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0Desportes William, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquiry, Industry and Literature. [Terma---$3.00 per Annum, In Advano VOL. VII.I WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING TH1E FAIRFIELD HERALD IS PUBLISHKD WIKLY nY DESPOnITES & WILLIAMS, Ternt,.-Tus I-InALD is published Week ly in the Town or Winneboro, at 98.00 in variably in advance. 61 All transient advertisements to be pIid in advance. Oi.uary Notloev and Tributes $1 00 per square. The Feats of a Tight Rope Performer and Maglcian at a llCiOht of Three Hun. dred Feet In the Air. One of the most extraordinary and almost incredible exhibitions of hi. man intrepidity and daring was last Monday, the 1-th inht., witnessed by the citizens of this place. It seemed to me to equal if not surpass in thrilling and painful interest any or Blondin in their wildest efforts. An individual named Donaldson-a tight-rope walker and "magician," as he styles himself-who had on the previous Wednesday miade a balloon ascension in the ordinary way (the first balloon etcent of any kind he had ever made in his life), repeated his porformnee on Monday last, but this time with no basket attached to his balloon-nothing whatever, in fact, but a common trapeze. Upon this he seated himself with the great est coolues.i and composure, and went floating away into space, to the aston ishnicat of the large crowd which had gathered to see him, but few cheers greeting him, as the spectators seemed spell hound wit h fear and ap. prehension. After ascunding to a considerable distance he commenced throwing out a number of circultra which lie bad attached to a little hoop below the balloon, and which in the clear atmosphere appeared like twinkling stars surrounding the bil. loon, producing a most novel and pleasing effect. But this was noth. ing to what followed. At the height of some three hundred feet he com menced balancing himself on his back on the bar of the trapeze, and oing through othor fearful evolutions. Hetie d ibetately slid from the ar head downwards, and, catching himself by the feet, remained suspen. ded for several seconds in that awful position I The appalling sight was one never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. A thrill and a low murmur of horror passed through the immense multitude, who were looking on with intensest interest, and many hurried away from the sight giddy and faint. The daring wro naut, however, went through his evo lutions successfully, and, regaiuing his seat, went soaring rapidly and steadily upwards. When at the height of three quarters of a mile he had the astounding nerve to repeat his performance, wafioh, at so great a distance, could only be clearly visible by the aid of glasses. What made this ascent all the more hazardous is that the balloon is a very small one, carrying but little ballast, and with nothing but a light anchor attached to the hoop. I am glad to say that the mronaut completed his voyage safely, although he once or twie seemed to be in con siderable danger. The trapeze struck the roof of Heonry Connaierd's re~idene on, 15th street, wheni Mr. Donaldson ma~do a alful leap from the tirapieze and prevenited a collision. The hal loon then a-ceundedl and camne down again on the other side of the road in a field, and was about striking the top ofa tree, when Mr Donaldson turned a somersault on the trapeze rope and prevented the bar from catching in the tree. There is some talk of our having a repetition of this painful oxhibition during our fair next week, if the authorities do- not interfere to prevent it. It really seemis to me that they should, and that it is also the duty of the leading press of the country to denounce such reck less and unnecessary risk of human life for the mere gratification of mnor bid excitement.-Recading, Berks. Co., Pa. Correspondcnce of thes Netw York Wold. Soffocating Moules. The Savannah Advertiser says the train on the Charleston and Savan. nab Railroad, due there at 9:15 Mlon dlay eveninig, did not arrive until 11:15. The detention wag ocoasion ed at Grahamville, whore the train was delayed until one box oar was knocked almost to pieces in order to give air to a number of mules shipped at Charleston, nine of' which were found dead frow suffocation when the train reaohed Grahamville. There wore eight mules shut up In the oar altogethIier, and those that died will be re shipped by return train this morning. Evidently a Prof.' Bergh is sadly needed in Charleston-to give a few wholesome lessons upon the treatment of animals. The Courtet of Monday says Gen