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ROB'T. ?. THOMPSON, Editor. R. A. Thompson, W.H.Holoombe,R. Young, PROPRIETORS. TE lt MS.-Ono Dollar and Twcnty-flvo Cents for six months., in advanoo. Provision also taken in payment, oTtho market rates. BOP* Advert is? meals inserted at SI por squaro for tho first iosortion, and 50 couts for oach subse quent insert ion, cash or provision. Rtt?y* Obituary Notices exceeding fivclinos, Trib utos of llospeot, Communications of a personal character, and Announcements of Candidates, will bo Charged for as advertisements. BOT Job Printing oxecutcd with neatness and dospatoh, for cash or provision. Necossity compels us to adhoro strictly to tim requirement of cash payment. PICKENS C. IL, S. C.: Saturday Morning, July 28, 1806. Wo arc still without mail facilities bc twecu Pendleton and Walhalla. Read tho new advertisements. S?r?T Thc intelligence from Washington, Europe, and elsewhere, together with two or throe communications ou this pago, effectual ly crowd us from this Department, even if wo had anything to say. JOST Partial showers of rain have fallen throughout this District, but wc arc still dry. Early upland corn is too far spent to make much. Gardens are well-nigh dried up. fitiD??" Cotton was selling in New York, on thc 2 Ith, at 30 to 38. Gold, 50}. Wc are under obligations to Mr. A. F."LEWIS for late papers. CS?' Thc " heated term " is apparently over in New York. Thero were 320 deaths from all causes on the 10th. Total sunstrokes this summer, 258, of which 135 were fatal. ??5F* We are pleased to roccivo tho u New berry Herald," full of lifo and spirit, enlarged and dressod up in good style. Long may it wave. Cotton is quoted in Charleston at from 31 to 34 cents. Corn, 81.50 per bushel. Flour, 80.50 to $14.00. Bacon, 18 to 25 couts. Salt, $2.50 por suck. Gold, d8. The Blue Ridge Railroad . Wn_lvyw?>">'W>d<ie~vwTtou& cdinmittces ap pointed in Charleston and elsewhere, to visit thc West, to promote, if possible, thc inter ests of this great thoroughfare. The Report will bc read with pleasure by our readers. Correspondence. Wc publish to-day tho correspondence be tween Gen. HOWARD and Gov. ORR, on tho issue of rations. The suffering has been great this year. What will it be noxt? Tho Increase of Crime. The alarming increase of crime in our midst calls loudly for some adequate remedy. Horse stealing is a mauia, and is so common as scarce ly to exoitc commont. Corn stealing is a ne cessity, says thc rogue. Poultry is my prey, says the freedman. Cotton, stock, melons, fruit, ?co., disappear constantly. Ls thero no remedy for this state of affairs? It is our dis position to bo law-abiding, but we fear wc shall have to call Judge LYNCH to our aid in this extremity 1 Post Offices. Wo take tho following from thc official re cord of post officos " opened " in South Car olina : Piokens C. H.-MRS. C. T. Gmsos. Walhalla.-O. II. ?88ERTELT.. Piokensvill?.-MRS. A. li. HOWARD. Fair Piny.-B. R. DOUOIIKRTY. Eighteon Milo.-L. HENDRICKS. . . Dacusville.-MARCUS A. Mona AN. Milo Creek.-MRS. MARY J. ROHINS. Hunter's Mills.-WM. HUNTER, Jr. Arnold's Mills.-WM. MCMAIIAN. B??T" Tho steamer San Salvador arrived at Savannah, Ga., on tho 17th, with cholera aboard. Twenty-eight enscs of cholera, with .throe deaths, occurred on thc passage. Efforts should be made ovorywhere to prevent tho . disenso from spreading. "Policing" and limoing should bo tho order of tho day. JOST Tho latest Mexican advices report Tampioo and Tuxpnn talton by tho Liberals. Gen. SOMADRED had deserted tlio Imperiul ists and surrendered tho former city. Tho rotations of MAXIMILIAN and Mars'wl BAIX ANE aro said to bo unfriendly. NEW YORK, July 20.