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sp 6 tv %eb orfes. ami1s, 'TiOprietor9;1 A Family Paper, Devoted to Science,' Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literatul Trs-$ 0 e nu nA VOL. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESM N U . . . , .. .. _ ._ . -TH '1JS, FAIRFIELD HERALD IS.:PUBLIil1KD w)OKKUY BY. DESPORT-'ES & WILLIAMS, Term'is.-T matu anUALIS pubI1uished Week ly in the Town or Winnsboro, at 83.00 in-; varia'Py in eidren4. r!6r All transiont- advertisements to be paid in ndvanoe. Qbituary Notioesand Tributes Si 00 per sq ipre i. The Lost Cause. BY PAUL it. HAYN, When Sherman's army was passing through Not thei Georgi1, a sall detactment or ,thq rLh Colpnetiout Cav'aliy, that, as forages, had w a n.. dered from the iaiu body,stopped at the ho:,e pf a %yi la awp.nan, 0 amed Ho119. TOe widow had a woll htouk. ed poultry yarl, and a i uber, of pet pigs, which of Cou.sa th,; Yaukes at 6nc- iappropilated to their own u-e. Now, let the reler un lers tand th.t a Axq-tolgn frarmer's wife I 6oks : UpO-1 the0 11g, g'O..t or sNt 11, as a b.wrou an.in 4t I N,;var did anoieit Egypctti r d.& t.iu Croc>diln, or l> )der1l 3:.1.1 Oia ki lo'- 'dOtal.>' witttv"more-of- reverenitta IomplA Oaein(y. ij, fhlirfore, he tuped that -o U_i W . w n'S t"rfi.bly. inl hg1'an:t when sie saiv fivr pigs,' Ohel by 0::e, -subjutoted to the'C"sarp sliift" of Cord and knile. At last, when the'Yiikee corio ral seized upon a prot':y brow I an I wh:L grunter-her esp.ci .1* rwrite.-id iade preparations to exe.ut.j hi.m, her pattence enLirely gave wVay. FShe rushed forward, tore the struggling and sq.etaki ig infloceit trom t1.. grasp of his turte.itor, and eurt., otut suoh a torrat of abue, I I * ke b-poet.*tors srood iig:ia t I ,IntiLead ot appreCCirs,Tlag Ih:II of tie thitig, ver,. tie ciorporal wax. ed absurdly 'hgry, a .d a i. e aat acetic followed . The p, or w an was treated with gross imdigfi , a'..d tie. enemy went ou "far us w. thir,*a.te tie burning of the houso und promi.es. Mrs. Hi:s, like a s w:..b"e womal preteneed to ) ie:d. 8h1 aba114dond every thing to ie m , raudr,. Buit it h.sppeaed that a compatv of boys had been urg,anix -d itu the neighborhood aud w.ie tuen wili;n call. aGO,'' said Mrs. lHollis. to her dang atr, Bitsy, ' go, .id tel,j a. likely and the reat to cune und help Betsy mounted On a Imlule, rodo away unobserved, and 11ightfall, re turned ith tposa juyeni . to back le'. They waited until ti Yfankee had drunk thensuive iotvly blind wvith corn ivhisky found in an out hoise, whe rubing into the fron't parlor, they attacked them, shot one noti-von. missed ofliger dead, VUunded several privateo, and put t i reliaitider to 'flight ! Threodof the Yankees' hor.,es were captured, and a cclivass bag,' containig gcoenbaoks ti the auount of $250. k"retty well, for a half so,ro of in CxpC ioeced bos, the eldP.t of' whom Was not 1'7 yearts old 1 GENERtAL M'AxEY ORiEoG, A NECDoTer. Sunday morni.ng, M~ay 2nd, tue C.renshaw .Battery,. coiunand '1d by Captain WV. U Crenshaw, of Rioh. mond,- took its departure from Camtp Lee, for the seat of war near Fre'de. riokeburg. . We arrived at' our dais tina.tion about 111 o'cl>ek that evening and aftor unloading .the cars, took up our bed, for. the tirst tiine, On the ground, in the def'eeee of'the South; Bpwet'$. blep, other to -think of theo dear ones Jlt.bahind.. TIhe following day wvas" a cheerless one, and we were ordered to 'go into camp, a quAartqr of a mille.distanat from the turnout,("Summitts"), on a neigh boring Ijial., Thel camp was an excel lenano ; t. the grond was wet anid subby. The whole day was devotod to pitchinag our ..t ents, tand making everything as eoipLurtablo, as posei. le. - On Tue-diy, wvo wvere to bo'review ed Bi'igaoier General Maxoy Gregg, to- whia.se braganfe we acOre a.sigaaed. SOf coud; theore wan syme fixinag doe As to presnIt' a fino rip piar ancee ; .ad u' gooad 6adal aif dui4.,it.y exited' in the breasts of fio 'iiniut ld. ted, as to.the anner of doinig it, aind what soi'6 of a'Geeal wad to 'coit., .mnd 6s.' At the houtr appointed, (11 o'ook() We wbre ondabo grdeuid, anad shoirtly af'toraonoral- Gregg and staff' nade their aippe-.rancee. It hr w611 fcao~n th at the Genroal- Was utst a. esLle deaf.1 On tb'hdoutag ws., 'apt. *prenpbew vould ad,dross him, ho~ re over .4 h.ie qarters,; and . p4rtilp of home roffeshinient L. (TPue Capt.'