Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, July 27, 1867, Image 2
%?,F^$0$W> July 19.-Tho following is
^vSTOOpjM?<f^ veto of the sup
' jp]?'i?ontttvy veCQusjtruetiou Aefc t
&Hgdjng Wtlvo^eoUrution that tho State
Governments oro illegal, ho says u a singular
t?ntradictipn ls apparent hore. Congress do?
' '?l$ros. tKesejeeaj State Governments to \?*
? legal Gorernuionts, and then prevtdik Af*
thoseiUogvil Govern monts, shall ' b-^f"0? J?
'-by Fe?erat offiu?rs; wtoi-*-*-T twttonu the
Very iut't?inM***0"'lts owu olncdr* bv t,U8
"illowa] Stat? authority.' It certainly would, bo
u. iiev*t spectacle if Congress should attempt
to carry on a legal Stnto Government by the
ugdnoy of its owu officers. It is yet moro
strange that Congress attempts to sustain and
carry on an illegal State Government by tho
8auio"novel agency." With 'regard to title
by oouquest, fie says " it ts a new title, ab
" qi?lrod py war. It applies only to territory;
* tor good or movable items regularly captured
in war nreoillcd booty; or, if taken by indi
vidual soldiers, plunder. There is not a foot
of ground of ono of these ton Stato3 which
tho United States bolds by conquest, save only
?uoh land ns did not belong to either of these
States",,br to ?py .individual owner. 1 mean j
6uch lands iis did belong to tho pretended j
Governemnt called thc Confederate States.- i
Those lands we may claim to hold by conquest.
As to.all other lands or territory, whether bo- ]
^longing to tho States or to bidividuttli, thij
Federal Government lura, now np moro.title or
right to it than it bad before tho i?bollion."
Tho njcssngd concludes ?a follows :' With
in a period less than a year thc legislation of
Congress has attempted to s'tt'ip the executive
'.* department of thc Government of some of its
esscntbil powers. Thc Constitution, and thc
Oath provided in it, devolve upon thc Presi
dent the power and thc duty to see that thc
laws.arc faithfully executed. The Constitu
tion. In order to carry out this power, gives
him the ohoiccof thc agents, and makes them
subject to his control and supervision ; butin
tho.execution of these laws, tho constitutional
obligation upon tho President remains ; but
tlic power to cxeroise that constitutional duty
is effectually taken away. Thc military com
mander is, as to.tho power of appointment,
made to take the place of thc President, and
tho general of the army tho place of thc Pres
ident, and the general of the army the place
of thc Senate; and any attempt on thc part
of thc'President to assert his own constitu
tional power may, under pretence of law, be
mot by official insubordination, lt is to bc
foarcd that these military officers, looking to |
thc authority given by these laws rather than
to tlic letter of thc Constitution, will recog
nize no authority but the commander of the
district and thc general of thc unity, 1 f there
was no other objection than this to to this pro
posed ' legislation, it would be sufficient.
Whilst I hold thc chief executive authority
of-tho United States ; whilst the obligation
' rests upon inc to sec that all the laws are faith
fully executed, I can never willfully surren
der that trust and tho powers which accompa
ny it to any otber executive officer, high or
. low, or to any number of executive officers.
"?f this executive trust, vested by the Consti
tu?t! 'u t'10 President, is to bc taken from bini
and vented in a subordinate officer, tho re
sponsibility will bc with Congress, in clothing
tho subordinate with unconstitutional powcv,
and with thc ollicor who assumes Its exercise.
This interference with tho ?pqstitutionul ou
_tUm?ty..^ ,4*w?~?/?;,--^?p" ohr inundations of our
Federal system; but it is not the worst evil of
this legislation. It is a great public wrong to
toko from thc President powers conferred up
on bim alone by the Constitution. But the
wrong is more flagrant und more dangerous
when the powers so taken from thc President
. nrc conferred upon subordinate executive ofli
cois, and especially upon military officers.
Over nearly one-third of tho States of tilts
. Union military power, regulated by no fixed
x " law, rules supreme. Knob one of these five
. district commanders, though not chosen by
thc people Or responsible to them, have this
hour.morc executive power, military and civil,
.than the people have ever been willing to Cori?
for upon thc bead of thc executive department,
though chosen by and responsible to them
selves. They know what it is lind how it is
to bo applied. At thc present time they can
not, according to thc Constitution, repeal til ese
laws; they cannot .remove or control this mil
li -Hary despotism. The remedy, nevertheless,
is in their hands ; it ts to be found in thc bal
lot, and is a suro one, if not controlled by
fraud, oVcr.iwcd by arbitrary power, or, from
npatliy on their part, too long delayed. With
abiding oonfidence in their patriotism, wisdom
and integrity. I um still hopeful of tho future,
and that in tho end the rod of despotism will
be broken, the armed rule of power bc lifted
from tho nocks of the people, and tho princi
ple of a violated Constitution preserved."
