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i TJ ..*ur. I<wrt<d lo gortinulturp, gonqatiq <^Wi| and thq Current Jlnrr. of the Jlnp. jfcr. V, ~ ... . ?v?. A: ?fcriiiAihfc!!'. MB?n-rrTTTi"? ii'"rlr 'i-inir?.r-in-rnr.iMm ~ .U,WC. H.^.IPIlWULt?JA, JUMJ 111,, Hi, NUMBER 25. ( MHTot frozen out Plenty of Good Frail ?AT? S. W. PORTER'S. :o: I HAVE jlist returned from mnrket where I purchased and am now daily receiving the Qiandaoinest <ni "l^V "TV T tT ^ ^ ? o STK1JNU STOCK THAT HAS EVER BEEN TOUR PRIVILEGE TO SELECT FROM. :o: DRESS GOODS. ?ALL TIIH? Latest Novelties of the Season. CONSISTING OF MiihIIiis, French Liiwiih, PlqiiCH, LtnenN, AND ALL YOU CAN ASK FOll Iff THIS LINK. ALL THE NEWEST DESIGNS IN Parasols, Hosiery, Gloves, Ruchings, Fringes, Ties, Laces, Buttons, Trimmings, &c., &c. HATS, BOOTS, CAPS. SHOES. OUR MILLINERY, In this Depart incut wc excel our former efforts. We huvc nil the Novelties antl Shades of Trimmings. Vinson, in person, who is posscssud of that rare faculty of pleasing all who call on her. These goods have all been selected with nn eye single to the wants ami tastes of our patrons. Ladies She uld Call AND SEE OL11 BE A IJTIFUL (i (> O 1)S. Groceries ! Groceries ! ! Cheap ! Cheap ! Cheap ! Cfockory I Crorltory Jivorytiiing in these lines ear. be found upon our slielvcs. CAIiL AND SUK. S. W. Porter. April 10 ! > tf Announcement Extraordinary! ITAKK pleasure in infortiiiiif; my friends and tlie public generally that 1 have a lull stock of the very best quality of I'AMILY GROC'KIMIOS, CONSISTING OF Flour, Moal, Bacon, Bard, Hams, Sugar, CofToo, Molassas, Poppor, Spico, Ginger, Starch, Soda, Pickles, Canned Goods in Groat Variety, Mojip. I'lllltllCM. CracltriN, Cllt'OHl', Sroil Irish Poinioos Ill I IK' r ilMVSI (lllilllilCH. Nails, Powder, Sliol, Caps, I'ri/e ('lull's, Fine Chewing mid Smoking Tobaccos. Also, in rear of my flroccry Store I have a first class |{;ir Itooni where you will liu<l the very best of Brandios, Winos, Whiskies, Rum, Gin, Porter, Ale and Lager Boer. (live mo a cill nml lio convinccil that I have lie host ami cheapest slock in Town. J. W. VINSON. Jan. :'<) 1 If GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, I r KI'.I'S' |)ro*s Shirts nii'l Collars, the cheap I\.. est ami host in the market. Keep's Shirts. Itnmlrio'l. SI. Very superior Pmler-shirts, PiMwers, S lekr II imlhorehiol's. Scurfs, \e., \c. IIH'i: .S: M< I.I UK. Oct 10 II if " THE GRASS OP OARPIELD. A Sketch of the Public Career of the Republican Candidate for the Presidency, Written before the Nomination. James A Garfield is now serving his uinth consecutive term as n member of the House of Representatives. At tho end of this term he will succeed Mr. Thurmnn iu the Scnato, as night succeeds day. Gifted with Que natural parts, possessed of some literary utility, givcu to study, popular in uiauuers, and witli a pleasing style of speech, iew nieu nave begun public mo with sucli advantages. No public uian has sucriticcd his opportunities more unworthily. Mr. Garfield entered tho army in 18G1 as a colonel of volunteers, aud left it as a major-general in 18G3, with a record which, ttiuugti uuv otitutng, was r|Uitc creditable. The Republicans of tho Western Reserve, who had sent Joshua It. Giddings to Congress until ho became recoguizcd as the father ot the House, took up Garfield on his return from the war, at 32 years of age, and have clung to him since then, despite the most damning proof of his veuality and jobbery in legislation. Fidelity to the party in its fierce at d iutolerant spirit seems, like the mantle of charity, to have covered a multitude of sins in his case. Thrown into the midst of the reckless legislation for which tho calamity of civil war furnished an opportunity, ho soon developed tho traits of character which have more recently made his name notorious ll I . . I . II . 