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and Jacts. I Chief Justice Chase, of the Supreme Court, ' has appointed Judges Nelson, Swaine and Miller f a commission to prepare the forms and practice t under the new bankrupt law. ] r- The ship Golconda. belonging to the Liberia 1 Colonization Society, will sail from Baltimore on the 1st of May, with a full cargo and twenty-five j passengers. She will touch at Charleston, S. C., , where 300 passengers are engaged to embark. [ An exchange, in speaking of the magic 1 strains of a hand-organ, says: When he played 1 "Old Dog Tray," we noticed eleven pups sitting j on their haunches, in front of the machine, brush- ' ing the tears from their eyes with their fore paws, j Sunday and Saturday, the two favorite days , for marriage in England, are blank days for mar- \ riage in Scotland. Friday is the day upon which the English do not marry, but in Scotland it is one , of the favorite days for marriage. The Legislature of "Virginia has passed a ] bill consolidating the Norfolk and Petersburg, the ( South-Side, and the Virginia and Tennessee Kail- < reads into one road, to be called the Atlantic, Mis- ? sissippi and Ohio Railroad. t A gun weighing 98,915 pounds, with twenty- ( inch bore, arrived in Jersey City, the other day, s by the New Jersey Railroad, from Pittsburg, where J it was made, it is mienaea iur uue ux uxc u? mcations in New York harbor. s It is stated that at one haul of the seine on " Albermarle Sound, on Thursday last, 45,000 her- i rings and 18,000 shad were landed. Tne fisheries of North Carolina are doing better than could ; have been anticipated. Brick Pomeroy swears that the Northern ? Democrats will fight in less than two years, bat ad- : vises the South, that when the fight comes,thev take no part in it, but let them fight it out We'll follow that advice at the risk of our lives. r An explosion took place in a coalpit in : Chesterfield county, Va., on Wednesday of last week, by which seventy-five miners were killed.? c The pit was still burning, and as the shaft was 1 closed, the bodies could not be recovered. t The Confederate bondholders in London are r still keeping their "claims" before the public, and t at public meetings are calling on the Government s to ao something for them in the way of recogni- ; tion. ??The "Western and Atlantic, Georgia Railroad, paid $60,000 into the State Treasury for the month c of January and February last, each. March did c not pay expenses, owing to the blockade. The t road, under good management, is worth about half E a million a year to the State. ?-The Grand Master of Masons, in Minnesota, c has issued an earnest appeal to the brethren of his jurisdiction, to contribute money for the relief of the starving people of the South, the amount to ? be forwarded to the Grand Masters of the differ- i' ent States for distribution. ^ ; A novel _ election wager was fufillcd in Me- c riden, Connecticut, a few days ago, by the defeated c party wheeling the other through the public street J some half a mile, and giving three cheers for his r opponent's candidate, James H. English, in the presence of a large crowd. ^ A new vehicle in Paris, for riding, is mount- J" ed on very laree wheels. The horse is placed^ be- ' tween the wheels, whilst the driver ana carriage a body are over the horse. Such a vehicle as this c t takes up but little room, and is very convenient in n crowded thoroughfares. A distinguished London Surgeon has taken p the lecture room to re-assure the ladies in regard & to the "chignon fallacy." He says the "organ- . isms" are neither entozoa nor epizoa. but only S1 cctozan. This, of oourse, makes it all right, and a we breath freer. b The Massachusetts State constables in their search after whiskev. sometimes catch something d else. On Tuesday last, for instance, two of them \ in Springfield found the air uncommonly thick f( with Dricks and stones, while a burly fellow walk- . ed up to one of them and laid him senseless on p the walk, and he still lies in a critical condition. * A suit was tried at Birmingham, New York, f last week, in which a lady brought an action for as- . sault and battery against a voung man, the ac- ai cusation being that he kissed her while occupying ai the same seat in the railroad car, she being asleep 01 at the time, with her Head resting upon his shoulder. The juiy failed to agree. A young lady front Ohio, attending the colleges for young men at Pittsburg, has been unusu- tr ally popular among her teachers and classmates, di on account of her marked proficiency and good con- tl duct; but, on lately coming back to school, after 0j vacation, she was denied admission, because of the microscopic discovery that^'she is one thirty-second .part Ethiopian. ' A writer sends to a Providence paper the j? following prescription for hydrophobia, which cannot do barm. Eat the green shoots of asparagus raw; sleep and perspiration will be induced, and d< the disease can thus he cured in any stage or can- g ine madness. A man in Athens, Greece, was . cured by this remedy, after the paroxysms had commenced. -?Chief Justice Chase has turned over all ap- , plications for appointments to registerships under ** the bankrupt act to Marshal Parsons, who is en- ai gaged in classifying and arranging them. The v< Chief Justice intends to commence making the tl appointments in the course of a few davs, State 0, by State. In some cases there are several hundred m applicants for each place, and the task of selecting . the proper person is by no means an easy one. S1 tr Judge , who is now a very able judge of the Supreme Court of one of the great States of S.1 this Union, when he first "came to the bar," was a veiy blundersome speaker. On one occasion, when he was trying a case of replevin, involving hi the right of property to a lot of hogs, he addressed tc the jury as follows: "Gentlemen of the jury? a there were twenty-four hogs in that drove; just twenty-four, gentlemen; just twice as many as there are in that jury box!" ? An enterprising fanner of Belgium has de- 1E voted a farm to nen-keeping. # He has an immense tr yard filled with two thousand fowls, for which he c< purchases weekly two or three horses, which are ei cut up and boiled. The broth goes to fatten a hundred hogs, the flesh is chopped up for the hens, and the bones sold to the sugar refiners to make charcoal. The eggs are sent to England, and the hens follow them, when no longer profit- . able for laying. u He was standing on the corner, in the place ** where loafers meet; and he watched the dressy s< damsels, as they waded o'er the street. From his c mouth came inuendoes, and his eyes were opened h wide, as, on tip-toe, they came dancing o'er the 0 muddy, sloppy tide; when a lady and her daughter, stepping carefully along, closely veiled from ^ street inspection, heard his slimy, 'venomcd tongue. 