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Desportes & Williams, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature. Terms---$3.00 or Annum, In Advano VOL. VII1.1 WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1872. WMWbMIA = M~d ML1020 FAIRFIELD HERALD 1;, I'Vii.liil:) w 1:K .Y lY I)UESPORTIES & W ' V.LA M., 17'.nS -T 4) It '1I A il Atu~ is u lcWls, l i Ilk Town f ol' ivinUsblr', at 0:.00 it, %' \ llhansielit adIVertisCICIS tO ix wbi;n ry Notices and TIibutes $1 00 pei snre. To ite Ciimist of Sotit (arolina, t'o.mlt u 8. C., Ootober 21, 1872 -For the iiformtatiol of the public lid for ti c I lirpose of warning the tax. parr fthi, 6ate against a chemell wlichi his been )otten ullp by certain State! ollli h, by wlih cortilill men are to mhe a largo amoa'nt of moncy ev iediig the people, I wish to vd.lrss yoii a few words. A little mo:-o th-in ono ye:r ago i was ap poind to the poitiou of Auditor of Sl,1 and1 since thalt timo I have on. dela.>ro I to do lly duty in that con-. nevt ion to th best of mly juadg. moit. llo v far I have suCceedod remain Ior th1e peple to decide. The first. actioi which, out of my regu lr couir-s of diltio.4, [ deelned it in emnhou1''lt nyl~m maI to tiake, was the revention of tie ciriulatiin of the lue Ridge scrip. This, I wats re pieatedly told by tie Iovernor, somne (ie wv t oing to () ; but. after wait. ing-1 Lnil ii. an st too h-te, 1.learneIId 1h11. the action- of the Goverior was mim.. Ily for the purpaso of forcing John J. I tterson, th 'lCsiilt. the coml] pany, to p'y Certainl ciuims which lie Iwhd aga ilst th roail, in the slh i pe of anote if the eomlpany, which lie pro curred in a w.iv wot likely to add to the rejoita tidii of an hiulest luan. Witing, I ive heretofore said, util o111ost too late, for soite one1 to take thi-4 matter into the courts, I finally in-,titited the necessary pro c4edingi with the saictioln of the /01 imtr. After Ioceeditgs had li-eel VoTllienOdC ILLd tho uslal 11eceS 1i ry iniiuieiiient. belen offered h is -.teelle.n.yii, I1n effort was inada' by himelf aitd othrs interested to in dulne tile t withiiIr:iw the suit. $10, HO iIn cash wa(s olfered lil, by on.e p0! rty the d1;y the c 1 oase camfi inito Court; and 1 an in-uroet of k- of $25)MO in Vcr i w a.s suib:ieqiitly uhilde by anoh er party , ia ene I. woumld consent to withd1aw the 'uit. Thia, 1, of ourV, Lfu-e'l ; aid the nitter Ias benii a bon o ct"enlltion between us At ullfi't was li'.de soon after the : l lt A ie t Of th I ; l i:,! lltiar , Mid c it o iied fol' l-oilh. (%NO or tillre 1mO) hs.I. to indnve lloto I) levy a pecjial I;.\ ti pay th inteiost uloni th en. Ie .mdmiei deblt of theO S~tti, legal and illegl , to be collected inillodiate. I,. 'i'Iis I refased although ail in. dicellclit of ,;_10(0 i" Cash Was Olferi- tie, to either levy the tax or Ieigl mIly poiditiOn( for the purpose of allo wing l)t. N' igle to make the ieVy ; and. at the iv1e till)e, 1 was In l'0ro d that G ,v. (I ott 1had promiised Dr'. N*'gle to remov me,~t ~h' inl case I refu d to inlike) the ltvy. I againi decliued : eoiply wilh their wishes. Now, as:41CeOn'1d elfort 11s been made to force mne to le vy at tax to pay the illcresl. onl t h o I'rauldiuleilt debt of lie State, lguid to inolude a levy of i reo milils ni paa the dollar' to redeem 150,1000 of t he Blu Ridge aerip lne qmater1 of the en tire isue-w hiich has. by oisCion10 o pay linr d~s udge A. J. Wnitlar, io ithe iSree iot, Ii bee decidedYOvl tunon tittonaly and ini owwhleTero it t h e d ultty of llyoo o tvei yhl good thE ize rto pay ailCLll jst and005 duijty to hivyta taite may beuim eba ne, to o 1)111) in owr No0r doe ii coln. withou(llt re'gardi to righlt (or wron01g. .4 Si tilInk ing, anld aing s ii' con1 ~sider it thle du lty ofh a good ohlieer' and1 an honellst man11, I have againl refused to )omll v wit h their1 w ishies; andi I have t his('dty recelived an orderi remnoving me1 from (-fice. It is but jusbt to mlyself to add, thalt I waOs iniforme~d by hiis Exc~el lency tile Governor that .1 Illighit retai mlite titlio, proided I woubI i ma1k e theo levy. llis Excellln Ely, whlie illsist ing upioni theO levy of knowi tile monecy, if ooll~etd would nuot he apieid to th purpoili~)5s for wichel it was levied, bult that~ thlat wats m no0 oif 30our bustiness ; that it wasli our dut ~y to levy thle talx ; and4 h1o based1 is argumen~lt upon01 the ground thlat many I-.i tstan~d Iiig ohclillS were nIow hel d agatinst the0M Stt, (of whieb lhe ist the pioissel~ssor to theo am~lOunl to $1I0,t000, au he himself informed 11e.) and1( thamt the I roas)urer wouldi haivo no0 funds to pay themIl. 