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Is V l rrr M - C . <W fW% t /ay i i w i /mk '' '** 'J * t' d*f '< - -? rr?^; ^eH Uentub to-Tttmt, Politics, JntdlxQcnct, attir tl)t Jnxyxovmtxit of % Stale avto (Ctmxtixty JOHN C. BAILEY, EDITOR & PRO'R. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 24, im ? *--- . VOLUIIS.UI-Na 12 - - i I J j , _ , T?ggggg .. - ? ^ . ^ i Mi 1 ? Hi Ml III I ? _? ' M^MNUMW" Two Dollar* p?r?OXKUB. ...I aNmiJ: wtijn ;M>!a> Tt?..- ?UnA^ I -* *' **' * ' 1 """" for the^ insertions. JwIjcontracU w^bsmufo. All advertisements muit have in* uuiubor M insertions marked on them, or they, will be Inserted till ordered oat, and charged for. , Unleaa ordered otherwise, Advertisements Will invariably be " displayed." i Obltaary notions, aad all asatUnt inuring to ' to the benefit of any ?n% are regarded aa " POETRY." _ ChangeTalk not of eliaoge I Love knows no change, ' The eonstaot heart, bow canat thou ttadi iflK ?rf iM No aarth born influence ean estrange The soul that's pound by ties ao strong. , I And, e'en tW Pride, with cold disdain, Shonld trample oo the faithful heart, Yet tinsubdned, it will retain Its pristine Ann e, till life depart. ! I'" I No ateadfaet passion warms the breast? No genuine footings e'er can glow? Wh|re all emotion Is at rest, Except where praise and fUtl'ry flow. . m . With blighting hand. Time cannot cast Its ruin o'er the constant heart:' Nor even Fate's telentless blast Bid the last cherished hope depart. Ah, not tho' darkness gathers o'er, E'en the foint glimmering ray that's r ' left? : Tho' doom'd sn exile evermore? Of all I ones enjoyed, bereftStill like yot. moon, scarce seen in light. Glows, wh?n the veils of night descend ? Thus, will .Love's taper, to this night ? Of all J'o^s, Its lusturc lend. O y^s 1 Hope's planet may deol ne? Or clouds of hatred gather there ; But Mem'ry's ever eliall he mine, And Love may find a tefuge here. Then, think not Pride, nor Scorn, nor JIale, Love's ardent passion o'er can tame? Tbey m ake Its constancy more great, At sprinkling to the raging flame. - ? KliMINISOENOES PUBLIC MEN. BY EX-QOVERNOR B. F. PERRY. [CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.] JAMES EDWARD HENRY. For many years Major Ilenry was a distinguished leading member of tho llouso of Representa tives of South Carolina, from the District of Spartanburg. lie was ono of the most proininont members of the Bar on the Western Circuit, and -possessed a most lucrative practice. He was a man of rare talents and genins, selfmade and self educated. As a writer of Action ho gave on mis takable evidence ol bis talents and ability in "Tbo Tales of the Packolott " and 44 Myra Cunninghaiu." His great succcsg at the Bar show ed hie legal attainments and devotion to hiy profession. But ho was at the same time fond of polite literature, and sometimes even courted the Muses. 'Itt44 The Bench and Bar of South Carolina," toy Jodgo O'Neall, there ia a long biographical sketch of Ma? jor Henry, written partly by the Chief Justice aud in part by the lie v. Mr.Landrnm. He was born in Province, lihode Island, in . I. ~ ' TT;_- '/-.i __ i *uw jMmrcjLi ? Q- mu wuior, who was ftierohant vessel, wag kinoa whilst Jfttoeft Edward was a lad. Xeft an orphan and ppyrv,ho putored ocojtQu factory, where ho rdtnained several years, and. then came to Spartanburg, Sonrti'UaroUna, fir thtvpiwpose of engaging in > tba *4 Woaver Factory." But he wot prevailed upon to take ehargd of a School in the neighborhood of the factory, where he remained for gov oral years, and then commenced the study of law under William Hnnt, Esquire.? He was admitted to the Bar In 1821, and formed a partnership with Col. Patillo Fariow. When I first;became acquainted with Majdr H6pi7 he was practicing law at Spartanburg, in partnership with Jwdgo Earle, and I know the Judge had a very high opinion of him as a lawyer and a gen tlemau. * * - I <i ? . j I M il? Aa a boon companion Major Hdtify had few equal*. He was always in good spirits, full of wit and humor, talkod well, and was most cordial In his manners. He wai fond of a j<?kc, told an anecdote well, and always most happy Adams Sn4 two or three other members werb run bytbeir friends* and onlLWtftffdti?a.fdf the de feated as^aitti to the Bpoabpr's Chair war* amoving thorns elvos at the bafrel, wLea/i&dH^hdi^^ posed tv ibetfcieated gentWmen to make tho speeches, which they had, no doubt, prepared in case they were elected. They all de H vnaivnf ?