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KKOW Ml-: CO 11! IKK. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TRRM8.?$1.^0 per annum, in advance. If payment bo dvliiynl until after the expiration of tlio yoivr, $2.00 For ?ix jnontlu, 76 cents, in advanre. Advertisements iusorted nt the umiiiI rale*. I PICKENS C, IL, S. C.: j fiaftir/fotr Mnminff Antrntf O.O. T JIK'!' } *UVI?UI6, AAUgU.'V AWV < . Counterfeit. Wo were shown, on Thursday last, a counterfeit one dollar bill on the Hunk of Chester. Tho counterfeit is a very indifferent one. The name of l>. Bovs is siguod as cashier and that of J. Washington, as President: the bill bears date 29th Feb. 1S.'>7. The porson who passed tho bill gave his nnmo as Hampton, and said he was travelling from North Carolina to ("ieorgia. Our readers will recollect that no bank in the State can issue bills of a less de nommationtnan nve dollars,except the "15tink | of tho State of South Carolina." Inquest. On tho 16th instant, an inquest was hold 6ver the doail body of Adalinr Grkv, in this District. Tho jury was enipaniioled by J. G. C. Kruse, K-tq., in the absenceof tho Coroner. The verdict of the jury was, that sho came to her death from want of medical attention nnd propor nursing. Military Election. Maj. W. K. Kasi.kv has been elocted, without opposition, Brigadier General of this 'brigade, to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the | ro.iijrnation of Gen. G. W. Harrison. The Beet Race. The Editor of the True Curoliuf'in would "like to know," if a hcet presented f "> him recently, weighing "five pouuds twelve anil a half ounces," can he be< 1/-011. Certainly : Mr. MtTCHEi.fi, our host, has just prenontcd us with one weighing eight jtound.il measuring twenty-ono inches in length, and nineteen in circumference! Now. friend Mooke, can any of your ''folks" beat this iikktT Thfi RAV1AH7 ot Wnll'a The annual Review of tho 2d Regiment of Infantry came off at Hall's 011 Thursday last. The Regiment was under tho command of Maj. Lbadbettkr, who has recently been promoted. Tho regimental column was formed at an early hour, and, after performing a few evolutions, it wan dismissed. His Exeelloncy Governor Allston and puke, Adjutant General Dunnovant, and Maj. Gen. Smith and suite wero present. After tho Review, tho Governor addressed the Regiment, adverting to incidents in tho past history of the citizen soldiery of the State appropriate to the occasion, lie remarked, too, that this day (Thursday) was tho anniversary of the hattlo of Churubusco, and paid ft desorved tribute to the valor of tho honored Palmetto Regiment. Ills Excellency's re marks were well received. Maj. Gen. Smith appeared hoforc his military constituents for tho first time, and made a few well-timed and appropriate remarks. The ranks of tho ltegiment were not as full: as we have seen them, owing pwhaps to the unfavorable aspect of the morning! - The spectators' ranks wore thinned from the same cause, wo presume. The day passed off quiotly, and tho people departed for thoir homos at an early hour. The Trip to the Tunnel. Alter the lie view at Halls, Gov. Am.stos. flon. Hmitii, and their military families, with n number of gentlemen on the civil lint, visited the Stumphousc Tunnel. The party wun hospitably reeoived by Mr. St. Joiix, the resident Engineer, at Mr. Bowden's; after whieli a hasty examination of the work was made. Mr. C'oi.lybk, the cnorgoti Contractor, accompanied the party, and explained fully the nature of the work. All appeared to be gratified with tho progress that is being innde. Ilin Excellency and party returned to Wallialla on Thursday evening. Erskino College The Commencement exercises of Erskino i- i- - t_ -- tir a i ? ??" iuuk piucu on nuanesuny ia?i. i no graduating olaaa numbered thirteen. Mr. Lowry, of t ?rtdclivorCfl the valedictory.? iMr. K. Yeadon delivered tho address before the literary Societies : it was altogether of a Solitical character. Whole number of stuentn, 230. Railroad Accident. An acoidcnt occurred on the Gtfeeuvillc and Columbia railroad last week, at tho Saluda bridge. The passenger train had passed over, when the freight train, attempting to do, the engine and tender, with several other cars, fell through tho bridge into the river.? Two men?Dodmi.ss and Mouuisov?wore Iritlml TIio 1i!iiirin(iAr Mi'nnnrl r.