1111s Only other arlgumienit w'I' tha21t ho hlad pu~bl icly pledged Is word to lleur'y (lows & Co., that the tax would he levied, antd tha1t, should ii nOt, be, ho would stand beforo the peoplo ini the light of inconsistenrcy. This schemeo is, as I have saild, nc ne moemet ;butwhiio Auditor o the S~ate, I suceeded in proventing its colsnsummation. Ueinig no0 iongei ill such poition, I am11 powleOss t( piroteo your interosts, and1( 1 now leav< IL . you to say shall this plot bo ear ried out, and you be subjected to pa) tLis enormous tax, amounting to twen. ty mills for State, and, in this Count) ive and one-half mills for County t wo and one-half times the tax of las year ? or will you unite in a deter milled effort to prevent tho continu ance of the frauds which have impovt erished the people and disgroed the State I To bring such an effort to a succesful issue, I pledge for my part my most hearty eo-operatinn. EDWIN F. GAlY, Late Stato Auditor. A Vigorous Yonng Purly. The recent disaster to the cause (of reconeilintion and Reform in Penn sy lvania seems to have served to briigi the Liberal Republicans and t(e Demoorney of the country into clo.er relations, if it has not already resilt ed in their organie union. The alli. anoe3 formed in the Keystone State for its redemption from oorruption at the polls, in the halls of legislation, and in the gubernatorial chair, was one founded on nought but the purest motives, and had it been successful the triumph of' law and order all over the country would perhaps have been more speedy thati we can at present expect. But while the Liberals there fell fighting bravely, oi other fields th-y have won victories full of' encouragee nll t ; and as tho opponents of State and Federal corruiiiption were true to each other-, aid to the enetsc they espoused at every stage i:i the campaigo they have proved f.ithful alike inl the defeat and vietory. Tihe result i.s the formation of a grand political organisation not merely for the election of a l'resident in 187, but to control the Gluveranment for the next decade. It was to bo expected that the Radical ispeakcrs and pzioors should shr'ek thems.lves almiovt hoarse in magnifying their bettered prospects, but ill reply to their asserti1n that the opposition is demoralized, that Demaoeracy is dead, and that Liberal R'publ iinism is "stillborn," we can proudly point to our unbroken and no longer wavoring rank's and prove that the battle hasjust begun. Never was more true "grift" manifested in the face of anl insolent foe. Tho lea'ing nowspapors supporting the nowma tions of Cincinnati and Baltimore show in all their utterances a spirit, as indomitable as it is exalted, and the people at their back will, by their votes on the 5th of Novembor, show the world that theirs is not only "a party of the future," as Whitelaw lleid has said, but the vigorous and suc1cesfuil party of the present. As to the pending campaign, our hopes are strong. To be successful we oily need to work without ceas ing. ('reeley crosses the Potomac as we have before shown, with seventy five electoral votes, which cannot bo wrested from himl), and in the Middle and Western States lie has 103 more. lie goes into tho douh btful States, thicrfore, with only six votes to gain, and every reasoning politician must admit that these six will be gained if we continue as firm and united as we have been under the burden of the exaggerated returns of Tuesday's elec tion. -Richan d Dispatch. Fire. The flourishing, Grisit and Saw alills and Carding Machine, belong ing to Leroy MoArthur, situated at the "TI r ough Shoals" on l'acolett River, were entirely destroyed by fire on Mlon'day night, the I dth in stant. The lire originrated, it is sup.. posced, from fire dropped while sawing at nlighlt. The loss is about $6,000. Sir. MleArthni', the