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THE FAIRFIELD HERALD Pr bhth t inf.Iery w ednoeday at INN B R.., 4. , W Vi LL 7./1213s <p' I)A If.t r Y i J---1S A D VA NYO. One Copy so year, - $ 3 00 Vivo " " " - -- 1200 ton " " " - -- 66 Wonderfuil Snic of Shiort-hiornt Cottic. Th e most re markablo sale of cattle .ever made ill thig'coiintry took plhco at No w York Mills, three miles from Ution,-New York, ou the 10th instant c%Iprising the herd of Duchesi nnd Oxford breeds belonging to lion. 6t unel Caipbell. The sale-attract ed the most prominent short-horn bi ced ers of the word, including repre. r-Fnatives fromt th great grazing sco ti.ins of K,-it-tteky, - llinois, Ohio, Minnlesot'li Canada, I-4,gland andSelet hn!. About live hundred people prestit., inelnling all the A merican breeders and the following from I'ng laut J.; ight lion. Lord Skelmersdale whose seat is near Liverpool; Mr. ilaIford, of Piapillon Market H1arbor; I r. Calthrope ; Alr. Iticha rdson, who repseenitts bir Curtis .Iunpson1, of Sv.iex ; Mr. BErwick, agent for Lord Diunmore, but who 1kuys for Earl 1do. tive, recently ljord Kenlis, of. Undor-' ly 1lall, L-inashire, and Mr. Kollo, igelit for Mr. It. I'avin Davis, of 11or. t1, Gloucestershiro ; also Messrs. Couliano, ihristie, .\Miller, and oanttic, vf 'anada. Tho JDuohess family, headed by that olle three-year old bull, Sec. Ond Puke of Oneida, Came first in the sale. He was no sooner presented than Lord kelinrsdale offreod $10, 000ot. TliI was quiokly followed by lhers of - I I,.00U and -$12,000, and bj, was sold :i Mr. Thomas J. Ale. gii hien, of (ynthiana, Ky. Next caina First. laohess of Oneida. The bidding started at $15,000 In hiuick ran up lto $30,000, after which bids of l.',100 more wore inado htil ihc was sold Lord Skelinersdalo for C:.0,600. A beautiful -yearling, tevenlih Puchess of Oncidal, was next off-orlld. Tte bids started at .T-5,000 itId Itluickly Ient up to $19,000, at whibi sum thu was sold to Mr. A. J. Al. ainder, of Kentucky. A fier her thl Tn c I th I I )(luchiess u G- nevI caIne iit ih e i ing. The bidding, statting at :,5n0, ra qiekly up to ::10 ,000, nid then by sialler bids, to $35,000, at wbilt she was taken by LJord .le, tive irough Mr. lierwick. Several. tine nimah, followed is high prices, 'ot to c Wrs. the Ad..in ic. Tit, ntl.iination of tlie intense in t-i t, I it ever, wa: ieached in the f. - r iia .Eight, I)uohess if u, \hiiebl was Fold to MIr. li. I ih IviI., et tiloneestershtire, F.yp. ii, forl. the unprcoodented 'n of' . n .\ir this eleven -enws of u Dache family sold for $238.00, u % .. of ovei $2 1;700. Of thItebe, :x w-ita to ltgland at a cost of li,I!,, In live remt in hero at a Alter thje 1ihess Catily came the orw, the it tie otiher families, the bii * lei n. b'rouglht, i tafter all the e. were hi. There were inl all o4 hunet!d an1d oleveu aniiaIs pie. . sted. Tlhie Stim relizedo( watS*380, .. FThe lDutche.s herd wast original iO linI tagl, imiported in 1853, it .. k. pt ini perfect Purity ina 1)ueh ess m ay yountg aniiihs botht tmale and I..aalCe, haive: hbee usol d hack to Etng.. and.-laimor. Nun. A alerilil Rt-buike. Th'le Phliladelphtia Nor th A mierican andl linitedi Staite: ( nzatte, an in te::stely Bid ical paper, odintisters the't~ ohing contemrptuous rebuke to ~' ae- of outr Soiuthiern papers that h e n.n iflest ed sucoh uinert~inessi I est .M.n ~is' spcebeis should st ir lip the 111 of uti N ort tern breothrten aiga inst us . TIhe S..uthl~ern peoopl o mnay rest :mired that. w hen t hey tutckle to the So rt a'i hernlpeople tey ill gain not h. .ug saveo coutempt. 'Phto davttt' Jefflerson I )vids recnt pol itical speechl has created guito ai fermients .A td all thIo e Deora tie organis at t'h S"outhI regard it. as "'indiiscreet.'" Thec lIepiul bean s ought to enigago him i on a saltary to go looturi ng all cover thei coutrty, for certainly no lie publi-cati ('tat Oo can make as mny t'Ilipublicari s 'ies asx one speech from D avis. liI has only to mount. the stump and b'low oil steamt in the usual styie, and itt onee t ho "tonsei vat ive"' journah tshtie tand shake and their teeth ebat tr as though t hey had an agnoe. Tlh( diiifferenoe bet ween them cenms to b( t hat if they coutld get a chanetio the) would try to carry out th-e poli'cy that hto annountces, ol hle says frankly whtat, he ineanns, wvhile tIthey seek th< M'unet tbj -et by the~ d ark-lantern pro cess9. Let themut pose their soas ini peoace. 