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KEOWBE CO U1U Eld ROBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKUMS.?$1.50 per annum, in a<lvanoo. If | payment be ch'lnyp?l until after the exnirntion of i tho year, $2.00 For *ix moutU.s, 75 cents, in n<tvanee. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. j PICKENS C. II., S. C.: ; Saturday Morning1, July 10, 1858. Congressional Favors. Wo arc hulcl>to<l to Col. 1>onuav, of South Carolina, and Senator Douglas, of Illinois, for public documents. Early Cotton Blooms. Two of our citizens?Messrs. Moore and 11 ugu es?have presented us with the first cot' ton bloouis wo have seen this season. They oponcd on Saturday last, the 3d instant. Tho Court of Equity. This Court rmivi?noil at t!ii? i?ln<?n nn M.m- I ? 1'",vw v" day last, Chancellor F. II. Wardi-aw presiv\inj^. f?overnl stoutly litigated eases were heard, aiul much matter of course business disposed of. Tho Court adjourned Wednesday afternoon, without clearing the dockets, although dispatching all the causes ready for trial. The business of this Court is on the increase. Wo have before alluded to the facility, in this Court, for partitioning real and personal estate, and the fairness and cheapness of such ii proceeding. ror instance, an estate, real and personal, amounting to over $1)0,000 was partitioned at this term, at a cost of not more than $350. The expenses of sale, under an administration, would have amounted to over $1,500! Hcira-at-law generally might profit by looking into this matter. There were a larger number of persons in attendance than usual. The legal profession was also woll represented. From Gronvillc, came Messrs. I>. F. Pbrrv, \V. Iv. Kaslky G. F. Townes and C.J. Elford; and, from Auderson, Messrs. J. L. Orr, J. W. Harrison, Jo. Uerry Si.oan, and S. M. Wilkes, with the resident members of the bar. New Advertisements. Tlio attention of the public is directed to the valuable lands offered for sale iu this number, and also to the other various new advertisements in our columns. * " A Voter" and the Railroad. The communication of "A Voter," on the subject of a further appropriation to the Blue Ridge Railroad, appears in this number.? He professes great interest in the success of the enterprise, but it scarcely conceals his real feelings. But, for bis professions to the contrary, wc should have placed him with the opponents of the road. As to further State aid, no reasonable mau can come to the conclusion that it will be asked for bofore it is nt" lcil. Whenever that timo arrives, whethor it be this or next yoar, the appropriation should l>o made. "A Voter" may rest easy on this point, for, as the members of the Legislature are necessarily invested with a largo discretion, the interests of the people will be fully protected. A fear that Bancs & Co. may obtain a judgment against the Company for a largo sum Hocms to have taken hold of the mind of " A Voter" with some strongth. Ilia fears on this point should not givo him much uneasiness. Wo do notdosiro t<o prejudge the ease but we think it extremely doubtful whether the recovery, if it should be gaiued, can pos tsibly amount to a respectable sum ; and further, the State has a prior lieu on the road, which, when satisfied, will leave nothing for Bangs or any one else. As to the pay of the Engineors. The Company has chargo of this matter, and is entire ly responsible in tho premises. To the credit of the Company be it said, however, competent Engineers have bcon employed, and a rcasonublo compensation only are allowod them for their services. Wo think tlio.rnfnrn tlint. " A Vr?tnr" mow very well dismiss his doubts and fears, especially as they appear to bo groundless. At least, it is nothing but fair to take ground for or'against tho road, that the peoplomay fully uudorstand your position. Peaches, Our friend, Tuos. II. Booas, Esq., will accept our thanks for the first present of pears and peachos, with which we have been favored this season. Oeneral Intelligence. The Mormons have bsft IJtn.li. in l?rf?f? num. hers, for Sonora or some otlier western wild. Gov. Comino is at Salt Lake city, surrounded by Yocno and a portion of bis followers, who profess a desire for peace. The army was to march into tho city at the earliest practicable period. " Fco l)oo," a