Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?roceedL-gs oi t:e General Coner3r, of the .L%th olist Epis,:pal Church, South. The Coinmnttce on h, ne. of -Onomy sub mitted a report on the sdjet of 1.),ii into more nt:imate reli:ions L;i- men :n th.e Cou:;cil of the church. Tnis 1e port p ovbles fr a Dis trict Conference, to lie composed of an eclual number of Layimnu ad Cl,rn. Al.o, 1ro viding for the ctoof f our Laymen by the District Con ference to t thurch m the Annual Confe-rence,n.d te flcilon of an equal number of' Laymn by, t Ann1:dI Confer enec to represent 'he Clheb . the General Conference. Tis is z.e pian of 1.y representa tion, which wil :lubtance be alote, a ma jority fp-oing the ObTe. The min-rity of this Committee as-kcd leave to submit a ctUnter r part to morrow morning. -A memorial relating to the ordiration of local preachers, was read and referred to the Coanit tee on Revisals. A resolution instructing the Board of Forei4n Missions to establish a post. in Califo, nia for the Chinese, was read and referred to the Committee on Missions. (In reporting the appeal case from the Virginia Annual Conference, t he wrong wne was inserted. Instead of David S. Doggett, one of the mozt em inent divines of the Churclh, it is (eorge P. Dog ,ett, between whom there is, we UndertI.Ind, not ,even a d*stant relationship. The ateution of the Conference was called to this mistake public 1Y this morning, and the correction made.) Rev. Dr. Keener introduced a resolution in structing the Bishop to appoint no preacher in charge of a station or circuit who has not trave ed at least one year under the care of an expe rienced minister. The statistics presented by the mover of the resolution showed that a large nuni ber of men are annually appointed in charge who are totally disqualitied. Read and recrred to ,Committee on Revisals. Rev. Mr. Evans called up Report No. 2 of the Committee-r eligios Interests of the Colored -People. The report substtutes a chapter in the Book of Discipline. Tlae plan is to create a sepa rate Ghurch jurisdiction fDr them in fraternal union with the Methoos Episcopal Church, South. The discussion necessarily ensuing on a ques tion of such peculiar importance, eidenced a breadth of view, in remarkable contrast with the narrow conceptionscemmonly attrib;ted to Sou:h ern men. The acknowledgments of the fidelicy of the colored people to their masters during the war, and their quietness during the transition, was handsomely paid and cordially endorsed. The question came up on the adoption of the report as a whole. Adopted with entiri unanimity. THE TnrEATZNED IMPEACUMENT.-The Rich mond Times says: The radical press of the North-west. are b%ldlv urging the impeachment of President Johnson. At Washington, the matter i. freely discuss--d in high Tadical Republican circles, and will doubtless be attempted, if their leaders dare. We fear they are bold enough to try it. But Andrew "-hnson is a wise, sagacious and brave man, arid ready to meet such an emergency. The pro granmme, if such a thing is attempted, will doubt less be to present the articles of impeachment. in the House, pass them without disenssion, and simultaneously carry thironeh a resolution declar ing the Presidential functions suspending pending tr-ial, and directing the proper oficers to be r sponsible for the per-on of the president. Then the blow is struck. Bat will such action be legal -constitutional ? Ele ven sovereign Sta tes are unrepr-esented in Congr-ess, anid a third of that body, therefore, absent. Conld it, then, in ac cordance with the Constitution, present legal ai ticles of impeachment against the President ? We think not. Mr. Jefferson insisted that each branch of the Government was the sole judge of the conmim tionality of all Acts or laws which affected it, aind in the case of Marbury vs. Madison, acted on that theory, and disregarded the decree of the Supreme Court, (see his letter on Spencer J. Roane.) Such a possible issue now presents an etensting question, but we doubt not Pi-esident Johnson is ready to meet it. GastvL LE & CoLUrBuA RILRoAD.-The Stock holders of this Company are now in session at Columbia, and we trust that their deliber~ irions may conduct in some way to an ireprovement in the affairs of the Road. Much complaint is made io merchants in regard tO the delay in the trans portation of freight, and we are aware of the fact that a small lot of goods shipped from Colunmbia on Thursday 24th uit., has failed to come to handn up to the present time, while a package shipped from Charleston by Expr-ess, on the 28thi ult. has been at hand several days. Now, w'e thinkl if the express Company can get their packages through from Charleston in two or thriee days, thle Railroad Company, having control of the road, should certainly transport goods from Co lumnbia to Greeeniville in a less time than ten days. Other instances than the above could be cited if necessary for improvement. We know that the Company has suffered much in the des truction of some of their rol!ing stodek arid road way ; but we do not thinik there is sutlicieut cause for the troublesome and expensive delays alluded to, Sundry reforms in regard to the passenger trains might