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I VOLUME 2^- gQ. 13. ABBEVILLE C.' H., SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1854. WHOLE &UMBER &.
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The Candidate's Soliloquy.
Ym, yet, a candidate I ?na j
The eountry I will Mike; '
1 wnMUmei think my chance is bad.
And kometimea think I'll " take."
I'te lone thought o'er the matter wpll
A candidate to be; ,
- And now since I amon the wing,
Wholl give ft vote to- djfl *
My days are passing Swiftly by;
My head is growing hoary;
A deathless name Hong to win,
To w>o for future tory.-.
My time ^'H spend in canvassing;
??n -? -??' - -
? it prove myscii a man ;
I'll tackle round from house to house
And beg *11 tho vote* I can. ?-.
My good wife thinks if I should win, A
How well slie'd Iota me then; '
For long she's tried .Jo shove me out
To flofck with favoriteamen ;,
But somehow; I must tell the truth,
" Though it forsooth tony gall,
I cannot wreath my face wjtfwsmiles,
And bow and Bcrape to all.^?'
* . But neighbor Ux, who brought me out,
He says that this is right;
So I will pitch, eVn conamore,
Into the lection fight
111 Uke my way to muster grounds,
- And treat the crowd to cider;
I'll make the cakes my hobby horse,
And I will be the rider.
My common plothcs I'll put aside.
And dress a little fine, '%
/..infill my purse with "yallcr boys."
And cleverly I'll shine.
I'll praise the children where I go,
""" And notlung, ah, shall scare me, ' * ^
fill I 1a. ? a - .?-i?
^ ? a ii tew luy winning wutusbu iailf ?
That motb?n all may hear me.
I'm not as smart M some may think,
Yet I will actjny best,
s And if I'crtijfein power and place,
The coaats^tSali b* bleat I
TU " peeehlfy" and "djSify,"
And do my bestat$?1 icing, - r*
And if I fail for want of,word*, *
I'll turn it off by hawking..
^Thenye, that.'wanta friend to go?
An hbfi??t friend that'* true?
ur suffrage now for me,
And I'm the inan for 3*00.'
_ *l|| t 1 % : ^
if 'f u n?g nu uwi I'm witoiasome Ik We,
I'll make no speech nor splatter,
And he thol dares to press .ft wrong,
JUy chance to kiw the gutter..
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Mt. L'iirmrU, JxJy'lSLk IS5-i.
jPOIiITIOAIi.
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Spooch of Hon. James I*. Orr,
TtZUVtUtMOAJ ?&< DEMOC*ATTC CKL11BRBAT10M IX'
rriiiAPKt^O." JOLT 4m, 1864.
WaaweeiVed wfttiweat applause,) said: '
r A^&r, iVeiidertf aM j'eUoto-citi:ent of Philadel jMSffXt:.
The day we cclebrate is eon?S*rat?din
*ffeetionsojF tha'Anaorican people, And this
SHpoiDeVdawn was inhered in by the booming
cannooa. Who can tell but tho
JW' tti?lt^r'rlyg ofcie, day'a ?fl at&tVpieal of tbe
**1. /fer'refit i^triotjifrn whlcb glows in. the AmcriMr?"
On h?art?. T&'the remotest1 borders of this
|B^-/grei?jr..wlB^?ri??yl.on?/.npbfoken Btr?am of
1 tfratefulgratulatioii pours out from the tame
* ' jUWftH6itnhe*rt .to the Supreme Rulor of the
X Universe, who heard tho prayers of pur fatli
z ?w, tfaaTBgp hm prcwrved to thar?b?terity
th?.rich l?g*cy left T<y the revolution. If the
day bripge ?o much of ^ladnc? to our couotry
~%i^^aHS5gBK
J^^Sgj^^tgiiLijSjur
cr Tijjunni ana watcuiut m preserving that
whose purohase cost ao much or tribula' ion and
danger, *o inuch of blood and treasure I You
are tne custodians now of that great citadel of
liberty, (pointing to Independence Hall.) All
Its trimnphs, its memories, ita portraits, its bis??? *
*? *'
T,.j, 0>?.,VMviw ?vi vu? j/m^ vuauM lur me prcs*
eut, and hopes for the future, exhort you to
perpetuate that vestal flame which was Kindled
in 1776. Let it not go out here, if you would
escape the execrations of posterity for infidelity
in guarding your sacrod trust.