'lho Iternbli aniS (do not foal anything J1efferson D):ivis or hi; friends inio sauy or dlo. In this fre< count y we cani allord let men sa) i thlintgs that in l'nurope would hot he to lvrated for a mtomenit, and it is this utnivoraal freedom that (1. prikes seditious traitorsi of the powet to wonk iischief. We hope the) will all avail themselves of the satt freedomi that Davis has and speaki out honestly. In plalin words, le them unmask. The lIepublicana di ntot fear atty open foess It is only th concealed ontes that give themit unieasi niess. I'Thy may propaigato dibson of any kind and brag anod vapor ait regret the Lo:.t Cause and pirophlec its fintal ti iunhlh, but if they dare ti tako the field aganin the Reptulia will not be answerable for the coe A lioehecster gii 1, of une ota mol L velhines, has had 6.000 phoctograph An incident occurred at an African Church not vory'far frohi this' town Ol Sunday last., which'is pealaps, worthy of note, as illubtrating the religious fortorof that peculiar peo. ple. The colored divine was dehort. ing with a jiood deal 'moro breath taitn brains on the pearly gates and golden sidewalks of the Now Jorusa eim. Just in the midst of one of his happiest flights a -olored brother walkced in, who had recently become the owner-of a pair of red top bpaots, and whiol %,M, he had loudly dis played on outside of his 'pants. The minist ! fadiat tho-interrup Lion, and do ng to rebuke the in. truder, stopped the thread of his discourse and looking sternly at the offduder said, "thero are no red top boots in heaven." "No," pronptly replied the hero of the boot,'" nor ato-thereoany d-d fools there eith or.. Weopino that both are right. Chester Reporter. W XINNSBOR 0. It. M EA NS DAVIN, Editor. Wodnesday Morniig, 8dpt. 17 1873. Sohool Convention. Saturday, the 20th, has been ap. pointed by Commissioner Crawford as the day for the -meeting of teachers and trustees. Gentlemen from dif forent portions of the kCouify have already- oxpres.4od their determination to-be present. This convention should be .g-enoral ; every township should be repiresented by one or more teach ors and trustees. The object of the Convention -is, as all-know, to improve Wur slicols, and every precaution should be taken to ensure success. The mest impor-. tant qjuestion-is-how mueh m1o1ny will be duo each' township. By est imat ,ing the amount of the State appor. tionment, and eIloulating the sidns raisyd by local assiments and poll taxes, an approximiation can he nmade near enough to direct the trustees' how much'ean be expended for sah ries of tead~iers. One of the crying, evils of the r.ystem is th quantity of subool coitificates hawked about the County at i nominal value or no value at all. This destroys o4 eorfidencc am(ng the people, and no good teach Or will engage his services wlie the pay is so unhertain. There must also be a beter class of teacheirs thin are emnploycd in ininy townships at pres ent. Luferior school iro more in jurious than no schools. ]t Fair lield build up a systceu of which she, ' bie rud. Tfo lhnng Sessi6u, The ensuing session of the Legis lature promises to be very interest ing. At no *forimer -peiod, have thoro been greater opportunities of lered for corruption and bribery than will probably 'be offered tlis winter. Tlhe w hole tangled quaest ion of lie pulic d ebt, in which $1 5,000,000 are inivolved will be presented to cur wise Solons to unravel. The11 que~t ion of repudiation may also be broumght up, whether honestly by the Legisla tire, or merely for the purpose of bleeding t'he bond holders, it mnatters not. The defnnet bond scrip will lie in state b.efore the legis.lature, ated a. determined effort will be made to re store it to 1r00. In this seh'enie,1sl, 800,060 arc involved. In addition to these, railroad jobs will inevitably spring up. Tfhe question of allowing~ County Commiissioners to issue rail road bonds will lbe urged by adherents of the mneasure-. Then tob an un limited number of -elarters -and ibank inig institutions mnil itary coinpanics, benevolout associations, Nil pe'rfec'tly hiarnmless to behold, but ooncealing iniwardly some thiievi'ng 'feature, will be pushed through withi the aid of money. Swarms3 of lobbyists will flock abiout tilt capital, pursuadirng and bribinig members to embark in every sor-t of nefarious semiie. Then too thec