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r v'.*. X-. * ** fe-? * 'y'f *"> * ?hr <6?r?U?a Jfyurtau. 't / SPARTANBURG: c3l -"- ' - -' ^ ? ' P. M. TRIMMIER, EDITOR. Sr 1 = Thursday, August a, 1866. Ip'ln compliance with the wish of many citizens, the Hon. Jamks Farrow will address the citizens of Spartanburg District, at the Court IIousc, on Monday next, (Saleaday; on the State of pnblio affairs. Taxes. Col R C Poole, Tax Collector, will attend at the Court House on Mondfty next (salesJay) :o receive the taxes of those who have not paid, and hopes to meet all lieve on that day. Pardoned. Among the persons recently pardoned by the President are Dr. J. P. Millbr and Hou J. W. Miller, of our district, both under the 13th exception. DetilKt. We aro pained to chronicle the denth of Aakox Cas.noN, nl his residence on South Pacolet, on Tuesduy the il l ih ult. lie wns one of the best and most influential citizens of our District. We learn that ho' had been suffering intensely from disease for many months previous to his death. . m i i ? ? ? Fire. We learn that the dwelling houso of Mr. Wtatt Hawkins, on Fair Forrest, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 27lh ult., with its entire contcuts. The fire was so far advanced when the family awoke, that time for them to make their owu escape was nil that was allowed them. ProvoMl Judges We learn that Col. 0. W. 11. Leog and J. M. Elford, esq., have been appointed Assistant Provost Judges for the District of Spartanburg, by the military authorites commanding this military district, for the purpose of trying and determining all cases in which frccdmcu are concerned. We learn that these gentlemen have accepted the position for the accommodation of the citizens. The establishment of this court here will save parlies (no inconvenience and expenao of attending the court at bendquarters in Union. jrreucu uroaa. We invite the attention of our rcad-rs to tho artiole on the outside of this week a issue, on the subject of the Cincinnati and Chariest or Railroad, via French Broad. In tuia article the advantages of the French Broad, over the Blue Kidge route are clearly .ct forth by a collation of facts, showing it to be cheapest oan reach the Atlantio coast. Head the facts aa stated, for yourselves. ? Our Dead at Cbai'lestowii We notioe in a list of Confederate soldiers buried at Charlcstown, Jefferson County, Vir ginia, the names of E. Brass, Company F., 13th S. C. Rcgt., aud EnwAnn Tosev, Company II., 2d S. C. Rfgt. These are the only names which we recognize in the list published in the Charleston Courier, which is furnished that paper by a correspondent writing from Cbariestown. The following very intcrc.'ting extract is taken from the same correspondence, which will bo soothing, at least, to those whose friends are buried there. To know that their * resting places are thus honored and preserved by a noble people should, indeed, be a comforting reflection. The ceremonies described bolow were certainly most beautiful and impressive, which wero performed in commemoration of the Confederate dead who nro buried at Cbariestown : "The ceremonies were very impressive, and embraced a precession to the several cemeteries of the town. At^.ng^t its participants were fourteen little girls, in white dresses, festooned with black rosettes, representing the "Unknown Dead,'' and fourteen young ladies, /t-.c.orl S. .I.;.. _:.l. 1.1 1. < - ? >m n >?, nun IIUIIIV SC I I IS, IIIIU I1IOItoes of Ivy aod Myrile, each representing a Southern State. The surviving members of the 'Stonewall Brigade," origiually commanded by the gallant chicfian from whom its name was derived, participated also. Over three thousand persons were present on the occasion. The correspondent in conclusion, adds : "I have visited the ppot where they are buried, and can assure you that their relatives could not have been mare particular than their friends have been in caring for their remains." I l?l ?