reasonably be suggested here ; but~ we defer them for the present. [? GreenillUe Jio,untaineer, 21 insit. The Abbeville Press records the death of B. P. Hughes, Esq., a highly esteemed citizen of that town. Mr. A. is a native of Ander-son. Also that of Mr. John Speer, an honored citie of Lowndesvilie vicinity. In crossing the forda Rocky River, in a buggy, a portion of the~ har ness gave way, and in adjusting it, he f-ll into the swollen stream and was drowned before as sistance could be rendered. IIe had attainetd th extreme limit of four--score anid ten yerrs, and his honoirabie and u.seful life was crowred with all ,-"Whi:ch should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends." We regret to learn that the sniall-pox is on tihe increase in Edgefield. Mr. - Wihi:e, a voung and respected Citizen, died last week. The Ad vertiser also chronicles the death of Rev. Arthaur Wigfall. Thte Laurensville IHerald announces the death of Mr. John Garlingtou, an age d andi honored citizen. COLU-MBl.' ITEM5.-l fire occurretd in Columbin 6n Tuesday night, destroying the store of Mess-rs. Shelton, Calvo & Walsh, and three or fcur sunill er buildibgs adjacent thereto, and occupied by freedmen. The loss exceeds six thousaiid do Jars. Insur-ance partial. On Suniday- nig.t last, Private Andrew J. Hawkins, a miear of o pany A. 25th Regiment Ohio Veter-an Vohmfteers, was attacked by Geor-ge Windsor and Jinmes Windsor, citizens, and very sc-verely cu t an.d wounded in the abdomnen, hands and face. He is lying in a precarious cot-dition. James Wind sor and his wife charged with aid:ng and abetting the assault, the provocation for wvhich has not tranapired, have been arrested. The other Wind sor is stBi at iarge. COMMENDABLE LIBERALIY.-Mesrs. KIuLLts & CmIsoLM, Agents in this city of the Baltinor-e Steam Ship Company, received on yes:trday bills of lading for a laige amiounit of goods contribute d by the ladies of Baltimiore, and purcbased out of the proceeds of the g-reat F-air recently he'd in that city for the benefit of the poor of the Soth.l These goods are the fir-t instaIient of the qurota of this State, which aggriegae iftiteen thiousanid dollars, and are to be consied, for- distr ibut'in, to Dr. Jvtns FisuzR, of C'olumbia. Messes. 1Ex NERAs, '1ENNIeK & C '. the owners of the steam ship line referredl to. ihava nobly declined to receive any charges of fireight for the tranis portation of the goods. THtE LAST I.ounERY.'-h Angun:a papers lat week reported a case of robbery th:at for coolness, ingenuity and suc cess, egnals any thmng. we ever read of. A busiaess house was enter-ed in the usual manner from the r-ear, the iron safe take:. ITIE \\EEKLy HE1tALD. NIEWBERRIY, S. C. - l say Morning, 3Iay 9, 1SM0. Mr. Trons P. Sung of Gharleston, is the nuthorized agent of this paper, to procure ad vertisements and receipt -fr monies due. The American Iltel. The opening of this house, as sen h card in another column, on the European plan, is decid ediv a feature in Charleston hotel !eeping, and a great convenience. The visitor rentz his room and sleeps there, but ea:s iwrever it suits hi: best. For the acconzu!odation, however, of those who prefcr 3:, a restaurant is a:tached, where at all times can be had any hind of dish that the a-petite fancies. The propr:etor is accommodat ig and the visitor is azsured of every attention. Greenville and Cohunhia Railroad. The annual meeting of the stockholders was held at Nickerson's Hotel, Columbia, Thiursday and Fridv of last week. The occasion was tin interesting ene, as many importajit subjects were discossed. The following are the o.icers elect: Presdent-II. P. flammett. .Dirctors--Simeon Fair, Robert Stewart, T. C. Perrin, J. W. W. Marshall, Alexander MCBee, James P. Boyce, B. F. Perry, J. L. Orr, J. P. Reed, L. D. Childs, Daniel Brown, II. T. Firmer. The most important measure acted on is the changin of the bed of the road, bet weet Frog Level and Culumbia, to the West side of ioad River. As it stands now, it is never safe from disaster. Should it be transferred, the new roie will be on a secure ridge and through a wooded country. Contracts. We would advise the planters of our Di:;trict, who have not yet made contracts, or those who have contracts th.at have not been approved, to have this matter attended to at the earliest mo ment. Lieut. Ziegler, the Act. Sub. As!'t. Com. B. R. F. and A L., is al.ays in his office during business hours. We understand that he purposes visiting each plantation in the District, as soon as business will permit, for the purpose of ex plaininz,-(to the freedmen,) the natre of a con tract, and the duty of all parties living up to it. Every planter in this District who hias not yet contracted, or had his contract approved, should do so within the next ten days, as we think it highly important, for all parties concerned, tihlt the above named officer should make his tour at the earlies t possible moment. Nowv is thec time to secure, and have your labor guaranteed. To a wise man this v;iil suffice. Mutlttun in Parvo. The zrade of Ge-ner-al will be established in the United States Army. A dlisease has bro!hen out among tile mules and pigs of the Wecst. Dr. James has leased the Laurens Railroad