The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, March 19, 1873, Image 1

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Dsots&W limProprietorg;] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, In-quir%,,, incdusiry and Literatue Trs-$.OnrAnm nAvn VL 1s]WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING AT1t19 83 NA FTIRFILD HERALD Mn l'I'n.:.l ill-.1, I-:1-.(1LY ItY - I r. r . . i I 1 i tsh el n'n r k Nthi Tqwo of whA*i . or i, ;o i300 ,ay" .ll ftran ieit uidvertisitents to 1w4 *.iar i MN 11). All lCaeuly fkles nn:.I) y, Ar s , b ! Th rinshowi cf 1nitlie l'em and AW ho e who hevmr- IN hevobe of wecon'n 1'ri 1.. : v I. , : - e There i., ;11 1-1.1 w.1 n w( het u e r.wvee thing To Love I iere :. li tn-. US0l:E by Thir 'wT Pern --Thle North. Iwe-st !III hif.Ned. The follaowing article, which Ve extrait fium the Worl "poijSj a moral, hS well as "ado"Ins a WICYe. lie g:cat \Vest, whihi has been h.elp ing tW keep doAn the SLSuth, no1W Ie gins to feel the blewins " of th -i 'i.e le.-i t; ioj i i (on of Ion e-S, ani wVill InOtl inw I.oss it is itSC." We trust thP experience may lie yalutary, and -Ad it iutio the .safer i-ath floum ith itsipeopl have st nyed in Iiluv. in- the delusive ligthts of the North ra I nis tat: ol. The \Ve' i ti. i:-.i'tih .-.1itt ii ~d:! uhdpr se teabhi"a. W. e 1,i: .. I.elieve a better : d1,1 1rightt. ,. hiigs ar i.: si:. it lit the 1s.t timle t1.0 itn KIu:< -n iK about brOin pl'yed in ti.ere, iJ.e is the way it wr1s: Pr 1 aY 'y it w.-i1 :orpri.'s somt of the 'Siw bbI He ple of iinois, wlo te en a. t in : l of.' ex. ee Uaain, the letalisld m" mopN"y Pow. 4:, to i .1rn1 1 hat. l rist * is al iminatenct likelilhoo.d o1 t i b 1 bren ht on. delor th provi a: of tL Fcderal "Kii Kius kw." 2.rr~igthoughi it Iluty be 1o t hem, nseverthe.CleSs such iP the probability that now threatensn. T ho apl iention l of thte N urt h-w s :. ern I, tiliziing Coiipaniy (.t eorora tin einirteredl by the Legimmune of :ilinoir.) to the l'ederal Com t in this ity for a urit. uf cerirari to rin, fer tho pnceeding tiist that com panly, for ulawvfuilly creating a i nne, al u thl Statte (ourt to I e Federal Court, under the K1u Klux At, t ems likely to be granted. lifgnited, It pioee, dings Will make a precedent of whieb every :ailroad cOimp.trV, and every othr legaloud mlonlopo'ly inl this wt.e wilIi maI Ike" laso to avail eiteif, lupn the com i .evment. of iny legal piroeedhing a'inst it under the laws of Ii i CIS. Tus vii tuaIly will (he laws anid the attn ity of Illiniois over the law )ess corporatitns of its own creating I set lit defi:isice by tle Creatures. Thns will the sovereign pewolc of Illinoishe i treated a-'s"Ku Klux," and put uider tie Leces (if the m1is 1o)O - ii tU, in virttue of that tin infaioiius :d most, de. pOie U ac IenIt of a C'red it..\Iohiirini*jifecte d C~ong.'ross. Tis is tie new andil pos tenutous~ dani. ger'Il thatiI no threaiitensx a peoplhe strutig giling to er-caple fromli the devouring jaws .of legalized robber',. Ii a day ior t wo,~ the di (Osioni, already fore i'thowedl, will1, be rendered by Juedge Drumotnd, w'heni the victims of 1.aetcenai mt in~ Ill inlois wvill know wvhethier thiey are to be (reaited by the monsuopoly psowe r.;' as "Ku Klux" or not. Piiy .Nrw ifrirmi. The cond11iion1 of New Orlenans ist Seen pitijabHI, anid the more, bseca use decen t,~ intell Iigesnt, property-hldinig citilzso thtle plhace have no partici pa:tion inl clie nyin5 golst law andl order ci an d p roperity wIchel rendeor life inseenccire a ndlln hoes valueless. It i gil ies lit tle to thse w8 'ith whom11 we stymlipatiize, whetheiir Mc1e1 ery or Kellogg tric~imph. it sea th it the grteter li nmbetr of Loutl'i: i ain Are d isposed to co-oOperate wth \l i IMuery, whil sansJ. c4///;smtlI afots mlost thce iidvenur 1(1e ellogg.' Chioice betweeni t hem is riot wsorth a httuman lifa or a house dest royetd, or thle had fameo a city wins~ by ta single dlteed of violence~ orm bloodlshied. * * Tlheo e4y goes s)tolecamy ; its buildings, publ~hic or pri viti, are unpainted ; its streets silam~, "'for runL"--the .,&ddIi'.t Ku boar that111 ever alttracts a st ii eye - everywhere gree' . :so : , abhout the streets, and! un i ia.: h :1 venitur'ers and negr0 mater; ml: p rionneeC im the oomi of at oneo sphI .lid eiy.Mmpi Appal ilcilli of uil E~i stlble lait y. We regret to annloun)ce the deatth of Mrs. Georgia Miller, the daughuterl of Mr. TV. TI. Cunningham, and thie wife of P. 0. Miller in the twenity sixth year of her age, a e eiec nealr Lowisdesville, on theo eveinug of IlThursmiaty, lthe (ht instant.