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KEOWKK COI'RIEU ROBT. A, THOMPSON, Editor. TRttMS.??l.SO pornnmim.in ndvnnco. If pn in?nt be delayed until nfler the ?Xpirntion oft % year, |2. For ?i* month*. 75 cents, in atlvnn Advertisement* incfrte?l ?t the uannl rate*. PICKENS C. iL s. a i Saturday Morning, Jane 20, 1857. To Correspondents. "Wo havo on band two or throo artich for publication, which shall appear nc: week. An obituary, over the signature < <lG." is withheld, becaueo it was not a< companicd by tho name of tho writer.This is a wholesome rule, and one that ? cannot consistently violate. "X,"over in another column, rolaU Bomethinp:ofa cbioken story; which, but fc his vouching, we onuld not very well a: ford to entertain seriously ! Howbeit, a tho comet and circus havo both given n u-i_J? ?i ? i -? wiu uuugu, ii. ih pernaps mo next bet novelty afloat, and, wero wo not *' up t our eyes" in Equity reports and briefs, w might appropriately enough say, " crow Chapman, crow !" But, 41 under existing circumstances," we can't?absolutely won't It might be too much for his Shanghai bhip, and, as it clearly comes within th< palo of '"good conscience," it is ordere< that it bo referred to friend Moore, of tin Carolinian, and that ho be authorized t< enquire and report as to whether or no tho Shanghai aforeca'ld was the creature o a certain egg, bearing tho inscription o uT?ko heed, time is short," that was lait on his editorial table previous to tho pre dieted advent of the said comol! and tha he have leave to sit on tho?case at lois ure, ami report, without "special matter,' ^tJhor'before or after tho dog-days get in A'h"1 commissions aro some as both cases ft re per liairt^^arw^^gs,'' ^10 lwo f?r convenience mny bo considered together. If one doei tiot afford flesh, the other mny fowl! New Post Office. A new post oflice?Nine Times"? has been established in this district, and Mr. J. R. McKinnbv appointed Postmaster. This oflice is located in the north-western portion of tho district, and takes its name from a creek, which, in its devious windings in a romantic section, crosses tho public highway "nino times" in a very short . distance. This stream is, wo hulinvft,roiy?climfiS p.nltall T.iflln Poalotnn K..? ...A v. , unt no v III U l> f\ should bo allowed to retain the more appropriate name of Nine Time#. Espeoially, as near by another larger andsbeautiful stream?Eastatoc?flows down from its wild and mountainous source through a large and fertile valley, on to the KeoweeA Venerable Belick. A friend has bunded us a large, curiously shaped ring of pure gold,which wa* found by a negro, six miles above this place, on Keowee river, near Gap Uill, whero was fought, in the days of the lied Man, a well contested battle with the Pule Faces. The ring bears on its outside, in perfectly legi bio italic capital letter*, this inscription: "W'm. Newman*, o b, 8 June, 1757, 19." A short distance from where the ring was picked up, is tho ruins of old Fort George, whoso precincts, in the olden time, were nlike crimsoned wi.'h the blood of the white mart and the savage. Perchance the possessor of this ring, in one of the many deadly contests, which bleached bones now to be seen fully attest, lost his life, and it has shared tho fate of his dust till now At least, it is a curious centenarian, whose supposed history is suggestive of love, war finrl ""i""""" I.1?? VMUIUWIVM0??V IVIIJItl'UV) id UIIO IWII left with lis for iho inspection of tho ouiiOtis in such matters. Local Improvements. We have from tiuie lo time spoken of the spirit of improvement and enterprise apparent in our neighboring towns and the Dist iict generally. It is a greater pleasure, however, to speak of improvement in our