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+U Williams & Davis, ProprIetors.1 A Family PapdW, Davoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industrv and Literature. LTerms--$3 00 or Annum, In Advanor w VO IX.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEIDNESDAY MORNING., ARIL L 18i4. [NO XPAREIELD HERALD 18 Il.1SitE1) WV E. KI Y IBY . .WILIAAMS, & DAVIS. 'F:- 4. -TrIt e 11 rnIt.to is Putthtiheil Week il lie Town ot Wii nnhoro, at S.00 in r i n51', ll adianuce. Vr?"- All transient advertisemesnt to be p iel in ailvan:n. Obi uary Notiees an-1 Trilbt es $1 00 per luinre. 'TlHE 'IEL'TOA'S VIEW OF IT, I i1L it vls - iiy Flo r de V'iinen f ; cly, Ven i mni can't iuiake a lifen By de r'ile af -take an' git'en" Ain't it ? 1 ined p(,dder oiler povol It-, .JIh4i ley Van1t to bil a S:eple VVre 1 vIa oI bill lny sign, "L)ilh e blace Ior beer un vine" Ain't it? -)is bulpit vs my COUlter, Uitt ie vin-ell vallt, to ntioutit, 'er, Ulit 10 s:1 lily siritsll had, Vich, I link Vas --very sad .%iln't it ? , Ach (ot. dce vimeins lY. You can see 1a In i .' your eye It vos ea.vsl ra it..' . Tan it) run the vishky stills. Ain't it ? Whn yaq it temiiped Adt:Ili In te L:rnl, 1.!t te :ad i ; Un hle Vi ritiseil te rowy, I link is in the ven'n now. Ain't it ' E. K. 11. Tlict Still's 11i";ll. . Professo r l'rcier, inl a recetit lec turI "n the bull, said . "'Now let its consider the might .ilaa re-ides ill tile sltu. If tihe suit $ere a ItleIro tj iint ity ol' n.uitter very .litt -iI. larger thlati the CartLi, Its we see 11 iN, theic wubill til not be the foree necessary to the rul ni a ruler over the carI. Let IC give you ll idea ot how large the sun is. L am in lit habit, in iugland, when I wish Tu speak f the sIZe of tie sIa, of in (olmhing! illy aud(1ience that this eOun try, ( England) in w hteIh we a iv U b ich seems to II lar g(i. Is ne vcrtihe. less very bimall b) compar"lli'Sonn %%ith the earth, for i! the Cadth We'tr o01 inch dialgeter, I l'I iin toiiWould be at . 'l otC Uh 1ui..r 1. k h. i h1 you 1lat to atl Amtie n al tt s i l -e th t Cn I I a on I ti I Iet i e [ f ~ ~ ~ f.III eht Colub-dta \eicn t,' l small l.hat L i t tin-ll e1 s Oiight 1i0 ceen r-..I c-omueitS, a.d (1 w4s k Venl Ihe-I Iir..id to go it ill (114" eveling f l It - i t 1f..]I.nlg , fT the ilite is 11 d (1.l1 lg t c .) V e, in lglaild, whether it ho the i.turm-u oeilrage of ..ur utsposition or th at, ffect of 1i6. hbit, ale not tIo otbh- with th.t febog. B3ut yet, Am.erica is so simiall cumpaitil w iIth t Iho - nI. Ih r al k I thm-e re a ijiot lipte.l ile( .1111 is Idl Ith Wa t he w : A ier Ce, itt. wou.d h q to t %..l., I t il It I.-d e* U. ISI . t-d1, itf a" Ql et, A larp as thb earth F-1l1, 'td tbere .1spiaI . (I als at blackl d1i it woi!d nevertheless rLqiro a large telescope to maake it vi:.ibt ! 107 timCs de0s the sun3's dialeter 'x ceeed that llf the ear and the suifce wh iile tile vojlili of I uei amti ~eceeds(: Ithat, iif the eairtli .125'0 ,I00'J filne. )But thie masof the sum i.-, not 8 sio much 'gi c t r than 11he earth. ht lwould a ppear1 as though the body of the 01ull wefe COnl.-tit uted Of 11natteri ahb0t I; a quarter' liher oni an averate tim that which c'onsjtittes the earth, and11 then reatult is that then enn's las-i stoad of t'xceeinirg the tlnsa of thie It earth, 1,250,,000 only exceetd, it 315,000 t tiine :RI but oly Ct consider to grow in density unttil 1.its as3 weore equal to that, of thd~ omii, theni a half-.eicne- Vweigt,-t-onc oft letters-would weigh 41. tonis. A 11uan1 of average weigh would be drawn to the earth at,' a weight of 20,000 tons. A ri obj, et raised fromi the eairth a single inch wo.bl, hn fal-. ling ti at short dlaistnce acqu~tire a veloeity threeC limec greater thian that of anl express traiin. S3uch is theo tuighat witht which the sun rutles this While lauding Sumner to theO sies' as a martyr' andt a hero, R iv. Ar Bececher took occasion to bel'ittle .