* i'vu jjjiujv/i xjinii j 6tllU UD knew what each one would have said, and would, for the gratification of the comjiany, rehearse their several speeches, together with bis own: Thereupon, ho commenced with the speech of Gov. Adams, who was then General ?f Cavalry, and bad been an old lino Whig. In succession hd made a' speech for each one of the other candidates, and eondaded with his own. The^ were inimitable specimens of his wit and hurhof1, and never | qrcrTTTcftnpwyw gentlemen cn joy an exhortation with more rapturous glee. In the argument ol a crim. con. case at Spartaiiburg, Major Henry took occasion, most wittily and humorously, to allude to Potiphar's wife. The senior counsel on tho other side, who was taking notes of the Major's argument, and uot being well versed in Biblical history, enquired of his junior sitting by him, u Whero that case of Poat^fers wifo was reported I" The junior counsel, who was fresh from his classics, said " he thought he had read it in the Greek Testament !" The ennuiry and answer were overheard by other members of tho Bar, and produced a burst of laughter. This gave the Major an opportunity of con tinning his hutnorons remarks, to the great amusement of the Court and sjwctRtors. In the latter part of his lifo Major Ilcnry joined tho Methodist Church, and became sincerely pious. lie told me he found it hard to break himself of the bad habit ho had contracted of cursing un der sudden impulse and excitement. Shortly after he joined tho /~m.~ l. 1. - l. - J _ .? ? - vvijuiuii no nuiHiou u window to look out. when tlio sash fell on his head. He involuntarily exclaimed " Damn the window." Judge Earle told me that ho returned from Columbia in the stage with Major Henry and his partner, Major Deane, some time after thoy had both attached themselves to tho Church. Henry enquired of Deane if he had lost none of his piety in Columbia, and whether he was as zealous in tho cause of religion as ho was before he left homo. Major Doano replied that ho had experienced no change whatever in hia religious feelings, and begged to know whv thelites tion was asked him. Honry said he himself did not feel as much zeal in religion as when ho left home; that meeting his old friends in Columbia, and spending three or four weeks with thein, had, he must confess, demoralized him very much, and made him neglect his religious duties. When I first became acquainted with Major Henry he had just been defeated for the Legislature, and in Speaking of tho canvass, he said ho was most unfortunate _ . ! a * - i . ^ - - in luuuuug iwo oi ujc most serious charges that wore brought against him, and which defeated iiia election. I enquired how that was. lie ropliod that botli of the charges were true, and he could npt deny either of them in his public speeches! This somewhat excited my curiosity, and I begged to know what these accusations wero. lie suid they accused him of being a lawyer ! which was 'me, and they charged him with being a Yankee! and that also was the truth I In the Legislature, every session, Major Ilonry would submit a string of resolutions, to bo referred to the different committees, to enquire and report as to the expediency of legislating on the various matters referred. These resolutions generally embodied a good deal of popular sentiment expressed during the canvass. Some of the Major's friends said to him i that he had introdnccd his resolutions for Thin com be, and if they hould be favorably reported on ! ho wonld bav'e to vote against them himself. 44 No." aaid lie. ,4not all of them?I think I could vote for one half of them at loast." I had, through life, a verv strong and sincere fiieudwhip for. Major Henry, and deeply regretted that habit of iutemperance, Which car ried him to an untimely grave, and which was contracted in the latter part of his life by his cordiality, sociablln,/ ondlovo of friends and company, lie otvoe said, to mo that no one was in dangei of being a drunkard if he only drank w?