Immediately-after the reading of the mes
sage tho impeachers mudo a strong effort.
Messrs. Uoutwoll, Butler and others eborac
. tensed the message ns defiant.
Mr. Thad. Stevens j?aid they were urging
that matter in vain, ns there are unseen iigen
. eies nod visiblo powers, at work in this coun
try- which will prevent tho impeachment. " I
repeat," said bo, that any attempt to im
peach tho President will be vain and futile."
Mr. Wilson, Chairman of thc Judiciary
Com mit eeo donourioed Stevens' insinuations,
assorting thnt no nuionut of politUnl pressure 1
filiould turn him nside from the displptvgo of
his duty to fact and law. [Applause from thc
Dornocrfttic side.]
. Mr. Stevens, without any reply, demanded
n vote, when the Pill was passed over thc voto
hy one hundred abd nine nyes to twenty-four
nays. .
?2?KW OULBANS, July 18.-The officers of
-th?. United States steamers Vuela and Hero
ifrey.ff?m. Tathpico, confirm tho report of the
; death bf Santa Anna. General Pason lins.
obijuf. 700 mon nt Tathpico. G omeo and Ca
' ? nales have about 400, and recruiting. Tko
Government relinquisbed its claims against
tefc the steamer Heroine, seized ot Tampico for a
r* ?raddul?nt,snlo,- but retains its lien for1' nd
. vanees by tho ' New Orlenns Consul and Col
. lector Kellogg. Tho ve$sel has been turned
Pvor to the Naval off!cor at this port.
M ^vJones, ininr?Boned by.Genoral Sheridan
on the chsrgp of mordor, died in prison yes
terday. " ft
. WAsiitNOTON, July 28.^It is stated thut
the President is considering ?the .propriety of
miling the District Comiunndors together, to
oat?b?teh Uniform rulos of notion for the re
?construction Acte/
* jkrtLifl, July 28;*- Cowdl 'Bismark'*, offi
cial organ denies that thooro le'any truth in
. the reoently reported stoyles pf tho ptobabUl
' Hf of jror,, , ., ?
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strictly in advance] for six month'i Subscription.
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for each subsequent insertion.
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utes of Jiespecl, Communications of a personal
character, and Announcement? of Candidates, will
be charged for as advertisements,
f?g-job' Printing neatly and cheaply executed.
j&i?y Payment can be made in currency, orin pro
vision at the ir-ar kel rates.
?f?F? Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to
thc requirement of cash payment._
PICKKNS C. H.y S. C. :'
Saturday Morning, July 27, 1867. ,
KW Registration will vomnioneo at an carlj
day. Registers have boen appointed by Gen
SICKLES. The order will be found clsewhen
in our columns.
KW On tbc 23d instaut, in New York
gold was pelling nt 1.40 ; cotton, 27 to 27 i
coin,' wheat and flour, lower.
?gr Tho sale of " Fort Hill" bas bec
again postponed. Thiscaseis passing throng
an "obliquo fire" from thc military and civ
authorities. We trust to be able to ropoi
progress from time to time.
jjar The Masonic fraternity of Piekonsht
received ono hundred and forty dollars, thn
the Grand Lodge, for the benefit of th ei: bei
eficiuries. This fund comes from brethren i
thc North and West. They have eur thank
JUiity-Tn Charleston, un tho. 10th instan
cotton was quoted nt 10 to 28 cents per ll
rice, 10 to ll ; corn, $1.33 to $1.46; flou
$7 to . .7.00 per barrel ; bacon, 13 to 10 c
lb; salt, $2.50 per sack.
HW WM. N. Wu rn:, F.sq., eli tor of t
M Southern Cultivator," is dead.
The Bankrupt Law.
An interesting case io bankruptcy bas bc
decided by Judge Rh YAN, of the U. S. 1)
trict Court, in Charleston. The Judge
siructed the jury to find, that where a n
was due and payment not resumed by thc t
j ker in fourteen days, he must bc found an
uoluntary bankrupt; and the jury so fou
j This is an important decisioc especially wi
it is remembered that no provision is ni
for an appeal, under the bankrupt, act, fi
I the decision of thc court or jury, unless
I debt and damages of thc petitioning cred
exceeded five hundred dollars. Any per
therefore, who is indebted in n less sum
five hundred dollars, and cannot resume.
