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. - Scrap & jfaris. ! Hon. L. M. Keitt.?We learn, says the Charleston Evening News, that on Wednesday morning, at Society Hill, Col. Keitt was married to Miss Susan Sparks, at the residence of her father, by Rev. Mr. Lafar, of this city. The bridal couple proceeded to New York, and will sail for Europe on the 25th inst 1 Crops.?We are informed that the crops < are coming on bravely. Wheat has some little rust, which has generally attacked the stalk. Corn is prospering, and these last rains will no doubt bring out the cotton.? Our fruit is doing well; cherries are ripening; peaches afe growing rapidly) and blackberries are coming on apace.? TVinnsboro' Register. The Pope Coming.?The Philadelphia Bulletin says; "Advices from Washington informs us thatv letters have been received there from high sources, aunounciQg the prevalence of rumors in Italy, that the Pope may be obliged to fly for rgfuge to this country. Our ministers at Rome and Naples are said to speak of this contingency as mgmy probabb." Reported Duel Between 0. Jennings Wise and B. B. Botts, and Death of Wise.?The Wilmington Herald of yesterday, says that a rumor was brought by the passengers on the Northern train Wednesday evening, that the above named gentlemen met somewhere on the North Carolina line, which resulted in a duel between the parties, and that Wise was killed. Committed.?A man hailing from North Carolina and giving his lame as P. A. Kyser, was taken before a magistrate, a few days ago, in this village, and committed to jail for passing counterfeit money, while passing through the district. The prisoner alleges that he is counterfeit detector, and, when arrested, was on his way to Augusta, Georgia.?Laurensville Herald. New Flour.?The Augusta Chronicle says: "Carmichael & Co., on Tuesday, 17th, dispatched a small shipment of flour, ground at their mills, from new Wheat, grown in this neighborhood, which will be forwarded in to-day's (Wednesday's) steamer from Charleston to New York. This is the third successive year that Carmichael & Co. have succeeded in getting the first new flour to New York." New Style Envelopes.?The Postmaster General has under consideration the propriety of adopting in the preparation of stamped envelopes a new style just coming into use. These envelopes are so prepared that blaok lines on the inside of the back of the envelope, and invisible from without, become patent on the front when the envelope is pressed, and serve as ruled line to guide the superscription. Louis Napoleon and His Soldiers.? The intelligent Paris correspondent of the . New York Times says: "The Emperor Na- j poleou III has done in fact so much for the ( soldier, so much for the amelioration of the ( ordinary hardships of his life, that the French , army of to-day loves its Emperor, and would , follow him to the end of the world. His ap- i pearance at the head of the army of Italy < will be the signal for such a burst of enthu- , siasm. and of darine feats of arms, as will 1 strike terror into the ranks of the enemy." ( Long and Short Days.?At Berlin and i London, the longest day has sixteen hours and a half; at Stockholm, the longest day 1 has sixteen hours, and the shortest seven; 1 at St. Petersburg, the longest days has nine- 1 teen, and the shortest five hours; at Torneo, ] in Finland, the longest day has twenty-one i hours and a half, and the shortest two hours I and a half; at Wanderus, in Norway, the < day lasts from the 21st of May to the 22d of July, without interruption; and at Spitzen- < bergen, the longest day is three months and 1 a half. ; Fourth of July Celebration.?The ^ Chester Standard states that the citizens of ' Rocky Creek neighborhood are preparing ' for a Fourth of July celebration at Pleasant , Grove Church. It says: "The orator of the day, Mr. McDaniel, is a recent graduate ( of Erskine College and a young man of fine promise ; we bespeak for him a full audience. ( The reader, Mr. Wylie, if we arc not mista- , t ken, is a member of the Senior Class, at j Davidson College, North Carolina, and is in , every respect well qualified to fill the position assigned him in the exercises of the occasion." One Thousand African Negroes 1 Wanted.?An advertisement appears iu the News, published at Enterprise, Mississippi, addressed to ship owners and masters of our mercantile marine, offering ?300 1 each for 1,000 native Africans, between the ages of 14 and 20, sound and healthy, to be delivered within twelve months, at some point between Pensacola, Florida, and Gal- 1 veston, Texas. The advertisement is signed by eighteen responsible citizens, whose char- 1 acter is vouched for by the editor of the 1 Nacs. Education and Fighting,?By a law of Prussia every child between the ages of seven and fourteen is required to go to school and to learn to read and write. In 1845 there were but two persons in a hundred who could neither read nor write. 2,328,000 children of the 2,900,000 between seven and fourteen years attended school. In the standing army of 126,000 but two soldiers are unable to read. In case of taking part in the war, Prussia can bring into the field 300,000 men, in one sense the best educated military force in the world. "Alessandria."?This place, the rendezvous of the Sardinian army, whither the 1 king has gone to take command, is probably destined to play an important part in the war. It is a fortified city near the eastern " ti- 1 x __1 1 a A I irontier 01.rieamoni, wnose guns unsuc towards the Austrian territory. It stands in the midst of a sterile plain. It is the great- 1 est stronghold of Piedmont, and is to the j1 Sardinians what Gibraltar is to the English, i1 or Scbastopol was to the Russians. During !: the reign of the French in Italy, its formid- j able fortifications made it one of the strongest places in Europe, but these were subse- ' quently demolished, leaving only the citadel. Within the past few years workmen j have been busy in reconstructing them, in 1 anticipation of the events now at hand. In 1 the surrounding plain, two miles distant, is i Napoleon's celebrated battle-field of Marengo. Alessandria is garrisoned with several thousand troops, and, being connected with Turin and Genoa by railway, any number can readily be concentrated there. To capture it would be a crowning glory to the Austrian Generals, and to lose it, a deep %\t ?orfeHIle $tuprirtr. EDITED BT WAMgi W. MUXjTOX. YORKVILLEj S. C. THURSDAY MORHIHG.MAY 26, 1869. Special Notice.?All communications, on matters connected with the paper, should be addressed to""THE yorkVILLE Enquirer and not the Editor or Proprietor, personally. Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors, must hear this in mind. |y Capt. d. D. Moore, M?tf. Mtles Smith, Sam'l Q. brown, J. l. Thomson and Samuel J. Kuykendal of York; and William d. Cook, of Bennettsvllle, are authorized agents of the Enquirer. RELIGIOUS SEE VICES FOB SU1TDAY, MAY 29. Methodist Church. ? Rev. L. A. Johnston, Pastor. Service at 10 A. M., and 7 P. M. Presbyterian Chuxh. * Rev. J. M. H. Adams, Pastor. Service at 10 A. M., and 7 P. M. Episcopal Church. Rev. A. F. Olmstxad, Pastor. Service at 10} A. M., and 8$ P. M. TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. w? t,?vA *nd will tmblish. as soon as possible, the address delivered by Rev. A. A. James, at theTecent Bollock's Creek demonstration. TRIAL. OF FLOYD. A new correspondent from Charlotte, whom wc welcome to onr columns, communicates an accounl of the trial of James Newton Floyd, charged with the murder of Richard Martin, in North Carolina. As Flotd is a native of this District, and a portion of our readers are interested in the incidents of his trial, we have also inserted an extract from the Charlotte Bullrtin. Saturday last, Floyd was sentenced to be hung, on Friday the 10th day of June, next. His counsel gave notice of an Appeal. ?A50THSR NEW DIVISION." We are pleased to learn that another new Division of the Sons of Temperance, was instituted in this District on Saturday last, by Mr. Joseph A, Steele, D. G. W. P., assisted by several members of Rock Hill Division. This new recruit it styled Indiahook Division, No. G, and is located at Indiahook Academy, in the vicinity of Carotiiers' Mill, on Catawba River. The following persons have been elected and installed as officers foi the current quarter :? W. J. Kimbrell, W. P.; B. B. Traylor, 7T. A.; T. M. Oarothers, R. S. ; W. H. Carothers, A. R. S. ; S. D. CJrothers, F. S.: T. M. Baxter, T.; J. H. Catbcart, C.; James Hutchinson, Jr., A. C.; T. D. Garrison, I. S. ; Jasper Hutchinson, 0. s. DEATH OF GEN. WALLACE. On the first page we publish, from the Spartan burg Exprtaa, the announcement of the death of our estimable friend, Hon. Daniel Wallace. On receiving such tidings, our readers, especially in York District, will share with us sentiments of the most profound regret. We^allude to our own District, because we know that from the earliest period of Gen. Wallace's publio career down to the day of his death, he held a warm place in the heart of onr people, and even while Jiffeeing from us in political sentiment he maintained with us an unusual degree of confidence and respect. We knew him as a citizen of pure and exalted tone; as a patriot singularly devoted to the well-being of his country; as a public servant, constant, vigilant, fhithful, honest and courageous?possessing the moral character to take position promptly, and the ability to maintain it creditably to himself and with honor to bis constituency. The example afforded by the career of such a man as Daniel Wallace is not less valuable than his eminent public services. He began life a poor unfriended boy, and by his own strength of purpose, indomitable will, unflinching courage?by industrious, patient, persevering effort?he attained the prond position of a self-made man? the architect of his own successful fortunes.? wnen sucn a man aeserves as veil as aicains saccess, he establishes his title to the confidence and affection of the people ; and in this respect, certainly no man achieved more than Gen. Wallace. Get the young men of our country study and" epieavorto imitate the ennobling example he has left iis. * THE STORM. Sinoe the last issue, we have received full accounts of the terrific storm which recently passed over the Western and South Western portions of our District. In every instance they confirm our statement, and in many places the idea we have given comes far short of the reality. We take the following paragraph from a letter dated at Bullock's Creek, May 20th. The reader will remember that the storm occurred on the 15th: "I see that you have given a tolerably correct description of the storm that laid waste our section of the country, last Sunday night. You are incorrect, however, in stating that it extended to the West of Bullock's Creek Church. This locality is on the Western border of the track, and the sufferers are those living East of the Church. The old lady who was killed was Mrs. Nelly Albebson ; and Mrs. Sabah Hhndebsoh, the younger Mrs. Albebsos'8 mother, had her leg and skull broken. The attending physician, Dr. Feemstkb, reports that she cannot recover from her injuries. Since the storm, it has been raining every day, and farmers cannot do anything towards re-planting. There is yet plenty of ice, in places, from one to two feet deep." Another correspondent from the same section, where the tempest seemed to have raged most severely, writes thus under date of May 16th : "Yesterday evening, about 9 o'clock, we saw a black and threatening cloud rise in the direction of King's Mountain. It came rapidly in a Southwardly direction, but after a time changed its course towards the South-east; the wind?rain? hail?thunder and lightning combining to make the most terrific spectacle I have ever seen. A neighbor describes the roar to be nearer than anything else like "a thousand wagons and teams running away in a crowd." The lightning was constant, and the whole heavens appeared to be an intensely burning sheet of flame. When the cloud came overhead, it appeared to be about a mile and a half in width; though the storm spread more moderately to a width of from three to four miles. So rapid was it, that in half an hour from the time the cloud appeared, the Liesiracuuu WU? UUiupivu;, auva ncvuuiu uui; u^ai the roaring of the elements far ahead, as their fury passed away. In au instant, almost, the branches were swollen into creeks and rivers ; a solid sheet of water and hail covered uplands and lowlands, and added its irresistible force to the power of the other elements. The land is washed into gullies; the fences were all floated for hundreds of yards; the timber is strewn over the fields and forests, literally stripped of foliage more completely than ever by the frosts of winter, for the evergreens are as bare as the more tender trees. The pine forests present the appearance of a new-ground, after the timber has been dead long enough for the leaves to drop and the birds to pick away the bark; and the undergrowth is as bare of leaf and bark as a willow-basket. In the bottoms great rafts have lodged which in bottoms elsewhere, there remain perfect mountains of hail stones, measuring in places ten feet in depth ! Of oourse, the growing wheat is literally beaten and gronnd to attfins; large plot*, growing beautifully, almost in an instant present the appearance of a stubble.field that hiU. beeD severely pastured for a month after harvest. Yon ' can see but little sign of the straw: it is cat ap