*m he wanted to drink, lint men got in tho habit of drinking by association and coinpunionship. It ttruek me that there was a gri at deal of troth and puUoeohhy in ika kaimamIT tl AIM AltAti /l/\ Mnn *in iDKiifTRi uy? viich uv/'pcn* tleuicn tsJdfirllftaf out of polite nowf., or through aopinbility, when b<> ?e?ir? to d9 fo what ever v. In tbt* way au artificial tlrirfct and loving for spirits Mere*' tod, which onds in habitual drunkenness. 1 onco heard a refinod and polished gentleman say that the fashionable etiquette of asking uiKHuer, Kb t/oc dinner mom, to take a glass of wino with him wm as. absurd aft it would be to ask him to take salt with him I Major Henry was appointed oue of Chief Justice O'NeaU's aids wheo lie was elected Major-Gone ral. He soou resigned his commission, (says his (Chief, in the hi ographical sketch already alluded to,),pod, trankly confessed that he had po ipilitary talent at all. 1 onoo heard the Major wake this acknowledgment in the Logisla turew.Jiewaa.addre88ingtho llouse on game military bill, and apologized bv saying that he professed no military genius, pride, or ambition in that line, lie had never aspired even to be a Governor's aid ! This was said immediately after His Excellency, for the time being, had appointed fifteen or twenty members of the H0U60 on his staff*. *'' The death of Major Henry was a sad nffiictibn to his friends and family. It was also a great loss to his adopted District and State. He was indeed, as the Chief Jus tice said in his Bench and Bar, u the child of genius." Ho had given reputation to the Spartanburg Bar, and position and influence to the District in the Legisla ttire. lie was the great advocate 1 of manufactures in Spartanburg, and injured his fortune seriously by it. IIis loss by the Bivingsville Factory was very large. At the meeting of the first Court at Spartanburg after the death of Major Ilenrv, I was requested to draft suitablo resolutions by a meeting of the Bar, and present them to the Court. in doing so, and addressing Ilia Honor Judge Withers, I was affected to tears. In attending to it at Laurens Court the next week, Judgo Withers said it was all over now, and Henry had passed out of our minds I replied to him that, so far as I was c m'cerncd, it was a great mistake, Major lieury hud been almost constantly in mind ever since, and i that I never could cease to remember and regret htm, that the curly friends of youth were far more endeared to us than those of later lifo. Henry was indeed a most lovable man, warm hearted, generous, disinterested, and public spirited. IIis courage was as truo as steel, and his firmness unconquerable. But ho was as bitter an enemy as ho was confiding in friendship. In his early struggles through poverty and obscurity there was a family iniliienco which attempted to crush hitn. lie said to me once that the bare thought of the possibility of his blood be ing mingled with that of this family in future ages rendered him unhappy. But the Rev. Mr. Lan drum states, in his sketch of Major llenry, that, whilst on his death }tAf) ItA annf fan li!?? ?vii ?/> mill) nuu icijuuni cd liim to &ay in the pulpit that he forgave all liis enemies, and <iicd a sincere believer in Jesns Christ, hie Savioue. [CONTIN'CRD NKXT WEKK.] The World says : "In the faith ful fulfillment of pledges which the World has constantly repeated since its great disappointment at tho surprising nomination at Cincinnati, we bow to tho decision of the Democratic National Convention, and loyally accept Greeley as the Democratic candidate for Presidont." It deprecates the abusing of antl Greeley Democrats, and says: 41 Unless these can be won over, the campaign ag&inst Grant is utterly hopeless. | Tho great object is harmony and [ unanimity." General Breckcuridge expresses himself in favor of Greeley. The Tribune heads its account of the proceedings at Baltiinoro with ! two hands grasped. The Times captions its account, "Midsummer Madness" ? "The Last Act of tho Democratic Bedlamites." Alas 1 here is another fondlyohtiiishod tradition sternly swept away by the Itev. James 6. Dunn, of Boston, Mass., who is traveling in Palestine. The reverend gentleman visited the Dead Sea, and his description of that notorious sheet ot water and salt flatly contradicts all the accounts of all other travelers. Ue says that the waters are clear and ripplo beautifully, that the shores are green