-iuu ft.T - boor Tho first new Bale, Texas, n?i usual, has tho h'mof of gottirtg tho first halo of now cotton into tho mnrkot. It arrive! in Kichmonrl on the 7th instant,and is of fino quality. The Southern Commercial Convention. Tho Southern Commercial Convention mot in Kno^villo, on tho 10th. Thin Stato wus largely represented, a? was all theothor South orn States. After a four clays coition, the Convention adjourned, to meet at cry. Ala. Wo will give the action of tlnnjouvention next week. PnoTKSTiatQ.?The cotton ptOMunen of Charleston advertise that, unless oavdi bale of cotton is secured by t>ix rope.*, producer* will be charged e*tr? for such deficiency in "quality and number," wb?rb ha* caused a protest trt bo sent down from Chcraw against ir, wi^h ft threat that the cotton will bo shipped to Now York, without the unjust regulation is abandoned. The Farming Interest- D? Nothing interests us so much as the effort* 2,( now making to place Pickeus in the high po- jui utiou nature bus assigned to her. In this no ' labor of lovo,' the man of lottore, of (jciouee, Li ami of art, have each their appropriate work, sti ami we would bid them God-speed. But it 1 is of the improvement, everywhere pereepti- $1 ble in the farming interest, that wo would in now speak ; and none has been more ncglee- th ted heretofore. A favorable opportunity has foi lately been afforded tons for inspecting many hr uf the farius in the district, but the mention be of one or two must suffice: The first one is te that of Mr. S. E. Maxwkm., situate on Toxa- h( wnv creek. in tlin wnstArn r?ni,tir?r? of tlin ilis- A trict. It is a very large tract, with throo hun- m dred acres of good bottom land attached, and cc in oonvoniont to a market. The farm is a Si moat valuable one, producing cotton, corn, to nur small grain finely. Mr. Maxwki.l, in- T forms us that he made this year, atToxaway, of 1,200 bushels of wheat, with almost as good a crop of oats. His corn look* well, and he has a great deal planted. On his BeftVordam place, a few miles below, 1,000 bushels of 0j wheat has been made; and hero ho .ilso plants cotton largely, raising one year over t| one hundred bales, it is doing Mr. M. nothing but sheer justice to say, moreover, that C( he is one of the best fanners in the country. The other farm is that of Mr. II. L. ^ O'Kkm.y, lying on Chauga. From one quart of seed, he raised one bushel ami three c( pecks of wheat, lie also sowed four bushels of the Hall wheat, which yielded this year one hundred mul one bushels! These examples will give those at a distance some idea ^ of tho scale upon which our citizens farm, and the productiveness of the soil. . Pickens is a largo district: from the cos- j tern to her southern boundary it in sixty mil i, ^ and from the southern to her western border j it is about forty-five miles. On Saluda, Tu. . c galo, Twelve Mile, Keoweo, Little River, and !o .. n.mniU,, ,.f "*"7 " . good bottom land, and water powor unequal" led. Much of tho upland, too, produces well, ? and is a superior grafting country. Timhcr ' and granite abound*, with mines of nolid and precious metals. Then her cliinalc is sain- \ brious and pleasant, with scenery beuui.Tul > and sublime. To all theso may i>o added a j year hence, railroad facilties inferior to none. r Tho ElectionsThe recent State elections have resulted , in the triumph of tho Democratic party by ( increased majorities. Xorth Carolina elects ,, a democratic congressional delegation, with , one exception, being a gain of two members. In Tennessee, the democratic candidate for Governor has a majority of over 11,000?two ' know nothings tirul eight democrats have been f elected to Congress, and the democrats have , a considerable majority in the Legislature. The democrats havo swept everything, con." j paratively speaking, in Alabama. For Gov- ; crnor of Missouri, Rollins, the know notli- i ing candidate, has boon elected by a majori- ] ty^f-about 1,400 votes.?lie was supported t by the Emancipationists and Bentonites, as < well as his own party, and thus succeeded. , Kentucky