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IMIN Desportos & Williams, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, inquirv, Industry and Literature. [Terms---$3.00 oer Annum, In Advance VOL. VII.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY ORNIN3 8 THE FAIRFIELD HERALD TO PUBLTSHED WEEKLY BY DESPORTES & WILLIAMS, Term.-Tua HERALD is published Weel ly in the Town of Winnsboro, at 93.00 i wariably in advance. * m All transient advertisements to bi paid in advance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1 00 pei square. EFor tho Winnsboro News and Herald.] 100ONLIGIT. [UT ZAID9E.] loonlight, calm, serene and tender, Flooding earth with silv'ry splendor. How thy magic beauties lend a Charm to ev'ry hill and dale. O'er the gloomy, distant green copse, - Rustling loaf and nodding tree-tops, Waving bough and sparkling dow-drops, Thou art resting like a veil. Calmly smiling on the river, Whore the wavolots dance and quiver, And the trembling starboams shiver, As they take their nightly sail. Falling through the cottage window, None to banish-none to hinder, On the polished, brazen fender, And the snowy parlor wall. Ling'ring on the lordly castle, Clothing both the prince and vassal, 811v'ring ov'ry silken tassel, Carpeting the stately hall. Hov'ring 'round the lonely tombstone, List'ning to the plaintive wind-mooan, Or the wilder, sadder heart.groan, And the mournor's bitler call. Kissing soffly golden tresses, Giving gently mute caresses, All the world thy beauty blesses, With its lustre argentine. See the aliy, graceful showers, Falling on the fragrant flowers, Jasmine groves oui orange bowers, s Ivy, myrtle, eglantine. Moonlight, fairy, fliok'ring, dancing, Nightly on us gally t lancing, Other charms so much enhancing, Nothing can compare to thine. rleeting of the State Agricultural Society. The Society met at the Court House, pursuant to adjournment. The Committee on Summer Meet. ings reported, and the report was re ceived and laid over. Mr. J. S. Richardson submitted resolution requesting the President to state the result of his conference with the City Council of Columbia as to the pending proceedings for the recovery of the Fair Grounds, upon which President Hlagood made the statement that he bad held the conference, as requested, but that the City Council had, arrived at no definite action In the premises. The President was then requested by the Society to ask a final confer ence with the Council on the subject to-morrow. A communication was received from the South Carolina Institute, at Charleston, being a commission to Major E. Wills as a delegate from that society to visit the State Agricul tural and Mechanical Society. Major Willis was invited to a seat on the floor, and to participate in the deliberations of the Society. Major Willis extended an Invitation from the city of Charleston to the Society to bold its meetings ia that city an. nually, or at any time which may be determined by the Society. i Mr. Hope, from the Committee, to audit the accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer, reported the same cor root; and the report was adopted. The Society proceeded to eleot offi cers with the following result: * President, T. W. Woodard, Fair field. ldt. Vice President, J. W. Watts, L~aurons. 2. Vice President, Noah Hoffman, Lexington. 8d. Vice President, John S. Rich. ardson, Sumter. 4th. Vice President, Edward Hope Columbia. Seretary and Treasurer, Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville. 'Executive Committee, F. A. Con Dor, Cokesbury ; Col John B. Moore, Sumter ; Maj. R. M. Sims, York ; ,Col. W. Wallace, Columbia ; Col. J. P. Thomas, Columbia. Mr. Richardson offered the follow elsolved, That the Society bold its Spring or Summer meetings in the city of Charleston on the fourth Tues day in May next. 2. That the President appoint com mittees of one or mere upon the various crops and other subjects deemed by him appropriate, who shall report at maid meeting. 