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jjMMaatt Tf,ir<niw*,^*Wtr7,r<a3?r??i?ri3*?tir<gaMBSBa . ftiisrtllnncotis $xm. The mails. We had hoped that, on the first of July, when j the regular mail contracts are usually made, | there would have been an end of the squabble ' between the Government of the United States 1 and a Railrrind corporation, about a few lull!-! dred dollars, and especially when he public in- j ? 11 ? .a ?i 4.! i..?, ,1,4. ! leivsi ami suwrcu umm .it u-.i.-i t..-. mount in question. But mattets seem to be! Worse, as the new schedule has C"We into use:! and as other contracts are given on', we sup-! pose we are doomed for four years to bear the uaju?t discrimination made against u*. Charleston lias two chily mails, north and west?Columbia and the whole upper country , has one, and that lies at Kingsville 10 12 hours* within 25 miles, of Columbia and the starting of: the upper country railroads, which could deliver it at their termini in little more than half the time it now lies at the junction. , If the UwvtrumcnL will not allow the capital and upper country of South Carolina two daily t>ervicc9 on the. South Carolina liailrond, 1ft the j Postmaster General change the present contract from the day train from Charleston to the night i express. This l itter mail is the most important' to Columbia and the upper districts -it leaves Charleston at 10 ]\ M., and arrives at Columbia ; at 8.30 A. M., passing Kiugsville an hour afur , the arrival .of the Northern mail, and bringing j the Western mails there, which lie there until i the afternoon train frotn Charleston takes them tip. If this arrangement be adopted, the Northern and Western mails will b? delivered to us without delay ?and both mails will forwarded 1 immediately by the Charlotte and . Greenville roads. There will then be only provision need 1 ed for the Charleston papers, which surely the I Government can make a contract for by the day j train. We do not know the present condition of the j squabble, but wc think it is a small business to J lontinue it at the expense of the people. Our! .Columbia Office is allowed no assistant?the j Postmaster employs onont his own expense, and : until lately lias had two, which he cannot afford.! Thelnails M arrive here aftfr 3 o'clock J'. Al.. | and it in impossible for two men to avsoit and i deliver them before a late hour. If the above ' proposed arrangement be adopted, it will facili- ' tate their labors as well as benefit the public. i Another grievance our business men are tax- \ ed with, Is, that the Northern mail closes at 5 A. j Al., to go by the Charleston train to Kiugsvillc, ; to await the train that leaves Columbia at *2-1-2 M., which should legitimately carry it?thus j losing 8 1-2 hours, while the mail lies at that : PVc- . . i Surely these complaints are justly entitled to. rediess.?South C'aroliniod. National Division Meeting at Char-! lesion. Tim Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Supreme ' Body of the Order of S. of T.. \.as convened at i Charleston, S. on Wednesday, June 6th, and i continued in session three days. Nearly 50 i members were present including 20 t.c-w mem- j . bers, representing about two-thirds of the Grand ; , Division. M. w. L. lniyy, ot tne urnish Province of New Brunswick, presided. The M. W. Goad.-Geo. P. Rex, of X. J., j )?eing prevented from attending by urgent pro- , fessional business, Doct. ?. I-. Condict, of X.; wits appointed Conductor, pro. km. The Officers report the Order as *vt prosper-: . ing although ad verse eirenmstant'e had somewhat diminished its numerical strength, since tho previous annual meeting. The National Division of Great Biitain and Ireland was reported as having been constituted under auspicious cireum tanivs. Although in dependent in most respects of the control of the ; G. D. of X. A., the new body will yet be inti mutely identities] with the organization it being ! provided that the P. W.'s of tin; Order, shall | continue to emanate from the M. W. I1, of X. A.,! and be uniform throughout both jurisdictions. ! The statistics of the w ork of the Order during : ? - V.? ...L !L !j 1 i.. ! uie past year, ana us condition, arc exmoueu m the abstract below, copied from the report of the i M. W. Scribe: Members admitted, 18,762 ; expelled, 20,7-18: | suspended, 7,707; deaths, 1,302, violated pledge ; 3,513 ; violated pledge s. cond time, 2.201, mon-' cys received, ?334,331 : benefits paid. 888,537;; other expenses, ?101,782: public Temperance j Meetings held, 4,019; tracts distributed 319,435 ' number of members, 154,177 ; moneys in hand ; or invested ?437,358. The finances of the X. l>. arc in good condi- ; tion. ; Govkunor Rbculr in Kansas.?Our readers j will se? that Governor Reeder is in full guber-; natorial sail in Kansas, notwithstanding his i virtual removal by the President, through the Sicrctary of State and