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Thursday, September 20, 1866. ,
Newberry Herald?Erratum.
Wo find the following in the Cowberry Her- i
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" Wc regret to notica a reduction in the <
in of that excellent paper, the Carolina Spar- \
tan. Went of mail facilities nnri sufficient patronage,
the unfortunnte cause."
Oh no?Brothei1, thou art mistaken. There
is no "redaction in the size of the Spartan."
If you will look again, you will find that there
isagroater probability of that "excellent paper"
being enlarged from incrtated patronage,
than being reduced. The Heral<T? rcm-MnS
are appreciated, and tho Spartan wishes its
worthy cotemporary great success. Please
oorreot the error.
8pnrt??barf &IJnlon Railroad.
Wo have read with great pleasure, and now
place before ouv readers, the very forciblo and
explicit Report of Tnos. B. Jeter, esq., the <
worthy and able Presideut of the Spartanburg
& Union Railroad. This Report will be rcud 1
with lively satisfaction, mingled with surprise, '
that out of tho chaos and coufusiou iuto which
our Road had been thrown by tho havock of
war, the ruin of floods, the ravages of time,
with heavy pecuniary losses, and not n dollar
In tho Treasury?wo say, that it is with admiration
aud delight that we look npon the extraordinary
and unexpected success which has
attended Mr. Jbtek's creative and governing
powers. Tho President and Directors of the
Road are entitled to, and will receive, tho
thanks of the stockholders and the people. He
Informs us, that by the end of the year tho
Road will be in better and safer running condition
than it has been for many years. The
President's views in rofercuce to tho "great
polar star of our aspirations," are very clear,
and give much encouragement to hope that the
day is uot distant, when our road will be a part
of the great Louisville & Cincinnati Railroad.
We refer our readers to the Report itself, for
further and interesting information. Since
writing the above we have been informed by
a gentleman just from Union, that corn can be
laid down there per railroad, from Charleston,
91.26 per bushel, and that he Baw some sold
from store at $1 36, and he believes it will
shortly be sold there at $1.25 by retail. Does
not this speak much for the energy and cuter
prise of tho President end Directors. Will ^
anybody now doubt tbe beneficent purposes, i
and tbe great blessings this Road affords to a i
suffering people T t
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South Carolina Conference. i
We learn, with much regret, from the Sumter
News, that this college of eminent divines, j
is, about to lose three of its able and beloved 1
members. The cause, ns will be seen, from
the articlo below is, inadequacy of support. The i
loss of such ministers oo Dn. Taylor, Kev. Mr. (
Walker, and Ret. Mr. Wicjutmaw, to the l
Methodist Church and to the public at large, <
is truly a misfortune. Of all men engaged in j i
the spread of the Gospel, and endowed with I I
the beet attributes of tho head and the heart, j ]
the Methodist ministry havo ever labored for j )
a smaller compensation than any other body i t
of good and qualified men. And now we sec, { t
that some of her ablest ministers are coinpell- 1
d to leavo their old fields of labor, aud seek t
new and distant homes, for the support of 1
themselves and families?yes, men who have
devoted their whole lives to the great cause of 1
humanity. It touches the best feelings of the <
heart, to bid farewell to a revered and beloved ]
Pastor. But, when it is considered that the
want of support has driven hiia away, what '
are we to think of those, who, being able, '
have refused or neglected to do that which J
the obligations of Religion and Justice demand 1
of him? No pen can tell tho good that has 1
been done by tho Episcopal Methodist Church. 1
To witness the benign influences of tins great :
body of Christian Ministers, you must follow 1
their footsteps all over the world. 1
"Rev. Dr. Charles Taylor, a member of the 1
South Carolina Conference, and formerly Mis i
sionary to China, who Ins during this year
been a resident of this town as pastor of the j
Sumter Circuit, has accepted the Presidency
of a College at Millersburg. near Lexington, !
Kentucky, and will shortly remove 1o his new
field of labor in that Stale. Inadequacy of
tupport is his only reasoii for leaving us. I
Whatever he may gain by the change, it is
very certain thai we gain nothing. The Con- !
fercnce loses a member greatly endeared to
the Ministry and membership throughout its
bounds, and the State loses a valuable eitizen.
