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THE FAIRFIELD HERALD I'ublished :very Wednesday at W [N:'SR? Oli, S. C., DY Desportes, Williams & Co. TERMS-- IN AD VANCE. otne Copy ono year, - - $ 3 0 Five " " - - 12 6 re ", r " - - 25 no [Special Gotr. I hiurleson C urier.] ierorlll Capiilgn at Sum111ter. ....-yumrEn, S. (., August 81, 1870. The Reform meetin; in this stroug. hold of the Scott -MoQes Ring, was ono of the most sRucces.ful of the oamnpaien. Our party arrived hero yesterday, and were met at the depot 1y a Cotnmittoe of the citizens, by whomt we wore ontortained. Nessr(. J. ). Blanding and A . A. Gilbert played the host, and played the role to perfection. - This morning, by 'leven o'clock, there were nearly .1,000 persons in the town, about two-thirds of them being colored. A brass band from Wilmnington, N. U., furnished delight ful musio during the meeting. AN ARTIFUL DODUF. The emissaries of the Scott Ri.,g Laving failed to keep the colored men away from the meeting, resotted to apother dodge which was cqually as artful and equally ineffective. Before the meeting was called to order a fel low belonging to the Moses' Ring mounted the Court House steps, and niado a speech to the colored people, endeavoring to forestall the Reform speakers, and teliing them eost uag nanimtottsly, (now that he couldn't p*evoent, them,) to listen to the Re forum speakers. The sublimity of this muagnilicent offer can be all the bettor appreciated when it is perceived that these follows had endeavored to pro ventt the colored people from coming tp the meeting; having failed in this the tmunanimous was put on. Colonel J. D. Blanding called TIr MElaTING to order, stating the hi:tory and or ganization of the Union Reform par ty. A. A. Giibert, Wg., was called to the chair, and after a few introdn tory remarks, introduced General Butler. The General first paid his respects to those gentlemen in this set ion who have mado a groat outcry of "principles'' of Democracy. lie said that lie could not forget how An drev Johnson and the Northern Do mooracy urged the Southern people to hold back in 18G5, and wait for that revuh i,.n of feeling that was coming on--that groundawell bad been coin ing for some time, ho said, and it had only swept us further and further from prosperity. In the course of his remarks the (4neral was frequently interrupted l y a low vagabond, who seemed de tormltined to create a disturbance. The colored mecn shouted but to him, "Talk on, we want to hoar you." lie then proceeded to show up the iuiqui tious. misapplication of tho school funds and whon he denounoed the Ring for nmisapplying the fund, pay. iug all out. as salaries, the colored nion shout ed, "You're right,sir." Oine old wmn in tihe crowd, who eeomed to hot liston ivg with nll bla. cams, at the end of one of the incorruiptions shout. ;d, r"Talk on, General; you talk so well, and we want to hear you." soc IA J. 1.QUAL nTY. 'At onie' period of his address a vifgabondish-looking fellow in the crowd, a membher of that delectable body ofit rogues and thieves, the State Contambulatry, asked if lhe (the speak. er) would eat at the same table with a colbred ;man. "Yes," replied thoe (V6noral, "I have oat at the same bar b'ecue table with a colored iman ; but Iwould not inivite every body to my olvnVtble. I would not invite you; yin tool too shoe1 imh and too mutch lfkd' a -voa1aend, and gen tlemnen are not nontoind in toinvite v:gab,ondsh to their tables." Tlhis had, of course, then elfoot of bringng yolls of delight frmthe crowd, and thme valiant eon stable for thle time being .slu::k out o'f sight. Col. Blanding, in a few Introduoto ry remarks, then introduced .UDGEa CAnPENTERI, W was mAs usual, assailed and inter ruptgd front Leginnin'g to end by ott's eminsaries. Pro mi nent among tijoe wh inerruteihius and at tl pipe' to break up the meeting, w &a wlitq mhai~ nanmeAl Fe1rrit or, who I)p rn,,base been discarded by both paftenm, wiliteg and bizoks, and who wasp evidenfly trying to make politi om(espqitaml for himsolf. Lee, a. norn b6r of the Rling, also 'inte'rrupted, as diu 1als* that glorions constable, but tli uge answ'ored all their questions, p rri6d their thrusts and gave them sw) a,haa4nd as I1thinik they never bror eciove b., -;- A DI$TURBANICE, *DoYing Jttet Onrpenter'. speech a diffieuilty,- ocourred bet,ween a whiLe mnai ahd- one of the vagabonds who wa intorrupting the' speaker. The crow pushed in and but for thme time Iyf'dntoffereh,oe of the poideo a 'Tow w uld have been inevitablo, who arrivval oMhI . onQQ o'clock' train, was.,,rig$ introdmgoed by. 90ol. Sr a d froNi the 19ud huzza i. gr.../emperpC?