correspondent of the Columbia Guardian, says that the friends of Col. J. D. Am,ex, of Barnwell, will urge his election to the gubernatorial chair next wintor. Col. Ai.lkm is a high-toned and liberal minded gentloman, and would honor the position. Tho Nicaragua war is just commencing as wo learn by an arrival from that country.? The largo ships have been ordered to rondoz. vcua at San Juan. A heavy sno\ .storm overtook a Santa Fo train on tliu 12th of April. Six poraons and between 250 and 300 mules wero frozen to dtalh. Many wagons vrftro abandoned, at a heavy loss. In New Moxico, mining operations arc carried on with suocch?. An arrivalvfrom California brings $1,800,000 in gold. Sovoral destructive flres have occurred in California: ono at Nevada city ?,? of Slov. T 40A/i UIIU uuisvuv* ??w ^n?n ? IMUUIOWI JJVWf fM/U," OOtfjtt^toro than th? usual number of *gsaspiriSflpSi# murdors and casualties aro taking place tfwrc. Mjnuw: in still very profitable. ?::tcir!^c^y?ffljW8Lirbin(l lias boon rocoiv4' - e?l announcing that tlie British government, abandons tho right to visit a\?d search our vessels on the high seas. That government also intends to withdraw its (loot from the <Iulf of Mexico, that no cauyoof quarrel may exist between tho American and Knglish gov" ornnirtil?i Tl.o address of Col. L. M. Kkitt, delivcrc' in Charleston on tlio occasion of laying the oornor stone of the Calhoun Monument, has been published. It was an interesting inauguration of a work long delayed, and was participated in by a largo number of poraons. The address is appropriate, clothed in chaste and beautiful language, and has added much to the reputation of its gifted author. Feimings and Clippings. Cotton.?The price of cotton is improving in Charleston, it bcingtjuoted at 9 to 13 cents per pound. Gem. Daniel Wallacr.?This gentleman, who has been lying dr.ngorously ill, is now slowly rccorcring. NbwYork, July 3.?The remains of President Monroe were oxhumed yesterday, and his collin was found to bo in an excellent state of preservation. Tlio remains left this city t)-day, under tho charge of the Virginia Committee, and the soventh regiment of tho city, for Richmond, Va. Toiucco.?-The plauters in the vicinity of Danvillo, Va., state that thorc is a most satisfactory stand of tobacco, and the prospect at present looks to a heavy crop. Tho crop pitched la said to no a largo one. Maine Poi.itics.?The Democratic Strvto Convention of Maine, has nominated lion. Manassbli II. Smith, of Warren, for (jovcrnor,who accepted tiie nomination in aspeooh of c msiderablo length. Resolutions were adopted, complimenting the administration, endorsing the final adjustment of the Leconipton question, and denouncing the opposition and its measures. Xciuly seven hundred delegates wore prosont. i:.... i'i,? \r?... v??u v/> porta eight deaths as occurring from sun j strokes, on the 30th ultimo. There were besides, six very severe cases that did not terminate fatally. Kansas.?A dispatch from Leavenworth says that Denver intends to resign the Govern orship of Kansas after the Angust election. A Hard Story.?The "woman who lives without eating" is still alive, and according to the common opinion of those around her, and tho testimony given in the case, she has taken 110 food sine tho 20th February, 1857. Her name is Mrs. iJetsy llaves, wife of Sim con Hayes, of Chester, N. V. Snow at tiik White Mouktaihs.-?A gentleman who ascended Mount AVilley, from the White Mountain Notch, a few days ago,' found patches of suow eighteen inches deep, on the top of the mountain. This is said to he quite unusual for that neighborhood, ho lata in Juno. Ybli.ow Fever.?Tlio report of the Now Orleans hoard of health, on tho 29th ult., announces the occurrence of two deaths by yellow fovcr in that citv, during the week. Am Opposition* Paper.?It is announced that an opposition paper is to ho established in Fairfield?some of tho people believing that tho Herald does not correctly rcfloct tho views of tho district. Time has proven that " opposition papers" arc anything but successful and profitable institutions! Another Skuinary.?ft has been determined, l>y the Episcopal (church) Convention, to establish a Theological Seminary at Camden, in this State. Tiie Goodwood Ccr.?There are thirtyfour entries for this race, weight