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THE FAIRFIELD HERALD Publ ishel -very WCdeuiolay at W 'INIJI , S. C, BY DM POUtTES & WILLIAMS. 1'1134JIS-JA .11) VANCA. onio Copy oei yer, - - $ (il ive a o . 12 6' Ten " " - - 26 in Incivilized colntries the 10:intfc ture of p:iper in variousi artioluA ol clthnghc only bween the bulsiness4 of n vory wiar -p Al, but qnn~ harhaious p eople it it; an inda.-,itry that has been vithivated fr hindred., Of year. % i"h us the mIloIyniit still renatain in its ifiaoy, an.1 it, ha. tak. n us dony 3ies to inater thm difliculties attending its introduction. AL first', oneimonatrr conifined the:ir prod tiI-ion almio.-t. entirely tk collars enll's, trill. a iid imila m1ior articlei peraiinig t" the wardrnho. Preojuld ico haviig be-n i" a geut m m on es" r-m.', ('n-' iove .t - lended their arei of prinallOtioli to mhany iahrie of uiinivmal slo, bLt ri ej1iring greCtr t1 nth id plaili ty than the woru about the neck or arius. 'Th I gar. - 11 de. Iy this procees faINe to answer the reuiuire 1un)(s of oir .11y,) 1111 w e I not 1irt en-ived with glicrall favrnr. At this "inetimte o tifairs it, rellilinedi for i1a Engtish in ventir ti .v the dilli(1l tand pivo ui a vH re l -elel paper fil bric. It is a m1i. tull C f various6 animal atul viy table saihti ets, the former beilg wool, silks ar11 !-kils ; the latter flax, jlte, bitip, anid utton. 'Those articles ire taill rmluced to :a line 1p1411), tire beaichill, and then fel todI by melanis fr appr~ioprliatto mnachino ry. h l mi4ixi 1 cf th e110 ieveral Subst nes irouce a f3abric of w n derfi l flexibility :11141 Strength. It Cili he sewed toge'er with at in.achin t is readily am wonven fabries andi IIkes sr11.4 * rOng Ia s0am1. This p is of1 a very s -rvice ilo nature, and is Illade ilto talek-cloths, n1apkins, 112ankeb ifs, <paills, curtains, shirls, skirts, aUSl Various other articles of d ress. The pettioat 0 nulo Croim this Telled paper tire (if very elaborate de sig n4 I 1I an Wlonlderlt tt beauty. T I I ey are et her printed or staniod, and h~ear s>. elosl it resemrblanco to linen or cotton goods t' like de (ription, aws to 1a1ilost defy the orutilly of' the ablest expert. The staiped oplen1 worked skirt di-1l y a delievny il pattern that it. wianht 1b0 a11lmot iml issible to imNitat by tirdinary skill with the needlo. Imlitation bilanhets and chint z for beds, furnitire, or cur tains, are also madlo very cheaply. Embessed tablo cloths and figured nap kins 1al1 of felted 2por, so elosaly resemble Lthe genuinio daunask linen as to be palmed o111 uillpon the unRuspecting .As thet,. ui nettll artielo. in Ge npapewr nrkino hWe beeIn used for Neveral years. Their cost is but a trille, and they pay for them1slves boore they 24ru req'iired t' be ca.st aside. Felted paper is capablo of being made141t, into hce, fringe, and triming, and ffor tse sever I pIIrposes it I nuequmalIled ill pohit of chleapness25 alid dura1 bi!lity'~. I mitaltion loalthier is as 1ia3d( front1 tile sam1e4 mallttial, whichl is perfeectly imIiper1vious to water. It is soft (4nd1 plIiabIIle, andl is a v'ery useful fab ric Cor cove r rng fuirnitulre. 11mak ini into sholes, for belte, anid for many11 other pulrpiires. TnI Chiina and11 J Ipan, papoi )Or lothIing has18 long been01 worni by the4 illbi 1tants. good 1pper coa3t cos3t ing1 only tell 001415, wvhil th le expens~ tof an~ entire suit is Ilmited to twenty-live cents1. 81tlItge Scuilt' ill the~ llust-Tile C'olor:'ll 3lrn'llcr froll! 