^ Newberry Herald. We are pleased to have evidence of the recuperation of this sterling sheet, which we find in its increased dimensions. The lit raid is very near its former size, has a very neat appearance, and gives evidence of n thriving business. Our friends Gitr.NF.Kr.tis have certainly evinced a most indomitable energy in thus rising from the ashes and ruins in which they found themselves but a few weeks ago. They issue the following to the public; 'Our renders will be gratified to see that the Herald is growing, this issue being considerably over half the size of the original paper. Wo had hoped to present them by this time with a full sheet, but the disadvantages labored under have been very many, and some of them altogether insurmountable, so far, in our crippled financial circumstances. We owe much to our friends of the craft for material, and to many of our patrons for promptly coming up in time of need, nnd for which the present issue is an evidence Something more remains to ho done yet, however; this is only a temporary improvement aud will only answer for a short time ; we must very soon enlarge again to a size full grown, and worthy of a liberal and intelligent public. To do so, we need the help of all who are indebted to the paper-" A ?ew fangled .machine at Montgomery, A)*.. turns out twenty-fivo thousand bricks per day, and sells them at eight dollars per thousand. Fast end cheap. ? The Cleveland Argus. < This is tho name of a new paper established at Shelby, N. 0., by T. A. Hayden (of tne Express) and I. L. Nelson, proprietors, with < Q. W. Whitfield, esq., as its editor. The sheet < is of good size, typographical appearance neat, and is in every respect a deserving candidate for publio favor. Wo wish for tho Argut and ( its clever, energetic proprietors, unbounded success. We learn from the Unionville Timts that 1 ltev. Dr. Dr.EAKrn, of Spartanburg, delivered uu address ou tho occasion of the llaplist Sunday School Celebration at that place, of 1 which tho Timet speaks iu very complimentary terms. i * i i i DelegatcH. At n publia meeting held iu Unionville on tlio'Jttd ult., the following gentlemen were appointed to the State Convention: 1 *v * 1 ? w ir 1 ? r> it t n I l'r. JOIin *. iicnmuii, u. 11. nivv, a. v. McKissick, anvl Col. F. Scaife The following gentlemen were appointed delegates to the State Convention, from Laurens PMtriet: Dr. M. M. Hunter, Capt. W. D. Evius, Dr Thomas Wicr, Sr , Dr J. '1'. Craig. Dr. A. C. Fuller, Cupt. U. W. Sullivan, Col. John Cunningham, Maj. J. It. Fuller, Capt. 11 L. McGowan, Col. \V. D Simpson, Hon. C. 1'- Sullivan . esq , and (?. (lai lington, esq. The following named gentlemen compose the delegation from Greenville District: Gov. 1$. F. Perry, II. P. Hanimctt, esq., Alex. McUee, esq.. Col G F Towns, T V Don nlson. esq, J 11 Goodwin, esq. Dr Jas Harrison, J II Cleveland, esq, IVm F Lester, esq, J W Grady, esq. Fho>t Aiiurvili.k.?The following gentlemen have been appointed delegates from Ah- cville to the Columbia Convention : lion D L Wardlaw, Gen A C Haskell, Hon Thus Thomson, Gen S McGowan, W A Lee, E-q., Major J A Leland, Dr J W Hearst, .inmes M Laiimer, Esq., Dr J 1 Bonner, F A Connor, Esq., Jus. A Norwood, Esq., Col M O Tnlninn. I. amis Tor Ibc ^cgrocN. fine of the signs of the times is the passage ' of an act which is destined in a measure to influence the labor system of the entire South, and yet which seems to have been ignored ! thus far by the Argus eyed Editors of our sec| tion. Wc refer to the Homestead bill, which transfer- the public lands in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and , Florida to actual negro settlers. Size of lots eighty acres each. Freedutcn arc permitted j to occupy the lauds at once. White men who ( favored the rebellion arc excluded until 1867. i By the House bill, rebels were excluded per i petually; to this the Senate would not consent. 1 The compr.