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* Straps & Jfaxts* 1 * In Lynchburg, Va., the grand jury has presented several persons for betting on , the Gubernatorial election. A gentleman who died recently bequeathed to his wife a handsome sum, providing in his will that in case she again married it should be doubled. The Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company have declared a semi-annual dividend of three dollars per share, payable July 1st. We have received a cotton bloom taken from a field at Allendale, in this District, on the 6th instant, the cotton of which was planted as late as the 4th of Maroh.? Corn in that section is smaller than usual, but looks well and will yield well.?Barnwell Sentinel. ?We notice in the Portsmouth (Virginia) Transcript an advertisement by the Collector, proposing to sell, on the 18th instant, thirty-six free negroes, men and hoys, and seventy women and girls, under a provision of the oity charter directing the sale of all free negroes who fail to pay their taxes. Of the 8200,000 agreed to be paid Mr. "Washington by the ladies of Mt. Vernon Association, for the tomb of George Washington, only abont 830,000 now remain unpaid. It is said that $20,000 will be required to restore the grounds and make the i repairs necessary to arrest the rapid decay I now going on. According to the Millerites.the world was to have been destroyed on Thursday? Ascension Day?but by some unwarantable oversight, the "continuity" was not broken, and the "signals" remain as usual. They now say that the grand event will occur on the Day of Pentecost. On that day, they are now almost certain the clock of time is to cease ticking forever. Day and night are to be obliterated, and the world blotted out. One of our loquacious and jolly citizens approaching a Baptist Minister, said tp, him, with muoh seriousness, that hoops were 1 11 * tVo itnnfrinPQ rtf WQOliy lUCUUSlaiCUL nuu vuw ? ? his church. The clergyman being at a loss to know why, and rather thunder-struck at the idea, inquired the reason for such a notion, when the wag stated to him that they forbid close communion.?Atlanta Intelligencer. Mr. J. D. Smith, one of our young, energetic go-ahead planters, handed us on | Monday last, a large and fine looking cotton stalk, taken from a ten acre field, which is 21 inches high, with leaves 3 inches broad and containing ten well developed forms.? We are informed that Mr. Smith's average crop is excellent and much envied by his neighbors?his first square was observed on the 20th of May.? Chester Standard, 9tk instant. The Uticah Herald says tfcat Mr. Gates, of Frankfort, Hermiker county, has made, daring the last ] 8 years about 6,455,000 matches, using 1,260,000 feet of lumber. lie now makes 22,750 matches daily, making use of 500 feet of lumber. He uses 5 pounds Of ptJOSpborus dally, tvbluli io about the amount found in the bones of a single horse. He has thus used up the skeletons of about 2300 horses?a host of "matched" teams. .1,4' * I The telegraphic reports of injury to the growing crops in the North by the frosty weather of Saturday night last are very alnrming. There was snow on the St. Lawrence, and as far south as Cincinnati the reports tell of the most serious damage, not only to the small fruits, but to apples, grapes, corn, wheat and potatoes. From the northern portion of Ohio, and the western counties of New York, the reports are equally 3- discouraging. A gentleman removed from this JJistrict last Fall to Florida, taking with him a dog on the cars to Charleston, where he kept him closely confined for a week, and from there on board a steamboat to Florida. After remaining in Florida for a week or ten days, the dog left, and made his way overland back to this District. This is the most remarkable instance of animal sagacity we remember to have heard of, and is fully attested by a gentleman of the highest respectability.? Cnionville 2 imes. The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Bridges met in Manning on last week and did a good day's work. They deserve well of the public both for what they have done, and for what they have left undone. Several applications were to have been made to the Board for license to retail spiritous liquors, but, in advance of all such applications, the Board passed a series of resolutions declaring their determinations not to inflict the curse of a grog-shop, upon our beautiful village.? Clarendon Banner. The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance are to meetat this place in July next. Should we not give them a proper reception ? The hospitality of our little village will certainly be extended?but ought J we not to ask of those who use the "flowing bowl," to abstain, for one day, from their potations ! We do ask, and demand it, that, at that time, even those who believe they have a right to go the devil their own way, will stop for a few hours, and listen to the warning voice of truth and reason.?Roclc Hill Chronicle. A recent communication to the Indian Office, from the Superintendent of the Indian affairs at San Francisco, reports a stranee but shocking custom that prevails among almost all the Indians in California. That is that of burying alive. When a widow dies and leaves young children, the tribe to which she belongs will bury the orphans alive.? The Superintendant states that he will use all his efforts to put an end to this cruel practice, but it had been impossible to prevent it entirely as yet, even on the Goverment reservations. We understand that several bets have Koon made in this citv unon the is aucauj wwv - ?-W- ? ? ^ A sue of the next Presidential election. One sportiDg gentleman has made the following bets: $1000 that Douglas will be the Democratic candidate; $1000 Senator Seward will be the Republican candidate; $1000 that the Americans aud "Whigs will nominate a third candidate ; $1000 that if Douglas be nominated he will be elected ; and if nominated he will carry the following Eastern, Northern, Middle and Western States : New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennnslyvania, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. We are also informed that the same gentleman is willing to bet $10,000 that if Douglas be nominated at Charleston, he will carry every Southern State except Maryland.?W. Y. Sun. C|\t ^raportr. edited by SAM'Zj W. TVTFlliTOJJ. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1869. Special Notice.?All communications, on matters connected with the paper, should be addressed to "the Yorkvtlle Enquirer;" and not the Editor or Proprietor, personally. Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors, must bear this in mind. [y Capt d. d. MOORE, Mai. mtles 8mith, SaM'L G. brown, J. L. Thomson and Samuel J. Xutkendal of York; and William D. Cook, of Bennettsville, are authorized agents of the enquirer. BELIGIOUS SEE VICES FOE SUNDAY, JUNE 19. Methodist Church. Rev. L. A. Johnston, Pastor. Service at 10 A. M., and 7* P. M. Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. M. H. Adams, Pastor. Service at 10 A. M., and 7 P. M. Independent Presbyterian Church. Rev. Robert Y. Russell, Pastor. Service at iu A. M., ana z f. m. ? LOST! On oar way home, we (editor) lost a number of the Home Journal?dated 4th. The finder will confer a favor by leaving it at the Post Office. COURT OP EQUITY. The Court of Equity for York District, will commence its Sessions on Monday next. We learn that there is considerable business at this term?old and new. His Honor Chancellor Wabdlaw will preside. *' * FINE WHEAT. We have received from the plantation of Mr. Abthue Pabish, a very fine specimen of wheat. The stalks are about 5 feet six inohes in height, and heavily headed, with large grains. This wheat was produced on upland, which haR been in cultivation about thirty years. * CENSUS OF YORKVIIiLE. We are indebted to Mr. James M. Lindsky, the census-taker of our District, for the following statement of the white inhabitants of Yorkville: Males, 525 Females, 455 Total,, 980 INFANTICIDE. Sunday evening last, the body of an infant was ! found in a well, on the premises, now vacant, some | months since occupied by Col. Bowen, on Liberty | street. It had been in the well for several days, and bad the appearance of having been murdered soon after birth. It was a male child, evidently a mulatto. An inquest was held by Esq. Jeffebys, and a verdict rendered in accordance with the facts.? This horrid crime is one easily to be traced, and we earnestly hope that the officers will spare no effort until the unnatural mother is brought to condign punishment. ARRESTED. A young man who gave his name as John Abel, and his residence, Newton, Catawba County, N. C., was arres\ed in town last Friday, and charged with stealing a saddle from Mr. John D. McConnell, near McConnellsville. The saddle was found in his possession, a few hours after the thef* had been perpetrated. He was riding a small, black mule, of which he failed to give a satisfactorv account. In default of bail, he was lodged in jail to await his trial. Monday last, Mr. Hugh McCollocoh, of Chester District, made claim to the mule, "proved property and took it away.'" It turns out that the real name of this precious scape-grace, is John Jonas. * INSURANCE. In the last numbers, we published the advertisement of Mr. T. S. Jefferts, Agent of the Charlotte Insurance Company, and of the Southnt.n Xfnfnal T.ifo TnonmncB Comnanv. of Columbia. | Our readers have doubtless taken notice of them. With such facilities, we presume no one in town will omit the precaution of an insurance on their property; and it is therefore unnecessary to urge a step so manifestly important. The plan of Life Insurance, hewever, is not as generally understood and appreciated as it should be. With us, it is the best possible substitute for a Savings Bank; and if it be our aim to leave behind us a competency for our families, no method is so sure or so easy as the annual investment of a premium in the Insurance Company. For instance : There are but few young men, with families, who, by proper economy and industry cannot spare one hundred dollars from their annual income; and this paid into the company, insures the snug little sum of, say, Five thousand dollars, an unfailing legacy to one's family. The amount which this annual payment will insure is, of course, determined by the age and condition of health of the insured. It is sufficient, however, to be an object to most of ns, and sufficient to repay the investment though we live to a green old age. Mr. Jeffertr has a full statement of the operations of these companies, which he will take pleasure in explaining. Rightly understood, we think they should become popular in our town. THE LECTURE. The large Hall at the College was well filled Friday evening, when Prof. Thomas, of the Citadel Academy, gave the first Lecture before our Lyceum. The auditory, too, were evidently delighted with the entertainment afforded by the lecturer. For ourselves, we have seldom?perhaps never?enjoyed an hour with greater zest. Prof. Thomas chose for his theme the "Empire of the Beautiful." It occured to us, at the moment, that the subject,?common-place, hackneyed, light?did not pertain to the discussions suited to such an occasion ; but our doubts soon vanished before a creation which none but a master's touch could have fashioned. There was about it nothing stale, unprofitable, sophomoric?nothing of the style which the theme is apt to suggest; on the contrary, the lecturer brought to his aid the varied acquirements of the earnest student of nature, the man of science, the philosopher, the accomplished litterateur, and while he invested his theme with the charming graces of rhetoric and of oratory and adorned his work with the choicest imajery of the Beautiful?terrestrial and celestial? his production developed the higher reaches of thought and presented the wonderful creation of God in its noblest and most ennobling aspects.? We mean to convey the idea that Prof. Thomas' lecture was all that could have been desired?a thing to be appreciated, enjoyed and made profitable. He read it admirably, and it was not rej cited better than it was listened to. We are highly gratified that this first offering j of the Lyceum has been so successful, and in the i name of the Society we take occasion to award to Prof. Thomas our most cordial acknowledgements. ??h?i MERE-MENTION. L. W. Speatt, Esq., has accepted an invitation, to address the citizens of Savannah, Ga., at an early day, on the subject of re-opening the ; Blave trade. Professor Ryan, the lecturer, 1 has located in Columbia, and will attend to calls J for his services in any section of the State. From ! the Chronicle, we learn that he was at Rock Hill, I last week. The Charleston Mercury says that I tomattoes at twenty-five cents a plate, and green | corn at six cents an ear, were selling in that mar ket last wfltk. In a letter to the Wadesborough Argus, Hon. Thos. S. Ashi, declines running for Congress in op position to Hon. Burton Craige. The people of Spartanburg are makiDg grand preparations for celebrating, on the 18th of August, the Battle of Musgrove's Mills. A Committee consisting of one from each Beat Company in the District has been appointed to collect and receive subscriptions. Fifty Opposition Members and eighty-two Democrats have been elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, so far as heard from. TheWinn3boro' Register tells about ripe peaches. The Register also announces the death of Mr. Mason Chandler, an old and respected citizen of Winnsboro'. *A dispatch to the Secretary of the Navy states that si a vein bound to several Southern States are now on the coast of Africa. They are expected home this fall with slaves for Mississippi and Texas markets. DEATH OF CHANCELLOR DARGAN. The subjoined tribute, from the Carolinian, announces the death of this eminent jurist. At length the long, lingering, hope of the State lor me recovery 01 miti aisungumueu ciux'su uw> been terminated by hie death on 8nnday night, at the residence of Mrs. Quigley, of this place. Last summer while the State was in solemn consultation, looking around upon her distinguished sons from whom to select a worthy succe ssor to the lamented Judge Evans, Chancellor Dargan's name was mentioned. The idea had takes fast hold upon the public mind, and there can bs little doubt that nothing would have prevented hi s election to the United States Senate, but the consideration of his loss to the Chancery bench, and the difficulty of finding a successor equally com petent. Abont