Rev. II. A. C. Walker, of the sninc Confer
enoe, and now stationed at Suinmerton, is also
about to trausfer his connection to the Ken
tucky Conference. Few, if any, are more
widely known, or more generally beloved in I
South Carolinn. That such men have to sever I
the fond associations of mist vc-urs un.l h-nvr.
(he State, is indeed to be regretted. Rev. J.
W. Wightman, a brother of ihe lliahop. expects
to make a similar move; nod how many others
will be added to the list remains to be seen.
One thing is evident, that if the pcoplo of any
and all denominations wish to retnin the services
of their lirae-houored pastors, they must
support tnem bettor.
Bishop Wightman, who is to preside at the
Booth Carolina Con'erctico at Marion, lias
changed the time of the meeting from November
7th to the 10th of Deoembcr next.
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Colonization or Freebmin.?A society has
been formed in Darlington, wo learn, for colonising
the blacks in Liberia, nnd several are
preparing now to emigrate. Another similar
society is formed in fleorgin. We wish ihnn
success. Tn Liberia the land is extremely j
rich, and is given as a bounty to settlers Con- i
fress baa appropriated public lauds in Alaama,
Mississippi mid Arkansas, and each I
freedman going thither to settle, is entitled to
a certain number of acres, for which he hue '
nothing (o pay.?Dnrlington Southrrnor.
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Emigration and Immigration.
Much has been said of lato on the sulijocl o
smigration and immigration. The forme
seems to be deprionted, and much solioitude i
felt as to its results; while the latter has enlist
ed many warm and able advocates. That som
countries are greatly injured by emigration
will not admit of a doubt, and this, more thai
any other of the Southern States, has felt am
Buffered from this cause for the last quarier o
a century. The departure within that penoi
of thousands of ber good people, with milliou
upon millions of wealth, was enough to hnv
impoverished and weakened almost any ooun
try In tho world. For mauy, many years past
might be seen every fall and winter, long train
of wagons, driven by strong and robust men
freighted with wouicn and children, lcavinj
forever their homos, their friends and thci
kindred. Many were benefited and their con
dition improved.; but on the other hand, man;
were ruined in health aud propc. ty, aud ot or
huvo never been satisfied nor ever will bo. A
the time wo speak of, our good old State couli
much better withstand the loss of her sous thai
she cau now. Then she was rich and prosper
ous, and if her people oould find a better hotu
elsewhere, she could say to them ; "We wis!
you to stay with us, but if you can do better
Uod speed you in your hazardous enterprise.1
This might bo said with propriety when it wa
considered that there was left at home sotn
three or four hundred thousand slaves, tli
best laborers iu the world; and the publi
lands of the AVest could be purchased for a lit
tie over SI per aero. The situation of affair
now is different; because, we believe that tin
lauds of some of the South-western Slates nr
tnorc exhausted than our owu State. And
besides all this, it is roll known that the set
tled purpose of the Yankee, since their lati
success in arms ngaiust the South, is to deso
laic the country, and particularly South Caro
linn. Would not emigration, then, effect tin
xttrociuus object of our enemies ? Will it no
ratify their maliguaut desire to see our Stat*
iesolalcdyes, to see it become a howliuj
wilderuess, inhabited only by prowling sava
ges?a frcc-negro colony ! Oh yes, notbini
ivould please them better than n general exo
lua. Aud yet, we know very well thai then
ire nmuy of our good citizens who arc aluios
>bligcti to go somewhere for subsistence, bu
vvho would not leave the State if necessity di<
sol compel them?not even if their going wer<
lo save the pragmatical Puritan from purgatory
With regard to immigration, wc arc not sup
hat it is best for us to mnke much ado abou
it. Wo should seriously consider the moral a:
roll as the physical qualities of those to whon
tve would hold out allurements to come amouj
us, and what would be a rational deduct ion the
effect on the morals of our people, blacl
tnd white. Wo see no room, at present, fo
immigrants, save those who are educated, am
would be able to establish and maiutniti th
great leading truths of science, w.tli'all th