80lh ItCitrtthil111, Iior the first timio in tho history If thbo governmentlIlu a netgro was sworn ini to day as3 al meml~ber ofl the llouse~ of vidual1is 13 J. W. lihinicy, and1( suiccodsi B. I". W hlittt~loor, of cade~ttsh11ip sel ling notoriety, from14 Soth1 Carolina. Rlairnoy was loo4ted( to servo out thie balance of WhIitemore)'s termi in thec day of thlt se0ssion, ablout a~ week aigo, thler) were) nilueous inqubie1s10 for the~ "niegro mem~lber," and to day, whein he puL in) an.1 apjpealranee for' the fir'-t timelL, he was the coutro of' attractio on1 1 the floor as well as. in thea galleries. A light miulaitto, with long, dark, btraighit, glossy hir, busby side whlis ko rs and1( dtsoidedly Caucasiani features ho looks moro1' ike a1 cuban41 thlan a11n0. gro. ill th4is rb23poo0t he is quiiete un. like the negro Senautor fr-om Misi sippi, Revels, who hua Africanl fea .ttres as woll as1 t uo woolly hair. hine came031U forward at the requelst of the' Speaker,Laftor his credentiala had .4ilnco t ook theo iron .olad path. I Ie d id not meiet with as warmalI 11 r (e(cptioni on the. part of the members na Revels didl in th'W Sonate whon hie took his sent in th-at body. As hoe p$saed towards hii.i 'sont in theo reair if the llall-the southlern corner -thie only inenther who thought it worth whiLe to Ah-ko hianda with him, aasslloae Maynard, of Tionniessee, nWhoer lie:ha~d ireached Isis place two br three of the S1outh Carlolina 'mo04. boddamtaover to congrattulate him. Ihu evidetly felt a good deal ou of tflateo, and niolittle diappointment at the fr~v irg receptlin of the-white eOralol. 'Tfeo negro mouenor's J r' t AG wtu gtutnin fILor bf (leneral .S houil Oeoi getei t' - f~ltriot of1 dolubbif,, Moe hi s flthof and moth. Wlr# oth~ alivos,' atd is AboatI thirty ninaesnaran~dt ...I- A uel . 0. The voo-1 ol I day.; of' (illaude I)val aInd hiiglhty tobberv seein to have r'tumn nod in thbe vicin-t c :-avunnah, judgmi g loim t ct , (004 t. accounts of eve'al stii-.d-delivte1 IrasaOction to be fouind inl tile daily journals of that. city. JII seemis that \t doesiday last. a Mr. ill was halted on the LuiSville ro:td an] robleI Iby live ditsg.uiedI men, (inll on tihe anile day SOolr m , nannmd auil Talor br eane the victim of a .simihar tramnau I ion tin the A iyl, tAt road. T[, v lat. ter hia.1 left, the City N, th,411 0 -c- it ihes Id a lfII" when e i m a s h aIt t il I i a thi--k itioi by five inwen i i .: i wih d" ol barielled to1s, tOil iu'roni. thorougbly conceal] t by make yhves ho00. ani captse. Pctull waii tIikLI) into (he woodi 1I.d 'ked to a1 tree, inl which poicitionic hs aittr vared hi, icket of 010 Iv anti ia other i tli things an~d coolly dividbwd the spoil befi-o his eyes. They then left hm bound to the t reo, wlion h is houd crie:; ,;ub.,t-nt ntly brought, two nomf Io his :Ssiytarce, who ro hn-led lim. But. ole of tihe robbers spoko ditougholit tho allhr, and he ueId ver.y good Englisi, from whlieb it i:4 int'erred] that heo ws a wb ito lob. The d isguvises were so pericut,e Lit, 1101 f the 0 -.hers1- (ould bto larkel ini the sliglest viay. TFhm is IM doubt that the I',lbbeiiS nie both conlitiitted! by the ae pnrly. Wede 11(111day otiling, D(c. 21, 18U kbotli.4 '411w 11".1nd c m iin Thel( ontiageous fiuniis perpetrAted uplon tiltm peop'e (if' Sotharohln, in the" name (1f (he lIn11. Comis ionl, ar! enlouj;h, aus tho /opul 1/imnl suggl t s to co:udemni it. lut our rellections 0ism it e alwa s gone omn hmt Ivc1!rr. It w':s deined to faiie, had it been honiestly atdlliI:istertti from the tort, and will fail inl the c.d, if not abol i.,bed, however honCt ly its WlairN be coinineted in the Ce ture. Al why 1 Simply beienuIse it enouitirag s the sepaaitiol of the C'l Imk laborer from lthie farii cap'itali. t, eauses him to .suat oil 61"m 11 a kindly influen11ces Of intereFst. d irect Cd by int illigence, in isoiated poverty, ignoraL.ee and unhkilulAness, and so perpetuate.F, t Ipo little patcles of floor land, tiho very worst, featlures ift a moslt wretched aid I letogiado y.. tem of' A.griculture. We have often peronionIIoeed it a. iserable humbug lestined to fail because of its own 08 sential rottennoss and weikines. Any intelligent laborerI Woul prcferi' ten-1 antry IIOI Cegnllitable termi to tihe Sitviatter Nystem proposed by the aLandi Commissionl. Until som1e capital Ie accinnulat.ed out of wages, inde peid cut e1fo1t apart from1 t(e cap-Ita ist, In every