The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, October 05, 1870, Image 2

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THE FAIRFIELD HERALD Published Every Wednesday at IVINNSBOR(), C, BY Dosportes, Williams & Co. 0 T'lilUS- IN .11) 1A NC. noCopy 11 er -- S8O S. - 1. 00 Ten " " " . - 2;) 00 Thce Flood in lirgintia. W AsitIN O October 1 .-'le Po. tomcc R ver, c1nal1 and adjacent. teanii are fjtcwlodd. 'lie Liong 13ridge is un der water. Provision has been ni-le to) avoidi debying iimails or passengers. The we 1bir to-dacy is Clear but very hot. Ihe Clinic Bridge w, Wished atway. Loss to the Oraige ndu Alex a 'c ri ai road is roughly estimated at '>,.00,000. A span of the Chaii i.s lo Iged against the Il n i* il. Experts any both wili go. t.i'e dCly veresent comimuication betwe! her:) and A lexandria isi by boat.. \Vicaal.INO, r. Octiobe-I I.-Al vices from Iiarper's Yei * v reicprsew ia gre'If.flood in ihe Sh! :0leandoih River. Mny sucbst-antid buillings have beei destroyed. Fifty persons lost their )Ives, and many atre in peril beyond the itid of their friends. RICUIIONi, VA., October 1.-The river here rose I wenty-five feet last nighl. an1d this morning is within a foot of the .Danville Iailroad bridge and Mayo's passenger bidge. The street s for hccr or five blocky, Ili the vicinity( of the old manrket, the lowest poinc' inl Ilae city, are subniergd in four feet, water. Thoui. iuds of persons are ocn thu river banks waitiig for Lte bridge to go. Tio- low. er portion of ILibby Prisui took fire at 11 o'clock from a quintity of lima being overllowel by the flood Th fire wics stoppcd bcfore cmce-l dainge was done. Oilii'is, are volcunteering to remove tobacco from I ie wa rt howis on the river bank. 0trni ture, truiks aid barre'ls of lieu r, aind wliskey, a re loat.iig downc th river. Th nvvr Il. Lyne ibcirg hias fallcien eight feet.. Sev erl bridgesoiin Virgiinia ani Teinssen Ril Iroad wverei washed away. v Th Ie perois drowndc', at. Lynbclibirg, were Mrsr. Hiansom and her datight.or, three childrn of Mr. W hitlow, and a colored womai:1cn. Rticto'I), Octobe-r I.--The wnter hcere is till rimg. At 1:30 'elock bet wieeni :300 and -100 stores wvere Iin s'v en f-et wiater, bot weenti 15th andc 18. streets. The street earsi plied till noon when tte- water coming inc cit tihe wict dowi the hue was stoppe l aniid a ferry is now recna ocn all the line st reetse from 15th to 11,lh. Justf at ncocn t ie Macc. chester end of Mayo's rlitlg gatve way, titnd haclf a imile of the bridge llot. ed dowin the stream. All ltc whar ' 1s nider ''iter, till tihe York lcver Railroa iepot is completely sitinerg ed. Soveral sainill n factuictcring estab hlahmiceicts iloig lie river have been sweplct. off'. All dav the river has been doted over% wnhtll sumall houses and wr'eks hoise, fencing, dead cattle, &c., drifiig down. . Tho gas worlks are submorged. Tce first wave from tle Lynelburg frehot at ruck here at. 5 o'clock thisi inornicng anl tite river commenced rising with mnech greatter' ra idiity*~ tlonc befoe, wen i'i It --was swoclh-n bciy the ocvrci. iw . Inc three h-mutra thce lower endic ofl thle city ktnwn cas Rockets was on,1er'~z wt.'r, andl thce scenhi tlcc're bueggcrcs *de'scr'iptionc T oor ticrc'e ticial i storesi w, re swv'oc "', wilcc acll t1cc cc colilentsc. Thcc fanncu hce wh6rc'ectied ini theirc hcoue's, hop-ic icng he flcod Mouhcl iciuie, commiccen'c. ed cryinig fomi thce cunper uwmdowsa fmcc help. -lloatsi werc biroughct cnd iiey e weore saive'd, but thce lairge'r poriocn of 'thicir forture waiccs lost ccii. Two)Iic hundr'ed -fatmuihcs inc thact p)ortionc of the city are hoecle'ss to-niighitcC cmping out on Lthe nceightboricig hills. T.le-night, thce bridge of the Rich. mxond acid Danvillo Racilroadl still standi(S, but the river is still rising and it. is: hardly believed it can stanid -mruch longer. All the large cotn, iccc an d floir mcillIs, emup1 lyig 2,000] hcands, have been forced by thce flood to stop oiperations. Theli city utr worka hiave~ also beeni cto1'd. b'ii', so damicagod that laey camiet 1'o re pafir'ed in two' weeks. 'The rc'eervoir only contaticns fivc daiys' st~iply o th ie city. All thceice hcouses inc the city are on tho river' back. iand are twenct feet unideir water'. Th'le water isc seuyou feet higher thau ever knownc before. A desupatch from Liynolburg saiys the riv er there is rising again. Lee's Army. 