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Me - .MDesportes & Williams, Proprietor..] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature. . [Terma--$3 00 per Annum, In Advano VOL. VIIJ WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1872. [NO.32 THE FAIRFIELD HERAAD 18 run1iL.TS[KD WEKRKLY BT DESPORTES & WILLIAMS, Verm.-Tix HinRatD is pubHshod Week ly In the Town of Winnsboro, at 93.00 in. variably in advance. &&a All translent advertisements to be paid in advaio. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per square., Garden Seed-How to Plant Then, We have on various occasions given our readers such suggestions, as we thought would be useful to them in regard to pl;.nting, the va rious garden seeds reoommended for our olimate, and ie In Ly repot, in substance, what has already been said on the subject but we have many new readers, and the old otes may, in some cases, be benefitted by a repeti tion of the lessons. 1. In the first place, the success or failure of seed sowing, whether on the farm or in the garden, depends large. ly upon the proper preparation of the soil. This should be thoroughly pulverized, and in the garden the beds should be made smooth and level with a rake ; and the smaller the seeds to be planted, the finer and smoother should be the ground. 2. l'hoonditimn of the soil in 'eg ard to noi-lur-t, also Is aLn impo tildt. bearing tp... the i uinAtion of seeds. E arly in the re -ti., tne soil, especial ly if clayey ano retetive, is often too wet., and the seeds rot before ger. mination has taken place. Later, and in light. sandy soils, the surfaee is often so dry that the seeds lie in it unchanged, or are destroyed by the heat of the sun. In winter, and the beginning of spring, therefore, avoid sowing when the ground is very wet. or very cold. When the weather is hot and dry, let the ground be always freshly stirred, and, if necessary, wa ter the seeds in the drills before cov ering; also, covering more deeply in hot, dry weather, thanwhen the ground is wet and cold. 3. The depth at which seeds should be sown varies with the species, as well as with the condition of the soil. Large seeds, other things being equal, should be planted deeper than small ones-beet seeds, for instance, deeper than carrot seeds. Too great depth exoludes air and warmth, and prevents germination. The smallest seeds should be sown upon the surface and simply brushed or pressed in. We have of late made our fall and win ter sowings of nearly all kinds of garden seeds on the surface, pressing them into the soil with the foot or the back of a hoo, and we have never had seeds germinate more freely. We saw a field of oats, last fall, in which a narrow strip, being sown too far in advance of the ploughs or har rows, rem4ined uncovered at night, and a rain coming on, it was left in that condition. Wien we saw it, it was looking even better than the rest of the field. 4. In sowing seeds, regard must be had to the climatio charaotor of the species. Everybody knows that, while he may plant peas in January, in our climate, lie niust not plant beans till danger from frost is over; but few, perhaps, confider how widely the same principle applies. As a general rule, the seeds of plants whose original placn of growth lies south of us, as in tropical or semi-tropioal re gions, either fail altogether to germin ate, if planted while the grounds is wet and cold, or come up feebly and make a sickly growth. A temperature much above the frost mark may prove fatal to them. The Lima bean, the egg plant, and the Cayenna pepper, (natives of the tropics,) are of, this olasq. On the other hand, the seeds of Northern plants, especially if small are germinted here with difficulty dur. ing the summer, and the tender young plants are very liable to be killed by the heat and droughts of our climate. The beet, the cabbage the turnip, and the parsnip, are in sta noes. Many species of flower seeds which the books direct to be sewn in spring must, in our climate, be put into the ground in the fall, or the early part of winter, or they will fall entirely. Some of the most impor tant of these we have named in a pre viou, number, 5. In addition to the foregoing general hints, we will now, in braf, offer seome specific direct ions for plant ing the most common kinds of kitch en garden vegeta ble : .Asparagus-8UW in February or Marcb, in drills one foot apart ; cover one inch in depth, pressing the earth upon the seed ; thin out to six inches apart. Bean, Snap.-Plant as soon as dan g er from frost is over, in drills two feet apart, the seeds two inches a part in the row ; cover an inch and a half. Later plantings may be covered a little deeper. Blean, fLim'.