the latter part of October, in the midst of this indecision, while the State was hesitating in its choice, and deliberately pondering the relative services of such a son, first its known value on the bench, then its probable value at so important and responsible a political station as that of United States Senator, the sad and startling intelligence was announced that he had been suddenly paralyzed by disease, and that his solid intellect would never again constitute a portion of her reliable resources. From that time his condition, though often inspiring the hope of restoration to usefulness, was never such as to enable lim to discharge his duties. HiB disease still continued its attack until on Sunday night, when ths spirit was disengaged from its earthly tenement to its Creator. Chancellor Dargan has long occupied positions of responsibility and trust. For a number of years he filled with great credit to himsolf and satisfaction to the public, the office of Commissioner in Equity for Darlington District. Ia 1833, he was re-elected; but having been during the summer of 1842 elected State Senator to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of thi Hoq. W. H. Cannon, his intellect was brought more conspicuously before the State. His career as a Senator wasstateBmanly and dignified. Bis clear and sound judgment, combined with his logal ac quirements, soon achieved position for him in the Senate as the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In December, 1847, he was elevated by the Legislature to fill the vacancy on the Chancery bench, as the successor of Chancellor Hurper.? This offioe he held to the day of his death. He was born in 1802, and therefore was in the fiftyeighth year of his age. Chancellor Dargan has been intimately connected with the history of our State College, being for years, in virtue of his office of Chancellor, one of its trustees. Being a graduate he was animated by all the'devotion of a true and dutiful son. He was of the graduating class of 1821. In politics, he was of the striotest State Rights school, having been an active participator in 1 he famous nullification contest His death is a public calamity and difficult, indeed, will be the task of supplying his place. Death has again visited our high places and exacted from our State a heavy, and what appears to be an annual, tribate to the grave. His remains were removed from here on yesterday by the 1J train on the South Carolina Railroad. A procession of citizens, including the Faculty of the South Carolina College and part of the students, paid the tribute of respect of atlemUilg (Lieut ku Cite tatlioatl. j LATEST FROM EUROPE. The Steamer North Briton has arrived with Liverpool dates to the 1st instant. The sales of cotton for the three days previous to the sailing of the steamer, amounted to 28,000 bales. The market closed with an advancing tendency, ivith favorable Manchester advices. The following itf a seminary of the items by this arrival: It was announced that the Sardinians had forced *1 ? at* a J Dnlnnin/I tne uusauge ui iuc oesiu, auu m^uicu a ?i^uu. If was rumored that Gen. Garibaldi had been repulsed in Lombardy. At Liverpool flour was very dull, and had slightly declined. Wheat dull, but nominally unchanged. Corn very dull. Beef steady. Fork firm. Bacon quiet. Lard dull. Sugar steady. Coffee quiet. Rice firm. The Sardinians forced the passage of the Sesia in the face of the Austrians fortified at Palatiro, and. after a severe conflict, carried the city and took many prisoners. The Sardinians were under the immediate command of Victor Emanuel. Gen. Garibaldi was still creating a sensation in the North, but it was rumored that he had met with a defeat with a superior force, and ^as retreating into Tessin in Switzerland. The rumor, however, lackB confirmation, as Turin despatches say he was making further progress. The Emperor Napoleon was about removing his headquarters to Casale. The Austrians had occupied Casale with a considerable force. It was reported at Paris that as soon as the French enter Milan, England and Prussia will jointly make strenuous efforts to end the war. There had been a fight at Florence between English and American sailors, on account of the latf er wearing tri-color rosettes. Parliament met on 81st May. The English funds were buoyant and advancing. It was rumored at Paris that the Emperor Napoleon will return to France in August. Heavy shipments of artillery and siege materials continue. The Military Committee of the German Diet had approved a motion to place an army of observation on the Rhine. For the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER PROM CHARLESTON. Mr. Editor:?I did make that trip to Georgetown after all. That live Yankee to whom I alluded as sitting by me, was "a Harvard College man," according to his account of himself. lie wa3 certainly a very gentlemanly, intelligent fallow. He had been to Florida, and had only made a flying visit through Charleston. Savannah and so to Fernandina and into the interior. He seemed to be bothered by the small-bill restrictions? the hotel and boat and omnibus men, making some trouble about North Carolina and Georgia l's and 2's. This North-Eastern road is certainly a good one?no better, save your 22 miles, all on one ridge 1 I do not think my opinion ?of this road is the result of the temperament which always allows the last to have been the best. Of the 12 or 1500 miles that I have passed over, I do not recollect any considerable portion so staunch and regular?so smooth and even. The bridge over the Santee and through its bottom or swamp, seemed all right. Soon after passing it, I Lad to leave for my stage route across the country and I was really sorry to quit the company of my genial, talkative friend, on a road so entirely pleasant. Getting off at Gourdin's Station, I found a twohorse stage on hand, for a 45 mile drive on the ridge between the oantee and Black Rivers. In my hurry to bo in time at the Depot in the City, I had eaten only a moderate dinner, and come off with no lunch, and now when I made enquiry after the supper house, lo 1 there was none?the travel this way not being sufficient to warrant any one in keeping a table at any point. Passengers % __ Al aU r* DeiDg lor mo UIU3U pan. uvui uiu v*cuigoiutiu auu returning there, they take their sapper before leaving, and for the night's ride lunch for either going or coming, as their taste, habit, or opportunity may demand or allow. There were two gentlemen as passengers for 12 miles, and as one of them was the proprietor of the line, and proved himself a very clever, communicative companion, and as he was from Cheraw, and knew our friend "L. A. H.," and gave a good account of him, I will forbear a comparison between the railroad and this stage, along with which I held my way for eleven weary hours. At one point whore horses were changed, I found a small shop or store, and on enquiry found that "cheese and crackers" cotild be had, and of course I procured a supply at once; I was hungry, and the few first nibs, were not absslutely disgusting, but very soon I found that my appetite was not stout enough for the process. Dry and tasteless crackers?old?and possibly infettid with moving creatures?