owner of the pro per'ty, hlad ercted thleso ills and otherw ise imtproved tilo property at a conlsideralble expense, arid we regr et exocedingily that h~e has met with such a misfortune. lle has shown great energy and enterprise in imlpr'oving this valiuablo water power, k nown ats the ''Trough Shoals,"' and his ef'ort, have been1 greatly beneficial to the commutnity ill which lhe lived, anid to the public generally. Mr. MleArthur is a Milwrighlt, antd a skilled work man, and with lis well- knlownl eer gy, we 1hopo will bo able1 to repair, to some1 extent, his heavy lossos. ilcallh of a Usefuil Youg Chaurleslianian. A large circle of friends will be pained by the annioui'~neent of the dea1th yesterday of Mr. George E. Stoirnmeyer, a son of the popular pro prietor oh' Steinimeyer's Alills. The deceased gentleman hlad exhibited in a marked1 degree energy and business tact in the Lucessf'ul developmlenlt; of lhe Ilumbe1r business, arnd bade fa ir to ha:ve achieved an oniviabhle prominence amonig tile pushling business men01 of our comniulty. Mr. Steinmieyer waIs a member of tihe Geriman 'riendly Society and of' tile Pimoner Fire Coin pany.-Charleston News. The Fat hlog. One of the greatest curiosities on1 exhibition at the F'air Grounds is tile fat hlog, which is exhibited near the industrial hall1. It is over nine feet long anid weighs mloro0 than 1,200 pound~s. it was ralisedl in Ab~bovillo, iSouth Carolina, and is well woith see irg..--.Awagdab Lhronicle. Six Aeres of Pigcons. CUMBERLAND, MI)., October 19.-. A Mr. Shiley owns a farm six miles northwest of Oakland. Six cores of t th farmare covered with alder bush es, r small trees, ranginig from twelve to fifteen feet in height. They grow very densely on the land, and from this fact have become generally 1 known as bushes. Some ten days 1 since, about -1 oclock in the afternoon I a large flock of wild pigoors settled 1 downvit upon the alders. Mr. Schley 1 says they were to be niumibercd by I thousands, aid completely covered the I tops of t ho bushes, hiding them from sight. Another flock followed, and t lighted on the top of the first. The 1 incoming of pigeons econtinued until I nightfall, at which time they were pild i iimany places two deep upon I och other. The bushies were many of them broken dowu by the weight, I and it is etimated that over a imil lion birds were on the ground. They t roostod there till morning, wlhen flock I by flock they flow away, and by 1 o'cloei: the fields were deserted. In 0 the evening they again returned, and < they still tmake this their resting F Singular as this story may appear, T it is vouched for by many respectable ( ei: izenls of this city, who hitve visitedl C thj :potand captured hun-dre ds of a the birds. A fter nightfall, it is said it a perSon may go anmong the pigeons ? and sweep them into the mouth of a Lag. The probable explanation (,f I the imninmense gathering is in the fact that this is the season of their annual visit to the fort-st regions of the Alle ghiany Mounltails in quest of the f acorns which .,re abundant there. It is a well established fact that wild I pigeons have one roosting place with in a very large territory, and that in t their transit to warmer latitudes, and during their stoppage by the way, they use one ILee only as a roost at nihilt. Other pi:eon roosts have I be known in the glade districts of S Marylal-1, but this one is considered the largest ever seen by the oldest in- e habitant. It - -Q.. -- .-Ii Forltte Favors lhc lirIve. t The battle is fought, the victory n won, and the wliole Deoocratie tick et elected by a handsome majority. This majority will average -100, and t in some cases the majority was 800. e the question is now settled as to this r I county, and there will be no further t trouble. The next olection will give ( lout majority. The 1Republicans did t their best.. Governor Porry's uni jori- r ty for Congress wus 461, Doiildsoi's b for Senate was 4108, and so on. A leader of the Republicans, a colored I man, was heard to say he would 1 never again vote agiinst the white 0 people. Tonliison's njority in this t coun'y was about 700 ; the Democrats generally -.oted for him. If the State was as Greenville all would be ti right politically. Spartanburg, 11 Ooonee, Pickena and Ander-on ire a certain for Democracy. The mou- to tailns are all right. We havC not d yet heard from the seaboard, and fear t to hear, Let us noer despair ; 0' ft ta a /f;rd foi-bus" The Sta to has d encountered a terrible political it cyclone, but she will survive it, and ' t yet flourish and ee great prosperity. I This city is going aheod, and busi.