3. That he publish the subloot with the list of committees at his Ielsure. The President elect was conducted to the Chair by Messrs. Gary, Butler and Folder, and delivered his inauga. rat address in brief but fitting terms. Col. 3. P. Thomau moved a com mittee of five be appointed to adjust the relations which shall exist be tweon the Agrinnltural and Moohani oalSoolety and the proposed Auxilary Joint Stock Company, and to re. port at the next meeting of this So olety. The motion was adopted and the Chair appointed the committee. Mr. J. S. Richardson offered the following, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the thanks of this Society are eminently due, and are hereby tendered to our late President, General Johnson Hagood, for his long faithful and efficient services ronder ed as our presiding officer. That in retiring from his post, he will carry with him our esteem and gratitude, and our best wishes for his contined success in life. Blowing the Whistle. A "Yankee story," heard by us some two years ago in England, may not be now to our readers, since the 'texture' seens to show the cis-Atlantic loom. In our opinion, however, it is so good that we are tempted to give it at the risk of its being a repetition. An American-a veritable 'Down Easter,' and not to be mistaken for any other stripe-was riding in an English railway carraige, his sole oompanion being an Englishman, equally unmistakablo as a typical John Bull." They (were strang era to one another, and had trav eled some five miles or more without a word passing between them. The 'whistle' was heard, interrupt ing their unsociable meditations ; when the Yankee, whose curiosity could not any longer *be kept in res. traint, asked what it was for. 'Aw-aw I' ynwnedithe Britisher. 'Signal we are gawing to stop at a station.' Jonathan oraned his neok out of the window, but could not see no signs of a station. Ile said so to his travel ling companion. 'Of course you onwn't see it,' was the reply. 'It's more than five miles from heaw. Our railway makes such speed. It is absowutely necessary to sound the signal five miles off, to give the engineer time to stop off his steam put on the bweak, and suspended the motion. I pwesume you don't make such speed on the other side of the Atwantic 1 'Wall stranger,' somewhat tartly re joined Jonathan, seeing that his na tionality was discovered, 'we make considerable time t'other side too. We tried the whistle, but it wouldn't do nohow. I destinctly remember travelin' on a train atween Boating and the Green Mountings of Varmont on which was a conductor who depen ded on his whistle. Wal, as we were streaking along, we seed 'bout ten miles ahead a team of oxens and a wagon with their driver whippin' 'em acroust the rails. Our conductor ordered the loudest kind of screech put on the whistle ; and that war the lsast thing I heard, 'eeption' a all fired smash, that knocked sound out of ears, and daylight out of my eyes. I reck on I mus' a been dead for more' five minutes.' 'When I kim to my senses agin, I seed the wagon lyin' on the railway track broke up into spokes, the oxen knocked into equash, and the driver lyin' dead on the top of 'em. And besides the hole of the railway ears war off the track ; the passengers crushed and squirm in,' and the con.. ductor lyin' as if he'd been drawn and quartered. Jest at that minute the whistle he'd ordered to be sounded 'bout ten miles back came past ; but it came too late. Yes, stranger ; we tried the thing in tho States. It wouldn't do. It warn't quick enough ; and we're now usin' electric lights.' John Bull, who as a matter of course, was provided with a Times newspaper, who made no rejoinderf; but unfolding the broad sheet, and raising it so as to hide his ruddy face, remained during the rest of the jour. ney. Advance of insurance Rates. The New Haven Register of the 28rd ult., says : For some day. past a committee from the National Board of Insurance has been examing property in this city, and fixing the rates at which they shall be insured in the future by companies belonging to the Board. They have nearly finished their busi ness. The result of their examina tion has been to advance the rates of insurance, and those individuals who think they are compelled to insure their premises, grumble at the ad vance considerably. Committees have been sent out from the National Board to other cities to fix the rates of insu rance, A Notorious Cha racter. The negro Kirk, who was convicted in the Superior Court yesterday on two Indictments for burglary in the night time, was a remarkably hard case. In his statement to the jury he didn't look for anything but a ver. diet of guilty. He stated that he was from Charleston, had been sent to the penitentiary for the part he took In the street oar riots, but had boon pardoned by Governor 8cott after serving only four days of his term.