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f traps and facte.
"Have the jury agreed?" asked a judge of a
court attache, whom he met .on the stairs with a
bucket in his hand. "Yis," said Patrick, "they
- hare agreed to sind out for a half-gallon."
AbDJ.has passed the Connecticut Legislature
providing that a murderer shall not be hanged
in less than twelve, or more than eighteen
months from the time or his conviction.
The Boston JFbst suggests a shorter method
o^getting rid of the President than by impeachment
: Put Washington City under command of
a Major-Qeneral, ana then ne could remove Mr.
Johnson and appoint whom he pleases.
The editor of the Lynchburg Republican has
received a visit from a negro, six feet eight inches
high, who lost a leg at the first Manassas, whilst
in the service of Gen. A. P. Hill. The sable
giant still retains his ancient predilections for
southerners, and hates the Yankees intensely.
One bf our Western exchanges says: "We
notice in an Indiana paper the marriage of Mr.
Thomas N. Lyon to Miss Mollie Lamb.' Another
Scriptural prophecy in process of fulfilment?
the lion and the lamb shall lie down together.'
and, after awhile, 'a little child will lead them.' '
The New York Herald sayB: Leading Con-1
aervatives in South Carolina, it is said, have proposed
to the negroes of the State to assist in elec- 1
ting the latters' candidates for Congress provided 1
the blacks trill give them the control of the State
government
The Selma Messenger says: "A gentleman
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living in me vicinity ui nowuriu u?
entire crop of corn for sale at thirty-five cents a
bushel in the field. We understand any quantity
of oora can be engaged in the canebrake region at
fifty cents a bushel. ^ I
The "Buffalo Courier says that during the
ride over the 'Central railroad of its officials, the
tJther day, the train was taken from Hamburgh to
Buffalo, ten miles, in right minutes, or at the rate J
. of aeventy<-five nnles an hour, the fastest time in
American railroading.
Friday, the 16th of August next, will be observed
in the churches of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, as a day of fasting, humiliation and 1
prayer, in accordance with the reoommendation of
*the Bishops of the. Church, in their late Pastoral
Address.
The Selma Times learns from a gentleman
who has recently traveled over the greater ppt of I
Middle Alabama, that the corn crop is ma'gnifi
cent The entire country looks like a land of i
promise. There is no doubt that the corn crop (
this year will be one of the finest ever raised in ,
Alabama. ~ ' J
. The Marion (Florida) Courier says the crop '
prospect in this (Jackson) County is much better
Mum it was last year at this time. Cotton is of
good' rise and vigorous. Corn is growing finely,'
and the season is too far advanced for any casualty ]
to prevent a full crop being made. Cane and .
other food crops are doing well. (
We learn that the President, in converse- j
tion yesterday, unequivocally expressed his inten- ,
tion of refhoving Sheridan from the command of '
the 5th military district. The report that General \
Thomas is to be his successor is believed by many,
but it is not probable that the President has com- 1
mitted himself to this appointment? Washington \
Chronicle 29th. _ ,
?'?A Belfast (Me.) seaman has iust received a
letter which was written to him while in Bio Ja- ,
nriro, nine years ago. It had been traveling most
.of the time since, nad lain in various foreign offices 1
and bore the marks of several consuls, and finally ]
had found a resting place in the dead letter office i
at Washington, whence it was sent to him at its ]
original starting piace.
An exchange says: Too many editors and
newspaper correspondents make it a point to attack
and criticise our young ladies for walking on
their tip-toes, now-a-days. It is very ungenerous
and ungentlemanly. They can't help it The
"waterfalls on the top of their heads draw up
the back hair so tightly that they can't put their
heels down squarely without great pain.
A very sensible paragraph in the Albany
Knickerbocker, says that the great cause of all the
misery in this world is, Dot that men earn too little,
hut that they spend their earnings unwisely.
Almost every man spends as much for cigars, jumps'
and other nonsense, as would pay his board
and keep him half the year in idleness;-and what
is true of individual foDy is equally true of national.
We are spending a million a week in hunting
down the Indians, that a pack of white scoundrels
on the frontier may make fortunes.
A Berlin chemist, it is said, has caused his
hens to produce iron eggs, or eggs with an iron
shell, by feeding them with a substance in which
iron was made to take the place of lime. If this
process succeeds, we see no reason why a goose,
carried out to California and fed on gold, shoulc
X not realize the fable of the nursery. If the breed
""^^thus made can be perpetuated, we should like to
a few of the birds, which the man who makes
hlafortupe by this hint can send us.
. gbme burglars broke into a house in Detroit
and rifietN&kr001113 of all the valuables. The lady
and herdataabter? wb? were bed, awoke at
the noise and heldVconversat^on burglar,
one of the robbers. ^?e,even Sot a S^iss of water
for the lady, as she wa^tf fPm,fear- A^eT flashing
his work he sat dovr" ? the room, smoked a
segar, chatted some tinr^.T^tbe y?ungest of the
ladies, and then depart tue window through
which he had entered* Tae Pander taken was
considerable.
From a privatil correspondent at Monterey,
we learn of the arre^1 ?f,tlie traitor Lopez by the
Governor ofOaxa/8- He sa>*s: "His treason to
the Emperor pUT*?based bis Pardon from the supreme
Liberal Juarez 5 but it by no means
purchases his rajnsom fr?m the bloody talons of the
Governor of ^>?*aca. The proof against him is
said to be su^cient t? convict, and the prevailing
opinion he/^ *s that he will be executed, which
(rod granj* may be true." The charges against
Lopez ar^b of an atrocious character, and, whether
trump***1 UP or ^6, are jusc sucn as iiugnt oe ea.pr
weed to be charged against a traitor.
A law against obtaining husbands under
' false pretences, passed bv the English Parliament 1
in 1770, enacts: That all women, of whatever age, 1
rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins, <
maids, or widows, who shall, after this act, im
pose upon, seduce, and betray into matrimony any ]
of his Majesty's male subjects by virtue of scents,
paints, domestic washes, artificial teeth, false hair,
Spanish wool, iron, stays, bolstered hips, or high- ]
heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law i
now in force against witchcraft and like demean- j
ors; and the marriage, under such circumstances, ,
upon conviction of the offending party, shall be ]
null and void.
Julesburg, on the Union Pacific Railroad, is (
a good specimen of a fast Western town. The
Omaha Herald says it has one hundred and twenty
whisky shops for a population of about three thousand.
