The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, September 28, 1870, Image 2
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Notes on the War,
EN. si1i:1)AN ON Till-* SiT1ATION.
Tho following is ni extract of a let.
ter fromt Gen. Shieridani, dated ait
Rh-ims : "There seens t( be but,
litItol of the wair left except tle siego
of Paris anJ th.t will ntot save Prance.
it is possibIle that Vench troops have
not donei s o well, i, I thin k they
are capable of doiig, ono or two ou
ocasionis which I. witnessed, from Ihe,
fact that the I!;or fellows found them
sl1vos so badly handik h d ('by their com
mandiiclers that they could see Ito equiv
alent to be obtained by wacrifiving
their lives. All men like oi have an
ci ivaleit fir I he ir 1.bor, anid especi
Illy is it so w ith soldhlie r, Who ropiiiro
siccoss where many livesi hav to ho
snerificed. 11 -erenli (Gene raship
put thisl ont oil the questionl in I every
battlo which I have witne.Aied."'
6aT11ASiiOU 0( A ND MEt W'.
Th Ie special correspoleiit of he
N. Y. 'l'ribune at Hierhn t-"legraphs :
"UhI brich it Strasbouarg is greatly dis
couraged ; his resistatice is dally fee
bler ; an early surretier is ex poeted.
'l'he 11rina1s sneeeded it. ereotig a
battery on o 10f bank of t(e, 1 Ia te,
oliposito Kehl. A sort io wai madle
la.,t nlight froml. tho cit-adel against this
hattery by 1,(n10 Fricnehmen. 'I
groiud was held by -100 aiden troops
until they were roinforced by the
Prussia ns, wheni t It herenheli we rn
driven boek with heavy los4 inl kil!ed,
wounded a14 ilu isoners. The crowni
ing of the gliais being tomplteil I
clear. breahel was Imale iII the wall
"While mal b:ig approaiches between
Sehiligheimti 1 Konigshlfen, th
hint rul of, St.. 11lelen's (.1,1nch0
Wa14 pierid, amI the besiegyr were
1vork ing amoong co~llins and :,-letonls.
"C'obow1.i is oxou,1pimtd by. thel Gev
mans, who are iarchinig oni .larekol..
theim. The nive r uof ('ham k i and
six iniimbitait were seit to It stdt,
being charged with Hiring on the
troops."
The speela l Cot 1.0lt'14ndnt of the
Tribuic beore ,'rr.,s'murg writeson
tho 1-111h : "The firo coninine1ls with
ut 'trmbslan. Tlie wilksare re
duced to slapek mas o The ca.
delI has boon subjeeled to an ineunt.
lire froni the side, :tIId its plincip il
ga te is d itt y.ved. There is it broach
in its walls ont the I\1h3 side. Many
btildi:.g., adjaceont to tle Citadel hive
been ired.
"'New batteries are opened daily
400 gulls 1r4. nio)w in position. h'lle
garrisoni B ro is weak, and sometimes
IT-' for hwa, ; 1 ihere ik no effort. tI)
mrea' damanged ont works. Dlesperate
rsare mlade (to conIvey :ue mun1ition
he city andt bo its attoe:mpting.! it
ro 'recquentt ly ca p nred. Thi~ morn
telegraph's ~irei.sovered, IL eet ..1 it
Tlheo speiail em0 3 espondtilent of t lie
~l'ribuniii before Met x on t1- 17.hl.
telegr'aphsi via. . tin2ch : '' ine'
diy. ..Iba1311r:. ei. I',t here atUiL y
itnd e1'lihei abuouI ta grand11 sort1ie
and14 cannioni~o cetti11 mplaited by) l'ai
z / inei. A ct ually, a|i is qutiet but the
Germain lines are.1 Iiml y tighteiiing on
at semicircl Ttcomp1 JrisI ing (1rat "elottce,
iille will be comple withitn n
week "
Ho0w t'.n1 i s To 322.:At ACmo :nt.)
A Berlin corre'sponadent says':
The plu 21'.o ope raiions aigaltt llris is
'this :.lTho Frteneh beittg unaultlu to'
oppose3 the GA 3 ermans wit(h atny conisid
erable-anmy on the field, tho Seiine
will tieocrossed by sntoeessivo divisans9
to attack the weakes2t parts of thle for
tificati oniz* those~ on th!:e con12th frmi;.
ioveatin 1011 xist on thait side from wvhich
an 1 el'eet ivo Ii rol can be1 openied on3 the
French forts. lIbiring the lhst daly after
their atrrivatl the (Germans wvilIlibe oc
ouapied in preparinlg their cantoitneunts
antd reonnoite.r ing ; invest ment, so,
far as praceticabile, will follow i mmedi
at ely. TJhae comnil iiicatiotns ont lie
ntorth side aiio aflready destroyed
thoso on all other sides soon3 willI be.
T[here will be no0 delay down tn the
miomeint w~hen pteace or ant atrmtistio is
nettnamlly signed, whiceh is not anticipal
ted before the city faibl.''