with shrubbery and bright with pretty flowors He admits that tho water of the sea is heavy and bitter, but denies that they arc nevor milled i on the ooutrary* b their waves iptashed on tho pebbly beach, and iu the distance their white orostB looked like no many white ewane." A Dead -and- A live Sen, at any rate ! f???? ? . i ? It 1* said that ono person in ton of tbo entire population of Virginia is a Baptist. JC A1CU1 AMU HOWE. Shall we Sell at own Price or that of tfct Jriyil { With the products of the eArth, produced by the labor of tljo fartner, " t h o anomaly exists o f the bbyer' coining ipto market, and settinsr bis own Driee for tho commodity be wants. He is himself tbe collectQf of Information concerning the crops of tbo world, and this intormation is easily tinged to suit his purposes. By a simple and oft-repeated process of over-estimating crops, prices are kept low until the prod nets are out of the hands ot the farmor, who then can reap no profit from tbe rise which so often takes place just too late to benefit the producer.1' It is calculated that the cotton planters of the South alone have lost, in thirty-four 3 ears, by this system of overestimating 1 crops, the value of one and throe- t fourths of an average crop, and $375,000,000 in the la6t six years alone, by fluctuations in prices ' which could not take place were , the seller as well informed as the 1 ?-?J - - uujcr iu i^uru iu uie amount oi the crop. Mr. Pope Barrow, in tbe Southern Farm and Home, bus collected statistics of prices from which ho deduces the fact that from 18G7 to the present tirno, u inid dling cotton in Georgia markets has averaged nearly as follows : Three winter months . . . 19 5 G Three Summer months . .24 3-10 "Thus, it will be seen that thoBC gentlemen who have earned a livelihood by purchasing cotton Irotn us during the winter, and selling the same the following summer, have, upon the whole, made a very handsome thing of it. It becomes us now, after this exhibition of comparative prices of American cotton, to give this matter a careful consideration.? Ono thing is certain?that is, the cotton planters will Bell their cotton almost entirely in the full and winter. 13y the first day of March in each year the crop of the previous one will havo passed out of the hands of those who made it; and if tilings aro managed in the future as they havo been in the past, the producer will continue to lose tho three or four cents per pound. It is quite impossible for us who grow cotton under the present system in the South ever to be able as a body to hold our cotton over uutil the following spring or summer, to wait for the flood-tide of prices. We are ob liged to sell during tho winter.? It being imposssihle, therefore, for us to go to tho high prices, they must be made to come to us, after the time honored manner of Mahomet and his mountain. If wo wunt those additonal three and a half cents to go into our pockets, we must exercise the same energy, intelligence, and good sense that have been displayed by those who havo heretofore pocketed it. Tho key of the whole problem lies in ?.'a.. ~J ji J.* ? (/HO OTVL/G 9~TW(, uy C*J C tbUGV 'UJilU (1/71* nually buy the crop of American cotton over the plantersx in point of statistical information m regard to it. It is they wbo keep the books of the business; it is they who count the bales, who add up tho columns ol re~ ceipts ; it is they, in short, who know all that is known upon the subject, and we have seen that they have uiado their knowledge pay." Were the farmers organized (as wo hopo to see them organized} throughout the country, and had we the plan of Commodore Maury for collecting and diffusing information in regard to tho crops of the world, in full operation, we, liko the merchant, tho mechanic, lliA dno.tOr niwl H?r> Inwvfti' olinntfl ...w sot our own prices lor our own wares and get thorn. We should not go to our factor and humbly bog uiin to do the host he can for us, nnd take what he chooses to give for our own cotton or our rice, but wo should leave him to apply to us for the price, and buy or not, as ho might soe tit. With a Grango of Patrons of Husbandry in every neighbors hood, a univorsal system of crop reports and intelligent, united notion on the part of the farmers, we shall make our own prices, and the buyer will have no choice but to pay them.?Rural Carolinian. TheDevoreux Brothers, assisted, by Mr. W. P. Kussol), of tho sash and blind factory, completed, on Sullivan's Island, in 17 davs, tor a Charleston merchant, a dwelling soventy five foot long, tweuty five foot wide, and two stories high. with piazzas and chimneys, and lathod, plastered and painted in a thorough workmanlike manner. .. . ??