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VOL. VI WINNSBORO, 8. d.X, whb~t sbAV OR A 9N
An liporlnti Move iAW th Colored
fikdert.
A curious political movement is
now on foot, which, whether it is
likely to evontuAte in anything of im
portanco or nut ortai'nly indicates
that the sitektion is fully Ap'precia
ted by lead):\g colored Ipen.
When Robert C. DeLargo wvas
elected to Congress, it was WnoMA to
many of his friends', athough Wt
publishe'd during the canvass, that he
was stringly in favor of, and would
advocate, general amnesty. As a
native-born Carolina colored man, he
is probably the best exponent o" that
idea now among the ltepresentatives
from this State. If we add to this a
fre quently-expresed determination
by him to move, at the proper time,
in behalf of Conservatism, as distin
guished from the Radicalism which
has been brought into this State by
outsiders, we have some reason for
believing that he is about to make
good declarations and lend his influ
ence to the organization of a now
party. It is, further, well known
that Ransier, Nash, Wimbush, Smalls
and other Radical colored men have
juat returaod from Washington and
a conference with "the powers that
be," and their programme of the
future is thus mapped out :
1. A proposal to the Chamber of
Commerce and Board of Trade to re
pudiate the entire indebtedness of the
State.
2. A convention, within two
months, for the organization of a new
party, based strictly on intelligence
&ad intority.
3. The exchange of mutual guaran
ties between the races, wherein the
colored leaders only ask that their
bresenteivil and political right shall
[lot be disturbed, and that they shall
3av'e a faii representation in the offi
a of the State Government, in re.
idrn fdr which they will pledge them.
selves to unit6 with the whites in the
sleptidh of he best men to office.
4. The nomination of James L.
drr fo' Goferiior; 1872, or any other
ban who Has the confidence of the
w. parties.
Tesoe are; In all seriousness, the
prolIoitioni which are no* agitating
is otorib 'f lidividuals WIho have done
more.to keep the Radical party of
'his State inlact than any other mem
bite df It; ansl, pomitg ffom a con.
%fence witYH Detafge, nd possibly
with the congervative Republican
Joigrosim'en of other States, m4I
ifliportane may be ittached to them
,hbd the ordinary curbstone move
ments whidh afe born amndg our
1o0i41 sliquas.
. The patties referfod to arrived iti
dharleston' full of , thieir soeme.
'hey Inter4iewed Iteyidblicans and
Dem66rats: They invit'd thie co-op
aratiofl of Ohadry offoials; and avoid- I
ad dthgti, of their own fith 5nd kin
as they would aqoid the EigyptiaI
plaTue.i.'le repult yet remain to be
seen. iansfer V'at opened his tEtte.
ries, and disousses the situ'atiod with
a odImnebs that il iii striking 6dntrast
to sQmi of lit. past spbedes, while
Ri. Vrothei politiMians set by aba scan
and endorse eveiy 46rd that flown'
from his pdn: t
Whether tiefe be eaiestesia in1
this new movement or,.whether it i
d trap adroi tfl ,zhib' Biy en. 1Jutler ot
Charles Sum nor to datch an unsisp'
elous people, ot course, il'only a t
ter of surllie; but it w'mill doubt
less strike .every thboug~itful person
tfiat a ~roposiion to re pudiate the
antfre indebteaness oftte 8tkte ji eith
or a very ild bid f&'r poMTalltf,
or it is intended to dra'w forthC frona
(b lE 1oard of Trada ad Chaidbei Ef
Commeree whtt Cs already si~fioelent-'
ly publIshed-namely,' that their
redent action wis not to cnvey th
idea of refudiating anly bond of the
state for a debt th'at has b,ta hoii'et
ly contraotfd.
It is aupre'me t'ondensi to lufe
Chat So'tith Cafollnians will eyer re
pudiate their just debts. N'oneknow
the fa6t bitteor than tlidae very color
ed' men i ann' thltf're, de are bound
to assume that ?h'e ifrofositionilf ftfad&
at all, will be mzid6 to dondekt *oin
alt'erior deti6".
As a:Y offset to the allove ih'oe
nilent, we understand that. it has bed;
determined, by Parker, Neagle an i
etlier members of the State Govern'
dianmt'torganizs what will be here.
art6r kown as "the respectable Re
pnblitab d arty."-Carutdn New.