- DON'T nai ArniiAm i.-Th'le follointg
- Was foundi pasted111 in a Christian'%
pocket book:
"Don't bo afralid of trying to d1o
good to the mhost hairdlened,. Make no
calculition01 that anly arE)e.s strong,
so pr'oud,-.sa wicked , so unltl1ieveiitg,
theo gospel will 13ot subdnoti thiem. Thtey
htatv souls and htavo theoy feelinigs;
they ofet feoel miisgivtinigs andi fear s
and remorso11T$, to whtich( oid al1one is
witness. I low can 3011 tel Ilt.a Gd i
. htas inotseAit y'ou to speak 1 to such a
person at jusit such a timo0 ? ibsides,
G (od's Spirit is to do0 the work, andil
- Lb at Spirit ean dlo every thinig. ]Ue.
w'ite of limiting Ontlonpit..nec
. A box containing a1 bhek bear was
rosoived at an express~ o)lice in Stan
Franitoiseo thel ot~hor day, with this
*inscription: ' illack 1m'ro. Ef yew
* 9.j wAn t to get bit, k upo fyor iintgers
o ton the cratx !"
A Schenec.tdy Jutstice of thte
'is not good witlannt a etipn
Ti l'sl rI3Ni MOPEt- Ol CoN DUCT
i:; EL:c-toS.-As the time draws
IejI for the eletina-, we deem it wise
to refrn A t tie memory of our readers
-y : f. - jk-o concerning the present
11. a e of holding said elections.
h, . w1il1 continue lut one
d a y. The polls will be open from 6
o'elok in ti t morning tintil 6 in the
afternoon, without interini.sion or ad.
j ,rnment. No registration of voters
will be required. There will be but
#)iJu general ticket which shall contain
the n-ims (if every person voted for.
Thii tibket is to be foldoed so as to
COhCCa the na1n0 111,011s upon it, an1d caeht
voter is reiuirId to insert his vote in
to the box with his own hatids.-E dyc
fi..as ' Adccrfisrer,
TI.r: 1',(I.s1I IN 'ARIs.-A com
man1Iliention in tie London 1'Times, Aua
gust 30, states that a large number of
govorneis, servantis, 1a1d poor lng
HlI people in I aiis, who, for want of
moais, are unabloe to rotarn home in
com111pl1an0ce with the notico of Ueneral
Troun tlat all persons who could not
provide for themselves imnist leave the
City. A comnitted hais been formed
in intlosIn to raiso stubscriptions to
ahsit thes destituto i,111lish.
thE"nui. obrii.K AimONo -rm.; Ik:
ri:N rOmns tw P.%1Oit.-Tho following
prragrI-aph cones uniong the Iatvst,
cale telegrams from beleagtered
P'aris " Gon. Iliploy, if the Conifede
rat I roy, anid two artil lery ofiiects of
the United Stntes army during the
war, huvo a command unidcr Troehu.
ainy Americin, have volunteered."
W mm ORo.
Wednesday Morning. Sept. 28. 1870
Uin e'1) r tOttl Nsaa NitlnatiNa s
ItS O ' toU I I tttt.|-|'I'0 to'. en
1ienera It. . ARUETL141
tha(at. there roare me mItbers of the pres
entt liadiical party itt this State, who
desire .ist so tunch collision and
bloIdse l11a will ril the mSialic aton
prejuidien of tile bldacks againmt. the
whit:" : ,> i) -p their VotO uttei.d
fr party putposes. It is q:x te poesi
blo the d1i abolical plan will succeed.
It,tniverthtelesms, works two ways, like
a two-edged smord. It will keep the
black vote unit ed, to be sure, but it
will lessan greatly, because many
blacks will keep away frutm tie polls,
in u.10- e.. ,- whiltes IhaIv but to
do t.. r 1, it I sl a o' i:sg a I1 vote,
and good bye to Scott, Whittemore,
Neagle & Co.
The excitettenut In Newberry Is
ane -tr ..Isont for us, too. oe h-sw'
-mi~ idely~ a ser iouts collisioni ttay bo
pT 0(cipa tedt utpon us ! is it ntt. ordi
itasry cottainon setnse to be reatdy fsor it,
'e s'tow of th nt ecessrary de
moa tion andsa fsorc, tolt mainItaitt the
ate.- 1 Th Wiinchester itiffib has
beent lauided as the best law for thtis
Str. to ly biigat (lliial auithiority. Let
nu5 haves' Ot enegh of' thet gsood thtinig,
hen, by a 1 li~ teas. iTte Winehtesteor
It illes that hasvo qitlyi) founid thecir
way's into every County of tthe State,
since thse blacek mxailitia htavo beetn pa
zrd ing, atro theo pece-m~iakers, doubt
lebs, to whtieb Goernor Scott roforr-'
od.
'lhe Ktepumbican l'art~y Ell'Ivid.
jng.
