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lMCKKXS C. H., S. C.:
Saturday Morning, Arignst 13, 1859.
A few Words by the Way.
To our brethren of tlic |ire^, vrlto Iinve so
kiiiilly niul compliment itrily welcoincl our prosperous
entrance upouilic eleventh volume of
tliis journal, we temlor mir Imm iv -tii.
the assurance that they occupy a high place in ,
our rog.ivtl and esteem.
To those friends who have, within the lust ,
month, added largely to our subscription list( j
and to others who have long, generously, an.l |
wnrmly support oil us, we nre truly thankful. In I
fact, a steady increase in tho patronage of the 1
paper has continued since our connection with
it. With a large subscription list, the columns j
of the CorniKB arc tendered to advertisers, with I
many advantages.
For our enemies, (and we regret to have it t" j
Ray that we have dogging at our heels a few of |
the white-livered tribe.) we have an abundant j
supply of mingled pity and contempt,
ValttaWo Landts for Sale.
TM. _ ? - ? "
i ii? muiuuiicemooi 01 nc\ v . <i. Alri.l.lNMX 1
that thorc is a probability of his emigrating to
tho west, will bo received by bis friends and
the public will) reluctance and .sincere regret.
Useful, and fearless in the discharge of his duty,
lvc can be illy spared from our midst. We
join hoa' iily in the general remonstrance against
his removal. See his advertisement.
The Commissioner ir? Ktpiity oilers for sale,
in October, the valuable lands described in the
pleadings in tho oa#o of Sutiikiw.asuh v Kkitii,
et. al. The public are invited to a" inspection
of the .premises. Attention is ask'-i t<.> tlie othef
new advertisements in our colm..- .
A Pleasant Trip
A short visit to tho Tunnel, a ' intermediate
points, has been attended .< ;,h pleasing
incidents. On tho " Hill," tV Coirimittoo
of Sovon arc industriously e .jaged in
preparing for tho mass mooting and barbecue.
Tho members of the Committee informed us
that they would be amply prepare 1. with the |
substantial of life, fur the large crowd ex- I
pocted on tho occasion. Our friends there
are also preparing a pleasant surprise to the
"young folks," in the way of a dance ill the
evening. Let this be borne in mind.
The point for the meeting and barbecue has
been fixed, in a suitable grove, one-half mile |
from the summit of the ' Ilill," to (.he northeast.
Arrangements have been made to pro- '
nerve order during the day.
A few nilblio. ftitiriitxl I>il'nnng liorn _ I
, I ----- I I
tned to spread n table, late in the afternoon
of that day, to which will he invited the guests
of the occasion, with others.
We were much pleased with t?' perfect order
observed on the " Ilill," an-' ?arn that
much credit is due a temperance - -..nizntion
existing amongst the Irish for ' -amo.
Operations were being pushec- : ad in the
Tunnel, and, during our stay, n siderable
opening was made between the ' end ami
shaft No. 4. AVe descended th * alt, which j
is 210 feet deep, and would advi others to
do so when an opportunity offer?.
To Mr. St. Joiix, Mr. IIitcw *"< and Mr.
I'tTCttroRO, we areumlerobligu'i fjr favors
extended and courtesies shown u s.
Returning, wo^pent a few nv -nta at Col.
Grisiiam's hospitable cottage-h<> > c?Walnut
Kidge. lie is a gentleman of leisure ami
tine taste. Young Issektki,, an amateur pain
ler, is cngageu in painting tlic portrait of the
Colonel and liis amiable ladv, n'ul a landscape
of this charming place. Wo were pleased
with Col. G.'b liberality, and the excellence
of tho young painter's work.
Passing down, we were struck with the improvements
being made in the roads. We
were juformed that the new road, diverging
to the left opposite Col. Uiusiiam's residence,
lias been put in first rate order, and intersects
the main higbwny near I)r. Johnson's
handsome place. It is nearer, and by going
over it you avoid some ujrly hills.
As usual, we found Walhalla improving,
and her citizens industriously employed. .Mr.
Diemann has added largely to his bouse, in
room and annearance.
A Dastardly ActWe
loam that a white man, named Boi.t, |
attempted to obstruct the passage of the oars |
on the Blue ltidgo Railroad, three miles this
side of Anderson, on Monday morning last,
by buildi.ig a rail fencc across the track.?
Fortunately, the cars wore not thrown from
the track, owing probably to the fact tlint
the obstruction was removed partly by the
body of the hindmost car before the wheels J
reached it. No adequate punishment, we '
believe, is proscribed by the law for such offenccs.