--Ch&ronielc and M fntinaL. Love. How bright and beautiful is love I fts hour of purity and innocence how mysteriously does it etherialia feeling, and concentrate every wil and bowildering impulse of the hear Love, holy and mysterious love-it : the garland spring of life, the dreai of thelheart, the impassioned poetr of nature, its song is heard in tl rude and unvisited solitude of the fai forests, and thronged haunts of bus life ; it embellishes with its flame the unpretending cot of the peasan and the gorgeous palace of the mon arch, flashes its holy gleam of ligh upon the measured traok of the home less wanderer, hovers about the im periled bark of the storm-beate mariner, enfeebles the dark bendin wing of the muttering tempest, an< imparts additional splendor to th beacon that burns "on the far distan shore." Love is the mystio and unseen spel that harmonizes and 'soothes unbid den,' the wild and rugged tendencie of human nature, that lingers abou the sanotity of the domestio hearth and worshipped deity of the penetra lia, and unites in firmer union th< affootions of social and religious socie ty ; gathers verdant freshness aroun< the guarded cradle of helpless infan cy, and steels in moonlight darknes upon the yielding heart of despairing age-it bushes into reposing calinoes the chafed and unrelenting spirit o sorrow, and bears it from the existing anticipated evils of life, to its ow, right and sheltering power of repos. -transforms into a generous devotiot the exacting desires of vulgar interes and sordid avaric2, and' melts int< a tearful compassion of sensibility. The image which holy and undecay ed love has portraitured on the deep shrine of the heart, will noi vanish like lineaments which child hood's finger in idle moments may trace upon the sand-that image wil remain there unbroken and untharred -it will burn out undefaced in ita lustre, amid the quick rush of the winds and the warring of the tempest 3loud-and when the wavering "stai Af fate seems declining," the bowei ind bewildering spirit, like the trem bling dove of the patriareh, will meet its home and its refuge in that hal towed fane, where love presides as igh priestess of its sanctity, and con icorates to unbending truth the offer )d voice of her votaries. Slanders. Yes, pass it along, whether you bo lieve it or not ; that one-sided whis >er against the character of a virtu. >us female. You say you don't be. Lievo it, but you will use your infin. .nco to bear up the false report., ad pass it on the current. Strange crea. ures are mankind . How mn reputations are lost by surmise I iIon many hearts have bled by a whisper [low many benevolent deeds are hilled by the shrug of a shoulder Row many individuals have beer ihunned by a gentle mysterious hint [low many chaste bosoms have beer wrung with grief by a single nod Flow, many graves have been dug by a ,also report! Yes, you will pass, the slander long ! you will keep it above the water by a wag of your tongue whet ou might sink it forever. Dles'roy ~he passion for telling a tale, we ray. Lisp netsa word that may in. pure the character of another. Bie letermiined to listen to no story that a~ repeated to the injury of another; und as far as you are concerned the lander will die. But tell .it once ~nd it may go. Snake Charmer. Under the caption of "True story,' ~he Rod Wing Re~p ubIlecan send. oul he following : A clerical gentleman narrated the following incident to a party of rriends a few evenings ago, being the story as told him by an eyo-witnesi af the singular facts :A picnic par. ty were lately assembled on the banlb of the Zumbro river in Hyde Park Wabaeh county, when a large rattle mnake was discovered near by. One of the party picked up his violin, say, ing that ho had heard that music would charm a snake, and began play mng when to the astonishment of all another rattlesnake came out of the rocks and coiled up, listening to the music in apparent enjoyment. Thiu was immediately followed by another and another, until nine had appeared none of whom were In the least dia turbed by the people present, but al] quietly assumed the attitude of con tented auditors. At the conolusioz of the concert the rattlesnakes wor< killed. Bennett's Will to be Contested. James Gordon Bennett, the late editor of the New York Herald, lefi a large bequest to his wife, but onlj on condition that she remained a widow. This condition will, it Is said be set aside by the courts. It hai been judicially decided over and ovei again that all conditions in restraint of marriage are opposed to public policy an d are simply null and void Mrs. Bennett Is much younger that her, late husband and miay marrj again. The Fueral of