There are two Riepublican tickets
no5)' beintg run tn thte great State of
NIlissoutri, the (Conservast iv and the
td icail ticket. 'JThe cont testis, int tmatny
of' its features, similar to th onte
whioh redeemeduo VirginIa, and wiltl
proba~bly result in a Conservative
triumtph. We take thte occasion to
repezat our oreed as to thte mtode int
whioch ref'otrm and~ relief in F~odoral
pollities is cominiig, viz withtin the Rie.
pubtlican party, aid thtroutgh its inevi
table divisioni into two) parties, whtioh
whxatever tmny be theoir name, will
correstpond to whtat is now understood
by thte termas lldical and Connerva
tivo 1{epublicani. T'o the latter party
of ('onaservat ive Republlios in F'ode~
tal politics we look witht hope. After
reading Carl Bohuorz's speech in thxe
Sonate on theo bill to enforce thte fif
teornth amnendmtent, we are not suir
pris~ed thtat heo is the recsognized head'
er of thte Conservatives in Mlissoulri.
Theli interesting problem is ; will thte
two wings of the party split itt the
t're.iadential contest of 1872 or not ?
l'Tho doings of thte Congress just abot
to be elected will probably settle
that. Thtetr are really three great
politiczal parties iln theo Uion now,
thte lDemocratio, the Rladical and Con
xorvative, the latter holding the bal
aneor power bet ween thxe other two.
WVith which it iiill aot in 1872, tno
one0 Oan prophiecy now :but'mnost pro
talywt the Radicals, and if so,
(aant, or iodody not as good, will
be our Colt President.
The Rights8 of Property.
Su fauatically bent has the Radoal
party hitherto been ulpou seouring the
rights of person to the negro that
they have apparbotly forgotten the
rights of property not only of the
white man but of the negro too,
There is as much need of reform in fi
finaincial ntgement of thu rdvenuos
of the government both State and
Fodoral) aas there Ci in the personnel
of the present State goVernmont of-the
soveral Southern States below Vir
ginia. Why are we paying thirty
cents a pound for ham, twenlty-five
for Uird, aid so onl for our neve s-)
daily food ? Why is -nyl, ,..
and tea so highm ! Why dos.4 NiU- cost
us eight dollars a hu-hl Why are
wages in proportlon to the cost of liv- I
ing, 8) low in this land of naturi fer,
tility'and abuindanw I The eo-Isc itn
one that works dnArlI y aun1d intsidioumly,
but not thu less (ihectively onl that te
count. It is bad governim enmclt. The
Comitry is cursed with inc m petent
and corrupt umen ast rulors, wto uP&
pealing to fananletl prejiidice by a
great outCry in fCAvor if the rights Of
porsoti, outrage the rights of propl ty.
Soon the great miss of the pe,.pe of
the U.nited Srates will be reduted to
this condition--Ilborty to euj y their
projerty, th i impl-st freedlom of per
sonal right in tbis regard, but with no
paying property to enjoy. Oflice.
holders and monopoll.its will syte
Inatically overtax the people ant! de.
vour the spoils.
Oiur Ci tin 'rilbCo ienience.
'oiMA 1.1s, CA 1.., Sopt. 2.
California ncxt claims our atten,
tion.
This in an immnnctse State, extend
ing North aind South seven Indied
miles, from the latitude of 'ort ov
10, to that % lbh1A forms the northern
boundary of 1timnsylvainia and Conlta
.tecticuts In width it. varies from one
hundred ai lifIy, to two hund red and
seventy iiles. The surface of the
country is of course greatly diversi
tied. lxtOIendiig alnig the I'Acitic
shore, and in sotome cases terminmatlig
ill waVC-las1 clii1 many feet high,
is the Coasd /Uh a lUw tige, or
series of ridges, -eldum (Ittaining a
greAtcr height thati two thousatd feet,
Thie snow cliffed summits of the dtem
ra Nevada, with their appronches,
form the lqlatitern portion of the State;
while between the.-o two are the
fertile valleys of the Siacramento,
San Joaquitit, ind the tribitari. s.
The Souithe in port i.>n of the Stata,
consists, for the most part, of Iry,
sandy plains. In the middle section
nmre the valleys labove Ientioined.
Towards the mouth stro'elh extensive
forests of the line*st, tibther. Only r.
smaIll portion of t hii vast area is de
voted to Agr-icultumre. Th'le nmounmttain
ramnges are chiefly vahtuable for their
ummnes mand timbmher I butt miome part:
all'ords tind' piatutrflge I the sandyt
plaimns of thme ith are barren. Onlyl
tho middle section is well settled.
