The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, January 08, 1873, Image 2
111E FAIRFIELD HERALD
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lIerrIer's Negro Trnp 'ilated With a WI Ite
W o111111.
A newspapor, of the straightest
Hr gro peh.Itics, denies that Beaoher
t
ii vised the "baiting of a trap with a
white WOomTn," to cutch negro suf.
fruge. But if reference be made to
1 g fifiy of the Oflicial Repoort of
the Equal Rights Association for
1867, it will be found that he did so
dviso. The speech in which it o
Vtis wlas nadeo in the Church of the
.iritins, May 10th, 1867, and the
>',Io paragraph is as follows: "The
**y to get a man a position iR to take
- 11., in advar;ce of it, and then he
il. drop into the one you want hin
take. So that if, bo:ng crafty, I
- sire to catch mien with guilo, and .
a-ire to adopt suffrego for colored
en, as good a trap as I know of is
claimi it for women also. Dait
ur tra) wtvih a while ivmnwin, andl I
ir4k you will catch the blark man."
A white womuf.in who could receive
),o her fai ily a man who uses such
I Itlhy language ought herself to be
n iam 8less. Acoording to all accounts,
e. Iccolier knows all about the
ower of a "trap baited with a wo
1nou ;" but whun lie prostitutes the ,
11l pit with the language of the broth.
I, he ought to be bani.hed from all -
eC pcetable society. Tile wretched
* t,'s brain is a sop-pale for all the B
ismis that were ever invented by the
-tigodly and the profane. "Free -1
*ove" and "froe negroco" aro twiti
t; tors in the politics of many men of
ais class. A few yoars ago lie did
not, blush to narry a woman to her
paranour while her husband was liv
i.g, and well knowAn to Beecher.
i 1is loose principles in morals, poli- I
iees and religion have been perfectly c
welI known for nearly a quarter of a
rntuy-so well known at least, that
Oie mitost respectable and prudent
CiLrgymen of his own cominuniont
to va 1ong since withdrawii their 0011- f
lid aiee fl out him. The infamuous
VoIen l ho a ae in prison for publish.
ilg lian fialmOUt of aliours, have beeni
his aissoCiates for years, and his pul
pt inl the Church of the Puritans has I
has been the fouitaini of must of the
l )use not ions with which these '"strauige
women" have wnudalized the public.
Iliai very popular talents havo been
wholly devotedr to loosening the
lands of mnorality and religion, and
to the opening a Pandora's Box of I
o*'ni , which have coipletsly supped
the foundations of the Goveruincnut
oatabli-h'd by oir fathers. Ii his
latest I u'ilishod serm oni, or speech,
ho "ha.led tie coming of tihe Chinese,'
to h1lp 14ho tle voting aniid share in the
governinent of our country. "Ile t
dii not fear their religion. If tieir
Jdoss, which they worship, is nore
powerful than our Jehovah, he ought
to reign." And, proeceding in this i
veii of tho same infidol Irofanity, he
comipured our holy religion to a gane
cock, sayinag, lie ''was niot afraiid to
pit the Chi itiian religion against any I
other relIigiion in the world.'' ThusI
has the pulpit, of this ei(xceding mnis
ohievous man heent a 'tra p baited,"i
not only " with a white w~oman,"' but,
with every conceivable glitterinig
abiominationi, toi "catc h'' all that per.
tioni of the coin innnity which is natu
rally inelinoed to looseness (if opil.
ions aiid imoriil,. The husband of
every vi rtuoui wife, t ho mtothier of
every pure and~ spotless daughter,
and every pat(riot fat her, should shun
thIiis den of atll denioralIizting isnms as
hey would a pesti Ilee. The morals,
religion and p.,'lities of the "'Church oh
lie l'uritan,"' ma~y he properly do.
hniedl by the general term of speulu
ur loosene6ss. It is a hybird pulpit.,
or something between a church and a
theatre, but Incking the dignity of the
former as much as it does the classic
t ste ail consistency of the latter.
AIluy Book.
A TeXnS Riulidny.
A eorrespondent of the Atlanta
Constitutional ist writing from San
Antonio, Texas give.", this account of
the place on Snnday:
This ik Sunday, and I'll try and
tell you uhiat I've seen to-day. In
the miorniug I p~assed untold numlo -sa
ofl bar rooms, and in all of themi poe
1p10,and the beat citizens, too, playing
biihiards or cards, of courso for drinks,
and "for the crowd ;" really if you
won't duink and play billiards on
Sunday you are not respectable.
T1here are nwre bar roomns in San
Anutonio than any plaee out of Texas
to its size in the United States. As
I sit iin my roomi now at ten o'clook
at night, I hoar the b and playing at
the cireus and not very far is a pane.
rama on exhibition.
