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Desportes & Williams, Proprietors,] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, dnquiry, Industry and Literature. E1erm --s300 per Annum fn Advance VOL. VL] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANU LiR 11, 1871. (NN( 39 FAIRFIELD HERALD -. U: , PItn,ii D w.;1 lI ) NVE9K '.Y PY Dl ESPORTls & 1 I LL A 318, TermsM.--i )Zi 11IIA ;.n is pub11l ish ed Week - in the Town or Wibllhor, at 63.00 inl vareably ita advance. j3' All tratisielt adveutisenteits to 11o aid in advance. O bituary Notices and Tributes $1.()( per bq1usre. To Lula and Florence--Tfie luth:~j C04is, gweet bibei. what. laiguag2 C:Li C X)V0S.4, Fond admirations potoie What boatrt ca01 fail to oft careSs, Thy wihining charms oich hour ? Fair jula, 1e ca eIel r1 V meet, Thy mlattchlasa oye ol blue; Nono thy lising voicet enni grect, Anl I.-il o love thee too. For love, as boutmlless ntl as pure, Af gil-ls an intiltts sky, tn b ano ing, L:ems int to alltre, - With:n thy mrltin liless eyv. iay tihy heart forever he, Thus guileless and I mdik; And ainy thy Voice of win oiine gloe, N smounid o' sadness speak . And Floreniec, star. of love and light, I've watchudedi each ch trm unifold, 'Till thou ilo.t scin a elrerub bright , As boauty 'er cai motild. liiay purity anMid g13 lC'1neslive, Within 1hy spote kea , While cv ry chane of lit" a give, Swoct change to eihier1 s uit. And bright as ire. the smiles that I-:an, Upor, IIthy hbenat o I fvoll ace, VTus bright inuy ph-va trvs..0gun Thllrouigh out exi.stenice sip:en The 3011114 -- Collull, A corrnspcnde nt of the Chieoz' y 'ri b-ine , w ri -.i ag froml J ackswn, NM issi!-sil, Pi, gives a sad account of thi condi-. tion of the cottoni planter; inl the \is sissippi Valley. iiis refloetions ut poa the ruinusi sytem adoplted by Wes tern planters, apply with full force to I tle planters in this State. , The I writr IM t, % l~i l it ,).I W eVAIs i m41a, nt1i s at at single glainee ca ught a correct view of the sizlutaion. of the t autton platters. lie says : "At nrly every station we o'b-Serve t train z';t I t rain, bouil 1o t h, heavily loaded with cotton. The i platforms at the stations are coverod with cottoll at nar13Iy every road I crossing, we te more or less wagons inoving'm to ,the nearest station wh I cotton ; on tho trailn, tile chief topic is cotton ; and in fact, ene is i mpre.ss I ed with the idea that there is litt le 1lso but cotton to be seen or talked about. Several facts we glean that may prove iteresting. Not the least of these in iiportance Is the self-evident one that there ha.-i been a 1 complete revolution in the cotton trade of the country; as conlucted in former years. Cotton is no longer, : a rule, shipped to N-ew Orleans, laI hpecial consigilinmets t. factors, who,I through advances madc to thei p1lanter) tontrol the crop. It is ,hipped now in the ihain, da the property of the botton merchants. These country mdCr ehant have themselves fitrnished sup plies; anld ini so doing, taken tihe pl aeo of the former factor in New Orlefta; '1'hoie haos just sprung up a local trade ini tile oounti-y tOWns, to tile serious Iijury of that city. That tile crop madtui 'is one~ of tile large~st over known is beyou I all 'doubt. That iL will materia!!y enrich tile producers, however, t very mul~ch dIoubt. On tile conitrary, L holieve they are poorer, ill the -mlain,) thatn they were a year ago. Thoil roasousnare obviotts. N~o dla.a of pleople wi1th *whom I hlavoeover been- adquaainted,' nr outterly reckless iti the matter uf running them~lselves head 6ver' heels in debt, as -are the planters of the South. So it hats been from time im~ moriial aIlmost, and so it seemns deni titled to contilino. 