-Abbe Th'ie la bor market in TLexas is nyver stoeked by the iniinenset immigration from other Suuthern Statesi. The Brighlt Side. The last number of the Camden Journal cottins a treichuatC, article, evidently I romii the p.' of ita neW edi IIor, Gen. *JopI B. tllershaw; whih III I i the ittention of the !eddet to th e birigit. :.cil of tile picture, ts it I xi.ts at least in Kerahiaw County. The eti'or sa.ys: Ci o., ing has been so universal sineb the wr, it, was ,o nell nigh justilud I by the hardslips and tr als we have unde-gone, l.at it was tilerated aild entCour ged Ur.til it has becomute a lhab it, and w i:)h many it is a coulirinled clhrontic disna.e, worc than the eils it glonnled over. A calm thougih lia-'y glance at ou srroundi ngs will convine any one that there is no1) fur ther justifleation or exetio for thie ci oaler. True, taxcs tiro high mil unjut-Gove innit, State ind County is oppressive, ty. annlical andu part ial-do mioral izatdion. is very conii, even out of politics but grumtibling oliers no cure. In a politicai auid so-iil sense, we ni old Kershaw art- far bettir off than n . ist, .ect ionis of the Soutl, wh ile ill mduIterial matters w\e arc pi-ospering. L't the facts speak for thi busi 1. More c. (ton and corn have been 'roduced than any other year ,iniee lie war. i. More e'1 ton has leen bought Lnd sold in Canolen. 3. Mort. ct-onm has I-ye) shipp-Ad on ril- pid l' ,-.r-: brouat to vi* ~ ni -sa andu exci Vin G'. There is ,e e a vacant house r farml in the Couiy. 7. Pe fect health, peace and good irde'3r prevn~i! Now, thit liist hows a tolerable :ondition at least. A hOyni Sleigh. V1omI a desdripstion given in a Get nan cotemiporary it appears that the mew aleigh of the King of Bavaria sur asses in splendor all the sldih in the Ver Id. This cleigh is dnb . mass of iled tuythologicaI and allegorical iginrecs. The body proper is support d by maiads and numerons cupids are een Paiboling In the girlahds ot Iwnr. whichi wind around it l'en re. ief." Mlue velect cuishiotis, drna* nented with the richeAt gold em iriiidories, covet- the seats and steps, vhile tite side and back paiel are de orated by paintings from the miaster and of icnry von Penhciman. The ole is also gilded and trinued with uotly velvet. The robes are of er nine. The hirneas for foir horebs is !Overed with eibriidod velvet, and 1 heavy are its gold ornarmenta. ions that one headstall ertindt bd ifted with a single hand, and still noro coatly are the saddle coverp; 3leigh and barness cost the triding ui of 200,000 florins or something iver $8,000 in gold. low are you Fain ? Some of the Northern joarnals are >A)fnled at tilo social equality featuro of the. grand 'nauguralt ball. One spectaec in particular, they say, 'eaillted forth special indignation'' -a "perfectly white man sand wiched betweenl two colored women,"' In. biew of the Presi'de-nt's inaguration pecehi, which thiey have so londly ap plaudedi and loyally approved, this nia wkishnelss of our Northern broth-. enu seemas both ill-tinmed and absurd. l'he doe-trine of civil rights, which ~en. Gratt so earnestly urges upon lie country, amounts practically to [oth i-g more nor less than~ social lujtality. If the colored peopla are .o ho foreed into. Southern hotels, .healtres, ehurchsa and schools, we lo not see wvhy they shou-td'nt go to >aulls and lift th-eir heels with the ipper crust of Northern society.- Saueo vticeh is proclaimed a good thing for he goose, can't be object ionable when ipplied to the gander. ohhntlihien to Bi r. Slfephteis from. bls We find tile following han some ribute to Mr. Step hens in tme Boston A d ver t iosr: Thle elect ion of .