Figl lieit' Neilsa ai#llalted States
* Troops.
dadsee Aplril 12.eAm Austin
special to the0al veston Nede,' ed
Keardi and Mil'er'sttain loadea '
Baon for Ohihuahua, arid lSpit
ard, were attacked :near the: touni
dary,'by a large .band of ,In4ids,
Kear,wifi' dr.%five ' or Api.sII~ans'
were Iilief. heb Cb d~t ga
Mecdidan troopd pursufetC' mu d ef.
era across the bonary fnto theUni.
1ted *t ~,'and killed *ad opipr.4
!eightdkk The~ b lolted 8tste
troop frf. ort GoodwiP,{wi to
the 1euitoanB, whoq ghoJu1
in w ' e.lon alng oflder of
Fort od'dwin and forty American
Ssoldie' were killed The Mexicans
rnmber ed two bhuhared:
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-'AIRFIELD HERALD
. i isBIsiirtDn WEF.Ki.v BY
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in tho Town of Wlinsboro, at 63-.00 in.
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May- All transient advertlsements to be
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Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per
sqguare.
8ostivley the LAt.
"Mary h'Ad q little laml;",
We've heard it o'er and o'er,
Until that little lamb's become
A perfect little bore I
So I propose there shall be dug,
A grave both deep and wid'e,
In which that little lamb and all its
barb's
13e buried side by side.
Itfe Sit'ation and Remedy.
MR. EnITOR: The continued impor
tiuitios of friends, who attach more
Value to My vIews'than they are en.
titled to, make me ask a space in
yodr columns.
While I siuggest e remedy for our
present gri\'6ances, I must say I have
little hope that those who how have
the power in their haids wIll ever
willingly submit to its least abate.
Y1'1t. I look, rather, for relief in
the overthrow of the national Radical
Party, to whibh the en'ormities prac
ticed ih thiis tal.i are in no small
degree contributing.
As to the double tax proposed to
be collected in November, I would
say res'ist it in ivery tvay short ofatual
ribelioA. The whole difficulty,
though, may be removed by the au
thorities requiring no tax to be aol
l'soted in November, 1871, a half tat
in March, 1872, and then a whol tax
in Nuveuiber, 1872. In such an
rangemient we ought'to acq.ui'esce; This
disposes of an exceptional grieiance
'of great magnitude. But thet-o are
othera of a permatient-nature and of
greater importance, the euistenoe of
whlch precludes the idea of pgace;
lawand order, as long as the blood
of the Angid-Saken or Cavtlier cour
.8eb through our veins. I rter id the
inoD6trouts system of election frauds
practiced upon us, ,Ile wholesale
*6bbery of our property udder the
guise of taxation, and the s4uahadri ig
of the money raised - by taxation for
purposes otber than the wants of an
honest government. These wrodge
cannot be temedled by a change of
the qualifications of voterg ,r of
office-holders, no- 1y a thangb of duf
present system of reyijresentation.
A donolusive reason is that these
changes cannot be made ; nor will
the party in power ever consent that
we have a niajoritj .it the Senate,
which cdnhrms aipooliiti@ents b? th6
Governoi, of in the 11ouse, the ima
jority of ,whiu! deterrmines tlie delec
tion of United States Senators affd
Judges.
All we can ask, with any exp'cta
tion of our requ'est belng complied
with, is to have a check p'ower upon
taxation and appropriations given ds.
This can be done by the Consithution
being so amended as :
1. To require four iandgors of
elections at each election precinct,
two of whom are to b~o chpsen by each
political party in tl'o Co'unties i to
have the votes counted as soon 8s the
polls are closed, atnd the results ag
gregated the second day aftbr, by
two from each boZ, (ong ftom ea6b
political party,)' assemb Ifng at the
County seats.
2. To require for the passage of
every bill imposing tdxe A, sise~sing
the value of property fof taxation,
borrow,ing money or raising revenue in
any way, and of every bill malting
appropriations, creating pny d bt or
liability, or le'nding 2 'e faith and
credit of the State in any rda'y, ft to
receive the vote of three-fourths' of
.the members of each h'ouie, thu santos
to be ascertained by a fo'te by yeas
and nays, made of rtlcord on the jour;'
nals of each house.