'Henry WVard B~eechier says, ic lice concuicncg chatei'r oh his novel: "He1. (tho hero ot the atory) had had part in thce last grand biattlesc, stormned Lee''s hinos, earcned' eve'ry stepj by (leslpe, to ende'av'or, andi after every adlvantage found Lea' still firmc dcfiacnt, udesporate. No one so we'll kncew lice incomnparable skill and bravery of that now waning army ocf Northern Virginia ase thecy who for four years had foccght it, acid now in thce hour of its sucpremne disaster; were grmdeing it to powider rathie'r than forcinig its enrrender ; acid whlen, at length, cut off' from its :icnes of ret reat by that lien of thco batttlefield, whlose rampmng cavalry lay croucched across -is only path, his artiliery' gonie, hits tramen takeni or destrocye'd, hcis ainmi. tioni expendiced, his chief officers slacin, or ,wonided, or captucredc his meni redutced to a Icaciiful, overwearicd by ights --withiout sleep, aced dacys taxed to the, ucttermost, [e's arccy yielded, General Gathcalt, acid every other braye man inc their' adniuration felt that thle hero isci of Le's army was the only worthy mieasure of thce perseveriance atnd bra very of the Army of the Potomac. lIn every generous bosom rose Lice thcoitght: T seare hot of another nationi, but, duar Ctipecs-their mistftikes, thirt evil "cauise, belotnged toi the syatemi under tary sckill Iand heroi, bra very belong tile riationa, that will never cease to mrnt1011r1 that suich valor had not. been expended in a better caliiie, atind that the i ion pan inas. write : 'he itamost. valor in -liveted and wasted.' " "'I '.A: a \l I.a As..' in.A ..' -Th Ohio Iclti i givesi u1a ga tl will- his week, (a htila. pam .) it the hIAlapI of a proclhalai,iin. 11 hi: Iexceilency alh-les lote nationj/gard under the above term,, th.-n lis mii 1Man1nered prochiuna t i ,nl 1s %%l- pitl; they vw(-re dii'jastel at A pnomn:aI ox are still ike scatteravl partridges, when Ile lawk i., il siglat. Our (hii- frieid, ( wo .haiak him for if hll alhid1fesq to the white) boys, the loiroitgae) howevtr, in ght as well ble adri-ted thalt t.here at-re a few oIl 1oy'a, vonn la , 3and inov a ild tIheni a rei-. ntil of A ppomatox, who cai st ill rmrus ter in -a pinich, aml take care of the Scoat e..:-1 T"o !yave iroible amid exlne, i. Eah-lie hii~lad better keep illhe Nit o.-,/ 1111ar well ad -ved.- /aurnens ville lh-rahl. T) m";'ssiV o CASU A.1 Y.-Wc regret. I I. hae to hrnel ih a maost distressinlg asmlty which ocetrred ir the vicinitv of Ph-aq:a liane on Salitrday night last. Two y1oun1i1g m)1n, Wml. Deant, a San of Simr eon Dea n, E'sq , a-!d 'W11he4 Timmianerrani, a .sonr WVilliramn Thimmermnani 1 i.. br-iirg oul[ possuin ii nting, felled a tiree oh conatrside ralala' size am order to secuire a possum 'This iree fell, ia ann entc iy inxpected maimer, againist a huga limab of an ol-hor tre-, which liml, it. ala-i cella atrI It t l1 upo ti'r- two You rig lia-n. Yontag TP inir ,rmati, ga c 17 or 18, wr killad otright. Yoting Da 1 1 N or 20, was fright il y eI a -h l aal hved hait. ia few haor s. The lat er eaves aI if anld chil-l. The sy6.1pathy of' our uomiltia n y with theso ber1aeave-d fain ilias ii dee-a p anid sincere. haurensville |ead WINNSBOR O. Wednesday Morning, Oot. 6, 1870 'lon. R. It. CA RPENTIER, Ohl CLI AI/11S OY. iOR .LIEUta1NANT-GOVERNORi, General 31. V'. .BUTLER., 01*' 1 1-.I1,1 ). I-xpcrionce combllinlca with a jatur al ian stict inl assuring man that hi temporal prosperity and happiness or adversity and misery are essentially involved ina tho existonce of good or of bad gove- eiaaat. thAl's thren judg tments itl on , a iasatc lor their ins aro tho mTo, jat Aliance a1 d fattanine, and of the three the sword is the nhore dreadfutl, because its calamiities are inflicted upon us by the hate of our fellow-men, and it knows no pity or mery to th1oecnquered. The power oaf thn swordc, the sovoroign con~trol of athe force of the commuinciity, is the greaatesnt of alit earthly ininuences for wetal nr woc. Th'le sciecel2 of pol it iesu w~hib bolrd inat a eshi fore to ideasu, is the tob- a pa oi nan scicecs. Ir .cdividutal mo~racl greatniess mayil defy lite lau/tus inst/antis /yranntai and the cit'iamu anc/or ,rm qjabenatiuma, but then imas.Cse oaf miankitnd are the creacturesa of theoir goverrnmeint. Anad liberal thliak era are apt to agree thbat, let thei fun., cof govenrnmnt be what it many, the haopest of mnickindl have for genera. tions been ainhoed upon the ideau that good goviernmecnt is that in whichl law, ias dlistitnguishied from the person a! will of the executive and judicial olliece-., is supreme. TAhie problem of' cat m snsh11ip is, thiorofore, redutced io thae faithful admnistration of