at 87 to 133 pounds. The highest weights aro Fisherman, Leamington, and IJrother to Bird-onthc-Wing; the lowest aro Etoilodu Nordand Lv Maladotto (Fronch); Charleston and Prioress arc Mr. Ten lirocck's entries, tho former at 11U ami the latter at 115. Death op Martin Ivosta.?Martin Kosta, tho Hungarian who was roscuod from the Austrian authorities in 1853, by Commando! Ingvnham, of the United States Navy, died recently in very indigent circumstances, on a sugur plantation, near tho city of Ouato inula. Handsomk.?Mrs. W. J. Evo, vico-rogonl for (ioorgia for the Mount Vernon fund, hat I raised for tho tomb of Washington, $1,31*1 I heading tho list with ?100 on her own ac count. Moat of tlio money comes from la (lies, and one of them, Mrs. Emily Tubman, sends $300 from the ladies of Tuscumbia.? All honor to theso noblo and patriotic women of tbo South! Universal Suffrage in E.vui,ani>.-Ther< are now fifty petitions before the llouso oi Commons signed by nearly twenty thousand persons, for the adoption of universal suf Tsrribi.r.?A young woman in Cincinnati got drunk the other day, and was taken t( j station; whilst there, alio had constant con vulaions, (hiring which two men couhl not i hohl her, and she nftcrwardi died. Tho doc tor said the fits wero cuusod by froo iadnl gonco in strychnine whisky. Court IIou.sk Burnt.?Tho Court Hour* at Troupvillo, Loundos county, Ga., was en tiroly consumed l>y tiro on Wednesday lust.? Nearly all tho records of the county \ver< destroyed. Dkticixd.?Two hank forgeries have thii weok been dot*cted in Now York?one or tho Artisans' Bank for $1,500, and anothei on the National for $2,500. iiirfinakns Paih For.?Susan Brovrn hai recovered$4,500, and Amanda Rhodes $100( I from tho Buffalo (N. V.) Railroad, tor tin death of khoir rcupoctivo husbands by mis managmnorit on that line. Ixsui.tino a Lady.?A brute namod C. J. Sullivan, who grossly insulted a young lady in tho streets of iSt. Louis, has been lined $23 and sontoncod to tho work-house for 57 days. Pretty severe, but served him right. 1 Tub Cotton Citor.?Advices from all thG Southern cotton raising States give assnran" ( cos of a largo crop. On various plantations f l)wt n1>) ntvi liArvnn f a lilnnnt Tub Wukat Crop.?Accounts from all 1 quarters of this and other States, says a Virgiuia paper, give tlattoring returns of the pro- i gross of the wheat harvest. The rust has not 1 been very injurious after all. Loxc. Days.?The four days ending with Wednesday, the 23d ult., were the longest days of the year. On oaeh of theso days tlie sun was above the horizon fifteen hours and threo minutes! Mixing.?It is said that in one of the interior towns of California, seven-eighths of ! the population arc under '21 years of age.? The yield of gold ought to be abundant where minors are so numerous. New Ori.kaxs, June ;>U.?A duel took place i near this city, yesterday, between Mr. llainlan of the True Delta, and Mr. (jlbson of the ; Crescent, in which the latter was .rilled. Nr.w York Citv Mortality.?There were 347 dci'tbs in the city (luring the past week, u decrease of three i\s compared with the mortality of the previous week, and an increase of 213 as coiuparcd with the corrospon iling week ol last your. 1)k\t!i uy Lightnino.?The Chcraw Gazelle learns, that on Saturday lust, during u suvoro thunder storm, two small negroes, )?elonging to Col. John N. Williams, of Society Hill, were killed at his plantation on the rivers, by a stroke of lightning. There were throe under the tree at the time, and the third one wart badly stunned, but has recovered. A Lar'JF. Uatti.esnakr..?Wo learn from I the Lexington Flag, that on the '.'1st ult. Mr. r.?