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[INVAI1ABLY IN ADVAYCE WEDNESDAY M1ORNING;NO 27. - * - -4- -__ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ E ERALD - - i ETaz - -. -~ IL. 4E MA,intl ktS A"UX, IN CURRENCY OR PROVISIONS. - eSRi egefSd iaiably In..ane CAiW.lIces, Funeral Inittatds Obit -Cuicatmes. sbemtg-pervate e ared as advertsements. * - - - e Phasw.) * ~ 1vm-t"~ rbAbx.j * - Y&rlk Tirnes al thd cn its State. 1ria: Our aWention has to ~he .fotowing ex -900, York -Times: 6 -Ats of.$outh Caro - ag,4cee hmseIes o4e inth' negro his- seemed a seaiblo - a #* Iif reeega1tiift e~f'a -plitl it fttit'4ws.t6Q,sS -i -- % 4e'ee ted by the w.oIe Sh.5kedthe prejadice -a patty., be 9 n of Aan,,ervas in noT~ nyegre never has, - an integg' 'Wemeet- of the )5 p~berIr why shoDla4 So.they gathered to,etbr a new - Outeptiot- th Demoets l ilMt ad| oeg SiAs &gfe.sfates tht - te saan S goer1 - A sfermaljy re-ai rmed, a (the - -aa,io f ~heCoi4ion4tt -t-.;aty, whe'eer will'terwi re otI n-net to. the - ourerg Sheretaries, eeaire~ t4ai4Td-leTir-esetthat - 4.proaebed Ale ~ballot aoftsi Affilca: ShouId -st 44l .,.- hisAquai Gede- a --.- uestion~ was, n'ot1 -W-JganJa;16e Constitiflion, -h Weotki the &diant end the qiNspart, H'e snd 'he * and moreo-.eonymeec * God' Abejghlty created the diritiune-from thg. 9 fno~4r:adfertpur --ths.iepehes-was, that,-the negro .by..the Atmighty t2 -g ~feriQr position; an -e%*eofear(al af th wartiig 1tis purpse hat'they tIie-egro ow1; for one, d& ns9 aucept - eerie by th Times. *e~beraf t,beAprP Conven *..*t pq an d4voeae of The.'pin sad conservative policy pro - ia4 he I4 doit admit that - - f sai4ConvQition ed.Mr.Sparnick, yp~ Otaer8 have their ' tif#.vewi& lut~these atterances do,pdfaet t11at large an4idu egi*tortion of theoTe of the St&ho advoetheprogramnme -ini Convention, and re jgEdae expressions and views of thP Tamix as representing the people more correcthy than theex treme opinions of extreme men and ultra .journals. I fear that therqis too-much truth in what lN/Times says when it rernarks the- D'emocrats, directly or iedfrecity, by words or by acts, by desrjnes they announce, or by~ attf igkrth's'position; tbat this~ is.xe&vbl.a 'white man's gov e,.nmni*, fe Thdin themselves not only to defeat, but to disaster -and death. It is not -only a re-ac ~tior A-a at .the war, and against the principles which it established, it is a re-action against the ten deneies and events of the age against that broader and higher civilization which is making men e-verywhere more tolerant of mere I accidental distinctions, and which s is admitting them as men to share c the rights a~nd responsibilities, as i they muLt share the burdens and t penalties, of governments and ( Uws." And believing at there is-much f deserving of consideration in this r paragraph, -I hope that the Nation- i al Democratic party will be mod- f erate and 'politic.~ Let that Cbn ventikn put itself upon the basis-of i the South Carolina Convention of a April last. I agree with Col. I .Thomas, in his litter to a meeting 9 ink Newberry; wherein he suggested t that.were the National -emocracy < to phaet itself 'Upou~ the~ basis of qualiffea -suffrage- to the negro, f ftliand South, it would sweey E th6 colitry and certainly aebieve t the success it deserves. This, Mr. f Editor, is toy on -wew. A COSE.RVATIVE DEMOCRAT- r The-Central Rail Road-Sec .4a'Ma rriageof the-Atlantic -Ocean a.d he- Mississippi . Ji er. We publfshed Satardaf morn ing(says the 11acon 'Jouraaw & .5lessenger, of the 22d-instant,) from t the Montgorory. Advertiser, the >ro;eehings of the. ptQkholder& S meeting of the .!Tontgomery, and 1 West.Pnint Rail. Read et-cat it:sav a,> 'greserited, e.speeih. iv that held 13y the Cent'alT':t:T opd and- Banking .Company of Sannnih,Geqria, J it CoIn pAny. has: leased the. Muscogee.: Rail Road for ninety-ninae yeara,. and now ogS, As we learn.- -the coutrolliagportion of the Mont gomeryand West Point Rail.Road. They propose, aud have agreed, wd undertaUd, t0 build the .road from Ifontgogmery to Selma in less thntwo -ers oisrder to'halve-" one grand kne from.~the Missis-.r -piriver to the At1&ptic -'onst."~ This is the. seSond marriage. of I ljfe :At-lantie ;Ocean anid M&issis. ' sippi- River.