The great end of the revolution was to secure
civil and religious liberty. Nor did our
ancestors misjudge its valuo in developing the
resources, physical, moral, and intellectual, of
man.
Look fo iU civil results. Under republican
government, we have grown and prospered and
expanded far beyond the most sauguiue imagination
of the most hopeful devotee of liberty.
Oilp itinroa am mow A *
? uvif n aoiiQU UJT IUC IWU greBl
oceans oast and west. Nearly one half of the
North American continent bears upon its geuerouB
bosom teeming trillions of American citizens,
who make their own laws and worship'at
their chosen Bhrines. From 3,000,000 wo have
swelled toJJ5.000,000. From poverty and ignorance
an>l weakness, we have grown rich, intelligent,
sad strong. Our sails whiten every sea,
and our enterprise and energy penetrate into
every land. No longer docs the British lion
strike terror into the hearts of our women and
children. We at-e now here equal iu all the elements
of national greatness, and here superior
in every characteristic of personal liberty and
political iudepence. Groat Britain undertook
to manage our local affairs by assuming tbc
right to legislate for us while we were colonics.
The Parliament assumed that they wore better
judges of our wants nnd necessities than our
own colonial legislatures. They undertook to
regulate the domestic policy of their distant dependencies.
They ' imposed duties upon tea
without consulting us, and in every manner asserted
their right to govern us. Our fathers,
who had encountered the perils of the ocean,
and the greater perils of a savago wilderness,
who had fled from Europe to escape political
and leligious intolerance, could not long brook
such an unjust assumption. They petitioned,
importuned, remonstrated the British government
without avail; they took their rights in
| their own keeping, and, after a long and dotibf,
ful struggle, established a new fundamental article
id the science of government?the great
American doctrine of tne right of the people
to govern themselves. [Great chcering.J No
tenet in political science has more thoroughly
vindicated its wirdom than tbis, and when
brought into issue its orthodoxy has not been
questioned for seventy-eight years until a few
months past, it is said by some who have forgotten
or renottticed the teachings and principles
of tlieir father^ now, that the people of
nansas and Nebraska are incapable of goveruing
ti ernselvca, and that the Congress must assume
the tame guardia. chip over these distant
Territories ns the Parliament claimed over tlio
colonies. Where is the American fueling in the
bosom of any man, who, from fanatical zeal for
1 the African slave, whose condition he cannot
improve, is willing to renounce this great doctrine
of our father*? [Cheers.] Abolitionism
and (auaticism mistake the heart of this coun-.
try, in supposing that, when they cry out a
gainst slavery, it win cause the people to repu- j
aiate the principles upon which the government
is based. [Cheer*.] The country owes my
distinguished frie d, who will follow me, the <
"Little Giant of the Great West," Senator
Douglas, [immense applause,] a debt of gratitude
for his powerful and successful advocacy
of thiaprinciplo'Ihava been discussing, and for
its triuruphaUt^vindicatipa in tho Kansas Sc'
tho ^misrepresentation which baa
befcfl pburod out upon that measure, tho people
are now beginning to understand truly its provision*
; and ite greatest principle?the one so
fiercely assailed by whigs and abolitionists?is
I the very principle for which oar fathers fought
?i.? !.*
yt*v ?vtviumyu? mil j wu www k>nu uio qiuc
! your fathers did. or will you take the side of
the British Parliament f
The people of Kansas and Nebraska bare
had conferred upon thqin by Congress the right
to regulate their own domestic concerns according
to their own toifhea and inclinations. Is it
rightf Who will gay it is wrong! Whoknows .
beat what are the. wanta of our fellow-citiiens
in the valley of tho Kansas, or the,Upper Missouri?the
reprcsentat-ircs they elect to their
,own territorial legislature, or th'o Congress of
the United States, when not.a single member,
rmrfcarv*,h*? mado a. footr.rinfc in Ksfikil or No.
brtukft? and 'which would most likely legitlato
wiiely.for them?the territorial legislature, or
Congres* f The atatcment of the qntttiori carbe
with it , If a Pennsylvania J
now has the right to make hij ownlaws here,
what i? thare in tho atmosphere of Kansaa,
when be remnvca there, rendering him lew comvxafan
* in fin fit a aani6 tliinr?fl?AMul' . 'IHiIa m/?1i f
rl MiV -.i,AM>? liguvi
conferred by Congress on the Terrttoriea, Is subjeet
to but one liraitaton, which all eoncedo is
j0?& I and that is, that tboir, legislation shall
not contravene tho constitution of the. Uuited
StaUw?!\ limitation that exists as to .the States,
and should in tho Territories.