branch of labor, is fa Ins prolittble n hn that which is coopera tive. TIhe Ilesson of' civilizationi on the subject of Agriculture i, tha 1 a' I smi ial area is 13nuchx worseo thani a la1rge one, if thiere he. bu11t lit lbrain and ~i all muscle14 ini the tomt 11 of cualtulre, and that a small1 farn is onwly better than~1 a la rgplant 111at ionl, *hen mu1chol of manures and14 cr'ops, andt much4:1 sk(ill in tile use4 of Iingenlious inachineo~ ry ar10 Olmployed ill its mlanagemnllt. Who1 3 it a fool would OxpeCIt lmuchl lal or, oitheor in) th 1numb1 Iier or cha ratcr <f. anlythinig except ignoranlce, imorli ty and)4 crlime, upon1 tho0 little patches' e :ratecd an1 in~ch and a half deep l y a11eleon 1ule d riven by a poverty sttrickenl and4 8111101 freedman,11 wich i3i thie Land Comm~lission pr~oposes to in trodunc, in order to regenorato Polith( Carolina, and causo her, after the prostra(tion of war, to revivo a1gainl and bloom andt blossom as tile 1'oso ? If cutting upj poor lands into flfy aura fatrms would bingH knowledge, and1( skill, and14 temlperarneo and ind us tr'y, (and4 c.apital1, theire woutldli be0 some senaso in1 th la mall( farma theor'y. Bt if, on the contrary, the tendency of suchx cutting up of planItatbons into patches, is to lesson theo knowledge anld illh anld virtuo and3( resources of our a1gricutlturiste', why attemlpt so ab surd an ofl'ort to falsify Iluiv~rsatl ex.- 1 perienIce ? A "inglo conisiderat ion thoughtless. It is this. If, untder our present systlem1 of ettiture, which so imuch needs Iimlpr'1oiemetl iltellIi. genlt wthite3 men, whlo ha.vo planlted for 3oars, who own thae 113nd, owni theo stook, own the planitatio m1131plemnents anti well built stables, barns, anti dwelling-houses, andt who commiand conisidcr'able czash capi t.l andi credit, yet have fiailod to do mollri thiai ntro ly esoapo bankruptcy, what blat disas trotis failuto can be expectedi of no groes possessinig nonoe of there im-. ioniso adlvantages, wh len they shallI ptark in debt and attemnpt to oultivato their mihorable patches., oin a system of culturo that will exaggerate, to the extentL of caricature, every bad fea tuare of our present systemr, andl intro.I dioe not a singio redeeming good one"'" The whobi tnsii i bu.d to f.il. It ne~r I s ditutibed us to I so that inuch lit least, and i a great deal iorc that s'allow charlataus and inflated ignoraniu,es wid never listen to because cornin'g from us. Indeed we only write at aill,'to piji keep up the Lone and ebarac(ter. of tho white race during this thiuir dreary probation, ainId tintil their thought ligain ha' all rplIortunity t toake the fGrm of fact. ('oiversalioaichisnwnt, wA hieb we ronsclit. to a ei a t l i -st, solu tihn f a in. 't p ni g in,'iti cal pro Ibem, box al ch .ly,:a 1, wtei6i d i.cI ctn nel it frim irel i ,v, s. u li v i ranhe i--e the whi (i ino i f this Utate l . 11 ij -vted t ei ti Ii . - ) rest iet t iVi IaI d til iI o r I ;.. ill Ole C I'll 11 O'lj i. l it v i( c ji sotI the ainie. i' t let viu:. to ve of' aliv to IC t iii ' i'co pt iion, I' ) v;I og h ' . yiMo juiik P b:Iu.r . p i e KI., und above all tIiJ1;:- ',t k :ii.dl lct 3-rbiIna-;%'y %1rre4 .%1 '"Thecaseofn Li. ,inr eas K'imy" which e'puidi-1, I b -' Ullioln the / of' pI I Y It I' e I[i. -; I: NV W e sincerely d*u,in u i,. u~t *, Pilhili, i t (11O ' ih t( i. t JI~1siItltl w ill hitb1' a tildi . the attptto dCul wiith ruitlc* w r Ia k, tb ei wine than b iill C c i n s "I law will ve Iva t Iany :I :i l~ :i v.h o now s hr it ,ks fioin the thiight, ursAves for ex: m pe, into atc-op .u- t w it S , if not i smthidie :' rae of proi rInedC~ies for. plibhie. w Ionlg. Th wi peoplet o fil it 11lii lo C o wa-e And old- , as i vi <'i y a telt, hatleI 1ro dfoini tio, a o d virtual tit (a Ibsre t. 0....Nw es Ieen whlo N. h ehir u:iversal '-stilm lit, 4f jtelie sttioll 1.r1 tyralln y Under the 0irrtns Of fie'd ion iit, dealti with alu ahi lly, it 1 iy i Convet nrderers "to m artyrq andl r.