At a recent meeting of the citizens it was
agreed to form a civic government, and to adopt
the charter, laws and ordinances of Omaha. They '
have elected a Mayor and City Council. The l
Mayor was only a five days' resident of the place, :
and none of the Council had been there over ten ,
days. Rents are enormously high. One man ^
pays $100 a day for a tent for a gambling and bil
hard hall, with one table. Another rents a building,
part shed, part canvas, for $1000 a week. 1
The traffic in Coolies, or Chinese laborers, it '
appears has reached our shores, and several plan- 1
tations in Louisiana, if the telegraph is correct, are
now employing Coolie laborers. Coolie labor is |
really slave labor2 and the traffic is only less infa- ]
mous than that in African slaves. The Coolies i
are bought by traders at the Chinese ports, at i
prices ranging from $30 to $70 per head, and they ;
are sold for from $300 to $500 each in South A- 1
merica and the West Indies. It is believed that 1
over 30,000 Coolies are annually imported into Pe- ]
ru and Cuba. A Havana correspondent says:? i
"The number of Chinese Coolies that died on the .
passage to this port between the years 1847 and
1866 was 11,291 out of 90,019 Coolies shipped :
from Macao, &c. Out of 11,462 shipped this year, 1
from February 2d to June 30th, the number that 1
died at sea was 1,360." <
The St. Louis Republican says that a few 1
days since a highly respectable young lady of that !
city, attending a pic-nic, brought a nice large basket,
to which she attached a card bearing her name, j
Tired with the pleasures of the day, the party re- ]
turned to the city in the evening, when several of
them, including our heroine, stepped into an ice *
cream saloon to regale themselvea Depositing her (
basket in a corner, our lady friend thought no more '
of it until the party was leaving, when the basket j
could nowhere be found. It bad been stolen.? j
Giving it up as lost, she thought no more of the ,
basket, but returned to her paternal roof and was ,
soon direaming a lover's aream. Imagine Miss .
M 's surprise on reading the announcement in ]
vx the morning paper the next day, that a basket had i
been found on the steps of a prominent gentleman's
residence, to which was attached a card bearing
the young lady's name, and in which was a nice, i
bouncing baby, a few days old.
The World says that in New York reside about
four hundred and fifty men who earn their \
livelihood solely bv decoying fools to faro banks. f
On the average, the ropers-in of the metropolis
earn about $30 per week each, or, to speak accu- 1
rately, about $1600 per annum. Some weeks a i
professional may clear many hundreds of dollars, i
again for weeks he may receive no commissions ,
whatever; but computing the losses and gains of j
the seasons, his yearly profits may be estimated at
the figures iust given. Taking these as a basis, it [
is calculated that about $720,000, or nearly three
quarters of a million of dollars per annum (about l
$2000 per diem), passes into tne pockets of the j
ropers-in, merely as their commissions on the losses ]
of their victims, which must amount, on the average,
to about three times these figures, or over J
$2,000,000 per annum lost unfairly at plav through
the instrumentality of agents. One of the largest i
operations in roping-in occurred about three ;
months since, the victim being a Southern mer- j
chant, soiournine at the St. Nicholas HoteL His '
loss at faro, as played on Prince street, amounted
to over $6000; his friend, a billiard sharp and roper-in,
receiving $2821, money down, as commission.
In a somewhat similar case the roper-in was
himself cheated by his principal, who paid him
but $300, the one-tenth of his commission.
editors:
JAS. E. WILSON JAS. F. HART.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 8, 1867.:
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TWE REGISTRATION ORDER.
This long-expected order has at last been issued.
As a matter of the highest importance to the public
generally, we give it to our readers in full. We
would take this occasion to urge upon our peonle ,
the imperative duty of registration. A large class
of our white citizens are debarred from the privilege.
But there are many who are not debarred ; ,
and by a careful study of the seventh paragraph of 1
the seventeenth section, every one can determine 1
whether or not he is entitled to register.
The value of this privilege is not to be estimated '
by its effect for or against a convention, though it (
may exert a controlling influence upon the charac- 1
ter of the delegates to that convention. If there *
is to be a convention (and in this State it seems '
almost unavoidable), much will depend upon the 1
character of the men com^psing it They will 1
halve a new constitution to make, and it is mani- '
fest that they will not be suitable men for such a 1
task, if the intelligent portion of the people refuse '
to take part in the elections. 1
But this is not all. The convention may form {
a constitution oppressive and injurious to your 1
rights. In that case, if you have registered, you '
will be able to vote against it and perhaps defeat 1
t If you have not registered, you have before- 1
band endorsed the acts of the convention, by ex- ?
finding yourself from the power to vote against its *
mactments. The only privilege you will then have, '
srill be to regret?a privilege of which the most of 1
as have already had more than enough. 1
The Convention question, however, though the
immediate, is not really the main object of regis- (
ration. There lie, hidden in the future, questions (
>f life and death importance to the people of the 1
South. Some of these are beginning to loom up (
So view already, and it may be that they are not '
to be settled by the ballot Anarchy and civil j
war are not impossible sequels to Congressional re- ]
jonstruction. But there is a chance for a peacea- J
ble solution of our political troubles, though, to 1
speak truly, it is only a chance. If all this cere- <
monial of oaths, registration, and other parapher- J
nalia of monarchical republicanism is really to ]
bring order out of chaos, it can only be by means 1
of the intelligent men of the country. Just so far '
sis registration confers the ballot upon men of intelligence
and character, will it prove beneficial to 1
the country.
If only the ignorant and incapable register, they j
ilone will rule. And what kind of legislation will (
result, when those who make the laws are respon- (
iible to the baser sort alone ? Such a government
jannot last two years. Actuated only by interest
ind prejudice, and utterty heedless of the rights of ^
others, it would go to such extremes of wrong and ]
oppression that no people bearing the forms of
men could endure it The result would be resistance,
revolution, anarchy, tyranny. Reconstruction
of this kind would be a much worse evil than
military rule, bad as that is felt to be. All men of t
sense are opposed to it, whether they favor or op
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pose a convention, ior iu cnucrutsv, man mc .
ruling power to be wielded by those alone whom i
Sod has made capable ot ruling. j
For these reasons it becomes the moral duty of ]
jvery man who wishes to do his part in warding (
iff the dangers of the country, to register. This j
jan be done in no other way now, and the same 1
Peelings which took our veterans to the battle-field, j
jhould now take them to the ballot-box; for it is <
their country calls them now, as then, but in an j
lour of infinitely more peril.
MILITIA OFFICERS.
Under the Registration Order, it is very clear that <
10 person is excluded from registration because (
ie has been a militia officer. The order disfran- s
;hises all "executive and judicial officers," that is i
ill who, at any time previous to the war, have *
held any civil office created by law for administra- 1
Lion of any general law of a State; or for the ad- '
ministration of justice, and who afterward engaged i
in rebellion. As no office in the militia was created <
for either of these purposes, aud as militia officers i
ire not civil but viilitary officers, they are certain- '<
ly entitled to register and vote. We make this i
point, because some militia officers have been in i
ioubt as to their being allowed to register. <
THE TENNESSEE ELECTION.