0 Then the little veils were lifted, and with shame e' his head he hung, tor his mother and his sister thus had struck the speaker dumb. p The argument upon the question whether 'I interest runs against a citizen of the late Confede- r, racy, upon a claim due to a citizen of a Northern c State during the war, was concluded on yesterday morning. On the conclusion of the argument, A Judge Warner delivered his opinion. The conclu- 1 sion at which he arrived was, that on such claims t interest was not suspended by reason of the war. t We learn that the counsel for the defendants will t carry the case to the Supreme Court of the State, j Atlanta Intelligencer. j The steam ship Saragossa, of the Learv J, Line of Steam Ships, has brought, this trip, about f one thousand bushels Corn, free of freight. The same is consigned to William Roach, Esq., to be forwarded to Rev. J. W. Krider, Lancaster C. H., " and the Rev. E. C. Kagsdoll, Lexington C. H., c S. C. The South Carolina Rail Road Company, c with their accustomed liberality, have torwardeu fc the same free of freight, as well as many previous n consignments to the other parts of the country. These supplies were sent bv the New York Ladies' Relief Association.?Charleston Courier, 18th. Recently, Mr. Tilman Gregory, a very weal- c thy planter near Augusta, Arkansas, fell into an v altercation over a game of cards with a Dr. Dam- & eron, in the course of which the latter drew a pis- tl tol and shot the former in the hip. Mr. Gregory ? being in liquor, taunted him for not shooting better than that Dr. Dameron, who was also intoxicated, fired again, shooting him this time in the 01 breast Mr. Gregory placed his hand upon his e' pistol, and taking deliberate aim at the Doctor, a< shot him through the heart. Gregory's shot took h effect almost instantaneously in Dameron's heart, ^ and both fell dead together. o The Holly Springs (Miss.) Reporter knows c several girls in Marshall county who were raised in u the lap of luxury, with fine carriages to ride in, and money by the thousands to spend, before the war, who can now chop wood, drive a two-horse f' wagon, go to market and do all the house-work.? ^ Fhey can go in the kitchen too, and prepare a din ler equal to a Frenoh cook,?and then call Oi hem in the parlor, and they will treat you to sue! nusic as would make the houris listen with wonde ind admiration. These girls have cheerfully cod brmed to the change in their pecuniary circurn stances. The Reporter thinks they are worthy c )eing the wives of the greatest and best in th and, and so we think. The Memphis Avalanche says that there ar n that city fourteen gambling nouses, each o vhich pays $100 monthly blackmail to the police rhere are nineteen brothels. Their contributioi ?the police is $25 each, per month. Each inmat lays an additional $10 every month. A shot ime ago a very bold robbery was committed&1,400 werestolen. By appointment, a policemai net the robbers at a gambling house, to obtaii lis share of the plunder. It being difficult to effec i division, the money was sent out and changed lie policeman waiting the return of the messenger Count Bismarck recently presented a poo >ut faithful secretary with a portfolio bound lik i book, in which were deposited five thousand tha era On meeting his secretary the next day, th Uount asked him if he had perused the volume 'Yes, your highness," said the secretary, "and ' im so captivated by its contents that I am waitinj he appearance of the second volume, with feeling >f the greatest interest." The Count smiled, bu aid nothing. A few days afterward the secretar eceivcd a second portfolio, bound and tilled lit he first, and on the title page of which was th entence, ? This work is complete in two volumes.' $lw U<uhviflc editors: TAS. E. WILSON JAS. F. HA^I YORKVILLE, S. C.: " ttlURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1867 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha >ur terms for subscription, advertising and job vork, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expi ation of tne time for which payment has beei nade. A Subscriber finding a (&) cross-mark 01 he wrapper or margin of his paper, will under tand that the time paid for has expired. SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH. Mr. T. C. Peters has been appointed ageu if the agricultural department, for the distributioi if seed throughout the South. He has come t< his State to make arrangements for the establish oent of agencies through which this object ma; >e accomplished, and was recently in Charleston t< onsult with Gen. Sickles. Mr. Peters desire: n agricultural agent in each election precinct, ac uainted with the wants of his neighborhood, win i to receive the seeds for distribution, direct fron Vashington. Gen. Sickles has consented to in lude the appointment of these agents in his forth oming registration orders. At the same time, th< )epartment will endeavor to establish Agricultu al Societies in each County or District, and also rith the aid of the several Legislatures, to torn State Agricultural Institutes. These societies an 0 receive their seeds from the local agents, and it is .oped that, when organized in this way, the Agri ultural system of the South will become as remuerative as that of any section in the Union. This is a good idea, and if carried out in a proer way, will add materially to the wealth of om Duntry. Agricultural societies arc powerftd asistants in the work of developing the resources ol State or neighborhood. The interchange of idea; etween farmers, at such meetings, gives an addiional interest to the pursuit of farming, as well as iffuses valuable information among the members. Wherever a flourishing agricultural society is >und, an improved system of fanning, high culvation and superior intelligence will also be found, arming has become a science, and scientific knowlige is necessary to make it pay its highest profits >r the least expenditure. We hope the objects imed at by Mr. Peters will not be defeated by ay backwardness or old-fogy-ism on the part ol ur people. REGISTRATION. This process has been begun in Virginia, DisictNo. 1, with a very liberal construction of the squalifying test. Gen. Schofiei.d considers lat conscripts are not disqualified to vote or hold Ece, though they may, before the war, have taken 1 oath to support the Constitution of the United tates. This reduces the number of the disfranlised to the early volunteers, few of whom are ring to suffer from the loss of their rights. In District No. 3, Gen. Pope has issued an or?r, directing the commanding officers of the tates included in his district to proceed imincdi:ely to divide those States into convenient disicts for registration. In District No. 5, the work of registering voters jgan on the 16th, and is limited to one month, iter which no citizen can obtain the privilege of Dting. The New Orleans papers complain that le process is going on slowly, which is in part ring to the conduct of the registering officers.? hesc gentlemen, in one district, hold their sesons in a house closed against scrutiny and enance. A large crowd waits patiently in the hot m-shine, while but a few at a time are admitted irough the barricaded door. / vr-- A \ Ill our Own jL/isiriui j, me lugiauauuu as not commenced. A telegram in the Charlcs>n papers announces that it will begin as soon as sufficient number of persons report themselves ualified to act as registrars. Unless General ickles construes the disfranchising clause rather tildly, we fear that he will liavQ to import rcgisarsfrom some "loyal" State. South Carolina intains but few men who can truly say they ncvr sympathized with the rebellion. NEGRO POLITICS. The negroes of Richmond celebrated the anniersary of President Lincoln's death on the 15th jst. About two thousaud of them were gathered jgetlier, who were addressed by two white and iveral colored orators. One of the white speakrswas of the Radical persuasion, and exerted imself to prejudice his hearers against the whites f the South, cautioning them to beware of the olitical designs of the whites and to insist upor quality in schools. He was replied to by a colord speaker, who, in a conservative speech, said he was raised at the South, her people were his eople, and he wanted to be at peace with them." 