-b-r their exami -1 I of violence contaiblus. e ve are very co y ti o diet the killing for we will not call it ainin do ca. tse e oig ti pim) f one idl red ispiring .nt1 i m fifty vhitoe nllwtil1t:t li1 re,1 f r every uloter bl ought, to nilhti in en t0,t il anhy ither way than by The stilteyt cW, on ormnity wit hevry ri uii ementt whirh he Law has coinival frii th-e llotIe ionl of Critninal. 4)nnc 1 on asialora Sch-aolts. Sen0ator Sonwe plgesi hel 01f to delegation of A e oled tol izins of Vaahington, lo eniat all is energies o obtain the its l Xii ' ent of iNixed chools, but vonfeses that he doe not xpect o to Seerd. It se to t US hat it would he nr if the sincere divoentes of such a mneasure would ait lor a1 generationl at lesuntil leoplo forget, o some extent, that in ;roem have beran A yes ; for, suirely, it t, e possible :.( all tlo ove ino e the iarkbtin f raeia buelh intea hi'euitican ly ednattoi iaoreseta tis ot theac racet have ilstatediitsi with a ri en thsuy essi inehose sphretof l wich pre uiri' itigenoceII educti oboad haraci nl te. " i ina kny i s lif bt1 lia ammoni isns peniren aoaplca e othere. W11I le b'relle if h' dackts in this Stae llil deflit.erae rvy choe searte schols t i-efera doyor to genrtie.idotnat lestte Ise~ncethi would be better Thir vibo choicbe now, then they l avei i i t itjityh wohl di arbi pr.judice in hev futte. Werle w hot iceubfican, vinwld trae as resroluption. h Woorhave ysembypegt toha iie Uni eit to the tite fo~lr thie lty ye. pstekic of ths e partoye bya the *noeyequlo rh .then Adthi. Andty towad ehostabs h natlt ds irnsiution forthe backs.own 'r heco in yeae~Th i artd o W. Sae seil ttetion tlo Sthe receives nothing in'taxes, and must, itself, nc't the interet on the money paiid out for tioso lai(. Aro not the poeple justilled in -deletaring hat the Laiid Comiiiotier and the Ad. visory hoard ure utterly indifferent alike to the wolfaro of the State, the inl torests of the Republican party, and the prosperity of the peoplo ? lor ourselves, We have lost all fur ther hope inl tihe lind Co lninission. Ill I;,.-it'l it was beuel lent ; inl ckc. cutioln it is a co-tly failricand fraud. LIet .vI ue usures be iow devised 1( will tk t: the State out of the land huo.-s u.a ( ilkiy v.-, pus,ible, and with the- leave idul 0 Some ! tl L been d'.., lhat com'ipared wNi t i nica n' c',olloed. tile rtsniv ts *it, r .:l mptiL!o. I,--t tLe S ~tate clos-, Ity thle Lkl t'nni~in r.aliz.e what C' 11 inr l a is >1d 1:1114 , add th'e d . li':i to i's piuhtie debt, ;uid le bt ene f I. sv'l w enIgh to 1:-ep forevor ..u. , the (. 9 b tic .11and every Whv i.s youfr'im inigristshni io(eey I? I Wanit tu ru'n tha't ar iiuactline. I tel yout wliy. I had a white Ial to till oiucs et-ho iar a good in-iti-I liind hit not (1uiito w, well nor a b6 6the1r. W I ji t fure the leetion, I k1y (n eit i nll c m 1011in roun that -tar mn an takii of hill, oil' aside anid a lock in of arims with himt ain whisperin with him lik solinrthill terribul war the iatter. I that somthio war in the windva, au beguni to aX him what war rong-le ,aid tha wanted himt tu liV with thein. Wel 1. gess thar war mvlor-'n 40 puri. osi arter him. Sum frumii afur an sivnm fimi neer an sui fLaun111 firther, ai thtn war offrin fabu. h10 prisesi. I thot th.it sunthin war the iatter, an that I li-id not found out alI, so lik a mnan under Ili presiuir, I koklduds t> imak oie despurate of for t tu get himi. I offered himt my platashuoni aii appurtentarces of hous hold ai kichen furn't.ir with a mo1:. gage of' same if' he Would 0ta-I ti ot I h.id hi Iml, but cie of my nabers ccm along bi iii hou.4 walkii astraddel of a boss, an on-rd himin all thatnn his5.ar ler, with bruissels karpet Cur his iws tu lllep, in nt a plate at his taleo fur his itt le black pig, an -ays he, if you dont tak1e that, I w lt klaim hation ship with you. I Le blaht ding, (my good old presbiterian unkiles kuss) if ho didnt take him. I missed it oi the black Tpig question. P1 S. No purison loAt by that ar traiLsnesuitin ceptiot live, an that war bcckahiso I didtit hav senio to reocol lct that ai- black pig. (~N-i'N'yvu'vFvnattrI-iyvo.nT "ivi IFit. Wlho werc the First Wiilemen ? Thie inlteresting Iguestion hlax oftdfl been discused, "Whd were 'the first itiatedi; nt thd sen-rutliig riton; nort iilte hirdy Paine; ndr the steadlily on Ituring am hulibiious D~utchan; nibi thve boldl Norwegian, ebitld of thdo Sed K ings. No, the Spanilardu--Biscay. 