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CHARLESTON COURIER, DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, BY A. S. WILLING TON & CO. Daily Paper, 98.00 per Annum. Tri-Weekly Pnpcr, $4.00 per Annnm. THE COURIER has entered on the sixty sixth year of its publication. During this long period of its existence, despite the mutations of fortune and time, it has been liberally ?up ported, whilst many of its contemporaries have beon compelled to succumb to financial necessities. Wo gratefully record this evidence of tho appre ciation of our own, and tho efforts of our prede cessors, to make it "hat it ii, and alway.-- has boen, ONE AMONG THE LEADING COM MERCIAL AND NEWS JOURNALS OF THE SOUTH, and will renew our exeni-m? to add u> its acceptability to the public, a.* well ns to placo it easily within tho re-icn of all who desire a FIRST CLASS CHEAP PAPE.it. In furtherance of this purpose we now issue the Daily and Tri- Weekly Corn ier to our Sub scribers, at the rato of eight and four dollars per annum respectively. Our purpose is to furnish a first class par/or upon the most reasonable living ['rice?. Charleston, Jan 20 tf 4 Tile Great Popular Paper! S DAILY SEWS.t? SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Six Dollars a Year ! -0 The Ciiarlestou Tri-Weekly News, THREE DOLLARS A YEAR-TWO DOL LARS FOR SIX MONTHS ! -0 TERMS, CASH IN ADVANCE! -o ^^"No Paper sent unless the Cash accompa nies tho irdur. ?ft^No Paper sent for a longer Ua:e than paid for. RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO., PROPRIETORS. Charleston, Dec 23 3t5t 1S6S ? THE SOUTHERN FAVORITE. BURKE'S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. -3 Beautifully Illustrated, and Ele gantly Printed. Pronounced by thc Southern press to bc the most elegant und talented young people's paper printed in ibis country ! We are now publishing Marooner * Inland, a Sequel to the Young Marooner?, und Jack Dobell, or a H'ty'* Adcenture* in Terni, by one of Fan nin's men-pronounced " equal to tho lent of Mayne Reid's stories." Wo shall begin, in the first number of 1S03, a thrilling story, by a lady of Virginia, entitled "ELLEN HCSTER: A Tale of the War," which will run for several months. Among the regular contributor* to BURKE'S WEEKLY aro Rev. F. R. GoULDISG, author of "Tho Young Marooner'*;" Mrs. JANE T. H. CROSS; Mrs. FORO, of Rome, Ga. ; Misa MART J. UrsRUR, of Norfolk, Va , and ian ny others. TERMS-$2 a year in advance; Three copios for $5 ; Five copies for SS : Ten copies for $15, and Twonty-one copies for $:?!!(. Clergymen and Teachers uroished at $1 50 per annum. The volumo begins with tho July number. Rack numbers can be supplied from thc first, ?nd all yearly subscribers may receive the num bers for the first six months, stitched in an elegant illuminated cover. Addre.-*, -I. W BURKE A CO., 1'nbfi'here, Maton, (/.>. D*c 25 tf 52 t?s^Sub'cnptionf received at the Adeertiter Office for BURKE'S WEEKLY. UNIVERSALIS! HERALD, NOTASULGA, ALA. JOHN C. BU KRUSS. Editor ?I Proprietor. Term-J, ?li'.?? per Y?ar in Advance. qpIITS PAPER ha? entered upon its 16th Vol jk. limo. It is the Organ ot' thc Universalist deuotuinatioti in the South nu ! Southwest. Try it a yo..r. Money eau bs scut by mail, at the risk of the editor. Feb 2t Itu ? INSURANCE AGENCY. PARTIES wUhiag to L-suro their DWEL LINGS, GOODS, &c , can do soon the lowest teran, anJ in the BEST COMPANIES, by call ing on tho Undersigned. D. R. DURIS0E, Agent for A. G. HALL'S Insurance Agency. Jan I Jil PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Newly FurKishcd and Refilled, Uo8urpn?.=cd vy any lintel South, Was Reopened to thc Public Oct. 6, 1S66. T. S. DICKERSON, Proprietor. Jm. I. tf 1 Estate Notice. ALL perrotts hivin? claims a cai ns t thc Estate of W. E. MIDDLE']ON. dee'd , aro notified to present the saino to tho nhdersimed without delay, and tho*e indebted tc said Estate aro re quested to pay up forthwitb. J. T. MIDDLETON, Adm'ur OcL 9. l??r ?Iv il I Fair Warning. FOREWARN all ?er?nt.v from Selling DR. ! _ j. j. MCBRIDE'S KINO OF PAIN, unlehs | said persons ore duly authorised by myself, n* I ! am the Role Agent for the Pule of said Medicines ' for the District of Edgefield. Merchants supplied at Wholesale prices. L. C. McNEARY, Agent. Frog Level, Newberry Dist* S. C. j Apr ? 2m* 15 G O Vi ORR'S LAST MESSAGE. On Tuesday, the 7th, in pursuance of an invitation from both Houses, Gov. Ona com municated to the Legislature his last Message as Governor of South Carolina? We have not space for the Message entire, but here with publish copious extracts therefrom : Gentlemen of the Senate and J louse of Representatives : Whiie no legal official relation ixl?ts be tween the present Executive and the Genei al Assembly, I avail myself of the opportuni ty to communicate to jour respective bodies the information and statistic? which have come to my knowledge during ray adminis tration, pertaiuiug to the material and edu cational interests of South Carolina. The reports herewith transmitted to you lrorn the various executive offices, and ethers connect ed with the public institution, embrace a period between the adjournment of the last session of the General Assembly, in lrG??, and the present time. They constitute a part of the archives of the country, and without them there would be a void in the history of the various departments io which they refer, during the time indicated. The reuorts of most of thc officers of the Stute, and of those connected with public institutions, have been brought up to tue 1st lay of May, under the impression that my administration would cease about the middle of that month. Without further preliminary observations, [ proceed to call }*our attention to the sever il subjects matter of public interest, and to such other tacts as may facilitate the dis charge of your duties as Legislators. TH? PUBLIC DUST. By reference to the report of the Comp troller-General, addressed to this Department jn the 25th ol' November, 1 c*t?7. a copy of [vbich is herewith transmitted, it will be seen that the entire public debt of thc State, ;n the 1st day of October la>t, together wi;h .be interest which bad accrued up to the ?sine dale, amounted to $<s 378.205.04. De luding from this sum all the bonds and ?tocks issued between 18li0 and 18G5 for nilitary purposes, and the interest on the ;ume, amounting to $2.S5-i G79 08, the di bt lue by the State on the 1st of October lust vas $5.523.57o'.5f>. Of t his sum ?5.407,215 23 a the principal, and ftl 10,361.33 is interest. kV hile ibis ?lebt is small as compared with hat of many other States, yet, in the pres ?nt impoverished condition of the people of south Carolina, thc annual payment of $?331 j 114 3D, which is the interest upon the debt it 0 per cent, in addition to the maintenance if the Stau- government, would be excessive y oppressive. TAXES AMI TAXATION. No duty is ever devolved up >n the leg'shi or involving such delicate KIMI ?Hiniticd int erests as t at which look-, to the etea!i (if . just and tquilable system of taxation^ It san accpted truth in poli'ical economy, hat in levying taxes upon the people, it hould bo done in a manner which will ena- ? tl ile theth 1o j ay the .'ame with the greatest {Ij icility, and without unnecessary oppression, j ii 'u? .