'he last speaker is right. The interests of both aces in the South arc the same, and there is nc pod reason why they should be arrayed againsl ach other, at the ballot box or anywhere else.? sTor will there be any serious political difference." tetween them, unless the efforts of interested Nor hern agitators are far more successful than we an icipatc. These philanthropic individuals whe lave constituted themselves missionaries for th< uidicai party, ana wno are so overflowing wit I 3ve for the negroes, have never yet done anything or their proteges unless it paid. They are wolvei n sheep's clothing, and the fleece will be gladh Iropped, when the hypocrisy which it cloaks ha: eased to be profitable. Their main hope for sue ess lies in the ignorance of the negroes, but it wil ie found, ou trial, that they have intelligence e lough to know who are their true and reliabh riends. Three days after this meeting, the Virginia Radi al Convention assembled. The colored member rere clamorous for confiscation, one frcedman goinf o far as to say that if the government did not give he negroes land, they should be taken by violence, )ne or two colored speakers were saluted with th( pithet of "Copperhead," because they opposed onfiscation, in which opposition they were sustain' d by the white members. The platform finally dopted was as follows: "Honor and rewards tc ibor. Homes for the homeless who are willing tc rork. Property and not polls to bear the burden f taxation. The property of the State must eduate the children of the State. Free schools and niversal education." The Southern Republican Party should be careill about raising the banner of confiscation. Il -ill assuredly drive all honest men away from it, # i- and we are simple enough to believe that there art a honest men enough in the South to defeat any par h ty which advocates wholesale robbery. The idci is not original with the negroes, who would neve r have dreamed of such a measure, if it had no if been suggested to them by a class of philanthropist e who believe in benevolence at the expense of others Nor does it prevail anywhere outside of the imme e diate influence of Yankee soldiers and speakers Negroes who favor this idea, will find, in the end that it is merely a bait thrown out to catch thei e votes, on the complimentary supposition that the: t will steal if they can. " RELIGION AND POLITICS. a a One of tlje conferences of the Northern Mctho t dist Church has recently adopted resolutions en > dorsing the Congressional policy and approving o negro suffrage. No doubt these things have mucl r to do with the salvation of sinners, which is theo e retically the sole business of church organizations g We say theoretically, because practically many de nominations in the North concern themselves mon [ about the political sentiments of candidates fo: ? membership, than with their religious opinions.? 8 Two general assemblies of the Presbyterian churcl 1 which met simultaneously in St Louis, last year g evidently considered love for the Union a mor Q important mark of grace than contrition or faith ' Just after the war, "rebel" and "sinner" wen synonymous terms, as also were "pious" and "loy al," and few religious assemblies in the Nortl failed to define their positions politically. Thi - time is fast approaching for their annual assein blies, conferences, conventions, &c., and there i ' little doubt that political proscription will be; - prominent element in these meetings; as it wa last year. The Southern churches have not beei r altogether free from a tinge of political preference * in the past, though we are not aware of these pref - erences ever having been formally expressed, an< we hope they never will be. Religion and politic cannot be mixed without danger to both; for whei " they are mingled, religion is apt to degenerate int< jj bigotry, and political opinion into fanaticism, botl - of which, if possessed of power, are more thai likely to lead to intolerance enforced by persecu " tion. > t STARVATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. a Notwithstanding aid has been given to the peo 3 pie to some extent, accounts from various section; - of the State agree in representing that much suf Y fering still exists, from want of food. A telegran 3 in the Charleston papers says , that Gov. Orr esti s mates the number of people in this State who hav< - not tasted meat for thirty days, at 100,000, whicl ) is one seventh of the entire population, according i to the census of 18C0. The Sumter Watdimai\ - mentions the death of two white women, near the - line of Kershaw and Sumter Districts, caused bj ? want of food, as stated by the minister who officiated - at their funeral. The Clarendon Press gives the , case of a citizen of that District, with a large fami ily dependent upon him, who came to town foi > meal for their subsistence, and had nothing to buj i it with, but two dozen eggs. In the adjoining District of Lancaster, the suf. fering is very great From Lexington District, Mr. H. A. Meetze writes to the Relief Commissioc . as follows: . "The destitution in our District is immense, and [ unless our Mends at a distance will act promptly ' and continuously, for some time to come, human ' life, I fear, in many cases, will be lost We hope ? that God will give us a good yield of wheat: but this cannot be gathered before the middle of June, i I am now receiving the 200 sacks of corn sent through Gen. Scott, and the applicants are without number almost. I am sure, if you could see, ' as I do, poor women coming, some as far as from ' fifteen to twenty miles, on foot, to carry half a bushel of corn or meal back, and the thankful expression of countenance with which thev receive it, t you would surely conclude that God will bless those , engaged in a charity like this. In the name of our suffering people, I return to you and your noble , associates our heart-felt gratitude for your generous efforts, and in the name of suffering humanity, may you continue them.'' We have heard of no cases in York, but what have been partially provided for by the assistance of relatives and friends; but as nearly every one is compelled to buy all the corn he uses, it is probable that many families are stinted for bread. We believe the people of York will not allow any one to starve in their midst, while they have food to give. But there may be more suffering in the District than is generally known; for poverty will struggle long with want, before it will make known u xx\ its suiiui'iugs. MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRATION SCHEME. The Legislature of Mississippi, with a view to encourage immigration, has chartered a land company under the title of the "Southern Asylum." The company thus established is an association of capitalists for the purpose of effecting cash sales of ' real estate. They propose to take lands throughout the valley of the Mississippi, at the valuation put upon them by exj>erienced dealers in real estate, who are not to be interested in the profits of the company. The lands placed at their disposal by owners will be disposed of in lottery style, by regular drawings, having first been divided into small farms. By its charter, the company is allowed to purchase land and other real estate at its cash value, and to sell at the price such property would bring, if sold on five years' time. Their lands are to be distributed into classes, which will each be apportioned into lots as nearly equal as possible, and the prices of tickets will be proportioned to the classes of farms or estate which they represent. The first drawing will" be for one million dollars' worth of real estate, appraised, classified and divided as above described, and there will be no blanks, each ticket-holder drawing a lot of land valued at cx.qctly what he pays for it In order to recommend the scheme to the good will of land owners and purchasers, the charter provides that ten per cent, of the gross income of the company shall be devoted to the erection and maintenance of a "Southern Asylum" for the widows and orphans of the South, from which provision the company derives its name. More than a million dollars have already been subscribed to this enterprise, which, according to our Western exchanges, is in the hands of men whose integrity is above suspicion, Gen. Frank. 