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THE JOURNAL. CAMDEN S. C., MAY 25, 1S71. A Ci en oral Crash Immin n . The affairs of Kershaw County, peeuniariIy and otticially, are in a desperate condition. fJ he attempt to lead our readers into the light of a true understanding of the difficulties which surround us and the straits to which we arc reduced, is by no means a pleasant or-congenial task, but we- regard-it as the part o? wisdom, that all the citizens of ^The County should know and comprehend their exact situation, and what they may ex,_pect, . i. It has come within our knowledge, that -1 r* .. 1 / /! f\ T i since tne nrsc rxtara 01i ouruy v>omuu&3iuuyers, who came in under the Act of the Lc( gislature of 1SG8, and whose first meeting vwas. held oa November 19th. 18GS. the finanncul condition of the County lias been trou 'bled and unsound. ' ( By their first annual report, extending ^ijroni November 19th, 1SGS, to November .18G9- it appears that the expenditures of the ^County, consisting of accounts audited and '^Aid by orders ou the County Treasurer, omminted to 86.909.G5 . For the vcar ending Nov. 19, 1870 91,871.60 For.five months ending -jApril 10, 1871, over 7,500.00 Making fur two years. and five months 24,281.25 "We cnn argue that if 87.50Q were spent during five months of the present fiscal year, it is reasonable to suppose that $5000 more will be spent during the next seven mouths, so that by the close of the year, there will have been expended in all, the sum of 830,000 for three years! To meet these expenditures, the County could look to but a singlo source, to wit: $9 anuual taxes, which from the Reports of the State Auditor, are as follows: Fotvfche'fiiscal rear ending Oct. 31st. 1869 83,116.02 For the fiscal year ending ! Out: 31st, 1870 2,518.98 Taxes of 1868, collected i in 1860 1,1-18.10 Taxes of 1868 and colleej tud in 1870 and 1871 1.609.38 Tuxes.of 1870 5.703.52 Making a total up to April 15th, 1871, of 814,216.90 As this sum represents the total taxes for County purposes which will be collected, in all probability, by the 19th of next November, it is clear that tHfc debt of the County wifl'Ithen amount to nearly $18,000 ! it will be seen, that although it was within the power of the County Commissioners,.to know what capital they had to draw ag/unst,1 they have overdrawn that capital bye -nearly Fifteen thousand Dol'ars. In addition to this debt, the County did owe to th|.Tr?asurer of the State Lunatic Asylum, nbgpt,4l3Q0, bearing 7 per cent interest, for paujjenduuatics, but by a joint resolution of the Legislature, the State was made to assume the debt. In other respects', the condition of the Coputy is equally bad. The Poor House containing about twenty inmates, and cost. ingf. with the other poor of the (Jounty. about 82500, per annum, is unable to" procure supplies from any source whatever, and will of necessity,.be abandoned, if some mode of relieCisjapt soon discovered. What the wretched inmates will do then, is we cannot answer: There ^rc now, moi^ ij)'peals for charity, from persons iu necesaJjCflW aircumstances, than we have ever known,i and with the Poor Rouse closed, it is fearful to contemplate the suffering that willefisne. The Sheriff, has a judgment against the County, for nearly 81500, and as soon as a coroner can qualify, will sell out its entire property, since it will take nearly, if not quite all, to satisfy his judgment. The Auditor was reported as incompetent, by the Grand Jury, >at the last session of the Circuit )C6urt, which fact no one is disposed to dispotej and wc lcuru that efforts arc being made' to'ohst him and put in his place, one to whomjthc same objection might lie, not, indeed,\dn; the ground of educational incom pctency, but of physical health, The extravagance of the Probate Judgo, in purchasing .Books for his office, with printed forms, costing $25 oach, and not containing mote than four hundred pages; of the County Commissioners who hired teams for travelling about to different localities, at the rate of $7.00 prr iU>:m, besides charging for mileage and their own services; of the late Auditor, who charged the County for officetrent, when said office was kept in his own ho?se; of the Commissioners again, for purchasing nearly $400 worth of lumber for the Poor House, and leaving it on the ground to rotj hecayse they had not the means to employ workmen ; of the Tax Assessors who have post the County in three years not less Af munnoropd nf nloofinna urliinTi Lilian yjVVU y V4 Jtuuiiwgviw v* n **tvu have in the same timo, cost not less than $1000; all combine to show the