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Prentioe speaks of a brawling Kentuckian
who was bragging about how loyal
he felt, and who being asked what he meant
by it, replied ; "I feel as if I sh'd like to
shoot somebody and steal sumthin'."
Ex-Governor Allen was buried in
full Confederate uniform. The American
Consul, a Mr. Otterbourg, objected to this,
but there being premonitions of trouble,
withdrew bis objections.
It is understood that a new indictment
against Jefferson Davis has been drawn
up in the Attorney-General's office since
Mr. Speed's return, and that Underwood's
indiotment will be withdrawe and tbe new |
one substituted?Correspondence New\
York News.
A public meeting is called for Spartanburg
District on sale day next, to devise
som9 means of supplying destitute families
of that District with food. Tbe Express says
that tbe great scarcity of grain is caused by
tbe vast amount which has been consumed
in tbe manufacture of ardent spirits.
The ladies of Abbeville and the vicinity,
were to meet on tbe 23d for tbe purpose
of considering and adopting such plans
" as may be necessary for raising a fund to
restore, to preserve and to identify the
graves of our soldiers who have been buried
in tbe various cemeteries of the country,
and upon tbe different battle fields of
the late war.
Between seven and eight o'olook last
Saturday evening, twenty-two negro men
were arrested by tbe police in Washington,
for drilling on tbe streets as a military company,
accompanied by a drum. They said
they were authorized by General Howard to
form a company and drill themselves. They
were taken before a justice of the peace,
who fined two of them twenty dollars each
for carrying concealed weapons, and dismissed
the other twenty.
Many attempts have been made to
account for the intense blue of the ocean.
It has been attributed to the reflection of
the firmament, to the depth of the water,
and to other causes which philosophical inquiry
into the subject has shown not to be
true ones. At length we have a rational
solution of the problem. The real cause
of the azuie tinge appears to be salt.
Where the ocean is saltest, there it is
bluest. Where it is freshest, there it is
greenest.
The States of North Carolina and
South Carolina have been constituted one
Militarv Denartment. under the command
of Geoeral Sickles, who will establish his
headquarters at Columbia. The Department
will be divided into two Military Districts,
General R. K. Scott, to take command
of Sooth Carolina, and General T FI.
Roger of North Carolina. These officers
will also assome the duties in their respective
districts of Assistant Commissioner of
the Freedmen's Bureau.
All goes smoothly with the new
Atlantio cable It is now coiling at the
rate of two miles an hour, in the tanks of
the Great Eastern. The Amethyst hulk is
moored alongside the great ship of Sheer-/'
ness, while the Iris is laden in her turn it
Greenwich, and will supply the Amethyst's
place as soon as the latter is emptied.
Thus, manufacture and stowage go on con
currently, and the moment one part ot toe
great wire is receiving its elementary
coating of Chatterson's compound, or
perhaps spun at Birmingham, other portions 1
are laid down in the great ship ready for j
the final paying out. {
A gentleman of this town has in his
possession a most rare unique curiosity, v It
is a Jewish Shekle of silver, in remarkably
good preservation. Its weight and size is
about thai of an American half dollar. The
face of the ooin presents the pot of inoense
which was always burning before the "Holy
of Holies," and the words in Hebrew characters,
"the Shekel of Israel." On the reveree
is impressed the rod of Aaron with
the words "the Holy Jerusalem." The coin
is unquestionably genuine and must have
beeD struck several hundred years before
the birth of our Saviour. It i9 well worthy i
the attention of the curious.? Chester
Standard.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis arrived at Washington
on the 24th instant. Her arrival has
set the busy tongues of the rumor brood to
work. She took rooms at the Ebbitt House,
and was promised an interview with the
President for the next day. it is reported
that the President was much surprised at
the statement made by Mr. McCulloch concerning
Mr. Davis' health, he having believed,
in common with the general public,
that Mr. Davis was in average good health.
The official statement of Dr. Cooper has
produced an .impression there that cannot
fail to favorably affect the case. The universal
sentiment is "try him or let him go."?
The 22nd instant was the anniversary of the
incarceration of Mr. Davis in Fortress Monroe.