(it was dark?how could I tell ?) and cheese which literally hurt my lips by main strength; 0 ! sir, I despaired at once and submitted to my lot. Occasionally I tried walking?then mounted the box for a chat with the driver, who was from N. Carolina, and didn't know or care much about this low country?then I would sink back to my nest in the comfortless body of the stage. The Postmaster General, by the first of July, will cut off this channel of communication with Georgetown and put a sulky on the route with the mail. Then an occasional steamer up the great Pee Dee to Cheraw and a bi-weekly steamboat connection with Charleston, will be all that this classic portion of the old State can boast. In this region the Huguenots first settled in considerable numbers, and then passed over to the Santee and beyond, and their descendants are now numerous in St. John's Berkley. The Mar-rions, Horrys ('Orees) and Allstons belonged to this country. Of the two formerj names, there are but few in these times. Gen. Francis Marion died in S?. John's, high up on the"Santee, not far from Nelson's ferry o,nd was buried in St. Stephens, at Bell-Isle-plantation, near Pineville. His home and his grave being in the midst of the region which had been the theatre of his remarkable expeditions and partisan struggles, sufferings and successes, during the anxious, uncertain and dreary years from the fall of Lincoln to the coming of Gb.een. The district above Georgetown and east of the Great Pee Dee bears his name; and the one between that and the sea-shore and between Georgetown and the North Carolina line, ' bears the name of his redoubtable Lieutenant and \ life-long friend, Col. Pf.tkr Horry, fOree). The 1 country to the west, between the Pee Dee and the 1 waters of the Catawba, bearing the name, in \ part, of that other pan of revolutionary renown, < Gen. Sumter. Barnwell, Lancaster and Pickens 1 being the other portions of our State that bear j the names which we will not willingly let die. ] If there is not a speedy and worthy effort to 1 obtain xail road connection with "the rest of man- I ?? ' J x -i: ??: 1 Kina," mis vaiuaoie auu iulcicjuu^ jjuiuuu vi uui good old State, around and about Georgetown, 1 will become the sleepy hollow of the Palmetto regions; More anon. * J. W? K. American Bible Socletya YoarmtE, S. C., June 3, 1859. To the President and Officers of the Bible Societies i in South Carolina : Gentlemen:?As Agent of the American Bible Society, in and for the State of South Carolina, I beg leave to remind you that the State Bible Convention mee a at Yorkville, on Tuesday night be- ' fore the first Wednesday in Angust, it being the second day in the month. It is desirable that all the Bible Societies in the State should be represented. Will you please have a meeting of your Executive Committee called at an early day, and appoint at least five delegates to the Convention; and urge them to attend, and come with brief reports. All the rail roadB in the State have agreed to pass delegates to the Convention, to and fro, for One fare. There is an arrangement by which the clergymen are passed over the South Carolina ' Rail Road for one fare, when they are officially engaged. A committee of arrangements has been appointed by the Yorkville Bible Society, and ample pruvlabm will doubtless be uittUe fur all who may attend. Those who live below Yorkville had better come up on the 1st, so as to be present on the 2d of August. Important matters will be brought before the Convention. Please see that your Society is represented, without fail. Yours truly, E. A. BOLLES. The Battle of Montebello. The first victory has been won?may it be a good one for the allied armies. This morning, as I was returning from Osti, I gleaned some important details, which, I am happy to say, enable me to give you a fair, if not a complete, description of the battle which was fought yesterday, and which will be recorded in the annals of the present struggle as the battle of Montebello. - -5 ? ?t- a. t J 1 ] _ since xnursuay nigni 11 nau oecn rumoreu in our camp that the Emperor of Austria had arrived at Pavia, in company with the Field Marshal Hess. Our informants, who had come from Argino to the head-quarters of Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers through the bushy paths of the Casitisma country, hacl also reported that a great deal of warlike bustle and marching had been noticed in the Austrian camp, near the bridge of La Bella. The telegraph has informed you that on Thursday an Austrian .corps, coming from Stradella attacked the position of Casteggio, chiefly defended by the people of that place. After a brilliant stand made by Piedmontese cavalry, in which Capt. Piola was slightly wounded, the Austrians were obliged to retire. As soon as Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers got wind of the faot that the Austrians were plotting mischief for next day, he gave hie orders to Gen. Forey to be on his guard with hie division. This distinguished officir moved his forces, therefore, in tne direction of Montebello, as it; was thought thnt, after the rBtreat of Thursday, the enemy would perhaps again attack the advanced guard of our army. You will not have forgotten, that from the time of the Gallic and Panic wars down to the last great Europ&n conflict, Montebello and Casteggio have been important military positions. This last mentioned place was besieged by Hannibal, who did not really conquer it, but bought it from Publius Darius. A remarkable memorial of the Carthaginian General still exists?a spring of very pure water, called by immemorial tradition "The Fontana d'Annibale." It was near Casteggio that on the 9th of June, 1800, the great battle between the French and the Austrians was fought, This battle, so wonderfully described by Theirs, is usually called the Battlo of Montebello, from the village where the French finally routed the corps dt resrve of the enemy. Fifty years ago the fortune of the day was there decided by Victor; yesterday it was decided by theLold assault of General Bueret; who paid with his life the victory obtained by the Forey division, a brigade of which he commanded, and by the Sardinian cavalry under the orders of Colonel De Sontaz. At 11 o'clock yesterday, 15,000 Austrians, under the orders of General Zobel, were seen to move toward the Piedmontese position of Montebello, which were occupied by 800 Sardinian horsemen supported by two batteries. The Austrians were marching in echelons, their right wing bent in the direction of Branduzzo, their left flank, suppurieu uy ? large amiicijr, uu uaouuu, wuusi their columns of attack of the centre advance, by a Piazale, towards our lines of Montebello. As soon as General Forey was aroused by roll after roll of musketry on the left, and by the sharp report of Austrian and Piedmontese guns, he marched with the second brigade of his division in the direction of Montebello to support the Piedmontese cs.valry, which by this time had already advanced to meet the enemy. The battle of Montebello scarcely admits of description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, hand to hand figbts, of sanguinary encounters, of desperate charges and assaults. The sheila and bullets of the Austrians burst so thickly among our troops that our centre, already engaged, was obliged to fall back on the right of our lines, retiring from Montebello, protected by a ravine filled with brushwood, which descended towards the main road of Vaghera. As General Beuret led on his men to support our centre, it wsb observed that a body of the enemy had gained the top of a hilly ground behind j the French division on our right. A deadly vol- 1 ley was poured into them, and protected by the 1 fire, both Piedmontese and French came out from t the ravine and went boldly to meet the enemy.? 