-kept a splerjdi'd.art iolo of ,Cogoae.), 'This Ag tijfi .as lel.iy9er.d in a tons o,f vomgg wrtdjy ylower t,han tgiUal?gatI e veryb i nts,imnomom tl&. General briskly replied : "Thank yo, Cuatain . cer.inl_ eertainly," and away they g4llo;e'l t COUeALw'S quarter's. Tight hoots, Hard enrns are caur-ed by too mu,h pir4ssmre i.f the boit, or by its being . -louse o .to silp b it-k zid forth on ih. .pit whvie the corn aft,urward. Ahow itNelf. Mdical boAsk record %evera pi .es where p:triiAg a corn ha; caust-d 'a ble-ding which no known neitb could airest,* and deatI etsued. Nothing hwider than the finger.Iail -ever ought to be ilowoed to toneh the Corn, wh%cb coa alwas be curel, or kept from cautsing Ilicunvenience, 1) simply batlihig the part in warm water for half an hour fir seveial diys il succession ; --ften a sinigle ha.h will accouIIpIimh the object of e"r.oftun ing the parts adjacent to the actual corij, that it can be picked out with the finger-nail, ad then the shoe cat be- instantly worn without dis. comfort, which anl hour before g-tve great p,in. It mtny return inl a week, or a mouth, but the samo treat meit w-il alkViyi av.til. P.tring c ouse$ tholu to spread und take deeper root. A Stolon Pino. The Bv:muf,rt XRpublican say,s : The aase of B.olai, agaiist 0. C. Duebl-r, pre.ents some points of il. terest to many of our riad](ierd. There is a great deal of property held by the *1ame1t dubious title inl this vioinil ty, and it is probahle sit!il,ar suit will be Il-.n'iful. Suit was brought in ihii-i ea e b lB hlan to recover ti.o Val I e of a piano t .cen fiom th? ho-ise of 1 ,.1i (1uriig t ocelp.tion (if G abirtaville t.y Seraiti's army. .1.te .d1It c'aimC:1 to have recived the piano from ; ii ffi.er of tlhe Fede, ral army, and thut h, saved it. fr-tm thtre burning buildifog, iii whii other wise it woul- ih ave destolety-!. TlaIe j I y c.ve a V0o(Ali3 f.. p11.l ifT fm $2i0 and mtere.t since com:nen. nii. t of' -uit. 8lililiig Crimiiinals in imrrica, It is .;aidl ull,.U iii *4oe16 , 1 gli.H S.iet,w-re re,(l ly lent to New Y .rk lby the pri-olr antil.o.it!(- (f N1 1-heue:, ini Lo;d. Tho Gral )ch1y6T N 1e1kIW:ant. a Schaw1rirn ils. el:Ail, tihe i i4ht t) di,jp-'t it it. 0.4nt. vet- ira this ttiter. Oe of te. M. eklenittre j ririals asse.Cs 1.i, rigt~. iaa off ..si e tanr.i.n-. T -d ral ,1ovotr ajm.:t ..ml, :i y efile0 of tlO,.I:iS t0 - a St p) t..o rici g..ean. tes. S We It .ve C-A 11inals C.:olng of niat ive gru. h 11, wi be' liig mitadl the RLtung H.y <.f th. wh-lI wurld. ''ie Air iilHtrord. Trh.e Koeowee C.n rsps ; we ac p!c..sed to- claratniele the f.ct, that Werk-1t.r11 comnuicrt i in1 airnaeot Hh t 4kir L4ino Rold in this cou-t.y. M C'0l,\t.mtt one of tho hatractors. builij..g kmahinte 01m4 hart ab6ou1t 20 S.n s at. wO. C oit his tent-mile - cU tra-t, E:s of T ugalo River. Other conttrioaurs aru preparing, and we leirn th:t the outire lino in Ocnee will be worked elieigelinaly inl a ver.I sho:t time. Tiese operatii have had the eff:et of advancing the pi ice of provisi.,;, & -." The artleSs Coliumt iion ask. caindid men everywhere to) peruse Om rnor Seatt'st "ahue Ridge veto mea.ss ge l calfully, antd t'tim p itt ti whtere ii it Is in any way Pick wiekIani.'' We will try to comply with tho re quest or our ramia be Icon(temCiporars (I vernor Scott w.as privy, firomi the bogItining, to rthe Meh< (meii of r hieII Hno Ridge IRig, thoitghtt w,.1 of the hill , ntril only retood it beicase it wars un den-stood tha.i. woulid earily paOssover the veio. All (Goveri.or Scot as afil. clat dbe. tnciatiaoa of the.bill, as bmeinig ineaxpedliunt anid unaonsrt~titut ion..l, was, threr'f'oro, liurely "PIickwikan" Cha/r. .News. An Trish land been sick for a long timeri, rad hile ina thtis state would occatsionailly cc ,se breathing, and feilI bo apprarently extinct for hon.o t irme, when hae wotuld ragain comor to. Ott (one of these occiaion whren awakened fromr hti. tl eep, Patrick asked, "Artn hrow'llI we know, Jemitny, wvhen you're dea 1l Yout'ta artert i rag up every tiiie.'' ".