wiVse law a. Te'sted'c ly this standard, whaat a mnis orab lly bid government we niow have itt this coutartry 1 The will of Con gress, and not the voice of Law, is suipremec. The laws aroc far from be ing wise atnd thai execution of the laws by no meians faithfuil. In our[8tato, moreover, a constitution hase been acdoptedc simaply to be set aside at pleasure by the caprioe of our Legis laituro, or by somno feeble gntibblen. In paroof, retleot on the TLriah-Jsttice usurpaationl, or upon the pretence that such a thing as "the Codo" is the codif'ication of "the laws of South Carolina'' at all. Our govortnment, both I'Xndoral anad State t-ried by thel test. of political science, is suarely any thtitng but good govertnent, cand need5 reform. - Imml1igranhts from France. History informs uts that Louits the laourteenthr Iaid the foundation of. Dutcha and English mnanufactturing preemlinence by the perscontion and expulsion of the hluguenota.- The State of South Carolina was honefit ted by thre same bigoted and. short. sighted policy, for to that foolish per. scouttion is shbe Indebted for some of thae best elements of her jaopulation. The name of Francia Marion aidne is, a legacy of fvbich any people miay e proud. Sindlar causesa no'w jiromibe' to nad ton theapoaien of Amdi'as 'to tho rillion of Gbrntu artiand that now constitute. tho best portion of the population of France, and who, seattored , tIrogh Ior it i , have iontributed so largely to her wealth and progress are now beint maltreat ed by the native French population As a part of the result a large iiumber af those Gernans willo4aeto Amori. Oa. 2. We believe, too, that the nui bor of Frouenhmon who .emigrate in consequeue.of, their po.vert y idt h itr t.roibles at home, will b-o very con siderable, and they will more pi b., bly seek like thoir fii.-atheri s the South rather than the Nar th. ('an'... da may attract many, but L01nici $in will attract more. The Kimuait uItl lt .11lc7. lletz has not iei in viAitd. lil. zaino Ia neve'r beiin coilin--i to hlie. wall., of the tortret sini the day he wai driven back From iravelot.e. When the Prussim [w.id tile v hld beaten he Frenc lit back till ]pre vented their liight, tle'y c-:.ti:tel thialinsIelVes witli ginirdin tal sielees of esci pe ind sat down to wit e ive'ins elsewhere. l3;zain has latwe free to roam by various rvoads irom live to sev (n1 miles. Oin A ug. 3 I Mt, lie mo.v. d onti northeast abolit Six tiol's from Metz Hand ill in t ia l'ort. to break throigh t.he lines of tha, stirdv eriman, Mtai, teflei, fought, t'.> severo and bloodv e1vegagernotiLs at Noissvilleil ai-l iteon fnV. ilakilne. wol'.di 1nd iimsetlf op. posed inl hie Mam inaier if h! at tempted to escapa by aii oilit.r road. Genleral! Steinmen'si iwad-lptartersi are. at, Malanconirt, se'vent ih-se nrt Ih oh Met?. and those if 'rince l're'derick Charlts still further away at St. Alici '. I3n ziine himself, in a .sliielch of .ig. 24. thus aiswers it <piist iontooii his Como ieitiiiations. "T -- m .mais of irnisit. tiog dispatch--s whic F imploy are attelded with seri s ri.k. \I o4,I Ie quenitly t eiploy c.iviniiis inl whmia I havle evfnly coueii lhiiece', hut, tiey arie liable to be 1 akeni piisoner by lie liiuissian scoi is " To coticile ir re pieItGerimmas liive a force of Itilly 210,000 imI'n airomi.I i.z, d l." v are! "ahom" il capture the plic.-.New T liP gne. ioni of anil-st v is one1 that w;i not sle'p. The llIpiblic ans are at biit its adiders if (ie ) do not s,l-- it promptly. It wolld have bien infinit'ely better for G(inial G ti hilt. d be soid with Carl Seimrz lie wuld then be on the sido of jistice and ge'nerosity, and wohtil have tuiebied thait chord ef nature wheib nukes the whole world kini, and whicl wold havea giity inl rerdi cl hit ponhpiltariiy. But lie has chosen that of itiberidity, - malice, and oppreasion. We don't lnow what to make of General Orit, and we hae V ever son tihe mnii Who dlid. ile fills fic hi' in the great pnheiloi of eharacter 111o1st assIredl v . heI whi'. it is. God olly kiows.--''i'lud Dispatch. A moN a iF I .'.:mns,-Rev. Dr. Rohinson, in (nei of lis lettirs from Asia Mliinor, says: ''As we departed froim the lown wie found (inm e Ves enidh-n ly coinfr.nited atiuonig I le hei'lge's otfi ales i Ih ai cro~wd of lepe'rs. Theiy were crinig fao' iintiley1, alhI o etdinig the~ ist iionist tis lemtiesm ahni ii. st po as io touhi(h na withi thiri h,.nals. So~ hidehons and Ioathsome1) ar ci i' iwlSi eren: in r''--I ihr.t all jnty binhas ilute ii paIon~u of r'ett Irom the'n. Tlwtiri hianis dtroppjinlg lT iinge'r by finger and joinit. bv joiint : their ilostes ('ate a~ way; t hiir lips rot ted all their v'oices hoarse n'iii unean lbh-. Ithir formes aJrtmnken---.oh. 1. caniit mak wtorids say3. in) a ny ore' of viot~lnc', hoa' dreadfully repulsiavo this acene wa'is tol 'TENN t'(S'F.P..