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12 ,->d> soa qa*43?wtffs. ??la3 ki-^'XHAK .3 H tm,?A ,??rt?o?ni3 .ycdfoiO ,?b?ot>xiCT?? '! *t ft , jfl i. jr?'1 -^iffiwi ii*?'ii*i " ? ii) ?'.'?lggJ.^ - S? '* ?' ?-- I'j'ili1 .<)>?Si ^fft!.r"'1' !' ,'?fr""'?' ? -.ni^ ? ~ iwij < ,- pi ~ 'T " ^ ""'I "_L ' " " 'L ? . '" J r ' 1 r ? - ? j 1 ^ r t .' " 1 ? i w _ *i Jlr j U J rLriJ bCESX^flMH^. Denoted to Jlavs, Politico, intelligence, nntr tlje impvoonnrnt of % State nufc Conntrg. ^ ; r r M ' -n~ ^? rr r ~ . -^ - ~rrrr-*-rrrcf~rcf*\*0Mtfoji ?JOHN C, BAll.KY, PKO'B. . GREENVILLE, SOUTH CABOLINA, MAY 24. 1871. " ' " ' YoLDMB XVI11-N0. |. |tiioiii?Tioii tto tlotbra p?r ian?a. I man U nU!??? ,.f -?J?? * - ? -* I . ? ? - * ' Iiiamiti Ineerted at the rate* o par iqutn of twain Minion linn* ' t>jM) or Iom Mr the Irit ioMrtlon, | edOU for Um eerond and third InoertWeotn-tve mMi for nhnqatot Yearly eoatraeU will ho nndo. I ertiooanonU aut hawo tbo nnmHer , no marked on than, or they will ha U ordered out, and obarged for. 1 ordered otherwise. AdvertUananU ( ably be " dloplayed." t notioeo, aad all matter* inuring to ' aeflt of any one, are regarded ao I aento. I ml .Cnmmnniraliniis. J Fetaale Suffrage. t ?T KtMW KIRN If ST. W *? | ' n for and read.hefore a debating club, _? n rt ? 1 ? Ill uuciiufusin v. n*?.| I 1 feel quite (.tire of tlie fact that < Inch a subject would not be B* ribusly discussed by the gentlemen nf ibis ordtr loving community; but, lest their debute should lend tome of the softer sex to think such a thing a " consummation devout, ly to bo wished,** I Bin constrained 1 to give them a few of my thoughts upon the subject. I heliu-e that ell true Southern Indies will unite with me in u protest against the agitation of such a subject. I feel no hesitancy in raying 1 that woman is not. nun's equal, mentally. I am not ashamed to acknowledge my inferiority ; nor, do I think it an}' disparagement to > our sex. We have separate and 1 distinct spheres of usefulness, and. if we fill those spheres as we should, there will Ikj no jealousies arising from conflicting pursuits. Nature has denied her the physi 4Cft! power necessary tor a rivalry with man in tire ordinary pursuit* of life. I hold the opinion that a woman has the right to make a living for herself and those dependent on her, in any honest wa>.? If she lias no one to provide t??r her, and Providence seems to de sign her tor a position iisuallv till ?d by a man, let lasr not shrink from her duty. Woman was made as a helpmeet for man. Had G?>d intended nor to he his enual, in every particular, lie would have made Iter, as he did man, "of the earth, earthy." As it was, she was taken from his side, that she might he ever near his heart: f?*om tyiidpf liis arm that lis might shield and pyjufjeft ii?f by l/jf Superior >t rental. What was Mrs. Adam's occupation in the garden ot Eden I Wits it to entertaiu her angel visitors with Complaints that her lord did not accord*to her equal rights! ? (Perhaps it had l>een butter for us all had she been permitted to have iuwer privileges.) Let us see what Milton says she was doing when Adam was expecting an angelic Visitor. 44 And Etc within, da* *i her hoar, propsrsd For dinner, savory fraits, of test* to please True appetite. To whom tbua Adam called : Jlaste hither Eve, and, worth thy sight, bobold, Eastward, among thOM trees, what glorlofs hop* Comes this way moving. But go with spood. And, what thy stores oontnin, bring forth Abuodanoe, St to honor and roeoive n.. .i.itA. ? - This was anterior to the mighty fall, therefore, her housekeeping was not enjoined as a punishment, bnt must hare been the part assigned her bv her creator, and she, very evidently, considered it h la bor of love until the Arch enemy of (human happiness tempted lief, as 4io has been doing ever since, to try to become, even, the equal of Ood. Fanny Fern says that nien aro precious fools sometimes. (Par don nie for jumping from Milton to Fanny hern.) hut, I think the set pent must have been very suh tie indeed to know so well that his surest way ofsuccess lay in attacking the *t#fcflti?lhasel. I do not belicve".