1is anId losquevs-firat dar'ed to at tack Live Le vita uipod Lihe htigh eas; aetrly as 1 575. T1rue; someti htavei tried to provo theo Norwegians wi-h t ho first in the Hold, hut they hvave not tnade out a Cleatr ease. It its probilab ly thte ivorwhvale, grinpijus Lrnd otheir smvall vecrsionus of the gireat wyhale they htunted. The old nintethi sentitlry vlavigattor; 0. ith< i'e, the Nor tvegian, who-e wonderful advenituresv wre tavk'i dowin fronti his own hipa by no less -t an thaniv Kinvg Alfred, aftent speaks of hvinvg slain sixty whlesl in two days-latly iimpossible, itf real whales had been lin question. Thlvis mtudh isl der'tainv ; the first whale bone whlii cver found its wany into Envglanrd, idas picked up from the wvreck oif di Biseayan ship in 1594, and whenv, ait tho close of the sixteenth reutittry, thy H v glisvh firat beg an to fit out whaleoships; tby wore obliged to eall on the Biseayans to dit'et themi ii their preparaitionr, and to till thve moret important ofliceis ini the ;hip.-N. Y. Comn. Advceaser. R,:t'sin b -rnta Sendot. 8t's-rvc.... Tho pro6cedings of the Blohrd of Edu aationv, published thvis morning, show that that botly is making most imipor tant obanges in the ptrehent school tystemi of the Statd ;is iridedd i'evis:. heclaitse allowing a fotor to vote fdr only two of tha Sohool Diroetorti provided for, is not onily a ne w feature mi our elyev Aystom, but is an im port ant one politically; as it is design. ad to give tiho miiliority par'ty in crieh younity at least oneo inmbr of the Board of Directors. Of course, if politios shouuld unfortunvately be in Lroduceed into the canvass fore Ricors1 hve majorhtf party in a county, will 3leet the Superintendant gaitl one Director, thus havinig a mavjority of he Board ; but the minority wil1l iave onie representative in the Botird. p'his is as it should be.--Montgomecry rIsnsErtov oit U. 8. Ti~oops.-.Llke he Bourbons, who never forgot any. hlng and never learn anything, the 30vernment recently renowed thve oi, erimetit. Troops were sont to Au likta, Ga., atid they were placed near Ite polls to watch the olcctioii. The 'esult is, that thme Democrats elected ho Mayor by 800 majority. So may t be when Georgia hold. her State lection thvis month. .Tho peoplo aire irod of thskindim of work. THE WAR IN EUROPE, atest Advices. Loiqobei, Daoember Ib.-'IThe, Pall Mall Gazetto, in an ably writteh'leader argues against the declaration of Par a of 1656, because it may transfer th e carrying trade almost entirely to the Uinited States. The Grman adv'ance on Havre has turned 4ide to l'ieppe, which was probably occupied to-day. It is ndw donsiderod impossibicfo'*r lNris to ineivio as,i.atance fro'n the provi nuc.. With the fa ilure and r otreat of the Army of the Loire, all hopes in that dirootion n'ro lost. TlWh Ger m-Fin look upon the cap1Uituii of thI e t! Y am . qa g4smin of t i lIte, a Ad it i atiIIu?,1IeLd that Kia" Willini only a w;1iiS tha4t event beforc roturing to urlin. IBor '!.Atx, beoemlier'0. 'h peo)p. i this city are very patriatic, a are sndiigj a lag lunber of r ert (it tth.: front, and are e(plp ping an,l drilling more. Gambetta, in a telo.'a hplic circular to the Pi efects of Departtilinlts, from the hieadquart Urs of Gen. CAancey, says Chaneoy continues to resist the hitac'k' .'6f Prince Frederick Charles, tiaking pris. one's art inflicting lieavy losses on the encany. From thi.s you way know how falso ire German de.,patches which itato that the Army of tMe lh'ire is crubed. Gen. Charicey, with oily ona huIalft that arimly, still resist successlully German advances. liONNON, 1iecember 10.