0. Armstrong being the President of the association. This scheme has some good points to rocom1 mend it, prominent among which is the division v _i>i?i v ? n i ' UI lailllS 1IILU icirms SUllUU LU lUC SU1UU U1CUI1S Ui t immigrants. Immigration, which has become an absolute necessity to the South, can never be 5 drawn here in any proportion to what is wanted, until land is offered them in small tracts. The maintenance of five thousand acre farms was a part > of the institution of slavery, and as its support has i been destroyed, the system itself must sooner 01 i later perish. Under the present circumstances, I the recuperation of the South must depend gTeat? ly upon the thorough cultivation of the soil; and ' as large proprietors are unable, from lack of hired 3 labor, to keep up their plantations, it becomes nee cssary to attract immigration. Immigrants do no! 1 wish to come here as hired laborers; they want - homes, and unless they can purchase land in small 2 tracts, they will go elsewhere, and leave our "big plantations" to dwindle down to a nominal value. There is one objection, however, to the proposed s scheme. When men buy a home, they do not like ; to draw for it in a lottery : their usual course is tc ? select it by using their own taste and judgment.? , The effect of these Asylum drawings will be to iu; troduce a class of land speculators, men who have I the means to purchase tickets, without caring much - where the land they buy is located. Such men will r probably get the greater part of these small farms i and hold them on speculation; so that the ultimate > settler will have to pay two or three times the origi inal price. A fur better plan, both for land own ers and immigrants, would befor the former to ad1 vcrtise their lands for sale in small tracts. The South Carolina plan is also an improvement on the Mississippi scheme. Gen. Wagener offers to i make sales for owners, and requests them to send , him descriptions of their lands. He has agents j in Ireland, Holland, Germany and other European - countries, who will do all they can to sell to immi- 8 i grants before they leave their native shores. "We r published his circular in our issue of the 11th in- n t stant, and we commend it to the consideration of u s all who wish to see the prioe of land go up. " PLANTING LOSSES' IN ALABAMA. g A planter, writing to one of the Mobile papers, S] * predicts a famine in the South, if the cotton crop 0 ' of this year reaches 3,000,000, bales. He thinks j r it impossible for the labor now available to make g f so large a crop of cotton^md provisions enough to a subsist the inhabitants. No country can really j prosper, which does not raise its own provisions; j, . yet our people, in their anxiety to make cotton, fre- j . quentfy trust to being able to buy corn from the 9 f proceeds of their cotton. This would be a profit- a i able system, if the prioe of cotton could be kept ^ . up by it, and that of corn kept down. But unfor . tunatcly, the tendency of the system is just the re- ^ . verse. When every body is straining to make cotr ( a ton and devotes but a few acres to corn, the result nf~>?nn on/1 low nriws for it. with a I r w IWgV/ WV|/ vi WIUJU ?uu JV.I , ? - scarcity of corn, which, by the established law of ^ 1 supply and demand, produces a high price. The , writer above referred to has been at some pains to j, 2 examine the resulfs of this system, as worked out ^ . on the finest cotton lands in Alabama, and gives rj b these statistics: c ' 'A detailed and%laborate statement, of results of 1 cotton planting on fourteen plantations in the caue a brake or black land region of Green County, Ala- u bama, taken at random worked by old and hither- r< to successful planters, which statement is now be- b s fore us, shows the foftowing results from the crop y i of 1866: J s Cost of production of cotton and corn $242,094 .. Proceeds of crops ...... .1 137,015 ? r ? Losses on planting 105,079 J After the deducting the rent for the land and mules a 1 from the losses (which is a profit to the owners), j s there is still a loss of about $30,000, and nearly all ? j of this results from the difference of provisions con5 sumed and produced." 0 j One cause of these losse^is doubtless the indif- A j ferent and lazy manner in which the freedmen worked last year, compared with what they did C while slaves. From all accounts, they are doing n much better this year, but though they work like & beavers, no man can make money, by planting too a " much cotton or too little corn. , n HOME, SWEET HOME. h , Hon. Robert Toombs, who has been in various t) . foreign countries since the overthrow of the Con- h > federacy, returned some time ago to his old home f. , in Wilkes County, Georgia. In a private letter to a . a friend, he savs he prefers to live there, with all js [ the political disadvantages, to living anywhere else ^ 5 in the world. With ample means to make him- n r self comfortable abroad, and having visited France n [ and England, the two most hospitable and luxu- ^ , rious countries of Europe, Mr. Toombs could not p . find a home to satisfy Lira. He has returned to p the land of his birth, humbled though it be and r fallen from its former prosperity, with the inten- ]a tion of making it his permanent home, and though A . disfranchised and politically inferior to his former . slaves, he declares a preference for Georgia over w , any other land beneath the sun. This sentiment e( does honor to the distinguished Georgian, and gj [ though we have never been among the number of j; f his admirers, we cannot but respect him for his u i love of home, without which no man can truly be p f a patriot S1 Nearly all our honored exiles have returned to ^ the land for which they endured and dared so much ej in vain, but there is one still absent, whose return Cf would be hailed with joy by our whole people.? v, Gen. Joun C. Breckinridge, the choice of the p. South for the Presidency in 1800, and one of her K bravest champions on the battlefield, is still a ref- ai , ugee. Whether this is from choice or prudence, $ cannot be stated ; but it is probably the latter, for ^ no human heart ever beat with a warmer love of 1 home than his. Not long before Knoxville, Tcnn. a( fell into the hands of the Federal army, Gen. B. tl was in the city ftrSi sfiOrt time on official business. On the night of his arrival, the band of a Southern w regiment serenaded him, in the hope of getting a jg speech from him. But the general, though his Q1 powers of oratory in peace are well known, was not given to speech-making during the war, and the ef- aj foils of the band were for a long time in vain. At 1 1 ?P^olno f\P "Mv a!