The election in Tenneesee has resulted in the j
inly way in which it could have resulted, viz: in
the triumphant election of Brownlow. Etheridge
made a good fight, but it was decreed beforehand
that he must be defeated. Fifty thou- ]
and citizens, opposed to Brownlow, were disfranchised
for participation in the rebellion. But
he would have been defeated in spite of this, had ,
the election been a fair one. To prevent this, J
power was given him to set aside registration in '
lounties where the majority was against him ; he
tras himself the sole judge of elections; and he or- {
spnized a band of lawless ruffians to control the j
kollnf A nd nnw if. is nrnclaimed that, the Radical
party has gained a great victoiy in Tennessee!?
rhis is true; but the victory was not gained at the
Dallot-box. It was won when Tennessee was j
restored to the Union, when Brownlow was
put over her as military governor. The recent
mockery of an election is but a new illustration of ^
i truth old as history itself. That truth is this :
A. government established by force over an unwil- ,
ling people never slackens its grasp upon power
until compelled to do so by force. Despotisms are
created by military power, which is the very breath
pf their nostrils: they maintain themselves by this {
done, and this alone can destroy them.
The fate of Tennessee may be either a great ca- i
amity or a great blessing to the American nation. *
[f it opens their eyes to the dangers of military ?
governments and brings about a reaction in favor
)f law and order, it will prove a much needed '
plessing. But if they are willing to stand by and j
icquiesce in so high-handed an outrage upon the t
principles of free government, the reign of despo- {
asm is but begun there, to extend over the whole j
and. A people who endorse oppression are slaves j
n heart themselves, nor will they be long in find- c
ng a master. i
RADICALISM IN VIRGINIA.
The Union Republican party of Virginia met in
Convention at Richmond, on the 1st instant Despite
the efforts of the conservative wing of the
party, a radical platform "was adopted. The proceedings
were stormy, as the proceedings of such
Conventions usually are. Hunnicutt was the genius
of the storm, but he was not equal to the task i
of controlling it, as the Convention adjourned, con- '
traiy to liis wishes, at noon of the seoond day's
session. After adjournment, a mass meeting was
held, which was addressed by Boots, Peerpont
and two or three lesser light* The irrepressible
Boots, who had been snubbed as an intruder, denied
the soft impeachment and claimed to be a full 1
feathered Republican. Boots is always unlncky,
but that is always the case with Dominicker stock;
they crow too loudly and too often. After the above
named brethren had exhorted, the meeting 1
adopted fesolutions endorsing the action of Sheridan
in opposing the President, and broadly hinting
that his acts of protection to the "loyal" ought
to be remembered, when the party meets to nominate
a candidate for President
"DIXIE COOKERY."
This is the title of a new Cook-Book, by Mrs.
Barrinoer, of North Carolina. It comprises the
results of her experience in managing her table for
twelve years, and treats of Soups, Fish, Meats,
Poultry, Vegetables, Pickles, Catsups, Bread,
Pastry, Puddings, Cakes, Preserves, Jellies, Syi1im?
Or^m9 fJordiala. &c. The author was in
duced to publish her various receipts in the form of
a cook-book, by the repeated solicitations of friends
living in all parts of the South. The principal ot>ject
of her receipts, which include everything pertaining
to the kitchen department, is to eoonomue
materials; which will add greatly to its value; in
these days- of slim purses and short crops. The
ladies will find this tx>ok in eveiy way equal to any
of its class. At least such is our opinion, gathered
from the remarks of lady friends who have tried
some of its receipts, and who are better qualified
to judge of suchr matters than we are; for we are
obliged to confess that, after four years' experience
in the manufacture of "slap-jacks" and "cash,"
we are lamentably ignorant of kitchen mysteries;
The price of Mrs Barrinoer's book is 50 cents;
those who desire to purchase a copy, can do so by
applying to Col. W. H. McCorkle.
MERE-MENTION.
Wm. S. Hastie, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff
of Charleston, by General Sickles, vice John E. '
Carew, Esq., whose time had expired. United
States Marshal J. P. M. Epping, has appoint i
?d C. M. Wilder (colored) his deputy few the city 1
)f Columbia. Mr. Epping says, that the white '
men who can take the oath are not fit to hold the
)ffice. Charles Anthon, LLP., well known ,
:o eveiy school-boy as the editor of many classical ]
ext books, died in N. York on the 29th ult A i
jpeoial dispatch, understood to be official, states 1
;hat the President has finally determined to ap- 1
point Hancock, as Sheridan's successor. The
noney value of the crops this year, as estimated by
i writer in the N. York Times, will be $400,000,- ]
XX) greater than last year,' so large has been the i
ncrease. The New Orleans Times suggests j
Eat inasmuch as "the people of the South have \
iccepted the situation, that the, situation ought to (
iccepttbem." "The rage for divorces is so
' > r'Vilrtoon Aof. n npon-n nnod for nenaration i
JUlUUg AAA Vmvuftv V..-W - ~~0-- ?
Tom a woman with whom he lived, but to whom
ae was unmarried. If the ant gives an ex- '
tmple of. industry, it is much more than a good
nany uncles do. . ,
A Kentucky peach grower has sold his entire
;rop, as it hangs on the trees, to a house in Cinlinnati
for $14,000, or about $2.75 per tree. No
epresentatives are recognized in Mexico but those ,
)f the United States; the other foreign Consuls J
iaving struck their flags. Miss Vinnie Ream,
:he accomplished sculptress, proposes visiting Lexngton
in September, to take a plaster cast of Gen.
R. E. Lee, which she will carry with her to Rome
ivith the view of giving it the more lasting and enluring
form of marble. Lieutenant M. F. (
Maury is devoting himself to literary pursuits in
England. His family have joined him there. He i
s now at work upon a series of Southern school
woks, to be issued by a New York house.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The First Bale of Cotton.
The first bale of cotton made in the United
States this year, was received at Savannah, Ga.,
>n the 29th of July. It was of a very inferior
quality, and came from Florida.
Another Puzzle.
We have received for publication another
puzzle, which we offer to the consideration of our
readers. It is this: .
One hundred and fifty, 10 rightly applied
To a place whtfre the living did once all reside, 1
Or a consonant joined to a sweet singing bird, 1
Will maku up a name you've frequently heard ;
A name which one of your friends perhaps owns,
For 'tis common as Smith, Brown, Johnson or Jones.
&pple Blossoms in July. 1
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
says he has in his orchard, four trees loaded with ,
poung apples, which came out in full bloom during ,
ast month. It is not very uncommon for trees to i
put forth a scattering extra bloom, towards the 1
dose of summer, and after the first crop has ma- J
nired or dropped off. But an apple-tree full of
plooms and fruit together, is something we have .
sever before heard of. Can't somebody in this j
section bring something up in the fruit line to beat 1
bis New Yorker ?
1 Dermatologist.
A<VA AVT A tV TTTO nfo 4 A
XII LUIS CUllglCUUU LTWJWVUJ TTttllw IV
:ut as big a figure as possible, and as a consojuence,
people who carry on a business or profes- ,
sion, which they imagine to be "low," seek to en- .
loble it by a high-sounding name. For this rea- j
son, a corn-doctor is a chiropodist; dancing-mas;ers
are "professorsand cooks, barbers, milli- ,
iers, &cM are "artists." But the climax of titles i
s reached by a gentleman of New York, whose atention
is exclusively directed to the healing of the
tch and other diseases of the 6kin. As his labors
trc certainly carried on in the domain of the healng
art, it would naturally be supposed that he
would be satisfied with the addition of the mystio let- |
;ers "M. D." to his name. But no, he is a "dernatologist,"
and probably gets twice as much 1
practice for his title, as he does for his skill in
:onquering that terrible disease?"the scratches."