1 The effect of the new French guns, carrying their t bullets to a distance of more than two English ( miles, was so great that the centre of the Aus- f trians was soon obliged to fall back on its reserve, t and Montebello was again occupied by our men. a By this time the third and fourth brigades of t J General Forey's devision had reached the scene I of the action. This distinguished officer had left t j in support of a small band of the national guard ? ! ?who, by the bye, fought bravely?his first brig- c : ade, sending an orderly officer of his staff to Mar- ^ I shal Baraguay d'Hilliers, asking support if need c be.; ( Having thus given his orders, ho came on with t his Zoaves at the^M de charge. One battalion of a Uhasseura d'O/leans rushed by, "the light of batdo on their faoes." It was accompanied by two i jattahons of the line, commanded by Duchel and v Lacretelle. The shook was terrible; Lacretelle 1 'ell dead from his horse, Major Dnohef fell dead e ifter him ; our men still advanced a la hayonett. p !Vn Austrian Colonel and 200 Croats were made I prisoners. Assailed in front by the French; bro- n ten by the impetuosity of the charge of the Sar- ? iinian Monferato light horsemen, led by the brave a Colonel Morelli; attacked on the right by the c second brigade, and by our artillery all along the e ine, the Austrians began to retire after a strug- y 5le of six hours. At 5 o'clock p. m. they were t irivenpell mell down the hills, towards Stradela on one side, and towards Casatisma on the ii >ther, leaving mounds of dead behind them. n We had won the day. The Austrians were, a :herefore, unable to force our positions, though a hey were 15,000 strong, with a powerful artille- I y, thus outnumbering us by 6,000 men. Forey's t livision numbered scarcely 8,000 fighting men, I ind was supported by 900 Sardinian horses. You 1 nust not forget that this brave cavalry, led by c poung Colonel De Sonnaz, sustained for an hour n ;he first shock of the enemy, thus giving time to c .he French to come up. The last charge mad9 by the Sardinians was fa.al to Colonel Morelli, who fell mortally wounded 'rom his horse. Besides this loss,, we have to de- ^ slore 200 dead and 300 wounded. Amongst the ast the names of Colonels Griot, Les Barre, Be Bellefonds, Dusmeuil, and Major Ferussal, all French superior officers, aro to be noticed. General Forey and the Sardinian cavalry Cojolel, De Sonnaz, behaved nobly. It is impossible ;o ascertain the loss sustained by the enemy, because the official report has not yet arrived in rurin. According to the accounts of my infornant, the Austrians have lost 1,600 men, dead, ind wounded, to say the least. It has been noiced that their men could not stand the impetujaity of the Zouaves' and Chasseurs' bayonets ind of Sardinian swords.. As soon as they were issaulted by the deadly weapons they were always driven pell mell from their positions, and ;he village of Montebello was thns taken and reaken thrice during the action. I make no preention whatever to send you a correct descripion of the battle. As I have already said, this )rilliant exploit admits of no description ; it is >nly a sketch that I present to your readers.? London News, May lit. The Turin correspondent of the London Herald gives the following account: The Piedmontese cavalry, after occupying Cas:eggio, had been driven back by the Austrians, who followed it into Montebello, where they were wrought up by the force under Forqy and Beuret. i fierce oontest took place in the streets of the rillage, from whence the French were ultimately iriven, after two hours' hard fighting; but at this time a reinforcement made its appearance in the shape of half a battery o( artillery and the Ninety-first and Ninety-eighth regiments. The village was recaptured after much slaughter, and the Austrians fell back along the road to Casteggio in perfect order, closely followed by the French. The Austrians suffered very severely in this retreat, and would have done still more so hnt Cor the admirable ' conduct of their artillerv. At Casteggio they stopped their retrograde move- < meat, and a battallion of riflemen posted on some ] well wooded hills south of the town, kept up a < galling fire against the French. The Seventy- j fourth regiment alone had about one hundred j men put host de combat at Casteggio by the mur- f derous rifles of the Tyrolese jagers. The rest of i the Austrians developed themselves in fields on j the left, despite several very gallant attempts of the Sardinian horse to prevent them. The French i made a desperate attack to gain possession of the village, but they were repulsed, and retired in considerable disorder to Montebello, -.the Austrians pursuing them, and it would have been all up < with tho division of Forey but for the Fifty-sixth regiment and the Sixth battalion of Chasseurs, who had just arrived from Cantalupe. , With all this, it seems that the Austrians and j French entered pell me'l into Montebello, where a fearful"butchery took place, but the upshot of the matter was th'at the Austrians retired, leaving a fearful dumber of killed and wounded all along the road. The Sardinian cavalry, who behaved with a degree of intrepidity that is hardly done justice to in the bulletins, attempted to pursue them, but were too fatigued to do so effectually. The Austrians retired in perfect order, but 200 prisoners remained in the victors' hands. They must have been greatly surprised, and not a little relieved, at finding no fresh trOops were sent in pursuit. They retired behind the Po, moving along the Piacenza road, as far on Siradella, and then crossing over to the Northern bank of the river. The road to Piacenza" is now therefore open to the French, unless there be an Austrian force at Castel San Giovanni, a fact which is not as yet cleared up. "At the beginning of the action the Anstriafls had a decided numercial advantage, but at the close the advantage of numbers was wholly on the side of the French. Our bulletins tell us that the loss is only about 500 killed and wounded; but I believe this is as much below the mark as the number said to have been lost by the Austrians (2,000) is above it. [Paris (May 21,) correspondence of tie London ' ' Herald.-] There is no longer any doubt of the fact, that the Austrians had the worst of it at the smart affair which took place the day before yesterday between Straditis and Nognera. Not only were they driven back in their attempt to gain possession of the village of Montebello, but they have ibandoned their position on the hill round Stralella, and-placed the Po between them and the ] French. When an army not only does not retain | :he positions it had after the battle, but with- i irawssomo fifteen or twenty miles, the retrograde i novement cannot be considered anything but a j sonfession of their having been worsted. The j lustrians, we learn, were under the command of < Hount Stadion, but the telgrapbio dispatch says t lotbing of the loss which the Austrian corps suf'ered. Rumor sets down their losses at about 4,- i )00 men hors de combat?doubtless an exaggera- j ion. . f Old Softool General Aaaembly. Palmer House, Indianapolis, May 31. 