\r. A-. UI. Sfevens o the Illouse of Rtepresenttatives at W/ashinugton, and nlomlination oftx, overnor .lnglish, of CJonneoclicut, foir elect ionl to th at. body thIiis spring w~'CV ~ ii'nro-; a' Ie ge* frt from. the warm. Saysv the Abbecvill .\edium: Nat (Culpepper diedl a few years ago. ile was niniety-hive yoars old and used tobacco and whIisikey all his tle. lie was not thle body servant- of George Washington, the "IFather of hisocountry." A Georgia cow hnsl 120 six and eight-penny nails and 80 broken nails in her stomlachI, and yet abo has nev er known) a n ai' in her life time The Late Congress. The Now York Tribune says "An analysis of the vote in the House on the Wairy qacsti n shou4 that 62 of the 103 who favored tie increase were not re-cleeed to Con gess. Thatt i to soy, th',y had done their work at the rite of conitenFa tion originally agrteed upon, 'aitd thby had ti i mm ediate propect of comieg bak Igain. They there fvre grabbed five thousand more a1iec. These men, wisie in their day Mi'd generation, undoubtedly think that the 'happiest time is now.'" 13 not this disgraceful ? Itere we have a number of men whose right to makii laws had beentaken away by the pic1e, and which right would have expired in a few hours, passing a luw to put into their own pockets tivo thousand dollars each to which they had no title under the law as it .tood when they wei'e chosen to Con. gress, nor under tiny law which exist Ld during any part of their term, but one of their dwn making. They liter. alby put their hands iuto the public fisc, and transfcrred t hence to their 'iwn pockets, cout rary to the reeordbd vote of a ma1.3jority 0f ( the meiibers whose ervices the people had en .aged for another terme, thoit sum of .ve' fifteen huidred t housands doi br.. Was there ever such a Congress be rore I As was fit ing, th is outrage a cons tt uinmated under the lead of Beast Butter. Ile it. was who was he patron of the amendnt.-Rich fmnnd DI'spach. j2 3 V,) xrol in jl Ielow the 0the tuemttberIs of the m-.eC n li)uggled 6; th u I 0:)iins putting flifty -- t'a .1n the:ir' ialatries for past eviesA. 'ti.s shaineful itrichl has hu' far excited comparatively little toientcctt - the '-Liberal Reptub icn" Press has said scarcely any hltig about it ; but peoplo who sip ,lose tiln this acounlt tIt t le sc:ntdal 'ill "blow over" will fintd themiselves unch mistaker. Wlci the nation .ully umiderstands how it has been iwitidlod by its represeutatatives iii ?ogt'ess, there will be a stormi shich may make eveun 13n lutler I luction tho wisdom of his course. l'hc Porty-second Congress did little ir nothing for tho people. It simply listinguished itbeif by tmaing a 'grab" at the tiational cxchbcuer on ie etc of its separation. It ii me of the inost montrous abuse:; of ogislativu power ever perpetrated, and every man who took a.part in it vill bo irretrievably disgravel in tle tigh t of the publie-.Ne V York TVimes, ead. Ai "efirvesceecfe ha1s ede'rve.-ecd. Tihe Folty-sceond Congress is no more. The seasion that expired yc. i Drday is chiefly' rema r'kaible for tite poverty of its legislation. i e.tab. lishing what Carlyle alls -the thory i of defective verb" it can he pro ointeed a brilliant success: Not one Pot act of legislation; if we except the repeal of the franking privilege, )btained at hcavy cost, can lie point, td to as (te rosgit. of these ninety lays of froth. If ev('r a country Was weary of' Congreaiional 'sound and rury signifying nothing," it is that. V1 ich yesterday beheld one hundred C -tnd fifty ox-Senate and Ropresenta ives trudgitng dokni the mai-kle steps f thte Catpitiol, carrtyintg a million of Iollat's utnearnied, undeserved, and ,aptured froml tihe Treasury bcy a piece of legislation that is unpar'allel. ad in eflfrontecrf. 