1)sforo the war thley purchased with a teacklees prodig aiy ; tile chiot incent ive in lif app'a i-ontly being to stretch their credit t) cottol, and so on, rt Ut to yar Such~i a cours~e coutldt ihave but miio re against tile war as bringn hopele.,s11 huin upon their headlts. Th le fact is, as shown by the records of the ak t'upt Court, the wVar meromely precipita: I opelessly insolvent before tile war. Nor does thlero sectu1 to be anyim-) things.r il ah oiden timto, the, nei, ht hemty stec o tho t bnly possible channo(1 for paymen3tL lies inI a suo-:esful crop, lie, ,therefore, gambhlea -otakes aull h118 upon thio chances. If the crop turns out woli, lhe is ailla topay up, andi again stako all ont a still bigger erop next time,. If the oroip fai, as cotton, b~eing a preearious crop, is at best apt to do, or if the puriec is below tihe expeeted Itandaitrd, the creditor is forced to talkO what bo can oftentimes, perhaps, Lu whistle for his pay ; and, ini any event he must again shoulder the planter LIrnkaiha rni ~h ahrt 0f' courlk, in l;1 ig ich ei'inrces w tilese, tho country nirelrant enideavir' to heep a fair baa.oee between profit andl lo.i;<. In tuetitig the photer lor heuplies l' Ot, only- chaigs, in i" fir.t place, a r'iid prfit on his go d( -say 50 par cent.--but in addition to this, loods ii v planter on the amou11blint. Charged to his aecount in the way of int r\ut. to the tune of not lI's tn :, o39 . t imes 5, per cet. I ar l.iutl. A (the c) edit tmuids for, s:i y o a n rirch of tihe : unuirnt, to.. I[:, u1I ., the pIlater ik thus seen to pay on a large proportion of his .supphe w th' mn -* 5 er cn0 l Oil tie alioiin.t of lie or ig im purchasf. A id this to Ihe .50 per cut. piolit en1 the goods, aInd it i., eY; haUN by the credit sys. orml in vg" L.he p1honetr' is. mrulet in lhe suil of fully '5 per ct'ort. over ud14 abme %-,hat, we would pay foi- the "oods re e 'efore-hiandii'' nflicient y to ptrchISe the Sain1 supplies,. at sholes tie for cash. Now, incredible Is it nay seri to tho outside world, hisan but a fai- ,hojwing of the credit :ostcnr. 11pon whirh the co ton planter flakes his crop. N or is th is, by ainy ritans, tle whole of the dilliculties muner whidh lie Ilaors. 1L aving out a few isolated sce iou5 iori sotme littl eloirm t ii made in the V iy of a bettr dr o things, and he plater abslutely lirchas s his mitire supplies fromu abroad. W i It mrhaps ps rich Iand as . any in the *orld, he yet raims, od-tinies, not a ingle bushel I coun, and in alost ily case not a tithe of the corn, bacon ir other isupplies he vmt have. m010ehow. his'ideta of farming never !oes bevyoid cotton, and in the raiiicg >f this study of cecono.ny is no part )f the prograine. .The main thing ii to raise as m1uch ai possible, with >Ut a ttnouight of the consrJi1rpnceC of mch a couise of aci tion. That sue :es can possibly attend a people inder iuchat system of agriculture ong at a timne, is mortally impossible. junir try to the general idea, it never lid atternd them in tire past. As I mve ild be'ore, the records of the >ankrupt ourt, h iow the imajority to iavo been banki rupt befire the war, ird I can show, beyond ail cavil, that with nearly all of tie imost succes.ful, ie profits caine almost solely froim he inrease of the negrocs irrstad of he planting propOr. '.his year thlt crop of Co ton is, save tO that of 1I86, idoubtedly as aige a one as any cer'e' raised. Iln let, it is gonerally admitted by the antersthat, were it all picked out, t would fully cqual tha, of 1860. Pr.obably fiuly half of tlit raised has ieen upon tire Oharo system. Tire ,lanters, rne'groes, andI all, have run n debt, and tie moi chants have tius. cd all with a prodigal hand. All his has been doie in expectation of a od price'for 'gotton. It tur's out .o be very lw as compared to that .a1lcu1latted upon. Taking the whole >f.the South-,west, it may safely be mid tlat near.ly- if not quito as much ir1s been advanced upon tire crop, in Y I way ofsupplies;4 as can be realiz ,d thereon. The conisequoneos nay readily be imagined. The plaiter, lid iing hinikelf Iro let ter; even worse, all' than a a a6ai agb, and r'ekl:ss thereby- is too apt to ignore iris credi tors aind give the rm t~re slip, by sead ing hri. cotton cesewhole for sale. The black seeing no reniaan whmy Ihe shotuld do bettera. than thre white, inrding Iris abalre will brinrg im bariely enough to leave him where he trted, perhaips loaves it unpiekd rrnd Iris creuditors' t.) whistdle, whrile hre pi-eks olut tihe crop5 otf a necighbom' for cay 'lor is it, indeed, the el-op of tihe, blacks atloneo thirt ins loft unipieked. 