<rir'g me -a glass of grog, aind say to me, '[Here's till yesI Jemamy I' ant' if I dlon't ririse uip and drink, thin bury mao.-Exchange. Aig A merican and Iuddy were rid ing toagor her7 when,t they cae ini sightt of what is very tinosual iin.any civil. ized State ntow-a-daiys, tan old gal lows arid gibbe. ThIs r.nggested to the Ainmnricun the ide4 of boinag witty art tht- expense of his lrir.h catmparion. "You te thait, I calcularto ?" naid hie, p'aointing' to the~ objoect Grst ment.ined. "And now, where wouldi you be if the gallows had dIts dtie ?" "itd ing alone '' cooll1 reptl ed hat .-Excha nge. ,A Nasthville ne/gro set the house in A uro.fr by riaing up and .slo-ut ing out,'" WhAt all udie iio;d?atrh 'bari binrotrdeJ far he tb. Thi' wasla'st, Satur day, the 24th, and the " mournera " hhent't stopped rutnning a. *i lrfied~ 'Ooin-., carrfigis iSc made entirely of india rubber, exccepting t.he arles and tires. artlial Confirmation of the Killing of Boss Strong From partie-- fout Robeson Coin. y, who arrived in thit city yesterdty, .111 alo from iiformation convyeed .rl a prlivite letter to a g' Ulleian of Itis la.e, we have u f.artial clitiir. glut tl or lie killing of the nlotorious .ittluw, Ho,s Stroig. N.Queen, af 'er s1.oti-g the OUta%, is I-i-i to iave retinmed inl the vcinity of tho 'luse about an hour, with tho hope of ...erting an opportunity of hilling An. -irew S110ong, but withiout eees Iu tin dly i-tirted for St.ie [lol for mtit-foreements, arriving there tbout I o'clock S.turday morniing. He got 1 CIOw(l t-gethwr, bui. on accont 11f somlie un1.avoi.le delay., they were unable to reach 8trong's ivuse until 10 o'cloek that morning. Upon enterIng, tIe hiiuse they found At. drew 8 r-ng's wif-t und another wo ian prtsen, but the body of the out. law had diappeared. The Nvomen, however, were engaged in removing the rtlin of blood fr om the floor, and in reply to it,quit ee, s.id : "We had a dead maii here lat night, but tho r*et (memnikg the other memibers of the g:a g) have j.ist I--1t withI him." Of cour.,e, mider the circumstances, tLere was i.) possibility of recover ing the body, aud the party returned to Shoe tiel. Among those with whom we have contersed on the sub j*ect the.-e teem.% to be a unuiiniity of opinion in reference to the alleged killing, there heing but little, if any, doubt expresod that, ulthough the b1-dy itti not be t cgovt red, the soul I f the ii-tted desper sdo and outlaw I .s 'eCe I sent to IIs l:st account. We hope to iteceive still imir- derk-ite in teihnlotct.e to-d' y.- IVilaingo'n Str Amrnouit or Collon Tax Collected. We fitid in t late nuI ber of the Ne w Yo k Iltra id, the fill owin1 tA-1,rI e-tatemen-1t, sho.-inig thle .ItI In)'. lif cotol I .X 0 Ilc-ed whaie the I rnerin. i wa-, in fom a-, tIim 1863 txx, 11 ie .sive: 1863, $351.1 1: 186 4.; 1 .26 S 412 ; 1865, '5. f18: (. "18 4,9 .5 1867, $23,769 079) ; 1868, $22,.500,948 tit 1, $68.07;'2 388. i D,ari g tihe )*.ar 1866 -'1-- 1867, iticre w .., eolet.-ted bW ITWIuy eal it"Ci s an yg:1e .!nte tI.x of $2,018,319 in lie late in 8. t 0t.on : States m4t of which %As on Vo tow, so tiht the tax it 1-, tiow pr..psedi to ieu-d ammitits, it, rout.d itl,u er, to $70 000 000. Ujider Ihe At o ( 'o .re ., if 1862, tine tax 0o r*3 N C .t!"Ill was fix d o-tithalf of tie et m' per 1,oin1d, 111a,1 re'ilained it :blat i,te unitii Junse 20, 1864, v-ben I. Was itceaited to two cents per "ntd. Oi tho 1:3.1 if Jily, 1866, iosever, it was inrreo.--ed to thr. e e--nt-- p. r potond, are it remamed till S!ptetmter 1, 1867, w%hen it was tixi,d at two amid a half cent ier '..ntil. 0. iho 3d of Fetruiy, 1868, the tax was altugether abol. ilhed. That Uinel. At last. amccu -t, there hadI been no hostile motiiito between the two gentlemen from Cha leston, whoI were rejo-ted to have co-ne to G.:o-igia for tin pi pose of Hi.h iing a duel. The two illeged priicip,-1s, Mr. W. L. Tnhtolm and j. Ed. W illis, with thiir respect ive fa iends, afteor 1e0mrn 1 ng Ca om S- vantn.sht, remnaimed he re froml Monda e6111,ven ing unmtil yesl terdasy aft ernuion. It wa.s said yesterda.y that anl effort wats ma-te on 'iTuesdiy nighit to settle the dificulty, but with oat. anicess The difli oulty i:, report' (3d iot have ci iginta ted fromt a rem i-k ni' ied to have been made by Maj. WV ii ihi(Ibot MI r. T'renhtolmn.