- fladicailiam seems to be at ai low e'bb in TIenneli'ite. A t a' hrato election fo r Judiige ii held ini that. Stai (, thei De'mocraitie canetdidat e ra e'tiveid an aviernge' of abotuit I3,000 of the hitter. tervl'.ism, as opposedt to pig'eeaded Boiurbon isml. AA longii as tl.bel hiiter possessediinyI inlinc, thre Rladt'iahe heii nndilispute1 d say, hnt sin ce th people hae p'jirc'hed overbioard the ould lB.urbon lea ders. lie' ve bee t In cat rry inig the StateC in the itnt ere~. 'Il la' o'r der, and( prosperity .----Norfolk. Journal. \Visconsin contnins a enir'ios'ity ini a'hiomi soin'lme a'man wonhull fii.I a fcr. Itione. It is a yoinng Ily withI snow. white and pink1 iy'bi'iws. 11her com plexiiii is very'l whilte, andii she can siee in de It'ot. as5 wlll as the' dayi. Thei comi. xillan hair ae' thet of an Alhbiini, and are' easily r'coib.L.I to Nature's whliis ; bt. the piink eye. brows ar' ia lit.:le.. toio mnenliC~ a . Pcr liaps t hey are inik eyes ? An )h'io hoig-glrower says that the following treaChtmen~t will matike the biggest hog out of a jig in twelve months: 'rake two parts of barley, two of corn, one oif outs. Grind them togdthe~r; then, cook and0 feed cold. He says it is thme cheapes~t lood, and that any pig of' goodi~ improved breed can be made to gain a pound. a day unild a year old. In Baltimore, at young man dlonhtin'g the fidelity of hits eetheart, blackened his face ithd buirnt~'ork and seated him self oin her door steps. .The result was that the, jgheec cap'ired him and locked himt np uti the &tatiurf hotse. l 0. Yddumo a' Seont Radical, told thAe Clmester color(d'uanch that they had eecarned thu right tt take 'what they Lhand." in6#'t \ett was msde, for aioe' W'd'mnnis tokM 'ocn,&s pistol bd.I raul'1t.e maei.ug'Jj.uru.. THE WAR IN EUROPE, Tatest Advices. BrnmU.'rmL, September 26.-The im. mediaco publioation of a manifesto from Napoleon, in reply to the last proclamation of the Government at Tours, is promisod. M. Conti, Pri vato Seoretary to the Emperor, in said to be the writer or the document. LAQNDON September 26.-Fighting all day Friday, near Pario,is reprted fromij' Tours, but accounts are'coit'ra di -tory. The English journals refuse to pitiblish them. The inhabitanits of Strasbourg are still kept in ignoranee of events ont. i ie ot the city. T'bly believe the French have been vicorious, 01nd that t(.e army is advaucing to the relief of the1 city. The EIgli'h press compare war ma..venents in France with those of the late A merican contest, mopecially with the campaigns of Gen. Grant ago tist Viek.hAmrg and Riohmond. Tons, September 26.-Several en. gagements have ocourred with the enemy in the open country between Paris and lais. The results were not Ferlmi Tlhe Glovernment here declines to answer tle category, upon the state ment of the Berlin corre..pondent f the London Times, that Bazaine had madc proposals for surrender. The garrison of 1iavre has been re infoiced and also has received a numn her of mitrelleurs. The place is now fully pr(pared to resist attack. A great mij.>rity of Prefects have met to organize an uprising for de fence. Several journals here dwell on the fat that. the Gosvernment journals al low such disorders tocontinue as those at Lyons. Chesecet is there, and his influence, they ey is very bad, his purpose being to excite serious distur ba nces. Bmni, Sept. 27.-The breach is broad enough to warrant an essmnlton Strasbourg. T[ie Offlicial Gazette rays whatever imay be the Gernimn plans, the restoration of the Bna partc.s are not anion" them. FF.itnii,:Is, September 27.-King William apparently intends retaining his heasiquarters here, and has made every preparation for a long stay erecting telegraphs, &e. Touns, Sept. 27.--'rhe Prefect of the Department of DuNord writes un der date of the 26th, that the foliow ing was received from Patis, dated the 23d, by a carrier pigeon : The division of General Miandhay, yester day, attacked the heights of Ville J uif. The battle began at 3 o'clock in the morninig.