To-day I was walking along the
streets w hen I was suddenly startled
by hearinug a lot of boys shouting and
the band _playiing. I looked up, and
just then it all camoe in sight. It was
Liua: the circus with aill its riders,
rerformeors, etc., in regular circus
style, were coining down the street
wuith the h and playing, the boys shout.
ung anud ever so niany Mexieanis and
utragglors following thorn. Remiem
bar, this was Sunday. Imagine all
the bar roofms open on Sunday at
homte, billhard playing, drinking, and
*last but not by any moans least, a<
t-roupe of performers, dressed in their
-"ti,,hts" riding down the street, with
* * anud playing.
TPhe cotton gin of Mir. E. M. Well8s
a' (herie.' took fire one day last week, 1
but Iia flatmes were soon ext inguished,
aind the damage wn as but sl.t
Waler Spouls.
They are whirlwinds in the water.
0 the gentlest form at sea they are
errifie objects to inarines ou account
f the possibility of having a vessel
truck by then in their swift and furi.
us march over th sea.
In character a waterspout is like a
hirlwind on land. Two opposing
urren's of wind meeting, the water
, whirled up into the shape of an in
rense tube, elongating as it is rapidly
riven along with more than the speed
f a locomotivo over a rail track till
lie upper ond spreads out widely in
lie clouds, resembling the conical
hapo of a tunnel. The apparent
olurmn of water is really a thin sbeet
vith nothing in the contre but air, ul.
houglh of :na y feet in diameter.
uch rapid gyration on its axis while
unnring at the rate of many miles a
ninute finally twists it in two about
lie middle, when down falls a vast
ody of water that would crush a
eventy four instantly, were it to
triko the deck. For mnny leagues
ii all direeionis the eonnotioni equals
lie boiling of a pot, the waves dash.
rig and foaming with irresistable en
rgy. Thui the thirsty clouds are
nickly supplied by the amount of
ater vaporized by atmo'pheric heat
bove, to wafted about by fitful winds
) fall in gentlo thowers or deluging
uns in the tropics.
WIN1NTSBORO.
Wednesday Morning, Jan. 7, 1873.
T. ROSS ROBERTSON, Editor.
G6i-y Correspondenco solicited from every
cation or the country.
Our coluimns are open to all for a free
isCussion of any principle, Ileory or i-lea,
at we are in nii wny responsible for tie views
r opinions of correspomnictts
What Next ?-A Strango Proceedina-.
Wer0 hive been informed that Comp
roller General IlogO has addressed a
omtnunioation to County Treasurer
mith, ordering him to collect a tax
f A of a Imill on the dollar, additional
o the general assessment, to create a
uml for the support of so -called vie
ims of Ku Kluxism in this County.
Nhile this levy may be according to
%w, as enactad by our wooly-headed
egi.lators, it is nanifestly unjust, not
o say infamous, and should be resist
d by all law ful means. We were not.
waro that it had been cztablished
hat there are any citizens of this
,ountty who cant legally claim le:
renefit of this tax. it has been as-.
erted that the murderers of Harry
shelton and Nancy Coleman were
hose who were popularly kiown as
Cu Klux, but no proof has ever been,
ffered to substantiato ,uch an naser
ion,nor have any parti-s even been
irrested charged with the killing of
hose unfortunate persons. A sscrt ion
. one thing, fact is another. To pro.
reed to distribute this fund, when
rollected, wiithout reliable datae in the
>reiies, would amount to, in our
tumble opinion, a wvasteful anid use
esa expenditure of thre public fundr-,
arvolvinig, it would seem to us, an ex
raardinary responsibility.
This action, onr the part (of thre
lomiptroller General, is dleseriing of
lie severest conadenaition, andr
hould be denounced in the plainest
nid most forcible terms. What if
lhe General Assembly did pass an act
evying this tax ini those Counties
vhere the writ of Habeas Corpus was
uspended. it certainly did niot eon
eomplate its operation where there
rere no outrages committed that
ould be traced to the Ku Klux. To
resort that persons have been murder
d or maltreated in this Count3 on
eounit of their political opinions, is
.o assert that which is not sulstained1
by anty evidence whatever. It is a
'alse and cowardly imiputation upoi
lie law abiding chanractor of our peo
ple, and we so stigmatize it. if
hore he then nto Ku Klux victims,
rhereint lies the necessity for the
evying and colecting of this odious
ax ? it strikes us as wholly unne
essary, and sivorinig somewhat of
ppression. it is in effeet a puntish
neut for a crime that has never been
ommritted. T1he great injustice of
lie law is patent. it makes parties
lying without the confines of the
sounty, who own property in it, re
pensible for acts in tire commission
f which they had no ageincy what
ver. We know of persona living in
llinois whoe will have this burden im.
oesed upon'threm, aimply because they
re so unfortunate as to own property
ere. Thlere are others, some living
ut of the State, and sonic in ether
~ouintics, wiho are ini tire samoe eatego
y. Could anything be more outra
coous or atrocious 1 Amnd yet Mr.