-A ugusta A New WVay to get lIid of a Wife. A eorrespond1ent wtriting fromi near Laurel Hill, on the Wil., Charlotte and ,l.tea fotrd Railroad, gives US the pairtictbirs of' a novel naorriage in that vicintity, reently. A certain indi vial got tirod of his wife, after liv ing v'ith tier about flfteetn years, and hired ainother maun to take her over to South Carolina and marry her, giving himt a tontle and $55 int tontey to take her off his, handat. We haive the namoa~ of the parties, but tintk proper to withhold them.---I Wii. Star. A gentle itin traveling in Tetnnes see just after. the eloge of the war, over heard t.be following .cooversation between two women of that coutntry, whlo lhad bleen t'o town, aind were re. turning homei on te cenrt 'what harve youi in that papeJIr ? 'Sod t.' '8Iida ? what'. soda '1 'Why, don't you know whet sod a is i thant ers stuff that .you put -int bi kets that mako 'em git uap and hautip themsa,elves.' Aperson having been mentioned Clo a ibe noltoriously unfortnate in his first mprriage relation anid-e soon afterward mtarrted agai.n, Jo in onii waIs nsked if it wt1s qot rasih to otmbark a.new' inj .ant tadveture which hte had already found .to be so disas trous. "?N4,g aid the phillosopher, ele'.atinig his hand, "[t, was the tri umiph of hope over experience.'' It ifdf fib advrantmago to .hav *a lively mind if we afe not jutst. 'The peorfection of the pendulum Is not to go fast but tn be renlar. Couservalires Stand to Votir l'oAt As ti tseti- ion d ra ws to at olvo, the unpaid menhembr. of tb Iegislature ari becom)tlilig qui,le restive about got.. ttihg tih, ir pi.y ett etti itt a Ualed It is Said that $700.00) ham been pa iid into tine 'Trei.xiry Tii t-x-t .iollect. od, not a dillar ean be rq.seesod from Treis,urcr Pilker (in th iau) a-till. ca'es ol the i.en,ber. Mai-y (of them di-hunitened, are (imcouitatng the-ir, certili ctes, at rdittui rat--.4, t. the brokers and liskers. The conorva ti%o mlielmbeir, aN U rule, Ire not ill Inch I'lruailllte d cireU1an11 ttmc.49, ld have moitly hold oi to their ceortifi. Cates, dete. minitig to retain theil to the ve,y last :nomnit, rather thani be ohiai-d out of what, they ju--ily conmid. or their hionest due. -Wo hae, nox, that there is a proj ot oil foot, Con oucted by tho vohAiing ones who are intereated in varioks witai1g ties.e ures now be f.,ro tihe egislat 1ure, to Cash tine oertifoat6 of the conserva tive uenbers, in order to indutce thoin to leave for t.hvir hottes, and t.lus maihe, the way easy f>r in quitois legislation songht, fur. We take this ocoasion to warn our membors, both iu the House and the Sento, to staund firmly at their posts, There are a goodIy number of Itp.ablictins, who, by their necent vutoe sh ow t,hat they are opposed to the must ras.cally illN that are now iti course of passage. These bills may, iu ill probability, b.e defeated, if the conservatives will renniin amnd loid their ahistutieu to the better c'ass of tie Republicans. Any ConsIVaI i ve who leavos C.lunmbia before noij.natimetit, tvill be gulilty of a,gr- V o Igleot Vf duty, atIld .Aou l be repludiated by h1i corntituents at the fall electi----Phonix. Ahoot itg A (froy. O.n sa.d ay oI fr-ton, about 3 k'cl.d. a diffi -ii y uo,urred at' the hh.-.p , th- ViIm1ingt..l ub (.ll) ia nd Ang.tsto Hallro'Ud, but-ween WI. Gordtn (Whit- ), watchin n,aid Cs:s M.ut (a direi), .itch ten,der, hvii-ih resulted inl the formetr sh1footinig tine Iaitter, itfl:iit-g sevete but not faial wuilds. It eemsut that Molt, eintra. ry to the nults in.force ou Snday attemnptel to pts$ through the build. i.g, aind pon being oaried by Gor doln thAt id would lot he pomnitted to de) a ., took exceptions in the order and icted in a sthnimer Calculated to iri ite aud defy the vatchmatn, wh'.1 he die f' hi pi6,10 and fied to b:3ls1 ait him, .itn-- plms:ing cnttirtl) t.rogh tle ltf-t lea, j n1, 11'e lw tine i4-1, n ind the Othel In'l inrtly through ibli Salae le, and lodig n.