Professor Blot, the great French
master of the cuisine, is creating a great
furore in Boston. He is in the course of a j
series of fourteen lectures, delivered at mid- I
day, to ladies particularly, who are request- 1
ed to bring to the lecture paper, pencils and
spoons. Each day he presents a new bill
of fare, which he proceeds to cook up io the
presence of his fair auditory within the time
limited for the session, after which it is
generally served up?which is what the
spootiB are for. He has a complete cooking !
apparatus before him, worked by gas, in and
over which he whips op a most appetizing
series of dishes iD a very brief time. The
papers are all fall of him and his wonderful
doings. The very best families are represented
at bis lectures, even the most experienced
house keepers not considering them- j
selves too old to learn.
A letter to the Augasta Chronicle, !
from Concordia, Mississippi, of April 23,
thus describes the embarrassment of the
cotton planter, under the present state of
affairs: "We have a find stand of that cot
ton which is up. Have nearly one-third
of our force sick, or pretending to be.? j
Well, I will give you a sample of to day's
annoyances: Heck comes in and says he
don't want London, he isnetirely worthless;
Rosa lays up because it is a wet day (slight i
sprinkle before breakfast this morning);
Jackson is down with a bilious attack ; Jim
is sick?always sick when there is any hard ,
job like rolling logs on hand; Steve hse
gone to Court; the two Henrys and Diok are
first-rate bands, but tbey are gone, too, as
witnesses in a ease of quarei between the
two 'ladies,' Emma and Harriet."
The National Intelligencer of the
24tb instant, in speaking of the Bankrupt
Bill whioh has passed the House, says
"there is reason to believe that it will pass
the Senate It is asked by the creditor as
well as the debtor interest. This is not,
like the two former bankrupt aots, a mere
temporary expedient to relieve debtors, but
is intended to carry out an unexecuted and ,
important constitutional.power, to establish
a permanent and uniform system of bankruptcy.
Some of the leading provisions of
this bill have already been adopted as a
nf fHo Kontrnnf. Inv nf Rnoland. and
pal b V* l/uv whuhiu^V ? ? v ""D* J
were duly credited to their American
source. Mr. Jenckes, of Rhode Island, is
the author of the bill, &Dd it has been matured
and perfected and perseveringly urged
upon the House by him and his able asso
oiates of the joint committee which bad the
subject in charge."
Hit* fwfeiiilU
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Onr r?nrtprs will no doubt share our en- I e
joyment of an article from this humorous tl
satirist, relating his experience before the
Reconstruction Committee u
We are pleased to see from an advertisement
in the Metropolitan Record, that the n
series of letters writteD during and since f
the war, by Bill Arp, are to be published c
in book form. The work is promised by tl
the first of June, and will be sold by the i'
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copy. t<
Apropos to this, the publisher informs us s'
that the American news agency of New
York, declines to distribute the circulars d
advertising this work to the public. He o
has, therefore, resorted to the press of the a
South as the medium of giving it the pub p
licity the proper channels decline to afford.
Since writing the above notice, we have c
received through the mails, a copy of the ii
work. It is neatly gotten up, with humor- s
ous cats, aDd will afford a pleasant recreation
to those who wish to enjoy gook jokes, p
and well-timed 'hits' at the follies of the 1
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THE SOLDIER DEAD. 1
It gives us pleasure to observe that an v
interest has been awakened in our commu- t
nity upon the necessity of taking some ac- r
tion in regard to the soldier dead of this c
District. The communication we publish c
this week upon the subject, will, we trust, t
meet with a generous and general response, r
The writer truthfully observes that "the 1
dishonor we bring upon ourselves by the i
neglect of those who fell at our bidding, is t
greater than from all other sources and j ^
causes combined." * . c
The proposition is simple and the design 1
a fitting one. It may be impracticable to <
collect for a common bu.ial, the remains of j <
all from this District whose lives were a c
sacrifice in the "lost cause," but we can at t
least gather their names and erect in the i
public square, a suitable monument to their '
achievements. Surely gratitude will not 1
permit us to do less. i
It is doubtful if history will ever record t^ <
oamcs of all who gallantly struggled at the
bidding of their State, and placed their
lives upon the great sacrificial altar of the
country. No age nor history will hereafter
acoord these men or their motives oomplete
justice, if we suffer them to perish now.