|it> coiild-^fW) o beguiled man III #*y other fhrm tliun that (of woiii^m. ,?r. |*auI tells OS ft.at '.the Imshaitdflfho h?ad??t thQwife -as Olirist Is the head of the Church, and, the wife should see that she reverence her husband.? JSow h<*w it it {MNwihle for ns to levereuce our equals f True we would scorn the idee of being the quale of w?n:e we have seen who call themselves t:ien ; hut we mean tnsn% such as God made them. 1 believe it is generally itccorded to t?a lLaf aiiv ?. ? ? - ? innt vim imiiif n?u? nro ui.'i o juii orally oorroct than tin** ot than; till, wo do not rgatou a* man d<>e?. W o are too prone to ju:pp at concln alone, and take our tirst iini'ltU** tor our jruidc, or rule of action.? I do not believe ure tttnUl Qtript ly jnat aa jurors or jnagea. Our ltearta are too tender tor that, and oar prejudloea too ttroftg. We do not *lekl, to mnn% any superiority wltltln our *?!< -? ?J ? ? * ? -r.WW Vt) l?M>K down with eovereifrn onteiupt, ppon such m would e??neat our f within that apbe 6. A wo ' pan*' jrbo attempt* to plaoe burpelf' upon as equal footing with f *" u- ; , w > ?*? io imfjcvv MA nullum ^ nui, ? man who stoops to our pecnlior sphere, is too contempt iblo for, Bven, pity. Wo know full well, [>, man, onr weakness and your strength; and are not willing to snter tho political arena with yon. Dnr rights are too holy to be mix3<l np with anything so debasing is politics. In all civilised oonn t ies, man has placod us nj>on a lofty thr<>ne, the highest ,v,..ic,e in l?i* affections. Let u? hQ 'cm.tent to Ins "the U'Vwer behind the hrone." ly.vo rtnd sympathy conititutemir C.< mospherc, and we can?ot l?7ettthe, healthfully, in any seller. Tl.rt tfftiwt ?.r' f?i rr??? !a a?-n?t sweet, but it cannot satisfy (lie craving of a woman's heart. The txietess may revel amid the deights of (airy land ; may explore the fair Helds ot imagination, and drit k intoxicating draughts from the fount of Custalia. She may think she id happv while, in the solitude of her chamber, she pores over Spencer, ilton, Siiaksoere, &c, d:c. S e may follow Lulls KhtHik in her travels through the Happy Valley, sit beside Ellen D .iiglas as she rows her light skit)' over the lieautitul lake, or roam with Shelley through the weird, hut fascinating Held of tancy ; but, without congenial coini anionship, all this pleasure palls upon her se ises, and a Haven is ever croak ing. hoarsely, at her door, ' Nevermore," until, heart-sick and weary, she prays to die. Thcio may lie a stern sntirdnc tioti, to some women, in lieiug uhle to rear the tendrils ot their licans a way from all support, and to let them trail in t. o dust, or snap iiK-iii r.iuuosRiy asunder, until they become t-eured and hard as adamant. D? what we will, and i-cem what we may, thcie are hours when, even the breath id tntne seems a sirocco to burn tip heart and brain ; hikI we cry out. in hitter anguish, tor a little spot some where in this w'de world to oall our home; for a strong arm to lean upon, and a noble heart to love us alnive all the world. What wete literary or political honors to a heart starving tor atfec'.ion 1 Let politics alone, my sisters.? Improve your minds so us to be pleasant companions for your gpntlimcti friends. Let your mod estv, intelligence, and affectionate reverence he the magnet which is to draw your husbands and broth ers from all places id' vice to a miniature paradise, a liotne such as nature and inspiration teach ue we were made to create for our masters. St. Paul tells lis, (and he is very gootlauthority, I think,) that It is a shame tor a woman 10 speak in church. What would ho have said luid he heard ofspph 4 thing as a 4 Woman's Rights Convention t Is it not much more a shame tor a [ woman to harangue an audience il|h?ii jv'liiipjjl subjects? I