1. _ uuuu^iiuut* uiu country. no uocauio iuo advocate and apologist of the huge land grants and subsidies by which millions of acres of the public domain aud teus of millions of money were voted to great corporations and rings. That may be called the beginning of the organized corruption which flourished duriug Grant's two terms. Garfield voted for almost every job, and for almost every iniquitous scheme of the lobby that then controlled the loading committees. T1IE CREDIT MOHIMEIl. The construction of the Union Pacific Railroad furnished tho opportunity for a gigantic fraud. Congress voted money and land enough to build it without any considerable issue of bonds or stocks by the company. The directors were forbidden by law from engaging in contracts or holding other interests of profit. Therefore they could not become beneficiaries by the abuse of their trust until the obstacle was overcome. 1 hey soon found a way to do it. A company, known as the Credit Mobilier, organized upon the French plan, had procured a charter from Pennsylvania, which proved tO TJTT11 ritluiu Ifl imuttm - l uiu >ui was purchased. A ring of officers and dl-' rectors of the Union Pacific lload obtain :d absolute control of its affairs. They contracted with thems dves under another name for the construction at exorbitant prices.? They swindled the United .States, the bondholders and the stockholders, for the benefit of their own close corporation. In 1SG7, Oukes Ames, Jauics B. Alloy and others, known as the "Boston party," got possession of the Union Pacific and the Credit Mobilier. At that time Ames was a mcmb.-r of Congress, and a manufacturer of reputed wealth. The great contracts passed into his hands, and the dividends of the Credit Mobilier had already attracted alttcntion. Elihu B. Washburne introduced a resolution in the House which alarmed the jobbers for their immense profits.? Colfax, then Speaker, and one of the creatures of the ring, silenced this movement for a time by parliamentary tricks. Still the Credit Mobilier monopolists were uueasy, and proposed to buy off opposition. In January, 18G8, Ames wrote to McConib, who afterwards started the investigation from motives of revenge, "I have assigned, as far as I have gone," (certain shares to ,1; IT.\ .1... or... i : - uiaui cm uviiiva, j tilt* illljf |?fl UUIIL. 1I1UI UUM' I want for distribution here and soon." A few days after, he was still more urgent.? lie wrote again ; "In view of Washburne's move here, 1 go in for making our dividend in full. I want that SI 1,000 increase of the Credit Mobilicr to sell here. We want more friends in this Congress." As he himself said, the object was to put the stock "where it would do the most good." The stock was then selling at $."50 a share on a par value of $100. It was issued in blocks of thirty, twenty and ten shares to members of Congress at par, and iho so-called purchase was more than extinguished by accrued dividends. It was a nice stock to hold. The first disclosure of this corruption was made in the Sun during the summer of 1872, implicating many of the Republican leaders. A Presidential election was then pending, and they all vehemently denied any connection with the fraud. it Attn Kl.l/s NT AT KM KNT was more explicit and bolder than that of any of his confederates in the crime. An investigation was ordered by the House soon alter the meeting of Congress; the examination of witnesses began an December 12, 1872. At first (takes Ames declined to make any exposure ; but when the incriminated members combined to swear him down and to Ireo themselves bv rank - y - -J perjury, his blond wanned quickly and he determined to let the truth he known, though in the end there was much concealed. (iarlield submitted to the committee n prepared statement on .January II, ISJii: "I never owned, received or agreed to receive any stock ol the Credit Mobilicr or of the t niou I'aeilie llailroad, nor any dividends or prolits arising from cither of tlicm." Ames was recalled .January 2!?, 1H7-, and testified to the stock lie had issued to (iarlield, the dividends allowed him. and tiie balance of money paid into his hand, which (iarlield pretended was a loan."