'thotigh theO 5ession will not be r'etenbered for at'y en nloteents of great public benefit, hough it haa secured no rights, lift td nojburdens, nee no gt'eat egatmnples, hero is still little danger of its pass ng out of thce memory of the peoptle. In cotigressional annals it, will be promainent if not- esteemted. In the statenmnt submtitted to theO begislatture and published in the Jolumbia papers a few dafys ago--as o theodisposition of t~he $75-,000 said o hale beent laid the State papers or prinlting the laws of 1871, 1872 t is charged by thte State TIreas'urer lhat thle Iarlinegton Sothlern wits paid 64,4I00 We Ittive (lisi to say as o that statement :that to fat- as the southtei'ner is cotteorned not otto third >f thati atmount was recceived by thte outhiertier or charged for the woerk' 10on0 by it. In facet we received rnothI ng from the State Treasurer :cur' ontract v/as wit h a- second pa rty' at, a tipulated mate, and we thetre'fore did tot know the Treasutrer in the miatter'. fitvIf on ulher n cr. bri tory 'float about a G-et.. dL'~ . lcays. The yotung meon otf ntc~igaahbrOod dleter a mied to sig teify ihteir' dlisa lpi'oval of such a breach of propreity ast this speedy marriage; so whtilo the weddling fonet was in pro. gross in the htouse, they called and gave the parties a calathumpian sore natde. After a whtilo the groom ap. peared at the front door, and, whenl silence had been obtained, he-id, in, a depre-catory tone: "1 stay, poys, you- ought to be ashamt of yourself to be making all die noise, von dore yos a futneral here so soon. It-ain't right." The band than adjinurned. Mysterious Occurrence at Sea. There is a little vessel in thIbrlfar whose recenthistory is even still More mliysteriouS than .t! t of the M Ir.Ilo, a Id ie'haps silarly traical to that of the Nortlifleet. Te Mary Ce!ete, anl Ameriican bril ititii, wE f'len1 in witlI by a Brirish vcsael sone 4,00 Miles east of the Azores, rnil birouglt by her to Gibraltar in Dc. 13. heI discovered she was uid er forem riost sail and jib, anl tinder this lighii can. vass she had bee-i pursnin! her way for tenl (hys,wiithoIut a1 soul on board, tho last entry on the ship's I obg bei I on Nov -4. 1I h. No other pap viere found on board ; manife't, bills ofi lading, every document whieb could have thrown anly lighlt uip-,n the hi tory of the dereliet had n remov ed ; and up to the precnt time, though the irquiry is still going on, not the slightest clue has leen traced to account for the dcsonioni of tihe vessel, and even ecnjoetlte 'fiat faut . The cargo, considing ot barrels of' s)irits, is untouched, With tie excep. tiou of one citsk which had started. Tihere ard no signs of the vessel hay. ing suffered from bad weather in any single respect, the most minute 6. imination having failed to detect any injury above water or helow it. A Lliarmoniuni in the oaptain.'s cabin aid the music books ai-e all in thier ilacs untouched by walt water. , little ph ial of oil was still standing by a ;ewing machine, and a rceI o citton Ad thimble had not yet rolled off he table. Nor had the cahin bcen lundered, for its conteit., belonging ,o a lady and child, were of colsi,! rable value. A sword was in its cabbard rualy, and with mar;s of ilood having boen wiped off. There re mai ks Ii ko sharp cnts on the (op rallant rail, and on both sides of the essel's bows, which appear to ia ve )cen (one on purpose ; whether this oints to any act of violence, and with vhat ioLive coimitted-why the es.el was loft undor sail, or, in the ipparenit absence either of plunder r' peril, why -lte tv:is ever daserted ait ll --is stll an absolute mystery ; for ip to the present ioment no trace. tas been found of the haidy or eh ild, ut the e -Itain or any one of the CIC Y. - Cor. Lnulon Globe. -. ..