--Plant when the weather bas become warm in the spring, in hills, four feet apart, set ting the poles before planting ; cover one Inch ; thin out to three plants in each hill. Bees.--For the prIicipal suntnir crop, sow when the peach trees are In binom. In this latitude, you may sow also in August, September and October. Plant in drills from one foot to fifteen inches apart, and cover f:om one inch to one .inoh and a half in depth, acoording to the senvon and the condition of the soil. Cabbage.-Soiw in a rich sed bed, in drills three or four inches apart, I and cover lightly, waterlog if neces Isary. Cauliflower, broccoli, and khol rabi are to be treated in the same way ; or the lattera-a be sown in drills, where the plang are to grow like the turnips. Cardoon.-Sow In drills five feet apart, as soon as spring frosts are over ; cover one inch in depth ; grad. ually thin out to eighteen inehea aptrt in the row. Carrot.-Plant like the beet exoept in depth, which for the carrot should not be over half an inch. Celery.-Sow early in spring in a rich seed bed, in drills three inches apart, covering very slightly. Later sowings, if a "stand can be got, make quite as good plants. Corn.-Plant for the Brat crop of sugar corn when the peach is in bloom in hills three feet apart ; cover an inch and a half in depth. Cucumber -Plant when danger from froht is beileved to be over, in hills six foot apart ten or twelve seeds in a hill, and cover with one inch of soil ; thin out to three plants in each hill. Igg Plant.-(Guinea squash.)-If plants be not grown in a hot bed or cold frame, plant in the open air, as soon as settled warm weather can b i counted upon, in a rich seed bed, in drills three or four inches apart, and cover lightly. Kol-Rabi.-See cabbage and tur nip. Lettuce.--Lettuce may be sown at almost any time during the fall, win ter and spring, either in seed beds to be tranaplatedor in drills twelve inch es apart, where it is to grow, cover ing, in either case, very lightly. Melon.--Plant like the cucumber. Okra.-Plant when frosts are over or at the same time with snap beans, in drills three or four feet apart; drop several seeds together two feet apart; cover an inch and a half in depth; thin out to one stalk at each place. Parsley. -Sow early in the spring in drills tne foot apart; cover nalf an ,inch deep ; gradually, thin out the plants to from . nine . to twelve inches apart. Parsnip. -Plant the same as beets, except do not cover quite so deep. Pea.-Plant from November to March, in drills from fifteen inches te' four feet spart, depending,. upon tbc height to which the variety is expect ed to grow. Vbere sticks are to be used it is best to plant in double rows, nine icohen apart, the pairs of row being, as directed above, at least a many inches or feet apart as the pe are expected to grow in height. S. the sticks between the pairs of row Pepper.-The directions are 0a.' as for egg-plant. Saleif..-Plant the same as par. sni. iinach.-Sow in October and No. vember, and in early spring, in drills an inch deep and fifteen inches apart, and gradually thin out the plants to from six to nine inches apart. .Squaek.-Plant the same as cucui. bor. Radish.-Plant in drills from eight to ton inches apart, and one inch deep, any time in autumn, winter and spring. .T'omat.--See direction for egg plant. TJurnip.-Sow in August, Septem her and October, and . again In the last part of January and ias February, in drills one inch deep, and from fif teen inobes to two feet.apa~rt, thinning out the plants to fronm Ave to six inches apart in the row. Ferociously Virtuous. A citizen of a suburban town wentt to the oars a few days ago to see his daughter off. Securing her a seat he passed out of the cars, --ad went round to her window to say a parting word, as is frequently done on ouch. occasions. Whbile he was passIng one the daughter left her seat to speak to a friend, and, at thosane time a prim looking lady who occupied the seat with her mnoved up to the window. Unaware of the important changes insido, the venerableo father hustily put kis face 'up to the window and hurriedly oxclaimeod : "Ope more kiss, sweet pet." In another Instant the point of a blue cotton umbrella caught his seductive lips, followed by the pasionate injunotion : "Seat, you gre~yheaded wroteh in He "seat The oldest ros bush in the world is trained upon the Cathedral of Hilde sheimn, in (Gereiany. The stem is a foot thick, apd half a dowen branhes nearly cover the- eastern- side of the church, bqaring oountless flowers in summer. Its age is - unknows, hut document. exist that prove that JBish op -Hesile, .neory a thousandl yeafs ago, proteoted it by a stone roof, which Is still extant. .Te'ol lt~.eds oiear poliemen an eryfrequently N, ecivo those maatilpal scout. The Late General lialleek's Command