() frieid' i ) agaInnri). Ii speech wp 9Jg ,'th, good ane to the wJAt,it e o,norep pygg.Ie. :lle advis'. e4 ho th~ ; py ,de er.ted .the Uiot Rfoirm art' ,they aou.id'prepare for w . ( y, diro peco, they a la sita,n dtogethecr on it. platfori. .4t tihn nana1lUban. of a~m..ra Kr haw's addrehs, $he ve ti d , 1 missed with a few wejdeffrom ho he Chajrmnan, ' TIj1I RIOLF . t l,as been to awaken he peop.* of 3uniter, black and white, to the work ofore thon. The impression made I upon the colored people was partiou. any strong, and I think the weak. kneed Democrats, as they call them selves, have at last had their eyes open to the true ibsues before them. Isues which call upon every nan in be State to array himself fgr or against honesty and good government. Our friends in this county are sanguine of sICCe+: now, and the work of organi zimion will be pushed forward vigor ously. A NICK PAIR. Previous tv the meeting. Reproson tative Lee announced the Ring meet. iug for Friday, *nd among the speak era for the ocasion, announced B. F. Whittemore and T. J. Mackey. This brilliant combination of two of the shining lights of the Ring, will be ap preciated, when one remembers how the latter denounced Whittemore once as a rogue "Who stole the livery of Heaven To serve the devil in." J. A. M. WINNSBOROa Wednesday Morning, Sept. 7, 1870. Out of tihe Brain JIather. Of what use would be even our '-cotton, from which all of our money comes," but for that first process of manufacturing that consists in separa ting by machinery the lint from the seed ? What a part, thou, does inge. nuity and bkill play even in the pro ductiou of that idol of the Southern heart and mind, King Cotton I Duoes the valuo of even King Cotton, and the wealth it brings even to us, come more from the ground, than from the first operation of the brain upon it, after it is obtained from the ground 1 Evidently from the latter ; that is, from the ginning of it. Now when the second operation of the brain upon it is finished, namely, spinning it, what is it worth ? Why, preoisoly twice as much as before. We need not trace it further, through the weav ing and the dying process. We have gone far enough to prove that all wealth is not dug out of the ground. Very far from it. Only a small por tion of wealth is dug out of the ground. We'll remain poor and de pendent on others forever, so long as we confine ourselves to digging our money out of the ground. Wealth grows out of the Brain, rather than out of the boil. So much so, that we will find wealth in great abundance where there is no soil, but an active intelligonco, and on the other hand, the richest of soils, as in Mexico, S.uth America, Italy, India, Africa and elsewhere, assooiated with most ab'ject poverty. fseir-intcrest a 'Virtusous Motive and Dist Inct frota seilstaneas. A rt 'kless disregard of one's self interest, whether temporal or eternal, whether oc the body alone or of the~ soul also, is not, as some falsely su~p pose, a proof of magnanimity, or a sign of a generous disposition, but is rather the evidence of a thoughtless mind and of a brutish temper. Much of the exhortation of Scripture and of theo sage counsel of philosophy, isoeon flned to awakening mankind to a real isation of the extreme importance and value of their individual personal be ing:. and prIospets. In sad dotes does ilk prophet deplore the stolid indif. fonce of human nature to its highest moral interesta.' "Man," he dejected,. ly complains, "that considereth not, is like the brutes that perish." We hold, then, that a keen and lively sense of Individual, personal self-in terest, is a pure and lofty motive, and a reasonable ground upon which to base a.course:of virtuous coonduct. Leaving out the fis?ired authiority of Boripture, 6n this - abjeet, we eaVtiot supp'ose that the greatost' andl wisest of our race would have contiriualiy appealed to self-.interest as a mothn of action, if it really wore a spurious motive. In the second place, far from being selfish or meanly self-seeking, self-in terost prompts.to the preot1qe of gen.e erouity ; and it is the.opposite of generosity, or simnples selfishness alone, that proniptt' to ts~ tieglet of self-intorest. .ThIo,o. ~o, gpd At preachers for proclalnining ths..,oert4o' punishment of unropentecdf ii as ap poaling,"to -I*hin manly feaie, and-who acousv d1e in'oIaligE o'hf e ' sevetltg, $jaqn he lsj)ibee Mjrnieo tivos pgainst $b,propgA.4~wash of time and anoney whislt.some.p.ople phoose ft 66y Is gote bv~ w*uidd have ite yo4s o II~ ie belf.intrqt'an4 gl4hut Wom- ow 4. farthtee.-a assus sunikind generally eftab'ith' bf their self-interest. Thee 1dg, &n. ja iLos of baian 1N a oV.as~4g o) delrolvo upQn'us, whether we eon. ider it f no, by virtue of our eagp plioe, as reasyablo creatures. The nun wha' "takes nol interest in poli :los" and Is indif'enont to the dis. iharge of those public duties that de rolve.onyhim in his high cspacity aa titizen, of acquiring and of communi. =ating information, of acting anid pet. wading others to act, is simply selfish, neanly selfish, injuring hi,seelf and an injury to othere. The man who is lt;sy and slovenly about making his individual calling profitable by his skill and care, is a relfi.h man, derelict in his duty to society. How few are free of fault in these Teospects I How few are really puLlio spirited because skillful, active and putient in their business, or liberal and gea arous in their civil life ! A great change is needed in the S uth par. Eioularly, in these respects. If we de sire to become a better, and a more prosperous peopln, we must look more carefully to our self-Interest., both as a community, and as separate individ. uals. Our Public Meetings Next Monday. Three most important meetings, of the Medical Association, of the Agricultural Society (before which at interesting address from the Rev. T. W. Erwin is expect ed) and of those favoring the cause of Union Reform, will take place next Monday in Winnsboro ; the first, ot eleven, the third, at half past eleven, and the second at 12 o'clock. We trust that the town will be full of citizens from the country. Their bu siness, their health, their taxes, and their politica, are to be discutsed aund taken care of. If, as in Camden, a Union Reform Republican mixed black and white ticket be run here, it can be elected. Lot us organize for the politiod campaign with spirit and earnestness. while listening to the strong common sense of our best farm ers upon the subjoect of Agriculture, and hearing our Doctors talk eight syllable words of outlandish origin upon the best means of promoting health. Let the Court House be full to overfiowiig. [coDtDMU NIC ATI.] Cashden . Money I Columabia Money :! Chester Money 11 1 How long Mr. Editor are we to suf fer I How long are we to be forced to give our substanec for these misera ble promises to pay 1 To pay in what 1 in Express freight, and dis count in their several towns. We hae boon very quiiet, sippos. ing that the issue of these bills were a necessity arising from the seareit,y of United States fractional eurreney, but such is not the cuse noto, and the mat ter has become oneo of speculation which is all very fine for thie "boys but death to the frogs." With Columbia's consumptive bills you cannot pay your Rail Road freight, and in passing through Co. lumbia In July I hoard the ticket agent object to them as being at a d iso't. WVith Camden money -you can do nothing hut send it to Camden, and pay the Express both ways, and pay some merchant there 10 per cent to exchange it for you. Chester money is "newo" and is still at par, but you will soon see its status. It is time such abuse. are put down, and the merchants should bold a meeting and reaglve to discount it so heavily in the hands of theo who briug It out of the tows-that they will romergbor it. - -We are tired of loaning our money to build Sprague's Water Works;i and the fortunes of our neighbors I MtCUOrIA NT. A Nicw NAtOISA FIo.