and mixed with the soil. Corn and cotton, too is rained. Passing to-day, you could scarcely tell what has been planted in any field. The plants were all cut down by the hail," and then washed away. The section I have passed over to-day has thousands of wagon-loads of hail, scattered in every direction ; and the appearance presented is like that of dead winter, when the ground .is covered, with sleet drifted into heaps to the depth of to 3 feet. I did not measure it, butridinga horse 16 bands high I easily lifted np a handful of hailvif rllomnnntinor ThftV WPre then Uot larger than a partridge-egg, bnt must hare decreased in size since falling. The house from which Mr. John Conn removed, some time ago, near the Chester line?alog building of considerable size?was blown down upon six persons: Mrs. NellyAlbykson, an old ladry, who was instantly killed; Mrs. Sahah Hendir( son, who was dangerously hurt; and her daughter the younger Mrs. Albebson, with her three children. The entire family were overwhelmed in the ruins, and how any of them were rescued is past my comprehension. The parties themselves cannot explain their escape, which, as the 1 whole house is completely crushed, is indeed mlc raoulous. ' Many other houses were blown down, but no; 1 other life was lost. At one point, a corn crib was ? blown away; the corn strewn along in a contiun> one heap for more than a hundred yards; and a ' wagon in the shed attached to the orib, unlocked and driven fifty yards against another ont-honse, > and torn into a hundred fragirents! A solid ro:k, ' more than three feet square, was carried across a hollow, a distance of twenty yards. A wa3hpot was taken from a spring, and fragments of it found in a field three or four hundred yards ; distant. Bat it is impossible to give an aconrate idea of this terrible calamity. Tbos > only know its aw, ful violence who were overwhelmed in ,tbc ruins I it has made. I do not pretend to tell you all I have learned to-day; bnt I hope you can put iato shape what I have hastily written, so as to make , itservicable." . mere-men tion. We learn from the Bttllelin that a District Whig Convention was held in Charlotte, last week. Thos. S. Ashe, of Anson, was nominated as a candidate for Congress. A serieB of Resolutions were reported by Mr. 8hobhr, of Rowan, Chairman of the Committee on Business, condemnatory -% * u Ot toe policy ana practice 01 me muiwuuv t"" v and expressive of the Whig Faith, which were > enthusiastically adopted by the Contention. * Ffon. N. Boydbn, of Bowan, introduced a Resolution denunciatory of the recent action of the Violtsburg Convention in regard to the African Slave Trade, which was passed. Mr. Crajqe is the Democratic candidate, and if Mr. Ashe accepts, a warm contest is expected. In open court, at Raleigh, N. C., on the lltli instant, a man B&med Bobbins was branded in the cheek with the letter B. for bigamy, Some of the American officers who were in the Mexican war are volunteering to join France. Major Keabnet has already gone. The Florence, Ala., Gazette learns that the cotton crop in that region is growing finely, and that there is at present, a good prospect for a good stand throughout North Alabama. The Italians residing in Richmond, Virginia, are forming an association to iaise funds for transmission to their brothers in Italy, now abont to engage in war for freedom. Alexander von Humboldt died in Berlin on the 6th instant. It was a smart boy who owned np that he liked everything good but ft good whipping. The same boy liked a good rainy day, too rainy to go to school and just about rainy enough to go fishing. The Emperor of Austria has pledged the crown jewels to the heirs of Baron Sina, the banker, as a guarantee for a loan of 32,000,000 florins?abont fifteen millions of dolars. The rust is said to be seriously injuring the wheat in Suffolk county, Va., and one farmer in Isle of Wight county, same State, alleges that his whole crop has been ruined by it. From some sections of North Carolina similar statements are received. Ex-Senator Foote denies, by public card, that he intends toran for Congress iwtbe Vicksbnrg (Miss.) district. The Cincinnati Gazette says that in Longwobth'b wine house there is wine enough, of last years growth to fill ninety thousand bottles. The entire amount of wine on hand iB estimated at upwards of 310,000 bottles. The Cincinnati Enquirer ot the 8th, says: "We saw a gentleman from New l'ork, noalowUr TrrrXn ocoiirorl na tVint Toursa BaOIOT.1 (Mrs. Sickles ) is preparirg for the stage, and will appear on the boards next autumn." At a Baptism down South lately, a negro who had been kept under water longer than he thought agreeable, drew a long breath and exclaimed, "Some gentleman lose his nigger yet wid dis foolishness." THE WAR IN EUROPE. Several columns of the first page are given, this week, to a discussion of the men and things concerned in the European War. The struggle promises to be long and desperate; our attention will be directed to it, week after week: and we think we conld not do a better service to our readers than to post them up fully upon the merits of the dispute, and the incidents which have thus far marked its progress. The most note-worthy event of the week is the abdication of the Duke of Tuscany, and his flight from his country. This people, so singularly deserted, have united themselves to the fortunes of the Saidinians, and have placed themselves under King Emmanuel's protection. The long article on this subject, on the outside, will be found interesting. The arrivals during the week have reported nothing of special importance. In consequence of the artificial inundation of the country, and the breaking-up of the roads, the Austrian army have made slow progress in their invasion, and lost much of the advantage secured by their prompt movements at the outset. The markets are very unsettled. By the last arrival, reports reach us of the advance of cotton at least one-fourth, and a corresponding declino ill breadstuff's. This reaction, however, is doubtless temporary, and seems to have produced but little effect on our markets. We subjoin the latest items:? On the 10th of May, a strong Austrian column, under two Generals, occupied Strapinna, but withdrew on the next day. Tho Austrians continue to fortify both banks of the Scssia. It is stated ' that the Sardinians, led by Garribaldi, hod completely routed the Austrians at Vercelli, taking three hundred prisoners. Reconnoitering parties had advanced to the head of the bridge hear Casale, but being attacked had withdrawn. The latest intelligence states that the Austrians i had ceased their retrograde movements, o.nd were crossing the Sessia in haste. The Emperor Napoleon sailed from Marseilles on Wednesday afternoon, the 11th May, but