Abolhihed-Haneock Once More Disap pointed. In the absence of Gneral Sherman the Secretary of War witl announce in fitting terms to the army the death of its senior Maj. General, Henry Wager Halloek. The cutomary terms of regret will have something of a real significance, for, apart from actual respect due to and felt for tho deceased ofioer, the vexed question relating to the status and command of Maj. General Hancock, the oorres. pondonce between Generals Hancook and Sherman at the time uf the death of General Thomas left a vacancy in the command of the tilitary division of the Pacific, which the' 'President conferred on General Sohofield, a ju nior officer, was reported in those despatohes, and the deliosoy and cm barrassment of the situation were perceptible at a glance. The death of General iHalleek leaves but three Maj. Generals availa ble for the four great military com matids into which the country is di vided, and one of which is alreedy commnanded by Lieutei'art General Sheridan ; two others, the Atlantio and Pdoiio, are comnmunded by Gencrals Mede and Selhfield, and the doath of Ilalleok leaves the division South vicant. The past action of General H iwook render,; it. certain that be wool, I li it a..-ert his alleged right to a higi.et con.saunid than the small --n-i etiscinot riabl department of Da kot a, espeo Ily as not even a ju hi;.r Major General is left on the army iuigister to fill Halleck's place, and a Boigadier would have to be assigned, if any as.ignment were nade. But none is to be made, is an ordr r immediately followineg upon the obituary will di.-continiue i.e militory division f thi. South, -tid i.. btruet the two depar..ueist co - a .l era, General Terry and Cowo.-i ls'en. ry, to report direct it the Wr Do partoent in future. Thus, again, i, General Hanoook to be rem i..ded that a studied personal affiont to his of fended but, still friendly superior of ficer, General Grant, at an evening p arty in Washington, before the last Presidential election, op-ced an im passable gulf between their former intimacy, and that General Hancock has no favors to expect at the the hinds of his constitutional comman der-in-ohief. - Washington Telegram. low to Ascertain When it Is Noon. W. H. C." wants to know how to 'ertain the corrto: time atnoon any ..y in the year, so that he may be abl e to keep a clock regulated by it. To do this correctly req ires the use of delicate instruments by which the highest altitude of the sun is taken. When the sun is in this position it is on the meridian, and it is noon at that particular place. An approxi mation may be made by setting up two plumb lines in such a position that they are in a direct line with the north star; a post is then sat perpen dioular beneath each plumb bob. When the shadow of the south post falls exactly on a straight line, drawn from the foot of one post to that of the other, it is noon, for the sun is then exactly in the south. This can be reduced to mean time by compar ing it with the time on which the aun is on the meridian for that day as given in the almanacs, and set the clock ac cordingly .-Agriculur'ist. All haul. Georgia has at length a G vernor of her own, backed by a Legislature of her choice, and henceforth she should be political'y happy. The telegraph gives the follow ing account 6f the inauguration of Gov. Smith. Governor Smith was inaausurated. The capitol was crowded, and the inaugural was read with frequent and prolonged applause. lie recited the duties devolving on the Governor; he had come to the chair, in response to the call of the people, after a long, cheerless night of misrule ; ho inten ded to stand faithfully by the consti.. tution and laws and carry out the object of all civil governments; he was against the abuse of the pardon ing power; the chief magistrate must nec only call around him honest mecn, but munst have his own hands clean. He alluded to the debt ceated by Bullock, and assorted that GeorgiaI will piay all her legal indebtedness and that repudiation was not dreamed of. He concluded by congratulating the people upon the auspicious state of affarrs. War for Grant's I Beleetion. All our advices from Washington and elsewhere lead to the conviction that as a last desperate means of re electing Grant, hi's managers contomn plate btinging on a war with' Spain, with Cuiba for its p rtetexts. Thmey care no more about Cuban freedom now than at many time these three yeard ; but a foreign war will, they tbhkk, "fnike "Grant's 'rentoiination and r-el~etn certain. But It Is apt war that COba sks of us ; all that 49 needs is that we should recognize hers bllgerency j and all tag rest ahe can take care of for hersolf.