As this is a democratic celebration, it will not
^;i)BprdpQ#j;'should aay that I felt
thft highest pride in seeing nearly all of your
democrats representatives in Congress sustainIntr
tho bllf and fnaintainine that ttfeat Orlnei
pTe^firstt^ected^on^this li&Tlo wad^ R|>ot ^evcntycorap??M^
^wttt b?eony^ln the reprwnto^
08 many professors of religion for our popula
tion. Our ohurches are more numerous, and ai
wdll furnished as in Any country; aud piet)
and religion nowhere has more reverence auc
respect than in th? United. States.
Mr. Jeiferaon, whose namo is inseparablj
united, and must bo continue through 'time,
with free government?ho ifho penned thai
creat Declaration?wn? TT-!
0 y r ?. ?- WIVVUVI V? IUO v/ur
t?d States?the father of the Democratic party
?and the great apostle of republicanism?he
who spent a long and eventful life in the ser
vice of his country, when the weight of yean
pressed sorely upon his tottering frame, in tin
quiet solitude of his own Monticello, calmly re
viewing his own history?lie selected three
t;reat achievements to carry his uama to poster
ty, and directed this inscription uponthegranite
obelisk that Bhould mark the spot where he
lies, "Thoma# Jefferson, the author of the Declaration
uf Independence, the author of the statute
of Virginia ettablinhiuy religious freedom,
and the father of the University of Virginia."'
[Cheers.] He considered the establishment ol
religious freedom an achievement worthy to ba
classed by tho side of the Declaration of Independence.
lie knew the enormities growing
out of n union of Church and State, lie knew
that such a junction wad at war with pe so
liberty as well as with true religion, and time
lias shown that tho Stato prospers best independent
of religion, and religioi ?ospei'3 best
independent of the State. Womu .keep them
separate, coniiac each to its sphere, if our future
is to continue bright and prosperous as our
past
There has recently been some commotion on
the political boards, growing out of, it is s id,
a new accret politico-religious association. 1
"If toio nothinq" of its faith 01- itshonon. rnhr>?r.
if ^ mid iaugLtur among the democrats.) It is
tfv^posed that its purposo is to supptunt the
Catholic religion, and to ostracise every person
who was not born upon American soil, and every
one whose father was notb< rn here. Now,
this is a different policy from the one our fathers
pursued; they invited here every foreigner
to our shores, und Patrick Henry was indignant
wheu it was proposed to exclude such as
turned tories even and fled tho countr}' during
the revolution. It i- assumed by this association
that the p:i?sts of the Catholic Church ex
crviae |iuiiiicui inuuencc over uieir members.
This may or mny not be bo. I Jo not profess to
know. I have no affinities with llio Catholic
Church. I was reared under the teachings of
the Shorter Catechism a:id the Westminster
Confciaion of Faith. There nre not fifty Cntho
lica or one hundred naturalized or unnaturalized
foreigners in my congressional district, and
hence my perfect exemption from any peruonal
considerations in forming a judgment with reference
to this new association. Suppose it true
uiul nit- pricuu) iuvuuie in.pontics, we nji unite
in condemning it, fur wo think Church on<*
State should he kept separate; but this new
urganizHtion proceeds to n politico-religious association,
secret, holding its meetings clandestinely,
to counteract the priests. Tlie end, then,
is to justify the means; but two wrongs will
not make one right- The ''know nothings" do
the very thing which they complain of the
priests for doing. I do not pcrcoivo any difference
between Catholic Jesuitism and Protestant
Jesuitism?both arc intolerant. But in thin
country I protest against a secrct political organization
which fears to avow 'ita principles,
which shrinks from their discussion, and which
makes its members, by secret pledge, spies in
every household. Tliero is no exuuso 111 this
country for secrot political societies. Every
measure in t?he Federal and State legislatures
undergoes public scrutiny and debate. No clU
izen in or ought to be afraid to avow his noljti?;
oal sentiments, and.thesecrosy which.marlca ttfs
proceeding#of this order shows that'thoy door
say something which they are Afraid oraahamcd
forth* wortdto know, it is time that the eyes
of the country should bo turned towards theni,
and their sehemcs discoun'euauced until they
ast off the veil. It is violative of the genius
and spirit of our government, aud will bear
bitter fruits for our country if it is not supplanted.
