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?toe Carolina SPARTANB TJRGJ P. 91. TKI1IMIER, EDITOR. Thursday, August 16, 1866. We ?re requested by the Tax Collector to state thai he will be at this plaoo on Saturday, the 18th instant, for the purpose of receiving taxes. The books will then certainly be clos ed, and execntions issued against all who fail to pay on that day. Personal. We were pleased to meet with Mr. W. K. Scott, the gentlemanly traveling agent for the Columbia Carolinian, who will remain iu town ror a cay or two, ana will be pleated to receive subscriptions for this paper. The Carolinian Is one of the best papers in the State. Subscription, $0 a year. Marble Work. We call attention to the advertisement of W. A. Nicholson, of Union. We know Mr. Nicholson, and feel warranted in recommending him to our people as a skilful workman He served an apprenticeship of seven years in Scotland, which with several years experience in tho pursuit of his business, render him well qualified to give satisfaction, and to execute well all orders given to him. turning of Columbia. Thie "Review of Northern Assertions and Bouthern Facts," by Dr. D. II Trrzevant, tnay be found at the Book Store of T. 11. Anderson. It contains a <out thirty pages, and well printed at the Columbia Carolinian Office Price only 26 cents. The Stamp Act. We call the atteution of our readers to this Act, which we publish on the first page of tiiis week's issue. It is important that every individual in the country should read it carefully, and preserve it forv future reference, that they may not unadvisedly subject themselves to the penalties which a non compliance with the exactions of iliis Act impose. Tho duties imposed by this document arc felt by every man in the country. Last week we published the Act as it was passed last April, but it has undergone so many changes and amendments that we thought, proper to republish it. The La Crottgc Democrat. It is from this sterling, bold-spoken, independent defender of Democracy that we make umny numorous ana trutlitul cxtrue's, over the signature of "Brick Pomcroy," who comes down frequently like a "thousand of bricks" upon the filthy heads of Beast Butler, Prentiss, Curtis, Banks, the ltump Congress and Radicals generally. liis " bricks" arc heavy enough to make all dccauip upon whom they fall. The Democrat is the boldest and ablest champion of the party in all the country. In the pictures it draws of sore-headed Uadicals and Radicalism, it is only excelled by the foul doings of this filthy dogma. In short, it is a live newspaper, well.filled with general intelli gence and racy reading matter from the pithy and pungent pen of "Brick Pomeroy," which is not less prolific thnn it is humorous. The principles which it enunciates and defends arc those which all true Southern men feel. It is "Democratic at all times and under all circuintances" "Radicals in the Hopper," is the caption of an extract which we make from it this weok. We recommend the La Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat as a paper deserving the patronage of all true Democrats in every sec tion of the country. CommlMNloncrti of Roads. The Commissioners of Public Hoods and Bridges, for this district, held a meeting on Salcsday la t, (lie proceedings of which we have no' noon informed officially, but learn that they adopted measures of retrenchment in the expenditure o? pnblic funds so as to reduce greatly their levy, in view of tho increased lev y necessary to no made by (lie Commission era of the Poor. We learn that the superintendents of the difTerent. divisions are restricted in the number of bridges and in the amount to be paid for the building of the s&mo. We heartily endorse this action of the Commissioners, and regard it as laudable in tne highest degree, notwithstanding sonic little inconvenience may result therefrom to some sections, but certainly uone will object when they know that this economy has been induced by a spirit eo praiseworthy. Certainly every coosidera tion should yield to that of alloviating the con dition of '.lie poor and suffering of our country, which class hus been so frightfully increased in our community in tlsc last lew years. Yes, retrenchment should be the motto, both in private and public expenditures, aud more especially when it has in view tho relief of the au&ering. ? ?