(Califormnia is ini the Zone of pire
viinmg wester ly wmmada, land the cli
manto being tlherefore (J- i.iCe, is comt
paratively unmiform. tim iit, taloug
thme entlire P'acitie Coanst, there is little
variation for diaflorencme of season ~'aid
of thme Unmited Stat es5 is e mblioiced I.e.
tween the ls tthe'rus of 50i and 635
degrees F~ahremnhmit. Thiene 1tines
rap'!!y conlve'a ie in ging eastwa~rd,
ithec Hocky Mountainsm. they
api. oachl w iti tour d egrees of each
other. lFromm this poinit t hey gratdu
ally diverge, until on the Atlantic
shot i they eminiec aill thme country
from Niantueke, I slandu to (Capm. boiok
out. Thtus the et re Pat itie C. ast
enjoys a tempejiraute elimmate tubject to
few suitten~t chfianges. Tlhis unuiformi
ty of clianatte hmowedver, inm pam tat, ex
tendis only a fte w miles jinand. 'rmonm
the cmoast of .aUnlifoirti . thme hoothe.mia 1,1
lines extend northwar di into lhe itro
rior until thme elevated pieiks of the
Siermas dtiive :hem Southi again. Thie
climate of Saun Firatncisco is that, of
the interior a humid ed and seventy
miles North ; anmd at San Diego Lte
difference is still gmreter.
A muong the Sie rras the climate is
continentaml, andI subject to ext remest
snow falling int winter to the dtjh ofi
several feet. 'The inrdoi tetmperature
of ahn I'ratmic~co is thait of Phlilaidel
phmia. Sacr~ mnonto anmd ILyne.hiburg,
VTa,, have nearly the same elimnato.
In summer the suni beanms iiercely up..I
on thme interior ; while the niestrnm
winidsi are arrested biy the .Coalt
Ratnge, i n.cotisequmeiico, while alomng
the coast, the~ Wind is extremmely disa
greeamble I the inlanid townms aresboorcha
ed. Sacramtetto i hmot, Stockton isi
hotter ; but Marysville h the hiottest
o~f all, the thormnomewter of'ien reachinig
100) degre.es. Mostquitoes aboiund,
timd in bloodthiarstminess fully 'equal
their brethren of the A tlantico shore.
San Diogo is on t bo isotheo of Co.
lumtbia, thq interior in the same lati
tude, 1 i a warm as Filorida. In the
Armny Rdgister, the temnperatumre of
San Frano soo, St Louis amid li'ortress
Monroe are conmared. All these
same meuan aant l temperature, buit
the seasonr differ widely. The tem
pornature of San Francisoo ini winter is
50 deagrees, in summer 57 dogrees;
that of 8t Louis is 32 degrees in win
ter, and*76 degrees ia summer ithat
of Fortress Moniroe is 40 degrees win
ter- and '70 degrees. in eunminer. Ini
3-In Francisco and Califirnia general
ly, although the nieau temperature of
the day searoely varies, there are
several duriog each( day. Mornings
are cold, and souietin.es frosty, even
in midsummer ; by midday the sun it
often oppressive ; but as the shades of
evening fall, the beat is rapidly ra
diated into the clear expanse above,
amid copious (lws are deposited.
(vonsequently, d t-ing the months of
July and August, while sleepers on
the Atlantic shore tOss to and fro
sweltering in the beat, their Cal for
iia biethren drawing utp (a-il and
blalankots co'o// consign the mstelves to
the Morpleiii mbraice. N.# matier
b aw hot th., day, (ho night is en.d.
Thui on ex pie, iince.i duoided
ci .ngi every day. and enjoys the
v'nI ytng 401.4)11'1 three huntd-ed atid
tixsy-tive times a year. Sommer is
genierally the imost disagremoate part
of tihe ye..r, on acecuunt of
PEUlOI)WAt. RAINS.
California is si uated in the region
of periodical -ait's. The rmtai.e of
this has beeni slown) ; af8 fullows :
Along tho coust flowvs a enrrent from
the Arctit, Ocean ; and this enrrent is
several degrees cude r tLan the cold
est. sprin- water. ConiserA enitly,
winds blowing i'ato the illtel or, in
stead of being cooled are raied to ix
hlihe' temper1atuire, aid their moin
ture is not co.lensed. It is only
whni the land blreomes suifficiently
cool to cindente this vapor that rain
falls.
The last showers fall in May ; and
the whole summer is dry. Along the
coast, however, heavy fogs prtevll
which partly compensate for the want
of ran.
By June, grass in dead, grain iv
turning; and Irish Potatoes, thanks
to their Feiniati proclivities alone, con
tinne to "w~ear the green." Wide
pldivs, as far as the eye can reach ;
or billIs rising above hills ;' clothed in
somubre garb, s-ei to tell a tale of
doath and decay.
Nothing but dust, im;ipalpible dast I
'ens and pliats al.ag tlie road b
comine browni foil thir foliage is coin
pletely InAt m11an1tled. lIue30s are
paiited a dn sty brown ; and people
weair dust-brown clothes. Travel ing
is uplcanaut, a passing vehicle is en
veinlped in a ctliod, for dut lies seve
ral irLhes deep in the wheol-rut.
Driven along by tihe strong wester
ly % inds it pervades everything, eps,
oars, nIse and month are quiokly fll.
eo. W11e tint-) tie traveler whose
hair Ihus beenl poimatumled Ito sooln
wears i pvell powdered wig. And
happy 1ilie wh. rejoices not in the
po-ses.iun of a beard.