-tniee i? thus explained by the cor j j respondent of the Boston Advertiser: i "The managers on the part of the TTouse in 1 I the Conference Committee would not have con(ViV next six moat Its. but for the assurance of the l'reedmen's Bureau that this space ot time 1 would be sufficient to accomplish the object ?f the bill?that is, to enable the loyal people (the negroes) of the five States to enter land under it. General Howard, as soon as the < President has signed the bill, will send out t special instructions to the agents of the bureau ' i to take every pains to inform the colored peo t j pie of the nature of the act, and to induce l them to exercise the right of selecting home- ' steads on the public lands conferred upon them by it. The Frccdmen's Bureau has had no better opportunity for inestimable useful- 1 nes> since its establishment."' 1 Tl.e following is the amount of public land t ! to bo donated to the negroes: j In Arkansas, 0,208,012.70 acres, j In Alabama, 0,732,050.08 acre.'. , In Florida, 19,370,085.61 acres. , In Louisiana, 6,228,102.45 acres. In Mississippi, 3,760,736,03 acres. , One of the objects aimed at by this act. is to inake the negroes freeholders with a view to their exorcising the elective frunchi.-c hereafter; 1 t another object, is to withdraw the Ircedmcn i from employment in fields belonging to white?; 1 J it is intended as a humiliation to the Mouth; 1 ; it is a parcel of the system of confiscation ad ' | vacated by Mr. Stevens, Mr. Sumner and their ; llndieul followers. As tho Houston Telegraph j ! ?.,*11 .* i . * i.. . tf . -.. i ..... : 11 i. _ i i im-ll UI 9CI U-3, 11119 UU1UC9I dill 111! Hill WOIK llll ' injury and a wrong lo tlie Southern State*, bur j ; to the negro it will prove mi unmitigated ' I curse. It will dot the country with small j i thievish settlements; it will divert the freed ; ] ! men from regular industry; its tendency will ' be to collect them into separate settlements of j their own, where without the better influences | of the whites, they will rapidly lapse into savageism. ? Carolinian. Ur-MAititiKD.?The Hon. Obndinh llrownc 1 ! and Mrs. Cora Browne were re married a short ' | timo since at New Haven. They were first j ' I married nearly a quarter of a century ago, | ' | lived happily lor some lime, and became pa 1 j rent* of (wo son*, now grown np. Trouhlo | oanic and il.ey wore divorced. Mr. Itrowne ' i married again, and lived willi his second wif ' ' for a number of years removed from her He ' finally renewed (he acquaintance of his first 1 ; wife, and (he re-ult was (hat he has now led I her to the altar for the second time. i In the State, of New York radical clergymen I whip children of three ycar9 to death lor rc- j fusing to say their prayers. In republican ^ i Massachusetts, marriageable girls, sixteen i 3ears old, are publicly flogged by tnale school j teachers. And exchange asks why do not ' . Southern philanthropists initiate a movement ! for the abolition of these shocking barbarities? _ j A negro has formally petitioned the probate couit of Tallah itehie 00111113', Alabama, to be J , allowed to sell hiinselt into slavery. He says lie is 2d years of age, a good field hand, and ( he believes worth $1,000. Ilo sn3 s there are I too man3* responsibilities surrounding him, and j that ho was dissatisfied with his present con- ; dition. The probate court having no jurisdic- : tiou in the premises, has forwarded the pcti- 1 , tion to Tliad. Stevens. j ( All the colored schools, we are informed, j ' ; says the Columbus (Miss.) Sun, have been closed for the summer, and 1 lie New Kngland- ! ; esses who taught them, departed for Connecti-1 1 ; cut. Quite n number of colored folks assembled j < j at the depot to see them off. Some tears were 1 ] exhibited, and greenback contributions fur- j 1 ' nished. Joy go with them ' 1 '** 2& ' :i aj| Great Democratic Meeting ai Reading. The following telegram gives some addition il particulars of the great Democr^ic meetinj it Reading, Pennsylvania: * Reading, July Id.? One of the largest polit icnl meetings ever assembled iu Peunsyivuiiia is now iu session in Dcnn .Square. Among tin distinguished gentlemen prescut, are the lion Montgomery Ulnii, George li. Pendleton, o Ohio; A. J. Uodgcrs, of New Jersey; J. 11 Ogden, of Missouri, and others. In order t< accommodate tlic vast tlirong, eight stands loi speakers were erected