--r tho kueo pan. G.odutn was tub,,equently -ar. remted, bit, upn the evideaeo of the phsician that the Woutds were inot d<a-ngorous, ho wis -idmnitted ti hail in the mum if $200. to3 it un examina tio I.-WI'V1bg1111on Star. The Inininiolia loitinl thifs gnotes Sc.iptuo tin Jid'n David Davis' numinotion fnr the Presiden. cy: David therefore departed thonee, and e.caped to the cave Adullam ; an d when his bre brtn and all hik father's hou.e heard it, they Weint down thither to him. And eVery one that w.. inl dlmres, and every olne that wals in delt, and ev-ry onie that, w.as diaconten;e d, ganthered them-. selves uti to iein a mid tie bota ae Ciap twin a ver' thnmn ; mnd there were wi'th hum about four hnundred men. Yes ;hbnt for all that D avid d'nt "come, ini " iIe ruuled over i-rael in pe of Saul w.ho had saught his James 8. Pike, erndors.ed by tIne New Yiork TrruibbUne and( thne (oluin bia UJnioan, 5a1a: WVithuout goi.g into detaila, it is enoughn to ny thdt the omen whno lead amnd nn.go tine Liegi,laturen- andh the 8tate Govenmnent are thniees aind mniscreannts. The groat bnody of tine Leogislatunre arne the ignorant iad oer' rupnt in,tumnents withi wichi thne lead ers work,annd thrnough the individuals compsnng this mnanss are bouighnt and sold like cattle in the mianrket, their venality in somne casea is relieved of mch of its crimnality by reason of the denseness of thelf' ignorance. A disrespectful correspondent of theo New YorkI Tr ibnne bjpe..ks of tbe Southn Carolina Ib dioaml Admninistra tion asa "thant den osf thievts in,Southn C~arolimna, whose grotesque crieanntu-e and oriiminal travest,y of n opresenta Live gote-rnent Pa a disgrace to modernt civilii.tfon." If tine stnanchn Re-publianm wino wrote this were to say the same thing lin Columnbia, he would it once be dennneed by tine 8tato ladmic as a lying )enmnperait or a bloody Ku Klux. -- Charleston .News. A lady in Aberden, Scotland, Is more adivancedl in wimIln'js r'ights thnan any other woman ian Great Jirita ian', Sihe goes regularly to the bar ber to get a-bayed, A Biuffalo girl haa t.ak~wem vantage tf leap year to sob an inordirnate ex tent thnat she Is engaged to seVentebn mnn and has beern aued for-breach of promiste by nIne move. Why are sweethearts usually called 'honey V' Because they are be(e). loved. The Riot at Laurens. We extract foan the Lnurensville Herald the follo'vivg items, which seem to be the "mule hill" out of which. the corret4pondet,t of the Union consti ucted the lauge mountain, which tht mmaducioui shout stIll further magelled by the use of large caps into a i.ige Riot. at litrens, &3. : Sale D y was ag.aiu well attendild, e-p.,oinlly by the coloro.] populmtion. Frner,-, generAlly cowpl,ain of being behind hand in their furming opera. tios-at 1e .st throo weeks behind the istai stage ut this souason of tho ye.r, eoed by the heverity of the wititer. No property was sold by pub.ic of1i!er. The order was not So good us on former o.casions-b.rleyo(jrn getting the bettor of a portion of the crowd, causing consideraole rowing, though but little elso-ono or two ":wists," and a bruised probosci.i or two wts the sum total of the casual ties. Trial Justices and Town Counjil were all called to the front. Drunkenness and rowdyh4m seem to be on the inoreaso, and whAt ii more to be regretted it teeuis to be confined almost entirely to young mon. Some of these combativo loving youths, not overly anxious to engage in pugilistic exoroiso thomsolves, are yet found of seeing the fuo, and not unfrequently pl oy the role of Raumpsey Suifile, or the old school-boy game of placing the chip on the ehoulder. SKRIus ATtEMPT.