everlastinig subjeet of taxes will be discusses., On this point, alome, all are united. "High taxes and confiscation," proclaimed by Con. gressmani Rlainey is the watchword of the party. All these things considered, tihe next session will be a rich harvest for impecunious laws~ivers, and will pro bably surpass any previouis session in wholesale briber.y and corruption. Spirtua ism. Spiritualism in its various phases is assuming great imnportanee in the world. T venty-fivo years ago, when the Fox sisters were giving their ex. hiibitions, and1 pianos were tipping, and other articles of furnituro were indulging in various terpsiehorean amusements, from the stately minuet to the madcap jig, staid and sober -people ridiculed this now innovation a s a p'iece of charlatanry unworthy of serious attention. Blut years have Sglidcd by, and insensibly Spiritualism has boon gaining strength until it now numbers its believers by the millions, The South is t 0o sober and conserva tive to receive this marvelous doca , tri no, but the North bgrasps it eagerly, It is estimated that betwen te ad t*elve millions of enlightened hu man boings are in sorbo degree, Spiritualists. Two spirittlallconven. tionshave boon recently held, one at Vineland, N. J. and one -at Silvbr Lake Grovo, Mass.,'attonded by from 8,000to r8,060persons. This belief is fast gaining votarios. It deals in the invisible, treats of ghists and-spirits, and 'M6nreforo pos sosses awoitd fasoination for highly imaginative aud badly balanoed int tolleots. The '6vi of the Inarvelous is second nature, and, onco suffered to o.cape cn)trol, has no limit. The Anerican people aro prone to seek ex.itonient-and noveity, and ongeirly othbradd this religion, which is no'ro ligion at-all. 'Thus far Spiritualism has offered no solution to the problem of sociology. -Frotn the condaet an'd utterances of its Chaiipions, 'it has apparently a tendency to lower the standard of 'morality. It -is there. fore, at.prestInt, an evil, as 'is any theory that leads its believets along bli'dly, and imiposes n'o 'rtstrahit on thbir actions. One of two-things must be done.-. If it be true, it shduMNbo purified GfI its -da-ning features; if it be false, it shd'uld -be extirpated. Whether It contains lio elonints of truth or not, must be disoovore'd by examination. It has attained such importance that, it can uo'longer be sinile'd down as the'i'dle 'vigary 6f 'dem'ented intel. lects. It has developed strength sufficient to entitle-it-to t-he rights of a belli.. gerot. Iletetofore thinking inen have either boon ashamed or afraid to iniestigate its mysteries. While Dairwln Ond hluxley and Agassiz and other philosophers are wrangling over the material, the'y pay no attentionto the spilituil. '1 he discovery wheth or Spirituamlbi be a realiLy or a sham, and if a reality, whether it -can be naecouinted for on sdienti "c prindiples br'w lther'It lsses from the realn of spir;ts, would 'confer everlastiug honor on the philosapher. The time is passed whon 'Spiritualism can be overthrown with % sneer. It is a study worthy of the greatest intellect. Conflict of the colu rish-t'ieotion in Massachusetts Perhaps no-State election has ever hfnrA nf i 'PIfbeen of equal initorost with the present, gubernatoriAseram ble in Massachusetts. As eveybody kncws, Ben Butler, wants to betive nor of Miussachusetts. He is l acked by tho administra ion in rdturn for his defence of the Credit MlobHor and the back pay steal. Ilit he finds'strong opposition at home. The blue bloods of Plymouth Rock iv6e no'ideA of submitting to the donbution or a low political trickster. ;and openly doolaro that they will bolt if he receives the nomaination, Their cuuididate is Governor Wnsh burfi. Tho returnls of the primary electiomfs are coiming inl, anid it is yet: uncert:rin wvho will gain the day. lhrt the eottest is interesting to the PSotith on'ly from the animus display ed by iufluential republicans. The .protetmting 'faction aro scandalized at the interference 'of the administration in State -eldctidhs. The Boston A d vertiser, a republien'h' brgan speaks as followvs: "The interference of national offmce.holde'rs Uith locxli politics must be dealt, with summarily. The peo. plo are a unit Oin t his qjuestioun. T1hie offencme of the fedoral r-ingi ialassachusetts is i'tmoler able. Tfhe resoi ution of the demnocratic plautformu on thbis point is a .f;ood 'one ; but if a moreo'vigorous and o'xpresive oine cani be written let us havo it. No mn eing of fine phirases will suffice. TVhe people nre angered, anud they have abun dant reasont to be. T1he Presi denit's iliciails ini this city, arid throughout the State have conducted themselves as if they had been hired out to Geoneral llutler- for the cain paign, and if the public business has not been negleted, it is a plasin case that more officers are -drawing salary than th'ere Is work for. Th le voice of the Convention should be so full-ton - ed and pene'trating that is will be hoard in Wiashington above the clink of the Treasdry gold, and at Long liranoh above the roar of the surf, TIho rank and the ll of thme two par Lies are niot at issue on this point. If the issue is forced, tho ofii-holders will he a party by themnselves in Mals enchusetts-. And if they keep their places the peoplo know hew to flid out who is responsible. Civil ser vice reform is a watch word not for gotten, and those who re-gard ability and integrity in office are watching for thicoutoo of ces tain fair promi ses. Lot, the Convention speak the thought of the people." Tihuis is where the shoe pinches. Wo trust it will pincll still nmore. So long as Grant confined himself to foisting satraps of his ownt choosing upon the South;~ Plymouth Rock ap plauded. But now a lugubrious howl issues front the throats of the true blue republicans, ~whbn Grant em boldened by his success, dietates to theom. Oh for a dlozen Kelhoggs and Butlers to distributo anagLo ihateos that have een mainly instrumental in bringiulabout deral it'erferenceo ia State o.ctions. Cailroad Subsidies, Judge lackey has dissolved the tomp*ar injunction restraining the Count. b)Ommilisbioie-a of York and (bester fom issuing bon'ls in ai- of the Clbeer and benoir IRailroad Company The Commissioners are preparingto isytic these bonds. IIn the meanhile, as we are in'ormed, the partis opposed to this subsidy have not .equiosed in the decision of Judge Mokey, and intend to carry the casc'oforO'the Suprcme Court. We .ti-uStthat a decisioni will b3 ieralnt ed in ther favor and this bond issu stopped. We are deeply intorested in the catse of railroads. We wish to see ? net-woik of them extending Lhrougv all portions of the country but wf wish them to obtain thir runds in a proper nainner. A rail. road iould be constr'uc ted by privat< mubscription. In that case the peo. )le'lnvo control of its af'airs all,! eat. regulate them properly. Mit public nonoye given to any irresponsi ble corporat'on will work mischic net'end'Of accom.plishing good. Suel ias been the uniform 'result when. nor public subsidies have been grant ad. The people in their cagerness t< Abtain facilities of communicatiot will blindly vote away large sums o: money Wit hout-requiring any guaran toe or pledge of good faith. So soo0 as the road ii completcd ad imlde pendent of tho public, it en wtune: a systematic course of' self aggran dizianelt, raising its rates to cnor, mousligures, and'cAheking out all op. position. Tie people of California, in theii anxiety to have rail roal f:cilitic; with tile E"ast, inmarle avish gif*ts to tha Pacitic Riuad, voting away mn'mey lalids, city frcnts inl vater right With ''eckle8 p1 ' rodI :.11 FO r'cee ing 11 Cvil tlh y n11ie i. .u!ip latio with tht.., a 111 Ah e .; orati m I. N)w tho '.scitie holds theii ech , in ,I in its iron gripe, ahnrhii ' all oi p.,sition rouIA , rai- irg freb:, mra manipu!ltio-! thii eniire :6.3: . v Dttnment.. Bit we-. no,. : a example so fir (!T. The counties u North ardina t h t givo arie Sh qihes to dill-rent, ~oedee repenting btterly, and. are uani m m1 a -tit i ma :ig a; no-l-fr grant So will the piple of South Carolm 1inl it to be, if they billrdn theelve: Wilh piblic debt, for the pIr.eem' ielr of railroad en p( .. w, !.rO ti, grait cunditional, a cit..k m1ikhlt b< hald uponl thOa s If it be thus dangeret< fo r th peo ple in its sovereign t iryj * et t., suusidy, h)owVi mucht mme; ditngerou i his asstatnption otflauthlrity (tn thl par t of three Co~uni'y t ' immnissi oner. ge nernl1ly, in theo existisng .teo polities, a suit o* unapr inmciph-d ogi n, impo e a biarden on the pcol. Tn pr(.positiou is infau:u;.l i f ih.- e stitutiorn grants sujch powers to thI Comm nissionecrs, the conls;ituitioni ramdioually wrong. I f the Comint .