c?ui< sitlpr it a very doubtful honor for a iimn to l>e made the equal of a tiegjio ; but, from elbowing our way through a crowd ot ncgros and yqlgip* while men to the polls, 4 angels and minister! of grace defend us P* To the gentlemen who advocate our polpipal e<juu|itv. I 6ay, be ware what you do. You, surely, do not know the extent of our am hifion ; when once aroused, it is as boundless as the universe, an -, like the mountain torrent, swpeps everything before it. We will not l?e content with any halt-wuy privileges. Give ns the right to vote, and we claim the rigut to hold office, also to elec iotippr, to fre quent c<?nrt houses,and barrooms, and treat, which seems such tt delectable pi ivile tootir male friends, to keep our riding horses, and have our law and medical offices; and. as onr sex has the majority, besides those d the gentlemen who could not vote against * a lady," we aio sure to get nil the bc-d office*, while the men will be fo'ced to our many expedients to make a living. Should our very wise handling of the reins of government. bring our civil or foreign wars, we claim the privilege to ax.. r ? W VV'? W?M* UIU *'! U||r try. Of curse. as in civil affairs, wh ex|tect to have the far offices. We will be quarter m istroHMcs. c'luminaries, turnout is and ohan lains. B<?rne of us will by field officers, while our poor husbands or lovers must shoulder their muskets, or, |HM'ha|? l>e detailed as onr servants to clean our boots, and keep our horses and arms in order. MUP uiight a?k what is to be cune of loupe, the (4, thatcan Ire easily arraigned. We can feet some maiden sister or aunt, or (rran I mot her wh is mutter free to take our places; or, may-ho those of the lords of crea'uui who claim exemption from military du ty can be hired as substitutes to stay at horns. O, won't that be " ' a aviigtittnl time I Hewnre, I say, < gentlemen,' we might become t contaminated as to learu to swear 1 and chew tobacco I I FOE .TI1E GSEENVIUJC EXTERPE18B. ' Gbkrmvillb. 8. 0., May 15,1871.1' Jfessri. Editor$?Knowing ibe 1 ^eop interest felt l>y many oitizcns 1 of this County in the proceedings < of the Taxpayers* Convention. 1 held in Columbia last week, 1 ! ask a place in your pa)>er to give a condensed account of some of the acts and resolutions of that b? >dy. The Convention assembled in Columbia on the Oth instant, and was organized by the election of W. D. Porter Piesident; M. C. Butler, C. W. Dudley, D. 11. Chamberlain and G. Cannon VicePresidents ; W. M. Connors and Myron Fox Secretaries. The President, on taking llie Clmir, made a short, but excellent, conservative, eloquent address, 1 styling the Convention an assemblage of lax-payers, met for the purpose of saving, it |>os8ikle. the 1 citizens from ruin and the State from bankrupcy, advising the delegates. in the name of the people who had been grestly wronged, so to act as to command the res pect and sympathy of the whole ' country. After a lengthy address by 1 Richard Lathers, presenting a 1 number of suggestions for the action of the convention, advising conference with Gov. Scott, hIho advising a change in the election laws; so that respectable minorities might have representation in assemblies where counties are entitled to more than one repersett tafive, * < Perhaps, a little explanation would uot be a miss right hero.? For instance, a county which has one thousand voters, is entitled to three Uepseutativos; six hundred are Demoorats and h*ur hundred Republicans ; enoh voter is enti* i ft i ---- j iivu u? Miruu vo'.ffl unaer ilie pros out law, but must cast thcin for 1 separate persons, consequently, at present Iho+thrPM democrats ould get six liundrcd each, and the Republicans four hundred each ; but under tho cumulative system, as it is called, each man is 1 entitled to three votes as now, but 1 can cast th$in all for <?np man jf ha choose, by which means minor I ities, well organized, can secure a i proportionate representation. I