-The La Ctous Demoerat Is, responsible for the following i Saturday last, a gentleman,' wh o for several years past has been engaged In the Vermallioti told regions, re. turnedl to this city, and at the Ameri. nana He utne discovered t Prussn flag. "What as that t'" says he, turning to ifiend. That is the Prussian flag," was the -answer' "Bless thee 1" sa ys the pioneer'. This remtark oreated an Intense interest In the stranger, who was questiomed as t t hIa'ent t,osiasm pver thei eolora of an cEnneaa king. iof., "Oh," Mays 'h t i is not be. Dausd I>eiarh anythingf.r Prussis, but i hav benn'betnd dIviisation soe kiue, avid when~ I ad th:t'ta; (red, wrhite'and blnoy, 4Li', cie if I idn't blukt the ItaJieale6,as d "royed the tars and 84ripos atmd got of a new ag, with the red- for the Indian, the blae1,fordhoa 'aigger4 and the Ahlte or, the. reht of.ue I" r ~iJi1$9 wih eg WAeg ~ t ro e w4a THE WAR IN EUROPE. Latest Advices. BOUIL.ON, Belgium, August 31.-7 P. M.-A fearful bittlo was fought yesterday and to-day. Yesterday morning MuMahon commenced a general movement toward Montmedy. He was attacked tiear Beaumont, and after a stubborn resistance, driven to. ward the Belgian frontier. The Prus slans captured a large amount of camp stores, and drove the French from position to position until night. The battle was renewed early next morn. ing and continued all day. During the night large French reinforcements came up, but failed to turn the scale of victory. The Pru;aians also wore reinforced largely, and attacked in overwhelming numbers. MoMahon retreated to Sedan with the remnant of his forces. The slaughter was im. umense. It is impossible to estimate the losses. The Prince Imperial is said to be in Belgium. The population is flying in groat terror. BuUitionr, Sept. 1-8 A. M .-Laat night after dark, McMahon withdrew toward Sedan and is concentrating his forces in a strong position. During the fight on Tuesday the Crown Prince of Saxony captured ten thousand prisoners. A number of French soldiers es caped into Belgium, and were prompt ly disarmed. It is rumored that Basaine attack ed Steinmetz on Tuesday. The result is unknown. PARIS, August 81.-No news has reached here of a decisive battle, nor is it believed that one has been fought. MoMahon simply telegraphs that he has crossed the Meuse without harrassnent. Other acoounts say there has been heavy fighiug by de tached parties of MoMahon's and Prince Onarles' armies, with alternate advantages. The Garde Mobile, under the new requisiton, one hundred thousand strong, are hurrying to the defence of the capital. Minister Wahburne contradicts the rumor of vessels leaving United States ports to prey on French commerce. PAIntS, September 1.-The Public says there was nb fighting yesterday. The Government, however, has good news. McMaheon's march has been undisturbed. Palikao warns newspa pors against publishing important penidirg movements. Bazaine has won several small engagen.ento. La Liberte says Austria pledges herself to more on Prussia simnltane ously -ith France if subsidized, by O1livier, their Minister of Finance. The money was not paid. Austria pressed the 'matter on France, when Ollivier said, "Go; we fight without you." LoN DON, Sept. 1--vaning.--Tho Press of Paris admits the spuriousness of Bazaine's dispatches. Should the F"reneh Emperor cross the Belgian frontier, the Belgians will de. mand his sword. Other sevrre orders have hee-n isaeted with the purpose of guaranweeing Belgian neutrality. The 1Bavaria'is are retrning home disbande.d. A mutiny occurred among the B3avarian landwe-hr. The Inmdepeadonmce Belgr, of Brussels yesterday, ayc W hih-. McMahmon was on the heightsa or Vua u onlTuesday, advancingz on Montimedy hie was attackedl by the Germanis and driven. back with dreadful carnage. That region of conn. try is absolntely depopulat..d. This corresponds with the Pruiii;an iccotIint ol thm action near Beaumont, reported last might. LosIno)0, Septe.mbe.r I--Noon.-No additionial det ails ofl McMfahon's deleat .ha-ben receive.d yet. BERLI.N, September 1 ..-Thie telc.. graph lines are s,il'l in inextricable coin fusion. Dates from the seat of war, particularly those from Buumont, re qmnre yen ficaton. SURRNDERm OF TUHE FR EN CH 'A RMY MelI@AUON WOUNPDED. Sa.nAN, September 2, 12:20 P. M., via BenRLIN, September 2.