Let a simple monumental stone be placed
in our public square, bearing a record of
the names of the fallen, and whatever other
facts in connection, the scope of the design
will allow; and let the hearts and
hands of all unite in the sacred purpose of j
making it a fitting record of their constancy !
and devotion to the cause we bade them j
sustain.
Our opinion of the people of this District,
justifies us in the belief that a ready j
response will meet this proposal. A small
contribution from each family, will suffice
to erect an enduring record, to the memory
of the brave men whose remains now sleep j
in unrecorded mouDd6 upon nearly every
Southern battle-field. Let the work be accomplished.
Will aDy say nay?
THE "SITUATION."
The House has passed a new Bankrupt
Bill, and the Senate will probably endorse
it also. It will be remembered that the
Senate during the winter, passed a general
bankrupt bill but the House refused to conour
in the measure at that time. We are
not advised as to the provisions of the new
measure.
The National Union Club of Washington
City, last week, serenaded President Joiin30n
aod the members of bis Cabinet. The
responses of Secretaries McCulloch and
welts, and Post Master General Dennibon,
showed them to be in full accord with the
President in his reconstruction policy.
Stanton was opposed in part to this policy;
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ind endorsed 11 xo pare; censurea ens rreaiient
for assuming to advise Congress upon
;he legislation required by the country, and
vas opposed altogether to the new Constiutional
amendment now before Congress.^
Sarlan, Secretary of the Interior, and
Attorney General Speed, sent notes to the
Jlub declining the honor of a serenade,
Lnd intimating that tbey were in acoord
vitb their party, right or wrong, and against
be President and the country. Mr.
Seward, being absent, was represented by
lis son in a brief acknowledgment of the
iompliment. The affair is one of imporance,
as it goes to show how far President
lohnson is supported by his legal advisers,
nd how much influence he can calculate
ipon from them in support of the policy
;uiding his administration.
Ex President Davis has been accorded
he privilege of a parole by direction of the
president. This parole does not release him
rom custody, but allows him the privilege
f the spacious fortress iu which he is conioed,
without guard or sentry. Mrs. Davis
ias recently visited Washington, and this
ct of clemency towards her illustrious bus*
and is a result of her efforts in his behalf.
Late advices warrant the belief that Mr.
^AVis will not be put upon his trial in
tichmond in June. The opposition in radial
circles to a trial, which they assert will
Dd only in ud acquits], will probably have
he effect of staying it off' until December.
A trial by Military Commission is still
rged.
The Senate, it is thought, will reject the
ew Constitutional amendments reported
rom the Reconstruction Committee. At a
aucus recently held by the radicals of
he Senate to count noses on the question,
: was found that au agreement could uot
e had. The opposition to the scheme is
so active in the North to raise hopes of its
uccess
A new Freedmen's Bureau Bill is under
iscussion. No action has yet been had up
n it. The reports of Generals Steedman
nd Fullerton seem to have damaged its
rospdcts.
The adjournment question is still undeided.
There is no disposition manifested
a favor of adjourning before the last of the
ummer?probably not at all.
The pressure brought to bear upon Confess
by the Commercial interests of New
fork are expected to result in a tuodificaioo
of the five cents per pound tax on cotton.
Pbe Senate it is thought will reduce the tax
o three cents when the bill comes before
bat body.
THE C. & S. C. RAIL ROAD.
The high freight and tariff rates exaoted
>y the Directory of thi9 road from those
?hose necessities and location compel them
o patronize it, has beoome a matter of seious
concern and general regret. So illibral
is the policy pursued by it, that the geniral
verdict now is, that the'road has failed !
o meet the objects for which it was incorpo- j
ated and built. Rail Road Charters have ;
>een grauted by the Legislature of this State, I
n order to confer substantial benefits upon ,
he communities interested, and never with a
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dew of enriching stockholders at the expense I
>f those communities. For this reason, the
jassenger fare over the C. &. S. C. road was
stablisbed by the original charter at "not
tver six ants per mile," and freight at not j
)ver fifty cents per hundred pounds on the
lundred miles." How far the road is meet-1
ng the requirements of this charter those
vho have occasion to use it, can determine j
'or themselves. We know that the company
ecently advertised to carry freight from \
Charlotte to Columbia, a distance of 110
miles, at $1.50 per hundred pounds; nearly
three times the charter rates. These oharges
may have received some modification in the
past few weeks, though we are not informed
of any having been made.