- ... r... The ilcedoc Lava Okrl, VON 1)1nrt: Ir'Ari.:Ws OF -IM- IN DIu desse Alpplegate, writing to tho o tlaiid (t beoi) lhillctin,'give:; the ollowing (c Criptioll of the lava led n which th r'ie hti Moe Indians re now intrenched : The stronghuld of the m'diioe In ians is a "ped regal'" d the most Cx . enil ive and elaborate d.ec: ipt ion -aII rregular volcanic surface of basalt, raeliyt-, k., More or' lcsi broken uto u'lheavals firomi below, a111l crack. d and fi-sured in the iprocess of cool. og. I oenph:l , with bt( fw inter. aIls, iearly o(ne hu11indIred .qlar il les. If you can iniagine ai it s tmoth, olid s'eet if granite, tel niles 11ae and , fie hunr d f ee t thick, overing resistleai ss mies of giInpow 1er, scaattreI'd at. iiregular iiterVals inder it ; that these ruines are explo. led : imulticously, rending t he v'hole field inrto rc etanigil an' rn asserv, romn the size of a mn~ttch-box to thait if aiel hureb, healiing t lice manses hiighi nl someI places, anid leaiviung deep :biasmns in, others. Following lie ex. idoiioni, the whole th-ing in plaiced in mie of Vaileian' ser'ucib les, and he ated p to a poinat whenm the whole Jegins to fuse anid run togethlior, anid .heni suffered to cool. The rou gh.~ iess of' thle uipper surfa..: remciah's asi he expjlosioni left it, whi le beolow iri boney-comibed by thle e raeks and 3revices ecaused by the coiling of' the melted rock. An Indian can, f'rom :h top of ore of these stone pyra nlids, shioot sa mani without exposmig 3ven so mnh as an inch' stquare' of uisclf. Ile can without undue iaste lond and shoot a common muz' Ie-loading rifle tenl times befote a nion can scramble over theo rocks and hiasnms between the1 dal~in anid he slayer. If, lit this idrrible cx. uense of lif'e, a' force dia1odges himr reom his cover, lie hcm onliy to driop lito anid follow so.e subhterranean ;ain anio~ther amgbuish, f'roii wh~oena ii vili cos;t ten miore li'&a to dislodge Th'le generali got' i nina r., -gai mssailesd the l ibert' y of t lie Il'res . In Washington last week the .policeme ~rd .red to supprhiess lhe asie. of the ~ew York lliralId cont.iin mg a t rav suty on thle Prie~ident's mnes.age, wr it. en by D)on l'iat t, edito: of the Waidb. rtin Capital, and prinitetd in the erldofte l5mlh of MIarchi. The flect of the or'dei' w. t to inisure the ale of the papers at a naore rapid 'ate. A negro was put uipon 'he atid as , witnessP, and the Juidge iinqu~ired if ic undorstoodl the nature ot' the oath. 'For certain, boss," saidl thie citizen; 'if L swear to a lie, I miust stick to tim !"' Farm work is ba'kward in, nuny parts of the State on account ofa the reannt. henv rains, What the South Seeds. Virows o 1 nON. A. W. DILLARD. A valt deal of the proporty of the S mth is Siuteiions. Sne rtoives vast !Ims oi hier cottol 1an1l hbr sugar, yet she is no richer for it ;she lays up n .tre, pr sjtoCi 110 new col niericial enterpie, ami eretts no f.[e t0r ies. Real estite, both inl town a.nd euintrV, is very low, 11nd well nigh unsaleable. As the South is ll tunact etelucively an agricultural coun ti-y, tle low price of real estate con. elusively demonstrates that her pros perity is more appaient thani solid. No doubt imicli of this dipression in tle priee of real etatt ka attribu table, to the unteliable charabter- of the labor which we are foruie io use, an.d the li!sity whi clh we are undr of cmaploying two laborers in order to get the labor of one, yet the funda. mental cause of thie prescut state of afairs ujit be looked for elsewhere thini in our s3 stcm of labor. It grows out of seveal causes. Chief amote these is the wait of con li'lence, Which leads moneyed men to hoard their money instead of putting it into atAive cirdulatioii, or invest ing it ll commercial and wanufactur ing enterprises. Secondly. It. grows out Ul tic a btird n terifice of ;ridepenlence and coif -rt to the growith (if cItton and sugar. Oar cotton and sugar crops aid thfuti into the lap of tle Northwest, and we are no richer by the exchange, miiwc we are strip ped of our money by I'lnl itag that. which we should miltke. 'I lie downfall of slavery was; in itself, a prodigious revolution. History, rull as it is of revolutions and vici.msi tides, furiishes nothing to parallel it. It suddenly put au end to tle ar nietie in which (lie South had luminbered, and threw her white in Ibabitanits on their own Iesour'ces ; it exept away her laLor fsystem and Coist ered an entirely diffrent one ulion her ; if it pitchfkrked thb Lite laves into fireedifi aid citizenship, it also ievoln tioniz ed lie condition )f their i tte i. ste, an~d impoaed nev burdens up1on theim. 