Ioge says we nmust pay this tax.
ellow-citisents, will you tamely sub
cit to this diabolical seireme of plun
or, for is it anything else ? If you
di permit us to ad vise you, we say
>oldly and emuphantically, don't pay
his tax. Make an isauo on it, and
arry it before the highest legal tri
unaul in the State.
To the General Assembly we say,
enoal thi ' nonstrou im,,.-:.:on
ed tax. To Goveruor Moses we say, in el
tbe name of law and justice, use your
official influence to have this iniqui. ti
tous ipeasure inimediately repealed. If n 11
you decline to interfere, and trouble k
ensuoh, then upon your shoulders be
the awful responsibility. We do not
counsol strifo and bloodshed, but
whdn a government fils; to proteot its 1
subjects, then it is high time that I"
those subjcts provide mieaus to pro- t
tect theumselvos. K
-- .- 0 . --. h t'
The Past and the Future. i,
We have once imire entered upon a p,
new year, with the irrevocai tp is st I
behind us, and an uurs.'wua fu: ur.e he, ti
fore us. 1872 with all is menn'riis, j.
sad us well as pO.eanllt, is cun-.igmed to L,
a mighty odbvioni, and 1873 d.%us :
upon us, full of hope to some, anid full d
of distrust to others. W hat it will i bi
bring fo tl, it is idle to corjeetuire. J
Its days, wetks and mont hs, porteni- p
tous of good or evil, are covered, as it S
were, with an impenetrablo veil, to be 0
developed only as times nareles on, il
and] bringa us faee to face with sCenes A
new fand startling,and of a nature of i1
which we now have n) kniowledge. We st
stand to-diay as travellers bound for 1h
a distant and unknown country, wikh (.
no beacon to p iiit out the way save t
the light nod experienrce of the pnst, if
at best but a feeble guide for :o un- w
certain a journey. it
The past year has been no less re- p
markable for stirring evenit., than its a
predecessors. Disasters of every de- tr
seriptiojn have been abundant, and t
life and property have fallen victimi al
to the elements. Eminent imel, hav. Ii
ing run their career of usefiltiess and ]
glory, have been liid away inl the hso. i
som of the ct itIh. The disc.,ver ies of I
scicnce have been in keepinrig with ourf
high state of civil'zatioi, anid the arts C
and literature have received that pa
tronage and ittention to which they e'
are eiitled. The whole country has a
made rapid progrs.i inl everything it
that conduces to the prosperity of an li
enlightened people, and the beginniiig '
of' the new 3ear flids us fully up to il
our national standard. With us it '
res'.s to maintain thfat standiard, and "
upon us depends the preservation (if
our characteristic ladmimars. h'l e
ancient renown of the lepurblic mi ust
be f.>stered carefully, and traismitted j
to future generations in all its purity.
This is a part of our work for the fu- W
I ure. The development of our i
tural resources is aniother i mportant
task ahead of is. Our who!o duIt h1
lies in the future before us. The
past is gone, and cannot be re-alled.
It is unmanly to indulge in v.in re- b
grets over the rmisforties of hy-gone 1
days. They have passed away3', ii 1o
,hould he re memb (l red no Imore. We if
have a destiny to work out, and our
own actions wi'I have great~ weighat in i
mroulding it. An unikinwin fate a'
awaits us, arid it is thia art of wisdom
to shiape our course to met et it, let it I
comie in what form it will. laot usb
gird on our airmor, withI hearts full cf t
cheer, andl press rorwaird ini the brat tle
of life, fightLiig Ilike mnen tol ichieve ar
noble enrd. Mray success aittendi al li i
the fearful struggle.
A Disastrous Periodl. Ii
Th~le past five or six daiys have wit- t
nessod tihe severest spell of woruthier u
that has visitedl this coiuit ry for maniy
a long y'ear. Reports from every see
tion, North, East, South and WVest,
represent themr as the sceneis orf snow- f
storms, floods, and in fact every out
bursts of the elements of which they
are capable of mnanifesting. In the.
traek of these have followed terrible
disasters, both on landh and sea, involv
ing great loss of life, and~ the dlestrue
tion of millions of dollars of piropcerty.