#} ? 7 I Carl Schwa i? to spoak at several points in North Carolina before the first of August. Pea* Better Than Clover. A correspondent of an exchange says : " I assert what X believe to be fact, that- the Southern field pea is better for the Sonth than clore^both as a mannrial agent and as provenderjor stock. In making this ossflgtion I do not wish to be understood'as fltfomntinn Ia ..*i w uitvvm^w10 vuiu vation of clover. i(I would advise all persons who have the soil, or facilities for growing it to do so.?But it is because-1 believe comparatively few have these facilities, and because l.know that peas can be grown successfully on all farms, that I recommend the cul ti vat ion of the latter above that of the former. "The field pea cau be growu successfully in every section, and upon almost all soils throughout the South. Clover cannot. Peas are easier sown, are Bure to germinate, grow faster, and afford more protection to tho land at the right time than clover. Two crops can be growu yearly on the same land in every South ern State ; the seed required to plant a given area costs less ; it is as good a fertilizer as clover, and makes as good winter provender when properly cured. Bosides the seed peas when gathered oithcr green or dry, make an excellent article of food for stock. and cvoti for man. It is unsurpassed for fattening hogs; unsurpassed as a green manure: and, to crown all, it will grow on all sorts of 6oil, and won't he long about it anywhere." LATE CLIPPINGS. Forty pouud melons are exhib ited in Texas markets. The validity of the 8tate license law is to be tested in Charleston. Senator Frank Arnim, of Edgefield, is spoken of for Govornor. A small colored child died at Florence, 8. C., lately, by accidentally getting concentrated lyc in its month. General Joe Ilooker offors to bet $50,000 that Dr. Horace Greeley will bo elected President in November. The jury before whom Stokes, the murderer of Fisk, was tried, failed to agree, and the prisouer remanded to jail. Mr. A. A. Gilbert, editor of the Sumter Watchman, who has for some time been sick at Spartanburg, is improving. The debt of New York City is $127,000,000. The taxos to be raised this year, $30,437,000, bo sides $900,000 for streets. The Legislature of Kansas has abolished capital punishment in that State, and substituted imprisonment for life in its ulace. It is Btnteri that five persons at Trenton, Tennessee, died from eating fish that had been fed on " Jopidopterons larvae." Choked to death, of course. A bear, weighing about 425 pounds, was recently killed near Brown's Mill, abont three miles from Barnwell village, by Mr. Jasper Redmond. Dr. J. lint us Bratton has gone to London, Canada, to testify in the case of Cornell, the Canadian constable who assisted In the kidnapping of the doctor. To grow rich,.earn money fairly, spend loss than you earn, and hold on to tho differenco. Tlio first takes musclo, toe second self-control, the third brains. Missouri has a larger number of Baptist churches than any other State in the South, having 1,250. Georgia has tho largest church membership, having il0,000. The Prince of Walos, while at Paris, fonnd time to call upon Mrs. Johnston, formerly Miss Harriet Lane, James Buchanan's neicc, one of tho worthiest of American women. A meeting to consider and further tho project of building a railroad between Augusta and Greenwood, S. O., will be held at the latter place on the first of next i A Life is made up, not of great sacrifices of duties, but ot little things, in which smiles and kindI ucss, and small obligations, given habitually, m e what win and pro serve the heart and secure the comforL? , ,.d x Recent heavy rafns havo caused an overflow of "the Alabama river and its tributaries, tearing np the railroad tracks, and destroying the cottgn and corn crops to the value of two millions or inoro. The