/1 lengtQ, IlUWCVUl, LUU liiuimui DHiuug v< --'j J Kentucky homo" greeted his ears, when he rose with the remark that "that was one sentiment to which he never failed to respond," and gratified ^ the crowd with a few remarks. "We hope that the reasons for his prolonged absence, if any, may soon be withdrawn, and that he may return unmolested to his "old Kentucky home." ^ THE SHADOW ON THE WALL. ? A 8T0ET OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA. w BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE, ESQ., d< Author of "Surry, of Eaglc'g Nert," "Wearing the Gray," "Life rf of'Stonewall'Jackson," etc. 01 In the Yorkyille Enquirer for Thursday, 2d tl of May, 1807, will be commenced the publication in of an Original Nouvelette with the above title, a written expressly for the Enquirer, by John Es- oi ten Cooke, Esq., one of the most popular and lis interesting of Southern authors. Now is the time tb to subscribe! er tr MERE-MENTION. U] In Columbia last week, afler examination, ? Messrs. J. B. Williams and W. B. Williams, of aj. York, and John Brown, of Lancaster, were enroll- ja ed as attorneys. Col. Samuel W. Melton, was g( enrolled as a Solicitor in Equity. The He- ^ brews in New York are about to establish an in- 0l surance company with a large capital. The Fabcr family have been making lead pencils since ^ 1570. New York has contributed $170,000 p, to the relief of the South. Emerson Ether- A idge has been nominated by the Conservatives of _ Tennessee, as a candidate for Governor. The national debt was reduced fifteen millions during the month of March. "There is a centenarian jr in New York, who has at no time during the past ec fifty years taken less than fifty grains of opium a f0 day. The amount of taxes on cotton collect- ^ ed in the Southern States, in 18GG, was $15,152,- a( i 000 85. Ten dollars is the rate of a cabin passage from Charleston to New York, in a first g( class steamer.'" ' "-'Tn a report on the geology of 0j i Alabama, Professor Tourney computes that there w 1 arc 5,330 square miles of coal fields in the State of m i Alabama alone. It is said that General For- ^ i rest had thirty-one horses shot under him during j the war, twenty-eight of which were killed out- eJ i right, and the others disabled. The Pennsyl- I ; vania Senate last week concurred* in the House es i bill forbidding political processions after dark, in the city of Philadelphia, during the ten days next , preceding any general election. Gen. Sickles has established Provost Courts in I Edgefield and Barnwell Districts. "See Na- cl I pies and then die," said somebody, but a bachelor ft friend reminds us that China is the place for a fam- ai : ily man to die, for in that country the physician w : who kills you has to support your family. A 01 t lawsuit of fifty-six years' duration has just been 'e ; decided in Kentucky. In the new Senate of gl Connecticut, there is but one lawyer. So of the cl 1 Khode Island Senate elect. Little Rock, Ar- cl i kansas, has 0,238 inhabitants; 2,795 of them are P! > black. A man has been fined $40 in Wis consin for whipping his sister. We suppose the t0 next position will be that a man cannot whip his 1 wife. Twenty-nine circuses and menageries m t are now traveling through the country. ChiI cago boasts of 2000 grog-shops. The official to i records of Massachusetts show that there are not c': less than 35,000 adults in that State, who can nei- ^ ther read nor write, and that about one in every f0 twelve is either a pauper, vagrant, criminal, drunk- $: ard, or insane, or idiotic. The colored Masons of Richmond, Va., had a parade on Monday, re i on the occasion of laying the corner-stone of a new aj lodge. The negroes in Jamaica, one of the m British West India Islands, have been summarily st i deprived of the right to vote. ly EDITORIAL INKLINGS, nmmoned to Washington. Hon." T. C. Wcatherly, who, it will be relembered, visited Washington last winter, as an nofficial delegate from the South Carolina LegisLturc to President Johnson, has been summoned ) appear before the Judiciary Committee, on the ret Monday in May next, as a witness. It is upposed that he is ordered there to give evidence oncerning his reported conversation with the 'resident. We hope the President will not be ung on his evidence, and that CoL W. will have s delightful a visit to Washington as he had in anuary. Nobody had any idea what he was goig to do then, nor can it be predicted what he will o now. But it is to be hoped that he is not a scoud time "going to the goat's house for wool," nd that a better result will follow his presence ban the military bill, which came so ominously lose upon the heels of his first trip to WashingDn. :ol. c. C. Tew. Our readers will remember that, in February ist, a report was published, contradicting the eath of this gentleman, and stating that he was Kill liuinrr and a nrisnner at the Drv Tortucas Is ind. To ascertain the truth of this report, CoL 'ew's father, Mr. Henry Tew, visited the Dry 'ortugas, where he met with a cruel disappointlent. His son had never been there, and there is o reason to doubt that, as first reported, he sleeps pon that battle field, whose very name brings sad enicmbrunce to so many Southern hearts?the lood-stained field of Gettysburg. To silence dinar delusive reports, Mr. Tew states that there are 0 Confederate soldiers confined at this island, exept Col. St Leger Grenfell, who is held in dumce on the charge of incendiarism, on one of lorgan's raids. It is probable that, if all the inendiaries who traveled through South Carolina in 865 were sent to the Dry Tortugas, that delightjl island would be somewhat crowded, and some fits inhabitants would be officers of high rank. 1 Wife Agency. A philanthropic individual in Fauquier lounty, Va., has established an agency to procure latrimonial felicity for ladies whose unpropitious ites have left them on the old maid list. Youth nd beauty are not essential qualifications in the yes of this singular genius; if they want to get larried and are willing to give him five dollars for is trouble, he undertakes to get husbands for lem. According to the Culpepper Observer, he as on hand a list of one hundred and sixty-five lir candidates for the holy estate, many of whom re acknowledged to be tough customers. Still he i hopeful, and even exultant, as he has a right to e, if there is any truth in the accounts of his forler triumphs in this line of business. One case is lentioned, who had "tried before the war, during le war?both sides, Fed [and Confed," to no purose, but who secured a mate through the enter-., rise of her agent It is - to be hoped that husauds thus obtained are worth the sum of five dol,rs, though there is room to doubt it n Unexpected Honor. When the mail arrived on last Tuesday, we ere rather surprised, and of course highly flatter3, by receiving a letter which bore on the outde the veritable autograph of "Benj. F. Butler, [. C." Supposing that our very existence was nknown to the hero-statesman, a thrill of Relight assed through our veins; for it always makes nail men feel good to receive notice from bigones. ifrth trembling eagerness wc opened the precious pistle, hoping to find within some little token of jteem, say a spoon ? but alas, there was nothing iluable concealed within it. It contained only a amphlet, entitled "Debate in the House of Repisentatives between