fur a term of years--10 we believe. The road is to be put in runingl order. We learn that letters have been received here by prominent citizens to the cifect that it is in contemplation to connect Ches ter- and Atlanta by rail. An attempt was recent Ily made to assassinate the Czar of Russia. The cholera is subsiding. Married, inWlim son, Lass., Mr. Willim Wilu.nz d Miss Lizzie Williams. For particulars see small Bills. Thne President and Lis Cabinet are onosed to thn Tlo. port of"the lconstruction Committee, and favor the admission of loyal Southern member-s of Cou gress. The president says if the organic law is to be changed at all, it should be done at a time when all the States and all the people can partici pate in the alteration. Te'egr-aphie: communica t:ons are to be establish~ed between this country and Cuba. We are gratified~ to learn that Presi dent Jeter has near!v recover-ed from his recent wounds. ie has secured tile set-vices of Mr. XI. Nieely, says the Spertan, to superintend the re construction between Shelton and A!ston. Mr. II. T. Tastini's residence known as the Cary place, near A bbeville s illage, was recently destroyed by fire. The Senate of Teninessee hias irejected the bil! disfranchising Sothern men-old Br-ownlow is frustrated. "Episcopal Methodist" is to be the name of the Southern Church. A Louisville lot. ter says the Protestant E.piscopalI Chureb at the South exhibits a life and vig.>r not dr-eamied of ten years ago. The members of the Me:todit Conference at New Orleans recently hiad a pieni prepared for the by the ladies. Arrangements were made to take a photograph picture of the body c-n the pie nic grou.ad. Other gools may have declinedl, but the r-ise in hoop skirts on t he stree:s, is at times quite star -'ing. Butter is down to 12 .. per pound in Tiginia,at Cobnuubia 2. C., 2Cc per pound. There is an abundance here at from 4d to 5>0 centS per poun!d. rThe Fuo rida Everghades are to be dirained,so as to bud a-:d blossom as the rose. A new bank-rupt bill wil! soon be prtesented to the house. Republicanamn is on the wane. A hurricane passed over a por tion of B3artow, Floyd, Polk and Carrol counties, 'unday night before last, doing immnense dantage Over- a minlton pines were blown down in a spc of five miles inI length,anid a half ile in breadth The Fenmins have sab.sided in a fizzle. Sie tia sit gloria, U'Mahiony. About >30,?0 busia:ls corn were added: to the stock in Ch rleston, last week. it is beliieved that Congr-ess will adjourui early i June. The fare on the Learv s:eauners bct ween New York and Charleston, is reduced. The icel brated poet ntetress, Menkeni, the living 'repre)sen-i tative of Byron's Mazeppa , sesl wearling appa rel, on the back of her handsomne iin i steed, liideeu-Azxen, perfo: ni in Ncw York. The agen t of the Edge-field Colonization ocietyv hiavte published.. their report about Brazil. It reads like a romiance-BrazilI is proediga! and powerfuli t in resources. A Fr-ench paper will shortly ap near in Charleston unider the auspices of M-ajor Dubos. The Phonix reminds us that Col. 'ul iock, the~ gentleman ly anid in:tel ligen t head of the Southern Express, once proffered the G. & C.i.r aniangements to erect a line of telegraph along the route. Can it not now be undertaken. Ak barrel of herosine was ignited at the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, which spread furiosly, de stroyinig the depot and ferry boat, Wiindsor. Twentyv-eighit p)er-sons were b)urned or drowned. rghmY ngdee-la es that he will drive all Calhoun, is the name of a niei District, pro posed for South Carolina. The Courier, pub ishes ain interesting report, on the 'cli mate, soilt esources, capaities, and natur-al and aerquirr-d u idvantages. This report has been prepared by I t committee of the most intelligent citizemt of Aiken, S. C. Calhoun niii be formied, (if at all,t >ut of the corners of Barnwell, Edge'ield anda 3rangebur-.. - o 3xcellen: journal comies to us now ais an -acumg waper-enla rged and improved every way. A iappy idea of the editor's. Charlieston niaededl a Tha ChaIsto1 .card of Trade. The re:;uhr mnL'y meting of the Board was Ield at the Club I:oom of the Charleston Hotel on Tu:esday evein A . The meb: w ed to order by the Presi demn, WV. S. lai,Eq Thp. ,ini' ,> n a o OIune mneetinIg of the Bord for ti- eeti Or a Exeltive Gommi11t tee, and Of thesubszequenS( it mnei'tigS of the Exec:i-ve Cont-i'ttee, were read by the Secreta ,J. B. ech', E1q., and confirmed. Commile n Coastwise Navigat ion; Con"'mit tee on al, TelM: graph and l.press (ompanies oni:teeoi'c E on Eucou ra Emen of, Ei ration onit t c oi C lorresc ice ; Conittee on. I!Aand T-rportation; Coinittee ()!n Forei-n and DiMrct Tr'de : Conunit ce on Fo eiLn and Dolmetic Exchang-e ; Co1mm1ittee on Insurance :udl inance COmmittee oil 1tli, Re,ding Room and Librr ; C1n1it:ee on Griecs. Tjh,2 ("huirn no'ated the lollow%iig Com muittees, unic hwere al:irmed: .y ] 2>m <d L;braryu.-C. H. Akoiso. i mani M. a:ss, I. Ottolengui, R. Coa'.;e .g;.-Wm. Gurney, Chair man ; . T. V . Wil:is, G. II. lo%fet, II The Chairmin announced the following Cot 1I.te w I wefj. Ire , ipe :".N t0h - ,CA A nitte''on]'orei';n Aawl IDomec.!;ct Eccha0''P, a An A' 'InsArTe. U-G. W. Dilliams, Chi man ;A. Simo J. I. Cu!Zurn, Z. B. Oaes F. D. Eing AOmuitPec on Aland Tranportatir>n.