ravages of the caterpillar aro widen | ing. I tie boil worm 10 also appearing in certain localities. Tho rocoot sale of the Laurens Railroad has been sot aside by the United States Dietriot Court, on i tiie ground that tbe road sold for 1 lees than $64,000, the enm fixed i by tbe order of tbe Court. j uage .Linton Stephens, brother of Alexander H. Stephens, for many years prominent in public affairs, and a man of great ability in the legal profession, died in Augusta, on the 14th inst., of congestion of the brain. Thb-Spartanburg New Era, (RepttbHdan,) which has had the name dfr R. K. Scott at its mast head as its preference for Governor, no longer floats that banner. We are glad to know that our cotempora ry is moving for reform. It is reported that an effort is being made to induce Mr. Sumner to go to North Carolina to take a part in the impeudiug campaign. This would bo carrying the war into Africa. Biains and argument against bayonets and greenbacks. Hon. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, who was appointed tempo rn.?: -i- *?-- *?_?. ???j viiuii mini ut iuu joammore Con volition, is the grandson of j President Jefferson, and an elder | brother of the late Gen. G. W. ( Randolph, who was for a time the ] efficient Secretary of War of the , Confederate States. , The clasped hands which the i New York Tribune places at the | head of its columns on the first I page, suggests the philosophy of the recent action at Baliimore. Liberal Democrats and Liberal Republicans have come together under a patriotic impulse. Ilands are clasped "on the broad platform of reform and the reign of peace and good will." Most of the Republican speakers are raising the cry of reform and retrenchment. These professions may very properly be regarded with suspicion. Remember their many solemn promises of amendment during the last State canvas6, and thcu look upon the mismanagement and wasteful extravacanca of th? nm'tv >" _ ? , J ... w., and judge of the future. It 16 proponed to hold a Soldiers1 Reunion In Now York, next September. Generals Gordon, Fitzhugh Lee and Bradley Johnson lead the movement on the Southern side. Such a Reunion would bo a happy phase of the era of the good will which began in Cin? cinnati, was strengthened in Baltimore, and will become fixed and perpetual upou the eleotion of Greeley in November. The Columbia correspondent of the Beaufort Republican says : The movements and speeches of Judge Oi r are alarming the friends of Frank Moses. It is evident I that the Judge means business, and that he has a host of determined, influential and energetic friends. It is also certain that his avowed design of securing the nomination of an honcBt Stato ticket is iu accordance with a pledge of Grant to support the effort with all the power of the Federal Administration. It is asserted with great earnestness that, unless the coining State Convention accede to the demands of the Orr men, there will be a split, and a thorough reform ticket will be put in the field. Such a ticket would receive the cordial support of Grant aud the party outside fbJft Rfaln Frank Muses is 6aid to be very blue, lie is working against tide for lire nomination, and oven if he gets it, the chances are that he will be defeated in the election by the combination ot the Orr men, reformers, art,J the Democrats. * 1c is not certain that Orr wants the nominnliou tor Governor for himself, but uuloss he is satisfied with the Stato ticket thore will be trouble in tbo caiup. It was reported on the streets, says tho Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, that Winchester Rifle Scott had engaged his passage on tho Inman Line for Europe, saying that since Greeley's nomination he saw no longer liopo of maintaining tho Winchester Rifle as tho best law. Of courso the Treasury of South Carolina has becu swept and garnered. Owing to the sickness ot Mr. L. fi. (kri)AntAI*. fit ilia tlolmnKia ? r vvmiuum Union, lie was not present, as expected, to address the Republican meeting at Abbeville, on Friday 12th inst. Messrs, Fin ley and Shives instead, harangued a very dieorderly meeting at some length. ISrtMtriiD Barber, of Oobb Oonnty, Qa., Is said to have dng troni his gold mine a diamond, valued Itu a \Tptt' Vnrli iiaaaviftt of tftfl . I \ "J - ? v.. I