, V .
If la aAid iliof fltnti* in nlonfiithilinAlit.
ical election#?wlicrijall go together, rpgar Ijleaa
of principle and consistency?practice a guerrilla
war, fighting on tho eido promising the
best pay. If this bo true, what is their standard
of morality f I call tho attention of my
democratic friends, however, to the fact, that
in all the municipal elections that I have observed
where tho "kuow nothings" have triumphed,
it has always been a whig elected,
where the officc was one of any importance or
real Tame.
Let not democrats, then, bo deladed into the
organization, or thoy will find themselves embracud
in the arms of whiggery, liativo-Americsnisoa
and all tho other itna tbat infest the
land. [Cheers.1
There can be but two great parties in the
country. Those temporary organizations may
for a brief trjiile attain the position of balanceof'powr
parties, but they soon loso it; and
parties to bo permanent must be divided on
principle. - lne division uere is between tut
strict and the lutitndinous constructionist*, between
economy and extra valance, between
State rights and federalism, ana it is nowiix
lata ip her history fbr me to appeal to Ponn
aylvania to know which tide alio takes. Sht
has been true to strict construction, economy,
and Sifta right* and never will trail the olc
democratic banner in the dnst. [Choar^l TH<
whi^a havo beaten, but never vBYRgais&ed you
and it behoove* younowto bnekl'e oo your Br
monr once more nod atrike for your principles
me eye* 01 your sister are upon yo?
?nd Wo shtll look Anxiously to see you roil uj
your accustomed majority for Bigler. elect.trui
democrats to Congi aae add yourlegUInture, ant
c*pry out Uie principloa which havo Wft<*i)i;
promoted tiro hotaorund feloty of tho whof
coputry, [Long-continuad cb'eeriug.]
. vails on account of the irruption of a band ol
s Indians from Mexico, who were marching to
r the interior, there being no sufficient fofoe to
I oppose their purpose*. The people were loudly
demanding the removal of Gen. Smith, and
r the Appointment of Oca. Harney to the chief
, command.
msosuAinr.
i Report of thc Prafttdent and Din..jri of
th0 QraonviUo Railroad Company.
' Colombia, July 10, 1864.
t Jb the Stockholder* of the Greenville avd Columbia
Railroad Company :
It U with sincere pleasure that we announce
. to you officially that our road it finished. On
. the 9th of December last the 6ars were ran
! over the road to Greenville, the upper termi
. uiu. omce mat time, witb the exception of a
few?days' interruption about the first of March
la^t, tlyj trains have boon run with great safety
" and Regularity over, the whole line of the road.
;v- The t-epdrts of tha/General Superintendent,
anil Auditor and Treasurer, herewith submitted,
will furuish ycmVtih'full and minute details
of the operutiona^through the'past year,
and financial condition and prospects of the
company. We will, however, call your attention
specially to some of the most important of
these matters, and invite the action of the stockholders
upon some subjects that seem to involve
thc_ permanent interest# of the comnnuv.