-The Duke of Mecooklie! m; reports a savere bat tle with C .rmy of fboire at Beau gency, % I 'ie the Frentch wore reitn forced. 1,500 pris6hers and sik guns captured. TIe reinainder of the Vhenwlh army is on the road to Bour gres , it wvill b captut ed or beaten. LiIA.tI, _h cII ber 1 .--GenelAh Delh Courl ias arrived f'om P1ris, by balloon. Ile savs, on the 30th November and 2,1 Deconber, the Prussians lost 15,000 prisoners and six gium'. le ,ays Paril. suffeors n6 prl ivat ion. Ilam and St. Quetin were ocolpie'l by the French.. us u, December 10.-The French. nasu idog the offensive before Paris in large force, were repul-ed at nightfall, after A day's artillery fight. Lot xN, ljcemiber I1l -The wife of John Slidell is dead. IhI-.:r.s, D)ecesibor; 1.-'T'he Ini. dependence Beige says at midighton the G:h, a letter from Moitke t livel at Paris, aniouncing the captire of Orleans and summonin Paris to sur i'tder. Trbchu simmdned hisL col leagues. P.card was iLclined to treat for benerable terms. Trochu said overtures di,closed the enemy's npprehensions. He represented that Franco had everything to gain by pro!ornging the struggle, and Paris could hold out for a long timo yet. The conimittee unanimously resolved to coatinde thed war, and to rejoot tbe pro posal for surrender. Ra atches fr om Cuba indicate that all the instiurgent 'hiefs will be execu ted as soon as ei'ptured. 'I'ho Russians are rapidly conoon tratiny the Turkish frontioir, I I.ItLIN, DleceIbor 3.-- he 'Queen has received the rollowing telpgram fi'oni th'e Kirig :"dieneral Ioad (1pmrter., Tuesday, 13th. After four days fighting arodhd IReadgency.; the F' ench retirud to Blois and Touirs; Tr dir loss was severd. Many dbsort era came in our lines hero ind at iRo uen." I Ah'r, bee. I N.--Th Prussians have entirely withdrawtn froma this section. The steamer Erie, with arms for Frahee I'romn Amehea, sailed from Engl and yekorday for this port, Thlaree hunadred thousaild F'renoh or is in perfect health. lie declares he will never return to Paria support ed by a mlillitary power. The people have font tiunes approreud is elction and they only have the power to res tore him. B]nLouiN, Dee. 14.-The lProvinoial Correspondence, in an editorial, says the bombardment of Pariv has again been postponb'd from purely niilitary considerations. W Asur so-ioN, Dec. 16. - The French legation here considcrsi the situatioin almost hopeless. LON DON, Dec.. 15.-it is tliought that (oen Manteuhiel is marching on Caen and Chei-bourg. Dispatches fromt llavro, however, annouhce that his retreat south is precipitate. A balloon with a mlail from Paris had descended at Hloraflours. Theli supply of gas in Pai-is is ex hausted. It is announced that Austria wished to mnaintain the existing guarantees for European peace, yet desirous of sparing the suseeptibilitos of Prussia. and atiheros, w'ithouit reservation, to the approaching conference. NEW YonK, Dee. 15.-A Blerlin dispatch of the 18th to the Hle-ald says Bismath'd organ insjstg on a eoni. vocation of Consuls-General, and that there should be a selection therefFora of delegates to a national eonclave, to consider the reeoristrutneion of the French Government with a tibw to peace proposals. It is said this emana tes from Naspoelon, and that he has stated that while the present irrespon sible mozb are leaders of powet-, even the reduction of Paris would fail to scure peace. Other rumors insist that a plebisoite Is now proceeding in Paris with a view to an early peace. BIohosEAux, Dee. 16.