the Attorney General. It will be remembered that there were official i communications, which stated in nnmistakeablc J terms, that he could not be allowed to resume 1 t.:. le - ?i i,;?, ! un uuuv.i u \ jiimj ; were true, These charges (f-ivernur R cdtr ad . mittcd to be true in his correspondence with the ! Gmimissioner of Indian Affairs. The Hon. Jefferson Davis, wo learned fr< ni a friend,in a speech in Mksisippi, a f-w weeks "m ice, deprecated h) strong' terms | he course of \the Governor, and assured his audience that he e tber was. or would be removed, What does j this mean? The passage of the act," making Shawnee ' Mission the temporary seat of Government averse : t ?the Governor's veto, evinces a large and trouble.' some majority in opposition to the Govcnor. * Washington Scnlnel. [ MiB.vci'lot s Escape.?We are informed, hv | a reliable gentleman, that a little son of Mrs Watson, who resides about ten miles below this place, near Lower Long Cane church, fell from .. . _ l ? ?r ? ....,11 fit*... r ._. U1C lOp IO KJP Uytw.?lii ui ? "in uri deep, a few days ago, and was taken out in a few minutes after, with scarcely any injury! A few bruises which kept him in-<Io<?r* only two day!1, was all the harm resulting. The well was walled from bottom t<> top with stone, and had some six feet of water in it. The little hero of ? this fearful adventure is not quite eight years of age.?Abbeville Independent Press. Something New Undek the Sen. ? We have before us a sampie cf corn, from a lot of two hundred and pincty-three bags brought to this city a few days since in barque Tally flo, from . Winnccbah, c^ast?f Africa! The importation of this Useful article from that quarter is a circumitsnc we never before heard of. The corn j resembles odr white Southern corn, but the! kernels *rc somewhat simller. It is nid to! weigh well.?T'jvcV.c \ % Tlie Sacrcdccss of (he H'ciion. The National Intelligencer, in two recent arti- K-s?the first in direct reply to the Mercury, and the second in answer to the Fayette ville Observer, commenting on its reply?has maintained a doctrine so extraordinary; that we at fir-t thought it best to len^e it to answer itself to the conscience of every Wall having in him it spark of the spirit of liberty. But that paper so innocently repeats its dodtrine, lli.it wo begin to iliitik it may lie r rtnl creed, hot only of the Intelligencer, but of a political party it! the United States. The great point in this creed is, that to at: ComplUh a dissolution of the Union, there must be, nut only the consent of all lite States, but of nil the people of all the States; thut every body win actually or constructively has consented to the Union, must consent to its disso luf.on, in order to make that act rightful.? There, is some.tliing in this kind of reasoning very absurd. . it is nothing less than maintaining that a limited government is absolutely without limit. The tiarlies who made the j (Jovertimeiit of the United States were *ove- | reign commuiiilijjs, and tliev have surrounded their agreement of Union with a vast number ; of limitations and conditions; and it is no* pi et elided that nothing less tluuf a uiiiversal consent of the whole, that the acts of a majority of tln-m, are in deiogation of litis agreement of Union, can justify any portion of (Item in tie daring the compact void. In short, a dissolution ol the Union is an impossibility, so long as the usurping tanjc t ity shall behold enough to declare that its own acts are pioper. It does not require any extraordinary per sj'icacity to sec that, with such principles, the Intelligencer, in 17?G,jnnst have been a 'l'ory ! of the strongest sort. We can imagine its sad j diatiibts over the revolutionary doctrines of Patrick Henry and James Otis. The whole mistake of the Intelligencer rests upon tin- fact that the Constitution of the United States makes no express orovision for its r i # own dissolution. Hut it was a compact, and if the pailies to it still remain, they have the right to enforce it ; and if they aie no longer extant, then it is a dead letter, and every body bris the right to trample on it. Charleston Mercury. Ediioiiial Change.?The last issue of the South Carolinian contains an appropriate and feelingly enroot valedictory from the pen of W. li. Johnston,l>q., who announces his withdrawal from that journal and front its cognate weekly?ike Palmetto State Banner, of Columbia?and the dissolution of the publishing and editorial partnership heretofore existing under the style of Gibbes & Johnston. We part with Mr. Johnston with many te grets, and wc doubt not the feeling will be general throughout the craft. Ilis connection -.L : 1! . e .... _ n- . - wuii jouiuanaoi is ui an age aumcieni 10 give him the rank of seniority in view of tlie many changes liiat are constantly occurring in editorial life throughout our Stale, ;u;rl that numcc tion has been no