has thrown off the whig and know j^othing influence that ?.as bound her since 182'J, and given 10,000 democratic majority f;r State Treasurer?elected eight democratic and two know nothing members to C011gres, together with a democratic Legislature ! One of IIkvkv Clay's sons was elected to I Con gross from the Ashland district, by tho I democrats. From Texas, we learn that tho 1 democrats have boon successful, defeating ' Houston ior governor, vivo democrats liavo I gained eight or ten mombors of Congress, ' "i which gives thorn a good working majority | : in tho next House of Representatives. The ( Legislatures of Tennessee, Virginia, Texus, Kentucky and Alabama arc to elect United Senators at their next sessions, which will displace scvoral opposition Senators. The Jones Family. AVe have recently had the pleasure of wit- ' nessing the performances of this talcuto I and interesting family It is composed of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones, and six children, wo believe; tho oldest being Htill in his minority. Their performances on tho violin, from tho | father to tho yDunjjosb son, arc most remark able, and superior to anything wo have over hoard from native talent. Tliey are accompanied by M?. RoTHscrnr.u, celebrated for his performances on tho violin. This family is otherwise ncoomplisliod, several of its members speaking tho Frenidi, German end other languages. This family lias been alone instructed by its head, whose systom of instruction, us explained to us, appoars ' bo' entirely praotieal. Mr. Jones' cxporloucc has been a brilliant success, and it afibrds us no little, gratification to bear testimony thus publicly to his worth ar.d talents. Mr. Jonks and family a e natives of Abbeville district. Tlioyare it. onr.nidst visiting the splendid scenery and enjoying our plenaant climate, and uot for tho purpoRe of exhibition for gain. Hut, when tlioy do consent to perform, wo would adviso all to enjoy the benefit of the raro treat. The latest NettsFuftF.ifJN.?Tho Ktoamor Canada ia in from Ruropo. Tho prioo ot' Cv/tton hed an npward tendency, with salos of th<j weok footing up 02,000 bales. Mr. Ten Baokck, of Ky.t who carried over his fleetest horses to compete with tho English racers for tho Goodwood 'Cup, has had them beaten.bo p;' 7.? wan tarried off by a Frertch horse.?Tho American horsej, Prior an<i Priorow, liavo bcci: entored lor sovoral othor pnzos. TIio Empfir ir and Empress of Franco wore expected in England On the 5th instant. The Bombay Time* ?ay* the rebellion is universal in tho Bengal (India) army.?The Madras armica have nttinifostcd the mu?t perfect loyalty.?Seventy-fivo Bonsai regiftu*nt? have been disbanded, and nrmy of that name ban coasod to exist. # ilhi hns not been eapturod. In Chinn, )00 British took a fort, unci dostroyod 127 v nks, mounting upwards of 900 guns, man- t d by 9,000 men?English Ions alight. In r vcrpool, whoat is doolining, with bread- i ufl's atationory. t IIomk.?The steamer from California brings r ,250,000 in gold. Tho democrat* havo noin- t nted lion. J. B. Wkm.rr for Governor, nnd e black republicans Mr. Edward Stani.kv, ^ rmorly of North Carolina. A largo fire m occurred at Valparaiso. A battlo has ) sen fought near Arequipa botweou tho con- j j iiuiug uviHiou.i in omuu iiiuoncft, witn a suvy loss, and both claiming tho victory. 11 is quiet in Nicaragua?250 of Walkor's en arc at Grey town, in the most destitute mdition. A revolution has broken out iu | t. Domingo, and a battle fought in tho inrior, during which loO men wore killed, he Prcsideut had 1,000 men before the city St. Domingo. Exchanges. Tub Yorkvii.lk Enquirer.?Maj. S. W. ' 1 LEi/roN has retired from tho oditorial chuir " this journal. This is to be regretted, as e regard him as one of tho best editors in io State. Tho Jtnqm'rer is left in able hands -Messrs. Mil, 1.1; 11 & Black's. Wo wish them mtinuod success. Lexington* Flao.?The publication of this iper has been resumed by Mr. O. A. Fink, gentleman well qualified to conduct it suc>ssfully. ,1 n 1:~; JL ujuuiugn auu uuppiugo, New Advertisements.?Attention in direcjtl to tho advertisement of the .sulci of valublo Real Estate iu Anderson, by Messrs. Ilford