midst, more especially as it is the (list for years. Dr. J.N. Lavtrkxceerecting, on the west side of the miblio miiam. ? * I ? " commodious building for mercantile purposes. It will be completed in a uliort time. Will not our citizens generally go to work and improve their buildings and grounds? A very small outlay of capital, with somo labor and industry, would add much to the oopnfort, convenience and appearance of the place. By-the-way, what has become of tho new firilnl AnlnmrliiA J Th?i \rit om ?wotl? in , -V ? - ' need of such a building none will deny. Wl.o wiil put ihe ball in motion again I Resigned. Brig. Gen. J. W. Harrison has resigned bis office of Brigadier General of this Brignde. (Jau. Smith, m will bo ?eon by advertisement in anotl?er column, has ordered an election to fill iho vacancy. drfatii ova Million a1kk.?Com. Jolin / i a:~a .1,. i i OlUYOIItlUICU Ul UI ii#<j ncnri, at bis residence in Hoboken, ott Jane 10th agai 72 yV'ira. He leaves property to the nsouBt li icvml nillioos. > 1 The United States Sennto. j In times of imminent public peril th people appear instinctively to turn to thi _ j illustrious body of sages for safoty, and ihi lV. feeling, honoraolo alike to their head an< heart, gave rise, in our ofl-ropoated section ill controversies, whon hopo in evervthinj = else bad died out, to tbo patriotic watch word?" Look to tho Senato I" Having then, the contidonce of the people, althougl n its most brilliant lights have set forever | none but our ablest, purest, and most pat Js j riotio public men should be elected to tb< <t j U. S. Senate, and all party feeling and Dre of judice should bo laid asidoin tho selection 3-1 Tho denth of Judge Butler, which hat ? been mourned throughout tho country as c e great public calamity, has created a vacan | cy, and nlready.many names have been sug?s ' gpsted in connection with tho succession t J Those of Col. Our, Gen. Gadsden, Col. F, f- i W. Pickens, Judgo Withers, Ex-Gov. J. s ; II. Hammond, Col. Mkmminoer, Chancel1* ! lor Daroan, Col. Chksnut, Col. KKirrand it i Mr. Boycb, havo been approvingly mono J tioned, nnd others will doubtless follow. 0 [ Ex-Oov. Hammond is, in our opinion, the i ablest mnn in tho State, but from his totnl J ! indifference to public affairs of late years, '. ! ho has impaired greatly his usefulness, and - i probably oould not bo elected. There are " other reasons, unnecessary to be given, that 1 would influence us. Col. Ork, our immea diate Representative in Congress, is our > first choice. lie has luo ability, and is a t practical, sagacious uiun, thoroughly iinf bued with tho State rights doctrines of tho f Palmettoes, and full of wisdom and patril olio Stato pride. Tho Stato would honor - "herself in honoring him. 1 From Europe. SfiVArnl aUiimoM ? J i* T " viiuiikj niH'UU iroin LilVerpool since our last. Tbe cotton market ! was firm with large sales. Breadstuff* had advanced. Tbe political nnws is not itb* purtant. In Parliament, tbe slavo trade 5 was brought up, when the Minister of the 1 Crown stated that Spain had been urged to prevent the importation of slaves into Cuba. The samo functionary also aonoun* cod the rejection of the Dallas-Clareodon 1 j treaty, but says that new conditions have boon received from Washington, and wero i under consideration. It is difficult for > Spain and Mexico to arrange tho differences between the two government*. After three hours hard fighting in Algeria, the French enpturod nn important point?loss not given. Thirteen hundred houses hp.ve . been burned down In Constantinople, Willi i great loss of property and some lives. Politico-religious riots have taken place in the principal cities of Belgium growing out of anti-Catholic feelings.?Convents, monasteries, cottages