. ",onV \lS:~XVr .u;^bnt^u^b,iul^rupt(.y,.
New Advertisements.
Mu. PERRY, (he enterprising proprieb
thc Pendleton Factory, will furnish ynri
card wool at short notice, on favorable to
lils superior yarn and rolls are thc then
almost every good house wife in thc land.
Messrs. J. R. 10. SLOAN & Co., of Poi
ton, offer a variety of the best Turnip ?
for sale. Give thc Ruta Ragas a fair trial
time. Sow carly
Messrs. DUFFIE & CHAPMAN, Bookaol
Columbia, S. C., advertise literature for
public. Money expended for good book
ways pays fine interest. Thc stock of t
gentlemen is complete.
Messrs. NORTON & SVMMKS, Counsel
have extended their sphere of usefulness
the Courts of thc United States, not foi
t:ng that of Bankruptcy.
The Commissioner in Equity calls upot
creditors of J. R. CKHNSHAW, decease
prove their claims before him.
Lastly : if you have anything to sell,
a sheaf of oats to a gold mine, advertise !
is un infallible remedy for dull times I
KW Different sounds travel with diff
degrees of velocity. A call to dinner
run over a ten acre lot tn a minute and a
while a summons to work will take from
lo ten minutes.
JW They had, it seems, a real b;
wedding in Pittsburg on tho 4th of Ju
Tho knot wii6 tied by Alderman Strain,
altitudo of 1000 feet from the earth,
wtiich the balloon was drawn down, tin
denium dismissed, and a bridal tour nu
the* clouds, and subsequently descend
sa fe ty.
--,+t'i+,-?
?&- Thc contre of thc United State
boon, definitely fixed. It is Columbus
braskn, ninety six miles West of Omub
KW Generals Ilindtnnn and Cha
men who did good fighting for tho Con
atc cause in tho army of thc South-west
Shiloh to tho disastrous onset ut ?as1
havo enrolled themselves in tho Soi
wing of tho Republican pnrty, led by
Stroct, Jeff. Tl'iompsoh, Gov. Brown, ]
dale, Gon. 8. B. Buckner and others.
Jt??" Statomonts havo been going tho i
that General Sickles hod compelled I
oept marriage* of a white man, Thornt
Fayetteville, te a nogro Woman. Tho
etteville News," alluding to tho mattel
that tho whole affair Was dono under ii
pulsion by the military or .noy ngonoy
order wag granted by General Sickles,
p?rmbwpn and authority for tbo marr
take plnoe? but it was couplcrl with at) <
disapprobation of tho step to bo taken,
The Negro Bond Question.
Deep internet si tellies to the question of
payment or nonpayuiout of tho ninny obliga
lions, bonds and notes, outstanding for ?laves.
Publie opinion, after skilful manipulation by
those interested, has pronounced strongly in
favor of their repudiation. Til0 law>b.btvov
jr, has; up to tho present time, been;jp tho
way of this arrangoment. t- >' .
Kccontly, tho Supremo Court of the?tato
of Georgia bas decided that bonds, tbVcon
sidcration of which was slaves, must be en
forced. In this caso, tho Blavcs Wore purcha
sed before the war. Thus, we havo tho .high
est judicial tribu ?ais of Georgia and Missis
sippi deciding that such contracts aro valid
and binding, whilst tho Supremo Court of
i Louisiana holds the adverse opinion.. Thc
decision of thc chancery circuit court, in this
State, is (l) accord with thc opinions delivered
iu Georgia and Mississippi,
With thc current of public opinion runninp
high against such contracts, it ts a favorable
j time for their compromise and settlement.
Obligations of all kinds should be: Set tied ot
fair and just terms now. Do not wait iimti
thc State is again received into tho Unjdm
Then, "General Orders, No. l?>^ #?ral
to the ground-thc flobd-gato:pf:tJ?e??iiw?oi
laws bo oponed, and the property of tho un
fortunate debtor disappear under the shorifT
h tinnier like mis? before the morning sim.
Tn this connection, wc repeat what wc hav
j heretofore recommended : that, where person
I arc hopelessly insolvent, they should take tb
I benefit of the bankrupt law. The connu
j cannot prosper under tho present burden C
public and private indebtedness, hence whet
j relief oat) be legally had it should bu mad
! available. Taking advantage of thc bankni|
ltw will not prevent any one from paying h
debts in tho future, whilst it may relieve bil
of present insupportable burdens.
Senator Wilson on-Confiscation.
Senator WILSON has addressed to a prom
neut Virginian, in answer to au inquiry r
? oontly made, the following :
SENATE CIIAMUKK, Washington. D. O'.
duly 15, 1^07.