and Sherman, Ex'ors. Mr. O. Riecke, r., of Walhnlla, offers a large stock of New loods at low prices?try him. At Tunnel Iill, Messrs. Pitchford &. Smith want beef attic?sco advertisement. TnniFTY Rascals.?Tho Cheyenno Indians lavo refused to receive presents from the [Ovcrnment agent, or make a treaty with lim, saying they can make more at stealing. Rounr.n.?Col. Leon, the surveyor of Haaua, has been robbed of nearly $50,000 in pld and diamonds, by a hired servant, a free lccro. in whom he nlaccd ereat confidcnce. L'lic thief made pood his esoape. A Warm Dav.?On Saturday last the thornomoter at Cincinati ranged from 07 to 100 logrees in the shade. Five men were sun itruck, ono of whom died and anothor was lot expected to recover. PnowxED.?Four young ladies, daughters >f Messrs. Soulc and Grant, were drowned it Waterville, Maine, on theGth intjt. Ilow, ve are not informed. Dissatisfied.?Gen. Jackson's Gold Snuft' llox, loft by will to tlio common council of Sew York to bo awarded to the bravest man n that State, has boon given to Capt. Garret Dykman, late of the Regiment of volunteers :hut served during tho Mexican war. Many )f tho regiment arc dissatisfied with the iwurd, and protest lustily against it. Dead.?lion. II. L. Turney, for many years i U. S. Senator from Tennessee, died on tho 1st instant, of conjeation. lie was in hid usual good health an hour before his death. A Printer in Luck.?The Chickasalmy [Miss.) Advertiser says that James T. Bullance, formerly of that place, awl the publisher of the first paper over issued there, has .. ..c iinr\ /-inn IVUV/IIUJ Iiiiiviuvu a luiiuuu VI <itrv/,v?w/, Auousta, Aug. 12.?A fatal case of yellow fever has occurred in St. Mary's. A bdurding-house kcopor died from the infection,, caught from tlio crew of a Spanish ship. Returned.?Provident Buchanan lias returned to Washington, and resumed the dutlos of his office. Ilis health is improved. Pkari.s.?PearN. of a "bricrht. brilliant color, almost transparent," havu been taken from some muscles in lion's creek, in Spartanburg district, as wo learn from tho Express. They are equal to tho " Joreoy oyjjtor pearls," and, from their pleiitifulnosH, will probably Boon " go-a-bogging!" Shocking Death.?An exchange fctntoe that Mrs. J. C., a "lady of respectability," threw hortsolf from the third story window of tho United States Hotel in Cincinnati, a few days ago, and rccoivcd injuries which caused her death in a short time. It is stated thiit finu whj? wiuioion 10 liquor una was intoxicated at the thuo, i. "S<>me Pumtkix."?Tho lvingstroe Star says: Mr. Robert KppH raised a pumpkin on his plantation thU year weighing i'25 pounds. The. need was aent to him from the Patont Oflice. Si; 101dai..?A life-hating yoong man in Copley, Ohio, named McConkoy, resolved last week to commit suicide ; he took arsenic, found he did not die ; cut his throat?still lived; jumped into a well?was taken out alivo, but died soon after. Hit iiix Aoain.-^-A professional brother of Boston has forwarded to tho Jersey City " ro'.'rod physician whoso sands of lifo havo nearly run out," a ?ask u. fine beach band to supply tho vacuum. ?v. T)kar Bacon.?Bacon has boon selling at thirty-tvo cents por pound in Henderson, ff. C., as wo loam from tho Carolina Jlajriixi,'? Tho thinks tho incoming of tho possnm "crop" will bo a great, blessing hi that nplgh-' borhootl 1 Look Oct.?Thoru nro counterfeit five dollar bills on tho "Bank of (Jcorgotown, 8. C.," in circulation in Alabama, and other placos. A Losa Trw? is Bed.?Titer# in a lndy in -Hnlifnx, 8.,' %\wo hiw becft ly??K in bn<l foir thirty you*. Ifer hotilth i* (jood, but nhc ia too helplosa to Hit up. < A p Cot. Okr.?"Iou," of the Baltimore Sun, rho is aluraya politically well informed, say? hat tho question who shall be Speaker of the t loxllluuuo may bo considered settled. Noth- J ng. hc Hays, has occurred to render tho cloc- v iou of Col. Orr doubtful; lnit ou tlio contrny j't is more certain thou it was at tho <r.?U of y he last session. H Death's Doisos.?'I'woof President Pierce's t Cabinet officers? Messrs. Mnrey and Dobbin 1 ?have died within six months of his rot ire- * nont; his "ok.muster General has also, lost J lis wife; and