- After sustaining a sharp Prussian fire for some time, the out troops carried the redohts of Moulin, Sagieville .Juif, and lanties B'uyerett. We occupy them now. The Garde Mobile behaved well. The enemy's loss was great. The sAiC day the French made a recon noisance and drove the enemy from the village of Drowiev. A torce from St. lennis attacked Pierre Fitte, which the Prussians had occnpied in colsiderable force, and the Freneb troops returned to St. Dennis unmo lested. BF.RIIN, Sept. 27.- Capt. .1ohnston, hiearer of despatches from the 13a itish (Governent, was roughily hanidled by the~ Prus-ians near Panris. lie was subhsequentlhy rongbly handled by the l"4each, under the imiptression that be ing nn Englishman, he nmust he a spy. [ he Englisht are unpopular with both arimies. LoN DON, September 27.-AlIl stratn. gers are arrested at Orleants and Trochu annonueces stern penalties fir cowardice, pillage, desertion arid Iother unsoldierly conduct. T[he port of Kiol hasdbeen reopen. ed Unu~ssP.Ls, September 27.-The Indepcenee Belge, of this eity, no. tices the irreconcoiliable contradict ions in war vews and uiows of peaco over t ura s. AI A ntsi:Jt.t.F~s, September 2'7.-Five hundred Garibaludians have arrived amnd were enthusiastically received. 'lThey miurched towards TIour-s. JtF.nlt.tN, Septembher 27.-TPhe an.. nouncetment is repealed that the En: peror~ revoked theo'decree, creating an regency, and it is asserted that an envoy wis sent to Mlets to consult Unitne on peace. This news is sup psressed in Berlin as far as possible. Tt'ns, Septemtber 27.-TIhe re moval of' the G)overnmmetnt delegation to a point fulthier .tonthl Is imnmineut. At a maeeting, to-day, (Counoil resolv ed upon the most etnorgetic defence measures. A .reetjuisitiotn will be mn de imtmediaitely for all fire arms in th1e hanads of the people. Inhabitants everywhere are to lodge arid feed French troops. All men under twen tv-five tire called inato actual service. Th -re is great scarcity of artms. iluRn.,N, Septimber 27-The for eignm ofice havoe advis~d all Norti German diplomats abroad that noe gov ernionit de facto exists at 'Tours, hence Paris in left bare to militarj treatmnenit. LONfooN, September 27.--Des patcelts fromn Nirsellies .state that the :ty Is ba rrowing oniey anid armuing wIth traditional patriotism. The Prusslians around Paris are said to maintain strict discipline in all de partmnentsa. Seine Imoise and Seine at Nlare are uder their control, except Parish BnINtt, Septemiber 27.-The Press is repelhnag thle charge that St rasbutrg was bombarded while crow ded w:th wo men and children, and sys I~lrtch has persisted in refusing. 4epar.iur.to non. combatants. M1 aRA t.Ss, , Septemb~er 27.-The Mayor announces a war .Ipan of 30,000, 000 france. . Gafl'onal., u- Grer~k ,enet chant rivv~stbo city 2,0000 fnaa b.n 'Liirty-two thousauf si did;rN -ere an SvView yesterday, whereof (jj90 are 1larmod. " oun, Septembe 7.--Fsat're made ah -officisAl repori I t h4 resule, his tission explaniiiin e terms o red,and why rejected. The M ii-tm-re laeo'an official de-spl-h fr r) Or-lean.- 6o-day that Qhe was nuahIs iao re-sit thbo Over whelinhtig forcv eommignandiethd b'y Prince Albert. Orbeatis hias lieen uvacuated in good order. TOURts, Septemin-r 27.-Farve's offli cial repora congin'd5s': f ebeoi - the ,mau nt-r in which all his ' efforts for pen'ce are met. by the Gernisme, they are de. te rmmad pt* n1 caliquiest. it erviewsI were not altogether useleoss, as. they have provi-d that Prussia, conrry 14) declafratIions is fighting algainst -t-he French nation. which witist arise en I masse, either to disairm the Provision. t al. Glverninent, or resist the enemy I to the last. Rorr., September 27.--The city is quiet and confidence is returning. The Pope and C~ardinals re-appear in publie. MAnnIo, September 27.-An arti cle in the paipers shows the late law t of emincip-stion of slaves in the Span. .ish colonies has boen nullified in the West Indies. LONDON, September 27.-The - ar rest of Jacoby, a noted liberal, gives profound offenco throughout North Germany. Lo noS, September 28,.-The Brit. ish Cabinet met on F'riday, to conisid. er the qnestion of intorvention. Advices from Touti reprosent con fidence and enthu asim prevailing itiong the people and1 the troops in Paris, but imparti.d observers do not support these statements. Troops iare imitering In the princi. pal Freinel' cities unoctupied by the Prnssians, and large bodies nrc tnv ing up from the South. English jour Ials are filled with reports of military operations in different part of France. Btint.mN, September 28 Provincial t3orrespoindeice says France Vmaily hopes to con'vert her defeat into a vie tory. Further carnage would there. fore be vain and i4:hpious. Bismarck demand, .. first of the Freneb responsibili ty France refus Ing that, must take the consequences. Tathere is grent r'Vjioings throughout (G1ormany ove- thd capture of Stras bourg. -- - - The new Roman Govornmont .