was not expected to reach Milan before June. Intelligence of a battle was hourly expected, but nothing important had yet occurred. The Austrians crossed the Po near Combis and advanced toward Sala. They also made an effort to cross the same river neat Trassanato on the 3d of re-coiomenoed on tic afternoon of the 4th inst., lastir g the remainder of the day. Ths Piedmontesehadfew wounded. The Austrian* suffered considerably. Tho Austrian.i on the 8d commenced a cannonade fi'om the direction of Valenza without mnch effect. . ., An official bulletin issued on the 4th says: "The Austrinnfl have increased their forces at Vercelli, and constructed defensive works. They have also ooctrpied Trino and Tobietto, having their van-guard at Tronzensas. They withdrew last night from Tortona. Yesterday they burnt seven arches of the bridge Syriria at Picenza.? They have also oidered the demolition of the houses erected apon the fortification. It is announced that the Emperor of Austria will assume command in Italy in person. The Turi i correspondent of the Daily-News asserts positively that France is about to mobilize between 700,000 and 800,000 men, and that the Ffench army on Rhine will amount to 500,000, as the Emperor fears Germany will not remain quiet. The uatoe correspondent also asserts that on the dfltj <&e Emperor quits Paris he will address a solemn manifesto to Enrope, espousing the canse nf tlio TKitinnalitiftB A large portion of the French army enable to cross the Alps in consequence of the passes being blocked up with snow. Those who had crossed 8offered terribly. All Italy is in a ferment. The Government of Tuscany is carried on by a Piedmontese Commissioner who will be aided by the subordinate local authorities. The Duchess of Parma has imitated the example of the Tuscan Grand Dake, and her dominions are also, for the present, similarly attached to Piedmont. The King of Naples is not dead-yet," bat his death was constantly expected, and wonld be, no doubt, the signal for popular rising in behalf of Prince Marat. A letter from Vienna^ the London Times, says European Tnrkey is on we ere of a rising. There is great agitation in the Southern provinces, and the Porte has 12,000 troops concentrated at Schumla. Omar Pacha was hastening from Bagdad. The writer thinks the days of Masselmen in Enropo are numbered. The Austrian corps of observation will be posted near Cracow, to watch the Russians who are gathering on the Austrian frontier. With regard to the alleged alliance between France and Russia, the British Government have received assnranoes that nothing of the sort has been negotiated; atd both Mr, Disraeli, and Sir John Parkington, in seeches at the has tings, have positively declared thi.t there is no title of truth [ in the report All that has been done, says Mr. Disraeli, is that Rassu has agreed, in case of a war, to place an amy of observation on the Prussian frontier; and thin, he says, is no more than England is going to do in sending a fleet into the Mediterranean. _L___ CHARLOTTE CORRESPONDENCE. Chaboottb, N. C., May 20, 1859. Mr. Editor:? We Lave had a most interesting > and exciting day. The sound of martial music and .the roar of cannon, and the rattle of small arms, have awakened :he patriotism of every man, woman and child in Charlotte. A sensation has t een produced, whether for weal or woe, the future will decide. About 9if o'clock this morning, the train from the North, brought dawn the following Military Companies: "Rowan Artillery," "Rowan Rifle Guard," "Iredel Bluos," and the "Newbern Light .Infantry." These w?re invited by the "Hornet's Nest Riflemen," and w?re received by them at the Depot in fine style. From that early hoar until 4 p. m., tbey have been engaged in a grand celebration of "the 84th- Anniversary of the Mecfclenburg Declaration of Independence." Their performances were veiy good?hard to beat. Their target shooting showed that some of them were "sharp-shooters." Medals were presented to eacn Company. The ladi?s kept their spirits ap by presenting them exquisite boquets, which was always followed by a short speech and three rounds of thunder and as many olouds of snlphnrous smoke, which, of course, was pay enough for the fair donors. Ever nod anon the artillery men would speak to the nhabitants of Charlotte in tones of thunder, reminding them of "days of yore," when their forefathers used to face the brazen muzzles of British cannon for the soke of "dear liberty." By this time they have pretty well di9casaed the merits of the sumptuous dinner provided for them by the "Hornet Nest Riflemen," whose guests they are; and I see by the programme, that the fun is not all over yet. To-night, they aro to have "von grand" Military Ball, in which, of course, the fair belles of Charlotte will have a chance of showing the jaded soldiers how to trip the "light fantastic toe." I shall not be at the dance?don't believe in such things; bat I have long since learned to "agree to disagree." This is Court week. A great many peopla from n ft* horo on business. Wednesday, the IUU uvuuvt > VI* V ?? -- v . case for the State v*. Nkwton Floyd was tried. A good many witnesses were examined op hoth sides of the question. Floyd's Attorneys labored hard to make it a case of manslaughter, and I thought were in a fair way to Bucceed ; bat the jury rendered a verdict of "guilty." The 7th of December last, Floyd (you doubtless know) killed one Dick Mabtin, a free man of color (a blacksmith by trade) in Gaston County, and appealed to this place /or trial, fearing that he could not get fair play in his own county. A hard case I, think, when a man is compelled to appeal to strangers for justice in preference to his neighbors. Floyd is a good looking man, does not appear to be much over 38 or 34 years of age. He looks like a man that has been well raised ; but such eyes I scarcely ever saw in a man's head! They are small, and the expression is most vicious. I would take him any where, for a man of most violent tempor. Whisky was at the bottom of the whole affair. Whisky fired his brain and nervwd his arm to make the fatal blow. The bowie knife used on that lamentable occasion was a large one, said to have been bought in Yorkville for $10.? With such examples of what whisky can do, one would think that those addicted to it, woold take warning. But no; Charlotte is perfumed with it this week, and you can see half a dozen drunk men at nearly as many shops in this place any day this week. It it a thame and a tcandal to make drunkards by law! It's a shame for any man thus to beastify himself! 