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THE M-1A FIFILD HERALD I a' h Ii r:.v wVeancainy at WINYSi/O/aO, S, C, - Desportes, Williams & Co. ---o Fhe A Ao 1-- -V - . VAX CA " " " - - 25 0 Itow tho Onoida Wont Down. We copy the f'ollowinig initeresting tx t rat 4roma at letter writtenl to hisi 'sIver by Mr. W. WV. Crownlianshiiehl, the clerk of Captain W illiails, of the Uiited Stale.. stemier Onwida. The letter was wi ton witiiitt any view to publication, bit the deep intero.st to the Sul.ject'L makes it of special im. p. armoo :i val ie : Y oKU IIA JArVAN, January 26. h'lc Oncida is no more ! but, thank hleavel, I an one of the survivors of a awful eita.-.trophie. We started t wda ys ago ivii our ship for Hong Kong, and in two hours our good vos Mel was al, the bottom, La'.ing been ruin ho by ana ii Eglish stomiter bo. longaing to tle l'uniisilal an11d Oriental Io ni i y. All are drowned, but Dr. Stiddards, Mr. Yat es, the boatswain, ifty-two meu, and myiolf My es ap was most miracuious. At the timte of the colli.i4on I was asleep i) the c.ibin, onl tie tratsoin, at about ten lliniiutos ',> 7 in the ovening. The stminmer struck us near the foro, part of the cabin. I found myself'on the floor, jist coming to from being stun nied, anMd, oi open ing ily eyes, I saw the whole stern was cut off and all exposed to the starlight. I bad sense eiough to climb out of the stern over to tha spar dock, and to look down into the cabin to see if Captain Wil. liams was there, but could bot see hin. I seized a cap within roach and utt it on with the btrap under nmy chiii. I had on i thick suit, overcoat aid boots. I wont to the quarter deIck, met Paynmaster Tullock, and iintjired low the disaster happoned. .1 met Ciaptain WNilliams and told him how sCrious the daitaigo wais. lie was goinig oil the bridge. I spoke to one or, two moro ollicurs, and finding the 'ship was sinking, I went into the main r:;.i tg, a id in1 fi % 0 in in uites our good ship conmaenced to sink rapidly. I was tont fet aibove the rail. When she had sunk so its to have the wa ter reach ine, I pushed myself as far 'a way from the ship as 1. could, but the vortex carried me down, aid it was a lon t ime ero I came to the surface. Yhenou I did I saw nothing of the ship, but many heads above wator. I -aw one of our boats near no, and had just strength enough to rich her. I was pulled on board ex haust(ed, and found Mr. Yatos, with thirty-soven of the crow, on board. We steered for the nearest land, four miles away as near as I could judge. I was noarly frozen, and soon had a Chill ; but after awhile we came near the! beach, aid made a landing in the 101f', where I was just able to get a1hore, being very tiff with the cold. We reached ra J apanese illaige, and foundl abehle atl rest for the naighat, a iwent y-e igh t ileihs frot a'e koamaa. 31y heart is too full) to tell you miore of mays elf, ailthlougha all I had wvent sowaa ini the ship1. Captaain Willaimsi e-das braivel y as heo has always dlone. I10 would anot lenave' his pos: on thea bige, a log ew ams pulled away, and w~haen urged by Mr. Yates, repliedl, aI go dhown with nay shaip."' A pet ty ollieur uragiang him to tgo, he gra;iped thet iron rail, aand said, "Na, thiis is mny phlaen, andl herae 1 re.. E l. Goh i hess bima ! t he contry mi the world havei' lost, ai 1noblo ofli :era, who1( ied ralther a thana leave whlia t we conid~ered~ hais piost of dutty. This wri conduct wast followed by overy 'alicar and lman on board the ship; at a soul 'who htad ai etation left it, m. faced1 deataha n uch a manner that ike mec~du feel proud.; we were .\maericans, anad were it anot for you alt at hiome, I could wish 1 was lock. Thela Onaeida was a favorito sahip of the stat ion. Couald you seo whlat the pL'puhlar foeling was hero from everya otne, you would tinuk that all loved the shipj tandh her olhieers better uthana I did. We left the port under the~ most favorablo anspices, the ship haomneward bounad. All the anon-of war clieored us, the mnerechant slhns dipped their giags, telling un of their good wishe for a safo tatad pleasant passa$Lgo haomo, Bant inl one hour wo were f'aoinag death as only Americans cana do, for not ai mnurmur, not a ory wvas bard when t~be good ship Oneida (whieh had done her duty through the waur) was sinking, anad every 0110 knew that maeant death. Through all my experieneo during the war I saw neth ing to compare with it, But I cannot write more-my heart is full. Jantluary' 29.