- an nounces appropriati< of $50,000,000 to defray the expenses of th iuaugut rat ion1 of Rome as he capital of Italy. The enthusiasm of the inhabitants is boundlesi, and the plebisoitunm is expected to be unaniusous. Parlianient will meet on the 12th proximo to ratify the plobiscituin, and on the 18th the King will make his entry into Rome and alight at the Quirinal. It is understood that Alsace and Loraine will I e represented by coin mission, and, for the presout,.oxenpt ed frorn federal burthens. The Telegraph has a balloon special, dated 'ours, Wednesday *evening, stating that the 'Prussians are retiring t towardsPa rid. Great confidonoe e4- I isted in Iaria . Tie Times has a siiecial, given the following intelligence : On Tuesday the French made another sortie tromn Mietz, consisting of infanatry, cavalry and artillery. Tlhe French advanced dto sedl. Quu -where they were dfte.They then fired on the wounded, dead,- and Prua'ian prison era. The village was burned by shells. The guns lately in position before Strasbounrg are hurrying to ~l'.mris. Some have already arrived. VTo Ptussian headquarters of the King are at Farrenioves. TFhe Crowna Prince is at Versailles. The Crown Prince of Saixony is at Grand Frem bily. Carrier pigeons are the only menC:fs of communilsication between Tours and Paris. Balloons offered too fair a imik for the Prussian3. The railway l.etween Chalons and the German border has been relayed. RaUesEL, Sept. 29.-The papers deny. exeitemnt~ here over the failure of peace niegotiatio)n.' The Inde pen dence lBe ge, 'referring to hi3. marek's contradiction of Favyre's sate-to muent, say s Favre's statements must he signed by somebody more truthful thai Blismark. Touns, September 29.-The Gov ernment publisbes a dispatch, this morning, from the French Cionsul at Bale, contradioting the surrender of Strasburg. Tho Prussians made three trenendons but unsucesful assaulte. i flrg was subasetuentij display'ed for a truce to bury the dead, which gave rise to the rumor that the city had canpituliited. Tts early fall, how'ever, is probable, nostwithstanmding the de nial of tihe Consul at ialse. Tfhiers' strong relief rumor is not ground less. Th le garrison of .-transbuare were re moved to Rasdadt, lHaden. TIhe l'russians formally occupied the city to-day. Specialtelegramns hav~e been received trotm Murd<-lsheoim, dated yestenlay, at ating that Straasbouig suir reslderedl only whenm helpless. The condition of the place rendered it a) nost inevitable. . 'ITie vietm s of fever now prevalent in the city, seem al mest numberless. Tihe inhabitants genertilly are fami~hiing, and the dead and 'dy'i.;g in e owds ina the streets. IThis state of thiintg decided Ulrioh to capitulate. In dloing so lie shed tears and ex. laimred,'as the P'russiatns enterted the city :"Jai fait mon de LYONS, Septemnber 29.-Gen. Claseret, headurg the ret'olutionists, forced his way into the Town Hlall to day, and addressed the people. The National Gtuard arrested Clanieret and 'it. agerents . wlthout blood shed. Clernjoot1as been eeptt~rea. Three hatidr.o4.Mobiles atad eitens resist'ed the fA ts .when* thes Prussians etuiti6 ali' tlle adtonor pe an , apE~d''t a p .Th Prufssians have ' anraei afa'6n. ;hot and shell since sturday destrof1. d the superb bridget throwi icrosw Aisne at tbat place. A rwxSe. pte nelr 29. -A greRat be is n~o% giggin to sugar re-noqry if Meeis Brothers, several others re already burned. A tr.ntinv occurrid' al'oard the ship fliza:teth hence for New York. The Wcond offieer was mortally wolnded, vhenf iho rimgleaders were ar'ested. LoN DoN, Septenber 29. --The ur embirg Gaizett, the official organ, de. iios hee in lention of the Government to niter t.he North G..r-nane co defderatin. ctivet friendihp hitween Auistrian atid lrussian Cabiniets is noticed. A wri'er n the Post hopes England will not he acrificed to her consrent. I AvI-:, September 29 -Merchandize emlifiaing here is protected by neitral onulh. Their flogs fly ov--r the ware couses. U nge elect-ric lights illion ite lie entire biay, nid enorm)mis chains >rotect the entrance to the harbor. Rom 1, September 291 --Cardinal Per iculi is gone to Florence on a .secret n18gslon. LI.ONJ)oN, September 20-Plrepara ions in Re ssia proceed on a gigantic cale. Great activity everywhere pre. ra ils. Cor.oaNs,' September 30.