McMahon, James
Ashford and others, levied upon as the pro
perty of the estate of Rob,rt McGill. deo'd,
at the suit of Win. R. Robertson, Com. in
Equity.
1,. W. DUVALL, S. F, C.
Sherifs 01ffc,
Winnsboro, Feb. 14, 1870.
feb 15-t2x1
Royd's Improved Prolific Cottdn
Seed,
[S the best seed, I believe, in the world.
They are better than Dickson's, so say
some who have tried buth. I have about
250 bushels of these Seod. and any one wish
ing to try them can be supplied by appli.
cation at Bacot & Co.'s store, and also at J.
1. Malthews. Geo. 11 Sibut, on the Sa.
vannalh River, near Augusta, Ga., paid Fivo
Dollars per bushel for some of these seed
in 1658, and during the war planted on
a small scale and improved them. I bought
from his estate in 18ti, paid Two Dollars
in gold, have planteri and kept them as
pure as possible since. Any one wishing
further information of these superior cot
ton seed can obtain it by applying to Wm.
M. Vandover and Jap. Pagan, Cornwell's T.
0.. Chester, S. C.; Ross Dye, Roesville,
Chester, 8. 0.; Dr. Wm. Thorn, or Daniel
Hall, Gladden's Grove, Fairfield, S. C.
0. W. M. CREIGHTON.
feb 1-1m
Boyd's Improved Prolific $ ottoni
Seed.
TWO or Three Hundred Bushels of the
same as advertised in the UMnnALD,-for
One Dollar per bushel, delivered to any
merchant in Winnsboro, as may be direot.
ed. 0. R. BROWN.
feb 9 .ni
DAVIDSON &Coe
Are selling their
i'R'EMENDOUS STOOK
OF
DRY GOMD, .me,
AT
cA LL .lD EXAMIjNS.
feb 12
Y omln Wintpe' d ting of
Casslieores, Tweeds Mond e a~s, Morinoes.
Pophia, 'lidf~ihes and Skirigwill tde sol
acoatIdr caih. :: . l'NIWITHEtS.
Bleached. ,antd lrown lbomiesic,
Tickings, Calicoeg;'hlid "Doinestles g
Handkerciife ei-y !ohekp at the choay
It'you'Want a good pair of~ 'ShoOs call ott
1'i : :- E 'I WITIIERS.
"Gent~)lbee black gliCdress nlati; Men's
Irosgad~ 0hlddrens'dur -and. Wooel Haig.
Ladies, HfAtt t f. Alddhrtn for salo
Withers hes oW'hand-affewr sets of. Bd gy
Brdls ahcs wl be *ol haV for' the,
4gt(gsortnt of fartlwar','frn
in~ Uci a Crockery ~ar4kr~ T i-ea and
Wo d Ware, alwayd et antl asid'.for' s i
t Ureif ha-r hein eOAdy aadsE ld
Me now beIfg offeredb b ' WIlIEI~
ur genme of "Ladleh' fesh andgnd
1.612
*TNOW hsve a Steem~ I#ll tia operation at
A.the TaD Y*ard of Me r.. Thomnp;es.*
Wedward 'ad will be~~~ - receive a
rM~e ao 91 s . o1ntft'O 04i wil
have. proirapt attentiosa, 14eal d tated, at
1:esidese i. hOPEfS.
Mdge Rutland.
In these times of blind,! llgonlo.us,
rious Ridickliste ' when j 4elsnbuess,
noranoe, and c ubdx ny ai/ iild
sordetly re6k0sness'' eri'de the
gislation of our Itato, it is gratify
g to read sich testimonials as the
lowing. extract from the present.
ent of the Grand Jury of M rlboro
>unty, published in tbe liennetti.
lie Journal:
The friendsof Judge Rutland have
ng known his consideration and rev.
encefor the -laws of his country.