Mr. Butler of Massachusetts, id Mr. Bingham of Ohio". We freely confess lat we would much rather have received a spoon, lore especially if the owner's name was engraved lereon, as the name of the vanquished always Ids to the glory of the victor's trophies. As for le lucid specimens of eloquence contained in the amphlet, we had already read as much of it as c cared to read. It was always our opinion that utler got the worst of this discussion, probably ving to the fact that he is more of a.warrior than statesman. But he seems to think otherwise, id we congratulate him on having unbottled himilf to his own satisfaction, he Great Eastern. This mammoth steamer has again made its ipearance in New York harbor, having been fitd up for the purpose of carrying excursionists to , urope. It is thought that many Americans will ' oss the Atlantic, during the spring and summer, i visit the Paris Exposition, though as yet the ! tlantic steamers have had comparatively few pas- . ngcrs. The Great Eastern can accommodate j tree thousand passengers, and if she takes out a < ill complement, will comprise a floating town, j hose inhabitants will find many resources provijd for their entertainment, while cut off from the ' st of the world. Among other recreations, games , ' cricket, foot-ball and billiards are mentioned on j te programme, though the weather will probably 1 terferc with them to some extent. It would be 1 delicate feat of skill to play a game of billiards 1 l a rough sea. Lectures and daily papers, pub- j ;hed on board, are announced for the benefit of < icintellectually inclined, while nine pianos are to ] iliven the weary hours with music. In fact, a ip to Europe on the Great Eastern will be a lux- ^ ious recreation to those who have a few extra < eenbacks to spare. But the number of persons < )lc to indulge in such an excursion is not very { rge. The times are emphatically "tight," in the i >uth, at least, and our readers will probably have content themselves with reading about it, with- j it even a dim hope of enjoying it ( Since the above was in type, it is announced that ^ ie Great Eastern returned to Europe with 191 i issengcrs, only 2S09 less than were expected. ] Conjurer in Court. Cuffec Scott, one of the newly enfranchised tizens of Charleston, has introduced a new species ] 'evidence into the District Court of that city.? i l prosecuting Prince Burns, also a new voter, he < lified his Honor, the judge presiding, with the j llowing account of the method by which he as- ' irtaincd the guilt of the aforesaid Prince, which , xxmnt we take from the columns of the Mercury: , "I put four sticks' of different lengths on the j x>r, and said sacred words; I then put four stones 1 different sizes on the floor, and said more sacred 1 ords; I covered the stones with my hat, and said 1 ore sacred words; I turned my coat wrong-side- 1 it, and said more sacred words; I covered the icks with my coat, and said more sacred words; < gave the four sticks and the four stones, one of ich, to four negroes, and said more sacred words! examined, and found Prince Burns had the long- ' it stick and the biggest stone, and I went to the ( [agistrate and swore he had my money." lerks in New York. 1 Very many persons, chiefly boys and young ' en, have an idea that it is a great thing to be a 1 erk, especially in a dry-goods store. They suppose j tat clerks have nothing to do but wear fine clothes id stand around a counter to sell goods to ladies, 1 hich they think a much easier task than plowing ; working at a trade. This view of the case has ! d many a boy to a counter, from which he would ] adly escape, if he could, when he is too old to lange his occupation in life. The truth is that ' erics have to do much harder work and get less 1 iy for it, than any farmer or apprentice. In proof ! ' this, the New York correspondent of the Charlcsn Mercury, after giving a list of the wages paid ' ; New York to the different classes of laborers, j echanica, clerks &c, says: "The dry goods clerks have perhaps more reason 1 i comphrn on the score of wages than any other 1 ass, yet they complain least. Seventy-five per ( nt. of them are not paid more than $15 per eek, and they liave to spend fifty per cent more j r clothing than mechanics who earn from $20 to , 15. Many clerks arc employed at from $10 to 12 per week, and oannot possibly get more. The < ason is to be found in the impossibility of fixing ( regular standard of value for tneir labor. Nearly 1 the other employed classes get so much for so t uch work, but that rule will not work in the l ores. The consequence is that clerks are entire- i in the hands of tneir employers, and must take < what they can get. And they must not only submit to every daprice of the shoppers, but also to the rankest tyranny from their employers. A certain famous dry goods king in this city pays his clerks the most beggarly salaries, and keeps them under continual espionage. His despotism is so galling that he is sometimes in personal danger from incensed clerks. Not long since, one of his employees became rebellions and knocked him down, and he has been threatened at least twenty times a year. Before his business grew to its present dimensions, it used to be his custom to go through his store and address each clerk who was not busy, with "Find something to do, sir; you , are not earning your salt" This gentleman is much belauded in the newspapers for nis liberality and munificence, but his clerks do not experience much of either." A Model Constitutional Government. His Majesty, King Will, of New Calabar, in i Africa, has conformed himself to the spirit of die . age, and established a constitutional government ] From the manner in which he begins, it is evident 1 that he has studied American politics, and wishes < to give liberty to his subjects on the principles prac- 1 tised by Congress in reconstructing the Union.? a t.i t _ rr 1 ' jrv i' ruuca uracer, wuu waa jjicocui uu luc uuxwtuu, j thus describes the ceremonies observed at the open- j ing of his Parliament: 1 "The President turned to the members, who had i been driven to the door of the hall by his majesty's ' servants, armed with sticks, and said: 'Are you < all devoted to our mighty ruler ?' The delegates, 1 rubbing their shoulders, eagerly said they were.? 'Then, says the President, 'you know that if you choose, you can get up an opposition to our monarch's wilL Only, it is his intention to cut off the ? head of every one who is not his friend. Now, ( let the opposition stand on the left and the others t on the right' General rush to the right 'There,' t says King Will, in a condescending tone, 'you see the devotion of my subjects.' " Population of South Carolina in*1800? In the Charleston Mercury of a recent date, we 4 find the following table, showing the White and c Colored population of this State according to the 5 census of 1860 : ' DisTncT. | White, i Colored. Totai* 1 i c Abbeville, 11,516 20,869 32,385 p Anderson, 14,286 8,587 22,878 * Barnwell 12,702 18,041 80,743 c Beaufort,...^ 6,714 33,339 40,058 b Charleston, 29,188 40,912 70,100 o Chester, ! 7,098 11,024 18,122 D Chesterfield, 7,354 4,480 11,834 ? Clarendon, 4,378 8,717 13,095 ? Colleton, | 9,255 32,661 41,916 * Darlington, ! 8,432 ' 11,929 20,361 Edgefield, I 15,654 24,233 39,887 " Fairfield, 0,373 15,738 22,111 n Georgetown,...... 