~i n..i.i i.: 1 i-.i ~\ 4. &? . _:i r ? t luui miil'u, ?i?i?''11 murs iioin ij(*x ington C. II., a large Rattlesnake, measuring four feet ami six inches in leugth, and twe've inches in circrMkrcucc. It had eleven rattles. Tub Rights or Max.?It is generally considered that a man has a ri^iit to fteal a kins or an umbrella when he has a chance! Kim,f.i> by Indians.?Nino persons, it is stated, have recently been killed by the Indians. about 2") niilos from WouthorfolvK Parked comity, Texas. On Kecchi creek, in that county, the jiooplo arc building forts fi r protection. Death of Gkv. Clkvei.and.?'Gen. Beuj. Cleveland, of Habersham county, Ga., died near Clarksville, on the 30th June last. Fikk.?A destructive lire occurred at Ports mouth on the 2d instant, which consumed property valued at $30,000, mostly covered j by insurance. Pistoi.s and C'oKi'kk.?The editors of the Atlanta ^uco.j imcutgcncer ana American uro arranging to fight a (luol, which lias grown out of a controversy as to which paper ! gave the most reliable account of the execution of Crockett. Mementos.?At the sale of the furniture of the old House of Representatives at Washington, on the 28th ult., the desk once occupied by (Jov. MeDnilio brought ; L'ol. I Benton's the same price; while tho desk of Col. 1*. S. Brooks run up to $9. 1'ifotourai'us ok tub Moor.-?The Paris Monitcur announces that photographic experiments were made in Franco during the i ;_ * i u .. I.VI i . ? cuupsB me sua on .uny 10111, aim esranlinl.od tho fact that the moon has an atmosphere of about twenty-fivo miles in height. lIoiiKini.k TIiaokhy.?A most appalling tragedy was enacted in Columbus county, in X. (!., early on the morning of Tuesday last, resulting in the death of four persons. We fiud the following account in the Wilmington Journal: The account, as it has reached us, is, that at the time already stated, Joshua llouse, killed his father, his wife.-and two nf hi* , own small <;hiklrcn, cutting off their heads . with an axe. 11 is eldest son ran over to I the residence of Isaac II. Powell, Esq., and told Mr. 1'. what had happened, who got 1 W. (i. Smith, Rs<|., and they went on towards House's. On their way they met House in pursuit of his son with an axe.? t lie said he wanted to kill him. On mccti ing Messrs. Powell and Smith, ho dropped \ the axe and held out his hand, when they arrested him. lie is now in jail. House . had been forsoiuo time in tho Insane Asy1 ?iin . Imf. \vi?a rmf I*** l*!o *#* ? , ~ """ ".I ",0 ni""1""" some three or four weeks n^o, since which ( time lie 1ms been permitted to run at. larjje. There is every reason to believe that lie was insane at the time when lie committed ! the terrible deed /or which bo has been arf rested. The occurrence took placo some I live miles from Wliitcvillc, in the vicinity - of the White Marsh. The little boy who escaped, stated, wo believe, that House kllli ed the old man out in the yard with a stick, , and then chopped off hie bend, lie took the old man's knife, and with that ho. kill...i i 1 -..i. tr i ? *:u inn uwil WliU, 1UIU Ullt Oil IIC1" I1CUU.?? The children he killed with the axe mid chopped off their heads. At Whitcvillc, " when being carried to jail, Houae said he killed his wife because she had tried to cut j his throat two years ago, and his fathor bc. cause kc had whipped him very severely when a boy. Ho had been in the insano asyium lor eighteen months preeetJing tiro affair, with tho exception of tho Jant throo or four wcoks. Wo hardly see how or why 1 ho was set loose. . WiLMiNOTON, Juno 30.?IMvatc despatches from Now Orleans state that a large tiro occurred there yesterday. Tho ships ' " Fanny Fcsdiok" and " Hannah Crocker" * wereslightly damaged. The steamer "Kui> press," schooner " Minnie Hhioffcr" and u Swinish brig were burnt to tho water's J at1ge. % # OOMMUNtOA'TKm roil TIIK COURIK.K. A mooting of the Piokons District Agricultural Socicty mot oil Tuesday evening, Otli July? 1858, ftt Pickcns C. It. Col. M. M. Noaniv was appointed Chairman >f tlio mooting, and J. K. II.vuoou rc<fuostCd to . .1 . . ri .? ' i \qi as occrctar/. A Committee of I'ivc was appointed to nominate officers for tiic said Society, to wit: Z. ( . I'vlmam, Hamuki. 11kii?, W. J. (Jaktt, M. F. Mitciiki.1i and Titos. 11. l>ot:os. The Committee appointed bog leave to submit, the names of tho following gentlemen as suitable persons to nut: President?Col. Milks M. Nohton. Vice President?1st, Wm. llrxTP.it, Esq. ' " .2nd, Moiuian IIauimn. " " 3nl, iS. K. McFai.i,. " " -1th, Tuos. 11. itooos. " " 5ih, F.i.imh 11. Gntmx. Secretary?Thomas J. Keith. Treasurer?! am kit Mauood. The Society then elected the foregoing gentlemen officers. The President then appointed the following | Conimittcc to draft ft Constitution and Hy-l.uws [ for tho government of ?nid Society, and Report at the next regular n. eting: H. A. Thompson, Z. C. Pi i.i.iam, uiul .1. H. Hac.ooii. It was then moved" that the names