'Ihe exi gency d eila ind., stealy per everenice, rafheir thaii dashi energy, instead of iniohnn'a ; *icai'letad rathbi' than fiery passn11, a ad tat sternest ail laom'ielieSt of all virtues, econoim y, instead of the open-handed pruftidou t of the oldici tiib. The linit of the g !irnve ditties d . volved on Ithe v bi te 0uabin oft the -outhl is to force the Souith into the inew%- chainel marked out for her by tlit dowaill of slav ry. Thi iw elibatulie is a chiage ill the entire cmi(imercial, igriciitural and industrial systcmi of the South, so as to attr..et 1n influx of white popu-i latiou both from the North and 1 li-ope-to open newV ivelues Of comiine rCe-develop onur latent re irees -utilie o fr waste arfid urf prodnet ive lands; and keep our rnoney at. home inasteid of enriching the Northiwest, with it. To effect this mighty ciui :c We must make trp our ijinds to the fact that ridV'erf, with ts c'sto'Us, Yabiti and traditions, is itone dead, and is incaipable of il sur reet ion. Lea ving the tiegroes to work tIut their own destiiiy, we must arouse the white men of the Sotith to the Ilccssiy ofpisting tforthl new energy andl neuviiy iin order to escapei fromnI cheu ' longht of deIspIond' ' in to iwI hchi the w-ar preclpt itted us. Th'le negro rued aever will will be :ophenishied and re-| :iarcd from thie *4unife'cs of Cenitra A f. icu ; anid so, mus.it depen~id o'n its a aturnal incre ate t o keep ny j its presl ant niumbers, while the whites wiill .iMll, in oesed by immw ir't ion from riiope aind the North pi jiovided, we ise lhe means to attract, peipulat i n. lile pro ndei ~ranc (iCf thle ne gro raice, lieu, a ar eat eiit anud temniporary. It wVill grad ually conitet, itseblf lIt con-r orinig (0 tioe laws of naturaif ini-t arease. UOur dutiy t heni is to add ress >niiselves to thle iask of cutting huotse Erom the eudtom,% frceedc anatd t'ra d'i ions of thle p.is.t, andi ad ap9i':cg the policy of the Routh tio the wvaiits of lie present, and demnanids of thle fu :ure. In one wvoid, we need a niew ommiierciail,-agrietilhur alI and indus ~riah "Jdcpenrtura2" 'air rl thi:hi a aew political ' 'departure' se'ee;CO l itica! chiar ges exirt li tile infinlenee ml the pr-perity of nitions, iiand only analt o'trtJ' O't flocie whio ie sor.:'esi ii' ihlie pluhlder, anud iin aal ling? ill their lanes~ a hail~f I'aiIShil .!ai';i mcade ternibly vo acibuos by long dibt th.elite .i from Ithe riebi tiarsels ioredl in tlie pub hlie ri b' WVhat this S.i~h ieeics ec;Iage in hetr w~hle~I ~osiaercil,- agrienitural auth iridcs inI5 ial'tim-which in~vol vEs in i c a ilabane in lie thbi' s anel aims of her Shhooling Afray. A shooting affray occurred at this place on ltast Monda~y, between jDr. Nathan I lonry and Jbas. II. I rby,1I&.q. It seems that some1 difliculty bad ei: isted for somue tilia past between these gientlemen, the pr-oise natture of which we ace n)ot eogniiaant. Several ..hlots uwe- tired between thiotwo an tagor -ts, but we are gratified at be ing able to state that neither was bairt, andl no blodd shed.:-Lautens villc lihs aH. lhtlilated Chrretoy. A FEW PRACTICAL. HINTs TO noiO.Dli OP FRACTIONAL tUlHkNCY- 11OW T, REDKKM TORN b1.LS. Of late there has been general en uiry regai-dibg the value of nutila tel currency, and the steps necesar, it) be taken to effect its redemption The 1 1 on the sub-ject las beei changed somuewhat of late, and fo the beniefit of the counluni1ty; we pub lish the followdig infornation, whiel is taken from an oflicial circular o instruction to the Aisibtaut Treasur ers of the United States. Defaced and mutilated fractiona dnd legal tender notes;caoli equallin4 or bxceeding by face mensuremen three-fifths ot' its original proportion. ill one piece, will, if in su. a conditiot that genuineness can be clearly agcer tained, be redeemed at the full f'uct value of' whole notes, in new ones oi currency, by the treasurer, the sever al assistant treasurers, and designated depositoriLis Of the United States and all national banks designated ai depositories. Fragments constituting less that three-Iifths of the original note wil] bb redeemed