--T'he whole French armny are prisoners of war. The lEtnperor surrendered to me.... MoMahon is wounded. (Signed,) \VIL.T.r BMFonE SE!DAN4, FkANCE, Friday, September 2-1:22 P. M.-From the King to the Queen: A capitulation, whoereby the whole army at Sedan are prisoner, of war, has just been con cluded withl General Wlmpfln, comn mtandinig, instead of, Marshal MoMa-. hon, who Is wounded. The Emperor surrendered haiself to ano, as he has no cominand, and left everyt,hing to the Regent at Paris. His. residence Ii shall aJppostit,. ufter an interview with hin, at a rendeavoas to be fixed immediately.. W hat a course events, with God's gutidanoe, have taken 1' lIanLt4, September 8.-A Miets let.. ter of the 24 says that uince the bat tip of .Gravellotte twelve days have passd without~ giving the French an npportunity to leave the saddle. The French are unable to prevent the Germans fromn seising their chosen position. Tbe garrison, including citisens and refugees, must numaber 200,000. The Freneb. In Belgium . number about ten thousand, with four hun dred artillery wagopm,two guans and one thousand horses. 'Particular. of the battle on the 1st are still deflolett, ,though at Paris It is~ thetaghit 16 terminated favorably, .to the. Fgencb.- The Em poer certainly made a;deasd -fosr a truce, Ant by Sceo end, theD.same in personally )'e is telaMs 4onatiee .to sayI tht lee may held eut under ahelter of the fortreses, and that 11s tajOc's poiina is food,. and that he Laka Ithetro uions ntor men. Martial law hai been declared in Algeria. The Russian press is a unit in its iyrnpatby for P'russia. BRUssELs,Qeptember 2. -McMahon was completely beaten yesterday, and is now shut up in Sudan. His east road to Paris is out. ]3azaino hn been completely beaten before Metz by Prince Frederick Charles. BRUSsF.LS, September 3.-Noon. 3eneral Failly h. been shot; one ao eount says by his own soldiers ; others says it was done by order of MoM. hon. The Empress has ordered Prince Napoleon to return to Paris. He has refused. A decr oe has been issued stripping him of the rank of Prince Senator. Le Etoile of this city, says tho French are utterly defeated. MoMa hon and the Emperor are prirorors. hl'e Frenuh soldiers massacred their own officers. Many officers escaped into Belgium. The l'russiaus who entered Bolgium surrendeted the officers of both ar mies. They wore set at liberty on parole. Three thous;snd French including one general ollicer and two Imperial staff officers, crossed the border and surrendered. PARIS, September 2.-The journals state that the rvported insanity of the King of Prussia is confirmed, PANIS, September 3.-The Journal Official of this morning represents every event of the campaign as asuc cess for the Emperor. Nothing official from the armies of the northeast. The battles of the past few days are considered iudicis ive, though the louses were very hea vy. The journals look upon an attack on l'aris as imporsible now, as the Prussians are not able to leave McMa. hon and Bazaine in their rear. It is well uuderstood in Germany that Paris, instead of making peace, will defend itself to the last extrenji. ty. The enrollment of men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five will give in a few days an additional force of 300,000 to the national arms. The entrance of the French army corps into Baden and their outting of the telegraph wires and railroads in all directions is confirmed. LoNDON, September 3.-The Ger mans are urging King William to do. ulare himnolf Emperor of Germany. The Telegram's special London dis. patches from the seat of' war report brilliant Prussian successes. Twouty thousand French lay dead or wounded on the field. There is great excitement and anx iety to learn whether the surrondor involves a cessation of hostilities and an unresisted occupation of Paris. A ctespatah from Berlin sass that since Wednesday lnst Bazaine sought to escape to the North, but was always frustrated. This is really believed in Pa ria. McMahon is acting on the offensive. On Thursday he destroyed the Prus sian left, driving the Crown Prince back of the hills of Ardennes. MF.NODLAHEIM, September 2-11 A. M.