eral Q. A. Gilmoore, who came hither last wer to ezamine into the strength of tdei fortitoation of the cast of South. (arolins and Georgia, aerbeing absent on this duty, re turned to the Mills Hose. Saturdash and left yesterday for New' York thence in Washington to reor. Telegraph Ticks. TIE DANGER OF OPERATING AT A HOTEL BREAKFAST TADLE. Two young men, telegraph opera torp, boaid at one (f our leading third-olass hotels, and being of a somewhat hilarious disposition find great amusement in carrying on con versation with each other at the table by ticking on their plates with a knife, fork or spoon. For the infor. iation of those not familiar with telegraphy it may be well to state thatu combination of sounds or ticks constitutes the telegraphic alphabet, and persons familiar with these sounds, can converse thereby as intel ligibly as with spoken words. The young lightning strikers, as already stated, we're in the habitof indulging in table-talk by this means whenever they desire to SAY ANYTHING PRIVATE. to each other. For instance. No. I would pick up his knife and tiok off some such remark as this to No. 2 : "Why is this butter like the offence of Hamlet's uncle " No.2-I give it up. No. 1-Because its rank and swells to heaven. Of course the joke's is not appre ciated by the landlord, (who sits close by,) because he doesn't understand telegraphic ticks, and probably he wouldn't appreciate it much if he did ; but the jokers enjoy it immense ly, and laugh immoderately, while the other guests wonder what can he the ocoad..en for this merriment, and naturally conclude the operators must he idiots. A few days ago, while the fun.lov. ing youths were seated at breakfast, a stoutbuilt young man entered the dining room with A HANDSOME GIRL on his arm, whose timid, blushing countenance showed her to be a bride. The couple had in fact been married but a day or two previous, and had come to San Franei-co from their home in Oakland or MAud Springs, or some other rural village, for the pur pose of spenuing the honeymoon The telegraphio tickers counmenced is soon as the husbiod and wife had seated themselves. No. I opened the disclosure as follows : '-What a lovely little pig. con this is alongside of me-ain't she 1" No. 2--"Perfectly charming ; looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Just married, I guess. Don't you think so ?" No. I-"Yes I should Judge she was. What lusoious lips she's got! If that country bunikin beside her was out of the road, I'd give her a hug and a kiss just for luck." No. 2-"Suppose you try it any how. Give her a little nudge under the table with your knee." There is no telling to what extent the impudent rascals might have gone but for an amazing and ENTIRELY UNFORSEEN EVENT. The bridegroom's face had flushed and a dark scowl was on his brow during the progress of the ticking conversa tion, but the operators were too much occupied with each other to pay an y attention to them. The reader may form some idea of the young man's consternation when the partner of the young lady picked up his knife and tick off the following terse but vigo otis message:. "This lady is my wife, and as soon as she gets through with her break fast I 'ropose to wring your necks you insolent wheips." The countenance of the operotors fell very suddenly when this message commenced. By the time it ended they had lest all appetit~e and appre ciation of jokes, and slipped out of the dinning room in a very rapid and unceremonious manner. The bride groom, it seems, was a telegramph ope rator, and "knew how it was himself.' -San Francisco Chronice. On to Washington. General WVade Hampton and General Butler left for Wahington, yesterday morning. It is I4aid that the objecotof their visit is to denounce the vile cal umny of E~dmunds, of Vermont, who in a recent speech in the Senate charged that they and General Ker shaw were leaders of the Ka-Klux Klan in South Carolina. General Korshaw, wo are informed, will join Generals Hampton and Butler in W ashington.