'T'"1 s id that even the fogs aile dus.
tv,
This et-te of things lasts until the
arrival of Novembet. Nut the chill
dreary November of the Eastern
shorn I but balmy, moist, and cheerful
November. Stepping sea os the
Bierras, and entering into this de.
lighlf'ul olime, the old man la'vs asd1e
his iey mantle iad boary beard, and
with rejuvenated powers, and "'youth.
full jollity" trips blithely along umid
it. beauaties of revivitied nature.
Under the geiial influence of the
rains:, swealing in at, uight, and fleeing
at. the approach of the su , every
thing awakes from the its long slcep.
TIrees doff their dusty wrappers and
appear In their natural green. Dor
tnamut seeds q1uickly germinate ; and
grases and grains throw an emerald
Str pet 'vern the bare country. No ie
noi snow, fow frosts to nip the tender
buds. Theia willow-like honghs of the
a ender Australian khucalypitus away
goattly in the breeze ; the graceful
Acacia waves its yellow plume-like
filwers, ande la.des the air with fra
grance ; wthile fu..han, .geix.viumns,
helie r .pea anid roses, all in the open
air, gine promise of new heauties in
the Spring. Tia a velers escaping from
the snows anid frosts of an eastern
winter, vivd crossling the icy barrier at
night find themselves1 on awaking.
rtrasportedl by thu mavgie power of
Alad lins lamp into an Edeni, the oft.
mnitioned, long-looked-for "'Dorado,"'
vithId its golden st reams, its fertile soil,
and its gift, of perenial life.
"P'. E. S.
Tie Terrni's d( ile Ilail,
A Co.OltEiD MaAN TIaD IJOWN ANb,
STUeK WiTil A iAYONsIT.
The Chester Ri.-porter prints the
folloswing letter in usatit tion of a
st.atemnit made b'y the Union irnes
the truth of which is, 'as usual, clamor
ously denied by the Ring:
CIISTnn, 8,:ptemiber 19.
Above plent-e find an e~stract front
the Uinit Times itt which reference
is made to, tne as to its truth. The
f iets as represented to mnes ate as
follows.,
'tylvanas Atkinson, a very steady
and hard working colored man, and a
metauber of the U ifion League w hieb
meets at Nancy Hudson's, near Obaes.
nnt Grote, emiployed on my "Miller
Ilace,'') received, as lhe says, a positive
ordler to attend the imeetivng of that
League, on Friday night, the 5th of
August, to be tried for negigcvnce in
aitteninlg the meetings, Believing
tht tle was compelled to go lie did so.
After thie Leaigue was organized hie
was taken out behlind the house, un.
der.armed guard, .and riccordin~g to
his report 'suck with the bayonett"
-nrot whipped. 2Idward Wright,
another colored leaguer, told me "that
they tied him down," Tfhis samte
colored man, Sylivanus Atkinson, was
arrested oni the following S'unday
morning, August 'hh at ray planta
tion, by two colored men, named
Win. BlIaek artd Antly Rheinhart, anid
two white men, namned Joseph ffudaon
and John Bee, undeir the following
order fropo Captain IRoo, of the milh
tia, delivered verbally by Wmn. Black.
the colored man :"ou must bring
hita or his God d--d head," and was
forcibly .taken. to Na-c Uud,..s,
CUaptin Kee's home.
Sylvanus Atkinson has prosecuted
William Black for a.sault and battery
for the attack on Frid ty night and
Sunday. I have prosecuted the tour
for riot on my place oh Sunda y, the
7th of A iginst. Tine constabulary
have not tuceeled in art esting the
man Wm. liack for assault., and frotn
present propIects, d*.a't thuk they
intend tloing it.o
For tie eorre'nioe-.4 of my statement
I refor to Trial Jastijos \V. M. ie
Donald ani John Lee, bofore whom
the allalavits wura rnade to obtain the
W I if.,
Very ropectfdlly
U cryo. : Y. hiir is.
LJotIICA am et~. Thet lIrawer of
Ite Oeoher I l1arper h1as the following :
noting liko Granmar I lietter go with
diut a cOw than go wit hoil Lthat.'-here are
numbrb'S "pref rs" wh' g, "traimp
tramip, lralnyi, my hovs I" aromdti tI.e
coutry peddlling a weak article, by
which "-it 1.wemy davs" tle-y guaratite.
tt .41 at t4 mall thronaily I) iii ihl- Entg
IshIt languae. .A insttilce in pbttua
c011ea I rtin G reen ville, Ala hatn, where
is "proif-.r had labon ol with 'ie voith
of that. leoph., ist tahtLe-Al themll to dOsie
o)tt I itaj tata r a-cord ing t o "1 Irris'
sayrtim. Diaring otne of ilit lsctuirtes the
senitt-nco. "Mary, milks the cow." was
givn ot it) ha. 1mrsed . eadh word
1ad beea a:raisave one wIIIh fell to
Bob b--, a sixteen-year-old. ntear a1 the
foot of tht Clisi who commtened this
"Cow is a nonti, fi-niaiihine gele-r, sinagat
Iar numbe'r, tiard p-rson, an1d stands for
Mary." "Sintanlstr Mary I" said the
excited professor. "Ilow do yott make
that. onit ?'' 't-an e," anwered Ohe
nobh-. popit, (i( Ohw cow ihn't siaind far
.\Mary how could NMarv milk her ?"