-adden change in the system ol labor i t rhicb h>;s prevailtd in South Carnliua for so nany year ; the d.*s?ruction of f:i-:re~tban ine-ba!f of t?? estimated wealth ol' the State ?y the abolition c-f slavery; tho devastation | if cities, town-, villages, farms und linnie leads, by the ravages of war. and by invi ting and retreating armies: the disastrous.. Irougbt which existed thr-jughout. the State | ^ ti 1800, cutlirg off almost entirely the cot- | j on and greatly reducing the provision crop, j hereby rendering it neee-sary to purchase j ' arge supplies from abroad for the subsistence if the population; the great reduction, iu nany sections of tho State, of the cotton .top of IsiT, by the spoliation of the catcr lillar and boll worm; and the pressure of lebte contracted anterior to the war, when be basis of wealth and credit was so esscu ially different from that w'jich exists at the >reseut time, admonish us that tue people of south Carolina are unable to bear a burden )f taxation which, prior to the accumulation if thess misfortunes, would have been deem id moderate aud inconsiderable. Whether bcrelbrc, you look to thc contentment ol* the jopulation. or tuc material prosperity of the State, it is the dictate of wisdom that you . ?hould exercise the most rigid economy md j j '?ducc expenses by curtailing salaries and ' iispeiising with ull appropriations not abso lutely necessary ta the administration of the State government. The taxation of the present and preceding year has beou a subject matter of great com plaint. The large number of tracts of land, ?ts well as other property, levied upon by Sheriff's in the various District-, for the non- i payme.it of taxes, unmistakably evinces the j extreme difficulty encountered by citizens in raising money to meet tbiv demand of the State. Whenever taxation becomes thus op pressive upou a population, its influence can not but prove disastrous, because in tends first to demoralizitioii, tu dishonesty, to the making ol fuNe return*; and secondly, it is calculated to drive from the State a valuable j J portion of the community, to seek other lo- . entities where the remuneration of labor and capital is not puratyz d by such heavy bur- ' Lien--. The expenses of the Convention, and of the present session vi your Legislature whose labors cauuot, in justice to the various changes proposed io thu new Constitution, be terminated short of four months-willi of themselves, add lo the expenses of the Stalo not less than two hurdred and fifty thousand Icllais. Thc judiciary system, which y?? *re requited, uud?r the Constitution, to put into operation, will prove much more expen sive than that which now exists, and add to .hese burdens. To illustrate : the expenses of grand jurors for the city of Charleston, and tor thu coun try, assuming that they are occupied but three days at each term, will b* $13,824. For petit jurors for tho Court ol' Sessions, threo terms for the city and country, as.su ming an average of five days per tenn, So) ri 18. Fur petit jurors fbr Colins of Com' 1'leas, city and cuuntiy. two tenus, five per term, $ol5ti0; making a total expendi ture for jurors ahme, under the new Cous'ii tution, of $'.i'J.224. The whole expense for jurors and con-ta bits for the y<?u ending ]-t October, 1807, (and this includes them for the ?islrict Courts.) amounted to only $42,292 88 ; show ing a necessary in?rense of expense lor this service alone of $?5ij 931 12. This evil may be obviated to some extent by modifying -he law so as to provide for panels not exceeding eighteen in number for grand jurors;, and twenty-four petit jurors, f with authority to supply thp deficiency at the j. term cf thc Court, -.hould there be any, by j drawing tales jurors. j The ext.ens" of dieting prisoners will not i. be less than ?50.000 ; for continuing the con- j struction of the Penitentiary and for guard ing and subsisting convicts; not less than I( $75.000 ; for salarie-i, according to estimates, j 1 !j>S0,COO ;' for contingent accounts, $0*0,000 ; for public printing, $10,000 ; for contingent fund of the Executive Department, ?20.000; ! for the Lunatic Asylum, $20,000 ; for thc 1 University, $12.000: for claims against the t State, $10.000 ; for other expenses, ordinary i and extraordinary, $-10,000; making a sum i total ol ig; 170,'. 24-: to which add for cxp^a- | ses of the Legislature, $150,000 for deficit ] the present year under General Ganny's tax order; ending October }, 18G8, #100,000 dol- I Isrs; and $?331,414.59-being the interest on 1 - i .M III 1 ni- ?I?. III ii iiiii?nii?iiau-?tmMi the State debt due 1st October, L8C8 the amount to be raised by taxation will r< the enormous ??um of $1,057,038.50, wit! oue dollar being appropriated for free sch To redeem the Billa Receivable, which be outstaudiug on the 1st day of Octi next, to pay the interest upon the State < which may bc due at that time, and to nish sufficient funds to carry cn the op tions of the State Government uutil the ti may be collected in the spring of 1869,1 commend that 1,000,000 dollars be borro by the State upon bonds, provided thc bc can be disposed of at no grouter discount t twenty per cent. lt is now believed by the financial offi< of the State, in which opinion I concur, t thc tax order of Gen. Cauby, together v? the tax levied by the Convention, will realize to the Treasury more than #375.0 There is one striking and even alarming f with reference lo thc pecuniary and finam soudition of the State, to which it i? h proper to advert. Notwithstanding the or jfGen. Canby provided for a more parti ar and accurate assessment of real estate I cresent year, than h;ts been made heretofo i revision of the assc-sments shows a v? :onsiderab!c decline in the value of all r isiale and town properly. Lauds iu the coi ry are worth from fifty to one hundred | :eut. less than they were on tho 1st. of Si kember, 1805. Nearly as great a deprec ion exists in the village?, towns and cities he State, especially where tho lots are r ,'ielding rents. The above estimate, which viii be necessary Or you to provide for, ui jraces only tho ordinary expenses of liie St.' rovernments, and does not include tue arnon ?ecessary for ?Vee or public schools. Ift axes of the present year proved oppres.