-Nothing has been heard friom the ship or the crow ; no dotubt the rest haave gone downa to the deopths of the .eea. Some pieces of the wreck haave boen aeon alonag the shaore, and Limong thomn an empty trunik of mine whichi was stowed away. Boats haveo boona looking out and are suill dloinig so for iany bodies whicha may comeo to the sul face. Th'le shipm's namoiL tha~t ran into us is the Ibambay. 'Thea captain Is havingI an investigation, botlh as regards the collisona and his conadudt ini leavin I us. It will no haard with him. for ha ) ho stopped said lowered his hosshe could1( hiave euved nearly all on board.' Oar minister is condnoting the case on behalf of thae hiving And -the dead, rand the easo is strong ag~thnst theo Bit ish'. JantuAry 31.-Tht Investigation d.-ag.s -lowly along. Last evening they IMd thoAbip, and have marked tie Thj.-dhsnd oftthe, tugtaro visit ie n fPo or Lio af low water. No .4odigd havel boeri found yet; but it ii4ard)y tip for any. o appear, thowvatei and *oath bing so 66ld. in a dAy or two we -hall have the melancholy duty of identifying them, a.s all Japaneso fisherman have orders, under penalt.y of death, to bring all effi-ta saved to -Yokohama. 'Tb Now York 'Vi1vne's Yokohama correspondenf. givcs the. following ex tract from the testinuony of Liouton ant Clemens, of her. Brit-ih Niajesty's ship Ocean . - Upon tlhe arr iral of the Bombay, I went on board for our looked mail, and in oonverastion -with Captain Ar thur Wellesley Eyre, he said : "I have to-night out a whole quarter off a d - d Yanukee frigate, and I served her bloody well right, for I met her as I camo up running out with her helm a-starboard." Either the doo tor, in the presonco of the captain, or Captaiu eyre, in the presence of the doctor, said her sides were 5o badly stove, that as she drifted past us one could see into the offioors' cabin. The evilonco as to the unparalleled inhumanity of Captain Eyre, of the Bombay, accumulates. A letter from United States Consul Shephord, at Jeddo, conveying the sad tidings of tho loss of Lieutenant Commander Stewart, of the Oneida, to his father, says that upon the collision All rushed oi deck and took their se.veral positions. From the bridge Lieutenant Commander Stewart hail ed the Bombay, saying "Ship ahoy I Stand by us; you've cut us down l" But thq Bombay kept on and made no reply. Again he oried, "For God sa to stand by ; you have out us in two!" But no answer, and on the Bombay went. Your son and one of the mid Ahipmnen (Adams) loaded and fired throe guns ; the engineer turned on the whistle-all of which the o~ptain of the Bombay says he did not hear, and (lid not even stop to see what damage he had done, which, had he have done, all or nearly all might have been saved. Twenty miles away, at Yokohama, the guns were distinct ly hord, and still this brute of a captain, not more than * mile away, says he did not hear thom or see the flash. WINNSBORO. Wednesday Morning, March 23, 1870.1 A GlorIous Crop. It is now ascertained that the cot ton crop of. 1869 was about three mil lions of bales. Let us see what it would have been, if slavery had con t hP1d. Th10 war delr'ftrnyed as 1many as 2oiiWiii oi aa i m. st active white mon, and about the same number of whito men and much of our plantation stook. It destroyed, that is, one fifth of our laboring population, and crippled the remainder. The orop in 1860 was about five millions of bales. Had slavery not been abolished, there fore, the crop wouldhave been, these fewv years past, at least one fifth less, that i, four million of bales. It has reached three million. This is splen did, this is grand, beyond all expecta tion of the dosponding ; for the sea son was unfavorable. Free Negro la bor is, thon, by no means a failure, and we rejoice ovet it mest sincerely. Intelligence and skill are becoming more free andl confident too, in every departmeont of Southern industry, and a career of prosperity, bringing with It power, is before us. Tlats Year's Crop. Gauging th~e price of cotton by the rise and fall that It has generally maintained, pars passus, with gold, and calculating, with good reason, that, if our planters avoid debt, so as not to be compelled to gluc the market, the world, in spite of the prospect of a large crop in India, can take and con sume all that woocan make,'atvery lit tle below present prices, the prospect of the cotton crop for 1870 in three mil lion and halt balesi of cotton at e igh teen cents a pound. Thoseoobliged to sell, should , not expect over Aifteen