1 Since I last wrote, important matters have .ranspired. The North-western Seminary has, jy an overwhelming majority, been located in Chicago, and Dr. Rice, Dr. Willis Lord, of Brookyn, Dr. Leroy Halsey, of Louisville, and Dr. Scott, of Cincinnati, have been just now elected ;o the four professorships. This has settled a {uestion which has been agitated with some par,izau boldness and zeal for a considerable time past Indeed, it will be told the inquires that oarties range under the banner of Dr. Rice, or of Dr. MacMaster, according to their views of the policy of the church in regard to the slavery ques:ion. Dr. Rice has been, during all his professional life, an editor, and has stood before the sharch as the defender of her conservatism,'while Dr. MaoMaster, on the other hand, has been equally distinquished for his radicalism and abolition principles. You will perceive, that this late jontest, in respeot to this Seminary, may be viewed as it actually was, a test of the comparative prowess of her conservative and radical elements in the Old School General Assembly. The vote for tlpe first professor in the seminary brought out the whole strength of each, which stood thus? Rice 214 against MacMaster 45. Nearly five to jne, the members of the present Assembly are jonservative. Runninq up the Abolition Flag.?Dr. MacMaster was known to have threatened that, if too lardly pressed, he would hoist the banner of antislavery, and make the Assembly look face to face it a question which was secretly deciding every rote and lying at the foundation of every institution. And he was eqnal to this threat, so far as unfurling his colors is concerned. Yesterday afternoon, for two hours and more he stood before the Ueneral Assembly, denouncing the whole policy of the church in regard to slavery. He was heard with great attention, while he thundered forth ooth the wrath of God and man against the iniquities of slavery. Dr. MacMaster is recognized by all sides as an able, laborious and learned man.? His personal appearance is striking. He is upwards of six feet high, with a figure fleshless and i complexion bloodless. His shoulders are round to the extent of deformity, and yet he stands e rect and walks with commanding dignity. His t lead is small, and the cerebral developments t neagre, and consequently the observer is thrown c ipon two facial features for the discovery of his 1 jharacter. The eye is dark and firmly set, and n gleams with something like an unearthly fire in 9 lis seasons of anxiety or excitement, while over a lis whole countenance was spread that remarkaible cast which physicians recognize as the symiol of almost perpetual pain. Such is the man . vho did all in his power yesterday to blow up the 1 Conservatism of the General Assembly. Forty- j< ive only stood by him, and doubtless his agitaion will have little influence over the destinies of t] l body so determined to pursue its old and well- n rodden paths. tl The members are beginning to thin off. It is e welve days since the session commenced. It was tl ixpected that what is called the commentary tl luestion and the marriage question would pro- b 'oke stern debate, but as they have not yet been ii :alled up, it is likely the Committees on Bills and p )vertures have chozen them off. If presented at a he close of the session, it means that it is not de- a lirable to have them disoussed in full Assembly, tl The business has been conducted with exceedngly grace and propriety. I heard not one angry rord uttered, through the whole proceedings.? ?here was difference of opinion, and that differnce was strongly expressed, but no offence was ;iven or taken in the discussion of any question. Jven the slavery speech of Dr. MacMaster did lot provoke an ungenerous word from the whole loath. This body of Christians have learned to ,gree to differ in non-essentials, while in matters ardinal and essential they are one, and apparntly indivisable. It is not needful to write to ou any more after this. The next assembly iB o hold its session in Rochester, New York. The Old School Presbyterian Assembly closed ts sessions at Indianapolis, on Thursday, to meet lext year at Rochester. Before adjourning, it ppointed Rev. Drs. Gardiner Spring, J. W. Alexnder, Nicholas Murray, Robert Davidson, C. Van tensselaer, John Deyburn, B. M. Palmer, minisers, "and James Lenox, Robert Carter, Thomas I. Cobb, C. McAllister, Stephen Alexander, ruing elders, to represent the church in the third entennial anniversary of the Presbyterian reforoation in Great Britain, to be held during the msuing year. Maryland Slaveholders' Convention. Baltimore, June 9.?The Slaveholders' Contention met this morning. Hon, J. A. Pearce submitted a majority report rom the committee, the resolutions concluding as ollows: Resolved, That the Convention considers any ueasures for the general removal of free blacks rom the State of Maryland impolitic, inexpedi int and uncalled for by any public exigency which jould justify it. Resolved, That the free negro population should >e well and thoroughly controlled by efficient laws, o the end that it may be orderly, Industrious and >roductive. Resolved, That for the purpose of diminishing, is far as possible, the evils which proceed from he excessive and increasing free negro class, the )olicy of the State declared during the year 1831 thould be reaffirmed, and such amendments be nade to that act as will give it active force and :ertain operation, and as will either prohibit 'mancipation altogether, or compel the prompt removal from the State of those emancipated; and hat the Legislature should be asked to review and imcnd the laws relating to free negroes, and to mancipation, so as to remedy all defects of a sys;em which time and experience have disclosed. Resolved, That a committee of be appointed to submit the views of the convention to and :o ask appropriate legislation by the General Assembly. F. W. Jacobs, of Worcester county, presented :he views of a portion of the minority, it being a written address going over the whole ground, deailing the grievances of the slaveholders of Maryand, and the pernicious influences of free negros jn the population generally. It advocates prolibition of emancipation, and the passage of laws *or the gradual extinction of free negroism. It illudes to the tendency of the northern and wes:ern States to legislate against free negros, and :he interference of the Methodist Episcopal Church tforth in the matter. It is very severe on the tfew York Christian Advocate, touching its stric;ures on the Convention held at Cambridge, Maryand, and for attempting to threaten with an ecilesiastical cowhide the Methodists of Maryland, f they countenanced thi present movement. The never of the minority report, a Methodist him seir, repudiated in strong language an/ uuempi it ecclesiastical interference "with, the domestic nstitutions of the State. After a long debate the majority report was idopted, almost unanimously. The Convention then adjourned, tine die. John Miller and "Junius."