liberal brunches of knowledge, and those too
who are skilled in the mechanical arts. Sucl
is these we should gladly welcome; but t
supply the loss of sluvo labor by importin{
from foreign countries a class of laborers in
:omparably lower ami nmrc brutal (ban (It
negro, would be resorting to a remedy tuof
liuriful than the disease itself Are we pre
pared to give up our Sabbaths to the lov
Dutch, who select that holy day for cxhibi
ions of merriment and low buffoonery, offou
?ive to chastity, delicacy and sobriety ? Ar
we willing that our children should live in th
Umosphcrc of Dutch ethics? tiiat (bey shouh
earn (lie character of tbo Supreme Being?Ili
noro) government?the duties of man and th
way <tf salvation through the impious dogma
jf Gorman theology ? Would not the uuscru
pulous, intemperate and servile laborers fron
Ireland provo intractable, utul corrupt th
moral principles of many of those lor when
they are called to labor ? Are not most of th
horrid murders aud other shocking crime.1
committed daily in the Northern States?oh)
even to the extinction of whole families?h_
the knife, the club and tlrc axe, perpetrated h
foreigners? If there be a riot or mob, are no
these precious foreigners generally found a
the head and the bottom of it? The labor w
require can never be performed by a mass
composed of negroes and tlie floating scum <
Europe, who have left their country for tliei
country's good. The uegro would become (h
victim of Iran i aud the instrument if all evi
Imbued with the spirit and taste of the negro
ites of the North, these foreigners would soo
be seen in the public streets and highways, i
the churches and other places, with a nogr
wench on hi^ arm. We cannot sec the wisdot
of ransacking Europe and Asia t.j obtain hel
to cultivate what good lands we have lott, an
leave the exhausted and poor lands for cm
own poor people. What chance would I her
be for thousands of our indigent, but bar
working people to improve their can litiou i
every inducement is hold out for foreigners t
swarm over the land ltko the locusts of Mgypl
We cannot sec w hat advantage it w mi l be i
the country should this adventitious labor m
pcrsede and drive out lite negro It cannot I
wise to drive off that portion of our poputuiio
wit It whotn we have always lived in peace an
prosperity, to innko room for a people, who, i
the call ot the Yankee, and moved by the inst
gntion ot the devil, catnc hero to murder ot
fathers, our brothers and our sons -to piling
and burn our cities and lay wa?te the coiintr
?and our desolated land shows how well the
did it. We never could look upon such mere
nary wretches but with loathing and dispu
Wc don't want to see thein nor hear their ho
rid jargon. There is no security for religi >i
lite or property where the lower classes of tin
people arc mingled in society. They wool
by spontaneous approximation, unito with tl
negro and make him ten times worse than I
would be. I.el us try the negro, who lias a
ways been with tts. He is docile, readily ii
structed and easily managed. His sflVciini
can be won by kindness, and his fidelity 1
firmness and discretion
Personal.
f Wo were plowed to meet with our old frieud
r and Colonel, 1. F. Hunt, who is on a short
s visit to our town. Those who were members
- of the 18th Regiment from this district, will bo i
0 pleased to see thoir old Colonel, the gallant '
, successor of the brave and beloved Kdwards
a and Buockman. Colonel Hunt wns a brave
1 soldiered efficient officer, which, with ninny
f other noble qualities, won for him a big place
i in the hearts of all in his commnnd. Long
s' may he live! (
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The Legislature.
> The legislature has not taken final action on
8 the various and important Bills which have
> been offered. It appears to us that such is the
5 contrariety of opinions entertained by the ;
r members, that no majority can he obtained on
* some of the most pressing and important uicay
sures before them. Some arc in favor of do8
iug almost anything?some in favor of doing
I something?and some in favor of doiug nothing i
' ?consequently, tlie session being only a callII
ed one, 1ms been prolonged beyond the cxpcc*
" tntion of many. But comparatively, this is a
c small matter, if at la?t, some measures be
'l adapted that will give relief to our suffering
? pr.rpte of all classes. We don't know that it is
right to find fault with the legislature for tnr8
diness of action. The demands of their con0.