see nothing unfair nor unjust in this; however, if any change be made, it will have to be tjonp by the legislative, and I think it very doubtful wiicther the present LcgieUture will make a change in the election laws Qr no*, though prominent men of the Republican party at present ttvv.ir ?b Oovenor Spott and several other prominent pitjgen*, were invited to seats in council. Resolutions wero adopted anoointing several committees, oiie of eleven, of which M. C. Butler was Chairman, to inquire into the finances of the State, recommend iug tho abolidiiug of the many useless County and State offices, and curtailing the salaries of the lest proportionate to tho labor bestowed and the time; also to examine into the condition of the Blue Ridge Railroad Bonds. A resolution was offered by Ellison Reitt, pr posing to the President of the United States to t|\k? charge of this State, which was tabled. ^.'n executive committco of fif teen \yua appointed, to which throe m??re wpre fttlerw(\rfta ad ded?James Chcsnnt, Chairman. A committee on e'.Qctiou laws w$s also raised ?M. W. G&rev, Chair man. Several other c mmittees were appointed. and various reso lutious were oillued, ail tending to u' thorough investigation of the Hnanciul affairs of tlie Srato, the conduct of Stuto officials, &C., with a view to ascertain, if pos?i~ hie, the true indebtedness and standing of tho State, and bring to light the acts and doings ot the State officials, whether they be good or evii. I will not presume to pass upon them now, but as some: of the commit'cos have made partial reports, which aie published, I will refer yon to them. ! imping that you will give them ? place in your paper; indeed, I ' wish you would pit (dish the wholo Drocecdinirs ot the Convention I from its inception to its ch*e, that the people may sec for themselves what i* going on, who is acting well and who other wise. The (Xtnvpi)tion certainty did well in g?"ing QoVern'/f (though the tV'MK* *?tH he open in November) not to inflict any penal t v o n tho tax oavurs until March, 1872. Tliia will be very greAt to relief to the people, particularly iu ihe up|>cr portion of the State, where the corn crot> is > lependod on to raise money, for | :he crop would not he marketable i hi November, the time first fixed < to collect the tax, consequently ] tbe people would not have money, 1 nor could they pay tho tax if tbe < corn was ripe, to torco tho qnanti- i ty which would bo necessary" to i pay so high a tax, on tho market ?o early in the soa-*on, when al most everybody would have some of their own raising tor present use and not forced to buy; it would not bring more tlmn twen ty five or thirty cents por bushel, which would bo Millions to the farmers; so the Governor has done a good thing f??r the people in postponing the collection till Maroh. That tho Convention has no lo gal power, is admitted by all ; its acts arc not sent forth as edicts to be enforced by pains and penal ties, nor are they upheld by the strong arm of law and enforced by the magistracy of the country over the fiends nod contrary to the will of tho ten pie, but the Convention came into existence ?J:>y common consent in answer to the pressing demands and exigencies of tho times and circumstances by which wo are surrounded. Being unrepresented and powerless in the law making power of the State, burdened by excessive, unreasonable. unjust and ruinous taxation, what is tnoro reasonable and proper than that we, desirous fn l\n t\ooonoloo '? > !?