-<? -?m The question to be decided for the South is fine splendid raco of men?can they work ? are they patient ? are they of that st(iff that can rise from reverses, toiling silently with hope deferred, with an eye single to the great object of success ? With the manliness and frankness of Esau, have they the deliberate, settled purpose, the unwarying undiscouraged, unconquerable tenacity of Jacob ? Htman quapri'pr.o. ?The Shenandoah H?r aid tells that three weeks ago the wife of Mr. Nimrod Wells, living five miles North of Woodetook, gavo birth to a child having four legs. "The unnatural appendages conneot with the body, we are told?one above, the othor below the blp " The reckless appropriations by the late rangrees are equal to one-tenth of the enormous national debt For the Carolina Spartan. i The Philadelphia Convention. Ma. Ebitob : A writer in your last paper, on the subject of the Philadelphia Convention, severely condemns the action of those who took steps to have this State represented in that Convention. The writer in question goes on to quote ce^ain papers, letter-writers and speakers, in order to show that our people Bliould not be represented at Philadelphia. Hut who does he quote front ? He would not favor us with all the names he quoted from, but he gives two names, yes, two names ns authority against our being represented at Philadelphia , and who are they T Mr. Speed, late Attorney General, and GcneRtl Lognu ! Did your correspondent kuow that these two men were Radical "Union" men T Did he know they wanted the net/rocs at tho South allowed to vote, f Mr. Speed resigned his office as Attorney General because ot his Radicalism. Gen. Logau is one of the most notorious Radicals in all the North. They dou't want the Philadelphia Convention to meet nt all ; they fear its success ; they know that should the Philadelphia Convention succeed in rallying all the friends of I lie South, iti one grand party, the i result would be, that at the election for Con? j gresa next fall in tlie North. tli? Radicals would be defeated ; conservative I'nion men would j be elected over the present Radical Union men : who hold sway in Congress, and the Southern States would be allowed to scud their representatives to Congress und help defeat the schemes of the Radical Uuiou uicu for giving to negroes the power of voting. The papers your correspondent quotes from may profess to c: Union, but they are Radical Unionists. They are opposed to the Philadel phia Convention because it is Conservative Union, because it g>>cs for justice to the South, and is opposed to negro voting. The very effort which such negro suffrage men as Speed and Logan arc making against the Philadelphia Convention ought to be enough to show Southern men the interest they have in the success of the Philadelphia Convention. Your correspondent should remember that the Radicals all call themselves "Unionists." but they are Radical Unionists, while the Philadelphia Convention are conservative Unionists, or friends of the South. r'AIR PLAY. [For the Carolina Spartan] Mb. EuiTon ; in these trying times, when old systems are being revolutionized and old customs repudiated, and the machinery of trov I crrimCut is liirticrirtlly (tn-1 ?o^lully ucficiviit in some of its most essential faculties, and "Gaunt Famine" seems to threaten our land with destruction aud starvation n]>i>cars imminent, we perceive with pungent regret and painful solicitude, the down right, spiritual apathy into which our people arc falling. "U jd is not in all their thoughts " and "The fear of Uim is not continually lefore their eyes " We have sutfered front the bitter ravages of "Fire and Sw ml," and have passed through the most terrible ordeals incident to war ; our heart-strings have been strained well nigh to bursting, at the loss of those who are near and dear to us Those who made "the light of our eyes" have been ruthlessly torn from our sides, aud from competence and luxury wc have hocti reduced to absolute want. And why ? For what have we suffered ? The reasonable answer, and one adduced from lloly Writ is, that we might through these afflictions be brought nearer to God; brought to rccoguize His mighty hand in the government of the world ; arrive at clearer views of our responsibilities to our Maker in the school of practical experi ence ; taught to perceive the "Divinity that shapes our ends brought to n greater subjection to the will of Hiui "who dceth all things well," and made