ooo. 1 State Fofitfe* A correspondent of the Beanfort Republican, writing frota Columbia under the date of the 6th Inst, gives the anuexodf: Ths Governorship.?All interest centers in the Governorship \nd Treasurershfp. Those reprosent power and money. The raert who liold these offices control the party. Moses has the field at present for Governor, but he will bo weaker in the convention than before the people. As sure as ho is nominated there will be a bolt. r\ : *- - \yn in uiuuu more lanced of than liked. Moses bates htm and will prevent bis nomination. Orr is determined to try for it. He bas tbo assistance of Tom Mackey, who has completely deserted GovBrnor Scott. He is engaged in assorting all that ho so ably denied when he was writing Scott's mes~ sage last fall. There are many who believe that Scott will have ft good deal of influence with the convention, and that he may after all be the man. He, however, asseverates his disgust with the cares of office and the ingratitude of politicians. He may well feel angry when he reflects that his merest reviiers owe what influence they have to him. Chamberlain is sometimes talked ot as a candidate likely to heal all dissensions in our ranks, but while there is a kindly feeling for him and great respect for his abilities, it is felt that he. has assented to the worst acts charged upon the State Government. Dr. Neagle is quietly, slowly but surely gaining strength for Governor- It will bo found that be is more formidable as the canvass progresses. The Treasurer.?Parker, Cardozo, and Noah aro the only announced candidates. Of the first, it is necessary to enumerate bis claims upon the otlicc. lie will enter upon the canvass with tho prestige of past successes and present occupancy, and although ho has many enemies he ought to bo able to make many friends, Cardozo is lively. lie is striving to unite himself with a strong candidate for Governor. He basos his strength upon his personal hones ty and bis color, A Sad DeaIA.?Gen. W. K. Easley, ot Greenville, South Carolina, died at the Kimball House, in thia city, yesterday, 3 o'clock P. M. He arrived here on Monday last, and suddenly took ill. His cose baffled the skill of his physicians, who gave him all the attention that was required. Nor was he wanting in the attention of friends, who sat by his bed-6ide< and ministered to his wants. And wheu life .departed, his personal friends, many of whom were Carolinians, and the noble fraternity of Free Masons, honored hiin in the funeral cortege which followed him to the cars which were to take him back to his beloved State. Genera) Eaaley was a noble sou of a noble State?true to himself, his friends and his country. In his last moments he exemplified his life by submitting to the will of his Maker without a murmur or complaint, Ttie only regret ho expressed was not having his dear children with him to bid them adieu. Col. B. Y. Sago, of the Air-Lir.c Railroad, of which General Eaaley was a Director, went with his remains to South Carolina.?Atlanta Constitution, 12th inst. i ? ? i Kansas Pacific Railway.? This favorite line extends from Kansas City Leavenworth through the fertile State of Kansas to Denver in Colorado, 639 mites. Rare opportunities are offered to the public for homes in a section ot Country unsurpassed tor productiveness and healthf illness. The (State Capitol, State university, and State Agricultural Collego urc located along its line, nnd the general educational facilities are nn? equaled. The reputation of Kansas is unsurpassed as an agiicultural State. By referring to the United States Agricultural :? ...Ml V- - icj'ui 10, ib wiii uo seen time Kansas Las a greater nverago yield to the acre ot the cereals than Any other State ; and at the great truit fairs held in PhiladelEhia, Richmond, Huston and AU any, Kansas took the tirst premium tor the finest display ot fruits. For the pleasure of travelers or invalids, a varied and charming landscape is presented ; and the delightful uir of Colorado, and the celebrated warm and hot springs near Denver, give renewled life to the sick. To those rnn. templating going West wo would advise them to inspect the country along this road. GrAnt offers to the South the point of the ewurd. Greeloy ofera the plowshare and the otivo branch.