\I r. Fillmxore ais Ia tuime server' antd a cow. ard. A more degrading and rian derous evamnpie of putl pit oratery we have never heard of. M illaird [1ill mioreO wa~s among the Illost mural ly valianlt of men,~ andi t.he W'oi ditd wellI to remlind this subl ime charlatan that a clergyman who str'onify en dorsted Andrew Johnson's "miy peli cy"' in a pulhie letter, andi wa~s 0com pelled to retract and eat humble-pie by the Plymouth congregaltion, has not (to borrow the phrasa of a litera ry critic) vindiented his right of judgment, by hia power of perfor'm an1 ye It does not qutito beconme such a matn to bandy charge.s of "cowair diCe."- Constituionauijst. Th'le Ohi' Sonat.'e has enacted t hat every Buekey e msot hereafter scrateu] the straighat ticket with ink if b WfahanB it to be potent in the counn. The llitinptoii RoauIi Coliference. General Hill in his Fpeoch bqforo the Sout hern Ilistorical Society it Atlanta gave the following bit of hi,,tory : . . "The. full history of the Hamp-u R.ads Coimnl . I. on 11ad cotifronce has netver leen writteu. I will not give thatt history now. Mtuch has been jubli -hted iti sald upon - the sutjet whieb is not tiue. I know wh v e..el mtemuber of that commission on ou: paa, wais clected. I received fm r, i r Davi,' own lipsi,.a fuil. aao counit of tht conv ertatitou . between himan.et a til the coil iisiiSaiowi rs, be. tote -thcir depaituie from Rich mlond." "Yoiu1 have heard it said t!.at tie Paeideit embarra~sed the commnis. siouers, by giving them 'positivo in. struction to make the recognition of or iodepend'eua in ultimatum a condition precedent to any niego. tiations. This is not true. Mr. D.-vis gave the commissioners no written instructious-, and o .ulti'ima tuin. 110 g vo them in con versatioi, his views, but leaving much to thcir diseretiou. They could be-t judge how to 'condusit the conference wlhen they miet. His own opinion Was, that it would be no.,t proper and wise, to conduct the conference, if pos:iblo Eu as to rccdve a tther than in?. pro. position While he did not feel 1autlio:ized to yield our independence in advai.ce, and should no,t .do so and while be ,did n'ot d'asir'e them to dt.ccive M r. Lincoln, or be it sponsi ble for aiy false impressions Mr. Lincon i might, have. yet he was Viii ing ior. thei, to secure ani 1armfistige, libhough they miiight be satiblie. that in agreeing to it, .\lr. Lincoln did ro Stah:r the belief that i-cunion as a re:mit mnst follow. I miustadd that AL . Da is had no hope of -uccess, or vf securing ia armi.sticc, aftir he leamned that Mr. Sewurd was to. no coinmany Mr. Lincoln.-I\r. hin coln1," hq:Uaid, "is anl hionest, well miieanmig u, but Scvard is wily anu treacher us.'' Betr%'al ain Murder of Ccspetleth Tilu report of. tle killihg of ex Paesideit I espe.es 1)y somlie of the S.1in Q .entin'- battalion, is ConArmued. It appear tilat oi the 27ith ultimo, s te of ; lie troops c:aptured a negro, ami1 were ordered by their comman der to shoot himit. The egro props iail-d tha if his life was spared hie .w tend 14:(them to tihe spot whero esj 'les Could be founl. Tkhi was a.-.mdto andt the ex-President was . iscovered with I few frien Ids, five ;Oag e'., from Asseoidadola. llis 00ii. co bai-- I . neceeded in getting i aWaV but lie coild not escape, and hue ela.,ely pursued by. it . detach nmelat f trI lops led by a sergeant, lie tiened atl fired .it shots from a re volve. T'lis wan. returned lby the n ;s, .id Cespedos received bullets i e heo head ull breast, causing i M zaet.-hi,.i. hlis body was broiughl to Siniago de Cuba and buried on the ..,t ina.t. 'he British Empire to-day far nIishes a iotblte ex:iaple of the ai.egy ani admii.strative ability of the A ni'lio-Saxoni race. A ccording to the' een-us aof 1871, whicb altlaough taikena ini li. v dia , haas on y r'ei:ently been~i .ziaated -..ntd palisaaed0 ,(.)Qeena Vmiii 1 rles3 over 23d,.762.503 sub. jects. Thela Ulii d K(imngdom cola tsip on lily aboutl( 31 ,000.00O(t of thaese, ub i. landiza has 191.3a7,)00 inmhabti tats, Aile and111( adtj aent islands niarly ;.i00 000, and A ustralia anid theC, Ghliud., in lie Atlancioi Oceana the Ieni'daier. Thec areai of ti~ e ' biti.h limipire~ is put down ad, 7,769.449 squaa e raifles, miore. thmar twice the airea of