?The Spartan thus jorrects a late report concerning the secret of "Junius "JcHins.? The Pendleton Messenger, in a sketch of the Old Stone Meeting House, makes fresh mention of John Miller, the old English printer; who died some year 'or so ago* and speaks again of Mr. Miller having known who Junius was, and that he carried the secret to his grave. It seems that Miller was an apprentice in the office of the London Advertiser, a paper owned and edited by Woodfall. The latter was indicted for printing and publishing treasonable orlibellons matter, found guilty by the jury, under instructions of the court, and the verdict was afterwards set aside by the King's Bench. The boy Miller was no way mixed up with the trial, and ^therefore could not have been driven from England for hav-'j ing put in type any of the Junius letters, when Woodfall afterwards printed the letters in a book. He could not have known the author, as the practice with Woodfall was to transcribe Junius' manuscript?not sending any of the original writing to his printers. Perhaps like a thousand and one others, Miller may have guessed at the author ; but his guess was perhaps equally wide of the true man. It is time to challenge the story, or somebody may believe it." The Spartan is right in Us protest against a version, which only shoWs how hastily history is made by newspapers. , John Miller, above referred to, was an apprentice in the office of" Woodfall, the printer of tka"Junius" letters, and was afterwards persecuted, and, we'believe, prosecuted for some publication, but* not for the "Junius" letters. He came to Charleston in distress, and under the patronage and recommendation of Henry Laurens, as is stated in a letter which is foqnd in the collections of .the South Carolina Historical Society, and was Drinted some months since in the Courier. Our esteemed and venerable friend, A. E. Miller, has a distinct recollection of John Miller, [who was not a relative,) and has informed us that John Miller, after going into the backwoods ind establishing the Pendleton Messenyet, occasionally visited Charleston, and purchased supplies from Harrison & Bowen, or W. P. Harrison St Co., with whom our friend, A. E. MiHer, was then an apprentice. Speaking of John Miller and his primitive press, we are reminded of the use of that press in the irmy under Gen. Greene, and we respectfully suggest to our brethren of the craft, the propriety )f placing that press in some public depository, >r in the possession of the South Carolina Historcal Society. A Novelty in Music and Mechanics.?Every pianoforte amateur has longed for some supematlral agency which should note down and preserve i record of the sounds which he calls forth from lis instrument when the divine afflatus is on him, ind the spirit of melody takes possession of his irain. To adopt a more chaste style of rhetoric, :very player improvises some strains which he vould be glad to repeat, which perhaps, contain lome ideas worthy of further development, but vhich once played, cannot be recalled, and are ost. Mr. Henry F. Bond has invented a beautifully simple apparatus, whioh is easily to be applied to any pianoforte, and by which every note played, whether by design or accident, is recorled in its proper place upon a slip of music paper. In a few words, the plan of this apparatus may Pe thus described : Upon a cylinder placed in one end of the pianoforte, the ruled music paper is wound; by means if clock work, this cylinder is made to revolve, at i uniform speed; the paper thus unwound, pasjes by another cylinder prepared with a surface if ink; each key of the instrument, acting upon a ever, raises a metal point against the paper, presses it upon the inky surface, and causes a nark to be made, the length of the mark showing iccurately the duration of the note. A pedal, by i similar action, marks the bars. With five minites of practice, any person who understands the nusic can rapidly translate these marks into the usual system of notes. The who!6 arrangement s so simple that the first feeling is astonishment ;bat the invention has never been born before.? Boston Courier. Amerecan Officers going to the Seat of War.? rhe following is a list of U; S. Army officers who iave permission to go beyond the United States, vitfi the understanding that they are to put themlelves in communication with the antagonizing irmies in Italy, so as4o note military operations, UZl yj Col. W. W. Loring,'regiment mounted riflemen; jletif. Col. G. B. Crittenden, mounted rifles; Maj. }. A. H. Blake, 1 st dragoons; Maj. H. Breweron, of engineers; Brevet Lieut Col. E. J. Stepoe, 9th infantry; Brevet Maj. T. B. Toner, of mgineers ; Capt. II. B. Clitz, 3d infantry ; Capt. \ A. Palmer, 2d cavalry; Brevet Capt. T. Seyaour, 1st artillery; First Lieut. George W. Carr, th infantry; Lieut J. C. Keltou, 6th infantry; nd First Lieut. John Pegram, 2d dragoons. Texas.?Bishop Pierce, now on bis way to Callornia, speaks of Texas, through which State he aurneyed, as follows: Texas is a curious county?a paradox. Every hing is in the superlative, or contradictory, or larvelous. It is the richest and the poorest?has he best land and the meanest water; is the hardst country to live in, and has the most to live on ; he days the hottest, and the nights the coldest; he best roads, and the slowest travel; the finest uilding material, and the least use made of t; there are more clouds, and less rains; more ilains, and less timber; more ropes to tie horses, nd yet more estrays; a poorcountry for farming, ud yet the most productive; the least work and he largest yield; the horses are small and the cattle big; the frogs have horns, and the rabbits have ears iike mules; the people are intelligent without general education?inventive without being tricky?refined without mannerism?rich without money?hospitable without houses?bold, generous and brave. In fine, here is an empire in extent and resources, but in the slowest process of evolution, and yet destined to population, wealth and power. There is much to admire, but little to deplore; many things to enchant, but few to offend; and for the people and their institutions, there is a splendid future. The Neio York Editors.?Stephen H. Branch, one of the laughable and laughedat-celebrities of New York, is contributing a series of articles to the Sunday Mercury of that city. In the last one, he draws the following very minnte sketch of the characteristics of the editors of the Herald, the Tribune and the Timet: I have known these three immortals about the fourth of a century, and neither is a big nor partial, nor little villian, but all have been pious since their childhood.. Bennett is a Sweedenborgian, Greeley a Universalist, and Raymond a Presbyterian. Bennett is allopatbio, Greeley, hydropathic, and Raymond hcmcepathic. Bennett is the best swimmer and fencer, Greeley the best dancer and waltzer, and Raymond the best eater and boxer. Bennett is the best runner and jumper, Greeley the best hopper and skipper, and Raymond the best leaper and tumbler. Bennett is the best plummer and gutterer, Greeley the best trapper and miner, and Raymond the best trooter and whaler. Bennett is the best piper and grinder, Greely the best drummer and fifer, and