and the BUhop'a palace had K ? - ' ! I/UCU dunuftcu.? iuti iroops interfered, and, at tlie latest accounts, order was nearly restored. London, May 30.?Some excitement was created here by the announcement of nn attack on an English merchant vessel in the road-stead of Belle Isle by a French war brig. The English vessel was bound from Bordeaux to Liverpool, and was compelled to come to anchor by contrary winds, and when neglecting to hoist her colors, 1 the French vessel tired two blunk cartridges, nn<i a b?ll cartridge, killing an English Iranian. The case was under consideration by the uulhorities. An Acceptable Present. On last Saturday morning, whilst the dew .was yet sparkling on the grass, and the woodland songster tuning his merry notes in unison with his beautiful surroundings, our "bachelor latch" was lifted by a small African imp, bearing a waiter with a spot! less covering. He mutlered something i about a ' hirlli-d?v vn-n???i " f??<i j Y' V-WM.) emu Toiiioucu, j Raised the covering and drew forth h boaui tiful boquot, speaking everything that was pleasant. Then a chUo of good proportions, and delicious to the taste. Thought we were in luck! Looked for the comet! but no comet came. Strange that things, as well as men, will disappoint people ! At a seasonable hour, friends dropped in?they were pleasant. We tasted tho cake and 4i smiled* together?tcutper.itejy of course. Birth-days crowd upon each other (piiukly now-a-days, but wo wero consoled with the reflection that one of tho " fairest of the fair," had caused this one to pass most pleasant!}'?you have a thousand thanks! j Looked for the cotnot Again ! hut came to the conclusion that the Kbowek would vi?it it* numerous patrons many more times before its advent. So mote it be t South. Carolina College. The recent difficulty in the iSouth Carolina College will most probably prove of | incalculable benefit to that institution, and the Strte at large. The Hoard of Trustees met, and, as wo learn from the Carohuiuv, tho following is their acjtfon : That this Bonrd having heard at large it. > - - * - iim BiMicmciit ui mo i resuieni 01 Hit Uollego, and of ev?ry member of the Faculty, are of opinion (bat there is no issuo of reracily made by (he proceedings which have called together thi? Domd ; that (hey exonerate tlie President from any imputation upon his character, and heroby express their confidence in his purity and integrity. The following resolution* veto also adopted : t That this Board perceives no grounds f e any charge affecting tho honor or inte^ri s of any one of the Professors of this Colle# That it is expedient to make essenti modifications in tho educational system ' tho South Carolina College, that tho on riculnm of studies bo so expanded us to * j quire many more pressors or schools. That the selection of tho sehoels be o tional on tbo part of the applicants fur Ct j leg*. 1 That a oommittco of five bo appoinU , under tho abovo resolution, and that tlu . report to the Board in November next, j Tbo following gontletuen constitute tl committee : \Vm. C. Preston, C. G. Men minger, R. W. Barnwell, B. F. Perrr, ! . McAliley. (I.:- t? i ? > > x iinixinro ticom it necessary i i tho interests of tho Collego" to re-orgaoij tho government, and ill At th? president an Professors bo requested forth with to resig their off res. On this resolution tho vote was 15 to I In accordance with this resolution, tb President and Professors all tendered thei resignations at the evening meeting, whio wero ncceptcd. Ballots were then had for several profoi sorships, and the following gentlemen wet re-eleoied to those previously held by thcrv Prof. John Leconte, Prof. Joseph Leoontt Prof. J. Ilivers. Rev. Wb? "ford Smith