-Strasbourg opened a violent fire this morning and the garrison made a sortie, whieh was repulsed. M 6.4 nt)EanI KIM, Sept ember 3.-The Prussians captured an officer ' el four chesseurs at the sally from Stra.bourg. The second parallel is nearly fished. MaI.I.cou-r, September 3.-The troops which finally drove Blazaine back to Metz worno the first and second corps and the landwebr. The coniflict occurred around Seregney and Nourse vylle. News Ilems. WAHNGTON, Septem her 3.-Th6 Secretary of Stato has a dirpatch from M otley announcinig the surrender of the whole French army at Sedan, with the Emnneror. B3ancroft, Minister to Bierlin, tele graphs t.o the State Department that Nanoheon, irn his surrender. st.ipulated that it should be withlout prejudice to Pairis and the Regency. Nmsw YosK, September 3.-From coniflieming tel-grams, we gather the following :Mc Mahon was moving to the relief ofMe.ts, whetn he was encoun tered amid drivetn back by the Germans, who pursned him closely. The pursuit imvolved a series e 1 cornlhcta. There was serlius work at, Sr.dan on Tuesa, when McMahon occupwed the heights of Vaux, near CJarignan, where the 10mrpe. ror camne om. that dan. Thirty thouasandh of McM ahon's troops w ero attacked ho tweetn Moiseon and Mouliers. This wvas the bat.tle of Beaumont. The Frenc,h were driven over thie Meuse to Moumsson, wvhen an encounmer eni the other bank occntred, which resulted in thet <driving of McMahmon from Vaux.I McMahon faced about on WVednesdayv, betweeni Dousty and Baze.lles, where~a severe engagement took place. 'The Prussians turned t he Fre.. ch rgh,t, ne. eesaltiatitig a retirement up ti Sedan, before which the French again renewed the flght en Thursday, when they were driven into thme fortress of Sedan. The Telegram's special says Bazaiue was at Mets. surroun,.ed, when he heard Lf Ihe disasier to the Ninperor and Mc Mahon. Dispatches recQiv,e4 from Vsris are via the French cable, but the Paris Igent of the A asociated Press is silent. P~rom this it is inferred that the consor orbtds tlas transmisuion of politmcal e. entregd.el; bps ca'sed instettfe noctmnt~ in pIqwthern cities. A Trihnpnr special from, Thtionville ~ate4h;e.34 Aey thaM .two battles war. bi estrda, hey wrq p~1loody; uit degi9ireand4lAgpga a, o'li tin. venm. Ie ahn ~a'sdrivetn across he Mouse. McMahon's surrender is onfimed by a. messner nd a n,,ib.. of Germanq. The enemy is in force near the frontier. Market Reports. NEW- YoRK, Sopt. 1.--Ivening.-. Cotton advanced to. ; sales 1,500 baes ; uplands 20*. Gold 144. CHAnLESTON, September 3.-Cotton opened firm, elo,ed quiet ; middlinge 171. ; sales 50 bales ; receipts 557 bales. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 3.- Evening. Cotton closed excited ; uplande 9 Orleans 91 ; sales 15,000 bales; The "Best Interests for Colored People. We find in the Harrisonburg (Untn.. houla Parish, La.) New Mra, the follow. ing letter from T. O. Bannon, minister of colored churchea., on the Little and Black Rivers, which should be read by every colored person in the Stute ACKLAND PLANTATION, BLACK RIVKR. ILA., August 15. 1870. Editor New Era:-My attention has been called to the fact that my name has been placed as i member of the Parish Executive Committee of the Republican party of this Parish, at a meeting of said party, held, etc I beg leave to state, tbrough the columns of your paper, that this has been done without my knowledge or consent, and further. that uty convictions lead me to act, politically, in consort with my old neighbors and friends, of this vicinity, who have generally extended cheerfully to the colored people of the Parish, all the political rights and privileges due them in their changed relations, and give them liberal wages and support for themselves and families. In my opin ion, the best interests of the colored pe-ple require them to stand by and sus tain those with whom thu.y have been raised, and they know to be honest, true and faithful to their promises with their race. There exists a mu ual depeu dence, which is fast producing a state of mutual confidence, kindness and good teeling, wiich I trust and believe will soon be 6 rmly established. Experience teaches ts to be suspicious of the pronses of those made by, we I don't know whom, or when or where to find. Respect fullv, vouirs, etc.. TFIOMPSON O. 1BANNON. War Items, WifAT SORT OF A PLACE MITE IS. MlET, August 8, 1870.