- The Jazetto to day publilhos the view of toveral correspondents on the question >f peace. The writers, while admit ting the prevailing tongue in Alacc i-. )e-man, deny the editor's statoenint, bat the same is true of Loraine. [)ne who passed a groat part of his ife in that provintei says the German lement iii hardly perceptible, and the anguage is only spoken in the belt idjoineing the frontier. LIVF.RPOOL, Septemiber 30.-The notburs of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association held a meeting Vesterday, anld unanimnously resolved hat henceforth any member failing to '):ey twenty shillings to the pound h-ldl le expelled. LONDON, September 30.-In the Duptaiu disaster investigation, a let or was read, showing that Captain Joles, being disatinfied because his riews were modified in building the %lonsaroh, received a carte blanche in -egard to the Captain. An explosion of fire dam p occurred n the colliery near Tenby, killing one nan and injariug several others. The succesive defeats of the yacht Jambria in American waters is a ource of no little mortification to yachtmen here. It i6said that the French repulaed ihe Prussians at Mantes. According to a statement which ippears in L' Universe, Marshal Le Boueff, late Nepoleon's ohief of staff, ought death in the battles around &Ietz, and displayed the most reckless rmlor., lie admits Fiance was unpre. )ared for the wur, and confesses be lid not dare tell the Emperor before var oonmenced what the state of the rmy was. COl. 1jeslie goes as British Military JeD missioner to, the Prussian front. The news room in Ludon buletins olegraima daily from the sceue of war, >ut their news has proved so untrust yorthy that little attention is now )aid to it. From this and similar rresponsible sources arise much of he information tolegraphed abroad. Romi, Sepstember 30.-The victo ion Italianes here now begin to show strong sympathy for the French Re uubl icans. Br .r~, September 30.--a dis. patoh- from Forrieres Thursday says the King reconnoitered the French litiegs from St. Denis to Ramaines Kehl is crowded with refugees from Strasbourg. awaiting permission to return to the city.. Touns, September 30.--The report is reiterated that General Bea uregard late of the Confederate army, is iu thce [Frenoh service. It is stated he first accepted~a colonel's commission, but that since he has' been appuinted a general, and is at present organizing troops in the South of France.' it is reported that the foreign am bassadors met to-dlay in consequence of the receipto o portant pews from Thiers. The Govern meat is considering the qjuestiou of ordering an election for a (Xonstitnnt A t..emnbly int Octobeer. It is understood a majority of Mannistors are in favor of the plan. Arrangements have been made, which, if successfully carried out, will give. us news from Paris every day. Lyons is now quiet, factious agita Lion lhaving partially subsided. The [:Jovernmnent hero have taken effectual means to prevent a renewal of the iisturbances in that eity. The army of the Loire, now organir, ing, will be commanded by General Metrtlevon. General Ballaw, who escaped from St rasbourg in disguise, hase arr ived at Liyoncs. Acdditional engaigenments have taken place around P~arIS siee the last re. ports, in which the French are repor ted to have been successful. A number of Italian and Spanish volunteers are expected to arrive at The weather continues warm and The water in the river Is so low that the Prussianes casily wade across. Totias, Ootober .--A balloon ar rived trom Paris, which left there at 2 P. M. yesterday.., No Prusiata are risible near 'tl'aris,= and comuplete nihence reighs round the city. The balloonist obsetred, when over Ver anilles, that the Prussian. were camp sd there- in great numbers. liHe breteoght 26,000 letters, lHe says the icity ii admnirably defendetI. Half a mil1 loh goldiere are behind her walhi, well artneti ad disetplined. Firing rrohn the fort. is so aco~rate that. the Prussiatbs are -baffled In all attempts t6 sitoet batteties. The city .1s post feetly tranqnil and1 naty .i the shops are open. The city is provis oned for six months. LoNnoN, Qotober 1.-A war bulle. in, signed by Gambetta, announces that the Prussiains were routed and Vinoinnes and Versailles retaken with 9,000 prisoners and much artillery. Oommunoation between Paris and Rouou has been re-establisued. A iespatch, generally thought to be spurious, reported tbat a bridge at Droll gave way and several Prussians oannon and many lives were lost Tie olootior of the French Consti Luont Assombly occurs October 11. A balloon with Paris mails descend. 