>i o all branches of industry in the State, ai fielded but three hundred and sevcnty-fi housand doliurs, the expenditures of the ne ?ear should, if possible, be curtailed by tl eduction of salaries and otherwise, so as u o exceed that sum, exclusive of the inten, in the public debt. By the new Constitution the poll tax is r ?nired tc he appropriated exclusively to ed aliona! purposes j and, under ilia circu? tancer, it would be unwise, in my judtjtnen o appropriate any other sum. The taxing power is always a delicate or 0 manage, at d is invariably rewarded by tl ax payer with jealousy' In the recent poli 2al changes that have occurred, the fact cai iOt be denied that the General As-cmbly at he representative of a very incousiderabl iroportion of the property holders and ta: layers of the State. Thc colored pupulatioi riio constitute tue lairg? majority of voter isive little property ; arid yoi all the expansiv lachinery of courts, juries, j lils and Hie Pei r?htiary, is as much to gtve protection t heir persons end property as to the lax-pay r himself; and it would seem to be on! ight and proper that some portion rd' lui Kirden-of.taxaiiou should bo borne hy thi tost numerous eia>* ol' awiv y. 'I tbe Gen .*ul As-cmbly, regardless < I' I hose views houM levy lb-: entire lax of t?o Stale roa? roperfy, it would necessarily hud to uric insatisfaction add discontent among the das ?US taxed-very canny '-f whom are imf on ! prohibited from filling any official position 1 the State, bul art.- actually excluded iron HQ privilege of the elective franchise. HF. li.VNK OK Til E STATE OK SOUTH CA PO 1.1 NA In C'timatiug tLe c infiti^mT'T?ar?ili?ec n ie State, ihe iii>f? s ?-sued by the Hank of thi ?'ito of S uth Carolina, am 'urning, accord j,' to the report of the Pref ?dru t lo the Le? dat ure, dated Isl of ?Clober, 18?l?. to $v?, (?7,549,51, wore not embiaecd, fvr the io .MO !iat, i.i my j olgmcnt, there ii no legal lia ?lily devolved upon thc Siato to make goo. ny portion of thia i?sue. This report show hal ibo issues ut the Bank ol' notes undei ne dollar, up io and since ISC1. RlM?Uiili lone to the enorm us sum ol 709,000 d d irs. it is not stated what .ara in bills abovi lie denomination of one dollar w*ro issue<l ?ter Pecemb?r, 1300; bul it is believed '.hui very large amount was advanced to tlx ,'onfederate Govetrn: en!. The new Const i tut jun, in ene of il- clause? xpressly prohibits the payment of any debt contractei] iii Behalf'of tho ?ate reb-?Ilion." n thc present inst ?nee, i; is impossible tr li-tinguish what bills were issued prior ;o and ince the beginning of tho war.. If, however, io objection of this ?ort exis'cd, there would ie, in my opinion, n > liability on tho pirt of he Stute to redeem any portion of these bills, t is true, that the capita! wan orig'nally fur ilshed by tuc State, but llie Bink wa? an in orporated institution, liable to sue and he ued, and the bill-holders can enforce Hie ame remedies against it and nuke i'3 assets ?able as against any other hawk. The obli vion cf the State to receive bank bills in he payment of ti,\es. is qualified by th" pro vision that the banks must he specie-paying uslitulious, and no such obligation exists mi ess the notes are redeemed io specie. A Bill has already been li'ed in thc Court if Chancery for Charleston District, by Dab 12V, .Nf organ & Co., bill-hold rs, agiinst th? President and Directors of the Bank of tba Jtite of South Carolina. The Attorney-Gon mil Called my attention to I he fact und de irod to know whether it was my purpose to lave an answer filed in behalf of the State. Entertaining llie opinions already expressed hat (herc is no liability 0:1 llie part of thc Slate, I instructed the Attorney-General that t was my determination to take no notice vhutever ot the proceedings. If the General Assembly should arrive at a different conclu lion, they can adopt such a course as will in ure the ri presentation of (he Sta e by coun ci upon the trial of the cause. Tho Governor given considerable attention 0 the Greenville anl Columbia and Blue lidge railroads, au 1 the Penitentiary, which >apers are cf mach interest, bjt loo lengthy or ihc crowded stale of our columns. THE LUNATIC ASVI.UM. The report of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum, covering the reports of Dr. J. NV. Parker, the Superintendent and Physician, ind of John Wades, E.q., the Treasurer, is cewith communicated for your information. The report pr Br. Parker shows that at the jommencement of the year, tho number ol jatietils was 142; Sj were received dining ,he year ; making a total of 217. Of thia lumber, 41 have died, or have been dis marged, leaving now in the institution 187 jatients--120 of these are paupers, and Cl ire paying their own expenses. Of males herc arc SS ; of females 99. Thc affairs of the institution havo been ad n mistered with great a?ility, medicaliy, inancinlly and industrially. The long expe dience of thc Superintendent, in treating (lis iases of the mind, qualifies him pre-eminent y for the discharge of the important and del cato duties of that position; and his succesa u all tho departments of thc institution, will ximparo favourably with that which has ibaracterized tho management qf any similar nstitution in the United States. I invoke br it your favourable consideration, and re :jinmend thc usual appropriations for its naintenance. ? * a * ? * i THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. By Act of December, 18G?, tho South Caro ina College was converted intq a University, md schools established for teaching physical ind moral science. In 18CC, tho law and nodical schools were created, and the insti tution aince October, 18C7, has been in com jlete and successful operation. The report of the Chairman of the Facul- | ly, herewith transmitted, shows . '" whole number of matriculates in the Univer sity siuce October is 115. The extended course of study which has been introduced ns a part of the Pniversity system, and the in- j corporation of tho medical and law schools therewith, promise to largely increase the j number of students and the benefits of the institution. The annual expenses under the ! University plan lr.ve been greatly reduced, tho appropriation for professors now being j but $10.000, while under the college system | j the appropriations yearly amounted to -more ! ' than $20,000. The partial self-suppo.