h'le Pilot th1aas alludes to the ap
proachitag election III liou isianta:
"None have more reas-oin to regret
the conduct of oar neighbors and par.
ty hrethren, than we of jsisippi;
iand we might, too, feel sorely their
defeat and the triutmph of the Demo
orecy, Buat *e say ctphatically, and
with the best motives for the continu.
ed aaseendency of Itepublioauist in
every Southera State, that rather
than witness atother two yearn of pros
fligney and crime in L.oukiiana, we
would kil vwthl gladness the triumph
of any party that would bring relief,
and infuse inte the govertmient conti
dence, economy, and an impartial exe
cution of wholesome laws."
Coo., iUT CUwSATIt.--We Iopy the
f)lluwitng fromn the Latancaster hedger.
It it very neat and ruggestiV e:
It hais beeti brought t') ottv atten
tion that we iade a slight error in it
previous lssuu, in stating the wealth
of Governor A. It. Scutt when he
came to 8.amth Caiolina, We inteud
ed to say "that G overnot Scot Os whole
estate, naoordlng to the tax books in
the county in Ohio in which he lived,
was valuad at $14.75." The types
made us say $17.50. We 1iit1e the
correction, in justice to the Governor.
Tim. Pufr.WCT iiuGTENS.- We
speak for old Lancaster. The Reform
movement is ott thc high road to sue
eess. Fron most every 8ection we
hear of the rapid gaias of the party
fronm the colored population. In the
WVaxhaws large numbers of the colo'
ed umeta haive tulready joined the Re
forna clubs, antd the cry is, still they
comte. The tide hats turned, tand all
thait we nesed now is vigorotis action to
carry the county for the Ref'orm etan
didates bay att overwahaming miajority.
- ancaer Ledger.
Sever fortske a friend. W~het One
mies gather around, whetn slkntess
faills on the heart, when the world is
dauk anad chteerless, is the time to try
trne frieunship. T1hey who turn ftrom
the scene of distress bcittay their ay
peerisy, andr prove that Ituterest onily
moves thetna If you have a fraietnd
who loves you, who bias stu~died
your interest and happiness, be sure
to su~tain hiint in adversity. Lot haimn
fool that his former kinadnass is ap
preciatted, and that his love was not
thrown away.
Neaar Shermnan, PToxas, en Mon M
evening of last, week, a Miiss 1bunds,
taged about, ulevena years, was riding~
oin a reaper with her brothier, wihena
the mulhs botaame frightened and han
away, I lrowinag isa Bounitds' off', atid
her clothes becotiing etntangled in the
driving wheel, shtt was dra wn into theo
maaebtiaery amnd litoe ally cut to guieces,
killing lher almost instantly,
A beautiful young girl heft her
father's roof, at Cohoes, N. Y., quite
recently, to atdopt a life of shame,
because her habits wet'e of so costl~y a
natlure that Mhe was afraid of being Li
burden to haim any longer. She was
followed, overt aken, antd plaed under
the ecare of a rcligio~us society. '['he
extravaganoe of dlress encouraged by
the woalthy classes is but too often
the cause of working the ruin of young
girls of hunable mieans.
flo not. be trotibled b~oaitso you
hate tno great vir'tuer. God naade a
million spears of grass wherd ho made
one tree. The earth 'friaaged and
carpetetd, net with fores'm, but with
grasses. Onaly have enough of little
t'artues, and common fidelities, and
you need trot mottrn because you are
neither a hero or a saint.
A crowd gathetedat the IPiitna (Ohio)
rnairoad station the otrtH day to see
Grant. As the train was moving off
sin old genatlemnan tasked :"Who did
they say that, fellowt is ?"' "That is
Generaf1'raat, omir Preideat ."' "tOh!"
said fhie old fellow, t is, is it? Well
stranger, you see, I'm not aboit- towvn
manch, and don't pay mauch attention
to thes newspaper., and know biut lIttle
about these things. What might his
THE Ai Itt EUItE
' atest Advikes.
ItAI DOU I I ET Sbptember -'The
enemy has dis aGped frorx Dour
dan.
-The London . telegrat,,posted at
the news rooms, Strasbourg theatre,
with 200 refugqes, .o ijs.T. onew
was burned b.y abells, have not boo
eo ~firmeod.
'he iniiabitants of Suvres sent 'a
deputa0tion to doiand protection froit
the Ievdt and partL.y fron tue imperial
function tries.
A panic oouied 't Beauvais upon
the approach of the riuvosians.
IAVANA, September 23.-Captaia
Niteo, wirh sixty soldiore, attacked
the iii.tirgents in the .i'omndetQ hills
and kdiled five, includ!pg Cartos
Roelef. Thero have been '-sevetal
skirmishes near Santa 8pirita and
Santa Cruz, with.'at important results
S. rA.N iatNSCLscO, Se ptomber fg.-=
Thu Oregon Seiiate refuses to plss the
Ilouse resolution inviting b herman
anl stafi to the capital, on the ground
that the ciVii servlee is under noobli
gat ion to the nilithry.