Another "Impediment."
Gen. Sheridan has found another "impedi- i
nent to reconstruction." in the person of Goverlor
Throckmorton, of Texas. In his usual jocular '
style, Sheridan announces his discovery and sura- ?
narily removes the "impediment" E. M. Pease
steps into Throckmorton's shoes, as governor of j
rexas. He is a native of Connecticut, but has re
sided in Texas for thirty years, and has twice been
governor by election. It is a fortunate circumstance
for Texas that her governor is one who has, ,
,u former days, been the choice of her people for
;hc position he occupies. Her "impediment"?
ve mean her ex-governor, or as ex-governors are
plentiful in Sheridan's dominions, perhaps we 3
)ught to say her imp-governor?was a fearless and
jpright gentleman. It is a wonder that he escaped
little Jack, the Giant-killer, so long as he did;
ibr that little urchin is very fond of cutting off big i
lien's heads.
The Sultan of Turkey.
An exchange gives the following particulars
)f the Sultan's character and habits:
The Sultan of Turkey, now attracting attention
ibroad, is only in his thirty-seventh year, but his 1
ong flowing beard, now quite gray, gives him j
atner a venerable appearance. He wasbrother to
he late Sultan, who is said to have destroyed him- i
self by excess, and though the latter left several
jhildren behind him, there were none of them qual- i
fled to fill his place, as according to royal law in 1
rurkey, the eldest member of the family of Osman ]
succeeds to the throne. Abdul-Aziz, however, has i
aken his nephews by the hand and treated them i.
is his own sons. He has a horror of wine and to- (
jacco, and divides his time between study and i
jodily exercise. He is a first rate sportsman; 1
oves horses, and possesses the finest animals that f
an be seen in that country; he has elegant cam- ]
iges, which he drives himself, and has set the ex- t
ample to all the rising generation of Turkey, to
throw off the lazy habits of the East and ety'oy
themselves in healthful recreationa He oontents
himself with one wife, Fatima Sultana, whom he
treats with the highest regard and respect, and has
one son, born in 1857. He takes every opportunity
of discountenancing polygamy, and at his private
parties he plays and sings as an amateur musician,
exhibiting to all his guests the happiness
of a domestic hearth, where peace and unity reign.
Discontented Human Nature.
The Home Journal makes the following
truthful remarks, upon the universal desire of
mankind to change the lot which Hod has given
them:
"How often do we see persons who wish to be
taken for what they are not The boy apes the
man with cane and cigar; the man affects the
ways of boyhood. The sailor envies the landsman's
lot; the landsman, for pleasure, goes to sea.
The business man who most travel from town to
town, and from country to country, dreams of the
day when he will be able to "settle downthe
man of sedentary occupations grieves over the
thought that he has to vegetate like a cabbage in
one spot, and sighs for uie time when he may
travel. The town-bred yonth bails, with joy, the
morning in which he is enabled to get out where
nnr?n niv ott/l ramhlft amnncr irreen
fields; the country lad is all wonder and admiration
when he first sees the row3 of town gas lamps
tapering away in prospective like beads of gold?
and he is excited by the blaze of gas which pours
from the windows on the road. Your fine musician
would like to he a great painter, your wit a
dignified philosopher, your philosoper a wit, able
to set the table m a roar. Even an oyster, if we
could enter into thejfeelings of an oyster, would
wish to put forth fins and nave a fine, flexible tail,
and sail abroad to see the world, while the traveled
fish looks with an eye of envy on the oyster as
one who lives without work?a fish of independent
means, who has got a fixed position and a strong
house of its own.
Why a Rotation of Crops is Necessary.
. A writer in the Country Gentleman gives a
very dear explanation of the reason why land requires
a regular change of crops?a matter which
is so much talked about, but little understood.?
Speaking of the steadily diminishing yield of potatoes
in this country, he says:
The reason is not difficult of discovery. It exists
in a law of nature, embracing animal as well as
vegetable organisma These all have execretory
as well as secretory functions. All throw off effete
matter, and this effete is hateful to the secretory
vessels on which vegetables depend for their development.
If many crops in succession, of tie
same vegetable, are grown, the effete matter increases
in proportion to the nutritive, and finally
overcomes all efforts at successful cultivation. The
food decreases and the poison increases, with every
crop. If manure, general or special, is added to
the soil, it increases the food, but does not necessarily
diminish the poisonous effete matter.?
One hundred years ago potatoes were but little
cultivated, and most grounds were left fresh for
their production. Then and long afterwards, 400
bushels was not an extraoflfinay yield. Now the
increased taste for its use, and ability to purchase,
have made it necessary that great breadths of Ianu
should be used for its growth. Iq consequence,
not only has much of the land tired of growing it,
but the plant itsef has become weakened to a degree
that invites destructive enemies to feed on
its substance?to take advantage of its weakened
organization. Hence, the rot, so called, and other
ailments. Mother earth is a good mother, but
like her sex generally, she has a taste for variety
in outer adornments. She will change her dress,
even the most durable of her fabrics?her forests.
These are ever varying in composition, and finally
thrown off altogether tor grasses. These, again,
have their round of varieties, and in a long course
of years give place to other plants. Mother earth
will have her way, and those of us, her children,
who best understand "her requirements, will partake
most largely of her bounties.
Mexican Character.
The Mexicans, as a nation, must be a vast
collection of unfettered jail-birds, from all accounts.
Southern gentleman who are meditating emigration
to a foreign land, would do well to steer clfear
of Mexico. To give our readers some idea of Mexican
character, we annex the following descriptions,
collated by the Charleston News, from the Round
Table:
As a matter of fact, no people on earth, reputed
civilized, are so utterly and irredeemably despicable
as tne Mexicans. They are not bloodthirsty,
cowardly indolent alone, but liars and thieves as
well. Nor are theso dualities confined, as some
would have it, to the lower classes. Maximillian
had a beautiful revolver, of great valuet mounted
in gold and ivory; it was stolen at a military council
where none were present below the rank of
General. Jewels-and other costly articles were
notoriously and regularly filohed from Carlotta
wherever she moved. Santa Anna had his inkstand
stolen at the council of ministers, and the
room was darkened to enable the thief to return it
undetected. The scoundrel Lopez who betrayed
his master is well known as an adroit thief. The
truth is that stealing is so universal in Mexico that
it has almost come to be regarded as a matter of
course, and other vices on wnich we need not dwell
arc equally so, and are rather more rife among the
upper classes, if anything, than among the lower.