- Th,197the Memphis. aiid Charleston Rail Road was~ eonipleted;'anrd the first nnptials were grandIy soleirezd by.those two -cities, assisted by.all theS towns and cities along the li.ne. e -But the Union wyas.neither a close erA happy one. There was not, ~ as-intm any- other matchos, much t love,~not-enough homogenous sen- i timent, and bride and 'groom soon ~ bicame 'estranged and virtu.ally di- ~ vorbedL The awful -denunciation, L "Whom Gpd joins together let not man put assander." was disregrard- L ed hy .the East Tenrnessee and Vir- t ginia roads, -and -they have, like ' the cruet and merciless Jago, es- ' trang~ed'Charleston -and Memphis 1 -the-weather-beaten, powder-be- - grim&d old Othrello and the lovely U young:DesdIemona. . But.the amorous, old Ocean has a lallen in love 'the second time with t his -fascinrating- Western bride. r This time the nuptials are to be t ' celebrated by a different priest, and before a- different andienee. They are now betrothed, and the i links which are to be moulded into ~ the indissoluble bridal chain are the Central, the Muscogee, the t Montgomery and West Point, the d Montgomery and Selma, and the Y Selma, Meridian and Vicksburg C Rail Roads. Every link is ready r to be weled together except the ~ Montgomery and Setma, and the t bridegroom undertakes to make that in two years.; It is to be a happy union. - There is no jealous F and villianous Iago to sever the i iron link which shall rebind this ~ Othello and Desdemona together. a . A Chicagov girl of sweet nineteen now t sports ber fifth husband. His four pre- t decessors enjoyed married life from six months to a. year ach.,f iupplementary Report of Com missioner of Immigration. 17PERIKENDENT BUREAU OP MMTGRATION, UHAR,.kSTON, May 18, 168 -. ro His ExcellUncy Governor James L. Orf. Sm : Since my last report to 'our Excellency, thirty-one per ons have been registered in this ifice, and have found employment n this State. There are now wenty persons on the way from ermany and Scandinavia, via 3altimore, and may arrive in a ew days. The registries of lands tow embrace 332,660 acres, in al nost every- district of the State, or sale at reasonable rates and in- favourable* conditions; and early 3000 acres of good lands in alubrious sections of the State iave been registered to be given s a free donation to actual set lers, upon reasonable conditions f improvement. I -am glad to perceive a more avourable consideration ot our ;tate in Europe, And the indica ions-ire, that as soon as We can btai'n greater and- regular facili ies for passagc, we shall certainly eceive a shaie of immigrati6n. tdeed, there would now be no runt of well inclined labour for s, if oir people could make the rrangemeit for an outlay of the 6bt of'tranportation. In Germany there are noyi rec influencial papers that a ocate our cause,--although I am - rty to say we hare, *as yet, a ruhitude of very 'bitter oppo ets: In Swein and Denm'aik, ilr jittfri;Ior~eijg -6-T-U-ner a WAle practical re ults will follow. In Ireland, sev ral.g entlemen are kindly distrib tji= pt3mplets. I have mieni ioned -sotir& ceileny On a >rmer occasion* that I, desired cry much,the establishment of irect steam.communication with urope.- With- reasonable sacri- i .ees this eould be effe-ted- with remron, -ainbtrg "and Glasgow, -here ship-ewners are very' fa ourably inclineto our project. ~he railroads rroin Charleston to. lemphis being willing to trans ort immigrat-passtengers at one ent'per mife, and their. baggage t -very reduced rates, would make ble route to the West a more iourible one t<han over either sew . York or Baltimore.. It bould be our cons.tint aim to. ac om-plish so -desirable an arrang 1ent, and I trust, when-oar poli-ta :-a1 position is once more assured, bat the State will liberally su.a ain every effort that shall be < lade in that direction. I had,< esides, intended to have pub-.1 shed a suggestion for an indus rial movement which seems caleu ited not only to be of great advan ge to our people, generally, but ould afford facilities for the prof :able emplymnent of a considera-1 le number of immigrant employ es I intended to suggest and.1 rge the establishment of at leasti ne Cotton factory in -a central-. nd eligible position, in every dis rct, for- the making up of the< aw material into yarns, the capi al to bie subscribed in lands at a >w valutation, and the -lands to e sold to immigrants. To make be profits of these establishmentst eure the planters to pledge at ertain number of bales of Cotton o be -yarned on toll. I only in icate the outline of the plan for1 our consideration, deeming the onfuse dstate of public affairs un ropitious for attempting it at I resent. It seems that even in be city of New York there is a< rant of sufficient labourers for the lrmersn the vicinity-the pa ers complaining that the bet 3r class of imrpigrants, however t ) large numbers they arrive, re already, before they leave t urope, billeted for their