cents, howdver, whtch will leave a margin of threeoents for spoonlators, which. is fair enough. The crop will command, if. this conjecture be rea monable, two hundred -and fifty .il lions of dollars In gold. ,"Let us have peace." Free Ts'ade Agitation--- iay of hlope. The most interesting and cheering paper that has come to this offie for over a year, is the March number of the Now York Frec '1Meler,.au oblel periodical that deserves the :widest circulation an~d the~ miost cordial sump port, especially throtaghout the South. We gould gladly vote for Grant 0on gressmen, if they wore reprosentative of the property and Intelligence and character of the South, and were tan tram m'elled on this siogle issuIe f frte trade alone.' TI abt upohm soin quieq tions we mnust be tramelled, eIl er 'oluntarily, or -involontarily, by the results of the late .way, is very clears4 but this great inovement for the emancipation of industry, is not one of them. Indeed- it is a. st.ang pnint for a canalidrte to make, in bidding .for thevoes of emancipated South Carolios, tht th04 favors the emanoi pation9i hdustry from the burdns of 6pp4.edsive. taxation. We hammer on the point of Grant Congressmen," because Grant seem disposed to set him self right on the great and all-control ling-question offinance, and we insist that, if we lose our, Uongresional ticket next fall, we will lose our State ticket also. The mind of the State will nover be'free, until it can address itself to great questions such am this one of free trade: and the necessary condition of freedom even to think about such questions, seems to bo har. mony with, that is, submission to the central government on all those sub jects upon which the uapioion and jeal ousy of the conquering North give us no hope whatever (if the prevalence of reason, for a deonde, at least, to come. Early Plantithg. 1. As a general thing, in an ordi nary s'ason, early planting of cotton, necessitates one more working, and yields two more picking4. The best planters testify, on *the other hand, that late planting saties a working, but loses at least one picking. 2. The planter, whosi rule Is to plant early, gets ready in time ; but the late planter falls very often be hind hand, and never catches up. If a rainy spell comes on about the mid dle of April, the early planter quiet ly waits a few days. If a dry spell comes on in M ay, as it often does, the late planter's cotton doesn't come up well, if at all,"and it is too late for a sufficieut remedy. 8. We have planted cotton, and watched the weather closely in April and Mlay. I-Toro is our observation upon the majority of seasons. From the tenth to the twentieth of April, it is usually fair weather for planting. Heavy rains then set In, and if the cotton seed isn't in the soil, it can't be put in, and there is idleness on the plantation for ten days. Near the first of May, ;t clears off, but it too often remains clear for three weeks. We remember a season of ive weeks of dry weather. It is a decided risk, though we admit that sometimes a late crop, planted in well prepared ground, and thoroughly manured, seems to outstrip the early crop. 4. The fall and summer seasons have less power to injure tile earlier and hardier crop, in ordinary sea sons. There are exceptions. But what we state is the rule, deduced from the nature of things and from personal obervation. Conclusion. Plant early : or at least be ready to plant early, even if the season sbould prevent. P-lougha locep. Now is the time for every man to remember the conclusion that a series of carefully conducted experiments and observations have brought the Commissioner of Agriculture to. It is this. That for every inch that the plough shall go down deeper into the soil, one hundred and fifty millions of dollars will be added to the value of the crops of the United States. Save Lahpr by Machinery. The study of agricultural machine ry should be a part of every planter's profession. We rejoice to hear that a well-known eltizen of Winnsboro, of decided mechanical turn, but of no great tact at managing our present labor, contemplates devoting his ef forts to the introduction of what Is just as much needed as labor, good machines and implements. The na ture of our labor forces hinm for a liv ing, and we hope, a fortune, upon ma chinery ; and machinery will, on the other band, force common sense and doolity upon our labor. May no .freedman do a lick of work for him, until he'has Introduced improvement upon improvement Into