-JVetg Washinxion News. R-presentatives of the agrioultural distriots are opposed to thN repeal, or rather the abolition cf tha itnomtne tax collection for 1871, ou the gi ounad that, is now rated, this tax is levied on capit d1: and1, be ides, it has been esti-nated in the rev ,uo for the pres. ont fiscal year, an cannot ba very well dispensed with Inle0ss provi-ion be otherwise made t -upply the defi cioney. To-day the Osrutary of the New York Anti Inuo e Tax Associa tion ap oared before the Ways and Means Committee an read anl argu merit for the abolition of the colleo. tion of the tax for- 1871, and foir a positive enactment rep .aling tihe lw. The latter is hardly ne essary, as the law expires by liuita on with the assessment in 1871 and its collectioni in Mareh, 1872. TiMa COUNTERFFIT FIFTY t)ObtAR NOTP. The fifty dollar couterfeit of the new greotiback i-sue, serios of 1869. is the first note of th4 isue which has been counterfeited arid can bt readily doteoted by the poor quality of the engraving and paper. The large red seal of the treasury in the ctiti c of the note, the oyoqloi 1, "k numt - her of panel ornaments with soroll., tire wanted in the coutiterfeit. The feet of the figure on the loft side of the counterfeit note are badlh drawn also. Upon the right arim, its eei upon the genuine note, is i brace let strongly defned, whilt In the coun. terfeit it is hardly perceptible. Upm the upper left corner of $c note is a -bield wit'i the tamiogra I " U. S.," under which is a ribbot w th the rmot to . Pluribus Uinim;" in the genu ino it is quite readable, wbilo in the 3ounterfatit it is blurred, 'ind the let. ters tare badly forted. Over the let .r 1 U " of the tit l. " Uuted States" is the lettering "series of 186P." B t e-n t:.e words "tseries" aad " 1869'' i tho genuine there is a 4iialh flouaiali; in the counterfeit tat.re is none. lmaImprithent RevI1u A resolution to impeach ibalert K. Scott, Governor of South iCarelina, for high crimes and tnisdtnetnors, was introduced into 'be I 'e of Rep resentatives, by Whippcr, sterdiay, and laid over, under the rules. We admire this colored member's perist eney in endeavoring to hold (o aitccount himt who, while Chief M 'giserate of the commonwealth, has been the chiof robber of the publio Treasury. There is indeed but the remotest, if any hopes, of a successful impeachment of Gov. Scott before the present Legis. lature. For, besides the acknowl edged venality of a majority of that body, and their slavish sutserviency to the power and patronige of Soott, not a few of the mist iofluential aind aotive members, both in the Honse and Senate, have been participants in, or accessories to, all his criminal tran saotions; and they are well aware that a fall and-searching invcstigat ion into the official miscoidict of his Ex celleuoy would disclose numerous ugly incidents in their own career that might result in a lengthy soj urn on the baniks of the Conyaree as Mr. Stolbrand'si pets.-Col. Phrenix, 24 th inst. Noith Webster Revised. The Titusville Hlernld says: The boys don't do now like they did when Noah WVebstor was making spelling books. An old man near l'loasantville the other day found a rude boy post ing Lydia Thompson leg bills all over his dooryard fence, and desired him to desist, but the yoiung sauce box taid he would not and slapped up another picture. ' Won't oul ? sutid the old man ; "then I will fetch y ou dlown.'' So lhe pulled out a huorae pistol and fired several titea at itim, but this only made the youngster laugh, for the old maon was oross-eyed arnd sould rnot hit a barn door. " Weoll, well,'' said the 01(d man, " if neit her words nor horse pistols will do I mtust try what virtue there is in nitro glyoe r~ine ;" so the old man plledI~ otut a two quart ean of torpedo mixture and ex ploded it under the ch ap, w ho coolly whist led " if ever I Cease to Lsove," while the old man went soaring away into the sky like a kite. Moral: Never try to reclaim the wicked with nitro glycerine unmlce you tare ready to go tip youirself. flow to Freshen Xalt Fish. Most persons who are ini the lhat of freshinitg tmackaerel or ot her salt fitsh. never dlraam tha' there is a right and wronug way to do it. Atny person who has seeni the firocess of evaporattin go ng ont at the salt works, knows that, the salt goes to thes bo tomn. Juist, so it is in the pan, where your mackerel or white fish lies soaking ;arid as it lays with the skmn down, the smlk falls to the akmn, and there remain, when, i, placed with the flesh side down, the salt f'hls to the bottotm of the pan, attd the fish comes out freshened as it shotnid be. In the othaer ease it is nearly as salt am when put in flow to Clean Carpets, Salt sprinkled upon the oarpet be fore- sweeping will make it look bright and clean. Thbis is also a good pre. vontive maainst moths. Brigham Young's Wivcs. The great prophet of the Sal. L ke Valley is a.