8. To provide that ib'on the adop
tion of the two fordgoing amendments
all Acts and parts of Acts,' relating
to the assessment of fropertff foa',
taxation, the imposi'tion of taxes, Aod'
providinog for elections by the peoplb;
shall be no longer of 1(orce, upon
the first meeting of the General- A's.
sembly thereafter held:;' and that all
Acts, and parts of Acts relating to ti''
aforesaid subjects,' liassed by any
General Assembly, shall cease to be
of force upon the adjournment of the
first session of the General Assembly
nextt elected.,.
This Is asking as little' of the Re
publican party as will ensure us re
'lief from the eormI~ld'Ie are now
suffering. By these a'mendment no
right or privilege now possssd by
.our colored citizens woW d in the least.
be impaired ; wbhe thdir~ real inster
es would be proibted. Is there
enough justice In tile Republican
party to grant us the prdtection which
theae amendments' would aff6rdi
And have our oolor'ed ditizens the
good sense to acquiesce in a proposi
tion ho *reaseonable tand tnoderate '1
JAM1ES H. RION.
([Col. PhamixS.
Mark Twain' Is ithis thirty.sixth
year.
The Late War - V,-trioidinary Mitar
vohments,
The German n'besp ers are abunt
ing up the wonderful results of ti
seven months' war, which was doolar
ed in Paris on Jnly 19th, 1870 ; we
virtually brought to an end by th
apitulation of Pari'h on the 2th o
anvir 1871; and w&'s Wnally e'losei
It,the . of Febaspry. The a
listed 0: y a.2Drin the .re
reven days of the war, rm
rrom North and South Germany wer,
oncentrated ; and within thirteel
dayb, their strategic march to th
'rA'~er was a'ooomplishod. The army
uumbiTing WAebeen 500,000 an
00,000 men', Yas tranport o 've
irve principal lines of railroad, eaol
Doe forwaring dnily on ar arig
42,000 men, tog'ethor with the neces
sar hors, AtIllery, munitions an
rehticles o ranaiort. Four corps d!
irmee were thus eon'veyqd to .h
b'ronoh boidaady' 6ule of eom .01
miles, some >010 milas, a'ild' durinj
the t'rniportation, mn an h'dr'e
bad t6 be victualled and cared for
rilis i4 the most extraordinary con
3eutratio'n 'of an army on record. His
tory ha nothi pg to coon1ar" *lth it
Deductinphe days lost in oonce
trating, ant the eie which elapso
between the capitulitioil of PaiIl ati'
the treaty of pe&oe, weo have, for th
ictive duration of tihe war,. 180 days
During tbs time the German troo
rought 17 grand battles and 15V b4,
ties of less importance, caytured 21
Fortined places, 6,700 pieces of artil
lery, 120 eagles or flags, 11650 offioer
and 393,000 men. This, on an ai
average, is 3 great and 26 sm ae
battles, 4 fortresses, 20 eagles, 1,1 I(
pieces of artillery, 1,950 officers and
[10,500 men a month. This gives v
ortress taken every six days, a gran<
battle every ninth day, and a mine
battle every day. This looks,on pa
per, rike a triumphal march, yet on,
3erman regiment, the 48th, lost 6
>fflers out of 64, and 1,543 men on
)f 3,000. The 52d regiment als,
.ost 58 officers, 7 colors And 1,839
neu. Most of the regiments of thi
hird corps lost 40 to 50 officers, an<
1,000 to 1,100 mon ; proof that there
must have been desperate .ighting.
Those Regnations.
It appears that the County Com
nissioners of Union tendered the fol
owing resignation to Governor Scott
which, of course, His Excellency re
'used to acaept :
To flis Excellency R. K. &ott
[n accordance with the special Orde
4o. 3, K. K. K., I hereby resign th
>fl.e of Commissioner.
The Union Times very portinenti;
aye!
Ai the Governor of South Carolina
A our opinin, he could not accep
&h a resignation. Had he done s
t would have been a virtual endorse
nent Of a Ku-Klux order. In othe
wofda; be would have recognised th
uthority or power of unknown pat
lies to diotate #ho AlAil hold office i
Jhe State: * a
lnowing the inbdpetency of thi
Dommissioners, we are confident h
would have gladly acepted their tea
ignationbiehd theT been couched ii
languklge elpressidig a diire; on* tei
part, to, be relieved fro'm' a' postto:
the'y felL th~mselvel unfitted fot.
SPleasant 8'urpris 6.