wn ^leoted Professor of Sacreo Literatura. M L. McCandleSR, of Camden, was elected Pre fos6or of Rorann Literature. The Profes sorship of Logic Had Metaphysics, and ihn of History and Political Eocnnmy, were lei to I'D filled in September next. It was also determined that the Facult be authorized and requested to appoint fror their number Ohnirman to discharge th duties of President until tho next meetin] of the Board. That the exercises of this College be sus pended until the first of October next, en< that immediate uoticc bo communicated t the Faculty. A committee of three was appointed I address the citizens on the stale and ie-or | ganization of the College. Cotton. This groat Southern staple is ngAiu look ing up, and is quoted in Charleston a fourteen and a half cents per jx>u>ul / Penning* and Clippings. ADVEaTi8KMBNT8.? Dr. Green is receiving New Goods and fresh Groceries?ee( his advertisements. Dr. Sharpo makes j po&itivo call for money due him?heed if Attention is also directed to the advertise ment of Messrs. Leave!) White, of An demou. Lecture*.?Judge C'Nvhi! reCCUtly <lo livercd aii address on tho * Law Benoh' of tho State ; and, on Tuesday Oth instant Iia l^aiuroil nn tho Olinncory Bench."? Thoy are vory interesting and will bo pub lisbed. Elkctkd.?Olarko, black rcpnblicnn, hat been elected U. S. Senator from Xcw Ilamp shire, for six years. Laroe Bkak.?Mr. N. M. Garner, sayt tho Kingstreo Star, killed h bear in Williamsburg district recently, which weighed 375 pounds. "DooWak."?Tho Mayor of L~.ncas ter, Ph., has declared war mrnjiioi oil "o "" "" *" muzzled doga found running At large. In Philadelphia thy "dog war'' is being vigorously prosecuted. Sheep owners nre also complaining with ui. Withdrawn.?By an almost unanimous vote, tho Baptist Association of Virgina on Mondsiy resolved to withdraw their countenance and support from the American Tract Society, in consequence of its recent action in relation to the ulavury question. A 1'i.kasant Famii.y Pahty.?On tho 1st inst., a man, residing near Mine Hill Gap, Pa., while amusing himsolf at tba manly past lime of bealiuir his wife. w?s shot and seriously injured with a pistol Id ihe hands of bis son. who is quite a lad. IIioii Pines.?Corn meal is selling in Staunton, Vh., at $1.25 perbushel, potatoes $1, butter 25 cents, and oilier things in proportion. Worth Winning.?A. ruain of cooks was fought at Mom phis,Tennessee, last week for $1 2,500?which was won by Nick W. Arlington, of Nash county, N (3. Victims.?Spiritualism claims two more suicides. George Slile*, of Milford, Wis., shot binmclf through the henrt last week; and a day or two afterwards his uncle. Win. Stiles, slabbed himself with tho shack of a hay fork. Both of them were spiritualists and alike died martyrs to their faith. > Mail to California.?Tho I'ost Office Department has contracted with James E. Birch, of Sacramento, to carry tbe mail from Sun Antonio, Texas to San Diego, California, semi-monthly, for $150,000 per annum. j Tkxas 8b!*ator.?Maj; lien. MoCullough, j it is rumored, will bo a candidalo for U. S. Senator from Texan. Taxks.?The Tax Collector of Newberry returns ihe nambef of negroes in that di?* (riot At 1*2,780; with a totnl tax of $11,770.20, including lnnd?, bank stock, eto.? Tho poor tAX was $<2,905.84, And roftdj and bridges, $ 1,826 or Lakuk Imi'oht.?On Monday, 18th ult ty the Cotton arrival* at Liverpool, many ve !ej sola having been previously detained by un oP favorable woathcr, reached 88,000 bales th ir. largest import for any day recorded. e- ??Clbak as Mtrp.?A modern philosophc p- has answered '.lio important ^uerv, H Wha is the cause of tlio potatoo rotV by declar ^ ing it is to be attributed to the "rot tater^ [y influence of the earth." II? lins arrived n this elucidation after a minute examinatioi ie of many common-taters. 