-Panmi.e. The Doello In New Orleans. A New Orleans dispatch states that several duels have originated from the testimony of Captain Scott before the Congressional Committes, who s*ore to the bribery'of certain officials, Sotst has challengeJ 8buatoi' Camp. belly and they wIll fight with double. barreled shot.guns.. ILuclen Ad arn ohallenged Sott, attd they 'will fight with swords. Police Superintendent Badger has challenged Carter. Th~e executors of the Fisk estate have disposed of the Oentral Park gardens to alle persens from whom the Col onel pp robase4 thelpi in Novemiber The intereab of, the Fisk, fataily .it Bunday concerfs at the Grand Opert Honne has alsn ased.i Civil Rights Bill. The Houso concurrent resolution requesting Senators Robert:on and Sawyer to resign their seats in Con. gresg. for alleged opposition to Sum nor's supplementary civil rights bill, was killed by a handsome majority in the Seniate, Wednesday, as it deserv ed to be. The House went off half cooked, as usual, and simply showed its own stupidity by acting upon a matter of wthich they know nothing. Senator Robertson, so far from oppcs ing the bill of Mr. Sumner, waruily advocated it, as the debates in Con gress.ional Globe plainly show. Ie objected, and very properly, to its being tacked on as an amndment to hisi amnesty measure-being convine. od, and the result has proven his judgment correct, that such a course would defeat both his bill and Suui ner's, too. This was, doubtless, Sum ncr's intention in pressing his amend. iment at the time and in the manier he did-not, perhaps, to kill, which lie can and probably will soon intro duce again as a separate measure, hut to prevent. the remova I of the politio .1 disabilities of the protminetnt South ern gentlemen of the old regimlo Sumner, we are charitable en .ngh to admit, is, in the main, a very good sort of a m:ml, of some intello tual force and of very fair in tegrity, but he has one great fault that such a great philanthropist as he sets up to be should correct and sub due. Ile cherishes malice over-much and bears ill blood entirely too long for a brave Christian gentleman. It has been upwards of fifteen years since Brooks administered a drub bing to him for the insulting re marks he made about South Carolina, yet it seems as fresh in his minds as if his old careas4 was still aebing with the pain of the blows.- Carolinian. The lilitary Prisoners. On Thursday afternoon last, the following York County prisoners were returned from Columbia for imprison. ment here until their cases are dis posed of: R. T. Riggins, W. II. Wh ite, J. F. Little, M. S. Bowen and R. P. Caldwell, white ; and San, Stew art and Frank Fowell, colored. J. S. Miller, who was tried at the recent term of the United States Circuit Court, has alho been sent here to serve out his term of inprisonment. which will expire on the 28th (if March next. Including those returned from Colun bia, there are now twenty two mili tiry prisoners in confinement here. Yorkville Eaquirer, "The Fastest Time Ever ladeon a South trn Road." The Mobile Register gives a glow ing account of the fast time nma~c on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad, by a sp'cial train carrying Mr. Tom Scott, the railrcid monopo list, and a party of his friends to Mobile. The trict was in special order, the engine was the best the Company had. They picked outtheir champion engineer and their star conductor, and with all this "to do" made the distance of one hundred aad torty and one-fifth miles in three hours and thirteen minutes. Reducing Bones to Powder. A farmer writes :"Last year I collected lot of hones and redneed thiem ini the followving manner. Put them into a large arch kettle or boil er, with an equal bulk of good hard wood ashes ; then poured in water enough to make a thin mortar, and boiled the mass from one to two hours, when the bones became com pletely dissolved or broken dowr Iwith the exception of a few hard shin bones. The mas~s was shoveled into a box and allowed to remain a week or so, when the remainder of the bones completely disappeared. Be fore using, I dried it off with dry l',am and plaster, and ground it flne with a hoe. A little wvas used in tho hills of different crops with excellent reo su Its." Money Free. The Raleigh Cairolinian gives no tice that "an effort is niaking to pro. vide fundis for di.stribm tion among the Democratic papera of the State, to enable them to better prosecute the campaign, print and( distribute public documients &e We learn that sever., al thousand dollars will be devoted to this purpose, and it is estimated ihat, the coun try press of North Carolina will next summner be the most eilicient arm of the service. Chills, An Intelligent gentleman, lIvIng in a portion of Meoklonburg eounty where the lands are the richest and where chills abound, tolls that he and his familly have escapedl the disease for years by the free, use of whitewash in the dwelling house and out-build ings. So cheap and cleanly a reme is well worth trying.