The expenditures of the yenr, now just closed,
have been lnrger than was expected at your
last meeting. Soon aft r we entered upon the
year it w. s dicovered that we did. not have
Iron enough to finish the road. Aa our necessities
would not admit of del.<y, consequent upon
an order and importation of iron from
abroad, we had to make a .purchase of American
iron at a small increase of price orer the
English article. The iron was procured as soon
as was practicable, and the work urged on to
completion. This purchase of iron amounted
to about seventy thousand dollars. *
In view of the important position which our
road is destined to occupy in connection with
other similar enterprises of our day, and the
high hopes nnd expectations of ita friends, your
recommendation upon this shfei&i .at the last
annual meeting hn& been adtijjJH^Tha officer*
having the immediate charge of'the operations
of the road have mado a "close and skilful
reeoniioisancc along the whole line of the j-oad,"
and have kept up a constant and vigilant inspection
of the machinery and rolling stock of
tnc company, .and have made such repairs, improvements
and additions as were {bought necessary
to sustain the character of the road,
Uv>i< ?] iu aui?kjr mm rcKumnty. nearly me
whole trjjgk from Columbia to Newberry lioa
been reconstructed. new timbers put in, iron rei
pi need, onlverW built, chasms filled ?uid* other
repairs made. Four new engines, ibroti new
passenger cars, three mail ears, ten plat.'orm,
twelve dirt and thirty pushing cars, have been
added to our stock; the whole at a cost of about
one hundred thousand dollars. We- fitter
ourselves thai thjs expenditure of labor and
i.?j i ?- u *
VJ un^> IIVV urall II lUUCW. OBIOljr IUU Hg"
ularity in ruuniug the, trains have been attainud
that hnvo surpassed oarcaost Bangui no expoctulions.
In the regularity* of Arrivals and
departure mid succcsi in running .the trains,
we believe that.our road'.-willaduipare favorably
with ftuy f.oad that can be named; and as
to safety, oune can surpass it; About fortylive
thousand patoeiigers have been carried
over the rjiod in .the Ian); year, and not one has
been injurc-d. Only three Of, our freight cars,
in ?hn uma tjm* li>*? kuli.x '
ioefwful resuU. which compared wfth t^lengtlv
iOt foad nndMluount of baalhettf don<s *? >?.
liave Is unsurpassed ia the history of railroads.'.
The financial condition of tno company it
not as good ns could be desired, but from the
prospect of busines*, (promising 4 handsome
income.) the ability and willingness of the stockholders
to sustain it, as heretofore manifested,
wc see nothing to cause despondency of doubt
ns to tjie fiuhi result The capital stock has
niwoys dccu luauequ&v to itia value and extent
uf the work. We now road one
hundred and sixty-four miles long, in sood condition,
Veil equipped and in successful operatidrf,
vortli nob leia than threo-'ipilHons of dollars/
This has been obtained with meaoa as
follows: :'r:; .
Amount of capital stookpaid in- $1,163,582 25
Arnonnt of assessment paid in . 130,932 00
Whole amount of capita! stock
and assessment paid in -$1,298,464 25
1* Being a little morethjio the third of the prosent
value of the property,. A.?nMTpaStof tho
lopomc oi m* ro*a nas M?a M capital,
and applied to tHaconstrfletfon- Ofthfc roads
, The inorewt too, -iu the valua at materia]!, pod
iidrauco in the pVice of laSor, have aidedin
i enhanciog add raising the valueof the road.
Of tbo capital stock yet nneoli.cted.'We'will
. perhaps receive $12,000, -which will raise the
I capital stock aud assessment to $1,805,76^,9$,
Diibuwanicnts on account of constrociiori apd
i outfit havo already been made to the auJount of
. $1,999,080.41.*^
, There will yet Wadded to this amount begidt's
that which h ae beenand will be paid out
. of tfi* iooomo of. the roa^a largo sum, vt/teh
"will raise the doficiencvof eaDitnl atoolt. in the
coi.etroctlon ud outfit of lb? road, to tho ?Uia
i ofMi^Wwwoa - . ->>t; 0*. >? :
> To meet tljfcdeficUniiY i&V 4>r$etIop h*?e
; ordered jn |M^o^coa^>^ b^^W^^lwoqnt
f iisde c^twndi
, road, iu flxturoe md rollfftg ?*o?k/L 6?are
ysML
' ny the individoul member* of the board stand <
bound for the payment of $186,000. This lia- >
bility ought not to be continued, if ffce a took- 1
holders can devise the ways and meapa of re- i
tiering it I
The ascertained floating dahfc of *
the company amounted on i
the 21st May to (808,906 27 i
Besides this the company owe I
debts not yet fnlly ascer- i
tained,'supposed to amount to IB,000,00 <
Making this indebtedness $486,806 27 j
To meet this liability the company have the 1
following assets: ' j
Balance of available <
stock unpaid " $12,000
Notes due the company
9,261 *70
Due by Laurens Rail*. I
road company, shop
- and iron account 4,961 07
Due for lota sold
in Green*
? villa $4,290 00
Value of lots
yet to be
sold at least, T10 00
o.uw uu
1,600 acres of land in *
Edgefield district
worth 10,000 00
Due for freight on the
road, 80,000
Assessment on the State
stock, which we think
the State is bound to
pay 69,600
Whole amount of available assets 140,777 77
Which leaves a debt of 297,628 60
Bonds of the company unsold 209,500 00
Balance against the company (28,028 60
It will thus be seen that if the bonds on hand
were sold at par, we would then ha7e a debt
amounting to only a little more than one
month's earnings of the road. ' This might be
managed without nmhtrcominiif
The earnings of the road amount to $214,- '
865 13. 1
When it is borne in mind that we have had ,
the uje of the whole length of tho road only a i
little more than half tho j-ear, and a short crop
to c rry off, we think that wo are not hazard'
iug anything in predicting that the income of <
the road for the present year will roAuh at ?