3an tire conrtrahry, us I have it fr'om tire marr chants, thre blaceks a~s a rule, pick >nt an~d bring in their cotton far mrore Iromiptly thran tire tyhites them lletweetn tire two hiuwvevr; from rsonrs .like thread, anid thre fact of the krop heinig'a vg'y large onre, thore is tirhapis. w~efty per cenit. of tire cot Lou thart will r'arfala uirpicked. Tire 3(iunrtry :r'erchr~at, i,-erg' natur'ally, is inkinig .despurg o efforits to rike rimslf good. This explainrs t ho faoct, ieh I hrave broard conrnenited upion bry travluers ars passirng st rarnge, tharrt it nll of the inilandr towns~ along thris r'adl ra hiighrer price is being paid fojr meto thurtiing jt will brinig ur N ew Or - loans. Upon tho .pamer pirnciple that the cotton planter. rendily consents to pay almost .airy price for strppliesr with wyhichr to muke brla crop, tho mr.,r abiaup donsents to pay almrosat sny price for thro, otton -with which to maike himself whlole. Tihat' either will riake threiniselvesa whole 1 very much dioubt. Considerilog Id extraordinrary p. lits pe'rha~ips thre morrehbtat may tire mret especially so us be hnas in mros~ thitarnos, in addition to a lien on tiho0orop, one on the farmuing stock as weli. That tihe producer, however, wil firro.as well, I cannot belie. Oni tiho .cgutgrry, I carn well believo st~ihQm wvoroeoft'1thia't hejy 'er'o a year go, ini that their credit must of' necessity homiuchm impaired by the (exper'iene of' those to whoen they must look f'or sup plles. My own conviction is that tire Sogthr Is absolutely the poorer to-day for tire last crop raised, as it hras beep literraly, aton op in advance. Wo. al thn U an a e, a ho0 nv th. who'e s:,C'em of plaitinlg. This credit:ytv:,to begini with, ia the g reIt< st1. e : -of' th South. JuList o In.g as the 1)palt r ca I comandui14 creldit jst So long he will coatInti. to ovejr-r-each hinasmelf in gilambling. 01 t he coning cro1, the lea,*t- f"iiai'.h in' (yt-tantit y of which miist, of'neces: it. protrate the wle interest of thle Ar cidt rl lit' W illilillelii 'Culllilbill ;11id A. mIll ai Ho11 luil. TIl WVihinton, (N. C.) Star, ofv v steday. the 2oth inillstanit stivs O, Snaiiy nlight. joist after tl'i traini on the .ibi IIgtIn, C Alubia andl Augt ia R:il Had aIr rived at tIe junlctiOn i ear this ity . , a terrible ae. eident, Ocetrred on the engine anivd tender, which resul ted i, serious in jury to sever.al employces of the roa d. The engile and t e ndei cut loolse froml, the traino at tle junction, lcavinig it to Ibe taken ii (.arge by another engine whi -h had come for the pir'pos. of taikinag it to the detpot here. The enginefLr, Mr. Henry 0 tllich, then proceeded to take hiis enyiae to the depot, a.n th1 oppowite side of the river, wIvene, inI p.wsing over ai trestle a~lolt im iliC bon~d Brullnswick fer IY the elngine Iun vr a VA c Vow oil the track, wleni it, tof-rvilmr with the ten der wIas ie-iii:ae(d frimi the track a id over tli. te. Ilnt!h ofr themll turning col'. luetely over'. A\t the til:. of th-e noc.hhl lit there were four perso.s on the Cngilne, to wit : Mr. It -ury tial-dck, the 1'>gi Iia r, Ca. Duk , Cnductar on the Fr-ight traiin, and two i ,eii. all of Wh1omn \- w. re .-d'y -calded. MIr. Gadlick's inljuries were nmore severe thanl t.C others. After extrientinu limself h frm tie wreck of the cngine he walkeul to the city, a distainee of :.boaut folnai , a feat iunde the cv.emis! atances, which d isplayed al most mirlIous enurainc ad fortia tide on his paIrt. Dr. J. Fcaindis King, who at tends the sufferer, in forms us that his jijuries aire of the most se rios lhracter, aused princi pally by skalding. The skin pealed from his fuen and hung in j:agged fragments .omewhat similar to ti fringeon ai towel, vhile his hanaivds were litbrally bui ned to a crisp, and tih esCin pemled off. The skii hid also peale-d froiml hi armiv. The con d ition of t hp ifl-rer isa iim inost deplor able -me adi 16 h igony itense, as n:ay well be imaigined. Capt. Dukes was badly scalded, but his c6iiditio and that of the two firemen is not at i I dangorous. 'Il . Ilo0iaci 1 IN EJI)ai-r-:r.1)- ChI R ECT-rioN.