destina on in the Western States, andi at only the worthless and indif n.rn+. remain for local engage- } ients. This agrees entirely with my formerly expressed opiuions, ilthough.it seems that some of :ur planters have obtained labour from New York. I had made ar rangements with a gentleman in Pennsylvan*a to furnish labour oft iny kind, and of a superior char icter, to such plapters as could ,!omply with his-4 terms-which were very reasonable-and when aver I have been applied to I have 1urnilied his address. But I still ontinue to believe that our resus Aitation must be founded upon the incurring of an immigration of ,mall farmers, who will be fol-: owed by reliable labourers and skille-I mechanics~ of every de-: scription, and that the most prac tical,method of effecting tbat is direct stream communication with European ports,. profters of cheap lands and a multiplication of our irAlustrial pursait& I have the hono to be, your Excellency's obedient servant, JOHN 1 . WAGENER, Comnimissioner of lhinmigriition. Kgrictiltural, English - farmers believe tbat "hilling up" potatoes reduces their Field one-fourth. They do not' ripen as well Soft soap iid4 -vill be found ralaaWe fr garden s and yards of andyd a4td awost any other, Sdi&from bar soap ess value. Everyfarmer -ought to know .hat cut nails, heated red hot and Iropped into cold Water, will clinch t eas wrou'ght.nails. -*urrants,. todojheir best.Mat f6e l rurne- and.. heiy nulehied, Beans are a most nutritious bod for man or beast. For -men xd hogs they should be cooked, bor sheep raw. Many women are becoming bee eepers and making money at it. Phey are not the kind, however, bhat squeel at the sight of spiders. Sheep kept with- eows are -not o apt to be killed by dogs as when love. The cows fight forthen. Potatoes can be grown much. sarier by spi-outirig t.hern, in a wrm bed,.before plantiog 4hemn. PIace them on'a layer of -mTanure od cover them with sind. ~ Trans iant the middle of May. 'it-is said that the last cup of nik drawn .from the oow-"the trippings"--con tains sixteen times e much cream as the first 'cup. We&will not vouch for the exact ieures, but the true ones are large. It is just as easy to raise a bushel >f good apples as a bushel of poor es. *What is a dollar or twvo of xtra preliminary expenses in get ~ing good fl-ees. The Department of A griculture ays that 10,000,000 bushels of ~heat are wasted in this country ~nnually, by bad sowing-too eep, too shallow, too thick, too hin, too uneven. Clean out the cellars, "about his time," and give them a tho ogh airing, It is about as safe live over a gun-powder maga ine as the filth and poisonous >dors of some cellars. But such Ituff doesn't .poison your land ise it there. The apple tree makes a good 1edge, but the wilder and poerer .he variety, the thornier and bet r for that purpose. Solon Robinsonf says: "Food hould never be given to fowvls, inless they are hungry enough to o crazy after it." Doubted. Hens vill do first-rate with corn lying >y them all the tine. Joh n Johnson says that one load f manure as top-dressing, is vorth two ploughed under on stiff and. London.dairymen have decided hat the most profitable cows are ~raded short horns. Not that hey give more -milk, but they nake the most beef when past nilking. Multitudes of farm accidents innen hoenan nuts nr rnnning gear are not looked after and kept ti ght. Five miniTutes attenfion each day, wrench in band, is the remedy. Early hatched chickens make early layers next winter. When bees forage on grazing lands, all the honey they get is so much sweetness and nutriment taken from the pasturage. It is not certain that the loss is not a serious one to the dairy. Remarkable Pistol Shooting. The "Turf, Field, and Farm," of the 9th instant contains a report of a pigeon shootinir match be tween Captain JOHN TaAvIs and Mr. HENRY CROSTHWAITE. The match came off in Pennsylvania, at Sharon, on the 25th ultimo, the day being windy, and not favora ble to good shooting. Ta4vIs shot with a pistol, and CRosTH WAITE,with a shot.gun. The pistol carried 35 to the pound. CRosTI WAITE was allowed 35 yards rise and 10 yards boundary, TRA vis having 10 yards rise and 10 yards- boundary. CROSTHWAITE was thefiavorite, the betting being 100 to 20 on the shot gan, bets being offered that Ta.Vls would not kill four-out of the ten birds to be shot At.. CRoSTIWAITE opened the match. killing the first four birds suc-,essively, miss'd the fifth, -the sixth i'ell beyond the boundarf, killed the seventh,, is sed the eighth, and' :lilled the ninth and tenth-making. seven killed out of the. ten. TRAVIS