The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-03

(, ddry Lane, be repeated at the next Con-
cert ; alsc that she tArkansas Travel.
Ter" be added. SPECTATOR.
News Items.
This year Ash Wednesday fslls on st.
Valentines Day, and Easter Sunday on "all
FOOLS day'-2st;ot, April.
:. James b., AvercS, chaplin of Ashby's
command. is preparing life of that re-
doubtable cayalie. md his companions.
Ex -Brigadier n. G. Swans, John. K.
Jackson, and Henry B. Jackson, C.. S. A.;
are practicIng lawi Augusta, Ga.
The popula,ionloi Louisville Kentucky,
is over 100000. In 1901 was SO, 600.
Hon. f. A. Conkling has been appointed
Collector of the port.of New York
Gems Butler and Banks had an interview
with The President Thursday.
Major. General Terry, at Richmond, hes
issued an order investing gSupcrintcndcn,s Of
the Frccdmen's Bureau with powers fPro-
yost MarShals.
Ex-Governor Rollinsd lied IN New Orleans
onthc 30h. Both Houses of the Lcgisa-
ture adjourned oyer.iu honor of his memo
~.
John Bell writes: az am not Informed
what qualifications are required atthc pres
ent time in Massachusetts; but few years
ago, believe. property TO the amount Of
two hundred and fifty dollars, and to be
able read and write, entitled n free man
of color to vote. a. grant of the right Of
suffrage to the Southern free men of color
upou such basis or standard of merit can
not be dangerous. am persuaded it would
be entirely safe and proper"
The Ghioni and Susini troops are in New
Orleans.
a French savant argues that Adam was
one hundred and twcnty.thrce feet, nine
inches tall, and Eve one hundred and eigh-
teen feet nine and three. fourth inches
This is akin to the Mohammedan fables,
which represent our first parents of such
prodigiOus statue, that when Adam stood
with ono foot on the top of n mountain in
Ccylon, the other was in tho sea, end that
when Eve lay with her head on one hill near
Mccco, her knees rested on two others in
the plain, about two muskct shots asundcr.
Mccormick, the inventor of the rcapiiS
machine that bears his name, has given
$4,000 for the establishment of n profess
Sorship of practical mechanics in Washing
ton College, presided over by Robert T.
Lee. Mccormick is n native of Virginia
Elder Knapp, speaking Of long prayers.
once said "Whcn Peter was cndcav0ring 10
walk upon the water 10 meet his Master,
and was about sinking, had his. supplica-
tion been as long as the introduction 10
one of our modern prayers, before he got
through he would have been fifty feet under
watrr"
The tri,d of General Mercer, late of the
Confederate army, charged with murder IN
shooting seven Upion soldiers who had join
cd the rebel army, for descrtion, was fin
ishcd to-day. The testimony is favorable
for Mercer; tits believed he will be acquitted.
In Alabapa, this week, law goes into
effect prohibiting any persons Of color from
owning or carrying firearms, under pom
atty of three months Imprisonment ana 500
fine.
4 telegram from San Francisco. (Cal.) of
the date Of the oath inst, states that much
damage has bccn done to tho interior Of the
State by floods. A ireshet hnd occurred at
Stockton. which was very severe in it's cf-
fccts. BY timely aed energetic efforts i'm.
Incnsc damage to property at Sacramento
by the lobd was prevented. Tho severest
tornado hat was ever experienced in that
nciqhborhood occurred Mt Geneva, Neyado.
on the 18th instant. Houses were unroofed
and nearly every shed and onthousc in the
place levelled to the ground. :. y
The New York correspondent Of the Balti-
moro Transcript states: at is reported in
POLITICAL circles that Mr.. William p. Evarts,
one of our most. prominent lawyers is daily
closc,cd'nll alone with his, law books, pre-
pairing for the trial of Jefferson Davis He
has been engaged by the Government for
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
and the great jurist now has his entire soul
in the matter. He is.studyingall the old law
books he can lay his hands on, for the pur-
pose of procuring a conviction, and all his
other law business is. for the time baing
laid asdeS No one ispermitted to see him
at his Office, as his entire time is occupied
in making. the necessary preparations for
the trial"