-- It was Capt. Ceorge O Hutler who was killed in Edgefield by Mr. Winslow Ilaimilteh. Capt. 0. N. Butler passed through Colum bia, yesterday, in chirge of the rc mains of his brother-for interment in icenville. The A ugista Cisti. tiltionalist has tha following particu; lars af die sad iaffir : "On Saal viy evena ing last, about twelve miles from lhaivburg, on Ste vev's creek, Capt. Gleorge Butler, brother of G(en M. C. Butler, was shot and instantly killed by a yonna nan nmed Winslow ila milton. From the most nuthent ic accounts we hive heiad of the sad affavir, it seems that Mr. TP. J. llamiailtovn, the father of' the young man who fir'ed the fatal shot, was on the ev'o of remioving to Columvybia County, in tlhia S3tte, and in prparativon thlereof' had ')enne~d his cattle r'eaidy to Lbe driven. Amalolg the numbeihi' -iles to) have been oneo steer' or cavl' to whiichv Capt. Butler laid claimi, vwieblhe req ue.-ted Mr', llanvilton to liberavte, avid, as we are informed, visited the hiouse of' the latter' to secure. Whilo there an an. gry discussioui vprung up betwcen theni, wvhichi cventnauted in young llamiil tdti gat1hering his gun tad firing uoCt. Butlcr, the charge taking effectin his, breast~ avid canivig 'ime; diaite death.'' .The other daay a cariier pigeon car ried iuto heleaigueredl Pais~ii anewsa:~ per dy I1ince qrn are, wvithl 2'26 dis. pa1tches malicroea.opical Ily phidtaugr'aplied upjon it, comii i'si ng the detailed news of the daty fvrm all parts of the world anvd thiero now colmes froim i Lodo a deer i pt ion of (lhe mainiaiive y itI b d id thd priinti ng. It maake.s a d upl Iicate of ordli nar y handwit inig a million timos saller' t hian the originial, An thait it cani only be road by the aid of a plowerful miicrosdiope. TJhe in. Vettr aitiuiiubes that lie can) tii tua r puint the whole Biblo~ 22 tiines i the space of an inch,, arid othver bookA in proport ion. Th'inkal of ita The Speaker of the llouse can carry Gush ing's Parliam-enitairy Manual entire; photographied en. his thiumnb-nail. Webstei's U~nabridlgedmay be parint. ed on the lining of your hat. By3 the Magio aid] of this little macohino, theo total contents of the A stor Library mauy be transferred to a lyve coui% blank book. Add to such a owtn pondlumn a all portaule microscope which thiight nestle unnoticed in thtt pantaloonms pockot, and the ptogrI tox may have at cominland all the w( t of the en ges~ frUta Soerates to 91 Waldo Emerson -Acatge. If you havti been tempted to 6*11 fir f ts fi innEflieta t Talk About llecoitructinig No:l1, Caro. I1 ott 1ai n, AA~es'tern l1publicaii Senator sav he is t-eriout'aly considoring the advita. bility of' iiti-Odiei %, !-III InI VOi. f e:-s to it:. in recort * iltt N orth Caro. tia. lIt ditlarcs that, thub course of the Democrats in tlldt St te in at. tempting to overthrw the old State Governiment which Cungress set in motion by inipeain.lg Ooverrtir 1l1l den Iulily wlrraMiii e.dh lieithation. IL i.s douhiful, hwevr, not withsi a nd ingr all this talk, if anything is even itrodieed. Pt;qibly it inay gu as far as tIi TIennossee cas6, a bill for just much a prurpose having been instrOduced at year ago, and remaibed ilormant ih the locuons'i-uotioi Committoo ever lEor silnbe the feadmission into the Union of tie Southorti Si s, the Accduits of the direct (AX comn mis sioners have been accuiniOuing with. out any settlemelItst being :aide; in the ord inary routine of bodihue-s those accounts pass throdgh the hands of the Con imislier of [n1ternal Riv cuie, fit th Aiuitor, and t..:tt Com;, troller, but it is now proposc:l to cre ate a sop-arate division for th 3ir ad justiment. At the lowest calculation this will take at least three .3ears. The tax commissioners were drawing sala ry as lately as August, but it wa then stopped by an order from the Secretary of the Treaiury. Nllurts to coiclliato the Adminis. tration and Senator gdmnbr chntinue, Imt with very little show of succes. The frienlds of the Presijeit are af11raid that with reihforceiments, both in the House ahd Senate, when the -es.-ion reopons, on tho side of the chairmin of the Foreign Pelation Committee, the war will even Wax more, lively thia before.