General Runic, of Texas, who ivas elected President pro tempore of the Son- ' ite, at the eloso of his term, is also among tho . lead. Rarely do wo find ho largo ail amount , >f mortality in m> short a tiino in a political . family. Kansas.?Gov. Walker lias "evaenatod" Lawrcncc with his troops, and quietness once ' inoro reigns in the territory. At it Again*.?Tho know nothings ofOliio ure building a now "platform" for their party. It is too bulky to hold together nu>* fjidcrablo length of time, tftand from under! Wim.i\mston*.?Mr. J. W. Cobb h:is sold his hotel to a company of gontlomou in Abbeville, who have in contemplation its improvement, and the installation of Bill Iluey, as J i landlord. Sad Accident!?A man attempted (0seize 11 Vfiivorab'.e opportunity" a few days since, but his hold slipped) and ho fell to the ground considerably injured. Sorry for him, very ! Tenhesskk Odd Fki.i.oh s.?By the report of the Grand Master of Tonnossec, it appears that the order in that State is in a very prosperous condition?the number of Lodges amounting to 6,i\)i, ana the mint ptiuiuut lor tho relief of widows, orphans', afflicted and destitute Brethren, swelled up to tho amount of over a half million. Love Compassktii its Ends.?In Cincinnati, recently, tl?c daughter of ft wealthy eitiien first procured the appointment of a needy young man ax Secretary to her father, and Won, when her parents went to Newport, she stayed behind on somo plausible excuse, went ^n*...;?i. ti... e..ii ...... UU UIUI IIIU JUU11^ IVIIVM>, UllU M (W 111?I I I I v.' I Ki.kctkd.?Mty. .lolm Karlo Homar has been elected Ordinary of Spartanburg district, by n majority of fifty votes, after a most exciting contest with J. Itufus Poolo, Esq. Thero wore 3,084 votes polled. Goon.?"Why are sheave* of grnin like rude boys ? Because they muut be thrashed before they are lit for use. Nomixatkd.?A correspondent of the Lanronsvillo Ucraltl nominates, in an article of six columns in length, Hon. It. Barnwell fUiott for the vacant Senatorship. That paper .supports the nomination, and re-afiirinn th? doctrine of secession us prwmulgatod in L8r?0-T>l. IllVl-I Tl.n?n.M,ln.,r .,.,,1 ? r?i"" " ...... ter intend applying to the JjOgislftturb, nt itn next session, for a charter each for a Bank at these places* '' Loi.a."?The Rochester correspondent of the New York Mirrors aw I/dn Montcz in an | omnibus the other day, with her agent, the Rov. C. 0. Burr, and two puppy spaniels, | which she callcd her children, and which Mr. Burr was evidently expected to look after I An Aoko Gn.\nu.\TK.?The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was eonforrod at the. recent Commencement at Darmouth, on Ilev. John Sawyer, of Maine, one hundred and two years old next October. He grodu t alcl 72 yearn ago. ^ Okn*. W.vi.kkh.;?This flHbnfltcring General in Charleston, making nriangoinonts, It is said, for another dcscout upon NiearagUlU . . AccrDKNTAL Dkatijs.?A friend has given the Charleston Courier the following account of a melancholy occurrence at Aiken, and the midden death of two residents of thnt village : "Their names are John Tavlornnd Wil I linm it. Randall. ' Thoy were found on ! Monday night, just after the down train pawed from Augnsta, laying in the cut.? One of them, Randall, fell from the embankment, striking his head against the rroxH-tien and inflicting a wound just boI hind the oar, from which the brain oozed ; also fracturing his arm and leg. The othi or, Taylor, lay between the tracks. It in aupposod that the iron under tin? cow catchor buried it.seIf in hi? xkull i s it passed over him. "The Jttry, on Tuesday morning, made up a verdict in accordance with the opinion oi jur. uogun, who wag called in to examine the bodies, and with the facta already stilted. ? if ? jPyi1 Tiik Unitko Statks and Fohkion i Nations.?Wc copy the following paragraph from the National Intelligencer : Our governmental affairs witli the foreign world are in a <itnte of unwonted, if not unprecedented tranquility?tho only unsettled matter# we believe boing the claim of indauinitv utmlnvf W??i / -w* for damage* suffered by certain Americans I in the riot* at Panama in 1855. In rcI gard to this affair, it is stated that the ncj gotiation? does not pronii.Ho nn early conclusion, though in what the difficulty consists wo ore not advised. Spfinioh diplomacy always required time; but, however formal And deliberate, it has ever bedn distinguished by honOeond good faith. Me!