? I Ic submitted a memorandum of the account in detail It came to the knowledge of the commiltco that Garfield had visited Ames with the object of inducing him to retract or modify his testimony, and ho was re-examined on the 29th of January, as follows : Q. You may stato whether, in conversation with you, Mr. Garfield claims, as he claimed beforo us, that the only transaction between you was borrowing&10U ? A. No, sir ; he did uot claim that with me. Q. Stato all you know iu reference to it. A. I told hiui he knew very well that that was a dividend. I made out a statement and showed it to him at the time. In our conversation he admitted it, said there was I IAA 1 ! ?_.! * * " cw,-tuu uuc iiiui ii) siocks aim donu.s. no made a little memorandum of SI.000 and 1,400 and said there was SI,000 of Credit Mobilier stock, and $400 of stock or bonds. A U1 'r^prrwm!'-,l[n remember the date. It was made since this investigation cummcuced. Q Have you the memorandum that Mr. Garfield made ? A. 1 have the figures that he made. [Paper shown in Garfield's handwriting.] (j. You say theso figures wore made by Mr. Garfield 'i A. Yes, sir. Q. That was his idea of what was coming to him ? A. Yes, sir. Garfield sought to tamper with and suborn Ames, and the attempt ended in his claiming a larger share iu Credit Mobilier than had been allowed to him, after having solemnly sworn a fortnight previously that he "never owned, received or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier nor any dividend or profit arising" thcrefroui. tub climax was cal'i'ki) wheu Auies produced his diary with the original entry agaiust Garfield, dated Tuos day, September 29, 1808, setting forth his account for ten shares of Credit Mobilier. These terriblo revelations were allowed to pass unnoticed. Garfield did not dare to go bjfore the committeo and confront Ames, because he knew there were still other proofs in reserve. He waited until Ames was in his grave, and then, with Schuyler Colfax aud others who had been bribed, he attempted to whitewash the infamy. Jlut, passing from that period to uiorc recent times, let us examine his record after he became chairman of the committee on appropriations, and, as one of h?s purchasers said, "held the pane strings of the nation." The b'orty second Cougress, in which the Republicans had large majorities in both houses, has gone into history as memorable for scandalous legislation. Among uiany disgraceful acts was that authorizing. Til K INFAMOUS SANHORN CONTRACTS. to seize the books of merchants, a no,"" by connivance, to blackmail them, and at the same time to pluuder the treasury of imineusc sums. That law was the result of a corrupt combination between certain members of Congress ; certain treasury officials aud one Sanborn, with one Jaynj as the master workman. Some idea of the magnitude of their operations may be formed from the fact that Sanborn drew from the treasury nearly ?175,000 for three months' service. Rut for Garfield's direct complicity, that infamy would never have disfigured the statute book. The job was done in thus wav : Sawver. then carnet-bair senator from the South, aI'lcrward assistant secretary of the treasury, and a confederate of Sanborn's ring, introduced an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial bill, authorizing the contracts to he made. It was a "rider" and not in any way germane to t 0 hill. Hut the Republicans then had the chronic habit of mounting their very worst legislation as riders on the regular supply hills. The hill, thus amended, was reported to the House April 8, 1872, and th job was badly beaten. Then came the Gne hand of trickery to play its part. Mr. (Jarfield, instead of allowing the hill to go hack to the Senate, where the action of the House might he concurred in, moved directly for a committee of