idle or amateur association w'ith the press. He has been an industrem-. devoted, and indefatigable occupant of the chair editorial.; his pen lias never been audi-red long to dry, and it lias been wielded with etll?l and ability. Practiced and vigorous ca-<-, power ai.d directness of expression, with fearitilness of thought and manliness of utterance, have been well and habitually exemplified In Mr. Johns--n on proper occasions. His editorial resources uud faculties were thoroughly tested and demonstrated in connection with the Camden Journal, before bis removal to our capital, where lie has since been prominently. viti< .V?.V - IIVIM'I lll/l T VWIIiH WIVW IHV daily journalism of Columbia. We cannot wish our retiring friend a kind lior and happier lortunc than n realization and practical appreciation in his own case of the invocations of prosperity and welfare lie has uttered fr ill :se he leaves behind him in the field. It is something to leave a calling so vexatious and trying to the most elastic teni per, often a buried, eventful and protracted career, and be able to leave such a record as he has done. We part with him in sorrow, and trust lie ma\ long enjoy the memories and inspirations to be derived from the responses which his farewell remarks will elicit. We need ?<>t add a word concerning the journals involved in this change. The South Coro'inian, daily and tri weekly, and the Banner. weekly, are too well known to require' endorsement, presentation or commeiidati"H. They will continue under the cluirge and control of Dr. R. W. Gibbes, whoso resources and abilities have been amply illustrated in the editorial partnership now dissolved, and who pledges himself to a maintenance of the high position and character enjoyed by his journals. Charleston Courier. The Winu-lioroRegister says: Our municipal election resulted in the election of a mixed ticket. The Intcndant elect, .Mr. Jordan, and Dr. T. J. Robertson, arS" dry." Mr. David Campbell, who made the highest run, and Mr. R. N. Mo.Master, are " wet '. As the Council now stand they may besaid to partially neutralize each other, ami the liquor question" is mfvv likely to result neither excessively "wet'* or "dry," but somewhat nmist. Unfortunately for the " dry*,'" for the fourth Warden, two of their candidates?Mr. II. Ii. MeMnster and O. It. Thompson, tied. As will be seen in our advertising columns, a call is mado for another election. Then we will have, in all probability, the strife between the two elements?the result of which will determine for several months to come the policy of our Council on the license question. The election has demonstrated that our towns js not sliding back so rapidly as some have conjectured. There wero ninety one votes polled, being tho largest wo ever ! had ; besides, there w#re some ten or twelve who did not vote: thus making a strictly mu | nieipnl vote of upwards of one hundred. East Tennessee and Virginia Railuoad.Tlie Knoxvil'.e Standard, of the 5lh inst., says: "Track laying has been com me*need on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad at this place and will be pushed forward as rapidly as the iron ran be put down. Our up country friends ! may look out for the iron horse as be is now j starting for the Mountains of upper East Ten| nessce. We expect by Christmas to ride thirty i hvc or forty miles east ot here on this roau. : The bridge at Strawberry Plains across the i Hols ton river is completed, and no delay will be occasioned at tl I oint in laying tl:c track. While the whole attention of our citizeus has been turned to the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, the company east of us have almost completed one of tho most important road-* leading to our city, vithpyttLo ?itijcus, apparent !y, kncwjrg it, % Fur man University?Address off Col. Orr. - This distinguished gciulcrilriil, on the d8th instant, delivered an nddrees before the iitcritry societies of tlie Fiirinan Uniyef-aily, the stiti dents, faculty nnd trustees of the institution, and n large and brilliant assembly of ladies j anil gehtil'ineii. In the tie\V ami o.vpacions hall of the court house iVt~ constructed. It was - * i i i.ii ' the ?r>t meeting or any kuhi ever itfsemmeu in ; J lie building. Before llie speaker was intro; dnced. the Rev. Win. B. Johnson, D. 1)., j according to the announcement, offered up an , appropriate prayer to Almighty God. The address was an able one; the speaker discussing principally the superiority of the University system-over the College plan. To us the argument was conclusive, and we pre ! some it was so to many who heard it. The j recommendation of the early establishment of ! a law school and medical department in the University, we trust, will be carried out by the Trustees. That has always been the ijitfiition. Col. Orr alluded, in the beginning ?