NEW loAK, 8Uptember - 23.-A
rribune special, fiom Paris, 22d,
5h s : "A ttacks on the .goVornment
continge mo:Q bitter than evur, oW
we are shut up. Trochu's'otree, sent
to the fro t having failed to check the
enemy, feAl back upon the original
idea'of defending Paris by itself."
NE* YOnK, September 24.-=A
Telegram special fro Verriutes, tea.
Paris, dated 10 o'clock tO dtiy, says
rifle and cannon firing was heard on
the streots of Paris this morning. On
the 21t, it was distinctly observed
from the heights that a confict was
going on, but nothing hap been beard
regarding the details of the parties
engaged. Lter .inteliigence says a
revolution is threatened by the Red
Republicans, who are furious against
the precseilt leaders. The Ilotel-de.
Ville will probably be seized. Resis
tance to the revolutlun will probably
be ituposible.
Tout has boon captUrtd by storm.
The town was badly dam aged.
The Gertian steamet Ifermann
sailed at 6 o'clok tiis morniing, but
returned upon sLding a Vreneh gun.
boat anhoread outside Study Hook.
The Prenohmait got under way, and is
now watehinig off the shore. The
IHermann ainchored at qu,,rantine.
WASmINoON, Septembef 94 -The
Treasury has received 4,000,000 new
thousand dollars notO4-the first of
the issue of from 30,000,000 to 40,
000,000 of this denomiuation,
BKLIN, September 24.-Tiho Prs
stanis captured Toul at sunset yester
day.
Touints, September 25-Midnight.
No Paris news to-day. The scare at
Orleans was nauseless. Only a small
body of uhlans are at Pethviers,
twenty-threo miles northeast of Or
leans. Upon the appro-oh of the
uhlans, hundreds fled from Pethviers
-the town being left defenoeless.
The uhlans mada large requisitions.
Another result of the soare was the
needless destruction of the railroad to
protect Orleans.
Three delegates from Lyons have
arrived to c3onlsult the mainistems. It
is hoped troubles will soon be settled.
The red flag is still flying, and .will
remain unt il after tbe election on
Octobjer tule 2d.
It is reported Bismarek has issued
atiothter eisecular t) fertigt ntnbassaa
dors on the -war' and the prospects of
peace, which is conceived in a inuoh
milder tone thtan heretofore.,
Rusa, September 24.-Efnint -
Two sinall villages between Meaies
and Epinal wore burnet1 by the Po.
5)ians, who shelled the eitigens whlen
endeaoing to eatinguish the flames.
The Prussians have bombarded
Manites'la-Ville.
(Jeneral WVimplien, in a recent let
ter, says the Emperor surrendered at
Bedati in a cowardly manner,
Wimpffen propossed a Inotement
whieb would have redeemed etery'
thing, but it was overrtuled at once,
ILAvANNA1 September 24.-Louig
IAyestaran, recently a Cuban repre
aentative at, New York, was captured
while attempting to return. He was
court-mnar ti:led and shot this morning.
Tcunts, Septeumber 24.--The Con'
stitutiomnel says is has positive know
ledge of only forty-four persons being
killed behind the walis ot Strasbur
within the past mouth.
Yesterday fourteen Uhlans entered
Etamupes and demanded money. The
Mayor .refused, unless a sufliient
force appeared to enforce the demand.
'[he Uhlans departed, and lisye not
returned.
The l'russians are in fore at Peth
vie rie.
The government authori ties blamp
the Amiorican gov'ernment for the ddi
tenition of the steaarer Lafayette at
Now York, claiming that from all
ports of tbe United Statea frsin
are allowed to depiart.
The Ministry have issued a proola
matioan that France will rather bery
herself under hor own ruins than so
copt the insolent conditionsof Gerwa
ny.
The rumors of new poisee develop.
ments are cotifrmned, The RMinistrg
to-day publishtes the following, Iii.
marerk demanuds ae:plrelimniid oondl
tionathat al[-the fortresses,witha Al.
sace and Lorraine, be delivered to the
Prussians na *oll a Fort Dumont
Vaterien, at the walls of' Parisa. The
Protisionaal Government considered
these condi ions absolutely Inadmie..
sible, and will Immediately address
the people of the nation and the aw
bassadors bf t be foreign nations ox.
poditg thdf *itatldn and indicating
noty measures for national defence...
In view of the bogtilo terms, there
will be an indefnite potpounment pf
the eaeLkaot lte Costtun A.
metmbly.
BRUes EI1, September 24-Noon.--&
Baaitine hats offered to capitulate Metj
oat condition that lie be allowed to rid
tain his baggage and arms, atipulat.
ing that lie will not take up arms
again for three months.
MtlAnont. September 24.-Senator
Qreei# pAblishes a j
the forniatsion of a Jegai o"to fi
Frapsav .H4 &sy the , cai4idat re of
Notlie.otlcro, or anyr othea'poeton in
Prussin interest, is inadmisaible.