then took his stand. The trap string was pulled; he missed the first. bird, killed the second, third. ,ul fourth, nitsed be_fifth killed ti-sixth, and missed th*6 seventh. he had thr-e more chances, and must kill every bird, or CROSTH WAITE would be winner. The ,-Turf" closes the report of the match in the following enthusias tic style: The word is given, the pigeon rises from the trap, 'wings made swifter and stroager by the hope of freedom. Whiz ! bang! a little cloud of smoke, a thud on the ground of falling body, aid the eighth bird is added to the score of the killed. ~The'uin th rises, the shar-p'report of th~e pistol is again beard, and another bird drops like a stone to the ground. One moie shot! The last chance. The bird must fall within the boandary or Crosthwaite claims the stakes and is proclaimed the victor. No tihie for faltering no w. Pull the string. The captive is free. It is leaving its priso.n house behind. Fright: enied, destierate, springs into t'h0 air 'with the swiftness of an airr w speeding from the bow tigh 1; strung by athletic hands. Ah ! feet indeed must be tlie me~ssen ger that arrests its flight ! How quiet, breathless are the spectators. The only stoical figure of the .pic ture is the man standing ten yards from the trap, pistol in his hand. The eye flashes along the short barrel. Hark ! the report-and the winged flight of fear is sud denly arrested. T he aim was true, and the ball has performed its mis sion well ! The- bird falls within the boundary dying-dead ; and the winds keep. on its course, but now freighted with hundreds of cheers. Captian Travis- has killed his seven birds, tied his opponet, and the judges pronounce the match a draw. Mr. Crosthwaite distinguished himself. There are but few men in the country who can kill their- seven birds out of ten, on a windy day, thirty-five yards rise, and ten yards boundary. What, then must be said of Cap tain Travis' shooting? He also killed his seven birds, but with a pist ol ! The feat is remarkable, and deserves to be classed among the m >st marvellous trials of sk-il!. Travis beat himself. .Another leaf -a leaf of purest gold-has been added to his chaplet of fame. There i< a tig tree in Ceylon 2,55 years old. Its history is preserved by both A Canadian Miracle-A Man Fed by the Virgin. A Canadian paper, the Unis des Cantons, relates the following curious story: A young man, naried Joseph Le Clere, son of a farmer living in the township of Somerset, Eastern Township, - aged about thirty years, and dumb from his birth, wha is described as a "mod el of piety," though a little imbe cile, left his father's house on the -2d of May, and; to the great alarm and solicitude of his parents, could not be found nowhere up to the 18th of the same month. On this day ten men went out in search of the truant, and, after some search, found him -on the banks of the Riviere Noire, not far from its junction with the B-canour. He was without slces, and lightly clad; but al though the weather for some time previouls, had been almost, wintry, he did not seem to have .suffered from cold. To the eager ques tions put to him by- the discover. ers, he gave the following ac roant of himself: Seeing that he had lost his way, he lay down and considered how he might best employ himself. -He then set to work to clear the hush, and had actually sut ceeded in making about a. quarter of in acre of ground tolerably presentable. He averred that be had never sufferred from hnge'r; that -a tall lady -in white, very beautiful and ainiable, had every day brought him two supplies ef food, consisting of a sort of lArge round biscuits, far better than any fs~itish~1iid ever -e' bef6r'e. She came to him, flying, and at night covered him carefully wit'h a- large quilt, which kept him quite warm. All this be related in a simple,'natural^manner, witb out any sign of deception. The article concludes thus: These are the certain facts. Who can explain them otherwise than by a mysterious protection of Heaven? If not we mi'st start many suppositions, and it is more natural to believe that th~e Holy VirgFin condescended to take care~ of this young man), and to resto're him in safety to his family as a reward for his virtue. . The Two Merchants. I. When trade gre w slack and notes fell due, the merchant's face grew long and blue; 'his dreams were troubled through the night, with sheritf"s bailiffs all in sight. A,t -ast his wife unto him said: Rlise up at onec,get out of bed, and get your paper, iik and p)en, and say these words unto all men: *My goods I wish to sell to you, and to your wives arrd