***** ***
A French marshal was robbed of the decorations
on his breast at a military mess. At court balls
there was a general scrimmage for gloves, shoes,
fans, bracelets, brooches, and other trifles, and anything
that is laid by or that falls is at once pounced
upon. At a ball given by the French officers,
the guests cut the gold embroidery from off the
curtains of the room. If a Mexican has no pockets,
he finds it natural to put his hands in his neighbor's
; if he has pockets, he likes to fill them with
' ? -J '? & A. 1 C
Otlier people S property, simpiy irurn uie uurrur ui
a vacuum. Apnest mounting the scaffold with
a malefactor, left his hat in the hands of a spectator,
who at once went off with it to a pawnbroker's,
leaving his reverence to go home bareheaded.
THE COLUMBIA UNION CONVENTION.
The Charleston Mercury furnishes the following
analysis of the members composing the Convention
which assembled in Columbia recently, the
proceedings of which appeared in our paper of
last week:
Beaufort.?R. H. Gleaves, Northern negro;W.
J. Whipper, Northern negro; E. G. Dudley, Northern
white man and government employee; W.
H. Langlev, Northern negro.
Barnwell.?C. P. Leslie, Northern white man
and government employee; Charles Fisher, Smart
Folk, Fred. Nix, William Allen, E. P. Stoney^ <
Charleston.?J. P. M. Epping, naturalized citizen
and government employee; G. Pillsburry, Northern
white man and government employee; E.
W. M. Mackey, Southern white man and government
employee ; C. C. Bowen. Northern white
man, W. J. McKinlev, James D. Price, R. C. DeLarge,
Peter Miller, P. Wall.
Darlington.?Isaac Brockington, E. J. Snelleir,
B. F. Whittemore, Northern white and government
employee; Alfred Bush. John A. Barnes.
Kershaw.?J. R. Gillison, Northern white and
government employee.
Marion? H. E. Hayne, EdwardInman, B. A.
rhompson.
Orangeburg.?J. K. Sasportas, Northern negro
and government employee: B. F. Randolph,
Northern negro; Edward Cain, Northern negro.
Lexington.?James Rawl, S. Corley, Southern
white.
Sumter?Joseph White, James Smythc, W. E.
Johnson, J. G. Burrows.
Chester.?M. Blackwell, J. Humphreys, D.
Walker, E. Barton.
? - ^ ' . n ,1 i ,
Richland.?T. J. Jtooertson, ooutnern wniie
man ;C. H. Baldwin, Northern white man; C.
lM. Wilder, Wm. Myers, G. B. Thompson.
Anderson.?Sam'l Johnson, Hemv Kennedy.
York.?John W. Meade.
Greenville.?W. A. Bishop, Southern white
nan; Wilson Cook, James M. Allen.
Fairfield.?W. W. Herbert. Southern white
nan; C. L. Reafo, Southern wnite man; Sandy
Ford, Samuel Greer.
(Jolleton.?Gil bert Reece.
Abbeville.?H. J. Lomax, Henry Sager.
Ncicbcrry.?B. Odell Duncan, Southern white
nan; Joseph Boston, James Anderson, S. Young,
Mathew Gray.
Clarendon.?EK.is E. Dickson, Wm. McDonild.
Those to whose names no remarks are attached
ire, I believe, Southern negroes. At least such
vas the best information I could obtain from
Drominent members of the convention. On sumning
up the list wc find?Northern whites, seven;
Southern whites, 7; Northern negroes, 6: Southsrn
negroes. 45; Naturalized white, 1. Total
vhites 15. Total negroes, 51. Grand total 66.?
pearly three-fourths of the delegates were, thereore,
Southern negroes, andyet of these only Dejarge,
McKinley, Wilder, Wall and Allen took
my prominent part in the proceedings, while every 1
white man, and every Northern negro made a!
least one speech, and some of them made a dozen.
For tbe Yorkvllle Enquirer.
YORKVILLE FORTY Y^ARS AGO.
It may be a matter of some interest to the old,
and information to the young, about Yorkville, tc
give some items gathered from an old book in pos
session of the writer.
The document referred to is the Encydopctdia
a weekly of sixteen pages, published at Yorkville
by McKee & Harris, and printed from Octobei
8th, 1825, (the time of the issue of the first num
ber,) till the end of that year, by P. Carey, at the
Pioneer office. In 1826, it was ' 'printed every Sat
urday by Alexander H. Dismukes, for the propri
etors."
I have in my possession a part of No. 2, the issue
of October 15, 1825, and part of No. 32, the Issue
for June 10, 1826, and all between. This miscel
lany proposed to support, with zeal, the grand anc
essential doctrines of the Christian religion, un
trammelled by party or sectarian biasses; but t<
characterize it, we give an extract from the thin:
number:
(CTw nnlWinn /vP moffnr M fill mir tVlllimTlfl
JLU I1W OOIWUVU VI UUIVWI W - * * * vw w
regard shall be had to the variety of our readers
tastes. The moralist shall be supplied with hii
grave disquisition; the politician snaD be furnish
ed with his summary of news; the merchant shal
be informed of the prices current; the farmer wil
find some facts whicn his own sagacity will enabl<
him to improve, to increase the fertility of the soi
and the production of his farm; tho sentimental
ist will be presented with his favorite tale of woe:
and the choicest flowers shall be culled and placet
in the pocia' corner to please the fair."
It contains no schedules of trains on railroads
no telegraphic despatches, and no advertisements
In other things it is similar, and not inferior to on:
modern weeklies, hut contains a larger quantity o
original matter. What has become of the poletn
ic writers, "Populus" and "Marcus;" thetheolog
ical "Eusebius" and "X;" and the sentiments
"Henry?" Hojv many of them live? Who knowi
who they were? , * . 1
Yorkville must have been in advance of the oth
er up-country villages in the wfty of literature, foi
twenty years later than this," there was no pape:
[published either in Winnsboro1 or Chester, ant
but few in the State outside of Charleston and Co
lumbia. ' " * '
But I must give some old news; If it does no
make the old feel young again, it wi# recall tt
mind the period when they were:
Married?In Salisbury, N. fJL, on the 1st &
November, 1825, by Rev. Freeman, Mr. Willian
C. Beatty and Miss Nancy Yarborough.
On the 19th of Jan'y, 1826, by Rev. J. 8. Ad
ams, Mr. J. B. Patterson and Miss F. C. McCullv
On the 2d of February, by Rev. Harris, Mr. I
N. Sadler and Miss Mary W. Litle.
On the 9th of February, by Rev. Johnston, Mr,
J. H. Suggs and Miss Tabitha Youngblood.
Admitted to Practice Law.?On the 10th o:
Januaiy, Isaac Donom Witherspoon, in the Courti
of Common Pleas. At the same time, Q. W,
Dargan, J. W. Dunlap, and Wm. E. Richardson
in the Courts of Equity.
Ordained.?On the 8th of May, by the Firsi
Associate Reformed Presbytery, at Sardis, Rev
James Lowry?Revs. E. Harris, W: Blackstocl
and J. McKnight, officiating.