most desperate stajte, of things, as extant in this County. It is but the repetition on a smaller scale, of tW extravagances of the State Government, The people well know who are responsible for this state of things, and they intend.to hold them up to responsibility. All this time we have been powerless to help ourselves, but now that the dawn of reason has begun, and the authorities seem to be trying to do their duty by all classes, we have resolved, as citizens who are anxious for their welfare and reputation, that this system of wholesale plundering shall cease.' We are determined to expose tho villanieSVe have endnred in silence, and to arraigu before them the bar of public justice and (hat the majesty of that law they have trampled under foot, may be vindicated, and that unprincipled men may learn that t'heir sin is sure to find them out, and sooner or later merited punishment will be meted out to them. What we have said has no personal allusion, arises from no private animosity, is but remotely connected with politics, but embodies what we deem to be "the views of those who rising above party prejudice, seek only reserve from destruction their loved land marks as a people. RoIIoT For School Teachers. We have it upon good authority that the claims of the School Teachers of this Count y. will be paid about the end of this, or the first of next month. This will be a source of great relief to some of the teachers. While upon this subject, it may be well testate, that there are about twenty-five teachers in thin County, whose salaries average thirty Dollars per month, which would make au aggregate of $750.00 per month. Say that school is kept ten months in the year, the annual expenses for salaries, would be $0,000. Multiply this sum by the number of Counties in the State (32) aud wo have a grand total of $28S.0U0 for salaries of teachers, throughout the State. But Kershaw is one of the smallest Counties, and it would be' reasonable to say that not less than $325,000 would suffice for this purpose. Wo know of some teachers, who are utterly incompetent. for their work, and the public money is thus uselessly squandered. There are many competent persons who would be glad to receive the salary of even a second or third grade teacher, aud we think that economy could very well be introduced into this department as well as every other, aud at the same time, a thorough systcai of schools kept up. Representative Stephen Garcy. The life and actions of a truly great man always afford a subject for the study and, emulation of youth. More especially is this the c;ise when by the more force of inate genius, that man suddenly emerging from the gloomy and shaded retreats of private life, bursts like a comet upon the arena of publicity and startles the world by the brilliancy of his intellectual achievements. Unlike some "mute, inglorious Milton," or flower "born to blush unseen," the self-made man rising in all the might of his genius scatters the clouds which, perchance, have surrounded his humble birth, and gives to mankind the uncommon phenomenon of a full grown man, 1 emerging irom ojujuliuuu, um uvj^mu^ uu? to pause for the slow progress from youth into manhood. In times like these, when mediocrity secuis to have usurped the proper seat of high talent, we consider Kershaw County us cxtremcljffavorcd by, and worthilyproud of being represented in the Legislative Halls of the Stato by a Garey. 111 our last issue we had the honor of laying before our readers a beautiful specimen of the grammar, rhetoric and persuasive eloquence of our Garey. On Saturday evening last, for the first time, an immense audieuccj consisting of ten men, two boys and a dog, assembled in the Town Hall, to be electrified by the lightning force, the resistless torrent like power of a Garey's matchless oratory. It was on this occasion, that the true qualities of greatness shone resplendent in the actions of our Garey. Unmindful of the vast assemblage before him, unmoved by the frequent and loud applause, patriotically overlooking the ingratitude of Republics, christianly forgiving the folly of those who stayed away, this great man, like Pickwick, with one hand benoath his coat tails, "and the other elevated in mid-air, like the 6word of Damocles, poured forth "thoughts that breathed in words that burned," persuading, exhorting, entreating, commanding, cautioning, _ aL!?. otnrn irrnf rn*? SCtlinmjJ J III V OlUl U <WUI|IVV| a. W. able logic, moving rhetoric, followed each other in continuous but regular order, until carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment, the vast