-v r d with annty1nIest his ials a re1 y quite as great as he o.n bear. Not only has his aril catle been r u lely knoek-d to the r ir ond, and i-is sacred t igi- ti v urt IId marry any woman he N if.t per u1110l to hUve himin, bL CI queitioned in th., couit, in the co ;r:s 4-f the I..vid, but, to cap this a e ofer dis. grace and agu'sh, his* wire'i have beon interviewed, and their pons mnal hi-tory Las been given to the public. There have been twenty-ino mar. riages in Brighain's mad matrimonial career, and of these wom! n who have shoarcd the prophet's hou,eholds, w) are told that the thirteenth and twen. ty-second are dead, that the sixteenth rain away, and that informution is absolutely lacking concerning num. ber. twent-four to twenty-ighit. Notwithstctading the specitieniition of the indictment charging Brigham with fiou Uto 0 :6 wonmen than ho re ily has a right to, it appears that here are now notually iii existence tacnty-one M s. lrirhaiml Y.-ungs. Toe eldest is fifty, cnd (he youngest twenty-four. Two of the wives have becomo either wholly or partially in sane, the flr.t f.m11 abaudoimnciit of hertelf and chi:dren, and the siec'nd died a raving maniav, bne isi She had become convinced that. polygamy was wrong, and that her iistake wIs ir reparable. Oe is called '"the tweet singer of Ibrael," aid hasi recently published a volmne of poems. A great iajority of the hymns t-ed in the Mormon OChurch were written by her. One wife, with a sublimo chari ty which is 1.ot so coiion us might be wishod, has adopted and gives a real mother's ca C (o the three chil dren of the poor womnzin who died a maniae, and left her true and lnyal hudhand to become a ".,lural wife" to t he fae prophet. A not her, an Eiig. lish girl, w..s taken away fron tihe man to whom she had given her heirt, hocause the prophet fancied her. The twetnty-thir. wife, commonly called by the Gentiles the "Light of the IHarem,', the real lat ii of this modern Bluebeard, is a lovely woman who, it would seem, was .1l ocd with a real affection for the fickle Brighnm, and sueceeded by womanily artifico in winning himl) fron his other wives. The Tilhborne Case. The London News of the 22d of December sumaunriz-s ns follows the close of a periid in this protracted -litigatim :0 "After a hearing of seventy days, the evidence in support. of the came of the c'aimant of the Tichborne baron, etey was brought to a close yesterday. The cross ex iination of Colonel SMackitnnon having been ecocluded, Sergeant allaatinc called upon Mrs. RIadelhn'e to produce, under subpeoni, all letters and documents tip to May 1854 in the hand-writing of R1.ger Charles Tiohborne which she hias iI her posse.esion. The Attorney Gene. ral objected,sa3ing that if any par. tietl.,r document was required it could be put iin. Sergeant Ball antine then sAd he should call either Mrs. Radeliffe or Mr. Dobinson, her solici. tor. The latter having entered the witniess-box, the A ttorniey-General stated that every single soreap ofpa per received by Mrs. R idaliffe from~ Roger Tiehborno was In possession of her counsel or of the court ;therefore it would be usoless to call that ladva. If his learnved friend wanted copies of. certain correspondeonce ho ctuld h ave them. Sergeait Haliatinon suid this~ would be quite natfaietory. 8..mo documentary evidence having becen put in, the court adjourned to Monday, J at uat ry 1 5.'' We rarely meet with ai more beau. ful waif then this: It is a sweet song, fi iwing to and' fro among the topmost boughs of the bes t, arid fills the air with such jov and gladness as the songs of birds (do wheni the summler ceomes out of the darkness and the dlay is born on the We all have our possessins in the' future, which we eall "somnoime."' Beuttiful flowers anid sweet sinuing tuirda are there, only our hiands seI demlt grasp the eone, our mars heo ar, .'x oopt the feint f.olf s-i ainis, the oth-. or. But 0, reader be of good cheer, for to all guol there is a golden ".omic Ltime."' When the hil's amnd valleys of timec are all passe d, lie wear anid the fever, the disappointmneut anid s'r.'ows of life are over, thlen there is the ,.cca anid the rest appoinited of GId. 0, homiestoai, over wharpo bilviawd roof ao sorrow, even (if cloazd<, ever comies :eoes wvhose th resh .bI thea voice of lamervtation is nov.-r heard; built upon eter nal hills, an.I standing with thy spires and pirivacles of cos. tial beauty among the palm trees of the city on high, those who love G1od shall rest under thy shadow, w hoe there is no more sorrow, or pain, sor the sound of weeplug. A person looking a6 somno skeletons the other day isked a young door pr esent where he got them. lie ro, plied - we raised th em." How to lian a Loving wife. A correspondmobeends the following to the Phronohtloal Journal: If you would have a loving wife, be as gontle in your words after as before m.triage ; tret It r'as tenderly when a IIIit run as when a miss; don't quite zaIako her the maid of all work and u.