Ta II'?1. T. Early, Esq., Cluirtottc*oHlt>.% Y
Dear Sir : Yon ask nie in your note, " Wh
notion is necessary on'the part nf tho peer
here to avert from them confiscation V
nm sure the generous action of General Ora
and our commanders toward the men in uri
against their country; the magnanimity
thc nation : tho liberal policy of OoUgri'J
should satisfy you and the web disposed ni
pie of the rebel States that Untiling will,
done for revenge, but everything fur the <
during peace of the country. Nothing c
bring confiscation upon the people of the rc'
Mates but the persistent folly anti madness
! thc masses of their people; and I eaunut
liove that thc body of theil people will
their future action bring confiscation nj
themselves. 1 will suggest, my dear Sr
law, order, peace, and indi vidual and hnttil
prosperity and happiness: Let them ali
don at once and forever the ideas, priilcil
and policies of their lost cause ; strive to c
quer the prejudices, bates and pus does,
goad ired by their rebellion and tim coin
they inaugurated. Let them accept the
stilts of the nation's victory, the unity of
States, the perpetuity of the Republic,
emancipation, enfranchisement and citiv
ship of their bondmen, their equality of rip
and privileges. Let them du this in spin
weil as in form ; (et them establish schools
the education of both raes; let them enc
age the freedmen to be thrifty and tom per;
to get homesteads and to engage in indust
in varied forms; let them develop the niifj
resources our Heavenly Father bas given
people of tho Sunny South, and chorb
spirit nf fraternity and love. Such ac
will inspire affection, confidence, ninghan!
ty make confiscation an impossibility; ot
dist ' ics speedily to disappear, and bl
down upon them their State's and count
blessings and benefits. Very truly, j
friend, HENRY Wi ?SO h
Tm; WHITES IN VIRGINIA.-A Virg
correspondent of the " New York Timi
gives some information of the startling
that thc probabilities arc in favor of tl
being a majority of negro voters in tho S
of Virginia, mid says :
"This is due to thc refusal of many of
whites to register themselves under thc i
tnry bill. It is believed that about 90,
negro voters have been registered, while
white's, who could have registered to the n
ber of 125,000, are, according to thc con
tatton now made, several thousands bo!
thc blacks. That the negroes will act <
pactly in politics, and make strenuous
tompts to elect their own special represe
tives, black or white, ibero is little dot
mid that much bitterness of feeling beti
the two races will bo ongendercd in thc
test for political supremacy, is evident I
thc present course of things. Thc largo
pondorancc of registered blacks over wh
in ti portion of Fastcrn Virg'mir,, ons fillet
pcoplo with gloom mid alarm. Tho roprt
cs which arc visited upon tho delinq
whites aro very severe, and tho indigm
which is everywhere felt against the bliud
senseless newspapers which have misled
white men into so deplorable n blunder
orinio ns turning over Virginia to tho p
of tho negroes,- pervades every part of
country "
What is heve stated about Virginia
probably happen in other Southern St
and thpsc who .hold aloof from registr
will find but the seriousness of tho nib
when. too. lute to, remedy it. i
t&" Considerable excitement exists in '
/irginia and a portion of Odilo, over tim
covcry of silver ore, which is sold, to ooi
ninotyfour per oont. o? silvoV and si? ol
per. . -,
Fifty-ono oases of; alleged wti
frauds on tho rovonuo are to-be triedlo
next tenn of the UtiitcdStfltis Court in 3
toond. Chief Justice Chase presides a
. term of the Court in October,.
, jj Xl_gas ?Lri ?fh "-igC'i 9*tS?&, ?"1. -U't -i. - .." >- ?
The York Gold Mines.
An intelligent correspondent of thc '.'Char
leston Courier," ofter visiting these mines,
writes us follows. Tho mines in'York ure on
tho mountain ranges, ns uro ours iu Piokcns.
The mines horo aro equally ns rich ns those
ui York Distriot. A well directed effort
should bo mndo. to put them on thc market.
Butte the correspondence :
M A few days ngo I neeotnpanlcd a gentle
men of this place to tho Mining section of
this District. 1 bnd read und studied tho va
rious report of tho Geological Surveys of tho
Stuto, frequently visited and rambled muong
the bills, of York, mid became intimately ac
quainted with the peoplo, and familiar with
I thc topography of this part of the State, yet
I I declare to you that I never dreamed that
j such immense beds of gold were so densely
deposited beneath the soil. Every stone you
c ash contains inofenr less of thc precious met
al, nnd the rook-ribbed sidesof every bill, from
its hose to thc summit, tonus a net-work rioli
with auriferous deposits. Wo visited thc
McCaffrey mine, twelve miles above York
ville. Thc tract contains 270 acres of bind
with veins of oro running in every direction
Thc principle lead has just been opened, ant
oro selected noni one of the pits yieldid abou
S'2 to each bushel.