more humble before 11 iui. lie who "watcheth the sparrow fall" hath certainly taken cognizauce of our actions and scut trials upon us. Our sins have gone up before Him, aud His 'chastening rod hath been heavy upou us," and all, we firmly believe, for the iniquity of which wc have been guilty. What has this chastisement developed? ' Arc we huuible ? Have we "turned from the ' error of our ways t" Are we ready to say "Though He slay nte, yet will 1 trust tn Him? ' I "The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken ' away, find blessed be the name of the Lord !" I l)o we perceive a 'smiling lace behind n frown- I ing Providence f" Ilave these nOiictioiis, sent ! no doubt in mercy, and as wi.?e Providential dispensations (or our spiritual good, softened our hearts ? We fear not. It rut her appears demonstrated that we, a:, a majority, ' love our wealth more than our Uod. Avarice j has cngulphed our piety, seltishuess has hardened us; selfish considerations, worldly uggran ii'.cmenl, Mammon have taken the place of pure and undefi cd religion." Even those whose special duly it is to "let their light shine to the honor and glory of God," seeni not to have escaped the general corrupticn, and there is sadly manifested, on the part of those who arc professedly pious, an indisposition towards "godly conversation" and "calling upon (lie name of the Lord." A general hikewarmuess pervades the minds of the people. Even the Church teems not properly aroused to an appreciation of our moral condition. What may we expect if this state of affairs romains unchanged ? ,Vill the "Word of (Jod return unto him void ?" Will omnipotence be defied ? We believe that the chastening will not cease till we are properly humbled. There uiay be heavier ordeals. Then how important is it that the "wicked forsake his ways, ami the unrighteous his thoughts, and call upon the Lord that he will huvo mercy upon us !" C H. -wm Grandest Bell in the World.?Dropped by the burning of the tower which upheld fiat Moscow, this "king of bells" whs used afterwards as a chapel, the tongue being its motion less altnr. This hell is two feet thick; twenty feet high, and sixty seven in circumference, weighing four hundred thousand pounds. It was computed to be worth more than $2,000,000, but has increased in value, according to American calculation. It is the largest hell in the world, and its name ^a- Tear Holokoi I [For the Carolina Spartan.] A Bank Needed. Ma. Editor It strikes me that ono of the greatest difficulties, if not the greatest, under whioh the people of this State labor, is caused by the scarcity of money. Money is the cry in every community. Business of e*ery description seems to be in a languishing state for the want of it. Many are suffering for mcaus wherewith to bay the barest necessaries ot life. Creditors are clamoring for pay, eeeu in part of their justly due debts ; and bo the debtor even so willing, lie cannot find means to pny the smallest portion of his debt He cannot raise funds even upon his properly. Where can he find a purchaser for his house or his land? Who has the money to buy with ? The removal of the Stay I.aw doe** not of itself work a hardship, it is only so because there is no money to l>e had in the Slate, and the consc<pit-nce is. that the debtor's property is sacrificed under the Sheriff s hammer. Is ilierc no relief for this stale of things ? It strikes me that there is. We need Hunk*, and such as arc not taxed ten per cent. Our people privately have not the menus to establish them. Let the Legislature then, when it assembles, take the necessary funds out of the moneys lately collected in taxes, invest in U. S. Loads, and establish at once a National Hank, pay the Treasury back in a I ke amount of the bills of the bank, and the relief afforded to the people will be soon felt from one end of the State to the other. The profits of the bank will go to lessen the taxes of the State, and by loaniug its funds liberally, yet discretely, to the people upon the customary sccurcties, debtors will have the wherewith to pay, and the process of the Law will work as smoothly as before. At nil evculs, if we must Lave greenbacks, let us have litem of banks of our own. W. [For the Carolina Spartan.] Is there uo Itemed v. ? Mr. Editor : Arc we awake, or arc we stumbling along witli closed eyes, unconscious of the impending danger which every where threatens our alreudy miserable