>| himldress, to the death' of Professor Minis, and to>the death of some of the students, in a most j feeling and eloquent manner. The tribute to Professor Minis was felt by all to lime been merited and becoming the oeca-iou, as likewise the allusion t'? the untimely death of ttm-e young men who have been t k?-n away in the midst of their preparation for the duties ofltfe. | We presume the address will he p?i;dished i and read generally in the Stale, and that it will make an impression. On one subject especially it will doubtless elicit much discus-ion. We allude to the argument in favor of the Sta'e appropriating money annually to all the denominational colleges of the State. We cannot concur in tho propriety of tho scheme, ami think there are many weighty objections to it. We expect to discuss this subject when time permits. We have heard gentlemen of tho first char actor and iutrlligence <?f the State who heard (-' I. Orr's address, speak in terms of warmest praise concerning it. We think it will help to put the h ill in motion which will overturn the s\stem of conducting cur State college, where reformation is decidedly needed. The clay was a delightful one for Greenville, and realized the display of a fine collection of much of the talent, learning and beauty of the State, to witness the Greenville College exhibition. May increasing interest mark each annual return of the commencement, until Greenville shall become renowned for her great University, and attract the visits of the elite of the country to partake of the intellectual leasts which may be here supplied. Greenville MoxtvUunccr July 19 Meeting of tiii; Baptist State Convention. ?The 35lh nuiiual meeting of the Baptist Convention ofS mtii Carolina, has just been held in this place, and at the same time "the Board of I'lu-t'-es of thy Furmnti University le-ld its annual meeting. The Convention -mined on Saturday, at 11 o'oelock. in tha Baptist Church, when the introductory sermon was preached by flow K. Furmnti. After the sermon the Convention was organized by the election of officer*?Rev. James C. Furinan being chosen hi;sid?-nt, Rev. J. G. Landrum Vice President, j and Rev. J. J. Brantly Secretary. As each eliineli. aceordiiur to the nrinciiilcs of the Ban 3 -- 1 I I ti<t denomination, is independent in its guVHiiment, the Convention is not a legislative body but a voluntary organization, having/or its only objects tin* promotion of Missionary Bible I'tiblieation and Educational interest-*. Its proceedings. therefore, rel ite entirely to such objects. On Sunday the usual Missionary Sermon ^vas preached bv Rev. James C. Furinan in the morning; in the afternoon the Rev. Mr. I'ayton. Convspoiiding Secretary of the Southern Baptist Bihle Board, established at Nashville, preacln d and at night, t he Rev. Mr. Ketidrick, of Charlesion, to largo and attentive congregations. On Monday the Committee resumed it- sittings. Reports of an interesting character wenroad from the different Boards of the Contention ..ii/l in tin. lii.ii-iiiii.r R..v \f r TlKtili (Till IVSiuilIll ing Secretary of die Southern I5;ij>li-t PuMiea* j lion Society, :kK1 reused the Convention ( n t!.e objects and claims of the Society At night a mass meeting v.-is held at which :ul:lr.*'-< w.?iv delivered by Rev. Mr. Dayton and U -v M'Whildcn. Agmt of the Foreign M!>si- " o and formerly Missionary to China. I ! ! lion appointed delegates to alien.{ ; g-iieia! Convention of the Baptist dcuoiuiunti n ot the Sotiih, to be held in Augusta in May In.wt ye..r, to take into consideration the expediency ??f establishing a general Theological Seminary for the South and West. On Monday morning the Convention, after a short session, adjourned to meet in July of next year, at Greeuvillo. The Board of Trustees also closed its session on Monday, July 25. Netcberry Mirror. Tin-: Will ok Elijah Willis.?The will c-i?o of Elijah W illis, late of Barnwell DDl'ict, stdl occupies a tention, and a communication to a late number of the Barnwell Sentinel, in relation to this subject, takes the position that the laws of this State which prohibit, the maim mission of any slave within its limits, were dictated not so much by the wish to prevent the increase of free colored persons within her limits as by the wish and purpose to prevent the diminution of tho number of slaves, and that the spirit of the law, therefore, would require that no validity should be admittd in tl.e act "I* Ji?aminii>fiiou, even where that has occurrtd beyond tho limits of the State; and that, therefore, as tho manumitted slaves are beyond the jurisdiction of the Stale, and can not therefore he reached, it is still within the province of the State not to recognise the character which it was the effort of the testator to impose u M.n them, and to give the propert\ such direction as it would have taken if no such etf ri nt emancipation had occurred. This is of c oarse a legal question, and as such is deter m nable solely by the Courts. Persons writing upon the subject have endeavnred to alio a that it is entitled to political consideration, and that South Carolina should act upon it in her legiti iia ,,r ovoimiii'vp eanm iivv but. ir dot-s not seem to us that it is of any such importance. The act of manumission tinder the cir.