M Wo had no means of npsnyingso that wi
could test iV?" ly tho exact per cent, it Wouh
yield, but feel satisfied that there is gold ii
abundance in that locality, lt skeins that titi
bas been ivtuloukcd and neglected, while cou
tigous inines have been earofully tested mn
examined. The gold is deposited in a strut m
of quartz running from five to thirty feet ht
low the surface and from eight inches to thro
feet wide, enveloped in u bed of hard red ela}
The geological formation, as well as the sn:
face indications, exhibited a rich field for th
miner at no distant day. The relative conuei
(?on willi the leading auriferous duets from iii
neighboring bills converging in one direotie
and di verging I n nnoi.hcr, shows distinctly tin
j ?it here there must he an immense deposit i
cold. The Helyn mine is south of this. TS
most productive veins lead off tho bill in tl
direction of thc McCaffrey lut; a dry ra vii
running down to within a few yards of a beat
tiltil, gold spring, whose crystal water lippi
along ?iver beds of thc precious inct.l.
mile to thc West wc find tho Hench Pram
Minc, owned, 1 believe, by Mr. Wm. Nosh
of Georgia. Several pits have been opene
shafts sunk, and very satisfactory evidence o
tallied in reference to the value and quanti
of gold found here. 1 picked up in one
the side sections of this minc some beaut i I
specimens of ce-pper.
Tho celebrated Martin minc lies to t
South. It was fust opened in 1H27. Sin
that, time, it has been continually worked, a
perhaps no spot of earth bas been a lh<
fruitful source of anxiety and disappnintiuc
on thc one band, and glorious realization
high hopes on the other. For mouths the i
uer realized only a few cents a day for bis t
ami wearisome labor. I n 1850, an iunnei
nugget of gold was discovered-the min
dubbed it with the inlllifuous title of I
" Bee Cum.'- A picco of quartz about I
size of a man's bead contained 4.dU0 pen
weights, or a little moro than 84,000 in p
gobi. This eroated intenseexciteineiit thieu
nut the gold region, nr.d u thorough hunt.'
J iM.utiuuil fm ?ta fellow, bru to this day it li
?r bas been found. The lot contains tbi
acres, nod every foot of it has been turi
over and over time mid again, until it is \
nigb exhausted, There are only two
mouritainoers at work now. and they ure o
wishing ibo debris which has aceuniubi
below the pond. They use the old fash io
'' Lon fl '/'"tn," and with this primitive aj
ratus they have tho varied success of
gambling miner " A few days ago they was
out. fourteen pennyweights ; the day we i
ted I boin they only collected one-half pei
weight.
111 was greatly disappointed in this in
It never was nu re than a surface dept
running up West from the branch, a nar
back bone between two ravines, encon?te
near the summit of thc bill a stratum of
ton slate, and a few yards higher still a bc
pure iron ore, with no trace of gold,
consequence bas berni that tho Martin ii
is exhausted nnd will never pay to wor
liga in. Cropping out a few hundred y
above this bcd of iron ore is a large rieb v
running off in a Westerly diecction, wh
in my opinion, is more valuable than the ?
tin mine ever was. A few miles to the St
we visit the Wylie mine which bas rece
been purchased by a New York Company
$17.000. They intend, I learn, having t
machinery in operation by August.
" [n the same neighborhood are thc Si
mines, which was bought fl few days ago
Company of Bostonians for $10,000. 1
these mines are said ?.<> be rich, nnd with
proved machinery will undoubtedly vit
handsome income. I learn that the .?
: mineralogical formations in North Can
j are now producing large amounts of gol
Thc Pennsylvania and North Carolina I
j Mining Company of.Tamnqun, five i
North of Charlotte ; thc Pheonix Mi
Company of New York, six miles from 1
cord; tho Blakely Minning Company,
! York, fourteen miles from Conc/rd j
Ilowio nod Harkness, arc all sp ?ucccssfu
oration. A single ten stnty.Ji mill will crusl
ten tons of oro {Q (Wonty-four hours. '
computo tho dirt nt 805 port?n, making ?
y.er day, or $3.900 for thc six working <
These mines wero bought np nt from i
$50 per nore, nod the whole investmcr
.tho Pennsylvania Company did not ex
*37,000, from which they aro now real
tho bandsome sum, after nil expences an
ducked, of $a,000- a week, or $155,000
annum in gold.