THa Tnnnol Will "Dr.% !%?%#***a
AOV * uuuoi A&ilA dial UuVUDi
The Columbia Guo.nlian contains the following
paragraph, in connection with the
mass meeting at the Tunnel:
"Will the Courier he kind enough to give
us some information which may he desirable
for thoso who intend going. Will thero he
conveyances enough at Pendleton to convey
all the expected visitors; what day ought
passengers to leav<6 Columbia ; will there be
any accommodation at the Tunnel for "toying (
nil night, or if not, what arrangements will
l>e made for a night's lodging tffere? This
information will bo very desirable to many '
who wish to bo present on the inteiwdtng 1
qccasiou." i
In answor thereto wo have *-> sny, that
vehicles for invited guests have boon engaged
at Pendleton, and we doubt i hacks and
wagons will he in waiting there- and nt Anderson
for all who may como v passengers
should leave Coinmbia on V. cdi osday morning,
though it would Iks hotter to do so on
Tuesday; lodging for a large nnmhor of peruana
can bo obtained at T.n...?i !.? ?i?
- " v ,,- (
neighborhood, an?l at Wallmlla?the lnttnr
place being only *ix n>?l<>9 from the former.
The Tunnol is twenty-four miles from Pendleton,
the road l>eing very good.
N*w Cotton.?'Jihrce bales of ne.v cotton
arnveij in Now Orleans from Texas on the
29tK?jt.
The fltate Elections.
Within tlie last few days, election* have <.**ken
place in several of tlic Southern States.?
In .Muhitmn, Moouk. the regular democratic nominee.
has heeii cleotod by a majority varying
trout IJO.(MH) to t2o,000 over all opposition. The j
seven Congressmen, with the legislature, arc of
the .same shade of politics.
II vuttis. democrat, has a majority of about
I'UKM for (loveriior, in Tennessee. The Legislature
is democratic. with the congressional vei?- :
rcseutatiou yet to t?c derided.
Kentucky elects M.mioi'in, democrat. Govern- [
or liy a majority of 10,(MI0. Tlie Legislature,
und nearly nil the congressmen, nre of the j
suiiic stripe.
North Carolina elected members to Congress j
only. The opposition gains one or more memhers.
The result in the Mountain district, west
of this, has not reached us.
Texas, as far as heard from, gives IIorSTOx, |
opposition, a small majority?umvelcoino news.
Haiti, &c.
llnin lias fallen inubumbuiee during the
present week. It must bo of considerable advantage
to upland imhi, atvl somewhat injuI'lAllO
.? ...1
*yMc *'? uwvvMin, ? uuro II1CV l\l'C WCt or CX" 1
posed tn overflows. However, we do not I
wish to he understood us complaining, but
merely state what wo conceive to be facts.
On this subject, the last Anderson (iuzcftc
says:
' Since our last issue much rain has descended
in tliis icetion, in some ea?es damaging
the crops on low lands. On Saturday
night there was such a heavv fall of rain as !
to cause considerable rise in the streams, j
carrying off bridges and fences, and washing
the crops severely."
Tho State CensusW.
G. He st. Esq.. the Drimtv Si>i*rotnrv I
I ' - I j - '
of State, lias furnished the Columbia Guar</vih
with an abstract of tlie State census of
IS.V.). lleturns from several of the districts
aro not in, but there is sufficient before us for
the purpnso in view. There has been a gradual
increase in population in most of the districts.
Comparisons are not generally very complimentary,
and parallels often abound in
facts and substantial argument that aro not
relished. Wo do not seek an advantage under
either, but rather spread such information
as we have before the public, and let it, be ,
applied in the rentier's own way. There arc |
only three districts in the State ahead of |
I'ickensin puintof population, to wit: Charleston,
Spartanburg ami Kdgolield; and the two
latter only by a few hundred each. The
white population of Spartanburg is I'.),17.'5,
anil that of Etlgcftehl, 15,434 ; Pickens,
15.110,
It is apparent, therefore, that the people i
of this district hold their temporal destiny, j
iu a great measure, in their own hands. Let '
the watchwords of her sons henceforth be,, j
then?inmstky, knf.koy. improvement I
PendletonIt
affords us much pleasure to chronicle
the fngts contained in the article below, cop- I
ied from the Anderson Gazette :
"The Masons are about completing a
handsome building to be used as a Ilall, on
the eastern side of the square, and which
adds much to the appearance of that portion, j
Mr. 1(. l'\ Si.oan, Sr., is commencinir the !
erection of another brick building on the
southern side, intended for a drug store, we
believe; and on the northwest corner Mr.
J. I?. Shanki.in is rearing a brick store, liesides
these, we observed several other buildings
recently built, which mark the progress
made since the Railroad reached that point."
The State BaptUt Convention
Assembled in Sumter on the 'JOth ult., ami
was organized by electing Judge O'Ncall
President; Rev. J. G. Land run), of Spartanliiiru'
v...? . I>~v. I I l? '!- I
of Newberry, Secretary, and J. C. Judsou, of
Greenville, Treasurer.
Rev. J. C. Fi'iisia.v prcache.il tlio iutroduc- |
torv Herman.
'i'hc interests *?f Fur man University were
under consideration, and a more muniticcnt
endowment was determined upon.
Rev. R. Norton was ordained for theministrv.