st if upnt < nro rnrf ninlv nnmn?..v.?o - -1 ?1
- ^ ....U.VIUU3 aim urgl'Ul,
e nn*l under this external pressure, it is only
o reasonable that they should be cautious not to
- overleap the bounds prescribed by the Consti?'
tutiou. or ootutuit themselves to improvident
e or inconsiderate legislation.
b Up to the present writing, we have little of
, importance to lay before our readers, but do
- trust, in our next issue, to publish all that has
u been done during the session. We notice that
a Bill to give Tax Collectors, uutil December
- 1st, to make their returns, has passed its
e scoonl reading, and was sent to the Senate,
t The object of the Bill is, n >t to benefit Tax
e Collectors, but to aid the people, by giving
; thetn a chance to realize the proceeds of the
- centing ciop, to enable tlicin to pay taxes.
; A llill was also sent to the Senate, to make
- Plaintiff's and Defendants competent witnesse
cs in a cause, aud to compel ihcm to give evit
dcnce, the bill having been read the sccuud !
t time.
1 The bill defining the right of persons of color
f was pass;ed. What these rights are, we arc
not able to say at present.
b The bill to fix the times of holding the
t Courts of Common Pleas and Equity was taken
1 up, and after a very spirited debate, in which
1 our townsman and representative, Mr. Carlisle
5 took part, was laid on the table by a vote, yeas
- 50, nays 40. This defeats the bill?therefore,
* our Courts will be held at the u uul lime.
r The "Fire Loau Bill," as it is commonly
' called, which is to authorize the City Council
c of Charleston to issue two millions of Bonds,
e to aid iu the rebuilding of the city, lias been
passed.
n uuia 10 suppress ttie instillation of spiritu<
ous liquors fiom cereals in this State; und,
g to provide for the resumption of specie pay
nients by the Banks of this State, or for their
e dissolution, have been introduced. What the
e fate of these two bills will bo, wc don't know(icneral
Butler of Edgefield, lias introduced
v a bill to declare the law in regard to the lia
bili'y of purchasers of slaves, enacts : That
all contracts involving the payment of money
< ' for the purchase of slaves that have been
u made, uro hereby declared to he null and
^ void, and that all parties indebted therefor
8 under laws existing before the 'JTtli day of
e September, lbt>o, arc. and are hereby declared
8 to be, not liable for such payment. Wc doubt
very i&tich whether the General will bo able
9 to carry his bill through successfully.
c Tlie Senate has agreed to postpone further
legislation on the Negro Code, till the regular
c ses-ion; and they have also agreed to the
report of the committee, untavoiable to present
action on the provision question, on the
ground of not being in possession of sufficient
' information as to the necessities of the people,
to enable them to form proper estimates
for an appropriation.
Since writing the above we sec that the Bill
' to J istponc the Fall Term of the Court of Sessions
was reconsidered, and was to be discussc1
the next day.
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From Indianap' lis, Indiana, under date of
\Vcdii"?day last, we learn that a state of affairs
li bordering on civil war. exists in the neighboru
ing county of Hendricks On the previous
Saturday tin Kadicals attempted to break up
n Bemoer itic meeting, and a riot occurred in
" which firearms and knives were freely used,
p Several men were wounded and some are said
j , to have since died. Humors were current that
a force of lladicals was organizing to march
j to Danville, in the same county, and put that
c I place in a state of siege. The road- were said
d ' to be | ickctcd and citizens arming for defence.
I Other outrages are recorded.
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0 French authorship pays rather handsomely.
' ! Thiers sold his two great historic works for
01 $100,000 each. Duinas has earned by his
I'tcilo an 1 versatile pen $900,(HM>, of which
i(> he has saved nothing. Madame Sand has Inj
ken an average of $10,000 for each of her sov,
1 ontv five v 111:ne->. and $?0,000 itioro for her
'? . i..'. -c .. -. : .. - j ,__
^ j |Uii> in mi ? which win uo ior ;i
woman.
Tho agents n.n<I managers of two gift con't
! certs, one for the benefit of the suffering poor
\ ) of Alabama, tlie other for the Home of South '
i ern Soldn rs of Tennessee, have been arrestc 1
i I for violation of the Kentucky lottery laws.