-Southsern Rome. The Chesterfield Democrat says': We learn that the Pee Dee river Is rapidly rising, and already overflowing~ the low grounds opposite this place. It is feared that much damage may be done. General Maury's Accouns of the Assault Upon him. I went into a sleeping car at Chat tanooga to secure some hours of rest. The conductor of the bleepiig ear met me aid politely informed we that any of the berths would be at my servioe. as be had no other passengers. I laid my traveling bag and shawl upon a scat, and fell into a clvil chat with the conductor, during whioh he it. formed me be was fronli Louisa Coun ty, Virginia, the adjoining County to mly own, Spottsylvania. I turned from him, and without a word, took up my valise and shawl and went out of the sleeping car aud went into the next in front. I had been in that car about five or ten minutes when I missed the cape of my over-coat, and thinking I might have left it in the restauraut of the dopot, went hastily in and asked the proprietor if I had left my cape there. Ile told me no. I then wet into the sleeping car to look for it, and found it in the seat, where I had placed it. [ took it up, and was on my w.iy out of the cars with it whuu the same coiducto: confronted me, and said to ti effect: "You loft this ear very abruptly just now, sir ; why did you do so 7" Ilis nsiner was aggre.slve. I replied, "JIcause bir, 1 ohose to do so ;" and then, with coarse language and inso lent manner, he demanded again my reasons. I replied, 61 left the ear because you are the iuthor of a sean dal upon the Southerb people." He ran to the stove, tooR up an iron po. ker, about eighteen Inehes long, and name quickly up to -me with it de. nouncing and threateuing me in vio lent and foul terms, until Ihad reach ed tue door of the sleeping oar, when just as I stepped out upon the plat form of the car, he suddenly caught me around the neok with the arn holding his lantern, threw me down upon the platform, and struck me rapidly and violently on the back of my bead with the poker. He inflict. ed several cute upon my head und several upon my arms before be was prevented, by Mr. Pock, the brakes. man, from further vi~vrtoe. I had no weapon upon my person, nor anywhere within reach, and hav ing been maimed iu both my hands, was at his mercy from the moment he threw me down. These are the main facts known to Ii about this outrage. I lay them before you, and am respectfully, yours, DABNEY H. MAURY. A Man with Three Arms. The Williamsport (Pennsylvania) Gazette and Bulletin is reponsible for the following : Among the passengers on the train bound south last evening was a nian born and raised in the county of Otsego, New York. His nami is Wil. liam Jacobs. He prides himself on three well developed arms and hands, the member extraordinary having grown above the right shoulder blade. It hangs suspended down the back, and can be raised and lowered at will. In length it is shorter than the arms proper, but possesses extraordinary muscle which he display when occasion demands it. No person passing through a railroad ear or meeting him upon the street would observe any deformity, but after becoming cogni sant of this singular ease would per. ecive a peculiar it, of his cont. He states that he has often been question. ed as to why he does not place him. self on exhibition or become one of Barnum's permaann attractions. His invariable reply is that he is averse to public exhibitions. His father be ing a wealthy farmer, he baa always preferred to remain at home and was the most active and profitable of the farmer's help. Daring lunter. Louis Kelly is, perhaps the most daring andI sucecaifulI Indian hunter in the great West. lie travels alone, fights alone, and wears a turbans around his bead when out on the prairie. lie is said to be a graduate ~of a college, and hails from Virginia, or South Carolina. lie is about twenty two years of age, handsome, well forn' -i and muscular. Th~e In dians dread him as much as they ever did Kit Karson or Daniel Boone. lHe never misses his mark. An In. dian is as good as dead the moment he draws sight on him, Ile will ,travel weeks Lt a time through hostile Indians and never expresa thought of danger. Kelly is now on a trip to the head .waters of the Yellowvstono, a country never yet visited by any white man, Hie has been known to dare a dozen Indians on the open prairie to fight him in a body. No andian will over get within reach of his deadly rifle. - A contemporary very aptly and truly remarks: If some men are asked to advertise, they say It does not do them an$ good-that a paper has no influenoe. But let the editorwrltie a half. desen les against them, and they imme9diatei institute legal pro coed(ings, laying~ their damage. at $10,000. The Confedrrate Archives. Wm. L. Stone recently delivered an o--ation in New York. In the course or his reuarki he gave the following bi-of inforuation ooncerning the dis. position which was made of the rebel a chives at the collapse of the rebel. li "n : -0., the morning of Mr. Davis' Oadture,'' says Mr. Stone, "David Tilgaan waited upon him at his bed. ido and said, 'By this you may see that the enoay is here ;such and such is the disposition of the roads. If )ou como uih nio 3ou will be able to leave the country in safety. If you d., not, vou will be captured in five hours.' 