Fiairfleld, with handsome profits to himself. That is work enough for one man. Antil-Convenation. It is our impression that, as mat te now stand, Fairfield County is almost unanimously opposed to going into the Convention proposed by the P'ress conference. We give this in folnmation for the benefit of other Counties, where a like state of things may. prevail.. It Is the opinion of this journaL, also, that the admission of the Phani;n the tuost consistent paper, perhaps, In the State in its polcy, that~ "we must lose some Contins, to gain otbett," and thi., too, whon argug for the Con ventiori, will oause a very' serious and Sverf lotg pause in .mjre than one q~uarser. hlat ood~, some vl(1 ask, 'what good, then, will comte if hI? If Fairfield, for intsnoee Is -one .of the ponnfes: hIthey~ropo.ed faty qal: culatos to loso, why should iz ireld meddle with the said party at allt But we speak merely for the pro. ent. Time may change our views. The County will, of course, act for itself. Our Natte Land. If poverty and distress were suffi cient roasons for leaing South Caro lina, few familes te connections, we imagine, of its wh ito population, would now be in it. We have all suffered sorrow an bereavement, lose of property, and Amporarily at least, the loss of liberty, But there is a feeling that keepssome of us at home, a deep religious tooling. It is that we who are strog, should remain here upon our native soil, and help to bear the burdens of those that are weak. Itis thatae.Iwho have surviv. ed the war,should build up cur waste places around the graves of those, alas I who perished, and left their loved relatives to the protection of our laws and institutions such as it is our duty to strive t4o make them. It is because this is ear country, and it shall not be taken'iom us. It is be cause the glory of life is often but the halo of its sufferings, and because that material 'prosperity which we so per sistently confound with true felicity, too often proves a delusion when at tained, and turns, like the apples of Sodom, into ashes in our grasp. It is because there is nolid satisfaction in remaining at the post that God has assigned us, in striving humbly to do our duty, until called by our Al mighty Father's voice to a happier home In Heaven. Such are the senti ments that tie many a strong man to South Carolina, whose nobility of soul and strength of character, did he cave his native State, would insure him some measure of success any where. - Of all such men we say God bless them. Fortune the Fruit of Charac ter. Novels and other fictitious writings are liable as a class to this general objection, that they so frequently enerate and unfit the reader for prao. tical duty, by inculcating the notion that prosperity or happiness comes by some fortuitous accident, and not as the result of patient continuance in virtuous effort. The biography of great or earnest men is the proper antidote to fictions of the class refer red to, for they teach but the one les son of patience, hope, faith and chari ty, and that just in proportion as these cardinal virtuos' o v-taken root in a man's character, will he live to some purpose, and not in vain. Nature knits on to a man's character a for tune to suit it, just as she hangs the various trees of the forest with fruits and flowers springing forth from their different constitutions. Look, then, reader, to your character, and leave your fortune to grow naturally from it. Cultivate habits of clear think ing, generous feoling, determined willing, and prompt as well as patient doing, and you need not indulge in a solitary care as to the future, for it is safe. Good character takes a bond of fate, with the laws of nature as so curities, and our creator as the judge, to inforce its vdity. [coMmuurceAvrD.] Fairfield Agricutusral Society. The members, and all who are in terested in keeping up a "Farmers Club," are requested to meet at the Court Hiouse on the 1st Monday in A pril next. The question of sending dole gates to the Convention called to meet in Charleston on the 3d of May next, by Wmn. M. Lawton, President of the 8. C. Institute, will be considered. 