country. Is it an unknown fact that starvation is at the prcsnt moment stalking in horrible garb among us ? Arc we so blind that we cannot see the emaciated mother bearing in iter arms the dying infant, who day by day asks the pittance at our door ? Have you, or your numerous readers taken the trouble lately to visit homes, the abode of starving women and children ? If noi, iet one who tins, demand of you ami tiiem j a moment's reflection. Sir, from what 1 have observed in the last few weeks, I aui compelled to believe, (bat without strenuous ami tmntcdiI ate efforts in the right direction, famine, with all its horrors, will visit.oiir distressed section. I Believe me, sir, when I tell you that to-d iy there are families witltnu' the commonest ne- j ccssilics <>t life, and no hope ol getting them. But you ask, where is the remedy ?" Sir, I will tell you my first idea of remedy. Let our law makers, and tlice empowered to execute law, immediately institute a rigid and impur tiul examination into the business of whiskey distillation?let that distillation be made a ctime, with a doubly severe penalty, ami then let the law take its course, and the penalty be executed irrespective of person Do this, sir, and my word tor it, yon secure to tnc citizens of this district 10,000 bushels of corn, which under the present system, will be brewed into living poison. Lot this step be taken at once without delay, and let till good men aid in its execution. This, without along dissertate n, is the thought of an 1. O. O. F. i Dentil of Mrs. J. Calhoun This venerable lady, the widow of the great| est statesman South Carolina ever produced, uay. that ever lived upon this Continent, died nt Pendleton, in Anderson District, on the night of the 26th ultimo Her name should be revered, if there were no other reasons, on account of the great statesman whose consort ! DMC na?. ??? pilUIIOII ?IIV lUIIWWIIIg IMt'Ill' ri.'ll I taken from tlie Anderson Intelligencer : Popart ed this life, in Pendleton, S C , July 20, isi'.r,. Mrs. Fi.okiio: Calhoi'n', idiot of the ; late 11 on. John C. Calhoun in the 75th year of t her ape. I She slerps in Jesus, awaiting the trumpet's ' sound at the last great day when those who, j having finished their course in the confidence of a certain faith, and in the comfort of a ren sonahle, religious and a holy hope, shall bo received into everlasting habitations lly her removal, another link has been severed of the chain which united ns with a free, happy and glorious past The wife of John C. Calhoun, Carolina's greatest statesman, ami most honored son, it were belter she should depart than longer live to witness the deslruetion which he so atdy and earnestly endeavored to prevent. Few who have occupied a like elevated posi lion, have been so generally esteemed and heloved. lly her mnny noble trails of character she had endeared herself to the community of which she was so long an honored im-mhor ; and heartfelt was the sympathy exhibited by her many friends during her painful ami pro traded illness ; and now that she rests ju pcac , her memory will he cherished by thcin with peculiar icspcct and veneration. The President is expected now, or iminedi ately after the adjournment of the Philadelphia , ( Convention, tonrike sotne vacancies in various offices in the Northern States, and fill thein by | the appointment of national Union men. There- i fore there is much pressure upon the Presi- ; dent for otfices, from the highest to the lowest i grado. Some of the more lucrative Federal offices in this district will probably undergo a reform. The Aroostook (Maine) Pioneer says that a peculiar religious movement is making in j Maine, looking to emigration to Jerusalem. A i b-.rk is now fitting out at Jones port, to carry ' the pilgrims to their new homes in the Holy Land. She is expected to he ready to sail about the middle of the coming month. Land has been purchased near the ancient Joppa, where it is proposed to m ike a permanent settlement # Radicalism In tbe Hopper. There is a trembling throughout the land. There is a tremor in the Luces of abolition oilice-holders. They fear tholuss of oltice and the consequent exposure of their swiudluig and rascalities. The sweet cake is being taken from their nigger mouths. They are in doubt whether to die iu the Humes they have kiudled or to forsako the ship which was no well scuttled by a single bullet hole ! It was scuttled