0 trmpora, 0 mores! When will good men bear rule ? CHARLOTTE. LETTEB FROM CHARLESTON. Monday, May 23, 1859. My Dear EnquirerI confess my delinquency. "I am under arrest. " and I am not greatly discouraged in view of the old saw, that "misery loves company;" for "X. Y. Z.", "A. H. L." and "yourself," were all in Columbia at the same time, and all are in th>? same condemnation.? "Ruby," too, dear fellow, was there. I just got one glance of him as he went sailing along over the beautiful streets of our beautiful capitol city; a fine horse?a nice buggy, and an ebony Jehu constituted hi? outfit. He waved me a courteous salute and I bowed, as I stood on the street, and smiled as he left me in the distance very soon. "Ruby's" excellent father, has been on a recent trip to Lenoir and the Yadkin, and has written a charming letter all about that region, in the S. C. Advocate, and if you will just copy it into your columns, it will do as well, and better, than any thing I can write at the present, as I am off this morning for Georgetown to talk about California, and on my return will try and tell you all about things all round?Columbia, Convention ?city and country, far and near. Yours, as ever. J. W. K. 0 O'Clock, A, M., 23d. N. B.?I did not get off?I was left?the steamer "Charleston" would not wait for me?hence this "postscript." Now, I surely owe somebody an explanation as to this matter. No one should be left behind, or be too late at an appointment, or fail to reach the depot or wharf, for car Church dedication, and only returned at 11 o'clock, oe p. m., Saturday, and then could not find the Mer- fr cnry,or Gouritr of Saturday morning?we take, ve and'pey for, bothat our house?ao that the par- ra tlcular hour of departure could not be seen in se print, and having been assured by a trusty friend hi that 7 o'clock was the timr, I started from my Ie; door at 6 o'clock a. m.?had been up two honrs ei before?and though, I drove down in a coach rap- th idly, yet the boat had gone just fifteen minutes p< and was moving, as a thing of life, across the at bay inward by Sullivtin's Island, and so off for the re Georgetown waters. I vu left to my meditations; te I thought first that the men of the boats ought to lo advertise more. I had looked in the papers all ro the week (nearly) up to Friday, but did not find ce the notioe of the day or hour of departure?eo I b? blame the boat owners and newspapers for my le want of reliable information^-up to Saturday, a. se m., and then my misfortune in not being able to ai get hold of the papers near mid-night on Satur- of day, and of course nobody would expect me to fto si hunting the secular papers on the Sabbath ! You tu don't do that bad, and you an Editor I ' h< Now, sir, you know I am free from blame for ri being left. I will go on the North Eastern rbad of 01 a'aIa/iV f/i.rlarr nr\ Or?nrvov* vntror?aprnQQ ltl Santee Canal?on through St. Stephens?the birth m place of David Htnxs, and where may be foand ci the tomb of Francis Marion?on across Santee C river and then by stage 10 or 11 hoars by night, si across Black river, and so to Georgetown?of ai which yon shall hear in dae season. K. g< ri LEISURE SKETCHES. r< ~ tl: bt j. wood davidson. a) NUMBER V. ' fi, LOVE A.T FIBST SIGHT. m The poets have rhymed volominously upon this matter. Shakespeare says: "Love'ii reason is without reason"? In the case of a fool, certainly. The same great p man makes some hero ask:? ' ' ic " Whoever Iovefl, that loved not at flrat sight t" tl Some one?lee has said:? i Q "Theapark which by low degrees ; Ia nursed Into aflame. Is habit, friendship, What yon please ; 01 Bnt love is not its name." ^ All trne enough, no doubt, but likely to mislead, w In prose, the author of Henrietta Temple very 81 gravely makes the same point. Right, in the same wrong way. D'Israeli says : "There is no h love but love at first sight. This is the trancea- e dent and surprising offspring of sheer and unpo)- ? luted sympathy. All other is the illegitimate ra- f( suits of observation, of compromise, of expedien- tl Cy'n - ' . h Now, all this tcould be true in life, if life itself ^ were true. If life were undisguised. If society p permitted the onwielded exhibition of charaoter? n if "heart met heart as we make acquaintances in 8 society. A perfect sincerity of life is indis'pen- { sable to the possible tsnth of the proposition.? b Such sincerity of life may obtain in the spirit * world. It does not obtain on "earth?nof once In , a million cases. Let us say, then, viewing itifl t its reference to human life, that "at first sight"' t means weeks, probably months, possibly years, a after meeting?after external sight?after acquaintance?after "first sight" in its popular ac- v ceptation. Whenever spirit sees spirit in very 4 troth, tken if .you ever, they love. When does ^ spirit see spiritf Not at nil, as sooiety exists,* p till after much "observatibn" (a bow tuD'Iarsell)-, i much association, much mere societal acquaint- 1 ance. Some more, some less. The author o^ v Henrietta Temple, then, meaning a falsehood, has r told a truth?he "builded better than he knew.'' c The poet who sings so beautifully about sparks ^ and tloto degrees, no doubt had engaged to trritt v a song, and wrote it. Shakspeare's "first sight" t decidedly needs a foot-note. Hearts instinctively close themselves. Many a heart has passed on through life, and turned away t into death, that others never saw. Ilad sortie**ene ^ seen such, it had been loved. It may have seen, | and loved : bat no one saw, and no one loved it. ^ The expectant look iu death marked such a one; 0 and the seal that was looked upon as cold and' * lone finds never till then that the body hid it from i] love?the body in society. e Columbia, S. C. - * a For the Yorkvilla Enquirer. - 0 THE ACME OF BEAUTY' Do you know what I consider the acme of 4 i] beauty? Perhaps it may make but little diffter- u enoe to any one what may be my private opinion b on this highly interesting subject; but it is a free ^ country and (thanks to your courtesy to me) a ^ free press, and I inteud to express my opinions, and a if any one objects, he or she may go to the D-ic- t< - - - I ai tionary for a better interpretation of the signification, or rather for a better realizing of the Ideal e( of the Perfection of Beauty. tl 'Beauty is but sEin deep" as was remarked to ^ St. Bartholomew whep bis cuticle was removed, 01 and he left in a garment not so becoming as comfortable, to those who iike that style of summer dress. "Well suppose it is only skin deep ; who fc wants it any deeper" said the Saint. With these ^ preliminary remarks bearing their moral very oJ much exposed, and not by any manner of means distinguished for sense or profundity?quite the t] reverse on the contrary?I come back to first t( principles, and proceed to say what I consider to j? be the acme of mundane beauty; and this is, "A nj beautiful, refined woman seated on a fine horse, a holding a rosebnd in her hand, and admiring and ^ loring a glorious sunset." i, . a.