% ? citizens, should meet and consult together for the common good.? As Christians, wo ohooso and advise this course, yet wo admit there are tunny trying, very trying, circumstances, and wo arc not surprised that natural men, un restrained by tho direc influence of the grace of God, do sometimes resort to violence ; tho great wonder is that it has not been oftener the enso. We would now fain hope that the Convention, l>y its conservative, manly course, its reasonable, 111-1 demand, its thorough investigation and exposure of liaud and corruption of a!t classes of men, and its wise counsels, will, under God, exert a power in the land that will be omnipotent for good ; that evil men may be restrained aiid a high way cast up in which all good and truo men can unito in restoring our unfortunate, mis guided State to order and good government, tho country to peace, moderate taxes, and a prosperous, happy people. I am, &e., J. U WESTMORELAND. P. .8.?The convention is not dead, but a living power, at work through its committees, subject to be called together at anv time. j. L. W. Correspondence of Greenville Enterprise. Corinth, Miss., May 1st, 1S71. $Ic88V8. Koitors? Whilst on tldft bright May morning old revived nnture stands forth dressed in all her spring-time beauty ami while her many thousand 11 weis are easting their sw^et perfume upon tlio floating breeze at early dawn, the various divisions of the Sunday School ai*n\y in the city of Corinth, wore aroused by the many eweot voices of the song birds, frotu their pleasant dreamy slumbers, and with glad hearts and bright hopes made haste in preparing to enjoy the appointed " Mayday celebration." The place bcieeted is " Cypress Creek," noted as a fishing stream, and a good spring, located some fifteen miles west of Corinth, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. At halfpast 6 o'clock, A. M., the bright (ittle soldiers, dressed in fall spring nniforin,the superintendents, teach cis, preachers, friends and picas nroseekers, laden with flowers, flshing tapkles and baskets filled wjtlt the many tilings needful for the body, gathered at the depot, i ! - hiiu impatiently awaited tlioarriv. al <>f tlie train, sent specially for their accommodation. Soon, the iron horse, wreathed in pay flowers, appeared, far away in the distance, whi'e, at the same time, the curling smoke and shrill whistle told to the oagcr oxpcc'ants his ea Jy arrival. Amid waving handkerchiefs and shouts of wel come, he halted at the right place, stood immovable, and seemed proud a id conscious of his ability to perform his part in the " May day celebration." Soon all were on board, seated and waiting the signal to start. Just then, a shadow passed over the bright scene. Far awqy, h?.V(1u4 the western hiijs, in deep muttering tutipe, was beard the "jow melodipug tlmndpi\yhilpthe sombre rain cl .u<ls were looming up and obsCUrimz the dueo blue western sky, the train, with it* precious' cargo, rolled away towards its destination. Soon this rain cloud overshadowed the Uearens, and I k poured in torrents its heavy ?a fi ters up^n the eartb, whilst ever <1 sud anon the forked lightning t played across its dark brow, and a thunderbolt after thunderbolt leap- n ed from its agitated bosom, and c shivered, with their burning touch, the proud inonarchs of tlte plain, fi Ilow much th s stonn marred the N happiness and blasted the brigl.t 2 hopes of this gay throng, we can- d not now tell, tor being warnod, we I and our little ones did not go. n This may remind ne, that whilst v the earth's teoniiug millions of ( pleasure takers are thoughtlessly n hurrying on to tlieir final destina- 1 tion, regardless of tlio thunderings J from Sinai, there is a storm gath v ering beyond the everlasting hills of God's love and mercy, more ( dreadful than earth's tempests.? t Tnat storm is filling up with the ( thunder of Jehovah's vengcanco, c and, on tho great Day, will and- i deniv burst upon the world, wrap 1 it in flames, melt the elements with s Ajrveht heat, tumble all nature into v ruins, and, like the baseless fabric t of a vision, leave no wreck behind ! t Tlinn n?v/1 * 11 ? *1 vii, vjwu mil rum UfMMI (116 i wicked fire nnd hail and a horrible . tempest." Fear will come upon them as "desolation and destruction as a whirlwind." Or, taking an other view ot the 6ccne, it may re- e mind us of the happy throng of Christians and little ones on board the " Old Ship of Zion," sailing majestically along over the rough sea of Me, shielded from the ^ 6tortus of this worl and finally ^ landing 6afely on the blooming ^ shores of the better land, where, j with shouts of "Glory to God, our dangers are all over I Homo at ? last! Home at la6t 1" they will en- s joy that " rest that remains to the ^ people of God," * TRir TO MADI80K COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. ( On my last trip to D??ak's Creek ' Church, nine miles east of Canton. } Mis9., I went by way ot Memphis, * to visit my brother, Capt. J. J. c Gwyn, who lives in Panola Coun ty, forty miles south of said city. * Got off at " Como," on the Missis J sippi and Tonneseeo Railroad, and ' learned that he lived seven miles c west of that place. Hired a horse and buggy lor $3.50. Before reaching his house, I, driver and i horse, were very suddenly attack- ( ed by a whole brigade of buffalo J gnats, with here and there a com- a pany ot musquitoes nnd gallanip* t pcrs. Without throwing out skir- r mishers, and seemingly tearing no c evil, on swiftest wing, nnd in an s unbroken front, they rushed upon c Iwil'RP- d l il'OP Olid ?i?nn/il.n? VI unva |?* V/CIW .^1 f UllUf vampire like, began tlio dreadful i w<>rk of probing and sucking ? blood. The horse kicked, stamp I cd, and madly pawed the ground, i the negro, pa fling and blowing, < and smothering many ot the ene- t my in hia thick wool, leaped from t the buggy, and began the work of plastering his hoi so with mud, whilst, at t.ic same time, the preacher, like the negro, was puf- , fing, blowing,and with both hands and handkerchiet fought according as the exigences of his position de- i manded. The only commands given on our side were, "Shew j fly," and " woe, horse." In the tnidst of the battle, I thought to j myself, if my friends, Capts. lien- i ry, Louis and Jim, and Gen. Mart i bad been there, I was sure that t neither of tlicm would have lainrh- i r 1 ed ??r said Soft words. Tho battle j rajred fearfully for aboutmiu- < utes, and, as reinforcements were i cons'an tlv arriving from all directions, Cutfy and 1 held a war council, and having concluded that discretion was the better part of valor, ; we put whip to our plastered steed, and quit the field, closely pursued by the enemy. Their general inchief, having, as we supposed, fill ed himself with blood, and seeing that we were rather gaining diulnnni> on tlmm lnilt.x"! IiIj U-ni>no "? .....WW w?. . q | ?VM * I I WJ 'O CIO | wo emerged from the swamp into the open field. Wo received many , wounds, none fatal, and lelt on the battle field, unburied, many of , the enemies'jdead. Mow, Messrs. Editors, viiu and your many readers may think 1 have written rather floridlv, if not hyper Uolicully, concerning these buffalo gnats and musquitiea, bat I assure you the picture does not fully represent th. ronlity. For on my arrival at my brother's, 1 learned that these same enemies and their like had killed, the night before, fifteen horses and mules of one single farmer, besid e a number of others. At my brother's, i fonnd the ladies quilting, underneath which was ft smoke rising, to drive qiyay the gnats. W qlT, I tup! often heard ot Mississippi gnuts, bat never saw thp buffalo before. Just then, lj would nave preferred a residence on Pari* Mountain. Tlies^iprots are about the size of a full grown grain of wheat, and come front the Mississippi bottoms, when high tide, and retnrn when low. The land is very productive, yielding 9 roin one thousand to fifteen hunred ponncs of ootton, end from Ir wenty to fifty bushels of corn per w ere. My brother, with throe sons, di lA/l/? a>o? f K*.1AA * imviv v?viiv t univs v/i UUIVUII| mm ?i orn to do ltiin? last year. c From thence, with swollen eyes, e< ice and hands, I went to Canton, T liss., where I found Elder Jauies si folson, engaged in conducting a tli eoply interesting meeting in the se laptist Church. After hit arriv- si 1,1 did the preaching, and