THE NEWS AND HERALD. WJNNSJ)OltO, S. C. SATURDAY, January 13, : : 1881 I'. MNA. DA VIS RoIToX. SC.. i. & 'iNoLD.. AsSOCIATa RTOR. Loutsr.m rejoices hi tie possession 61' a town called Providence, wlow na111C. if reeeit reports he ite, sadly misrepiesents its population. A yeaa ig)o the city marshal was killed by ono Brown, who was thereupon arre!'t-ed for trial. A year woro away and Brown still reveled inl the riotous liv ing afforded by sheriff Powell. 110 cently the sherifflhimself, in i fit of abseit-mindledine's, We prestile, pep poredl a newspaper man with buck shot, and created a vavaner in tle editorial department of the county pa per. Such is thle powver of the press thiat thle offlending sher-ifYwas speedily broughit to trial. During his absence the friends of the dead city marshal fired of witing" onl Pro videnlce, Which, as Judge Mackey says, like all large bodies moves slowly, clected thei selves judge, juiry, sheriff and consta ble, aid providing a plow-linie, at 110 expenlse to the county, swung Mr. Jlames Brown to the nearest lim.ib. All this caie of illing an editor. Iid Sheriff Powell repressed his angry passions lhe might. have entertained Mr. tJames Browii indefinitely and en joyed the luxury of running up huge bills for dieting against the counity authorities. Whereas. as matters now stand, lie may himself adorn the limb that swunlg Brown oil'. Providence is a good place to emigrate froin. Cotton. The Finaincial and Commercial Chroniee gives tle total bales of cot ton in sight. oi the 1st of' Janlar as 4,117,667 bales, against :,836,003 at the sate date last year. The unprece dentedly had wvinter Which has so se riouslv interfered vith picking may Ut. down the present crop to the same figures as last year. Northern spin ners tit) to the present time have bought within 160 bales as much as they bought last year. The average weighit of the batle this year has been 486 pounds, against 473 pounds last yvear. Alabama heads the list with an average of 614 pou(nds-Texas aver agilg wit hiniu a quarter of' i a )ound 11as luch. Soulith Carolia is aeredited with 489,656 bales avertging 176 poulds each, which at niite cents a pound would aiounit to somewhere in the newibor'hood of twenyil-onie mil Hot dollar1's. Could all this izonev be kept at home, how rich we would soon becomne. But Bostoui shoes, Chicago pork, St. Louis flour amid Bourbon whiskev make serious inroads into the gross amout. Whether they leave anything behind is the (iestion seri ously agitating the t u-mer just now. The Duty of the Democracy. and. 01( it onmly' rema)~ins5 for the party tf at anyv name they can get hold of, obtain ai few lying affidavits amnd ztl the mnillI to work to grind1( out pros'cu Sionis, f'or thie sake, prlesumnably, of te -fa f'ees anid cosis paid by thie L'nitedl StateCs gover'nment1. No.2t lie shiadow of a ca-e rests against anyvone t hat has been arrested thus farn, as will he shown whlen t hey arme permiit ted to come1( to a tr'ial, which we doubt efx 4eedingly. But they will be pult to expense.1 and to loss of tit'ne in. at tend ing cour't ini Chiarleston. It is a pre'tt v generally uniderstood1 fact that the peo pde of' the county, the pr'oper'ty owni [ er's, and all who-e wvelturie was se.ri -~~ onlyl~ jeopardized by thle muon er l * ' . ticket put up by the Rladicail baucks, will see that these young nmn wi1, have beenm arrested shall be at 110 pe cuitiary' loss. But it is just ats well to have this determninat ion placed on re cord, and to begin the collect ion of' the inecessarmy funuds at once. A meetinig of the Winnsbor'o Club would have ibeen called weeks ago but for' ithe hao' r'ile inelemnety of the weartier, butn it has been understood all along t hat the peopile are solidhly behlind those who have been honiored withI the al tentions ofhlury Johnson, Barinum, any individual member is an insult and a blwto the ent ire pan'ty. Let all the clutbs mhieet at on1ce ini ac'ordaunice j ~~with Major WVoodwar'd's uninstrulCtions and raiise the stuiis apiport ioined to t hemi. 