-ilt era assumne tis authority wronigftull they shourid be puhnihed. If the Chester and Lanair1 ~ ail roadl or a'ny other road is necesary the0 development of any1 port ion c our Stato let it b3 blui I by sul toription. 1:tt thte books be ope'e atnd shares be reduced as low as twer ty or oven tenl dollars. Thein ecac property holdecr who deOsires to be tas ed inl behalf of the roadl, canl suscrib directly to the stock, the atnonnt, tha ho would be taxedl. lie will have voecC inm its mfuaauementd. Theni tot mnpecutnious citizens will not b< able P6 saddle a burden u101n propel ty itolderst. Wer trust that flew lines will into' sect lIbirfiold. ]htt thtese lines nin be bidilt by private subscription. Tb'l people of the County should nevt agree to issue bonds for any road, nIc do we bolieve that thte County Comt iissionlers of Fairfield would at 'emt to issue bdiuda on their own athtlor ty. Lc11er frtim Eniglaintl. In a letter ftotm England1 to t I ltichmitond D ispatch, (Getieral Bradle T. Jotnson, sa1)1 : "I have seent se oral gentlemenei wchi were int hi potsitioni duritig our war timeis-soni memibe of Parliamnit and son memtberis of thoe Unvernmtienit --at they all uniito ini saying that19 L~oi l'almierst on was our 'iarm (amt artleo ]frend, and that his rc fnsal to reco nizo our indepenmdence arose from tI highest ideas of statecstmanshuip at' friendship. 110 believoaa thait never eduld occupy thbat lith ip;ositic among nations that we o ughit to~ occt ply, unless We woni 011ur on indeen eneb~ withi our own swordls, and Ihe v cetahin t hat we wonld do that. Ii: lie known how near to exhtaustijon v wore ho woulId have' iecanitzed uts: one, despte slurcr7/, which was t I great har11 in his way. . A\. pet'loltt.a of ability aii~ well 1no.- (not M 13bresford Hope) told me that in the fall of 1864 ho prepared a moiorial to the Govurnnout showing that the Confederates nIust be uttei ly exha ust. ed ; that all the signs of their strug. gle were the signs of sfp.smodic effort, and urging the Government to send a messenger to President Davis with the proposition that it he would pro vide for emancipatioti, however gradu al, an1d however remote, so that it was defilite and final, t.hen Great Brita in would at once rcognciz' the independenice of tho Cuifedr ato S tates. .11. showed tli paper to l 'rd Jalodierston, who informally said : "You take the desponding view of matters. The South will cer tainly prev.il, and by making thiat paper clfeici and pulie'yoiu imay do them ik ent- inj'ury."1 A.ecordlinly th-t paper was not. plrescntel. I put lie catcgorical qrestion, as to whetlier the B.itislh policy was niot netuated by a desire on the part of thce overn Ilieit to soo both ides cxli ust thiemsclves :ani thu brak the prcstige' of A mrican instituti'ns, aud e.,ie cially give (ra-.it J-Bciiaii c.niario! 01 the cotton prod ut. The answer wvas em11phiatie, "NO ; oulr ;?,ople tookl;de fairly and hone.,ly. 'i'h laryc iao jor'iy sympathized with yu breause you WTe -ih 1. /cyally, pi,'Uca l / and /horica//, and were conteniing fur pine.j'p: 'fcivil /ib rly de.ar to till - giinnbeanse you were doing so wi a /ul1an/, and chIarairy, that did iwnor to !pur l'C)", und because y'Ou were esjscal!h/ Engl.in." The grentept speoch yet made in the Ohio camiign is that, of Seaitor 'llhr inn. i Ii e fixes the rt.eiow-ibfli. tiy 4 the bacl pa *i(dle' directly lipon1 Sn al.tor Mi'Vtor. 1t, wa.a pfo. p (e to giv G :II. G rant aA iccreas. td 1a 1 lInt to den p:ayment to thc amer2 oit t'ongress. MlOioll op poI th is motion und it was cunse, Thi6:4 Itmionl disgrace, nao TJhial nin el.aig (I. 'a n olya' e - 1"1ie P e t11.:il Moaton., 'ornk I i in, ,Ca I penter1, Ferry of N Iichigan aga1o-lli(i, 'Sauwvr, "I -wa It alI hlr le I0hlioc'--weiAe to li rigarddAs :1-d pro:no. ter:, of tl. fra!- I'nl th It 0. A\11,1 what .Old t hi ou h of the .(2i. d rt ir I. hod e i ia I nieas*ure at r- imnjolitie, franl eni'o t, an vlg.iy d ra u ? Litt not 0o1ly % v. thle l'icsidenlt .-eemIing1lY oliviors tk thii; de.