1- - - S. Piio$ui;8 ! What a Namk !?Vienna let tera maintain that llio Princess Sidonia, o Saxony, and not tlio Princess of Hohenzol j lorn Sigmaringen, is tho object of Priooi n Napoleon's visit to Germany. Tho Prin ccsa Sidouin is tho eldest daughter of th< ** King of .Saxony, and was boru in 1834. 10 . ^ Mortality in New York.?Thoro wer< only 372 deaths in Now York for tho weel j. ending on Saturday, a deoreasa of 53 or e tho previous week. 4, How to Sundvb Mors.?Tho Alhanj lR Juomal ftdvnunlfta tli.S mtmlmimnnl ...... VI ..TV r' engines in quelmg riots, in preferonuo to the use of balls and bayonets. This plan, il t followed, would oertainly " throw cold wa'i tor'' uppn tbo rago of a mob. y . Physician Dkad.?Dr. Thomas Y. Sltn< n ons, oiio of tlio most skillful and extensive e practitioners of medicine in Charleston, dWi ^ suddenly on Monday of last week. j MoD::r.T.?Biigham Young, in ft recent o sermon to his Moimon deciplcs, remarked: " 1 really think that I havo a great deal u more influence hero thnn Moses had ;.mong the children oflsraol.'' Keuko Stealing.?Young S. Jiobo has bfeen lodged in Orangeburg jnil for negra t stealing. Hid ncck is good for n hempen halter. Eti 1 maveii.?This gentleman, tvho, . some time 6inco promulgated his plan for j nboiitionizing Virginia, was in Parkcrsbug, \ Vu., last week. Ho richly deserves "dick* . tog!" Tim Oi.dkst Inhabitant.?The Abingdon Virginian understands jlhat there is a m,an by the name of Jesse, living in New - GA.d^r,. RiMfel! ?? vw.| ?? IIU 13 liun IVV J cm 9 ' old. It is said that on tho day he was 100 , hundred years old, ho made one hundred * railv Doubtful. Dkatii of a Vktrkak.?Selh Ingram died at Matagorda, on the 12th ult., aged ' sixty-seven. His life, like those of most old ' Texans, was full of vicissitudes. He was a volunteer in thu last war between Kngland i ?i?d the United Staled, nnd severely wound . ed in the battle of Lundy's Lane. ' Ladiks Wasted.? Ladies are wanted out West. The recent census of St. Louis> I shows a disparity in the sexes of nearly j 7,000 in f.ivor of males. By the census of Iowa, the males nre in n majority by nearly thirty-four thousand. Other States nre nl* so calling for reinforcements of the fair sex. Kiixru.?Two KnfjlUhmen had n wrest1 ling match if a ruro shop in Portsmouth, N, II., last Friday, nnd one of them, named Flannognn, who was intoxicated, was thrown with such violence, his head sti iking a box, that he died on the premises. Tub New Havbn Ki.hction.?The Democrats of Hartford fired a salute of thirtyone guns on Tuesday in honor of the Dem ociaiio victory in New Haven. Fai?? Son..?In Minnesota territory, a large mnjoiity of tho members elect of tho convention to form H state constitution ?irc black republican*. Thus in the brief [iciiod of a year, we will have another free State in tho Union. Dkad.-*-E*-Oov. llenry Hubbard, of New Hampshire, died in Charleston, on the 5lh inst. J Nkw Jon vor Wai.kkr.?The Western papers are suggesting Gen. Walker a? n suiuMc person for Governor of Utah. They think ho could stand his hand with the Mormons. Perhnps he might, though it would be anything but a "bod of rosea" to repose on. T - r 1 . Disrahdikc*.?The Richmond Whiff of June 4th, advises the Amerioan pnrly to disband, as it cao never, the Whiff says, | effect Any thing At alt ar a national party'.. , Mi88ino.?'There is still another mysterious disappearance up the North river?a young 'ady named Tattle, who has been J* trussing from her hofnW ih Ashland, Grtene county, N^w Yoik, for a fortnight. On Saturday fifty men were in starch for her. stbmviktt in Tkmnksskk.?The Guhernsto?ial candidate* in T?nn??.M << ? the "stump," and have designated over fifty places where they purpose nvtkingspeeches between this and the 8d of Agust. Th??y will unijuesliouabty bay* a warm time of it. * ^ I Captcrk ov a Noted Fouokjv:-?J?. B 9 Manchester, n noted banker who committed forgeries and robberies in Cincinnati, nboul o (wo and a half years ago;, to the amount o! $300,000, was arrested at tho Michigan Central Depot on Tuesday l ist, through (be r instrumentality of a Cincinnati merchant, t ...l.