<A"cnoi.YCAaiyAtTr.^>A?t<ieut. Arthui P. Gnillnrd, of th6 Clinrloftton PoHco, wt^ loaning from tho window of a house, where ho wan on dnf* ? m'rfnl ivKS/.l. U? : ~.i _ ___ j r .? ?* ? ?* i i<c vmneu in tho loft innido broftst poukot t?f l?in ooat, fell upon tho Hill of tho window, and di.4oliargo<l a l>all into hin body. Tho ball ^ntorod hie right side, passort up ami through tho iotl lunjc. This was on 1 htirsduy ovcn?n;<. I'joiU Giuimrdlingorod until ycuterchiv, at 11 o'cloo^ a. m., ?at watch tiwo ho diod.?('Th(trU*tOt\ Mercury. ? A Interesting Extracts. I j?l "A. Y.," a traveling correspondent of so ho Sparta nbart Express in passing through 'ickens thus dots his impressions of ^ thr>: he OT : j jy " Tho. District of Pickens interested ine H( cry much. Its mountain*, its beautiful j of treains, and its rich valleys render it wor- ! hy of a visit from every lover of nature.? j . Sot lmvelt of tl?c upland is under cultiva- i ? ion, tjio Soil, though covered with a luxu- j ions vegetation, being thin; and this, j w caving the forests untamed and uninvaded, | ai ?ivcs wildness and freshnofo to tlie appear- ' w in -e of tho country. The bottom landij, of b which there is no lack, are very rich, pro- j lucc abundantly, and are thickly settled, j K' An old gentieniiui, who knew the District j n: tvell, was accustomed to eulogize it in these ivorda: " If you wish to breathe tho phrcxt *' und most exhilarating air that ever entered j iind tilled the lungs of man, go to Pickens. * If you wish to ihnuk tliC coolest mid most ' hailth-preserving water tliat ever gushed c from the bowols of the earth, go to Pickens. * If you wish to buy the richest ami most productive land in the Slate, goto Pit-ken*. c Lastly, if you wish to procure the best wife , 0 nny country enn afford, go to Pickens." To < ' this catalogue of perfections you must per- " uiit me to add, with like commendation, * the honey and the buttermilk. 1 " Pickcn?vil)o is a place of devolutions- * ry renown, and is possessed of uncommon ' beaut)'. Its ten or a dozen houses nestle f together upon the summit of a high, though gradual swell, beneath a clump of venera- ' 1?1?\ auL'O It1 vnnnf Ja ll?n VD ' .;.v. '?v^|.v .v. v..v ?v..v, lawns, oovcrod with a rich carpet of grass, 1 slope gently off from every side, and ri.se ' again to oak-crowned hills. To the west, ' immediately behind tho houses, towers a ' very lofty mountain spur, of a conical shape, and densely wooded from the base to the J summit. We passed through this place about sunset. The richest green met and refreshed the oye oil every side, the spur ' was half in light and half in shade, while the doep blue mountains rose and fell to , the north. I thought that 1 had seen few j lovelier spots. At some distance from the Jocas.se. Valley, to which we were bound, wo met with Nino Times, a branch so named from meandering in such a maimer as to cross the rivirl iii in* fiiiirv< 111 Irwa tlinn n mils* Tlic space thus marked is romantic beyond description. High spin's and ridges tower beside tho road, affording a cool and delightful shade, even without tho aid of tho overarching and embowering trees. As we passed along, the mountain laurel luuig its beautiful bouquet of white (lowers within our gra^sp, and "sweet wild-flowers" of , every hue attracted our attention and excited our cupidity at every step. At lirst we crossed a little rivulet of crystal water, a few yards further it again presented itself, niurmurincjovor its pebbles with an increase of water, and thus, at short interval.