- IWashiid, ton dspatch to the Balinore Sn. Excitrment in a Theatre, Last night previons to the close of the perfornstuce at Front Stredt Thea tre there was a scene cnaet6d not down in the programe; anod which for the time Created considryhblo ek citeient. In the paitomime bur. lesque entitled lobinsun Crusoe, m hich is the last piece upon the bills, there is a transformation scene, it which th) co gi Is- Miss Sallie Chnp ni1u, Miss Sallie Apt, and Mits Bo g:t-are raied hpon a pedestal, which1i, when about eight fieet from the stalge, t urued to one side and threw the girls backward upon the stage. O' coure a scene of excite ment ensued, it, being approended that they were seriously injured, and a report at once gainbd tiirbhlation that one of the number had one df h6r legs broken in two places. Tho cur Lain was quidkly dropped; but soon after raised and the tableal colh lo: ted ; only one of the occupants of th pedestal reappeared. It was soon ascertained that Mis.es Apt and Do. gart were not injured to any serious extent, but Miss Chapman did not fare so well, as she, in falling, Atrul her back uguinst a portion of the pe destal and injured herself to an ex. tent that it was necessary to call in a physician. Dr. Stein was summoned and soon succeeded in reiving Mid Chnpmann, who hiad fainted rroin the e flects of her injurlies a nd the exeite meat. She was subseq uently t-onveoy ed in a carriage to her ,oarding-house on North Exeter street.-Blkmrc Suh, 29th&. Di cr-IoN iN l3.nicaUI'Te .-An imiportant deision of the United States Court in Banuptcy hans been ahtnounced firm 13oston in the caso of the Boston, Hlartfdrd, and IArio roads Judge Sheply ritled that rail IWay corporations aro dbenal3- bmnbraced injtht ta a of "business oorjporationa't iln tbo bankrupt lawk and the doneh involved Is now in bafikrupitdy, ard its stock doran to ,lUa thitn two cents tIn the dlollar. ' I'his rdtthUB the fant thant all bankriipt and fraudulentigR managed railways are amendable to 1the Bankrupt Court of the United Status. Sunie l.earned lanwyors have been approl-ersive that; one in banika ruptcy, the roadIs could niever be ro lioved without final and irretrievable ruin to the stookholders. But suoh, it is now said, is not the practiorable iiterpretation of the law any more than in the case of a receiver and foclosure under Stato proceedings; where the stock -and borndhuldors, having thirotp gh such recieiversbhip rid themselves of batl nrthaugment, are jioFumit ted to come together on agreed terma ti relieve the property of its diflionilties', and tU r'doogniso withot prejudice to any of tbo intertests tion.. coti'ed, hlow TO (CooK OLDo FowrL.-For the possible benefit to soine other young hiouse-keeperfi, I wish- to tell them how to cook an old chickep. Pres p are as for roasting, thoen boll three hounrs in a cotered -,ot with oie quart of waters to- *h~oi Maddtw tablesjpudnsttll of Ine~ Ift~rwk dtte bolir,. ti br~oWni 'Tulgid In the put te bhi prepafdd foi graiy; shoulti thtiw6- tbil away too giioh, 'iloro should be added. Thej mt ast tonder as Uvoh1 biV Mlurdt'r in Untiki On Suntdaiy niight ln0, while .r. \lat. Stev, n - n-erc ble. mtanl, wh., im an tt in in the ti nderate servi', was on li.) way to UVnion, with a load of good.) ill is wagon-amog other thiigs, 1 barrel of whkerV --hI was Ialtetd by a p-irty of miitia. under int1llatid ct Capt. Walker, and ad mand made upon himi for whiskey. Stevens gave them a bottle fall, which s.", in d-diately Lollinisled, anttd be v:i ordered to 1, ive them more: this ho declined--Atating thait the ligor b lunged to Other parties. They theh thritatened to take it ; when Stevens i -old them it, would he :a their peril; the atisier was aI volley .f l'Itwl itF, whieb killed himl,, instatitly. Warrantis were issued and fifteen colored ni were arrested, oil susnicion. Sunday Uight, Actingl Duiet:. Sheriff Dallniel Smaith, wvith a posso, went to :i Iouse to arrest a pa, ty of fonr, Iuit t hey weie denied admission. Tho ibinmatt-I were inforiled that Smith had a W" r rant for tieir arrest, ind they nu ist surt-ender. The parties insdo inunr diAtely commtlenced( :ir 111ad M\ r.4 Smith was severely wounded. !Ind. ing t h at h ar 0r u:s; :OV w.r 1110W ni h'eing resorted to, the inmiates sitrren- - dered. Whille in il, im= of the mill tit madc a fell coif: il titid state ment of (te vase-- ch-vry in Ca pt . Walker and his iitia with the wholb pINlair. Walker alltttipled to eseim i but was overtlltled about twetit v milea Is fiomt Union, as lihe was getting (Itn a railroad train. fio relfused to give hlimslelf Up at flst, hit whenl told 11hAt, f thlere was at wal-raht- for Isk arrett and lie must ao bac1k, he gav' in. There is it x i iion, ani on Monday ntigh, at w learn from pa> "..snrs, tit( t3own was tiied in, fonir places ; but no d:timngt, was done. A pioutinevnt colored man, nametd Bttos, who is now in Colinbia-with the intention, as he:11 ' declares, of' laying the whole Inmatter bifore the Gover nor--also ebargei Walker with the crlimi, andll declares, al so, tIt Ithe knows who flred the ,ist shot. If tlie arms iro to be used for murdiering un ulonding whitei,, tle sooier tihe Iili. tia are depiived of them, th bet ter. P/l tnni.v. UNIONs Twj.;uten 'l CoAteIA.rsv I lerom1 the Cincinnati (. izette, Ic . 2(.-- It is ,aid a sitit has bellnI ctnolliteled against this Westein inilm Telegraph Company for t h recovery of dapia s, t'ln claim to which aroso fro t III ollowing: singIlar eiretnstances : It soms tiJames II. ('ole stnt a mes sage Some five Inmonths ago In h';s attor mny in Merithm, \iss., usking himt to hold bellaten'scircus. At the tii the : hipssage was rebeived at the telegraph oliide In that place01 tiof agenClt Of the1 'irlus happened t 4t to ho il, and onil i hearing that :s meL.-sagC had btr.tfn re-. oeived3 asked It Ir. ws iotteriing th ie dirduk, oluoing at, tih(e saine time to deliver it- The it.an in charge of' he I ofilce inadvertently gve hi m the di.a patch, which tound a situafe loderient in the agent's pocket for four or five days; When it Was delivered it was too late to serve the puri'poses of the senld der of the message. Mr. Cole niow seeks to recover $,00 dlli iamtges. PAin 01F. AN XO rPnRT. The Coturier'S~ 'ys. : Ilobiert C. 801.. loway, lonig it iresident of this city, and for nllarly foti' years aL llnor fear less and deote.ch follower of' the Liost (liuse, died at thto Maziyck sttreet Ilfospitl, on tile Iifter'noo:, Of the 20th, and ont the inorninig of the 29th thc R1ev. WV. U1 Yates reatd the fure.. rtal service, aft er which htis romatiins were convoyed to the Mtignolia, fd'% towed by thos whto kmnow him11 initimal tely in life, and moiturned him11 iti death. Ho Dow rests side by sido with many who woro his comradoa in battle. Fromn an officer of theo regi. monit in walob RL. C. Soltowa y sred (Gregg's), we learn thtit hifl rbcord was as bright as that of anty soldier who fought in the (Confedorato army: That simple sentenoo expresseAs mnore titan cau the greatetst tMahh~l of wbtdth Ho was a niativo of Etgtetd, it 8lgn painter by trade', but sincee the war unable to wor'k at it, by reaionl of the loss of his right armIf at this battle oif thti Wildernecss, May 5, 186. Some of .the Boston papers wit~h bhtaraoteristito charity htavt discover od that tihe recent a ppalting fire in Ribhmond wats a speciai inanifostation of divine wrath.* Tiiis Is clearly an error; fdi- as lorng as New England and its Iems esoapo destruotion "til the world .and. the rest of nankInd'1 may rewiain under thoir vines and oig trees with the assurance that thoy w*11bo'uniotehted by Provinoe. GIaA'I"rKa ta MilrtaN'ro*~q, PA: ----There was a grost firo at Mifflin; Pa. [ast pigli .. ;UpwarJd of Bey9Pty of tp tb6* 16 idin stgroa ,dWVf' Af'i 4tabfos &o The loss is. estia. ae:Iti y 14 r 1 hrtin Ml the Auluzit fxpedllioil. The New Yoik 'iMalardl says Professior l1tirtt i tid h i s exploring Irti ty have jot ret r'okod to 0h a city from a t y t he) 0.,! Aatizon. They bing: a large Collect1ion of geological Hinl other -pecitmtns for the Cornell University. Tho party have been abseit six motiths. With a small vesel they proccdAd far up the Ama zon,occasionally diverging to explore the various tibutarios of the great river At mhniy points nav'igntion wag ex tremiely diftiult, and mRll boats had N> bi uNPId. The scenery is beautiftil btvond Ue.'tiriptlon, and for miles the river hi-us beneath perfoct arches of ri-anclcs and vines. Even at mid day it iS imuposnible to see tho sky through tle foliagnt, and often it is