Raymond the best harper and whistler, who whistles best over a brilliant and lucrative idea, of his own conception?don't he, Fletcher! They all keep fast horses, and Bennett's is the best pacer, Greeley's the best prancer, and Raymond's the best trotter. On their proud, chameleon steeds, they stare, and spnr and charge, like the Napoleons. One, two, and three, Bnt ask no fee. While them yon see, On asses free. House of John Prater 4* Co.?This house of fifty years standing, and high repnte, has, as we learn from onr Charleston exchanges, snspended. This House is known in New York asTrenholm, Brothers & Co., and in Liverpool as Fraser, Trenholm & Co. The Banks of Charleston have agreed to protect $700,000 of acceptances of the firm, until November. The engagements of the firm are all predic tea upon real ana sods tan ti&l property under their own control. Their paper, we learn from the New York Journal of Commerce, would not be protested in that City. The Journal of Commerce makes the following j oat and creditable comments: "The arrangements consummated in Charleston will doubtless be made with the banks in New York. Besides large stocks of cottons, &c., these gentlemen, individually, have a large amount of property invested out of the business; and it is confidently expected that no one will loose a dollar by the house of Johu^Fraser & Co. Though the large capital on which their mercantile credit was based is gone, their integrity and honor are nnimpeached." The Marseillaise in Paris once more.?The Paris ^correspondent of the Boston Traveller, in speaking of the exciting events of the departure of the troops of the French Emperor from Paris, relates the following incident: "I saw a whole regiment pass under the windows of the Tuilleries, where Louis Napoleon and his Court was standing, and as they reeled along the crowded street, Bhouted La Marseillaise?that war song, that Banz des Vachs of Liberty which makes freemen homesick. How the sergens devllle ran from every oorner to silence the unchronological raflcals! Didn't they bawl furiously ! But you should have seen the officers drive back the police, bidding them, in the imperative voice of camp. 'Let them alone. They have a right to sing anything they please!' The din of arms hath even drowned the voice of the law. Louder, louder, they sang La Marseillaise, the band playing it with inexpressible spirit. The next regiment heard the old acquaintance and struck up its fellow?Mourier pour la Patri?the famous song of the Girondins. The imperial song?Partant pour la Syrie?was heard nowhere." * Agricultural Society.?A large and respectable 'number of our citizens assembled in the Court House, on Monday, to take the initiatory steps towards forming a District Agricultural Society. ? The meeting was entirely harmoneous, and a societywith a proper constiution was organized by nnanimous consent, to be known as the Chester District Agricultural, Horticultural and Pomological Soiciety. Hon. Samuel McAIiley was chosen President of the Society, and on taking the chair addressed the meeting in a few well-timed and pertinent remarks, showing the necessity whioh exists in our luiusi. iui divi/u uu urgtuuz&ium, uuu indulging me hope that an improved system of agriculture might be the right reward of the formation of the Society. The Chester District Agricultural Society then may be considered as fixed fact, one of the ?in8tlunions' of the District, and we hope it may long continue and prove a rich blessing to all concerned.?Chester Standard.' A Prog in the Stomach.?A son of Mr. Charles Davis, residing in Gonld's Court, leading from Montgomery, near ? Light-street, has caused the family great uneasiness for three years past, in consequence of his being subject at times, for hours together, to spasms and terrible fits. Physicians were consulted, but all their investigations failed to reveal the causes that produced the malady.? Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clook, when entering the house, the lad was seized with the symptoms of his malady, and in a fit of retching, threw upon the floor a live frog, about two inches in length. The frog hopped gaily about the floor until secured by the family. Instant relief was experienced by the lad. His name is William Davis, and he is about ten years of age. He has no recollection of the time the frog was taken into his stomach, but his father thinks it was swallowed with his drink about three years ago, when he was first afflicted with fits.?Baltimore Sun. Beaten.'?Morphy has been beaten. Mr. Thompson (with a p) performed the operation. Says the N. Y. Sun: Mr. Paul Morphy and Mr. Thompson played their second game of Chess at the Morphy Chess Rooms, corner of Fourth-street and Broadway yesterday afternoon. The spacious hall was crowded with lookers-on, whose interest in the game never seemed to flag, although it lasted from one until three o'clock, P. M. After a long and skilful contest Mr. Morphy resigned, to the utter astonishment of the lookers-on, who had hitherto deemed him invincible. A third game was commenced at a quarter past 8 o'clock, P. M., and continued until 5 o'clock, when the contestants adjourned to the New Yojk Chess Club Rooms, where, at a late hour in the evening, the game resulted in the defeat of Mr. Thompson. In both games Mr. Morphy allowed his opponent the advantage of one knight. ^ Newberry Poisoning Case.?From the Newberry Rising Sun we take the following, relative to the poisoning ase: "One of the members of Mr. Stewart's family?Mrs. Wilkes?having died, an inquest was held over the body by Coroner Col. D'Oyley, with the following verdict: That Mrs. Wilkes came to her death by poison, administered by the hands of Fanny, a slave, the property of R. Stewart, and that Wm. Saunders, ihey believed, was accessory to the deed, having furnished her with the poison. A post mortem and chemical analysis of the stomach of Mrs. Wilkes discovered large quantities of arsenic. A Court of Magistrate and Freeholders assembled'yesterday for the trial of the negro Fanny, J. S. Reed, Magistrate; W. H. Hunt, W. H. Harrington. John B. Carwile. W. A. Olinp nm? S. P. Boorer composing the Jury. The verdict of the jury, (as we go to press) after a careful investigation of the matter, is that Fanny be hanged on the 3d Friday, 16th July 8$xt. Camels on an Alabama Plantation.?The Selma Ala., Sentinel, of the 20th May, says: The Camels purchased by Mr. Woolsey, frcm Capt. Machado, last week, seem to auswer many useful purposes. The other day one of the animals, with rider, brought twelve bushels of shelled corn to town to mill. So one camel, in milling alone, will answer the purpose of a wagon and two mules, and will travel over the ground four times as quick as the mules. We understand * that they have been tried in the plow, and answer the purpose admirably, being docile and easily managed. Death from Chief.?The invitation to the funeral of Mr. Edward Saunders, who died the other day at Helena, in Newberry District, will be found in our paper of to-day. He was the father of the young man who has been arrested for complicity in the poisoning case, in Newberry. We learn that the shock was so insupportable that he was confined immediately to his bed by an attack of illness from which he never recovered.?Carolinian.