- her why she looks less tidy and ne4at than when "you first knew her ;" dotI,'buy cheap, tough beef, and Scold hUr hepAuse it'does not como on the table ."porterhouse ;" don't grum. ble about squalling babies if you can. nut keep up a "nursery," and remen ber that. "baby take after papa" in his dispodtion ; don't amoke. and chow tobacco, and thus shatter your nerves, nud spoil your temper, and make your breath a nuisance, nind then cont plain that your wife declines to kiss you , go lioio joyous and cheerful to your wife and tell her the goods news you have heard and not silently put on 3 our hat and go out to the "olub," "lodge," and lot her afterwards learn that you spent the evenings at the ieIra or a fancy ball with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife; be patient ; remember you nro not perfect, but try to be; let whikey tokacoo and vulgar company alone ; spend your evenings with your wife,aud live a decent, Christain life, and your wife will be loving and true -if you did not marry a heartless beauty, without sense or worth ; if you did, who is to blame if you suffer the consequences ? A Heavy Plast- Four Ilundred Thousand 'ubic Feel of Granite flurlei Into the A Ir. The heavlest blast known to exaerts in quarrying occurred on Satu~rday I. t, at the Conshohocken Stone Coi - Pany, on the south side of the Schiylkill, below Swedesburg. The face of the cliff was one hundred and thirty-nine feet long, and back from its edge, at a disncoe of twenty. beven foet, the rock was drilled along its entiro length. Small blasts wero mado till the rock was opened to a depth of ninety feet, and after a trial blast oi Friday, which failed, on Smat urday this maninoth oliff of near ly 400,000 oubio feet was hurled from its base, forty-seven kegs of powder being employed in the operation. The appearance of the cliff subse (ient to the blast bafilas description. lIugo boulders, each in itself a cliff, lay piled in awful confusion, and giving a good idea of the terrifie of fects produced by an earthquake. As much stono has boon thrown out by this blist as will keep the full force of the hands in employment until next Augat. llorse-Wilppiig and Slooling Affair. Yesterday near the hour of twelve, a .istol shot was heard in the corridor of the State House. and a rush was n udo to the scene of what proved to he a recounter between Mr. Benjamin Iya- a member of the House, and Mr. 13. W'. Towlinson, correspondent of the Charleston News. t appors that Mr. Byas had stepped up to Mr. Tomlinson and asked him if he was the author of a certain article in the 'harleston News in reference to the Hyas-Williams whipping affair of Fr day last. Mr. TJomlinson replied that lhe was.' Mr. Byas then drew a horse whili, striking Mr. Toemlinson, who drew his pistol, when Byas started to run for the Speaker's room. Tlomnlin son fired, the ball striking Jlyas inathe back, at the right of the spinal col. Umn, passing round under one .of the musclies, wfiere it lodged. ' The wound was examined by .Dr'. Doyle of the House, who pronounced it only a flesh wound and nuot dangerous. Mr.,Tom-. linon was itmmediately arrested, and afterwards released on bail -Colum.. biai Union, 2dth inst. A Boston let ter says : Fisk's fami - ly residence was always in Boston. II is wife w'as an order person than hi mself. With his notorious sins iagainist her, there had never been enstranigemnt between them. 8he exensedl everythiug, and he held feor her a sort of platonic affection. He, wrute to her constantly, and visited her very often. She was his confi deont always, and his adviser in mnany things. She was reore like an elder sister than a wife to this mercurial b'eintg, who auppears to have had the highieat respect fir her traits of char Fltor, and to hive had been eomipas lionutely regarded by herself as an incorrigibly wayward member of the familj who must be humored in al' most any coentrioties. A man in Wisconsin lhas applied for a divore upon the ground that his i' fe iiin ra ied him under false preten ses. Lla says whoe told him whtile be while he was addiossing her that she could hoc an acre of potatoes and split two cords oif wood before break fast and dinner ; and she had proved herself a fearful fraud, beo'ae she could only split a half a oord and hoe eonly three times auross the field. .,16 seems hard that men are cbntinually to be made the victimns of ?hese de signing Voinen. Why will wives trile in this manner with the