Hie Southern Baptist Publication Society
held a meeting, at which much of interest
transpired.
The Grain TradeSince
peace has been declared in Europe,
grain of every kind lias declined in price. A
Chicago paper says:
"On the 12th of April last, standard spring
wheat sold at '.'0 cents in storo* Shortly
after this date the Muropean war broke out,
aild breadstuff's all ovsrtho world, advanced, .
so that in tbe 1st of May the obovo grade
sold at &1 to $1.05, ilailv advancing till tho'l
lfitli, when it reached $1.30. Since that date
its ecui*80 has been steadily and alarmingly !
downward. On the 1st of June, it was $1 15: j
on the 1st of 'July. 92 cents; and Monday it j
closed dull at 50 nor'a, a decline of 74 cents
per hushol in G2 da\
In Charleston corn is commanding $1 per
hushol, and floor $5.50 to $6 per barrel ;
wheat, $1.12 to $1.25 per bushel.
Exchanges.
Thf Yorkvim.k Knquirer.?We have hefore
had occasion to refer to the excellence of !
thin journal. It in largo, and its typogrnph- '
iciil execution tlio very best. The editorial ;
sliair is filled to reasonable perfection by I
Sam'i.. W. Mbi.tov, E?q. The number before
us contains the first chapter of a long
3rig?nftl story, highly commended by the juilicious
taste of the K<fitor. Original sketches,
lotters, etc., appear in each issue. It is superior
in overy respect to the Northern literary
pnpers, . and we bospoak for it nil enlarged
patronago. Mr. L. M. (irist, a worthy
and meritorious typo, is tho proprietor.?
l'rice. $'2 a year. Yorkville, S. C.
Farmer anu PuKTER.?The August number
of this standard monthly h*s been re.
(reived. We recommend it highly to the pat- '
ronogo of our farming fricr.d*. Address, K.
M. Stokks, Columbia, S. U.: $1 ft year.
instruction O* SURKP jl t I)oos.-*-TllO AsHessorn
of Ohio, from partial returns state
that during the j-oar 1858, 7054 sheep wore
killed, and 7800 wounded, all of the value of
$25,342, by dogs iu th^t State.
General IntelligenceHaywood,
Jackson and Franklin c :
X. (J., ami llulmn, Oa., have appointc:! M'ge
delegations to (ho mass meeting at tin- V in*
ncl next week. We learn also that <Vom other
quarters the attendance will ho large. Ap- ,
pearanees indicate that it will he the largest
assemblage evor witnessed in the (ip eounti'y.
Come one! come nil!
Notice.-*, for not* of incorporation and So
open new roads. &o., should be handed in i
at once, as the time for their legal insertion j
expires on the fourth Monday in August, I
instant.
His Honor, j^udge Whitxeh, lu\s just |
closed a two weeks extra term of the Court
of Common l'leas for Greenville, leaving '
much business undisposed of. The " law's
delay " is getting to be a serious matter, and
suggeststhnt a remedy of sonio kind is needed.
Operations, under Iiieut. Ivks. has eoinmcneed
on the Washington Monument. The
whole cost of the work is put down at $1,122,000.
An anneal in its ImlmH' w i,,.nl.?
crybody For aid!
Judge O'Xkai.i. has i? press " Tlio Ilcnch )
and liar of South Carolina." embracing bio- |
graphical sketches of all the Chancellors ami
Judges of the State, with all the official attorneys
ami such other lawyers as have
achieved an eminence in the profession.
A Kentucky black.republican, Cassic.s M.
Ci.av. addressed a larger audience at Coving'
ton recently than the justness of Ins cause
warranted, lie denounced both the Pern- I
ocratic and Know Nothing parties, closing
with an appeal to the non-slaveholders of .
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..viouvn; >v> Hinu |>l V|UI I ill Kill." IU Mllia' lieXT j
fall in the national (Presidential) triumph
of the Republicans, There wore uo attempts
at disturbance during the speech.
Another effort is being made to raise
means to lay a new telegraphic cable across
the Atlantic ocean, connecting again the two
cont inent*. Mr. t-'iKi.n asserts that six months'
time will witness its completion. We V . ?
so.
During the hot term past, the numb >f
deaths in Cincinnati was 20S per week. x
twice the annual number for the samel' ?. !i J
of time at any otlier period.
Tlie compilation of our laws goes br:: -ly j
on at last. E. ltKM.txcr.R, Esq., has ;<ist
completed the election laws, and is now I us- '
ily engaged in the statute law.
President Bicuanax, in a letter dated
July "10th. positively denies that he is again |
a candidate for the Presidency. I lis deter* j
minatinn not to be a candidate is final and :
conclusive.
.1..;? .v . ? ...
.. ii imvuTH sumo uint u name occurred
on tl?c ftOtli ult. between the Omaha !
ami >?innx Indians. Seventeen wore killed j
and tlie same number wounded.
The Military.