Now York city and seome of theo A
western towns have also been visited
by the fire. fiend, and blackened ru ins
left as the only relic of muagnilicont
and1( costly st rucetures. Thuiis in many 'I
communities in our broad Lind has e
misfortunro cOmoi to mock the rest iv;.-'i
ties of the holhidray season, and damp. I
en the youthful ardor of thoese who ti
derive from it so much of pleasure o
and enajoymnent. 'To daiy hiuni~ldrd of e
those whoe looked forward to Clhiist- t
mas with every emiotionr of dehlit
aird rapture have scarcely where to
lay their head, and mnry ailas ! till anir
untimely grave. Why these disrasters
s'ould have come upon the country t
jtust at tho ineeptioni of the holidays is
of course beyood thre power of man
to explain or comrprehenrd. To us it w
seems to have bieen a dlirect visitation ti
of Providence, designed as a punish
ment for sonmo onie of our rnmerous s
national evils. C
Our own immediate seet ion, while ti
failing to ceape the severe weather
has been epared the occurrence of any I
disasters or mrishaps, and1( there was
nothing to nmar the pleasures of the ill
season, save the presene of an aibuin- bc
(lance of sleet and snow. For free- in
dom from thre rmisfortunres that have cc
befallen other loaitis, o... her
- - -.. - a 4A *4
iould nwell with gratitude to Him
ho governs all things. May we, by
to close of any year, provo ourselves
ore worthy of bii blesings'aid
indue.,s.
War Upon :h3 Tun3.1.
No mnore villainouis acet of oppres
on has: bee i pe- ptr:att.l by the
rescot nitioial admini-tration than
in ieee t condlunet of United Stites
istiict Jiudge uire l, tit Ne 0,.
inl, in hel. n Ietit of prece -
e th4 a .t ! ated inl the i 1,.p,
0:a 1-f "Thelo T ie I:C4e . 1, 1f 1h t , -1 ,.1
seetu's 11tha t a me wher a iL ton'. I
e v el No! i h.,4d a 0,!5',O .!~
Sp nent ugit -n (4 f1 : 11 p Ii: ..
I Of the Mt..uve n;fn- i.,:ed j ur il,
tis4act-> for whiI he had nuver
auided. Suddeny an neu ion is
rouglit againist te i pl:r bofore
udge Darell, aid by his oi der the
oper and its t ffeets sei-zed by the U.
Marhal. There i it) donlht. but
at the p-lot I, as covceiVed il il ash
gtonl, ul~der the stipet vi- ion 'of the
dmiistrat-itn. IP is beyo.d a0l
nestion tlo that te. object wits to
ippress the Taic, as i4 had been
)Id irnl fe:irlos in its denunuialiols
the initei fercice of the Federal it
or)1ities in the rveceit State ection
I L-jutisiana. Wlen the prioceediigs
ere begun, tn iec the itamount of' the
idgient was offered to satisfy the
ari s holding it, btit it was refuscd,
id the order tf .Ju dg l)urell ob.
ined which closed up the Tics es.
blishlmenit. Thus was con-ununated
1 i..fiti)mus t.et, aimied dir, ct!y it the
bert y of the prI ss, an t.1 fr.edom of
eech. It ccrtain!y b1 .' it) parallel
i ni-dern times. llow hainiliting a
ght fur free v(tizi rs of a'so-calk d
ce coiutly to look upol. The lib.
ty of' lite pie.s has been ever re
i1rded ats ole of the corner portsl of
)tstitutional governimit, lit(! ev-:ry
tempt to restrainl it inl tie exeleiis.! .1
.S lgitillmate functions has b.c nalwuy
>ohed upon as iwarring upon free ii,.
itutions. But we are sad!y ren.intded
I .t things are nllo it as12 they ucd ti b.,
hen liberty was a realily and no
crely a nal in. Well 1111y We, amid
i who love free guvermetu, exel: im ,
od Save the nati it
Fr. Editor:
I dislike to be inq iiritive, but fols
ill ask ai great no.ny qestitn, a nd
1 am ela.,sed alo..g ha.t m.f.rt u
Lie po itn 1Of the e, m. iy, I
-I~e it will plevea .1 nt:1ieletolot
r my asking th foll ; i iy 1Iin't iIonis,
z : IIits anly To wn Ut Conili of WiU nis
>ro (either foreignu or dome--i) ever
I'll n ( dilanceC fixiteg :the tline
ol eniing the maikIlat iumis i? amt
ISO why in that 4itIo nmliaue1 not ein
reed ? and4( if there lia $io sne or1>
h~Ue, Itaen [ wish to knouiw nhoee 1the
irn i oin an2.1ti thers 1.0t tto 'op-n th.
a ket befi e lium i.-C 7 I di,bka to
3 inq(1uisitivye but fool, wvill a14k que
otns. M\lre anlon.
(r. EdiThr:
HI a ving Icarned that tone of our I el.