-Wm. Ravenel, Chairn-mrn ; A. R. Taft D). 1 'lemng, C. F1 roneberer, E. Platt. Cow(, iec LEcoAroy n! of Eip/I Coti<m. H. lichoTAl, C hairmnatn ; an. ianal J. F. O'Neil, IL G,erdts WV. IL. Eiteb. ( o.i,' <e on J''' Fot' Lu Oi Direc t Tra'd.-T . D. W-ag,ner. Chairman; 1. NV 3Arshall, E. Wil li, Jamnez .M. Wilkon, A. 11. IiT-yden. Ce"nnm;/ n A Gr' i 71/lAnm AC.,-M. Straus5O, C'qir man ; G. C. Siman, C. v. Noyes, Jno. IatIckel, 11. T. Tlhompsoron The Chairmnan appomited the following Com mittoe, which were a pproved cm,nt , e on Price C-rent.--E. Wills, Chairman ; L. ). Yory, V. T. BLmrg, 'G. W. Glarke, G. WV. Williams, L. C. Styles, II. 11. De The Board goes to work with herculean effort. It won't be long before GharlestonY will arise in the plenitude of her beauty and com:nercial strength. The Board is distinguished for liberality, cour tesy and industry, and under its fostering care Charlcston must flourish and extend her limits. She is destined, we think, in the next decade of years to have a populatiou of not less thau 100, 00 souls. The Board earnestly considers the importance of railroad connections between the seaboard, the inountalis and the vast storehouses, gr'an:ries arid emporiums of the great North-west. Hon. . A. Tr'enholm, and Messrs. Gourdin, Marshall and others, portrayed the immnetnse bentefits to beC derived front the completion of thre Blue Ridge Road. 9:3,000,eOu have been paid up and ex pet:ded in sutbstiiantial work, which has suffe'red but very little durng~ the war. A million and a half dollars is all thiat's needed for its cotmpletioni. We learn that a delegation wil be sent to the people of the West to confer about the impor tance of pushing the great work forwar'd. Let the line be completed from Cincinniati and Loutisville to Charleston by the Blue Ridge route, via Knioxv'ille, Lexigton, and Anderson, S. C, and the rich anid teeming treasures gathered from the fertile and inexhaiustible soil of the country the road trav'erses, and whicLh will be poured down from the divergintg linecs whbich radiate at various sections of the route, will open up varied and diverse av'enues of trade, thtat w ill enrich thre metropolis and the whole G',t. Wm:aE's SMtr.-If there is a man by the name of John Smtitht in the United States, Ihe is h~erebyr inrformred :that there is a letter for him in the post otfee.-BL!,nUore Sun. The last we heard of Mr'. Smith, he was livring in Mich igan.-7I /cd (/).) Bl/e. Thati r's a inistakhe. John Smni th has been ar rested and se-ut 'o Siiz Sing for participa iig ini a Coperhead Convention at Albanyr.-Br'owne Re Oh, ptawV ! John~ Smith i- over here rditing te I A t.'.alri')an1, anid sulperinitendiAiing th e onsrucionofawhirligig to grrinrd smioke.-S:mu Mistake s(omnewhere. Smith was in Marklev'ille ill summrer wlithA ai wIhtelb1rrow whree!irng suntshinie Iow~n ini a cellar to drye buckiwheat.-Alpine (1hrowicle. The identical John Smith above referred to re :enry apearned inthe city of Atchenl adi -uning! a snake-andu-monkey-Thow at the corner >f Furnth and Cormmtercial streets.--A/dson his yo pardon-hut that Smith has been in hscity l win ter- acting ars assistant tutor in a olitie:d rr rym:isiumi.- LeAIAetrt/h Bul/el in. All wr 'onag gentl.i men. Jon aSmui th is neitheri o:>tructriig a whligiig grind smoke, nor vble cling sunushine downi a ceitfar to dry butck Iihea. b1ut is an ho.no red repteseniit at ie ini the iresenit Leii-l iure here arid answers to his name t roll A':lI wx itht as in'mth nonchialance as if'it were imply! Jo:ws orS0 Bro wn.-7boar' L"der. You are all wr-ong. Srmith has turned "'abo iioner,"' and] at last aL'counts wats runirnga a"ig ter miarlhne" at Janetion City, Kansis. We lecan from the LJnka of the 13th ult.-Ka%nsas Not rmuchly, say*s Artemrrus, thne veritable John Yo re all badly 'posted for ne wsparper editors. olm Smith a lw up by a t-batoth omibigboe a f'ew weeks ago, and has not cotme own yet.-.A. O. Tr 1)k!ar. Why, what a miiistake ! HJe has come down, nd hasi:1 beeni recon Istruc ted andi harmiiized, arnd no0w supposed to be enigaged in tmakig a ma ec top) aind a ilookinri-laiss for the Freedmten's Iureau. WhIten lhe gets thIirough with thiat j Ob urme other paper can "pass lhim arouud.-Ju On a cold tra'l every oneC of you, Smith has at beent oit of the eqjuanimite' of' this range since ie confe deracye went utp. We rejoice in being ble satisfactorily to settle all doubts, and beg :ie Post nmaster at Baltimore to forward the let er inmmtediately, to catre of this office. For the tformnation of Iiis friends we state that our friend olin Smith emrpoys htis idle mnometnts, when not inn ing his En~gine, in a rrangzing the prelimtina ls for openring a Smnithery, and for tile success of 'hich one requisite is only !:icking-nature's best ift to man-up~tton which to harrg a dnplex. cleptie kirt.-2re:ck.rry Hecrald. INA1sSrim:sY.