*- .? Now let me tell you some of the accessories, in u tl ay opinion, necessary to this perfection. The ^ woman (I do not say lady, for woman is a good tl word) must be, not brilliantly or garishly beauti- f? ful, but softly, womanly, lovely. Not one who steps out boldly with the stately air of a queen, ^ and by her striking and well-displayed charms P seems to say, "I am a beauty, come now and bow * the knee and own my power;"?but one who is beautiful because she cannot help it, and whose C blushes seem to say "If you will worship me, do h so, and I am grateful for the homage, for through ** me you worship the giver of beauty, the great r, God, the Perfection of all Beauty." She should P wear a close-fitting dark riding-habit, and her hair ^ should be covered, but not concealed, by a black ' velvet cap surmounted by two drooping plumes, gj one black as the raven's wing, and the other as ti white *?the unsnllied Dlumaee of some ^ V ' ? - - 11 hyperborean swan. The rosebud?any small w flower would do, but I prefer a rosebud, blushing, y< half-opened and moss-covered a9 to ita leaves and stem?the rosebud I say, should have been gath- ^ ered when inceDse was rising heavenward from bi the flower beds, and while the dew-diamonds were s< spangling its breast; and it should have been w preserved as an offering to her with a care equal to the venerating guardianship with which a priest w watches over some saintly relic of olden days. The T horse should be small, compact, and not addicted ^ to pacing or trotting. His color should be a deep bi blood bay, or a coal black or a dark sorrel. Said tl horse should toss his mane and curve his neck and seem as if proud of his lovely burden. The ^ sunset should be one of those seen only in south- hi em lands, where the richest tints and brightest hues are commingled in lavish profusion; where ^ it seems as if an antevision of the glories of the Land of the Hereafter, were kindly granted to it earth-contaminated mortals. ?' Now, it was not "many and many a year ago," "J but it was some time ago, that your correspondent t( was favored with the enjoymont of such a feast ^ of beauty as never the most beauty-sensualistic aruet 0V..T r. i m. After a week of gayefy ar..j ir i the "vanitat vanitatum" Ac; when wearied oh om excitement, and having become of the* earth th iry earthy, he seeks for rest from the turmoil ,ging without and within. After jast such a cb ason, when I was thinking and feeling just as I ga tve described, I was permitted the great privl- ? ge of accompanying a most lovely lady* on an ry :cursion into the country. The green leaves of m e trees were shining with gladness and the rich 9? srfumes which came on the wings of the breezes, . id the carollings cf the birds rejoicing in their gained freedom from the cold thraldom of Winr, all were sweet harbingers of the yonng and vely summer-time. We rode where the naked cks frowned grimly down from craggy eminenis, and where caverns yawned darkly and deeply tneaih us ; but here kind nature, ever benevo- th nt and profuse with beauty, ever and anon h%d fr nt a clambering viije to lace its tender tendrils v id cover tho rude rock with a delicate network * ' crimson and green. And as we rode along, the veet stillness of the scene was softened, not dis- dc trbed, by the mnrmHr of waters, the faintly w -J ai_ - j -Lii at - 01 -mu i e-ecuuiuga oi me gruau uuiflem wuicu iuc ver ever is chanting.' And suddenly mounting 1 eminence there was spread oat before us in s piotaresqae grandeur, like a broad stream of ^ olten silver enclosed between vine-clad and tree- n owned banks, the River of Rivers, the blest to ongaree. Across the waters the suh was showly ^ nking to rest, while atnre and gold and crimson v id purple and orange and rose and every thing jrgeous and overy thing grand and every thing chly beautiful, had been gathered to adorn his ^ . sting place. And there on the green banks of le Majestic river I saw my Ideal completely reized?a beautiful refined woman, seated on a ae horse, holding a flower in her hand, and adiring and loving a glorious sunset. a Exstatically yours, RUBY/ I ttBt| - fi Trial of J. X. Floyd. & The Sjpring Term of our Superior Court, his onor Judge Bfily present and presiding, is B t session this week. Several - eases of more " lan ordinary interest have been disposed of; ' mong which, the most important is that of the . tate against James Newton Floyd, indicted for f* ie murder of Richard Martin, a free man of colr, and removed from Gaston to this connty for 8 ial. The principal facts elicited by the .trial * as that on the 17th of last ITecember, at the . :ore-hoaee of a Mr. Neagle, in the bounty of Gas- " )n, tbeprisoner had requested some of hirfriends ) remain with him on the ground that day, until & e should be ready to go in company, because be xpected to have need of friends, at the same time- E xhibiting a large bowie knife, which he said he ' ad bought at Yorkville a phort time, before, r ir the price of ten dollars. He refused to sell f he knife once or twice that day, on the gronnd (hat e^xpeeted to use it himself. Late in the evening, ? e started home alone oa horseback, and at about 11 usk arrived at the blacksmith shop of the de- B eased, where be found the principal State wit- 8 ess, McCollough, who bad also arrived at the 8 hop a few moments before, in his buggy. The 8 risoner alighted from his horse, hitche^ him to a * enfce, requested the witness to wait for him and 6 e would accompany him in a few moments, and j lien stepped into the shop where deceased was. 11 ^?" am liAtm in o 8 Llier cuuveraiug wg?iu? wiwiuutu uvui, iu? riendly way, on ordinary topics, the prisoner ? sked for something to eat. Deceased pointed him o a side of bacon hanging oirthe wall of the shop, ? nd handed his knife to cat a piece. He did so, " nd pat'It on'the smith-fire to broil. b The deceased then gave to the prisoner and the ritness a biscuit a piece. About an hoar after ? his, the deceased called upon the prisoner and 8 old him he had his knife. Prisonor denied. A * Hspato then ensued in which deceased told the 1 prisoner that he "mnst be ad?d rascal," remark- 8 ng at the end of the.dispnte, "dam the knife let 1 tgo be cared nothing about it." A boat flvetnifiutes after this, the prisoner and | fitness started home, and when the former had | ode about fifty paces from the shop the deoeased J ame out with a bottle in his hand, remarked that * le had som e liquor, bat that the prison er shouldn't * iare any, and walked up to the boggy, and gave J fitness a drink. He then walked on to wb?re * he prisoner had also stopped, holding the bottle 1 ly the neck in fbe same attitude that he bad pres* c nted it to witness. - * t The prisoner