at various points in th< square. The Hon. Montgomery illair slated that tin only issue to be was, whether the countrj should continue to remain iu a state of disuti ion iu order that a political party might retail power, or whether the old uuiott, as establish ed by our futhcrs, should he restored. It. ha< bccu his misfortune to ditTer with the Deuio cratic paity, but it was composed of lioues men whom lie u'ways honored. Now that the war is over, we have a nov question, und that is whether we arc to havt ihe Constitution and the Union we have beet lighting for. The party in power, true to the-it interests, keeps the country divided. TLe Democratic party tnust save the country from a new rebellion and a new war. Tin war that is to c?me will not b; in the Soul I but in tlie North?in Pennsylvania ; but it saying so he diti not wish to be regarded as i sensation speaker, but he would proclaim tin issue which the Radicals have made. Thej Duly held the power which they possess by ex eluding the States which they themselves rcc jgniicd as In the Union They tnenn to keep these States out and gov urn the whole country by the majority in Con gross. It really implies the minority over tin majority, because the delegation from the Soutl would unite with the Democrats of the Nortl md overwhelm this majority. If tbo elcctioi ;omes this fall in favor of the Radicals the (its ict will be to turn Andrew Johnson out of hit scat* The speaker predicted that should the Radi :als carry the election in October, the resul would be the establishment of two President: tnd two Congresses, for the Radical reactiotta majority would then ihinit diately impend President Johnson and turn hint out, while ot the other band, the Democratic members o Congress would unite with the regularly elect ?d members _ Mouth. He told this t> tome of the leading Radicals in Washington when one turned to ht.n and said: "Yes, ttn< we will have you just where we have Jell Davis now," his eyes Hashing angrily a? hi spoke it. This spirit, said M . llluir, is hur rying the country into a new rebellion, it which the battle fields will be among you [A voice?"Let it conic "] Mr. Blair said no he did not want to see it, but counsel you Radical friends and let them sec what this lus i uuininion in their party is leading us to Negro suffrage was an absurdity, and Jeffersoi had left it on record, in his own handwriting thai lie ucver contemplate 1 the ititermingliu, of the races. It was more political clap trap nothing more. The Radicals were afraid tha if the South was admitted, they would vote will the Democrac \ and elect tirant President, o perhaps MrClellnn. There was not a thief ii the United Slates that was not a Radical. II also warned his hearers that they were on tIt eve of iinotligy civil war, the battle fields o which would be in the North, while the S<>ut! would ff a ayvnit. He disclaimed sncikin iwl any. SiWiii purpose, uin vttruesn warned the people of the North against iit evil effects ot tampering with the lundatm ntii i ws of the laud. ? ? The colored population of l'aducali, Ky., ha i pic trie over in Illinois 011 the 4th. Whil things were g >in on swimmingly, a man by ih nniue of McAby got up >n a table to make speech. lie said he bad always been tb Iricud of the nigger, had suffered for them, hn always be n an Aboliiionist. and fell at born with ili"iii. lie sinl lie was a father to them In the midst of his oration th?? to groe? knock cd the table from under him ami spilt hint ot the ground. An old negro then got up am told the negroes to pay no attention to v.lia McAby s lid, fbr it was jn-t such men as hit who had I t ought them to what they were, lb knew he was better oil with bis master befor ilic war than lie is now. lie disputed every thing that McAby had said, and was lottdb tipphinded. McAby evidently got in the wronj crowd.?I. i Crnsae Democrat. The supplementary homestead bill whirl recently passed Congress, throws open forty six millions three hundred and ninety eigli acres of land in the States of Arkansas, Alaba in a. Florida, Louisiana nml Mississippi to