The State of South Carolina is a large
stockholder in this Road, and the tax money
paid to establish it, was not for the aggrandizement
of the special shareholders, but
! intended to result in a benefit to the people |
of the State. It was intended that this and j
| all roads so established should be so restrict- j
1 edin the iateofoharge that they would super- j
cede the old system of wagoning produce
to market, at great distances. In this it has
signally failed, so far as this locality is concerned.
The Legislature intended, also, by encouraging
the building of railroads, to establish
her own seaport, Charleston, upon a
substantial basis, so that her prosperity
would improve and enrich the interior?
Among the feeders to that city, the Char- j
I lotte and S. C. Railroad is one of much
importance. Yet bo high a rate of freight
has been established, that shippers from this
section prefer to wagon their produce to
Charlotte, N. C., and there ship by the
North Carolina Railroads to Portsmouth or
Newberne. Charleston and the upper Districts
are thus deprived of all the benefits
of this road, and likewise are the oommunities
formerly dependent upon it as a shipping
medium.
But the city of Charleston and some of j
its citizens, arejaiso, as we are informed, in- i
terested- as stockholders in this road, and
we are surprised that their joint influence
cannot be exerted in such a way as to promote
through it, the interest of the city in
a commercial way. This community especially,
is aoxious to encourage their own
commercial mart, and would gladly give
Charleston the preference if the excessive
rail road tariff on freight did not absolutely
forbid it. Bo far as we can learn,
the obstacle lies principally with the Charlotte
and South Carolina road. The freight
charges from Columbia to Chester?a dis
tacce ot sixty miles,?are greater man
over the Sooth Carolina Road to Colombia
?a distance of ODe hundred and thirty
miles. Shipments over these two roads
with an aggregate length of only one hundred
and ninety miles, oost the shipper
more than by the North Carolina roade to
Portsmouth, a' distance of over three hundred
miles from Chester.
PANIC IN EUROPE-GOLD.
The great money panic that has just
sprung upon the commercial bouses of London
and Liverpool is demanding its share of
attention in America. Though not seriously
affected by it in a general way, it baa
forced itself upon the attention of this coun- i
try by reason of the drain it is exacting upon
gold, and the depreciation of its securi
tios bold abroad. The exports of gold from (
New York to meet this money crisis, have j
been unprecedented in the history of this
country. Between eight and ten millions
per week are now being shipped for this
purpose; and as a consequence of the for- (
eign demand, gold has sensibly appreciated <
in comparison with currency.
An intelligent writer for the New York 1
Neirs, in its London oorrespendence, gives ,
the following explanation of the panic : i
You must have noticed the high rate of !
interest that has for a long time ruled in '
London. Commerce has been thriving, J
India and the Colonies have been exceed- ,
ingly prosperous, the revenue has been <
most flourishing, and yet money has been
in demand in London at from 8 to 10 per '
cent, while on the Continent it has been
at from 4 to 5 per oent. The explanation
is this, England has been doing a new and '
most dangerous business. England has ?
been shoving her credit to the utmost to
borrow money for the purpose of investing 1
it in enterprises both at homo and abroad 1
which promised to pay a large interest. I *
doubt not for an instant that for public 1
works in Italy and Austria, English capital 1
and credit has in the last four years been 1
pledged to the extent of about <?100,000,- 1
000. In fact Eogland was making half '
the railroads and building all the great 1
buildings in Europe. This work was done '
through the agonoy of the finance oompan <
ies, who advanced money to the contractors 1
at from 12 to 20 per cent! Now, consider 1
the positiou. These companies get money J
from the public on deposit, subject to re- i
payment at 7 or 14 days' notice; and they
invest it in securities that at times cannot j
be realized for months. The result is inevit- <
able. When a financial crisis comes?as it
does periodically?these companies must
go to the wall.
The panic culminated on the 10th inst.,
by the suspension of Overend, Gurney & (
Co., Bankers, with liabilities of about 850,- t
- .. t
000,000 !! Such stupendous transactions i
as this bouse must have engaged in, could '
not operate otherwise than to create distrust.
and failure. This firm seems to have
been a principal eye sore in the crisis, and
as soon as expunged the alarm began to
abate.