audience fell asleep! The dog howled his disapprobation of such conduct, but the. great man exerting himself to a pitch almost beyond conception, closed with a glowing peroration, and the vast assemblage dissolved. "We understand that it is Carey's intention to treat us outer barbarians of Camden to a weekly dose of his panacea, until the rust of centuries shall be gone, the scales fall away from our eyes, and wo heathens sees the future in the clear light of a Garcy's mind. Like many other martyrs who have gone before, Gary intends to sow the seed of fame, so that even after he shall have passed away, his works will remain, and men in generations to come, away down the dim vista of futurity, when passing by his "splendid mausoleum, erected to his memory by a grateful people, nmy pause and regret that they jived not in the time of such giants as he, and will impress upon their children to the remotest generation, the story of this pioneer of civilization. "Will our people appreciate the fact, that this self-sacrificing Garcy desires to do them trood, like a bottle of Plan tation Bitters, or Russell's Soothing Cord:al, Perry Davis' Painkiller or Walker's Vinegar Bitters ? We pause for a reply. Confederate Dead in Pennsylvania. ?On Tuesday, 9th inst., the lower house of the Pennsylvania Legislature passed to a second reading a bill appropriating $5000 for the use of Washington Cemetery, Maryland, to be expended in removing to said cemetery the bodies of Confederate soldiers buried in scattered places in Pennsylvania. The vote stood?yeas 46; nays 35. j * J A' Conference?The Ku Klux Lav. A number of our citizens, J>y invitation, visited Major Merrill, f^ost Commandant at this place, on Saturday last, to confer upon the subject of the disorderly and turbalient spirit which has prevailed in this section of the State. Major Merrill, expressed his regrets that bands of disguised men had recently been whipping and otherwise maltreating white ami colored citizens oflhis section. He mentioned incidents connected with each of the most recent acts of violence, which impressed those present with the^ca that he is kept informed as to the operations of disguised persons in this County. He stated that he*had in his possession, the names of a number of the parties who,had engaged in these unlawful acts; and wad"also in. possession of proof amply sufficient to convict some of the persons before any-impartial jury. He seemed to be amusofl at the idea that the names of the guilty parties were not known to the people, and asserted that he could furnish them, and could have such persons arrested in a few hours. *IIe expressed the belief that the reason, phy these parties persisted in such acts, wastthc cort;ii n ty they felt that no person would |aro to testily against them; and, in this connection he exonorated the civil officers of'what Mould appear to be dereliction in the^dischargo of their duties, by not arresting .'and bringing forward to trial the guilty per&ins. For the reason that victims arc afraid to make complaints, no warrantaare issued, and consequently the sheriff or other prqjfer j&fficer is powerless to make arrests. Major Merrill frankly stated that his-tole object in asking a conference, was that he might ind.ucathe influential citizens of the County to adopt prompt and decisive measures to suppress any further disturbance, and thereby avoid the consequences of military interference; that he much preferred that the civil authorities should regulate their own affairs; and that lie was satisfied that if the people opposed to lawlessness would urfite and sustain each other and the civil authorities in suppressing such acta, domestic disorder would cease at once. He referred to the fact that a large number of the laborer^ in the North-eastern section of the County vApre afraid to sleep in their houses, and that such a state of affairs could not longer be tetaruted; that lie was daily expecting notice tSat ' # /.?? lit It 1 tnc writ 01 hctueas corjm.s naa Dccn suspcnqea in this County, but still hoped, by tho tiMely action of the people, the necessity of declaring martial law would be avoided. r It is iiow left with our people to say whether or not they intend to rcgulaie their otwi civil affairs. To succeed in restoring quit and order, men must no longer withhold thai expressed and unequivocal disapprobation Cau we longer permit the best interests ol society to be imperrilled without a protdk. when the remedy is so plain and obvioif? All unlawful acts are wrong in principle and 'the only differcnco can be as to the rem edy. In this case, that remedy lies