conference, so as to let six men legislate cocrcively for three hundred, with himself as chairman on the House side. Of course the job was put hack on the hill, and it passed the S nato, where it had originated. Hut the House stood linn, and again, by a majority of one refused its assent on a call of the yeas and nays. Twice defeated, the hill was recommitted to the same conference, and when next reported the job hud a long tail of verbiage, attached to deceive some and to operate as an excuse lor others whose prejudices had meanwhile been completed Mr. (Jarliold then applied the previous ipiestion, and drove the hill through by ten , majority. Addition, division and silence i won the day. Til K HA I,AH Y (J It All. (ion. Harfield is mainly responsible for : the passage of the salary grab and hack pay I , . I .l.i.:* ...i :. i. ? ? ? i ! ii nit;.im; maiory ui which illiiy ue Iirieuy recited. (Sen. Butler reported a I?i11 from the judiciary comuiittoe, February 7, 1S7.5. to double the pay of the 1'resident and increase the salaries of the Y ice-President, Cabinet, Speaker, justices of the Supreme Court and members of Congress. Tiiis scheme had been thoroughly canvassed, and only awaited a favorable chance to be launched. Three days later (ion. Butler moved to suspend the rules so as to attach this bill as a 'rider' to the miscellaneous appropriation bill then pending. It was beaten by thirty-nin.) majority, which included some of the strongest friends of the proposed plunder, who voted that way lor effect. The first lire was thus drawn, and Butler knew where to plant his batteries. I !. I-.! : .* ? Mt i iiu ir^niiuivu ii|?|M m|?i l iiMMi im.i came back to (lie 11 uu>o February '11 loaded with one hundred amendments. The natural course was to have had them printed, so that members mi^ht examine the new items. Hut there was a ^aiiio to play, and (Jarlield took ihe lead l?y \irtue ol'his ehairutan i ship, ho moved that tho House resolve itself , into committee of the whole on the special order. Suspicion had bceu awakened, and adjournment had been voted down prcvi- d ously? Dawes was put in tho chair, nud c< the door was opened tor the grab. Garfield h had assured members that tho bill would not be called up that night, and the House was thin, except on the stealing side which to was in the secret of Garfield's treachery.? ll( A special vote was demanded on the Hutler it amendment, now moved ns a "rider" to the n< pending bill. It was defeated by filYy-two bl majority, Hutler himself voting agaiust it c< n?t 1*1 -> * ' uut uu luiuiuuiuvui^r uiuvcu 10 reconsider ^ nud to adjourn. Nothing was now wanting to rivet tho vote but to refuse to adjourn 1,1 and then to clinch it by refusing to recon- m aider. Tho issue was clear, but right in tho leaving the reconsideration nlivo and kicking. Tho next day Butler's motion to reconsider was first in order, and when Farnsworth moved to lay it on the tablo and finish t) the business a majority of thirty-nine nuswerod in tho negative. T1IE DEUOLYER FRAUD. ** The next vote fixed the Congressional ,. ||| pay, and tho bill, with this graft, was sent to the Senate, and thence to a committee of conference. On the last day of tho ses- j, siou Garfield reported the bill back doubling |C the l'resident'ssalary from the 4th of March, f0 instead of the end of tho fiscal year, and rc raising the pay of Congress from $5,000 nf to $7,500, retroactively for two years, with yc a long catalogue of augmented salaries for public officers, lie pretended that there ^ was danger of an extra session unless tho .. ? , , , . lit report was adopted nua told the House, "It may be uu unwise expenditure iu some Wl respects, but in most cases the inereaso is proper and ought to be made." It was ii- j? ually driven through by a majority of six. ^ Garfield's connection with tho Washington ring is also well kuowu to the country. j One of the most notorious of tho corrupt ry coulracts made by Boss