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LOCAL ITEMS. tATUtI,fA Y, ;A.IteCl 2'?, IS7r. '.TEItiS OF.T'Ii; Ns:1 WS ANIn UII:KALO.} --'1'ri-weekly editioln, foulr dollars per ciaim, in advance; weekly edition, two lolhalrs an(1 fi'ty cnts peranutnl, in advance. LiberltI discount to clubs of live and upwards. irLEs or Av.ItrislN.'.-One dollar per inch for the first insertion, 1 ad fifty cen1ts per inch for each subse) .ent' ut insertion., These rates apply to -.i1 ad vertiselents, of wlatever" ntUl e, Iad aire payable strictly in advanc e. Con tracts for th1r'e, six or tweI' e muontlhs 111a(e oil very liberal termins. 'Tran sieit. local notices, fiflen cenls per line for the first insertion and seven and onle-half cents per line for each sui)scluent insertion. Obituaries and tribultes of respect cllarged as adver tisentletis. Simllle ann1louncelments of marriages an(1 deaits published free of charge, 1111d solicited. All commulnications, of whatsoever na'ture, shiouild be addreIQssed to t he 1Winnsb)oro Publi;lhingf Company, Winsboro, S. C. New Advert. semns,8. MIlliciial Electioi--W N. Chan dler, Clerk of Council. Corn and lIay--Juo. 1). McCariey. The new town pump has benul put in Position, and gives great; satisfac tion. It stemus to be a very strong nd1(1 durable one. The (ordon Light Inihatry paraded for inspection on 1uy asdav fternoon. Thears aand equipments were found to be in good conditionl. liy reference to an advertisensnt published elsewhere, it will be seent that the town election will be held on the 7th of April. The r"egistrat.ion of votwrs will commence on the 3rd and continue three days. TuIA, .lUs-r)ci.:s.-(ioveruor Sim)p son1 ha1s re-.Ip)pointed t.1o foil owing trial just ices ill Fairfield 8ty : . it. Johnston, Wi'hite Oak: H. J. F. W. ('oemuan, Feasterville; 11. E. Elkin, Ilidgeway; 11. A. (lcun, 1loreb; J. W. E+vans, Mionti(:(llo ; .1. D). IHogan,! Illythlwood; Ira T. Scott, Gladden's G rove. Mr. J. O. Boag has jutt received a new supply of spring plrits, which Lte :ulies wi 1 (o well to ex aline. These goods have been se lected with great care, and with a view to neet. tie wants of (1he local trade, and will surely give sil.istitction. In addition, Mr. Iloig has in stock a full assoriLn)eut of (try goods, noiions, etc. A II.AIa Iu tOUsE.--eWe would conilend to the atietioll of our news paper ', ri-endls the house of )atchy & Co., Adver'iseIen1t Agents, 191 Ful lon St., New York. Tiis NEWS AND JItu.uAlA has done0 bu.siness with the lih'm for several yearIs, anud its publishi crIS take pleasmre in testikyi ng to the of Messrs. D)auchy~ & Co. One fecature of their business .s specially noticeaibic -the enitirely unob01jectionlale char aceter of the advertisemendts they s.9011 troupe wll) ~'i give ani enteriaiinmeint at thle TIhiespianu 1all to-night. Th'le colmany has plhayedl iln several por" tions. of the State, and has ahv ays givent great sat1isfactionm to its ausl-' .cnces5. Speazking_ oIf a.recent perfol n) .ance of tlIe troupe iln Sumter, the Tirue iSouthron. says: "In justice to this t.roupe we must say thlat ailhough their visit to this pla1ce was at a comn pairatively du11 ll son, anid upon0 the heels of somne of the best compuIanies, b)y reputl at ion,~ theIir perf'ormanalces Were noale thle less enltertainling."' ItOCKY' MO UN 7' IT EMS. A Strango 8tory of ighway Rlobbery, Burglaries an<d Theft. Or Usnally quiet coloredl people arc0 all agog on account of' rumuuors of' rob bersl. 