'o this Mr. Davis replied eurtly, ho knew his own lusinoss,' rilgnan continut:d : 'Veay well' sir; I liav been entrusted with the treas ures and archives, and propose to secure them, even at the peril of the loss of your favor and my life. I shall start at once by the way I have marked out.' The result is well known. In less than five hours Mr. Duvii was a prisoner, but the ar. olevef were safe. Wheu a few weeks after in the recesses of the forot, Tilgnan learned that all was l.nmt, ho alone, with his own hands, buried the treasure and archivt a, and un less, during the four years that elapsed botweeu his partinig with me and his unto ward death, he revealed the spot, the soret as to the where abouts of the archives are forever buried. As long as they can be kept frot the ken of uan, so long shall the story be a monument to our brother's unaserving fidelity. This is the true history of the archives of the South ern Confoderaoy, although rumors are from tine to time sot afloat of their being now in the vaults of this bank, and now of that." The Curse of Cotton. The South, a j.>urnal published in New York, and devoted to the mater ial intorests of the Southern States, argues that cotton has wrought the final ruin ot, that section ; not the simple giowth of it, nor oven the ex altation of it into their chief article of production, nor the investment of millions of dullars and the expendi. ture of much mental effort and physi. oal energy in its culture. Not In all these has lain the curse but rather in excessive, absorbing and, therefore, ruinous devotion to the growth of eotton, to the relative exclusion of other important agriculturil produe tions, which were necessary in order to render her independent of foreign sources of supply, to the neglect of those nechanio arts without which no State can realiz-i the highest advan tage of a civilized coadition, anJ to the utter disregard of numberless other profitable modes of investing capital and utilizing, 1.aor. A Mud Elelhaut. A story comes from India of a mad elephant which fur many years has been the terror of a tract in the "Cen tial Provinces." About twenty years since the aninial escaped, and killed in that period somne eightly or a hun dred hundred human beings. Some of the carcasses, it is said. the ele phant devoured, but thii is quest ion able, as beisig contray to the habits of the creature. Th le monster was more dreaded than any "man eating tigers" since the houses of the native were no protection, the elephant destroying houses to get at the inmates. TPhe savage beast was hunted and killed in December last, by an English officer attlho hea I of a party of natives. Thle Govern meat reward, one haund red dol lars, was divided among the natives. CrIticIsing Newspapers. It is a very easy matter to criticise a newspu per ; but to publish a live one, so as to Interest, amuse, and instruct the public, is no small under taking. Thoase in this commnunaty who are so prone to find fault with every little item which does not suit' their critical and exalted Ideds, ih uld buy type, ink, andl paper, and publish an organ of their own. [Let them try it for three months only, anid if it dcn't give them some ideas of the newspaper business, then woe are no judge of human nature. The conceit would be taken out of such In dividualaso quickly that they would hardly knaow what was the matter with thema, or whether they ait.,o on their heads or f.et.-ErchaJnge. I Darkness in tihe Treatmuent of Smll~l PoX. If a patie'.t, in the beginning of the attack, be put in a ruma froan which absolutely all light is eteluided mase that of a candle, the (ffect ii to ar rest tute disease in the popular of vesl. cular stage ; the skin between the vesielcs is never infi imed n'r swoll, a; the large scabs of ma'ter nieve r form over the face ;there is not ittens.' pa in, and only trifling ltushiny, and the smell is either very ligi t or alhogeth er wanting.