-grace, but hE h1" ictully rewarde'l vith imp'ort:alt anIld Iluerativ; ellics some of tLe Wi Were la-oinelnt ill I the nationa Se:'I.d"1 1 ]ii1ha' ie h1ad rewarded by mairlg him Uinite-d !?"tes Milii. tcr' to Jap.n; Sawyer he hail rewaid -i to b;UoitouA Sates T rea::nry ;wi "1.;e ia ,r lhe id rewvaided .3 'aking hi (' airm'ln of the civi ri c io a pretty civil Son1 ico refol mer,'r .'aid the Selnator, i. ho likely to iake lcn he ijinstrate: the I in i ot rerm,, he Iapplies to him A correspordenn wvritirr'. from thtI Tv. in 3Mountalin Iiouse, W\hi to 2.1 oun, ttainc, waiha llv. .lleu ry ar id anl hisa familiy haive been spend ing th< u~&1tmer, writes: "Sine thle B'eebers ci'20 the h'louse h:as barighuteind up 11imiesly' il*2cben sa';Im synaonymioaus with live hneI: S, anii 'Ii'(:ices boys' is all] wear aitol 2 t(round thle halls i.nl 10 to anid have a faeiL ity of geitt in g u ,someduniiga to enitei t2ini 1pea1.e ailmios .V '3 lver evening, Febb ~iy n)icgbt we h ' Puineh aiiil J1udy, of' the good ian( ueItlaruis liht2ing ove'(r the d -body ofr Faust for the -posse-ssioun of hi U sou Th ra parlo was hlie wI? h 'p'etattor s, who laiughed till they~ ached i ; ait least 12 laghed21 i lit ii caiuh1in1 see, ~and parsc mie the crowul i lby the n(i e it miai:to, was1 iln the 1a'. - goiis of a t iel:le Th' le von''es b 'Beechier boy, is ai haniid.-;oma1 Ni x foot er', adoes; theIihda iintal cuiteyty I here's no0 end( to hi paw r of, (hiery. Thecir hire sits b tai~dthrw l in( his 15wordi no0w and t hei wihen lis (call sonls ari' particulatrl n iily, and1( has q)uit as m1 iuch righlt ta bl)Cong to tile ' liccher boy' categeri as)11 tant them.' 'c most puzzAld man in the Uni t ed St a' teCs lives cit San- isky, ( . TI'h Sothe d;1'ay bce waxed at once v'indiictiv u.id ingi)iionst, antd *u'.ol ved to prote( thie sactity13 of ho i eart nnd homie h) anl aiant.e stra;itagem l. In puirsnane - of thuis idea he minicgled arsenic in >t bottle of wineC lad placed it wher ii.' anburglacr wo''ld cee it, iiad, unhe2 pra.ct ical letliceres in totalI abast 11nnc, wol 'in~Ik thiereflromti, tan sulylI' die. Now, thc' wife oft this ir telligeint S. uluk iaon is an ordecr1 woonn,n and wh len hie found that lbo .0 tle of wine plauced in a conisp icuat 3' p:-itionl, shei !-'id that that "'w~iasi '1 im ,J ohn ; he0 neer ( did hiave a b neatnes's, and1( shei kncewi it w hen Sht iaiarried hin12.'' 'lhen shce took il Sbrattle tand pult it ini thle ceIIr wit dI eih do-eni 0t herc hot les.-, tund ari'riam (I ed them(1 l~ netly in rows, ciand coniteo' ii plate~d her wailk withi inceent pridi Sinicd he' ixhlausted his v'ocabular'y< It piai rf iy, li he hsben spending a e his leisurea in looking at these botthi "i ad t ryia g to recogize thle one wii he pipar~dfor te [poor burglar, an unlenhe e :ole the p)robleml so0 hoI~ expects a brain f'oror. e A fellow who was arrested in Ch it calo bor inaltting wonenl oin thi e . 'ee., pled thIcat the culrrenit fashicoa o had drivenhi crazy. I11 waus toldt Niews llis, Nw. Yonic, September 12.-The work 'of inflating the balloon for the trans-A flanta trip ccnminenced at three o'clock this morning, ar.d is progressing rapidly and favorably. Flogs have been hois.ted in different parts of the oity as an indication that the iassension' vill certainly take place to-day. Professor Wise and Donald son'ro both on the ground superin tending the work of infi ting. It ha been decided to Ibandon~ the car and paper canoe. it. being feared that the weight would be too great for the carrying capacity of the baflloon. 'A streami) of people lia set in the dirce ti'n of the grounds, and the street canrs and 'orry boats are densely -'wded. The weather is delightful, i'c:iccly a breath of wind blowing. It is estiiated that one hundred thouisond piople are already in and abolut the firOi.h-iuls. IrATY. Nrv Yongic, S-eptmciber 12-1.30 P. M.-An immense crowd of people wen' to lrookdn to-day to see the halloon inflated. lany roofs of high buIldings in this city were covered with people with glasses to view its prromd ascension. The process of initiatiol coin tilccd this morning an: contiiiied steadily during the day 1111d afteanoon. Many people beleived there would be a bona fide aschbsion. but ot hers were 'sceciticl. A t ten mitntos past four P. Il., the ballodn suddenly s3wayed to the north, ripped half% way around with a great toariig Sound, dtl fell fih t upon the ground. The inuiin elnse v'oline of gas whicb had ;coii puiaped into it, nearly four hundred tho usanid feet, escaped, near I)y .1ufcating those who stood on the lee side. Inspector Falk, Mr. Good .ell and i'olice Commissioner Triggs had but an instant before shifted licir p1oIeitions to the eastward, and 0h e- c's ed being buried in the net ting and canvass. The crowd made a : i ush over the ropes with the ntesiioiin of