Mrs. Greeley, n Tho funeral of Mrs. Greeley, wife - of the Hon. Horace Greeley, tool e place at noon Friday, the 1st instant, d frow the church of the Divine Pater. . nity, New York. The church wai s crowded with sympathizing friends. a There were too pall bearers, blessrs. y John E. Williams, Augustus Schell, o Waldo Hutchins, D,-. Ed. Bayard, r Alvin J. Johnson, Richard H. Man. y ning Marcus Spring. Isiah T. Williams, s Ivory Chamberlain and John B. Stuart The casket was a very handsome one of polished walnut, silver mould. t ing and handles. Mir. Greeley and his daughters, Ida and Gabriello, to gether with Mrs Stuart, came first, a and wore followed by Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland and a number of relatives [ and friends. Dr. Chapin camo for a ward and read a selection of consola. t tory verses from Soripture, b'egiu. ning with "Blessed be God, the Fath o or of all Mercies." The Doctor then made a few remarks, taking for his text the verse, "Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ." The services at the grave in Gronwood Cemotory were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Switzer. Woman Burned to Death-Two Circus alcn Badly Burned The Goldeboro Messenger says a - di.tres.ing affair occurred on Wed iesday night last, the evening of tho performance of John Itobinson's Circusi. There was an old well near the placee of the exhibition, and while the I copie were leaving the pavilions, a negro womian walked into the will. Mr, Clark, of the Ciccus em hn10 ee jumped in after the womani. 'A large crown collected arou.,d the -p . . d Nicolas Ashe, anuther of the .. .n men, was pushed intoi !h. u.l A large lamp, which h:.; E.. near the well, was up. a - iu Kid into the well. Tei woim,, % , . o1 enveloped in a flame th.a# d :,ojcel life. 'rho men were baudy but not teriously burned. A colured man was also slightly burned. The woman was the wife of Silas White, and had no children. Mr. John Robinson, assoon as lie board of the heart-ronding aff1 ii, celled at the Messenger office and left $20, for the purpose of defraying the burial ex penses. Iinfulling Sponge Cake. Weigh one pound of ft esh eggs in the shell, an equal weight of pulveriz ed white sugar, half a pound of fine flour. Break the eggs and beat separately the yolks and whites. Wo always, when practicable, have one person to beat the yolks steadily the same length of time it takes another person to beat the whitea until they stand up perfectly stiff and dry. Add sugar gradually to the yolks, then mix in the whites. Lastly, cream, gently in the flour, and be sure not to beat at all afterward, or you will certain. ly spoil the cake. Grate in the peel of one lemon, and add also its strained juice ; more if the fruit is indifferent. Lemon is incomparably to be prefer red as the seasoning for sponge-cake, but if they are not to be obtained, substitute mace. Things to be Settled. Come now, boys, let us settle things as absolute certainties when you start in life: Hie who never dr'inks' never will be drunk. That's so isn't it 1 H~e who sometimes drinks may be. He who never goes into a gambling saloon, never will gamble ; and ho who never gambles necver loses ; but he who goes to observe, may gamble, and he who gambles will lose. In all these, is it not best not to begin ? B3eware of innocent begin. nings in wrong ways, and remember the old text : "There is a wiay that soometh right unto man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Hearth and Home. Stanley, the sivingstone Explorer, who was lately honored with a publie reception by the ancient guild of Tum. nors, of London, in the course of his reply to addresses made to him on that occasion, said: It took seven months to reach Ujiji ; now [coould reach it in four month.to [Cheers.] I have studied the nature of the country and its inhabitants fairly well, and I cannot see why a well-organized expedition might. not start from the East African coast and arri'.e within four months ina view of the Tanganyika. [ohheera.] Herein I recognize the utility of my work, as well as that of Burton and Sp eke. [Cheers.) It is, Indeed, availab le to commerce and trade ; and it is in the hands of moneyed men to take advan tage of the explorer's labors, not only, to obtain a pecuniary. profit from trade enterprise, but to obtain the ao knowledguments of oivilised nation, for the dassling light ofocivilizationt upon the poor, benighted savages of Africa, and bringing them within the pale of our sooiety. - [hoers,J