01ne DaIvid McCu Ilouigh, a repl)u tiable cojored manJI; repoi'ts Ihat ona a recent niht, having somne business at a neighbor's hiouis, whther lhe hamd gQone iln thmoafterniooni, on reCtui ')ng was aiccosted by four men, two black and two mulattoes, and ordered to dis gorge his pockets of their contents. He said to them hie had no0 money about huis personr, but this did not satisfy them, and they at once searched hinm. Two buttonas were the r'eward they obtained for their outr)ageCons cond(ulct to this poor man. Hie waus then li formed th'at "dlead menOJ tell no tales;" hie must prepare to (lie. They then or'dered him to get djowni and pr'ay. He requested them to join with him in prayer. They did as requested. After he hj;ishecd his devotions, one of the party, a black muan, gave him a "whack" or two on the head with a club. At this stage of the p)roceedin)gs one of the uhulatto men intervened anad saved his life and Interr'ogated David about the number of his famnily, and declared that lie thought their Prisoner an inoffensive -person. He w'as then told to take himself off' ith all possible speed.;. dQoqute or bruises are to be seen on '6is .head. Perhaps the einbh carried the t1iarksAfl is head, as dfJkid 'headq tVe very ard~es )ecially whein asked to vote the Democratic ticket. The residences of Mrs. Margaret 'aydel atnd Miss Lizzie Uaydeii were )roken into on the night of the 1sth, w"hile the entire family were watching it (he bedside of Mrs. Gayden, who mins very ill at Mr. J. A. Gladden's. No clue to the burglars. O l)enitaen iary, claitn thine own 1 c cxwr-:. MATTEiS AT RIDGJR WAY. Notos and Comments by Our Corre spondont. The venerable Dr. Plumar, that ranld old disciple of the Presbyierian Lhurch South, teliglhled the good peo )1e of this place last Saturday and Sunday both by his presence and his p)reachilg. All will acknowledge that they1 are edified atnd inproved by his r'isitatioll. His lainguage, So hulliti 1'ully ,ituple, yet polished to the last Jegree, and accurate, enthused you with lie idea which one ot' his hearers a.<pr. 8s3!d, nauncly, tl.at t*:e Do;ct.)r preached in larg, c leller-s, aind that even the irreligious must hear, and the most illiterato understand, May his patriarchical life, so nearly ex pended and consuned in lie Master's service, be the mtenllS inl God's hands of causing many to reflect upon the brevity of that probationary life which is given for preparation to encounter he unIbtridged river, n11d an eternity hat never ends. :Mr. John T. Johnson met with a )ainf'til itlliction IL short, time since which has calsed h'ini conl siderab le inl colnvenlien1ce aiad confineient. While lntloaling a bale of cotton fromi his wago n, in Colttunhia, by an lawkward turn of his assistant the balo rolled on his ankle, and iulst have broken a small bone, although the physician who called to see himt pronoumced the liurt only ia "mirinsl" or ')ruise." Mr. Jonlisonl is rtuch emaciated, and is still confined to his room. Moral Don't sell cotton in Colu bia! Notwithstanudlng (lie "'Guno Bat tie," sales have exceeded tihose of last year by iour thousand tons--the grand aggregate being, ll) to the pIeseti wiiting, fifty-six thousand tonis, iaaiist itvty-two thousand tons last year. Oi the fi'st of .March the Stono Phosphate Coinpainy, of Charleston, one of the largesn coiml)anlies, issued at circular letter to its agents informing themt that owing to unprecedented sales, principally for cash, the stock, which wis when mnanulftctu)red ti'ought ample, was exhausied, and that no fuither orders could be tilled. There