3,013 18,292 21,305 * Greenville, 14,631 7,261 21,892 ? Horry 5,564 2,398 7,962 ? Kershaw 5,048 8,038 13,086 1] Lancaster, 6,054 5,743 11,797 U Laurens, 10,529 13,329 23,858 p Lexington, * 9,333 6,246 15,679 t Marion 11,007 10,183 21,190 *? " p* aai i n an a xviariDoro, i 0,010 i,wi 12,-*0* n Newberry, J 7,000 13,879 20,879 Orangeburg, 8,108 18,788 24,898 ? Pickens, 15,335 4,304 19,639 ? Richland, 6,863 11,444 18,307 I Spartanburg, | 18,537 - 8,382 26,919 Sumter, 6,857 17,002 23,859 f Union, 8,870 10,965 19,635 . Williamsburg,... 5,187 10,302 15,489 * York; .. 11,329 10,173 21,502 c Total,. i 291,388 i 412,320 703,708 t By this table it will be seen that, in 1860, there 0 was a preponderance of the whites over the blacks 1 in the districts of Anderson, Chesterfield, Green- r ville, Horry, Lancaster, Lexington, Marion, Pick- t ens, Spartanburg, and York; and that in the fol- c lowing Districts, the whites were in the minority: ? Abbeville, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Chea- t ter, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Edgefield, i Fairfield, Georgetown, Kershaw, Laurens, Marl- j boro', Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, ? Union and Williamsburg. All of the results t shown in the table must, however, have'been con- j| siderably modified by the course and results of the ? late war. t On Female Suffrage. 1 Mr. Mark Twain, of Missouri, has come out t against female suffrage in a letter to the Missouri * Democrat, from which pathetic production wo take c the following extracts: ( liI have read the long list of lady petitioners in favor of female suffrage, and as a husband and a i father, I want to protest against the whole busi- 1 ness. It will never do to allow the women to vote, a It will never do to allow them to hold office. You c know, and I know, that if they were granted these c privileges, there would be no more peace on earth. 1 They would swamp the country witn debt They t like to hold office too well. They like to be Mrs. President Smith of the Dorcas Society, or Mrs. t Jones of the Hindoo Aid Association, or Mrs. c Trcasurer'of something or other. They are fond ox t the distinction of the thing, you know; they revel in the sweet jingle of the title. They are always set- F ting up sanctified confederations of all kinds, and c running for President of them. They are even so f fond of office that they are willing to serve with- a Dut pay. But you allow them to vote and go to the legislature once, and then 6ee how it wili be.? f hey will go to work and start a thousand more societies, and cram them full of salaried offices.? You will see a state of things then, that will stir pour feelings to the bottom of your pockets. The " irst fee bill will exasperate you some. Instead of a the usual schedule for Judges, 8tate Printer, Su- n preme Court Clerks, &c,, the list would read some:hing like this: o: offices andk salaries. tl President Dorcas Society $4,000 e; Subordinate officers of same, each . 2,000 v President Ladies' Union prayer meetug. 3,000 " President Pawnee Education Society 4,000 h President Ladies' Society for Dissemination r< of Belles Letters among the Shosho.es...5,000 t< State Crinoline Directress 10,000 State Superintendent of Waterfalls 10,000 n State Hair Oil Inspectress 10,000 h State Milliner. 50,000 n You know what a state of anarchy and social d :haos that fee bill would^create. Every woman in ei he commonwealth of Missouri would let go every- ai ;hiii? and run for State Milliner. And instead of is ventilating each other's political antecedents, as S nen do, tney would go straight after one another's a private and moral character. vt ******** Every man, I take it, has a selfish end in view vhen he pours out eloquence in behalf of the pub- a ic good in the newspapers, and such is the case n vitn ine. I do not want the privilege of women ex- n tended, because my wife already holds office in nine- tl ;een different infernal female associations, and I t< aave to do all her clerking. If you give the wo- ii nen full sweep with the men in political affairs, she S vill proceed to run for every confounded office unler the new dispensation. That will finish me.? e: [t is bound to finish me. She would nothave time h to do any thing at all then, and the one solitary fi thing I have shirked up to the present time would fall on me, and my family would go to destruction; t] for I am not qualified for a wet nurse. p Mark Twain, v, Georgia in the Supreme Court. o Chief Justice Chase has summoned Edwin d M. Stanton, Ulysses S. Grant and John Pope v. to appear before the Supreme Court on the first 0 Monday in December next, to answer to the Bill of & complaint of the State of Georgia. This action brings the constitutionality of the military bill defi- S nitcly before the Court, and virtually decides a- " gainst it. " Since Georgia, the Plaintiff, is admitted ? i i n iL.*. j x i. 1 Dy tne language 01 ims aocumeut, w ue a oaiw;, the Court can scarcely deny the fact, in future.? tl A.nd being recognized as a sovereign State, the vi imposition of a military despotism must be decided . unconstitutional. The value of this decision is, jj however, practically destroyed by putting off the p trial of the case until December. By that time, the v machinery of reconstruction will have been put in- t to operation, and the State rushed back into the I Union by the so-called voluntary action of her own " citizens, after which there wiii of course, be no ground for complaint The Southern States will 0 then be told that they have no right to grumble at d their own acts, and the real points at issue, viz: u negro suffrage and disfranchisement of certain reb- b jls, will be decided against us. Gov. Jenkins has returned from Washington, j ind had an interview with the editor of the Au- J justa Chronicle, who gives the following points b fathered by the Governor during his sojourn at the e japital: -* In regard to the situation at the Federal Capital ^ md especially as to the probable result of the ap- a plication recently made by the State of Georgia, or a writ of injunction against the military offi- s :ers who are about enforcing the Sherman hill in n our State, we found the Governor not without hope that the Supreme Court would grant the prayer of the bill. . * 5* The question of the jurisdiction seemed to be admitted in the granting of the order for a subpoena, and it was thought by our friends in Washington that the Court would, at the hearing of the bill on Friday next, grant the injunction Pendente lite. Even the temporary injunction to restrain until the answers of the defendants are regularly filed and a full hearing had upon the merits of the great questions raisedhy the bill, would protect us against the enforcement of the military bill fbr a year at least In the meantime, there will doubtless be such change of public sentiment at the North against the lladicals as may deter them from the passage of any further acts of oppression toward the Sooth. If, however, the Court should decide against the application for injunction, we will have the consolation of knowing that our Chief Executive has availed himself of all the legal steps known to oar laws to prevent the consummation of this destructive ana oppressive legislation, and we must then jast about for such other remedies or facilities as may be found in the military (fill itself We learned rrom tne wjvefnor, that since his irrival at Atlanta, he had had quite a satisfactory Interview with General Pope, and that he-hoped here would be found no cause for disagreement between them. The General appeared anxious to nterfere as little as possible wj?n the civil