of W. .1. Oantt and Sami'Ki. Kkiii he added to s:ii<l Committee. <>i? motion, ordered, that the proceedingH l>e published in the Courier. .Meeting adjourned until Suleday in August, nt 10 o'c lock, A. M, "M. M. Nouton, Chiu'ii. ,1. K. IIacood, Sei y. Wai.hai.la, July 3, ISoS. The Piekons District Agricultural Society at Walhalla, held its third quarterly mooting at tho American Hold on Saturday the 3d inst. Of its proceedings, wo consider the following tho most important unci interestingTho question was asked, what doe.i it cost | in I'ickcns district to raise a bushel of wheat, or of corn, takingthe average of "> or 10 years? It is expected that t'.e answer to it will bo given at the next annual meeting, the third Wednesday of September next, by the committee of five appointod for that purpose, and consisting of the following gentlemen: Col. I. Ilradwell, J. H. Shclor, E. 1*. Vomer, Uapt. Phillips and Elom Sharpe. Col. I. UiiAimei.i, desires the committee to meet him, previously to the general meet..r tt>A -i. *f- i? i> I.ig w? CUV U1IWIVIJ UV iur. 1/. DIKMAN.N S Oil I thc2il Saturday of September nest. The Committee on tho application of lime ns a fertilizer to tho mtil, is likewise expected to report on that occasion. In addition to the above, the following will probably engage the attention of the Society. Is the Chinese Sugar Cane in its green stale injurious to cattlo feeding upon it; and in a v Oats effected by the rust, safely bo fed to animals. Four gentlemen communicated their desire to compete for the premium, proposed for the best conducted farm. The annual mooting of the S >oietv will take place on tho third Wednesday in September noxt, C. F. Ban.seukr, Seo'ty. vox Til K col'KIKIl. Mr. Editor: Will you allow mo the use of tho "Courier," to express my doubts in regard to tho. propriety of the State granting to tho Illuo ltidgo Railroad further aid, at our next Legislature. I would not have you think, for ono inomont, that I am opp.<s>d to this grand enterprise, far from it. 1 i tn, on tho contrary, a warm friend and advocate of this great and almost world-ronownod entcrpriso, knowing, as I well do, tho great and lasting advantages and benefits tho State aud her citucus must inevitably derive from tho early completion of the same. But I would simply argue tho wisdom and propriety of the Stato granting this enterprise further aid at the next Legislature at least, for very apparent reasons. < About tho first thing tho Blue llidgo Company did, after its organization, was to contract with Anson Bangs ?\ Co., (Northern men,) to build the Road. BA.xr;s worked a 'small force on tho Road, somo two or throe Sears, to bu,t littlo or no advantage. The iluo Ridge Company paid It anus & Co. for considerable work, which is now worse than useless, it being to remove, such as culverts, &o., Ac., for some cause, though 1 presume not without a just ono. Ranus & Co. was discharged. Since then, they, Ba\<js Si Co., have commenced suit against tho Blue Hidgo Company, for, 1 hear, throe millions of dollurs uuuin^oo. Now, if Bangs &- Co. should obtain judgment against tlio Blue Uidgo Company for the above amount, a tiling not at nil improbable. for guch is the glorious uncertainties of the law, or if they, as they generally do, in such eases, split iho difference?as thchorsoswapper would say?and givo Bangs & Co. a judgment for one aud a half million, I ask where is the money to come from? Why, says everybody, lot tho Bine Kidge Company pay it themselves. Yes, that would bo honicst, I will admit, but I very reasonably infor, by thoir again asking the Stato for help? whioh they arc very certain to do, that tliey have very nearly already expended what available moans they have, ana they nro not likely to get any more unless tho State gives it to them, and I am so very little acquainted with legal matters generally, as not to know but what, if the Stato should mako tho desir cu Appropriations, Tor tlie iisoh and purposes of the lJlue Kidge Railroad, but wlint it would either wilfully or loyally bo subjcct to tho liabilities of tho company. Then again, I am reliably informed that tho Company pay their engineers extravagantly high prices, which they have a perfect right to do, if they chooso, no long as they pay it themselves, but when thoy ask tho Htatc to