-ting character of the University subserves the ! double purpose of reducing the expenditure j and of stimulating more activity and energy ! amone the professors in the performance of : their duties, each one being interested in in creasing thc numbers in his respective classes, j Another feature which commends the present j over the former system is, that one student from each County of the State, to be de>ig nated by the delegation therefrom, is entitled to attend the lectures free of charge for tui tion, use of library and room rent. This, to a great extent, is compensation to the State for the appropriation made from the Treasu ry for the support of the institution. I commend thc University to your patron- ; t age, under the firm belief that it may be built up as a high seat of learning for South Caro lina, .iud continue to diffuse knowledge and education among her young men. Entertaining the conviction that the ming ling of thc races at tho lectures of tho uni versity will defeat both in their efforts to se cure an education, and impair the usefulness of the institution, I suggest ihn propriety aud wisdom of appropriating the present Univer sity to the white race, and nf establishing j j another college or university fort.be colored race. Hy this means all disagreeable colli sions and tumult, resulting from association, will be avoided. The Citadel, in Charleston, is admirably'adapted for the purpose la-t named, and can be readily transformed into an educational institution. It cain.ot be doubted that white as well as coloured youth with prosecute their studies with much more profit, separate from each other, than in an institution where antagonism will surely pre vail. The Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and thc Blind, for tvaut ol funds, was suspended in October last. Tim Governor says: "I am not prepared" J ( to recommend an appropriation lor re-opening thu instil inion during the present, or succeed ing year, in view of the great embarrassment surrounding the people of the State; but au thority should ; i granted by the Legislature to the Governor, iq rent or lease the build ings for two years or more, so that he may avail himself of any opportunity that may pre=<- i? ?Well of securing a tenant who wi? pro* the premise", and keep them in necea sarv repair until the finances of the State shall justify tho re organization of the insti tution. Tho Governor is in favor of all practicable emigration schemes, and hopes to see a line of steamers established to ply between Charles ton :^nd thc ports of Germany, Ireland, and Northern Europe. The New Slate House receives passing no iic,-->, and the Governor recommends that am appropriation be made to fit up a sufficient! portion of thc building to accommodate the^l [ Legislature, 1:3 (tirilier, jre. ? - Tlir. CRIMINAL LAW. The codification of the criminal law of t':;e State i? very necessary, not so mu?h for the purpose i l dedaring additional or defining existing ?.fl;:ricc1', as for the purpose ol' pre- ] scribing orno uniform scheme of punishment ( adapted to thc various crimes and misde- \ monitors. Quite a number of offences arc puni-diable by detth, which, since thc estab lishment of lue Penitentiary, might be pun ished, by imprisonment, at hard labour, in j j that inslitnilyii. Murder, arson, and one or j j two other crinea of thc greatest gravity, are exceptions j .lit)t there is no doubt that the incarceration within thu walls of a S'ate Pris on will 'nc an adrqnate ptinWhment for crimes of lesser magnitude. A general codification of.'all of the laws of the State, civil ami crimi nul, supervised by *'. lawyers nf ability,'' would prove a great blessing to the people, and at leasr. place the Statutory law within reach of every ?ul el ??gent man in the State. This will be a work uf time b>.t it cannot be proceeded with at.too early a day. SilERIFFd. There is an evil which has grown to such magnitude within tho last two years, that some remedy is absolutely necessary. The number of escapes of prisoners from the vari ous jtils rf the State, during this period, has been nearly 400. The result is due partly to the insecurity of tho buildings and partly j to the neglect ol the Sheriffs and jajlors hnv ing them in thargo. The Commissioners of Public Buildings should be required, by more stringent laws than now exist, to keep these j r prisoners in a secure condition ; and as to the liability of Sheriffs, tho experience of the past demonstrates that all the Ipgislatjon here tofore adopted lo enforce the performance of their duty, has been without avail. No Shel bi has been convicted, to my knowledge, of official misconduct in South Curoliua for thir ty years ; and very many who have held ihe position have c rlainly been guilty of misfea sance and malfeasance in ofhee. If it is de sired to secure from those officials an efficient performance of dut}-, authority should be con ferred upon the Governor, when complaint is satisfied of its justice, to remove such dc faulting offl cr by proclamation, and order a ney/ el-q'ion to stjpp?y the vapancy. Ii ac tion is postponed until Courts present and juries convict, the pvil never, will bo corrected. LANDS SOLD KOIl TAX KS. The failure of parties to pay the taxes I i levied upon them by thc Acts of 18fij and j < IS tS ti has caused quite a large number of ex- 1 ecuMons to be placed iu the hands of the i Sheriffs of thc respectivo districts. In some I localities combinations were formed, so that t when ?and was ottered for sale by tho Sheriff t no bid was made, und the State was thereby defeated-althou:h these parties had suffi- e cient property to satisfy the executions-in \ realizing the'amount of taxes dup. To ob,- 1 viatc'this difficulty, General Cunby issued t General Orders, No. 03 (April 8, ?SoSjdi- i rccting that thc land should be sold by the c Sherill' for tho term of seven years ; that he s should bid for it himself tho amount of taxes g and costs, including costs of executing, stamp- f ing and recording the deed, for the use of r the State j that if no higher bid waa offered, t tho property should be knocked down to the j Sheriff and conveyed by the Sheriff to the \ State for the term of seven years aforesaid, c The Sheriff was required to havo the deed recorded in the office of the Clerk of the c Court of the District in which thc' land wa9 I situated, forthwith, and within two weeks c thereafter transmit tho original deed to the c Treasurer, who was required to enter an ab- ? stract of the deed und tho amount of the t consideration. Whereupon thc deed was to t be filed and recorded in tho office of the t Secretary of State. The Governor was nu- t thorned, after the expiration of thirty days from the receipt of thc deed by the Treasurer, aud. until otherwise provided by law, to rent 8 the land for the period of one year ; provided t that if tte tax-payer should,' within thirty f day , pay to the Treasurer the whole amount ti of taxes and costs, including recording and 6 twenty-five per cent, upon such full amount, \ thoo .e deed should bo cancelled; with a i . -ner proviso, that if the samo should not i be paid within thirty days, then the owner i of tljte property should ho allowed to redeem ihe?me within ono year sffpr ih.-1 date of its.^Hf, hy paying tb? whole of th."? lax and | C0??K together with fifty per cent, uf tho j atftflnt additional ; and if not. redeemed | witlnn one year from the day of sale, then ? the^?i?'i;i.lature was authorized to "deter-j mine, by law, thc conditions upon which the ] same mc.y he adeemed by the former owner dorins the remaining term of the seven years for.which it was sold." Inder this order of General Cunby, sales have been repor'ed and deed.? filed willi the . Treasurer of four tracts of land i^ Green-j vill'e'Bisti?ct and fifteeu tracts in Collcton ; District. Others will, perhaps, be filed du- j ring' tho present and succeeding month. Y oar attention is, therefore, called to the j ord^r and io the action which has already ta ken- place, and which may hereufer lake piaffe under it, to the end that the necessary legislation contempla!ed by the order may DO enacted. juni ES. The duly will be devolved upon you of pro riding by statute lor thc selection of suitable DSWons to act as Grand aud Petit Jurors in ibfr various Courts of this State. Por more hon fifty years in South Carolina the requi nte for placing the name of a citizen upon ?h? jury list from which jurors were to be iritwn was the payment, the preceding1 year, j )F-'a tax of, or above, one dollar. In ? 