Shophcrd was j that awarded to DeGolycr & McClellan, ^ of Chicago, for laying a wood pavcmcut.? This contract covered 200,000 yards at $3 c 50 n yard, which the superintendent of con- rc tractors swore could be put down at ?1 50, every item of cost included. So there was a clean profit of 8400,000 to be divided. wj To further this job, which was preliminary j to others to follow, the sum of 807,000 was expended. It was given out in the spring j. of 1872. At that time Richard 0. Parsons was marshal of the Supreme Court, and had converted that office into a headquarters foi the lobby, lie was kuowu to be an w< intimate friend of Garfield, and the ring Parsons, with a fee of 815,000 as "counsel," pi although there was no cause to argue, uo '"J contest of uuy kink, and uo tribunal to ap- 111 pear before. It was a shaui to throw dust j.',' iu the eyes of the public. (|( 1'AKSONS 1'A 11> OAltKIRI.D 85,000 F as his share, July 12, 1872, for which ho m was foiced to admit before the last iuves- sc ligation that he made no argument, oral or written, had never appeared before the !'' board of public works, and had only once J." spoken to Boss Shepherd on the subject.? 8? That "fee" was a bribe out and out, and tli nothing else, nj was subsequently s':own. " (Jailield became the agent of the ring, and through his influence and activity three millions and a half of dollars were voted to jn Boss Shepherd and his confederates in less than sixty days, between the 8th of January aud the Jd of Marqh, 187J. Tt would be easy to continue this discredit able record, nnd to show that in almost every iustance of venal legislation (Jarfield's name is to be found on the side of robbery, stealing and fraud. These facts cannot be disputed, and they will.stand to his dishonor, whether he remains in public lil'o or goes c, into enforced exile.?From (lie New York ti Sunt Mni/ 8. v< lXVN'tiKltS OK THE .SkII'IMNO itol'E.? Dr I'colt of'.lie Surgical Institute has just performed a surgical operation on the leg u| of a young girl by the name of Jordan, n< from Illinois, sent there for treatment. The bones of both her legs will have to be partly JJJ removed, and the little sufferer will have to submit to two painful operations. The cause of her aflliction is from, "jumping the j rope," a pastime engaged in by girls?uccro- j sis, or death of the bone. The doctor stated ^ to a reporter in lliis connection, that siuii- ( lar eases were constantly occurring from this this same cause, but more frequently resultin necrosis of the spine, and that not a month 's" passes, but. more or fewer cases of that charaeter come to the Institute for treatment. ^ lie says that rope jumping produces continuous concussions on the joints which rt impinge upon the bone, causing at the stage "i periostetis, and finally resulting in the death di of the bone, lie thinks that parents and tli teachers should be warned of this dangerous sport and eradicate it entirely from the In play-grounds of children, as it is ruinous ce in its vilccts, and is the prime cause of more tli cripples auioug the female portion of the pi community than probably any one cause.? if lie also adds that during the practice of i), his profession deaths have been occurring, ju coining under his observation, which were ttl Li ?o..n i.. lifts Itniui III t il in | it. i II lis limn |li|t) VIIJJU* 111 conclusion, lie said; "1 would warn chil- j() (Iron against rope jumping, and would advise parents and teachers to prohibit it under all circumstances ?Jmliuniijtolis ,Vm- (( duel. ki "No," exclaimed Mr. I'cnhecker ; "no, " madam, I object most decidedly. ()nce ' and for all I say it?the girls shall not he taught foreign languages." "And why not, pray T' said Mrs. I, with withering >' sarcasm, "llecause," said Mr. 1'., with moro withering sarcasm, "because, Mrs. I'., S one tongue is enough f??r any woman!" il Mrs I'tulieeker responded not, a DEFERRED HEWS ITEMS Death on tilu Rail.? Chattanooga, June