b livided ittlo eighty acre farms for negro settle .ne v.iim-3 uemg CJCIIIMCil lllltll |>?i, I'liis is another one oi tlie projects of Radical to oTcrtlirow ilic oM order of things at th South, mid t'nvor their black pets to ilic ruil of the agricultural intercuts of the South. A Ilic N. V World well ohscrxcs the title of thi l.iw should have been "A hill to pet r'nl of th I iboritig cla-s of the South, anil make Cuffcc i self-supportiug nuisance." Piicurf \n? y in Tur.AsriiY Accoints -\-T1i New Vol!; ITerahl states that there is a iliscre pancy of mo thirty millions of dollars whirl lias hcen discovered in halancinp the account if Judge t'hasc. while Secretary ot the Treas nry: or rather, thai his accounts do not balanc hy that amount. \ nice little deficit, indeed in thec i-h account. Vhe Herald charges ilia Mr Pc-sendcn resigned on account of th [middle in which he found t he Treasury account ind Mr. .McCullock has been unable to straight in matters. ? -swot- ? ^ ? Little Boy Killed.?Wc regret to lean that a little white boy, whoso name we do no know, accidentally shot himsol! to death las iveck, near Prog Level. It appears he wa ?oing a gunning, and to prevent a favorite do, from following, clubbed his gun to drive hit !>ack, when the contents were discharged ilit lis body killing him almost instantly. An ither end comment on the imprudent use o ire arms by children.?X'tcWrrt/ ll/rald. Half psm: to tiif. Convention.?we ar gratified in being able to state that the Soul] Jnrolina. Charlotte, Greenville and Blue Ridg Railroads will carry members of the Cotivcn lion lo find from ? oluinbia for ot.e fare. \V presume tliat the Spartanburg and other Hail roads will do the sainc. "Vegetable Tills !" exclaimed an old lady 1 1 ?<>n'c talk to me of such stnlF. The best vog stable pill ever made is an apple dumpling, f i lestroying n gnawing in the stomach thcr , i nothing liko it; it can nlways be relied on ' ^ ik k Madame Murftt of Florida, has lately beei he recipient of-d,000,000 francs, through th ihiitns of Iter family upon the governniont o Franco. She is now in Europe, looking aftc her interests. She lately received a large do aation from the French Emperor. t From WMhliiftn. Wahiiisotum^ July 27. C Mr. Ilarlund, this afternoon, kqA a brief but g , courteous uote to the Preaideut,,resigning bis j otlicc as Secretary of the interior. The fc5enutc passed a bill for/the admission of Nebraska ; also passed a joA?t resolution so . ? modifying the test oath as to permit Senator B Patterson, of Tennessee, tadake his seat. This g requires a concurrence of the House. ' The House disagried to tli" Senate's amend- j meat to the ciyil appropriation bill, at propri- ( J aling one and a hall millions for repairing the j r Mississippi levees ; also by a large majority 3 voted down ih; proposition to increase the J salary of members of Congress from three to 3 five thousand dollars. The House Judiciary ? Committee tnade a report to day relative to the ' " alleged complicity of Jefferson Davis iu the j ' 1 assassination <>t l.iuaoln. wherein ihev sinte I * that it is notorious that the said Davis was * guilty of t lie crime of treason, according to the J ' Constitution and laws of the land. The Cotu' in it tee are of the opinion that there are no j obstacles to a speedy and impartial triul which j 1 j c in be removed by legislation, '/he evidence , i | in possession of the Committee connecting 1 ' Jelfcrson Davis witli the assassination of l're- 4 L" . sidcut Lincoln, justifies the Committee in say- j ! ing that there is probable cause to believe that j lie was privy to the cause which led to the i commission of t lie deed, but the investigations 1 which have been made by the \V,.r Department 1 a ltd the Committee have not resulted in plac- ' 1 ing the Government in possession of all of the I i fuels of the ease. It is probable, however, < * that, a further prosecution of the investiga- I tion by Committee and by the ollicers of the 1 Government will result finally in a lull devclopemcnt of the whole transact ion. The cap- t " tut-.