His Excellency, tiov. Gist nnd military '
family, are reviewing the Kogiinontfl below j
us. Abiut these matters, the Kdgefield Ai!- J
rrrtixT says :
' Our District has been honored fu >e ,
days past bv the nresonee of lt'm Kv.?n . . ? I
' Gov. Gist, who in hero in tho disch ; >f
his duties as (.'oinmandc:'-in-(Jhicf of i 1tary
of South Carolina. The Gover is
looking admirably well, and elicits tlu n.lits
of the citizen-soldiery at all point.1 l.ist
week he reviewed the 10th and 7th giments
of Infantry, and to-day review - rho
9th, We are glad to hear him express Mm|
self so highly pleased with the regim, i.-. of
Kdgelield : ami we can undertake to unsure
him that the feeling is reciprocated.
"His Kxeelleney is attended on the reviews
by Adjutant General Dunnovant, and (Jols.
Gu-t, Wai.k Kit and Dkaiwno.
" Upon the whole the 'oviews have jnxsscd
off pleasantly and well ; the Governor has
| given us some capital Sta es Rights sptofhes:
and bis visit has been a relief to tin; tedium
ot Hie Hiiltrv season. IIon!th and plcasiiro>
attend him in his up-country four."
The State Bible ConventionThe
annual assembling of this body took
place .at Yorkvillc, S. on tlic fifth of August,
instant, lion. J. A. I.voi.as wase!e; -ted
President ; llcvV. C. 1'. (Saimjokn', !. T.
Wioiitmax. ami Col. J. Foster Maksiiai.i.,
Vice Presidents; ami Messrs. J. I. Hon.neu
and A. A. fSn.uKiiT, Secretaries. Twenty-six
Societies were represented l<y a largo number
uf delegates.
The Committee Appointed to receive contributions
to the five thousand dollar fund,
reported that about four tlvousand five hundred
dollars bad been received, leaving a
balance of about five hundred dollars to l?c
raised.
The annual sermon was delivered by Rev,
fl. it. lloss.
A resolution that "all the secular business
of the Bible Society, ought to be transacted
on wcok-duys," was laid on tiic table.
After the transaction of much other buaiiioss,
the Convention adjourned.
The Military Commicsion.
Tlie second meeting of the Committee, appointed
hy Governor Gist, in nccordnnco with
a resolution of the late Lcgislfttiir?, empowered
to look into the prevent military .system of the !
State and to report to the next Legislature, ,
will Vie held at Greenville on Thursday, August, j
6th. At thix meeting the different pin.is sub- j
iiiiUt.; for consideration nt the previous meeting
will come lip for notion. In comt'ulcrntion
of tire cominencenient exorciscs At tlio Fur man
University occurring on the samo day, the
Cbminitteo will probably sit At Crosar's If ;ai3.
The Commission consists of Brigadier G<i?! -ral
Johnson Ifagood, Barnwell; Col. Wiliiain
Wallace, Columbia; Col. Thoman J'." G|oi?r,
Orangeburg ; MaJ. Kdward McCrady, ChtL:\ :iton
; Mnj. Kdward B. Bryan, St John's Jo!^<vton
: Cant. C. II. fllmonton. Olikrloatnn .
J. Jonntlinn I<ucas, ChftrlcMon ; Capt. Alitffl J.
Ortco, Columbia; Capl. J. 11. Ket-iliaw, < ( ??
<len ; ( apl. II. I.co Tliurnton, Greenville; A,.
M. Manigault, Ksq.. Georgetown | f<. M. Hatch,
ClunleAton; W. F. Nance, K??j,, Nowlierw>
j*
Qukp.r Firm.?Thoro is a Arm doing basfnesA
in St. I/mis undor tli? name of " Livepoor
& pioricb,
Formings and Clippings. *
Cotton* Market.?Cotton was fa-ili"s* in
Charleston, on the 8ll? instant, nt L4 12-]
conts jior pound.
Ubvoi.yino Uirt.k^?Ton thousand i-r?vo1v? '
in# r^Ie.4 lire now manufacturing at Col.
Colt's armory, in Connecticut, for the Hritish
t? verninent. Tltesc nro sufficient to urih"six ;
regiments.
Warm Work.?A desperate light came off
several weeks since in Oregon; between a noted
trapper named Arocau. and an' Indian
"brave." They fought with knives, and
th??y were Iwth terribly ent up. The tripper
at last grappled with and threw his antug".
nist, and then cut his throat from ear t > car.
Attkmi'TK.o Sulcidk.?A frail girl named (
Kli/.a Mngee, attempted, unsuccessfully, to
commit suicide in Baltimore, Wednesday. I
C\iuse, loving, "not wisely, lint two well."
Qoi.vu to A it kansvs.?The Helena (Ark.)
Dciitorrnt says that the free negrosof Arkan- !
sas, who ari! required by law to leave the j
Xtnlh l,nl*..?A 1 Vl'.ll II - ? ' !
m?iv, ouuiii w# iiiivu j
selected Kansas as their future homo, ami ,
intend removing tl?*?ro i?t nil early day.