-1 ness was neover better. Them weather f is suerb. 102 on the 12th inst, a Fine crops. Airline Rlailroad pro- S gressmng rapidly, and will soon be I linii~bert to Char lotte N. (.- Greena t ii/I Correscpondent lo te Charledson KVow. Forty fite olhitrs ii Toll for 31 tisqtiiloes. Coining from anty other source than the sober, statistical Scientific A mci-i can, wec should utterly refuse crederecc to the story it relates, and after ad nit ting its anithetieicty we are pre par-ed to believe anything. T[hat ve- Ie raeious jouirnal describ~es a strange fertilizer. A t Stratford, Connecticut, where mosquitoes are as thick as a fog, lives an ingenious Yan~kee, so 1beyI a saty, who puts these insces to profita ble :-es. lHe has invented a large re. volving scoop-net, covered wvith lace, whiebic is put in motion by a wind-mill, water-power or steam. TIheo lower half' of the scoop is placed in water. The upjper halif moves through the at mu.- phete, and at each rotation di aws an i inmiense niumuber' of '.-giiitoes" down 'nto the water, where theyt dirownt atid sink to the bottom. lEvery revolution of the nct draws in ant ence of mso~quitoes, or- a ton for thirty- < two thousattd turns of the machine. TIhe nmoquitoes thtus eel leced make aI splendid tianurtte for the land, worth forty-live dollars a ton. Seiuator .J ohnson puts the iberal andh Deimocratiu majority in Virgiinia at fironi 18,000 to 25,000. lTon. Montgonmery lilair thinks the maojori.. ty in Maryland will not be loss thtan that in Virginia. T1he "straight-out" vote itn either State wvill be very smtal --not probably exceeding 500. A vessel's capacity is 2,500 tons; a needle weighs 1-200th of an once; drop Otne noodle in the first week, two the second, four the third, and con timnuing a year at that rate, do you think you will fill the ship ? You will, and 20,319 others taking no ac, count of fractions.) Td the Peoile of Sotilh 'arolifilt. On the 5 h of Noveinbor, the peo.plo )f South Carolina, inl ceininon with Ahe people of al the United States, Vill be enlled upon to elect. a Presi lent and Vice P. ident to servo for he onsuinsg four years. The coursie that has been pursued )y the present AdMini=ration hai ieen so hubvorsivo of all local self. lovern ment and hostile to the i ights nd hibeities of the citiz,I, as to live excited the gravest -pl rehen ions for the safety of our free insti utions, and has aroutsed the int lligent ld conservative uinuitscs of the nation 10 a inited and determ incl e.llnt, to escue if possible, tile (;overnlmcnt romi the hands of its present auda ous and unseripulons rulers, and ring,. it back to Is constitutional iparings. ?dore th in t hi-, so alar'n ng and wide-spre:.4 hai ben tihe rowth of corruptio's in high places as o have tainted all the fountains of onblic justice, and .- reckess the use f corrupt instruinctalities y *public licials, as to uudor mine every prin iple of honor and honc.ty in the IcoJplc, and prepare the way for the apid and alumost sure decay of all mbic viit-ie. To arrett the spread f these evil and t!ang-3roius tenden les, to save to the peop!e thin sub tar.ce, as well as form, of a constitll, ional repiblic, cit!/i-:ns (if all classes nd partii hite 'rganized a hoir, rm and indestriuetble allianve oi c-half of purity in governi :ent iand yinpathy and reco'.cilia-tion betwCel etions. The cardhlal principle.Is o0, his invemmit n e priu lgated roma Cinciinati (t the l-t of last lay, andi solemnly rati..