-Death is reaping a fearful harvest. There woro 720 deaths from Sunday to Wednesday inolusivo. It is bolioved thero are Cholera cases in privato families that aro not reported. Johruon W. Briuwell Thoro aro doubtless somo of our roadors who recollect JOHNSON W. BMDWEL?. IJo was a priutor by trado, and was employed on tho " Highland Sontinol " for somo timo. After wards, ho was joint proprietor of tho " Pen dleton Messenger," for a term of years. When tho "Courior" was established, ho was en gaged for a while on its columns. In 1850, ho removed to Atlanta, Georgia, and estab lish od thc first paper published at that place tho " Atlanta Intelligencer." In his iago for chango, ho soon parted with his interest iu thc " Intelligencer j" after which timo, wo had lost sight of him. He is again brought to view, in the columns of the " Atlanta Iu I tclligencor," as having been murderod in that city rocontly, in a most brutal manner, in a drunken row in ono of tho lowest brothels of the city. Wo know the deceased woll, having boen nppreuticcd to him, and from him learned the u art preservative bf all arts.!' Tho deceased, not without the frailties of our nature, pos sessed some oxcellent traits of character. Let the gravo cover his faults, arid let us only rec ollect those traits excellent in themselves. Perhaps, wc should not olose this imperfect sketch, without expressing our regret, that one who, knowing so well the right, did thc wrong pursue. Let his sad fate be a warning to the rising typos of the present day "The Stay Law." Meetings continue to be held throughout thc State on thc subject, of our financial dif ficulties. As a specimen, wc give the follow ing preamble and resolutions adopted at Ches ter C. H., on the 10th instant : Thc committee appointed to preparo and present matter for the consideration of this meeting, beg leave to report by preamble and resolutions, as follows : Whereas, The late war has closed, leaving thc citizens of this District and the South generally, imroverishad by tho emancipation of their slaves and the destruction of their property, and most of our citizens are involved in debt, not perhaps beyond their ability to pay,if given somo reasonable indulgence. And Whereas, Thc protection afforded debtors by the law, commonly known ns tho " Stay Law " has been removed hy tho action of the highest judicial tribunal of this State; there fore, Resolved, That we, thc people of Chester District, determined to abide like good citizens by the laws of thc land, but profoundly im pressed with the hardships, confusion and dis turbanccs that must necessarily result from thc. snort notice"ns may now bo done, do respect fully suggest to tho Governor, and through him to the Legislature of the State, that sonic measures betaken nt once, to arrest if possible thc general and indiscriminate sacrifieeof prop erty at public s:des. Resolved, That we do earnestly recommend and would forcibly impress upon tho mindi of the citizens pf our District, both debtors and creditors, that they meet in a spirit of accommodation and forbearance-tho dob ton paying ns they may become able by the prac tice of industry and economy, and tho cred itors giving auch reasonable indulgences nf may be compatible with their pressing neces sities-firmly believing that the truo inter ests of both parties will thus bc most surely reached." Correspoudence. To Hon. James L. Orr, Governor of South Carolina : As there seems to bo conflicting testimony of an otherwise trustworthy character ns tc suffering for want of food in South Carolina and as Gen. Sickles has disapproved of thc ration returns, upon your statement that thc want is very much exaggerated, and as them returns havo been referred to me for officia action, I respectfully request from you somi statement that will justify mo for withholding supplies, for really it is not ibo purpose ti give where there is not absolute want, and ii no case whatever to encourage idleness, bu the direct reverse. 0. 0. HOWARD, Major-General. I$X'UTIVE DKI>'TM'NT, SOUTH CAROLINA, ) COLUMBIA, July 9, 1800. J General : 1 have tho honor to acknowl edge tho receipt of your letter of thc ild inst, informing mo that there was trustworthy tos timony as to tho suffering for want of food b} the poor in South Carolina, of both races, anc that (jen. Sickles had disapproved of the ra tion return upon my statement that tho warn is very much exaggerated, has just been ro ceived ; and I hasten to reply, with a view o correcting any misapprehension ou thesubjee growing out of my convocation with Genera Sickles. There is great need of distributing rations through the Freedmen's Bureau ir every District in the