Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, July 28, 1866, Image 2
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,