governnent of the 8tnte, and wonld interpose no obsta:le to the enforcement of the laws?so long as they vere faithfully and impartially executed. REGISTERING OFTICERS WANTED. It will be perceived from the following circular, iddressed to the Clerk, Sheriff, Ordinary and Commissioner in Equity, for Greenville District, hat registering officers and managers of elections ire wanted for that District, and by inference, for dl other Districts in the State. This is an imporant matter, as these officers are indispensable to he holding of elections. Without registration, no >ne can be qualified to vote, and without precinct ( nanagers, there will be no ploae where votes can >e received. A failure to procdre these officials nay close many precincts, or put them under the ontrol of imported managers, who may have a >olitical purpose to effect, and therefore be unfited for the place. We hope that our District oficers will succeed in finding the needful number f persons able to take the required oath, and thus ;ive our people a voice in the approaching *moaentous election. ixzcunvE Department of South Carolina, Columbia, April 12,1867. Gentlemen:?With the view of being able to furilsh Major General Siokles, commanding this Disrict, with the names of suitable persons, who may ct as Registers of the voters in the several districts n the .State, and also as managers of Elections, mder the Military Reconstruction Act and its supdement, passed by the last Congress of the Uni1. To furnish'me witli the names of four intelli;cnt and trustworthy citixens in each Battalion in our District, if that nnmber can be fottnd, and if iot, any less number, who are competent to act as legisters. 2. The names of three persons, if three can be bund, and if notj any less numbert at each one of he Election pfecmcts in your District, who will he ompetent to act as managers ot ejections. These Registers and Managers mil be required o take the following oath prescribed by the Act f July 2d, 1862: "I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I lave never voluntarily borne arms against the Ulited States sifice I have been a citizen thereof; hat I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, ounsel or encouragement to persons engaged in irmed hostility thereto; that I nave neither sought, iot accepted, nor attempted to exercise the faneions of any office whatever, under any authority n hostility to the United States; that I have not rielded a voluntary support to any pretended Govirnment, authority, power or Constitution wkhin he United States, nostile or inimical thereto.? knd I do further swear (or affirm) that, to the )est of my knowledge and ability, I will support ind defend the Constitution of the United States, igainst all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I mil bear true faith and allegiance to the same; hat I take this obligation freely, without any menal reservation, or purpose of evasion, and that I rill well and faithfully discharge the duties of the iffice on which I am about to enter. So help me }0d." You will also designate the precincts where there s no competent person able to take the above oath. [t is very desirable that you should authoritatively iscertain, from each person named, whether he an do so. You will also give the postofficc address if each person named. The Registers, and perlaps the Managers of elections, will be compensaea for their services. I cannot too earnestly impress upon you the vial importance of promptly acting upon the request ontained in this communication, and of transmiting your answer at the earliest day practicable. If an earnest and energetic effort is not made to irocure the services of trustworthy citizens to dis- { harge these respective duties, tney will be perormed by strangers, who may not have a correct ppreciation of the wants of the community. JAMES L.ORR, Governor of South Carolina. ROCK HILL'AJTD CHESTER. Our worthy co temporary of the Charlotte Guar'ian has been on a little excursion, and thus de 1 1 , 1 11 1 O 1 4t 1 ames wnat ne saw ana now ne rarea in tne aDoveamed places: Thursday morning last found us aboard the cars n the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad, under lie care of Conductor Wolfe, one of the attentive mployees of that road. We journeyed to the little illage of Rock Hill, and stopped a day at the Rock Hill House, kept by that accomplished ostess, Miss Sarah Frew. We fared well, and can jcommend the "House" to all who have occasion ) visit the place. We made the acquaintance of several of the lerchauts of Rock Hill, and found them complainig somewhat of hard times. Among Jhem we ote the house of Dr. John May, who is in the ruggist business; and in the diy goods line, the* tfablishmenta of Messrs. W. L. Roddy & Co., nd Mr. A. Friedheim; in the groceiy line there i Col. L P. Sadler, Mr. J. N. Lewis, and Messrs. itgreaves & Co. Mr. J. R. London is doing a nmmission business, and of this house, together A ith Messrs. Sitgreaves & Co., we must speak par- % cularly. Mr. London is loaning out to fanners coin, barn, flour, guano, and, in fact, everything they eed, until their crops are gathered. This is comlenaable, and Mr. London deserves the thanks of re entire community. Messrs. Sitgreaves & Co., jo, are engaged in the 6ame thing, as we have been lfonned, agents of Maj. James Pagan, of Chester, outh Carolina. Mr. D. A. Button is engaged in the confectionry business, and up the street, those who indulge 1 the ardent, can be accommodated at the estabshment of Messrs. Ratteree & Daniels. Not many farmers were in town during the day, be weather being pleasant and they engaged in loughing. From those we conversed with, who rere in, we learned that the wheat crop was exellent?every one expressing great satisfaction at s promising result Ploughing was considerably backward, owing to be recent very heavy rains. But a small amount f corn has been planted, though a very large cotm crop has been put in. From Rock Hill, we wended our way to Chester, I. C. Along the route we took special notice or be wheat, and we can truthfully say we never saw finer appearance. If rust or hail, does not cut ; off, the heaviest crop will be gathered since '46. At Chester, we saw several mends, and made M lie acnuaintance of several centlp.mpn. ?<j * 'ell as other plaoes, the complaint is hard times. As we have extended this article longer than we 1 tended, we will have to close, simply remarking bat our special attention was called to the noble artMaj. Jas. Pagan has taken in keeping staration from the door of many a person in that disrict, as well as in York, Lancaster and a part of Inion. Indeed, some of the citizens remarked to s that "Chester was the Egypt, and M^j. James 'agan, the Joseph." All?every one?who is in eed of corn, flour,?all the commodities,?have nly to go to Maj. Paean, and their want is immeiately supplied, until they are able to pay for it, pon their individual promise. This is indeed note, and Maj. Pagan deserves, and has, the gratiiide of the entire community, We put up-at the Chester Hotel, kept by Mr. ucholson, and under the superintendencv of Mr. leni^ Terris. To say that we fared'well, would e Baying but little. It is agood house to stop at, in very particular. We hope to visit our friends again, one of these ays, ana trust we may be as hospitably received nd as well treated upon every hand. > B6T Over 200,000 North Carolina shad have been hipped to the Northern markets, via the Albelarle and Chesapeake canal, this season. j