A tunnel under tho Atlantio is
tho next grand project.. Tho " Home .
nal " says, that such fl gigantio propositi
even noiY on font, mid that plenty cf ca
ists nro ready to engngo in it ns soon tu
plans are arranged. .It is snid bbati trVe
eminent epginccBH, both in America niic
Vope, li?fo been consulted, and that they
drawn up a report which is perfectly fea
and only requiros time- an? money to
out. Tho oapitul required1, it is cst?mat
?jOO,000,000 English p?iinds.
July 18i-Tho trial of Hero*
for his attempt to assassinate the Em po
Russia has resulted in a verdlot of- " g
with oxtcnuating oivoumstances," and h
been sentenced to inipvioonmonbat bord
for life, '
; :*wv .V:-J*'4v,< . " ''v. .
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. -?MERE MENTION.
Tho Now York constitutional convention,
by n voto of 72 to 28, h?ve adopted " man
hood suffrage "--12,000 rebel soldiers were
oon?ued nt Eliu?rn, N. Y.-of these 4,000'
diod.-Tho " ?oodlett IIouso" nt Green
ville .0. II. bas boon sold to Mr. II. A. Tup-'
por, for the uso of the Soutborn Baptist Theo
logical Seminary, for ?5,000.-Tho oil
wells of Pennsylvania now yield loss than six
thousand barrels per day.-Twenty thous
and Americans aro estimated to have crossed
tho Atlantic, from tho west to east, siuco Fcb
I ruary last.-Senator 'Wilson, of Mass., is a
I candidate for Vice President on (Jen. (J rani's
! ticket.-Fifty sheep were hilled by light
ning at Pittsfield, Mass., last Thursday.
Cholera has made its appearance in Louis
ville Kentucky.-Registration commenced
in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, and out of
400 voters registered only thirteen were white.
-There was u hail storm in Central Ken
tucky, last week, that destroyed over $QQ,000
worth of property.-Turkey proposes to sci]
Jerusalem to Russia-Huron Rothschild
paid 8150 for a peacock.-Bc temperate in
diet. Our first parents ate themselves otit ol
house and home.-The cost of Russint
America to us, taking the whole territory, ii
about three cents an aere.-West Virginii
has a coal bcd thal? extends over 40,000 ames
and is seven feet thick.-Sing Sing Prism
contains 1,5158 convicts, of which 150 are le
males.-A Lincoln Monument, 145 fee
high, is to be. erected at Atlanta, Qa.-Th
New York Court's granted six divorces oi
Monday.-There arc ninety six tdd maid
in one town in Connecticut.-Silver brid;
are thrown on the stage to favorite adresse
in Nevada-John ll. Horsey, a well know
citizen of Charleston, is dead.
NEW AMI AI..\KMI.\<? PISKASK.-Wu leer
from our city exchanges that, si ce tho pr?
ihulgntion of General Orders No. 82. ti ne
and alarming disease has become sulVicionl!
common to bc pronounced epidemic. Tl
most eminent physicians are pleased to d
nominate this serious malady hy thc Ciiphoii
ons name 0? pipnyripsg. In tho langu i;,
of an erudite and lamented philosopher, toe
derivations are from the Greek, and signi
the disease among fowls known as pjpf whi
the effects compel the patient' to Oxchtii
" let 'em r'/>." This learned deducion e
plains the nature of the disease, althou-h ?
exchange, believing it peculiar to his sectio
dti-C'ibes thc symptoms as billows: "
sudden depression of collipsis tlindix-n ern
ing td' the spinalily of the haekbnnibns, ai
a feeling of slimness in the ?inmediate vieil
ty of the diaphragm." We have sent Itu
medical student, who has attended thc Iii
course of lectures to translate the above exit";
and in the meantime will oller a consola ti
to tao toiiimunity by stating that an invah
hie remedy has been discovered and patenK
and there is no occasion for alarm, provbl
the ingredients arc forthcoming. A getitloin
from (marleston, suffering from this disea
visited Walhalla last woelt fur thc purpose
consulting a distinguished prao;it'mu0r.
has returned with rubicund coil h tenn nee a
healthful glow, and undertakes to endorse i
I j r 'scription, although declaring his utter i
I il ly tt> find thc prime ingredient, in suits
quantities, in Anderson. Nevertheless,
will append the prescription, and advis
prompt resort to its exhilarating effects, wh
ever practicable : Spirits vini Otardi, ./..
sugarum whit um, q. s. ; icibus eoolus, q.
shakiste. violenter ; add us spriggus min
dims, and snckjto cum strawum.