~ u...? i a i i _ i t it uv iuiu ucvu ueeveu uy mm. y Tiir 1%re8uvrEisi axs otf Moruosiim.? t The churches arfl beginning toniutre against l the Mormons; but the movement, ns yet, i? alow. A series of resolutions was introduced into the Prcsbyteii'in Convention ftt Cleveland, thp oilier day, denouncing the Salt Lake Saints?but nothing enme of tj?em ?the resolutions being laid on the table. NoMisfATKo.?'Tho democratic strite con; ! vo.niion, held at Montgomery last week, nominated Hon. Andrew B. Moora as its candidate for Governor. ) : Jbwiaii Disaiiii.ity Rkmovud.?Lord i Palmerston bus inlrodt ?d into Parliament ? bill reforming the uaiim oath to members, by striking out tJ>6 words: ,,On lljc true fuilh of a Christian." Tina ia designed to 1 allow Israeliies to become members. > F Philanthropy.?The Governor of Miah' igan, it seems, hns sent a thousand dollars to Kansas toreli'-'ve the destitute there, who arc not destitute rit all; while hi tho northeio counties of Michigan tho people have j been starving to death. This shows that 1 p^rty ambition far outstrips charity. JLSI9SOLVRD.?TIlO "JNCW bcllOOl I're&byterians/' Souili, have dissolved (heir cf>u' ncction with the General Assembly, because it passed n iesolu:ion dunouncing blavery ns 1 sinful. What will come ni*xt ? 1" I 1 1 1 1 . - I 111 . .F 1 ' ,, OOMMyMOATO?IM3. i FOK THE KCOtVli COUUIKU. Mr. Editor: Some timo ngo thoro wn* great wonder nnd excitwiienl unused by the wonderful Shanghai of Anderson, ("Tako heed, timo i<% shorthand tho' our Slob 7'oirn Fowlt are not quitopo projphttic, wo think wo have ono much more rcmarkablo than any even that town can ufterd. On yesterday morning I was groatly amused at seeing a little chicken, three days old taken into tho houno lest its mother could not support it, strutting about tho piazza and assuming, as great an air of imporlanco as tho' it were a tried game cock, in other words as it' to show that thcro was not the slightest cause tin; uneasiness. 1 had been noticing it only a very short time when another chicken about the sizo of a partridgo ,.n.nn .... : * * * miu nw piCKlUg Up ItIO lOOU lllAt bad been placcd there for tbo lesser one, nnd to my great surpriso the little fellow flew at it, or rather ran at it for it had no wing*, anil actually frightened it away, and much more to my amazement crowed several times. A gentleman coming up soon after could scarcely bo persuaded to boliovc It, when the sauio thing wna repeated and it crowed then, I think some six or eight times. I know not what yon may think of thia, but suppose you will conclude that it is certainly cue of "the blue hcu'a chickens.'' Hamilton Ilill, Juno 13, 1857. X. fypitpBOflKD, Juno Cih, 1857.?To (lie | Friends of Tv'mperftnc.?The meeting of I Slate Tempernnce Society will bo held iu tf hefcterville' tn Tuesday the 2t?t diiy of' Jrlv. It is expec'.ed the meeting will com- j mence ?u noon lifter the nnivnl of the car#' as possible: say <<t or before 8 p. m. The j meeting it will be Observed, begins the day ho ford the Grand Division meets, at Yo?k ; it is expected to adjourn time enough Jo reach Yorkville before the meeting there, the evening of the 22d. It is hoped evpry organization of 'Temperance will be fullv repfe&epted. Temperance Societies, Divisions of the Sons of Temperance, Ilechuhitrs, and Cadets nre expected to scud up d.