We redord with pleasure a reeen
incident of a pleasing character. Th
v.eneraable and~ eteem~d . Iteoto'(
Trilgity Chu'rob, if thi. cdy, havin
rEcoi'tly takeen f'ssessioN 9f the no.
p arsonae; provided for himqelf an:
fa'rally; rSei'o d a' noepeotod viel
from a nuambor of the msembdrs of hi
coogregation. The attaoking forci
{d by a well'.known phbyeferan, a
"l ntlyd'pon. tb linest of 'he I
er, andF carrli'd .tliem amid smile
and 1atel. 'lthe' ednquerors the:
petored in; and the wagonqidmptied c
1;hoir &ontents showed' id t~e urfay der
sidted of. "ordatir'I 6omforts," Lb
BolicY is'arle of ihoso cordial relation
in rouitie'n o'f wh fch this "sturprf
era condeived siA'd. ridu'tod,- T
tomanly licatis th~ &'rigin'atd thi
projeet, and' the odnourringafiriti tgs
ed outed It;'is worthi'y o fall f'ras
rn (iis re-established hem e-~upei th
1id 4Sot, "to ,memorg dear"--th
minister i a~oives'oldl friendi affd i'ed
and thesad mor~ies'of the past'ar
blended . y tbo hejoys. of the pre
Work if-Youalota Blue:
Richard Burke, ,being' ' nd hn
reverie,.shortly afte~r a o'ijprdini
ry display of pow'e'rin the 'n'is.
Ooutwmpps'by bis' Ijother"hii
and <inestioned'by Mr. 1%lone.sas
were atplyoe We5 alway afw
by th f ti a ob.c t < ~ n ra .
act o e y
no.s, while the Qiher died oo'
tiAely obscure. Don'6 trust: to yoi
genius, young men,if yop would rise
1nt work! i uos-AI/ WORK!! r
Darlington Redeemed. Ti
ur \own election yeitorday resul
ted In the complete defeat of di alida. It
eisty and corruption and gave us as a
bright glimpse of th dtwning "sober.
second thought of ,, pepplo." Di
Wthen tho 1(adicals wis V6 oprry an 'dn
r 'pleWon, you are wll aware t thelia
j egislature will kiiAl pass 0p the :%
e aws to accomplis L an oU i
1 ithIs occasion poor', persecuted and he
a humbled Darlington was compelled, mI
, by a now charter' t extend her limits
in order that a sallicent nura r.
e black Radicals in the conty bib
, vote; and at Iast bring the village
I nder direct Radioal rule, ho
r That Rev. "Soiled Dave," B. $. pa
Whittemore, who repesents. ip tioe
8'enate the great body of non-taxpay. an
. era, without authority frome ither pa.
l ty, and in opposition to the wishes Qf ne
- two-thirds of the people, white and 001
black, had a new cbarter granted ex- ut
) tending our town limits, and givinglaad or
town authority to bonow five thousand- 01
'd olIars hy an Jau4 of bons'. The fact the
of our vill ii ui14 bopd*;_ sU oome. w
. thing starting and unhear. 6f in its ha
histQry. No one know for whit hur- ths
pose the money wa wanted ; but in a (
fiw dliys All d6eA 6n tifts subjcOt bo
Acre set at r'st b the announqoeneqt he
thit 13. F. Whittetsr'e was tho Radi. evi
caloandidate qr I4te ant-that he thV
would l6ad thehi to viotr, and the ds
1coldred Seoplg Would vote at thl rack
jfhi.hip. uthMe ieoyle aI It il of
a di ere' 1'ht, nd could no ap- 0
prooiato Whit iem're's extreme mod- an
esty in giving us a new charter and tal
havinq himself appointed to borrow ha
that five thousand dollars, and, conse
ruelbtly hi and colored joined c
against him, 14 th. lema1, "You the
know how it is yourself;" pro'ddi"ng tor
the following result : Bei
r CITIzBNa' TICKET. gri
,vo(es., Wardes-R. W. Iod, 111
iH. 11 ii.os, 109 ; Samuel Marsialli
! colored; 111 ; Edgar Harvey, colors en
> 112. .~ the
RADICAL. +iOcJca+. 50Sol
Intendant-B. F., Wi'ittemore; a8g
votes. Wardens-J. Al. Brown, 62
J. S. Fillebrown,60 ; Henry Brown, gr
colored, 08; J. A Smith, colored, 59.. ar(
Whittemore has thus been signally ou
defeated on the ishue of tafationflpa
a belief in his own corriiption. More
-than one of his party voted. against
him, else we could not have Viee'R ub- hi
easeful. Whittemore's prestige is now Ju
gone, and hi's poor deluded followers in
are opening their eyes to the iniquitips ap
r of him and his party.-Cor. Char. R
News.