-Referring to the admnission of oljr'ado and the c elusion of the Southern "WhaI t 'iad. to tihe inceonsstenlcy antd inijustice C th it i~n :ion. is the fact that the cotton fur Ied h-omi tIhe celtded Southern States since 'o close ot the war, for theo mrarkets of the orh! foo's unpoln a sum equal to thle hunrdred hlon s in gold;, for tIre relief of the notional redlit, the natioal currenev, antd the F"ederalI tx paesof thc L~it ed Startes, f'rm one end of' ne Ulion to the oth:er ; whlilst in all probability Slarge an anmount may be seured tis year by Iimittinig the souuth to Congress, which would, restabli.sh there the conlfidenice, activity and stemlatie idustry necessaryv to the fulhl dev'el 'weient ever, of the cr'ops thtat have been plan. The Conun it tee appoini:ed by the Texas Con at:iot ebnu.. vneli"n,-e a o eo te n~di The Crops. The Barnwell S,1ne! says that mulchl of the yorng co:ton has died. Cause-the V.ge of the seed or the way in wh'-h it has been pre served. In Virginia the wheat crop looks well. Drill wheat has hor!c the ri;or of winter bet ter than that seeded by hand. Because hand sown wheat is imperfectY covered. Accounts from GeorTia speak f Mtteringly of the Weat crop. The cotton seed in Morgan county fails to germinate. Northern farmers who have recently :nigrated thither and purchased fE.rms are discouraged. Their freedmen are dying of s-all pox and typhoid fever. They apprehend a failure from bad seed and the unreliab!eness of negro lab!or. The LiGrange, Ga., Rprrter, says that farmer are in better spirits than they were at the begin ing of the year. The freedmen are working well and crops are forward. Pro:pects flattering, and if no adverse fortune appears, the harvest will be bountiful. Crop prosp,ets in East Florida are encouraging. Corn three feet high, and cotton doing well. A private letter states that farmers look for a bet ter cro p than for sevcr1 y ear s past. The accounts from Alabama are mixed. In soeic sections the prospects are splendid,in others not :o good. I,avy rain, wind and hail have destroyed in a great degree the cotton and corn and impaieed the earth. Where the cotton seed has fai.e,, doubts are entertained as to a further supply. However the season advances, and corn will have to take its place. The Wetuipka Ala. Messenger, of the 26th ut., says : We have just returned from a trip through portions of COosa and Tallapoosa counties, and we ga:hered all the information we coul, both from observation and enquiry, as reards the crop propects. The wheat crop we find very promising, and should the season prove favora ble, and the rust not make its appearance, an ..bnndant harvest may be expected. It is gene raiy very forward, and we think will conic on about two weeks Marlier than usual, which will not he too soon. Fruit trees are hanging fill of young and teider fruit, which promises well. Tiie land for corn and cotton is in excellent order, we fear, however, too much cotton is -lan:ted to the excluslon of corn. Planters have gone to work in earnest. We saw in one field two white ladies hard at work, hocing corn. In another we saw a white lady ploighing, and close by, plaving in the newly made furrows, was her little child, happily too voing to be troubled with the cares and sorrows that weighed so heavily on the heart of its poor widowed iother. Happy, indeed, is the season of youth, but alas! how soon it is gone. Our hearts deeply sympathise with them, b.ut we coniineid their exanple to thousands of both sexes who fold their arims in idle ease, la menit their unhappy fate, and await the comforts ot- life withrout, an effort on their part. to secure themn. A correspondent of the Macon Journal writing~ fromt Perry County, Ala, says: As a gen erail ting, I apprehend that the pro portion of ha ad planted ini corn thre presenit year is less than, it should lhav e been ; burt I see that quite a nrumber of planters have changed their programmties to sonic extent, and have planted somne of thIe land w hichi they lad prepared and designed for cotton in corn anrd "do goober pea." In the doing of which ,in tmy j udgmrent, tirey' have acted wiseiy. Tihe 'freedmen," with sonic exceptltis, seem to be doing qui:e ais wtell as could be expected uinder the circumstances, buat feanrs are now being~ erntertairned tha:t as blackberry season is now i a proaebring, NIambo nrmy conclude to "lay downi do shovel and de hoe" to attend to tire saving of that cropr. A corrdspondent of same paper from Bourbon co., Ala., says: Thre lairger portion of tihe freedmen are workirng well ;sorte fe w are shi rking, anrd sonic breankingi contracts and resorting to thre towns. The last hreavy rain has so comnpacted the beds of the last platinlg of cotton, thre seed will cou.e up badly tirst planrrn.;s good stands Corn good stands, rind growing finely. Whle re threr is nto B3greari, thre freedmenct are working well, and seenm very well satisfied. 