-l by the yinoera ey oft i bome Union in eneral colvention atUhnr on I lorace Mrt y, cf New York, and 1. Gratz (~sof Miz-ouri, Chosen ,he st al.erd beur-ers of tisi- c:ause, ave been hailed with p triotic enthu iaifm by tlie friend,- of law, orlder and 'eli-regulated iherty Lirouhout. the Mtire land. The Irinciples w hich ave been e-iblaz in. it upin our bin er, in tle hopeful %.o:irds of uIrl illus. rious candidato, "6oannot. die, but inst and will survi- e even defeat, if South Car-iolia, recogniziig this as lC Only imoviement in the present risis caleuiated to overthrow a tuon rous centralization, and to secure to ic pr-ecent generatipn the blessings Sa just and iree govornmiient, ius, >rough a convention of her peoiple, 30elded her adheisioin and pleiged er supP.ort to the movenient. Wiile 'e are not permitted to speak the lnguage of nauss red victory to our cople in this State, it is nevel- 1, "0 ur solemni duty to adjire i 1.1m , b [eir clight en d l,-- -.1i count' " ry and1t leic devotion .. its intitt is. ) 2n1on101 tAo <neir anit that highest, far tuidtn ini man, of fidelity to plinci le, even in the midst, of disaster, nd rallying around our e.or-, give , our cthdlidates a inlIy, :i g'ienerolls lid a united silort. Aniinated by 10 foregoing sntiients, and proI >Iintlty sensible of the responsibility evolved uponi thilei, aInd it) ilisiure le act on which is nowi' recomn iileiled, ic State Cential cti.enttve 'im litLee of the Demineratic niid Libera sepublhican parties5, iifter a joint con 3rence, have idot ernuined , uiider thle uspices of the unidersigned, repre anlting this ~Staite in the Naitional ~xcentive Conjinittee of theo t wo par es, to preset to the peop)Ile of Sonth artilinai and inivokie their stilages sr the fuhbowinir ticket of electors. S1tite Ei Lryje-M. I'. ( 'Cui oie, f Charleston ; W. It. \Vallace, of' JI.loln , 8. A . P ea ree, of' I ieli nd. First Distr-icl -W. W. W\alker, of lCOrgettow.' i Ne~cond Dijstrict -Johnson 11lagood, f Biawell. Th'/ird I)istric- -Simelon Fai r, of eCwheri y. f Fairield. TrIIOMAS Y. SIlONS, lational Democnoratie. E.xtnti ve Com 8. A. P'EA kW14, lational Liber'al liepublican Fix. Comi. All A ppt'ul. 'FThe l.a( d ls of C~olumi pur111 pos ope ng~ a Restauriant dinhiig b'tir weel<, he proceeds of w hiebi will be apptliedt o the iSold ier's MIomune1n lit., ,sttci ion ; and1 1as t he .successfuil carrying ut of the ptan wvill depend miainily Oil liberal supiply of Untt er, lEgs, tieats, Cakes, etce., an anpp-al iN made01 o the ladies of Spairtanburiig aitd vi il-ity , for a contr ibuotion oft such I mttbles as they cani conlven1,ientl y spare 'the cause is one in w hi ch alIt are in. ,erested, adii it, is hoped~( t h at all wilt esponid. T(hose conitribut inig wil I >lease send articles to 'lie residence of \nrt. .J. 1 . 'v ins, oni Fiday pirecedl ng the Ftair, whore they will be ,aked and forwarded to CIolumbhia in the following day- the Railroad saving promised transportation to all )OXes for t his purpose, free of charge. --Carollia Sartan. A riot occurred in Fairburn, Ga., an Saturday last, inl which Pistols arnd knives were freely usedl by the drunk. en mnob. Several persons were wound ed. and one kil!cd. A Speech by Senator Schuirz-The Ca tIniities Which Would Follow Gruut': lic-ClecCtion. Senator ehurz mado a speech ai St. Caiprles, Missouri, on Monda night, inl which he said that the Lib eral inttuid to vigorously fight to th< end of the campaign ; that there wai nothing inl the events which have just takei place, and in the circumstanoo attending them, which would in an3 way dampen the spirit of the mer enigved iii the Liberal movement lie said if Grant was re-elected th< country would witness the most cor. rupt Ad:minitration it had over seen, lie denieJ that there was f. sedom of election in the South, and prophe. sied a time when they would have to 'light fire with fire, force with force." and the country would witness the deplorable results seen in Mexico and South America. flu said that four years from now they might be compelled to elect Grant for the third time, and they would not be able to help themselves, for in that time lie would be ab'e to elect bii self. lie stated that he had always been a Riepublican, always advooated the principles of that party, always endorsed its course, and that the prin. eiples which lie advocated and the vourse which lie pursued as a Repub. lie-in are his principles and his course still. lie had never deviated from them, and now rejoiced in the virtual accomplishunent of everything lie h-id ever coitended for. lIe acknowledg ed the