The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-22
PERSONAL ITEMS.

e1 PEESONAL ITEMS.
Alabama has lost another of her most val
nable citizcns--Judgc Orrnand, of Tusoa-
ioosa. lie died at his residence in that city
OH the I'd instant, after about q weeks iii,
ness from. pneumonias contracted during
visit 10 Now Orleans. w.
An cx-rebel of New Orleans under the
influence of too much whiskey, ON tho 13tb
day Of last February FCnrniyol ilny.1 cried
'Hurrah for the .Conftdcracy.." lie baa
been sentenced to two years hard labor in
Fort Jefferson. Florida. His namo is "Wm.
Wright, citizen" ~
Col. w. L, davidson, Of Chn"lo Ia. hoa
been requested by tho ladies of Winchester,
Va, to net MS agent in chat section of tho
state for collecting funds for tho. proposed
cemetery ut tho latter place.
Major Charles w. Suuircs Of tho f,m,,s
Washington Artillery Battalion from Now
Orleans, was lately married at po,crsbur,,
Va'' to Miss Emma H. Tnppcy.
The Empress ofihc .Fronch nccompan;ci
by The Princess do Mattcrnich, went out
intely on shooting excursion at Marlev
Her Majcsty,killcd 79. head Of gamc.
Tho noted German tragedian, .Fcchtcr. is
coming TO the United States.
Jared Sparks, tho historian and cx-p -pres;-
dent of Howard College, died mt his rcsi-
dencc in Cambridge, on Tho llth instaat, of
pneumonia.
me special Treasury agents in tho South
nave been directed by Secretary McCulloch
To inform tho public ut large, rs far as prac-
ticable, and especially all subscribers TO tho
confederate Cotton Loan, that this 80 called
%,
perty of tho late Confcderaoy, and is liable
to seizure and confscaiion
General Cooper, Adjutant General of tho
."G C"nfcdorate States, has recently been
in Richmond, apd Senator Tigfall. somc
four weeks ngo made his escape into Meyi-
co from Texas. we believe tho most prom.
inent persons of the late Oonfcdcracy mr.,
now call accounted for"
N Marshall o'DoRncll has reported a bill to
the Spanish Empress, fixing the effective
force OF the Spanish army for tho year nt
eighty five thousand mon.
Maximilian has had his salary cut down
to 900 per day.
Mrs Jefferson Davis arrived at Nashville.
on Monday last, enrouto for Canada, where
sho'is to reside until change of circum-
stances shall direct her return.
The Mississippi has overAowed the unro-
paired levee near Baton Rouge, La., and n
great Hood is anticipated.
General Joseph e Johnston was at Hart.
ford, Conn, last Wednesday.
Provisional Governor Sharkoy had nm In
terview with the President on Tuesday.
General Early has written another letter.
In which ho defends MIR. Davis patriotism.
d. S. Tappan, an ex-Brigadier Confede-
rate General, died OF yicksburg, Miss, on
the lst instant. .. -
A BLOODY DUEL BETWEEN Ex CoNPrpEp-
ATs ORRIoERs,-A correspondent of the
Memphis Post states that n bloody duel was
fought on the 2eth ultimo, between Major
Ned Burns, formerly of Morgan's command.
and a.Cn.onel Twyman, also Confederate
oilicor, o. Point Clicot, n secluded place on
the Mississippi, near Columbia, Arkansas.
The origin of tho difficulty was unknown.
The weapons used were Bowie knives. and
the duel was nothing moro nor less than snv.
age. butchery. Major Burns was wounded
in tho arm, and Colonol Twyman received
three wounds in The body, which arc thought
to be mertal. Tho lntlcr was also severely
Injured in tho faco. his S6se being completS.
ly severed, and one. of his eyes so Injured no
greatly to impair. If not entirely destroy,
his sight. Tho ColonA second was slight.
iy wounded by fhrust from Major Burns.
All the parties reside in Mississippi.