31ay and June will try their reli ability. Tine prospects in Tennessee are flattering for whe at. The coming cotton crop in Claiborne, Louis. ian:L is est:iinut ed at less thtan a fourth. Corn phriints conic up from all parts of the State about b,ad seed. A correspondent of tihe Vieksburg Jourrnal speaks of Mississippi as follows: IIeavy rains in Texas have retarded agrieulhu rr.l operations. Through in many sections tIre croi,s look well. Frorm whrat I could learn conicerining thre cotton crop, thec prset for this county are quiite fa vorable. A tbout tlhree-cqartrrers of the Limrd ustual ly ini cu'tiva tion b)efore thIe war will be planted this year. I find riot mit-h confidence, lbut gret fears expressed concernirrg thre laibor. Marry be lieve th at as soon as theO weather begi is to "wam up,'" nod tihe sun to shine with iris sum mer lheng that Mr. Darkie will lie down ini the fe'nice comrner', in alIl thre digityi~ and Uinde pen dence becoming hris condition. So far- bitt little comn plin rts exist rigainst them ; they have done very well. Thre driierernce that exists bctwceen tihe ruantity of hind iin cultivation is very strikiurg,0 The condition of~ Lowirdes Coun*y will, I sup pose, comipare faivorably with that of any other ounty in tire State. While on tihe other hand, if you.go to Cailborne County you find bitt one acre in ren in cultivation to tire number planted before the war. To conie to airy proper estimate there concern ng tIre amount of larnd in cultivation, you miust trike thre mnidirum between the two extremes. hen you must d.edurct from thre :365 days in one ear thre 52 Sundnays and tire 52 Saturdays; tiS eaves you 2r.;1 working days. Now, no one con endhs that the negroes do m>i re thain two-thirds tie work threy oughzit rand coul do. Twvo-thrirds of 2t1 is 174 working days for the whole year. So ou see that the average amount of land in culti ation, comnpared to the whole amount of acres of >penr land, is 8-2) less thman one-half. So we wourld ave, reailly, less than11 half a crop planted, and ut two-! hinds work done on that half crop. I int grivenr you tire data. You can draw your >wn conclusion. I prediet a terrible "lettingt lown" on thne part of those prophn ts wvho see a ig crop going to market next fall and winter. Reptorts fromt tire various sections of our State re geinerally good, especially for cerials. In tire pper sectiorns wheat and rye promise an abun ance. The farmnere of our District have been rery industrions ini r. akinig fertilizers and planit ng al tire ground possib!e. Whreat and: corn f which there is a large breadth-fIlourishies fine y, though tire late raitns have been rather cool or cottoni. It germinates slowly; some planters, owever, speak of having fine looking "stands." Albeit ,a large number of freedmen have gone Vest, we learn that labior is ample and abundant, ith some little surplus yet, and so far the pros ects are good. A iate gentle shower having. eed tire ground from its impacted condition rought about by thre recent heavy, beating rains md high witnds, tire Canth is nrow moist,mnellow rid warmi, arid tire seasons geineroirs. So that, rder tire blessings of hecaven, should tire freed eni c:mtinue irndustriously to work at threir pro nut crops and riot fancy that there arid thither an eldorado, it eureka, nor dream too much of F&r Ie I! raid. Our Town. Many tlings can be done for the prosperity of a place which are not thought of till the practi cauility of these things is suggested. Before the war, which has itst closed, a large quantity of co:ton was bou-ht in this town. The Bank of Newblrry was in operation then, and furnished facilities to tradeers and dealer.--merchants, the nieans of purchasing aH the produce brought to this niaret and offored for sale. Capitalists joined their means and took stock in the Bank. The Bank went i:Lo operation and the result was what has just been stated ; that the means of pu-rhasing the proh:ce of the country were af forded, and the produ c was sold. Is it not possible that the san thing can again be done ? It is believed that there is capital enouTh at this time, in the District lying idle, Which if put into a Natioual Bank, would give all the facilities for buying and sebing pmoduce in t!.iS town, which once existed here, when the Bank of Newberry was in successful operation. When a good market is afford-d to the people near home, it ii never the case that the people will co far, and pass by such . market, to sell their produce. The difflicuies are so great, as were evildenced by the winter j st pas!, in getting to niarket, that when such ditficulties can be avoided, they wil! not voluntarily be undertaken. Capital lying idle brings no profit to the owner nor to any other person. If this c:pital could be invested safely, so as to be secure, and at the same time make a profit to the capitalist, a great good would be conferred upon the community at large, while the e ipitalist would be realizing a handsomi- per centage on his capital. Lot it not be said that every thing is too unsettled to em bark in such enterprizes as this. I would suggest that now is the time to engage in such an under takir.g. Columbia-a town three-fourths barned to the ground, and the people literally stripped of everything-stw the importance of the thing suggested, and has a National Bank under way. If the people of Columbia can co-nmand the m,ans what is there to prevent the people of Newberry from doing the same thing? The concentration of capital here will bring trade and prosperity not only to the town, but to the District, and to the Rail Road. We see re ports in the papers that projects are contemplated as to connecting Charleston with Cincinnati, by means of the Blue Ridge Rail Road, by way of Knoxville, Tenn., and