Tie Democratic-Watchman, TEEMS.--$t per year when Paid In ad ranee, $2,60 ninon not Paidin idrania ipd $9.00 when not paid before 'the expiration of the year. Van Asime,—.We l hn.re nutborlsod thy following gentlemen, to receive and seoeipt for subscription to the Dino CRATIO WATCH WAS lotion" .L ,finpiesome Joon H. RieliArtirDek, THINGS ABOUT TOWN & COUNTY Ib .orEnnricisi.—The ginpits_..wctrits. to this place nre now in. full ispersiiion, and with better iirompeltil'ihiin when tirtit MEE .t N EW th il i t piN7iB.;LWe tindpratand that ac csagenra tirt‘) being made for the erection a --4,203t.va50v, jn4hie place during the coming smitten. STRANGE rpilfdATlON.—Tho , geological tormaan of that, pert of Halt; ,Kasle sal ley from which the beautiful white and ia procured which in !mod in the glass words In this plaos would be worthy the examination of the scientific, This sand is found on the farm of John Leathers Sr., near Mount Eagle, this county, and it taken from a iitlge of wind which must have been thrensi up from below. Jt scold pay 11 geologist for it careful exam / 'tuition P: I LiMttot —There will he no eclipse of Ike moon this year, btit there will ho two erthe sun and one of the Mullett party. The latter will ho visible in all liortionm of the 'Toiled Status, including the fire "Mittitry folitieTly known us the Soullierh Marts, some of which were tho "original thirtetu p " for aide!' George Wat,hingfon and other 'traitorit' fought seven long yeamt, Way that_gptlyline spcndily come. grricAer roe Ontoge.—People ate troubled often with N.cere coughs, the results of °aids of long standing, which may turn In comonnstion or premature death, Ward douglue tattoo slieplows nights by constant irritation of the throat, and a a' rong effort to throw off offennive Atter from the lungs. the remedy we propose has been tried wilh good results, which in pimply to take into the mtomitelt before vielliving ftte the - night a" piece of raw tinion, lifter chewing. Tine esculent in an uncooked %tote in %et y heating, anti collects the water from the lunge and throat, causing imutediat e relief. Let the &timed try it. Svast.r EoreArioNs--'- I There are scares of little boys, from nit to twelve years of age, who are night/y.-permilic_to ream about the town until a late hour. These lads are acquiring ethicist ions on the street that will prepare them to - till positions, in future years, in the work house or penitentiary, if not to end their esteerr upon the gallows. They are apt seliolars, and little reliant who have not yet learned the alphabet can roll out the longest profane words known in the Ilillingsgate:dictionary,while obscene lan guage proceeds from their lips with a flippancy and familiarity that would do credit to scholars of a iipe; age educated in life schools of vice. Night after night +mall boy+ may be seen running at large on the streets, indulging in acts that but few &tam of. They are away from homp influences, and laying a foundation for mil that will utterely destroy- and root nut whatmer 'good influences may be thrown around them. Among these children se notice those who have high ly respectably and pious parents, who little dream of the conduct of their off spring while absent from home during the evening hours. The fault is not to he tread to the childeen, because we know they are prone to' seek evil coin minions, and to do acts of which their undeveloped judgments cannot fully teach them the terrible consequences. The fault lies with pareista in permitting them to be on the stroets at night, in companionship with the vicious and the vile. It is a reckless disregard of their high and holy trust. We ask parents to consider thin Matter—to realise that they ate reeponsibit, in a •gretat measure, for the future condtict alt their children —and to exercise their parental authori ty in such a way that our street schools shall no longer Ito crowded with infant pupils. Their 'place is in bed, or form lag o part dr the fatally circle, end not on the streets, indulging,itratta. of =h elms mischief, and shocking 114714110 mail of the public with profane aad litter 'language. Thera is truth, if not poetry, in the old couplet.— - "Just as the trig Is beat. The tree'i hscilved." Awaits/tritium'inn ar Commit haionts. To regard to the Common &beta sysktOto of the' agate, as at present mailed aid managed, wit - have nothing to say. Wet are well analetedi .fiat there're nutty abuses ko the system, hut prefer it ate tt. now bite stone at a& Viscounty sow intendlely 'has k eatilerosly asetiled e by *Ns K istir.boatiky, and while Me lidzplt thatit it a proper subject for 'thought A 11itid.10111910444,' ' 00110 1 :w6tlh iiiktivOJDoett on 4 *fm* tiat attkOlierion else net* under • preheitelou egthcfilliti-itu.1115141011:---16 is to set these right that, we love a few words to sky'. the iiiiiii , Yeihkobirity superiat4dant is not paid by the county but by the State at large, and 11'14 deity! abolisti the officie,irtCantre county, and recelv'e the amount:- annually in money ivhioli our superintendent now gets, its would not keep the ,school of the coun ty open a wook. In hot the amount each school would relieve would be ito trilling 'it could no( bibbtleed. Mlle' recent in crease in the Rabin , of superintendent Mageti4pia been made the occasion for Roma unfrioruffrattaakrupon And upon this subject we