t'2. ? One while and two negro men were killed to- P1 ay al Shell mound, Tennessee, while on a hand t? ?r, by being run orer by a loaded flat car lhal ' ad been sent down a sleep grade. P1 oj No Annnsrs as Ykt.?None of the pcrpetra- c< irs of the recent murders in our County have eon arrested as yet. Or if they have, we have " ot been able to ascertain the fact. We do not ^ link anything has been heard of young Oard- c? sr. whe shot and killed Mr. Thos. W. llleasc, ty nee he left Johnston. It seems to us that a srlnin class of officers of the law in our County e falling very far $hort of their plain duty, 'y s things go now, not only does crime remain npunished, but even arrests hare ceased to bo ^ ade-?Edgefield AdvtrtUtr. at Killed run ten Dollaks.?Nashville, Tenn., u fiomM fJoliotJ.it ^liuDipton's Station, twenty-1 rn ire miles (Vom ih<? city, to-day. The difficulty n, dginatcd in a dispute about ten dollars, which uracil owed Uodson. Harnett hearing that a ndson intended to kill liiro, armed himself T| it It a double-barreled shot-gun. They met, 0f id Dodson attempted to draw a pistol, when firuett discharged the shot gun at him, tearing Sn s head to pieces. 1 In - - t;(l E.nforcinu tiik Law in Hampton.?BPitnson, inc 10.?The trial of A. Gill was held yesRO rdnv at Hampton Courthouse. After the most (IV rcible argument by his counsel, Messrs. Warn, Vounians, Murphy and Moore, tho jury, 1 " lerj eight minutes consultation, rendered a 0,1 rdict of guilty of murder, with a rocommention of mercy to the court. The State was 10 ly represented by tho solicitor. Wm. S. Til- oX iglinst, Fsq., anil J. L. Tobin, Ksq. Tho couri gft 11 pronounce acnlcnce on Friday. Fatal Acciuknt at b'owt'ESS.? lorkvillo, //, inc 10.?Mr. Miles Muon, aon of Col. L. A. ason, of Dallas, N. C., wis killed Inst night at co iwpens. Mr. Mason was conductor on the (q jcping car on tho Atlanta and Charlotto Hail- j>, ad, and in attempting to hoard tho train jJC Itile in motion lie mnde n misstep, was caught no it ween cars and pint form nnd was crushed to I inth. Ilis body was carried on toAtlnutn and s|, turned to his home in Dallas this morning. it] A Miihdkiikii Coxvictkd.?New Orleans, J tine >.?In the caso of W. W. Dcasley, charged ith murdering Mrs. Missouri Jane Herbert, st December, by throwing her from a third* ary gallery, the jury to-day returned a verct of manslaughter. William J. French, a white man, fired two Mi ots nt a mulatto named Skillmnn, who last Jy ?>ek married French's sister. Tho bullets flt| issed Skillmnn, but killed Sarah Darker, ngod I years. French has been imprisoned. |ia 3!oMA<dnri:tVW AA? f JS nw? ent comes from South America that a singular opcrly of tomato leaves ltns been discovered cp f a fruit grower. Having cut down some to- in ato vines he used them as a mulch nroun I his ach trees, lie soon discovered that the curilio, which was destroying his fruit, had nban>ncd tho tree surrounded by tomato vines.? V allowing up this accidental discovery, the free p< te of tomato viues proved a perfect protection Jj )t onlv neainst curoiilio lint ntlioi- n.nl.,.m :>? * O "WW.W1IW j p| els. Ilo found, also, by sleeping in water [. me fresh leaves o! the tomato anil sprinkling c infusion upon other plants the innuinerablo l'' sects which covered I hem were driven awny. ty mie gardeners have tried the above remedy, m me by accident and others by intention, and |Jt cir success was remarkable. One gentleman . id his apple trees ravaged by the curctilio unlast year, when he secured a splendid crop. e knows of no cause of his exemption from the pc ireulioexcept the torn ?to plants that were grow- au g from the first among his trcos. Shout, Sit .