9d at Dreox, and was pushed for. ward for Tours. Reports of fighting before Paris on Wednesday are fadso, PAnI<, October 1.-Thero is a daily listribution to the inhabitants of 500 beeves. 400 sheep are to be sold by the butchers, on docount of the Gov ernment, at fixed prices. MADRID, October 1 -The vomito is increasing on the Moditorraneau coa t. Fifty more new eases, and forty-nin 9 doaths at B %roelona, on Friday. It is saidI that the.rovolution projected by Duke Montpensicr has been discover. od. LoNnoN, October 1. - General Bonnhachi has escaped from Metz and arrived in England with despatohes for the Empress from Bazaine. Touns, October l.-Late Paris ad vicei state that the Prussians deman ded the surrender of Fort Ivory, South of Paris. The commandant refused. The Govornment messenger from Tours succeeded in entering Paris. The Prussians seem diinolined to at. tuck the city, but still occupy the highest at reipeotable distances. they have constructed an entrenched camp at Versailles, and seem to have gone into winter quarters. The Prui sinns occup Pithviers. The citizens of Rouen barricaded the streets, and will resist the enemv. An engago ment occurred, near Rouon, Thursday between French sharpshooters and Prussian scouts. The Prussians were driven off. Beauvois is occupied by the Prus siats. A balloon from Paris passed ever Evere. ux last Friday. BERLIN, October 1.-The termina tion of the blocade of the Baltic and Northern soas is officially announced. LONDON, October 1.-The bark Pacha arrived, without obstacle, from IHamnburg. It is stated that the Purssians sur rounding Paris have orders to keep out of runge of the French guns. The French are clamorous to be led on a sortie. Market Report. Npw YORK, Oct. l.-Evcning. Cotton heavy and liwer ; sales 2,289 bWles ; nplands 161;- Orlcanst 101. Gold 13J. CHARLESTON, OCtober 1.-btton dull-midriliugs 141-; sales 700 bales; receipts 426 bales. ItvEi.:rom., Oct. 1.-Evening. Cotton dull; uplands 8j ; Orleans 8j; sales 8,000 bales. OBITUARY. DIr.n on the 28th~ ultirno, of dlisease of the heart at his residence, near Rtidgeway, Mr. ED. WM. DAVI$, in the tlfty-tthb year of his age. lIe was a gentleman of rare 'taleinta, of hrigh literary atinarments and refined con). ture. Many years ago, frorn choice. he do. voted himself to the instru* tion ef youth; and has been since lnsr February constant ly and without Interruption, engaged in teaching a school. On the dasy or his death, he was in his usual healkh iad heard his scholars their recitations, and assigned les sons for the next day. After supper, he 'e. tired to his couch, andl, as was his oustom, read until sleep closed his eyes. The .next, morning he was found deadl with his spec tao) es, and his open book by his aide. Enhdowed withI a high and noble nature, he was true to, his friendsahips and ardent in hits atinchments to lils relatives. lIe wes brave, nmodest. generous and just, dignified, courteous, manly and affable. ie was a obariating tandl died in thes com. munion of the Episcopal Church. ** * Auction Sale. AT (lhe residence of Mrs. Rt. McMesteron on F'riday, 14th October, will be sold . Bedsteads, IWeddlag, Tables, Washstands, and other liousehold and Kitchen Fuarni ture. Terms Cash. oct 6-x2ttues 11 thurs 18 NOTICE. ]0E is: hercby giren (liat A pplication wil emade at the next Seseion of the Legislature, for An Act Incorporating Leb anoen Presbyterian Church, Fairfield Coun, ty. R.1 H iiERRON, U JA MES TURNER, sr., WM.'NM MARTIN,. octO--xtlaw8mos- Deacons. The tateof South'Car'olina. FAtitFlEtD COUlNTY. Bin W. M. NREL80ON Esq , Probate- Judge. WTiJELIEAS, Dennis T Crosby has asp, ~Vplied to mue for Letters of Adlminis. tration, of the Estate and effects of Richard Crosby. Jeceased. Ti. are therefore to cite and admonish all andi singular the kin. dred and erediters of the saId Richard Crosby, deceonsed, that they be andl appear, before, ini the Court of Probate, to be he? A at Wannaboro. on the 18th day of October next, aftet' publication hereof, at 11 o'click In the forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under any hand, this 8d day of Oo tober, A. D). 1870. W. M. NE080N. oct f-x2 Probate Judget, MASONIC MEETN. A REGULAR eommunicatlon ofA 1.Wlnnsbors, Lodge, No 1l, A.-. P.-. M.-. will be held on Thursdlay V evening, 8th Irastatnt, a' 7j o'clock. Dret hren will take date notile And gov ern Ihemselyes accordingly. Diyerder of .4 thew . ..M W. N. Cnisnna, See.