Om> I'.unt, Vn., Aug. I.?Nine guns of i
tlio rifled ordnance, on trial at Fortress M >11- .
roe. have been put to very serious te*t, and !
found much superior to the' smooth Imre.? ,
The patentees, Messrs. Sigiourncy and Saw- '
ycr, were present.
Ti knt.o to Stonk.?The Oxford (Miss.) j
M'-vnti i/ says : The body of a young man,
named Searcy, who was buried four years
action Hurricane Creek, Tishomingo county, i
mi ? : .i- - .1
?.?> uauiiiiiiu?i uic ounTuay ami IdiiikI
t?> he partially petrified. The hands, atuis,
legs ami thighs hud turned to solid stone. j
AxoTIU.ll I.VSTAI.MENT.?The l'cdernl lT! "'>)!
of the 2ml inst., says $40,COO have heen paid j
into the State Treasury as nott earinni'.s of ;
. ?
the "Western and Atlantic ltadroad for the
month of July.
Ho.?i's.?A New York correspnndoi ' ys i
that ten millions of hooped skirts an . : 'ii- i
factured in that city per year. House re j
make more than three thousand per ?]: and j
still cannot (ill their orders. In the na <? of!
lost ninv. where ean nui'li :? \enrlil 1.1 unii.
1 . " !
no*.s go!
(iKKAT ANI) Sxt Al.t. V I RITES. 1>0 ' 1 0
troubled Wen use you Imye not gteat ' es.
(Jod made a million of spears of grass < here
lie made hut one tree. The earth is fringed
and carpeted, not with forcsls, hut with grasses.
Only have enough of little virtues and j
common fidelities, nnd you need not mourn '
heeau.se you are neither a heretic nor a saint. I
Ht:i?otin, August 1.?The. President, ae- !
companied by Mrs. Secretary Thompson, 1
Mis* Lane, Judge liowlar, Augustus felipll,
and Mr. Thomson, with Judge Dougherty j
and 'Major Watson, of IKulford, le-ft thin
morning for Cumberland.
UKAD. HoVHI'e Milliit fill oininonl ?>.,? '
devoted to tlie advancement of odueat* . and
I'rcHident of Antioehj College, <licii v. tlic
2nd instant.
'I'll tiI i.i.i no. ? At thHiattloof Mug:,: , nil
cntdgn of tlie Austro-Itulian regimei ' igis- t
inund, attempted to desert to the one villi j
tlic Hag of the regiment, but the com ' dor '
of one of the battalions galloped ai <.'1111, |
cut hi 111 down, and returned in triumph with !
the precious bit of silk.
otstiikssifco Accident.?W111, L. fi.i.-child. I
of Hinds co., Miss., was returning fr.?m tlie !
houso of iv neighbor, on the 17th lilt., with !
. . i
liis wifo ami elii 1?I in a buggy, when a trcQ |
foil on tlicm, nan sing instant ileatli to the
throo portions.
r' TloVS T A K K WvHNINO.? I??VS sllOllM look
btffore tlioy leap, when diving. A l?:>y in
Brooklyn, X. V., named Brown, made a dive
011 Friday, nnd buried his head s.? deeitly in
innd that he was nimble to extricate bimsj'lf,
and consequently died from sufVioiUion.
I'd11.ai>ei.I'llta, August 1.?The- morning |
papers contain tlie announcement of the
death of the late lion. Uichard ltush, and
accompany tlie announcement with eulogies
on the life and public services of the deceased.
Curious Suandai..?The Ucv.-Mr. Rartlctt.
of Brooklyn, N. Y., appeared in his pulpit, n
.Sunday or two since, in a white cont, white
pants, and white vest. A number of his
whitp-chokcred hearers made a great fuss
about it, calling it " scandal."
A Snuu Intovk.?Klias Howe, Jr., who
has purchased P. T. liurnum's fumou* place :
iii BridgejiorV, Conn.; is llio inventor of the ;
sewing machine needle, which, we arc informed,
yield* the patentee the snug income
of one thousand dollars per day.
Tub I'kksknt.?Look upon erory day as
th'o whole of I fc, not ineroly ns a section, and
enjoy tlic pros'mt, without wishing. through
haste, to spring to another section now lying
before thee.
Str.vnor mode or Spicide.?A German girf
in Buffalo, named Monroe, swallowed twentytwo
needle* on Tuesday, and ha? digested
tho whole number un ler modicai care. She
intended to kill her*c!f( but did not succcod.
Ksc umno.?There has been no case of yellow
fevor at New Orloans this year, a? yet*
Laab year, at this time. it was lx?^b; oing
slowly to assume an epidemical chn 'f- . \
Largk llotri,.?Tho moat elo<m?? .<
V,yv. O "
rooms in.the <v,orld jfl at th? Hotel do'Villft,
in Paris. Tlioy form ? circuit of ab >r half.