in public opiiiion. Let public opinion condemn violent acts as wrong, and society will no Linger be afliictcd with domestic disorder. ' Any farther repetition of acts of violence in this County, we foclasiurcd, will be regarded by the military authorities, under the Ku Klux Act, as a denial of the equal protection of law to all of our citizens. The military will proceed by arresting the supposed guilty parties to suppress acts of violence under the Ku Klux Act; and partieg, when arrested, will be delivered over to tlm United "\T.ir>1i:il rnurfc at Columbia. Charles ton or Greenville. Under such circumstances it will be next to impassible to procure bail. The innocent as well as the guilty arc liable to be suspected, and the expense of trial in the United States Court will necessitate costs in procuring witnesses, counsel, fees, &c., that few of our citizens cannot meet. The Ku Klux Act comprehends all persons found in disguise, or in unlawful assemblies on the highways, or on the premises of another. This Act will be enforced, and rigidly enforced; aud unless our people at once determine that there must he no farther acts of violence in the County, wc will soon have occasion to observe the practical operations of the law in its utmost severity aud with all its unpleasant consequences. YorkvUlc Enqr.irer. Selection for Newspapers.?Most people think the selection of suitable matter for a newsnaner the easiest part of the business. X X ? How great an error. To look.over fifty exchange papers daily, froui which the question is not what shall, but shall not be selected, it is no very easy task. If every person who reads a newspaper could have edited it, we should have less complaints. Not unfrerjuentl^is it the case that an editor looks over his exchange papers in search of something. Every paper dryer than a contribution box, and yet something must be had? his paper must be out, and something must be in it, and he doc3 the best he can. To an editor who has the least care what he selects, the writing he has to do is the easiest part of his labor. Every subscriber thinks the paper is printed for his benefit, and if there is nothing that suits him it must bo good for nothing. As many subscribers as an editor has. so many tastes he has to consult. One wants something very smart and sound. One likes anecdotes, fun and frolic, and his next door neighbor wonders that a man of enso will put such stuff in his paper. Something spicy comes out and the editor is blackguard. Next comes something argumentative and the editor is a dull fool. And so between them all, the poor fellow gets the worst of it. They never reflect what docs not please them, will please the next man j but tney insist that if the paper docs not -please them, it is good for nothing. Arrival op Maj. Sam. Dickerson.? This well known colored man has returned from his trip North, the incidents of which have been published. Sam comes home most heartily disgusted with Northern "air," ? j LJa determination to do all in his (ill U ilVUIIO Hiw vw.? power to uproot the lladicals and carpetbaggers generally from the Stato. lie has evidently lost his love for persons of their persuasions. He said that Horace Greeley told him that there never would be peace in the South until the ''low whito men who had come down 'here since the war were expelled." Sam says that he will use hist best exertions in that direction, and will soon kindle a political fire in this State which will never be quenched until it has consuniod all of the evils . which afflict it in the form of "carpet-baggers, ex-stable kcepors and bar tenders from the North."?Char. Courier. i . ..'/ion;.. *.'*: . Obstructing the Fisheries. This subject having been referred, by.the Legislature of the State, at its last session; to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, the Acting Commissioner has applied to the Attorney-General of the State as to his powers and duties iu the premises. The following reply of that officer, which is as explicit as emphatic, is published for the information of our readers: Office of the Attornev-General, 1 Columbia, S. C. May 15, 1871. } John Hart, Esq., Acting Comirutsioncir Bureau Agricultural Statistic*: Dear Sir:?Your note of the Gth inst., has been before me for several days, awaiting an opportunity for reply. An examination of the statutes of the Stats since 1870 will show that the State has sought to protect, in the amplest manner, the great interest of all her citizens in the tree passage ot migratory Usla m ail ncr inland creeks, bays and rivers. A sorics of general and special enactments for the past ninety years attests this desire and purpose on the part of the State. 