859, Injury law wa? amended, so that every pcr ;oa who was entitled by tho Constitution of bb State to vote for members of the l>gi?Ia >a*e, " and who shall have paid the year prc ising thc sitting of a Court, at which a new Uly hst shall be made, a tax of any amount vhutever (or property held in his own right,1' vils liable to serve as a grand and petit juror. Chu military orders which have been issued 4 this District, require every lax-payer's name 0 he placed in the jury box, from which the lirors aro to be drawn, .md when drawn, thc (ndge is invested with the power of setting uside any number of the panel, for want of oental or moral fitness to perform thc duties. . When the importance of composing these ?dies of persons ol' intelligence is reinem- ( lered, too mucb carr? cannot bo taken in barding ingresa into the jury hex, by such tandards ol' qualification and character as rill protect it from all suspicion cf incompe ency or corruption. The dearest right of a itizea is oftentimes decided by the jury, /fe, liberty and property ii in the keeping of hese persons, and if there bo a lacie of un lerstanding, a natural inability to comprehend .uti weigh evidencf, to unravel tho perjuries ind misconceptions of witnesses, and a want if education sullicieut to comprehend the law if the ca>e as expounded by the Judge, the nost fearful consequences may iv.-uit to the itliz ?. The standard should be two fold -predicated upon intelligence and inleg Ity. At all times, a sufficient number of lersons may be found in every District pf tho 'tate, who will correspond with the high tandan! that may be adopted by you ; and he confidence which intelligence in the jury ?ox wili inspire among tho population, iii thc duiini>traiion of public justice and the set leinen i of controversies between private citi ;ens, will g"ii great ways towards implanting espect and reverence for the judii ature of he country. Heretofore, it was not deemed necessary lo irovide by law for purging the jury, either brough the jury list or by the Judge upon u~..?,i., imf ir is h hvsti-m which has been traci ice?] for many yeats in the adjoining states. There, a man t?<o ignorant to cuni irchend the causes likely to como before a ary, or too corrupt, depraved or diahonest lo ...oder a Just verdict, is sei aside by the fudge aiul-r this general authority, which al .jws no one to be emranucled who docs not udiil tue r?quireiucms of integrity and intel igenee. In nome of the States, the tax lUts ire revised by the County Courts, and thc u -st worthy und intelligent citizens ure se ectcd, ulid their names nie placed in the my-box, from which the pane!* ave drawn, n other v j' tho Slate-;, a jury board has been treated and i.onsis soft lie District officers, ttl vit: the Cl=ik, Sherill', Judge of Probate and fax Collector. ThhSii of?icers iV?ng elected ly the p J"p1rt, are presumed to have such ' ?eneral knowledge of every tax payer, as wili m able, them to select from the list proper larsons, whose uauies are to by placed in thc ury-box. I, therefore, n'Comnend that n similar j -.rv joard be organized bi this S'^rt* from the Dis rict iJJicera, who, from thc li.-t of tax payers, nay proceed to s?lect pi rsons whose mental jualifications atr.1 moral character /it '.hem or this delicate ami respoufriiVc duty ; and bat only the names ot ruell persons be placed n the jory box. with further authority to ti;e fudge, that if hy accident or otherwise, per ous are drawn who do not meet these re tirements, to strike their names from the Janel and not allow them to be sworn. *' * * ' ?? <i a [lOWEStEA'p lUw.IKl'. The provisions of ?lie new' Constitution vhich fcOcur?s a homestead to each bead cf 1 farr.ily not excced'mg in value $1000, to fi-ther with the products thereof, and aNo jt?Q? worth of other personal property, is a vise und humane measure, and should induce ?our early attention in the passage ol'an Act lirectiug the manner in which tho details nay be carried out. The great advantage ol his measure is, that while it identifies every ?itizen with the soil ?md nourishes his love of state and country, il is likewise un induce uent to the labourer to save his oarnings and nvest them in u permanent residence, whete lis wife and children may have shelter and iro'.ection. Equally sagacious is the provis on which secures to the married woman her jmperty held at the time of marriage, 4,or vhich she may afterwards acquire by gift, ;raut, inheritance, devise, or otherwise." lu nost of the States of -be Union this law has ong prevailed, and doubtless it would haye /.?en incorporated among the statutes of South karolina; had not its necessity been obviated >y the more inconvenient and cumbrous nethod of conveying such property for the lenefit of married woineu in trunt, whereby hey were secured in their property free from he debts and control of the husband. This feature of the new Constitution, how iver, is more himpl? and ompreheusive, and ybjle it inay be objected that Ljotb it and the lomcstead exemption will have the tendency o affect credit, there <?an be no question that f stich be the result, it will operate beneli- ? :ially upon society. Nothing, perhaps, has o much clogged the prosperity of persons en ;aged in agricultural pursuits in the South, br many years past, as the unlimited credit esorted to by those who always antiejna.to ho products of thejr fagins fjnd plantation? a ear in advance. Jt this evil be checked, it viii redound greatly to the benefit of all liasses. Some doubts have been expressed as to the ?onstitutionality of the provisions of the lomestead law, when applied to debts already fisting ? but Q careful examination of this locutions which have been made in other states settles the question beyond peradven ture, that the Grneral Assembly bas the au hority to apply the exemption to existing lebts, even such as may now be in judgment md execution, as well as to future debts, ft ? *. * * * The provisions, iliereiorf), of the now Con- j titution, securing n home-tead and certain j irticles of property for the benefit of each j amily, is sanctioned by the highest judicial tuthoritv in New York, Michigan, Maasnchu etts and other States, as well as by legal I vriters of eminent' ability ; and thore is no j easonable doubt that any buy wb,i?,'u may be J jassed by you, io carry into effect thc humane : mentions of the homestead exemption, will ' be sanctioned by the Conrt of this State fi: of the United