have a word to say. Many intelligent persons throughout the county thought air our aupertritillitlatt had much hard work to dti:lti his duties, lie ought to receive comperaa tion proportionate with those of other counties. With this flew, en effort was made to increase hie salary, and the in crease was suede by a convention called for school purposes generally, and not purposely to take action on this subject. It was distinctly stated by Mr. Stage° in that eeavention tbat ho would servo to the tad of his term whether kia !whiny: was inereased of diminished, and' it was a voluntary Atl on"the pare of the school' directors of this county, meant to do jus-: ties to the tax payers and to the superin tendent ; for, while We were required to ply our proportittn of State iaz, we ilia not receive from:the state a fitiriwopor lion for the payment of his salary. Wo say this much Simply to put the truth before the people. We arc glad to see a manifestation among them of a spirit of inquiry into the school laws Let in vestigation be fully made, but let no in, tlividnaY;be made to sutler for the faults of a system. Whether th‘sirperintendency is right or wrong. •while Mr. Magee fills the °floe sad perform& the. duties. pre; scribed by the law, it is but just that 'he should receive such compemostion as is paid those aho till similar poidtlonn in other counties. t wp 4kwu twp. keno 11;1,V.B/.7T 4nD W INT. —it is very dis heartening in theme days to visit the dwellings of the poor7:teluire is felt in full etentkness the effect, of the existing prostration in business and conk - merit depression of labor. In poorly lighted crannion, beneath low roofs, an idle hue band, a distracted wife, children ragged and hungry, are crowded together in the sleeping room and kitchen, all combined in a narrow apartment, there is the place to realize phut Tri meant by the eiprea sion "penge of povel-ty." , These words now have a deeper significance than be fore for many yews As a rule we do nut as readily open our hearts toile pithy when contemplating wrotchedf?ess with which the , sufferere have limn; long familiar. We call their Cenditio chronic. Thrunfortunate beings before .ippOMe(t 0 h e "WYO.! to lt." WO imagine, and perhaps correctly, that their sensibilities, if they eser bad any, have become callous Their ambition is gone, they have little self-respect, and are incapable of suffering from a sense ot humiliation. This is poverty in its more common aspects. But now times have changed, and the unsparing mon ster known as "want, - -hunger" or ••farnine," has seized upon and dragged down to the lowest depth of penury many who have aeon the light of better days. Many families belonging- to those who never before lacked employ meet, com prising skilled mechanics and artisans, now share in common the miseries en tailed by vice or criminal self-indul gence. It is when presented in this as pect that the sufferings-of the poor ap peal moat touchingly to those whose hearts are open to compassion. The truth new enforced by these scenes of wretchedness is , that in nearly all cities ant congregated an able-bodied mass wholly clieprnetrtienen to the ordinary demand+ of industry in prosperous days (especially under the stimulus caused by a profuse expenditure of new ly-made greenbacks foe the prosecution of war), there was work enough for all. Bat when the "situation - in wholly I'o - disbursement en Is and retrenchment begins—when the people are called upOn to aid in paying off old debts instead of making neve 011110.• come "the times thatiry men's Wools." Thiut is exactly the position at the present mo ment, and the inevitable consequence iB rebundanct of unemployed, non-pro ductive ?Inman muscle. Mouths have to be fed, bodice to be clothed, but the wherewithal he laiiking, and grim-vis aged poverty stares innocent children and helpless women full ii the faces Our laboring blesses iiiiniellefont, as well aa other places must not fail to read the les son how 'taught by bitter experience, and see the necessity of diapering throufghout the country and devoting therafinees ar agricultural pursuits with nut, deli. ThollOpner thin conclusion Is meshed the better foriall concerned. The miller° of fartn'produee is &Sways to order,,anti the enisiturageffloSit to :such litior was never greriter than lion, wk' flertifue stalks 'ahroad arid . pticete • are maintained at such exorbitant, rates. Suoing.• Nptlow 49000 n. yoot floopii 0 1 7 for sale at the , if Pookors riantrig Masao'.xi i4Atiii;.4 doneittef toast q.rtiolim.bsoporfol to Coligattand at half dui papa. I=l "Dried frulterioll 4 %do, imelimit' Cleo at Howell and (411111awd0 !. . 2 - - —Sparta] attention ie invited to Oonfeo tionsty mirk of tippers & ?ohtelli 1a t4i~ Woe. • la t ent* or, StraCill:la .--Titet each period make it hie brier:Ceti+ 'as it duty to oall upon the 11. H. Attestant Assessor of his Diateet before the let of March next, tmetac k knowe wbst:tbs^worti. bid , dette• , Ar him during the year 1867, and die his appli cation for, permit to continue bunkm. , ---ThCeitrrld keers inorluiriand. so do all Isiads of goods from the , sAegant store stl Zimmerman Bros. & 11449...kr• 4 ' walF apieeimpla- keeping ea homsais fiB -liae-01 everything the people want. They Fall epeolalAnteritlon to their stook dr fine Ayr.' iiplybOSr On bind, dObsittiti( 01 "BfeStsr flugar,';