0. HI. MoMASTER, President F. A. C. WVM. E. AIKEN, Sec. [coxMUNroATED) Mi. Editor: In a recent trip to Charleston I was impressed with the improved eondi. tion of the city. The people are cheerful and apparently cengtdent of the future. TFhe minds and the pock ets of the people are evidently in a healthier condition than ever since the war, and another year will doubt. less make great changes in the archi tural features of the city. Building has commenced and will go on with increased rapidity ls the future, and Charleston will in a few years be greater than when ske was acknowl edged the "Queen City of the South." The most noticeable indication of en terprise is in connection with the dig lng of phosphates and the anaufae ture of fertilisers, In which Charles ton will ertainly soon eclipse all other cities, and freni which she will derive millions of w41th. If Northern oapitaists should suc ceed In obtainleg a odntrolling Inter qs6 ina the South Csolina Railroad that now rests like se Inoubus upon the energIes of the State, and should redeem it from the hads of the old fogies who have so Ile g mismanaged It, and infuse life inte it awd into the the Greenville .and fCnlumbia Rail. road which they have recently scour ed; Charleston would feel the impulso like an electrio shook. - Among Charleston ehtatprises one of the most importait, as 'conceive, is the recent establilshnent in that city, with branches in Savannah, Ga., and Charlotte, N. C., of a first class life assurance company, in which the effort is made to combine the advan tages of pf the best' Northern com panies and at the same time avoid all their defects. The company is mn. tual; each policy holder having one vote in the election of officers, a voice In its management and a share in Its profits. . By the establishmont of the "Policy Holders Life and Tontine As. suranco Company of the South," two objects will Le attained, first, the af fording to the people all the truly great advantages resulting from life assurance, and secondly, the retaining at home of our money to develope the resources of our own States. The immense aumis of money which go yearly to the North for life assur ance, if known, would startle any re fleeting man. This money, if kept in the South, would soon be the means of developing the resources of the land. The farmers as well as the merchant, the laborer and profession al man would all feel the stimulating effect of increased capital, and facto ries would spring up on all our rive-s. Self interest should dictate to every one not only to keep our capital at home but to invite capital from abroad. The Policy Holders Life and Ton tine Assurance Company commences business with cheering prospects, and hide fair to be of much benefit to Charleston and to the State. Its principles are highly commended by Northern Insurance Journals and it will doubtless meet with great suc cess. M. We do not want the South to be humiliated or politically disabled, and we do not expect that its people will change its purely social organiza tion. We do maintain, however, that it ought, cheerfully and sincerely, to lay aside its revived sectional pre judices, together with all the old herosies which brought on the war. It must put away the idea that a State is in any respect greater than the nation, and that there is any one class of men whose political rights are less than those of another's. We would freely and fully concede to Southern brethren equal freedom with ourselves to regulate their social, industrial and political affairs under the Constitution. We would place them side by side with us in those respects, but not one step in advance or to one side or the other of us. With regard to the future but little can be said. The South holds its pWlioal destiny in its own hands, subject only to the restrictions of the Constitution as amended, and the spirit, either of conformation or resistance, which shall prevail. If it shall contend against accomplishment, and seek to revive dead issues, it can only retard its own material prosperi ty, and reJect that equal participation in the poltical action of the future which we feel confident the moderate sentiment of the North is anxious to tendor.-Neto York Times. Foun MEN IN A BOAT ARE DRIFED OUT TO SEA.-Day- before yesterday, four men, resident of this section, met with a most perilous adventure, but fortunately were rescued before they had even suffered, exoept slightly from cold and great uneasmness. The adventure is told as follows : At half past 6 o'clock in the morning, Messrs. John W. Sawner, J. Coleman, John Ferguson and B. Guinn, started in a small boat from Morris Island to come to th~is city. There was a high wind and a boisterous sea. In a few moments after starting, the mast and sails were blown away. The oars were resorted to, but the heavy seas soon carried this a way also. The boat was now .at the meroy of the wind'and waves, and wais sadly tossed about, and rapidly drifted out to sea. Ef forts were made by the unwilling voyager, to attract attention from the vessels in view, but they were futilo. Fortunately, after they had passed the outer lightship, Captain Ander) son, the commander, observed the boat, and inferring that its crew were ini a helplets condition, sent a boat to their asuintanee, and brouight them to the lightship.