necessary to uso torelices. Monntrous serpents 'lide noiseleosly through the juis'eu; ITh e diadoveric made by Trdf; lattt, and his companions, it is said, Vnd inl a gre.1t mne! asure t-) dispute 1 of.. A ssiz's well-known glacial rics regarding this wonderful 'rofesor Hatt's pnrty are of the piiiioni th at the "enai the'" supposod o have boen made by glaciers ages igo are owinig to entirely different 'anuses The grouhd on which this opinion Hbasetl havd; not been -itated, but it 8 al tlint a book will shortly be mtllelhed giving a ftuli aecount of he expeditiotn. l'rof. 11artt's goo igicall -poviniei s ni.l fossil molltusks nd 1i ,hes compriso the largest colltb ion of the kitnd ever brouglit at dUo iui Iromut llrn-il. I):cisioN Aiv.'i t' i NO S'oUitie tr )s.-A impo'tant decision, Of etin g a uIt number of Southern banks 1i been rendered in the Supreme 'ourt of Te1diee. This decision iven in tho case of the M erchatt.. ind Plhtnlers' rank, of M\emphis, but hich tipplibs iu all bahuka liflilarly ituunted, is to the effect that, althouh he billtI of' this bank, (o recover the anuu of which stit w;as brought, "werd stiuned dtiring the wir for the put'posd if aiding tile rtd hellion; and actUally iSo] for that piurp ose, and ont that et-mni, illegal, still, in the haends of bnatL fide purchaser for ralue with mil notiet., tlh.y would L-b uphield, and h Iodder wouuld h euentitled to 'cover' on thei ; anil irthor, that li holders of siitch not .i are entitled , recover not, merely I Ie p ice paid or them, bit their full face value. Tus outnCAROL.IN.A R'XILnOAi 'o su t.--I'lhis Coiany has declar A it January diVidend of one dollar I slare, payable on the i st februarf text. 'Thto oporatiots of the cdmnpa I- for t.he past year will be !hdwn in letall in the trinuatl 'opoRjt but wU ard ible at thini time t statbh With ek iotnsMi. tht. thd roadl atnd rolling tock hatvo otl mitiita ineti in a con. lition of thorough cilicidney, that the lividond is paid out of legitimate not farnings, and that tho yetr 1870 is -he inoat prosperoius; Atid satisfactory yhici the Conpany ha dxporienced tince the bginning of the late war. In truth, tle Compaity is , how reap:. ig the fruits of its ountl policy and judicious iainagtimonit, nd has be lore it, we hope and believe a career is prollitable to thne Stockholdera as beneficial t the public at larg. Chaurkcst.:n Necws. Col 'lp. W. iligginson tells thin iliu the story :"I wats.. OnceQ at a littid musical psar'sy in Now York, whord several accontplishod amateur singers were presnent; andl with them~ theowm mint puofossionali Miss Adelaidd P'hillipsu. T1h~o amateurs i4'ro firat 3alled on. 1itch chofte sante difboAl6 d'rienie pasago, atid sanzg her bpde Ynitcanto to the opera sltiger'd ~urn, instead of eihibitirg hdr ability a6 enlips~e those rivals dn her jirouilt hu Aimpily. sdatdd hersel! at the pid ud saBthg K~athlden Mayvourneen," wigil such thrilling sweetness, that thd yotigu Tishi gffl whb was utLing the tuppeor tilblIh~ tilo next room forgot aill bhi- plates, anid teaspoons, throw huorsolf imntu a uhalr, put her aprdui ourti hdi' face otid sobbed as her hearb d'ould break." A Traveller down in Geosrgia atnong the rien eqwamps; obsort'ing thu sallow, sunkene3'ed, dumatbelpatud apa pearanee of the inhabitants, asked due of thoem If the climate was unhealthy: "W~a'al no;" replied the Alokly-lookItig follow ; "'titlht untboalthly We have the fever and agne het-e all thf tIse in these partsb ut thu a we Unjof 4 powerfuil tundertio* of Iital b whje ba the ague tU nothing!' .. OojNq - oUtt.MAbdut fbgt $#5 grQo-mnot, wonleb Abd. ojildret.' a'rived os the Prati ra dZn tt *veiuthd4 n W ent< ovit tue ii lie hain slourrede reme. 4 ostiasth.M,4at' iinnilm, id Tra tr. The N.ns Ymk NAVim ::d,'.f'"..d Com. mercial /. , r \\ 'ed e .8day, t 1. I ult., a -.4 The gecial IIerdhandie and pro. duce m1111O s prl!elet- th, itisual doill ut.e's iivjdent to thie th so of t ir. Mel ban1t1111 andtI-' b eit~s m ien) alre 411ite gencraly occupied in the anh it lied. instldut of accoulllts, and until tlis process shal1 be Completed, a1w)(I nu lli eieii t Li mel sh :ti I ha1e clapAed to efna ble thei to get the bentinps f'.r a he v