Died.?On Ihe 22d of May, Mr. James Ross
aged 82. '
OAil* ?f ?rr il\A Ailii*Ana aP V
UU II1C OUl.ll Ui i'iajf, mc GlbUiGUS HI luikiun?
Col. James Rogers in the chair, and Capt W. R
Hill, secretary?made arrangements to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of American Independence
Orator's name not given. Names of Committee!
too numerous to mention here.
W. C. Beatty was to deliver an oration before
Philanthropic Lodge, ATo. 32, A. F M., on th<
24th of June.
I will furnish for the Enquirer, next week, i
prophetic dream, concerning which those who hav(
observed recent events, will hardly say vath McKe<
<fc Harris: "We must acknowledge, with th<
dreamer, we know not the interpretation thereof.'
>?g J-c'cFrom
the Marlon Star.
... . > ....
SPEECH Or GEN. R. K. SCOTT.
The most interesting local event of the week i
the visit of Muj. Gen. R K. Scott, under orders o
President Johnson. The General is accompaniec
by Brig. Gen. Horace Neid, of his staff, and Mr
R. Tomlinson, Superintendent of Education of the
State.
General Scott having been invited by a numbei
of our prominent colored citizens to add/ess them
acceded to their request, and addre oed them or
Sunday afternoon. It soon become generally
known that the General would speak, and we were
persuaded that he would have a large audiena
composed not only of colored citizens, but also oi
the oest element of our white citizens. Arriving
upon the ground, we found this to be a fact. Up
on the platform we noticed among others our worthy
intendant, the Hon. A. Q. McDuffie, and a
mong the audience many of our wealthiest planters
and prominent professional men.
The General began by stating that he was here
on special duty by the direction of the President,
which had so thoroughly engrossed his attentior
that he had not had time to prepare himself in
the least, or even to select or arrange his subjects.
The exigencies of the new condition of the freed
people required that every occasion should be taken
advantage of to instruct and enlighten them
in regard to the requirements and obligations as
well as the rights and privileges of their present
status?they would soon be allied upon to exercise
the highest right of citizenship?a righl
which should not be exercised carelessly or ignorantly.
The white citizens are prepared for tht
exercise of this right by the education of a lifetime,
but the freedmen, who have only recently
emerged from servitude, would be obliged to crowd
into a very brief space of time the work whicb
should have commenced in early, youth.
TTBLIC MEETINGS.
He did not wish, however, to have itunderstood
that he favored the custom which prevailed witt
some of attending every public meeting simply because
a meeting was held, not unfrequently, greatly
to the detriment, of their own and their employer's
interests. At many meetings which have Ibeen
held, the speakers were as ignorant as those whom
they thought to instruct?time thus wasted could
be illy spared in the present condition of the State,
whicn requires the best energy of both the plantei
and the laborer to lift it above its present condition
of impoverishment By saying this, however,
he did not wish to discourage them from at
tending meetings where instruction could lie obtained
from those who were themselves informed,
and were capable of enlightening them upon the
issues of the day, whenever the circumstances ol
their employment would justify such absence.
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
There was one doctrine which he had heard had
obtained to a greater or less extent among the
freed people, which he desired to touch upon, its
tendency being pernicious, from the fact that its
fruition never had been and never could be achieved
either by legislation or by any other means ; he
alluded to social equality. The very idea was an
absurdity. The General went on to show that it
would not be entertained even by the colored people,
whenever they once fairly understood it, as it
would force them to throw open wide their doors
to whoever saw fit to associate with them, however
unwelcome he might be, and would admit to the
privacy and sacredness of the iamiJy circle the
criminal and the outcast.
SECTARIANISM,
Was another subject to which the General alluded
briefly. He remarked that an unfortunate
division had occurred here among the freed people
in reference to church matters, and regretted that
they had-taken up the ancient feuds of the ohurch,
which arose out of ignorance and intolerance, and resulted
in the persecution of the weaker party,
which not unfrequently gained sufficient strength
to retaliate by most shocking acts of cruelty. The
General instanced the strife between the different
systems of theology in the old world. The advancing
civilization of the nineteenth century has resulted
in a liberality among all classes who profess
Christianity, which no longer tolerates persecution
for religious belief. He trusted that this commendable
and christian spirit of liberality in regard to
religious matters which prevailed among their
white neighbors, would lead them by the teachings
of its example, to an abandonment of all estrangement
arising out of differences of religious opinion.
PRESENT PROSPECTS.
The era of free labor in the South, was ushered
in under conditions disadvantageous to the full
development of those results which are expected
of it under ordinary circumstances, hence the
b Sooth has recovered but slowly from the prosta}
tion occasioned by the war and the radical change
in its-system of labor; nevertheless he had frith
in its future prosperity. A combination of circumstances
had contributed to a failure of the
planting interests. Last year an excessive drought
1 nad dried up and withered the crop} this year
heavy rains nave had an equally disastrous effect;
- in addition to those Providential causes, (which
were of course beyond the control,) m many locafi(
ties labor was rendered inefficient by ignoranoe of
, the requirements of the free labor system, both on
' the part of the planter and the laborer?an evil
which experience will correct In additibh to
' these obstacles of a profitable cultivation of a crop,
i was the additional one of the lade of sufficient
- capita], hence' it was that lands which by a judi.
cious use of fertilizers would have produoed a
profitable yield, hardly paid for the labor expended
on them.
' The General urged upon the freed people the
1 importance of energy in labor, showing them that
they would never nse above their present condi[
tion, except by industry and thrift;,that they
. must wrest from the soil their daily bread and all
j the comforts by which they desire to be surround.
ed. He believed thaffcnergy and industry outhe part
1 of the planter and laborer, combined with the necessary
capital, would in a few seasons, if ordinarily
propitious, restore the State to its former proe1
perity, and in the end would result in a fuller de?
"1 ? ? ~ L ? ?~ Las via! l\AAn a!%
3 veiupmeutui uer rasuuruw tuuu luujjcl uccu v?r
. tained. In conclusion he spoke briefly but point1
edly upon the duty of
1 REGISTRATION. "
3 He said that Boards of Registration had. been
' appointed, and in a short time they would be oall
ea upon to roister then names as voters. He
j trusted that this duty would be performed promptI
ly, but without unnecessary absence from them
daily avocations. It had been suggested by a coF
, ored citizen that, as the white people'were opposed
to registration, they would probably drive
' them off their plantations, if they came to regisP
ter; he did not believe this to be true. In this
* connection he desired to warn themT in the fbnna
tion of political organizations, against arraying the
- white race against the black by attempting to form
] a party on the,basis of color.
B It is an unsound basis and could only result in
the inevitable defeat of whatever objects they had
in view, as the formation of "a colored man's pqj"
ty would necessarily exclude the very men whof
r for a lifetime, had labored in their behalf. If such
r a course was pursued, it could only result in a
] strife such as that which occurred in Kansas between
slaveiv and freedom?it was merely a qnes
tion of numbers, and the'result can be easily prophesied:
he was glad to learn, however, that there
was no disposition on the part of the colored peo)
pie of tbis District to draw any such party lines?