\ lit* anii Dkcisivb.?P it rot iu duty i>l interest demand peace and reconciliation rough all the land. Wo pledge ourselves to ill c following principles: ()r 1. No tnritf for protection. ?i? 1. No third term. :t. Substantial reform of the civil service, so ca int Federal officers shall be the servants of tlio so uoplo and not of a party. is 4. Kipial rights to ull the Stale', and no Fed al interference with the cousiilutionul tuncoiis of Slates. o. A constituiiotial currency of gold and sil- 01 :r, and of paper convertible into coin. ill C>. No more land grants to monopolies. Ill 7. The will of the people must be supreme, (J, id majorities must rule under the constitutionmethod. No moro such frauds 09 that of lb7t>; . > inoro eight to seven. J H. Laws shall be enacted to protect laborers St-' i the moro prompt and certain collection of rc icir wages.?Platform of t/ir Illinois Democrats. j; Tub Dki'UTY Ma usual* Hill.?The bill reguling the pay and appointment of deputy mar- ||( ials, which was vetoed by the President just (j, rforc the adjournment of Congress, is as fol- ]j ws: in /.'< it cii'irtnl, ,jc., That from and after the pas- (|| ige of (his act the pay of all deputy marshals m r services iu reference to any election shall be ,Ji "? for each day of actual service, and no more, di Si;c. 'J. Tiiat all deputy marshals to serve iu vt Terence to any election shall be appointed by is le Circuit Court of the United Stales for the tl strict in which such marshals arc to perform I icir duties in each year, fuel I lie judges of I lie til ivcriil Circuit Courts of ilio United States nrc si srehy authorized to open I licit* respective to nuts at any time for lliat purpose, ami in case c (Circuit Courts shall not ho opened for that or irpose at least Ion days prior to registration, llioro ho one, or if no registration ho required I'' en at least ten days hofore such election the f? dees of tlio district courts of tho United Stales o liorehy respectively authorized to cause their hirlB to ho opened for tlio purpose of appoint- ^ H such deputy marshals, who shall be aptinted t>y tho said district ooittis, rind the oiliirs so appointed shall he in ctjual uuiiihcrs from 10 (1 liferent liolil ieal Haitian ami uha.il l?i vvoll nown citizens of good moral character nnd noml residents of ilto voting product# in which ,n icir duties are to ho performed, and shall not j(| is candidates fui any ollice at hiicIi election ; nd all laws an l parts of laws inconsistent with (] lis act are lierehy repealed. :(| Ski:, o. 'I'llat the marshals of the United _ tali s for whom deputies shall he appointed l?y to court under litis act shall not he liable for of the acts of such deputies U Tiik Gnowtso Coon.?Washington, Jane 10. ?The following bulletin was issued by llie desffmenl of agriculture to-d.vj : Cotton returns I this department indicate an increase in tho rcn planted In cotton of 7 per cent. The reBrts were as follows: Forty counties in North srolina report an average incrense of 0 per tnt., nineteen counties in South Carolina an crease of 7 per cent., seventy-five counties in eorgia, 8 per cent.; thirteen in Florida, 3 per >nt.; thirty-two in Alabama, 8 per cent.; thir-nino in Mississippi, nn average of 3 per til.; eighteen in Louisiana, 4 per cent.; seven* -Mtree counties In Texas, 1*2 per cent.; thirty Arkansas, 7 per cent.; ami twenty-five in ninessee, 15 per cent. The condition is reported better than last year the same time, ami is 09 this year against 9(1 ?t yoar. ther too aiuoh raiu in Mississippi and LouisiIK. WIIKAT.?The ncreago of spring wheat shows very slight incrcnso over that sown last year, lore is a decline in the area sown in the Stales Wisconsin nnd Iowa of nearly 1*2 per cent. In the New England States tho area is tho me. In Minnesota the increase is 1 per cent, t Nebraska the increase is 9 per aen4.; and in ilifornia 12 per cent. The condition of winter wlvcnl is remarkably oil, and is 01, which is -I per cent, above the erngc of last year. Pennsylvania, Ohio, In* ana unci Illinois report above 100, but Kansas ly 72 on account of the protracted drought. Skymouii It kf trans to Hun.?New York, June ,?The J/erald prints tho annexed letter front Governor Seymour to J. T. Spriggs, a delete frotr. tho Oneida District to tho Cincinnati nvention -Tuna IR. 1 OHO >?i J. Tho mm Spriygi : Dkau Sik?My name has been spoken of in nnection with tho nomination to bo made at ncinnali next week, and as you arc adclcgato im tho district in which I livo 1 ask you in my half to state that I am not a candidate for any mination to bo mado by that body, nor could accept such a nomination if tho convention ould sec til to present my iiamo to (ho public. 