--The knb.. perfect of Hlavro denies having adht a despatch announcing a French victo ry at Paris. H[o maintains, however, that there is a precipitate retreat of the Prussian. in the north of Frane. A dIspatch from the umronaut who landed at Hoenfeurs, says he has, good news fromi Parik: thwoal. -P.alld.n has retired from the ser'vice. Paris letters of the 9th say the si uation is good, and that thii -rep'ise the ormy of the Loire anf 'the okhup tion and recapture o f Orleans ha not discouraged the P'arisianp. The is a general denthrnd for more sorti and an uniNorsal approval of tI .unswpr sent by Gen. Troohu to Go von Molke, and the people all so they will resi.t to the, last. Ti weasures taken by the Governtmot siiice 'the coinonceinent of the sioc fire accepted willi'ngly by the popult tion. Having iusured itself agailn wasto of provisions, of *hiob th'0've as enough fresh on band to last 'It Vebruary. the GoVermuent will aga'i have fresi menu, rations inued to ti ini'habi'titts. 0 har provisions ai bu fficien t'o last eik month7. 'News 11lne, C nII.ESTON, )cebiher 1 7.--l'i st emship Mlerce de-it, from No w ol to Charl.-ston, i asiore on Folly Ishi brea:kers, ui' Snthi of the bar. Vod 10 11 titleertainl. M itirYu s, Decemuberr 1 7.-T'hree ii eli"- of binoNv leit anid fotAr ht, Yjitt )Rock. WASHINOTON, D-cniber 17.-TlI 'corretponde'int of the hallidno'e S3a te'egrnphaf hanioc that. Al.orney-Gene nl Acke'rhan hais intimitted to the Pres dent. L is early"rer-gisntion. partially c aecont. of sickness. The A t''r'rne. General awards the $250,000 witliell from the Cheroliee., en account of 11 Cherokee participation in the rebollioi loderick R. Uttler, unemeuBler i6 Co4 gress (rom Tennessee, has beei In'die (d for perjury. lHe has b.en held i *,000 hail on' two lorgery indictnicnt. Hlis colleaige, Stokes, we t. his bhil Tiaoy, .ecdthboi 17.-Feranklin tier and wife, 'two of the oldest an most rebyftclable cihltiners of Southami ton, we'e murdered by their blind so1 Who dniuted Vtl the ratheir aboi his vS '']. . WirAI 6ToN, fq. C',, Y5e'cember I I. Zalck N sieLnnghliii, one '6 th'e notoriot 6utlakvs of Robes.on 'Count , aii'd r( *hose 'capti'iro a lArge 26'wArd has bee offored by the Gover 6t ihe Still and the atithorities oV itobeson Comi'i was killed yeeterdv iliear Aryle; 11 I[enry IB;ggs. MclLanghlih lnd ire Biggs to nccompany him on dn 6 Ii prelatory excursions, Bigs brng it armed. Stoppinig in a swAmp, the bdih.a fire nid lay down to rest-. c Langlblini fell Asleep, wileU 13'g gS 'clred his postd! and alot hion detn, The affair has caused great eiciiemiel and much rr-joicing in Robesoit in Cont wheie McL-intgblin's knaiy bloody deed had made him a terroi to all good cit eas. A.Company bf United Sintt soldiers is still in that County, aidin the citizens in their efforts to captunre o kill McLaddhlih'i '66nfederates. WASnINOTON, December 18.-Th Central Market is burned ; two per sons perished in the flameq. The tel egraph committee of the House is un animous in favor of the Governmed telegraphs, but divided as to plans SANTA FE., Decc-iber 18 -At E Paso on the 17th inst., B. F. Willianns r. lawyer, shot Senator Fountain wounding hitm seriously. Williami while resnsting arrest, killed Judge Clark. Ca tain Btanch. of the Stat Police; thieh kille~d Williams. Three hundred] men teok Michae [Lochenui, who murdered Jacob Bel fromi IDd Angelis Jnil and hung hin Market Rleportu. Nktw Y~inK, Dec. 17.-Evening. Cotton firm,; sales 2,640 bales at 15) Gold 104-. CnIAhi.E5T8N; December 17.-Col toh steady-muiddlings l4} ; sale 600 bales ; receipts 1,8~87 bales. Laivaninoot,, Dee. 17.--Evening Cotton liteadj-uplands 8t ; Ofed ar 8[-; sales 14,000 bales. TiiE Gbanron~sHIrpo ALrAnArItJ. Mr.8Smith; the radical Governor o Alabaima, who hias been li'dlding ol to his office against the clearly et preasc*d elbetioh of Mr. Lyndsaiy i succeed huim; hiat lni'.lly conmsented resist the will of the people no longe and has given up the offlce withdu any futrther racourse to liti gation e any aippeal *blatetbr to ardis. Thi Smith, strong rftdleitl as he Is, rebeult hy "went back" on lisa bofored ti-ien8 and denied ever grantihg thidb un, favors or evoi- countananoing them a all. This wse while the litigatlo1 *as pending, and wasn eidently in tended as a lpeaeo offering to hi Demoeratie opponents. After 8ul61 a reoord the verdiet in regard to hi oterthrow inust bo "served hic t-ight."