ouly at the United State Treasury in WVashi'sgton, under tli< follbwin g conditions : FragnIcuts of legal tender notes and fractional currency, conlstitutinp less than half df the origittl prdpor tions df the notes, will be redeomed :nly when accoipanied by nffidavil that the missing portions of the notei Ilave been totally destroyed. Tbc Afdldavit nust state the cause aid manner of the mutilation, and the -haracter of the aliant must bo certi. lied to be good by a magibtrato oi >ther pablic oflicor. W hen accompa iied by satisfavtory proof, such frag. dloritg will ho red-.eued for full face 'aluo of the noLce of which thby tre >art. Fraigients, cach lois than one.half', )ut together purp rting to constituto note than one-hati of a note, will be edened odly i ben it shall a ppear, -ither from the fragmentits theinelves )r by aflidavit nade in conformity to he foregoing paragraph, that they tre actuetally parts of one orginal. Entire pieces, constituting lialf or fior6 than half, bdlt less than three ifths of notos, except when accomipa nted by an aflidavit made in bonformi. $ to paragraph 1. Half notes tsat. fiavd been Vuhided Vill in no case be redeemed. Counterfeit notes will be branded tid ietuiiied. nredeemed frag. nents less than half will be retained. Fracti-mal currency boforo being ei.csentcd for redemption should be :brted out into different. issues, and the ssucs resorted into denonminaions, uild enah puroel should be bound to :eth-r w ith a trip (if paper and L 'eled in ink with the name of the Swn(r. Florida 1teni. Tlatkt f.ung ladies pe# alliga. ord. Key West indices weekly 472,000 igars, worth $ Governor Hart lind pp'oihtcd some Jonservativ es to oflice in Second bis riot. '.f'wo inarriages het'een whiteti and iegroer deligh'~ted 'he radical popu ation oif Jacksonnille the piast week. Ta~l lllhals$Cee hans hadl i't faInt case (uidor the l eiislative ci vil righits bill. V neugroi fried to forne his way into a kat ing rink, was ejecteCd, andit birought uit against the proprietor. Decision ii fauvor o'f dot~end~i'zd. T) isa ppoi nted offlitue-seekeris n'.iung d ti dr feel ings by firing I wen'ty-Iive bots into the houses of Jludgei folt, lheriff Keene,' Clerk of Court Wal1d (on, and Cotmnty Commissioaer Lu her, at Lake City. Out krm'y EipelustEr rn tihe course o'f the debato' i'iit'lo ;enato a few days ago upon the Army ippropriation Bill, there was some taieremti'ng di'scussion in referenco to le cost of maintaining our army, as omnpared with that of England. 'emsatdr das~serly charged that the rmny was to'o expensive; that it cost bhut $1,000 per uman, and that while lhe Iinited Staates Armay of between 09,00'0 and~ 30,000 ment cost accord lag to the a ppropriat ions in the Hill, ,etweaen twenrty-ani and thirty mail ionsR of dollanrs, t he British army of 100,000 men'f cost but seventy rmii ions of dollars, which was an avera go ,f only $:233 per muan. In other ords, Enagland supported four aol liers for what it vest, th'o Uinited 4Lates to support oni.'. Under Ithe heoad of "An Out rage," thme Salisbury (N C.) Watehman mfysl teu or ftet.eii ze~sns of Union sounty, wed dragged from their omes and tnh'en to Salisbury to lie ~ried for t'~hling a negr'o thlat if lhe roted agenimit one of the parties in ~erpst, bd should not remain on hit Land. A'p'atont med icin'A dvertiied'a's ar infallible cnre' for the' opium hAbit baa lately been analyzed and found t< consist of morphine dissolvedi in col ored syrnn: An Incident of the hate Wei. s And now a short lh'eident of thd late war, which n:ay, we think, bd classed as a local dot. During Long: street's campaign in Tennosseei'whifd a portion of his army was under a fearful fire of shells from the onemyj at Campbell's Station, a private sol dier, within a few fet of the colonel r of his regiment, had both his log. torn of. The regiment was not fight itg,but waiing orders. Thb wound ed uan was lifted a 6ouple of yardi . in rear, to die. Another private now marched down the line under a hail of missiles, and said to the command. ing oficer, "Colonel, may I have a few monents of