This argued well for tWRr political future. -After
P a few pertinent' remarks upon this subject, the
J GeneraHstoeed his speech. '
THINGS JN SOUTH CAROLINA. .
A correspondent of the New York /W writes a
| Tetter from Columbia, which gives some information
as to things about us, and as seen through
. Conservative spectacles. We extract several pan^
graphs from the letter: : ? f.
f Although prematurely, candidatefffor Congress
J are looming' up in goodly proportion. The wires
. are being adroitly pulled by one or two designing
, whites, and the negroes are already giving pledges..
ForSenators three persons are chiefly spoken of:
t Gen. Daniel E. Sidles (whose aspirations are understood
toyincline him hkewise to the Vice-Presi[
denqy), Mr. Sawyer, the Collector of Internal Reyenue
in Charleston, and Mr. C. W. Dudley, aPative
of the State. In the lesser branch of Gon?
gress the State bids fair to be represented by a person
named Whittemore, a Massachusetts superin
tendent of colored schools in Darlington District
In Charleston a colored man will probably be run,
, although several officers of the Freedmen's Bureau
are known to be on the anxious seat: while in Co'
lumbia a citizen named Mr. Tom Robertson has
3 consented to wear the honors when imposed upon
him. v
i There can be no manner of doubtthat the South>
era States will give a large Radical majority in any
election in -which the issues of that party are at
. stake. Wherever registration has taken place, the
figures tell the whole story, and* that story will he
5 repeated from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.?
* The work of organizing the negroes, conducted* as
i it has been, with wonderful system, adroitness and
' dispatch, has welded the colored elements togeth
er with bands of steel. JjVjJiB not merely the balance
of power that theeer people hold j but power
itself, and there are not "irfew who will t)e surprised
if it is not used in a manner unanticipated
at the North, and most terribly subversive of the
* interests of the South
[ Led by intelligent emissaries, both-?white and
1 black, they will first carry us back into' the Union,
so we hope and pray. Secondly, by mere force of
' numbers, they will demand, on the ground that
they are interested neither in their origin nor payf
ment, a repudiation of the States debts. Thirdly,
i they will resist a poll tax for thd purposes of edu1
cation or the support of the poor, laying the dead
7 weight of public expense on the -property of the
5 whites. Finally, "mild confiscation, ' is the ap
pie of their eye, but Ihey don^t say so.
Such is the tenderioy of opinion among the am>
bitious of the race in South-Carolina.
The State Convention -will be a mixed affair,
' composed of a large number of colored men, seme
' Northerners, and But few Southern men, unless,
indeed, the restriction of the oath is removed.?
There will be few or no lawyers in the body, and a
! general lack of acquaintance with forms of statute
i and style of legislation,
i ? ? ?
1 BUSINESS DEPRESSION.
, The great depression of business throughout the
country is the subject of much remark. .It is not
confined to any one section, onto any one branch
' of industry. Commerce, navigation, shipbuilding,
; and manufactures of all kinds are almostat a stand"
still, and jobbers and retailers of goods are not bet'
tcr off. We published a statement in yesterday's
" paper, showing the great decline in the manufac^
turing business in New England. The ootton,
' woolen, and leather and shoe trade are all declin"
ing. Colliers and iron foundries in Pennsylva,
nia have stopped work, as well as the Eastern cotton
mills. In the South, as is well known, there
1 prevails an utter stagnation of business. There is
no commerce, and no money for the South. Cotton
is veiy low?nearly one-half lower for some'grades
1 than the price of last January?and die growing
i crops will not be remunerative to the planter,
though it will be smaller by one-seventh than the
crop of last year.
When we inquire into the causes of the depresi
sion of trade we will find that political uncertainty
i I io mAof oofiTTn onrl lnflinanfinl nf1 anr nan Via
i named. Congress has seen fit to quarrel with the
President in regard to Southern reconstruction, and
has sought to keep the South out of the Union un:
til it could be admitted without danger to the continuance
of the Radical party in power. Congress
endeavors to perpetuate disunion until its usurpations
of the whole power of the Government snail
be confirmed and upheld. That is, Congress says:
I We retain our two-thirds' power, and will not adt
mit the excluded Southern States until they embrace
our policy, and send Radical men to Congress
to unite with us in support of Radical measures.
There is no prospect before the country
! but that of disunion, anarchy, profligate and cor- i
| rupt appropriations of public money, the final
, obliteration of State government^ ana the establishment
of a great central despotism.
, The North has much capital yet, and much en- \
terprise, both of which would be employed in the
| South, to the advantage of both sections, if Con- i
gress would give us peace and restoration of the i
i Union. This is necessary to give the country confi
i dence in the future. Trade will not revive while ,
. the Radical rule prevails. That is a business and
a political fact. That a fair crop of grain will put .
, starvation from our doors is veiy true , but it will
not be sufficient of itself to set in motion the capi- i
tal, labor, and industries of the country. ;
National InteUigencer.
The latest news is that the Austrian ReichsratJi
has adonted resolutions nroclaimimr the no
litical equality of all men without regard to their !
religious faith, and the legality of marriage ceremonies
performed by the civil magistrates, This :
is certainly progress in Austria. It is a virtual
abolition of Church and State. It is a removal of
chains from the consciences of men. It is the re- j
cognu -? of marriage as a civil contract in the
estimation of tho law, leaving all other and higher
estimate of the proceeding to the private judg- 1
ment and consciences of those interested. These !
two reforms, while they in no way assail the reli- .
gious teachings of the Church of Rome, take from
that Church the disposal of political liberty, and 1
also the exclusive power of legalizing marriage. 1
It is virtually the end of Church supremacy in
Austria, and is a step in the march toward univer- '
sal liberty of mind and body, without which there '
can be no just government, and no hearty and sin- 1
cere allegiance.?CharktUm Ntttft.
LOCAL ITEMS.
raw ADraUBMBJTS. '
J. Ed. Jefferys?Wagona, Cotton Gins, Ac.
W. B. MetteTC. E. Y. D.-Comrnlidoner's Sals
of Land-belonging to the estate of Samuel
McDowell, deceased.
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner'a Sals t
of Land belonging to the estate of S. A. Fairies,
deceased. v
W. B. Metis, C. E. Y. D.MJommissioner'sBals ? .
of Lands belonging to the estate of Sam del
G. Poag, deceased. '
J. J. Smith?Notice. ^
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Chewing Tobeooo.
44 , 44 ?Smoking Tobacoo.
44 44 44 ?Selves,
44 " Brooms,
44 44 44 Epsom Salts, Ac. '
Dr. John May?Good News to Hdnse-Keepefcs?
Prices Reduced.
-Dr. John May?Turnip Seed. A.
R. Homealey?Good News! Good News! t 4, -?
? 44 ?Gent's Furnishing (tooSL f *
44 44 -Shoes.