State?. Rut even were the question doubtful, umb thy theory of (lie Reconstruction Act-, tbs thu late Confederate Stares are ? ut of th Union, and bpyond the operation nf the Cor stilution of thc United States, tho adoption < this provision prior to thc admission ol Som Carolina, would (?lill be strictly valid, on th ground taken by thc Supreme Court of th United Stares-namely, that Stale laws piase prior to 1789, impairing the obligation of con tracts, were valid, inasmuch as the Conslitu tioti had not, previous io that time, exercise) any rvsrruining influence upon the States. The indebtedness of very many of tho bes citrus ul the State, I he destruction of pro perty. and the geneial disasters that have en .sued, render this Homc-teud Aci and ?ts ac companying exemption, indi-pcnsable to tin peace and happiness of thousands of fimilic within the limits of S 'Util Carolina; and m more generous or acceptable s'atuie can bi parsed by the General Assembly, thun tha which will at once apply the benefits of thi: law to ull txixting, us wei! as future liabilities whether they bo in the natute ol'judgments executions or otherwise. Further measures of relief from the pres sure of indebtedness will be required ; anc inasmuch as ihe courts are to be reorganized and new duties to be assigned to the Sheriff? it would be wise to allow the present crop U be gathered and marketed before claims ari permitted to be enforced. I, therefore, recommend that alLSberiff.i bt prohibited from enforcing executions in theil offices, upon d?b;s contracted prior to thcfirsl day of .lay. I8(j5; and lhat Judges be like wise restrained, until the tirat day of March 1 SCO, from givii:g judgments in all such cases, EDUCATION. rjndor the new Constitution, the office ol State Superintendent of ?ducation has been created, and al*o that o? a School Commis sioner for each County-the Superintendent and Commissioners constituting the State Board of Education. Tho first named officer has airead}' been elecied, and will doubtless enter upon the discharge ot his duties as soon as thoy are deGncrl by law. A commendable interest, is manifested bv all class?? of our people in the establishment nf "Cuoo'is ; and the desire is general that larger facilities than heretofore, shall he fur nished for this purpose. To devise a scheme adapted ?o the wants ol S mut Carolina, and applicable alike to city, viii gc ot thinly popu lated country, will requi-ca very full investi gatiou of details, and not a little acquaintance with the various localities of the State. Hence, un'ess great care is taken, no plan adopted is likely to result in bein fit at all commensurate with the great expense to be entailed upon tax payers, The Constitution provides that " there shall be kept open at least six months in each year one ur more schools in each school dis trict/' Gentlemen of intelligence, who were members of the Convention, believe .hat the fair construction of this seetion will author ize, when ihe system is matured, the estab lishment of separate schools fur the white and coloured children of the S'ate. Another sectio.t however, declares that "all the ptib.ic schools, colleges and universities of th:s State, .supported in whole or in part ly the public fund.-., shall be free r.nfl open lo all the chi! dren and youths of the State, without regard to race ol colour/' Tf it shall be attempted to establish schools where both picea are to be tungin, no provis ion being made lor their Reparation, the whole system will resnll in a disastrous fail ure. The prejudice of race, whether just or unjust, exi.-t in fol! force not more in South Carolina than in New England and thc West. In tiio iast named localities separate schools are provided for white and coloured children, and in a com mutiny were tb so prejudices prevail in so strong a degree, bow tp-i'uasQn&hla it is ro attempt tue orgauizi tiim of mixed schools'/ It cannot, but result in constant tends and c ?IlWons between the childi cn, in which the pren's, respectively, will necessarily take up thc quarre:, and en tire Communities tims be involved in nonti? ita] tumult-the cousi qcenceof the mi-judged uifbrt.s i-f unwise persons. lt is the more remark".bin that such aclau-e should have been inserted m the Coi stitution, when no necessity exi.-?'.-d lor making such a reckless experiment lt was demi tided by neither thc coloured no:' the white race, anti if suhmi'tr. I io I betr decision, the idea of mix ed Rchools wolli-! bave been overwhelmingly repudiated by both, l! ?I is attempted tuen force the law in those secti-ms of f ie country where ihe coloured population preponderate; the white children will be driven from the schools : and in th Se sections where the whoo population preponderate, the coloured children wiil likewise In d it hnposjihla. to i- num in the sn'oy rootn. Io the new rela?on b-tween the two races there already exist causes enough for bickering and controversy, and the prudence of grown people is taxed to its ie:: sion to prevent, disagreeable antagonisms. How mncli less will such prudence cbsr^ct^f iz-; Un; relation between phi ld 1^:1 ot t't.e two races under the same roof. No greater eru elty could bi; indicted by legislation upon the parents of children of lw:? races, than that which is contemplated by ibis objectionable feature of the Constitution. Indeed, tbe ming ling of ihn two races in ibo same school room, in the face of known and uncompromising pr?judices 0:1 the 'mljeet. seems to have been a wanton ?nd offensive effjrt to enforce, by law, asocial equality which wilj never be recog nized or submitted to by the Caucasian race. I, therefore, earnestly recommend that, io adopting an eoucstictml system, care be ta ken to provide for the white and coloured youl hs separate places of instruction. At the same lim??, in the nume of peace and of the happiness pf the people, I protest against this amak'amation. * * * * * * The Governor concludes his admirable Message thus: Most reverently, I invoke lim guidance of an Omniscient God in all of your delibera tiona, to the end that the ma'erial and moral, I the physical a?d intellectual, the coiqrqerpiaj and indqstrjal intprcsts of the ?State may bc rqade prosperous and successful ; and that thc ravages which war hns so ruthlessly scat tercd, may be speedily obliterated, and the State be permitted once more to enter upon an honourably and progressive career. Mother'.? Grr?yc av J. K. c. Why scok for lino or sentiment To place ahovo her clay ? There is no marble white enouch lier yirtues to c}i?p]ay. t'ht^ro is no language strong enough, Our sorrow to portray Hut tho sacred name of Mother Says all that words can say, And is the fullost tribute That loving hearts cnn mij. 'I'hen uarvo upon thc taV.et That marks her placo of rest, Tho word we learned to utter Aa we bung upon ber bronst, And in that simple uttorance Our fondest love expressed. For tho hallowed naigo cf Mothor I'o us was truly blessod ; Then carvo in enduring letrera Tbe name we loved the best. Vieira of Two Colored Demorrafs. At the T?iilroftd Celebraron on "Le i?ji af Batcsrlllo, jur-t before thr? Hurtling flnstd two colored men from Columbia, Piensan! G.