A und require fyr their complete uniination
9,7VI tftprtra ami 2,387 gun-burners.
7000 visitors can bo accommodatod uc imco,
without discomfort, in the.?o capaoioux room*.
Kai?ino Yjc*sei,s at SKBASToPur..?Th?
American company which wore engaged by
the Kmporor of Hussi? to rniso tho sunken,
fleets of Sebastopol Imvo been quito suceessful
in raising 11 steamers and othtfr veevolf,
Km.i.kiiiiv a Woman.?A notorious ruffian, j
known In the Southwestern Arknnsae ag'Jack |
tyulo. was recently killed by a ttomiiu vrhoto
husband hfr had shot. The widow challenged
him to fight a duel. nnd its the ruffian declined.
she attrioked him with a revolver ami
lodged three balls in Ilia body, one of which
i>;iy<},d through his heart.
II ?t W'katiikk in (Skokcia.? L wo negroes,
one belonging to Jaenh l'hini/.v. Ksij., tlio
other to Mrs. Rebecca Ihinn, of ()glutliorpe
county, were kiIle< 1 1 ?y sun-stroke, week hcfore
lust Tliis is u most unusual occurrence.
Cof.l.KiiKi<?The Cincinnati ({ nrtto protests
against the multiplication of (Jullego*,
anil is of tlio opinion that " American (.'<>!leges
need not he' increased in nuuiher, hut j
they should he increased in the munitions of
education, in teachers, indiscipline, in learn- ;
ing. in Uhraries, and in tdl the modern arts
of developing itnd impressing the law;> and 1
principles of science." S > we think.
l,m i.y Pi.uk.?A Western Virginia oil.
it'ti* liven in a livolv plaeo. Here is his weekly
.summary: Town ! 1111?nobody runaway
?gee<o liavc left the street?" nnry " dog
A V<iun*'5 Wiiiohkh.?The death of the
young and beautiful tjneen of Portugal leaver
King Pudrn a \cry young widower. Tliedo
ceased Queen was only '22 years of age, and j
the day of hel' death was her birth-day. The j
event wa< midden, and tlie rejoicings intend- |
ed for iinc- celebration bcv.uuo inouruing i
preparations f.?r unotlior.
An- lrr.m r.iit tub I?\ine-s.?-The newest
thing in Pari?, just now, is said to be a bon ,
net made of line black hair. iMiibroiib'fp.l wiili
buttercups in silken straw. Tlic ribbon used
for the trimming lias a bhu k ground, and
the flowers lit tho side aro en.i-ely black with |
.jet centres. The effect i>' this combination j
is considered as very original, and it has the j
advantage of defvlnj; dost.
O " ? _
Loss or Cotton.?Tho loss of cotton by '
lire, chiefly at sea. during the past year, '
amounted to $S'2',l,7<W.
III. \(KllKUItlKvAN"l> UtCKI.KIIKKItlKS.?Hun* .
drod-i of biishols of these fruits aro now sent 1
daily from N'>\v Jersey to Now York city. |
Blackberries bring from $"2 to pur bushel,
and huckleberries S'i.'J") to -l.o'J.
Hi.ack To.viifK.;?The Mobile .[ lr<>t!.?-r
leirn.s tliat (lie black tongue bus nuule its
AppoArancc nui ?ng t!?o cuttle in the upper
part of that county. One planter. living near
Uitronelle. has several oxen Iai<1 up with it,
while the inhabitants generally have been
o >mj<e1lc<l tii tli?p?Jnso with the use of miUr,
tVom the 4u:iie cause. ?
S I . Ul'-llot-K TlWXKI.?If A lilll'Cl'K.?The
great mass meeting at the stump-house tunii"l
copies off on the 1 'ItIt of August. Let !
the delegates appointed frmn Macoii. Jackson '
ami IIiivw<mmI he thefr. Friend's ?f (lie Bloc
llidge Kond, turn out, iiuil inecfyour generous.
l'lihnetto frietuls on the l'.kh. ami l??t
good clioor and harmony characterize the.
oecnsion. There will he some fine speaking
?-Perry am! Mennninger, ami a host of nth- '
o?-!??S n !i t'lirnliiiii'^ ,I.IUCIU?.. ...:n
he tli c ; ami his Kxcellem-y Gov. (.it ft will
add 11 the interest l?y Kif* presence. N><w if j
tin? time for union ami concert ol" notion.? 1
Let it not he said that North Carolinians aro ,
tiiil)t-hoarto<l or disinterested in ho nohlc a I
ciui.no. Let .South Carolina resolve to prosocufe
this, her lrest ami surest hope of connection
with the West. W'e have entire confidence
in the company ,v.id officers who control
this work ; it is destined to lie pushed forward
to completion ; and we confidently expect to
be ahl in a few years to take passage tin the j
cars from this phtee to K noKviilo or Charlest/ut
??,??% * -1 -?! - - -
,nj> IIK.II, \? Mil CIH,TI*II II gCHUIHC
lYicml hiji f<<r tli?? 15!no liidge Howl -remain
inactive.?- Franklin (A*. ('.) Obmrrer.