Hion. Thoms A. Hendricks is the first Democratic Governor elected ina Indiana sinee 1866. lie has three times been a candidate-In 1860, in 1868. and in 1872. A Singular Duel. A very curious encounter recently took place in London between two German gentlemen of considerable prominence in sooial and mercan tile circles in the city. They quar rolled-about a lady, of course-and resolved to fight it out to the bitter end. Seconds were accordingly ob tained a physician and surgeon Sngag ed, in the most approved fashion and the duel was arranged to take place in Finsburry Park. The combat was not permitted to be waged there, however, and after some trouble, another location was selected, and after the usual preliminaries the hos tile parties proceeded at once to action. It is asserted that they fought with dag. gor-knives having blades seven inch es in length ; that the distance they stood apart was only at arm's length, and the position toe to toe. The eyes of each combatant were protected by a vizard, and two of the fingers and thumb were protected by the guard of the knivcs. Hostilities commenced about 7 o'clock, and in the first few passes the smaller antagonist wounded his aver. sary twice in the right arm. The wounds, however, were not of a char.. acter, in the opinion of the bystan. der, to cause an cnd of the duel to be declared. The contest proceeded, and the thrusts and parries followed each other in fiere succession. The combatant who had gained the earlier success seems to have lost nerve, for, after twenty minutes' severe fighting, lie lost his guard and received an ugly gash from the corner of the mouth to the end of the car. The physician and seconds here inter poused, and hostilities were suspended. 'he dangerously wounded man was conevejed in his carriage to the Gar. man Hospital. Receipts which some wag has con cocted for the special beneft of farm. era : To prevent Hoof-All in cattle-Cut their legs off just above the hoofs. To make Butter yellow-Work in scrapped carrots and pounded butter cup flowers. To make hens lay-Cut their heads off. To fatten hogs-Own a grist-mill. To cure hams-If of Western hogs, soak 'em in whisky and strychnine ; if of Eastern hoge, smoke 'eim. To keep cattle free from lico Singe the hair off close to the roots. To prevent a cow from sucking her scif-Suck her yourself, or milk her dry. To make a good garden-Get a good wife. To "raise" Poultry-Call at your neighbor's poultry yard in the night time. The melancholy seafaring man whose only joke was to call himself the cook and captain and mate of the Nancy brig, the boatswain tight and the midshipmnite, and the crew of the captain's gig, because he had incorpo. rated all these men and brethren in his own cannibal system, reminds one of the figure cut by Mr. Duncan toward the close of his conven tionk Most of the delegates had gone homA disgusted, and each as he went authorized Duncan to cast his vote. So thiit as the meeting flickered to its close, the only imposing figure left in it was the undaunted Blanton, victo. rious over his gout and impervious to ridicule, swinging the votes of a eon tinent in the twiligbt void.--N. Y. Tri1bue. All persons ought to be instruoted how to shut a door. Few know how. As a rule, the door is shut by the wind or it is putshed, slammed or tanged shut.- I low delightful to the sensi tive ear of a neryous invalid I Then the heavy stop, like a horse on a bridge, which some people have. Another glides about the house sylp'h. like that it is, indeed, the poetry of motion." W hat a differenee I Reader, do try to learn how to shut a doer, and to move around in the house espeoially In a sick-room. The Marquis of. WVestminister is the proprietor of probably the most expensive ceiling in the world. It cost the enormous sum of .?22,000, and consists of the best Spanish ins. hogany, two feet in thickness, a foot deep of which is elaborately carved around with the letters, W. 0. The cornice to the ceilitig is of polished ebony of the finest description, and is three feet wide. Upon .this are magnificent paintings, copies from the great masters. The Chattanooga Advertiser says on last Sunday, 27th nIt., eleven wagon loads of emigrant. fropn Mur ray, Whitfield and Monroe eount~ies, passed through 8uminervidte en route for Arkansas. -It understande that so many people'and oxen have moved from Murray oounty to Arkansas $bat corn has fallen to 25 cent. pew bael, and no demand for abuehe aund other rough food. - The Union deRJpQE t~hr sIa( peO. oadaloes in