^de (formerly 'of this place, il we mistake not,J iitiJ Wm. Storrs, addressed the crowd, a synopsis of whose speeches, furnished by the correspondent of the Charleston Aeww will be found below : SrfiKCil OK PLEASANT COODK. The Speakern appearance did not belie his nat.:'.'. He had a pleasant lace, a pieasmt manner anti a good vuice. In commencing, he announced himself ai a colored Democrat, and said th >ugh called upon very unexpec tedly, be was always nady lo ut:er his sen timents up:>n the subject which -eemed io lill rdl hearts, lie was not au educated man, out in such homely patoso ?.? he could com mand, tte desi;ed lo impress, especially upo : ibo colored portion ot the atidieuco, the great fact that their truest and best iriends were those, who were born upon the soil and iden lilied with die real interests of the State the white men-the Democrats, so called, of Souih Carolina. Who, he asked, can you trust, if nut yonr owu people? Cats you trust ;he carpel-bagirerd and scalawaggers of the coumry, who never knew what it was to pay a live cent tax at home, and live on what they plunder here? What do they care for you? I'll tell you. Because you help them to fill their carpet-bags with "rocks.'' Now, in the next election lor President of the Uni ted States, I want you to dr<<p these men like Ashley, and the whole crowd that are in the State. Stick to your own people. The Rad icals tell you that by voting the Democratic ticket, you vote yourselves back iuto slavery. It ain't so. You ure slaves alreudy. You cau't he worse, ami just fio long as you vote the Radical ticket they will use you like slaves. They want your votes to give thecir.elves offi ces. They want to get licit ut vour expense. They want '.'verylhini.' for themselves und no thin;; for thc-, poor negro. That's .Radicalism. Why, I would rather be a slave with my old ma.ster. Ile used to take care cf me, sick and well, and if he occasionally i:bysted'' mc, it served mc right. Hoisting makes u heap ol'pe plo in this world better than they would be without it. I's the " hoisting'- a boy gets that makes a man of hie , and finally puts him on the road to fame, to Congress, and the President'.-, chair. I suppose if if. hadn't beeu for the '. hoisting" Andrew Johnson gol from his mother when he was a youngster, be would'ui bc where he is. " IPustirig," fellow citizens, does so much good, [Laughter.! Now, what I want you to do. fellow-color ed men of Lexington District, is to vote with mo-vote for Democrats-vote for good men who have your interest at heart and woa"t deceive you-vote for those you have known from boy-hood ; those who have tke respect of everybody arjund them, because they are in telligent, ju?; and truthful; and when you get such people in ellice, woshalls.ee a change in tr.e condition o? South Carolina that will bein lil vou ntvl mo and every other colored man in the S ate. In conclusion, I give you ns the sentiment of my'heart-'-Old South Carolina and her people." SPF.ECII OF WILLI AN STORRS. Before taking his seat, Pleasant asked per mi-sion to introduce his friend, William Sierra, a colored man (or as bc is more familiarly known in Columbia, " Bill MeGuinness"). Bill expressed regret that. Lc was not au orator, so that, he could say something worthy ol'the occasion. Bat not much was expected of an uneducated man, and he would there fore make a few practical remarks. He said he sympathized with the colored m-^ti ten tie^rec-s more than he did the white m.n? Why? Because the black mau .was ignorant ; ai d he hated the Radical because he was ton decrees meaner than thc meanest n gro. Time was when thc colored pee pla of tho State lived as well as tho white pe ?pie. They were happy and contented. They were industrious, and they would be so now il the State had not beeu overrun hy carpet-bag | , men, who put all sorts of notions into their j * hoads, a.,tl eteated expectadotis that never ' couid be fulliiled. The time ?us coming when | this class Would bc lound out. Tho colored j j people of the tip-coU' try were already begin- ' j nui}, to learn their character, and at tho com- 1 ir.g elections he bop? d tuey would show by their votes tba* they trusted the more in their own people. What a preposterous idea what a BUam.dul thought it was-thai the col- I " oied mun ot S.'Ulh Carolina supported car- j. pei-b-.ggers wno had beeu the means of dis- I 1 franchising one-half ol the best citizens of the jk State. Por one, ho was thankful that when > * he went to the bal lot-box no ignorant scala wag could say, ignorant as hp might be, that he shuijld uu? dL'i'Osil his vote. tbi! sjid he was "rn favor of a qualified suf fmge 'hat wuuld apply to all men. The idea of political t quality to every man was as dis- j tasteful as the idea ot' social equality, and I , Heaven knew there were plenty o', mean white j men lie wuuid ne.er ask to his table. The i time might tlev?r arrive when this condition j ' o,' ihi:.g-> would be brought about, but thc j mure the colored man lea'ned to appreciate ? the diff?rence between education and igno j rance, the more vo uld bo himself d-mandi t!.-at those below him in the scale of intelli- j geuce aud industry should not enjoy the : 4 same privileges as the man who bad studied and labored to achieve education ?cd prop erty. The renjmrka and rough humored hits made by both these colored men caused a great d', al of amusement, a d elicited not less of ap probation because ot the siurdy gooi sense j which characterized them. From tho Caletuburg (Xv.) Herald. A Wife Kills her li ns baud to Save the Children. On Sunday last, ouc Clark, who lives on Sandy, got drunk, went home, and commenc ed abusing his family, and kept it up until a late hour iu the night, beating his wife, threatening toshoot ber, thc children or some one else before the next day. He put a gun into the mouth of one of the children and threatened shoat bim, but an older boy knocked the gun away and took it from him. ile theu sent another child some * here in the neigbb irhood of his house (a field) to get another gun he had lhere, loaded, ull the time vowing he would kill some oue. While tue child was gone, he pulled his bed ujtto the Hour and lay dowu, when, thu aether, for fear of her life, or thai of her children, seiz ed an a* and struck him several blows, the first of which proved fatal, he not moving after being struck. The woman and her fami ly were arrested. The evidence proved thr,t the act was done to save herat If or children from murder, and they were disoharged. ti!