departuIreh, ihtere is likely to be inch.ahutininenunrca eireletOS. Thi aani ilblncing ti ledgers does not iun ease-,show a very fl.ttering rtMilt Vithe y121ar's businless, yet those wlto alel out about sgnare with the woi ld entsvle themselves %ith the jiilosoplaie reflee t ion that it might have been a great deal worhe. The fact that the sum (i commercial failuts during the year has bech Ismuch lefs thani lits been gen. erally expetted, is probably due to ahe fact that the meer ea-iti le eas vs have h id the .sagacity to tMake i rmnipl p;eparation to llitigite to the mlini. mom of harms the gr:telual sli inhaisege i t value; by cr taillog alike tlir ercelits and their deb.i." Iistory abounds4 ill cases wIhere fear. generally entertuied in the ha ginning have been fialsified in the end. It has alo taught us that the worst Chalnities live been thosd that were not heralded by general expectat ion. Business mon, with liud onl the dlert lave NiCOe able tu ctimpromise; so tui speak, with itdyered contingencies of the financial und commercial sit nation before they arrived. They hlve, as a genernl remark, bad tile foresight to stipulate for safet y with small profits na thu drly bonifitioh tinder whiili they could tide over the period cov rod by the transition from inflation to the bed-rock of prices ; and, its IL colse1ueTice, they now stid in it firmer position, probably, than for a number ofyears. M1IF-sArae bF titv.G0ori:ltton .di, NEw YoynK.-.Tbe thessinge of Governor lloffmanl sent to the Legi-lature to day counsels etrenchment in ex pen ditures. 1I6 s:t5s the entire State debt. is $32,409,1444-a reduction of $6,415,3U4 during the year. lie re commends hllt. all the militia be arm ed with breach londbr. lie reicih his former recommendations as to the canals. including appropriations for the latt vat ious projected inet hods for the use of steamn, and suipports guardedly some plan for on elevatel railroad in New York city. IIe asks the continuation of the powers 'of the coinmisjioh to prevent the sprend of thA cattle disease. Ile disapproves of the presbt thdininitratitin of Ile eral filalled,yd giteA soint aidvice to Sba-elit-y Jioutwbil. Ile accuses the Federal Uoeorniaeht of haviig assumed directly by its Officers and armed forces to interferein the elee tions ill this State, and airrnigi .lib President on this; prbtt.ding againit this attion ab all ottrage. A Washington dispitch lb Lhb N L w York Herald Aays : "The retult of the Georgia. leelion has di-appointed the Rejublicans who expectedl to car. ry that State. It is niow conceded that the entirb Boicth will ga D~emoorittid in 1$9, abd t4e Iepubli eana are con~Aiderably alarmed aet thle prospect. If thti Bouth goes Demao errtic it *111 be iiiipUssibib to ceet the Repnblioean candidate, ckerit Penna sylvania, Indianait and( other Northern Stalds, whieh n~e ttiw Uoubtfiul, an be carried. The change of affairs in thle South was not altegether unoxpected to sharpi politiciana, but it was thought that a few States would be cal-s led by the Recpublians~~ 1 oitfll Arab Sou-r.--There aro true men, and many of them; even ini Massaehusetts. Unse of the very tru est is Ilon. George Lunt, editor of the Bloston Courier, lie thus writes In a recent Issue of his exedlient journal: "When we read the virulerit, viii. dictii-e, undalled for attaeks upon GJenerai Lde's char-aeter and motivos; by Rtadical writers and spealkers, antd know how largely a spirit of personal animosity exi.,tod at the North, prior U, the svaer, and contribted to its oust breaek; it is no wonddr that lie'and his associates should hive felt reldotitnt to continuo our countrymen." Ilon. P. W: WV)t, Jud go of the Soc (nd Judicial CIrcuit of Fliorids, has been ttrresidd by the. United States M~araehal to ansti to a bill of indieot iluent found agaeinedt him li the Unuited States Ue tn hde ib sessiona at Jack sonvi lie, for Istiling ata injune tion, to realialli the State banv'assers fromt bemolldatittg thb VotU tuntil af ter all the yeturps were rUteived: Aimes I ,tot the indepebdiues o theb. $ucfly ant1 the t1Ihte .of tho 8tti dI~ 'tai u -~~Qa'~ and his. shide my *t are an asadson~ pf eoiraui res be' oaupa- M': $anir sata eO1 Ta ~etaIn.