. _ an
Carpet-Bag Bonds. sb
The action of the Chamber of Com.. to
t merce and Board of Trade of this city, sic
in regard to debt and taxation, is ae- da
ceptable to the Nation, which takes 1.1
r from the proceedings the statistics da
, which tell the dismal story of fast- o0
- approaching beggary. It then gives en
I this warning to jQbbers in carpot. bag ev
bonds: .oo
I In the presence of this di'sgrace- sel
a ful and unprecedented state ofthings, Le
- the majority of the property-holders wi
i and taxpayers of the State are exolus- thi
r ded from any share in legislation. It th
o ifnbdt wdneit ul, therefore, that the i
(iie~ting, after 'decedring that the ta b
es are corruptly raised and improil. y
dently spent, and that the credit of
*the State has been pledged illegally,
,t ndtjdt it is flow prop~osesl to pl edgp gij
e it for still further loans by a new #-.
Ssue of bonds, announced that the tax
payd 4 rd ,eftf~olders o( Chars Tb
leaton will. nokjogd these bonds .blind'.
(sig,' and will resist .all taxation fqr
tthe payme.nto f ,theni liy 'e~very leglti
Smate meraps in. ,tlieir power?' We be
a'dd our wattlng to that-of the meet..T
'g.It im ossible that eh laia the
. Ibf-g . 'arg-l 6fei '
ment a e ar9 are pg
a be fgitly niet vlii soolety gets into
a Its normal condjtions and 'any one.
I who takes those new bonds not only
h Oelps t6'M asi * pagkc of groat tr(
knaves 1i n ijymept'sof -their so
aplunde', 4 'if' t bi4d Soe
S.e-- . .4e
SDr. Winsit~h-so, far froj p itgel bo
dead-ha. writtep she followindlte
to e,Spatapb rg ,pa pers: . h taw
~ Ja&a 4z: .ay4 soon intet
rp elsa iiordinent by tJhg %d
Sb bor of Uorio 'e o' ' a odn.' lai
.ventloon.9f ta 3r of .h6 State' to asi
me'et bp~~sa o e sood rei
Toehla ih~. 'ope"thd"a*' wi
. eet~n rvi!y a Intaddli.. )
i gatep dc a~ovthj n drBsg i t"
-. be uabt tenal .ush~ zdti
pr l tte t n i th
t a~moq p 6 n
The repots tha t severa persons m
wore killed In the riot, at Soratos, ip
dhas'lbean eoitradioted. -oc
e True Stale of Affairr in oith Caroli
De.
iC XVIDENCa OF A NOnTHER RICrrn
Ou4r Worthy 6 nian in i.
ron, auf wife.returned last Satur
y from an orerlpno, trijp, to Char.
ton, and the far interior 9f 8i h
rliba. lie has sot up a little Ma
no at Anderson, in that State, and
brought home a specimen of tile
mufactured at that plagp. Tje
is'gf 'uireo a 1light color, and the
a horo porous than our own. A
Spaing buiiness is anticipated.
Mr. Dixon, as is well-known, has
mestly tilillated with the republican
rty. His testimony, therefore, as
the gfte h boeial and political
I go0z eneA'il affairs in the Pal
tto State;, .ijuoed by personal ob.
vation, if agaiglst the Radical re. t
istruction po1i 3Acapnot be attrib.
d to bias in favor of the "rebel "
their "lost oause." 140 'Ays te
idition cannot well be woro ; that
worse elements of the population
ite and black, Oil the legislaijvo
Is an'd most of the publio offices ;
I men 6f intelligence, experl
e and probity are proscribod by
h Federal and State laws from
ding any' place of public trust, and
in dfafranuhised. No wonder, then, t
prevalauce of crime, the utter F
orgarIn ation of spoity the debas- 0
condition and Intolerati Insolenop
the ignorant blacks-no wonder the
sional outbreaks of mob law, and t
outraged community sometimes
:ing vengeance into their own
d.