The present inflated price of gold in our
market wo do not believe can last long. Its
origin being in the European market, and
the causes leading to it there being now in
course of removal, we may soon expect a
readjustment of the gold market?a return
of American balanoes held abroad?a rise
in securities, and matters will move along
as before the disturbances. In faot tbe latest
advices from New York show a deoline
in gold already.
iCDITORIAL INKLINGS.
In the proceedings of the Court of
Appeals, for Thursday last, we notice the
following disposition of cases pertaining to
this seotion :
Struck Off?Ex parte W. II Crawford;
W. G. McKnigbtvs. J. A. Gordon;
John Foster vs. J. N. McElwee; Moses
Lindsey tt al. vs. C. P. Sandifer
Continued.?Blair & Caimes vs. Russ,
administrator; Beatty& MoCorkle vs. Samuel
Blair.
Andrew Wherry, administrator, vs. Martha
McCammon. Brief read by Mr. Mel
ton, and case submitted No reply.
D. C. Roddy et al. vs Elam McElwee.
Brief read by Mr. Melton, and case sub
mitted. Mr. Williams, contra.
Mr. Seward in his recent Anbnrn
Speeob, seems to have borrowed the notes
of the syren, rather thaD drawn logic from
the actual situation. In this instance we
can only wish that the "hopes" be indulges
in so largely, may ripen into tangible facts.
He says in conclusion :
"That th'e advocates of dissention seem
to arrive at the oonolusion that our entire
system of Republican Government is an
absurd failure. What, then, is my conclusions?
It is one at least that will be
permitted to harmonize with my past life.
I am hopeful?of the President?hopeful
of the Congress?hopeful of the National
Union party?hopeful of the represented
States?hopeful of the unrepresented States
?above all, hopeful of the whole people,
and hopeful of the continued favor of Almighty
God."
Charleston is on the march of improvement.
Notwithstanding her crumbling
walls and ashes, the spirit of progress
among her people has uot been quenched.
A company of wealthy capitalists proposes
to rebuild the "burnt district" with .handedifinAH
p.nelnsinf? a oublic earden of
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rare and exquisite desigD. A oity railway
is dow od foot, of which &d exchange says:
"The contract for .the Charleston city
railway has been completed President
Riggs has secured the servioes of Mr.
Owen, of New York, a contractor of large
experience and wide reputation. The work
of laying the traok will commence on the
first of Ootober, from which time it will be
pushed rapidly forward, and is expected to
be finished on or before the first of January,
1867. Surveys are also being made
for street railways iD Savannah.
The editor of the Newberry Herald
has evidently become quite loyal on the
greenback question, and in a very spioy artide
reminds his readers that the "root of
all evil" does not "spout spontaneously,"
in his offioe, as it is sung in nursery tales,
of the "bamboo formation" on the banks of
the Mississippi..
"Not for All."?We take occasion to
remind some of our readers that their terms
of subscription are about expiring; with
some already out; and that the universal
custom now among newspaperdom is to
cross mark such paper two or three issues
before it is out, to give the subscriber warning
and enable him if so disposed to renew
; if not renewed then it is stopped.?
This is our plan, and we hod that it works
pretty well on the whole. Some'few do not
notice the X mark, wonder why the paper
is stopped and grow indignant. To such
we say, send on a renewal, backed by the
cash, and the paper will come again. Many
do so ; others, good men and true, beg indulgence,
money short, can't do without
paper, pay up soon, etc. Our hearts aro
soft, not adamant, comply with request;
wait a week, month, two, three months;
think good fellow has forgotten, touch him
?"k ? amoll nn an dnn't see it ner
Up rr it ii a oajaw j,-, rhaps,
hit him again, but be is still indiffer
BDtj grow vexed theo, have to pay cash for
paper used in printing. (lore grows a dilemma,
shall we strike off this good man's
name and lose three months already gone,
or continue sending and lose three more ?
What is to be done? We appeal to Mr.?,
and a score of others; perhaps they oan tell.
In the meantime, with indefatigable zeal
wc continue to make the mark. Look
for it, before, after or under your name, oh
yo of short vision. Yea verily.