*, it continued meeting us like an old friend, each time much increased in .size, rint'1, at tho ninth crossing place, we parted with a crook of considerable width and depth. The mountain streams along our route pleased me much, not only on account of their great beauty, hut from the intercut attaching to their names. Not far from Nine Times is Twelve Milo river, called so by an Indian squaw. Tradition teaches that the 1 iwlirinu fkf ilin tnnnnttinu 1m<l oonr%c\idnd ?? bloody dosccot upon t)io white settlers bolow, jiful that this woman determined to givo intelligence and auvc the intended victims. Proceeding alone she irtorked and named the streams that .she crossed by their distances from her point of departure, and posterity still prasorvcx the names of One Mile, Six Mile, Twelve Mile, Kightcen Mile, Thrcc-and-Twcnty, Six-and-Twouty, and lastly, at the end of her toilsome journey, Ninety-Six*. u A thing of beauty is a joy forever." I can nevev forget the lovely^ valley of the nor cense to vccaii, wun iiVOfV emotion, its beautiful pictnrc#. The valley winds from tlio foot of the mountains, in a southeasterly direction, for n mile or two, botweon lofty rijjfgcrt. The Whitewater and the Thomson, descending from tho mountains, unite their limped waters at its head, and, except where obstructing roeks produce a roar and foam, How rpiietly and smoothly forward through level, uirwooded, | and narrow bottoms, to join the Toxaway. The mountain laurel j>row densely along tllO ltnnlv'Mv nlinn^t i1vr>rnrf1ii?if? flir? ulrnnra ? " t> niul at this season of the year, their white flowers are scattered plentifully and in snowy Hakes over the dark li^-like foliage. You enter the valley by fording Toxaway, and, in doing ho, incut with a picture which, if you have nature in you, brings about a halt in the very middle of the river. Tho water breaks in foam around you, from a shoal a few feet above, beyond which, for at least fifty yards, tho river iaouo v:iHt poldied mirror, undisturbed by a single ripple in its reflection of the sky, and tho bending laurel. From the banks, on oach Hide, tho level valloy laud stretches away to ridges th.it tower to the *ky. In the bnok-ground of t'.io nietnro lnft.v innitnUinti. in 1- v." i J - ?^ tho deepest bluo, bound the vision. Tlio mingling of ho mnny bright color#?the green of the fidgep, tho grass of the bottoms, the ahceu of the water, and the deop blue of the mountains?give* the setae tho appearance of a painting iu oil colors, nnd, for a moment, you (ink yourself whether, indeed, your eyen are looking upqu ii'reality. This is but one of the roiiriy bountiful I pictures that unfold themselves in your vide j up the> valley. Ou our entrance, we were ; much impressed by tho almost nacred kfill I ncss of the scone.?a stillness unbroken vavo J by the steady but subdued voflr of the shonls. ' Thin, howovcr, Was not of long cootinuam n. | Wo had advancod But a few yards when i the sharp crack of a rifle, a short distanoo I ahead, nroko the sijonce, nnd, iimuediatcI ly after, a deer dashed through tl?e rircf | ond bounded up the side of the ridge, with a Yelping dog at his heels. Tnsro, nn *lsc. ' where among tho mountains, deer areplen| tiful, nnd though ftea redly a dixy panwi iu which the hunters aro M 9ttt; m many noes ?nd wjpui'o retreats nro in their posusiofi, that ht&uY years will pusw hoforo io lu.st will bo killed. U Thft night thnt wo passed in this "valley ' Kwi'Pt wntiTH." wiiH sneiit in a house tho I out of which is not twenty feet from tho ream of the Jocassee. One never tires 'gazing into these mountain streams. Asoonding tho mountain in the direction ' C'asluor Valley, " A. Y.," continues: "Tho road tfparlclcd with mica, and hiding beneath the shady trees, ever and J ion, conducted on to a spot from whence us to be seen the valley of tho Jocasseo Jf? in<r at our feet in all its beauty, tho couu- B *y through which wo had passed, and tho rc? irronndiug mountains. Half-way up the *cctot a trail leads ofl to the lower falls of le Whitewater, distant on<v or two bun- Ml rod yards from the road. Tho water defends in a curve, hundreds of feet, by scvral lofty and quick MtfOCeding leaps.? lushing in foam over the fimt lodge, it cir- / les i'or n momei.t in a pool of dark water, hen dashes over another, and so on to the lottom. This tmeeojjion of beautiful oeH i ados, 1 think, a more pleading and intoeif iag; sight than would be an unbroken fall Iowa the whole distance. Farther up the mountain, and across the boundary lino btwo.cn North and South Carolina, tho Up>er Tails break on the view. Bursting, to bo ^ye, from the side-of an opposite mounain, and, with a broad white sheet of wner, making, amid the trees, a sheer descent >f morb than a hundred feet, its appoaranee s exceedingly novel and striking. Manv fears ago, a party of Charlostoniai s paying i visit to these falls, and too fearful ttf folow the p:ith lending up to it, remained at ibis spot for several hours, and, returning, ls.