teat itng the balloon into OW! pieces ard carrying them off as mo iiieentoes, but the sirong force of police on the ground chiarged and d rov! thein 'ael.'ac, lint not. before many hi sueeeded. Theoperson who had contractel to 1i11 the balloon said that it would be alh fo1 to attempt an ot her ii.flation, as !!X bag was not tirde of the proper m1:sterial. So the * I p ,e is abai-doned for the pres. e 1, t. A Noitt Trick 0ell i (011c Of a'Detld ientis. loff, who keeps the news stand in 'he post ofiice building, ttriD many an honest peiny withIi a root beer fouitain. The fountiain has two es cipe , and at each of' those lie I:edps a glass staldie; to catch ttio drippings. lie noticed, i ecut.lv, that a couple of elderly nen, % ho lounged in the post. ullice in the evening, drained these g:9s1: as ,con as they were partly ilied. (Hn'ca and niighty reaults fro priiutit.ly L-rew out of slight 0aus6-s. When Rofl' detected them ni idea Struck him. Before setting the lasses next time, lie diopped a tea -poonul of caitarrhl snuff' in each co. It was a inew'kind of .snuff, anid Roff' wac glad of the opportonity to test it. li I u nsnj' confident theso inen bad thea cata irrh. but that was really no buisiniess of htis,(it wasn't anything lie could hiel p) and, heside!:, science mnust bie attendedt to, entered upon thia ex perimen!t with all the hiop('i'ulnesd and expectation oft a young ad ardent n t ure. A bout eight o'clock the old buiff'.rs (3iicame undl, and having list iietesl y exaimined the, periodicadl', Iwatcehed thle oppotunrity 'rhichi Roll Iwas cuiv'ering to give them, and rais, -ed thie glasses hur'riodly to their lips, and s hrridlyabsorbed 'the con. tents. Tlhey then longed about as uteos. A t the expiration of that timne, oc of thec twain commenced to lookc surpise. Te othermanalso look ed a, if lie had i'eceived unexpeclted intelliginec. Then thcir faces simul tuin:'ouisly appeared griped, and the irsit, matn remarked: "O0 !"! andi 1'truck for the wall. Wheireupon thec seconid inan mar'e a similar state. ment, and also started for the samnt destinatilonl. Rloff hiurried off' aftei 'themn. ie didn't go out on the walk where they werte, bcause the1 didn't appear to 'w:.tt to engage it -any b'usinecss, and Iloff had just put on ohl'an suit. Sa lie stayed oni th< 0 steup, and watched those aged peoph c a.s they awwayed on the curb,, and bomn t hard ed thle gutteri wi throot 1: er ani y eatarirh snuff' and pieces of liver, ant e such thiungs as were handy at th< a time. I1I0 hasn't seen thiem since e lie regrets this, as he wants to gel a~ their ceiificauto to p'ut in a circular - -i)anbuty Newsa. -"John," at' id a dea ting paDrent t< y her gornmandizing eon, "do you reall~ thiak you can cat the whole of that Spund ding wit hi impunity ?'" S"I d!on't know, nma,'",answvered( the young hopeful, ''but .1 guess I cam I' with ita po l.'' hi Thce Newv Orleans lIherald think; .there is nothing .<e effectivo ini bring iii man uip tothe crthas health y, hiigh-sipirited fla. , It is~ statedl thiat the~ great bridg< Iacross the Mlisoissippi, at St. Lioi ibe completed by the 1st o~ d ~NOTICE,. Li pasrt i~mIndebted to uis for (Guano - r.het'eby notified that pi'ompp .paiymecnt IS exp~ected on or before 1st ot o November nexi. We gilve notIro thns ear nmake arrangemecnts for thu Set tlement ACOT & CO., sel't 10 Agents 8tonmo Phoes. Co. HOTEL FOR RENT. 31IE Winnsboro Hotel is for rent ,fren T lt of January 1874. Jls.contg -t rooms, besides outbuildings fqr servantp, o. Being the only hotel in t6wn, it akf. fords opportunity of a luorative biasinqps t 9 1. su.it able, oocupant. Also fi.rreit one Slore Room, under the Teesplan HaR. (1. 11. MoMAST'.t. Boots and Shoesi N elegakit. lot of loros and Shoes just rhei ved rroni T. ?4 iles & Son. MoMASTER & 1RIE. sept 16 Vinnsboro Piblic Schiool, No. 4, r IIE e ercises of this s bool will be .. resumed, on Mondaiy the 2911, of Sep. tenber, under -(he same 'tenchers As last sessitin, In addition1 to the0 elemnentairy and Enug'lsh Studies, c1asses will be form-a. ed, if desired, in Philosophy, Astronomly aId Algebra. O.,. THOMPSON, Pept f't2 2 'Clerk 'oard'Trustces, ELE'1'ION NOTICE. A-. CONVENTION of the Republien.n paiy of -airkidd County will be held at this place ont Wednesday,-Sept em her the 24th imigt., at 10 o'clock, A. M' for the purpose of niminatthg a Slate Senator to fill the vacancy'ot'tho lon. Sanders Ford, deceased, and the voters f the various precincts in ihe cou.nty will at their usual polling places on next Satnrdny, 30th instant at 12 o'clock M., and prouced to elect their iuguRl nunm. ber of -ielegates tq representi then in snigl convention. The precinct chairmejn are ordered to act strictly in accordnnee with instructions sent them by the County Chairinan. The ratio of R1bpresentation of tlaeseye. yal preicinet will be as fellows. Winansboro, 18. lItidgewiay. 