It is not amiss to throw a ball at some of
jur advertisers?perhaps wo can make a
ten strike?some of whom send in little notices
with request to publish, and promise
to pay shortly; with all right you know,
perfectly good. We do so, and find it all
wrong. Books soon are filled with horses i
ind mules cstrayed, creditors' notices, land ,
for sale, &c., &c. All the dunning from :
aow to Christmas will not bring them up to I
time. Blind they will not see, deaf and
Jo not hear, si oners every one of them, for
whom we pray, that very shortly they may ;
}e brought to feel, that those little accounts '
10 long standing ought to be settled.
A m k w W a o ?-Ac tn flip nrn.q- '
liulwrciaA* ?? ?w I .
)ccts of a general war in Europe, the New i
Ifork News says:
"A sober and tempcrative review of Eu-;
opean affairs exhibits the probability of an j
ipproaobing war upon the continent, in
ffhich all the leading nationalities will be
jompelled to take part. It is indisputable
bat the European masses, and especially 1
hose identified with Germanic interests,
ire in a state of exaltation that threatens to 1
jrecipiate convulsion. The attempt to aslassinate
the Count Bismark demonstrates
he existence of a popular sentiment inten- j
lely hostile to the policy of Prussia, as it!
b proven and acknowledged that the would)e
assassin was the representative of a par- 1
;isan sentiment, and acted as the accepted
jxecutioner of the will of a party in the in-1
;erests of a political movement The speech
)f Napoleon at Aaxerre, on the sixth initar.t,
suggests an inclination on the part of
;he intriguer to witness the kindling of this
warlike fuel into a general flame, and he is,
perhaps, right in supposing that the safety
)f bis dynasty depends upon the present exjrcise
of the vast military power of his empire,
in a war of nations that will give
France an opportunity to forget all local
jauses of disturbance in the gratification of
the national ambition for military glory."
LOCAL MATTERS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Andrew Jackson, Tax Collector?State and District Taxes.
Shaw k Clark, Iliddeford, Me.?.$l,.r>00 a year.
O. T. Garrfy, Blddeford, Me.?per month.
Floyd, Dobson ic Co.?Bargains, Bargains.
" " " ?Ladles Collars.
" " " ?Frilling.
" " " ?Bleached Goods.
" " " ?For the Children.
" " " ?Flour.
" " " ?Bacon and Lard,
" " ?Family Flour.
Iloinesley & Asher?Groceries Just received.
? ? ?Com.
" " ?Liverpool Salt.
" ' ?Bacon.
" " ?Ladies Hats, New Styles.
" " ?Hyson Tea.
" " ?Soda Biscuits. .
McCaffrey k Jones?War vs. Credit.
Carroll, Clark &. Co Leaf Lard.
W. B. Melts, C. E. Y. D. and J. A. Brown,O. Y. D.?Take
Notice.?Stamp Duties.
T. C. Neal and J. M. Henderson?Notice to persons indebted
to Estate of F. H. Stanril, deceased.
G. B. Hatcliford?Loaf Sugar.
" " ?Kerosine All, 8cc.,
" " ?Beeswax wanted.
" " Produce taken in exchange lor goods.
W. H. McCorkle?Auction Sale.
Stamp Duties.
Attention is directed to tne advertisement
of the Ordinary and Commissioner in
Equity in another colamn in referenoe to the
stamping of papers, whioh were lodged in
their respective offices since the 1st of October
1862 and not stamped. It is a mat
ter of great importance to parties interested,
and steps should be taken immediately with
reference to the same. Delay in this case
is both expensive and dangeroas.
To Correspondents.
"A Subscriber" addresses us a remonstrance
upon the tone of an article in our
issue of the week before last, npon the abrogation
of the stay law. As the writer
does not give his real name, we deem it unnecessary
to say more in reply, than that
the statements we then made are literally
correct, and the warning conveyed to debtors,
timely, and^required by the inevitable
oondition of approaching events. We deplore
as much as "Subscriber" can, the embarrassment
that must ensue, from what we
shall ever consider a misguided State polioy
in adopting the Stay Law; and that law
having been annulled by the highest judicial
tribunal of the State, we can perceive
no alternative but pressure and ruin to
many. The article oomplained of is not
the author of the mischief, and need Dot
be excepted to as suoh. It merely poioted
out results that will inevitably eosue, and
our duty as public journalists has not been
in advance of its requirements
AUSTRIA-PRUSSIA DIFFICULTY. |
JoiiiN Mitchell, the London Corres- ;
poodent of the New York News, writing '
from an intelligent stand point, gives the 1
following gloomy picture of the prospective (
war that is likely to convulse ail of Europe ,
in strife before its close : 1
"The continental war is still impending. 1
We bear now aod then of conferences and 1
negotiations, but war is inevitable. It oan* 1
n.t La onartnrl ond T dn nnt think it non I
oven be postponed. Prussia, assured of
the support of France, does not care for the
German Diet. Italy has made preparations
for war, and not to go would ruin the monarchy.