-We regret to hear of an attempt to take the lifo of one of our most respected citizini, Colonel B. S. Jones, on Monday even. iag last, by a white man In his'service by the namo of Cheatham, in which the Colonel was painfully, though we are gratifted to learn not dangerously stapped in the arm. Reports of a very serious nature reached us the following day after the occurrence ; hence, we are the more grutified to h-arn fromn uinque,t ionable souroo that the wound is not serious,though pain fui-tho wound being in the ni-etu. lar part of the forearm, thu knife strilimg high up, and being drawn dhggonly across to the under side, cau-ing a wouad of some seven or eight inches in length, We have not heat-d the partionlart of ihe difoul-y sufficient well to give them. Ic, will ffuiffiep, however, for lls fr. iend" to know that Colonel J. i, niot. daugorously 1-urt, and is doing we 1. Th. d.fiulty oeourred at the resi (Itineo of Olo 1el J. The m,n whit. inflioted the woudnd ufter beitig sound ly Jl a-t Iled by (0oloil J , no, wich Isan ding llls crippld condition, ijn. tuediitely loft the premites. The Virent Seaunnel, After a delay o' some ten years, a compthny ha, isetually been organiz 11 in Loidon for thie purpose of build. ing a tunnel uider the Straits of D-SVef'j 1and pupoO.g railroad comniu ulo.tion) between I,gland and the continent. 'rhe Now York ulletin, in an exhau.,tive article on the subject tnys: "Siould the experiment, which is certainly a buld onegsuooeed, it iW prbable that other works of a lile character will soon be projiote-J. England and Ireland would next be uited 1 thnnel would probably be out under the North Le in the soure of tjime and thus, bietween the tun. aid-, ship eanals, railway bridges and telegraph, the erot(thed piaths of coim' mneteo will beo n.tde straight, the wide ly sepjarated nathions brought into el aer and mnore initimate inatereom-i miun.o.it ion, and great material tosultIs achieved oi lam par ie-n trith whIich what enginornin g i'inoe has already accomuplashed w. II seoem as nothing." A facetionms individtial not meaay .mihes from Danbury, sought to "draw his wife, out" by ptetonding to be found dead with an empty lamudahmum phial by lis side. And that lady was a good deal shocked at first4 but having road that a necole introdueed in the humnan flesh would indicate on its surface whether that flesh was dead, and lbeing a woman of eminent p racticability, she at oncee armed herself wih a pohishe I emwbria of nearly two inches growth, and with throbbhing heart and bated breath in. troduced a good share of its length Iito anl appropsilate pottion of the deceeased. What the surface of the~ needle really indieated was notL lmmarn. ed, na lie took it with ht' n an he p-ess ed through the sash- /.Jan/iry NVewas A pa per in New Il amp'hire amrs the following <questions : Why is it that there is no I(u Klux violence in. any Southerrh State that is goterned by7 the Souitheft people 1 Trake Maryland, Vargptti,, N.rth Carolina, (recntly,) G.eorgis, Ainaba. ma and ~Tennmee--is the're any trou. gle ter iNeoe, Why L Nobody has ajpohlitical nmotive to taake ,anv trouible~ Aoine of our frien.ds preter d to bev aVtsid to trust the' blseks with the whites of the South ; yet they have the assuring~ fact that, when let alone, there is ,an t.rnuble,. Castels live la certain intalwoeah to the age of i00 years, and Ct.vier s aerts t liat whales live to be 1,000 yds bld. Why are oar eys like friendla sepsJ rated by distant elim".? They e.or Financial Outlook, The financial condition of tle coun. try wus p'resentet by Mr. Di swet, Chairmin of the C..imaittee on Wa3s and Melan inl the If,as of Rbpren tativep, on Friday. The oitim-itel expoues for the year, withi t refer. eneo to the public debt, he satid, are $273,000,000 ; to this 11molkit, t h hou, hus alrealy aidMod en-ugh, in the way (if deficiency apl)opl)IiItions, corporation taxes to bo iefunjded, paid fur ulWlic building, etc., to miake a grand tot.al of $-299,00,ooo Against this, we have a gi s, 0 -nne, fiom all s.urces, of $317,000,000, whichi would leave a balt:e oi $17. 