dismounted, and without a word teing.said by either, a fight ensued, in which the leceased fell dead before witness could reach the iSTties. The prisoner stepped a few paces to a t enoe, laid his bands on the top rail, and when the J fitness stepped up to him, pnjl then turned to look n fter the deceased, the prisoner mounted his horse ,nd rode off. This ocourred between eight and I line o'clock, the moon shining. The next morn- ti ag the deceased was found to have received serral mortal stabs with the bowie knife, which was onnd lying near the dead man, one penetrating k hrough his person from the front to the. back, U boat the region of the heart. A large quantity a f blood was found scattered over an areao? about onrteen feet in diameter, and a stone weighing ai wo and three-fourth pounds was found lying about di ine feet from the deceased, with blood on the c< pper and lower side of it, with some skin and I air on it. The fragments of the bottle were also ? )und scattered over the scene. The deceased li 'as fonnd to have an abrasion of tbe skin, on the sc ice among tbe beard. Prisoner had several cats pon the head and upon the eye brow, and the istimony was conflicting as to the hair upon tbe C tone; some witnesses contending that it came ora the brow of the prisoner, whilst about an ot qual number thought it came from the face of ss le deceased. The knife also had several gaps in" le blade. There were the principal facts proven / a the trial.?Charlotte Bulletin. , ^ ' 14 Prat Laborde'i History. 81 The following Is an extract from Prof. Laborde's irthcoming "History of South Carolina College," g, bich is immediately to be issued from the press f R. W. Gibbes, Columbia, S. C. ** John Brown was born in Ireland, Antrim Conn- * r, June 15, 1763. He emigrated with his father ) America, and settled in Chester District, South arolina. His educational advantages were very mited, having gone te school only eighteen w months. For the last half of the period he was g( schoolmate of Gen. Jackson. At the age of m xteen he voluntarily exchanged the Academy for le oamp, and under Geo. Sumter, fought gallant- ^ r for the liberties of his adopted country. Upon e( ie close of the war he set himself diligently to Q| ie task of improving his mind. But-a more im- oj ortant servioe was before him. He was to preach Qj ie gospel of our Saviour, and to call upon a sin- tj ll world to repent and embrace the offer of solation. He studied Theology under the Rev. Dr. t., [cCorkle, near Salisbury, North Carolina, and as licensed to preach, in the year 1788, by the jj( resbytery of Concord, with which his teaaher n) as connected. He combined the professions of er inching and preaching for a few years, and was n( ion called to the pastorship of the Ws*haw of hurch, which he held for ten years. Resigmug as is pastorship he again, took up the business or inching ; and notwithstanding the disadvantages f his early training, achieved considerable litera7 reputation. April 25, 1809, he was elected . rcfessor of Logic and Moral Philosophy in the ] outh Carolina College. May 1,1811, he resigned ? is Professorship. In the course of that year he t as elected President of the University of Geor- ' ia. After leaving the Presidency of that insti- 1 ition, ho removed to Hancock County, Georgia, , here he remained in charge of a church for ^ velve years. His last home was at Fort Gaines, here he died December 11,1842, in the eightieth . aar of his age. ar It is thought proper to record a few additional ar icta in the religions life of Dr. Brown. He was ie founder of the Presbyterian Church in Colum- " in. It was formeddn the College Chapel, and irvices were held there until a house of worship . as obtained. He was an eminently good man, id animated by a truly apostolic spirit No igher praise can be bestowed upon bim than that i biob is found in the language of the Rev. Dr. ! almage, who knew him well: "He was entitled ^ i tho appellation we used when speaking of him -our Apostle John." He was distinguished for ^ is humility, his amiability, bis generosity, and ^ le readiness with which he bestowed his confi- f0 ence upon men. , Though his understanding was vigorous, and is acquirements extraordinary for that day, and is command of language, aooording to Dr. Tal- I iage, not surpassed by any one whom he ever j aew, yet I am inclined to think, from the testi- i dt iony of distinguished graduates who received his istructions, that as a Professor he was defective qt i a most important particular. .One of the most ifted and honored of the alnmni of the College th rites to me, that "his teaohings in Moral Phil- (2 sophy were too much from the book to excite invest, and that he failed to arouse attention on p? te part of his pupils. He was a man of great rmnes8, probity, and excellence of oh&raoter." i na would not, however, say aDy thing which could j npair in the least the reputation of Dr. Brown, tn ia?cter, a* briefly and imperfectly portrayed in is: memoir, to shed a riob lustre upon the ColHe furqlahes a blight leaf in its history; id-Vrhik remembered for his exalted Christian aiacter, it will ever b# bis peculir glory that he ,ye the first impulse to'a most important departent. I hare already stated in another place, at the College was founded by onr revolutionsfathers, ahd I canqtothelp feeling that there is noh to excite a commendable pride in the boms of its friends, ip the fact, that a gallant soler, the companion and school-tnate of Jackson, to a place in the roll of her Faculty. For the Yorkville Enquirer. t TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Division Room, Olivet Division, S. of T., ) May 14th, 1869. j Whereas, it has pleased the All Wise Ruler of ewnrldf io.rcmove from oar midst, by death, our iend and brother Ai.exasdkr Patrick ;?and herewliie example, labor, counsel and influence, ertf highly yalntary, and the want of them will ; seriously felt aracmgstus, now that he has gone >wn to the silence atld inactivity of the grate : id whereas _wp did "esteem Jiira highly," not ily ft* his own, bnt "forTus work's sake," therere, Ruolvtd, 1st. That whilstwe bow with entire submission i the will of Him who gires lift, and takes it aay again at pleasure, still we deeply lament the imoval of onr deceased Brother, and deplore the as we have sustained. 2nd. That we offer our sympathies, and condomce to his bereaved friends, and the church, of hich be was a worthy and exemplary member. 