th Un 'aitied htaes, and near ugas large las thatt (if liiszia and1( her po~~~Sssis. In thi( 13 aited Kinigdlom hero aire two htand red anid sixty per solis to the iuare mnile, but ol thirty-eight to the .squar') mile tharouighout the e mpire. The emnploynmnt of. volcoipedos by comiinssiovaaires, in France has led to the I ormation101 of a comnpaty or so caet y to uap pty these I.oeo.maotives on credit, IikIe sc w~a~g tihaines, oloth,. ing ail pia nos, ropacyabhlo by i nstal mtents. Ex perieneo tans found that aucha miessengers outstrip tnbs, ai indee ph:aps the telegraphi itgelf and ortlcads.Stronag iiid light younig poartera, providhed with a lacon oft good oil in their vest pockets, on turn twenty frankls a duay, neanrly as miiuch as a dlepuity, and far more thana a first-class Govenment clerk, a cap. Lain on full pay, or a clergyman earns. SComrrodoro Ihewett, of the A anateo expedition, wasB recently pieosented by his satilors with a sialI u~lack page boy. Tfhis youth about two foot hih, had been rigged out in rull sailor oo.,tumeli, with a oap adorn-. ed in frent with letters. almost big enouigh to cover the whole little head. T he boy had beoen strictly drilled to stand1 up to the full of his diminutive height at -'attention," to salute, and, on beinag asked , his , name, to reply with the iumost gravity and bolemni ty, "M ixed Picklan- hsn' Slate .ews. Tihe new cotton mill in Greenville will be in operation by May, wjth fifty-mx looms and three tuosand and thiee lund ed bpitidies. For tile Ireseit. yt-m tts wiki be manmrufactured. On T'uezdUy labt, work was begunl in a acconid wing of the 'pt-esent building, eastervi side. The nlow wing is to be two stories high, forty-five feet loinng and thirty.widm, and will be built of briok. Tho foundation has bee'n laid,. It. is givCn.out that the committee inl COirgres appoinied to invetigate ti.e emduct ot Judge Durell . will inake a itrepot t in his Iivor. After' tI.t whitewashing is done, we hniall iot ce.ise our it.inpcrtunitiCs .uitil the iron) ,tiLai of Oid Nick is plauced in th most, COn)iCUOUs part of the Capitol biildiigs, for the scene of his.greate-t triudapis ought to be made to show him most honor. Mat-ion Observer. Wo understand from a getitleman just tromut (hap'pell's Depot, 'in thik Conut y, that three boxed of gins mand two Loxes of eartridges arrived at. that point on Thursday last, directed to "Capt. A. Butler," who com. mands at company, of militia just a're:s the Saluda river in Edgetield Coumnty. . , We are at a loss to know why this distribution of arms and ammunition. -Is it fomr tihe purpose of bringing on ma coi)J;ct of I aces ? . This simple distribution cf arms Imight mcan nothing, but when they are atezoumiamied with ball eartridvg s we must confess it looks as if sone thing wore than miere Arill was in tended.-iwberrpi Heroazd. The Bishop COnanmis dissenters from tho.Episcop-i church on Mon day, the 9Lh inst., organized the con grnugation of the reformed body. By-laws were adopted in confor mity with the requirements of the State statutes, providing for a vestry of nine trustees ; and f)r a church committee and a, ladies committee to imnvitc Imsetmibermship froinm poisons not conIIeted with other denominations, and for clerk and treasurer. Re'Solu. tions were passed, toeonmiteract the i*Tipresiius thnit the lIlormed 10pis copal clureb is lbiefly Jor those. who have been heretoforo Epi. *coplo;imns, and making known that all Evantge lical Christians, irrespective of piobr a1SOCiAtions, ar equally eligible to offices inl the socioty, and mare cordial. ly inivitead t east ini their lot. Bisiop ("1uin1mii1s wanated time new church call ed "Cinr ch ' dihe Saviour ;" but time oame, I mmilly adopted untinimously, was "The First Reformed 10pise pal Church of New York." In the is ceussion of time nutmame, the majority of the: members dislavured any selection which iiihlt lead to nam in g thie churches of .the ne(y sect ilter A jueer story is told of King ko fec. After the defeat of his ta voi ite general, lie convoied am asmmcm bly ,f lctishcs at tie court ofj Coo