-legates? llie more lho heller. Our friends ?t Chesterville nre making preparations to give Tennporance n rousting welcome. Dr. Walker, well known us iui Ardent and devoted filend of Tempernoci>; ihe successor of Chester's lender, in this great cause, the late Jaa. Ii. McCully, Ks^,, Writes to mo "we intend holding two public meetings, one Tuesday night, the other Wednesday morning ubOui ll, Wo give ihe Deic-irati'i a riinn^r 3 ? ?" " -- o " V "" Brethren and friend*, let Delegate? be speedily appointed. The work i? ? great one?every one who can give u* a good word,? #mile, or even nn encouraging nod, will be welcomed. Let us all to the work. Jon** Brltok O'Nbali.. Pre?. Tfrr?r? Socjpiv. ? <*? -* > ! i i ' Gkn. John B. Walbxch, tho oldost offloeo in lha United Strttes Army, died in Baltimore cn Wednesday night. He was bom at Alsace 6n the Rhine, in 1784, entered the Anstrisln service, and subsequently joined ) trie French army. Wliilo in that service his regiment was ordered to the West Indies, when nearly evory. man in it died. lie came to this country in 1190, and soon after entered the office of Alexander Hamilton as a law student. He afterwards aban doned the profession, and having procured a commission froin General Washington, entered the United Slates Army. Ho was engngod in the wnr of 1812, and achieved considerable distinction ; and d??.<t>?d to accompany the army to Mexico is IS 10, : but his great age forbade tho attempt. ' Up to within three day* of his death his health I wa<j iuvariably goou. * * . 43* /^v ^ ft-ori (ktiforniit/ | Nb\v Yokk, June 12.?The'jrtenroer ^ George Lnft, from A#pinwnll, MrriWd hcr<v r thi* evening with li.o mail* from Cn?foruiu to ih? 20th May: 1 The George Law biing# $2,O00'<)OO irV > specie The maMirere of Col. Ornbbe's tilliluistcr-' ing pnrly in Sonorn, Mexico. caused gient excitement in California. Tho California papera give details of the execution, which seem# to have been attended bv incidents ,.r i?- n. i i-\ ?' v/i unmiini in ucitj-< uoi. umuiie nimaelt 1 wr# led out nlone, lied, wiilwhlsnrms nboTe Ills liend, to n post nnd Ills body ritfdiwd by one hundred bullets. The eiciicment in California, caused by ihio masnaore, is intense, and it is feared it / general plah of revenge against ihe Mexicans will be adopted. 1 The mines of California fire yielding well. ^ Affairs on the Isthmus nf Panama aiM ^ quiet. The new admini?trotii?n of New Granad* J will notaectdu to iho 'icmands of the Uni- ^ led Slrtte3. There is nothing new from Nicarngr.ir. ll is-believed that the duel of the insurgents in Peifi, hrt& surrendered lo the government. The U. S. ftbip* Independence and St. Marys were olV P(in?nm. The Wabash was off Aspinwnll. 'd Intelligence fropi San Juair dei Nprte. i states that over 100 of Walker's men, weru kIill at that piace,''esiilute and sick. , It was reported at Panama, that tbo Chinelm Inlands were <o be placed ?nd?r the joint protectorate of Franc? nnd England. TWII S ..r - .- i-t... * i . . w, ?. O...W.F ...II JVUIWIIS, WU? aI I he Chinchns. A Lima leVt?Vlo tho Panama Star, snys: * The Peruvian convention has closcd its secret session on the question of nn Anglo Ficnch protectorate. They vote to-dav, their vote Is expcckd to be favorable to thu I mine. The Panama Star expresses strong fears that Ocn. Walker, in conformity wtilj threats expressed by him after his capitulation, will return with another at my of fillibiiAters to the latljmue, und retrels that Gen. Mora did not bind him and hi* office ir% I l>o Iflt'mn * * - * ' 1 ... ...? .umiio ui vtipuuiiiliuil not, 10 pill I Hell* feet again on Control American