he the isiting. I preached at Doak's 0 >reek, in the day, and then return M nd preach at Canton at night.? w 'lie meeting continued two weeks, ei luring which tiino thirty-three n fore added to the Church. h An interesting Sunday School C Convention of Tishomingo Associa- a ion was held lost week with the II Corinth Baptist Church. On Sun- ti lay, there was a mass meeting of h ill the Sunday Schools, held in the a Methodist Church, and interesting r< id dresses made. The whole thing d vh8 a sucoeas, and a decided Bap- I i?t impression made. Would like ti o give particulars, if I had space, (i HI well. T. D. G. a ?n?,?? ?? f< 44 Can't Rub rr Opt."?44 Don't ^ rrite there," said a father to his n on, who was writing with a diaaond on his window. 4* W hy not 1" M 44 Because you can't rub it out." I1 Did it ever occur to you, my 8 hild, that you arc daily writing " hat which you can't rub out ? !' fou made a cruel speech to your ' nother the other day. It wrote * tseli on her loving heart, and ^ ;ave her great pain. It is there e now, and hurtu her every time 8 ihQ thinks of it, You can't rub It f >ut. You wished a wicked thought J )ne day in the ear of your play h nate. It wrote itsell Oil Ina mind c uid led him to do a wicked act. a t is there now ; you cau't rub it c mi. All your thoughts, all your P vords, all your nets arc written in ! ho book of Gyd. Bo careful.? 1 L'he record is very lasting. Yon :an't rub it out. ^ _ p Electkicity as a Motive Pow- 1 iit.?General Leggett, the new x >?inmissioner of Patents, has ( daccd in charge of a special ex j uniner the improvomeut in tna ( .liinory for using electricity as a v notivo power, for which caveats ire now being filed. A New Jer- t cy inventor claims that the pow- { ir can he, by his invention, indefi titely multiplied without incicas , ug the si%e ot the battery or the. j trength of the current. lie. has lere a two-horse power engine, un bv a 6in<?le can lmtr?rv th? ? _ - I ? ? J1 ?~ ' ;xpense8 being no greater tluui lie coat of a battery iu a country 1 olograph oflice. ( [ Washington Patriot. f Spabtanburo.?T h e Carolina , Spartan, of the 18th, says : ( Titus Cooper, a colored man. j who lived in tbo neighborhood of , Glenn Springe, in this County, , was shot and killed a few days t ago, by a colored man, named Geo. j Williams. The cause of the lioinicido arose from a dispute about matters connected with their j Work on the plantation where | they were employed. Titus was a j negro of good character?honest , and industrious. Geo. Williams, , L?r (Geo. Cute*,) has not been ar rested, lie is supposed to have , gone to llaywood County, N. C., where his brother is living. A Curious Scenic in Court.? In tlie Criminal Court, in Washington, on the 28th instant, quite a singular scene occurred. Upon the occasion of tlm sAntonnu dentli of n mnrdotcr a feeling re ferenco to the mother nnd sister o f the condemned brought the wretched mnn into a elate of nil- t diable weeping, nnd, us ttic jndgo proceeded, l.e li i msclf became overcome, and, together with the criminal nnd many of the spectu tore, there was a crying time all round. \V ere there none there to vrecp for the mother and sister of the tnnrdcred man ? But perhaps their grief lias been assuaged by the lapse ot time. Tuic Louisiana State Register says, at Fort Jackaou eighty miles below New Orleans, is located a military prison. It contnins about one hundred soldiers who have been tried by military courts, and sentenced to iniDrisonnicnt with hard labor, for terms varying from two to twenty years. General Sherman has recommended the transfer of these prisoners to the State Penitentiary at 13Aton Kongo, in case the State authorities will consent to receive them. Wo presume the lessees of the penitentiary will have no objection tothe proposed arrangement. f rain ann gkkat dattua.? wna obsened during rl?o la?e ar in our own <country, and aba urintr the war between France id Germany, that heavy and intuitions raitm invariably folhiW*. 