rim assie, anmd invited them to consult the sacred o:kol., amnd tell hii what li 1 of romduct he ouiht to puirmue in e grdtimte Emighsh iintadrs. A itthy refuised to conmply withI the roy al req st,. butt iafter warda conisetned Oin meceivuing ime K.ing's royali promiiise thmat time ir lives shrouldi be savel, noe matter whait mmigh t be the resul t of thii ir conmsuliati.m wi.hi the gmods. Two ruums were introuiuead ini the tempmle, onie of wich was black and lie whit e, mand they were eni corageild to bneck emiaih other in imomr tial combi at. The ie.,nmmIt was thatd tmhe tinck mraim was kialledl by hims whit m ant goi.,t. Tihe Fethhmr thmen de olaired thliut e vrr thin1g looiked black onm thme prosects o. Kimig Kmolfee, ex cept, the streets of his capnlia',, Coo, miasie, Wvhich 4vonrb red wthm. blood. The K mg, inmterpitret inrg the oracle to imeun thamt lhe mshould be detcated by th~e Enighrebi. forthwvith sent ant emi baussy to Sir Giarnet suing for peace. An honest deacon ini a Connecticu parish was aurely trotubmed about the Copernican systenm of the universe. lie believed it to be undriprural anmd utntrue, and lie earried his doubts to hiis imiimiter. Tihe latter being in his own eyes a scienatilo man, and also at b'eliever' in.,Cmpermiicum, said . time sunt was a stationary body, ntot revolving ais Ithe~ d eaconm rmaintinied, aromud theo eamrthi. JBut tihe latter pointed with an air of triumphm to the story of Joshua when he commnaded the "sun to stmnid still." ,"Very well," said the minter : ishow mae, if you cain, the passage of Seipture where it said .Jobmua cer commanded the sn to m ove again." Camlifornmmia is a great State, amid d oes thminigs on a great se-ale. Ilear inig thtmt theo temmperamnce crusade Wams at band, and thlat the .wotnmen were pireparing for prayers and psalm sing. mug in time streets, thie Liegismlatmure passed a bill making it a miisdemeanm or to invite any person to drink, or to accept an invitation to drink art at any publio .bar. Californmia is said to have a dry. season for half the year.,.. If thme Governor signs thart bill it will he dre all the knaor eonnd. Povtrty 1111d Exlcusive Cotit Pititili4 H ow far i. Ilhe( ilcrease , r t reiwa o the aecreago unider cottoil wit hit the contril of tile plaiinter, orj ad ti What, extent, will Iliat Cotr1ol ble ex creised th is year? This is i pIie,iiC m vhieb is ba..iog very Ireq Itii ly, askud Iit ti' prese lit tilue, l l it is per .h11Aps not onte enti.iely Ire" from Ill* fie- ity,though as we thiik the an.wer becoeics quite evidult aben ii we brinp tptq'i:her aoll ti facts he.inig uptoIi the subject, which we may attemlupt to do anuther week. A point, howevor, inl the same con. niection has been frequently i rought 1)romiii ici t ly before us of .lato, upon which i woid or two now il.iy possi. bly be of benefit. We refer to the ul 1l i wMabIen'ess of cotton planting, -and tile consequent poverty of -i large porniou of the planters. Perhaps the facut is brdught out its cleuly as pus-Ible in the following extract from a letter of a. corrcspoi dent at Vicks. burg writte'ti recently. I fact wo ore nil losing I eart. and and hope in onr country under tile depresing circumltiices o Our situation. The peolde 4f tl South feel that their labor iv eIery b ra n.I of ..busieiis, e1 ceillly ill planting, inured only to the bIenelit ul the wo Id outside of th.m. It is patent to any observer that our itua. tiol is diily growl.g worse : that. not matter if our harvtsts are bountiful, pro.perity is apparently uiittaina. ble ; and in Jieu of it there arC grave a ich0n 0i ;i of I -ill'oring and great, leStitutionis tIis year. I -Ilow that Vicksburg. though tile cffcet of te pai ic and ri* I)resent low price of cottuon, i utterly uilable to make the advainces ncesccsary to feed the laboiers in thi., secLion, us ste has beretotore done to a large extent. Bei.ides the poverty if the country we are cursed with a legi. latioll atd rule which is a disgrace to the civi Lization of tie aj.e, and a crime %Nor. Lily only of the darkest and wi.,kerc-t Ieioud of thu worlu's history, and Lat, too, oil tihe eve of t a cent enial inliversary whieh is to elebrate the tlury of the country. Better put. oln nurll ninig and kackeloth for (ur, -hame. : A . 