30. Doko, 4. Iloreh, 5, Mont leello, 11. Jetakinsvilce, 8. Feast erville, 7. Yonguesville, 8. Gladdens Grove, 6. Killinrsworth, 3 Total Number, 73. Bly order-4M. S. ,Miller, Memher Stat Ceutral (!onmittee and Chairnan U. It. P. Fairfle.d County. In lBankruptcy' in the matter of Alexau-ler M. Ne'whill. Janes It. Rion, Attor'iey for Bankrupt. lIlS'is lo givP notice tilat on tho 9t.1 . day of A pril, A. 1). 1, 73, a warrant in Bankruptcy was i'ansied against the as. lnte of Alexander Ml. Newbill of the vicitii ly of Shelton, in. the County of Fairfield, wio has been adjudged a Biankrupt. upon his own petition. That the paymetnt of nny debts and delivery of any proprly be longing to said Bankrupt to him or for his ue, and the tr.ausf'er of any proporty by 11m re forbidden .1 y law ; that a menting or the creditors of said Bankrupt to prove their debts and to choose one or moro As signees'of his estate will be held ut .a Court of Bankruptcy to be holden at Yorkville, S. C., before. W. I Clawsol, Register in Bankruptcy of .n id Court at hi otice on the 22d day af Septenber, A.$. 1873, at 12 o'clo'ek in. It. M. WALLACE, .U. S. Marshal as Messenger, by T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. sept 6-t2x2. Assignees.' or TrusteeS Notice oT Appoin'iilient. In (lie District Court of the United Plates for the Vestern District of Sntii Carolina-In Biankruiptcy-In the mat. ter of David Campbell-Bankrupt. rp~30 whon it may concern :-The under. .signaed, Samuel B. Clowney, hereby gives nlotice <( his ap~pointment as as signee of the Estate of .David Carmpboll of Fair'fcld'County, in said Distract; and h who was, to wit, on the--.day of--, 1872, adjugedJankruipt, upon the Petition of hitmself. Dated at Wiensbao S. C. the 2d day of September, A. 1). 187,3. SA M'I B. CLOWNEY,, sep 4t 2--l Assignee. WINsBORO FEMALE SEMINARLY, A Boarding'and Day Bohool for Yonig Ladies, MR8S. E. E. MOOlE. MIlSS SAIt1E ROLIINSON, P rincipals Iron. WV. R. RlonnTrao, P'residen't.. Col. J. HI. Rliow, H. L. ET.In-rT, Es'ij. Capt.. JAS. JISATY Capt. S. B. Cr~ownsy'j J1. 13. McCANTs, Esq., 0. H1. McMasTa. .It EranvENCas. R ev. C E, Ch ich ester, Pastor 'resYby - Ieriatn Chin-ch, Winnsboro. liev. W. It. Campbell, ftector Episcopal Church, Winnsboro. liev. J. M. Todd, A. R. F. Presbyterii Church, Winnsb~oro. Rev. J. 'H. Connor, 'Pahtor Methodist, Chutrch, Winnsboro. Rev. W. WV. Mills, Pastor Jacksin's t'reek anud Salem P'restbyteria'i Churches, Fauirfield Co. TH TS Institution 'will, open ,a' the second Monday in Sep.. toe~uiir,. the.8th, In the three.. story brick Building on Main Street, formerly known as the Female Institute. IThorougha intstruction will b~e given in a t lie biranchlac of a'n E'ngih fu cdation, also tlie Ancient nnt ModJe-n Lantguiage#, Mu-ic, &c., by comnpeietat. tcenlhers. Ad.. (lit i->s will be mad'e to thte corps of in structo)rs, early in, the sesston.. Bloardinag iuniion'oat iotns will be~ pro videdi tor uchiolars f'romn 'a ditanaco. T'he younag laiies atteanding the Semiinnry will be fordr the best. moral and r'eliglotus in tlence, andl no paitis. Will be spared i thfratlion of theidr imoral as well as t~heir mnatal chanr'eteris. Puapils wl b'e Iarrahitladu to ' attend , wvhibever chu arch in W i''inslor'o the ir pareints manyinicaete,. bit. alwvays uander the chase~ of one of the leachcrs. The schiolnstio year will be divided inito t wo seasidons ol' five mont has each, the first, comimenoung on thle 2ntd Moinday itn SeptwA@ ber. Tvilsis or TUITiON. For higher hurn'achmes, including thio lang~nges, per' setsion, .$:15. For intermediate classes, per ses, sion, , glg. Foru pimarty clases, per session, $12, Miesie, per session, $20. hBoardin', per niont h, incltiding wash ing, fuel and lIghts, p'er month, $10. Forii ohf paynment--quarterly In advance~ .t Fradditiontal intorumatiotn, apply tq eher of lie pin cipauls, at, thte residene of t he Riev. U. B. Cet., winnIl