Therefore, it is a waste of time to
uturly telegrams until they announce the
outbreak of hostilities. The financial panio
ia London may hinder the outbreak of war
far a few days, but not for a longer period,
and probably it will not produce any effect
ot all. Meantime the knowing ones?the
Paris clique who interpret the great oraole
?give the following as the Napoleonic programme
:
Prussia and Italy combined are to secure"
Venetia for Italy. That being accomplished
Italy is to shuffle out of her alliance with
Prussia, and to make overtures to Austria
through Napoleon. These overtures will
he accepted, and Prussia, after a struggle,
will have to submit to the dictation of the
French Emperor. Italy will get Venetia.
Prussia will get?what she has already?
the duchies of Holstein and Sohleswig.
Austria will get the Daoubian Principalities.
And what will France eet? Well,
Victor EmaDuel has entered into a contraot J
to cede Sardinia to Napoleon, when Venetia t
is wrested from Austria. Further to scoure ^
the future peace of Europe the map will
be revised by adding the Rhine Provinces
and Belgium to^the Empire of France.
Late advices bring a vague hope that this |
dire calamity may be averted; that negotia- (
tioDS will bring time for reflection; and re- '
fleotion calm the excited passions of those *
who would burl a peaceful continent into :
the horrors of an unnecessary war. . 1
For the Vorkville Enquirer. j.
OUB DEAD. f
Messrs Editors :?Although the South v
has failed in its great revolution, overcome a
by force of numbers, yet is that a sufficient ^
mason why our dead should lie scattered e
fioot Gettysburg to the Mississippi, unknown s
uohonored, uncared for? This negleot of
oar bravest and best, of those who gave up 1
their lives, their all, for what they believed ?
to be a sacred cause, reflect greater shame tj
and dishonor on the people of the South, r
than can possibly bo heaped upon them from
all other sources and causes combined. ^
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Men of the South respect your dead ! Wo-1 ^
mcD of the South bonor your dead ! Sol- j
nf tho Smith hiiun unit forcrfltten vour ! u
U,VI? *"",v y * | ?
comrades ? i ii
It would be a noble, a graod thing, to see j a
all cur dead brought back to their homes, j j
At present this may be impracticable, bat j r(
something we may, something we must do. 1 p
I would, therefore, suggest that contri* ' d
butions be taken op throughout the length f'
and breadth of the land, to erect suitable
w
monuments at every Court House, on which e
the names of all the dead of that Distriot,
from the highest to the lowest, should be S
distinctly inscribed. A. 0
? m>i ? j 01
Santa Anua is about to issue 1 Pro- ai
nunciamento in New York. It will be in tc
the usaal "God and liberty" style of simi- a'
lar documents. ol
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MMorixl
BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA.
8. C.. 28 MAY. I860; *
The University.
There are forty nine students in the University
of South Carolina.
Blackberries. , . ..
We see for sale npon the streets, basketfulls
of the spring-blackberry, commonly
called the dewberry. Tbey sell at ten cents
a quart. This is very early for even tbem,
we believe.
Shinplasters
Individual issues of money (so called)
have been to some extent a convenience and
to a large extent a nuisance. Now, however,
when national currenoy of ohange sizes
can be had in abundance, the convenience
of shinplasters has become zero &Dd the
nuisance Dearly infinity It is time for booest
business men to put their feet down uptbe
circulation of such, and stop It.
The Side-Walks.
There is such an ambition to display
goods in our market, that it is difficult to
make one's way along the pavements.?
One's nose is constantly in danger of catching
into things dangling over bead ; suoh
things as umbrellas, shoes, dusters, pantaloons,
switch brushes, straw hats, axe bandies,
and hoop skirts, not to mention a hundred
other and more miscellaneous articles
too numerous to stoop under?for tall persons.