least $800,000 00 <
Oue-hnlf of this amount will beab- f
sorbed in expenses, leaving as nett i
pr fits. $150,000 00 1
Out of this must be^ppld tho inter- I
est on the coapon bonds 66,000 00 1
i
Tlnlnnnn >(!< iWi I
WW I
Whole amount of capital stock in- *
clading assesssmeut (vftueh may ~
be regarded as Stock) as stated
above . $1,860,464 26 J
Interest on this sum at 1 per cent 91,882 49 }
1
Balance of interest $2,617 61 ]
So that after paying the interest on oar funded
debt, and' dmnends of 7 per cent, on the
entire capital of the company, wo will still have .
a balnnco of $2,617 .61,
In this estimate, the assessment on the 'State
atook i< not cstiinited. If that shoald be paid 1
in, and considered aa stock, the 'dividend* Will I
be a little leu than 7 ptf ???&' ge^ antiuni under
tho view above presented. ?
The board, Jroowlng tho uncertainty as to
.what even a day may bring forth, have been t
pautiOus in /M?tt?Hni'?>o |[kr.J in their 'anticipution
fu to the profits qf thtf road.'Und they de- t
aire now by no 'mearia to b? considered M put- t
ting forth the above as n certain result; but
still they think the statement reasonable, and
that if tne debts were funded, the %baV6 prediction
would be realized. .
There is still a large amount of the subscription
to the capital stock of the company outstanding
and unpaid Soma of this stock )vill I
yet be realized andgorne will not be* Some of
the subscribers have moved out of tile country"
leaving nothing behind tbem that can bo reaen- t
cd Some hava accounts against the' oompaoy I
nearly about balancing the demand* againut ?
them, and stand back, believing that it ia of no t
consequence that.4 settlement should be mod* i
Others nre sued, and will not pay until compelled
by law.* Ifcis high time tliat this atook*
account should be closed. Boma of tho#tack
hould bo forfeited, -and tboaeoount *Ub thoaa [
6tockholder# clo?ed iu thtaway. Oantion should :
b^ obaervod, however, leet, .whUst deolanng jk j
forfeitut-e as to such at can't Dav! tre loM kadi* '
st^k -wjiefo . tha owners are able to p*y, and '
can bo made to pay. We desire to bring thi? t
subjoet before you, and we reooataeamMftt t
wm? action abould be bad thereon. a
Nothing ho* as yot been. dono as to the t
Shaiige in the location of tbe road fa the ral- <
ey of Broad river. However desirable <nc4 $
change might be, the compaayhMaOt been in
>y?8" ? i
UIUII^ *i O|W1M ??> ^ V|
fwnotyet be gate In the fajpvmwi^ dM.