Stato. In some, the nc 0C8sity is grcator than in otb ors, an J whab ] intendod to impress upon Gen Sioklcs wai that applications wore mado by many persons whito and colorod, who wcro not fit subj ec ti of relief, and that, if all tho stories whit li wen told of tho ofi?oors of tho Buroau in difieren1 sections were to bo orcditcd, tho distributor would embrace too wide a rango. I regret that Genend Sickles should lin vc understood from mo that tho necessity for is suing rations to very many pcoplo, whito anc colored, had passed. As carly as March lasi an estimate war, mado in Chesterfield Dis trict, and it wan found that there were onlj ggagfS .."".'Vl-I.. Ll ".' -"J., ' 11 " sbvcn bushels of corn to caoh pcreou in thc District. Without feeding any porti?u of this to tho stook, tho supply wes inad?quate to broad tho p??pjo. Other districts aro nearly as dostituto. In Pickens, I am informed that somo ?00 families aro without suflioicut sup plies of breadstuff's. Tho soaroity is piso groat in Ihirnwell^^Beauiort, Colinton, Clarendon, Williamsburg^texiugton. Sportanburg, Lsn oastor, Richland, Fairfield and Kershaw, nnd tho local authorities cannot possibly furnish tho needy. *Tho tax levied, for the support of tho poor is a district t'?x, and it happens that in thoso sections whero tho scarcity is most felt tho general population aro least able to pay n local tax, and hence there aro.thousands in tho Stato, whito and colored, who must suitor for tho commonest means of subsistence unless rations nie issued from your Bureau, and I regret extremely that any opinion of mino should havo been so understood ns to justify or rcquiro tho suspension of thc issue of tho rations which it was proposed to distri buto in this Siat?. My object nnd intention was simply to guard against thc issue to per sons without olaim, and thereby tnoroaso idle ness nnd vngMjWdisin. Doubtless I did not sufficiently QjS?j? my views, and Cen. Sick les was justif&t?pi reaching the conclusion bc did. A month ago it was generally believed that about tho time of tho wheat harvest an average crop would ho mada, but since the crop lias boon thrashed out it is found not to exceed half an storage crop, and far loss re lief will bc furnished the needy from that source than I had anticipated. I therefore earnestly request that you will have thc ra tions issued as estimated for by your agents in the Stato, and which was disapproved by Con. Sickles. Proper instructions to distrib uting agents maybe, if they have not already been, given, to guard against imposition from those who aro not proper subjects of relief. I have written to day to (Jen. Sickles, and have explained to him tho extent to which 1 in tended my conversation to go, J A M KS Ti. ORtt, Governor of South Carolina,. O JR, IO- I NAL. y?'tt THU K ROW BK 00 DUI Blt. Publio Meeting. Pursuant to a call in the " Courier" of th? 14th instant, for a meeting of the people o Pickens District, to elect Delegates to tin Convention which is to meet in Columbia ot the 1st day of August, to elect Delegates t< tho National Union Convention of Philadel phia, a portion of thc people assembled in th Court House at noon on Monday last. Th meeting was organized by inviting Col. L. N ROBINS to act ns Chairman, and Maj. J. M ADAMS to act aa Secretary. At tho suggestion of Major AHAMS, CO meeting in a few animated and woll-timcd rt marks. On motion of Col. THOMPSON, th Chairman appointed a Coiniuitteo consisti? of Col. lt. A. THOMPSON, J. E. HACIOOD, W lil. HOI.COMm:, T. H. MALI.OEN and T. C Boons, to prepare business for thc meeting Tho Commit oe retired, and after a short al sence, reported tho following Preamble an Itcsolutions, which after sonic discussion, wei adopted : Whereas, It is a fundamental principle < the Constitution, and one upon which th Government of our father's has always rcstct " that taxation and representation should a ways go together." And whereas, we ni without representation in both houses of Coi gross, so that neither our opinions nor conti tion can bc officially known to thc country and unjust nnd discriminating taxes arc in posed on us, a people sadly impoverished h thc calamities of the last live