t>oil. Business in 8?n Francisco not improved. Money market easier. O'E.iTiroK Coi. J. Chakvsq. Bli'u,?Wo ^ are pained lo announce Ihe death of an esteemed fellow oitir.en, Col. J. Clint les Blum. For about three weeks ho had been suflWing from what scorned a cold, but the disease tailing upon his lungw, terminated hut existence on the night before the lust a} X o'clock, in the 4%ijb cgar of hfe: exhibited great paiii'i)d?i^nder hlse&f^fw* Bnd singular fortitude ntid o^h^fi'6s>wfiMw pgJ prospect of his nppronching end. Tliep$?? mi iiici 01 in upproneh ,wiiSL.ltnown to hHH * for more tlmn t wimly-fdur^inir^'b^fore it occurred, nnd for one who wna iif?^rQlsiV^*iwho had much to render the pj-rtspect nttrnclivt?who with health and Constitution unimpniied, hnd come to the attainment of nlmoft every obji'ct of Id* emthly iimhitinn ?fortune?friends?a homo nnd publio * corifidcncc?^it wnf strangely interesting t'?? see tl'o cheerfulness and composure with which he looked upon it. The deceased has ncted nn impoilant part in the business h flairs of our city. He entered early into puhlio life, ?ud devoted himself so closvly to buslne?s (19 to lay tho ground work of an ample fortune : but notwithstanding this, he had attention and en- i 1 * rgics to Hpurc. He led his Compnny, tho Gtfrui'in Fueilio.*, in tho Florida war ; for six years ho has been n member of the Slate Legislature; for ten years he ha? been Colonel of (he Sixteenth Regiment of Souih Carolina ; 1)6 hh$ contributed much > 'to imptove the city ; he lws for muni' years been a leading Director in the Hnnk of ^ South Carolina ; anil as an officer or nctivo member, has be?'tr connected with many of "* / tho industrial and charitablc institutions of tho city. In the social relations of life, Col. Ilium j was highly chf rishcd, and many will feel his 1 loss, nnd runny will pres?i*$> and consecrate I h'u memory.? C'harlexton Standard, ' Js'kw Yohk, Juno' 13.?Tlio HeralJ of ^ this morning puhliahoft >ilie manifesto of ijania Anna io his* partisan# nt Cuba and in Mexico denouncing Comonfort's government, and declaring tli.it Mcxico must pass tlirough another bluody revolution boforo tranquility cun be restored. The eorr?j?pondeuoo of the Times ntntes ,i. : tv . . icniuii us vyL?nvis h interference i in behalf of Gen. Wnlker was ft letter, in * Walker'a band-writing, found una spy, addressed to Mr, McDonald,- nguntof the V caragimn eieumek, ?lati?g.tiiat )iq wua rcduoed to tho last extremity, and begging him for iho uao of a steamer, or to do nomothing else for hi* relief; and that, on rond.r inglhe letter, Capt. Davis determined to '?* act as ho did. '%! Tar. editor of the Athena liaitncr pftid I* visit to Franklin county Just'week, And ihu*. * report* on the crops, <feo: 1 The wheat Iwtween Athons ?nd Carnaevillo is in fine condition, and the yield will bo bountiful if the rust do6* nt)t get in it. Corn looks well, but rather bafckwnrd fl?r the season. Oats pretty fair. Cotton i# h fail arO; some planter); are nloughing up ih& cotton and planting corn in it? place. f The cattle are dying ?$ry fast in some localities In Franklyft and the upper part of Madison. Wo waro informed that Mr. Montgomery had lost about twenty head. . The disease is snpporod to bo nuANDKTa'n NKW OoooR.-^-pf^jHlh, the pill raait, )i?? got up a gr?at advertise* m.rn^ in ?nc ncwr?pHperft by proposing 1o finish the Wn?hmgtou Monument.1 Th? ' Or. resolves to supiopr^^the proceeds of Hm pil! bu?me*? u? do iliWreed. lie should then be allowed to stick powers on the column* ?nd mnnttfacture pilU in (hat eherfW hall which is toWftt the bottom. Query.- ^J| Would pot a do?e of tbe doct?)i'? pecuW ^ ^(flj product msk? tKe Board of Manugora wur/e T; ?we ao<J ulk !? ?? " *" J