as*i?t them, or in other words, who." they ask th.o Stato toforco oach and every 0110 of hor tax-paying citisons, to assist them in paying these exorbitant prices. Then I am suro tho peoplo havo a righi to complain, and will most certainly do bo. In conclusion, I will say that tno State has | aireany (insisted the IJluo liidge Company, to I an unwise extentin my honost opinion. W'lion | tjio State granted thorn aid, it was on oondi! tioue that thero should be a spoCiflcd amount of stock takon by priratQ individuals, or cori porations, and a given ^er cont. paid on tlic same, bftfotfo the Mate aid was nv^ilat'o.? Now, to procure the desired amount of subscription, the Company s?nt its agents hithot and thithor, for the purpose of ftoficiting subscriptionr, from Ton, Dictc and HaHht. Thi denircd nmou-t wail thus obtained, a great deal of which, 10 percent, never will be paid on it, much leas tho whole amount, Inun an tncse ori'ieuocs of extravagancies, with many othern f coulil name, so rarj plfe. , I sgnin .ink: Wouhl it be wiwor ri^bl for the State to grant the Blue Kidgo Railroad further aid at the approaching Legislature? There is iuo?t certainly a tinio coming whon it will he both wiso and right for the State to talie hold of this groat enterprise, j and shove it forward to an early completion, I lint in mv ti 11 in I il o (minimi Mint: (into in fur tlier oil'than next November or Deoombor. A Voter. Blustering Bravado. It is really amusing to witness the tall pretensions and blustering bravado of Rome of our politicians and newspaper editors, who are eternally pouring a llood of abuse upon everything that squints of Yankeedom ; and unceasingly ranting about States IN,Iti.v1.?u <.\w1 '"ft""1! i. ....v. Union. Why thin unremitting and unending cry of wolf, wolf?these constant and frothy speeches about invaded rights'( Are they p.fraid the people will distrust their courage, or their patriotism, if they arc less noisy and boisterous on the subject; or are they striving in good earnest to inform the people, and arouse them to a proper some of their danger { If they desire to keep up a character for courage and patriotism they avo taking the surest steps to defeat their purpose; if they are really actuated by the higher and purer niotivo of creating in tlic minds of the people a just indignation at the wrongs which have been heaped upon litem (with all duo deference to their opinions,) wo think they have mistaken the proper means. In spite uf all that may he said to the contrary, snob men are considered alarmists by the people at large, and their statements are taken as one-sided statements, and their views of every subject of agitation between the two sections are regarded as not sufficiently impartial, and often too highly colored with the prejudices of the author. We have seen that such a line of uolie.v tnav occasionally nrodnee a i . j - ; I spasmodic effort at resistance ; but tliey arc only spasmodic, and tend, bjr tlirir unsuccessful issues, to postpone n proper and successful redress of our grievances. Let a proper and unprejudiced statement of the facts on both sides he made, giving the North credit for all that it is justly entitled to, and claiming nothing move or less than the Constitution and laws of our (Government give us ; showing, when necessary, a proper spirit of resistance to unjust legislation and oppression, without rant, without any Huncombc lire and thunder ; and our word for it, the people will not fail to strike ..i ii.- _ i\? - rin.* m mi! jiniuvr nine u?r nicir rignis. .1 ijih is the only conr.sc which can inspire confidence, and which can give them n proper understanding of their true position in the (lovcrument. Tho.y will not take it for granted, because they arc told, in tho declamatory explosions of stump orators, that their rights are invaded ; they want to know the facts of the ease, and to see both sides of the question j they may, it is true, bo wrought up to fever heat occasionally, by war speeches, in which appeals arc made to their courage and chivalry, but without a proper sense of the wrongs they have suffered, arising from a full knowledge of 4.1... v.. ..4 l.: .i.v * !