years; and w arc allowed no voice of protest even in th counsels of the nation. And whereas, we hav been separated for tho last five years from a communication with the people of thc Nort and West, knowing but little of their opit ions, except us expressed through tho ii nj iii and oppressive action of tho bitter partisa majority which at present controls the Nutioi al Legislature ; and the opportunity now o fcrcd by tho National Democratic Party is tli first whioh has boen offered ta us to join otu more in thc discussions of tho nation. Be therefore, ' Resolved, 1. That, in tho opinion of th meeting, there is not now in existence a pa ty, which, by its principles or power, can r storo tho whole country to its former politic and fraternal relations. Resolved, 2. That, tor tho purpose of coi sultntion and deliberation, and that our polit oal condition may bo improved, wo favor ?om ing delegates to thc National Union Convoi tion, soon to assemble in Philadelphia. Resolved, 3. That we endorse the oourse < His Excellonoy, President JOHNSON, in h offbrts to restore tho South to her proper p sition in thc Uuion of^theso Statos. Resolved, 4. That Wo will, in good fnitl obey tho laws of tho country in which wc liv The resolutions boing adopted, tho mectii then by acclamation oli?se W. IC EAST.K' Col. W. S. GIUSHAM, Maj J. H. WMITNKI J. E. ITAOOOD, Esq., and J. W. COBB, dol gatos to roprosont this Distriot in tho Colun bia Convention, with permission, if they, < any of them, found thomsolvcs unable to a tond, to substitute others In their stead, On motion of H. R. GASTON, Esq., tl mooting adjourned. , L. Nj ROBINS, Cl i iran. J. M. ADAMS, Scc'ty. FOU TUB K KOW KB coi: Kl KR. . "Clnreuiont Aoademy. MR. EDITOR: This your tho Claremont Acad cmy is under tho on,1"? of tho Kev. J.*IL Sui.i.i VAN. On tho 19th duly, thoy gnvo u public Ex amination, which was highly creditable to tho Students, and tostifiod to tho scholarship and unromittod oaro of tho Toaehor. Tho exercises of thc day commencod at 9 o'clock, a. m. Tho scholars in tho primary classes .were tirst exam ined. Thou those in Geography, Arithmetic, Ornmmar and Dictionary. For want of time, they wore compelled to hasten through thc ex amination, mit wc board enough to satisfy our selves they understood what they bad been stud ying. At noon, there was an intermission of an hour given for refreshment. Tho pooplo of the neighborhood bad provided good things to eat in abundance, and, although there was no tabb) spread, I bclicvo all were well fed. After refreshing themselves, wo assembled in front of tho Academy, where soots lia?! been ar rouged,and listened lo the rendingof Compositions .Speaking and Dialogue?. There were niue girls or young ladies who road compositions and six young men. Wo do not rcincmher tho subject ol' each composition, but all of them wore well con ceived and happily expressed. Solno of them im pressed ns very forcibly, Inti wo forbear lo singlo Ilten; out tor fear ot being thought Invidious. Af ter the rending of compositions, the. speakers ap peared on the singe one by one, and wc were as lonishcd to hear them speak so well. They gave evidence of very thor ugh training, and ncqulitcd themselves handsomely, 'there wcro nineteen speeches. Tho exercises ol' tho day were conclu (lcd by four very amusing dialogues, liol mixed up with any immorality or vulgarity. Young gentlemen, skilled in ilie use of tho bow, enlivened (he occasion willi line, music. At the conclusion, il was announced to the nn dioiico, that a gentleman ha l boen requested lo ad dress them, but foi* some unknown cause had failed to attend; Wc wore then dismissed, mid left. Hie place, with thankful hoar!?, fooling glad that we had boon at. Claremont on tho 10th. Claremont Academy is sit nilled seven miles soul h of Walhalla, in a most ex client neighbor!) io i.iiud convenient to churches. Pareuls and gnurdians, who have children to educate, . tumid t them lo Claremont. We believe all pains wil bc taken to instruct (hem in bouks and morality. ?si MX'TA TOR. WALHALLA, Joly 17. 