This article is extracted from the " And
son Intelligencer" for the purpose of repi
alinga disloyal insinuation. Thc "gin
men from Charleston" did not visit Walli;
for medical advice, as wo learn. We are
sured, moreover, that our delightful clim
and genial hospitality of friends produced
rubicund countenance and healthful gb
of thc gentleman aforesaid.
Jt.?T Thc expenses of thc Indian War,
cording to estimates made at General (?rai
headquarters, arc fully ono million dolla
wick, says a Washington dispatch to thc 1
t m " Advertiser." Thc Mame authority s:
i i case it is determined to inausriiratc a vi
ona campaign, expenditures will soon bc m
ed to meet tho wants of the increased fore
about five millions per week. Thus far, si
tho trouble began, cvory Indian killed
cost thc government one million dollars
thc lives of about ten white men.
Sc ral " bricks " of Mont ana i
have recently been received in St. Lou'u
A nong these is ono valued ai; $0,000 ;
u bricks," ono weighing 452 and the o
458 ounces, valued respectively at 87,700
and thc latter at 87,775.43, each oontaii
88-ldOthe of. puro gold. Thoso " bric
aro thc result of a lucky venture in thc tn
by a St. Louis typo.
JCW It is stated that while whi to men
ooming from Europe und yellow men 1
China, thousands of black emigrants arc 1
ing this country and the West Indies nm
pouring into. Airton. It is said that with
short time, more than 1,800 blaoks hove
.?he United States. Tho revolution in
labor system commenced by omnncipatio
tho Southern slaves is truly progressing
idly.
IIOMIOIDK IN COI.UMHIA.-A difficult,
ourrcd in Columbia, ?bout six o'oloek ye
day afternoon, between Natal! Beraglie,
prietor of thc Congareo Restaurant, and
Brown, on omployee of tho Grconvillo
Road Company, which resulted in tho d
of tho. former from thc effects of a woun
ftioted by Brown, who was, immediately i
.tho occurrence, ai;nested and confined in
MST Am?pg the latest arrivals at Sam
are two young ladies from Havana, km/n
tho ^charms of Cuba," and wearing ditfm
to ibo .value of $260,000. .?. '
? . . .,7:.. HptyWh**h
??? JI M i_; c ' n-tiyvi ti; ; jj;;;. . Allij't'.li'.l--lltir^>"-a\
f'rOtn tho Anderson Intelligencer.
Interesting and Important Lr-ttor. *
Weare indebted to H?8 ?/XOblJ?Uoy tho
Governor for ibo annexed- communication of*
? Coinmisaion?r Rolins, in regard to tho large
number of stills that wero seized by ono Capt.
Arnim, in Picketts District. It will bo scon
that tho instructions of Ibo Commissioner to
tho Revenue Colieotor aro not to bo misun
derstood, and thoso chiantis not guilty of in- 1
fringing thc law, who had their property for
cibly taken from them,may recover tho satUo
at once. This valorous Capt. Arnim who
created snell terror in our sister DUtriot by
his vigorous raids on the defunct stillhouscs,
has boon very properly removed from thc ser
vice, and we. understand, has found a lodgment
in the common jail of Greenville Pi'triot.
If wo are rightly informed, tho Captain ('()
luis been imprisoned undera warrant from tho
civil authorities, and was placed in thc samo
coli wit h another olliccr, whom he had arrested
for misconduct, after the predatory excursions
I in tho Wolf Creek neighborhood. Tho ex
I official made sonic objections, but these scru
ples were overcome. He has now an excel
lent opportunity of ruminating upon the in
stability of earthly power, and can red cot
.* how are thc mighty fallen !" * .
TnfeA8U.itY Dt: PA ur.MK sr, Ovrrcr. ov TNT.
KKVKNUK, Washington, Judy 10, 1807.
Slit : lu reply to yours of thc Gth inst., I
; herewith transmit a copy rtf-a lotter whioh I
have to day addressed to Col. Wallace, in re
lation to tlio .articles of property .mentioned
by you.'
Very respectfully;
K; A. ?O Ll NS,
Commissioner.
j Hoi JA MKS L. ():tU. Columbia, S. C. .
I Tl'KAStJUY PKPAUTM I'.NT, Ol'] FI OK OK TNT.
IlKVKNUK, Washington, July 10, 1S07.
Sui : Sundry stills and other Articles of
property seized hy the lalo 'Rhyouu? ltispec
I tor Arnisn. from tl i lieront individuals ?II South
Carolina, are now, I unde.rst md in possession
j of the post coniniandcr, at Anderson.