1w counttrym)en) bee: nte tileorld :~t
C u2se of the terml '-T.\lt Ilh:-2,'
sied in thIe head intg of our aIdvye rt,
Ce4t and2( inl C~csenee thbr
opped his'subses iption41 to yom~t pi [er.
nelJi( oed please4 find .uhI'eer ipt ii m
'0m2 the ulndersigned for twelvye
onthjs, inl place1 of the one di -COn)tin
L.ives t here a manil withI sou1l 10 dlead,
ho never to htimsell ht h sa id,
htis is my owtt mty toiv land "i
leLA UGtl IlN & J01hNsTON.
December 25t h 187!.
hiittiln in ikhl f of Ih'cogil i on of
liud etild en ce.
A renewal of (lie efforts to procure
10 2 ecognitioni by the linited Sitts
K Cuban belligerenicy is to be made,
he subject has1 been fr'eelIey conivers
1 upo~n hlere dulrinig the tast few daiys.
12e s43 mpiathtizers with the insurgenats
Uuba profess ti) dive much en
>uragemttl12 from thie fav lorale at
tude of the Republican newspaper
f this city, a jou2rnal4 whci is suippos.
1 by some) to haveo 14em1iofficial re
ens wit h the ad mnistrat ion. It
ems2 to be urderst5~od that 14n at.
-m utwlill he maden~ to to get
12ban2 mlatters beforie Congras
somle way or oter, but it
not learned dtt there is any proba
li y of anty chiatnge in the pobition of
to United States towardt the m)othecr
mlntry and the revolted colony,
hecre are a few mnembers of Congress
lho wou)ld ha~ve boen wil ling at an0y
mec in the last t wo years to havc
'eognized the Cubana as belligerents,
at the great weight of opinion has
ways5 been that there was no such
indition of affairs as would justify
.0 government in taking such at step.
Andrew Anderson, convieted at the
st August term of the United States
urt, at Greenville, of violating the
ternial revenue laws, and sentenced
one thousandl dollars line and six
oniths imprisonment, has~ been uin.
ndlitionally pardoned by the Presi.
AWA A-& AA AM AUA.LA AV a
Condened News.
Seven ptisimors eFoaped from the
Now York S'ctte prison by digging
throuph a wall.
'J170.000 1)s by burning of Aine.,
worth, I 1., fertilir.er works.
Evidence in Stodkc case' closed.
Government sold one milliun gold
it a fraction over l Yf.
Glold discovery reported at Sitka.
Briti,h and Americanr wAar vets(Is
conceentratin~g at Ilonolului.
Londn Times thinks Airerie-ns
will ultimately peoplu the Saudwich
Isbands.
'.vo bodies froti i1.(- wrecl;ed siup
i r6in wat:i J h r itt( Ape ('Ol.
rrrrile stirmii it, ..yhind~ ail lie
m wr-day "tl TmFiday night., 0f
II ( alo.y dead.
Ce ite' oi diret t(:MR Ae wt in
va I ndl i ~ ont alddr ~. . 'The
( . t io t-i con--ider:i l.h mattor
n r't i. Au;u.t., -'.-bruri y 2.
slv ndMe t inl N;ov York.
The l. rueley wiiIl c ut-e dragA its dis
grom 1 1 hngth abog.
Geiirals ShOuleld and Alexander
Lnve :PHibd from San Francisco for
liurlu lu, it is Oilposed on a miShIn
ctui.e t ,i .A. i.he Sandiii ich I :.r id
A "t. M. rzin's :choo.er wr tile. ' off
tie Nova Se-tian coaAt ; six Ificers
ad crew I 3eished.
St. Lmlis is alarmied for ti s fi y
of her biidge, in the event uf -nu ex
pee ed ice-break.
Great rise in tIe -\pis-iji ire
poited from \lempl.i
A block of wawh:-u.sau birued in
Alexandria ; los- $100,u*0.
Thesultoln ot Zan zizalr proin ises to
stoi the slaic trade.
A madeus is exci:cd at the present
phase of uffairs in Spain.
Bark (.huuhu:iI. i.' o ll en.e to
New York, mt of :G7 pa-r..y-rs lo43t
22 in pa'igo.
h-a::tee maizons releacm, l1 ex.
v'pt the A110holy, who'o i rqfa*,I:d to)
give ba.il %-.:8 Sem a a oj.
lea d.n. er thought ta Lhe over a:
31i e ophw.111
:. p 6% wvil n ot bhilk ierferenea in
.Montreal has L.ad a half O~llion
Alieour Leglat r wets it.-by,
it eleuts lIlairtsuceU.
ie;-lil ak sank one -.com boaut ain]
injutred tot:itr; at Cincinnat i.
lNUnii. el Citbin)et charage IIoullnd
ed.
The Its pr'llratioNs fOr aI T:.dliaI: war
I de t br of Pill lehin,
I , i
wit h K!,.
, :iaa cotiomittec dentry Kellog'
s 'a i lt Ill.
.A oe all 1 li.-hth g in Cubia.