-Chreson 2ecws. )1% inet. Let us guard against this .error, in our efforts to overthrow Radiealists by the aid of the colored vote. It Is perfectly clear that this vote iian be scured only on one condition. The negro will not vote for ay p arty, however pure, however denanded by the vit al necesities of the State, so long as the prerogatives of office, are denied to his race by that party. He himself p ye no taxes worth speaking of. Lighly presses upon .htm that burden of carpet-bags which Is crush ing out the life of every proprietor. And the positions, for the most part sefvile, acoorded to him by Radicals, have sufficed heretofore to eoneiliate his suifrages. Thus they have secured that power which they have been using for thieir privat, advantage, and to the detriment of the commonwealth. It is the manifest policy of the Oitizens' Party to use th is same weapon to redeem the Stat. from bodg. uaarmcsos assne9. A yeg lady from-the rual di. triot went to Des Moines to to see the elephant. In the street car, the con doctor said to her : "Alias your fare." "Well, if I am," replied she, "I don't want any of your imperti nonna." Sprin#too44 jdA receivtd ;3a. cot & qq. Strayid or S66I141-P, isaigs. Guardian Ntio -Thos. G. Doug lass. Rage Wanted by B.-F. Davidson & Co. Sumter Bitt rs.-Dowio, Molso' & Davis, Charleston, S. C. Notice to Tax Payers-John W. Clarke. Death of the Rev. John R. Pickett. It is with a feeling of deep regret, that we are called upon to chronicle the demise of the Rev. John R. Pick ett, which occurred in Cheater village, on bonday night last. He was for many years the Pastor of St. John's Church, Charleston, S. C., until declining health nocessita. ted his removal to a more salubrious portion of the State,-whero ho re unained until his death. He was buried with Masonic hon. ors, yesterday evening, at the M. E. Church, at this place. To the bereaved we extend our heartfelt sympathy. "Leaves have their time to fall, And floweta to wither, in the north wind's breadth ; Andstars to set-but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, 0 death I" Crumbs. Forty stills have been destroyed In the counties of Greenville and Pick ens by the Revenue Assessor, assisted by the Government troopi. We shall have two full moons the present month. Columbia is getting ready for a street railway. March done a big thing at "blow. ing" Thursday, and it was quite chilly withal. The Charleston Netes says that a white man who has recently married a negro woman, promenaded Meeting street a few days ago, which occasion. ed considerable disgust. The Union League paraded the streets of Columbia on Monday night last, with fife and drum ; after which they held a meeting, made speeches, &c. John Alexander, Esq., was nominat ed by Union League, for Mayor of the city of Columbia. Cold Snap. The weather has been very change. able of late, and we fear all the plum, peaches and pears have been killed. Last week the weather was very warm, and vegetation generally be. gan to look quite green. On Sunday night it rained and turned cold, and on Wednesday morning there was a big frost. The XRX Century. The XIX Century for March has been laid upon our table. A well executed wood out--"Bucket Shops of New York'-formis the frontispiece. The following is the table of contents: "The storm at sunset ; between the leaves, poem ; reminiscences of pub. lie men ; hn R. -Poinkett, by Em Governor Perry ; mng darlings three, poem ; will .versus power ; explora tions and adventures in Equatorial Africa ; review of Dax Chailin ; the music lesson, poem, (illustrated,); life in New York ; the bucket shops ; an enemy bath dlone it ; editorial workshop ; passes en passant, &e. Grady's0Arcus, The Trapeze performance offlthe Miller brothers were the most won derful we ever witnessed. The Con eert was also nnusually estertaining. Destructive Fire near (Itdgg. way. We regre6 to learn, through. a privteo .letter," that between -the hours of twetve and one,'on the moifn. lng of the l5 b, the barn an64 stable, and othet outhgusqp, belonging, to Mr. Itowoll Edmnde, near 1Midgeway, was totally destroyed by five, together with two liundred ,busktele of torn. Pe, fodderi Whiea't,. staw, "iough, harness, bridles, and everything, in fact, he had for earrying on his fartxn, were consumed. The owners of the premises were aroused, but too late to effeot anything,, as the flames, had made rapid heqdtray. It was with diffleulty, the horses and mules Veye sevdi. The hajbe ias a doubia qne an4 cost $500. The loss as estimnated at nob less than $2,500. 