reverses, and that the i.,suas of the e:mpaign are doubtful ; but the conclusionp lie drew was that there beinig no danger they miut prepare for it. If they had difficulties to conquer they must put forth every effort. They had tOrriblo odds igainst them ; hut Fo long as thero i. it fight so long there is hope of vic tory. Georgia to bc Put Unler Military lule. The leading (Joverement organ of the city, the Washington Chronicle, publishes daily editorial articles. telegrams, &o., in respect to Georgia, charging that the late Democratic mamjority of sixty thousand in that State was the result of intimidation of negroes. There was no disturbance save at two points, and the Damoernt ie gains are general. But though no [roof is adduced in support of the 3harge beyond the refusal of tg vbhites to let themselves be A rroin the polls at Maco'- " is be lievcd by well-inforn- .. persons that there is a seriou-- 'esign in Ad minis tratio cir' throw out the electo al 1-. o1 Georgia and to subject A -tate to a third military recon tieion in order to furtie the de igns, now only partly acecoiplished,of imon Cameron and Sderetary lano . pon the Georgia railroads. There will be hnit endeavor to. wo k up pub ic opilion so as to furnish exeuse for these acts and for excluding the nmemburs of Conigress to be elected in Nvomber next until the organikation the next ilouse of l1epresentatives ill l hav been perfected. Federal toos will no doubt he sent to Geor i unid Louisiani, with directions to back np the carpet-b.aggers in any sharp practice at the elections. The feeling ping st Georgia in Govern nient circles and among the Grant menm in this city is intensely hitter. W~ahinvyl.n ."pecial to the Louisville ('our JI'urnal. NrvliW m lmpshirec. Tlhe Dem iocratic St ate Commniittee (Pr New llainrpshiire has is-ned ian nad. drecss on the (Octobor elctions, calling for more poi feet organuizationi anid ear nest woa k. TJhc results this month it says, do riot preclude "thbe idea of the triumpjhant elctiion of the Liberal c'anidid ate2'" in N oveiber. Speaking of New I lamipshire, the Comu~mittee says: "To-day we know thlat there are thousands of fully comrmittod, out spokeni Liberal Republicans in thme State wyho voted against us ini the last election, whom threats cannot intlini dlate, nor money, nor position buy, whlo are laboring as earnestly and will vote as solidly against the Grant Cameron Mlorton ring as we our selves." Th'ie Conmmittee is confident t bat thle same Democratic vote east last, spring, with the Liberal lIepumbli cani vote, will give the State to Gree Icy by 2,000 niij rity. The gin house of Capt. W. S. iAlpipre, of York e.' unty, was burned on Tuusday last, with twenty bales of cottoni. The li.e was cansed by the opiiO of thme brush-wi.col becoing heateil. The lint-room was filled with hoose cotton, which bsurnt, like powder (Cipt. Mloore and lt'obert Dreninani, wh were bothI in t he house at thle time of the fire, narrowly escaped with theim livus, so instantaineou~s was thme flash 01 the fire ini all directions, says the (Jharlestoii Newsa. A correspondent or the Savannal News, writing from Monticello, Flori, da, states that a growing dispositiot is expressed in that section of thn State to annaex WVest Florida to Ala, banma, took Mliddle FlorIda on t< Georgia, and to allow East Florida to constitute the State. T1his indi estes the restiveness and dismuatisfaC tion of the people in a strong an forcible light. Darilig Robberry. At an carly hour onl yesterday morning, says tihe Columbia Union, burglars eiroted an entranco into the store of Mr. A. C. Sqluier, on Sumiter street, between lady atnd Washington streets, and tooik therefrom about i twenty dollars worth of knives, forks, hats, and other light articles. It was evidently their design to have mado a cleaner sweep of the coutents of the store, had they not been frightened in their operations by a passer-by along the treet. The burglars at tempted first to gain admittance by breaking in the tide door of the store but did not succeed. They then went to tho front of the butilding, and cut their way through the brick wall beneath one of the windows, and thence through the wood wa rk on the inside. The tools with which the work was done jwere found on the premises, be ig a mortice chisel, a firemen ohivel and a screwdriver made front an old sabre. Tho rascals passed out through this aperatuis a large amount of crockery, which was piled on the sidewalk, aid upon the tops of fence posts in the vieinity. But beforo they had carried off much of this, a hneward bound typo of the Union ofice oame upont them, and they took leg bail atross the stroet, and made their escape. Both of the burglars are described as colored men, and one of thom as beintg die.