also of making the connec tions fro.a Atlanta, Ga., to Anderson, S. C., from Newberrv to Chester, S. C., and thus on to the groat thoroughfaires to the North. This would place Newberry in a position which would con duce m ore to her- prosperuty than any other thing that coulId be done. TIhese suggestions are thrown out like bread upon th~e waters--the results may be seen after mnany days. In the meantime will tihe people think of th ese things ? CIVIS. For thec herald. NEw ORAS, APRIL 2I, 1863. Eitors II- raId :-We have hot days-gre .n peas, beans, Irish potatoes, &c. I have not saen a beggar since I came-there may be some, how ever, and they judged from the appearance of your correspondent that he had nothing to spare. But the thieves make up for all begging. The city is infested with rogues, white, black atnd all intermediate stripes, male and femalie, old and young. They steal by night and day-when vou are lookin g at them and when you are looking another way. One is~ struck, if not bitten, by the multitude of ugly litle dogs. I have not seen a do; in the city of a size that it would not take four at the le est to maike one such as brother Dick Chap mn's wite u dog. Of nine-tenths of all I have seen it would take on an average fi-om six to ten. T he children seem to be some'. hat on the dimin utive scale also. In fact the people generally scorn not to have attained to the full stature of men and womcen in the old fleshly Adam. Rev. J. R. Pickett is here-I have seen one such in the city cars-thought he received the worth of five cents a little more fully than somue others. I had heard macht about the beauity of the la dces of the Crescent city-a groat deal more thanu half was told me. I have not seen them-they may live where the big dogs are kept. A ride of fotur miles through the Creole Kingdom -down one rail and up another-showed me imore ugiy woe than my eves ever beheld in the same number any where else. I was to!d, when I re p)orted the sights of my~ trip, that I did not go in the right direction. I anm inclined to give it up. Bat there are some ladies here, that might be appropriately classed with miny ia the Palmetto State. Acco~rding to the number of Churches and amount of bell ringing ther-e is little Church go-n ing and the Church going is far ahead of the nuorshippers. But then there are good people here. Shows, operas, theatres, frolics, private arnd public, are the order of the day, or rather of the night-grog shops agree with this state of things. While the "-Yankees" hadl I ule of things here the theatres were shut tup on Sunday ights. But the anti-parit.;nie sentiment has opened these engines of demoralization again. I hesitate not to s:ay that the Yankees were right and that the existence of a sentiment in the Southl of anti puritanism which is wrong. We call many.thting s "'/ritanc" which ate christian antd should be oliserved by us albhough they come fromt the 2orth. On the whole I am of the opinion that a m:an can loge his soul as easy in the South as lhe can in the North-and that if a man or woman desires -a certain arnd quick passage to the neigh borhtood of the "r-ich man", he or she e-an find as w.uch ni.l and comt fort in this Southern city as any whtere I know of. Trying to travel in the other direction, I remain yours, &c. S. HI. B. P. S.-W. M. Wight man, E. M. Marvin, D. S. Doggett, and HI. N. McTycrre were elected Bishops of the (Ghurch on yesterday. No more will be elected. S. H. B. For the Herald. En. ED;ToR :-During a very pleasant and de lighttful communion meeting at the Presbyterian Chtur-eb, in the hospitable town of Florence, in Darhttngton District, S. C., on the morning of Sat urday, the 28th April, after a se.mon by Rev. J. J. Long, the Rev. D. E. Frierson, was invited to take the chair, who explained the object of the meeting, when I was requested to orgauize the Florence Bible Society, which by a vote of the Sodiety, including all denominations, was made tin auxiliary of the Amer-ican Bible Society, for the dlistribution of the Bible, "without itote or comnt."t' The occasioni was one of mttch in terest. A good supply of Bibles and Testaments were ordered by the officers from thte House of the Amerie a Bible Society, for distr-ibution among all readers alike. Officers : Rev. J. D. A. Bi-ownt, President ; J. L. James, Esq., Vice Presi dent ; Jerorme P. Chase, Secretary and Treasurer; Executive Committee-Capt. John Wiley, J. A. Pet,ire. Er., W. B. Pttigi-.., Eq Unnde LOCAL ITIKS. SALEs-DAT.