Jonds, still m view of all the difflcultica thafr' ' '
bnve surrounded us, and. especially th? Vr?at
?triu||enoy in the taonejjt tttartct,
lerprises of the day, an^whiohthaT2i!fo
[>ast year one of Extreme dlffiou]tT-?-in fact th#* "
noil diffloolt to pass through that w?Jui*a.kaa
For the last fifteen years, m feciconfidant (hat
he best that could bn.v? been done hu bee*
lone. Atnidsiial! - these difficulties oar enter*' %' l jriso
hSS enrtftinlv lost notMnrfiiitsV^*^ W
>ortance, or usefulness flnd fa*v? ttooh oause
or thankfulness ud gratitude to Hoc who
juides and rale* the affairs of men, for the ?ar
sess which has attended as. '
All which is leepectfillly submitted, "
V. ? MUU?| A l^9iU08|?
m* * 4 i 4 iiihh
Attsuptcd SototD*.?We hare heard, but^UfBflE
:annot say how reliable the ioformfttion/-th?l
in elderly gentleman, living a fear mjles Wow
3reenvilfe, well known to our citbtous by Um?
iamo of Cain Wells, attempted bU OWtt i? by m
thootiog himself on Sunday last. W
hnt Ite did not quite succeed, but It is supposed
.hat it will be impossible for him to live, aa
nuch of his brain was shot away. 1fc*p?W
>f this unfortunate suicide we naVe^BOtaoffisiently
learned to positively state, bu^thia
nuoh we would repeat of . we hare h?a*ds
3n Wednesday or Thursday of ISJft Week,' h*
jromiaed himself that unnwlt should fain Upid
his erops by Baturday he would kill himself
ind it not having rained, it appear* that
>ndeavorod to put his awful thittat^ijj(t&?XM&ion.
Wo aincerely trust that this, report la
intrue, but if it be, it should prbire sdnadfhl'
earning never to tempt the Almighty in the
lispensatioa of his profideace.
Enterprit.
A deaf mate marriage, interesting from its
joveny, occurred at ??w YorKsij^iJiiatcdaya
tinee. Tbe bride waaaMiss MaT^
mte of the Deaf and Ihimb: institution Id
hat city, and tho bridegroom a Mr. l^1ti*?eetv
on of tlie President of that Institution,:unk
nost successful instructor of deaf rnutta?r'fHk9
lereroonies were performed in &achur$}i
Puritans, in presence of an iouannt brcrf # M
peclator*. - Tbe venerable Dr.TPwis, BT*nd?s~
her of tbe bridegroom, read tbe aery Ice, land
Dr. Pcet stood at his side and traijQptod hi#
frords to the bride. > ' r '
Tbe Washington Star says that in a recent
uaposiuon or a cose eubmitted to him by the ,
Jecretary of war, the Attorney General haa
leeided that an offioar.of the army ia aubJeetUb
Hal for oneandtKeaame USt by the ci vil oottrta,
ia for a violation 6f the ordinary laW of tha
and, acd also by a oonrt martialfcr a .violaion
of the military Jaw. Th s, wh<ire an officer ?
Eras indicted for mnrdtr oiraccouat otxheff/atk^ - ^
)f a toldier and acquitted, hdmay atilTbe triad ' ^
jycoort martial and pnniahed. ' * ' '
THa President haa appointed, by and wUh "
?2* ^tw7 B^lctofNw y*Smi Jlace
of Charles (VConor, i^wtf Wtofe
iffeet 20th Jqly, 1864; and CtiarleijL W*8er,
>f California, to b? Deputy Poetftootw amA#- >
Francisco, State of California, in place, of Thorn,
is J. Houley, resigned, to take edfe<?fclet Antra*!;
, v '- ^ '7^
Latbk riOM Msx?eo.?AlvarM ia reported to
>? T?ry ill, arid it ia said ?hal:&?rt ?l*%ne
lopes entertained of hie r?*wf4ry?^S &>
i New expedition uad** k
nrpeeted fat U oaymaw- . - **-?' .> be
r?vo?u'tk>VC Iff**?
e^srU'd to be ver^ prevalent!* MeekJeabiug
>re fully ae many death*"to proportion to the
?>prf*$>p ? W9T91A fowWaw from the
r AhinAimifl '' . v.:./:'*/'*.'' f: "> . . I..-;.?.
he inlands oFjaraaioit end the ' aS
atter island two hundred and foirty-fodr per* MSB
ions died in ono d*jr; of thn dij^M*. Or?r two
jjSu ^ -tw -