Von are di reeled, as soon as practicable lo
inquire into the facts in these several cases,
ami wlmre yr..i lind that an offence has been
committed, such as involved a forfeiture of
the properly in the possession above mention
ed, you will SCi/.O tho same, and take tho'^
course provided by law to ascertain its forfei
ture
I Where no such offence .is found, you will "j
j inform the post commander at Anderson, that i
there is no reason known to this lillico for tho.,
! further detention of such property from tho.
possession ?f its owners.
Very respect fu'Iv,
(Signed]" li. A. HOI il NS,
Commissioner.
A. S. WAI,LACK. Esq., Collector lid Dis
trict York vi Ile, S. C.
A TiK?QUK OitVlANI'/l-UVt-The " Wa'sliing
ton Chronicle, of Wednesday, says : ,
Mr. Thomas W. (hillway, who has just com
pleted an extensivo tour through the South,
engaged in the w nh ?>f cstAhlishin ; the Union
I League in that section, lias ju>t made his l -
I port. It contains thc gratifying intelligence
? that 2,000 Union Leagues have been e.-tab
I lishe?) and : re now in win king ni der through
out tho South, with ar estimated uiemberahip
of (IO.('.'.!(). all of whom ure loyal voters,
Mr. Cnmvav will return th thu South with
out delay, and will devote nosl of his time
to the Stales of Louisiana. Texas and Missis
sippi. The 1'niiin Leanne appears to be
adapted to tho wants of loyal men of thc
South, and judging fruin irs past experience,
wo may hope for greater results in the future.
iC*T" Tho " Washington Chronicle," says :
.'The international difficulty likely to arise
in r? !ation to the death of Maximilian has put
thc Government on the ? ni ?i?? In order to
pr> vent any foreign ll itinns from taking ad
vantage of los execution by interfering in tho
a lairs ol' Mexico, several w u- groomers are to
be sent fro MI the. navy yard to thc mouth of
the I*io Grande, willi a view to walch tho
Austrian fleet which is to arrive in Mexican
waters to demand thc body of ibo late Empe
ror.
HNO?.V.NII AND rm: UN, IT KU STATKS, - Wa
learn that very important negotiations arc in
progress bot ween our Government ?OH) Great
Grit :in, looking to tho'n.Uilnment of all diffi
culties by a cession of tho British possessions
between the United States and those recently
sold to this country by Russia, in considera
tion of ll surrender of our claims for spolia
tions of Confederate cruisers fitted out in
English ports. There is a strong probability
of these negotiations being brought to a suc
cessful term i nat ion!-iVntionul Jnle'liycncer.
LON nov-, July 18.-Tho Naval Review itt
honor of tho Sultan was thc most magnificent
ever witnessed in English waiora. A high
wind increased tb it tores t of th o oven t. The?
sq und r m numbered eighty vessels, heiring
.eleven hundred guns, while oho" thousand ves
sels were l?h'd with spectators, ? Queen Vic
toria and suite wero in' ettendance on board
the yaoht Victoria & Albert, tho Sultan on
the Osborn. The Prince of Wales, both
Houses of Parliament, tho -Lords of .tho .Ail
inn atty, and all thc members of thc Gbvonv
nicnt were present.
A Vienna letter states that Maximilian's
motlier gives evidence of insanity.
The A moflean Government is 'endeavoring
to secure tho release of General Nagel.
SOUTHAMPTON, July 18.-It-is estimated
that tho great naval review which occurred
. yesterday off Spithcad, cost 50.000 pound?
sterling. Ono gunboat was driven ashore
during a rain storm which prevailed at tho
tillie, hut beyond this no neoide.nt occurred.
Rain ."Iso seriously interfered with tho pro
gramme of evolutions, and tho proposed- illu
mination of the fleet in thc evening.
S*N PtiANorscOv July "IO.-The Republi
can-Stato Convention nominated John Bidt-'
well for Governor. 1 The resolutions favor hu-*
partial' sulfr.'igo, without regard to color.
TriK Or.OK8T iNHAuiTANT.-A writer fofl
the " Sun" says that. Mc. John KitW, of Hai
ti more, is in lu? 105th your, having boon berni
in 1702. He was too old to bo drafted iri#
the war of 1812. lie is now qdiek in hill
movements, usos .n'o apootnolos, and - says llO'
enjoys a glass of qld ryo as much as cvor. ;
. COBA:-Rumors are. fife that trite State De.
pnrtmeiit At Washington ?B after Cuba-and
that Spain would willingly part with tho Queen.
of the Antil?s for a' heavy consideration
which thiacountry r ip view of ity small; n&
tional dobtnnd light tax?tio?, is amply nb?oj