-um stances, is not one whose repetition is likely to render it a serious evil. At the worst, therefore, individuals may suffer for the want of that property, which the State in an extra-judicial i - it i...? onarncier migut assure m mem, uut iu i0 ??u much to expect that tho State shall arouse her self to the determination of every question of merely privato right, and the heirs at law ol E.ijah Willis, therefore, can scarcely claim: to be made the jubjoct of such ospecial considers* tion.? Charleston Standard. tljc (Citmkn tdffhli) jtonntoi. Tuesday, July 31, 1855. THO. J. WARREN. Editor. I Country Produce Will command high prices in our markot?bring on j your Corn, Oats. Fruit, Butter, Chickens, Eggs, I Meats, etc., and get the cash for them. Our Oorrestiondent " Spectator'' ia respectfully informed that his article j reached us too Into for this week's publication^ hut we i will Rive it an early pi .co in our Journal Carpet Store in Charleston. * We invito the attentiou of our friends to the card | of Mr. Bailie, advertising splendid goods in the lino of Carpeting, Mattings, Curtain Stuffs, Floor Cover- i ings of all descriptions, with a large and extensive ] ; stock of Linens, and Linen goods of all kinds. This I o , is an establishment at which our friends will find | j every thing in that lino of the best quality and at | 1 prices which will no doubt compare favorably with : t any in the country. j . Orangeburg* Female Seminary. We desire that our friends will bear in mind that , 1 tlio exercise* of this Institution will bo opened ngnin ! , on the 17ill of August. In calling attention to tlio j , same we take i leasure in adding that no seminary in i .lie country enjoys greater advai?tHgos in point of ; uuuvi'uiL'iib iiamuuii auu ^luiisauiiii'aa. iui. M'jjaiu i the accomplished Principal is a finished gontlemon, , und in our opinion eminently suited for the responsible | and arduous duties of his station. Scarcity of News. We have been searching with groat eagerness over our exchanges for new.* copy, but the task is a fruitless ono. We do not recollect ever to have seen the j papers so exceedingly scarce of interesting matter ! There is 110difficulty in getting quantity, butthequali! : ty is the rub. We can't help it, it is beyond the ' power of mortals to do that which is impossible, and j if any of our friends Jiave tho power, we should like | to bavo tlicm call upon us. We do not claim such a j gift. Why do not some of our talking and writing j friends give us a good article now and then ? it would 1 aid materially in adding interest to our paper. Cor: respondents should always bear in mind that cominui mentions ought only to bo written on one side of a | sheet, and to have justice done them write clearly and I intelligibly, we can't always read bud writing, but lo j remedy tlic evil, with more certainty, correspondents ! can always have a revised proof to read over, and ' this will take away the only excuse whicfesomo plead, j that they would write, if they could iiave thoir com! muuication.s correctly printed. Commander Ingraham Has been presented, by the German citizens of j Charleston, with an elegant s;voi'd as a testimonial of \ their high regain, appi eeiation ol Ids character, and ' noble conduct in the protection 01 -Mai tin KcZta on the shores of .Smyrna. Captain Itigrnliaiu has received Haltering and numerous demonstrations of respect lor j that heroic act, and he deserves them all. WtC glory . that our State?sometimes tauntingly called the State ! of "all the chivalry"?is ablo to produce such noble | and cliivalrie sons, who show their metal when tried, no. only ut home, but on foreign soil. There is something still in the name of a native South Carolinian of which wc Icel quite proud, in Cnpt. Ingruham's roply to the sword presentation, a sentiment occurs, to which we yield a hearty assent, and in tho marked poiut we have used italics. ' To you, gentlemen, individually and collectively, I I wish all the happiness and success you seek in the j laud of your adoption, and where all who condudthemselves as good citizens are sine of being honored and jiroltclvd." OUR BOOK TABLE. Codey'3 l.ady'3 look lor August presents its usual quantity o.' uttractivo reading matter for tho ladies. ! It, U quae an interesting " book," and niuintains its J liiglt position remarkably well. The prieo of Godoy | is three collars per annum, but in order to accommodate those who may wish tosubscribo we will furnish the book and the Journal ouc year for four dollars, which is one dollar less than