-sed in soldier's elothes. It is also stated that Mr. Swaflield who lives next door, awaen. I ened by tle barking of a dog in the I yard, welt to t hela uimdow arid caught a glimpse of them as they were escap ing. M r. Squier I ives in the rear aad adjin ihag store, but the thick wails prevented him from hearing anything of le operations. There was but a small stm of money in te drawer, a0l this remaiiied ntouchicld. It will lie well if store keepers and others keep a sharp lookout, as this class of thieves arC opperating extent. sively in other citios atd will proba. bly carry out or attempt to carry out their design in this. The Decioerills 'urry the flhty Without Any Trouble. | Ilorry County has atuy and legis. < str.aight Denocrj. there beint no lativo t Sitato ticket in thofleid, t Den ios havo voted iand elect3d a -ort of "Ilobsont's Choice," consisting t of R. Tomlinson, for? Governor ; E. . F 0 Gary, for treasurer ; .1. T. G reen, for t attorncy-general, aid J. S. Murray, for comptroller-gen ciel, and J. K. I Jillson, for superiatendent of eduota. I tion. This ticket received 812 votes, t which gives it a aijority of nearly I 300. The Democratic county and t logislativo tickets have about the samlie mtajoritics. The whites tappear.. ed indifferent about the election, bait the negroes threw a full and united vote for the Regular Radical ticket. Char. News. Mr. V. I. Nelson, of Selma, Ala. hama, wrote recently to MA'. Greeley inquiring if thae pas:ngo beginning "When the rebellions traitors are rivel from the field,'" attribuled by IIar'per's Weekly to his icn wats gen uitie. Mr. Greeley replied by the following lotter, which now atipears for the first time itt the Alabamna pae aNa:w Yontg, Oct. 8, 1872. My Dear' .'ir :. I tnever wvrote, nor iitaed, naor imaaginted the mnatter yoau send me beginnaing "Whent thu reell Iious traitors tate dhriven fr'om the field," Se, 2. It wats written by otto who is now edlitintg a G rantt papier and bittearly hostile to tae. 3. it wits not published in 1860, as liaurper's Weeckly asserts, but May 6, 1861, after thec bomnba dmtaent of F"ort Sumn ter. Yoaxrs, A duelh, garowihig outtof an alleged in,. suit to a yourgg lady, wias foughat at Augusta on Friday last, b'y J. II. Townisond anad Iloutaon T1. Force, weapoans, .shtot gouns. To'~wnsentd was severely wounded in the left arm, three buack shot entering below thto shoulder blade, anad this ended the duel. A warrant has beaen issued for On Monday night last, says the Checraw Demaorat, a house wats does' t royed by fare int Marlbio ocoutnty, near fthis place, atnd that fouar colored children perished in the flames. Their mnother, a clored woan namta ed \Vratley, had looked thtemt in thto house anda gone to spend the aight with a neighbor, and knoew nothing of the sad fate of her chtildrona until sheo returned home next morning. Tho M ontgomrery .Advertircr learns that the nmilitary acadeamy in Wetumtp ka was destroyed lay fire ont the 14 hi instant. T1heo loss will be0 pro~bably $l,500, and no insuarantc. The yt gal oral imapression is thtat it is the woak of an incendiary. A witness, itt describing certain events, said :"The person I saw at the head of thec stairs was a ant with Sone eye, namted Jacob Wilkinsa." "Whbat wats thte name of the othert .y 071" spitefully asked the opposingt J couinsel. The witness was disguste d at the levity of the audience. ltinporlini Pocitinrit. Some time ago wo copied the Aol. lowing letter from the greatest orator and statesUan of the North. It is important at this tie and, by re. quest, we publish it to-dav. Road and preserve it.-/kci/& &ntind. (1C t I LA R. Dt-rman rtauv or ST.rE, March 20th, 18411. 