Wr. Dixon placed in our hand a
)> of the Charleston Courier of
16th, pointing out a leading edi.
ai Jioh he.says truthfilly repre
its "the sitluation," Sind t4ters jhe L
evances over which the whole South
oplains. I I O .. <96
Mr. Dixon is brofuee in pra fes f
pspitall y, the Pelple w om Ee
sountered, pariuairpeggo
0fanily of Mr. Frayton, of An dor
HIc brought home specimens of un
)Iea ricq and cotton bolls as they
ow and r en pen the plant-both
irarecuriositidbto most people of I
r vicinit .
11ew We are Robbed.
rho Unionville Times explains
Ltunder the old system of drawing
ies there w,. no-expense whatever
the drawisg. . Under the jury las,
proved 10th lyaroh 1871, the ear
e0.t of raw;,ng uris,, in . io'
uN wil b4 aboQ tIreo. hundred
I fity. dollars ; in iibland about
hundred dollars ; in Cha rleston
3ut one thouan4 olgr. Tiat is
say the board ofthe (ury corm
nero may be in session as
in the :ar as the Circuit ourt
vession in the county plu' 0
a for revising lists.' he board
asists of three officers, wio are
itled to three dollars a day for
5ry day on duty. The Times is
ifident thatthe board will be in
alon for quite as naapy ,'day a, the
gislature invites them t9 ln. hre
il be a drawing for every opurt
ee every year. At every drawig
k clerk and sherif are to be present
g flgtres for Union, then, will stand
1s:
re weel.,' thirty days,
three commisionoe, at
$3 each ,$270 00
re extra days,' three.
sonissioners, at $8
,aoh ' -. 4600 1
roe 4ays of clerk and .
~iiealin, at $3. oaoh -18.00
Totsl *433O8
jides incldentaYl - , .
his is the coat of the drawing only.
opot of~isspi; veniro,ap~ngn
ies o~pa. asU was bef'ore.
Sudden and tearful ILoss of Life,
the mnoat melaneboly and disas
us of all the dreadfulreffeetsof the
rere, gle tbadaspdc over this
rtioan or, tlie - eountry en Sunday,
th of March, whIch have yet resoh
us, is that of pthe swanping of t.wo
Sing Aftdon negroes an te
elv n all twenty-seve ry otde
or nDawfuskap Island. Thle
t hgv og b4 gn as yet, but,
oesonor ist p or' 6tlier'
rnaI Nes April 4th -
Ije~ebusyftanla Itbelt I
1 forth*(th, a .'tl'e paoiden'rlo
e;the tr'ey.t is ylvsofa.' Trhere
at organtieed.esalbe .*.. the1 jaw
i' re,piglmst bua d~ p so
he , e ba *to
Goavruno ' mi'
ir'iu m alon -' b
>nkeyS, If Mr. Darwin ever looked I
a mirror, itets bard to see how be I
ald oesa any other parenstages
Fox Hunt in Sultlands,
The rainy weather on Saturday
ast did not deter the members of the
Toint High Commission and other dis.
,iuguished gentlemen from attending
he fox hunt at Suitlands, Prince
leorge's ouuuty, Maryland, to which
hey were invited by Mr. S. T. Suit,
ie hospital owner of that fine coun
ry place. The party of invited
;uesta left this city about noon Gene.
aI Schenek took E arl de Gray and
Tr., IfMontague in his carriage.
Aord Goderich, of the Commission ;
dr. D. Cremer, of the English Loga
ion ; Judge Hoar, Governor Stanton
x-Senator Williams and lady, and
inge Miller ,pd others, al o ent
own ki Arriagqs vhile Sir t fford
fortheote;. of e Commission ; Sir
Cdward Thornton, the Britith Minis.
er ; Mr. Northeote, son of Sir Staf
ord, and Messrs. Howard and Le
-oer Trench,,pf ttie Britiqh J.egation;
raved the elements by going down
in horseback. They were soaked by
he driving rain before they, arrired
it Suitlands, but the party was pqen
econciled to their fate, as they fotiid
omfortable apartments and ,lunch
ing them. There was a plenti.
Ssupply ifabitantials and delica
ies, with the finOtwines of all 4
ions to wash it down. After, tho
arty% had rested; the hunt common'
ed, under the direction of Mr. Tay',
6r. Governor Btanton mounled a
iorse and joined the hunters, about
hirty in number, and the ladies wit
Lessed the start from the' observatory
n top of the mansion. The first fox
ras soon run down. Fortunately
hero were not many fences to ..jup.
lir Stafford got one fall, but was re
omipensed by winning the brush,
rhich he subsequently presented to
Ir. Williams. The hunt continued
with a fresh paek of hounds until 5.