788,975, wditout haviin,g paid a dl. lar on the public debt except the in torest. Now, if the revoiucs iiro not Increasing beyond the estimat. above cited, and if the uxpenditure. are not brought (dwn, it will be lie. cesiry to borrow $10,000,0100 to piy into the siiking fund ri-quircl Ii. law. Of course, in those e,tin ites of revenue, are exoiduled any receip from duty on ten, coffee, cowl and sall. or from income tax atnd tho remain ing collections are bned upon the anjount- of imports anul of dome-tie prodnetions which yielded revenuc for last year. Ut it is well under. stood that a judicious reduction or the tariff in tle direction demanded by revenue reformas, and not 1;y throwing away the minillions of 0he'lor revenue as demanded Iy the Penmsl vania interests would so stimulate in. dustry by reduoing its hurdet.s that the not revenue of the Government would be adeqiuate for the enormous ettimat-es, while [ho real tax upoti the people would be largely dimiu i6hed. At It Again. Poor South Carolina is to be plun dered again: the greedy maws of the tbie'es are not yet filled. Thu Blue Ridge Itilroad 'lill has beconre, a lw. The ,windle has been consunmated, and the public debt-Inereased by $1,800,000 I One million eight hundred thous and-tlollar. I. Thisaiount, of Money is to come fron the pockets of th~e people, ivery dollar of it. It is to be raised by an annual tax of "threc mills on tile dollar, in addition to all other taxes, on the assessed value of til taxable property in tI:, Mto. And what is this imioeYi 'I.r ? l i:, fur the building or finishing of tho road I Is it for t4be g--od of the State ? \Vill the people derive any benefit from it 1 01), no ! It is, whatoycr be its pretext, for no other purpose than1 simply to enrich a band of thioves anid robbers. This bill was so flagrnnt in its iniquity that even the wicked Gov erntor of the State felt it his duty to veto it. But, to nso purpope : it was passed over his votoj and to-day the scheme oif plunder is it law. How long shall thiens rie, and carpet.tbuggers atoal I - Rock Vill Lant erni. Murde' Il Morldd. Wd learned yesterday of a sad oo. currenoe near Vollard. Some negr.ies of the place had a difi -ulty with some raftmn, tand determined on re vcnge. The.y went down the river a short distance, nnd lay in ambush for the taft oif thuir enemiiies9. Whlile watn,a raft, whichi was not the one thief were looking for, en me dlown the rIver. The negroes fired into the crowd, killing one,C a n ntamed Sers.gginst, immTuediat ely, rind badly twouna ing three others. The party went back to l'ollard, and at last uecceded in ar ating Sive of the n)egtocs, T[here was aL strong dispo tsitioni among the people of the com munity to hang the culprits, but law and order prevailed, and they ca new In the hands of the law,-Pecn. mcoola Mail, lat. A Singallar Pflelonienoon, A gantleman who has been riding throngh the country, below Buchanan, says the l"ineastle Hierauld, informs us that he witnessed a miost sinigular phenomenon a few days ago, A I -rgo number of crows were eonugregated in t hdt section, and stere d.ring by hun drieds. Their dead enrensses were lying in fonee cornurs, under tree.si &a,and those that were alive could be approached and killed with stiek<., They appeared to be blInd and (lying r rom some unknown cause. The mit t.or excites con)siderable comment in that neighborhood, fTe Ll,t Cirenar Swindle, A prInted aircular was handed to Suipeorintendent NoIse, yesterday .at police headquarter. purpotinag toe~ome frotm "Jennings, liePrau & Co.,. Inm. porters and manufneturers of arthl clal flowerA, feathers, and ribbone, 160, BJroad way, P 0. box 2,951. 'ihe cirodlar solicits agents in the various t wns to whom they offer sample t'ekages op receipt of $l0, $15, or *20. On tequiry at )69 Broadway, nor such firm could be found.-New Yoth kn. - Aft6ld1lad.t id aontn!6tout; lhaving for 106 years struggled under the burden of snoh a name at Experience Plank, has at last garone yth bar. A Rudicals View of th (Ioludilianl of Souti Cao olina i. The Vicksburg (Mits.) Herald, In a late is8ue -llp . Tih wretched condition of South Caioliiia uider the rohler rul i of th carli eiIstopvorx, my be gutessed at when lhe Viekshitre ''i., iake., tht foilowing Iokno 41i. dg Fit :.i "Of all the 8t-ite.,, 8., i Virnlina is tho most ti1fortu at.e. T . 