1800. Al a meeting of thc Ladies' Ivlncalional Society to-day, thc following named Ladies were elected as an Kxeeutive Committee, vi/.: Mes. Wr.xnKl.Klix, Mas. VOICIIT, Mus. (in.MI.AND, MISS, nit KM KU, Mas. ItAltxruK, Mus. VAN Di vino;, MUS. KNKK, Mas. BIKMANN, Mus. JOHNSON, MISS R. A. Mc F? M., Mts? Moi.t.iK NKVII.LK, Miss M A lt j A ANSKL. A resolution, tendering the thanks of tho Socie ty lo Mr. lt. A. TllOMl'SON for his kindness and lib erality in printing, was passed. Tho next meeting of the Society to bo held on thc 1st Thursday in September, lobe followed by n regular monthly meeting on thc same day of each successive month. MATTIE W. l'KRRONNKAU, President. lt. A. MATIIKSON, Secretary. FOR ?HK KKOWF.K CO I) RI KR. Charity. j it A .,.1 flmunrb T bestow all my goods to feed thc poor, and though 1 give my nony to ne btirned, and have not charity, it profited mc nothing." " Dy the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread all thc days of your life." Some few of the people may talk about their Constitutional Judges : Thc same men would talk about the constitutionality of tho British Parliament compelling our fathers of '70 to pay taxes. Tf a long life of service as Judges, with salaries double thal, or near, of Georgia and North Carolina, would make mon consti tutionally great, then wo could invite S U MN KR and STKVBNS, and their host of radicals, to come down and sec how thc masses of the people in South Carolina aro flourishing. I havo never heard of but tine really great and good Judgo in the State, for he believed every 'vord Mr. JKFFKRHON said in Iiis first inaugu ral address to Congress : "Let the people alone and they will do right." Judge IIUUF.K said to tho mqnibors of the Legislature : " Von are right, fresh from the people, and you have affixed tho salaries of tho Judges at 2500 dol lars; I know you aro right, I will resign and take your salary." Thc amount of fees to her t facers, and the amount of cost paid for tho collecting of debts, is more than any State in tho Union, with tho exception of ouc or two. The State of South Cnrolina was universally called abroad an Aristocracy; they call them selves at homo a Democracy. And the lawyers of thc State, a great ninny of thom, issue nothing but Bail. Writs; I suppose tho Democracy will, at the present moment, to rotalintc on tho Aristocracy, mid to reduco thc costs of suits on thc Democracy. I believe supremely in the Providential di rection of God, and 1 believo when all thc Christian denominations in South Carolina devoutly pray to God to tell them where to go und find another Cincinnnttus in his 84th yoar, and nt tho handles of his plough, we may shako off Yankeeism and extortion, with all their aspirations for dimes. " Tho hand of the diligent shall boar rule, but thc sloth ful shall bo under tribute" JUDGE." War Thc Anderson papers state that a rob bery and an atrocious murder was committed on thc body of Amozuji Peyton,n freo uogro " beforo thc war," nt Hodges' Depot, on thc 10th instant, by ono KKUTIKN L. Oor,mNCi, n white man of desperate diameter. 2*eyton was inoffensive and upright in all his dealings DtviNF, is tho power of giving, with thc will to give, opportunely. it . ; .i gag;_J'._ll MERE MENTION. Wheat lias gone doVu to $2.60 to 83 per bushel, for a good article.-Col. A. G. Sum mor, formerly editor of tho "South Carolinian," is dead,-..IIeud-Ccnt.ro" Stephens has been committed to jail at Boston, at thc suit of Mr. Sinnot, ono nf thc Boborts-Swcony Fenians. Mr. Sinnot sued Stephens for a debt of ?4,000. -Mrs. Sarah Higgins, 78 years old, fell dead at tho communion table, in Syracuse, N. Y.-Dominick Morissey laid down drunk on a railroad track at Janesville. Wis. A train passed, and ho nwoko in tho other world. -t-TliO burnt district in Portland has been accurately surveyed, and found to cover an aron of 5127 acres.-The Italian loss in tho battle of Oustoza is 1*2,000.-A day of " Pasting anti Prayer" is urged on Gov. Orr by " ll," of Pun West.-A turkey has boon hatched in Angustia, Ca., with throe wings, two tails and four legs-Tho War Depart ment lias disapproved tho forced levy made by General Butler of Now Orleans, and asks ol' Congress n special appropriation wherewith to refund it.-A man in Troy, for endeav oring to peer into a lady's face on the street, was mortally stabbed by ncr escort.