daughters, too ; my pricas they shall be so low, that ch will buy before they go. He did as his good wife'advised, and in the "papers advertised." Crowds canie and bought of all he had ; hie notes were paid, . his dreams made glad; and he will tll to you this day, how well did printer's ink repay. He told~ us this with a- knowing wink, - how he was saved by printer's ink. II. The other in-a -place as tight, contented was the press to slight; and did not let the people know, oif what he did or where to go. His drafts fell due and n ere not paid, and a levy on his goods was made; the store was closed until the sale, and for some time he was in jail. A ban krupt now without a cent, at leisure he can deep re pent, that he was foolish and un wise, and: did not freely advertise. If you think the moral of this story wise, you should not neglect to advertise. The Scientific Convention has decided that the reason why milk n ,w-a-days has no cream, is be cause the milk has got so high the rea can't get to the ton of it. What to Do and When to do. It, 1. If a man faints, place'IA fldat on his back, and lef him alone. 2. If- any poison is swallowed, drink instantly half a glass of wa ter -with a heaping teaspoonf&-. each of common salt and grouvkd muistard stirred into it - this v.>mits as soon as it reaches tw_ stGmt.h; but for feaf at y me remain, swallow the white of one or two raw eggs, or drink a r of strong coffee, these two- being andidotes for a greater nutubero poisons than any dozen other- Ar tieles known, with the adv~ ,: - of their always being at hand,- it' not, a pint-of sweet- oil, or -lap oil, or- 'dripping' or --melted -tat ter, or lard suistituter, especiali it they vomit quiQkly. '. The'best thing to_stopt bleeding of a moderate 'cut-* stantly, is to cover- it prof u with. cobweb, flour and salt 7 and baf. 4. If the blood comes from A wound by jds <r spirts, be spr'y* or the man will die in a few, iis - utes; because an artery isevered tie a handkerchief looiely aroid,, near the part between the wound' and the heart ; put a stick betwe4. the handkerchief and skin andr twist it- around until the bloo ceases to flow;. keep it there -wtit the doctoi comes;' in a position where the landkerchief cannot 6" used; piefs the thnnib on a near the vound betweeiithe w6,d and the heart; iriereas, the pres sure until the bleeding ceases bqt do not lessen the pressure fr. M instant' until the_ .ysician w rives, save to'-glue up the wo84 by coagulationor edoling of the hIardening blood. 5 If your clothing takes' i slide the hands down the r keeping them as close to the as possible, at the same tine si9k ing to the. floor, by -bending the knees, this has a smothering,eMwV; u )on the flames;-if n6t extingiM". e., or.-great headway -gotten, Ie down on.tha floor, and roll over' and over; or better envelop yoru2M_ self in a carpet, rug, bed cloth1 oet - any.garment you can.get lrotd; 0 - always pi'efetring woolen. 6. If the body is tired, rest ,i if the-brain is tired, sleep. 7. If the boreis are looW; ite downa in a warim bed, 4enWit fei and. eat nothing ut,il' ydd- atis well. 8. If the action of tlie bo#efs' does not occur at the useil hour, eat n.>t .a a atom until they do a6t, at least for 36 hours; neanwhile drinik largefy of -cold water or hot teas, and exercise ion the open atr" jfo tbeexctenti of a 'giptle perspi1tca [tion, and keep this up nntiltiunge praticd,would save myf-isdkr of lives every year, both'-ih city and country. - 9. Thle three-best.medicines' iarv the world aO warmth, 'sstT and repose.-iall's Jownamf ffealth: PNEUMArIe .TUBEs.-The GOV ernor of' New York has signed a hill authorizing the formationk of a Pneumuatic Dispatch Company in New York city for the transimis sion of letter and digbt merchan dise. The method of' proppision is very simple. A hollow tube is. laid, a car whieb exactly jiea ther ore i'js) placed at one end, and the air is theni exhausted from..the op' potsite end of the tube;. when the atmospherie pressure on the car force~s it through the tut'e. .The: first line will be constructed im' mediately, and if successful, simi lar lines will be built to all part. of New Yak and Brooklyn. A e barter fpi' pneumatic railway has also been grar'ted by the New Jersey Legislature, and it is eXm pected that a large tabe will soom be laid between Jersey City and Newark for transmittin, both light and heavy freight..I this line should prove successful, the company will build a passenger pneumatic railway throughout the State. It is said that cars can be safely run by this method at the ra teng forty or fifty miles an hour