13y one of these Acts, all obstructions to the free passage of fish are declared public nuisances, and any citizen or citizens aro authorized .to summarily abate them. The greater part of the older Acts upon this subject are still of force, but two more recent enactments, prescribe anew the laws which govern these cases. By a joint resolution of the General Assembly, passed January 19th, 1870, a Board of Fish Commissioners were authorized, and their duties defined. These are: 1. To inspect all inland streams and report what obstruction ought to be removed, or what impurities are allowed to flow into streams where fish are found. , 2. To report all violations of the fish laws to the Solicitors of several Circuits of the State. The Solicitors arc, by the same resolution, directed to prosecute all persons reported by the Fish Commissioners. This gives the o 11 . 1 _! _ _11 1 *1 I luucsi power to eniorcc an existing laws men .existing were very full and complete for that purpose. I can hardly conceive of a case which is not covered by the various Acts passed pvior to 18C8. But at the last session of the Legislature an Act was passed which fully re-enacts the leading features of former laws,' and again offers the fullest means for the complete protection of our migratory fish. The fish section of this Act forbids any permanent obstruction of any kind whatever in any of the inland waters of the State, to the free migration of fish; and further provides for a "close time" in each week, from Saturday night to Monday morning, and any person violating the provisions of this section is made liable to a fine of twenty dollars for every olfcncc. The second section of this Act requires all manufacturing companies, or persons erecting dams, to provide suitable fishways, and renders them 1 able to a fine of $.),OUO far failure or refusal to comply with this requirement.? The tiiird section of this Act makes it an indictable offence to cause to flow, or to be cast, into the inland waters of the Stale any substances poisonon > or destructive to fish, and attaches to the offence as penalty a fine of not less than ?f>00, or imprisonment for not lew than six months. This law is of force, and supplemented by m.'ny of the previsions of former laws, which are also of force, and, I am sure, that as Commissioner of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, you could hardly ask as for more complete legal facilities for carrying out the duties of your office. You have only to ascertain any violations of the foregoing laws, and report them to the Solicitors of the several Circuits wherein they occur. In addition to this I shall be glad, at any time, to give you any farther aid in my power in rendering your administration of this branch of your official duty effective and useful. Very respectfully, D. II. Chamberlain, Attorney-General. Tiie "Winnsboro' Homicide?True State of the Case.?As we suspected it turns out that the account given of the killing of the County Treasurer, of Fairfield, was?to put it mildly?highly colored. The Winnsboro' Nttcs in its last issue, says: We regret to state that Mr. John W. Clarice, County Treasurer of Fairfield, died on Tuesday night from the effects of a wound inflicted Tuesday morning, by a pistol shot fired by Mr. W. D. Aiken, in a personal dfficulty. The matter will undergo a judicial investigation, and we forbear extended comment. Mr. Aiken and Mr. George II. McMaster, it is 6aid interferred to part Mr. Clarke and Mr. Samuel DuBose who were exchanging blows, when Mr. Clarke seized Mr. Aiken by the throat, and continuing to choko him against his protest and warnings to desist the latter drew a pistol and shot him through the bowels. The statement that appears in the Columbia Umion (Wednesday) we know to bo in totQ false, and citizens desiro to hear from what pious missionary thto. paper receives its malicious and lying information. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was, that John W. Clarke came to his death by a pistol shot in the hands of Wm. D. Aiken. Mr. Clarke was buried at the Methodist Church in this place, on Wednesday afternoon with Masonic honors. Bailed.?Wm. D. Aiken, Esq., charged with the death of Treasurer Clark, of Fair-1 field, on Tuesday, last, was brought before Judge Melton, in chambers, yesterday, on application for bail. A written petition was presented by J. B. McCants, Esq., with affidavits o? numerous witnesses, that the fatal shot was fired in self-defence, and while Clark actually ha4 Aiken by the throat.? Solicitor Talley, assisted by Messrs. Worthington and Iloge, insisted that it was a capital offence, and, consequently, not bailable. Judge Melton after summing up, decided that, in his judgment, the prisoner was entitled to be released on bail, as it was not a capital offence. It was the duty of every good citizen to prevent a breach of the peace, if possible; and Mr. Aiken had so attempted; had placed his hand softly upon the shoulder of Mr. Clark, and endeavored to put a stop to the difficulty between Messrs. Clark and DuBose. Mr. Ciurk seized Mr. Aiken by the throat, and, although warned by the latter to release him. maintained his grasp, when ho received tho fatal wound. The Judge in conclusion, stated that he would require bail in the sum of $5,000. which was premptly furnished, and Mr. Aiken was released, and immediately returned homo.' Columbia Phoenix, of Friday. The Story of "E. K. Harring-ton," the Mysterloua Suicide. >. "The beautiful suicide'' who died at the Stevens House, New York, some -days ago, and whose history is totally jihiknown up to hour of her burial, has boen'tieognized by a , correspondent of the World, who gives ner history at some length. The name signed to the note sho left was E. K. Harrington.? This, the correspondent gays, was . not her real name, and the latter does nofchoose to divulge. Eleven years ago, he says, in a southern city, the lady was tnan ied to a gentleman in every way worthy, apparently, and the union promised the happiest results. The war came . and the husband, we read, "went to the field with the rank of colonel in the army of the Confederate States.? The wife returned to a plantation in the upper part of Georgia. Here she remained until 18G4, when she contrived to pass the lines and conic to New York. She did this !>. /,A?nnA.MAM/.A S.i* 1^ At* ltl1L)l\<in/1 O It 01 f tl A> It/JArt Ill ^UUSUlJUULivi; \Ji Iici mwwunu c ut*i <u^ uucu taken prisoner, and allowed to live in the city on parole. Before lor.g some vague rumors which she had heard in the South were intensified and strengthened into conviction by Col. Harrington's conduct. In a word, he had been publicly charged with being a coward, and his reluotance to seek, an avoidance of an exchange confirmed the accusation. Loving him so intensely as she*! did, this disgrace to his manhood afflicted her most.keenly. It was not long before he perceived by her manner that something was wrong, and by persistent questioning at length obtained the truth. lie naturally indignantly denied the imputation, but when she pressed him?at whatever cost of sorrow to herself?to again join the Confederate, forces, he refused; and, on her persistently urging it, so fur forgot himself as to strike her. Nor was this brutality of single occurrence. Uut, although suffering the most poignant anguish, her love for him remained strong and earnest as when first married. And it was the excess of this love which rendered her utterly miserable. She had no children on whom to bestow her corroded affection, and though despising him thoroughly to whom fate had linked her, still loved him fondly. It can easily be seen how such feelings conflicting and yet alike, would operate. As time went on the knowledge that his I wife considered him a dastard led Col. Harrington to take to hard drinking. !Jhen the misery of his poor wife was, if possible, intensified. She would not leave him. With the self-abnegation known only to women she clung to him, and continued to present tho curious spectacle?not so rare, by the way?of a wife cherishing a man whom-she knows to be contemptible. Needless is it to say that her favor was sought by numerous admirers, but sought in vain. She remained true to her husband; true as the needle to the pole. The hard drinking went on, the brutality increased, her misery rose daily, but never to the height of heaven. Three years ago, after a stormy scene with her husband, drunk as was only too customary, she find wildlv from the house tvith the inten tion of drowning herself. Fortunately, or not, as the case may be, she was met by a friend, dissuaded from her purpose and taken home to fall into an almost fatal illness, on her recovery, it was the same life over again, the same treatment, the sanio sorrow, and t lie same never-conquerable love. To her iutiuiate friends she oflcn spoke of suicide, and defended its moral rights; saying that there were some wrongs, some miseries, which only a self-inflicted death could end. <7hec more she tried the fatal leap?with what result is a matter of wide notoriety.? Perhaps her best epitaph is the words with which she finished