*..i - mu liiuis wiuuii euiisiuuio uicso acts 01 injustice, this cbulutiol! of fooling must soon pass away, and leave those who i?re made to experience it mot e negligent and less watchful of their interests than ever. Besides, this .spirit of boasting and eternal abuse of the North dues not well accord with that chivalrous bearing and magnanimity which we claim for ourselves. We believe the North is hopelessly a bol it ionized ; we believe, farther, that the Black Republican party is doing all in its power to destroy the institution of slavery; but this should not prevent us from doing justice to those l Northern men who. with 11 mnitiniinr sonar* of justice to us, arc striving against an overwhelming majority. Wc cannot, help feeling indignant at the faithless eourso pursued by the Abolitionists, but wo should express our indignation in a dignified and manly way, without imitating their foulmouthed speeches. When wo havo exhausted the argument with them wo should stop, and say to them, "wo have nothing further to offer you." There is so much said for Buncombe, and for the sake of being considered more patriotic tlmn everybody else, that many of our people, as well as thousands at the NV; ch, believo all we say about resistancoto be nothing more or i i~ >? avno vikiu miur-u i wi?u ullu. [SjMrtatiburg Ejrprctt. Trm Last Attempt to Assassinate Louis Napoleon.?Tho Paris correspondent of tho Liverpool Journal gives the following particulars of the Into attempt to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon ut Fontainhleau : "Tlio Emperor was riding slowly on horseback a little in advanco of the rent tff tho party by whom he was accompanied. Kuildcnlv lii.-t Vinran ?twl ul?'/wl o? I J ?",,v* ",MVU .sonic unseen danger, and tlio Kmperor, who is a iirstratc horseman, instantly awaro, na if by presentment, of coming evil, threw himself to 0110 side just na a pcrfect volley was fired over him? The assassins were ten in number, all Italians j four have boon taken, while the remainder, wp to the present moment, have escaped. It is this latter fuct which has causcd that sudden rnjlc amongst tlio Italians doniieiliatcd in Paris I i ,_i.:-i. ji.~ 1 < ii.. . i!- - i < I <11114 itiin;it Cut? uruuris ui tin* puucc reuucrea bo stringent and sovore, together with the dismissal and disgraeo of a cortainfJorsioan chief do brigade of polico, who hitherto ha* been n great favorite?both of which cYOnt# have created groat talk nnd suspicion o\ tho truth in Paris during the past few days. Of tho reality of the attempt nc doubt what over cxicttH : and the relators ndd that tht , Emperor's noriio was shot so severely in th< , neck that ho diod the same ovening. Thii i is tho tale ourrcot among tho monoyed mor . n _ t ? . * ub i im iMjurHw, nau ucnevca r>y tncm 11 \ pvivnto, wMl0 in public their cry if ?i nil ugiubsi the wicked inventors of suef i nmohiovouB lies." [ A cotcmporary notioing tho appointmcn of ? friend us poatninster, n?y8 ; "If ho at . tends to the nmla well a* he does to tin ' female#, ho will make a very attentive ani ' effiuiont officer. . aSlJ The Duties of Grand Jurors"We find in a lute Dumber of the Courier the following abstract of the recent ohnrgo of Judge Wardlaw to the (Jrand Jury of Charleston, in reference to their powers and duties, whieli will bo ot interest to our roaders generally: The Judge briefly charged tho jury on tno nature ot tncir duties, lie said Hint 111 nil cnscs the Grand Jury hns n large discretion which would warrant them in throwing out any bill thought by then to be unworthy of investigation, and too trifling to consume tho time of the Court. From considerations of this kind they might honestly and conscientiously throw out a large number of bills without fear, favor or offoncc. lie said that in this District he had noticed particularly, ana lind occasion to notice before tlmt the issue of cross-warranta prevails to a very great extent. When ^ a man is indicted for nsaault and battery, the first step seems to bo for tlio person thus brought forward, to prosecute the man who lias indicted him. Sometimes, in this way, very trifling matters are brought before the Court of Sessions. Whenever the Jury found a case of tluit kind, which generally commence* from mere spite, and where there had been no serious harm, it would be wise in them, sometimes, to reject both bills. They also had a right, in addition to the bills given by the Attorney General. to