"clock, when the prty returved to
be house and s'at dQwn$9 an 'elant
linner. There were twenty at the
abl, apd toast were drankj to the
residen!; the u en, the British ahd
merioan psoble 0., ia foreign and
lonostio wines, and the festivities
rore kept until about 8 P. M., when
he party returned to this city well
ileased with their day's enjoyment
ind warmly praibing Ph ,hn1pT i of
heir entertalne.- )ii t ).. 1 .6
Wages of Workiig Woren,
From a report recently made to the
)ommissloners of Emigration by the
f.ee Lbor Bureau in New York city,
r.parn the the current ratQs of
rages ppid to wpmen are as follow ;
Boot sewera, 10 gyeek ; book (q4
irs, $8 to $1. a weelk .qopfions
12 to $30 a month ; ohjunbsrznaids,
1.12a month ;'cooks, $12 to $20 a
ocnIith popyist on piece work are
iaid twenty-cents.., pgr folio ; drpa.
nakers, $1.50 a day ; 4Ash .woashxeri
S0 a month ; general houseworkers,
110 to,$25 a ionth ; -hoop skirt ma.
iers; $.,to $10 a week ; hair workers,
18.to $15 a week ; k itelri wark ,r,
P. i. iiqnth ; laundresses, $14
a9nth ; ledy's ipads, 1d a inoath ;
ailJiners,.$J..90 aday durses, $4 to
118 a month ; nur a f or very young
nfants, $40 a month imaphinq ppera
era, $8 a week ; pantry , workors,
l',,a month ; seamstressep, $12 a
mo:th.;sgrubbers, $10 a mont .; sale
romon, $i8 to, $12 a week ;waitress
n, *l16 to $1'2a month.
A Darmging Witnes.
The kukiux committeo in Wash
ngton recentl'j received some lnfor
nation which it, d'id not want. A
orthern man, a ministpr qf the gos
e.l f more tha) twenity-flve .yeara'
tandmgn, and for ma~ny years Gecota
y oftthef~oard of Missions of thie
~rotep nti. piscop al Church, who
vma soqnt {r) Carolina in 1867, by
sojneral iowardj tp tiake el~ge. of
be normal school for the ed noatiorn
if colored teachers in that. 8.tate;
rhere he still resides, purguing~ the
ame. employment, testifletT as fol-.
oWs: ja.(, .' ,-..
"Well, .ten he.(Governor Holden
~f.o ~bth f~o~ 9p wn ,p *toi say,
oeperaG ni t1djol'4I ov
rnment .1' th .. ed~ Atates, no
natter what the electiop aps in 1872;
hat he desirpd hisp 4o be m uieror,
0 r49,000 .OMarlaj brpu.ht
o tb s eo~nntry every year, awnd,pifob~s
>y, 10,000 morq. are~ treispA fo,..the
urpos...,ot J The number of
>ul Bnch~ss ti r .p robbins and
*rks antduallmp td rise as high
osyee.his haun each variet7.
4 pre o l rd~
166 Yffeti ad d sol.
ens of railway bare s1ince last Sep
.be-- amoet quantity to lay
1L004 mile. .f track.
low it Souhdeddi the enrret;
."la t'ruvsas \ho Arat of John,
writes.an Ohio correspondent, Is the
fovoin
lie Cai lilres in do rustic vil
lagnu of,--'Liol is no singist, for hij
musical e'fforts were discourTAed in
their frst timid tpntures Vesides
'Liel ha4 tocodmepce farther back
than mOsO folke. His first essay re
sulted in breaking up a Sunday soboql
"in a row ;" and this resulted in the
old man" pemptorially ordering
the abashed 'I1el ,to, %ttend singing
school. 'Liel went, but.op the first
night kept disoreetly sllent, wholly
absorbed in observin htw others our.
lqpuqte,4 19 p 4l 66io environ
'Days o Absence," and in endeavor.
ing to note, for future use, "the lick it
was done with." On the following Sab:
bath 'Liel took his "Missouri Harl
nmony," and-repaired to the attie to
piactie., 11e had about arrived at
the oonlhsion that, ho was worrying
n1, little melody out of that "hyme,",
phen he hoard a stealthly step on the
stAirs'. LjpJing norvously pround, h'
o4eld t o. failhiguiyos of !'.the oA
man" looking "hwkory. wiritos" at
him. le likewise, heard a voice, to
him less musical than his own dismal
broaking, . .