- ot the llebel archives have put the Gov- ' * erntneut iti possession of a mass of letters, pa1 pers and documents of various kinds, only a ] ' portion of which has as yet been examined. ' 1 Wasuinoton, July 20. ' In the Senate when the credentials of Pat* tersou, of Tennessee, were read Sumner moved a reference to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to inquire whether lie could take the oath. Sumner said lie was a judge under ^ <lie Confederate Uoverntiieut and therefore disqualified. After considerable discussion 1 the motion was agreed to. I The Senate confirmed the appointment of Major-General Sherman as Lieutenant-General vice Licuionunt-Gcncral Grant as Hear AdJ tuiral, and Hear Admiral Porter as Vice AJj mirul, vice Furragut promoted. W.vsittsuTox, July 21. L* The President signed the joint resolution admitting Tennessee, but says the preamble conII f-i.-ts ot statements, some ot which are assumed while the resolution is merely a declara ion ' of opinion, it comprises no legislation, nor r does U confer any power which is binding upI on the respective Houses, the executive or the ' .State, lie turiher snys. the tight of each II House under the Constitution to judge of the ' e qiialitieations of its own members is undoubted ed, and my approval or disapproval of the re ' solution could not in the slightest degree in' crease or diminish the autlio* ity in titis rc' speet conferred on the two branches of Conr gress, but earnestly desiring to remove every 11 cause of further d lay, whether real or ituage inary, on the part of Coiigtcss, to ilio admis0 -ion of tin- loy il Senators and Hcprescntatives ' from Tennessee notwithstanding the niioinah | |oii> character of the. proceedings, he attixes u ; h\s s<g? afore to the r solution. at the same > ; tune his approval is w r** ne cmrstrue i lmu c ! an acknowledgment i.- t C. ingress has I lie '1 | right in pa-shin- pr-.taii" irv t.? the ndm'.ss'on J ol Kcprosent a1 i ves ft a any nt" the St ales, nor I is l>> he Considered si comuuttiug him to sill i j the t.Ueiiients of the , . some of which e are without foitmlittion. Among llioin lie v stales there is reason ; 1 hevc the Tennessee 'i Legislature lists not i tuft i the late amendment <' passeil by Cotig'ess. '? A psirl ol the tin *ag" w -s greeted willt dee risive laughter by t " ononis ami with applause l>y lite d-mi : - -sttb--e<|iie.itly lite i ommiiuc on Klc-.'tt'-sts reported luvorably <>n 11 the credentials of tin .\-nnessco meinlters, au<l d | on invitation came I-award to be sworn. May I ' Hard. Taylor and :Si?kc.i aj pt-nred and look the II i oat It ; this was followed by much applause, '* | and the tietv member: received the congralu< ' lotions of speakers and others. - j The Senate adopted an amendment to the >' miscellaneous appropriation bill increasing the g t salary ot members of Congress to five thoti, ssind dollars per year. i The Senate dil not take up tho Tennessee ' ; matter. ! The Mouse Coiiiin'ttcc rep >rted si hill lo pay I ' the reward to tiie captors of Jefferson l>avts and :ts> a- ins of Lincoln, which was posiponc ; ed. Among the amounts given to the captors of lb> >th and Harold were 17,<r?0H dollars each ' to detect.ve L. linker and B. J. Cotigor,and j l* ; ten thousand to Major Acktnun for the cap- | II litre ot Atzcrodl ; for the rapture of Jefler?on j s I'axiv. Lieut. Col. I'ritchard received leu thou- j s -aud do!lass each; Captain T'JJ. Arc; The; e ! reward- to Captain l'ayne ritige lrom 'en . 11 tlioiiMtd down to two hundred and fifty doli lars ?' i Mritur.n .