prayer with that dy. ing man ?" The Colonel said, ''ard you a plergymann) I" Tihe private an swered, 41 an." "Then," said the Colonel, "do as you desire." A nid the mal of Godfkuolt and prayed with and for thb dying man five or ten niinutds, without moving or swaying his body, seemingly totally uncon scious of a storm of shot and shelli which; the (Ioloriel tells us, ho never saw surpassed in fury. In a few days; the praying private was announced in field orders as chaplain of the regi melit--''promdtod for gallantry and piety on tho field." Tho regiment was the Hampton Legion. Tho Colo nel was Gary. Tihe privato soldier was the Rev. AW. IM. Thomllas, now pastor of the Mothodist churches of oltr circuit.-Ic l Adrcrtiser. The icleest Yet. Some gentle mcien were talking about meanness, when one said lie know a I-an ont Lexington avenue who wag the meanest tuan in New York. "low mean is that I" asked a friend. "Why, lie is so mean that lie keepd a five-cent piece, wili a string tied td it, to give to beggamrs, and, when their. bio': are turned lie jerks it out of their pockets !'' "Why, this Ian Is so mean," con4 tilued the geit.loman, that he gave his chii rel ten encts a piece thd night befoi-b the lourth of Jluly, but during the night when they were asleep, lie went up stairs, took the money out of their, clotlhes, and thed whipped them in the morning for los it !" "Duoes lie do anything else ?' "Yes, the other day I dind with him and I uotioed the poor little servant girl whistled gaily all the way up stairs with the dessert, and when I asked my gentrotth frieta what made lier whistld so happily, he said Why, I keep her whistling so Fhm can't eat the raisins out of tho cake." - filgratefid. The unal disgraceful senes of a closing sesion were witnessed in tihe National Capital yesterday and last evening. Diisgraceful, not merely or. mainly bocause of the confusion and disorder which prevailed, but because of the nanner in which im. poit ant bills and wrkbed jobs *ore aliko rushed through tWe 4egislativ' mill. fA thi-o no bold reformer in either houso who willI, at the begin ning of the next sossion, move a reso. lution for the prevention of this ter. rible accumulation of business during the closing htours of Cob'gress 1 The whole press of the cuntry, and every. irtelligent citizen, would sustain any member in such a pati'iotio effort. As it is nowj tho' wurI2 of weeks is. conicenitrated mn thi6 ]'aif, two diays of the sessioil', and good, measures and bad, absolutely nece's .ry appropria. tionis and unusitigatedl "steal,'' are altke fmif thiro"g'h at lightning speed, withont the sli'ghtest chance for de bate o, even for examination. Sure.. hy it is not necessary that this state of things should continue, and that all manner of fraudulent schemes shiould be afforded such a chtance of escap. ipg detection and dofeat.-A. Y. Evenc sing Post.. P'resident Grat and usi Cabinet. The only fdoutheorn ,Representative' in General Grant's Cabinet is Mr. Creswell, of Maryland, Postmaster.. General As usual, when a President' is re-elected, the old Cabinet will be' retained. There will be some chang es, and for these positi'ons thif rea sure is for the prart at the 'ddtlg t' havo its fair propo1ytion. Presde:N' Grant is the head of lie fepultican rparty, anid of course his Cabinet will bi composedl entirely of Republieanu. Lt is reported that the name ofo Sornatoi-Sav/yewof thif date ik io ~ing foritally dorsiderede Altejv a survey of the various Roprblibany at the South, we knhow of DO niame w'bih would prove more acceptable, an& erttinly no one who would be tnoro efjlent ar'd reliab~b in~ tht" disohtargo of. the dutties of the l;ostio.-cA . A ,ious' ihivalid went to church' last Sabbath for the first tinme for sv oral mnonthr-, '- Ud you not enjoy the' sermon ?"' said her husband thtanfut 'to see h 4' iih ,his pe w again. "E~njoy, it; Lguesh I did, immensely, t ililI looked at the lady in tile front seat, antd a'll at once I was unhappy, fory would you believe it, my back bait' wasn't up high enough." - Orangeburg is to have a shin&4A ?'ctory.