The ruireic C.,uii t of Louui ,i:i:
I o . r I i rect ec. i i..i in the
W ia th~i romfr tin t he. 1 :;thi. It ik
tho ht Iht it wiii be uderse to
ltanger from the ioe gorge in the
-iss:i il ari ii.ni ihig. iAt 11n
ulph ilat boat '.-ith m n p1r:01.S
i.-he'i.
Athaine, CejLaer (f tihe jort (of
('ire fort Ktrni.tises.
A\ corresaponid rnt of tie Pria ctical
Farn~i:1'.-.- . : 1 ha'.e knrown~u mar~n.
lnen 2tlil v mriien tooi, whoIii, fromll vai -
i*ns ears, had beccomre 5. inuchb raf.
feitd withI neixvou:sers thaat wh'len
tin-y ctretcherd out the.*i~ rhands they
-ihook like; ai5pen leaei*s i on' widy
das;andi by a daily' muoderate use
of thre iiaao:cied foot)~ s:alks of the
crerly lcener: is asaha:;l, t hey beicamett
asirilng --nd Liady in iitlibs as ot her1
ie.,le. I hare l.niiown at hers .ui very
vii .'u ths.t the leist :,mr.oy.1:cl' jut
n in irst consiarnt ~ p plexity aind friar,
and who n.'.rie e:ffe:t~rually cred: bay ai
daily minra'-ea~ use of' lan 'chred celery
as a i-a.d at me lI t imet s. I have
knrown othrers enred by using celery
for plpili:ationl of thre heart.''
Thie numleronis friends of this cis
ting'nisheda can(tatrice will be pilemied
to know. thait shc isa adding to hecr alI
readily famou~ps reptttion as~ at singer
in a Eropej. he r follow ing ext ract,
fr-om th-i Swiss TIimei . of Dercem'nber',
publi.hedl at. Nice, is gratifyitig testi.
mon11y tot her1 poweris as a singe plr
D onmriz at r's ope rai, Linidi Lama
mtermlioor, was p rodlucred la:~st niighrt
for tice debut of )ilaame Jrignoli,
who ts resting a few ndars ini Nice, andt~
wsrendelredl wit h a purit y of voice
atnd fault lessnesus of Lxecut ion beyontd
all praise.
The htouts was erowded int every
part by the elite of Nice, and the
Grand Ducahiess Conat antino of Ilussia
attended in Semi-stuate, in whrose honor
thre iluscniani Natitonial ly mn was play.
ed aifter the first act.
'ir inter in Virgin.
The snow mtorm prevaiiled thrrough
out V irginia oat Chirist ma~s clay and
Thurrsdiay. The snow ranged in depth
in d ifferenrt loCa lit ies from five to ten
incites, anid nearly all railway travel
was retarrded. In the vicinity of
Starn tn tihe lairmiters are gaithle ring ice
six antd seven inches In thickness, andI
the snow wats ten inrohes deep. The
Chiristma. holidays were cnlivened by
fine sleigh ing. Thie snow was eight
inclhos dleep at Charrlottesvill.
S"An Irishr lass wrote to hrer lover,
begging iim to send hter somec monev.
Sheo added by way of po:ste; ipt. GI*
amt so ashramred of cte reqrest I have
maride itn th- ict ter, thact I sent after
thre ptias'.er t'> got it back, but
the servnnt could noL ovnorta h,:-.'
'Telegral12.1o.
Foreign News.
Lo NIor, January 4,-Jobn F.
IPwr-oi & Co., of this city, dea'lers
in Mluiehster goods, have failed..
Their liabilities are reported at
$15,00,00,(00o. It is reported other
lIilures will Collow.
Ti weaither to-day is tempestuons.
Some damage has been dune to ship.
The Emperor Napoleon is suifl-ring
fron stone in the bladdur. The latst.
ballotinls tuouniced unuhanlgel co:
dit ion, but the phywiciana aa e uappre
hiensive of serious resulte.
The Isabeila Iairtly, from Now
York for1 Aill wrlp, evttntil I den, wis
a bandlored -t saia. Mua ofu the c:-ow
were saved.
Th :hrd if thit morni, says
Ih a! .-wu of theI Suwich
n tth O I Vitos would be
I ralia, ande aj th, man~is of redto: bie
u 'iilibrium, in the event of SMoli
trai,'for ov ter, itory taking place as
tho unr.ex'tion of the Fiji Islands to
Austr alia.
News hims.
N r.w Youic, Janiary 2.-The 81ip
B-ii iigioin from Liverpool for Callao
was wrecked off tlie C(anar ies. A boat
nith eight pcrsons reported lust.