-London LInnerS. A Californian bassued a neuspaper for libel and received damages to the amocunt of one cent. .By the way lsn't It a little singular that nobody who sues a newspaper for libel now-s days every think, to start a national bank with the money be makes by It 1 ,.The notorious outlaw Billdebrani has been hung by Lynch law in P'uls ki County,. Missouri What the Treaty Says. The following are the portions of the treaty which relate to points in dispute : "Whereas differences have arisen between the government of the Uni ted States and the government of her Britannio Majesty, and still existing, growing out the acts committed by the several vessels which have given a ise to the claims generally known as the 'Alabama claims ;' and "Whereas her Britanie Msjos'ty lasn authorized her high commissioners and plenipotentiaries to express in a friendly spirit, the regret felt by her MIajoty's government for the escape, under whatever circuistaneos, of the Alabama and other vessels fron British ports, and depredations coin tuitted by those vessels; "Now In order to remove and ad just all complaints and claims on the part of the United States, and to pro vide for the speedy settlement of such claims which are not admitted by her l-itanic Majesty's government, the high contracting parties agree that all the said claims growing out of acts committed by the aforesaid vessels, and generally known as the 'Alabama olims,' shall be referred to a tribunal of arbitration, to he composed of five arbitrators, * * 'who shall proceed impartially and carefully to examine and decide all questions that shall be laid before them on the part of their respective governments." Negro Equality. The Now York Commercial, a Re publican paper, makes these very sen sible remarks : 'Fred. Douglass, who was lately refused admision to the Planters Hotel, St. Louis, explains that he went there for the express purposo of creating a rumpus, thinking thus 'to bring the disease to the surface, and effect a cure.' We are afraid the disease lies deeper than Fred.'a remedy can reach. Full equality be. fore the law is the privilege of all, 'without distinction of race or color,' but the Almighty has established oor tain natural barri'rs bowteen the white man and the black, that no human statutes or ordiiances can over overthrow. Chrles Sumner, with lis civil rights bill, and Fred. Doug. Ls, with his social equality chimera, inay not see this, but the future will demonstrate it even to their satisfae tion." Political Trouble lircning. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican gives a politioal statement, which is construed as portending trouble. It says : "Senator Wilson has gone back to Washington, after two or three days in New England and New Yoak, in a very alarming state of mind as to Gen. Grant's prospects of ro-election. They tell us from Washington that he says he cannot trke the stump in the New Hampshire election unless the President first 'cleans -out' th New York custom-house. Even Forney has got frightened, and takes very gloomy views of the political situa tion. There are no bettter politi'ial baromoters than Henry Wilson and John WV. Forney. They scent danger from afar, and know well, when to hide from the coining storma." The Way KIt llors It. An ignorantecritic finds fault with Joaquini M iller's poem, Kit Carson's Rio, beeause the hero dashes away "on bareback htorro," and subse quently "rises in bis stirrups." This kind of criticism is the paltry work of an un informed mind. TUhose who are familiar with M r. Carson's habits know thas the never carried his stirrups upon his horse. He wore them banging by a strap over his shoulders, and when he wanted to rise he placed his feet in themi and stood up his whole weight falling upon himself, leaving the horse untouchted beneath. Any per son with ordinary intelligence, will see by the above explanation, that Kit's idlea was to relieve his horse at times from his heavy burden. Fatal Accldent. Whtile blasting rock in his own well, Mr. Hlenry B. Young, a ras peotable citizen of this County, imet the mliffortune of losing his life by sc-I eidental explosion, on the 31st uIt: Another person in the well with Mr. IY. at the time the explosion occurred, escaped with little or no injury. The hands at the windlass on hearing the e xplosion, lowered the bucket, when Mr. Young without assistance got into t, and was drawn up, but survived only about two hours. Mr. Young leaves a wife and several children to mourn his unfortunate death.