'The funld can~ be pllaced on dleposit to be drawn by the County CThaiiaii as 0&eensioni dlemiands, and any surnpluns can be r'eturined should (lie cases not comle to trial. TeCouty Executive Couuittec ofBarnwell hats assessed the clubs of that counilty tweinty-fiv~e (dollarns for ech delegate sent to the late county' conlvenition. Othor counties are work I ng in the same direction. Fairfield will make herself heard, as she always (d0es at the call of duty. Aan ieANs P'o1''LAII AninlOA.---r, Lonia J1. .Jenninigs, writing froma Lon (lon, says: 1 have said, and it is true, that thie popullar rage at the pre'senit moment is for' A mericans andit all that comles fromi America. Eeydoom fies 01)en to the weCll-drlessed mian o1 w~onm who says that he or she is from - mernica aiid brings even one lett(er 01 iitr'oductioni by way of prlovinig if. son were cases of this kind-one ii lady and the other a geifntla, botli of' whom woudd certainly he a good succeeded in etting a sinmle Invta NA 'ED YA A K188. A Itare Instance of Pluck and Preseneo of Mimd. According to a story In Lippincott, a-vounig Eiglishimian, who tells the stor-y, uindertook to esco 1. ia htindewnii young Aueriean woian naned er-, min10il1o Leare, with her mother, H1ttOe sistor and colored nirtse, out of Paris ditring the revolution of 1848. The truiln was stopped by a buriing bridgO fenl miles froml IIhe, city, and pumttinlg the mother, utirse and child into a F"r'nench cart, 11 younig m1an and the oung wolial, withIi whoi he was inl (lve anld afterward ta married(, walked back to Paris. They arrived at the bUaie's, wihen ther were Imiet by a tilibilenit, drulikeli Crowd, who as an excuse for plulndering thiemil insisted On exanMi iig themn. The Inother had A bag of diiionids which the diaughter took an1ad secretly hanided to the young Eniglishiznan. "Vos posseports," they demanded. ''llere itre ur A merican tlpassports," said Ilrjoinmc ; "we arte Alericans." "Yes, Americans, Reliublicans I" cried Mrs. Leare '-we fraternize with ill tepublicans inl Fran(e." "Aristos," said a inan111 between his I(ee1, glancing at her dress and at that of' IIermoine. "What does he av?'" cried Mrs. L'lre, who did not ea'th he word. "'IIlush, inother!" said Ilermoine. "llt what did he sav?" she shriek ed. "Tell im1e at 011c; do not keep it froti ile." Hiermloinle replied (un1willing to usev the word "aristocrat") by an .Amneri enn idiomi: "lie said we belong to the Upper Teni." "Buit we don't. Oh). I10ermie, vou1r Father belongs to a good Iltilr i Maryland, but my gritidfather' inzade shloe-z, I was glilite poor when hie married mie. I was only sixteen." "WhVlat yoI sa?'' s.tid a raiihroa(d hand ilo knew a lile Engslish. "You stv YOU are nlot sotie iristos ?'" "No, Sir," Said 1; "t(hese laldies claim to be Aiiericanls and Republi Clifs." "Vive la Republique!" cried the 1111111. "Vive Ia Jepublique?" quickly echoed f eimoinie. "C'est bien ! C'est bien !" cried an other, raisingr his hanternl to her blanch, - ed and beautiiful iee. "oYou will let us till ass, m10iielir? she said perstlasively; you will even he Our escort 1 little war. We wN ill pay hi:idsoiely for 6your protection." ilefore lie cou'ld liswer her two or three fellows, m11or'e drunk thi the rest. burst out with it propositIion: "1he says they aie not, aristos but Ve pul:1ie-ailn. Let her prove it. ShIe can, it'she he i I rue Ililil cana, re fuse t kiss her 1ellow patr ots." 1 started and was about to knock the rascal down with the bag of dia But Iermoinie laid a restraiaing hand utponl my arml. "-Gentlemen," slit