CoWam'bla e a oaa The Georgia Ghost-i. A 1100 APPEARS ON THE nofAR'9--ti VANISHES LIKE A VAP-R-A SF CAPTAIN TAKES A DRINK-'1'eX DiO ILA1ENT CONTINUEs. From passengers, conductors avr officers of the Maeon ahd B ur riw Railroad who arrived in the elt !.t night, we learn that the houso of !' Surronoy was yesterday the s.cene greater if not wore exciteenot th over. Curious people were arrivir upon every train, each one bent upo solving the mystery, and all co~imm away more mystifled than when the went. Mr. A. P. Surrenoy,' the owner < the house, and his family, are ropre resented to be thoroughly worn ou with the strange ocourrencios and th great crowds flocking to their former ly peaceful home. They know noth ing of the incomprehensible myster, farther than Iwhat has already booi told-that their household furnituri has been ruined, or is every day be ing destroyed by an unseen power. A 1100 APPEARS ON THE FLOOR. From Conductor 1-1. H. Sharpe, o the Brunswick road, who came u this morning, we learn that on yester day, whilst six or eight n:en an( women wore sitting in the front "or parlor room, a hog deliveratoly walk ed in at the door and without showinp the slighest signs of trepidation ad vanced to the coentro of the room Every ono remained motionless-oon. versation oeased-all eyes were turn ed upon the strange visitor. The hog stood for a moment, then made a short oirole in the middle of the door, and after doing so walked intc an adjoining room. Every one fol lowed it. Whilst som were it the room, some in the door but all intent ly watching what It would do, it in. stantly vanished like a vapor or an apparition, leaving its audience stupe. fled with horror, with no one able to tell how it escaped. The windows wore down and no meani whatever open for eseap3. AN OLD SALT TAKES A STRANGR I)fNK, Among the numerous visitors yes torday was an old sea captain by the name of Burns, who has been around the world three or four times, and who was determined to unravel the mys. tery if possible, or at least some por tion of it. Getting into the house lie was told of the smoothing iron trichs, and selectiiig that as A pari-ticular objeot to watch, lie iat dvwn lfour it. lie watched the iron for a long time without seeing it move, and getting dry he longed for a bottle of whiskoy which he know Mr. Surroney had in an adjoining room ; no sooner had ho thought of this than the bottle fell at his side. Ho picked it up and helped himself, set it do wn and con. tinued to eye the iron; it did not move but, the bottle left as mysteri ously as it appoared.-Macon Enter. pre. Century Pills. There is an ingenius patent modi. cine vender in New York, and this im his latest wanouvre : It appears, ac. cording to his solemn statement that Methuselah was enabled to hive for centuries by the use of tihe M eth-sel-1h pills, the ingredients of which w only known to himself. 'l'bo r. c-r was through seome moans losL, .ae.-l I span of life has been growing *iu. ever since. Fortunately lie stunm ni. upon the recipe, and any lady or em tleman who wishes to live half ma dozen centuries has only to buy box of these pills. Grants Desire to be a Confoderate Cap Itilo. The Louisville Courier-Journal states authoritatively that Ulysses 8, Grant was an applicant for a csptain. cy in Gen, Frost's (Confederate) brigade, and that he did not get it for the reason that the company, by a for mal vote; refused to elect him be cause of his notorious habits. If this be true, Mosby, when he remarked to Grant that but for the fore of eircumstances, their positions might be reversed, "builded wiser than he kn~ew." But lie did not know what were the ciroumstances. "Phairest of the phair," sighed the lover, "phancy my pheelings when I phorsee the phoerful consequences of our phleei ng phrom your phather's phamily. Phew ph ellows, could have phaced the music with so much phor titude as I have ; and as phicklo phiortune p hales to smile upon our love, I pbind myself phorced to phorego the pleasure of becoming your husband. "Hold Phrankiin, hold !" screamed Phrances, "I will phollow yu phorever." But Phrank lin pled adloving Phrances phain. ted. A country merchant went to Clhigago a few days ago to purchase a bill of goods. The last that was beard of him he was- in his room, murrounnded by seventeen drummers, *hoe had ornwled through the transom while an energetic reporter was below alpumping the clerk for the age # 4 nfotunate man, and the pro. bable QIroumstanee of~ his ft~mily. Our Next Governor. S e admioibtration