-. Laurnesvile Tierald. A Mr. Warren Nottingham, of Ma oo, while hauhting In H ouston County recently, tried the experiment of dirng. ging a shot gain over the fence after him. is left arm Is now In a sling. A thoughtful Danoury lady pute lard on the stoop when she wants her husband to stay ho.ne of an evening. Barring an hour or so devoted to rub bing his back, the time is pleasantly oc I upned. Cut a Caper and Down he Went. Or, rather off he went. A chaevalier dindustrie (French for swindler) has boon among us. iHe is a well-built, stoutisl man, about 5 feet 10 in height, hair out short and quite gray, moustache and long full beard, about forty years of age, gives himself out fir thirty-five, a j.jint gone off of the floger of left hand, well dressed, wears black suit, velvet ve'st, ilik bat, squaro-toed boots, quite neat and gen. tIe ini manly appearanco. Represents hiinulf as a Royal Arch Mason, b.mn taken 33d degree in Scottish rite. Gives himself out as a we althy Vir giuia widower, two small and interes ting children (not with him), was a solonel or general in Confederato irmy, name J. H. Girdnor, pants for Inatriomy a second time, wished to buy a bandsomo house and looked at ,overal, expected splendid buggy and wo horses daily, but departed on 'oot and very flet foot at that. The long and short of it is that this ndividual proved to be a perfect 'Dead Beat," and ran off between two mns, without paying his . landlady. Boware of him all ye following nam. id pwople : Citizens, hotel-keeperd, andladios, business men, maidens, and widows. Our brethren of the press will per iaps save other communities from eing duped and artfully swindled by 'xtou3ing this notice of General Gard ier, the wealthy Virginia gentleman. --dgeficld S. C. Advertiser. 'he Third Commandment not Good for a Car Ride. The New York correspondent of the Boston Journal tell, the following mmut.ing story : A well-known doctor of divinity vas riding the other day in a street iar in company with a friend. EIo is a positive man, and resents an nault quite vehemently. Earnestly ingaged in conversation, he handed he conductor a ticket as he came to ollect the fare. The conductor did iot move on. As he remained study.. ng the ticket, the doctor's attention was attraoted toward the offioial, who seemed to be highly interested in the 3ar ticket. le read it, smiled, shook bis head, and finally said to the doo. .or "This may be all very well, but .he ticket is no good on this line." :WhatL',4 the reason it's no good, I A1"uld like to know ?" said the testy t uor, "it's one of your own tickets ; I bought it this morning." "I guess not," said the conductor. The alter Dation drew the attention of all the passengers. "This is very good advice but it will not pass you over this line ;" and the condu3tor read : ;Thou hialt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." An explo sion followed- amid which the doctor paid his fare and left the oar. He has concluded to keep his religious cards in one pocket and his car tickets in another. Presldent W. J. Mlagrath. We are gratified to know that at a recent election this faithful, vigilant 'und laborious officer received a well done from the stockbo'dere, which lust be flattering to his many friends. WVhen the 8,000 ballots were counted out it was found that he had s oceived a unanimnous vote, standing at the head of the ticket for directors. This isan honorariunm well bestowed, and will find an affinitive responase from~ tidewater to the Blue Ridge.-Chuwr leston Courier. Th'le Cape Fear River Is now at a higher point than has been known since 1865. It has risen some sixty or sixty-fivo foet atFuayettoville, the wa ter being nearly to the top of the bluff. It fell about five feet on Mon day, but was rising again Tuesday. Considerable damage has been caused slung thle banks by the carrying away of timbnr staves, fenee rails, &o., and in one or u, instances barns and store-houses have been washed off. Should the water rise much higher, a serious diatress 'will bo the conse. q uen cc. Hubterranean Dwelling. Discoveries wvhich, it is said, promise to be as interestmng as those of the old lake dwelling in Switzerlan~d, have re, centtly been made inl the south of France. A mong the Pyrences mnountainls, at a short d'stance below the snrface of the ground, the remains of ancient cities have been fon, which are presumed to be. long to a prehistoric age. The houses are or the same charactar as those of the Swiss, lakes. Investigations are makingc the result of which has not yet been announced. A Chinanlan who had his nose hit off in San Franoisco, bad it carefully psecked-and sent baock home to show hisfrien ds one of the A merloan ois. toms. Why are washer womn the .illes6 of people ? Because they put out rain, hard. The sentence of Watson, the Ette glish clergyman who murdered hisu wife, has been commuted to penal ese -:i-uda for life.