said in clear tones ind perfet French , "'it is (illite 1114 that 'we tiae Ameitans and lIept lrials. W e wih you well, and0 il, it be for61 1 he: good of FraLnce to lie free unih-r a Vv publican forol'venmnt no0 onle Caln wish hiler I'ro Sperl'ity olre than our1..selves . Butl inl our fre'e countrv, miiEissieurs . a womi1ani1 is beld fiee io give her kiss to whoiii she iwill, and Iaccordig to our11 cuItoiin she gives it only to Ler bet rot hed or to herli hus bad." lere stooping he picked up a little bov' wiho hatd worked himself inito t he for'elroiit of1 thle cr'owd, and stentijy aot the. m11en ariomiil hier, hol iig the boy'rs hi:itd ill bth heri own, her lips ~upon0 his fac'e, shei satid:'' --e slurs, I kiss your1(h~''~h epeetaltive; I~ place'd a1 pie4ce of' m110er ini the gain's hand. Forii a mionient there was somei dloubt whait view 114th 'owd iiihIt take ot' tii, bu11t'er beauty, ii her'ai'lessness, aint, abo~tve aill, thle aiwe insp)i'Lhre by er w~0oanilies-, p irvailed. Thier shouted "Withl all :ny hiear't,'" replied I her 1111 ie. " No w sh out for' the genIitle men Yire lai .Iepublique d~es Etats T1hey' weret' 'omiplet ely won . A Fren'ichI e''row is neer' dantgt'r'tus 0or umnanti.~maheale till it has tasted blood0(, dayrs it used to h1.2ve-senit i nen ts, to which it was hiwible, with ai little TIhe oppos05itioln 1to 1ur1 'ogr'ess etneI to an end. ir's. lxarte andI told .\Iain ilny were h ellpedt back .inlto thle eart, ,antd a tman toffer'ed themi wine. TheyI br'ought someit also' to I ler'im'ine. ' ~ 5twse hiei' to th in k it, w ihieb'h she (1idl to Ithiri go od headlthi antd gi vinig back the glass plua'ed in it ai napol0eon. ''IDo me thle fuvor, Ni essicil',"' she said, ''to dirinuk youri ne txt toast1 tto tour2 Americanli Hpubiilie." ChIeers r'ose for her'. Thier'e wa s nio longer' ainv talk ot tdttaiing uis; the old hors'e wa's mII l' forward'',U 2(. I ermioi ne Itook inv the rale)1. At Ithe end( of' thle viillag'e str'eet ther all gave us ani unisteady tablehts. Herm'ot~ ine~ pr1oceetted in sileiice a little t'ar'thier'. Thlenl I felt her ship.. lig f'romi lmy armi, and( waIs just ill t iime to CIcaichiher. N Nt~ YonK PAi..u.':s2-The compile-t prob1ab)ly lie dtelayed a 'ouiple of' Vearis hr the difiheulty ofgtetting or1der's for' fbi'eigti. t iliimgfilletd. Somie ver y good tiling is moathe inl this country, lnut .air. \t anderibilIt wiont't have it , and21 lie workme ereli14 t miutt wait1 on1 thei conl vienIictte tit manufac11turersl in(i5ii Europe. Marble chimtner' pieces ae't ino loniger' conidileed sItylish 'nouigh f'or' irst claiss h ouses. Ehtiborately ca'~irved w1oodl is used m iitad and41 1 t in ittanvr cas1es the atiiclhe is pr'epared ini E 'roh andtt brought her'e cinpilllete, r'eaidy 14) be stt ini its placee. The costliest clh i imer' Ipltece yet orderled for' a New Y'o,'k Inanllsion Will grace thle iiUh avenue thome of' thle r'ich Califor'niani. D. 0. Mills. Thle value of1 this sinigle article, w'hticli is on ly a chimnley, piiet'e ait best is $4,800. The contre l'c lt'r dcorat ind thle wialls of Mr'. Mills' parli'ors dlemaltit $300) a squar fi~' oot f'or' thle woi'k. Then houses going up for' Mr'. Vandi(erbilt's two sons will be niearlyr as costly ais his owni. Amiong ot her elegant b'uildh iias which will take somie time1 to finish arle those of' 'oher't and Ogden Goelet , D~avid D~ows and( thle illion ahiro 11. II. Bishop. The or'ders in 'ach case arc t) spare'4 1no expense, ad as there is plett of' mioney behinid ltem, thiey are't pre'tty surel' to lbe carr'1ied out. When the newu miansions ari' Ilnished and1( OCeenpied thiey w',ilh cover''i the ownI ership 01' about $:200,00O0,000o. -Charles litartiman, Toledo, Ohio, says: I know it curiiedl me1, and I h~p he ches: may be hlpjed by-'the "'Oni/ A~nna Pid" ti