&* The disrespectful fellow who wrote the ludo wing, ia daily expecting au indiscrim inate attack hi broom-sticks : Duplex hoops and painted faces, Patent calve* anil foreign curls, Waterfalls and costly lace.i, Tell too plainly what aro girls. flgy When a good wife had prepared an ? i excellent dinner for her husband, and he de- 1 i dared he liked it, she said, " Well, kiss ni<\ ' < then." " Oh, never mind that, my dear," ' was the reply, "the necessaries of lile we j most have, but tho luxuries we can dispense ? with.." ' j i Mrs- Victor, latoly convicted at | Cleveland of murdering ber brother, William < Parquet, has been tried, convicted aud sen- ( tetieed to be hanged on August 20th. < At Twilight. Vi".: ?ir hy rho wio-l.-rr. my baby and I, in tho !? ?in;? -,:n- t iighf. Watching tln? dr.i l:m.-. .: iTwji ?ir or thc tky, Out of tho Haslem night : UTc sec the stars roue trtmbling out In the track of the fallon sou, And we feel the quiet, within and without, That comos when thc day i? done. What have we been doing nil day, all day, Since the losy moruing smiled? flaying at work and working at piny, God help us, mother and child: But much I fear those little hands Have nut me lo sbarco to-day : For God. who is earnest,-understands Truly our work and play. I think of kindners left undone, That might have brightened thc day; ' Of dixies dreamed of, but nevtr begun, Scattered along my way ; You lie with peace in ymir \ iu'.ct eyes You have not learned regret For tho sorrowful years that make us wise Have not como to my baby yet. And still, aa I sit in this twilight hour, At the close of a weary dr.y, Even sorrow and sin do not quite have power To keep a blessing away A blessing that falls like thc dew from Leaven Oe thc parched and thirsty ground; And iu loving much, because much forgiven, My deeper peace is found. Your lifo, my baby, is just begun, And minc is growiug old; But wo're children both in tue ?yes of 0:.c Whos? yeara aro all untold ; He holds us both in His loving hand, He pardons all our sin, And, Ly-nnd-by, to the samp ?wcpt land He will gently let iii in. News and Miscellaneous Items. ** ?23*" The appointment of negro cadets to he West Point Military Academy ?9 the next novo of the Radicals. Mark Gruvson, tue pedestrain, left flicbtnond, to walk to Otuafn. making sixty democratic speeches on thc way. Thc trip s to consume forty-seven days. He carries i Hag marked Democracy, on the 7th, a largo irowd followed him to the suburbs. ?2TA curious method of killing rats is ^commended in a German journal as very i?icii?iit. A pipce ol new fir nnnsed sponge 3 cut into small piece?, which arc smeared vith butter, an-1 placed within reach of tho ats, next to a dish of water. The rats eat he sponge, and becoming thirsty, drink the vater. which swells the sponge, and in a short imo kills the animais,*which aie found lying lead all around. S^" It bas been computed by som? politi. ?1 ari'hmctician t!;r,t if every man and wo ?au would work for four hours each day on something useful, labor would produce sulli :isnt to procure all the necessaries a::d corn ons of life, want and mit-e.-y Would be hay shed out of thc world, and the rest ol th* wenty-four hour? might be leisure and pion ?ure. ff*y The exact phraseology ol' ibo law repealing the cotton tax having become a natter of dispute, a certified copv of tho act las been procured (rom Washington by. tb* Journal ol Cominero?. The law reads, ali, Mitten rrrown in tho United States after the .car 18C7 shall be exempt, from internal iax, ind cotton imported irom loreign countries in and after November 1st, 1S08. ?hall be .xcuipt from duty. Gae cuttle randie in Texas is 50 niles wi extent-thc number of bead is 100.? )<)0, and 20,000 arc sent to market every Tar, enough to supply HIP New York mark*! ix weeks. jJ^gT* Rufus Ludwig, who killed bis wif.? tfier being married to ber only eleven days, vas hanged iu Salisbury, N. G., on tho 'lu-..-. >f .June. He went to the scaffold smoking ;i rigar; but when the officers offered to put he noose around bis neck be reined vin enlly. and a desperate struggle ensued, ten >f the deputies attempting tu overpower bim. L'hc noostt was finally placed around bis beek, ind be was swung oft w.tb a muttered curs.; or parting word. Egj* 0:ie of G rant's shoulder strapped .. h ons has snfpresscda Democratic newspaper in selma, Alabama, Such is the peac?" t;:??t bc American parody of Napoleon wu; d .let us have.*' B?gf Ex-Governor Hmm G. Harris is prac icing law in Memphis. The iudictUlentagaitrSt lim for treason in the United Staten Circuit 3ourt at Nashville has just bcc:i dismissed. ??* The salo of town lots at the location or the new courthouse for PickeiiH county, >n Thursday last, some twenty-five lots ?ere ?old at an average of $00 per lot. These lats, vc believe, contain from one half lo two icres. A number of lots yet remain una ld : ?0 those who may want to buy will yet ha--.: t cbanee. The ccurt-house and jail buildings ire to bo removed from old Picketts, arid put ip at*llio new town for ?15 OOO. ??jr* General Joseph E. Johnston, late of be Confederate service, bas received a full lardon from the President, through the inila ince cf Mr. Seward. This is the first pardon ret granted to a full general in the Confcdc ate service. ?6^? In Hamburg they have formed ? steck ?ompany with a capital of 9250,000 for ttart n? a German colony in Florida. It U ex pected that 20,000 North Germans can be lirected in course of two years, which would nake thc speculation an exceedingly success* 'ul one. Fig trees can easily be grown from :he cuttings or root shoots, and it is certainly >trange that they are not planted in every lot 11 town, and farm in the country. The rig s universally esteemed as the best of fruit, iud the tree is long living and ornamental. C?* A Texan murderer, who had fallen mo the hands of. Judge Lynch, offered to jave trouble by performing his own execu ion. Ile thereupon climbed a tree, mad*/ a ?ery edifying and moral speech to the crowd, naming them to profit by his examp e. put the noose about hi', neck, tied the end of tho rope to a stout limb aud jumped. fi?* The rich Jap who is coming to Paris in ?search of a pretty and virtuous wifii, is ex pected shortly at Marseilles, in a steamsoip that he has had built expressly for che trip. Bc intends to settle in Paris, and wants to buy the whole right bank of the Seine for a palace. His income ls $30,000,000 a year. What a blessing if we could only get him aero-and tax him. Tho grasshopper plague is devasiing Wes tern Iowa in a fearful manner. A frfend who lias just come in from Sioux City informs us that of about. 0 .ie hundred and fifty miles ?ide, extending from Southwestern Dakota, chiefly between the Des Moine and Missouri rivers, to the Southwestern boundary of Iowa, ;hero will be scarcely a wheat field left- ex unpt from total destruction by theso vermin, rhey fill the air aud cover the ground, mak ng a constant sonnd like that cf a heavy ?bower. They sometimes gather over night n such myriads upon the track of tbc ratl *oad aa to stop the train by lubricating the irack when crushed by ti; a wheels. They levour wheat firt,t, and afterwards take to jats and weeds," leaving grass and other crops :omparativoly unharmed. '.