-Notwitlhsta1ding the unfavcrable condlition of the weather the stres: pree ented the usual attraction of crowds of vis'tors from the country, from a number of ihom we hear the, at present, common complaint of too much rain and cool weather, so much so that fears are entertained of rust taking the wheat. Never was there a better prospec for an abundant crop and we trust still that no serious result wil ensue to cut it short. As to the general crops, their fu ture succcss or yield, not much can be said, owing to the unreliability of labor; time alone will prove the problem, whether the laborer will work to the end. A lively clash, not of armc, but words, between our respectable and rival auctioneers, lept the neighborhood of Court loiuse Square in goch humor during the morning, there,being no less than three of them, and all crying at once. One olferin# a superannuated wigon and harness, an other a patriarchal horse of doubtful age, sup posed to be under 20, and the other a dog cart and harness, ca':h 1one6i of attracting the great est atiention, determined to run up the aforesaid valuable property to the highest figure. We leh before either had knocked down 'tother to ary for tunate it.ividual, the cries furiously sounding oT "nine ar.d a quarter, did I hear," from one ; "got ing at thirty-seven and a halt" from second, and "forty-five, are you all done, forty-fire," from' the other ; while we were going, going, gon'. This was not all the property offered or sotd, however, as nunbet of individuals will testify who were relieved of their greenbacks. NHEA.T1Y.-Everybody's busine~ is unfoAu nately generally found to be the business of no body. Everybody sees the necessity of clean lincss, and a proper hygiene in our town, but strange to say there it rests. It is certainly a m1isfortunc, and a great one, that our town is left to take care of itself. Its orphaned condition calls for an expression of pity. What may or will be the consequence, this summer, if the .v rious stagnant pools about and arount our devo ted town remain undrained ? sickness, pestilence, death. It behooves then that somebody consider it and adopt some way of ridding us of not only a nuisance, but a future dread. Now is the time too, before the hot suns of this month and next do their unhea'thy work. REv. MorFATT GaEER.-It was our good pleas ure to hear this young minister last Sunday morning at the Associate Reformed Church. We wcuild like to attempt an extended notice of his discourse, but fear that we would not dohim jus tice. Suffice it, that he is an earnest, eloquent and imipassioned speaker. Lofty in conceptdon:, dignin reasoning, pure in style, simple yet diifidi manner, and just ornate enough to fascinate the mind while he impresses the heart. R ELIEvED.-iAeutenants Carr and Mc0ann, with their Co , K., 15th Maine Tols., left our t own for Abbueville last week. Lieuts. Orcutt and. Owen of Co. C., supersede them. .The retiring garrison were courteous, finely behaved men. We wish them a pleasant time at Abbeville. We trust the new garrison may have a pleasant and agreeable sojourn in our community Yr. A. M. Riser will accept our thanks for his nice present of a mess of Black fish fresh from the waters of Charleston harbor. It is his In ten tion to keep up a supply of very many cboie and seasoniable delicacies, which we hope will be appreciated by the public. The fish we allxai to come paec:ed carefully in ice and are per fectly fresh. MEAT STotEX.--Col. J. R. L., of our town, had4 all his meat stolen a short time ago. Hi is o the trail. If the party who took it would saye threir bacon-it had better be returned, soon. We think they ought to have left the Col. half, or one or t wo middlings at least. Give him back his meat, and muay*be he'll forgive you. NoTIeE.-E. II. CuaRsTrAx, will be happy to see his old friends at thme Tapper House, where everything good in the liine of beverage's may be had at all times. Also ale, porter, pickles, oysi ters, &c. Messrs. Wiskeman & Wilbur have pced us under obligation by the present of a foot or twd of real old Bologna Sausage, a rarity not often seen in these parts. Dr. Grierson's soda fount is in full blast. It g ushes with sparkling, delicious nectar. Business Notiess. Mr. Jas. G. Gibbes of Columbia, ofiTers a supe rior article of Guano to planters on time, payment to be made either in cash or cotton in October next. This offer will enab!e the planter who .is short of funds, to suipp!y himself with this valua ble fertilizer on easy terms. It is not too late either, as it can be applied to the crop after it is up and growing. See card elsewhere. Drs. Rluff & Pope, having entered ined s' part. nesi,offer their professional services in the practice of medicine and surgery, to the citizens of Newberry. The experience, together with the practical ability of these gentleman, will com-I nend them favorably to the public. Notice theif Mr. IH. Brantly, Practical Surveyor, will attend to ar,y orders left_at E. P. Lake's office. The' ractical experience of Mr. H., is to well knowdf to need recommendation. Business entrusted to' imn will be executed promptly and with satisfaca lon. Mr. R. Willson, located di. Power's shcmp; Laus ens district,, is prepared to fit up and repair. Pumps. We recommend him to those in need of his services. - - Mr. W. A. Templeton advertises havingftund a roll of greenbacks, near Silver Street, which the loser can recover by application to him. Rev. II. M. Boyd, it will be seeni has an estray nule ; the rightful owner is informed that he cad ave 'his mule.' A. M. Riser's Ice Cream Saloon will be throwrt pen for the citizen's to-morrow, (ThursdayJ orning. Mr. J. C. Richard's,- admu'r estate of Geo. At ford, dec'd, calls upon the creditors. The "Anderson~ ilwigencer, o Saf8d, ~omplains of outrages-by the muilitary in that vi age and dis trict. In announcing another chai. fgairisonm, it says : The seperate districts are again consolidate4,'