\xn Oltraok nkui Ciik.stkk.? - Two negroes eamc to Alexander Walker's, a i few day's ago, near Chester, and nsked hint s lor some tea. saying I hey wanted it for a siek . loan who was hintronthe roadside. When lie o had given u to ilii'iti they lel't, nud returned in n short lime nnl told hi in the man was dyt ing, when he went with them to see what could o 1 he dune, taking another young man with him. | s When the party reached the road, one of the negroes sei/cd Mr. Walker, ihe other trying to seize the other man, but he made his escape. In a short litne a pistol was heard. The tien groes returned and threw Mrs. Walker out of t doors, nnd rohbed tlie house of every thing , valuable ami left. q 1 Mr. Walker was found dead the next tnorn- : , iug by a party going to town, being Bitot thro' j * the head.?Charlotte Timet. o - The London correspondent of the New York f . Times writes : j (ieneral llenurcgard was well received in 1 r.ngl tnd in private circles, but do not learu . e that tie had the slightest official recognition. ; I, Hut in France it was far otherwise, lie wits | v sent for by the Emperor, with whom he had a . long and cnnihlcnlial interview nt I lie Tuile0 rii's , after which ho conversed with two Min. istcrs of Slate, M. Kouher and Drouyn dn i Lhnys. and taken in a State carriage to the . legislative chambers. It is reported, also,that lie has had and declined the otl'cr to take the . couiinund of the Roumanian army. s Gi.nf.ral J. ('. Wai.kmi.?An English paper stales that M ij J. C. Walker, of tho late Confederate army, lias heen appointed Colonel of ? an English regiment. c General Walker commanded a division in C the army of Tennessee, serving with distinct-| r ion through all of its campaigns, and espcci- j ally distinguishing himself at thosiege of Nash1 villo. iu lftOI v V' SuooKtxo Mi'rdkr axd .Octraos in North Iarolika.?The Newborn (N. C.) Commercial fives the following Recount of the brutal murer and outrage in that vicinity : On Wednesday night, aoout twelve o'clock, , gang of negroes went to the house of Mr. J. L Odorn, residing three rnilel from Kingston, >n Suow Hill road, and broke open the door mil entered, seising his own gun. One of the 'lllnius told him that they came there to give liiu u d u good whippiug; but as he hail hreutened to kill thetn, tliey hod concluded to till him, and deliberately shot him dead in the presence of his wife. They tbencarried off all he deceased, meat and oilier property. Since the foregoing was written additional particulars have reached us, which stamp this is a most horrible affair. It seems three ne{roes committed the outruge. They shot Mr, Jdom us lie lay in the bed by the side of his wife. Site sprang from the bed and fled from .lie house in terror in her night clothes. The rillaiiis pursued and caught her end ravished icr, imu men niiiui- ner reveal (.lie place WHeie ier litlie slock of provisions were hid nwaj. since then Mm. (Worn, who was so brutally mtruged. has entirely lost her mind. There teems to he n gang of organized negroes going hrough the couniry for pillnge and murder, creating the greatest alarm. Drying vr or tuk Misstssirrt.?Old steam>oat men declared that the signs of the poet our or five seasons point to the permanent trying up of the Mississippi river, reducing it front a stream navigable for the largest boat* i ihe whole season, to one of unccrtaiu navigation, like the Missouri, passable at certain seasons, and the rest of the year shrunk to a mere creek, winding along auiong sandbars and \ shoals. There is certaiuly sonic change taking place iu our clim ite that is aflfccliug our lakes ind rivers. They are greatly different in their liabits from what ihey were eight or ten years igo. They are greatly different in their habits from what they were eight or ten years ago. The average of water is steadily decreasing. Dur ' June rise," once as certain as the coming >f the month, has totally ceased. The heaviest rains, which once would hnvc swelled the river ieverai feet, now do not seem to affect it in the least. There are many theories advanced to explain this. Ouc is, that the climate is undergoing luine change, which seems plausible, as those alio l.avu studied the meteorology of our State ire convinced that this change is taking place. Another theory is, thai the cultivation of the country, destructive of forests, and other phyaical cruses have tended to decrease the rainfall '.nd retard the following of extra moisture into ihe streams. Whatever may he the cause, the effect certainly exists, and the same thing has becu seen an all the Western rivers, whicu are gradually shrinking up.?St. Paul Pioneer. IsNai-olkjn BtrasD??The Germans have won their unity in spite of thirty kings, they will win their freedom iu spite of one king's minister, though he has eaten up the thirty kings. The plotter witl be defeated by the magnitude of his plot and its cor.