? i Captuiu Wydmnn, of Cincinnati, was sent to
|( ) tho workhouse in default of $3W0 hail.
il. | Wiit ! ? A correspondent of an English pa
ic pef, speaking of the Atlantic cable, say from
ie daylight till two o'clock the cable generally
I- I works with great difficulty, after which time
a- i tlie working grows easier and more rapid until
ati ! dark, and all through the night it works easily
>y ' and well. The editor of the Telegrapher has
| often noticed this fact on the luud lines.
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Glcanlngd.
Jonathan Worth (tho present incumbent)
and Qen. Q W. Logan arc mentioned as candidates
for Governor of North Carolina, at tlie
election in October next.
It is said that Bonner offered to endow a
professorship in Gen. Lee's college provided
the General would write him an article every
week for the Ledger. General Lee is no such
humbug as to take up with that sort of a proposition.
Gen. Armstrong has made a speech to the
frccdincn nt Hampton. Ya., informing them
that on tho first of January they must leave
the lands they now occupy and emigrate to
Florida.
The Texas legislature recently elected D. G.
Burnett and O. Al. Huberts United 8tates Senators
from that State.
The shore cud of the Telegraph Cablo of
1SG5 was landed ut 4 p. m , on the&th instant.
The electrical condition of the cable is perfect,
a:ul messages are passing over it. A second
cubic will be laid across the Gulf of St. Lawrence
immediately.
The Baptists of Kentucky gave last year, for
Domestic, Foreign and State Sabbath Schools,
?33,770.00 ; and the amount raised for their
own Missious, together with the amounts given
to the Virginia General Association, and to
educate tho orplinns of Confederate soldiers in
Mississippi an.l Virginia, will increase the
amount of their benevolent contributions to
more than ?40.000.
The colored Convention nt Nashville, during
its lute session, set apart the first of January
next, as u day of fasting and prayer ou account
of the murder of Abraham Liucoln.
The notorious Tluul Stephens, in a speech
Inst week, declared his "preference for a negro
over the foreign born white citizen," nnd avowed
his belief "that then eg*. ? is superior to the
Irish and German races.
A guerrilla lender, Dick llcmptcd, was recently
captured by the Regulators, neur Little
Ruck, Ark., who after trying him aud finding
liiui guilty of eleven murders (all of which he
confessed) burned him to death by a slow fire,
which totally consumed his body.
Mr. A. T. Stewart's return of over ?4,000,01
HI. is perhaps the largest annual business income
in the world, if the Rothchilds. whose
wealth is more thnt of n family than of individuals,
are excepted. No utict owned person bos
an income approaching Mr. Stewart's.
Lord Dundreary has expressed himself favorable
to the marriage with a deceased wife's
sister, on the ground : "It is economical, hecause
when a man marries his deceased wife's
sister, he has only one mother-in-law.
The cholera is in Augusta, Oa. On the 9lh
inst. fifty soldiers arrived from Nashville, Tennessee.,
with twenty cases of cholera. Four
died the suute night ; three new cases next
morning.
Accounts from Tennessee say that the corn
crop in that State is greater than during any
previous year within the memory ot the oldest
inhabitant.
We are gratified to learn thnt the trains on
the Greenville aud Columbia Railroad contj
tiicuced running on the l'dth inst., and will
henceforth run regularly over broad River
bridge ut. Alstou.
A wealthy widow in Pittsburg fell in love
with the coachman who drove her to her hus|
band's grave nnd finally married him. He
unfortunately had a wife living, was arrested
' for bigamy and implored his second to fur'
nish bill. She chucked li'in playfully under
; the chin nnd bade him go to jail like a man.
Thai's the latest gossip in Pittsburg.
I A down East editor, describing a country
dance, says: ' The gorgeous strings of gln*s
! beetls glistened ?u the heaving bo? m of the
! village belle, like polished rubies resting on
the delicate surface of warm apple dumplings.
| A man has been arrested in Iluntsvillc, Ala.,
| charged with ravishing ten girls, some of wiicni
were mare chi'drcu. One of "he children has
died from violence. The people tried hard to
j lynch the fiend.