tenzderest af feotions of thier husban4es? Why wIll they thus shatter thbelt heart. strings ? A Self-Paylng Penicaliary. On the lIth of December there were 1,418 convicts confined in the illinois enuitntiary, at Joliet. There is no vil age or community containing such a number of persons In whiab there are so few on the sick list. The Saturday before there were but thir ty-nine unfit for duty. The females are engaged in mendihg clothing and making shirts, &o., for priomers out fits when they are dinoharged, by doing which they earn as much for the State as the liko number of male convicts do, and the latter named class arc employed as follows: 285 are profitably at work on the stone "or the new State House ; 288 are making oigars, under a contract, by which they earn from fifty to sixty cents per day each ; 272 are making boots and shoes, under contracts for which the Stite getisixty-six cent each per da-y ; 173 are contracted as coop era, and tre making seventy and a third cents each per day ; thirty-one are making harness, &o., and ern seventy-five cent. each per day I eighty live mechanics and foundrymen get sixty-five cents each per day ; ei4hty havo just been taken out of the quarry, who will also be put into the foundary as soon as the alterations therein are completed for that pur pose, which will be within the next thirty days ; and the balance (except the invalids) are employed in and about the prison, doing work that otherwise would have to be ione by employees. There are only seventy guards and keepers employed. The people of the North are beoom. ing alive to the necessity of some ac. tion to stop the progress of centralia tion and military rule. The late so. tion of the Illinois Legislature in the matter of the shooting of col. Gros venor at Chicago by soldiers under the command of "Little Phil Sheri. dan," Lieutenant General in the United States army, acting under the ordere and afterwards receiving pub. lio offioial approbation from the So. retary of War in Grant's Cabinet, furnishes an agreeable indication that reason Is returning to the people of that State, if not to the people of Chi. cago, where the crime was commit ted. The matter was taken before the Legislature, where it was referred to a speelal committee, and that com mittee has submitted a report fully endorsing and vindicating the action of Governor Palmer in his opposition to the occupation of Chicago by Uni. ted States troops as an armed police force, without any solicitation from the State anthoritica, and which un warranted occupation resulted in the death of Col. Grosvenor. The report of the committee most fully denoun oes the bayonet rule inaugurated by the order of the President a. an oat rage, and show that it was more provocative of "disturbanoeithan con ductive of good order.' The mur der of Grosvenor is denounced as a a legitimate result, calculated to fol. low the overthrow of civil govern ment, while the action of Governor Palmer in opposition to the grave and aggressive assault upon the sovereign. ty of the State is fully endorsed and sustained.--Augusta Chrenfcle and &entind. A California Lsegislative Squabble. In the California Legislature yes torda the 19th instant Senator Fow ler (Reublican), in debate, said he was ndoubt whether Senator Ponde. gads (Democrat) was a fool or aknave. Pundegast, on the adjournment of the Senato, lent some fri add to demand full retraction and apology, and in ease of refusal to demand a gbt. Powler's friends decided in favor of the retraction and apology, which was written out by Pendast's friend., and it was agreed that Bowler was to, road it at the opening of the Senate in the morning. The afair caused much excitement. Sad Result of ##Easquofadlog Frolic. A special dispatch to the Commer daIs, from )Trankfort, Ky., says that a short time since a party of disguised men',visited the house a oltison fo that county while a wedding was in pro gress and took -possession of the premise.. <They fired off pistols and d auced over the floor, and the .fright occasioned to the daughter of this citizn caused her to go into spasms sucoeeded by insanity. Some of the Shosbone Ind se e very mad, because the enstral .0 Raerad. won't le6 thoem yi4gsQr passenger $raiis free of charge. We should be afraid to fool wnbh. Indians, for if they. gake it into tf heads to bolt down. a few seetione hands and grease the rails with pot liquot, they are goin~g to do it. The Atlanta Constitution ~l4 an, epitaph upoun Georgia Iss.u and aunennees that thereafter it6I prnt proolawstions. The o.stitstIes has waged a gallant war and isthe hour i' of victory it might be pardoned for displaying more exaltetios than it has done. The situation in s B only illustrates the old ~w meg~ tueafa,.e...-ohA~teeg% rneu