"'4e1 I exclaimed the "old man,"
uR a, une of expostulation, with an
ondottone of wastlgation-" 'Liel'
I've.triud to, bring you up a moral
,oy ; andrnow; when you ought to be
dresig tor neting, here you are
sawing olap-boards ,op Sunday i - -
The balance of te intq-vlew was of
a strictly private and domestic char
Notor, notY? be profaned by publi
oation. But td tie day 'Llel is iio
good siugist.
Mr. Thomas fil, a veteran newsy
paper reporter, who died, In Boston
a weekp or two ago, ap his life.
lime.wavo. tond,,of a jolke; and pos
sessed a keen sense of humqr. Thq
Washington Chronicle gives an
amusing ins.taoee of his drollery.
T.l 1o. tobqrt , Rantoul, Jr., was
do qrl g) o an impmense audience,
an oration at a peaobration on Bunker
Hill, in the course ot. which lie do
scribed with great pathos and offo&4
the famous battle which bad occurred
oin, ja yory qpqt wl~re t oy).were as
Ini D1.4. b be rolum a, his seat,
Gill, who was seate near him, care
lessly komarlied, " y fattor was in
that battlt.",, . ..
. Rantoul immodiately sprang to his
feot, announced this fact, whereupoq
there were veheagent , calls frouq
p crowd, fo the. mson of the
evol, tiqnary hero. Mr. Gill modest.
ly roso, ind, after ao .nowledglng it
y,ogiferop 9hjers yj) icU greated him
quietly informed his hoarore that he.
was true that his father We4 in the
battle of 1Bupker 11111, liut-Nje was
fighting4 ot ,the other side I, The.
scope that followpd "beggared dos
oription?": ,lfr. Gill vfs.pn English,
man by birth, and one. of the first
professi onal reporters who came to
Amerfoa.
The Righ Dinners.
Tho ;New, -,ork Uprald says the
e oint High 091nauission ,at. Washing-,
on have disoussed a good many jointa
since they came toge$phr-up to the,
present. exaetljy thirty-two delibera
tive dinners having .been ,devoured,~
In evidence that eating lsas proved a
Rowerful mneans to soften the head of;
9.hard shel ,digomnkisti,vthe Herald
ad ~1uces the, case of Mdr.. Reverdy,.
obnson, ib~ut the illustration, is not
a happy ope, for it was the host and
not tkp guests who zspa~e goneessionu,
When lit 4pens. out .that -the British
q49mjmis,9psers demoralise , them to
tihesztent of yielding more than wed
conceded to ~r.,Tohnson in England,'
it, will b@ne for the lierafd to in
du~ etajke et,,h e pns of tlha
A TweIy.Ig ird
. Edor ~pndent of, tiie 1Waehin
ton h~atdp shows. tha. a4.ifttlee
p herng .will proyo- th ,tethe, ease of,
the,8 o~h Carolina fatz ai near-.
13bLre timesas bad as a iret glane
#oil'd idient..
If the collectable tax this year in.
South Carolina is $4,250,990, against.
$400,000 for the year 1869, tho in.
orease of taxation is nearly eleven
fol), vis:'10.'025-fold,
;Xf the essessed abil t ae
is now only es huan%1r d ,igty.
tbree 0plflens, againset /:t b undred,
(pd eighty-nine milon~ l 1860, tba
decrease of suchob $~Is nearly
three-fold, vim jS. ~4d.
Such inorpspo of snve, when #1l.
tip,ied'hy fluh .dporeese ;qf abIlity,
rahoe if, popousd .or relative
~rdeI.onoreAe of gasre thes t*4ty-)
eI it oldvss g8.89-fbld.
.iKfytomtandpib a ir
beingnplo d in josidohe New,
Albaiuy (a4.Y steam fo~f wvornf..
Under ta monstrous hqmmer is lino
bedded eqleven those ad fee of &im.
ber, 4 ~ on the e olde-thoms.
a'd afedt a g thou.
fonatied~
Japan clover has become orne [ qf
NortW etera