-ured their friends that they had been unply repaid the discomfort of their long j iuntey. The sight is indeed worthy a long journey. "With the exception of (be rain-bow. it seemed to me to realize Hvron's i description of an Alpine cataract : " I( in not noon?tlic 8iln l>ea?n*s rnj-s still nrcli The torrent, with tlie many lines Of henveTi, And roll "the sheeted silver's waving column O'er the crag's headlong perpendicular, Aii'l fling ii* lines of foaming light along, And. to, and fro, like tho.palc courser's tail, The giant steed, to ho bestrode by Death, As told in the Apoeulypse." Important from Utah. The Sacramento Union contains important news from tlio Valley of the Great Salt Lake. It will he seen that the Mormons arc not only waging war against peaceful and unoffending citizens, hut that serious dissensions arc rapidly thinning their Anm viiil/i* f' li.t,** already left for the A Untitle States. Tlu? Union says : CrandaH's pioneer couch arrived in our city, at ono o'clock this afternoon, from Carson Valley, with the express matter, #*, the mails and p: 8.-<cngoVs?travi ling time 1") hours. Dates from Suit Lake aro to May 12. Mr. Willcens, who came passenger, is direct from Salt l<ake, where he had been residing for nine months, having had to flee with hi." family to California. Wilkens and party is composed of twen ty-?ix persons, right of whom are women. After leaving Salt Lake they were arrested by a la g> body" of Mormons, and taken back, on a charge of horse stealing. Ah no evidence, even for a Mormon court, was offered against them, they were discharged, at tho request of ono Mestck, who knew I three of them in San Francisco?ho being the Clerk of the Court. After that they were hunted like wolves, night and day, until they reached Coo*e Creek Mountain*, over one hundred miles from Salt Lake, when t lie .Mnrmniw made a charge on them ami killed nix of thoir animals. ()ne-half the population would leave, nml f, will do so, if tint tiovernincut send*a nuffi- - ? t'ient force to protect them. t V lirigham declares that if the faints will ptuud by him and the Churcli, ho will bo President of tho United States in less than ten years. Williams, the lawyer, had fled. Thcdc Ktroyingnnjrcla wore on his track, and it wuh not known if ho oxcnpcd thom. Open and nvowed ihurdor of all who havo and are becoming obnoxious, is advocated in public . S j hbhciu binge#; in fact, an offev was publicly nrndc in a meeting, by one of the faithful, to murder two Gentile traders at Box Elder, near the city, who had inmvrod the A. diapleannroof Kluur Lorcu/.<iKuow. if they did not leave by June 1. A Ir.iin of inii> liiiiiilivul ..-1 l?i"? evni Who horotoforo have Veen in Ol<i .<:'onfl? ^ donee oftho high prie.?t,s nvo known foh?"?o been muvdeteu iu attompting bor" l.?oVC ao crotly. Hoven ladies, with their fuinilir*. whrwn B huxbnnds hud made their escape, begged to bo taken away by Wilkerw' party, expecting daily to hoc Pomo of their number dragged away to the harem of 601 no of tho -i anointed. , "Brighnm preaches open rebellion to nil attempt# on the part of the Government to retahiiHh n foothold in bin Territory, Ho hns inaugurated a new laVr, by which he govoniR dtHobedient. wiv&, by tU'frrndhig and making menials of thorn, deriving thein of tho right to marry or havo a p''^- I f.wtov. )t i* called an " Knrthly 1^ l' KPT.nATi L'n\;iVT.?-The Veder.il Court, for tho fir?t tijns, wnn liolfl In Greenville 1 Inut week, by hw Honor .Jmlgc A. O* Mngrath. The following lawyer*, rm wolearn, <fl| from th? Kutcrprise, were Pilmitted to itn w practice: ? M?i. B. V. rerry, C, P. RulUvnn, A<q., 1; C.J. Klfcrd, Esq., Col. (*. F. Townm, ft Col. K. P. ,J one*, Col W. H. Campbell, Gen. 8. M. Wilkes, J. W. Stofcew, Kwi., S.j I Mnj. A. T. Broyk*, Maj, W K, EmIcjvSP. CtowlJeft, #o4 J. B- Sloan,, L&^."