'A' % ich regard to tile latter point *ai.,ed in tthis letter, bad legislatiin. Ye would cure it if we could. Our aflueice always has been thrown in avor of placing t.h0 governmnent in he Soutivrin States under the con. rol of the taxp.i3 ers, anid we so ex. pressed ourselves Its long1 ai it eeild1 je of any ue. We aRe aware of the yublic plunildee nId oppressive taxa. .uon Which hlas re:,ulted frmthel >Pposita policy, aild we3 trunt the lay is not fair distait w.hen ev.r.y Stat, , as in Texas tle pt, Wiater, Ivill have tli owii oF their imported ropues and a i ely r ule themselIes. :But the othe1r p-int, ulnsAisNlactoi-y 3ottoun planin,11g, lever n Ill be ctlreri by legislat ion or an hin) elke except the will oi each inilividual. Of1 course no one can provide nin-lhlst uiikorable0 wealher. Thern are Dases, the re fore, where even With the i eatc.st prudelee, troeii wilI comil ; liid yet the t1111th is upp:tveat, thlit uiNatisfactory cittlo plaaltill. i the reslit 4f tixtcndinig prodili ion by IIl iCe wer (o anlly tuse, wel i-l;,utd certinilly explesis Lhe waish ta luea mioney) tbould~ be spenit this~ yeair ill pliatiaag. Not, that wye esU- to Ilsaet IL iUll 'e rhp raited; we aitmplly thinii it ini wisdom to pilnut, no miore) tIlu ca'a be pb.e~il and cnutivated econio. mincanliy. T'he mnoney~ thait, has been miaide in raininig cot 0ei sineo theu wari hIaft beeni in ade ~ eLtirely by L~hose who have Ilept, thieir bubiness wit ii t heiir owni ectti ;al ; whdell thait, lrge ciaass who are to-.dae in pove; ty, nlotwitbh t Illdig the weailthI they have beeni pouring up~oni th wotrld, in the miaiti 0ow1 lheir COitionll :o the~ i ehiancedt coat their eropi has netted tI~hemi, by realson of their undertaking more thanil thel.ir resources wairraitedci. We tare puri suadedt~ that cott ou can be raised ini thle South anid sold itt pres tellt pr ieer, leavinhg thel piltaiter ai hiandsomec profit. Th is we shojuld not say if our coneolasionl was the Ite muilt ot our own judgna'-ut ; bunt there are ho-ts of inRsL tnes (ex set'Vions )(ou will ciall thlemi) all thirouigh thle Southi that pirove lthe truith of tis terineii'd to sraethl his~ credit to its utmtio.t Iimijt-in order that 'he till p.roduc t an aii.dd iitinal lifthy or hiiun d red bales of cut bttn, aliiIi tinds ha bi self inl tile wintier with his cotton isa'd aniid no0 prov isio, buS~i~t Oily~ a debt, I as thei net .restult, to cairrly ha ill liroughi the winteor, lie hasg no t-ijht to say thaIt planitingJ is hinioirefitai he. We cannot but belhove that the price of cottou, if the aecason is fairly ta vorable, is 10 riule low the coiingt year; for. produtetioni, the world iver, hlOi got iin atlitale Of Oolnsumption,. In view of this fuer', if a planlter de. hires to extend himself, buying ali his supplies on credit itt eredit prics arid payiug the necoessary interes andli ComiIssions, thle noet result Cein not be doubtful.-Sawyer Wallac &a Co'e Cotton Circular of larch& 24 1874.. .Isle R~oyal, in bLak luperior,i t.be nost~ Northerly territory of th United States. 80iithern Historical Society. In our i-she of' yterlay w.e llihed a full and able statenucat of It: ogin, o1 jec ti .suieni I'P ,iaon of the stJutheu L i.'torical We trust this Ntatement hut been care'fully pernised, ts the sub1jeOt u which it trents is on1e that Caluot. fail, 'Aen le.rly upprehended; to cot 11.1aid the empliatic a pproval and to Cii at4 tle hear Ly aid and co-opert t ion of evei y true no, and true woman in thoso Stit.s of the! Union wic oh Were OiCe conftiederato in it noble, if vatin tirugle to make truth viitOri. Disel:litiming ait tle outset both de. Iire and intention to rekindle the dead fire; < f ectional prejudicc and p.. rtisan unitmosity, thi.i 80ciety h1 as been organized and is now extouding its efforts to rescue from oblivion, and I e ry st al ize into histurie truth, those facts of the past whiich, as 'the :rut,. the, whoil truth, and