in Washington?it is settling all over the land?going down like some leaky tlal boat?rotting out as old ruils rot out, and j fading from mind as do passing jokes ! And the cowardly inob which forsook the ' ship of State to dance on a Hat boat ; to eat i their food thereon, snatched wiih dirty, greasy i fingers, are now at sea without map, chart or compass, and daily crying for help as they are dashed on the breakers of political disintegration. They have had a pleasant voyage?too pleasant to last long. Soon ripe, soon rotten ! It was au excursion party ; not of statesmen but 1 of clowns, Hat-boat men, tyrants, swindlers, rotten democrats, time serving politicians, men longing for money, gabbing women, and old maids in love with lusty niggers, bran eaters and long-haired Yankee pedagogues, ihirs iv i><r e-mopiuu aroma, coutisii aristocracy, I jilityed-out Milooii loafers in officers uniforms, cotton stealers, mule thieves, spoon hunters, jewelry tinders, house breakers, women iiiMilicrs. or|ilinn makers, and irresponsible adventurers. It nroM- in ilie night while the people slept. It put a ti vt boat pilot on tlie ship of Stale? it went from Kansas to .Springfield for its leader, it took its leader home in sham sorrow, holding bayonets to those who would not weep ? it prepared and killed its fatted calf on the route?it made its barbecue a funeral pyre? it roared it- parks of artillery?it subsided with a pistol shot, and the excursion party is going home to the bosotu ol Abraham, wherever that bosom may be. It was au excursion party the like of which never was seen betore in the history of a people. It was a nest of black suakes. It was a rope of blood-red ants. It was a swarm of J poisonoti- lice. It was a current of death. It was au army with fire, poison, ropes, gongs, cotlius, skeletons, widows, prostitutes, dead men and devils, all in procession. It was a crowded ll it boat of iutamy. It went from happiness to hell by water and by land. It burnt, stole, pillaged, robbed, murdeied, insulted, strangled, ignored, irritated, tantalized. tyruniiixed, usurped, wounded, devasted and destroyed even its own, iu the hellish frenzy ot drunken exciicmcut. It went by water to Washington?it mounted its llat boat on wheels, and went with it back io the prairies ol the West, cursing (Sod and insulting those who would not weep at the mysterious Providence. And the tuitions excursion party which had for a figure head, a dusky weuch iu place of the white goddess of Liberty ; w hich said : ' Tear down the flaunting lie," and which instead wurnlii|ipi>J a plaid shawl and Scotch cap-?11??.? chain ol' lice, of frog*, of >C"i j ;oii?, of plague*; this hand of thieves' i>i tyrant.*, oi jokers, of Union natcrs. of inau hill, is, ol people robbers, of Stales rights ignorers went to the c.ipitol, p .isoncd the air, | reddened the sod with itiiioeetit blood, taxed the poor and voted unto themselves United States bonds, made llieiu to bear large inter est, made the n lion taxable, and went home, | to revel in the wealth wrung by the millions from the pooi people of the land they ruined. It had its aiiiosi'iiieiit> ! Ureal Father in Heaven?Amusements! While the ministers prayed to Hod, the dea con-, strangled intnnviii Democrats for the amusement t the singing sisters! While the ehl rs were pa-sing the sacrament, the members were sma< k.ng their lips over the typified blood >! l.'hrist, seasoned with the Idood of mens biains, beaten out to appease the idol of hiyaity. This excursion party went abroad, tilling prisons, dressing the women in I black, making children fatherless, tilling dun genus, hanging innocent men to trees, mobbing J women and children, gutting printing offices, destroying types and presses, shooting I hose who ran, ostracising those who dared to remain and tight, lis cause was misery ? iispath was rain, and no one will mourn wheu the chain ot lice?the vermin of fanaticism arc ground forever between the upper and the [ nether millstoue. ' The mills of find grind slowly, lint tl.cy grind exceeding small! Tlio with patience stands lie waiting With fjiictHesi grinds He all.'1 Hold the net her stone steadily ! I Turn the upper stone swiftly ! l'our in the ones who tor five years fed liu- : inanity into ihe death mill of N w England ; lla.licalisDi, and let us have no more ul tins* sec'ional. iutoleiant, bond holding, btatc haling, p.- plo robbing party. fit srrat. W. II. F. I.he.