-The more I see of Metz the more imp.s<sible; it. it sems to tme that it shoulid ever he taken. It may be my ignorane e. but I do not at ill see how an enemy is to over. comle such obstacles, if t 1h place is !kill fully, as I am sure it would he gallantly defended. The ramparts which encircle the entire city are strengthene: by forts at every salient point, and the Moselle flows everywhere in broad, deep, canals, with high, perpendicular walls. Then the whole city and its environs are co., man'led by two imnense fortifications, which could pour a plunging fire upon a besieging armv. It would be in vai to attempt to capture Mett until these for. treasossa are taken, and they are on the sunmits of two hilla a thousand feet above the river.-Letter to New York 'Iribune. A Pa-is paper quotes "the great American, Thlomas Jefferson," as hav ing said "Evecryhbidy has two countries; one in which he was born ; the other, F'rance." No mtatter what inaterested politicians may affirm, it is perfectly evident, so evident that 1he who runs may read that the heart of thec nation is not in this war-it, cannot be persuaded of the utili ty of maasacreing so nmany of its sons. Par-is letter ( Auguat 10) New York Timies. 7Hi On EA T CAT HEDnAr. CL.OCK AT STaA5nouno.-It is not located In the spire, as etne have imagined and fix ed in their minade, but in the church, and the figures of the twelve apostles that come out at 12 o'clock and re ceive the benediction of Christ are but a few inches in heght, and go along with a shufhling mnovetnent like other puppets. A fter correcting the somewhat, pa evalent impression that this clock is colosseal, one cannot say too urgently thlat it is a marvel of ingennity-one of the most wonder ful of the works of men. At least one thousand persons assembled to day before it to witness the ceremony of striking 12 anid were profoundly edified, especially by the shrill aend long crowing of the cock who camile to time in-t as St. Peter received the benediction.-Jfr. Halstead. Ex-PnE.stnENT JouNe5ON FOR (CON OREs8.-A writer in Knorville Whig stiggests ex-President Johnson as a candidate for Cong res in that distriot, now represented by Roderic R. But 1er, a Radical of quite as infamans and contemptible a character as Whtitte mlore. The ex-Pzesident, it is said, has no desire to run, hut it is proposed to nominakte him any how, me he would not feel at liberty to decline a posi. tion to which the united voice ,of $be opp)oition called him. The Knox. villa Wh'ig heartily approves the aug. gestion of its, corresponldent, and says: '-We wouldl not at all be surprised, if he is nomainated by selam,ation. What a giant he woulId mako in Con gress P" SPIREs.--It is a proof of .demoraliza, lion of tho li'rench people that they should see a spy in eyery stranger. Thle telegraph tellsa ns every day of the arre-st of supposed spies here, thiere, and every where, in France. It is evident that a cspegosit Islan,tkd. UBitt this is R very poor specioen.--Richmaondi Dispach. A .PaaoTroAr. Ore.- Georgia *tove dealer offers a $'75 atove -to any y oung lhdy between thitteen and eigh. teen :years ;of ago -who, shall, duriig the 8tzte fair, beat illnattate her knowledge -of the use of inch articles by cooking a dinner for aix persona A Dermit The Cincinnati Gazette tells the fei lowing story of a dog who has lived for ten years apart from the world anid h:. kind : His cell is under a house a few di,ore west (if John on the north side of Hop. kinls street. The entrance is by an spsrture in the foundation wall. Here he. stays all day, sleeping or waking, with the ground for his bed and the floor of the dwelling for the cover of his coll. Curious visitors have seen his eves glaring in th.' darkness of hii lodgiiig placo. No one has ever seen him venture front hi.