The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-08-18

A this adages striking'v illustrated at the
/ PreSentstire alike in Great Britign and
in thes$Ihred States. In the former
country tire exists an aristocracy. the
most wealny AMI Influential! in Europe.
which slries to control the people ire
spective Of any popular interests, heed
less Of any arguments save those which
affect lis dvn prosperity or exislense.
But the pdple haveat last grown weary
of this stHe Of things. and the great
question tdreform, which for many years
has been tie political shntilrcock with
which pulric men have amused them
selves, hashow become the test issue af
the day, thf issue on which Governments
Will stand br fall, the measure on which
the peoplehre determined.
In our country, also. we have IN this
year of our Lord, 1866, an aristocracv,
not OF britt like that Of England, not OF
talent and Worth, as should be the case
in a republic, but of mere political
chance. This arisocracy is nominallv
the enemy Of oppression and the friend
of the p"ore; but it is in reality despo.
tism irsclf-and, what renders it all the
more danguops-dcspotSm in Disguise;
and lis pride is that most. pernicious to
mankind ard rcvol,ing 10 Heaven, tile
pride which apes humility"
The only difference between the old
ai'islncracy Of England and the new
regime Of America, is that The former
is lrndal, and The latter radical-one
dates from William the ConqnDrcr and
The other from Johu Brown-but how.
ever unlike in name or date. they as.
simulate closely in their nature. Both
desire power nj ali hazards, and neither
cares ruSh-liSht for the people. Neg,
York Nc,0s.
FIX PRESIDENT DAvrs.-Thrre seems
to he some foundation for The rum ,r
that Jefferson Davis is either to he
speedily tried or to be uncond,nonallv
released. President Johnson is in
very natural Indignation at the gross
manner in which he has been deceived
by those who assured him that there
was positive evidence connecting Mr..
Davis with the assassination OF Mr.
Lincoln How signally all ATTEMPTS to
establish such connection have failed
is well known to the public.
A Hamburg correspondent mentions
the suggestive fact that more than sew.
ell eights Of the slain in the Prussiam
armies were married men. Young men
country; hut those who had families
were compelled TO remain, and as the
conscrption laws are sweeping, and no
substitutes allowed, these were forced
into the army.
Prentice says that Colonel Forney
and all his numerous relatives have been
living upon the public bread and butter
until rhe smell OF bread and butter is
exhalrd 80 strongly from every pore OF
their bodies ns to be perceptible ten
yards off, ye, the Colonel has The impl.
drnce 70 talk tannlimglv about the
''hrcad and batter party" The power
Of m2udcncc is indeed amazing.
1900
THE HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE. -
Two brothers, soldiers from this district
and married men, fell at their post OF
w ''it IU'S Wal. IltiI WHY'S anu
little children saw before them IA very
gloomy prospect. Since the war, how.
ever, two old bachelor brothers of the
heroic deceased hnve sacrificed the
charms Of single hlrsscdncss," to a
sense Of duty and married the widows.
IT, the place orsuff.ring and de<ponden
cy there is now food, and protection AMI
c0ntrntmrnt These trne.henrled old
fellows say, it was our dnlv to take care
Of the families -four poor brothers, and
we knew no better way Of so doing
The English ParIiamrn, could scarcely
refuse to make an exception of such /;
case and declare these marriages valid
The example is worthy of all comTen
dalon and Observation-Disclosures South
erner.
No STAMPS ON RECEIPTS OF NONE,
FOR CHARITABLE INsTITUTIoNs'-Th,
following note explains itself;