8t, Io tax.:, thi, jo r .in11ted to twun:y IIld a half mills o t, d.diar, vIr two per cont. Thi i-, exclusite of tile looil taxe., for euntI , peo::i al -,choo00l a1d un1IlIlI ii l.p.I, whileb1 aInji.1ts11t .o four or live f11m- -s m 11uah 1a1r. The Comptfit r,1tor'. eswimntv of expOl. dt it urtt iis $ (68,1100 ; tihlis if,'+.dCe4 $wmll,(410 for ord 1n lm. 3nP. p.4. t 910.Io 000 for lego,l - ivx ..o,,,,-i ; 30O,, 0011 for p itl ; $i'8,000 fo r in - ' re tt net, $40(i,000 for ti le i 0i , Bit. it does not itioude $Ao,00.0 for *411nry expindititures ; $1.4(110 010 for iin 1111 tof bint ltilgd I t LiR Ii 11u11 l1, maoking ihe grani total of ex 11 iitl ies for tho y o ir $4 3.18 000, Il is is ai de lirnb1ll. e m tIe (of li ffair", 1nd unless sotiinliiig is d ne to check i his reeklfsi, Wia'. anil pr. fligato ^Xpeiditures, thoe% 8'm:to wi'l s-on Ie M11e biankrupt, whether he rept diate or not, -.04 . .' The (b Uilt (Gorerfors III the o1ttIi. The New York Tt ihum thu.< groups the (ratt pIIlluA ill thw l ouil i The Southirl U .'lernlors %Obo lifivo. (it t hie renonmikaioi of Pre.id,-it Grat, andkll declrite Ihi South in Jan, grer unme:s re-elveted, do not mako an impres.ive showing, considered as a whole. Governor Davis of Texas is under indietmont for fraudulent, istjo of election certifleates, andl leds the Grant' wing il th il State ; 0 oV ernor Reed of Florid.a, under im. petichment for mnisdemeanors, protet.ts the need of a renoimiation ; Giver - nor Clayton of Arkansaa, under grievous chargo (if fr llud, avows It strong predilection for renomination i Governor Bullock for.,k his oflice to save himself from iimaphmivient, aid nIow demands renomination ; Gover. nor Smitt. of Houth (arolina, whc has ruined tho flijances of the Stato, and saved himlitelf from the Con-iCquInecC by 2niquitous tamporing with tho Tjogi,laturo, sends up a vohomont en d to mnt of tla ronominotion I %hilo Governor Holden of North Carolina, who talona faeed impeach inent adti fell, dol tres the renomina tion of Grant essontial to tie welfare of the country. ChlIsel by n Saw-Log. A Canadian who was eng:ged la;6 week on thie brow iof iL hill, nelLr Pitit-1ld, Mass., In cutting timbe' aiun rolling it to the bottom, end.av ot-ed to inaipillit a a log for a safa do.-ecitj but dciscoveted that it wm gottill, tho better of hini. 11e was oil io uder tide, aind it, would not do to "let it slide,'" so hbe Freaned for help ;but ni h(Ol 0l 11p ca . Iis strength wa surely and rapidly fail, ing, 11ti thoro wa,4 iothing to do but run for it, and run he did-a fearful race. 'Tlie tutIral philosophw.rm say tlt i. log gin in rapidity L-s it do. scndq. It is ollherwiso with hinuanl lips on a runc, even whenr, aLs iln. thisi eI sO. the 10 de-cot is steep uand icy. Iheru wit nll t rnin~g olut, anid the I g ga ii nI wir.h terribklo ra)pidlity on1 ah fri ghItene~d Ciiek, andi wasVL' now j 'gt oni hii bol., wrhena luLk ly 1h0 spiedt a h dliw fin his' jot 11into whitoh hie pioppied whh aii bound, b'ut hadh barely timre t) buiddio hlmself into his hole, w hen era sh I ernsh I tho l4fg thuitl 'red oer him antd loft hiin' safo, hut about the mo14st badly soarod manm that ever hallod, ls lIe Fled. A di<patfch in ouir ast i-tsuo at. uouiiced dint Governor Warmothi, of Louisian n, pa: sed th rough Liouisv'illo goling Easnt. lIis lie "wood biined ?'' TIheo e-tion very naturally arises. It lhe lis niot, he douibtless soon Will. K(eeping licomilipaniy whh IBu1 llock will bo his onlily comiifrt, anad, no0 douht, his ounly useaipo I romi arrest antd pun-11 luismet. Sooner be laiter this will be thie e ise. IIold',n is impeatehod, aund dare noft go hick to las State. I illok fle'l. Reed, of lorida, un der 1 impe'Ithle het, and a ill o..ier go to the pofiitenitiary or run away. D.hvis of 'Texa's, absaconrded. The Arkans is and M issisippi phlundlerersq will have to walk the same plank. Seott of South Carolina, will perhaps he the last one to vaca'tif, as hie sti hos the 'etectioni of United States bayonets and the support of a ft14i ajority in the State.--Atlantr SUnmages for Dcttth. 'The case of Mfrs. Jano. Maddien, whijh has been in progrois for several days in New 'York against thie Staten, Talanids- Ferry' Conipiny, to recover 55.0tI0 for the death of her huisbanad, kube-t .by the Westfield explosion, was decided Saturday ini favor of the plaiutiff for the fuj imount. BatItm'ro lbs '4,000 persons erite plnyed in severnl extensive she manufactories, anid their saleid atoun9 uirnualaI to $6.000.00