nothing but th truth," Southern honor anu C oulthern i intelligence imlipe atively dletaandlj shall becomle at living and eterl1 reco)rd, froml which appea! -bill c iipossible. Already a tecord that is not the trut h is inesidlouslV claiming accep tam:u at the hands of those whotn it iccuses ud Conlvits-judiciously entitences and maltignallniilmousiy p1ar dons. Grave and claborate essays are multiplied to consiet of moral weakness it eanse that, filed of victo ry only beeano its logioal power was vehoare nid cruahed bty an tango nisau too weighty in gull mietal and 1t) vast in its physical proportion t' nhlde tile isutae on the datgerous gr'otud!ot right and truth. lnt it i-. hot by tim. peiticall phi loolphy M.Aly tht logic is totured into avquie:-evcc with tile popular de;nLa that itoght makes right ; tle press of 11he vioitorious contest teems with novel and novel.ttes, one and all gluwinag with tle ieruisim, de o tion anud ptriotism of the soldier of the "1in)iont" and of the 'Ofg. It is with a literature such as this that, the South i, now iluoied. CanI't we puovide nol) Iltidoto for tihe iloral malaria it is enge-dering ? Is truth a shadow, its inpre's's apon civiliza tion a vain iigination ? If so, then let ub. a bandon to decaying dissola tion the ItruIlh oh f tile p:tst In ud boldiy face that inlevitabdle t-Iquy and that s'corni W1ieb1 a Hif ery of tht!i atlh, wih trutInliiad hat. ill store for US. Tne fallb and nurity of oul.r f turc civilization depnd in no meas tId degree upo'.i tihe tent.eiu y willh .whicih we regrd :'nl pre1e ve the tr:ith( ot the past. In the aiane of' the buernd dead, in the nameo of the Mnimed, impoverished and suArNg Iivinlg. inl tie 1t1tt"e of ose l'wonti ol the South'' whoho wnblimi recod no it in antrams or Spat i in moth ers cecr paralle~d, let the truth that. i -3 et our. lbe wV en1 into "'haouse ho'd word,,'" to bcolle foa' all futire g n.fi'ta ;O o i Sowt a itm and hu's o omen signifitailt mnen' - to.-s of al ho o.:1 ;. oft. 11 Ti5 Chairmili of the Executive C111o it.t of the t ..uthernl ilstoirical S tb. , n.1 . 1 . I . M . ry, i th! I choni us yste.,ygilol of tile strn n i thlatll thaetI Ins thatiis 'ci, I t cld t h,- lsli ~e. - i ts a'ost.per on, thatIwe full rot exteof this cwIatip furi thOr lot ion tlo I r tark thgat, i t i s t m P d ible 1(.' tt Ly oe hving r01' adI oaitato of saill!s' ion wstiu ag bt the ith us th~re ofnvictionof tei wichl thas [he ted tis. eans appeaIljl isit 01behal d~t iC~ i 3 L.-Ags a Cnt iuon lThte full returns o the NewClll~' 'IImp shire 23aa elc in 3 Ihow ,1 a l e iercas-0 anidate Iof al, patie Liainingl , butd lie preondeIi ryad ofita igam i'g with5 Ithea . Deurts.1Nevertheless, ntrawoneisndidatt lauivd a mnajority over aill cmiof rsn the11 Le vs.o [)ature'at [ilhos e te g ornor Tn'c liepblican1 vote s icreiae .f om I4,623 'tin 17 tod 34 ,136,y~v tlph iDenta aie0tr1m d, 0a14)1 tyof 35,611, n the hohii or and acatnin from 1,757 ltoii t2.1 1 i The tires iin ras twas fom Vso 6779 tove,88, by 187e Straw, liubl innha ail majoriy ove aolli 228 Cutlathistari Waro Denoa laeCalc t , witso a 199,817,000e alhe Uyni teSs The flte. nonil csit of pouraia Rpboliin ande eih 'villn41deedr .gveny-il. Reublians ardown hunid o b t and boy-n tion oreson asd gvrnorya th WAStINuToN, March 22.-Judge Dent is dead. lie was the brolier. ii-law I of the PIrsideit, widel3 known in his earlier days in Califor ni. 1, and.latCr a3 a caudidate for Gov ernor of MieSISSippi, where le was at cotton planter, anad opposed by the adtmin istration. In all known re sp.ects. lie was a high minded and hon oralel gIatntlemani. lie died in the Catholic faith. i. R. Ilemphill, of the Abbeville ed.iia, is an aspirant for military hon ors. In the 1At 11inumbeIC', he SaYS: "\e would undertake to nanago the military branch of onr government for.. oura viettuals and clothes and tweuty-five cento a day." Lot us have anl election for Adjutint and Inspector General at onen ' and fill vacancy with patriotic "iob" Hemp.. hill, tiae commander of Fort Pickens. ie is equal to the emergency, and will render the State valiant service, in cuitting downa Cx penses :und cashier ing incomiptent oficers. Hlurrah for Bob !