Se ven . tabliing case.s were reported
in this ciIy last, night. Two or three
have p roved f:tal.
adeiiine C. Battle, of Alabama,
Lionght suit in the United Staitet
Cirti: Court of this District against
the .\utu.l Life Inzuranoe Company
of' this city to ro::over ten thousand
dollar:, the anioaint which her hus..
band's life was insured fur. She
;aligd in her pleadings that he paid
the pl:enfalurl regulaiurly to Thos. W.
.leCoy.v, Ageit, for the Insurance Coin.
Illmy inl Mobile.
The an'; ver of the company is that
McCo)'s power as agent had been
revioked about the tilme of the coin
nie.iceemaent of the war in 18tl : that
the plainiiff was duly notified of the
revuation, and that cons.rjuently
!Iay paSyeinCIt she might have made
acC that time wa. of io binding
efEewt ip:i (lie company. Judge
ilatchfurd to-day decided that the
evidence di-l not snmatin the allega.
6ous of thie coimpany, but also holds
that the plaintiff fails Lo show that
:h4 paid her premium at the proper
date in 1863, or at all in 1864, and
the:-fore cannot recover.
ATLA T -IA, J.inu.Lry 2.-The up and
hown pa:serger trainris collided on the
\-tcon and We.stern Railroad, 37
' ilc's below this city this morning.
Sght negroes were kil'edand ten or
wtive egree, and three whites were
inj tired. Thicecars and the eugia.e
Were wIecked. Carlotta Patti and
l'mure were oil bo.ird. Their ward.
r.. and the piano are a total wreck.
ENi he Troupn were hurt. Patti
V'as active in alfordirng relief to the
wounded. The negroes were emigra
tig to Missi-sippi.
lavaNA, December .3.-On the
night of' 22d instant the insurgents
atttcked the town of Magrabona but
were repulsed by the troops, not, bow
ever, before they had burned eight
boua in the town.
Ont the night, of the 28th instant,
the~ Ge'na d'Armnes repulsed a body o.
itisurgeats who were muarchuing to atf
taka fortified Spanish camp of
ILALurAX, January 4.-The small
pox prevails ini the neighborhood.
Tfhc brig Napier was atbandoned at
sea. 'fhli brig Amelik Ann stunk.
ll .'VANA, Jatnuary 4.-The .E-tropa,
a e iornal, lias appeared. TIhe
Spiihtroops captured Coul. Laadoro
Blenetez De Gueruat.
N riw OR LtA N~S, January 4.-Fiye
stores 'ii Maga~zinc street, known as
Aui. -h's ratwi, were burnted. Loss
1.. )lonler, tobaccoe merchant, aged
etslot himnel f dlead th is morin
ng, in a cit~y railroad car. Th1 i-e.
ported Ccuse is pecuniary loss;. Ile
leaves a wife and three children.
U. Jones, jeweler, 279 Barrone
street was chloroformed and robbed
of $22,000 in jewelry and money.
Thle Conservative Legislature is
expccted to reassemble on Monday.
Gen. Emery's troops still hold Mo..
rha n ics' Institute.
C~I.vELAND, Oiro, January 4.
Yebterdaiy afternoon, a train ran offthe
track, by a broken rail, near Neweas
tie. Two coachcs burned and twenty
passengers hurt, two seriously.
LITL RocK, AnK., January 4.
T wo State Governments are proposed
for Arkansas, in order to compel Con.
gross to take soiuie action.
ST'. Louis, January 4.--F. Kupp,
editor of the Bullevue Zeitung,
suicided to- day.
CINersNA-rr, J,.nuary 4.--The
rivers above emptyinng into the Ohio
are flooding it. TIhe people bore are
moving goods from the low places, in
anticipation of a flood.
SAN FRnscisco, January 4.--The
latest advices from the Medoc war are
that thfe Fecderals were waiting trans.
portation for their howitzers, Mean.
while, Captain Jack's forces were in.
creasint g.
Ni.:w Yonrc, January 4.--.The
weather is clear, anid mild, and obsta.
cles to travel are dlisappearing. Seve
ral aecidenits have occurred from snow
slides from roofs. A boy was killed.
Many persons were in the bay all
night on boats whieh were lost in the
fog.
The counsel for the Erie Road ex.
press confidence of recovering $3,250,.
000 from Vanderbilt.
WaaumNToN,January 4.-A pri.
vato telegram from New Orleans says:
"All the Custom House employees
who are members of the Legislature
hlave resiod, been reo-.. r ue
h'lle above relhted p ooreditigs are
anticipatory of the Prerideut's order
soonl to be issu' d, notifying all per
son's holding Uited Stat, caon is.
sions that the accepetaneo or holding
ut oili, e under any State authoriin is
ii-egoasitent, with the scopo or their
official duty, and an inipiopor inor.
forence with State concerns.