Do Rodas anuounoos the approach
of the submissAin of all classeb in t.
ba to Spauigh rule. WhIn that 00
eure, lie will accord them the samie
privileges as accordtUl at Porto Rico.
Ft.onser., Septemwber 2-.-The
Ruman populace puilled dbwn escutoh.
eons tof foreign legatiolis where com
bined with Papal arms. loadorna had.
issued it proclamation denouncing such
aotions he violatioss of interational
law, and threatening severe peinalies.
LbM DON, Sept. 94.-The Times has
tAe following convorsation betweed
the King and the Emperor at Belle,.
King-God has given our arms vi -
tory in the war you have -precipitated.
Emperor-War who tot sought by
me, but was imposed on me by publiS
opinion.
King-Yoile ministry crested that
opinion. Your army, however, er'
tainly fought bravely.
Emperor-But the Prussians had
the discipline that mine has recetly,
loked.
King-Before and since 1866 we
stUdied carefully the experience and
invetitit of otiet nations.
Emperor-our artillery won eye
rything. It is the fnest in the worlds
King-la the matter of artillury
particularly we have utillied the ex
perience of other 'hations.
Etperor-Prince Frederick Charles
denided the event of the laht battlb
his army carrying our last pisition.
King -You err; it was my son who
fought at Sedan.
Etmperor-Where, then, was Prinee
Fredrick Charles?
King-Hi, army corps was at Mets.
[lave you anything to propose ?
BoHperor-Nothing whatever; I am
a prisoner.
King-With whom, then, have I to
treat ?
Emperor-With the lmpress and
the govorunment at PAris I am pow.,
erlets; can make no terint, and give
no nrdeas.
King- Will Wilbemahohe suit you
as a rosidoce I
Er..peror-Yes.
The convereo tiun was continued a
short time. The King expressed con
dolence for the nperor's misfortunes
and withdrew, with every mark of
respect.
NEw ORLEANS5 September 24.
Yellow fever deaths yesterday, 20.
Market Reports.
NEw YoRk, Snpt. 24.-Evening,
Cotton heavy; sales 760 bales; .up
lands 18 1 Orleans 181. Gold 18.
CnAILtaTON5 September 24.- 6ot
ton tiiet-middlings 16 ; sales 400
bales ; receipta 768 bales.
Livari-tooi., Sept. 24.- Evening..
Cotton dull; tuplands 91~ ; Orleans 9j.
sales 8,000 bales.
Jos BgLnfo NJ FFM~iNA Ti
MEN.-i.he effemingte inan is a weak
pottltiee. lHe is'a -drs between~ a
root bezor and a gingerpop, with thd
cork left out. A fresh water mer'
maid futid ia Oow pasture *ith handts
fled with dandelions. He Is si teh
ohsp full of syjlliabub, a kitten in piintu.
iets, a 'gick monkey with a blondE
moustache. Hie is ai vine without any
tendiln-a fly drowned in oil-a
paper kite in a dead calm. He livda
like a butter fly-nobody can tell why.
H~e is harmless as a cent's worth of
spruce gum, and as useless as a shirt
button without a hole. He is as lady
as a bread pml, attd has tro more hope
than a lastya'grhpe ; He
goe thong lie o tp toes, and dies
gre ou ogne water spiut . 'ever the
ernl,t, i1 Couris -Tiie flow of Foro
pean -ca pital to this counnty continues
inm asteadyv stream. ,The grand uph'ea,
val of all the transatlanti. .empires
which is lkele - to follow the Frahnee
Prussian war and its'anextwcted estaba
h~ltment of a republic in: France Is start
ling the wits of the men, whiose treasures
would be in joopardy in the grand cofta
vulsion which threatens thte old world.
The young. vigorotus iepubtic of gilis
New World presents the aafeat'refuge
for timid cypitel and'heties we 4jnd..ther
Canadian banks constantly .tranderriag
money to.Wallatrebi fot t'ae account of
their London corr~pondente, The
inlVestme ~.is not ~wba4 onpr, IV wilt
make-mofi.'y for the odnets--and for us
ing to the Phoenix, Columbia must bej
a pr.osperona conditiesi. jt says: "
lInmbia is pushing forward. New buitd4
Ings are going uip in every directiqn,
and the fee.Iihg is generally expressetd
that but feiw years will elapse ere tief
former prosperity will not only hbr
reached'., but act ually surpagssed. Caripens
tera and bricklatyer,. are obtainiing o'k.
cellenat wags ; andr mechanics of uver
grade are in demand."''
, hid .oss asudent~ oar ahb
hoe ught swingi;ng,to uosytheo mnqtt
lustily in f iold of stoht grass r
'l~rank, what makes youe ifok tot a
living. A fellow with your talents
and abilities should not be eaught en.
gaged In hard labor. I mean to get
moy living by my wits." "Well, Bill,
you can work with duller tools thati I
oan," was the reply.
A movemnent id on foot to convesae
an seta session of Congress, to passa
a law authoristn6 negr'oes to wear'
their hah- salghe