A gentleman advertised for a wife through
| the papers, and received answers from eigli
teen hundred and ninety seven husbands, saying
that lie could have theirs. This is a practical
illustration of the value of advertising.
A miser, who was asked why he had married
an Irish girl from his own kitchen, Said,
tlie Union was attended with a double advantage?it
saved him not only the expense of a
wife, but the taxes ou un Irish servant to wait
upon her.
A cable dispatch announces the arrival at
: London on the lCtli ult., of a little boat named,
! "The Red, White and IJlue," of only two or
three tons, which left New York on ilie i'lli of
July. The passage was made in thirty-eight
days. The little craft, which was only about
lb or lit) feet long, was manned by two men
and a dog.
Since the publication of the fact that Mr.
Smithson. of Washington, had instituted suit
| against Stanton. Secretary of War, for illegal
! iuipi isonincnt during the war. innumerable
j similar actions arc being brought in pll parts
, of the North, lie will have a gay time when
lie leaves the War Office.
For the fifty-four captancies to be filled in
the regular army, there ore l(?,vtK) application;
on tile in ihe War Department.
The Radicals have carried the entire ticket
j in Vermont.
The Uity Council ?>f Cincinnati refused, by n
; vote of IS to b. to tender the hospitalities ol
tlio city to the Presidential party. A meeting
of the citizens at the Chamber of Commerce,
resolved to tender a public reception to I lie
1 distinguished visitors, a.?d a committee waappointed
to make the necessary '.crangements.
Wives are now bought and sold in Kgvpt
The prices vary from six hits to fifteen hull
I died dollars.
Statements show that the Atlantic Cable ii
doing business at the rate of four millions ant
in halt of dollars per annum.
The total cost of the New York Central Park
up to the 1st of January last, was $9,703,805
! The visitors last year numbered over sever
. millions.
A colored man and his wife, a white woman,
bail a quarrel at Chicago, and the woman, it
a fit of anger, set the house on fire., which wn:
entirely destroyed, an infant perishing iu thi
flames.
An insurance compan i in Mobile recenflj
n-ju-u i i<? jay inc insurance on me tue or ?
I man who perished in trying to save a cripple
j from a burning building. They pronounce ii
1 suicide.
Mrs. Martha Gennctt, of Nashville, controls
the routing of many buildings iu that oity
She lia* voluntarily reduced her rcuts 33J poi
i cent. A noble woman. Qains wrung frorc
; the wants of the people rust in the aoul.
G. W. Cu-u is Loc, son of Gen. Robert E
Leo. who was the chief of President Davis'i
staff, has been cleoted the Professor of civi
^ engine-ring in the University of Oeorgie.
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Election Returns
FOR TAX COLLECTOR, FOR irAKIAIIIM BUT,
8EPTKMRKR, 11,
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BOXES. '" I
Court House 162 91 11
Cherokee Springs, . . 87 8 00
Belhleham, . ? . . 8 12 00
Beech Spriugs, . . 6 27 00
Paootctt, 38 89 8
CaYin's Old Field, . . . 26 10 00
Glenn Springs, . 24 80 00
Limestone Springs, . . 82 9 4
Tliorn'B, . . . . 11 6 00
McKetaey's, . g29 8 00
Wall s Mill 4 17 00 ^
Woodruff's, . , . . .40.14 00
Cross Anchor, * 19 9 1
Hobby's, 28 27 00 ;l
JohnsonTille, . . . . 18 49 00
Huriioane Shoals, . . . 29 6| 1
i v.recti s, . . . : . 86 46 00
Wilken's, 28 10 00
Cunningham's, . . ? 24 46 00
Rich Hill, 8 10 00
Casliville, . , . . 21 24 00
Reidville, . . . . 16 28 00
Crawfardville, . . . 18 8 00
Sumner, . . 20 8 00
Morgan's, . . . . 19 00 00
JoliQ9on'a, . . . . . 14 12 00
Webber's, . . . . 12 7 6
HcbiDn 16 11 00
Vernonaville, . 6 8 00
Cedar Hill, . . . . 26 4 00
Holley Springs, . . 14 29 00
Solitude, . . . . . 8 18 00
Moore's, 80 7 08
Gentry's, 20 4 00
Cumpobello, . . . . 63 17 00
Bivingsville, . . * 88 17 86
Kumar's Old Field, . . . 4 10 00
Grassy Pond, . . . 16 18 00
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Front Wasblnglon.