1 tho occurrenoe < ( grear battles, lie tact has given rise to titneli, >eculation as to the reason of >ha? ling, with a sort of general o?uv> int that it rwin'ra fr..? mm Viil V'UVUr* ou ot flie atmosphere canned. b^> ipeated discharges of artillery. ut Plutarch, in hi* lite of Cain* [urius, has a sentence which ould seein to indicate this as an rror : * They say that e\tru<>rdir . ary rains generally follow great attles: whether it is that some tivine Power purifies the ground nd drenches it with waters from leaven, or that the blood and pr.^. efaction send np a moist andr eavy vapor which condenses the tmosphere, which is moved and eadily changed to the greatest egrec trom the smallest cause.'? t is certain that there was no arillery in the time ot Marina about 100 years before Clupst.), nd equally certain that the rain* v..ir ??? -' ? |'>nvg anvi giUUl UUIUC8.? V hat, then, is the true e^plunaation of the phenomenon } ?? ' Ladies are carrying parasols rith long, heavy handles and l<?ng> oints?using them as walking ticks ; and as a lady has about aa inch idea of using a cane as a nan has of a fan, it is extremely ndicrous to liehold the operation, 'irst, you're reminded of a flat?>nt on the Mississippi, with some nergetic raitstnan shoving her tlong in the mud ; then, as she :oinos nearer, prodding the harm ess sidewalk, j on think of men rou've seen spearing eels, till finilly you seo she is not noting a ttinrade, and begin to pity her for i poor blind girl, but all of sttdlen find it s only a girl of tho poind trying to walk with an over* crown cane that has a siiolit erupion of parasol broken o\\t along ts spine. Recently a telegraphic tnes~ ago was received in London nn Thursday which left India on ihe ?liduy* following Tho message vas therefore received in Lo: Ion the day before it - was sent rum India. The time actually ecuJ>ied by the message in traiituission was fifty minutes. The. tin would require foix hours and wentv-six minutes t<? do t?.*> V % "" " v * * v listance; and as the message wna tent aoou after midnight. the exraordinary effect ia produced of ts arriving the previous evQMi?gv . A Gkkman editor is in luck.? Tweiitv four heathen Ch i n e s o .calked into hi" sanctum ciio ??i|?er fay. through the medium of an in* erpreter paid ca^-li down tor v four subscriptions to his papers The editor wondered greatly what [hey wanted ot an English paper, not being aide to read it. and was informed that tiio.v took it for the ' picture " in it, the paper having Cupar's rat cut, a catarrh cut, a apiano trade mark, and an umbreb a " picture." Why was it, as an old woman In a scarlet cloak wud crossing a field in which a goat ?a-i browsing, that a most wonderful iaet%. norphosis took place? Because the goat turnc<J to. butter, and the antique party to 9 sqat let runner 1 A GUNTi.KVia.n traveling on a t-tcamcr one day, at dinner, waa making away with a large pudding close by, when he was told by a servant that it was des8rrtv? "It matters not to me," said he, ' I would cat it if it was a wildersi css !"' On March 25th, Chili was visited by the most violent earthquake since 1851. Manv ... .-V.V.ing* in Valparaiso and, fcii&tttiugo, were-damaged. Tlie rocking c"i>tmned throughout. the day. At nigtit people camped in the squares and field**. Gknri al Jordan, who, a year ago, was the principal c< nimander of the revolutionary Cubans, ia^ now engaged upon the magazine ami newspaper writing in New York. He is an old army officer and is a man of the mo.?t varied: talents. Ajj opponent <f 44 Woman's Rights," hays it is a great coiivtnience to have women %t??r postmistresses; they can not only infoira an ani.licnni it tli?r? - ? 1* - , , "? liim without looking, but can also. tell hitn what is in lr. - ? ' It is fo?ty years, my old friond John, since w. were boy* to.. gether.n wls it! Well. don:\ ?l>eak fo loud, there*a thatyou^ v\ idow in the next room l'' \ . l~ V.