'It- was tab work of an' incendia,'y. We dannot too sitongly urge upen our readers the great eese o Though tiplentipg seo aa* Jp6 oommenoody two-thirds of; oue peoplo are buying corn frots the N*orth an~d West at pretty high figues. Qorq I,. going up an4 cotton down every day. If our planter. will make enough oorn to supply the demandla of the contry... and then what cotton they can, a dif ferent state of affairs will exist next spring. Cotton will command a bet. ter price, and what you get for it will not have to be sent North for corn. Our advice is-plant more corn and loss cotton. Advice sometimes, though juvenile, baa. pypve th9 , astiaiof armies, of individuals and of souls. Then take And roflt by IC 1 Cotton and Gold. The decline inooitnjan 0dd tinuos and will probably bring about a financial crisis more seros than any we have yet felt sinee the war. To bolp the cause other artioles! so4ld decline also. Gold is npw quoted at 11*. ____ The sersons Court. The Court of General Sessions, af ter disposing of a heavy criminal doel, et, adjourned at 12 o'olook M. on Saturday last, 19th inst., I.is Honor Judge J. M. Rutland, presided with ability, and furnished additional evi dence of his competency -to fill the honored position he occupies, His. impartial administration of justice reflects credit alike upon hhmself and his circuit. The Grand Jury, oxi pressed the sentiment of the couomu nity in their presentment, In return ing their thanks to LM tor theelear-' ness and forcibleness of his charges to them, and for his polite and consider ate courtesy. Maj. A. J. Shaw, Solicitor of the 4th Circuit, was in attendance upon the Court, and has again won golden opinions from the community. As a prosecuting officer hp performs duties, often painful, with firmness but with all the tenderness and sympathy co-. patible with his position. . Always courteous and considerate, he com bines the qualities of a high toned gentleman with those of .Solicitor. His Honor, the presiding Judge, imposed the following sentences be fore tho-adjournment of Court: State vs. Peter Montgomery and' Manerva Montgomery, Arson, 20'years In the penitentiary. State vs. Moses Johnston and Ed. ward Washington, Grand Larceny, former 18 and latter 12 amonths in the penitentiary. State vs. Robert Yonguo and Ste. phon Yongue, Grand- Larceny, 18 months each, In the penitentiary.Sgg State vs. Simon Hamilton, Petit Larceny, 12 months in the peniten. tiary. State vs. Anthony Robinson and Ju lius Pickens, Petit Larceny, 12 months each, in the penitentiary. State vs. Wm. Lee, Bigamy, 6 months in penitentiary. State vs. Aaron Alston, Petit Lar. cony, 8 months in the County Jail. State vs. Charles Small, Petit Lar ceny, 8 months in County Jail, State vs. Thomas Anderson, Retail ing Whiskey without License, $50 Gotton manured with Pacific Guano has stood the drouth bettei than unmanured. The effect of 200 lbs. of Phmnix Guano per acre up to the time of drouth was good. I ats satisfied that with the right -season it will make land producb .double wrhat it would without it. Where I applied it my crop is Idouible as good as where there is none, and the cotton, where 16~ is applied,h has stood the drouth better than where' there is no Guano. JOHN C. BROWN. Chester Co., S. C., Aug; to~, 1869. CI'[f you want a fine1 sptith and good digestion use Dr. Tut' a Golden Eagle Bitters. 'Julius, what de debble you ioog ober dat newspaper for 1' 'Go wa~y, fellah, guess I can read, I'ne big cuf for dat.'. 'Dat .ain'6 numn ; ,a Aow' a big nufr to esteh a nice,, but alhe oau'. g~Delioate "fenkele skke rs. !L'att's Golden Eagle. -. Dakl Owen. C& Dr. Tiath' Golden Eagle Bit. tots Is thes best tod~io In' the. United 'Tom,' said a girl to het eoetlheatD 'you lbavo been py lng your distresses toatoolong eno~~ Ii, 5s limef taake known your 6o 4entiona, so is not to keep me in *xposse any lops ~.A healthy and exhilirating bveragte Is De. Tnth' Golden. Eagle. iBitter. 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