The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-10-27


AN fNoIDENT IN HisToRY.- re-
sponsible and wealthy planter of this
State, says the New Orleans Bulletin,
called upon President johnson, three
or four days prior to July 30--the
day fixed for the bogus Convention to
assemblo-and conversation ensucd
upon the condition of political affairs
in Louisiana. The Louisianian de-
nounced the animosity of Governor
Wells to the policy of the Administra-'
tion in such strong terms as to cause
the President to start from his chair
with the exclamation:
Scan it be true that he is really an
tagonistic to me Why, there is a
letter from him which fatty contra
diets your words"
"That may be, sir" responded the
Presidents visitor, "but the radicals
also have letters pledging his faith
equally as strong to them."a
The fact1was proven to Mr.. john
sons satisfaction, that Gov. Wells was
thus playing q double game, and most
important consequences resulted from
this conviction. A despatch which
had already been written, and which,
would have placed the military forces
in New Orleans at the disposal of Gov
ernor Wells, was not sent.
Is it not possible that the expected
receipt of this dispatch may account
for the singulas conduct of General
Baird on the day of the riot likewise
the tenor Of his letter to Mayor Mon
roe, a few days previous May the
Conventionites aud their sympathiz-
ers not have hoped, until the last mo-.
ment, for the important message to
come along7
The value of real estate in New
York is only beginning to be asserted. :.
Prices have. lately been rising rapidly,
and it only needs the settlement of
the Southern question to send them
up still higher. The property ad-
joing the new Herald building, consist
in of two lots, and having frontage of
fifty-nine feet on Broadway, has just
been sold to the Park National Bank
for $350,ooo.
I NATURES BARoMETERs.-A venera-
Bile gentleman with whom we recently
conversed, assured us' that spiders were
1.-The best barometers vet produced. The
barometer invented by the scientific, he
affirmed, only indicated the kind of
weather we are to have Immediately !;
while spiders unerrintly toll the charao-
teruf the weather for several days in
advarce For instance, if the weather
is likely to become rainy. windy or in
other respects dsagreeahle, the spiders
make very short and firm the termina-
ting flaments on which their webs are
suspended II on the contrary, they
make the terminating 6laments or fasten-
mgs uncommonly long, the weather will
continue serene from ten to dozen
days. @rt
Spiders usually make alterations in
their webs once in 24 hours. IF they
are totally indolent, and do not even
watch for flies. rain will speedily ensue.
| If the spiders stay out upon their nets
| during shower, and seem actively en-.
gagged in putting affairs in good condi.
tion, it is certain proof that the rain will
be Of short duration, and that it will be
cl,earweather for some time. If, during
the stormd weather. the spiders are seen
fixing their damaged nets in the evening,
it certainly indicates that the night will
be pleasant and that the rain is over for
the present. Our informant has often
witnessed this result when the sky look
ed most threatening, and he has never
known the sign to fail.