10 not suppose that there is tho least probability such action, or that my name will be prcscn1, but I deem it proper to send you this letter be used if any question should come up nbout Y position or purposes. 1 am truly yours, etc. IIoiiatio Skymouii. Deatii from 1 >it'uttk Water.?North Adams, iss., June lfl.?A terrible scourge, resembling scntcry, is prevailing in Adams, which so * has buttled the skill of tlio physicians. ore than one thousand persons, old and young, vcbccn strickydai^y'l^^u 11 pros* fatal. There in littlo doubt that the identic results from the impurity of the water (lie reservoir. llKl'llkskntation in tub State ConBNTION.?Sonic time ago (ill! of llio pans iii the State, wo think tlie Abbeville fediam, advocated a change in our present, an of represeiitatidn in our State Convcu* iins. The representation is based upon at iu the General Assembly : each Counis, under the present rule, entitled to as any delegates ns it has members in both '(inches of the Legislature. The injustice ' this rule is very apparent. The members the General Assembly represent ull the lople, Democrats ami Republicans, white id black ; but the delegates ton Democratic ate Convention represent only the Douirats of their respective Counties. The justice of the rule now iu vogue uiay bo ustrated by comparing a C >unty iu the i-country with ouo in tho low country.? ike, for instance, Newberry and Beaufort: ch has four members in the General Asmbly, because tho population of the two about the sauic. They havo the sumo tuibcr ol delegates iu the State Convcnju; but the Beaufort delegates represent ily about four hundred Democrats, while ie Newberry delegates represent seventeen jiidred. The rcprusentatiou in the State [invention should bo in proportion to tlic imbcr of Democratic voters in each County, s tho matter now stands delegates rcprcutiug u minority cau override those repscnting the majority; can dictate tho ilicy of the party and select their own candales, and then rely upon tho up country make the policy a success and to elect e candidates. It is wrong ; the action of o li'lo Convention proves that it is wrong, y reference to our report of the proceedgs of the Convention it will be seen that >e Counties having the largest Democratic ajortiy. as a general tiling, opposed the line nominations, and that (here cau be no nibt that a majority of tho Democratic iters of the State were of this opinion. It seen further that the low-country had imps its own way in nominating a State ickct. The Counties that inaugurated ic straight out policy and carried it to :t i ??i.-? ?:n i? lutunaiui inniuj??un; V/UUiitius blliit will IIUVU i elect the ticket, were utterly ignore 1. Wo aio opposed to any reeling of rivalry animosity between the two sections of tho late; but the up oountry should liovo fair ay and justice. It is entitled, by right, a representation in the party Conventions proportion to Democratic votes, and muld demand it and Mecuru it before nnher Convention meets?Newberry Her' (I. Tho verv best preventive of sheep tick* corn and outs and plenty of good clover ly. Fat sheep do not carry uiany ticks, ulphur led in tho salt is said to drive them vay. At any rate, tiicy will die if immersed i strong tobacco juice. After shearing, le ticks take shelter oil (ho lambs, and if ?.u ,i;.......l i:-i? ?i ,~J ...w V,. .M,.?70?..u Jt, this nuisance?and it is u fearful ono -will l>o abated. Cold potatoes unshed with pens, uiahq i cxccllcm pudding.