-At'luson utel/a:/cnee". A!though n dilhke to be drawn from privatC hfe and the charms of Fort piekenas, we are w illing to lay (wo yeats service upon "the altar of our country." We accept th grace ful nominration of ourt friend Hoyt, anad will certaiily be elected. In tle canvass we Shall .join no Uinien Leagues, United Prethircn, Ta::pay ers Conlvenitions, or Na Klux, but expect to be successful solely on tle ground of good amture and merit, by one of thosO "tidal wavOS" NVC heard so imich said about in the laast caall i Ign by recreant Democrats aid doubtiag liepub'icans. . Wo will pot a tac!mient tat 13elton and Sly btown. RtOBElVT R. IEM LI~II. It is a well known fact that barnes and other leather eftposcd to the aiition of a :noni a inl stables, soon become weak and rotten, even though cleansed and grean'l. lrof. A, is recomaimenidas tie aIdition of a Ima Ii quantity of glycerine to the oil used in greasing such leather, as Sertng that it keeps it always pliable and soft. Old John Brown'A cabin, o-it in Kans:as, has been taken down and ato]el by the enterpa i-ing man who owis the old squatter's farmn. 13ut manly visitors go to tiae place anlad lie dol.es a lively business in selling his sparc kinlling wood I-; rel i pieces of the cabm of the old hero, whoze "soul goes maareling on1.' Even narufactureas have rer.son to comn plain of womaaanas ficklencss and the ulncertainity of fashion. Th c mianat ufacture of hoopshirts wars a few yi:ars ago, a large aiI profitable baisi nesQ, and $20,000,000 was in v-it ed in it ; now thcre is only some $100. 000, and it is in the hands of a few mlatilbfact tt ers. TPhe Dtnhry, News n'ays : "Ouar Ca) .ospondedt, Goirge Alt red Town - scnd, and the co rre.ponid ena t of tle Chicago Ti, ha:d a pa-rsonal Cn con7t in 'shington a f'w days rago: Whlile wi mu-t depiere an ex ha bit ion of sueh a ntutre by gentle. aiin, still we feel glad that tour cor-* responadent licked."' '"If you doa' See what yout wan aisk for it,'' is postedl tup int a con. spieuio us part a I' a .Lag an porti gtoce ry st ore. A r'ative st eppe.d ito the esrtalisqmnent one dat, . l10 saw the caird anad remarked : "I want a ten dollanr bill anid I don't see it.' 'Neithier do I, was the laconic r'eply. The tnative "'looked I urther."' baut lie ad( vised lhe grocer to "trake downr that sign ." A colony of one thiousaand persous it beinag formaed ini New York to lo cate ou four t hiouaraad aceres of land nea.rr Arken, South Carolinc at, dlona ted by John iI Koysior to poor butt -do serving persons1 of N~e w Yoi k.-. Abloaut fifty t houtsanid dolliars wi ll be raised to seatle them coaifoa tably, I anda to ensraar thre success of the uu dlertaiking. T ernnessee boasts thi at in for~r yearrs' Iof bi eela lm froim ear ie.t- baig raule, she lana fixed her adebit so t hrat thle ta to can aind will1 pay its diebts..hia, oranized a t horouaghe sp 'iem of public edulcoationt, while biusinaess in thriving, trade bri.k , rand mtoney pleunty. Four years aigo the State wan as bad off as Louaisiana. 'To prevenit nighitmrare, cross you boots on tho floor before retirinig, hang your hat oni the srouthl-west bed post ; put a BiblQ under your pillow; tauke the bootjaock ini your ar-is ; tic a woolen sock atrotund yoaur thatoat; count one huand red backwards, anid don't go to bed. Please paste this It is said that the Colorado Leg islaturo has two Mlexican inembers who can neither speak n r under., stand the English language. Most any Legislature [except Souath Caarolinaj ean boat that as to the matter of apeaking the Enoglish lant-' unag. The Billd 310111111tin Erlpt ion. Ra[.EIm, .areh 2L.-The Daily News' pecial reporter has arrived in the neighborhood of Bald Mountain, and r( ports that the citizens confirm the premonitory syIntonIs of volcanio eru ptions on the mountains. A large party of secintific. adveilturers are tfn route to the mountain. 