Imh-- $ ,. Au. Danc-A-laac. -A foot-note--the shoemaker's bill. -The King of Greece-Oleomarga -Tile tower of Babel Is the first coi tined story o record. -The actor who forgets lile cue plays a bad game of billiards. -Mi'chigan has produced a pig with a trunk. This thing should be checked. -We have two Stls In this col utry -Sal Bernhardt and Salvini. They are both after Sal-ary. -Jones thinks a man Is fortunate who has his will contested after death only. Ile says his will has been coi tested ever since lie married.Mrs. J. -The name of the largest city in Atmerica was furnishedbv Shaksp'eare. lie saiid, in i prophetic m',od, "I K new Yorick Well." -Those who have tried it confess that it large, healthy' mustard plaster vorn on the back contains more heat than a heavy overcoat. --Will some one(, please fit a conun drum to the tolowing answer: "One is an lee pick and the olier is a nice picklei"-NUisijtouvin flerald. We will. It's tle difference bet ween the JIerald's foot and a head of cabbage. -"What's wrong between you and Smythe, that you don't 'speak?" "Haw I Fact is, we were both wivals for the hand of the same voung lady a celebwated beautyv, yoti know !-nd -well, I don't want to bwao', but I got I he best (if it. Poor Limnythe I" "'My dear fellow, a thousand congratu lations!"''Tnaiks wiv ! We both proposed last week, you know, and she aiccepted-a--him !"-Punch. -Elder Sister-"You should make friends igaii ; it is albsuird for an en caged paiir to (iuarrel." Laura-' Well. theni, let Eodgar say the first word." Ekdgar (with a lively recollection of tle recent titl')-"Yes, so long as you have tle last, you don't care." -We have seen men so eager to get something for nothing, that one would almost believe they would be willing to die at short notice, were the) pre sented with grainitous cofilus, witi the unaderstanding that they should shuffile ofi'. --"What do you think of these shoes for S-4?" said Bob the other day, as ie put ole of his pedal extremiities on the table for inspection. "'Very cheap. consideing the size of th'e foot," was Jack's reply, as his eve waidered over a vast gardeii or sole leat her. -There is a burden of care in get ting riches, fear in keeping them, tetuptation in using them, guilt inl abusing them, sorrow in losing them and a burden of account at last to be ivenlup concerning them, and vet foolish people sell their souls and sigh to be rich. -A Dr. Knox, of New York State, thinks lie has done a big thing because lie hits taught some pet pigs to play euchre. Let him go into a pen-beg pardon. smoking car-on any of our railroads and le will find * what lie thinks is i ctriosity is a Common enough thing. -Said a Galveston school teacher: "If I have ten apples and give you tive and your big brother five, what %%ill be left?" "'i'll be left," responded the young er br'othier, '"for lie will get away with all of themi.- That's the kind of a'Pr'esi denitial candidate lie is." e,-T1 -Lem w tmtrr~ now boilers hook just after ther' have ex piloded. This doesn't seemn to hit thle case at all. What is needed is a pic (ture showing how a boiler looks just befor'e it is going to exp~lode. We could thena learn w'then to get out of (lie way. -The famnily wer~e telling riddles onie evenmng, and the tive-year-old told this: "Four littl oicipper-tovls sat on a tree, T'wo hopped off andt then there were three." Nolbody could gness it. ''Well," she ex phliied'l, "'one of t hieni hopphed right bac..k agai.'' "'Who told you that rid dlIe?" aske~d ammnna. "Nobody," r'e liliedI the little one. "'I thunk' it upl myself'." A Purmwr.Nr YANK~EE C'ONST ABL. Mr'. Elijah liitchcock was a Conniecti e'ut conistable, w'hose chairacter wvas utii der' scruti ny. D~eaconi Solognio 1tisinir w axs inqiuired of about him. "Dea~icon Solomton Jiisinig." said the