IV, ittt i w.i: Acrihf.n ron tiiv. Soi'Til Caroi.i\
\ K.Wf.Uo.m)? Fivk I'krson* Km.I.K.Ik Wo
lo:irn that, on Thursday evening, n terril hexplosion
conrred on an online on the South
Carolina Railroad. it hunt fourteen miles ubovo
llranchvillo. "lie engine wiib running in
the Hiunc ceh .ule with a freight train, hut ,
was in advance of it. From what wc can 1
learn, the dondnctor un tlie freight train ami
sonic others had got oti this engine ; ?o that
at tlio time of the explosion there were five
person# on it. nil of whom were instantly 1
killed, 'file explosion was a terrible one.
Mowing everything to pieces and throwing
the drivers to the distance of one hundred
yards. Not one of the party survived even '
long enough to he aide to give any account of
the c?ii"u of the explosion. In an instant, |
nicy were every one liurloil into eternity.
Their I todies were hori'ildy mangled. mmo of
tliom'biiving their nrms torn (iff. The engi-1
ncor. we are informed. lim* heen oil ihe mail
for twenty years, and was* always regarded i
as a very uautions runner. The following J
inn iiiu iiiiiuua hi mo itiitoriiimito iiioij ; ?
Thomas Kindlon, engineer: Mr. Chittr.
'freight conductor: Mr. Vrii J)(dki.n. froignt
conductor v Mr. Mitchell, tireman ; Mr. Adams
iivemuti.?Carolinian. (W/i.
Amianv, August 'A.?A aecidont occur rod ;
on the Xorthorn Railroad last night, nonr I
Scbagticoke, to tlio do\rn train, which \va? |
duo hero thin morning nt 7.'2.r?. When passing
tlio bridge over Tnmpnimock, the cars ,
wfiui precipitated into the crook, a dUtanco
of feet, and into oight feot water.
Thirteen persons reported killod, but no !
namort from the South reported.
'J'llK llKVKNCKH OK NaTOLKOX ITT.?-j
An editorial signed in The. Jlwton '
Traveller, con clinic's:
. " Napoleon, by the actual pitl of Groat
liritaiu, has balanced the llussii\n success
of Moscow by the reduction of Scbuptupol.
lie has, with the passive countenance of
Great Hritnii),balanced the Austrian occupation
of I'uris by tbc victory of Hid fori no.
The debt to Prussia remains to bo paidntf;
Ktif ?11 i! vi. ? A f.. m_ J*
un? UVUIU ui> liini Ul uronv IH IL.IIII. J nil- |
algnr and Waterloo nV<? momor|e?nf rug* i
nud flhnme in iho ]tonrt? of nil Fr?fit!hinci>, \
mid especially of uH Uonapnrtwi.- And, ifi
In *l.~ - -1*^.-' T?_li -I- !- I
vuiuhivvv, tiic iu*ii ui \irvui. uriunii m
to ooiiu>,Anc will only have hornelf to thank,
for the piVHont powerful and proud position
of ?ouwi Napolcan is her work quite an
much fit, thnt of his <rwn geniutr. Certain
wo inny bo. that of this great drama of the
Hecotnl Ktnpirc, tho fourth and fifth and
greatest of acta arc yot to coiuo.'!
ij'fctiou of Judges by the People'I
no mo.*t deplorable touture ill the new
CWsil'utinn of Virginia, is tlio investiture!
of i' ?> people with the power Jo elect our
Jul \Vc consider tliif, for many weighty
ivmsoiis, one of the Worst evils wjiich the
pas.?ioii for change nn'9 innovation has yet
brought upon the State ; and we would
wiijingly advocate *i Convention for the solo
and specine purpose ot restoring to tlio
Legislature the power ?f tilling nil vacan
eies on tlio bench. That body ought never
to have been divested of this important
power. As long it* tlioy held it, it was exercised
with an eye single to public good,
and 'Ve do not recollect an instance in
whieh tin* public interests wore compromised
by an appointment under the old system.
Why should tho people be troubled
with judicial elections, and bow arc they
profited by them They do not vote directly
tor President, N ice President, and
Senators in Congress, and yet they experiene.'
not the slightest detriment from this
source. It", then, tho present mode of
electing the high ollieers just, named, bo
consistent with the public welfare, why
should not the same mode of choosing .) udges
be equally consistent with it'!
It is an unwise and dangerous practice
in a government like ours, that of multiplying
and ramifying popular elections beyond
the conservative standard prescribed
by tlie fianu rs "I our federaT ami Stute politics.