'The oiti. zensi in that section are intensely ex cited, and out-of-door prayer meet i ngs are being held, - nmny believing that Judgment Day is at hand. The State treasurer, during the present week, will pay the county treasurers of the State, in the prop er proportional amfounts, $200,000, for the free school fund of each coun ty, for the flacal year ending Octo" bor 31, 1874 "A wedding took place in Cairo , few days ago, in which the ceremony was peiformcd by telegraph, the clergy man being in Memphis." The joyful tidinrs were thus proclaimed from "pIole to pole." tColidensetI News, Deaths in Charleston for the past weck, whites 15, colored 22. Unde'r live years of age, white, 6, colored. 12. The Senatorial fight in Massachu Potts is waxing hot. Iloar and Dawes, ahead. South Carolinu, in 1870, spent .13,000,C00, for liquors alone, the proeetds of 130,600 bales of cotton at one luindred dollars a bal3. 'I'lo anioutit thus spent in the United tates that year was $1,400,000,000, while -provisions, dress &e, cost $900, 00,iO00. The census says this, but we hardly believe it. Two more votes for 0ov. Moses at the next election, in the persons of two enoviets sent - from Anderson in November to the Penit nttiary for ten yea-rs, who were pardoned. The noble army of pardohed penitentiary convicts is sweling rapidly. Judge-Dent is dead. The Newherry Herald compli. ments Judge Carpenter, and thd Lancaster Ledger has a .vord of praise for Judge Mackey. Samuel Banks, white, in Abbeville, and Aaron Furman and Sam Vinson, eno!red, in Sumter, were hanged on Friday. Five inurderers are now in Edgefield jail, awaiting the death penalty. A State election will be held in (6nnecticut on the 6th of April. The Democrats seem to be ahead. The Danbuy News nan has gone to Eu rope, and the wooden nutmeggers must I ave some fun. The disabilities of Thos. ilardo man, Jr., of G a., have been removed by Congre-s. lie will be a prot~i nent candidate for Governor. It is reported that..Prof. Joseph icConte, recent lv of the South Caro lina University, and at present Pro fessor of Geology in the University of California, will returb to his na tive State, Georgia. The Liegislature of this State have made it a purii-hab'le offence for w Liiskey doealers to sell liquor to mi. nors, lunatics, or habitual drunkards. Bigamy ia punished in this State by. io~prisonmecnt in the Penitentiary from six mionths to five years. TJhe children of a deceased brother or sister nowv take among them res poet ively the share to which their res pestive anicestors would have been on titled had they survived the intestate, bothv fighiting in Spain. As usual All Illterviewv wilh l'rcridellt Grallt. WVAsuiiNoros, iAlarch 2'..-Theo comm tiittoe fromi theO Souzth Carolina TJaxpayers' Convcntion lied an inter siew with the i'resident this morn ing. A fler being pcisonally present.. edl by Secretary Fimb, the grievances of the South Carolinians were briefly antd pathetically set forth by the lIon. WV. D). Porter, CJhairman of the comminirtee Thei P'residenit listened attentively and~ i'eplied -at some length, ie said lie felt sympathy withi any people who are badtly gov ernedl and overtaxed, as is Louisiana anid as South Cariol ina seemed a-lso to be yet, he could nout see. how any thing could be..done eitheor by the. E'xecutive o.: the Legislative branches oftt lhe N atiounal Governi mient for their relief, inasim itch aaa South Carolina had now a ceompletec oxistece as a sovereign Stat. and1( must enact Let own laws the President, referred with somne feeling to somne personally of . fensive utterances which bad boon nmade by a miemnber of the.Taxpayera Convetntioni in regard to hlimiself. TVhe dlelegaites explained that these exlpressin had met with marked dis approbation of the whole convention [in parthing the President expressed the hope that their caso .was .laid before Congress somte means might tbe afforded of legitimnately affording the dlesired relief.-Cor. .News a The thirty younmg hladaes who arci to carry the temperance war to the Pacific coast wvilh leave WVashinugt.m . Indiana, this wecek for Omaha;... Af ter binging to, the wvhisk y sellers teor,, they will visit Rteno, Virginia Cityj