44 * 44 ?Boots at^oek
44 44 ?Beautiful Caasimeres.
44 44 ?Muslin Dresses. ^.
44 ^ 44 ? EmpressrTrail flurts.
44 44 ?Hoop Skirts.
!! " .^?-Ch?3ced Homeepun. ..
4 i< - ?ShiiSng. ' x?
44 44 ?Hair Nets, Hosiery, See.
A. R. Homesley, Grocer?Removal.
44 44 44 ?Bacon Sides. *
44 44 44 ?Canvassed Hams.
44 44 44 ?Molasses.
44 44 44 -Syrup.
44 44 44 ?Apple Yinagsr.
Wm. Sahms?Wool Carding and Flooring Hflla.
R pr. ni?nn a v. n Oal?
Concer^vfoetponement ,
ibgbo school. It
will be remembered thafca subscription w*s
made up by the white citiaens of this town boom
time ago, for the purpose ofpurchasing a lot upon
which to erect a freedman's school-house. We
are pleased to announce that the money' subscribed
has been oeDeoted, the bt purchased, and the-dtb
made out to Allen Beat-it, Xbomab Wright,
Gilbert Dtllard, Reese Joyne* ar3 Hannibal
Galbraith, as trustees of the aohoobMabe established.
^~
8UPBBI0B PLQTO.
We have heard much complaint smoethe "incoming
of the new crop of wheat, about bad floor;
but the handsomest sample we have seen in many
a day, has been left with us by Mr. William
Sahms, which was manufactured at his mills, ten
miles above towp, on the road leadii\g& Charlotte.
We have submitted it to the inspection of several
persons, who are judges in such matters, and one
and all pronounce it as good as- the "best Rum
the jmecimen before as we are fully satisfied that
if Mr Sahms is furnished with good" wheats his
customers may fully calculate upon um| aftble m
of flour. Attention is directpd 'to hbi^erSimmgpljganother
oblomn. ^ ^ * .r??L
- BE&IBTBA1Z0I
We have received from^JJkjpr I>. B, Jinni, )
Commandant of -the Post ofCbester,' the JbDow- %
ing list of precincts and registering of?ce^*|j|b^
ed for York District: 'JP^F
O'ConneU, F. M. Walker andE. E. McCJaW
Second PrecmcL?.Bethany .(AurclL.rBqycfton,
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Vtaim. o uwjic ?uu TT jruo a UWJIT.
Hugh Simpson, H. A. D. Neelyand LeforOrook.
Third Precinct?Rock Hill, Pride's OH Tatera,
Fart Mills, Coate's Tavern. Register*:' Matthew
Williams, J* A. J. Graham and W.J. Calender.
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i The time for commencing the wtrk of registrstion
is the 15th instant, as fixedby Major hrm;
the several Boards are required taorgaqise at once
and give public notice of the thityes wliea they will
meet at the several p i r ni iinf n. Jhfin One
of the election-boxes mentioned in the 3d precinct
is "Pride s Old Tavern^ but we know of no such
OONTRIBPT&RIAIr.
BY JAB. WOOD DAYU>SON.
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00LU1CB Li,.SOUTH CASOLIHJl, 6TH AUGUST, 18ST.
New Books.
The Northern Book-market seems to he pretty
lively, for the dreary midsummer they are complaining
of there. * ^
We find upon our table this wed: three substantial
volumes, from the press of Harper aad .Bro- . ..
there, of New York. They come with th& compliments
of Messrs Dnffie & Chapman, booksellers
of Columbia, who have these books for sale.
1?Thackeray's.Lectures on the English Humorists
and on the Four Georges. This is one volume
of the uniform edition of Thackeray's works that
these publishers are getting out* The humorists
discussed are Swift, Addison. Congreve, Steele,
Prior, Gay, Pope, Hogarth, Smollett, Bidding,
Sterne and Goldsmith. The work is known to
many of our readers as one replete with wit and
information ; and the lectures 'on the Georges are
full of sparkling wit and sarcastic railery and satire.
The price is $1/26.
2?Ike Bench and Bar*; a complete digest of
the Wit, Humor, Asperity and Amenities of the
Law. By L. J. Bigetow, Counsellor at Law*?
This is a book of fun and humor for lawyers, fhfl
of sharp things; having twenty-five portraits of
jurists; and a good index, so that one can find anything
readily. The price is $1.75.
3?The Land of Thar, by J. Ross Browne.?
This is an illustrated book of travels in Russia,
Sweden, Norway, Finland,' Iceland, the Faroe Isles,
land Scotland, with personal anecdotes and pictures
of hundreds of "persons and things. One of the
interesting sketches is the author's account of his
interview with Hans Andersen, the man whowrites
such charming stories forohiidrep. The accounts
of life in Russia and Tonhmd, especially, are very
curious. The descriptions of the" sights at St Petersburg,
the Kremlin at Mosoow, and the Geysers
(bogling springs) in Iceland?are all very instructive
as well as entertaining. The author claims to
be a CaHforhian, though our impression is that he
was born in Washington. He is a bom traveler,
like Bayard Taylor, G. W. Curtis, and Mr. Stephens.
He goes everywhere; and no place between
the North and South pole is not liable to be
visited, sketched, and pictured by him; for he
makes his own pictures.
Fracas. affir
A fight occurred in a bar-room last week?Sun^li^
day night, the 28th ultimo?in which the parties
were two citizens, young RadcKffe and Daly on the
one side, and on the other, two Yankees, Armstrong
and Thompson?all drinking, if not drunk.
Armstrong is one of the lecturers sent Sooth to
deliver Radical speeches to our negro citizens, and
Thompson is a newspaper correspondent Armstrong
had addressed a promiscuous crowd, mainly
negroes, three or four days before the fracas, in
which he used language highly offensive to the
whites, and calculated to excite bitter hostility between
whites and blacks. Several days passed.? N
In the bar-room of Nickerson's Hotel, on Sunday
night, the above mentioned four persons were.?
We have not been able to learn whether words
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va uw, wau> uic ugub is sua-tp nave commenced,
by Radclifie's throwing his dirihk into the
fece of Armstrong, the lecturer. Upon this a fight
ensued, in which these four persons?two Columbians
and two Yankees?took part. The Yankees
appear to have got the better of the fight; bat in
the end, ran oat to the street calling for negroes to
help them. IJhey were met by Governor Orr and
some other gentlemen, who advised them to go to
their rooms, which they seem to have done. A
few negroes gathered about from curiosity. Radcliffe
and Daly were arrested, the magistrate not
even requiring the informant to give the usual
bond to prosecute. They were then bailed in a
bond of $300?an amount that we are told is una- ,
sually large for such an affair. The old magistrate,
of whom we inquired respecting this, tells us that
$200 would have been the usual bond in such a
case. The Yankees, thereupon, telegraphed an
exaggerated statement of the affair to Charleston,
although there is an efficient Commandant of the
Post here, who was ready and willing to protect