There is authority for saying the
Pre.ident has nof, contraiy to recent
publication, ever mentioned Willi:iim
M. Evartsas Pish's tsuccessor for See
retary of State.
MoNTomnsity, A,.A., Jauuerv d.
Tie Scha, H(ome an.1 Dal. ton 'L ,d,
one of the nuost important links in
the great Southern inail and possenger
routo, was badly daimagel3 by (lie laIn
flo,-.l, bu i w r--p ired ind trai s
have tiojni .ha c l .
N)v i rx, .ni v t I-n,-..jn.
mi &i T.ril's JQvrwye! .'re -a
burnemd tod;ay. L , po. m
W Aeos Januarw -v !.---Itb
.tated tat Geo. F"shcr, halling Ira.Ai
A Ugusits, 0,at, is the proliniout apli.
cant, for the JApan WissiOn.
The President to-day pardone.1
from the Albany penitontiary D-vi:
l.umshaw and Galbraith Ilanbright,
conv'cted of Ku Klux offonces--tihe
former sentenced to eight and the
latter to ten years' imprisonmuont.
Alarket Reports.
New Yoinx, January 4.--.G toon
opened quiet and closed quiet-up.
Inds 201 ; Orleans 204; sales 831
bales. Ould I Is.
CnAnL.:s-ro., January 4.-Cotton
quiet--middling 191; receipts 2,714
bales ; sales 600 bales.
Lmyytiroo., Jan. 4.--Evening
Cotton opened and closed firm-up.
lands 101 ; OrianS I Oj ; sales 14,.
000 bales.
Important to the aloncy Shafers.
The Court of Appeals has decided
that the usury laws of the State of
New York apply to the transactions
of national banks on conitracts mado
in thisState, and that a vioiation of
such laws subjets the offending bank
to the penalty they Impose. The
decision hinged upon the case of the
First National Batik of Whitehall
against James Lamb and others, tho
defendants pleading usury to ro:.ist
payment of a promissory note. Ttie
Judge at Circuit gave a verdict 1'or
the plaintiff holding that the State
laws against usury did not apply to
national banks. This decision the
Court of Appeals sets aside, declaring
the defetc, of usury available. and
orders a new trial. Judge ltapiall
pronounced the decision, Chief Jus
tice Church and Judges Allen, Peck.
ham, Folger and Grover concur. iig.
Judge Andrews was absent.
To he Judged by Their Works.
There are laws pending or proposed
in Congres :
To absorb the telegraph lines as a
governuient institution.
To concentrate control of the rail
roads in a government bureau.
To regulate elections by a swoeping
Federal law. *
To run the common school system
by a Nitional Education bureau.
To condemn private property any.
where in the States for the use of the
goranment, by anr arbitrary statute.
Theb monstrous propositions--whenee
are they ? Let it be remembered,
when the people come to make up
their verdicts, that they all originate
with the party in power, and that no
other party in the history of th3
country ever sought or dared to broach
such dlangerous invasions of private
right and public liberty.
Ihook to Your Bluckwheat Flour.
A family in this city enjoyed the
luxury of hot buckwheat cakes a few
mornings since, but after partaking of
them quite fully, wvere all seized with
an uniaccountarble sickniess, the symp
tomis, bin rg so en tirecly simtiir in
each case thtat it was i mmedtiately siur.
inised that the buckwheat flourt was ini
s'omie way the cause of it. An inves
tigation was made, wheni it was found
that the eastor had been gathered
with the wheat and ground up with it
at the will, imparting a reddish cast
to the flour and operating rather dis
agreeably upon those who indulged in
it. So look out for the castor bean.
--ichmnomi ( Va.,) Sltt Journal.
A Uhastly Record.
Fifty-seven oases of .*homicide, or
wore than one a week, 140 of suicide,
209 of sunstroke, 735 accidental
deaths, and 206 bodies found floating
in the rivers and harbor. The number
of hoiclides exceeds that of the pre .
ceding year by 15, and the list of i
cides is also large, including 32 mere
names than were on the record of
1871. The deaths from accidental
causes have fallen off largely from the
preceding year, but there has been no
Westfiel d explosion or July riot.
The bodies of 122 infants were found
in the streets and rivers. Such is the
ghastly record of New York city for
1872, as made up by the Tribune.
The New Orleans Times Resumnes Publl
callon.
A compromise has been effected in
the ease of McKee vs. Weed, by which
Weed and others relinquished the
entire establishment of the Now Or
leans Trime to the heir of WV. C. King
its former proprietor. Its publica
tion was to be resumed on the 1st in
stant, with M. F. Bigny as editor, and
Henry Green, business manager, as
heretofore.
Josh Billings says :"I will state
for the information of those who
haven't had the chance tow lay .in in
sect wizdumn az freely as I havo, that
one single hornet, who feels well, will
break up whole --p -:eio.