-General W\ 11. F. Ico imiiiedii.tely alter the unfortunate tcrmi nation of events, pulled oft hi- coat (ii lie had one) rolled up his sleeves and "pitched in" like a good fellow. Noble example ! What a withering rebuke to those young men who throw away their lime in I'rtftlcss searches niter sett positions, surli us clerkships, drum- 1 mors. Mtt'l so on ! Tin? owner of live thousand ! tier os ot the best land in the State, the dashing ; and gallant cavalry officer, the accomplished j soli ilrir. the thorough gentleman, the trained soldier. in short, the son of Kobcrt E. Lee, is not ashamed to walk hclwecii the plow handle- ! General Lee's present residence i- a small ..ibin, recently built. It stands in a ' clump of trees near the river hank, about ; one mile below the ruins of the "While House.'' | llo has no Inmily, having lost his wife and children during the war. Previous to the building ot the cabin, (lie General slept out on ihe ground. His table, "so called," is supplied with soldier's fare.?Jiichmond Times. DirFr.ur.nck or Timr at Prominent Points. ?The inauguration of submarine telegraph communication by means of the Atlantic eable, makes it interesting 10 inquire into the differonce of time In the various cities iu different parts of the world. When i* is 12 o'clock high noon at Now York, it is 55 minutes and -12 ! seconds after 4 P. M., at London; 57 minutes I and 20 seconds after i! P. M., at St. Petersburg; ) 17 minutes and 24 seconds after 7 P. M , at Jerusalem; 51 minutes ami 41 seconds after ft P. M , at Constantinople; 40 minutes and 32 seconds alter 4 P. M , at Madrid; 31 minutes and 20 seconds after 5 P. M., at Bremen: 30 minutes and 54 seconds after 4 P M . at Dub 1 in; and 41 minutes and 24 seconds after 6 P. M? at Florence. The difference of time between the extreme east and west points of the United Slates is 8 hours and 50 minutes. In the China Son, between Singapore and China, it is midnight when it is noon at New York. ? ?S??i Over two hundred buildings are now in the course of erection upon the ruins of the Portland fiic , Jefferson Davis. Chwlfs O'Ccuner, Esq., oouumI for Jsffarson Davis, arrived in Washington August 3d, from a visit to bis client at rortrsaa Monroe. He finds Mr. Davis' health in no wise improved since his Ion visit, and thinks if anything he is physicially a liltlo weaker, though bis mental (acuities continue with their wasted freshness. From sunrire to sunset ke it allowed full freedom inside (be fort, going un attended, bo being ou parole ; but the returning of the prisoner to close confinement when the sun goes down is what is now affeotingbis condition more than aught else. The nights being warui and close, and, what is Still worse, being away from bis wife and children, at twilghl, be feels bitterly this continued overanxiety of bis military confinement. The reports of the Cong!essioual Committees regarding Mr. Davis have given no cause of apprehension to the counsel or client that any complicity of the latter in the assassination of President Lincoln can be shown. The visit was in no wise the result of that report.? When or whether Mr. Davis will be tried at all cau at proem) be purely a matter of speculation, the authorities in no manner giving the lenst hint. Mr. Stanberry. the new Attorney General, will give his attention to the various papers in the case as soon as he shall have been a little more conversant with thedutieo of his office, nnd before the October term of the Virginia United Stnies District Court, th# several legal advisors of the Government will hold u consultation with reference to the merit# oi mo ltmiciuicnt. Why Early Uitut'T T \ki Washixqtox Citt. ?The credit ofsaving t..is city is due alone to m hull ami a barrel of whisky. Said bull wu the property of Mr. George W. Kiggs, the hanker, and was much esteemed for bis many excellent qualities and intrinsic usefulness. The whisky w as a barrel of choice old Bourbou, found in Mr. Montgomery Blair's winecellar. When Jubal Etrly and his rebel host reached the defences of Washington, they were both hungry and thirsty, and went to searching the houses of the neighborhood for whatever was good. The bull was discovered and slaughtered, mid the rebel Generals and their stalls banquettcd on him. And there was great rejoicing when the bnrrel of whisky w captured and brought forth. When these rebel gentlemen had filled their stomachs on