-Mun joy Hill waa thc place where tho burnt out Portia nd o rs encamped. Seventy children havo boon bu n there since, the fire.-Thc " ITor ry Sentinel " says it is supposed that Ilorry District will pay this year an Internal Beve nuo Tax of at least sixty thousand dollars on naval stores alone.-The l.\ S. colored troops mutinied at Folly Island, near Charleston, re cently. Thc mutiny was suppressed, and tho ri ngl cad ors a frosted.-Anti- ron t troubles have broken out in Albany, N. Y.-It is stated on Chinese authority that the Chinese population in California numbers 53,300 per sons, one-fourth of whom aro employed upon the Pacifie. Railroad improvements.-John Palmer, while man, committed a wilful and malicious murder pu the body nf .Mack, a freed man, in Cu ion District.-At an agricultu ral dinner thc following toast was given : " 'ThoigiUUO' of fortune-sh it file the cards as you wili, spades will always win "-Con gress lias increased the pay of members to ?8,000 a year, and 10 cents per milo, mileage. From Europe. Thc steamer A iea arrived at New York on the Pith instant, with later dates from liuropc : Prussia and Italy have accepted the pro posed armistice conditionally; Prussia retain i... jireseiii nniii.tiv positions and her troups to bo sr vi by tho country occu pied ; Austria, it increase her army in thu Held; .1 taly to occupy one fortress in thc quad rilateral. Italy, in reply, demanded two for . tresses in Vienna. Telegrams report a good prospect of an armistice for six weeks. Hos tilities have not been resumed. The Austri ans continued to retreat without molestation. Tho Prussians had advanced further into Bo hemia. Severe lighting has taken place on the frontiers of Venetia and Tyrol. Tho Prussians have gained another victory, dofo. ting the Bavarians at Dirmback, Tho people of Italy and Prussia uro said tobe strong ly opposed to an armistice, desiring terms to bo dictated to Austria at. Vienna. Additional foroign Vienna dispatches say that Gens. Clam, Calidas mid Kraismaiguo and Field Marshal S tech will bc court-mnv tialed. Tho King of Prussia has ordered tho release of all prisoners, paroling them not to serve during thc war. Heavy cannonading was heard in the direction of Koohgratz on tho evening of thc 7th, and it was believed tho Prussians wore storming that fortress. At Berlin a statue of Frederick tho Second was covered with lauro) in honor of tho, victory. A Trantcrmu dispatch states that tho victory over thc Austrians was decided by thc army of tho Prince Boyal succeeding, by great ef forts and forced marches, in reaching thc bat tle-ground in season to direct the nttack against thc right wing of the Austrian*. The King dcooratod tho Prince on thc field of battle with thc order of military merit. Thc Tyroleso priests aro inciting the peasantry against Gar ibaldi, by proclaiming his force ne bandits, and denouncing him an anti Christ. NKW YOUK, July 24.-Thc steamship Sco tia, from Liverpool on tho 14th, via Queens town thc 15th, arrived last night. Tho ? Paris Moniteur," of tho 14th, says negotiations were still pending, and tho best fcoling.sprevailed between Prussia and France; but tho latest advices seem to indicate that tho wrfr will continuo. Tho Prussians ecu pied Prague, and aro still advancing. Beno dek'8 nrmy is re-organizing, and 100,000 strong, exclusive of calvnry nnd artillery. They arc on the lino of Olmut/. and Brunn. Tho 7> russian headquarters on tho 12th were only three miles from' Brunn. Tho Prussians, under Mantouffnl, attacked tho Ba varians at Kirscngero ;' tho latter dofended tho position ton hours, and retreatod to tako posi tion on tho Main. Tho Bavarian comman der, holler, was killed. Tho loss was heavy. . Tho Birmingham Banking Company havo suspended-liabilitios, ?2,000,000. Tho " Vienna press," of tho 14th, says tho ?iroposed mediation of Napoleon has ended br tho present, nnd Austria must trust Cohor . own strongth and resources. Sho is resolved to fight to maintain her position ns a groat;' powor. ? '. . Tho London Times, ^ deo?ar?s that Eng laud cannot follow Napoleon In an interven tion calculated to nggrnvato present cvik t,