< retreat by day. ie is perfectly quiet in his aecliuded home. Sometimes a noiseless listener in the room above hin hears his moving about, butt a atep on the Ioor settles hint into profound silence. About t he hon r of midnight he steals otat qiie'ly from his silt nt retreat and takes a ramble through the city evidently in quest of food. His tracks may be seen of a snowy night. No cotr.panion has ever been known to accotipany him home. II lie should bark, the tenant of the story above him would think his last hour hai conie. Where he gets his food atil drink no one is able to tell. How long ho has been an inmate of his pres. etnt quarters is something of a secret. biul it could be ascertained. Ten years, at leas', is the time tradition has tol the present occupant of the dwelling, this eanine he, mit, has lived among its loun ilatirn walls in solitude. What induc ed the poor animal to take up his dreary mode of life tradition does not tell. No tale has come out of his disappointment in love, causing him to avoid the socie. ty of his fellows, or a religious fervor mausing him to renounce ti-e world and its vanities. Only the bare fact of a sly p1rsevering, quiet canine hermit remains an unexplained plienomencn. The hu. man occupants of the house are too humane to disturb the privacy of the poor animal for mere curiosity sake. The probability is here he will live his days out, and die in his chosen solitude. EXeiTICMENT AT LONG BRAAN.--A letter dated Long Branch, N. J., August 21st., says : There has been intense excitement here all the afternoon owing to the de. nunciation of infalbbility by Rev. Sidne v A. Corey, of New York, in his sermon this morning. He made the follow ing remarks concerning it: "The greatest crime that ever was corimmitted on this earth was done im the nineteenth century by declaring the Pope it-fallible and next to God. lie bIe'lievel the war which now exist in Europe can be set down as God's war, brought on by the anger of God to. wards this Popery question. Upon announcement of the Pope's infallibility the needle-gun commenced crackin'g throughout France, and the war which now exists will overthrow this impor. tant question and diminish the Catho" lic religion." In consequence of these remarks a mob assembled to lynch him, but he escaped and is now safe. But all day there has been an intensely feverish feeling, bordering on an outbreak, like the religious emeutes that some times oc. cur in .\1 adrid or gi eat Spanish-Americ.n cities. SINGULAR.--Tbt a Government like that of Prussia can pick up its whole ablo bodied miale population, anid carry it off to war in another country, and yet fail to got a war loan at home. Ospital cares for itself the people are nothing. NEW STORE AND S SAMUELR, would inform the Citizens . of Fairfield that he will open a store at the old siand of E. WV. Ollever this month withI a large and well selected stock of Dry Goods, Clothing. Boo.ts, Shocos, flats, &o., and etmry article huitable for a first. class store. 8. 8A MUELS. sept 8-if Pine Cotton Plantation containing (800) eight hnndred aores, four mile:fr,om divided into two or more tracts. For terms and particulars apply to me on the place or addreas as below. J. C. C ALDWEFLL. Gladden's Grove, sept 7-lm Fairfieid County, 8. U. ?NOTCE TO TA PAYERS. T~lE Assessors in Fairfiald County, will ..Commence the property ; both real and personal. on Wednesday the 7th (lay of this month. Tax Payes will be requtired to give a description of their real estate, the number of acres and how bousded. Fhe returns must be made within the time re quired by law. Any one neglecting, et' reinsing t9 mak, returns, will be dealt, with according to law. J. 8. STE WA RTI sept 8-ft2x2 ___County Auditor. Kinsman & HowNl, Factors and Commission Merchants.// Liberal Advances mad/eon Cotton and Naval Stores. Char/eTii, S. C. sept 6-8moes 0otic0 to Asse8s0rs. Tliii Assersors for Fairfield County will I meet hI Winaboro, at the Audit or's )Soe,on t6bSeet Wodnesda1 la8Septemaber, 1870, for casaltation. J. 8. STEWART, sept 1..t's County Andhiter. Notice to Contractors. HrlE time for receiving? proposals for re.. - ..builag Mt. Zion Collegiate Institute a exteaded until 20th September insiat,t. 0.. Ii. MoMASTER, 8. IB. CJOWNEy, P ERIRE BACOT, Building Committee. Columbia Guardsian and Oh arlotte Obser urep oene a. sept , .. 2