-~efo Iork .Herdtit. The Chicago Erening~ Post says John H. Sittratt is going to raisi money by lectutring on. the 3s.-assiona tion conspiracy. Can't the rthan piel pookots at funerals ; or rob graves:; or take a contract for feeding an ota phtan asylum ; or stead the widows nlite fdr a living wdhout making money out of a obnpeetion that ren dbru him a death's head among livinj menl? Is there 4 men in Matryland~ u~here Surratt proposes to commene< his looture--who 0an sit and lister ~e the leottxre without being tied ti the bench 1 And will the girls kisa himi for his motheri Gov. SCOTT AND riS FnaNn, WHIT rKxoniE.-Thte New York sun says When Oov. Scott, of South Carol! na, was inaugurated for is secon< terni he entered the Hall of Repre tentative, at Columbia leaning upor the arm of the notoriottg Whittemor< bho is now a mnember of the Genera Assembly of South Carolina, and whi has been twio'e kicked out of th< [louse of Representatives. Gov.- 8o'ti Is evidently not parttcular sib'out hdi somnpany. Will General Btler's Policy i regard to the fishery question provt tnother Fort sheky affr Executor's Final Notice. ALL person~s hiijg blaims aigainst tht; estate of ICharles Rabb, deceased, late of Fairfield County, will present them an. to thenticated in due fornm of lhw to the un. re dersigned, o or before the 16th day of ka January nebt, er ho debarrei ptyient to thereoe. t,'408. W. RAItB, dr., doo 19.x2$1 'Qualified Executer. y SHERIFF'S SALES. 11 Y virtue of suAlry'e'ecu'tlons to me di ' rcted, I will offer for sale at Fairfield O Court House on the first. Monday and the - diy following, in January next, within the t legal honmrs or sale, So the highest lfid er, for cash, tho following Personal Property. lrchnmers to pay for Tiles. One wagon, ne sorrel mare, 8,000 pound Sseedl cotton, mnore or less, 2.000 pounds e folder, more or less, -i1 hisheli corn, inore cor n1s..a md one bale of cotton, levied 11pon01 athe pi r r..y of s40lh 'Koller, a t thi uit. of J. Milrryom.'Wihnid, One lot of reed cotton, one li 'of cor. amid one hot se. levied upon as tho prop'ery e of Geor, e "olly, at'the suit of S. B. CloV. k ney. for another d One" lot of merohandise fa 'to'e t lures, levied upon as the properly of . rt CNMsIter, at the snit of D. R. SteveonSo, .J. B. Ferguson, and E. IL Stevenson, E.t cutors and ixeQnitri;, against J. JR. Mc'e e'ter. ... L. IV..AU VA L L, 'P-. F. . Sheriff's Office. WinntlAr'6, pe'o. '17, 1880. e doec 20-x2j1 7 Thompson, Woodvard & Lawl 'I d IAVEust received, and Aro 'continmlly reoeivihg additions to ther'r ieneral sto' Iof Cr Goods and notiones, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hardware, Groceries', Orookory, Tin Ware, &., And offer evrytihlng 'now at greatly reduo ed prices, not that we intend to MO Irk, but make an important chang'e in our bus ness, which is, ?r'osi this 'ti'no until further i notie, t'6 sell ?or r We Will positdiely make n' eteeptions tin' V feel pursuaned liiat by adhering strictli t6 i11,1 syst'em, we will be enabled to se goods much low'e' thai1 herbtoforo. Call y ind be convince'd. bur st'ook of Rehdy M1a'de Clo:hing, coll siting of C'ssinmere S'dits, n') Ovel-oats; &., "'d 'o'M:r at cost. 'dec 17 tim A1NY one des6iring to puihasl A fln3 young Mulo, can get. a bargain bk onlling,on.mio at.my ptore, three doorssoutt* r of J. 1' MlatthewsmJr. The Mile isa goou size for plantation itse; a dee 17-t2xl Ht. J. REFO. HAVE YOUJ HEA--h -HE NES I a - B1E ~ O, Soes.~ BTanEI, 5 its &. c O 12T1ZA 5.0 E Ed deo1 8ud G ofobate Clotl, Farfe Coun; -y Bootlsl aS pubs. la nk ed Turer M~ ory, dec'd al&tepe'on WEo Horse Cor' ad oder, Weat T ndCohanged our PltfrmScae, o heler; Hosehd arnd tob~ue Bealrgn onYe Sc et rasidto Tool, re.garles of sC ah. - d e40ol7 ESTATE1.,o. SALE.