We take the following from the Washington
dispatches to the Northern papers of Tueaday
last sNo
appointment of successor to Hon. Hannibal
llamlin will he made until after the return
of the President. The valuable nature of the
office (pay and perquisites being estimated at
$100,000 per annum) has drawn out hosts of
applicants, but there is not even a rumor as to
who the fortunate one will be.
rnon BRAZIL.
A number of Louisiana planters who went
out te Brazil, with the view of commencing the
raising of cotton in that country, have written
home that they have been disappointed in
expectations, and will return in a short time.
customs.
The receipts for cusLoms at the five principal
ports, from the 20th to the 27th of Acgust,
inclusive, was as follows:
New York $2,626,410
Bostou 264,872 I
Philadelphia, .... 142.696
Baltimore, .... 148,937 '
New Orleans; .... 74,002
RKctctrrs or cold.
The receipts of gold into tbw Treasury continue
to be very heavy, and notwithstanding '
i he disbursement of over five millioea since
the statement of September let, four and n
half of which was for interest on the TenForty
bonds, the amount now held exceeds
that on hand at that time, reaching nearly
$XU.OOO,UOU ; of this nmonnt $63,000,000
iiciuuiiy neiong 10 me tiovcrntnenl, (be bal?
unco being represented by gold certificates.
V 8. TRKASI'ltT.
The total receipts from customs, internal
revenue, &c., are larger than at any previous
time, and notwithstanding the rapid reduotion
of the national debt, the balances in favor ef
the Government arc again rapidly accumulating
at all point9.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from internal revenue to-day
were $2,000,000.
a mysterious remittance.
On the 11th instant, a package was received
at the Treasury, poet marked Urbana, Ohio,
1st instant, containing sixteen seven-thirty
bond of $1,000 each, aud $775 in legal tender
notes. The bonds were of the issue ol August
15, 1804, and had all the numbers out
out. There was nothing accompanying the
package to show by whom or for what purpose '
i it was sent.
I ALABAMA COYTON C&Or.
i Alabama advices report nothing specially
{ new with reference to the progress of the crop.
; Confidence in a yield of 250,000 bales is strong
; in the State, while many predict that not less
i than 300.0i?0 bales will find their way to market.
Should the lutter figure be realised, the
i J average crop, ns compared with 1859, will be
j one third. The crops in Hazlehurst and Brookhaven
couutics, Mississippi, are reported to
be large.
law SUIT.
i There is talk of a suit for dufumation of
character, to be brought by Judge Advocate
Holt against Montgomery iil&ir, who asserted
in a recent speech that he (Holt) was guilty of
the execution of au " innocent woman," mean[
ing Mrs. burratt.
FROM MISSOURI.
I hear that General Hancock has received
> instructions to see that the Conservative voters
? in Missouri have full protection in the exercise
of their right of franchise, and auy interference
therewith, from whatever quarter, will
he apt to meet a summary check. In addition ^
to the above, information lias been received
going to show that the Conservatives are tak|
ing their protection into their own hnnds, and,
as their opponents arc acting in like manner,
t he fear is almost general that a conflict will
be (he result.
rttOM MATAMOROS.
No difficulty has been experienced by any f
American vessel in entering the port of Matamoros
since the issue of the paper blockade of
1 Maximillian, and the port is, to all intents and
^ purposes, as free as if no blockade of tho j
' same had been declared. J
' $27 to New York.?Our readers will ob!
serve that the South Carolina II. R. have per
, fected arrangement* whereby passengers may
leave Columbia and be dropped in New York
at an outlay of only $27. This is an age of
' progress, and wo arc glad that our people have
* caught its spirit. Let everybody go to New
[ Yor '
The New York Herald has an article on the I
. spread of gambling, in which it is asserted
s that Hen. Wood has recently lost by his m- fl
1 tares in games of chance, more than e quarter 1
of a million dollars. "