8rd. That we will wear the usual badge of lourning for thirty days. 4th. That we will send a copy of these resoluons to the Torkriile Enquisxb for publication. ~J. T. BURBIB, \ r J. 60URLEY. / LomTil* Two Nspaleoai. Napoleon I. wai but twenty-six years old when ppointed to the command of the army of Italy, lefore he had entered upon his twenty-seventh ehad won the battles of Monte Notte, Millesimo nd Monffovi; forced the terrible passage of the ridge of Lodi, entered Milan in triumph; seised pon the great iron eown of Lorabardy, though ot yet crowned; driven the Austrians out of Manno; beaten the Tyrol army of Wurmi at Castigone; forced Parma, Modena, Rome, and even laples, into submission; in fine, reduced all Italy, rom the Alps to the Papal dominions, under his wfjrr And Ms artny numbered but 35,000 men, nd those poorly clothed and badly provisioned. Napoleon III. enters the same grand battle-field l bis 52d year. -He has ne personal experience, nt is supported by well-tried veterans of the Alerian and Crimean wars?Pelissier, McMahon, tandon, Neili, Canrobert, CastoHam, Magnan, laraguay d'Hilliers?and, for active offensive mr, the finest army in Europe, the largest, most adividnal in character, most ambitioos, best dtsiplined and best equipped. He has, however, imself a large and valuable theoretical knowledge f the art ef war. There is no man probably liv3g who has read more, thought more, or written lore on military subjects than Napoleon III.? leveral of his treaties are, we believe, the standrd works in Europ* in the departments of the cience of which they treat. He has also been, rom his yontb, a careful and sagacious observer f military affaire throughout the world?of the we great Algerian and Crimean wan in particuMVJhe operation* of the first of whiebl siape his ccession, and of the last from the beginning, be las the credit of conducting. Napoleon I. was young, but a were strippling; Japoleon III. is in the vigor of mature manhood, ['bis was studions, virtuous, temperate even to ab temiousness. unknown, without money and withut friends; the other is a riotous liver, lascivious, ommands money akd friends without number, ind fills the world with his name. This was open, rank, sincere, full of sympathy with bis men, rith whom he lired on the most familiar terms, baring their joys and sorrows and dangers, imlarting to them his plans and designs, even his nmost thought; the other is cold, distant, refeent to a proverb, imparting his counsels to none, lordly letting his left hand know what his right land doeth, and familiar with none. Napoleon in fine, was still in the fire of youth, active, enerprising, and a man of genius, indeed, from the ^ irbmptings of which be always acted; Napoleon H. is j>ast the middle age: inactive, but mature n judgment, upon which, and upon his tbeoretial knowledge, he has alone to rnn the parallel of heir respective careers.? N. 0. Picayune. Vialt of the President to- North Carolina. President Buchanan will visit North Carolina University, at Chapel Hill, daring the month of one, and be present at the College cqmmenceMllftt The following is his letter to the Committee of 'rnstees of the University accepting their invitaon to be present at the oommenccment: Washington, May 12, 1859. Gentlemen : I have been honored by your very ind invitation, on the part-of the Trustees of the niversity of North Carolina, to visit Chapel Hill i the annual commencement in Jane next. It affords me pleasure to eay that I cordially ad gratefully accept this invitation. I have long esired to visit "the old North State," and be)me better acquainted with the people, for whom have ever entertained the highest respect and iteem. The occasion being literary, and not potical, is just such an one as I should myself have ilected. Yours very respectfully, James Buchanan. To John W. Ellis, Charles Manly and others, ommittee. It is expected that Hon. Jacob Thompson, and ;her friends will accompany the President, so iys the National Intelligencer. ' Liabilities of Railroads. The Supreme Court of Georgia recently decided: xi caiue are Kiuea oy a nauroaa car, ine prclmption, in the absence of proof, is that the killig was the resalt of the negligence or careless388 or improper conduct of the Railroad, its a3nt? or officers." Tho Augusta Chronicle Jf Sentinel, referring to le above decision, has stated itt opinion in snch concise yet comprehensive style: eminently prop and just, that we copy it and adopt the opinion i our own. "To our mind the presumption would be much ore legitimate and reasonable, that the cattle ere out of place; and hence the Statues of the tste should punish the owners to the extent of akhxg tl .m pay the damage the Railroad Comxny sustains. There is certainly neither justice equity in making a Railroad pay for stock killi by the trains, when the company is in pursuit f its regular business on its own land, and very ften is damaged ten or a hundred times tho value P the stock killed. It is true the Legislature of le State should enact a much more enlightened, juitable and just law, than that whioh is declared y the Supreme Court, to be the law of tho State." We would suggest, however, that when it has sen killed through the carelessness or recklessjss of a runner, then damages ought to be recov ed from the Company.- Bat, we apprehend that ) sane man would be so regardless of the lives ' passengers, to say nothing of his own existence, i to run over stock simply to kill or destroy them. ( 3L Saving's Bank. The Hillsborough Savings Institution was ful organized on Friday last by the election of the llowing gentlemen as Directors, viz: Thomas B. ill, Josiah Turner, Sen., Thomas Webb, George / , ows, Charles M. Latimer, James C. Tnrrentine, id W. F. Strayhorn. 1 At a meeting of the Directors, held on the samo iy, Thomas B. Hill was elected President, and bomas Webb, Cashier. Friday was fixed upon ds sconnt day. The business of the company will 4 j transacted at Mr. Webb's offioe for the present, id the Bank will be open every day between three id four o'clock for the purpose of receiving and tying deposits. . ? The first instalment upon the subscription was >ry promptly paid, and quite a considerable sum ts already been deposited; and we learn from o Directors that thoy will begin to discount !xt Friday. It is believed that this Institution will be of eat practical benefit to this community, as they { ive worked well at all other places. The charter anted to this company we understand is a very beral one; their privileges being greater than lose of most institutions of the kind."?HilUbo ugh Recorder. Columbia Market, Mat 21.. Cotlon.?There was nothing doing in cotton the I iring the paet week. Corn?The market is well supplied, and we lote $1@$1 05 ^ bushel. Flour.?Wo have to note a slight advance in is article since our last report. We quote $3} i ^ sack of 98 lbs. \ Pun.?The market is slightly supplied with (as. We quote 90@95c. bushel. Oatt.?None on the market; quotations noraid, at 55@60c. bushel. < Bacon.?Country hog round, 11 ?@12^ ; Baltiore sides, 11?@12; shoulders, 8?@9; hams