-pletesuccess. So we believed his ally. Napoleon looked to a partial victory to be followed by complete exl. ,.wi ..... . I.,it . !..? k. 1-' y .,,ii n\ iui ^ una u\.v u vum and there has bceu no exhaustion at all. The foic?s of Prussia are unbroken, the loss being nieiely one of men, whom the single levy in the t'.lbc Dutcliics will replace; aud she is under no necessity in yield an acre or a tanu, except III Iter on ii discretion. , Tim .j:1i Venice is worth Sardinia, it was the Rhine to which the Kmperor looked; the posssssioit of the Rhine which would, as I).- Tocijncville sai l, have disarmed every French enemy. and enabled him, free ol dynastic oppo.-inon, to crown the edifice in safety" And the Rhine he will not have, for it is not even within Count llisuitirk's power to give it; and as to taking it, ntie has breech loaders to prepare before that.? London fyectator. A man in Pennsylvania was recently sued for a breach of promise of marriage. The chief points ol his defense were that the young lady wei&ned 1185 pounds, and that it was com* ing w arm weather ! The grumbling rascal? could he Lave too much of a good thing} and is not a "bed-comforter" a good thing ? "85 pounds ! V l y if the girl bad weighed a ton he should havt hitched to her after passing his word. What's "85 pounds of wife?think of lit iglimn Young? lie corns up an aggregate of 118, 5414 pounds of w ife, and at lust accounts he was still adding to the s'ock. Don't be chicken hearted, -.<n of the Keystone State?what's a few pounds of fnt when happiness is at stakeT Marry the fat girl, and then you can spend four years of weuded bliss in experiments to reduce her cot porosity. H85 pounds! We I have heard of a number of leinintnes who individually weighed mot e than that, and of elephants, each olio of which could beat her in ' InTiiucss," several thousand pounds.?La t'i os*e Democrat. Hear what a paper published in one of tho Cnited States (Illinois) says upon the death of Lincoln. Henry Winter Davis and others like them. The following paragraph is from tho llushvillc (Illinois) Times : We arc pleased to observe that Ichahod Codilitlll is dea l. lie is the xmim ....n(?nr>r,.;v?l Abolition prcncher, who Home years ago, i ram plc?l ilie American ting under bis feet, and who 1ms always used tiic pulpit as a political rostrum. We are glad lie is gone. It is right ili:tt lie should have died or he would not have been called home The murderers of civil liberty, the enemies of the while man, the instigutot s of the late war, arc being called from earth. Lincoln, Ilrougn. Henry Winter Davis, Codding and a whole list of others equally infamous, are gone and the country is better off without them. Tur, Nsrdl* 0t'n in the French Army.? * It is wrong to belie.e that the Ficnch Government had not for a long time hnd its attention directed to the Needle Gun. The substitution of this gun for the common ordnance musket was actually decided upon immediately after the war iu Denmark. But as this would entail an expense of fifty millions, it was resolv> cd, as a commendable measure of economy, to proceed with the change only gradually. The cxpci intents at the camp of Chalons have shown in fact, that three or four days are enough to familiarize our soldiers completely with the ? handling of this new gun. The War Department has already manufeeturcd 50,000 needle guns on an improved model, and it has found, with very little expense and in a very short time the rifle guns ill our arsenals can be adapted to the new system. A fellow named Silver got drunk fn Vermont, locked his wife in a barn, and set the butluiug on tire. The woman a screams brought timely assistance. m \ balloon broke from its moorings at Hartford, on the 4th, and traveled to Strafford, N\ H , 300 miles, in two Honrs and forty to lout ee