her mortuary note: 'Judge I not, that ye be not judged.' And so ends the story of 'E. K. Harrington.'" Tiie Fate op General Duval?Lecompte and Tiiomas Avenced.?General Duval was made prisoner on Chatilon Heights, and was on his way to Versailles with the several hundred other insurgent prisoners captured at the same time, when, at the crossroads where the Secaux, Paris, Versailles and Bievre roads fork, the prisoners ar.d guard met General Viuay and staff, who trot-n tm/1 i n ct in I4oi<rVliQ ITp nr dcrcd the guards to halt, and he dismounted, went to the prisoners and said: ' There is among you a Monsieur Duval who call himself General. I should like to see him." General Duval stepped from the ranks calmly and with dignity, and said, "I am lie." Gen. Viuoy added : "And there arc two 'chcs da bataillou' also with you." They stepped forward. General Vinoy ' said to them : ' You arc frightful wretches (canailles); you shot General Clement Thomas and General Lccompto, and you know your fate." Turning to the commander of the guard, lie said: "Captain, detail a platoon often riflemen, and do you. goutlemen, go with him to yonder field." The insurgent officers quietly walked to the spot indicated, a narrow field on the road to Mcudon, and lying on the northern side of a white boundary wall, on which is painted in very large letters : "Duval Garden." In front- of this wall General Duval and his companions stood, threw off their coats, and placed themselves before the platoon charged with their execution. When the muskets were leveled at their breasts they shouted "Vive la Commune !" and the next instant fell corpses. Paris Letter. Ex-Gcncnral Roger A. Pryor, lato of Virginia, had sonic words with council to whom he was opposed in a case on hearing before Judge McCunn, the special term room of the Superior Court this morning. When the ease had been disposed of the counsel met just outside the door of the court-room, and the despute was renewed. Gen. Pryor waxed wroth, seized counsel by the nose, tweaked that organ violently, then grasped his coat lappols, giving him a vigorous shaking and showering epithets remarkable for their vigor and terseness, upon his unfortunate head. Counsel threatened the vengeance of the law upon the belligerent General, but the latter turned upon his heel and walked away, thus ending the scene " ?rPir ^ m 1Q,1, j.\. j. uummerciut>) j.oi/6. "The knave that fired the Ephesian dome outlived in fame the pious fool who reared it;" and we suppose it is this kind of immor! tality the lcadcs of the Communo have 1 sought for themselves, in levelling the colI unin of all the glories of France in the Place Vendome, and they have achieved it. They have erected a monument to their own j infamy far more durable than the brazen pile which, in the fury of their fanatical in[ sanity, they pulled down. A" ' JT ' ?*, - * I A More Chaerful Outlook to the Plant- ^ era. J From the Maeon (Oct.) Telegraph and Mutenger* The terrible experience of the past two years, maugre all predictions to the contrary, J is- beginning to work out the pecuniary a salvation of the Southern agriculturists. fl From an interview recently whh one of -I the largest provision dealers in the citj, an4 perhaps in the South, the pleasing intellq M genee was derived that tip to this pcridcT^iin^J the current year not more than one-half oF the bacon, and one-fifth of thecorn had been shipped to the interior as compared with the consumption, of the previous season." " Upon enquiry, we learn, affij that thei books of the Central Flail Boad shows a falling off of near three-fourths of the guano trade of Middle and Southwestern Georgia. From this we argue, that our husbandmen finding out how dangerous it is to toy with cotton, that most uncertain of coquetts, are* beginning to turn their attention to the pro auction of gram, stock, fruits, and other comforts and. luxuries of,the farm. TKe lesson, if really acquired, was taught not * moment too soon. And now that the planting season fs orer I and there is no longer danger of further-in- A crcasc to the cotton crop, through the grec<? fl of thoughtless parties,- we propose to show that the farmer has a fair prospect for an improvement in tliq price of the great staple*. ^ at the opening of the Fall market. Our reasons for this opinion may he briefly summed up as follows: 1st- The acreage laid down in cotton this year will be erne-fifth leas than in 1870- M This is caused in part, by the abstraction or 41 thousands of able laborers, who now swarnu 'upon the numerous rail roads, and other public works in progress of-construct ion, and the unprecedented rains and fresheta of the past few weeks. In the West on the margin of rivers, in the region desolated by the dreaded crevasse, and in Southwest Geor- A gia, Florida and Alabama, where thousands M acres of the best lands are still under water, ^ the crop will fail to be seeded at all, or must come forward too late for a good yield. 