>me of us base his "union princi
es and sentimentb" upon his high
gard and respect for law. His feel
g of personal independence and
*nscienciousness in the performance of
ity, with which he permits no will,
ot even the combinud wills of all
e Haynes and Collins that now dis
ace the hall's of logislation,) to in
rmeddle, beyond that in his own
isom, should receive due respect and
nsideration from all men who ro
oct honesty and sincerity in the dis
Large of official duties.
All good citizens should sustain
idge Rutland, in the impartial and
oient administration of law and
stico, against the base, false and in
mous charges contained in, Hayne's
cent abortive attempt at impeach.
ont.
"The following from the Grand Ju
of this county is an evidence of the
preceiation held by the citizens of
is county of the impartial manner
which His Honor Judge Rutland
etes out justice to criminals coming
ithin his power:
"The Grand Jury have hoard with
irprise that complaint has been
ado to the Legislature of official
isoonduot, against the ien. J. M.
utland, our presiding Judge. We
tve inquired into the matter, and are
,eased to be able to say, that it is
ir unanimous opinion and we believe
ie testimony of all well informed
tizens is, that Judge Rutland has on
1 occasions while holding court in
is country faithfully done his duty
a Judge, to the entire satisfaction
all good citizens."
"Respectfully submitted,
"J. 13. WELLS, Foreman."
(::- We are requested to stato that
0e Rev. J. A. Bolles, Agent of the
merican Bible Society, for South
arolina, will preach at the M. E.
lurch to-morrow morning at 11 o'
ook.
[ave Your Jikeness Takent.
A rare opportunity is now offered
ir citizens of taking a likeness by
esars. Wren & Wheeler, one of
iom is a "Vice-President" of the
4ational Photograpio Association"
the United States.
he Am erican stock Journal,
For February is to hand. This Jour.
sl is of great value to farmers from
i facilities for diffusing Information
to improved and choice breeds of
smestic snimals; and is filled with
oat important information. Its cdi
rs are all practical as well as scion
he, and have a happy facility of Im
arting that knowledgo so n'ecssary to
rmer and stockbreeder. For the
nount of reading matter the Journal
intains, we consider i6 the' cheapest
ipor published, as each number is
orth more than the cost of the vol
ne, for the recipes it eontains for
icecuro of various diseases of domnes
a animals. Our farmer friends
Ishing to see a copy before subsorib
g, can call at this office, or by ad.
essing thme pu'alishers, N. P. Boyer
Co., Parkesb urg, Chester Ce,, Pa.
ardening.
From an exchange we clip the fol-.
wig on the subject of early garden
g :
"Now is the time for using the
ado or the plow, and oarting in the
auure.. Indeed, early vegetables,
inch as eabbage, lettuce, onidns, &c.
a, be sowed in 'iid wint r to ad
metag. For tlho tendet. hinds, sqpp
itotnatoqa, egg plants, psppers and
ine like, it will not be neoessary to
repare a hot bed 'to 'hsw ihnom very
irly. !Tbmatp plarnts, espedially;
ould have ago af,. tlo1fin o( .trAs-s
amiting,.sp as to yield early erops,
hey ehould be treated so as to pro~
ote a stocky gett, and 'tfo b& it
LOasOni 'at thme' Btial trantri~E.~.
y the. first of May. jThus manges,
e might aiwvays have tomnatoes on coar
bles by, last *eek in Junio', As soon
the ground is made re ady it will' be
~sonable; to plant potatoes- for earlp
me (oovering them wpll) .uad gardeda
ta for theealy~eopy". a a
Att edeohange 'plke~ bo oJ6~m
arp'stlrf an ind$ gaf doia
founn n'at)y ever7- vilidge,-hd
ero is no':exdeptien hee for thete
;o quite a numbok 'yhy bhij 'out
"Th4 naraw1io' de~a aertise has
a stofl 'btng al sad:d *lth shjn'.
es~ud pieb~e 0Mae hd a
Sfalod6oda" amni~ieg fitsal hbwt