We wonder if king Solomon didn't
have trouble about this matter, laug syne,
in good old mercantile Jerusalem.
Cooking.
We see that one styling himself Professor
Blot (whatever professor means) is lecturing
in Boston upon oookery. He is an
advocate of thorough cooking?doing things
perfectly done. This is a novelty in fashionable
cookery, which heretofore required
that meats be eateq as nearly, blood-raw as
possible. It has been considered stylish to
eat beef so rare that the blood would ooze
from every bite out off. Professor Blot re
commends cooking to an over done. We
rejoice in this; for it makes an opportunity
for our being fashionable (for Professor
Blot will of coarse be the fashion) without
beiog nauseated.
We believe in thoroughness, in cooking
as well as everything else.
Traveling North.
We understand that the new schedule
upon the main route of Northward travel
by railroad, will soon be in operation. One
going to New York from Columbia* will
leave Columbia at 4.15 p. m., reaching
Richmond at 3 p. m., the next day, and
reaching New York at 7 p. m., the following
day. That is, if one leave Colombia
Monday afternoon, he will reaoh New York
it 7 o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday.
The time for the whole trip from Columbia
to New York, is to be fifty hours
ind forty five minntes. That is nearly up
lo ante-bellum time. We went before the war
(if we remember oorreotly) from Columbia
to New York in forty-four boors.
We understand there will be considerable
reduction in price for the through tickets.
Southern Magazines.
Among the best we can cordially recommend
to oar friends the Crescent Monthly,
)f New Orleans. We have seen two nam
Ders?tnose or April and May?wtuoh are
ill that have yet; appeared of it. These are
japital numbers. We know enough of the
editor to warrant us in assuriug our readers
;bat the Monthly is to be a first-class Magiziue
and richly worthy their patronage.?
A.mong the contributors from Sonth Caroina,
we- see the name of Miss Clara V.
Dargan, whose graceful and ready pen con.ributes
an artiole to the May number. The
erms are $5 a year, or $3 for six months,
rhe address of the publisher is Wm. Eveyn,
39 Exchange Place, New Orleans.
Scott's Monthly Magazine, published in
\tlanta, is also a first class Magazine. We
lave expressed our opinion of this periodi*
sal before; and most practically endorse
>ur opinion by contributing to it a series of
papers upon Physiognomy, or the art of
eading character from the outer man. The
Vlay number contains our second artiole
iDon that subject.
Prentice and Brownlow.
We are delighted to see the issue betweeo
:hese worthies. We know nothing of the
irigin of it, or of the merits of the ease;
)ut it is refreshing to hear saohan out-and)ut
blaobgnard as Parson-Governor Brownow
is, so thoroughly excoriated. Prentice
same oat several weeks ago with a broadiide
at Brownlow, which was a masterpiece
its way; and its way was in detraction,
ampoon, jeer, sarcasm, taunt, billingsgate,
corn and contempt. To this the vile thing
eplied, spitting venom and Browniowoian
ilth at his assailant. Prentice appears a
reek or so ago with a rejoinder, and such
rejoinder. In the next edition of the
focabulary of Hell (whatever that is) there
rill doubtless be numerous additions gatbred
from this racy Brownlow-Prentioean
quabble.
Some contend that this mutual recriminaion
and vilification is bat another example
f the kettle's calling the pot blaok; but
je peisonally rejoice more in what Prenice
give Brownlow, than in the parson's
eplies.
Homer has a word, kuntatos, that means
oggish-to-tbe-last-degree. Brownlow sagests
that word,
irazil.
We have enjoyed the pleasure of a conersatioD
with Dr. J. McF. Gaston (origlally
of Chester District) about Brazil, as
place to emigrate to, for those who wish
) seek better homes under kindlier skies,
'he main inquiry with the majority of our
saders of course is, What can we do 7 We
ropose to give an item or two in reply to
aat question, referring all our readere for
ill information to Dr. Gaston's forthcomig
book about Brazil, which (like the man
ho wrote "a node" to the moon) "tells
verything."
From our point of view, cotton is the
reat thing to raise in that country. We
f the South who are familiar with cotton
ulture could engage in it with immense
ivantages over those who were strangers
> that culture. In South Carolina a good
rerage orop of cotton is a thousand pounds
F seed ootton. In Brazil two thousand