ire other outlets for fertilizers besides thoso to the interjor--the Ger nyin 1and other trans-Atlanlltic States consuninmvg large quantities, the stur(ly yeomen of those old lands having dis. covered that, dVssolved bone, phlosphate ot Jimei, lpotaish and annnillonia do not dLstroy but pay best on rich, alluiviLul soil. Jicy. Tilhnan RI. Gaines, the apostle of innniugrationi in this State, lectured here last Tucsday night on this mall, absorbinig subject to holders of real estate. Hie was in)terestinig and in structive, but there was no0 enithusiasma. 10 is d1ifllccult to get up a furo In a small Conmmunity, pairticularly wh'len that commnunity has bean waitinig ex pectantly, but silently, to see soe evident sign of thme fruit of a scheme so long agitated and subscribed to. We arme remindedl of a lady who lived on thme coast- of fhir England, wh'ose husband wais supposed to have gone dlown among the mermnids with the wvreck ofT his ship ; and after going thrioughl the dliflerenit s tages of mourn ing and widow's weeds, the long lost cap)tain returned to her from a ihr-oft Oasis of the sea, -w'hen she refused Ut terly to recognize himi. Expectation had ceased. *We once thought we saw in immnigrat ion -emancilipatio)n from the rule of' the Vandal and the Moor, and we tarried for the co ming ; but gr'owing despleraIte We brioke the ironi shackles ourselvies. We wvould welcome im ml grationi now, but- not puolItically. Should the sturdy sons of the North, or of' c94ntrices beyond the sea, come and make their homes with 1us in the Gar dena of America, the blessling will be loss upon01 us than upon them. At a meeting of clitizenis held last Wednecsday night, the following nlamed1 gentlemen wcire nominated for munmicipal ofOlcors, to serve for the en sin1g'year: For in tendanut, A, Fletcher 1Ruffjerwardense, John A. Simpson, Waiter'WI. McQn.atters, Johji A. Des p)ortes, W."M. -Coleman.. This is a SW od sletion, pleaing all in. ts - DAaros, UrtNZIPAL. EDLECTION. (UE s hre4,gien that~ n ploc. - tin fr inendnt ad :folur war. dea batownx of W1Yinsbdro, S. J, e' inth TowAu Illl on Mn add fiv . o'olock, p. m. The followiing Por 9r? 9h.reby appointed nuiia4o'es # 'el ti~ GA.: 5.toming. E. 3. hattde~ oran * oodlo, The books will hpe; ' r r gs#rtioh on Thurse. 'olook, a. m.-, and olo ah- sIx o'clock,' WM. N, OANDLRt DANA BICKFORD'S NEW GARDEN and FIRE PUM P. Th'lis.nov el awl ox-' trao'rlina,ry machino is invatluable at the out.broatk of fire, and for watering gard.ns &c. Its construction (tispenses with both Piston and Stufling - Box,doing away with all Friction, Lealag, &e. It. is worked so easily that with it, a lady or child can throw a steady stream of water over an e.rea of ninoty foot. 1atentedl January 14 and 15. 1867, March 11, 1b73. Send for Circular. PRICE, $6 AND $8. fO Agents wanted everywhere. TILE DANA BJCK"OI;D CO., 089 U1roadtway, New York. Office of uma Bikfor-'s, Family Knitting Machine. (lee 28-3m The Fr.lend of ll U!! HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. "I had no appetite; Holloway's Pills gave me a hearty one." "Your Pills are marvelous." "I send for another box, and kncp them in the hous.." "1)r. Holloway has curod may headaclhe that was chronio. "1 gave one of your Pills to my babo for cholera m.rbus. 