'T) Ihe lion. Thomas Rwing, 6ecretary of he TIremusry Sit :-The P'rosident is of opinion that it is a groat abuse to bring the patronage of the General Govern buent into conflict with tho freodou of elections ; and that this abuso ought to be corrooted wherever it may havin been permitted to exist, and to bo prevoted for the future. lie therefore dirocts that informa.. +ion be given to all ofieers an(1 agents in your departumeit of the public ser vice, that partisan interfoico in popu.. lar elootione, whether of State oflicers of this Govornment, and for whoinso over it may be exercised or the pay :mient of any contribution or assess. mont on salaries or official componsa. tion for party or election purnoses, will be regarded by him as oaise of removal. It is not intended that any officer shall be restrained in the free and proper expression and maintenance of his opinions respecting publie ieas. ures, or in the exeroise, to the fullest degree, of the Constitutional right of su frrage. But persons em ployed under the Govern ment, andi paid for their services out of the putblio Treasury, are not expected to take an active or oflicious part in attempts to influence the minds or votes of others such conduct being deemed inconsis tout with the spirit of the Constitutioin and the duties of public agents acting under it ; and the President is rcsjlv. ed so far as depends upon him, that while the oxercise of the executivo franchioe by the People slil bo AVO from undue influences of 'mmi sta tion and n'lithority. ~.-ol shlt1 also be free an "' m th.ers and ageuts of th , Pr e.ient. t h $a I resident wishes it to further o announced and distinctly under. tood, that from all collecting anr lisburng offiers pronip itiq* kaosius Uuiuuut atfu en161r0 puN6?di: y in paying ballaneq, will be rig. irously exacted. In his opinion it is ime to return, in this respect, to the arly practico of the Government, and o hold any dogree of delinquieocy on lie part of those entrusted with tha >ublic money just cause of removal. tc deems the severo observance (if tis rulo to be essential to tho iublic sarvico, as every dollar lost to be Treasury by unfaithfulness in flice, creates a necohlity for a new hargo tuponhlle people. I have the honor to lie sir, Y our ob't servaitt, 11.1. W uinsrun. [Similar letters have been address -d to other heads of dopartimonts.] Not Down oil h 1,inrs. A scone occurred in one of our nourts, sys the New York News, not justified by anything in the returns. The judge is quick spoken, and to a tranger would appear somewimt testy Dlthough such is not really the easo. A gentlemnt onlled in while lie was on the bench, ini relation to somot business ho desired to have trans. acted, and, having his attention was in the act of stating his reasorns for the unseasonable interruption, when his honor tutned suddenly and said: 'What is your r.amne, sir !' 'Liowder,' was tihe rcply. 'What is your name 1' repeated his honor, raising his voice. 'I'owder,' was again the response. Drawing in a full breath, the now excited judge fairly screamed: 'W hat is your nme sir 1' 'Loader, sir ; Mark Lowder,' was still the answer. '1'll miark you if you answer me ini that manner,'usaid the now thorontghly iifuriaited judge to the biewildered applicant, for judicial favor. At this nmoment a friend ventured to explain that the gent leiman's name was Lowdr--' o-w-d-e-r,' said ho spelling it.' 'O,' said the wearer of judicial erm ice fully comprehend in g the sit ua tion, and laughing heartily, I beg your pardon, but don't that spell 'No, sir ;' but I am under the im,. pression that had [ eoompelled you tom ask once more, the owner of the namec would have beoon low enough.' An amiable smile and an invitation were the results. Memuplis claims that she is going to have a "milk factory." It is. to be situateid at the junction of the Mis sissippi River and a chalk clitT. A race between a steam-wagon and a tiotting horse was witnessed at lienssalaer Park, Troy the othet day, the former winning the mile beat in 2.28. \ Seine useful person has taken the trouble to count thu seeds in the head of a poppy, and found :32,000 otf them. An Indianapolis girl, with a 90, 000 dowry, advertises for bataed gros nosals fvr marriage.