of Gov. A r w ;I . - hall prove inore oredi. tul;e *hth le.i past record of that gentlem j . n I ii s partv, #ore will bj1., a V oall i-n r etwoon the whites and i'tu ( ho two yearr from this time lad will w .rep the State from the uounmmin to tho seaboard. Ile can do muuh toni irds pOrpetuating the Republican party in this State, and give it a new political power, by puri f ing the Stato government and lop. gng tiff t he excroscences from tihe body p. litio. Ilis friends claim that he has1 the ability and willingness to on. ter upou this work of reformation, . and is dI sirous of reclaiming the past t by anl himorable, upright course as the Chief Magistrate of his nativo Stato. We aiall not deter him from hisla Ian d.aliC purpose by any capt ions op poe sition, nor fail to eummend him when ever it is deserved, and neither besl. tato to denounce the semblance of dishonesty in any of his offioial note, as we have done those of his prode cessors. But Governor Moses may rest assured that thoro is a deep-soat. od determination within the ranks of his own party, among the most intel. 'igent of the colored race, to utterly forsake every n'an who shall hereafter betray the true intorests of the Btato, and by uniting with their white fol. low-citizens, seek to reconstruct the commnonwoalth upon a different and morm onduring basis.-Anderson In. telligencer. Foster Blodgett Again. Tho Atlanta Sun gives the follow" ing paitioulars of the statua of the 13lott case . "A. short, expression which fell from Judge Moagomory's lips, in do livoriug his opinion, has caused the securities of Blodgctt, to tile a new bill. It was in this wiso : The exo eution was issued against the parties by tie Comptrollor General, based on tho amount found against Blodgott by the committe : and Judge M. re marked, in substanco, that le sup. posetd, and would take it for granted, the Comptroller General had investi gated the acconnt on which lie had is. sued the exeeution :id futind it cor reot ; upon which the attorneys for thu parties praying the injunction took an idea, amid on inquiry found that the Comptrollor General had not, in fact, audited the account, but had only basod his execution upon tho finding of the commiittco. "The amended bill alleges that the account must be carefully audited by the Comptroller himsolf before ho can issue the warrant, while the at torneys for the State claim that the Comptroller is fully authorized and required by law to issue exoctions I upon the finding and return to him, of the committee. "And thus the caso conies again before the Stiprmo Court." A mule while being driven through church streot yesterday, suddenly fell upon hisi knees on the side walk in front of "t. Philip's Churoh, and ro. maiied in that posture n while. The o dred cmarter who was driving him, pazedl at thc prostrate boast and -n eCm(~a~iwd, "you may pray for Scatom of Iorace Greeley, amuch . ,6u pieu, but (1rant gwine to beat ii sar."--Charlston Courker. lk-ntth of a Northern lisitor at Aiken. r. JaLnvs A horerumnie, Jr., only real ol thme Rev. Jamres Abercromie, (4mhe Episceopal Clha'roh lit Liookport, N. Y. dlied at A iken. S. C., on Satur day last. Tlhe dl~eensed had recently graduamted with high distinaetions, at Hotba. tC(llege, Gencvu, and at the timoe a k-- dethmtl was a candidlato for the lh:iy esiting of his father, He had been brought to Aiken by his father for the benefit ofhis health. - Tictory in linllin County. The good people of this State will be pleased to learn Th'lomas B. Jetere, of Union, was elected on TIuosday, to the Senate, from Union County, beating his competitor, the notorious June Mobley, by probably 500 ma~ joruty. Mar. Jetors election gives us nine Conservatives in thme Senate, which is a considerable gain over last year-Carolinian. P. returned a borrowed horse to the owner with a note saying: " return by time bearer, your Horse. You see I spell him with a capital H, because ho starts off so capitally," and recived in reply this :"HorsE all right ;I spell im with a eap ital E, because however cap itally he may start off, he comes to a stop with the greatest case.'' Governor Smith, of Georgia, will shortly iseuc invitations to the Got. ernors of the Western and Southern States, to meet at Atlanta on the 19th, of November, for the purpose of de liberating upon the subject of a canal to connect the Tenneee River with the Atlantic ocean at or near Savan nah. A Vineland, N. J., sweet potsto measured 81 inches in length and 10 inches in circumference.