'rue doer little thing got well in a day." v n:u"c,a of a morning is now cured.'" ''Your box of 11ollo way's o(inttment cured mec 0-f nois:s in the head. I ritbbe 1 ttne of your Oini nnt behind the ('art an'd tlhe ioiso lms left." "S-ai 'ne two boxes; I want one for a poor 1'aluiily." "I enclos a dollar: youir prico is 25 cnts, but the nme:dicine to 1n1 is w-,rtli a lollar." "1Send 1m live boxes of your Pills," "L+"t 1ne have threc boxes of your Pi'ls by return mail, for chills and fever." I have over 200 such tostinonials as these, but want of spuco coipels me to couclu(de. i'('i ith.10oi1513isorder's, Aid all eriptionis of t'ie skin. this Oint uent is most in v(hia,le. It, does not heal exIernally al(n, but penctrat(es wi i the uost scarehing effects to the very rot of evil. Holiownl 's Ointment. POnssessed of this remedy, every men may be own doctor. It may be rubbed into the Sy7ttem, so as to roach any in ternal coiiilaint; by these means, cures sores or ulcers in the throat stomach, liver, spine or other purts. It is an in fallible remedy for bad legs, bad breasts, contraetel or stiff joints, gout, rhouma tisin and all skin diseasus. hiro P'TANr ('Atrrlo.-Nom are genuine un les th1 si riatuie of J. ItAY ,K 11. agent for ih Uit:t Ssates Sirrounds "aci box of Pills u11 CIitn)Cnt. Boxes at. ? co4tf, 1) cents, ndIl i e ''tcre is consid;erable savtnt by taking the 1:1roer yiiea. iLOLLUWA Y & CO., feb 15-1y New York. New Summer Cook. HOT BLAST \b MEl OIL STOVEYL AM p.f- DOES NOTL IIEA THE''Ii HOUSE Perfect for all kindls of Cooking andJ Heat ing Ironsm. A lways readly andi rellal e. Th'le most saLtisf ctor'y Stove made and thme jD'' F4end for circuilars. WH1ITNEY & HALL MF'G. CO., X'-ly 123COhestnut St., Phila HA MS! HAMS! CHOICE lot of fresh 8ugar Cured I nanivassed Hlama, at low njgi re - -ALSO A choice Jot of Augusta Flour of vrions brands. Everythin:. in theu (rocery line always on hmandi, and will be sold at bot toi~ figures for ('AS I. It will be to the iiiterest of all to try imy niec [hams. umhi 18 W. 11. DON LY. REMOVAL, ABU the 15th of Mach wepro goods to the storo no0w ocenpIied by J, 1M. Beat y & Co., where we will be p)leaseOd to see all our for'mer friends ardc customers. Previous to that event we will sell at BOTTOM FIGURES, to avoid unncessary trouble in m~oving.' Just received 'a lot of fin o un canvased hamfls. Also, Plotva ]?lowa i I . Plows 111 'J. F. McMA4STER~ & (00 mech 4 11AMS--Uncanvassed Sugar-Citf%dj Canned L*oods-Tomnato.is, Psao@.. es,- Salmon, Swi-dines, .1iikles, &o Teas-.Gnpowder an~d ig itysonm 3 . M. BEJATY' & (JO0 TO1 MAKF~ ! MONE Pleaa'ufly anud fast, agents shu1 ad. dross 1I'lUEY. 'AV A ~. Atla$a THE LIGHT-RUNNING NEW HO E The BEST, LATEST IMPROVED, and most THOROUCHLY contiructcd SEWING MACM 1 INE ever invented. All the wearing part.a aro mado of tho BEST STEEL, CAREFULLY TEMPERED and aro ADJUSTABLE. It han tho AUt1'OMA'IC TENIO ; it has the LAAG T 3012IJZN; It huo tho Easiest Threaded Shuttlo, The BOBBIDN8 are WOUND without RUNNING or U.TERNEADING tho MACHINE. It 'inn a SELT.SETTING NEEDLE; It has a DIAL for regulating tho lcngth of stitch, WITHOUT TESTING; It ha a LARGE 8PACE under tho arm; It Is NOISELE S, and hao moro points of EXCELLENOE than all other machinca combined. 