W'lio believe that the national welfare
would lii> improved 1?v withdrawing
the ehvtion of President ami Vice I'resilient
from the I'.ieetorai (Vilh'jjo and placinii
it immediately in the hands of the
people ? ()r. tli it the States would he benefitted
hv shifting the election of Senators
from the legislative chambers to tlio county
prcciiK-tx '(
The administration of justice <f comes
home to the bosom ami business" of every
citizen alike. There is, or should he. no
distinction of persons?no fen. or favor?
nothing whatever to warn its decisions in
a Court of Law. Intellectual capacity, integrity
Mini firmness of purpose?unswerving
fidelity to duty?tlMXe lire tlie <ireat
reiju's'tey for tin* bench. An independent
ju I > v is one of tin* main bulwarks of
tli Mic safety and happiness. I']very.
iik cut, therefore, which serve#or tendsT*
to umscribe or weaken tlie nj?irit of inde>
lence in a jud^e. sh< >M 1j?* imlijrnani'y
frowned d.iwe by the people,- as
prey ant < nly with mischief.
We insert, without the fear of contradictio't.
timt an elective jutlieitiry is not
and cannot he as independent as one that
is ?i it elect!vo, in the sense in which wo
are now usinjr the term. In the former
ease, the Ju<ljre is de])endent for his office
u pi in popular favor, ami is compelled :'t
eomparattvcly'short invcrvals, here in Virginia,
to submit lo the ordeal of the ballotbox.
where a thousand influences which
would be powerless in the Legislature way
operate to d.'feat him. Especially do those
remarks hold jrood in times of warm party
excitement like the present " Drajrj^in^
the ermine of justice in the mire of polities,"
arc words of solemn import. Tlicy
convey an idtfu which is revolting to the
in' 1' >f every lover of justice and they
> fi depredation of the bench which
c< citizen should strenuously endeavor
t i "-t. as well for the sake of hU own
as public int< rests.
evil, however, is upon us, and tho
b' that can be done is to counteract and
<r ' r i It bv a strictly conservative .exercise
ot>Vi !(o franchise hy every voter tit a judioi.?!
.-lection. If the ci?tullil:ito? would abfrom
canvassing their ronpe.ctivo distii.
's in stump fiwhiuii?if tbc peoplo will
esehew all political party influences in jjivinir
tlioir suffrages?if they will look only
to the judicial character of the proceeding,
ami to the litmus of tlic candidate, if dieted,
to discharge tbc peculiar functions
of the office which he seeks at tlioir hands
?then and so lon^ will the present system
be rendered comparatively innocuous.
J IVtr)-*fmnj Ejprets.
fl? T < v* '
i :: i: mnp^ror napoleon, nny.M tlic JJovtu:i
Transcript, has his own wav of dealing
with difficulties, whether social, municipil,
en international?as nviy bo scon by h'.s
trnillllf lit of the gU8 companies of 1lit? o:i] ititl.
Finding, four or five years ago, that
the Parisians tfouipl lined of the chuttlQtcr
an-1 price of the gas \yliicli was served to
them, lie caused some gas-works to be built
in iho grounds of the palaco at .St. (lloml,
and fitted with tho necessary apparatus lor
ihe manufacture of that important urtich .
T;"mi, under his own .superintendence, n;
xisied by several eminent elremistsnnd sci
twin no men, no caused experiments in tlio
manufacture of pin from nil the various
materials, from the cheapest. to the dpnr.
est. to be made. Whoii he had tried tho
different kinds in the pilaoo, nnd h:id figured
up ti.o cost to his satisfaction, he iov".
ted the di-cctovsof the I'timian gna cvippanic*
to visit St, Cloud nod inspect tho results
of his experiments. The effect in
Paris \T?f nmst snti*fiio4ory. The pcoplo
hnvo now no cause to oomplnin of their gus,
which ooHts t'toin but about ono-haff, jrlwt
it did when ?..?o Imperial Jaok-of-nll*trudcs
commenced gas making. ',
TlIK Penan cola (Florida V Observer has
been aasmvd by tho United States Marshal,
Col, K. K. IMaokburu, that a t >rpo o? frfx
1 1 1 A !.??" 1?wU.I ? ll.
IIUMUlf* iftlHVilll* '!(? UV^II V" |i|U
l'loridit const, near Smyrna, Hilt how
cnn it ho rtxpooto ! tb?t the pu^ty Violating
tno Uw rli! br arrcHtul, >vhoin ttio l/nitcd
Stuf 'H )iprtlul is denied tlio power and
miv.^of dointf so i If this. official-vtuh
vos-..-.l witlj nufficfent jpower ami provided
vis.blo mean*, (?e to applied for to tho
?r.v:f authorities,) >\& wo?(d, perhaps,
!n been nblo to prevent such .violation of
tlio law; but mm It |n, with bis limited power
and wit tit of nioanti, It l? almost impossible.
It in further understood tliat tlio vessel
wJiiou brought thpj?o African* to.our eonut,
iih huoh ufltho landing \vrt? iflcetfd, wok set
ou fjro and abandoned to |)io element#.
Hk that cannot forglvoothont breaks tho
bridge ovor which be muat pass hiiueclf.
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