present anv violation of the ncnal law known to tlicni, or which came to their knowledge based upon reliable information. They uiiuht present any public officer for neglect of duty; or by giving the fiict-M of any violation of law, bring him before tins Court, naming tlie offender, the names of the witnesses, the time, ptuoc and circumstances. lie also brought to their notice the gradual incrense of cases of nuisances for ob- ^ structing the highways. Highways wore ho said, either public or private. A private way was where one or more persons have a partial right through another's land. It sometimes belonged to several persons.? Of late, there is a tendency to increaso in cases of this kind. If a man is sued for a private righ , nc inenrs the expenses him yen. j*ut a man wno mulcts nuotiicr lor public rij^ht, incurs no expense, but moro frequently subjects the witnesses of other parties to very great expense and loss of time; and there is now n very strong temptation to resort to the Court of Sessions for such cases. The Grand Jury, however, should be very careful, and not indict for obstructing a private wny. Some of these public ways were of a peculiar kind, nnd have not been established by law. Where a road had been used by the public for moro than twenty years, Jt became then, by law, a public road. (jAMnr,r.k8 in (,'oh miha.?Wo are ^ pleased to rco that tlie city authorities of ^ Columbia havo expressed a determination to root out, at any cost, the gambling establishments in that city, which we are told, nr<> much more numerous thnn outsiders dream of. If there i? any place in tiie Siate where cspooial vigilanco should be oxercised to break up these vagabonds who prey upon society, it certainly should be in tho city where the young ir.on of out State are collected for the advancement of their education. The gambler is scarce a degree removed from the professional pick-pocket, and we would rejoice to sec tho laws vigorously enforced against thorn. They are a silent but a numerous and active class, and f many nn unfortunate youth cnrcfully and | religously trained nt homo, lias returned x from Collego demoralized and undone by nn unsuspected intercourse with these knights of dark alleys and sccret chambers. \Yo obscrvo that tho gamblers about Columbia, (la., have betaken themselves to the swamp? to avoid indictments, and we hope Mayor Tradcwell and his coadjutors may bo so succcsBful as to produce a stain- ^ pede of tho fraternity from the neighborhood of our capitol. [Clarendon Jianner. SkIUOVH C0Nn?A(IRATI0N. A lire broke out about ten o'clock Inst night in the iron work shop occupicd by Mr. ( J rundell, and owned by W. L. Porter, Ksq., situated on the south side of Ouecn-street. between Church and Meeting. At tho same time flames were seen to hurst forth from the brick ware house, owned and occupied by Messrs. l&jrtife A Votes, next door and to tho eaafooCj tbo abovo. Mr." (JrundeH'a shop was t<>tu!!y,eonsuined, and his tools and stock, wf^^w&s valued/ sift ?'{,000, destroyed, togethef with ft Inuall building in tho rear. Tho warehouse of Messrs. (Inyuo & Yates was alsgr'destroyed * with the greater portion of its contents, con sisting of Hay, Sugalr, Molasses, &e., saving about 320 bblf?; of whiskey. From the fact of this fire breaking out simultaneously iu two adjoining buililipga, there is no doubt of its being the act of an inoendiury.-? Messrs. Ilavne A, Yatmt nr? liml tr> tu^n. 8urcd $5,000 on their stock, anil 810,000 on tlio fitoro; Mr. ( JrumloM'fl stock for $2,. 500. Mr. W. L. l'orter'a building wn? injured for 81200 in tho Tnfinranco & Tru?fc Company. Tho cntiro low is oat minted at , i20,000.?Charlatan News, Ju/y 2, Tiir. NTkxt PresidencyTUo follow1 ing gentlemen hnvo already been named in | 1 connection with tho next Presidency > ' Howell Cobb, Senator Bright, Senator 1 Hunter, of Virginia ; Snooker Orr. John P Slidoll, Senator Brown, of Miewwi^i} Pottmpator Gencrnl A, Y, Brown, J?coh Thompson, Dickinson, John Letcher, VicePresident Brookonridgo, Stephen A. DongI las, ft; 0. Wiuthrop, It. J. Oov. 5 crnor >Vi?e, Crittenden, Bell, Fillmore, i Win. L? Yonecy, Seward, Banks, Ohaso, Senator Trumbull, of Illinois; (t, A. (Bow\ ! of PcnnHylvftnia j Judg*-^$lcIWit ? Swnn,ofB?Uinmro; Geo?;'r ( 1 Uum^hrM' Mdwllnil niii1>iLlM'.i