4v-Agents wanted in localities whoro we aro not represented. Johnson, Clark & Co. 30 UNION SQUARE, N.Y. NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY ! AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT! Preserve your books, periodicals, newspapers and muttsic. State, vounty and rail road ofti corn, and business men gonernlly, supplied with blank hoo':n made to any l-attern. All families have old' books, poriodi cals, newspnpers. miusic, &c., Wiich they desire to trit usmit to their posterity. Then HAVE THEM REBOUND ! Which will preserve them and will inale ihem look almost as well as new. Old books, &o., shoulti iot, ot)ly be rebound, but the ourrent literature of the present day sho tild be put in a tlrable form for preservation as well. This can bo lono in the shortest pos.. siile time, with t ho best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at ' -rice whi jh cauno t be dtlplicated any. where, by E. 1. STOK1ES, Stationer, Bookbinder and Blank Book Manufhcturor, No. 155 Main street, t'o .tu r, S. 0. p1) Sond in your ordors at oneo, mech 8 SPRINGPRINTS! SPRM PRINTS! SPlNO PRl INTlS!? SPPRING7 PRINTSVS SPRING PRINTS SPRING PRiNTS! CALF, AND-' El CALL AND)S EE! CA LL AND) BEE! CALL AND WEE! CA LL AND) SEE! CA LL AND) SEE? N. 3.-All Winter Goods have been redneed in price, to inake room for our spring stock. J. F. MeoMASTER & CO. fob 22 THlE WINNSI3OlRO HOTEL, '[fHIS Hotel, situated in the4 centre o Iteiown, oftora anid gitarantees, to) the public iducemeonts unlsurpassed by any other house in the place '"able shp. plied with the best in the market. Com-. fortable room~s and polite attention. Terms- !ADO per cday. aug 9-t( FRSH0AIIDEN SEEDJX i E aro receiving~ the largest stock ot V grden seeds wo haveoever had, anud are solling at, .We hope to plese. all, for we soil Builst?s, Landroth's, ri anvd Ferry's. feb 1 ?iseMA8' R & nBxog .-.OES! ROESt JUST RECEIVED Ten Dosen Brades 00 and 000 Hoes, Also, Ton Dozen of the colobratod LAN?S ORESOENT No, 1 and 2 Hoes which we sold latlt year and which gavo aatisfag, tion wherever used, ALSO, Fivo Dozen Handled Plantatiorn Hoes. We will soll the above goods. as cheap as any one. Prices ranging from $4.75 to $7.25 per dozen. moh 8 F. t1ERIG & SON. PIAOS & ORQAS! .GRAND) INTRODUCTION SALE. ONE THOUSAND Superb Instruments FROlt THE BEST MAKERS To 1E .3OLD AT Manufacturers' Rates. S'i;CIAM, ANNOUNCEMD)NT. '1'rn of tho leading Manufactqror's of t4o U. S., have. given us exclusive control of their In, st rtnentsain the South, and aut.iorlsre'd us to p,l.we f'or introductiop and advertisement,, OIN 34 I IOt KAND of their best, nstrtuaents in rcpre soutotlc Suuthorn ht,11 1k lolg 4, Vactory WhLOJ,i,SAL. lcA'fl fj. 'ihis GIZAND INTRODUCI'iON 8ALE Con,nuncedc Nov. 1, ant w1l continuo until al nre 3old. von't tl a. the chalno. It, is the o'ily sale of the kiad ever yet attnnpted ltl SEE THE I'NICUS, PIANOS T oct fnue Rosewon.lRryet $125 I.rgs, Catalogue Prico, ftvo hundred and ten dollars. PIANOS 7 oft..,lne I;osewood carved$150 h t i ueie, 5fsixI PIANOS inot ineorn.s-$5 one tlirnstnd dollara. $57 t ogoe 1'i"inc ORGAN h_unre an- _ - venty dollars. $7 Sns. jtn tP ce,a\'u"ORGANS hiIre(t ih Ib~Orty dllr $86 ~ tp,ilpr irr ToORGANS hundred nd sWventIy-flYe (do1. All guaranteed Iustruinent#$. Maker's - narna On ('ach. jtJFT"EEN ))AYs 7JAL 11f Wanted, we nay t.he freight Ir fl9 sale. A trinl costs no ri g I irnstruntent don' ut o' u) M~ASON & IIAML4IN OIWANS MAsON & 11AM LI i C hurch ands Parfor Organs. Best a ii 4 Ccapest. Now styleg in elegant Caites. 6 8tops, only $8, .1 8tops, Q'4J7 $100. PET,0UJV,,T &*Pgt., Chickering, Knabo, wobler, Hlallet & Daftis Mathushek, hinies. Pixie, Pease, 5goutorn Goian andI Faworlte Pianos. alt Inlhdd0d in this5 '.o A ru ea 14W0 sp es.o 'eserve. All .new Ht'nd for introdutction ale Ciropiar giving prices and full inuforntation. IMPOR'1 TN ~T!oiO'*4 AN Orgiau, we wil dlit or freight pgE to any Rt. RI. point ini the South. LUDDEN & B1ATES, SAVANNAJN, (A., Whuolesaleo Plann. and Organ deottla30 SMITH'S WOI OIL