tho usual prico. All subscribers to the Journal can havo tho book on the same terms by paying us the cash. ' Airmen's Home Magazine lor August presents also au attractive programme, aud exhibits certain teatuics ol improvement. The July uumbei oi this iniciesting and instructive periodical has failed :o reach i us, ?Vo commend it to our readers. Tun Daily Sun is the title of a new piipet recently commenced in Columbus, Ga., and published by Thomas DeWolf. lisq. its typography is excellent , und the reading matter clever. Wo will exchange j with plcasuro. Tho Yorkvil.e Preparatory Military School comj menced its exercises on the Oth instant, with forty-livo j pupils. Wo understand that new accessions are being | received daily. It isconducted by two young gentlemen l graduates of the Charleston Military Academy. Nominations.?The Uon. I. 1>. Witherspoon, of i York, is uoiuinated in tho Charleston Sta/idurd, and JB. F. Perry, by the Lancaster Ledger, fjr Governor of South Carolina. Tim Hriiiuli Iiiivp nr>j?ntiatpd an imnnrtant enmmor i ? r , cial treaty with Siam, which opens to thorn tho trade of that empiro. Military-?Mr. C L. N. Legg, was 011 Saturday lust, elected captain of tho Itich Hill Volunteer.-1, attached to 37th Rogiment S. C. M. Appointment dy the President.?John N. Mcri rimaii, collcetor.of the customs, Gcorgotown, South - Caroliua, vice Thomas L. Shaw, doceasod. J Tlio population of Montgomery, Alabama, is cati! mated at S,Q00. | Gov. Amah*? Wo find it reported, on good j authority, that Gov. Gardner, of Massachusetts i having transmitted divers resolutions of the j Legislature of that State with the usual request, , to his Kxcelleney Gov. Adams, the latter has ! very properly replied in the following terms: | " I cannot consent, under existing eiroumI 1. . *1. . 1! _/ ! ?! stances, i?> oe uio incuuun or communicating an)- action of the Legislature of Massachusetts to the Stato over whioh 1 have the honor to preside." Presidency of tuk South Carolina College.?A writer in. the CaroliiTfau hasnomina ' ted Hon. u. ti. vv a^wiw ror tms important orocc. " Judge" Wardlaw is one whose learning and abilities would command Ujc respect of the young men in College, and ?tl#o of the patron of the institution,?Ktwberry jfirror, * The Japanese. Captain Adams, of the U. S. Navy, who recently returned with the Japanese treaty, found the Japanese officials extremely courteous and friendly and the people social and communicative. Their former distrust and jealousy seemed greatly diminished. There was some difficulty in procuring the signature of the Emperor to the- treaty, as it was the custom for the supreme council to act in his stend. But the difficulty was overcome, and the treaty with the United States is the first that has ever received the signature of a Japanese Emperor. The privileges of trade secured are more liberal and advantageous than have been secured by any other nation that has obtained access to this isolated people. # n-i _ r :^i. i. .... llie d.'ipniH'sc uiuciais iihiuc uiiuiy hi^uimw after Coin tnodurc Perry, to whom they sent messages of remembrance. The circular rail road and locomotive he took out had been put up in [Yedo, and the Japanese eo^Jd now inauage them very well, the locomotive making^ its trips every day. They had also the life boat in the water, with a special crew detailed for her. The magnetic telegraph, however, was rather too difficult for them, and they had not succeeded in getting it to work properly. During the visit of' Corn. Perry's squadron they took measurements of the storesliip Southampton, and they had a vessel of the same model and dimensions nearly ready f"r launching. The old Japanese law restricting the size and model of their junks has recently been abrogated, and tbe Government is now ambitious to possess a naval squadron similar to ours. From this fact it will he seen how rapid is the growth of new ideas in this secluded nation, and what vast changes I must necessarily result from their further inter course with Americans. The only American article they objected to i the introduction of was religion. They prefer i red their own, and the Commissioners returi#d ! to Capt. Adams a bundle of religious books and ! tracts, which one of the American chaplains ! had distributed among the people, requesting j him to take them hack to America. They re- j rnoustrated at this attempt to proselyte the Japanese as in violation of the principles of the treaty and contrary to Japanese law. * Charleston Courier. Negroes on the Railroad Track.?On I Saturday afternoon, while the cars of the N. j E. Railroad were making their usual run to j Mount Holly, and when about twelve miles ii win i wwii, <ui 11.chichi occnnt-*i which, e.xct1 pi for the excessive vigilance of the engineer, must have resulted fatally to a couple of nogioes. The cars wcie running under a full head of steam. The engineer saw a couple of objects which rp-emb!ed persons lying upon the road at the distance, of only about three J hundred yards oil! lie promptly gave the I alarm, the brakes were as promptly applied, but in spite of every effort ' ? a?re?