2d. The unfavorable spring has greatly fl retarded field operations, and much cotton will be eaten, up by grass before it can be chopped aud cleaned out. One of the best k planters in Randolph actually ploughed up" a good stand of cotton Inst week, as ho eould '-i only'destroy the grass by that method, and '<! was willing to undergo the chances of a late: crop, in perference to the labor of cultivating that which was already unmanageably. - To > this may be added the fact, that present * M low prices do not offer any inducement to the farmer to ndglect his corn prospect^ and^'U as is most proper, this branch of agrcultureis receiving far more attention than usual. 3d. The pacification of Europe will en-able its war weary inhabitants to turn their attention on^e more to the production or food, and recuperation of their exhausted resources, and ere another season opens, the. hum of business will again begin to enliven the blood-Btained streets of the half-deserted j cities of that continent, and the demand/or i cotton resume its normal proportions, v y* " Lastly, as has been announced in a formerissuo, carefully preserved records of past seasons indicate that three successive years j favorable for the development of the cotton 4 plant, attended also with late frosts, are unknown in the history of the country. A heavy ! crop, tl erefore,' the present year' is< not within the range f pr >bibilities. Let our p'a-iters than take heart, a id app'y themselves with renewed vigor and determination to the w irk of rendering .hjir fiuiilies really independent, by raising 4 abundant supplies of food for both man and J ! beast. | Thus situated, wife even a hilf crop of!. ^ cotton and enhanced prices, the silver lining to the clond will again cheer their vision, and the days of their present tribulation: be A shortened. v: I The Parisians have pulled dowmttve & a inn us column in the Place Vcn'domc. It was of bronze, one hundred and thirty-fife 1 feet high, and was mado out of twelve inn- f dred cannon captured in the campaigns of 1 Napoleon, to whose glory it was dedicated.. " It was overthrown to express the detestation J of the Parisian Commune and people of the V Bonaparte rule and system. As a wojrk of J art is was remarkable, being copied after thp-^ 1 Trajan's pillar in Rome. In falling iff$roke: % into several pieces, and the statue of Napo-- ' tfl Icon on the top lost its head. A vast- con>-. j course witnessed the event. ? - j * . STATE ITEMS. , Lancaster is to hare a minstrel troupe. 1 K. G. Billings of Lancaster, has beea ap- J pointed Notary Public by Governor Scott, jj Jefferson Dav's, ex-President of the late- j Southern Confedracy, was in Columbia yesterday. AVhooping-cough and chicken-pox are pre- j vailing to an alarming extent in the neighborhood of Marion Court House. J 3Iaj. Samuel Dickcrson has returned from 4 the North sore-headed. Ilia experience there has envenomed him against the carpet- j baggers. ] The prospects for an abundant wheat crop, in Union county are quite gloomy. The rust and fly have taken complete possession of it in many localities. A The Barnwell Smtinel says that crops of I all kinds are looking well. From all parts J of the county we hoar the most favorable reports, and the prospects for fruit, of all 4 kinds was never better. fl Air .Tnsenh Hewit. the old and well known proprietor of the Point Ifouse, on Sullivan's j Island, attempted to kill himself Saturday fl by cutting his throat with a razor, failing after four efforts. 3Iental depression was, I the cause of the rash act. 4 The new court house at Blackville is being 1 built under the supervision of Dr. G. B. Lartigue, and in all probability will be conu ' plcted in time for the Fall term of court.? It will be a handsome brick structure, forty by sixty feet and will cost about $8,000.? The county commissioners of Barnwoll pro* 1 posed to build it for $40,000. J The Sumter Ncirs says, that on the eve. ning of the 21st inst., Mr, Wm, Simms, while returning homo in company with his son and daughthcr, (Mrs. Sanders.) was shot and instantiy killed by Mr. James Sanders} (his son-in-law,) the same shot also wound- . iug Mrs. Sanders. Sanders then fired upon ' young Simms, inflicting painful but no* < , rious wounds.