ths llesh of the bull, they hud such a fondness for the whisky that they allowed it to steal away their bruins. Indeed, they gave themselves up to feasting and drinking, and quite forgot that they had been sent to capture Washington, which they might easily have don?, for it was at that time in a defenceless condition. The delay caused by ibis riotous conduct on th? part of Early and his subordinate Generals gave the old Sixth corps time to come up, when they scampered back across the Potomac, and the scigc was raised. ?Xational Krpu\liean. Horrirlk Tkaukoy ?A horrible tragedy was enacted in Caldwell county, Kentuek, en Thursday last. Andrew Alexander, sixty years of ajfcc, had frequent and violent quar* rels with Ins wife. Early on Thursday inoru:..gi vvLcf both man u:;J wife were alcr.c is the house, the wife shot her husband twice, killing him inslnntly. Alexander's son was at the barn, mid hearing the reports of the pistol, went to the house. As he entered the door his step mother turned and fired upon bim t wice, slightly wounded hint eaeb time, lis tied to the nearest neighbor's f,r assistance, anil while on the way he heard Ihu report of the pistol again. When the neighbors arrived they found her dead in (lie yard, she having shct herself. Uxitkd Statks UisruicT cofttT.?His Hon r Judge Bryan, together with the othcers of in? < oiin, nave Keen in our iowd tor several days, awaiting whatever of business maybe presented fur their intention. In the Court proper there has been ucthing requiring a scss.un. Yesterday the jurors for the next term of t tie Court were drawn. The assembling of this Court is another grin dying evidence of the progress of reconstruction upon the platform of {'resident Johnson, who, notwithstanding the heat and venom of his tipposers, has brought the State thus far forward m the Union.?(Irtmv&U Mountaineer, &t/i inttaul. Thk Bounty Law.?The new bounty law passed by Congress, gives $100 extra to men who have served lor three years and been houorably discharged, mid $o() extra to men who entered for two years and served out their time, l'ruvision is made tiint in case of death in service of the soldier, who, it liviug, would be entitled, that the bounty shall he paid to their widows, minor children or parents. Eve- ' ry soldier aim has sold, bartered, or in any way transferred his discharge papers, will loso the benefit oft his provision. It is estimated that $7o,tttW,fUtU will be sufficient to pay all the bounties secured by the act. Sut Lovegood, says of a certain class of Vankees: ' They air.l human no how. The mint at Kiladelly is that* heaven ; the}' think their (?od cuts half dimes fur breakfast, hashes the levins fur dinner, and swallows a cent oq a dried appil fur supper, sets on a statu pin machine fur a throne, sloaps on a crib full ov half dollars, an measures men like money by count. They haint one ov tlicui got a soul but what cud dance a jig in a cahbegc seed, an leava room for the fiddler." The total number ot great fires for the year 1 Ht'.f) was one hundred and fifty-one, an<I the losses resulting from these tires were estimated tit $17,5:28.000. Cp to the first day of July of the current year, tlie nuuiber of fires is givcu at two hundred and eighty-nine, and the aggregate of the property destroyed is valued at $82,078,000. When it is considered thai ^ this estimate embraces only half of the present | year, it will be seen how vastly this year will excel nil others in these terrible statistics of fiery desolations. Rev. John A. Rroadis, D. i).?In several of our exchanges wc havo seen the notion, which was copied from the Richmond Times. Wo are authorised to say that this invitation, though so flattering, and offering the strongest inducements, pecuniary and otherwise, haa been promptly declined. We are gratified that Dr. Broadus remains to discharge the important duties devolving on hiin here, in connection with the Southern baptist Theological Seminary.? Greenville Mountaineer. Santa Anna's Estates Confiscated.?The Imperial Government of Mexico has by decree ordered the sequestration of the domains of Don Antonia Lopex dj Santa Anna and appointed a receiver. A special dispatch to the New York Evening Tost states that Attorney Geneial Staaberry 4 j has given an opinion that the nominations for i public officers rejected by the Senate during j its recent session can bo legally made by tha | Vresident during the recess.