| the pro. giess of the enable. ami evi .y . limt *i> amuse the bjeels it still lime it..v?>. i.p.n tlicm with crushing force. 'Tin; alh lit n il the pas-en gcrs in the n.C-mwtBH- had mm armi-ed, ami it appealing is they approached that tln-sc were really Itiiiuaii beings in this peitlotis po-iiion. a thrill of horror wrung the heart of every per son present, and at last, at the very instant when they were about to be crushed, the wild sluiek of the engine awoke the sleepers ami they rolled off the track in time to escape the wheels. The engine was sl?soon after, ami onr reporte', who happened in be present, learned the following facts. Tim negroes reported therfisclves as free, and Imre a pass from John A. Winthrop to vi-it the plantation ol Judge linger, on the Wateree liver, dated on lite Jst inst., and to expire <?n the Idlh. They stated, however, that they had been delayed longer than they anticipated, and were only now returning, and feeling wearied, had seated themselves on the track to rest, and unconsciously fell n?leep. Considering, however, that all might not he light, the officers in charge of the train thought it best to arrest iheui and bring them to tile city for examination. They were sent to the guard hi use, and the truth of their statements will he examined by Ids Honor the Mayor this morning. j Charleston Standard 2 %d inst. To tiitent own* Dktiumknt.?The Washing tmi Star says:?*' Many applications |W military Inanity land warrants are daily received by the Secretary of the. Interior, w! ? causes them to bo tin inferred to the IV isi"ii office, to which they should have been addies-ed diiecilv. A day or two of precedence is tliu> I si |?y the J delay in reaching tiie bureau to which they properly belong. " As an average of 900 appl caii -ns reach tiie Pension office 1 lilv, and ;i> but 300 to 350 warrants can be . .1 daily , a party addressing his application tc Secretary of the Interior, it will be perceiveo, gets some thousand* lower down the in turn' list, than if In- had addressed the Pension bureau directly.' Native Americans.?On Saturday last some half dozen Native Americans, with their little ones, a portion of the remnant of that noble band of Revolutionary heroes known as the Catawba Indians, visited Columbia on business, bringing with them their usual supply of earthen vessels for sale. They attracted much attention, and are entitled to the warmest sympathy and friendly greeting of every Carolinian, as the representatives of a faithful warrior band, who nobly esponsod tlie American cause in the Revolution and bravely battled side by side with our progenitors for the blessings of civil and religious libci ty which we, their children, now enjoy. Carolina Times. The Post Office at Yonguesvillo. Fairfield ! District, has been re established and a new office also established in the same District, on the Union and Spartanburg Rail Road, tube calledSLrother's Post Office, and Mr. W. Bu7zard ! appointed Post Master. A new office has. likewise, been established at Anderson,* Mills Pick ens Dist., and Mr. Carter C. Porter appointed Post Master. Or A' boy named Jim, the property of Jacob IT. Wells, Esq., was tflfed before a jury of Freeholders yesterday for the murder of ano.her colored free boy Hole Johnston, and convicted of Manslaughter and sentenced to four months imprisonment ami one hundred and fifty-six lashes. Carolina Times M?tl. T.:L. j.uu luuuuo AMuuuu ui mc IJIUW that the young men of the smith, those of wealth and education, are turning their attention to farming, planting, and the mechanic arts, and professions havo lost their charms, and politics havodwindled down to 4 Bmall business. Largk Amount of Claims.?The amount of Government Claims to come before the Court at Washington is over 8300,000,000, prominent among which arc remnants of the old Continental money and the Provincial Scr'p issued to sup* !"? tlirnnrrli *Iia R/ivnlntinn?a?f J/UI b llIU WliUMJ ?IIV struggle; private advances to the .Government during that war, afterwards repudiated. TTje Frencii Spoliation men liave decided not to petition the Court, relying upon the neat House ofllcpresentatives, despite the Presidental veto. : The Baptist Convention which has been in sea-ion at Newberry since Saturday, adjourned on Tuesday. The Rev. J. P. Boyce, <?f Col umbia,vns elect ed Professor of Theology in the Furrtan Uni vcrsity at Greenville, in the place of the destingulshed and lamented Professor J. S. Mima.. The Rev; Mr Duncan, orDarnwell, was elected President of the Baptist Female College of South Carolina,also at Greenville. Tkoublb Ahead Anticipated.?Tlie Prussian government is looking well to. its arm*. Orders have been given to convert, as soon as possible 280,000 weapons of the system into Minie rifles. As soon as this is accomplished G00.000 others nse to be altered after the same fashion. A mechanic in Zclle has taken a contract binding himself to deliver 120.00$ rifle sights within a year. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Later from Europe. Nf.w* Yoiik, July 25.?The U. S. Mail steamship Atlantic, Capt. West, has arrived at this port from Liverpool, which port she left on the 14th instant. The ?iar of the South arrived at Liverpool on the 7th, and the Union at Harve on the 10th inst. The Atlantic passed the Asia on the 14th inst. . Commercial Intelligence?The Liverpool Cotton market was dull and had declined 1 8d principally on the lower and middling qualities The sales during the week ending 12lk inst., comprised 28,000 of which speculations took 4,000 and exporters 800, leaving 23,200 hales all descriptions to the trade. On Friday, the 13th inst., the market closed stead)', and the sales during the dayweached 6000 bales. Tiib Liverpool Breadstcffs Mari^ts.? The Circular of Messrs. Brown and Shipley quotes *% i - rt - .? r A.i . j \\ neai iirni, as also riour, hi irom ou a is a? vanco the stuck being small. Com had declined 5s. The Liverpool General Markets.?Pruvi?. ions were generally unchanged but quiet. The Lonuok Money Markets.?Consols fur money closed at 91. The bullion in the Bank of England had decreased 500,000 pounds sle:? ling. American Stocks were active. Gem:;:.'.i. Intelligence.?The most imporIan' t. in of Mows In* this arrival, is the fad i legru h d from London to Liverpool just | rior i.. th d.;aituio of'he Atlantic?that I .on John Ku? i-'l nad resigned; and that it w - .i mured that tin* J?nil of Derby would be eni upon to form another Ministry. This event, h??? ever, was lint unexpected, as on the 13th in-1. | Sir Bulwer Lvtton niov?-<i in Parliament that Mr| Ministry, Containing Lord John Russell, was nr.i worthy th^ Confidence of the nation. The crisis j has arisen in c<?nsc<pience of Lord John's bung linor explanation of his conduct at the Vienna Conference. Parliament will be prorogued in August. Queen Victoria will visit the Emprr-.r and Eyipress of France in Paris on th<- 7:h f .August. " Sebaslopol had again been bombarded by tie* Allies for two days, but without succ>s. Thirty thousand of the Allies were employed in eie . ting immense works against the Malakoflf aid Redan Towers, and the Russians were throwing up a fort in the rear of the Redan, and erecting other formidable works commanding those pn-i tions. The Russians had made an ineffectual soi tie to re-take the Mameloti Ratter}*. There are strong indications of a campaign on the Dani T? i. a . * _ n'v i. _ _ . . _ . uoe. u was rumoreumnt me jlutks were retiring before the Russians in Asia also that the Rits sians had lieen repulsed by the Turks In-fore Kars. The allied fleets in the Baltic were destroying all tho property on the coast. It was rumored that a revolt had taken place in I hi- Russian Siberian Regiments, and also, thai a change had taken place in the Russian Cabinet. * The Spanish insurrection had been suppress sed. It is nntieipat'd that Austria will shortly issue a new circular, defending the course of Amstria, and replying to the inuendoes of Louis Na ! poloon. , Boston, July 26.?Abbot Lawrence is at the i point of death. New York. July 25.?The Steamship Georj.-Law has arrived at this port from Aspit-wnll with 885O.O0O in gold. ITer advices, however are unimportant. The first meeting1 of th?- L< ! lsiature or the >tateoi l'anamatooK place on hi 15th inst. The health of the Isthmus was ?? ?*'. Advices have been received by this arrival, fronAustralia to the 10th of May. The gold, market there was dull. New York July 25.-GovernorReeder, we learn, has vetoed allactsofthe Kansas legislature on the ground that it was not a legal body. The bill* however, were passed over his veto by large majorities. Philadelhhia, July 27.?Judge Kane has commited Williamson, charged with stealing Mr. Wheeler's slaves, for contempt of Court, and also, authorised the Grand Jury to indict him for perjury. St. Louis. .Tulv 26.?There is a project foot in Ivincns, to purchase Platte County, Mo., and annex if to Kansas. St. Lor is, July 26:?The jjra^shoppers have dpstroverl all the crops at Salt. Lake. MA RRIED In Union district, on the 22d instant, by Rev. Tims' Curtis, D. D? Robt. A. McKnight. Esq., and Miss Amanda M, Falmkr, all of that district. MniriBMv. Di d, in this District on tho 20th inst., of Typhoi Fever Mrs. Mart E. A. Shaw, consort of Johw R. Sha.w, Esq., in tho 33d year of her age. In early lite she made a profession of faith in Christ, and uri ed herself with tho Church, which: profession alia mainlined with nnwavering fidelity to the day of her death,. 6bo lias left ou afficticunte hurbcud and five